"Ugh, what a day." Mordecai mumbled as Margaret brought him and Rigby their coffee.

"Aw, what's the matter Mordecai?" Margaret asked sympathetically.

"Some kid had a birthday party at the park today." Mordecai explained. "A rich kid."

"Ooh boy..." Margaret said, guessing where this was going.

"After the party was done, there were all these balloons, and streamers and junk left behind." Rigby added. "Guess who had to clean it up?"

"Aw, you poor guys." Eileen said, joining them.

"I'm beat." Mordecai said, sipping his coffee.

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I have days like that too, sometimes." Margaret said. "Especially on Fridays, when..." Mordecai couldn't hear her. He started to lean forward in exhaustion, his eyelids getting heavier with every passing second.

"Mordecai? You okay?" Rigby asked, concerned.

"Huh?" Mordecai said, waking up a little. "Yeah. I just need some fresh air." He stepped outside, and the other three stared after him. Once he was outside, Mordecai didn't pay attention to where he was going, and absentmindedly bumped into someone.

"Hey, watch it!" a rough voice said.

"S'rry." Mordecai said sleepily. The girl he had walked into looked about his age or younger, and had chin-length dark brown hair, and wore a trench coat. She raised an eyebrow as she looked him up and down.

"You don't look so good, pal." she said.

"Hard day of work." Mordecai slurred.

"Well, I know just the thing to help you." The girl said, grinning. She looked back and forth to make sure that nobody was around, then opened her trench coat, pulling out a small box and holding it out for Mordecai to see. "These are Fizzos." the suspicious girl said with a smirk. "These'll give you the energy you need to get through your day."

"How is candy supposed to help me?" the blue jay asked.

"Just trust me, they'll do the trick." The girl answered. She turned around, and started to walk off. "You'll see." Mordecai stared at her retreating back, then back to the box of candy. He wasn't sure about this stuff, but it couldn't hurt to try it, he supposed.

"Just one." he said. Opening the box, he picked out a single pellet of candy and tossed it into his beak. The second he took a bite, an instant surge of energy coursed throughout his body, all fatigue gone.

"Whoa."

"Mordecai? Hey, Mordecai?" Mordecai turned around and saw Rigby behind him.

"Oh, hey dude. We should probably get back to the park now, don't you think? I'll drive." Rigby just stared. About a minute before, Mordecai could do little more than moan like a zombie, and now he was completely refreshed. Still, Rigby decided not to press the matter.

"Well, okay then."

As they took the cart back to the park, Mordecai glanced at the box of Fizzos in his wing.

Wow, this stuff really works.