Ch. 4: The Search for Circe

Holly takes Mordecai and Egbert to Colleen's room. She crawls under her bed to get her secret weapon.

"What are you lookin' for, Hol?" Egbert asks.

"Something that will help find Circe, Egbert," Holly replies.

She comes out of the bed with the Monkey Talisman in her mouth.

"What's that?" Mordecai asks her.

"This is the Monkey Talisman Shendu uses," Holly explains, "He lends it to me when he saw how responsible I was with it. This talisman not only changes people and things into animals, but it can turn animals into humans."

"You're pullin' my curly tail! No foolin'?"

"We're gonna use this to walk among the masses and find Circe. If we find her, we find the staff."

"But how are we gonna find her?" Egbert asks.

"We're gonna ask Xua Wing for help," Holly said.

"Xua Wing?" Egbert and Mordecai wonder.

"You'll see when we get to Avalon," she says.

A portal opens for Holly as Mordecai and Egbert look upon with awe. The three animals walk into the portal.

Moments later, Xua Wing and Tso Lan were informed of Colleen's predicament by Drago, so they are performing a spell to locate Circe.

"It figures Hsi Wu's dysfunctional love life would get Colleen into trouble," Tso Lan said.

"Let's just concentrate on finding Circe before she causes any trouble," Xua Wing says.

Holly, Mordecai, and Egbert come in through the portal and into the Magic Lab.

"Holly, you've arrived," Tso Lan said.

"Where are the J-Teens?" Holly said.

"They are watching Colleen to make sure she stays here where it's safe," Xua Wing informed, "Besides, I know what you plan to do, and I think you should do it."

"Wow," Mordecai said with wonder, "So magic does lay hidden in the world."

Egbert nodded yes.

Tso Lan is about to finish the spell by using an object that Circe once touched: the corsage Hsi Wu got from Circe when they were dating. Tso Lan throws the corsage into the cauldron.

"What's that?" Egbert asks.

"A corsage that Circe has once given to my brother," Tso Lan said.

"Won't Hsi Wu be mad about you destroying it?" Holly asks.

"Are you kidding? Considering the bad relationship she had with her, he'll thank me."

The cauldron bubbles and smokes, creating a magic window and revealing where Circe is: a Greek restaurant/nightclub in Pacific Heights called "Circe's Kingdom Eats."

"It looks like Circe has opened her own business in San Francisco," Xua Wing states.

"I know that place," Holly recognizes, "I go there for their sea bass special. It's in the Pacific Heights District."

"We know where Circe is, but how do we get the staff?" Egbert said.

"Shendu wants me to give you three something," Tso Lan said as he reaches into his pocket and gets out the snake, pig, and rooster talismans.

"I think we know what talismans we want, Egbert buddy," Mordecai says as they each take the Pig and Rooster talismans.

Holly gets out the Monkey Talisman and changes into her human form. Then, she turns Mordecai and Egbert into their human forms. Mordecai looks like a round, bald man; while Egbert looks like a man with a big nose, red hair, and a brown suit.

"Egbert, you look good," Holly complimented.

"Now let's go kick some magic keyster," Mordecai said.