At the Mazinsky residence, it was a lazy day so far with nothing much going on and Jamie was checking his email before he got a new message from someone he had not heard from in a long time. "Huh, Eric Staufer's still at the university? That's cool."
"You say something, Jamie?" Mike asked her older brother.
"Oh, just an old friend of mine from the college when you were a little kid." Jamie smiled to his youngest sister.
"Old friend, huh?" Mike asked.
"Yes, his name is Eric Staufer." Jamie informed.
"That's a name I haven't heard in a while." Jen chuckled as she overheard that while texting with her boyfriend, Brick MacArthur.
"What does it say in the letter, Jamie?" Mike asked.
"It's an email," Jamie told Mike. "He wants me to come down to check out his new video game design featuring Mystery Inc."
"Video games, huh?" Mike asked. "That's Xandir's kind of thing."
"Maybe he'd like to come." Jen chuckled.
"That does sound like fun," Mike admitted. "Oh, Jamie, could we go with you?"
"Gee, guys, I dunno..." Jamie smirked playfully to his younger sisters.
"Please, Jamie," Mike replied. "It would be fun to go with you."
"Well, I guess that would be okay," Jamie gave in. "Do you wanna bring Lu and Og?"
"I would, but maybe another time," Mike shrugged. "It'd be too much to explain to them about computers and video games, especially that time that Og made his own Gameboy and got addicted to it.
"Who are you going to bring?" Jen asked.
"June, Dee Dee, and the Eds," Mike decided. "Oh, could I bring Xandir too, please?"
"If Xandir isn't too busy." Jamie smiled to Mike.
"He shouldn't be," Mike replied. "I can just text him to see if he is or not."
"That sounds good." Jen agreed before looking to her phone with a dreamy look in her eyes.
"Are you texting Brick again?" Mike asked her sister.
"Does... It matter?" Jen looked away innocently while blushing.
"Knew it." Mike smirked.
"Oh, shut up and just text your friend, Xandir." Jen told her.
"Yes, Jen." Mike rolled her eyes while smirking to her older sister as she soon texted the video game hero she was friends with.
A few minutes later...
"He's in." Mike smiled as she got a message back.
"Great." Jen and Jamie approved.
"You wanna come, Jen?" Jamie asked.
"Sorry, I can't," Jen sighed. "I gotta cover for someone at the Mall."
"We'll take pictures then and tell you all about it when we get back." Mike decided.
"Thanks, guys," Jen smiled. "Sorry I can't come, but it's super busy at the Mall these days. Also, would you guys like to maybe come with me for a trip to make it up to you? Mom-I mean, Emma gave me a call about a special surprise that she's been having with Jonesy's dad."
"Sure." Mike accepted.
"We wouldn't miss it for the world, Jen." Jamie added.
"Thanks, guys," Jen smiled. "Have fun at the State University though."
"Thanks, we will." Jamie smiled back.
"Better text June, Dee Dee, and the Eds." Mike said.
"See that you do." Jamie nodded to his youngest sister.
Mike nodded back before sending a group text to the friends she just mentioned.
"Oh, make sure that you also text Mystery Inc." Jamie suggested.
"You got it." Mike nodded to him.
"This'll be exciting," Jamie sighed. "It's a shame I had to drop out of college so soon."
"They wanna know what day we're leaving." Mike told Jamie.
"Tomorrow morning." Jamie replied.
"Fair enough, I suppose." Mike stated.
"I better pack my stuff." Jamie decided.
"You got it, Jamie." Mike nodded to her brother.
Mike and Jamie then went to get ready for the trip tomorrow while Jen continued to text Brick until she took a break and Jamie emailed Eric back about visiting the University.
"Do you think you'll ever go back to college, Jamie?" Jen asked. "I'm thinking about going myself."
"Well, the thing is, I mostly went to college, because of Daria back then." Jamie replied sheepishly.
"You mean your ex-girlfriend?" Jen smirked.
"Shut up." Jamie muttered.
"Just asking." Jen shrugged innocently.
"She wasn't like other girls, I kinda liked that about her..." Jamie said. "I still remember when she first moved into Lawndale with her sister, Quinn."
"I never liked Quinn," Jen scoffed. "She was such a prissy Queen Bee."
"At least she wasn't dumb as Brittany Taylor or Kevin Thompson." Jamie chuckled.
"True, but they were actually nicer than Sandi and her clique with Quinn." Jen pointed out.
"Yeah, I'll give them that." Jamie admitted.
"But man, Quinn, she was nothing but an attention whore." Jen huffed.
"Easy, Sis," Jamie told Jen. "That was way back when I was in high school, Quinn's long gone now."
"Yeah... For now..." Jen replied. "But if she or Sandi Griffin say something to me, I might do something that I'll regret."
"Jen, that was high school, we're all grown up now," Jamie reminded her. "I might not even see them until I get a high school reunion invitation."
"Well, just sayin'." Jen shrugged.
Jamie chuckled in response to this.
"Brianna's not gonna be able to come," Mike told Jen and Jamie. "She's gonna be spending some time with her sister."
"Brianna has a sister?" Jamie asked out of shock.
"Yeah, believe it or not, but it's Cybersix." Mike replied.
"Uh, Cybersix is her sister?" Jen asked. "No way, Mike."
"Way, way, you know that I don't lie." Mike reminded her siblings.
"That's true." Jamie replied.
"You guys should know that better than everyone else," Mike told her siblings. "So, Jamie, did you email Eric back?"
"Yeah, I should get one back soon before we go though," Jamie nodded. "Did you get answers back from your friends?"
"Yeah, they're in, but Xandir just texted me to ask if we could spend the night at their place since since the bus stop is a few blocks down from their house." Mike replied.
"I don't see why not," Jamie shrugged. "That would be easier for us."
"Good luck, Jamie, I hear you'll need it." Jen smirked to her brother.
"Why?" Jamie asked her.
"Because you know that she's still living at that house." Jen reminded like it was obvious.
"I don't know who you're talking about." Jamie said nervously.
"You know who I'm talking about." Jen replied.
"Uh, the fairy tale princess?" Jamie asked.
"No." Jen said.
"The sex symbol?" Jamie asked.
"No." Jen said.
"Then who?" Jamie asked like he didn't know.
"You know who I'm talking about," Jen reminded him. "Don't play dumb with me."
"I really have no idea who you're talking about." Jamie defended.
"Jamie." Jen gave her brother a long look.
"Okay, fine," Jamie gave in. "I'm just worried that she might hate me because she's a fox and I'm a wolf."
"You'll be fine," Jen told her brother. "She learned to love Mike, didn't she?"
"Yeah, but that's because she adopted her," Jamie reminded. "She'll probably blame me for killing her mother and sister."
"Aw, Jamie." Jen sighed and rolled her eyes.
Unknown to them, Mike was putting a certain battle monster in her backpack.
The next day, it was time to go, Jen had already left to go to work overtime at the Mall while Mike was going to take Jamie to the Drawn Together house to pick up Xandir before gathering June, Dee Dee, and the Eds. Mike knocked on the door and then Captain Hero opened the door.
"Mike, you're here just in time for breakfast," Captain Hero smiled. "Would you like to join us?"
"Sure," Mike replied. "We've got time."
"Come on inside." Captain Hero told her and walked off.
Leah was in her high chair and was reaching for the cookie jar.
"No, Leah," Toot told her daughter. "No sweets before breakfast... Not even Mommy can do that."
"Morning, Toot." Mike greeted.
"Oh, Mike!" Toot gushed as she ran over to the tomboy and gave her a big hug.
"Ooh!" Mike yelped at first, but then smiled. "Oh, it's good to see you too. You remember my brother Jamie?"
"Hey." Jamie greeted.
"Oh, yeah..." Toot gushed. "Your sexy brother, Jamie..."
"Toot, you have Xandir now..." Mike reminded the sex symbol. "You don't have to use Jamie to make Xandir jealous."
"Oh, sorry, force of habit," Toot giggled innocently. "Hi, Jamie~"
Leah cooed and reached out for Mike. Mike picked up the baby and gave her a kiss on the cheek. Leah just giggled. Toot then went to go check on breakfast on the stove as she cooked for the others.
"You're cooking for us?" Mike asked Toot.
"Uh-huh." Toot nodded.
"Is it almost done, Pilsbury Dough Broad?" Captain Hero complained. "We're hungry!"
"In a minute, you ass bags!" Toot yelled out. "It's not done yet!"
"Nice to see your use of language around Leah." Mike muttered to the Drawn Together family.
Wooldoor ran and hugs Mike like a little kid. "Hi, Mike, did you miss me? I missed you," he then smiled. "Did you bring me anything?"
"Just my brother, Jamie." Mike told the yellow whatchamacallit.
"Hi, I'm Wooldoor Sockbat!" Wooldoor looked over at Jamie with a smile and waved. "I'm Mike's little brother!"
"Uh, hi," Jamie blinked. "I'm Jamie, Mike's big brother."
"Is that my little Mike's voice I hear?" Foxxy asked as she came down the stairs. "Oh, honey child, I'm so glad that-" she then stopped talking and looked at Jamie.
"Uh, hey." Jamie greeted.
"Oh... Hello..." Foxxy folded her arms briefly.
"Hi, Mama Foxxy." Mike smiled to the mystery solving musician.
"Oh, hello, sugar baby," Foxxy smiled back. "I'm glad that you're here."
"You remember my brother Jamie, right?" Mike introduced.
"Hmm... Right..." Foxxy replied. "Hello, James."
"Please, call me Jamie." Jamie said.
"I'll call you what I want," Foxxy muttered. "What are you doing here?"
"I just came here to eat some breakfast and pick up Xandir to bring to my college." Jamie replied.
"I hope that's all you're doin'." Foxxy muttered.
"Mama Foxxy, you promised." Mike warned the fox woman hybrid.
"I'm sorry, baby, it's just animal instincts." Foxxy told her former foster daughter.
"Okay, you assholes... And Mike, and my darling little Leah... Breakfast is ready!" Toot announced.
Mike rolled her eyes, but she smiled to Toot as they all came in to have breakfast. She then opened her backpack to let out the battle monster.
"Doggy!" Leah cooed.
Ling-Ling soon jumped out and landed on the dining table, making the food jump only slightly.
"Doggy! Doggy!" Leah beamed.
"You brought Ling-Ling with you?" Jamie asked Mike.
"Of course, I never go anywhere without him," Mike replied. "Ling-Ling and I are like Ash and Pikachu."
"Plus Ling-Ling former resident here, Jamie-san." Ling-Ling added.
"Well, I suppose bringing him along won't hurt anyone as long as he behaves." Jamie replied.
"Don't worry, he'll be fine as long as I'm around," Mike promised. "Himeko taught me some good ways to take good care of him."
"Thanks for inviting me to come with you, Mike." Xandir smiled.
"No problem." Mike smiled back.
Toot smiled as she set down breakfast with was eggs, bacon, and pancakes. Foxxy was eating her breakfast and kept on glaring at Jamie.
"Uh, may I help you?" Jamie asked.
"Mama Foxxy, stop staring at my brother," Mike told her former foster mother. "If you can trust me, you can trust him."
"Sorry, baby, my animal insticts are acting up, that's all." Foxxy replied.
"Well, try to keep it under control, okay?" Mike asked her. "Maybe when we go you can catch up with the Foxxy 5 or something."
"They're dead." Foxxy reminded Mike.
"Oh, right." Mike winced for bringing that up.
"Mm..." Foxxy muttered as she ate her breakfast.
"So, where are you going today?" Clara asked.
"We're going to visit Jamie's college with Mystery Inc." Mike replied.
"College...?" Clara tilted her head. "What is... College...?"
"Clara, you live in the 21st century..." Mike pointed out.
"Mike, we don't want you to go to college yet!" Spanky cried out.
"Spanky, I'm 14." Mike reminded.
"But you graduated!" Spanky reminded her. "Shouldn't ya be, ya know, legal?"
"I haven't graduated yet." Mike scoffed.
"Oh, really?" Spanky asked.
"You never listen to me." Mike rolled her eyes.
"You say something, Mike?" Spanky asked.
Mike rolled her eyes again and ate her breakfast. Everyone ate together until it would be time for Xandir, Mike, and Jamie to go to the State University. Foxxy just glared at Jamie, even while growling.
"Easy, Mama Foxxy." Mike warned.
"I should've known this was a mistake." Jamie sighed since Foxxy didn't seem to like him at all.
Foxxy didn't say anything, but walked out the door.
"Why don't you go talk to her, Jamie?" Mike suggested. "We've got time."
"What can I say?" Jamie shrugged to Mike.
"Just talk to her about the whole situation," Mike coached. "Jen told me about it."
"Well, if you're sure." Jamie replied.
"Go for it." Mike nodded to her brother.
Jamie nodded and took a deep breath and headed outside where the hybrid woman was, sitting on the lawn chair, looking at the sky.
"Oh, Mama, I know that this Jamie boy is Mike's brother, but... I still can't live with what happened to you and my sista..." Foxxy sighed as she stared up at the sky. "I just wish the other Foxxy 5 was here... They was like my other sistas from other mistas."
"Hey." Jamie said.
"It's you," Foxxy sneered. "What do you want?"
"I just thought we could talk and get to know each other better." Jamie shrugged.
"Why?" Foxxy huffed.
"I'm sorry that your mother and sister got killed." Jamie said.
"That's what they all say, but what does it help?" Foxxy sighed about her mother and sister.
"I know you probably hate me, but you should know that my kind would never hurt your kind." Jamie coaxed.
"Not sure if I can believe that," Foxxy replied. "Foxes and wolves are sworn enemies."
"True, but there are more wolves out there who are so bad that they're the black sheep of their clan." Jamie clarified.
"Gee, thanks, that makes me feel better." Foxxy deadpanned.
"Not really, but I know who killed your mom and sister." Jamie replied.
"Who then?!" Foxxy rolled her eyes.
"It was the weredogs." Jamie revealed.
"Yeah, and?" Foxxy asked.
"And my mother and grandmother didn't want to tell you." Jamie continued.
"And why not?!" Foxxy glared.
"Because..." Jamie sighed.
"Because why?" Foxxy glared.
"We didn't want you to get all vengeful on them." Jamie explained.
"Why didn't you guys stop them then?!" Foxxy huffed.
"We just didn't..." Jamie sighed. "My mother doesn't like violence. Surely you can understand that."
"You guys are supposed to be fearless and the top canines around here!" Foxxy reminded.
"Hey, don't shoot the messanger." Jamie defended.
"And I'm supposed to forgive you?" Foxxy asked.
"No, but I'll understand if you don't." Jamie replied.
"You better keep dreaming." Foxxy told him.
"But can we at least be somewhat friends?" Jamie asked. "You know, for Mike's sake?"
"I'll think it over." Foxxy replied.
"Oh, come on, Foxxy," Jamie said to her. "What do I have to do to get you to accept me?"
Foxxy turned away from him.
"I told Mike this would be pointless..." Jamie sighed. "Well, I better get going to the University with my sister and her friend."
"We can talk more about this when you get back." Foxxy decided.
"Sure." Jamie allowed.
Foxxy then shooed him away. Jamie soon went to meet Mike and Xandir so that they could get going.