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[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

“The evil that tries to sabotage a guy's goal to become jacked is inexcusable. I will bring the pain to any who feel they want to stop me!”
Silent Warrior
Episode 4
TJ is getting out of the shower when he spots himself in the mirror.
“Wow, I'm so skinny,” he says, looking at himself. “I need to bulk up if I plan on being a fly honey magnet.”
“It's ok to look the way you do,” Krystalyn says, later at Sunday breakfast.
“But you know, you can only blame yourself,” Henri starts. “You do eat a ton of junk, you never work out, and you never study.”
“Wow, thanks a lot for knowing how to keep a brotha down,” TJ sulks.
TJ goes off to his room and slams the door. He then jumps onto his bed and yells into his pillow how no one respects him.
“There's no use crying about it,” Prometheus says to him. “You need to eat the right things and start to work out.”
“I work out every day at football practice,” TJ says.
“But you put no effort into it. Probably why you're only on J.V.”
“I'm on J.V. because I'm a freshman!”
TJ lifts his head to look at him, when he notices he's drawing something.
“How are you drawing without thumbs?” he asks. “And what are you drawing anyways?”
“I'm drawing my favorite super hero,” he responds.
Prometheus then holds up the picture, and it's a drawing of a fat Silent Warrior bursting out of his uniform. TJ gets mad and starts throwing pillows at him.
TJ's Workout Tape
During lunch at school the next day, TJ decides he's not going to eat anything.
“What's the matter TJ?” Melvin asks, munching away on some chips.
“I'm on a diet,” TJ explains. “I want to bulk up.”
“Why don't you try swimming to build up your arms?” their friend John suggests.
“TJ's not very good at swimming,” Melvin notes. “You know what though; I've heard Mr. Karr has been getting pretty swole lately.”
“I haven't noticed anything different about him,” TJ comments.
“It's hard to tell with normal clothes on,” Marcy says, coming up to the guys' lunch table.
She then proceeds to take out some pictures of Mr. Karr in workout clothes, and one in a Speedo.
“These are before and after pictures,” she continues.
“Wow, that's a huge difference, how long do you think it took him?” Josh, John's brother asks.
“These pictures are only two days apart!”
“Hey Marcy, how did you get topless pictures of Mr. Karr?” Melvin wonders.
“I can't tell you that, it's a secret!”
Melvin then starts to protest, but Marcy runs away, so he chases after her.
Later, TJ runs into Marcy, and asks her to tell him how she got the pictures.
“Oh alright I'll tell,” she sighs. “I had been following him and took them myself. For a white boy, he's pretty hot. You're not going to tell anyone are you?”
“I won't tell, as long as you tell me where this workout gym is,” TJ responds. “And he's only half white.”
“Oh yeah, that explains that nice feel I got off him a few weeks ago!”
“You're something else girl…”
TJ leaves her and meets up with John, Josh, and Melvin to go downtown to the gym.
“This place is huge,” John comments. “It's probably way too expensive for us.”
A commercial then comes on the TV in the window of the gym, advertising amazing weight loss in just one week.
“Hey guys look,” Melvin points. “There's a free trial week when you sign up. There's nothing cheaper than free!”
The guys all agree and go inside. As soon as they step inside, a blonde, built, personal trainer walks up to them.
“Hello fellas, I'm George, and I'm going to help you guys get all the girls you want,” he introduces. “Let's put you all on various work out machines today. The harder you work, the better the results.”
TJ finds himself on a rowing machine, but gets tired and frustrated because he can't row two oars at once. Melvin is on a bike machine, but gets tired and stops.
“You can't just stop now,” George says. “If you don't keep going, all those girls will pass you by.”
Melvin decides that he's right and continues to work even harder. After about an hour, George takes Melvin and the two brothers downstairs to the relaxation pods. TJ has gone upstairs to the hot tubs.
“All this working out is hard,” he complains. “And now I'm even hungrier than I was before.”
“What are these things?” Josh asks George downstairs.
“These are the relaxation pods,” he explains. “Once inside, your body will relax and still continue to get into great shape.”
* * *
“Goliath, what is the status of my energy?” King Mithos asks.
George appears before him, but has Goliath's blue wings coming out of his back.
“King Mithos, I am gathering the energy as we speak,” he says. “These humans are so vain and eager to waste energy getting into the best fit condition only to attract attention.”
“Make sure you do not fail me this time…”
* * *
The guys finish in the relaxation pods, and George tells them that they are looking bigger already. He suggests coming back the next day so they can get even better. What they don't realize is that they all are blue in the face and extremely exhausted.
Later on, TJ is upset that his friends left without him, and is walking home. He then sees a little boy with a donut and starts staring at him. The boy gets scared and starts running away, crying. On the way past Game Edge, TJ starts to wobble back and forth. Miranda walks out just in time to see him drop his duffle bag, and begin to fall. She catches him and takes him inside.
“Would you like me to take you to the medical center?” she asks.
“No, you can take me to a restaurant,” he answers. “I'm so hungry; I haven't eaten anything all day.”
TJ then starts to day dream again about Miranda.
“With my energy of love, I'll make you healthy again,” she says in his hallucination.
TJ gets his lips into position to kiss, when a spoon hits his mouth. He opens his eyes to realize that Miranda is giving him soup.
“TJ, why haven't you eaten anything since the day before?” she asks. “Did your mom refuse to feed you because of your ridiculously low test scores?”
“No, I'm on a diet,” TJ replies.
Miranda starts to laugh and TJ is confused.
“You don't need to go on a diet,” she says. “In fact, it wouldn't hurt you to gain a few pounds. I think a guy who has some meat to him is a lot more attractive than a guy who you can't see when he stands sideways.”
TJ gets happy and thanks Miranda for the talk. On his way home, he stops by a corner store and picks up a bag of donut holes. While walking down the street and eating them, Ashley happens to walk by him.
“Tiny Tim eating small balls, how cute,” she teases.
TJ gets mad and throws one at her, only to have her catch it and eat it herself. TJ goes on and stops at a park where he meets up with Prometheus.
“You know TJ, you didn't need to buy so many sweets,” he starts. “Miranda said she liked guys with some meat, she didn't say she wants a lard ass.”
TJ then counts how many he had eaten, and notices he's already gone through two bags.
“Promeeth, why didn't you stop me?!” TJ yells.
“Come to think of it TJ, a lot of people have been getting strangely thin lately. Your homeroom teacher and some of the other students at NorthWest Academy have been showing weird signs of weight loss. They've all been going to that gym, so I think something may be up with it.”
“You're right Prometheus; we should get down there right away so I can burn off these donuts I just ate. If I want to look as built as Mr. Karr, I've got to hit the gym at least twice a day.”
At the gym, TJ starts working out like crazy, overloading the machinery. Prometheus is outside looking through the window, when he spots Mr. Karr.
“He looks like the walking dead,” he thinks to himself. “I better follow him and check it out.”
Mr. Karr goes downstairs to the relaxation pods where George is waiting for him.
“You've got no more energy left to give to us,” George says. “When you contribute this time, you will give your life.”
Witnessing this, Prometheus runs back upstairs to find TJ on an exercise bike. He jumps up on him, knocking him off, and TJ gets mad and chases him outside.
“I can't believe you just knocked me off like that,” TJ complains. “You're so heavy for a little premature lion cub.”
“I'm not premature or a cub!” Prometheus growls.
Not in the mood, Prometheus jumps up on TJ, knocking him to the ground, and brings out his claws.
“Look TJ, you better transform and get back in there,” he threatens. “Mr. Karr is in serious trouble. And for the last time, I'm a fully grown lion that's miniaturized!”
“Ok, I'll do it, but I don't understand any of this at all. Phoenix Transform!”
At the pods, George is overlooking the progress of the energy consumption, when the dagger strikes before him.
“Using a gym to get people's energy; what a clever plan. Too bad for you I figured this out and I'm here to stop you now. For justice and all, I am Silent Warrior, and in the name of the Phoenix, I will banish you.”
“Silent Warrior, how nice of you to show up,” George says, changing into Goliath. “I think you could use a work out yourself.”
Goliath snaps his fingers, and three demon muscle heads appear.
“Youkais, help Silent Warrior get into shape,” he commands.
The three guys begin to gang up on Silent Warrior, and he prepares to fight. They all go at him, and Silent Warrior begins to attack, using his advanced martial art skills.
“Why aren't they dropping?” he asks after a few minutes.
“The halos on their heads; you need to destroy them,” Prometheus answers. “If you fight hard, you'll get a nice and toned body.”
At that comment, Silent Warrior then starts fighting with passion, knocking the guys down, using special uppercuts, and of course the usual power punches.
“I think it's time for you all to stay down,” he taunts. “This hand of mine is burning red! Fist of the Phoenix Flare!”
Silent Warrior aims his attack at the halos, and breaks them, sending the Youkais back to where they came from, and causing Goliath to retreat.
* * *
That night, TJ is taking a shower, thinking about how much weight he must have lost from all the working out. When he gets out of the shower, he steps on a scale and notices he gained some weight. He starts to yell and everyone just covers their ears.