The next day, the members of G.O.O.D made their way to the studios where they filmed LilyMu. Naturally, Spud Ron & Mike were all decked out in their LilyMu gear.
"Hey Spud, if you didn't know we were visiting the set, why'd you bring your gear?" Jake asked.
"This isn't my fan stuff" Spud said, "some guy at the door was selling this stuff."
"Good thing yen is worth so much, huh?" Ron asked.
Jake and Axel just sighed.
"These guys make you look normal Zick" Elena said.
The heroes continued onward to where the newest episode of LilyMu was filming.
"There it is, LilyMu, in all it's glory" Ron replied, awestruck.
"It's beautiful" Mike replied.
"Oh brother" Elena said, "these guys need to get a life."
On the episode, the show's hero Kappa Mikey (played by actor Mikey Simon) was stopping another plan by the evil purple-skinned criminal Gonard.
"Give up Gonard" Mikey said heroically, "your plan to bathe Tokyo in mutant Jell-O is over!"
"Not quite yet Kappa Mikey" Gonard sneered, "you'll never be able to stop me before my giant plane drops Jell-O all over the city!"
"Oh man, what's Mikey gonna do!" Ron exclaimed.
"You can do it Mikey!" Spud shouted, "beat that ugly purple jerk!"
"That's what you think" Mikey said, "one blast of my turbo-laser, and your evil plan will be finished!"
Pulling the laser from his costume, Mikey fired; the beam bounced around the studio, ultimately coming back to its' source and frying him.
"Cut!" yelled a voice, and the sets fell away.
"You okay Mikey?" Gonard asked, his voice now lower and less menacing.
"Yeah" Mikey replied, "I really need to be careful with these new props."
"Oh no, the evil Gonard is trying to trick Kappa Mikey so he can destroy him" Ron said.
"We gotta save him!" Spud exclaimed.
Before anyone could do anything to stop them, Ron, Spud and Mike pounced upon the purple villain.
"No one harms Kappa Mikey while we're on the job!" Spud said.
"You'd better just give up evil dude, cause you're no match for us" Mike added.
"What's going on here?" an angry voice asked.
The three looked up and saw a small purple rodent-like creature with a blue gem on his chest, standing there.
"Guano!" Ron exclaimed "look Rufus, it's your favorite LilyMu character."
Rufus squeaked excitedly and dove back into Ron's pocket, emerging with a tiny book.
"Can you sign his autograph book? He's such a big fan" Ron explained.
"Uh-huh, uh-huh" Rufus added.
"What do you three think you're doing?" Guano asked angrily.
"You can talk?" Ron asked, astonished.
"We were protecting Mikey" Spud explained, "see, the evil Gonard was trying to lure him into a false sense of security so he could destroy him."
"No he wasn't" Guano said, "Gonard only plays a bad guy on the show. In real life he's very nice."
"It's true" came Gonard's muffled reply.
"Oh, our bad" Mike replied, slowly moving himself off Gonard. The others followed suit, and the no longer purple actor dusted himself off.
"Sorry about the whole tackling you and calling you evil thing" Ron said.
"Eh, no problem" Gonard replied, "you guys just got caught up in the show."
"Seriously though man, we're like, huge fans of your show" Spud said, "I mean gigantic fans. I'm talking so big, that it's bigger than the whole planet…"
"They get it Spud" Jake said, walking over to the actors "you've got to excuse Spud, he's just very passionate. I'm Jake Long and that's Axel Manning, Zick Barrymore, his friend Elena Potato, and of course you've met Ron Stoppable, Rufus and Michelangelo."
"I'm Guano" the little creature explained "co-star and director of LilyMu. And I'm sure your friends here know the rest of the cast."
Indeed they did, for at that moment, the three LilyMu fanatics were gathered around Mikey.
"I can't believe I'm meeting the guy who plays Kappa Mikey!" Ron said, "this is the best day of my life!"
"Mr. Mikey, sir" Mike said, "could I have your autograph?"
"No problem, anything for a fan" Mikey said, signing the piece of paper.
"Hey, I never noticed how much you sound like my brother Leo" Mike commented "it's uncanny."
"It is" Ron replied.
"Definitely creepy" Spud added, "maybe like, Mikey's your distant cousin or something. How awesome would that be?"
"Extremely awesome" Mike replied, "except, I don't think I have any family outside of my brothers."
"So what brings you guys to Japan?" Guano asked.
"We were just passing through, and thought we'd stop by, on account of the guys being huge fans or your show and all" Axel replied.
"Hey!" Ron exclaimed "where's Lily & Mitsuki?"
"Yeah, I didn't see them anywhere" Spud replied.
"It's the strangest thing" Guano said, "they called earlier this morning and said they were sick. I had to film the show without them, since the 'replacements' they said they were going to send haven't gotten here yet."
"Replacements?" Ron, Spud & Mike all asked in unison.
"But who could possibly replace those two, they're the greatest!" Ron said.
"You are about to find out" came a voice from behind.
Everyone turned to see an older man walking towards, flanked by a monkey-faced man.
"That's Ozu" Guano explained, "he owns LilyMu and everything affiliated with it."
"Indeed" Ozu said, "and let me just say it is so good to meet such devoted LilyMu fans from America."
"LilyMu number one in ratings!" Yes Man added.
"Anyway, I too was shocked to hear of Lily & Mitsuki's unfortunate illness" Ozu began "and while I wish them a speedy recovery, the show must continue. So, I present the two young ladies who will be subbing until their return, Kat and Megumi."
He gestured behind him to a pair of young women in traditional Japanese fukus.
"It is a great honor to work on LilyMu" Kat replied, "I just hope we can do as well as those we have replaced."
"What she said," Megumi added.
While the others observed the girls, Jake nudged Axel "yo, is it me, or is there something totally wrong with those two?"
"You mean besides the fact that they're Karai and Magness in disguise?" Axel replied.
"If they're here, then that means whatever E.V.I.L. wants is in the studio somewhere" Jake added "I think we'd better hang around and put a hurting on their plan."
"Good idea" Axel replied, "and we'd better find out what happened to the actual LilyMu girls. Cause if Karai and Magness have replaced them, chances are they had something to do with their 'mysterious illness'."
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Later that night, Magness & Karai returned to the apartment they were "borrowing" from their captives. Magness walked over to the two captives, tied back to back in chairs and still gagged.
"You two have a good time today?" she asked mockingly, as a spate of muffled replies came from the girls.
"Your loser buddies at work missed you. It would almost be touching, if I cared."
Meanwhile, Karai had activated a tiny television to get in contact with Vilgax. "How is your mission proceeding?" the evil alien asked.
"Not good" Karai said, "we have only worked in the studio one day, and already, the forces of G.O.O.D have shown up."
"Do you think they know what you're after?"
"Possibly" Karai said, "it was hard to tell."
"This changes things" Vilgax replied, "you must locate the device tomorrow. Level the entire studio if you have to, but find it! And if G.O.O.D gets in your way, you know what to do."
"And what do we do about them?" Magness asked, pointing to the captive Lily & Mitsuki.
"They are of no concern to me" Vilgax replied "dispose of them, if you wish. Now do not contact me again until you have what you came for!" And with that, he ended the transmission.
"What do you think we should do with the hostages?" Magness asked.
"They know too much, they must be eliminated" Karai replied "we will do it tomorrow, after we locate what we came here for."
"Hear that ladies?" Magness asked, "looks like you won't have to put up with us for much longer. Of course, that's because you'll both be dead."
Lily & Mitsuki shuddered in their bonds and emitted muffled sounds of fright, much to the delight of the polarized princess.
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In the next chapter, our heroes brief the LilyMu cast on the goings on and attempt a daring rescue of the girls.
