Rayman Legends Adventures in Recess: School's Out/Script

In Disneyville's school, everyone was emotional to be out of school for the summer. Little did they know, someone was planning to end summer vacation for good, which was not nice for anyone.
At the Disneyville Academy...
Almost every student was outside on the playground as they were at their favorite time of the day; Recess.
"Last day of the school sale, boys and girls," Hustler Boy smirked to the other students, "get your festival contraband here! Shaving cream, toilet paper, goofy string, teacher house cards."
"I'll take one of the cards, Hustler Kid," Danny said.
Then the diggers were digging up their hole together and were patching it.
"Hey, Diggers, let's party," Lilo warned them.
"I can't, we have to finish all our holes before the end of the day," Sam said.
"We can't dig them up next year if we don't dig them up now," Dave added.
Lilo blinked, but shrugged and walked off. The Diggers patted their patch, only for Stitch to burst out and he ran away to go find Lilo.
"Whoops," Dave grinned hesitantly as Lilo frowned at the Diggers for burying her pet alien.
Then everyone went to the jungle gym as King Bob was making an announcement.
"I, King Bob, in my last official act before entering a new school, anoint this boy here King Freddie II," King Bob said as he removed his helmet and put it onto the boy behind his head with a sticker on it with the letter F to replace his B, "may you rule all children with fairness."
"The king has graduated," Eddie announced as he stood with Sawyer and Kiara, "long live the king!"
Then the safety guards were playing "Hail to the Chief" on their kazoos.
"Elbows up! Knees forward! You call it playing kazoo," Brad frowned like a drill sergeant.
"Ah, a ceremony....." Ashley B wiped her eyes with a grin as she and the other Ashleys were gussied up for today.
"I'm emotional, Ashley A," Ashley Q swooned.
"Say what you will about their personal lives, Ashley Q," Ashley A replied, "the royals have such style."
Two guys were carrying a pink box to the ice cream truck.
"Get them here, let's go," Miss Finster barked orders.
"Miss Finster! Miss Finster," Randall rushed to the woman, "the children are practically mad with Last Day of School fever!"
"Of course they are, Randall," Miss Finster replied, "they're animals that live by pure instinct."
"I have a mile-long list of infractions," Randall informed, "diggers hit a water pipe, kindergartners are feasting on dough–"
"Never mind, Randall," Miss Finster dismissed him.
"The Hustler Boy is for sale–" Randall continued until he realized what she said, "did you say 'it doesn't matter'?"
"That's right, Randall," Miss Finster smirked, "what I have here is bigger, much bigger. All this year I've been holding back the ice cream, hiding it from all these little savages. Look at it, Randall. I'm counting 100, perhaps 200 cases of this one."
"What are you going to do with all ice cream, Miss Finster," Randall asked.
"Well, resell them to the District of course," Miss Finster replied like it was obvious, "think of all the chalks and erasers we can get!"
"But Miss Finster, I have dirt on everyone," Randall replied, "well, everyone but Detweiler and his buddies...come to think of it, I haven't seen these guys anywhere."
"Ah, forget them, Randall; there's nothing TJ Detweiler and his fellow hooligans can do to stop me," Miss Finster said before she walked off with Randall.
Soon the truck closed the back once the ice cream was all sealed up, but once he walked off, a rope came out.
Spinelli was shown attached to the rope with a box of ice cream as she ate a fudge bar. "Well, that should do it," she grinned to Gus and Vince as she met them on the roof of the school, "there's enough for everyone."
"Fine, it's festive time," Vince grinned back.
Mikey dropped the candy into the launcher and gave thumbs up to Vince as he was set to go.
"CHILDREN OF THE PLAYGROUND," Vince yelled out as loud as he could from the rooftop.
Everyone suddenly stopped at what they were doing to look up to see him.
"I'll give you ice cream," Vince announced.
"Shoot," Spinelli warned Mikey.
Mikey pulled the lever and ice cream was in the air as everyone cheered. Gus put more ice cream in the hurl and Mikey pulled it again.
"I saw the future and it's adorable," Sawyer chuckled to her friends.
"Sawyer, you always see the future," Kiara replied, comically missing the point.
"Kiara is....oh, whatever..." Sawyer sighed to her best friend.
"Ice cream," Sticky Webb beamed.
"Coco Puffs," Oliver Oken added.
"Fudge Bars," Trixie Carter grinned.
"Popsicle," Ron Stoppable added.
"MY ICE CREAM," Miss Finster roared once she came out to see what was going on.
The students collected the ice cream out of emotion.
"Stop this! Stop that, I said," Miss Finster scolded, "you little freaks, you're in danger now! Just wait for Principal Prickly to find out!"
'Attention, students, this is Principal Prickly speaking,' a certain voice announced on the PA.
"Well, that was swift," Miss Finster commented.
'Some of you may have noticed ice cream on the playground; I won't stand that,' Prickly's voice said, which made Miss Finster grin until then she heard the next words, 'this ice cream should be consoled immediately.'
"What," Miss Finster asked, which made the students cheer.
'And besides, I want you to ignore Miss Finster no matter what she says about ice cream or anything else,' Prickly added.
This made the students cheer again.
"This cannot happen....." Miss Finster moaned.
'Also, I want to let you know that I have a big, saggy ass that I like to scratch every hour,' Prickly continued.
Then the students laughed at that.
'Also, I want to apologize to all of you for being such a mean manager,' Prickly continued until we are shown at the principal's office and it was revealed that TJ was behind the fake announcement with a voice disguiser, 'taking away passes, giving guys recess detentions, refusing to accept sick notes just because it doesn't look like a guy's mum's signature, making children stand up against the wall, for ten entire moments, no break! Man, I'm disgraceful of myself for all the horrible, rotten facts I've done. And next year, I promise not to-----'
Prickly was now standing over him with his arms folded.
"Why Principal Prickly, what a surprise," TJ grinned hesitantly.
Soon Prickly brought TJ into his office to have a speak about what he had done. Then he placed aspirin into his water due to the chaos giving him a headache. "Why are you doing to this me, Detweiler," he asked the student he had in his office, "do you hate me? Do you like to torment me?"
"On the contrary, sir," TJ replied innocently, "I have the utmost respect for you."
"Don't be smart with me, boy," Prickly scolded, "all year you've been pushing me, testing me..."
"Testing you," TJ replied, "I don't know what you mean, sir."
"Oh, really," Prickly scoffed. "What about the time you convinced the FBI I was a Chinese agent and got me arrested," Prickly frowned as he hit his hands on the desk.
"I had to, sir, you were giving us a speech on personal hygiene," TJ replied innocently, "you must've been arrested!"
"Or how about the time you forged my signature to order a motorboat for school," Prickly asked.
"It was for kindergartners, sir," TJ said, "owning a boat was kinda like a dream to them."
"Oh, Detweiler, I've had enough of your childish pranks," Prickly said, "and this time, I'm really going to throw the book at you!"
"With all due respect, sir, you better get this over with, because you're practically out of time," TJ leaned back on the chair.
"What," Prickly's eyes widened as he seemed to forget what today was.
"It's the last day of school, sir," TJ reminded him. "I only have 20 moments left of fourth grade. Look," he pointed to the clock as it was almost 3:00.
In the classroom, Miss Grotke was weeping as she was going to miss her students.
"Well, she's doing better than my mum," Leonard warned his disguised dog, who was posing as a student where he could also go to school.
"You said it, Lenny," 'Scott' agreed.
"In a fashion, people, this day is a bummer for me," Miss Grotke sniffled, "but in another fashion, it's the ultimate high because every step that you children take is another step towards–"
"Miss Grotke," Spinelli interrupted.
"Yes, Spinelli," Miss Grotke replied.
"I don't want to interrupt you, but..." Spinelli said, pointing to the clock.
Miss Grotke looked at the clock and then grinned to her students. "Oh, by all means."
"Six...five...four...three...two...one," the students counted down.
The bell rang and everyone cheered. Kiara and Eddie were dancing, Danny was tearing papers up, and The Ashleys high-fived each other and said "Scandalous". Even the Kindergartners were cheering.
"You eat dough! You eat dough," Sticky frowned as he chased his teacher with a glue pot with a popsicle stick.
Then the students raced down the hallways in emotion as they could now begin their summer vacation.
"Hey, no racing in the corridors," Professor Rotwood scolded.
"Yes, what's the big idea," Barkin added, "it's just the end of the school year!"
Then the two men looked to each other in emotion before going to join in the celebration. "THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR?! Whoo-hoo!"
Even the lunch ladies were dancing and celebrating.
"Hey, girls, what have we done with the rest of this corn chowder," one lunch lady asked as she held a pot.
One lunch lady came over and sniffed it. "Aw, leave it in the kettle, it'll keep until September."
Then the lunch ladies all shared a laugh together.
The students ran in the hallway even TJ after he left the office. "Well, see you next year, Principal Prickly," he grinned before he went to run away.
"You better grow up this summer, young man," Prickly frowned before sighing, "I hate my job...."
The students ran out of the school as today was considered the best day of their lives.
"Look at these hooligans," Miss Finster complained.
"Actually, I think it's a wonderful expression of freedom and joy," Miss Grotke grinned.
"I warn you all of a wonderful expression of freedom and joy," Prickly smirked to them, "12 weeks of nothing but me at the Westdale Golf Course and no Detweiler!"
"I share that emotion, sir," Miss Finster smirked back in agreement.
Then Miss Finster and Prickly high-fived each other.
TJ was now seen walking with his friends.
"Man, Teej, that prank was adorable," Vince grinned.
"Yes, you should've seen the look on Finster's face," Spinelli grinned back, "I thought she was going to burst a joint!"
"And that lime was delicious," Mikey grinned.
"A tasty start to a tasty summer," TJ grinned back, "12 weeks of biking, hanging out past the lake, hitting the golf course on the west side. Summer vacation; the ultimate recreation."
"Yes, I can't wait to be at baseball camp," Vince beamed.
TJ stopped for a moment and turned around to look at his best friend. "Baseball camp," he asked, "what are you speaking about?"
"Actually, Teej, I'm going to be out of town as well," Spinelli said, "you see, the Big Time Wrestling Federation has this training camp, and I have to learn new moves if I want to go pro. My cousin suggested it for me."
"But Spinelli," TJ cried out in despair.
"It's Military Camp for me," Gus grinned, "my dad says I have to learn how to be a leader."
"I'm going to attend the Mount Van Buren Space Camp," Gretchen grinned, "I don't want to let these science geeks get ahead of me. Especially Cameron Wilkins, Chuckie Finster, and even Judy Jetson."
"You're all going to summer camp," TJ asked.
"Not me," Mikey replied.
"Thank heavens," TJ whispered in relief, but would swiftly be disappointed.
"The Young Voices Training Program doesn't like the word 'camp'," Mikey explained, "they prohibit opportunities for aspiring singers to train their voices in a rigorous, yet supportive setting."
"But summer is going to be ruined," TJ sulked, "what am I supposed to do? Play baseball by myself? Watch reruns? Read?!"
"I'm sorry, man, but we have to think about our futures," Vince put his arm around TJ in consolation.
"Yes, we can't waste all summer just fooling around like children," Spinelli added.
"But we are children," TJ said.
"Actually, as a completion of fourth grade, we're technically considered pre-young adults," Gretchen corrected.
"And next year, we won't even be pre," Mikey added.
"But...alright..." TJ sighed, "let's make the most of the time we have left. Where do you all leave?"
"First fact in the morning," Vince regretfully informed.
"Aw, man..." TJ moaned.
Tomorrow was going to be a major bummer for TJ as all of his friends were going to summer camp and he would be left behind, but his friends were hanging out with him as much as they could before they would leave tomorrow morning.
Unfortunately, the next day came faster and everyone was in the parking lot with the buses loading up for camp.
"Well, there's my bus," Gretchen said, "better get going."
"Yeah, same here," Spinelli added.
"Farewell, Teej, try to have some fun, alright," Mikey said.
"Don't worry, buddy; you'll have a grand time without us," Vince added.
"I don't know, Vince," TJ frowned, "all my plans were made for six."
Soon Vince got his baseball bat and ran into four certain girls, who were past the bus as well. "Don't warn me you Ashleys are going to Baseball Camp!"
"Ew, as if," Ashley T scoffed.
"Cheerleading Camp is right across the lake, duh," Ashley A added.
"I hope it's a big lake," Vince muttered.
Gretchen waved as she heard a horn honking and got on the bus as well as the Diggers.
"Ah, Space Camp," Dave grinned.
"I do wonder if they'll let us make craters," Sam grinned back.
Soon Spinelli went to get in line for the bus to Wrestling Camp and looked surprised to see who was there. "Hey, Hustler Boy, I didn't know you wrestled!"
"Actually I don't, I'm pre-management," Hustler Boy explained as he held a sleeping bag in his arm, "besides, my research warns me children who wrestle trade the most for contraband snacks. Which reminds me, wanna buy a Winger Dinger?"
"All right, all of the Kindergartner performers on the bus first~" a camp counselor grinned to the kids in front of her.
The Kindergartners dressed as Vikings emotionally got on the bus.
Soon Mikey ran after them and grinned to his friend, who was staying in town. "Bon voyage...teeeeeeJAAAAAY," he said in his singing voice, which made everyone stare at him and one of the bus windows shattered.
Then everyone clapped as Mikey took a bow.
"Big boy sing nice," one Kindergartner commented.
"Yes," another Kindergartner agreed.
"Well, Teej, there's my transport," Gus grinned, "hey, why don't you come with? Military Camp's gonna be a blast!"
"GRISWOLD, YOU MAGGOT," Captain Brad suddenly yelled at the boy, "GET YOUR FANNY OVER HERE NOW!!"
"Uh, thanks, Gus, but I'll stick around at home for the summer," TJ said.
"Alright, but you don't know what you're missing," Gus said as he went over to the his bus, "hiya, Captain Brad!"
"I don't like you, Griswold, I am not your friend, DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR," Captain Brad frowned.
"Sir, yes, sir, not looking for friendship, sir," Gus saluted.
"Farewell, Gus, you're gonna need it," TJ advised.
Gus waved at TJ, but then was pulled back into the bus.
"Man, this summer's gonna whomp," TJ sulked.
Then the buses left to go to their respective camps, leaving TJ by himself. Then the boy took off riding his bike in despair. TJ just went home since he had nowhere else to go or nothing to do as his friends were gone for the summer. He even went to the lake to skip some rocks, but that was no fun, but he sat in his clubhouse looking miserable.
Later on...
'And then, the summer season officially begins with children all over the country rushing off to camp,' the anchor reported on the television news, 'in other news, the National No Recess Movement has hit a serious stumbling block with the disappearance of its leader: Former Secretary of Education, Phillium Benedict. Benedict, fired by the president two years ago for his extremist views, has recently been--'
"No recess, what a bunch of hogwash," Papa Bear scoffed as he turned off the TV.
"Morning, Mum," TJ sulked as he came into the kitchen in his pajamas, "morning, Dad."
"Are you just getting up now," Papa Bear asked his son, "sheesh, you're sleeping off your entire vacation."
"Yes, darling, why don't you go play with your friends," Mama Bear suggested as she got to the fridge, "you also have a visitor."
"Hi, TJ," Duchess grinned to her cousin.
"Duchess," TJ beamed to her before running over and hugging his cousin, "what are you doing here?"
"I took a train, it came in very late last night, I'm really sorry about that, Papa Bear and Mama Bear," Duchess warned her parents.
"That's alright, darling, we're just glad to have you here," Mama Bear grinned.
"Me as well, but don't you have a trip with Mystery Inc," TJ asked.
"No, we've all decided to take a vacation for a while," Duches said.
"Motocross," TJ asked her.
Soon enough, O'Malley came in.
"Hey, buddy," O'Malley waved to the fourth grader.
"Thomas," TJ grinned as he went over to the orange cat and fist bumped him, "it's nice to see you again."
"You alright, jocko," O'Malley asked.
"Ugh, I was fine, but my friends abandoned me and went to camp," TJ scoffed as he folded his arms.
"Now, TJ, I know there are other boys around this summer," Mama Bear warned her son as she handed him a plate of breakfast, "Mrs. Weems says Randall is available. Do you want me to make a play date?"
"A play date," TJ and Duchess sounded disgusted.
"He's worse than Ranger Smith's niece, Panthy," O'Malley muttered to himself.
"Farewell, Mum, farewell, Dad, farewell, Cousin, farewell, T-Jerk," Beckett came into the room with a fast food uniform as she took a piece of toast before frowning to her little brother.
"Now Beckett, be nice to your little brother," Mama Bear scolded, "he's feeling a little M-O-U-R-N-F-U-L right now."
"I can spell, Mum," TJ deadpanned.
"Well, unlike some children, I have to get to work," Beckett warned her family, "Mr. Walsh says if I can master the Batman 2000; I'll be assistant manager by the end of the summer, and you know what that means: I'll get to drive the Floppy Burger truck."
"Boy, she sure is aiming for the stars," TJ commented.
"Hey, at least she's not sitting around the house moping all summer," Papa Bear warned his son.
TJ frowned as he really missed his friends and felt a bit lonely, even though his cousin and her boyfriend were here.
"How about a bike ride," Duchess suggested to TJ, "I loved bike rides if I was about your age...oh, wow, did I just sound old right there?"
Then TJ and O'Malley laughed at the joke. TJ felt a little better now that his cousin was here where he didn't have to be alone. Then the trio caught their bikes and took a ride.
"Going to a play date with Randall," TJ complained as he biked with his cousin and her boyfriend, "man, I can't believe I sunk this low. This is the worst summer ever."
"Oh, TJ, don't be upset, I know you miss your friends, but it's not like they're gone forever," Duchess tried to console her cousin.
"Woah..." O'Malley muttered as he noticed a green light that was coming from the school.
"You alright, O'Malley," Duchess turned back.
"Check out the school," O'Malley warned his girlfriend.
Soon they all came to the gate to see the school as it was closed for the summer, but something odd had happened.
"There it is again," O'Malley warned the others after the glowing green light came back.
"What the heck is that," Duchess wondered.
"Hey, you," a bald man in a suit frowned as he ran down the sidewalk, "get away from that fence!"
The trio caught their bikes and took away as the bald man was frowning at them. Soon the man stopped and lowly growled.
"Man, that reminded me of Edgar Balthazar during Hide and Be Sneaky," O'Malley commented to Duchess.
"I thought you were eliminated before that episode," Duchess replied.
"I was, but the Playa De Losers has a TV where we can watch the show going on without us," O'Malley explained.
"Oh, alright, but that was close," Duchess said, "I do wonder what that glowing green light was?"
Later on that evening, everyone, minus Beckett, were eating dinner, but TJ was playing with his food.
"Uh, hey, Dad," TJ spoke up, "what does the school do for during the summer?"
"The school," Papa Bear replied, "they lock it up, it's empty, why?"
"Well, today if we were riding past, we saw this really eerie-looking guy, and--" TJ began to explain.
"Oh, I'm sure he was just cleaning up," Mama Bear replied.
"I don't know, Mama Bear, I think something weird is going on," Duchess said to her mother, "something really weird."
TJ and O'Malley nodded in agreement to that.
"Mrs. LaSalle was right," Mama Bear whispered to her husband with a sigh, "we should've sent him to some kind of camp during Duchess's visit."
TJ was yet curious as were Duchess and O'Malley.
The next morning, over past the school, the bald man was guarding the school while the trio burst out of the bushes, frowning.
"9:32 AM, Ugly Bald Guy yet guarding school," TJ said as he took out a tape recorder before looking through binoculars.
"Ooh, some cars are coming," Duchess pointed out.
The bald guy let the two cars in, shutting the gate again, but a couple of men came out, carrying boxes into the school.
"9:32 1/2 AM, grown-ups scrawl, school is not empty," TJ reported as he took out his tape recorder.
Soon there was another glowing green light inside of the school.
"9:32 3/4 AM," TJ reported hesitantly, "green glowing window again. I'm going in for a closer look."
Then TJ, O'Malley and Duchess ran to the school, climbing the school's fence and landed on the school grounds and took a closer look at the window and saw bunch of scientists with a ray gun and made a vault float in the air and then dropped. The trio gasped and then left the school grounds.
"Then that's what's going on," Duchess gasped, "we have to warn someone!"
"Faster, back to the house," O'Malley suggested.
"Mum! Mum," TJ called out before running against the glass door while his mother chopped carrots for dinner.
"TJ, are you all right," Mama Bear asked as she saw her son, opening the glass door.
"Mum, these guys at school are doing some kind of evil experiment," TJ warned his mother.
"Oh, dear," Mama Bear frowned in worry, "that bonk on the head must've rustled your little brain."
"But Mum," TJ cried out in grief.
"You're feverish," Mama Bear touched his forehead. "You wait right here, I'll go get the baby thermometer and the petroleum jelly," she walked away.
"Uh, hold on, let me try," Duchess warned her cousin as he came over to the adult bear as he was under the car, fixing it, "Papa Bear! Papa Bear!"
"What is this, darling," Papa Bear asked his niece.
"These bad guys have a laser beam and they're lifting this safe--" Duchess began.
"Duchess, did you run into the sliding glass door again," Papa Bear asked his niece, moving from under the car.
"No, but TJ, did so, and...ugghhh," Duchess moaned before running away.
"Hey, come back," Papa Bear warned her, "your Mama Bear's gonna want to take your temperature!"
The trio went to the police station to warn them what they saw in front of them.
"This can't end well, my dad's a lawyer....." O'Malley moaned, "usually police laugh at cases like this, especially from a boy."
"We even filed a police report as well," Duchess added, "they should be grateful that Yzma isn't here."
"I couldn't imagine what she would've done if they laughed at her," O'Malley replied.
Then they saw Principal Prickly, all dressed up for golf, coming out of the store and got into his car and left.
"Principal Prickly, wait," TJ cried out in despair.
"TJ," Duchess called out to her cousin as he rode his bike down the Police Station steps to go after his principal.
"Come on, we have to get him," O'Malley said.
Duchess and O'Malley got on their bikes and chased after the boy.
At the West Side Golf Course......
"Yes, you guys did it right," Prickly warned his friends as he was about to putt, "psychology, law, waste management; good, solid careers. Me, I'm stuck with a bunch of pain-in-the-neck kids all year."
"C'mon, Pete, are you gonna putt or grouch all day," a man complained.
"OK, that's it, here goes," Prickly replied as he was about to butt in until he heard TJ's voice, which made him put the ball into the water.
"Principal Prickly," TJ cried out in grief, "Principal Prickly, you have to come fast, it's an emergency!"
"Well, well, well," Prickly frowned to the fourth grade boy, "if it isn't Mr. Ice Cream for Everyone? It's that boy I was speaking about, though he's not as bad as Zack Martin or Alex Russo."
"The Saggy Baggy Elephant," a man asked.
"Hey, wait, whatever happened to doctor-patient confidentiality," Prickly frowned at him.
"I'm sorry," the man replied.
"Sir, something weird is going on in the school," TJ warned the principal, "we saw these mad scientists and--"
"Yes, yes, very funny. I'm not falling for another one of your so-called jokes," Prickly scoffed, "how dumb do you think I am?"
"We're warning you the truth, sir," Duchess defended.
"Yes, it's not a joke, sir," O'Malley added, "we saw laser beams, and--"
"Aw, c'mon, Principal Prickly, you must believe us," TJ pleaded, "the school is in danger!"
"Give me a break, Detweiler," Prickly scoffed.
"Aw, go with the boy, Pete," the short man suggested.
"Yes, these aren't the kind of issues you should be avoiding," the other man added before laughing with the other men.
Soon Prickly sighed in defeat. "Alright, Detweiler, let's get this over with."
Soon they went to the principal's car and drove down to the school.
"Looks fine to me," Prickly said after they got out of the car, "now can I get back to my golf game?"
"Just peek inside, Principal Prickly, you'll see," TJ replied.
"And we're warning you the truth, sir, honest," Duchess added.
"Oh, the facts I do for you children..." Prickly mumbled as he took out his keys to unlock the door, "sometimes I think you were just put on this Earth to--"
Suddenly, there was a green spark around the principal, which made him shriek out before he appeared to be zapped and all that was left was his shoes with smoke rising from the soles.
"Where'd he go," O'Malley yelped.
"He just vanished," Duchess gasped.
Soon they ran away back to the house.
Once they were inside, TJ closed the door shut as he shivered anxiously from what they just witnessed.
"11:57 AM, Principal Prickly was terminated in a horrifying field of electricity," TJ shivered as he took out his tape recorder, "the cops won't listen, Mum and Dad won't listen, all I have is O'Malley and Sister Bear. I must get the guys together, it's the only fashion!"
"How, TJ," Duchess asked, "we'd drive you, but we came past train."
"Well, then there's only one person left to do it," TJ said.
"Like, I am so through with him, Gloria," Beckett said as she read a magazine while speaking on the phone, "he asked me if I spoke French and then winked at me!"
"Beckett, you must help us," TJ ran into his older sister's room and hung up the phone for her.
"Hey," Beckett frowned at him.
"Beckett, you must help us we need a ride up to Chesterville," TJ warned her.
"Are you joking," Beckett scoffed as she got back on the phone, "I'm doing anything for you, you little dork."
TJ smirked as he pulled a purple and pink diary. "'Oh, how I dream of the mustache fuzz on Jimmy's sweaty lips glistening as he cooks in the light of a dozen hamburger heat lamps'," he read aloud with a smirk.
"Hey, that's my diary, give me that," Beckett frowned as she reached out for the book from her little brother's hands.
"Ah, ah, ah, I have copies," TJ held it out of her reach, "either you give me a ride or this baby hits The Internet."
Beckett frowned at her little brother and then Duchess, O'Malley and TJ got into the car and drove away as TJ smirked in self-satisfaction.
"I can't believe you betrayed me like this, Duchess," Beckett gaped at her cousin, "you used to be my best friend!"
"I'm sorry, Beckett, but this is very reluctant," Duchess warned her.
"Thanks for driving us, Beckett," TJ added, "you're the sweetest big sister a boy could ask for."
"And you are the annoying pet monkey I wish I never have," Beckett frowned.
"Hey, I tried to make facts interesting," TJ defended, "oh, next rest stop, pull in. I must take care of business."
Soon we are shown the baseball camp as the children were doing an activity together.
"Get that front leg up, Johanssen," the Coach warned Gerald as he walked past.
Then Gerald did so as he was warned.
"You call that a pitch, Santos," the Coach scolded Miguel as he came over to Vince, "c'mon, LaSalle! Throw it, don't aim it!"
"I know, I know," Vince complained as this wasn't much fun for him, "man, I can pitch just fine if I'm with my friends."
"Psst! Psst," a voice whispered louder to him.
Vince turned around to find TJ in the bushes, much to his shock. "TJ, what are you doing here?"
"You must come back to town," TJ warned him, "it's an emergency!"
"What," Vince replied, "I can't just leave!"
"Look, something weird is going on at school," TJ explained to him, "Principal Prickly got dematerialized."
"Dematerialized," Vince replied, "TJ, you're crazy."
Then TJ showed Vince the burnt shoes.
"He's warning you the truth, dude, I saw it," Duchess added.
"Holy moly," Vince gasped at the white tabby, "you're the Duchess from The Mystery Inc! It's an honor to meet you here!"
"She's my cousin," TJ warned Vince about Duchess.
"What?! TJ, warn me that you're pulling my leg," Vince said.
"No, I'm warning you the truth," TJ defended.
"Plus Duchess would never lie," O'Malley added.
"Hey, weren't you on Total Drama," Vince asked.
"You know your history, nice job," O'Malley replied, "now c'mon, we better get in Beckett's car before she decides to leave us."
The four went inside of Beckett's car and the feline drove away.
"Mount van Buren," Beckett complained about the next stop, "that's 20 miles off! I'm not taking you all the road there!"
TJ smirked and pulled out the diary again. "'Dear Diary, I dreamed of Jimmy again'," TJ read aloud with a smirk, "'he was rocking me so gently, just like he rocks the grease off a basket of hot and steamy onion rings'."
"Woah, let me look at that," Vince reached for the diary.
"Jerks," Beckett grumbled as she drove them away.
Duchess and O'Malley laughed, but stopped until Beckett frowned at them.
Meanwhile, the Diggers were digging at the Martian landscape, but ran off as the director caught them.
"Hey, you dogs get away from that fake Martian landscape," the director scolded.
"Miss Director! Miss Director," Gretchen's voice called out.
"What is this now, Gretchen," the director sighed to the smart girl.
"You see, I've been studying the moon with the 200 inch telescope at the observatory and I've detected some peculiar eccentricities in its orbit," Gretchen warned the woman as she held a piece of paper.
"Gretchen, perhaps you should try out one of these neat anti-gravity harnesses," the Director grinned innocently, "the other children love them, and look, you can even do back flips, just like real astronauts."
"Poor Gretchen..." Judy frowned as she knelt on the moon floor with Toulouse as they collected rocks and she looked at one, "ooh, this one looks just like Jet Streamer!"
"Hey, this one looks like the planet, Saturn," Toulouse added.
"But..." Gretchen frowned before sighing, "why do I bother?"
"Cheer up, Gretchen, it'll get better....." Judy warned the smart girl.
"I doubt it, but thanks, Judy," Gretchen replied.
Then TJ, Vince, Duchess and O'Malley opened their helmets to reveal that they were in the space suits.
"Besides, you have a passionate desire for knowledge," TJ said.
"TJ? Vince," Gretchen asked, "what are you guys doing here?"
"You're not going to believe this, but--" TJ began to warn her.
"Dematerialized," Gretchen gasped as it was shown that she was in the car with the others.
"Just like out of Star Trek," O'Malley warned her.
"Fascinating," Gretchen commented.
Meanwhile, at the stage, a woman was playing a piano while the children were practicing their vocals.
"Mi, mi, mi," Oliver sang.
"Mi, mi, mi,~" LaCienaga sang a bit loudly.
"Mi, mi, mi~" Mikey sang in his baritone voice until TJ came over and whispered in his ear and he spoke in his normal voice, "me?!"
At wrestling camp.....
"All right, cousin, show him what I taught ya last summer," Yzma smirked to her cousin as they were at the ring to practice moves on Gelman.
"You have it," Spinelli nodded.
Gelman was lying down in fear, afraid to see what was coming next.
"I'll be right back, I'm gonna get some water," Yzma warned her cousin before walking away.
Spinelli nodded before frowning at her opponent. "Watch, Marshals, here comes the Flying Press," she jumped away from the ring, only to be caught by her friends and they walked off of the campsite.
Gelman opened his eyes and looked around to see that nobody was there.
Eventually, they were at Military Camp to pick up Gus.
"You are a pathetic excuse for a soldier, Griswald," Captain Brad snapped at Gus. "You will never be a leader! Now, stand at attention until I return! And do not move a muscle! Do you hear me? Not a muscle," he stormed away.
Gus was yet standing there like a statue until the group was there, carrying him to the car.
Sure enough, they went back to Disneyville.
"Thanks, sis," TJ grinned.
"You owe me gas money, that goes for you too, cousin," Beckett frowned before driving away.
"Alright, Teej, what's this big secret plot of yours," Spinelli asked.
"Like, hold it, I'm helping as well," a voice said.
Soon everyone turned in surprise to see Ashley A of all people back in town. "ASHLEY A?!"
"What are you doing here," TJ asked.
"None of your business, I just wanna help," Ashley A looked away.
"Oh, yes," Spinelli huffed, "just give me one good reason not to pound your face in!"
"Easy there, Spinelli," TJ warned his rough friend.
"I said it's none of your business," Ashley A frowned.
"Is this because of your secret crush," Spinelli smirked.
Ashley A's eyes widened. "You totally did not just say that!"
"I just did so," Spinelli replied.
"Well, at least I'm not a total idiot who was dropped as a baby," Ashley A retorted.
"Ashley, what are you doing here," Duchess asked.
"I overheard Vince a bunch of miles back and I just decided I wanted to help..." Ashley A shrugged, "I have my reasons."
"You like TJ, don't you," Duchess asked.
"No," Ashley A looked away from her hesitantly, "of course not!"
Brianna folded her arms to the blonde girl.
"Well, fine, I do, but promise me that you won't warn him," Ashley A said to her.
"But soon, you'll have to warn him the truth," Duchess said.
"Like, I will, someday," Ashley A promised.
"I sure hope so, for your sake," Duchess said.
Then the group hid in the bushes and burst their heads out, looking at the school.
"There it is," TJ warned them all, "let's go."
"And there was something strange about it," Duchess added, "believe me, I'm not lying."
"For example, what the hell are they doing," Ashley A asked.
"Perhaps they're gangsters," Mikey guessed.
"Or aliens," Gus added.
"Aliens," Spinelli glanced at him, "they don't look like aliens."
"Well, perhaps they're in disguise," Gus said.
"Yes, if you were an alien, you wouldn't be walking around in your lizard skin all day," Mikey added.
"Er...nice point," Spinelli admitted.
"Well, whoever they are, we need to take a closer look," TJ said.
"Be careful," Duchess warned her younger cousin.
"Relax, Duchess, we do these facts all the time," TJ warned her.
Duchess and O'Malley just looked at each other and shrugged. Two men loaded up a van and closed it. Little did they know, the Recess gang came together and were being stealthy like spies themselves, including Duchess and O'Malley.
"It also reminds me of the Murderous Brass stealing food until Edgar took control for a week," O'Malley commented.
"I heard it's Baloo and Rebecca," Duchess said.
"If anything matched, he came back," O'Malley memorized.
"Man, this fact weighs a ton....." Vince groaned as he set the crate down.
"That's because it's complete with moon rocks and alien aids," Gus said.
"I doubt it, but let's find out," O'Malley said as he brought out a crowbar to open up the crate.
It turned out to be a bunch of papers and other supplies.
"Weather maps," Vince asked.
"Test results," Duchess asked.
"Some facts written in Swedish," Ashley A asked.
"Norwegian, actually," Gretchen corrected.
"Whatever," Spinelli said, "it's just foolish school stuff."
"You pulled me out of baseball camp just to watch some guys restock," Vince frowned at TJ.
"No, something's going on at school, I swear," TJ warned him.
"You know what I think, Teej," Spinelli frowned with her hands on her hips, "I think you cooked it all just because you wanted us back from camp!"
"Hey, listen, we saw it as well," Duchess frowned back, "don't you believe us?"
"Hey, we understand, TJ has to be pretty boring all summer alone," Mikey said.
"Your minds just created an adventure because they needed a little emotion," Gretchen added.
"No, it really happened," TJ defended, "we saw Prickly disappear!"
"Well, if Prickly disappeared, who is this," Gus asked as he pointed towards the school.
"What," O'Malley looked confused, "but it's impossible, he disappeared at us!"
"C'mon, guys, let's go back to the camp," Vince suggested to the others.
"Yes, see you in a few weeks, Spinelli," Teej added.
Soon the others walked off, feeling betrayed by their best friend. Ashley A looked at TJ briefly before she followed the others.
"But we don't lie, guys, honestly," Duchess added.
"No, wait, you've had to believe us," TJ pleaded before he looked behind them with wide eyes, "we're making this up! Aye-ye-ye-ye-ye-yow!"
This made everyone turn around to see what he saw in front of them and gasped in shock. The school's roof was lowered and some sort of satellite dish came out.
"Woah, what's going on," Gus moaned.
Soon a blast of energy shot at the heavens before shorting out and swiftly went back under the roof and covered up before anyone could see it.
"Alright, that's right there, that was fucked up...." Vince said.
Mikey didn't say anything, but he fainted after seeing the entire fact. Then everyone gathered together.
"Mikey," O'Malley asked, "you alright, Big Guy?"
"Where...where am I," Mikey asked.
"You're in TJ's backyard, man," Vince warned him.
"How did you bring me here," Mikey asked before grinning, "hey, this is a bit comfortable."
"Yes, sir, get out of there, you fool," Spinelli said as she moved him out of the wheelbarrow.
"Alright, you guys were right, something strange is going on at school and Prickly has to be involved," Vince said to TJ, Duchess and O'Malley.
"I'm going to the police, as I was saying," Gus suggested.
"We've already gone to the police, we went to everyone," Duchess frowned, "no one will listen to us."
"We need proof," Gretchen said.
"Evidence," Ashley A replied, "for example, how do we get the evidence?"
TJ paused before getting an idea. "I've had a plan; observations."
"Basted," O'Malley asked, "he's been marinated in this."
"Yes, we can stay in my tree house and watch the school every night until something happens," TJ said.
"Like these cop TV shows," Spinelli grinned.
"Sure, and the next time these lasers make a move, we'll catch them red-handed," TJ grinned back.
"We can take digital pictures with my digital night-vision camera," Gretchen suggested.
"Then we call the Feds and bang, we've had them," Gus added.
"Only one problem, what about the camp," Vince asked.
"Oh, yes..." Gus frowned, "if my dad finds out that I left without an official permit, he'll put me in the brig by September."
"Don't worry," TJ grinned, "all I have to do is ask Beckett to drive you all back to camp in the morning and we'll pick you up again tonight. You'll be campers by day and spies by night."
"But what if the camp counselors notice we're gone," Gus asked.
"Leave that to me," TJ smirked.
"I can handle my own camp if you don't mind because my cousin is one of the camp counselors," Spinelli said.
"Sure," TJ allowed her.
"Well, you really work with us, don't you," Spinelli asked Ashley A.
"I have my reasons," Ashley A crossed her arms.
"Better not cheat on us, otherwise you and your little friends will visit the hospital," Spinelli threatened.
"Like, whatever..." Ashley A rolled her eyes.
"I'm serious," Spinelli warned her.
At last, TJ managed to call the camps where it wouldn't seem suspicious and Spinelli got an alright from Mama Bear, and Ashley A had the other Ashleys to take care of Vince's absence, and the Kindergartners even helped Mikey.
"Infrared night vision, 200 to one zoom," Vince said as he was checking out Gretchen's night vision digital camera, "I have to hand this to you, Gretch, where you can see the entire school."
"Oh, you can make a lot of useful equipment with spare parts in your family garage," replied Gretchen, "why, I once made a particle accelerator out of a broken hair dryer and a four-section toaster."
"'Today is the magic moment'," Spinelli read Beckett's diary out loud with Gus behind her. ""We met on the drive thru menu and kissed passionately as the sound of the fryer faded into the night'," she laughed out loud and long, "man, I wish I had an older sister."
"Laugh if you want; I think it's beautiful," Mikey said.
Inside of the Detweiler household...
"Are you guys awake," Duchess whispered as she came to her aunt and uncle to see if they were awake or not where that TJ and O'Malley could sneak food into the tree-house for the others.
Mama and Papa Bear didn't say anything to their niece as they went fast asleep. Duchess gave her cousin and boyfriend a thumbs up. TJ and O'Malley nodded and sneaked some leftovers from dinner and some ice cream for the others.
"I have to make sure there is a lot of a meat for Spinelli; she says she needs it for some strange reason," TJ warned the teenagers.
"You know, she's an adolescent child," Duchess said innocently.
Soon they came into the tree-house to see the others.
"I'm sorry I'm late guys, but we had to wait for Mum and Dad to fall asleep before we could sneak out with the goodies," TJ warned the others.
"Baked beef and potato puree," Mikey beamed, "my favorite!"
"Don't screw it," Spinelli warned him as she took some roast beef and almost ate it like a wild animal.
"Ew, how you don't have any manners," Ashley A complained.
Spinelli just growled at her.
"Spinelli, take it easy a little," TJ said to her, "yeesh, you act like you haven't eaten in days..."
"Um...how is there a cave," Ashley A asked.
"Caviar," TJ glanced to her, "how do I look at the Tipton Hotel?"
"But we have Rocky Road ice cream," O'Malley said.
"Rocky Road? My other favorite," Mikey beamed.
"Wait, give me some of this," Spinelli said.
"Hungry, aren't you," Ashley A muttered as she rolled her eyes before grinning, "well...Rocky Road is one of my favorites."
"I'm sorry, but shouldn't we have dinner before dessert," Gretchen interrupted the ice cream eating.
Everyone just looked at her before starting to laugh.
"Alright, Gretch," Spinelli chuckled.
"You were right, Teej, that's the ticket," Vince grinned.
"Going out with friends, eating ice cream, spying on the bad guys," Spinelli grinned.
"This is the most wonderful experience for kids," Gus added.
"Too bad the days are outnumbered," Gretchen frowned.
Then everyone suddenly stopped eating the ice cream.
"Yeah, this is probably the last summer we'll do this kinda stuff," Vince said softly.
"Kinda whomps, right," TJ frowned.
Then everyone suddenly looked upset.
"How do you guys deal with it," TJ asked Duchess and O'Malley.
"Well, it's not too bad, I guess..." Duchess shrugged, "though, I remember Mystery Inc was simply known as the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency since Scooby was a puppy, and we had our own adventures. I mean, Fred even had this phase where anytime something went wrong, he blamed it on this boy named Red Herring."
"It's sometimes similar to if Eddy blames Kevin for until a ghost or monster terrorizes the city," O'Malley agreed.
"Yes," Duchess added.
"Hey, remember in second grade we went down to the pond every day to catch minnows," Spinelli asked her friends.
"Or how about that summer we all carved our initials in that tree in the Wilsons' backyard," Gretchen added.
"And Spinelli spelled hers wrong," Vince laughed.
"Hey, I was seven, and S's are tricky," Spinelli defended.
Soon Gus broke down weeping.
"Like, what's your problem," Ashley A asked him, "this is the first summer you've lived here."
"I know, and I'll never have any of these memories," Gus warned her as he continued to weep and soon hugged Gretchen, who patted him on the back.
"Know what I'll never forget," Mikey asked the others before warning them, "that song TJ's sister taught us the first summer after Kindergarten."
"Oh, yes..." TJ replied, "back if she was nice."
"How'd it go again," Spinelli pondered.
"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, his name is my name as well~," Mikey began to sing in his perfect singing voice and soon the others sang along with him, "wherever I go out, the people always shout, there goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt~"
Then everyone was singing the song just for the fun of it.
"Well, that was fun," Vince said.
"Well, it's now or never....." Spinelli warned herself before taking a deep breath, "guys, I have something to warn you."
"You totally like TJ," Ashley A said.
"WHAT," Spinelli replied, "no, that's not what I was gonna say, you Butt Head!"
"Then, what is this, Spin," TJ asked.
"Alright, here we go..." Spinelli sighed, "I'm not exactly a human."
"Like, duh," Ashley A said.
Spinelli looked like she wanted to hurt the blonde girl, but soon restrained herself. "It's a complete moon fact, ya know, like in the movies....." she warned her friends, "you don't have to concern though, I won't hurt any of you because you're all my best friends. And Ashley."
"Well, what you're saying is that you're a werewolf," Gus asked.
"Yes," Spinelli said.
Everyone just looked at each other and laughed.
"What's so funny," Spinelli frowned.
"Come on, Spinelli, you've obviously been watching too many horror movies," Gretchen said, "there's no scientifically evidence for Lycans."
"Yeah, and there's no such facts as werewolves either," TJ added.
"But I'm warning you the truth, honest," Spinelli replied, "Gretchen, where is the next complete moon?"
"Why, it's out right now, but I don't understand why--" Gretchen began to explain.
"Alright, don't say I didn't warn you," Spinelli said as the usual transformation took process.
"Werewolves..." Vince sighed and shook his head, "next fact you know, these Russo children are wizards or something."
"Um, guys," Gus said to the others.
Then the children gasped as Spinelli was changing. Soon Ashley A jumped into TJ's arms in fright.
"Well, I warned you guys," Spinelli warned them once she completed transforming into a werewolf.
This made the others shriek.
"SILENCE," Duchess warned, "the others will hear you!"
Then the children stopped shrieking, but they yet looked afraid.
"Does Twister know about this," Vince asked.
"Yes," Spinelli simply said.
"Like, how did this happem," Ashley A asked, "did some gross ugly slobbery--"
"You've made your point," Spinelli stopped her.
"Uh...wolf bite you," Ashley A asked.
"Heck, no," Spinelli rolled her eyes, "I was born through my mother's side, you butt head."
"Wow, you were warning the truth, Spin," TJ replied, "how come you didn't warn us sooner?"
"I was afraid that you wouldn't wanna be my friends anymore," Spinelli explained.
"There's a lot of facts you guys don't know, but it's better to learn now," O'Malley advised.
"Well, you're the Werewolf from Third Street," Ashley A asked the tomboy.
"Uh, duh," Spinelli scoffed.
"How are you guys so calm," Gus asked Duchess and O'Malley.
"Gus, I travel around the world in a van with my friends where we catch ghosts and goblins, I think I can handle anything, even if Shaggy and Scooby fall for it every time," Duchess said.
"You won't warn anyone, right," Spinelli asked her friends.
"We won't, I promise," TJ replied.
"I really mean it, guys, this could destroy me if word got out," Spinelli warned them.
"Um...like, sure," Ashley A replied before whispering, "I mean, it's not like you're the only one keeping a secret."
Spinelli grinned and gave her friends a hug, not knowing that she was crushing them with her super-strength.
"Spinelli," Gus groaned, "Spinelli? I can't breathe!"
"What? Oh, I'm sorry," Spinelli said to them as she let them go, "I don't know my own strength."
The others got out of the hug and held their backs, a little hurt, but they were lucky.
"Well, like, is this gonna be a fact at school," Ashley A asked.
"Mama Bear says I shouldn't change during school, but if I get frustrated enough, I'll get eerier than I already am," Spinelli said.
"Just don't dig up my yard or whatever dogs do or Daddy'll sue you," Ashley A warned Spinelli.
Spinelli just growled at Ashley A, but give a blood-chilling howl just to frighten her.
"Spinelli, relax, she'll learn," Brianna said as soon as Ashley A moved to hide behind TJ.
Then Spinelli stood up straight and crossed her arms.
"Well, what else have you done," Vince asked.
"I'm yet learning shadow-bending for one fact," Spinelli replied.
"What's shadow-bending?" Gus asked.
"Basically, I can control shadows," Spinelli said. "Like, I can make someone's come to life at will, or make some of my own to attack people. Sometimes I can control the shadow so well that I can take over the owner's body, like this," she presented by using Ashley A.
"Hey," Ashley A cried out in despair, only to look wide-eyed and suddenly spoke in Spinelli's voice, "hi, I'm Ashley A, and I'm so pretty, popular, and I use money to solve all of my problems because I'm so spoiled!"
Everyone just laughed at that.
"That was pretty cool, Spinelli," Vince grinned.
"It's pretty fun to do," Spinelli smirked before leaving Ashley A's body, who then crossed her arms in offense.
"It's not that cool...." Ashley A muttered since she was humiliated.
"There's so much that I can do, but my cousin is helping me out in some places," Spinelli warned them.
"Did you guys know about this," TJ asked Duchess and O'Malley.
"Pretty much," Brianna replied, "after all, Mama Bear is our friend."
"If you wanna sugarcoat it," O'Malley muttered about Mama Bear being their friend.
Duchess just nudged him slightly.
"I'm sorry, but that's true," O'Malley defended.
"Like, I can't wait to warn the other Ashleys about this," Ashley A grinned.
"No," Spinelli said.
"What," Ashley A asked.
"You're not warning anyone else about this," Spinelli warned her.
"Like, why not," Ashley A asked.
"It could be dangerous," Spinelli warned her.
"Dangerous," Ashley A asked.
"Yes," Spinelli warned her, "even disastrous!"
"What," Ashley A asked, "are people gonna run you out of town or something like that monster in English Class?"
"That was Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Ashley, and as a visitor, you should respect Spinelli's wishes," Gretchen warned the popular girl, "after all, we won't warn anyone, right, guys?"
The others agreed that they wouldn't warn anyone else about Spinelli being a werewolf.
"Pfft! Well, fine..." Ashley A rolled her eyes with a scoff, "I, Ashley Patricia Armbruster, won't warn anyone about this."
"I mean it, if I hear you blabbing around the school to anyone, I'll hurt you worse than Loca if she hangs around Muffy and Alana," Spinelli warned.
"Uh...who are Loca, Muffy and Alana," O'Malley asked.
"Alana Rivera is this mean popular girl in school, though she usually makes fun of Raven Baxter and her friends," Vince explained, "in fourth grade, Alana was forced to play as Tooth Decay in the school play about dental hygiene until Raven won the part as The Tooth Fairy."
"Ohh," O'Malley said, now understanding.
"And I've had another confession to make," Spinelli swiftly added, "if there's a Blood Moon, you run off, as far off as you can."
"What is a Blood Moon anyhow," Mikey asked.
"It can cause serious and uncontrollable aggression in werewolves and they can bite more people without even realizing it," Spinelli said, "it usually happens in October."
The other children gasped to that.
"And that's until the time comes; I want you to run off as far as you can," Spinelli warned her friends.
The others just looked to each other.
"I don't know if I'm ready for that," Gus frowned.
"I'm sorry, guys, but that's just how that is," Spinelli warned them.
"We will be there for you, Spinelli, no matter what happens," TJ promised.
"I've known you guys a long time, don't let me down," Spinelli warned them.
At last, they ate their ice cream and dinner until it would get late.
"Well, your mother's a werewolf," Gretchen asked, "she doesn't seem like the Lycan type."
"Actually, her brother was a demon, making her a demon as well, and she was bitten by her sister-in-law," Spinelli clarified.
"Her brother is a demon," Vince asked, "does that mean it would make you one as well?"
"I don't know, I'm yet young though," Spinelli shrugged.
"How will you know," Gus asked.
"Mama Bear's gonna speak me through it if we have more free time," Spinelli said, "you guys want any more roast beef?"
"Here, Spinelli, you can have mine," Mikey grinned.
"Thank you, Mikey, you're the best," Spinelli said before eating more of the roast beef.
At last, they completed up eating all together as it was getting quite late.
Meanwhile, over at the school, a young brunette man a suit walked into Principal Prickly's office. "Well, here we are, sir," he warned his boss once they arrived. "But it's just an old principal's office, why this so reluctant," he wondered.
"Because, my academically challenged young friend, it used to be mine," a darker, but older voice warned the young man.
There was also a young boy who was about the Recess gang's age, wearing a school uniform who appeared to be behind the older man. "And I'll make sure that my grandfather will get this school," he added.
"Soon, my boy, very soon..." the older man warned the young boy, patting him on the head.
The young boy seemed to smirk, almost evilly like a movie villain.
The next morning, TJ, Duchess and O'Malley were peeking behind the bushes.
"10:41 AM, gang back to camp, we're going alone," TJ recorded.
"Coast looks clear," Duchess warned her younger cousin.
Then TJ, Duchess and O'Malley crossed the street to get over to the school grounds. There were men speaking to each other, where the three hid for cover and jumped in the dumpster since it was the closest hiding place that they could find.
"So disgusting," Duchess moaned.
"Eww," TJ grimaced until he found his principal's pants, "10:43 AM, did we find what appears to be...Principal Prickly's golf pants?"
Two men were walking behind the gates together with what looked like Principal Prickly.
"The fact is, you're getting pretty nice at these facts," one guard said to Prickly.
"Yes, you're a regular Robert De Niro," the second guard added.
"Hey, I'm a man of many talents," Prickly chuckled.
"Principal Prickly? That's impossible," O'Malley commanded.
"But wasn't Mrs. Thorny suspicious," the first guard asked.
"You're joking," Prickly replied, only for his face to reveal to be a mask with a bald man underneath, "it was like taking candy from a baby!"
Then the three men laughed together as this was all a trick.
"Woah..." O'Malley muttered.
"I didn't see that coming," Duchess added.
Later on that night, the gang regrouped again.
Gretchen was looking at the golf pants with her magnifying glass. "Double Knit polyester..." she said as she examined them, "these are Prickly's."
"But why would the bad guy want to pretend to be Principal Prickly," Spinelli asked.
"And where's the real Principal Prickly any matter," Vince added.
"Wait a moment, there's something in here," Gretchen said as she reached into the pocket and brought out a folded up piece of paper and opened it up, "'help me'?"
"Sounds like a desperate cry for help," Mikey frowned.
"What was your first joke," Ashley A deadpanned.
"Then Principal Prickly must yet be kept at the school," Vince said.
"Being held captive," Gus replied.
"You know what that means, don't you guys," TJ asked his friends.
"We have to go in there and save him," Duchess added.
"Like, is that cool," Ashley A asked.
"We have to save your director, who knows what could happen," Duchess warned her.
"Like, it's alright...I'm in," Ashley A moaned.
"Let's go then," O'Malley said.
Then they all got set up and ready to go back to school.
"Bicycles," O'Malley asked.
"Check," Vince said.
"Walkie-talkie," Duchess asked.
"Check," Gus said.
"Spiky rope," TJ asked.
"Check," Mikey said.
"It's called a hook," Duchess warned her cousin.
"Oh, alright," TJ replied before focusing again, "let's go."
"I yet say this is crazy," Spinelli said on the road, "leaving the school, I understand, but trespassing?"
"I know, it's kind of weird to think about, but it might be nice for you guys," Duchess encouraged.
As soon as they left, the trashcan opened up to show a certain boy.
"Oh, boy, Miss Finster's gonna love this," Randall smirked. He heard a whistling sound and he hid inside of the trashcan.
Papa Bear dumped the trash in the trashcan and walked off. This made Randall moan in disgust and misfortune. Soon he went to warn Miss Finster about what was going on as the others hid in the bushes and looked out to the school.
"Man, I don't know what that is, but it's eerie to see a school at night," Duchess said.
Everyone was going in front of the school and they were lucky because the window was open.
"Alright, Mikey, get the hook," O'Malley warned the boy.
"I'm on it," Mikey nodded as he brought it out and threw it in the air, and luckily, it hit the window sill and he pulled on the rope to secure it.
One by one, they were climbing up to the window, unaware that they were being watched by Miss Finster and Randall.
"Warned you, Miss Finster," Randall warned the older woman.
Miss Finster chuckled to that. "I wonder if I can get them to be judged as adults. C'mon!"
Soon the two ran across the street to the school.
"Hold onto the rope, boy," Miss Finster warned Randall, giving him the rope before she climbed up it. She started to climb up, but the rope cracked and snapped. "Whoops."
Then the teacher fell and landed on Randall.
"Miss Finster, would you please get away from me," Randall huffed.
Meanwhile...
"Boy, Duchess, you're right..." Gretchen commented.
"Yes, I've never been to an empty school at night before," Mikey added.
"Damn, I bet no children do so," Vince said.
"I wonder where the aliens went," Gus wondered.
"They probably go back to the mothership at night," Spinelli guessed.
"Like, I find it so eerie," Ashley A said as she hugged TJ in fright.
Soon someone was seen coming.
"Faster, in here," TJ warned the others and they rushed inside of the classroom.
Soon they hid inside before they saw where they were.
"Hey, this is our old room," Vince said as he noticed this was Miss Grotke's classroom.
"Whose classroom is this," Duchess asked.
"Miss Grotke's," TJ warned her.
"I hope someone's feeding the gerbil," Gus said, "and is that dog fur on Scott Leadready's chair?"
"Hey, guys, I hear something," Spinelli warned as her ears twitched.
"I want this system working now, do you hear me? NOW," the older man's voice demanded.
"Or else," the boy's voice added.
Soon they moved closer into the classroom.
"It's coming from up there," Gretchen pointed up to the air vent.
Soon TJ walked up to Miss Grotke's desk and stood on it and took off the vent cover.
"What are you doing," Vince asked him.
"Find out what's what," TJ said before crawling through the vent.
"Like, ladies first, well, we know Spinelli isn't a lady," Ashley A warned the others.
"If I go crazy during the Blood Moon, you're the first," Spinelli frowned at her.
Ashley A's eyes widened and followed TJ in the vent, which made Spinelli smirk in victory.
Soon Miss Finster and Randall came past the school after getting off the ground.
"Bingo," Miss Finster smirked as the bottom doors were open and she sild herself inside, only to get stuck by her hips, she couldn't get in or get out, "I'm under arrest! Curse these audacious hips of mine. Randall, run back to my house and get the butter!"
Then Randall ran away, doing so as she said.
Meanwhile, the gang was in the air vent and stopped once they saw a laboratory.
"Wow, what is this all about," Spinelli asked in surprise.
"Well, against the far wall is what appears to be a plutonium turbine," Gretchen began to list, due to her intelligence, "further ahead, you'll see a global electrode. To your right is the laser device we saw earlier, and of course that glowing orb, an electron pulse generator. Clearly the nerve center of the system."
"Csendes, the bad guys are speaking," TJ silenced.
"But who's that boy," O'Malley wondered, seeing a young boy.
"But Dr. Benedict, Sid, please–" a scientist began to beg.
"No, let's make that clear to you, Lazenby," Sid interrupted firmly, "we have a fact called the window of opportunity!"
"If we miss the window of opportunity, the project will fail," Dr. Benedict added.
"And if the project fails, we're very, very frustrated," Sid snapped like he was an evil little boy.
"Isn't that the boy who won the Spelling Bee last year," Duchess wondered.
"They may be right, sir," the younger man said, a bit hesitantly, "it seems that the logistical problems are a little more complicated than Dr. Steinheimer thought."
"Yes, it would be much easier if we could move the laser to a more appropriate location," a female scientist added.
"This operation will run as planned from here," Dr. Benedict frowned, "am I clear?"
"But, sir," Dr. Lazenby cried out in despair.
"No more," Dr. Benedict snapped, actually pretty eerily, "it started on Third Street. It's going to end on Third Street."
"My grandfather is right, then you better go," Sid added.
"Dr. Benedict, we're ready for the test," an older man alerted.
"Coming," Dr. Benedict warned him before going that fashion after he was given his cane and grinned calmly.
The younger man looked a bit hesitant and looked down to Sid, who smirked evilly at him since Angelica was younger with her mother's assistant, Bagheera. He gulped in fear of the young boy.
"It's grand to see you as well, Fenwick," Sid smirked.
Fenwick merely smirked hesitantly at him. The older scientist put on gloves and hit buttons and switches to move the laser device. The scientists at their computer worked at their computers; a screen showed the moon on the outside. Soon Mikey took a big bite out of his chocolate bar as he and the others watched this in the vent.
"Ready," the older scientist asked.
"I've been ready to decide, just do it," Dr. Benedict commanded.
"Yes, sir," the older scientist replied, "it begins the pipe of photons."
"Photon channeling started," the other scientist replied.
"Set the magnification coordinates to 0.073," the older scientist commanded.
"Certain coordinates," the other scientist said.
"Start the tractor beam now," the older scientist said, pulling a lever.
Miss Finster was yet trying to get out, but she looked up and saw the satellite. "What are these children doing there?!"
The laser was shown streaming at the moon, much to the shock of the others. The older scientist held a device, which seemed to move the moon in orbit.
"A little more," Dr. Benedict smirked in delight, "a little more."
"Your plan will soon be complete, Grandpa," Sid said to the older man.
"I think they are alien invaders," Duchess said.
The moon kept moving, only to stop in the heavens with the laser.
"Dr. Rosenthal, why is the beam suddenly, oh, what's the technical word for that? Stop," Dr. Benedict frowned to the older scientist.
"Well, uh...as I believe you've been warned before––" the older scientist said hesitantly.
"Warned before," Sid replied with a chuckle.
"Do you think I care what I've been warned before," Dr. Benedict added.
"I'll do better next time," Dr. Rosenthal promised.
"Next time he says," Sid scoffed.
"Oh, isn't that cute," Dr. Benedict chuckled before looking serious and firm, "Rosenthal, let me ask you something. Let's say you were a teacher or better yet, say, the principal of a school and you had to deal with a delinquent student, a naughty boy who don't know his place, who was repeatedly warning him that he would do better next time. But he never did so. What have you done?"
"Oh, dear, not detention," Dr. Rosenthal cried out in grief, "no detention!"
"Take him away," Dr. Benedict warned his guards.
"No, please, I can fix this," Dr. Rosenthal cried out in despair until he was taken away, "don't do this to meeeee!"
"Alright, who's second-in-command," Dr. Benedict demanded.
The other scientists looked afraid to death and all stepped back, except for one.
"Ooh, we have a lucky winner," Sid smirked, "you're in charge now."
"Uh, nice for me..." the scientist said hesitantly.
"And if I were you, I'd be sure to have this machine running at complete power by tomorrow morning," Dr. Benedict said calmly before yelling, "am I being clear?!"
"Y-Yes, sir," the scientist stammered.
"GET THERE THEN," Sid snapped.
"Oh, darling, I have saliva on my lapel," Dr. Benedict frowned.
"We have to get out of here," Vince warned his friends.
"Whoops..." Mikey moaned.
"What is this," TJ asked him.
"I have that feeling, TJ," Mikey said hesitantly.
"Hold on, big guy, hold on," O'Malley warned him.
"I can't," Mikey gasped and soon let out a very loud and long burp, which got everyone's attention.
"What was that," Fenwick asked.
"Somebody better say 'excuse me'," Dr. Benedict frowned.
To make matters even worse, the air vent broke and hit the floor, making the others fall out.
"Fenwick, who let children and teenagers into school," Dr. Benedict demanded.
"U-Uh, n-not me, sir," Fenwick replied.
"WELL, GET THEM," Sid snapped.
"RUN," TJ warned his friends.
Alarms blared and soon everyone began to run. TJ opened a door, only to see the bald guy, who turned around and saw them.
"GET OFF OUR PLANET, ALIEN CHUM," Spinelli frowned before headbutting him in the stomach.
Then the group was headed towards the exit, but a gate closed down on them.
"There," Ashley A pointed out.
They went the other road, making the guards after them stumble slightly before chasing them. TJ reached into his pocket and took out some marbles and threw them towards the guards to make them slip and fall. They were almost to the exit, only to be stopped by......ninjas.
"Ninjas," Gus cried out in grief.
Then the ninjas had their nunchucks taken out.
"Ninjas, why did it have to be ninjas," O'Malley complained.
"Do something, you have powers," Ashley A warned Spinelli.
"Do I have to do everything," Spinelli scoffed.
"Yes," Ashley A frowned.
Spinelli rolled her eyes, she couldn't turn into a wolf tonight, but she concentrated very hard on shadow-bending, hoping it would work out this time, and at last, the ninjas were being attacked by their own shadows. "There, you happy now," she frowned.
"Yes," Ashley A frowned back.
"Guys, we don't have time for this, c'mon," TJ warned them as he caught Ashley A's hand and ran with her.
"I'm glad it worked out better than it has since Mama Bear taught me," Spinelli shrugged before running with the others.
They kept running down one road, but soon Vince saw an exit that was slowly closing. "This way, hurry up," he warned the others.
"C'mon, you guys, go, go, go," Duchess warned the others.
"Duchess, what about you," O'Malley cried out in despair.
"Go," Duchess and TJ warned her.
Soon O'Malley and Vince went next, though concerned about Duchess and TJ.
Duchess and TJ were about to go next, only to be dragged off of the door. "Save yourselves," they called out as the door shut on them.
"Duchess..." O'Malley frowned as he looked brokenhearted.
"TJ, noooooOOOO!!!! Bring him back," Ashley A cried out in grief.
The others glanced at her.
"Uh, because you know, he's a grand leader....." Ashley A said, innocently while blushing, "Spinelli, open the door!"
"It won't move," Spinelli groaned as even she couldn't open the door.
"Well, what kind of werewolf are you then," Ashley A frowned.
"I'M YET LEARNING, ALRIGHT," Spinelli snapped.
Then the ninjas were chasing after the gang, who ran off.
"As a student, you are," Ashley A huffed at Spinelli.
Spinelli just growled with beady red eyes. Randall held a stick of butter while Miss Finster yet strained, but soon made it out. Once she stood up, she saw the group running and saw the ninjas going after them.
"What's Mr. Toad going on around here," Miss Finster demanded with her hands on her hips.
Meanwhile, the guards were dragging TJ and Duchess by their legs.
"Let me go! Let me go," TJ groaned, "I'm warning you; I'm a black belt in Origami!"
"Well, well, if it's not the eavesdroppers," the bald guy frowned.
"What are you speaking about, Baldy? We're not snoops," Duchess replied.
The bald guy smirked as he brought out TJ's tape recorder and played it from this morning.
"Heheh...oops..." TJ grinned hesitantly.
"C'mon, eavesdroppers," the bald guy smirked, "you're in big danger now."
"Hey, watch out, buddy, I'm in the Little League," Duchess frowned.
"And watch the jacket, it's cotton," TJ added.
Then the bald guy and the guards threw them into the storage room and they heard a muffling noise and saw Prickly tied up with no pants.
"Principal Prickly," Duchess gasped in surprise.
"He's alive," TJ said before removing the tape from his mouth.
"Ow," Prickly yelped before frowning, "would you be careful?!"
"Boy, am I ever glad to see you, sir," TJ beamed.
"And you won't believe what these guys are doing," Duchess added. "They have a big laser, and--woah...woah, who took your pants," she asked.
"Never mind, you two, just untie me," Prickly frowned.
Soon TJ tried, only to strain. "Man, these knots are tight."
"Of course they're tight; I've been pulling at them for the last day and a half," Prickly frowned, "they've chaffed my wrist."
"Here, TJ, let me try," Duchess warned her cousin.
"But don't worry, sir, our pals will get us out of here," TJ warned the man.
"What makes you so sure," Prickly replied.
"Hey, you don't know our friends," Duchess warned him, "they'll get help, you'll see."
Down at the police station...
"Well, you're saying you just escaped from a troop of ninja warriors," the first cop asked.
"That's right," Vince replied.
"And they have a giant laser gun at the school auditorium," the other cop asked.
"Exactly," Gretchen replied.
"Which is aimed at the moon," the first cop asked.
"Thank heavens you understand," Mikey replied in relief.
The cops just blinked and started to laugh, thinking it was a joke. The gang just gave the cops a deadpan look at them. Spinelli looked around and pulled out her phone and dial a certain number.
"Hello," Mama Bear's voice responded.
"Mama Bear, glad that you're there," Spinelli said, "I need you to come to town; it's an emergency."
"I'm already covering for you at camp, how bad is that," Mama Bear asked her cousin.
"TJ and Duchess got captured, it's really bad, I'll explain more later," Spinelli said.
"Alright, I'm on my road," Mama Bear replied.
"Thanks, Mum," Spinelli replied.
"Sure fact, see you in a few," Mama Bear said before hanging up.
"Don't worry, you guys; I have help," Spinelli warned the others.
"From who," Gus asked.
"My cousin Mama Bear," Spinelli said.
Then the others suddenly gasped.
"Mama Bear," Ashley A asked.
"The one who takes no prisoners," Vince added.
"The roughest girl in Cartoon Network School," Gus added.
"The very one," Spinelli nodded.
"Thank heavens, you know, somehow I'm not surprised you two are related," Gretchen commented.
"Thanks, Gretch, I think," Spinelli said.
"Like, where is she gonna be over here then," Ashley A asked.
"As soon as possible," Spinelli said.
"But that could take forever," Gus cried out in despair.
"She's a pretty fast driver," Spinelli reassured.
Meanwhile, Duchess was yet untying Prickly.
"I'm almost there," Duchess warned the adult man.
"Careful, that's my putting hand," Prickly warned her.
"Understood," Duchess grinned once she eventually got Prickly free.
"Not bad, has this ever happened to you," Prickly asked.
"I've had to save my friend Daphne a lot, she's quite vulnerable," Duchess warned him.
The door unlocked as Duchess and TJ sat down, out came in Dr. Benedict, Chase, the bald guy and a guard.
"Hello, Pete, remember me," Dr. Benedict smirked.
"Well, if that isn't Phillium Benedict," Prickly frowned. "I should've known you're the one behind this. Who's the boy," he added.
"This is my grandson; Sid," Dr. Benedict introduced.
"You're the boy who won the State Spelling Bee last year," Duchess frowned.
"No doubt," Sid smirked.
"Director Prickly, you know this guy," TJ asked his principal.
"Ah, Pete and I are old buddies, although Pete was the one who ruined my life the last time we saw each other," Dr. Benedict replied, "by the way, Pete, do you like this suit? It's Italian, raw silk, beautiful, isn't it?"
"Yes, you were always more worried with looks than people, Phil," Prickly frowned at the man.
"Oh, Pete, c'mon. There's no need to be rude," Dr. Benedict replied innocently, "not after I've instructed my men to take such special care of you."
"Special care," Prickly scoffed, "you call that gag me, tie me up and take off my pants?!"
"Had to, otherwise you might run off and betray me like last time, but hey, look at the bright side, at least you have company now," Dr. Benedict replied.
"Let the children go, Phil, they can't hurt you," Prickly frowned.
"The same old noble Pete......" Dr. Benedict sighed, "who always stands up for children's rights."
"You," TJ asked his principal in shock.
"Well..." Prickly shrugged modestly.
"But unfortunately, I can't let anyone go at the moment," Dr. Benedict warned him, "you see, this experimental night school that I run is kind of a mystery. I try to show that adult students can be trained to be capable and productive members of society."
"Oh, yes, if you run a night school, what's that giant laser cannon doing in the auditorium," Duchess snapped.
"Yes," TJ added.
Dr. Benedict frowned at them in silence and they were forced to sit down. "What rude and poorly dressed little children you are," he warned them sternly before smirking to Prickly. "You should teach your students a little respect for their superiors, Barnaby. But that would mean you would have to know how to teach them anything at all, wouldn't it? Come with me, Sid, let's go," he said as he left the room with his men to leave them all alone in the storage closet.
Sid just stuck his tongue out and followed his grandfather out.
"Gosh, how do you know that idiot," TJ asked Prickly.
"We went through teacher training together," Prickly said.
"You mean," TJ asked.
"Right, Detweiler. That man is a renegade teacher," Prickly replied as he thought back to a simpler time, "that was in the spring of 1968 in a different time. We were all young, idealistic and ready to change the world."
Flashback to the 1960's...
The three went through dark creepy parts of the cave, until they eventually entered a room that showed a light shining down to an object that stood on top of a large hill, with a staircase stood above a lake of water, stepping stones showed the only road across.
Aladdin climbed down to the first stones and whispered, "stay here."
Abu pouted while he watched Aladdin go, but the little monkey turned his head and his eyes widened as he saw a large ruby sitting in the palms of a statue, he grinned greedily at it. Aladdin continued to jump across the stepping stones until he came to the staircase and began climbing up it.
Carpet turned around and gasped as he saw Abu walking towards the large ruby and instantly ran to catch him in order to stop him from touching it. Aladdin eventually reached the top of the stairs, unaware of the chaos happening down there, he walked towards a cylinder type of lamp and picked it up with his hands.
"This is it," Aladdin asked, "this is what we came all the road down here to––"
The next day, Hercules was standing completely silent, wearing a fake lion's skin and while holding a club and shield while an artist was painting him on a vase and Phil was listing Herc's schedule for the day.
"At one, you have a meeting with King Augeas," Phil started, "he's had a problem with his stables. I'd advise you not to wear your new sandals..."
"Phil," Hercules says as he moves a little, which then the artist shouts, "I warned you, don't move!"
Hercules remained silent once more as Phil continued, "at three, you have to get a girdle from some Amazons."
That was until Hercules had enough and then he threw the club and shield while shouting in frustration. "Phil, what's the use?!"
The shield had hit the vase, which fully wrecked the artwork. Then the artist shrieked in frustration as he started walking out. "THAT'S IT!!"
"Keep your toga on, pal," Phil shouts, but the artist throws all his paints on him and then storms out of the room.
Phil grimaced in disgust as his face was now fully covered in paint and then wiped it away with the fake lion's skin after Hercules threw it away himself while suddenly changing target and asked in confusion. "What do you mean what's the use? You want to go to Olympus, don't you?"
"Yes, but this stuff didn't seem to be getting me anywhere," Hercules said as he sat down.
"You can't give up now, I'm counting on you," Phil said.
Hercules sighed and bowed his head in despair as he said, "I gave this everything I had."
Phil looked at Hercules in sympathy, knowing he was referring to what Zeus had warned him at the temple the previous night. Then he said as he lifted Herc's head up past his chin. "Listen to me, boy. I've seen them all and I'm warning you and this is the honest-to-Zeus truth, you've had something I never seen before."
"Really," Hercules asked with a grin. Phil grinned glad. His pep speak was working and responded, "I can feel it right down to these stubby bow legs of mine. There's nothing you can't do, boy."
The four managed to sneak into Pride Rock without being detected. They hid behind a large pile of rocks.
"Nala, you find my mother and rally the lionesses. We sure could use one," Simba said.
"Right. Be careful," Nala said.
With that said, the two split up. Simba saw Scar near the lion's den, which moved through some rock outcropping.
"SARABI!!" Scar shouts.
This yell was so loud that it echoed across the savannah. Simba gasped as he saw his mother walking past all the growling, snarling and barking hyenas up to Scar. Dark blue lightning flashed through the dark heavens, illuminating the Pride Lands with its evil light.
"Yes, Scar," Sarabi asked.
"Where's your hunting festival? They're not doing their job," Scar said.
"Scar, there's no food. The herds have moved on," Sarabi said.
"No! You're just not looking hard enough," Scar said.
"It's over. There's nothing left. We have only one choice; we must leave Pride Rock," Sarabi said.
"We're not going anywhere," Scar said.
"Then you are sentencing us to death," Sarabi said.
"Then so be it," Scar said.
"You can't do that," Sarabi said.
"I am the king. And I make the rules," Scar said.
"If you were half the king Mufasa was––" Sarabi said before Scar interrupted her.
"I'm ten times the king Mufasa was," Scar roared in outrage, smacking Sarabi with his paw, knocking her to the ground.
A feeling of rage swept through Shan-Yu and he threw his head back to let out a loud, anguished shriek. This yell was so loud that it echoed across the abyss.
"This is Scamper's fault," Mr. Feather said, "Snowflake just wouldn't run off like this."
"That's true," Graybeak said.
"He's right," Gilbert said.
"Scamper, you promised me you'd never run off again," Gracie said.
"Try to control yourself, darling," Gilbert said, "Scamper will come back to us. He always does so, you know?"
"Well, I have a bad feeling about this," Mr. Graybeak said.
"Try to remain optimistic," Gilbert said, "think positive."
"Yes, I wish they'll be coming home anytime now," Rosie said.
"Don't speak nonsense," Mr. Feather said, "by this point, they've probably already been eaten. They don't stand a chance!"
End of Flashback
"At last, I never saw each other again; he quit teaching, he went into politics and became a Secretary of Education until the President fired him," Prickly concluded his story.
"Well, this guy's a crazy ex-teacher who wants to get rid of the break," Duchess asked.
"Uh-huh," Prickly nodded.
"Alright, now it's getting personal," TJ narrowed his eyes.
Meanwhile, with the others....
"I'm glad you made it," Spinelli said to her cousin.
"What can I say? You're like a sister to me," Sister Bear shrugged modestly.
"Alright, let's see; weather maps, some stuff in Norwegian, a Farmer's Almanac," Gretchen said as they looked through the crate, "there must be something here that explains what this Dr. Benedict is doing."
"Well, you're warning me that there's a crazy old coot who has a giant satellite that shoots lasers at the school, then captures the Duchess and her cousin, and then chases a group of ninjas after you," Sister Bear asked.
"That's about it," O'Malley nodded.
"This is crazy," Sister Bear said.
"You're not going to laugh at us, are you," Gus asked, "we warned the police and they laughed at us."
"I'd believe it, I mean, I had to see a fact called the Flush of Disgrace," Sister Bear rolled her eyes.
"Well, I'll warn you one fact, the guy doesn't have lunch with his little girlfriend at 12:22," Spinelli warned the others.
"Spinelli, that's the man's personal schedule," Mikey scolded.
"Well, it's mine now, and I guess Miss Luna Pergum will be all alone in the restaurant," Spinelli replied.
"Who did you say...." Gretchen asked.
"The girl whose name is in here, Luna Pergum," Spinelli replied, "must be an Italian chick."
"Lunae Perigeum, of course," Gretchen realized what that actually meant.
"What are you speaking about, Gretchen," Vince asked.
"Don't you understand," Gretchen replied, "lunae perigeum isn't a lady. It's an event. Look. Once a month the moon reaches its closest point to earth, lunar perigree, which in this case is 12:22 tomorrow afternoon."
"Perhaps until the doctor guy shoots his laser at the moon and blows it up," Gus guessed.
"No guess, but I have another theory," Gretchen replied.
"And what would that be," Ashley A asked.
"Look, if I was up at the space camp, I observed some anomalies in the moon's position," Gretchen informed, "I couldn't figure out what caused it, but it all makes sense now. Dr. Benedict's device is not a laser beam at all. It's a tractor beam!"
"You mean he's going to plow the moon surface," Mikey asked, "what's he going to plant?"
"No tractor, you jerk. A tractor beam," Spinelli warned him, "like something out of a sci-fi movie."
"Exactly," Gretchen nodded.
"Well, what's the big deal," Ashley A asked.
"You see, theoretically, if a powerful tractor beam were fired at the moon exactly at lunar perigree, it could put the moon in a different orbit," Gretchen said.
"But why would he want to move the moon," Sister Bear shrugged.
"Who knows, Sis, who knows," Gretchen replied.
"Well, that means werewolves can't transform without the moon," Ashley A said.
"Eh, not necessarily," Sister Bear replied, "there are some werewolves that can transform without a complete moon."
"Like who," Ashley A asked.
"Real professionals with the right training," Sister Bear replied.
"Uh...like you," Gus asked hesitantly.
"Yes, really like yours, and pretty soon, Spinelli," Sister Bear replied.
"Really," Spinelli asked.
"If you get a little older, cousin, Marie and Rita say it's an initation rite and the gateway to adulthood in the Lycan Kingdom," Sister Bear said.
"You keep saying 'Lycan', what does that mean," TJ asked.
"It's a scientific and old-fashioned way of saying werewolf," Sister Bear explained, "they supposedly date back to 1207 and descended from this guy called Cat R. Waul."
"Well, as I get older, will my powers increase," Spinelli asked.
"Yes," Sister Bear nodded.
The others looked worried.
"Oh, stop complaining, you're friends, she won't hit on you," Sister Bear rolled her eyes at the younger children.
"We're just surprised and shocked all of us," Vince defended.
"Yes, yes, I'm sick of you guys freaking out just because one of your friends is a werewolf and you think she just eats people and stuff like that," Sister Bear rolled her eyes, "you guys really should be spending more time with Mystery Inc, and their older cases involved people with masks for real estate and boring stuff."
"They watch werewolf movies," Spinelli warned her cousin.
"That explains it," Sister Bear replied.
"Typical, right," Spinelli asked.
"I almost get migraines," Sister Bear replied.
"Well, we can help you in any fashion we can," Vince offered.
"Thanks, guys," Spinelli approved.
Ashley A wasn't too sure about this, but she didn't say anything otherwise she would just regret it.
Meanwhile, back in school...
Soon TJ took Duchess and Prickly through the air vent as they escaped the supply closet and ended up somewhere else.
"Here we are, sir," TJ warned his principal, climbing down from the filing cabinet.
"I can't believe you children were crawling around in these vents," Prickly scolded, "they're school property."
TJ picked up the phone and moaned. "Dang, the line's dead! Hey, Principal Prickly, what'd you do with the walkie-talkie you confiscated from me last week," he asked.
"Top drawer on the right," Prickly frowned as he climbed down, "just look what Phil's done to my office! I had it all nice and clean for the summer."
"Huh...let's see..." Duchess said as she examined after opening the drawer, "packs of gum, yo-yo's, an old baseball...."
"Hey, I've been looking for that," TJ said as he took the baseball, "here it is, my walkie-talkie. Now all I have to do is contact the guys, and--oh, dear."
"What is this, Detweiler," Prickly demanded.
Soon they were all silent and saw a rather disturbing image about banning recess.
"I warned you that guy was a nut," Prickly muttered.
Meanwhile, at the clubhouse....
'Hello? Hullo-o-o-o! Is anybody there,' Duchess's voice called.
"Duchess," O'Malley gasped and caught the walkie-talkie, "Duch, what's up? Are you alright?"
"Yes, we're fine, and so is Principal Prickly," Duchess warned her boyfriend.
"Principal Prickly, but how--" O'Malley was about to ask.
"Look, there's no time to explain, but we figured out what Benedict is up to," Duchess warned him, "he's trying to get rid of summer vacation!"
"NoooooOOOO," Mikey cried out dramatically in despair.
"Guys, guys, don't freak out on me," Duchess warned them before the bald guy took the walkie-talkie away from her, "I had a plan! All we have to do is------"
"Heheh...why, Mr. Bald Guy, what a surprise...." TJ grinned hesitantly.
"Duchess? Duchess," O'Malley cried out in grief.
"I think we lost her," Sister Bear frowned.
"It's dead," Gretchen cried out in despair.
"They must've gotten them," Mikey added.
"Like, what are we gonna do," Ashley A panicked, "what are we gonna do?!"
"Mama Bear, did you happen to bring your car if you came over," Spinelli asked her cousin.
"Yes, I did so," Sister Bear replied.
"Could we ride with you," Spinelli asked.
"Sure, you ride up front with me, the rest of you guys are riding in the back," Sister Bear replied.
"That's how limos work anyhow, who wants to sit with the driver," Ashley A shrugged.
Soon they came to Sister Bear's car.
"Is that the---" Gus was about to ask.
"No, it's not the Batmobile," Sister Bear warned him.
"Aww..." Gus frowned.
Sister Bear and Spinelli got up front while the other children sat in the back.
"I like this car, but how the heck can you afford this," Vince asked.
"I have my sources, now, everyone hang tight," Sister Bear said as she got the car ready and soon drove them off of TJ's house where that they could save him, Duchess, and apparently now Principal Prickly.
"Like, do you have to go so fast," Ashley A complained.
"Yes, well, where are we going," Sister Bear replied before asking.
"I know the right person to get for help," Vince said.
Then they pulled up at a certain fast food restaurant at the drive-in window.
'Bow-Wow! Welcome to Floppy Burger, may I take your order, please,' Beckett's voice asked.
"Beckett, this is O'Malley," Thomas warned the teenage girl.
"Thomas," Beckett replied, "what are you doing here?"
"It's not just O'Malley, it's me, Spinelli, Gretch, and everybody," Spinelli said, "we've had a problem!"
"Yes, well, I have a problem as well," Becky replied, "it's called seven dweeby ten-year-olds and a couple of other teenagers who won't leave me alone even until I'm at work! I am a professional, then what ever your little problem is, forget it!"
"Look, lady, it's about TJ and Duchess, they are in danger, and they need your help," Sister Bear demanded.
"Well, isn't that nice," Beckett replied, "after stealing my diary, threatening to put it on the Internet and making me drive across the state three times, he needs my help? Give me one good reason why I should help him. Just one!"
"Like, because they are your little brother and your cousin, and they need you," Ashley A replied.
Beckett was silent for a moment before speaking again. "Please pull forward to the second drive-thru window."
The others were a bit surprised about Ashley A's help, but at least it got Beckett to help them.
"Hey, like, I'm a big sister as well, you know," Ashley A shrugged innocently.
Meanwhile, at the school...
"A confiscated walkie-talkie, what have you done these facts," Dr. Benedict scolded, "do you enjoy tormenting me? Do you hate me?"
"I don't hate you, Phil," Prickly replied, "I just think you're insane."
"Insane. Well, there you go again, Pete. Insulting me, hurting my feelings, just like 30 years ago. Only this time, Petey, I'm ready," Dr. Benedict retorted with a grim chuckle, "you see, all these years, no matter how big I got, no matter how successful, I always thought about you. How you embarrassed me! How you humiliated me! How you destroyed my relationship with Muriel Finster, the only woman I ever loved!"
"That part yet grosses me out, sir," TJ muttered.
"Csendes," Duchess silenced her cousin.
"But this time, Pete, I'm going to humiliate you," Dr. Benedict frowned to his old ex-friend, "I'm gonna prove to the world that you were wrong and I was right."
"About what," Prickly asked.
"ABOUT RECESS," Dr. Benedict frowned, "about freedom! About test scores! I've found a way to prove my theory. I'm gonna get rid of the biggest recess of them all. I am gonna get rid of summer vacation."
"You fiend," TJ frowned.
"Fiend," Dr. Benedict repeated firmly, "yry to help people, that's the thanks you get."
"It will never work, Phil," Prickly sneered.
"Well, actually, Pete, that's where you're wrong," Dr. Benedict replied.
"What are you speaking about," Duchess demanded.
Dr. Benedict smirked and took out a remote, pushing a button to show something right behind them, which was a hologram of the earth and presented his plan. "You see, all I have to do is modify the moon's orbit ever so slightly, and tide levels on the Eastern Seaboard rise eight feet. Move the moon over here, and the currents that warm California suddenly become ice-cold. Summer, as we know it, will become a fact of the past. And without summer, no summer vacation."
"You'll never get away with this, Benedict," Duchess frowned.
"Why? Because of you meddling girl," Dr. Benedict smirked, "I've heard a lot about you. Besides, who's gonna stop me?"
"Little League will," Duchess frowned.
"Did you hear that, Sid," Dr. Benedict laughed, "she said that Little League will stop us!"
"I've heard about Little League from my brother," Sid replied.
"Your brother," Duchess wondered.
"You know him," Sid replied, "the best former Children Next Door operative: Numbuh 274."
Duchess and TJ gasped slightly.
"Oh, you didn't know that Chad had a little brother in boarding school in Switzerland," Sid replied innocently. "for disgrace~...he taught me all his best moves of course."
"Oh, it's no wonder that you looked so familiar," Duchess replied.
"I heard a lot about you as well, my darling, especially with your sister being Cybersix," Dr. Benedict replied.
"You know her," Duchess asked.
"Uh...DUHHH," Sid said, getting in her face, "my brother warned me everything that I needed to know, that's why I decided to come visit my favorite grandfather and join him in his plan of world domination and children will be in school FOREVER!!"
Duchess frowned at him and kicked him in the face.
"You'll pay for that later, you know, you're just gonna make it worse," Sid frowned at Duchess.
Duchess didn't say anything, but frowned.
Meanwhile, there were two vehicles driving on the road; one was Sister Bear's car and in it was Sister Bear, Spinelli and O'Malley. Then in the Floppy Burger van was Beckett, Vince, Ashley A, Gretchen, Mikey and Gus.
"I don't see why we couldn't just get Sister Bear's car back," Spinelli said to the others since they were in the Floppy Burger van.
"Well, I can't believe my little brother and cousin got into a real evil conspiracy," Beckett grinned.
"These are our Theodore and Duchess," Gretchen grinned back.
"Hey, guys, you should see the soda crates they left here," Gus warned the others.
"And the cans of ketchup and mustard as well," Mikey added, spraying some into his mouth, "mm...tomato..."
"Hey, that stuff is owned by Floppy Burger International," Beckett scolded.
"Stop complaining and step on it," Spinelli warned her, "we need reinforcements."
Soon they made stops to all of their camps where they had been for the summer until TJ came for them about this entire mission. As they were driving, Miss Finster was at the police station.
"I warn you, a troop of ninja warriors are using the Disney Academy as a secret training ground for jujutsu," Miss Finster said.
"Ninja warriors....." one officer said as he wrote this down with another cop behind him, trying not to laugh right now, "the local school....Jujitsu training camp? Hey, ma'am, isn't that forgetting the beam magic laser?"
Soon the two police officers laughed together.
"I'm serious," Miss Finster warned them.
"Us as well," said the other officer between a laugh, "hey, I have an idea; why don't you go home, get some rest and we'll make a personal call to Jackie Chan?"
"Yes, he's the perfect man for a job like this," the second officer added with a laugh.
"I warn you, something's happening at that school," Miss Finster cried out in despair.
Duchess, TJ and Prickly were in a birdcage.
"HEEELLLPPP!!! HEEEELP," TJ cried out in grief.
"Someone get us out of here," Duchess added.
"Calm down, you two," Prickly warned them.
"Calm down," Duchess frowned, "we're locked up in a giant birdcage while a madman and his grandson are trying to destroy the summer vacation, and you want us to calm down?!"
"I understand...." Prickly warned them.
"How can you understand," TJ scoffed, "you're just an adult. What have you done about summer holidays?"
"I'll let you in on a little secret, Detweiler. Every adult you've ever known was a boy sometime in his life," Prickly put his hands on his hips, a bit firmly, "you think we don't remember summer vacation? Riding bikes past the creek? Catching polliwogs in a jar? Camping out under the stars? Well, you're wrong. Some days I sit in my office, looking out at you children on the playground, looking out at you children on the playground, and I think; 'they don't know how nice they have it'. In a few years, they're all going to be grown-ups, like me, and all these best times will just be memories for them as well. Then go ahead, put a whoopee cushion in my chair, cover my carpet with fake vomit, make fun of my big, saggy butt. But don't you ever say I don't care about summer vacation, because these memories are the last part of childhood I have left."
TJ and Duchess looked shocked about that.
"Principal Prickly, I have no idea....." TJ said softly.
"Yes, well, now you do so," Prickly replied before taking out the keys, "then let's stop messing around."
"Hey, how did you get these keys," Duchess asked.
"He wiped them off Phillium's desk if he didn't notice," Prickly replied before he reached out and unlocked the door, opening it up and freeing them, "now let's go. We have a summer vacation to save."
Meanwhile, every student from Disneyville were speaking to each other.
"People, people," Gretchen tried to get everyone's attention, "relax for a moment!"
"Oh, man, no one's listening," Vince moaned.
"They'll listen to me once I introduce them to my best friend, Madame Fist," Spinelli threatened.
"C'mon, Spinelli, this is your response for everything," Vince warned her.
"I don't see you having grand ideas, Sporty Boy," Spinelli retorted.
"Like, he has better ideas than you, you ugly flea bag," Ashley A frowned.
"YOU WANT TO CALL ME MY FACE AGAIN," Spinelli roared at her.
"Yes," Ashley A frowned, "ugly. Flea. Bag. Do I have to say that again?!"
"DO YOU WANT TO DIE," Spinelli frowned.
"As if I'd really like it," Ashley A frowned back.
Spinelli smacked her in the face with claws, actually cutting her cheek.
"Like, you just cut me," Ashley A cried out in grief, "oh, sure, now I'll be just like you!
"Not necessarily, she has to bite you in order for that to happen," Vince clarified.
"And I'm not going to touch you," Spinelli added, "I don't want your germs."
"Sister, did you see that," Ashley A complained, "your cousin like totally cut me!"
"Yes, well, you 'like so totally' deserved it," Sister Bear rolled her eyes, mocking her, "I don't know why you people always try to piss us off if it just makes us frustrated and as wolves, it makes our rage even stronger. You should be lucky she didn't murder you."
"I'm considering it right now," Spinelli muttered.
Ashley A yelped and hid behind Vince.
"You guys aren't helping facts at all," Mikey complained.
This of course made everyone get into an argument.
"SIIIIIIILEEEEENCE," Gus, of all people, yelled out with a firm frown, "what we need is a leader. A boy with the right training. A boy who knows strategy and field tactics. A boy who commands respect."
"Yes, but where are we going to find a boy like that," Vince asked.
"Leave that to me." Gus replied.
Everyone continued to chatter until Gretchen whistled to them. "Please, we have to get focused," the smart girl warned the crowd.
"Ah, what's the use," Eddie huffed.
"If you say that's true, all of the fun of being a boy and teenager is, like, totally ruined," Cornelia added.
"It's like the entire world is turned right-side up," LaCienega added as she sat on a tree branch behind Upside-Down Girl.
Everyone else agreed.
"Not necessarily," Gretchen warned them, "all we have to do is work together and come up with a plan."
"Detweiler's the one who always comes up with the plans," Phil Diffy said.
"Let's face it, we're doomed," Gordo frowned.
"That's what you think," Spinelli called out, "children of the playground, meet your new commanding officer."
Soon Gus came out, dressed like a military soldier captain just like his father was.
"Griswald," Captain Brad laughed, "he couldn't lead a Glee Club!"
Some of the others laughed with Captain Brad.
Soon Gus firmly walked up to the older boy with a sharp frown, which made the boy's laughter die down. "You find that funny, Bradley," he then scolded, "well, I'm not here to make jokes, I'm here make history, then if you wanna laugh, take it somewhere else, but if you wanna save the world, suck in your gut, and stand at attention!"
Then Captain Brad did so as warned, feeling afraid of him.
"Now, who's with me," Gus frowned to the others.
"I wonder if he's related to Brick MacArthur," Sister Bear smirked.
O'Malley nodded in agreement.
Meanwhile at Disneyville Academy, there were two guards in front of the doors to make sure no one would pass them. Todd Daring kept a look with his binoculars through the bushes while the Ashleys made water balloons. Hustler Boy handed Matt McGuire a can and he took it and tested it out on Lawson, covering him in silly string. Then Beckett brought a dolly cart with boxes filled with ketchup and mustard, where Gelman picked them up and used them against a dart board for target practice. The Kindergartners were surrounded by cans of soda and one of them picked up a can and yelled out as it sprayed everywhere and they all freaked out, thinking it was a soda bomb.
"Vince, you and the Ashleys are in charge of 'Unit A', I'll take 'Unit B', O'Malley, you take Jake Long and his group, along with Miley Stewart and her group along with Kim and Ron," Gus organized.
"You have it," O'Malley replied.
Trixie and Lily just sighed dreamily at Trent.
"Sister, you'll take Penny Proud and her group along with the W.I.T.C.H girls and Raven, Eddie, Chelsea, and Cory," Gus continued, "in the meantime, Spinelli, you'll get the special forces."
"Special Forces," Spinelli asked.
"The Kindergartners," Gus replied.
"We owe you for this one, Griswold," Sister Baer and Spinelli muttered.
"Now, there's one last fact I need to say," Gus said.
This made everyone stop what they were doing for a minute and looked to the boy.
"This mission is bigger than any one of us kids," Gus warned them all, "bigger than TJ. Even bigger than Principal Prickly or even Duchess. This, my friends, is about the future."
"Jeez, he sounds like TJ," Vince commented.
"Csendes. He's on a roll," Spinelli silenced him.
"Years from now since children who aren't even born yet look back on this moment, they'll say; they did it," Gus continued, "those children saved the Disneyville Academy. They saved summer vacation. Well, boys and girls, we're going in."
"Ugh, I think I might break a nail," LaCienega complained.
"And I think I might get my hair ruined," Cornelia added.
"You know, ladies, you two are in my group, and you know what I say," Sister Bear replied before yelling at them, "SUCK IT UP AND GET MOVING!!"
LaCienega and Cornelia just blinked as their hair was blown back.
"I would do it if I were you two," Ingrid warned them, a bit darkly.
"Why am I even friends with LaCienega again," Penny muttered to himself.
Meanwhile...
"22 minutes to perigee, sir," Fenwick reported.
"Very nice, Fenwick," Dr. Benedict replied.
Sid seemed to be playing on a handheld game console, but it was actually a device to contact his brother with about the plans for summer vacation to cease to exist.
Then TJ, Prickly and Duchess were seen escaping and wandering the hallways, but found a couple of guards who were speaking. Then the three of them nodded to each other.
"Hello, boys," TJ called out as he did a little dance.
"Hey," a guard frowned.
Soon the guards chased after TJ, only to get knocked out and TJ and Prickly stole their clothes.
"Where now," TJ asked.
"The auditorium," Prickly warned him, adjusting his glasses.
"Check," TJ nodded.
Duchess completed tying the guards and followed her cousin and his principal.
Back outside...
Mikey set up a concession stand and then stood on top of it behind the bushes, taking a deep breath and began to sing. The guards looked around and then saw Mikey.
"Hey, boy, get outta there," one guard frowned.
Mikey didn't do that and just kept singing.
"Henderson, get rid of that boy, will ya," the guard demanded.
Soon the blonde guard ran over to behind the bushes and was soon heard shrieking.
"Smithson, Underhill," the first guard then commanded.
"Sir," the other guard replied before going with the other one.
They were going to stop Mikey, but just like the first guard, they shrieked as well.
"Hanklin, Morrissey, Goodman, get over here," the guard demanded, using a walkie-talkie.
Soon the guards rushed over and until their backs were turned, some of the students sneaked into the school without them knowing.
Back inside, TJ, Prickly and Duchess came to one corner where other guards were.
"You sure this is gonna work, Detweiler," Prickly asked.
"C'mon, Principal Prickly, don't you ever watch old spy movies," TJ replied, "this trick is pure gold!"
Then they went up to the guards.
"Uh, Dr. Benedict wanted to speak to us about a very reluctant matter," Duchess said.
"Hey, you three aren't guards," the guard frowned.
"RUN," TJ called out.
Prickly, TJ and Duchess ran off of the guards, who was chasing after them.
"Grand plan, Teej," Duchess deadpanned to her cousin.
"Hey, can't blame me for trying," TJ shrugged.
Outside, Mikey continued to sing while there was one guard left outside who decided to see what was going on on his own. Soon he fell over himself and the other guards were shown to be in a very deep pit.
"Boy, these Space Age power shovels sure do a great job," Sam grinned to Dave.
Then the trio went inside of the cafeteria. The guards went in there, not knowing that they were hiding behind a big pot.
"We lost them, now what," Prickly asked.
"Ammo," Duchess replied.
"Tender~" TJ and Prickly smirked to the pot.
Gus led his group inside as they came into their school. Then he stopped them before looking around to make sure it was clear. "Commence Phase 2," he warned them and the group split up into two teams, "ready?"
The others nodded.
"Hey, guards," Gus called out as they brought out water balloons.
The guards turned around, only to be pelted in the water balloons.
"You little brats," a guard cried out in despair.
"NOW," Gus commanded.
Then the group split up and the ninjas were chasing after them, splitting up as well. Some guards chased after Vince and the Ashleys made the guards trip over a rope and a net fell on them.
"Scandalous~..." the Ashleys smirked to each other.
Gus ran out the door leading into the playground as the guards chased him. Then there were turned over tables and desks as the guards stopped in surprise of the fort made from the supplies.
"NOW," Gus called out as he ran to behind the fort.
The two teams held balls as they frowned from the rooftops.
"Bombard, men," King Bob warned the others.
The teams were throwing balls at them.
Spinelli was running off of the ninjas until they stopped and saw her smirking, as were the Kindergarters.
"Get them," the rough girl warned the little children.
Then the Kindergarteners chased after the ninjas.
O'Malley was running off of the guards. "Alright, you guys, now," he called out.
Miley, Lily, Oliver, Trixie and Spud threw water balloons at the guards as Kim and Ron were using their martial arts on them.
"Jake, if you will," O'Malley signaled.
"You have it, dude...DRAGON UP," Jake replied before he changed into his dragon form and roared in the guards' faces.
"Is that boy a dragon," one guard asked, "I don't believe it!"
"Believe it, baby, because the American Dragon is here," Jake smirked before breathing fire and smirked towards them.
This made the guards shriek and freak out, running off.
"Nice work, you guys," O'Malley grinned as he high-fived his group.
Sister Bear was running off of the ninjas until Raven, Eddie, Cory and Chelsea were attacking them with paintballs.
"This is really fun," Chelsea chuckled.
"Are the others ready," Raven asked the jockette.
"I hope so," Sister Bear replied.
The remaining ninjas were chasing after the jockette until they were stopped by Hay Lin, Taranee and Zoey.
"Hi, ninjas, we're over here," Hay Lin cried out in grief.
The ninjas frowned and brought out their throwing stars and nunchucks.
"Oh, please, you think those little toys can stop us," Irma scoffed.
"Stand back, ladies, I'll protect you," Sticky warned the girls before he did some karate moves, which made the ninjas laugh.
The W.I.T.C.H. girls looked to each other and soon they activated their special abilities.
"Woah...makes me kinda wish I had special powers," Penny commented.
Soon LaCienega caught Penny and used her as a shield.
"Hey," Penny frowned at the Latina girl.
Now the ninja was going after Penny, but she caught him and judo flipped him.
"Wow, Penny Proud is actually useful, who knew," LaCienega commented.
Then Zoey and Sticky tied the ninjas up as Sister Bear came back and smirked to her group.
"Nice job, you guys," Sister Bear approved before frowning at two other girls, "well, except for Swamp Girl and Ponytail."
"Hey, we helped," LaCienega and Dijonay defended.
"Yes, right, like using your best friend as a shield," Raven muttered.
"She's right, LaCienega, shame on you," Dijonay scolded, "I thought Penny was your friend!"
"Well, what about that time you left her alone to babysit Bebe and Cece with your brothers and sisters," LaCienega frowned.
"SILENCE," Penny snapped herself, "both of you guys were never my friends!"
"What are you speaking about, Penny," Dijonay replied.
"LaCienega, our parents are best friends with each other, but all you ever do is insult and bully me all the time, and Dijonay, you always abandon me if I need you the most, Zoey's only ever been a real friend to me," Penny frowned, "not to mention until LaCienega and I had those parties, and you guys went to hers, heck, the Gross Sisters came and they didn't even bully me, and we had a nice time! Though Zoey, you did go to that festival."
"I'm sorry, Penny, I wasn't thinking straight that time, but it wasn't really much fun without you," Zoey frowned.
"Um, what about me, Penny," Sticky asked.
"Sticky, you may be weird like Larry Tudgeman, but you've always been my best friend," Penny warned him.
Sticky grinned to that.
"You--" LaCienega was about to say, only to be interrupted by a threat.
"One more out of you, Swamp Girl, and I will put you six feet under, YOU GOT THAT," Penny threatened.
"Y-Yes, ma'am..." LaCienega suddenly sounded afraid.
"Man, even the Gross Sisters are better friends than you guys," Penny huffed and crossed her arms.
"They did warn me that they wanted to be your friend and they liked coming to your house," Sister Bear said to her as she frightened away the Gross Sisters one last time, "they're only bullies because their parents practically treat them like slaves."
"As soon as this is all over, I'm going to become friends with the Gross Sisters," Penny decided, "as for you, LaCienega Boulevardez and Dijonay Jones, this friendship is over!"
"You can't do that to us," Dijonay cried out in despair.
"You don't own her, Dijonay, Penny can do whatever she wants, it's her choice, not yours, so BACK OFF," Zoey frowned as she eventually stood up for herself and her friend, which was something long overdue.
Soon Penny and Zoey shared a true friendship hug with each other. No matter what just happened, Zoey was always there for Penny.
"Well, that's fine, because I yet have my man," Dijonay beamed as she tried to hug Sticky, but he blasted her off with a hose.
"Well, Captain, what have we done next," Penny asked Sister Bear.
Sister Bear smirked as she gestured for them to follow her.
Meanwhile, Gretchen went into the storage room to handle the electricity. She checked the breaker boxes with the switches to other rooms in the school before she shut down the power in the auditorium. In the auditorium, the power suddenly blew out.
"Chad? Chad! Chad, are you there," Sid called out for his brother before growling as he lost his signal, "the Teen Ninjas are not going to like this...what the heck is going on?!"
"Uh, Fenwick, why is the power off," Dr. Benedict demanded.
"Uh, maybe we blew a fuse, sir," Fenwick grinned hesitantly.
"Well, go fix it," Dr. Benedict demanded.
Then Fenwick and the two scientists were going to the closet, but Gretchen shut the door on them and locked it before running away. Soon the men pounded on the door as they were locked in.
"Like, I can't believe I'm saying this, but this is a grand plan, Gus," Ashley A said.
"Yes, it's working," Vince added.
"Sure, now we must stop that laser beam before it's too late," Gus nodded.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go," Sister Bear said.
"That's what you think, boy," the bald guy appeared from the bottom of the stairs with a frown. "You brats are done for," he stormed up the steps.
"Hey, Baldy," TJ's voice called out.
Then the bald guy looked up to see TJ, Duchess and Prickly with the cafeteria leftovers.
"Say your prayers, it's chowder time," TJ smirked before they dumped the pot onto him.
Then the bald guy slipped from the chowder and fell down the stairs.
"Bull's-Eye," TJ and Prickly laughed, sharing a high-five together.
"TJ," Mikey grinned.
"I knew you guys would come back for us," Duchess grinned as she hugged Trent.
Ashley A ran over and hugged TJ and even kissed him on the cheek.
"Uh, thanks, Ashley A..." TJ blinked in surprise.
The others looked a bit surprised to see that, but Duchess hid a smirk since she knew.
"Like, I was so concerned about you," Ashley A warned TJ, "you got me concerned half to death!"
"Hey, no problem, I could handle it," TJ reassured.
The bald guy continued to fall down the stairs and hit the next flight of stairs.
"Ooh, that must hurt," Spinelli winced.
"Six moments to perigee," Gretchen warned the others.
"Then we have no time to lose," Duchess replied, "c'mon!"
"Faster, to the auditorium," Prickly added, which made everyone rush, "and no running in the halls!"
"Oh, boy," Sister Bear muttered.
In the auditorium...
One scientist rolled over the power generator while the other one took the plug and plugged it in, which made another scientist flip on the switch where that they would have power despite it being cut out thanks to Gretchen. Then the power supply came back and they were back online.
"Emergency power systems are in place," one scientist reported.
"Turn on the global electrode. Turn on the magic potion channel. Activate the tractor jet, faster," Dr. Benedict commanded, "we've only had four moments left."
"C'mon, a bunch of monkeys could work faster than you," Sid added.
"You've had no moments left, Phil," Prickly's voice said, "this is my school and I want it back!"
"I'm sorry, Pete. You just have to wait until I'm done making the world a better place," Dr. Benedict replied before snapping his fingers.
Soon some guards rushed over to take the unwanted visitors away.
"Now, let's get this show going," Dr. Benedict said.
"Don't do that, Dr. Benedict," Gretchen cried out in despair.
"'Don't do this'," Sid mocked her with a chuckle, "all this planning that my grandfather did...all this work...and you think you can make us stop by asking 'don't do that'?"
"What if we add 'please'," Chelsea asked.
"You children just don't understand, right," Dr. Benedict sighed and shook his head before explaining his plan to them, "well, let me explain this in a fashion that your little uneducated brains will understand. The American public thinks the test results are too low, but if a person, warn me, could make the test results go up, they might even choose that person, President of the United States. Now, do you have any idea which countries have the highest test scores?"
"Um, Japan," Gretchen guessed.
"Germany," Sister Bear guessed.
"The Land of Fire," Ashley A guessed.
"Canada, Iceland, Norway! My grandson even goes to boarding school in Switzerland," Dr. Benedict snapped at them, "and why? Because it's snowing up there all the time. Children don't waste their summers playing ball. They're in and studying. And that's why I get rid of summer vacation once and for all."
"That's crazy," Ingrid droned, "this plan will never work."
"Yes, sure, perhaps that crazy laser beam can move the moon," Penny added with a scoff.
"Perhaps it can even make it snow all summer," Raven added.
"Perhaps you can get rid of long hours of playing baseball..." Mikey added.
"Or sunny days down past the lake..." Berlioz added.
"Or warm nights camping under the stars..." Lilo added.
"But this won't stop us," Roquefort frowned.
"Yes, we'll ride through the snow," TJ added, "we'll kick in the snow! We'll camp in igloos!"
"You can take away the summer, but you'll never take away our summer vacation," Duchess added.
"Yes, I can try," Dr. Benedict smirked before ordering, "do it, NOW!!"
"Yes, sir," one scientist replied, "start photon channeling."
"Photon channeling has begun," a technician replied.
"Set the magnification coordinates to 0.073," the scientist said.
"Coordinates set," the technician replied.
"Activate the tractor beam," the scientist commanded.
"NoooooOOOO," Mikey cried out in grief.
Then, Miss Finster smashed down the ceiling, wearing a green jumpsuit. "Hey, teacher, leave the children alone," she called out.
"Miss Finster," TJ's eyes widened.
"Muriel," Dr. Benedict gasped, "it's you. You're yet a vision of glory."
"Yes? And you're yet a two-bit, recess-hating pretty boy," Miss Finster scoffed.
"That hurt, Muriel, but I'll forgive you if you'll just come back to me," Dr. Benedict warned her, sounding like a bad soap opera.
"Ha! I'd rather eat playground dirt," Miss Finster rolled her eyes.
Dr. Benedict looked surprised before frowning at the older woman. "That can be arranged, my darling."
"Not before I take you down," Miss Finster replied.
"Take us down? That's right," Chase scoffed, "you and what army?"
"Me and this army," Miss Finster frowned.
Soon more ropes came into the auditorium and the other teachers and faculty of the school came in.
"The teachers," Gus gasped.
Ms. Lemon landed in a split and used nunchucks. Miss Grotke jumped down in a Chinese robe and did her own karate moves.
"Get them," Dr. Benedict warned his guards.
TJ and Vince backed up to each other as the two guards were going after them. The two boys ducked, making the guards hit each other. TJ and Vince high-fived each other. Soon Spinelli caught a guard and held his arm behind his back in a painful fashion. Miss Grotke did some karate moves on the two guards. O'Malley pulled out his guitar with a smirk.
"What are you going to do," a guard scoffed, "sing us a song?"
O'Malley didn't say anything and hit the strings, creating a soundwave. "Nah, I thought you'd like to listen to some tunes," he smirked to the guards, who were knocked down and holding their ears.
Sister Bear looked at the guards who surrounded her, but she smirked darkly.
"There's six of us, brat, you can't take all of us down," one guard mocked.
"I'm sorry, are you speaking about me," Sister Bear deadpanned.
"Duh," one guard frowned.
"Oh...you seem to have me mixed up with someone weak and defenseless, my mistake, you picked the wrong person," Sister Bear chuckled.
"Let's get her," the guard commanded.
Then the guards charged after the jockette.
"Help, what ever have I done," Sister Bear deadpanned before it suddenly became dark.
"Did the power go out again," a guard complained.
The only fact heard next was the guards getting beat up in the dark and soon Sister Bear sat on top of all of them as the light came back and she crossed her arms with a firm frown. "Pathetic mortals....." she scoffed to herself.
Duchess was going to help her cousin, but the guards were chasing after her. "Time to put my skills into use," she warned herself.
"Are you sure, Duchess," TJ asked.
"A lot has changed since I last saw you, TJ, trust in me," Duchess warned her younger cousin.
"Well, if you say so," TJ said to her.
Soon the guards caught up with her.
"You're done, little girl," one guard commented.
"I'm sixteen," Duchess frowned.
"Does it look like we care," the guard frowned back.
"You're gonna wish you haven't crossed me..." Duchess narrowed her green eyes.
The guards were going after her, which made Duchess smirk and she jumped in the air, but did a high kick at one guard and did a swift punch at the one guard's stomach and attacked their pressure points, making them knock out. TJ winced at some parts, but he was amazed.
"You see? I warned ya," Duchess grinned to her cousin.
King Bob and his guards were throwing water balloons at the guards, but Zoey, Sticky, Trixie and Spud were attacking the ninjas with ketchup and mustard bottles.
"Alright," Trixie cheered.
Sticky looked over at Trixie with hearts in his eyes.
"Nice move, Trixie," Spud grinned to his best girl friend.
"Aw, ya know, ain't no thang like a chicken wang~" Trixie laughed as she high-fived him.
"You're beautiful," Sticky whispered to the girl.
"Come again," Trixie asked him.
"Uh, I said 'nice shooting'," Sticky said.
"Oh...thanks, I guess," Trixie grinned to him.
"Aw, man, I blew it again," Sticky moaned to himself, "now Trixie Carter will never go out with me."
"Did you just say you wanted to go out with Trixie," Spud asked.
"Uh! I-I-I..." Sticky stammered hesitantly.
"Oh, aren't you just the sweetest," Trixie grinned to Sticky.
"I've had a crush on you for quite a while, the only reason I haven't warned you was because of Dijonay," Sticky confessed, "if all of this is over, will you go out with me?"
"Boy, I've been waiting for you to ask me, and the response is yes," Trixie warned him.
"Y-You have," Sticky blushed.
"Does this respond your question," Trixie smirked before suddenly giving him a kiss on the lips.
Sticky just had a goofy grin and passed out.
"Boy, you are the funniest guy I've ever met," Trixie complimented.
"Way to go, Sticky," Zoey grinned to her best guy friend.
Sticky didn't say anything, but he was in his own little world now.
"Oh, I hope he'll be alright," Penny said.
"Eh, I'm sure he's fine," Zoey grinned.
A ninja was right behind Penny, and was going to attack her, but someone punched the ninja in the head, knocking him out.
"You alright, Proud," a voice asked.
Penny turned around and gasped as she saw that it was the Gross Sisters, who had saved her life. "You guys saved my life," she asked.
"Uh, don't get used to it, we ain't friends or nothing," Nubia warned her while Gina and Olie stood behind her.
"Aren't we," Penny smirked playfully, crossing her arms at them.
"Don't be testing me, Proud," Nubia frowned.
"Because I really want to be friends with you guys since I dumped LaCienega and Dijonay as friends," Penny warned the bullies.
"That true," Nubia asked the others.
Then the others nodded to her.
"They were never nice for you any matter..." Nubia rolled her eyes, "I guess we can hang out after this."
Soon Penny gave Nubia a hug, which was surprising. Nubia looked stunned herself while Penny hugged her, though once they let go, she actually broke down weeping from the hug.
"Hey there, are you alright," Zoey asked out of worry.
"I-I'm sorry..." Nubia said as she wiped her eyes, "it's just that, we don't get much love back home."
Gina and Olei shook their heads as that was true.
"You know how we take money from you guys all the time," Nubia asked, "well, it's because our parents never care to even give us our own money for lunch or milk in school."
"Oh, you guys, I'm so sorry to hear that," Penny frowned, "you guys don't have to take that from them; I wish that there was something we could do."
"Well...if it's alright....could we come over for maybe a movie or something," Nubia asked.
"Of course," Penny grinned.
Then the two girls shared another hug with each other like true friends.
Gina tugged on Penny's skirt after getting away from her sister's shoulders.
"Yes," Penny asked her.
Gina looked up at her and soon spoke for the first time in her life. "Thank you, Penny Proud."
Penny gasped for a moment there and grinned, but picked up Gina and hugged her. "You're welcome, now, let's go kick some bad guy butt," she warned her new friends.
"Now you're speaking," Nubia smirked.
Olei growled and cracked her knuckles.
"Olei, show them what you've had," Nubia warned her big sister.
Olei nodded and soon charged after guards like a football player and tackled one down to the ground. Then Penny used her fighting skills that she was taught by her Suga Mama. Beckett, Ashley A and Gretchen sprayed silly strings on the scientist, which made him shriek. Zoey, Eddie, Miley, Chelsea, Lily and Oliver squirted ketchup and mustard bottles against one group of guards.
"Ooh, why did I have to fight the ninjas," Taranee frowned as she backed up from the ninjas, who laughed at her.
The ninjas came closer towards Taranee as they held out their throwing stars and nunchucks.
"Don't worry, Beautiful, we're coming," Zack called out as he charged with his twin brother.
"Why do we have a wheelbarrow," Cody deadpanned.
"Shut up, I'm trying to work this," Zack warned his twin brother.
Taranee and the ninjas turned around to see the Martin twins rushing past with a wheelbarrow, knocking the ninjas down and stacking them in a cartoonish and comedic effect.
"We did it, Cody," Zack smirked.
"Um...Zack, watch out," Cody warned.
Zack turned around and yelped as he not only had the ninjas in the wheelbarrow, but also Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin. "Jinkies," he called out until he realized what he said, "Jinkies? Hey, isn't that a breakfast cereal?"
Unfortunately for them, they were hanging on as they were riding down the stairs and Zack had his pants caught in the chandelier, but Taranee, Cornelia and Hay Lin got off the wheelbarrow as well as flying down to Will and Irma.
"What the--" Irma blinked.
"Like, watch out below," Taranee called out.
"Justin, do you think we can use, um...you know..." Alex asked her brother.
"Alex, you know Dad says we can't use magic around mortals," Justin whispered to his sister.
"I say we do it," Max replied.
"Sure, and then we get grounded for 100 years," Justin frowned, "as the responsible sibling, I say--"
Alex and Max brought out their wands anyhow and used magic to help out even though their older brother warned them not to.
"Why do I even bother sometimes," Justin sighed to his siblings.
"I dunno," Alex smirked.
Justin just rolled his eyes at his younger siblings.
Zack and Cody managed to send the ninjas rolling off out of the school. As they did so, they shared their special handshake with each other like wherever they did something awesome in the hotel they lived in.
"Todd? Todd, where are you," Riley called out for her younger brother, "oh, you better not be doing something foolish with that Matt McGuire boy again. Our school is in danger!"
"I'm not," Todd defended.
"Then what are you doing here," Riley demanded.
"Matt and I are helping, DUH," Todd replied, "what do you think I am, a lazy prankster?"
"Yes," Riley narrowed her eyes.
"Relax, Sis, I've had this," Todd reassured.
"That's what I'm afraid of," Riley sighed.
"But first, a test..." Matt said before taking a catapult and launched three balloons onto his sister, which were sticky marmalade balloons and not water balloons, "success!"
"MATT," Lizzie shrieked with a frown, "you little runt!"
Matt just laughed at his older sister.
"I'm going to murder you," Lizzie frowned.
"Save it for the bad guys, K, Lizzie," Matt replied.
Lizzie frowned and folded her arms.
"Here, Lizzie, dry off," Gordo said as he handed a moist towelette to the blonde girl.
"Thanks, Gordo," Lizzie warned her best guy friend as she cleaned herself up.
"Ready," Matt asked his best friend.
"Ready," Todd nodded.
More guards came and then Todd and Matt launched their catapult at them, which then made the guards get covered in marmalade and stick together. Then Todd pulled a string that made feathers fall onto the guards and a boot came out to kick them out of the school. Matt and Todd laughed and high-fived each other.
Miss Finster showed some grand fighting moves for an old lady.
"Whoa, look at the old lady go," Sister Bear said about Miss Finster in admiration, "and I thought she was just a miserable old crab."
"Yeah, Miss Finster's not so naughty once you get to know her better, I once spent the weekend at her house," Spinelli warned her cousin.
Then the ninjas surrounded the cousins and had their weapons out.
"You guys really wanna cross me after what I did to your friends," Sister Bear rolled her eyes, "well, fine, it's your funeral."
"Mind if I wrestle some of them," Spinelli asked, "I wanna try out those new moves you taught me."
"Go nuts," Sister Bear grinned to her cousin.
Spinelli nodded, but yelled out as she wrestled the ninjas with her strength and agility.
"Use your inner wolf as well," Sister Bear advised.
"You've had it," Spinelli nodded.
Soon the ninjas were piled up as Spinelli handled them all on her own as a test from Sister Bear to see how strong she could be on her own like how Moro and Anui taught her, as Mike and Sky needed the help the most.
"You punks are making me mad," Spinelli snarled as her eyes turned red and her fangs burst out.
"Release it, but not too savage, cousin," Sister Bear advised.
Spinelli roared at the ninjas as she tackled one set. "I should have you for a midnight snack," she growled to them.
The ninjas dropped their weapons and held to each other in fear.
"I'm hungry," Spinelli smirked.
Soon the ninjas yelped and ran away like cowards.
"Hey, Sister Bear, did you see that," Spinelli asked as she sounded playful like her age, "did you see what I did?"
"You were amazing, girl," Sister Bear chuckled to her younger cousin.
"Thanks, but I am hungry though," Spinelli said to her.
"I guess you could eat a ninja or two," Sister Bear shrugged.
"SISTER," Duchess and O'Malley scolded.
"What," Sister Bear asked innocently, "you want my cousin to starve?"
"I thought you only ate people with black hearts," Duchess replied.
"And these ninjas aren't black-hearted," Sister Bear replied.
"Sister..." Duchess and O'Malley scolded again.
"Well, fine, come here, Spinelli, I've had some leftover steak from the meals you missed at camp," Sister Bear said.
Then Duchess and O'Malley approved of that.
"Hurry up, there's yet time," Dr. Benedict commanded.
The scientist looked at him and soon pulled down the lever to activate the laser beam.
"Faster, you idiot, faster," Dr. Benedict frowned.
"Hold it right there, Phillium," Prickly appeared, "the semester's over for you, pal!"
"Not so fast, Pete," Dr. Benedict frowned as he brought out his taser, slowly pulling the lever, "you might fall asleep and miss the festivities."
"Hey, Phillium, there's a spot on your tie," Prickly replied.
"Where," Dr. Benedict asked as he looked down.
Soon Prickly punched him in the face, pushing the other man back and his arm flopped against the lever, pulling it down to the high setting. The green laser glowed bright and everyone could see it, which distracted them.
"It's jammed," Prickly attempted to move the lever.
"You're too late, Pete, this time, I win," Dr. Benedict smirked.
Soon the moon was zapped from outer space and it did in fact look like that the bad guys had won this round.
TJ looked around until he had a plan and took out his baseball. "VINCE!!"
Soon Vince came to the railing until his name was called.
TJ threw the ball to him and warned him what to do. "The Photon Generator, and forget what they warned you! Aim it, don't throw it!"
Vince focused very hard and soon threw the baseball against the generator, shattering it instantly, which powered down the laser.
"Watch out, she's gonna blow," Penny warned the others.
Soon everyone rushed to hide and duck for shelter faster as possible. Then there was a huge explosion as everything came smashing down, but was destroyed.
"Is it over, boys," Dawson asked as he came out of his hiding place.
Lafayette coughed as he realized that he was on top of Rita and blushed. "Oh, my heavens, I'm very sorry, Rita," he panicked to the Afghan Saluki, "I didn't mean to land on you!"
"Get away from me," Rita muttered.
"Uh...right, sure, um...you alright," Lafayette asked as he came off of her.
"Yes, I'm fine," Rita sighed, "as nice as I can be......is my fur yet better than Abigail and Amelia's?"
"I always thought so," Lafayette blushed.
"You're cute, little man," Rita said.
"Does that mean we can go outside," Lafayette asked.
"I'll think about it....." Rita muttered.
Lafayette grinned sheepishly and backed off of the Afghan hound as she stood up and dusted herself clean, but he found his twin brother and did a double take.
"Um...I can explain," Napoleon said as he was obviously hugging Nose Marie.
"Can you let go of me," Nose Marie frowned.
"Just a few more moments," Napoleon asked.
"I should cast a spell on this man," Nose Marie muttered to herself, but luckily, Napoleon didn't hear it.
Dr. Benedict looked forlorn once he saw his machine had been destroyed. "All my plans, my hopes and dreams ruined. DESTROYED!!"
Everyone else stared at him before soon they celebrated.
At last, the police eventually came past and arrested the bad guys.
"Let go of us," Sid demanded.
"Get your hands off the pack, you classless jerk," Dr. Benedict frowned. "I'm the former Secretary of Education," he growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"
This yell was so loud that it echoed across the dormitory. "Yes, yes, and I'm the former princess of Morocco, get in the car," the cop scoffed.
"Oh, sure, now they believe us," Duchess muttered to herself.
"But it's all his fault, I was just following orders," Fenwick cried out in despair as even he was being arrested. "I'll prohibit proof of the state," he grinned hesitantly, only to be shoved into the police car.
"Gosh, what a pager," Randall scoffed.
"C'mon, Grotke, I'll take you," Miss Finster smirked, "my boxing against your martial arts. East meets West. We'll see who wins."
"I don't know, Muriel, I'm only supposed to use it for self-defense," Miss Grotke warned her, hearing the frustrated scientist shout his name.
Soon the children's parents came to reunite with their children after a big adventure all together.
"What an emotional summer," Mama Bear grinned to her children, "TJ saved the world and Beckett became an assistant fryer at Floppy Burger."
"C'mon, Mama Bear," Papa Bear warned his wife before running away with her, "the journalists want to speak to us about how we raised a hero."
"Well, that's how you must feel if you save the world with Mystery Inc, Duch," TJ said to his cousin.
"You'll get used to it," Duchess replied.
"I also think you owe your sister something," O'Malley warned the younger boy.
"Um...I do," TJ asked innocently.
"TJ..." Duchess drawled out.
"Oh, alright..." TJ sighed and soon came to his sister. "Listen, Beckett, I heard how you saved my life and everything...and...well, here, I think this is yours....." he handed his sister her diary.
Then Duchess and O'Malley smirked to TJ.
"My diary? I can't believe it," Beckett said in relief as she took her diary before smirking at her brother, "do you realize this means you have no influence over me anymore?"
"Hey, what can I say," TJ shrugged, "perhaps I'm just growing up."
"Gawrsh, you're a grand little brother," Beckett grinned, touching his shoulder before she walked off with her private diary.
"But Teej, what about the extra ones you kept in the tree-house," Spinelli asked.
"Ah, I was just bluffing here," TJ grinned.
"Well, Teej, we yet have two weeks of summer vacation," Vince said to his friend, "what do you think we're doing right?"
"But shouldn't you go back to camp, work on your future and all that," TJ asked his friends.
"Well, we've been thinking...." Spinelli said.
"And we've decided there's plenty of time to be ready for our future," Gretchen added.
"But there's very little time left to just be a boy," Mikey added.
"Well, what do you say let's go to the pond and skip some stones," Vince grinned.
"You two have a deal," TJ grinned to his friends.
"Oh, boy," Gus beamed, "my first summer vacation memories."
"Uh...can I join you," Ashley A asked sheepishly as she came to the Recess gang.
"What," Spinelli frowned, "why? Shouldn't you be with the other Ashleys shopping or playing tea festivals, or whatever?"
"Perhaps I don't want that now, jerk," Ashley A frowned.
"Hang in there, Spinelli," TJ warned his friend before glancing at the blonde girl, "why do you keep following us? You've never wanted to be near us."
"Well, this is because I love you," Ashley A confessed.
"What," TJ asked.
"I can't take it any longer, TJ, I like you, I always have," Ashley A admitted, which everyone else seemed to overhear.
"Alright, did anyone else see that coming," Timon asked the others.
Some of the others shrugged.
"We did," the other Ashleys said.
"You love me..." TJ asked the popular girl.
"Yes, I've always been crazy about you, TJ Detweiler," Ashley A replied.
"I, uh...I don't know what to say......" TJ said, a bit surprised to her.
"Like, uh...could you go out with me," Ashley A suggested.
"Alright, we can go to a movie if you want," TJ replied.
Ashley A beamed and then hugged him.
"School will be interesting until they start fifth grade in the Fall," Duchess said to her boyfriend.
"Oh, absolutely," O'Malley chuckled.
"I can't believe you're into Tigress," Napoleon scoffed to his twin brother, "she's popular, and neither are you."
"Like she was going out with you," Lafayette retorted.
"Totally, let me show you how, little brother," Napoleon smirked, shoving him aside.
Lafayette just rolled his eyes.
Then there was a loud slap heard and Napoleon came back, holding his cheek and frowned to his twin brother. "Not a word."
Soon Lafayette walked up to the Earth Guardian himself, looking hesitant.
"What have you done," Tigress asked.
"Hey, I'm sorry if my brother bothered you, he just thinks he's so cool," Lafayette warned the tigress, a bit hesitantly, but trying to keep his cool.
"He's a pig," Tigress scoffed.
"Listen, Tigress, I know you probably don't like nerdy guys like me, but I love you," Lafayette warned the girl, "you're the prettiest girl I've ever met, and I was in love with you for a while, but if you want to make fun of me, go ahead now."
Tigress's eyes sparkled a bit. Lafayette turned away, expecting the worst and even flinched.
"Lafayette, that's so sweet...thank you," Tigress said to him before kissing his cheek.
"That means you're going out with me," Lafayette asked out of delight.
"Uh-huh," Tigress grinned.
"Uh, alright, wow..." Lafayette grinned, "well, a movie?"
"Sure," Tigress grinned back.
Lafayette blushed and looked emotional.
"Um...he's been fooling you," Napoleon said, "he's actually Napoleon, and I'm the real Lafayette!"
"Oh, please, Napoleon, you may be twins, but you really are different," Tigress scoffed.
"Wow, today must be my lucky day," Lafayette beamed, only for a certain orange tiger to come past and ruin it.
"Eww, you're dating that nerd," Tigger scoffed at Tigress, "he's a total loser!"
"Oh, hey, Tigger, you see I care what you think," Tigress frowned.
"He's...he's...he's..." Tigger seemed to stammer.
"Yes, he's my boyfriend, and I loved him," Tigress replied in a haughty tone.
"Boyfriend," Lafayette grinned.
"Well, you can forget being popular or being someone after you date someone like him," Tigger scoffed.
"Are you just jealous that I have a boyfriend and you don't," Tigress frowned.
Tigger just growled. Tigress just gave her a loser sign and caught Lafayette's paw and walked off.
Soon TJ was coming out of the school.
"You alright, boy," Duchess asked.
"Yes, uh...I just forgot something inside," TJ grinned, "will you come with me and my friends?"
"If it's alright with O'Malley," Duchess said before looking to her boyfriend.
"Sure, I'm fine with this," O'Malley replied.
"Then let's go," Duchess grinned.
"Marlene, will you join us," O'Malley offered, "this is going to be fun."
"I think so..." Marlene shrugged, "where exactly are we going?"
"To the pond," Spinelli warned her.
"Nice enough for me," Marlene grinned to her younger cousin.
Then they headed to the pond as TJ went inside of the school.
"I think we can get to the drive-thru before it closes," Basil said as he spoke with Mrs. Brisby.
"Sounds nice to me," Mrs. Brisby grinned to him.
"Hey, where's that TJ boy going," Basil wondered.
"Uh, Principal Prickly," TJ asked as he came to see his school principal.
"What? Oh, it's you, Detweiler," Prickly said once he saw the young boy, "I was just, uh...cleaning up the mess Phillium left behind."
"Listen, sir, I never really had a chance to thank you for everything you did," TJ said to the adult man, "you know, stop golfing, warn Benedict to let me go, help me save the world and mess."
"Oh, actually, Detweiler, I'm the one who should be thanking you," Prickly replied.
"What," TJ blinked.
"You and your cousin did me a grand favor by dragging me into this mess," Prickly said as he thought back to what just happened, he even looked over to the leftover piece medallion, "look, I didn't start teaching for the promotions or the retirement plans, or where I could be on the golf course by 3:45. I did it because I wanted to help you children. And I had forgotten this. Until today."
Then they turned around after hearing some knocking on the window and it was the group.
"C'mon, Teej," Vince said.
"The pond is waiting," Spinelli added.
"Make sure you're there soon," TJ grinned to his friends.
"Hey, it's a beautiful summer day and your friends are waiting," Prickly grinned to the boy, "go have some fun while you yet can, Teej."
"You've had it, Pete," TJ grinned back.
"But don't forget," Prickly warned, "come in September, you're mine. I haven't forgotten that slack ass comment."
"Hey, September is yet a long way off," TJ shrugged before going out to see his friends.
Prickly grinned as he put his medallion back on and grinned as TJ was holding Ashley A's hand as they were going to have fun as children for the rest of the summer. Little did they know, Sid escaped from custody and was flying side-by-side on a jet pack and was on his road with a wicked chuckle, but that would be another story for another time.
Executive ProducersDENNIS DeSHAZERSHERYL STAMPS LEACH
Senior ProducerJIM ROWLEY
ProducersJEFF GITTLEMARTHA DATEMA LIPSCOMB
DirectorBRUCE DECK
WriterREBECCA SELF SNIDER
Production DesignerJESS NELSON
Musical DirectorBOB SINGLETON
Lyricists/ComposersSTEPHEN BATES BALTESLORY LAZARUS
Performance DirectorPENNY WILSON
Educational SpecialistsMARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D.MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.
Cast:Voice of Barney... BOB WESTBarney's Body Costume... DAVID JOYNERVoice of Baby Bop... JULIE JOHNSONBaby Bop's Body Costume... JEFF AYERSVoice of B.J. ... PATTY WIRTZB.J.'s Body Costume... JEFF BROOKS
Cast:Shawn... JOHN DAVID BENNETT, IITosha... HOPE CERVANTESStella the Storyteller... PHYLLIS CICEROJason... KURT DYKHUIZENKathy... LAUREN KING
Cast:Juan... MICHAEL KROSTCarlos... COREY LOPEZMin... PIA MANALOKenneth... NATHAN REGANJulie... SUSANNAH WETZEL
Associate DirectorERIC NORBERG
Stage ManagerTERRIE DAVIS MANNING
Lighting DesignerSTEVEN BRILL
EditorMcKEE SMITH
Audio DirectorDAVID M. BOOTHE
Art DirectorELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN
Wardrobe Supervisor/DesignerLISA O. ALBERTSON
Technical Operations SupervisorRANDY BREEDLOVE
Video EngineerWAYNE COOK
Camera OperatorsLARRY ALLEN OZ COLEMANTOM COX BRUCE HARMON
Production AudioRONALD G. BALENTINE
Boom OperatorsJAMES JOHNSONDAVID SMITH
Lighting DirectorCASEY COOK
Key GripBUZ CANNON
Lighting Board OperatorTODD DAVIS
Grip/ElectricSTEVE RITCHEY
Construction SupervisorCHARLES BAILEY
Craft Shop SupervisorRAY HENRY
Art/Craft CoordinatorAMY ATHERTON
Set DresserAGGIE DAVIS-BROOKS
DraftspersonCHRISTOPHER McCRAY
Craft/Prop ArtistMARK BROGAN
Props/Special EffectsDAVID COBB
CarpentersTY M. BURNSDANNY SMITH
Scenic PainterE. (BILL) SLETTE
Swing CrewCARMELO GOMEZ
Costume Shop ManagerGEORGIA FORD WAGENHURST
Costume TechnicianD.J. SEGLER
Costume SewingNATALIE SERGI-SAARISUSIE THENNES
Make-Up DesignerJEANIE L. D'IORIO
Hair StylistDEBRA HERTEL HAEFLING
Costume/Wardrobe AssistantsBRIAN N. BLEVINSJANET BUSH KRISTEN SCHAFFNER
Field ProducerSANDY JANTZEN
Post VideotapeDUDLEY ASAFF
Dialogue EditorDENICE CROWELL
Post Production AudioCRAIG CHASTAIN
Production Office ManagerSUE SHINN
Script SupervisorCATHERINE REYNOLDS
Production CoordinatorsJULIE HUTCHINGSKELLY MAHER
Production AccountantDEBBIE COTTLE
Production SecretaryAUSTIN GRAY
Asst. to Performance DirectorDAVID VOSS
Production AssistantsBRADEN McDONALDJOEL ZOCH
Barney Music DepartmentJILL HANCE CHARLES KINGJONATHAN SMITH ETHEL WADSWORTH
For Singleton Productions, Inc.BRADFORD COLEMAN LARRY HARONMIKE PIETZSCH
Educational Research StaffPATSY J. ROBLES GOODWIN, M.Ed.KIMBERLY THORNTON, M.Ed.JOY STARR
Children's TeachersSANDRA GILPIN SHEILA GREGG
Children's SupervisorWES GILPIN
Barney and the Backyard Gang™ and Barney & Friends ®were originally developed by Sheryl Leach,Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer.
Vocal Performances Enhanced with Help fromSingleton Productions, Inc.
"I Love You" • Lyrics by Lee Bernstein (BMI)
Text and illustrations from"MAMA, DO YOU LOVE ME?"by Barbara M. Joosse. Copyright 1991.Used by permission of Barbara M. Joosse andSimon and Schuster Books for Young Readers,Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division.All Rights Reserved.
Special Thanks to the Improvement of McDonald'sof Skip to My Lou, Bath, Reading Books and Cleanup
Original Barney, Baby Bop and B.J.Costumes byIRENE COREY DESIGNASSOCIATES
Produced byTHE LYONS GROUP ANDCONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION
For Connecticut Public TelevisionExecutives in ChargeLARRY RIFKINSHARON BLAIR
Executive in ChargeRICHARD C. LEACH
BARNEY & FRIENDS • I Can Do That!Copyright 2001 • Lyons Partnership, L.P.