To catch up on what's happening since "The Dinner Party", Phineus Rodentius went to Africa in the middle of the night to help his father. Snaptrap and Kitty are the only ones who knows where he is and why, but only vaguely.
When Finny's sister Philamina woke up the day Finny left, she found a quick note saying he had left but would return A.S.A.P. After her initial panic attack, she woke up the members of Las Banditas one by one to gently explain the situation. When the girls were all calmed down they got dressed and went to D.O.O.M. headquarters. D.O.O.M. and Las Banditas are working together.
It is late winter or early spring, so Lucia's fur is starting to turn brown. Bat and Juanita have been dating for the past month, as have Ollie and Lucia. T.U.F.F. have not met Las Banditas yet.
Now at D.O.O.M. hq, the banditas are in the basement with Snaptrap's henchmen as Phil takes Snaptrap upstairs to talk.