22. Ka-Boom!

CHAPTER 22 KA-BOOM! Suddenly, lightning flashed, thunder crashed, and the rain came a-tumbling down. "That's why!" said George.

As the first few drops of rain hit Captain Underpants's pudgy face, he began to transform. In a matter of seconds, he changed from a confident, powerful superhero into an angry, annoyed elementary school principal. Unlikewisely, the rain-on-the-face thing was having the opposite effect on Nice Mr. Krupp, transforming him, once again, into an arrogant, foul-tempered super-villain named Captain Blunderpants.

Evil George and Evil Harold smiled their evilest smiles as Captain Blunderpants snapped their ropes and yelled out a triumphant "La-La-Traaaaa!" George and Harold quickly snapped their fingers again and again, but it was having no effect. It was raining too hard, and Mr. Krupp was getting annoyed. "This is the dumbest dream I've ever had!" he shouted. "I'm gonna go home and get back into bed." And with that, he turned and stormed off toward his soggy toilet- paper-covered house.

"Looks like the tables have turned," Evil Harold snickered. "You guys haven't won yet," said George. Quickly, George and Harold leaped onto Crackers's back, and the three forlorn friends flew off toward their tree house. "Don't just stand there!" cried Evil Harold to his creepy cohorts. "LET'S GET 'EM!"