Generation: Spinach
By Dark Phoenix
A tale of two families stemming from one legacy.

Comments? Criticisms? - Email me after you've finished reading! Feedback is most appreciated: thedarkphoenix2008@yahoo.com

***DISCLAIMER***
This story is geared towards adults. If you are NOT into female muscle growth, superhuman strength, and violence, then this story is not for you. But if you ARE into those things, then read on.

***NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR*** 
Here we have a new story in the legacy of everyone's favorite spinach-eating sailor! Just so you know, this is completely unrelated to my other series, "A Sailor's Legacy". This is commission for one of my earliest readers. As you will see from the way this story pans out, it leaves the potential to become a series. I'll be honest, I found it rather difficult to do a story within the world of Popeye. You would think with me being as big a fan of spinach eating women and female muscle growth, that it would be easy. But nevertheless, I think it came out quite well. So without further adieu, enjoy!


* * *
The legend of Popeye the Sailor has carried on for many years. He has overcome many obstacles and many foes, thanks to the power of his spinach. He was well known for always being himself and nothing more. And that made him quite the extraordinary fellow. His arch-rival, Bluto also has a legacy, though quite different from Popeye's. He has always been a thorn in his side and would do whatever it took it get his way.

Many have come to know much of Popeye's family as well. But there is one who, until recently, hasn't been introduced before. And that's his sister, Heather. And while Popeye has made himself quite known for his many encounters, Heather has maintained a low profile. Her first serious use of spinach came when Bluto once hit on her. And despite her attempt to establish a peaceful relationship with him, his ego was too great. When she rejected his advances, he wouldn't take no for an answer and became violent with her. And he would've seriously harmed her, but she happened to have a can of spinach with her at the recommendation of her brother. She downed its contents and exploded with muscle and power. She nailed Bluto with a punch that sent him flying into the horizon. The feeling of being so strong was euphoric, almost addicting. She then decided to become a full-time bodybuilder to build up her muscles and become an exceptionally strong woman and use spinach only if it was absolutely necessary. Like her brother, she had those bulging forearms Popeye was famous for. Not only that, but she too was a sailor and cherished the open seas. Thanks to the heroic deeds of Popeye, the powers that be had decided to name a new town for him, called Spinachville, on the west coast of Florida. It is there that Heather has become one of its first permanent residents.

And through it all, Heather has always been proud of her brother and has even had the good fortune of falling in love with a man named ironically, Rick Popeye. He has always claimed it was merely a coincidence, but she knew that deep down, he was proud to have such a last name. And the fact that he won over the sister of Popeye himself had made his life all the more happy. Heather and Rick went on to have four daughters together. The first was named Jennifer, the second was named Kary, the third was named Patty, and the fourth was named Shannon. All was well in the new Popeye household. That is, until that tragic day when Rick fell ill to a nasty virus that attacked his heart. There was no known cure and nothing could be done for him.

That was fifteen years ago. Many things have changed since then, as well as things that never change. Heather has remained a bodybuilder since and, despite the bulging forearms known to her side of the family, she has seen amazing success and has won many awards for her dedication. Also, despite being forty-five years old now, she is in the best shape of her life. She now sports one of the most muscular physiques in the female bodybuilding world. She has shaped her abnormally huge forearms into a highly defined pack of steel. It essentially gives her extreme power behind her punches that would make her brother proud! Her glutes actually enhanced the sex appeal of her already fine ass. Her breasts were two bobbing mounds of arousing size for someone so muscular. Her abs were really tight and swelled an inch out from her washboard stomach, leaving grooves in between them that you could stick a quarter all the way into. And her thighs were like tree trunks. She takes especially great pride in how strong her legs are. It's because of her legs that she's one of the fastest swimmers around.

All in all, Heather is a cut above the rest and even makes Bluto look out of shape with her amazing definition. But her biggest pride was that she accomplished all of it without spinach. But that's not to say she's above using it. As you'll come to realize, she'll be consuming the super vegetable on many occasions to come.

And so the story begins...

* * *

"But Patty, you should be proud to be invited to do modeling. Forget what others say, do you realize how much financial security there is in modeling?" came the voice of the Heather. She's currently on the phone with Patty, her third daughter.

Patty is now nineteen years old and studying biochemistry. Possessing the inherent genetics of Popeye, she wishes to discover what it is about her and so few others that makes them so big and strong when they eat spinach. But she's trying to keep her project away from prying eyes out of fear people might think she's crazy. She has even gone so far as to keep it a secret from her family as well. People are glad to have such a hero in Popeye and many might consider this a dangerous path to follow, especially if any fruits of her labor were to fall into the wrong hands. Nevertheless, Patty has been determined to find the secret to her unique genetics and duplicate it in others.

"I told you Mom, I'm not interested! I've got so much going on right here. If I start this modeling career, it will put a damper on my progress." Patty said from the other end.

Heather was understandably upset, but she also knew that Patty was grown up and knew there was little she could do change her mind.

"Look sweetheart. I'm happy that you are so dedicated to your studies. But there is such a thing as too much studying. You need something to clear your mind and unwind. And besides, you are a beautiful young woman. You are the only one who doesn't have the forearms that the rest of our family has. You could go a long way in modeling." Heather pressed.

"Look Mom. You just don't get it. I'm on the biggest roll of my life here. I've got enough momentum to rocket me to the top of my class. I'm just afraid that if I do anything unrelated to my studies, it might hinder me and disrupt that momentum. I don't want to lose that. Please understand this Mom...please." Patty said firmly.

Heather sighed in disappointment. She knew she wasn't going to win this argument.

"Fine. I guess there's nothing I can do to change your mind. If it means that much to you, then go ahead. But please sweetheart, don't push yourself too hard. Allow yourself some time to unwind from your studies, even if it's just a little." Heather conceded.

Patty smiled, "I know Mom. And I do, just not on the level you're asking. Well hey, I got to go. Marcus is here to pick me up. I'll call you later."

"Alright. I love you." Heather said.

"I love you too." Patty answered.

"Bye." said Heather.

"Bye." said Patty.

Heather put down the receiver and walked out into the kitchen. At the moment, she was by herself. She reflected on how much things have changed over the years. Her three eldest daughters have moved out to bigger pursuits, leaving the last of her daughters, Shannon. Shannon is sixteen and having a rough time getting through high school. She is so much like her oldest sister, Jennifer, in that she has a short fuse and tends to go off on others easily. If anything, she feels that Shannon is even worse than Jennifer. There have been many occasions when she has gotten notices from the school about Shannon causing trouble and even picking fights with others. She has even gone so far as to humiliate her victims in front of other students. It has really shamed Heather to think that someone with the Popeye name could be a bully.

Now Bluto, there's a bully. He was the polar opposite of Popeye: Massively built, strong, and ruthless. Bluto had spent a number of years trying to win Olive Oyl's heart away from Popeye. But his forceful methods always surfaced and it would push her away. But all of that changed since Bluto's encounter with Heather. Bluto had enough of trying to compete with Popeye and found great fortune when he hit the lottery and won it big. He became the richest man in Spinachville overnight. He eventually hit it off with a gorgeous babe named Betsy and had four sons of his own. The first one was named Bruno, the second was named Bernard, the third was named Bomber, and the fourth was named Billy. Not long after though, things became too turbulent in the Bluto household and Betsy left Bluto. She wanted to take her sons with her, but Bluto being the manipulative and scheming tyrant that he is, won out in the justice system and gained full custody of the kids. Betsy was heartbroken and disappeared into the unknown.

And now, Bluto and his family live like kings. It infuriates Heather that he would haunt her still, looking for a way to get his way with her. And what's more, Bluto's four sons have all had some interaction with her daughters. But she finds it strange to see the whole thing reversed with Shannon and Billy. She planned to have a talk with her as soon as she got home from school. But who knows what might happen between now and then...

"Hey, come back here Billy! We're just getting started!" Shannon called out. Billy, the fourth son of Bluto was unlike his brothers. He was what his Dad called weak compared to his brothers. Billy had little desire to torment others, unlike his brothers. Despite his upbringing, he wanted to live a carefree lifestyle. Up until Bomber graduated high school, Billy had nothing to worry about because his brothers were feared throughout the school and until now, no one messed with him. But now only he was left and, of all people that could give him such a hard time, it had to be one of the Popeye girls. Billy even had a secret crush on Shannon once. But when they went on a date, she completely flew off the handle on him when he suggested they take a walk in the park. But Shannon had other ideas in mind, and going to the park was at the bottom of that list. She too saw Billy as weak and had been making fun of him since.

Shannon was closest to Popeye himself and listened to all of his stories about his encounters with Bluto and how spinach would turn the tables on him. This created a deep-seated resentment towards Bluto and his sons and wanted to "be the bad karma that gets them in the end". Well she certainly found that out alright. For when she ate her first can of spinach, she found out how good it felt to have so much muscle and strength that she proceeded to pummel Billy one day and made a complete spectacle of him when she hung him by his tights on the flagpole. To say Billy was humiliated was an understatement.

When Shannon got home from school, word had already reached Heather about what happened. She had since called her brother over since using spinach when fighting the bullies was his expertise. Popeye took her outside for a chat.

"What's da matter wit you? Spinach is not sometink you use for personal gain. Is you trying to ruins my reputation?!" Popeye asked, understandably upset.

"Why not?! You use it all the time to defeat Bluto! How's this any different?" Shannon asked.

Popeye's pipe spun in his mouth, "Lisken up! There's a difference between spinach strength and real strength. And if you'd payed closer attention to da stories I've told you, you'd see that I don't eats me spinach unless it's absolutely neskessary! But Bluto has always resorted to cheating tactics to gain the upper hand. Even then I don't use the spinach until he goes too far. Usually, this means kidnapping Olive or threatening the ones I care for."

Shannon wasn't buying it, "Uncle Popeye, please tell me. Why is it that everyone isn't eating spinach and gaining the strength we can?"

Popeye just smiled, "Well garsh, I guess it's because people just don't like to eats their spinach."

Shannon scoffed, "I find that hard to believe."

Popeye felt like he wasn't making much progress with her, "Lisken Shannon, let me puts it another way. Would you really wants to be regarded as someone who uses spinach as a crutch for everytink? Don't you get it? You have real strength inside you. Always rely on that. Only eat spinach when it truly is needed."

Shannon's eyes met Popeye?s. He saw the glimmer of understanding finally appear in them.

"Gee Uncle Popeye, I...I guess I never thought of it like that." Shannon finally relented.

Popeye ushered her back inside. Shannon grabbed a can of spinach and tucked it away.

"Remember Shannon, only when it's absolutely neskessary." Popeye reminded her.

Shannon nodded and ran upstairs. As she entered her bedroom, she spoke to herself, "But that won't stop me from trying to dismantle the Bluto family. Billy is just an easy target, that's all. Even without spinach, he's nothing more than a pushover."

Heather walked over to Popeye, "Thanks Popeye, I figured that you'd be able to get through to her. She really does idolize you more than any of her sisters do." Heather said.

Popeye held his pipe and gave it a quick toot, "She didn't understand why I eats spinach. If anytink, I think she'd be great to take after her mother. You are indoobidibly much stronger than me even without the spinach."

Heather blushed a little as she flexed an enormous twenty-inch bicep and spoke with Popeye's accent, "I try not to eats spinach for this very reason. It feels so good to have these muskles without it."

Popeye spun his pipe again in mock annoyance, "Hows about you and I have an arm wrestling match to proves it?"

Heather sat down at a nearby table and offered her right arm, "Sure thing brother. It has been a while since we've done this. But are you really so sure all of a sudden that you can beat me?"

Popeye sat across from her and took with his own, "You betcha. Let's do it."

They locked eyes in anticipation as Popeye initiated the countdown, "Three, two, one, GO!"

Their arms tensed. Heather was surprised to feel that Popeye wasn't kidding. He really had gotten stronger since they last went at it. But she still had the edge.

"I see you've been working out." Heather said.

Popeye was putting increased effort into it, "Yeah, well, it's been a while since I've put my muskles to good use."

Popeye's bicep began to bulge a little as he was gradually increasing his strength. Heather's already impressive arm began to swell as well. Veins began pressing against the skin and the peak began to swell. Compared to Popeye, Heather's had more definition. She found herself turning it up to keep him at bay. She already knew she could end it at anytime, but she didn't want to make her brother feel bad with such a quick defeat.

"Wow, I'm impressed. But against these babies..." Heather said as her bicep swelled more rapidly into a hardened mass of muscle topped with a large criss-crossing vein.

Popeye felt her strength overpower his as she brought his arm down to the table. She stood up and flexed her pumped up bicep peak, which now reached twenty-five inches.

"I must admit, I had to put some effort into winning,? she said.

Popeye's ego was a bit wounded, but he's taken years of abuse and humiliation at the hands of Bluto and many others. And that included women. He didn't think he'd ever be able to forget that amazon hillbilly who tried to marry him against his will. Thank goodness Olive was around to take care of her, thanks to his spinach. Crazy as it sounded, he found it rather arousing to see Olive flexing biceps that popped out of her normally skinny frame. Of course, it wasn't like that with Heather since she was his sister. But every now and then, when he was by himself with his thoughts, he had shamefully wished Heather wasn't his sister. But it was just stray thinking. He has always had eyes for Olive. And he probably would be married to her already if he wasn't weak around other women. That boxing lesson really ticked her off. But fortunately, after Olive again ate the spinach, she took out most of her anger on that other chick who was trying to seduce him. For some time now, he had been thinking of taking another shot at marriage with Olive Oyl. But he was afraid she would turn him down out of the blue. It took a while for him to get her to admit that she had a bad dream about having two kids with him that were downright uncontrollable.

Popeye turned away, "Oh my garsh, that was embaraskin. Guess you're still stronger than me."

Heather just smiled, "You're welcome to a rematch anytime."

Popeye checked his watch, "Well blow me down! I'm gonna be late for work! I best be goin! Good seein ya!"

Heather waved as he darted out the door, "Take care little brother."

* * *

Billy hit the wall with a WHAM! Bluto walked up to him, "I don't believe this! You, beaten by a girl! In all my time, I've never let a dame beat me up! And this carefree attitude of yours! It's got to change right now!"

Billy picked himself up and looked at his father, "But Dad, why? Why must I go starting fights with those weaker than me?"

Bluto flexed his arm as a massive bicep inflated his sleeve, "Because this is what makes us better than that runt Popeye and his family! Unlike them, we are always much stronger than they are. It's only when that twerp eats his spinach that he is able to turn the tables on me. He'd be nuttin without that spinach!"

Billy was still unconvinced, "But this isn't Popeye we're talkin about now is it? It's that crazy bitch who, quite honestly, is a worse bully than even you!"

Bluto backhanded him, "Don't be back-talkin me! No one is more feared and respected than I! And that's exactly why you are becoming unpopular as of late! Like it or not, you are naturally stronger than any of them. And though even I wouldn't hit a girl, you're got to draw the line and show her who's boss! Otherwise, you're in for a rough time in school. Take your brothers for example! They were the most popular guys when they were in school. But to think that this Shannon prefers a shrimpy guy over you is insulting! Look, just flex those arms of yours. You don't seem to realize how strong you are."

Billy didn't have much choice but to take in what his father said. He never really gave much though to his physique. He never really noticed. But for the heck of it, he flexed his arm. His bicep swelled impressively under his sleeve. While it was by no means as big as his fathers, it was still big and it felt good to feel the surge of strength fill those arms. Suddenly, his attitude changed.

"You know what, you're right Dad! This does feel good! No, it feels great! What was I thinking all this time?" Billy said with newfound resolve.

"Now that's the spirit! Now when you go into school tomorrow, show her who you are and make her wish she never crossed paths with you!" Bluto said.

Billy knew than Shannon wasn't one to be taken lightly. For a girl who was sixteen, she was amazingly strong and looked like a female version of Popeye. He had to do some serious working-out tonight to get ready for tomorrow. It was time that he put a new gang together and make his presence truly known at school. Shannon would rue the day! Billy reached for his cell phone and dialed out.

"Hello. Yes, it's me. I need...a favor from you...No, it's not like that anymore! Dad has helped me to see the error of my ways! But regardless, I'm gonna need your help on this one. No one at my school would fit the bill..."

* * *

The next day was a long one at school. Shannon had plans to finish what she started. Despite what Popeye had said, she still wasn't going to settle for just waiting for Billy or his family to give hers a hard time. She was going to give Billy the ultimate taste of humiliation. When school let out for lunch, she went outside into the schoolyard. Many other students were scattered around the yard having their lunches. Shannon got lots of gazes from passing students. She was rapidly becoming regarded as a mere bully. She liked that feeling of knowing no one would mess with her.

She met eyes with one of the students staring at her, "What are you looking at four-eyes?!"

The boy quickly looked away and kept on walking. Shannon was looking for Billy, but didn't see him anywhere. She figured he must be hiding, knowing she'd be out here. She decided to take a walk around the side of the building. At first, nothing. But then four huge guys stepped out. Shannon was frozen in surprise. Among them was Billy, but something was different about him. He seemed surprisingly like Bluto himself: Mean, imposing, and menacing. And these other three guys, they looked like they could be his brothers.

"Well babe! Were you looking for me? You picked the wrong family to mess wit and I'm gonna make an example out of you!" Billy said.

The largest of the four stepped forward, "My little brother here tells me you were picking fights with him and buttin in his business. You see, you picked the wrong family to mess wit."

"Who are you?!" Shannon demanded.

The biggest guy pretended to be flattered, "Oh me? Why I'm Bruno. I used to go to this school, too. So did my other two brothers here."

One of the other two guys stepped forward, "My name is Bernard. I was top of my class in wrestling. It seems that what you need is to learn your place."

The last of them stepped forward, "And I'm Bomber. I was captain of the football team here and was called the human bulldozer. Not one could tackle me unless it was several of them at once. And even then, it took a lot of effort on their part. You see, Billy here told me about your desire to destroy his dreams and mess with his psyche, but we're not gonna let some mere dame make a fool out of him."

Shannon's temper rose, "So this is what it takes? You all gonna gang up on me? Because it's gonna take the four of you to take me on!"

Billy laughed, "Oh, a tough gal eh?! Face it, I've been holding back around you because I don't like to hit girls. But since you seem to want to fight like a guy, then I'm going to treat you like one!"

Shannon tried a new approach, "Wait, what about you're wanting to date me? You don't think you can really hit little old me now, could you?"

Billy laughed even more, "Oh please, that was the old me. I don't see how anyone would want to go out with you!"

Shannon pulled back her sleeves and flexed her arms. She had a pretty decent set of biceps that pushed upward from her upper arms.

"So if it's a fights ya want, then it's a fights ya get!" Shannon said as she charged at him.

Billy braced for her attack as Shannon charged him. The two locked fists as Shannon let loose a volley of punches that was exchanged with an equal volley from Billy. His brothers watched on as the two remained toe to toe. But then Billy got the upper hand and nailed her with a hard right. She was knocked down and momentarily dazed. Billy signaled for his brothers to grab her and take her with them. Against all four of them, Shannon was helpless. And for the first time, she felt fear at what these four might do to her.

"I got an idea! Bring her to the flagpole!" Billy instructed.

A scared, but still determined Shannon tried uselessly to struggle against her captives, "What are you going to do, tie me to the pole? How clich?!"

"Oh no, I'm not going to do that." Billy simply said.

Within minutes, they were in the middle of the courtyard. More and more other students took notice of this sudden change of events and a few recognized Bomber. Before she knew it, she was tied to the top part of the flagpole.

"So tell me Shannon! How does it feel to be humiliated, huh?!" Billy yelled at her.

Shannon realized that now would truly be a good time to break out her spinach. But her arms were bound by the rope and she couldn't reach into her shirt. But, the can was not far from the neckline. If she could somehow wiggle it close enough to her mouth...

Another rope was tied to the tip of the flagpole as the four sons of Bluto began pulling it downward like a catapult. She now knew what they were gonna do.

"Hope you have a nice flight!" Billy said menacingly as he and his brothers let go of the rope, causing the pole to spring back up in an instant; the force of the pole springing upright was enough to literally launch Shannon to the horizon. She struggled with all her might trying to get her teeth around the can. She had precious seconds before she would hit the ground. The can finally worked its way close enough for her to grasp it with her teeth and squeeze it with her jaw. After another few seconds, the can finally popped open and she tilted the opening to her mouth and swallowed every last bit of it just as she hit the ground several miles away with an explosive 'CRASH!?

It was a deserted section of the beach with several rock faces. One of them was huge and was cracked in several places around a hole that she crashed into. At first, there was nothing. Suddenly, the cracks around the hole began to multiply and expand. Finally, the whole thing exploded into several large fragments. When the dust settled, a rejuvenated Shannon was standing there flexing the biggest biceps she has ever seen yet. Each peak stood 40 inches high and in a close-up of one of them, was an image of the Rock of Gibraltar filling her oversized bicep. She reveled in the strength that filled every fiber of her being. She finally came back down to Earth and remembered that all four of Bluto's sons were at that school probably hamming it up and causing chaos. She knew that she'd have to do something about it. She looked around and saw another impressively large rock. Deciding to see just how strong she really was now, she bent over and hefted the two-ton rock and held it over her head. Raw strength filled her bulging muscles as she pressed it up and down for several reps.

"Wow, this feels so good!" she said as she experienced another feeling. It was one of sexual energy, which seemed to intensify the more she used her spinach-enhanced strength.

She again shook her head, snapping herself out of it, "Come on, focus! Got to get back there NOW!"

She reared back and threw the rock a mile out to sea as she watched it slam into the water with a huge splash. And that wasn't even her hardest throw. She turned and got into the position of a sprinter and took off running like the Flash. She covered the distance she flew and, in less than a minute, was back at the schoolyard. People were cowering in fear as Billy and his gang were advancing on Shannon's own crush, Alex. It was rather ironic though that he was gay, but that hasn't stopped Shannon from trying to possibly turn him straight, if you know what I mean. Seeing Alex in danger was more than she could take.

Everyone was so focused on the four that they didn't notice Shannon right away. She saw Alex and began to simmer with rage.

"That's all I can stand! I can't stands no more!" she said, grabbing the attention of everyone there. Even Billy, Bomber, Bernard, and Bruno were stopped in their tracks by her voice. They turned around and all four of their jaws just dropped. There Shannon stood, pulsating with muscles all over her body. She felt so strong and sexy that she gave them a preview of what they were in store for when she flexed a bicep that reached as high as her head as a monster-sized vein pressed hard against her skin. A new image of a block of TNT with a lit fuse appeared. She then went into a crab flex as she stared down her prey.

"I'll deal with you shortly Billy. As for the rest of you, you don't belong here!" she said as she rushed at them.

Bomber went on the offensive first and tried to attack Shannon, but she swiftly countered with a hard right that sent him crashing into a nearby brick wall. Shannon ran over and took him by the wrist and swung him back and forth into the ground. Finally, she tossed him to the side where he lay in a crumpled heap. Bernard tried next as he swung at her head. Shannon decided to take the punch, so she let it connect with her chin. Bernard's fist connected, but became compressed. He pulled it back as his entire forearm looked like an accordion. Shannon cocked her fist back and hit him so hard that he crashed into his car, completely demolishing it. Shannon ran over and lifted the car over her head as she saw Bernard lying there in pain. She held the car over her head and she slowly crushed it between her hands.

"Looks like your car is now a compact!" she said as she slammed it down so hard that it completely fell to pieces. Shannon took Bernard and threw him on top of Bomber, gradually forming a small pile.

Shannon finally turned to Bruno. He was the strongest of the four, but now he was hers to destroy. Bruno grabbed a large handful of bricks that were lying on the ground from where Bomber hit and chucked them at her. She extended her right arm and made an arc with her left arm forming a wide C as each brick rolled across the right arm and into the left where she use quick flexes of her bulging bicep to send them flying right at the wall where they neatly fill the hole back in. Bruno charged at Shannon as she once again reared back her fist and delivered a hard uppercut that sent him tumbling into the air and came back down, landing on the pile of Bomber and Bernard.

At last, it was down to Billy. With his brothers disposed of, he was left defenseless. Shannon cracked her knuckles as Billy cowered in fear. He could feel the satisfied stares of everyone around, especially Alex who was close to being his next victim. Shannon grabbed Billy by his throat and slowly lifted him off the ground and held him there.

"I think it's time to show you what this bicep can do." she said as she placed his head between her upper and lower arm as she held him in place and began repeatedly flexing her bicep which began a relentless assault on his face. Her bicep was throbbing with strength and power as the frequency of her flexes rapidly increased until she moved so fast, it was a blur. A third image of a V8 engine at full throttle appeared in her bicep. After a couple minutes of this, she flexed her bicep especially hard, sending Billy flying to the top of the flagpole, where he got caught on the top of it, causing him to hang in full view of everyone by his underwear. Everyone clapped and cheered at this as Shannon blushed a little and flexed her immense muscles for the crowd.

The rest of the day was filled with buzz at her change of attitude. She went from being a bully herself to being a hero. Bluto got a visit later on from the police regarding Billy's brothers' unauthorized presence at the school. Shannon had taken a picture of the pile she made of Bomber, Bernard, and Bruno as well as Billy hanging by his underwear on the flagpole and posted it on her MySpace page. Heather got a good look at Shannon's spinach-enhanced form as she smiled.

"If you worked out regularly, you could almost look like that all the time." Shannon's mother said.

"Yeah, well, perhaps..." she said.

There was a knock on the door as Shannon went to answer it.

"Hey, Uncle Popeye! I'm glad you're here! Boy do I have a lot to tell you!" she said excitedly.

"Whoa calms down. Let's go back inside so you cansk tell me all about it." Popeye said.

Heather went back into the kitchen to prepare dinner as Shannon told Popeye about her day and how she manhandled all four of Bluto's sons. After she was done, Popeye chuckled.

"Now that's more like it. I'm glad to hear that you tooks me advise to heart,? he said.

Out of the blue, Shannon put her arm on the table, "C'mon Uncle Popeye, let's arm wrestle!"

He was surprised by this, but thought he could defeat her easily; he accepted her challenge.

"Alright then." he said as he placed his arm down and took her hand. Little did he know she was still super strong from the spinach.

"Ready...GO!" Popeye said as he held her arm in place. But what he failed to realize that it was actually her holding his hand in place.

Heather happened to walk in on them as this began and decided to watch as she leaned against the wall and smiled.

"Well, are you going to try or not?" Shannon asked.

"Very well, then. Here I go." Popeye said as he put all of his strength into putting her arm down. But he was shocked to see that her arm didn't move a millimeter. Shannon grinned as she tensed her bicep as Popeye saw it rise like dough from her arm. His eyes were wide when it reached forty inches in size and knew then that she was still under the power of the spinach.

"I'm strong to da finach! Cause I eats my spinach!" Shannon said as she slammed Popeye's fist down on the table, only she did it a little too hard as the table split in two and Popeye was forced to the floor.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!" Shannon said as she helped him up to his feet. But he was fine, only his pride was once again a little hurt. The three burst out laughing as Shannon grinned, stuck her tongue out, and winked. And Heather was proud to see that Shannon would one day fill her uncle's shoes quite nicely.

THE END