Soon enough, they arrived at the bus stop and got off.
"Well, this doesn't look familiar." Grandpa Lou commented.
There was soon a sound heard which of course scared Chuckie senseless into making him jump into the horse water trough.
"Chuckie, whatdja do that for?" Rhonda frowned to her boyfriend.
"Whenever you hear that song in Westerns, it means bad guys are about to start a shoot out!" Chuckie replied nervously.
The whistle was heard again, but it turns out a man who did that he came out with two guys and two girls and a man driving the truck and they was all laughing. Mike right away knew the two were out of the five.
"Scott and Jade?" Mike asked. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Howdy, Mike," Jade smiled. "We could ask you the same thing."
"I'm with my girlfriend for this trip," Mike replied. "You remember Lil, right?"
"Ah, yeah," Scott smiled and shook the brunette girl's hand. "Hey, Lil, I'm Scott Wallis and this is my girlfriend, Jade Summers. I'm sure you've heard a lot about us."
"Yeah, I heard about you used to being a bad guy on Revenge of the Island." Lil memorized.
"Ah, that was the old me." Scott replied.
"That was before ya met me, Scottie~" Jade gushed to her boyfriend.
"Yeah, but you can trust me now, all of you." Scott told the others honestly.
"This is my grandson, Scott Wallis, and his girlfriend, Jade Summers." Red introduced.
"I thought Scott's grandpa was Donnie Wallis who went to school with Tumbleweed Tex and Penelope Pitstop?" Mike asked out of confusion.
"Pappy's from my dad's side of the family, but this is Granddad from my mom's side of the family." Scott explained.
"Oh, okay." Mike understood.
"How ya doin', Boy?" Red asked as he patted Scott on the head.
"Great, Granddad." Scott replied.
"Now, you didn't bring that city slicker friend of yours who's dumber than a mule?" Red asked, obviously talking about Lightning.
"Nope, he's with his own girlfriend." Scott replied.
"Shame, I was lookin' forward to roughin' him up," Red chuckled. "Now, tell me, how's your sister?"
"She's as good as she can be..." Scott shrugged. "She says hi and will accept any presents on her behalf."
"Nuthin' personal, folks, but we do that all the city slickers," One man said. "Right, Lou?"
"Yep, it wasn't funny then and it isn't funny now." Grandpa Lou grumbled.
Tommy and Dil soon helped pull Chuckie out of the water.
"I'm Big Red," The first man began. "This is Medium Red, and Little Red, that guy behind the truck is Tiny, and of course, you've met my nephew Scott and his girlfriend, Jade."
"What truck?" Susie muttered about Tiny.
"The truck right behind Tiny there that we're all gonna ride in." Scott told her.
"I've never rode in a truck before." Courtney said.
"And you should meet my younger cousin, Belinda." Scott then said.
"Belinda?" Tommy asked as he felt like he had heard that name before.
Scott and Jade came out of the car with a young preteen girl with golden blonde hair which was very curly and adorable as she wore an orange dress and had white shoes on and smiled as she held a flower in her hand. Tommy blushed and gasped as he thought Belinda looked very beautiful.
"You're all related?" Junior asked.
"Yes, sirree," Big Red replied. "We're all related to our Little Scottie."
Scott pouted at his nickname while Jade giggled.
"Little Scottie, that's a cute one." Jade giggled to her boyfriend.
"Tommy Pickles, is that you?" Belinda asked one of the boys.
"Uh, have we met?" Tommy asked as he was sure he hadn't seen this girl before.
"I've got three words for you," Belinda smiled. "Teeter-Totter Gulch."
"Teeter-Totter Gulch?" Tommy asked before that playground name rang a few bells in his head.
Tommy saw himself as a baby with a cowboy hat as he sat with two-year-old Chuckie in a red wagon with Grandpa Lou pulling them to a playground as he ranted about some grown-up talk before the sun was about to give them 'No Shadows Time' and they ran into a kind girl who helped them out who was a much younger Belinda who flashed them a smile and gave them apple juice.
"It's you..." Tommy now realized. "I can't believe it's really you! And to think that I thought we'd never see each other again."
"I know what you mean," Belinda blushed. "I still remember how you stood up for us against Prudence when she was still The Junk Food Kid."
"So, um, how's she been then?" Tommy asked.
"Oh, we're very good friends now," Belinda nodded. "Almost like sisters, though since that incident when you got her mother to stop giving her so much candy, she's pretty much a vegetarian now since she had to eat carrot sticks for snacks back then."
Tommy smiled a little with a blush.
They were soon all in the truck and Grandpa Lou sat in the back with the kids, of course falling asleep. Little Red was soon staring at Angelica.
"What are you looking at?" Angelica glared.
"Uh... I... I never met a city girl before..." Little Red replied nervously. "How'd ya get your hair so shiny?"
"We bathe." Angelica scoffed.
Little Red then turned around to take a look at Courtney as she was fixing her hair while looking in her handheld mirror. "Yer mighty pretty for a city girl." He nervously told the blonde rich girl.
"Oh, um, thanks." Courtney blushed a little with a sheepish giggle before Phil glared at Little Red.
Little Red then fiddled with his hat with a nervous smile. Dil, Dib, and Chuckie heard Phil growling like a wolf and saw his claws pop out.
"Whoa, did you guys see that?" Dib asked the others.
"You mean the claws?" Chuckie asked. "I sure did..."
"And I heard some growling too." Dil added.
"Phew!" Dib said in relief. "I'm not going crazy then."
"It still scares me though." Chuckie gulped.
"You're very sweet, but I have a boyfriend." Courtney told Little Red.
"You do?" Little Red asked.
"Yeah, ME!" Phil glared. "You wanna make something of it, Cowboy?!"
"Take it easy, Phil, you'll unleash your inner wolf." Mike warned her girlfriend's brother.
Phil breathed heavily and growled.
"Philly, relax," Courtney soothed her boyfriend. "I would never leave you; you're the only one who I love."
Phil soon managed to calm down as she gave him a kiss.
"Just relax," Courtney comforted. "I love you and nobody else."
Phil then hugged the blonde girl and glared at Little Red. Little Red only looked nervous and tried not to get too scared. Everyone looked out as horses raced beside the truck.
"Look quickly before you miss it!" Susie told the others.
Everybody then turned around to see what Susie saw and saw that it was an old cow eating some grass.
"You pulled us away from wild mustangs to check out a cow?" Dib groaned.
"It is not about the cow, it's about the cow tipping!" Susie glared in defense.
"Yeah, right, you would never do that," Phil scoffed. "It almost sounds bad."
"Says the guy who changes into a big, scary creature under the full moon." Dib deadpanned.
"Watch it or I'll tear you a new one." Phil scowled.
"What are you saying? I can't be bad?!" Susie glared at Phil. "I can be bad, I can be bad as the rest of you, including Mike's friends, Duncan and Abby, badder than them even!" she then glared at Angelica. "That's right, sister, you're going down!"
"The heck just happened?" Mike asked, blinking strangely to Susie.
Everyone just shrugged, not knowing themselves.
"Who cares?" Gaz scoffed.
Soon enough, they arrived at the ranch, as a chicken laid a egg and walked away.
"Well, here we are." Belinda smiled to the others as she loved farm living since it was how she was brought up.
Red helped everyone out of the truck and then took them to the barnyard, and where there were cots for their guests.
"Sah-Weet!" Phil beamed.
"Ah, living like real cowboys." Tommy smiled to the others.
"This arrangement is fine for the preteens, but Junior and I will need our own bathroom, hot tub, internet access, and free movies." Angelica said.
"I'm sure we'll survive, Angelica." Junior told his girlfriend.
"Well, it's 4:00 PM," Big Red told the guests. "Better get some shut-eye, 'round here, we get up before the roosters."
"Sounds ideal to me, sir." Belinda smiled.
"Night, Buckaroo." Grandpa Lou smiled to his grandson before ruffling his hair.
"Ah, good night, Grandpa." Tommy smiled back and waved to his grandfather.
"Tomorrow is the big day for you, rookies." Scott laughed as he left the barnyard.
"Which one of you do I talk to about Room Service?!" Angelica called out to them.
Of course, no one answered her.
"Don't worry, Angelica, you'll love living on the dude ranch," Belinda smiled. "After all, I was born on a farm."
"Preachy, much?" Angelica scoffed to the blonde country girl.
"I can't believe that we have to get up at 3:00 in the morning," Rhonda complained. "I won't have time to do my morning facial."
"Oh, I don't know about this, Tommy." Chuckie nervously told his best friend since Rhonda was having issues.
"Oh, Chuckie, just think about it," Tommy coaxed. "Tonight, we go to sleep, and tomorrow, we wake up Cowboys."
Chuckie thought about it and went to sleep, smiling as he thought about it.
"Philly, I'm sorry." Courtney told her boyfriend.
"What for?" Phil asked.
"For talking to Little Red." Courtney said.
Phil folded his arms with a groan. "It's fine, I guess."
"I really don't like him like I like you, honest..." Courtney soothed him.
"Really?" Phil asked.
"You're the only one that I love," Courtney nodded as she pushed her cot next to his as a tear ran down her face. "I love nobody else and you're the only one who can always keep me happy."
"Aw, Courtney, I'm sorry that I was jealous." Phil said softly.
"Don't be," Courtney said as she took her boyfriend's hand. "I'm sorry too."
Phil gently squeezed her hand. "I should be sorry, Court."
"You don't need to be sorry," Courtney giggled. "You're a great boyfriend."
"And you're a great girlfriend." Phil smiled back.
Courtney then lay her head on Phil's chest and the brunette boy stroke her hair. The two smiled as they slept through the night with ease.
"I wonder what tomorrow is gonna be like?" Lil wondered.
"Hopefully something easy since we just got here." Mike replied.
"I hope you're right, Mike." Lil yawned.
Everyone then to sleep because they had to get up very early in the morning.
