In the morning...

"Cindy, it's time to wake up..." Penn called in a cheery tone as he came into the girl's room with french toast, strawberries, eggs, and potatoes on a plate with a glass of strawberry soda and a book beside the plate. "I made you some breakfast in-AAAAUGH!"

Cindy's eyes widened as she appeared to be in bed with Maxwell. "PENN!"

"SHELLY, GET IN HERE!" Penn called out.

Shelly rushed over. "What's going on?"

"Your daughter is in bed with a boy!" Penn told the woman.

"You sleep in the guest room and our air mattress popped when my sister came over last weekend!" Shelly replied. "I told Cindy it would be okay!"

"Oh, really?" Penn asked.

"Yes, so now I have to buy a new air mattress for the guest room." Shelly nodded.

"So you're okay with your underage daughter sleeping with a boy?!" Penn asked. "Cindy, how could you do this to me?!"

"You're not my dad," Cindy glared. "Now if you'll excuse us, we have to get ready for the circus. Hopefully this time we won't run into Vivian Vixen."

"You're going to the circus?" Penn asked.

"Yes, we are, but you can't come because there's no room." Cindy said.

"Who all is going?" Penn asked.

"Me, Maxwell, Mike, Jo, Sky, Phil, Lil, Reggie, and Arnold." Cindy replied.

Penn frowned and sulked.

"No, Penn," Cindy glared. "I think it's time that you hung out with people your own age."

"But Cindy, I love you." Penn said.

"I love you too, Penn, but you need to be more with people your own age," Cindy replied, sounding more like the adult than the child in this conversation. "I get that you're trying to protect me, but I need to hang out with my own friends."

"You still love me, right?" Penn smiled sadly.

"Yes, I do." Cindy told him.

"I like you, Malaysia." Penn said to the blonde boy.

"Uh, I like you too, I guess..." Maxwell shrugged.

Penn nodded and walked away as Cindy and Maxwell were eating their breakfast.


Meanwhile, Phil, Lil, Reggie, and Arnold were on the boat headed to Cartoon Network City and were unaware that Otto, Twister, and Sam were in it too. Arnold stared out in the distance as he seemed to have a certain thing on his mind.

"Arnold, you don't have to worry about your parents anymore, remember?" Reggie soothed.

"I know..." Arnold sighed. "I just wonder sometimes what would've happened if we didn't make it to San Lorenzo in time."

"But we did, and that's all that matters." Reggie coaxed.

"I know." Arnold replied.

"It's okay, I feel the same way about my mother sometimes..." Reggie comforted. "I wish I could've saved her."

"It's not your fault, Reggie," Arnold said. "You couldn't do anything about that."

"Well, you couldn't do anything about your parents going missing either, we've got this." Reggie soothed.

"Now kiss." Otto's voice mocked.

"Who said that?!" Reggie demanded.


Otto, Sam, and Twister then came out of their hiding place.

"What's up?" Otto asked.

"What are you guys doing here?" Phil glared.

"It was Otto's idea, I had nothing to do with this, but they were gonna blackmail me!" Sam cried out.

"Hi, guys, nice day, isn't it?" Twister smiled. "We're going to the circus!"

"We're here on official business, you guys," Reggie glared. "When the boat drops us off, you can just turn back around and go back home to Nicktropolis without us."

"Actually, I told Dad that you're taking us over there, and he said that that was fine with him." Otto replied.

"Too bad, you're going back." Reggie glared.

"I don't think so," Otto retorted. "Besides, I've never had an adventure with Mystery Inc."

"Forget it, Otto." Reggie glared.

"Reggie, I know your brother's a pain, but he might as well come with us." Arnold decided.

"WHAT?!" Reggie snapped.

"All right!" Otto cheered out of victory.

Reggie glared at Arnold.

"He's already here with Sam and Twister, we can't just make them go straight back to Nicktropolis." Arnold defended.

"Fine, but you better listen, got it, Rocket Boy?" Reggie glared to her younger brother.

"Okay..." Otto rolled his eyes.

"I mean it, Otto!" Reggie glared at her little brother while pinching his ear.

"Ow, ow, ow!" Otto yelped. "Okay, okay, okay, let go of my ear!"

Reggie then let go and crossed her arms while glaring at her younger brother on the way to Cartoon Network City.

"Are we there yet?" Twister asked.

"No." Phil said.

"Are we there yet?" Twister asked.

"No." Lil said.

"Are we there yet?" Twister asked.

"Yes, Twist, we are." Otto groaned.

"LIAR!" Twister snapped.

"Mike owes me big time for this," Lil groaned as she held her head. "I can feel my pink stripe turning white."

"Do you think that Reggie would care if I ate Otto?" Phil asked his twin sister.

Lil then raised her eyebrows toward her twin brother.

"What?" Phil shrugged.


Then, soon enough, they arrived at Cartoon Network City and saw Mike, Jo, and Sky waiting for them. Phil, Lil, Reggie, Arnold, Sam, Twister, and Otto then got off of the boat together.

"Otto, Twister, and Sam?!" Mike asked out of shock. "What are you guys doing here?!"

"They followed us here, so we had no choice, but to bring them here." Reggie groaned.

"Hi, Jo!" Twister smiled.

Jo stuck her tongue out and rolled her eyes.

"Hi, there." Sky greeted.

"You're a pretty lady, but not as pretty as Spinelli," Twister said. "She's really awesome."

"Oh, that's sweet," Sky smiled to Twister. "I guess it's time to get going."

"We might as well, also since Rolf is out friend now, he's gonna meet us at the circus." Mike replied.

"Rolf?" The others asked in surprise since the son of a shepherd was so attached to Kevin despite finding a friendship with the Eds.

"Yeah, turns out his family was in the circus," Mike replied. "He even knows those Romanian Quintuplets."

"Rolf is your friend now?" Lil asked.

"Yep, thanks to us along with Nazz and Jimmy's help, Rolf left Kevin's gang, and started hanging out with us now," Mike explained. "He even made Flem, Earl, and Boomer into Urban Rangers."