Happy found the results of his first attack less than satisfying, and being a speedster, he decided to launch a two-pronged initiative for his next attempt.  His first idea arose from the unexpected spray of earth that the Elemental had directed at Athena.  Although he was too far away to be certain, J.D. hadn't noticed a corresponding reduction in the monster's size when he'd discharged all that material.  The quick-thinking teen theorized that he was channeling the mud through his body, drawing from the limitless supply underneath his feet -- using the jungle itself as a weapon.  The tactic got J.D. wondering if losing contact with the ground might weaken their foe, or at least prevent him from any more mud-blasts.<br/><br/>In a matter of seconds, the Elemental found himself no longer standing on the bare ground.  Beneath his feet appeared a thick, continuous carpet of leaves, four- and five-deep, plucked from nearby trees and foliage, and arranged at super-speed over the area of the jungle floor around him.  A few steps in any direction would restore his contact with the earth, but Happy was counting on his teammates' attacks to keep the villian more or less stuck in one spot.<br/><br/>The "teen tornado" had to get in really close to layer leaves under each of the Elemental's feet, when he raised each of them to take a step.  Pocketing a thin, flat rock on one of his many leaf-gathering trips, he used the proximity to dig the rock into one of the monster's calves, to see if there was any hope of simply scooping off bits of his mucky mass.  J.D. had wanted to test such an effort ever since he'd mentioned it to the others earlier.  He overlooked their leader's nearly-simultaneous attempt to try the same tactic with a scoop from her super-powered hand.