Lost in Manhattan

Ch. 1

After what seemed like, to Angelica and the babies, a bazillion years had passed, their flight was ready. "Come on gang, let's get on that plane." Stu lead the group to the boarding area, and into their plane.

"Yay! Finally!" Angelica cheered; She tried to run ahead, but her mother, Charlotte Pickles caught her by the hand before she could go too far.

"We have to stay together, honey," She told her, "We'll be boarding soon." Just after she spoke, her phone rang; She answered it, and was immediately absorbed into another conversation about work with her assistant Jonathon.

"I hope your piction is right," Kimi told Tommy, "About us making new friends. That'd be fun!" As she spoke, the group walked in the airplane, and searched for the biggest amount of empty seats right next to each other.

"I hope they're nice," Chuckie piped up timidly.

"I'm sure they will be, Chuckie!" Kimi assured her big brother.

"I hope they like worms," Lil chimed in.

"Naw, mud!" Phil shook his head.

"Worms, Philip!" Lil argued.

"Mud, Lillian!"

"… Or both!" They exclaimed simultaneously with joy.

"I'd love for them to go on fun aventures with us!" Kimi smiled, "The more, the merrer!"

"Um, I-I'd have to go with your hopes, Kimi," Tommy decided, "Our aventures are lots of fun, but I think more friends would make the fun even biggerer!"

'Great, more dumb babies,' Angelica grumpily thought to herself, as she heard them talking. Six was more than enough for her; Any more would be a nightmare! Once some seats were found, everyone sat down. Chaz and Kira Finster were in one aisle with Chuckie and Kimi sharing a seat. Stu and Didi Pickles were in the next aisle with Tommy and Dil. Betty and Howard DeVille were in the next with Phil and Lil. And lastly, Drew and Charlotte Pickles were in the last available aisle with Angelica.

After some time passed, and everyone was buckled in, the plane took off.

At another Californian airport, the Goofs, Zimmeruskis, and Tucks' plane also started flying to its destination after everyone was seated. After the passengers were granted access to move about the cabin, Frankie stood up in her and Shenzi's seat after Felicia unbuckled the seat belt. "Maxie? About what you said about making new friends; I hope we do that!" She smiled.

"I'd like for them to like bugs," Roxy piped up from her and Bobby's seat.

"Or belly button lint!" Bobby chimed in.

"Bugs, Robert!" Roxy quarreled.

"Lint, Roxanne!"

"What about both?" Frankie said to stop their argument.

"… Yeah!" The twins exclaimed simultaneously.

"I'd love more playmates that would go on aventures with all of us," Maxie said, "The more, the merrer!"

"All I'd want is for them to be nice," Shenzi timidly chimed in, with her cat and doll on her chest, and in her arms.

"I'm sure they will be, Shenzi," Maxie assured his best friend, "If they ar-en't, then they can't play with us!" He smiled with determination. The black-haired child let a small smile grow on her own face.

Although she was still nervous about the whole concept; She was sweet, and friendly and all, but due to her shyness, making new friends was difficult for her. She didn't know then that very soon, she'd meet another baby that felt the same way as she did.

"Well, I'm bored," Santana piped up after seeing that her parents were asleep, as were the rest of the adults. "I'm gonna 'splore the fancy place, and none of you dumb babies had better disturb me this time!" She headed for the first-class area. After what happened on the plane ride to Paris, the babies left her be. Frankie was clueless, so Maxie, Shenzi, and the twins explained what had happened that day; She understood, and didn't stop the three-year-old from running off where she didn't belong.

A squeaky yawn caught Maxie, Frankie, and the twins' attention; They looked, and saw Shenzi rubbing her eyes with her fist, and lower arm with her hoodie sleeve rolled up. "I'm getting sleepy, you guys," She said through her yawn, "How long 'til we're there?"

"Well, we just gotted started flying, so it could take a while," Frankie told her.

"Mm," Shenzi hummed in response, before another yawn escaped. "I'm gonna take a nappy." She laid in the seat after Frankie jumped on the floor, stuck her thumb in her mouth, and fell asleep almost immediately.

Frankie stepped up to where Maxie and the twins were sitting. "If we do make new friends, I at least hope they're nice to Shenzi; Santana's mean enough, 'specially to her."

"I'm sure they'll be nice, Frankie," Maxie smiled, "Like I said a-fore, if they ar-en't nice, then they can't play with us."

"Nope," Bobby shook his head, "Nobody's gonna be mean to us, and get away with it."

"Santana already does, Robert," Roxanne pointed out.

"I mean other peoples, Roxanne," Bobby retorted.

"But I don't want them to be mean to Santana either," Frankie pointed out, "Or any of us."

"Well, I have a feeling that they'll be great friends for all of us," Maxie said, "I know it."

Meanwhile in another plane, Angelica had walked into the first-class area after the adults had fallen asleep, leaving the babies in their seats. "What do you guys think New Pork City is like?" Lil asked them all.

"I hope it gots giant bugs!" Phil exclaimed.

"Nothing scary, I hope," Chuckie timidly chimed in.

"If there is anything scary there, Chuckie, we'll protect you," Tommy assured him, with Kimi and the twins nodding in agreement.

"And I bet that if we make new friends, they will too!" Kimi chimed in.

"Thanks guys," Chuckie smiled at them all. He personally couldn't ask for better friends; Sure, he was eager to make new ones, but the friends he had now were the best. He didn't know it then, but very soon, he was going to meet someone his age who was even more shy about making new friends than he was.

"I hope they will be more girls," Lil chimed in, "There's more boys than girls in our goop."

"Naw, we have enough girls," Phil protested, "What we need are more boys to dig in mud with!"

"What if there's both?" Kimi suggested before an argument could break out.

"… Yeah! I never thinked about that!" Lil exclaimed.

"Me neither," Phil agreed.

"What do you think they'll look like?" Tommy asked all of them.

"Maybe one will have cheese hair," Phil suggested.

"Peoples don't have cheese hair, Philip!" Lil told him.

"They do too, Lillian!" Phil retorted, "Chuckie's first mommy had cheese hair!" When the DeVilles once visited the Finsters, they saw the sacred photo of Melinda, so they knew what she looked like.

"She did not have cheese hair!" Chuckie exclaimed with a glare, "It was just the same color!"

"Maybe one friend will have hair like mine!" Kimi chimed in to stop the yelling.

Soon, when it started getting dark outside, the babies' discussion ended when they started getting tired; They sat back in their seats, and drifted off to sleep. Angelica never came back, though.

"Do any of us know where we're even going?" Roxy asked her friends.

"I overheard Mommy say we're going to New Pork City," Frankie piped up, "It sounds fun!"

"Sounds scary to me," Shenzi timidly mumbled, but was still audible, after she woke up from her nap, and heard their conversation. "I'm kind of a'scared."

"Don't worry, Shenzi; If there's anything scary, we'll protect you," Maxie assured her.

"Uh huh!" Frankie nodded.

"And I bet that if we make new friends, they will too," Bobby chimed in.

"Gee, thanks guys," Shenzi smiled timidly.

For some reason, Bobby had this strong urge to protect the older girl from harm of any kind. He couldn't quite explain it, but the feeling was there. Maybe this was how her father felt about her? He didn't know. All he knew was that it was there, and it lingered whenever she was in danger; Either during one of their imaginary adventures, or in harsh reality.

"Wh-what do you guys think they'll um, look like?" Shenzi asked her friends.

"Hmm…" Roxy thought aloud, "Maybe there will be two matching babies, like me and Bobby."

"I bet they'll be hoo-mans!" Frankie chimed in.

"All I want is for them to be nice," Shenzi said in response to her own question. "What do you think, Maxie?"

"Uh, well um…" Maxie thought for a second. "It don't matter to me; So long as they're nice, I don't care what they look like."

After a while, it was getting dark outside, and the babies were getting tired; They laid in their seats, and drifted off to sleep. But Shenzi didn't have a lot of room in her and Frankie's seat, so she jumped down on the floor, quietly toddled up to the middle seat with her cat and doll in one arm, and started trying to crawl in her father's lap. Her attempts woke him up; He looked down, and smiled upon seeing his youngest standing on the floor, and yawning while rubbing her eyes with one hand. He lifted her up, and by the time she was on his chest and shoulder, she was already asleep.

His smile grew as the child slept peacefully; He knew that as she would grow, she'd be on smitten boys, and jealous girls' minds. Same with Frankie. And he would be there to keep those violent girls, and pesky boys away from the both of them.

But soon, there'll be one boy that he wouldn't be able to keep away from Shenzi.

(A/N: Don't worry, the action will start soon. ;) Well, you most likely know the disclaimer by now.)

Random Fact about BxB

I'm one of the few Rugrats fans that loves the whole series, including the episodes with Dil and Kimi, and All Grown Up too.