It was a nice quiet evening over at the Butler's house, Cindy was in her room, reading a book while listening to music.

"Cindy, honey, would you mind taking out the trash?" Shelly called.

Cindy turned down her music and came to the top of the stairs. "What'd ya say, Mom?"

"Take out the garbage, please." Shelly said.

Cindy sighed, then came downstairs to take out the garbage, she lugged the bag behind her as she came down the driveway. She then heard something in the garbage can, so she opened it up to see a purple monster with rabbit ears and elf-like feet and it was eating her trash.

"Hey, kid, do you mind?" the purple monster glared slightly.

"M-M-Monster!" Cindy screamed and then ran into the city.


Many people were turning into the comfort of their homes as it was a late night.

Ashlyn was about to turn into her gargoyle to fly through the night sky and practice her abilities until she ran past a blur. "What was that?" she then asked in surprise.

Mike, Sky, and Jo were coming out of Pops's meat freezer until they ran past a blur.

"What was that?" Mike also asked.

Ashlyn pointed. Jo let out a tendril to reach out and grab and drag over the blur.

"PLEASE DON'T EAT ME, I'M NOT THAT DELICIOUS!" Cindy begged.

"Cindy, calm down..." Sky held Cindy close.

Cindy blushed from the hold.

"You okay, Cin?" Mike asked.

"Monster... Back at my house..." Cindy pointed before crying. "It was eating my trash!"

"Monster?" Jo scoffed.

"Monster, huh?" Mike hummed suspiciously.

"It looked like a killer bunny!" Cindy cried. "It wasn't even fluffy or adorable!"

"A bunny?" Ashlyn asked.

"You're afraid of bunnies?" Jo snickered.

"It was a monster bunny." Cindy defended.

Mike hummed in thought as that sounded kind of familiar.

"Was it Little Bunny Foo Foo?" Jo teased.

"Jo, be nice, it's not funny!" Cindy pouted.

"You're right, Butler, it's not funny," Jo said calmly before laughing again. "IT'S HILARIOUS!"

"I felt like it was gonna eat me." Cindy frowned.

"It's okay, Cindy, it's okay." Sky hugged the little girl in comfort.

Cindy nuzzled against Sky's chest.

"Bunny monster..." Mike whispered to herself.

"I can't believe it," Jo kept laughing. "You're afraid of bunnies!"

'"Take us to the scene of the crime, Cindy." Ashlyn decided.

Cindy nodded, she then jumped out of Sky's arms and went to take them there. Mike then motioned for Sky, Jo, and Ashlyn to follow Cindy.

"Butler is afraid of a bunny," Jo snorted. "Man, that's rich."


Cindy came to her trashcan and opened it up and looked inside of it. "You still in there, Mr. Bunny?"

"There's nothing in there." Mike looked with Cindy.

"B-But it was in there, I saw it." Cindy defended.

Jo kept laughing since she thought Cindy was afraid of bunnies.

"Do you know what its name was?" Mike asked.

"No, but it looked like a bunny with pointy feet..." Cindy said.

"Jo, knock it off, it's not funny." Sky scolded the still laughing jockette.

"Do you have a picture?" Mike asked.

"No..." Cindy stared at the ground. "I really did see it, Mike, I really did."

"Say, what's that?" Ashlyn asked as she looked into the bushes to see a pair of eyes looking at them.

"THERE IT IS!" Cindy yelped as she jumped into Jo's arms.

The eyes then blinked.

"All right, come on out." Mike called.

"Butler, you better let go of me at the count of three." Jo warned.

"I'm warning you." Jo glared.

"I really can't, I feel frozen," Cindy said. "Honest, Jo, I really can't move."

Jo growled.


Mike came over to the bushes and pulled them back to see who was there.

"Hey, what're you doing?" the purple monster glared. "I'm trying to scare someone."

"Ickis, is that you?" Mike asked.

"Do I know you?" the purple monster replied, revealling his name was Ickis.

"It's me, Mike Mazinsky." Mike replied.

"Mike?" Ickis replied. "No way... Prove it."

"All right." Mike grinned, she then changed into her werewolf form and let out a blood-curling howl.

"Great Glob, it is you!" Ickis replied. "You look so different.'

"Well, it's been a while since we last met." Mike reminded.


"There's the monster." Cindy shivered as she hid inside of the jockette's hoodie.

Mike then came out with Ickis.

"Uh, looks kinda evil to be a bunny." Sky commented.

"I'm not a bunny, I get that a lot." Ickis replied.

"It's okay, Cindy, he won't hurt you." Mike promised.

"LET GO OF ME, BUTLER!" Jo sharply demanded.

"Come on, Cindy, it's okay..." Sky cooed.

Cindy slowly slid out and shivered as she stood on the ground.

"Boo." Ickis said.

Cindy screamed and then jumped into Jo's arms again.

"Ickis, please don't do that, Cindy's very sensitive." Mike scolded.

"Yeah, what she said." Cindy agreed nervously.

"Sorry about that." Ickis apologized.

Mike took Cindy and put her back down on the ground.

"You look so adorable." Sky cooed to Ickis.

Ickis shuddered. "What a terrible thing to say about me."

"So, what's the trouble, Ickis?" Mike asked.

"I've been kicked out of Monster Academy for something I didn't do and Simon is still hunting me down." Ickis explained.

"You got kicked out?" Mike's eyes widened before she then narrowed him. "Let me guess, something happened and Zimbo blamed it all on you to the Gromble."

"Yeah, that's it." Ickis confirmed.

"Knew it..." Mike rolled her eyes. "I always hated that bee thingy."

"Him and the Snorch." Ickis replied.

"Who's Simon?" Ashyln asked.

"Come on, we should all sit down and talk about this." Mike said. "Cindy, are your parents home?"

"Mom has a business call, if we close my door in my room, she won't hear us." Cindy shrugged.

"You're scary?" Jo asked.

"Yeah, especially when I get really mad." Ickis nodded.

"I don't buy it." Jo scoffed.

"Oh, yeah?" Ickis challenged. His eyes then turned red and he grew in a very large size with fangs and claws and then roared in the jockette's face.

Jo's eyes widened slightly. "Damn."

"See what I mean?" Ickis asked as he then turned back to normal. "I can be scary."

Jo blinked and chuckled sheepishly. "Kinda reminds me of a nightmare I had growing up."

"Yeah?" Ickis replied.

"Now you're afraid of the bunny monster." Cindy laughed and pointed to Jo.

Jo held out her fist and shook it. Cindy then ducked down and shivered.

"That girl reminds me of Nicky." Ickis pointed to Cindy.

"Oh, Ickis, I want you to meet my friends," Mike then realized an introduction was in order. "The one who's angry all the time is Jo Elliot, she's a werewolf demon."

"I see..." Ickis replied. "She looks somewhat familiar."

"This is Cindy, she's cowardly, but she's been getting better lately, and this is my cousin, Sky Podemski," Mike then introduced. "She's a werewolf like me and the punk girl is Ashlyn, she's a gargoyle."

"Sup?" Ashlyn nodded.

"So, Ickis, is it just you in trouble?" Mike asked. "What about Oblina and Krumm?"

"Actually, it is all three of us, but I came to the city to find you because I knew you would help us." Ickis explained.

"You know I will." Mike nodded.

"You can count on me too." Sky agreed.

"And me as well." Ashlyn added in.

"Us too, right, Butler?" Jo replied.

"Umm..." Cindy stammered nervously.

Jo shook her fist again.

"Of course me too!" Cindy smiled nervously. "Let's meet in my room, I have to give Sledgehammer his dinner."

"That's what I thought." Jo replied sharply.

"Who's Sledgehammer?" Ickis asked.

"Her pet possum." Mike explained.

"You have a pet possum?" Ickis asked Cindy.

"Yeah, Dexter gave him to me." Cindy said as she brought them up to her room and shut the door so her mother could have her conference call.

"So, who's Snorch?" Sky asked.

"Zimbo's right hand man," Ickis replied. "Everyone is scared of him."

"He's totally gross..." Mike shuddered in memory. "Even worse than the Gromble."

"Pfft, 'everyone is scared of him'." Jo mocked.

"Yeah, even you would cower in fear." Ickis replied.

"Uh-huh..." Jo rolled her eyes. "I'll believe it when I see it."

"How's Brandon?" Mike asked about the human who knew the monsters' secret.

"He's doing great," Ickis smiled. "He's trying to keep Simon from kidnapping us."

"That kid sure is brave, reminds me of June before she became the Te Xuan Ze." Mike nodded.

"So, who's Simon?" Sky then asked.

"They call him 'Simon the Monster Hunter'," Ickis answered. "He wants to kidnap monsters and make them into trophies."

"Simon..." Sky whispered. "What's his last name?"

"I don't know, I don't think he ever said his last name." Ickis shrugged.

"It wouldn't be Simon St. James, would it?" Sky asked.

"Not sure, sorry..." Ickis shrugged. "He's just our sworn enemy."

"Hmm..." Sky hummed in thought.

"Don't worry, Rabbit Monster, we will solve your problems." Jo promised.

"W-We will?" Cindy replied.

"Ickis, you're one of my oldest friends, we've got this." Mike promised.

"And we're all gonna help, that includes Butler." Jo nodded firmly.

Cindy gulped. "Joy."

"You better not chicken out or else!" Jo threatened.

"Y-Yes, sir." Cindy replied nervously.