Title: refers to Xada, duh.

Episode Twenty-Five

"Xada Returns"

"Do you understand your mission?" Kathleen asked.

"Yes," nodded Pasqual the Parrot. "Once we are out, we'll immediately send word to HQ and to the Wise One of the Outback."

Kathleen smiled grimly. "Right then, open the hatch!" Mary pulled down hard and the hatch door opened wide letting loose the birds of the aviary.

"Do you think they'll make it?" Tenody asked. "They are a bit flighty."

"They're birds, what do you expect?" Garrett replied, to which Tenody whacked him one. But a loud clang surprised them all.

"Captain! Over here! I've got some!" Outside the door was a Police Officer, who just placed a giant lock over the door.

"Well, this puts a kink in things," Kathleen sighed.

"Tenson!" Xar shouted and ran around the tree in desperation.

Snowball the Cat (Xbie) was stunned. "Gramma?"

"That was bracing," Gramma Xada said, shaking herself off.

"You killed Tenson!" Xar yelled as he came back around the tree.

Xada waved her hand. "Oh pfft. He was a disappointing boy anyway."

"He was my son!" Xar was horrified and livid. "He was your grandson!"

"I have two more," Xada pointed out in a sweet voice.

"Not really!" Xar retorted.

"Can we please get on with the heading to the Caribbean?" Snowball asked, getting antsy. "I don't know how long I'm going to stay knocked out." She glanced towards the back of the truck.

"Why are you traveling with a talking cat?" Xada asked her son.

"Why are you falling from the sky?" Snowball retorted.

"I was abducted," Xada said defensively.

Snowball smirked darkly. "Join the club."

"What about Tenson?" Xar reminded the girls.

"The gators will take care of him," Snowball said grimly.

Xada snapped her fingers. "That reminds me. I have your wife's body in the back," she said and moved to the damaged back of the SUV. "I was going to dump here out here, so if you'd be so kind." Xar and Snowball reluctantly came over as Xada yanked over the door, only to gasp. "She's gone!"

Osama Senior stared in stupefied awe. "That's a lot of penguins." The massive flock before were all marching through the Portal as he and Pendleton looked on.

"Well this isn't a simple op," Pendleton pointed out.

"What exactly are we expected to do?" Osama asked.

"Take out Area 51," Pendleton replied.

Osama gave him an incredulous stare. "That's a secret military base, isn't it highly protected?"

"Yes, hence the lot of penguins," Pendleton said slowly.

Osama stared blankly at the penguins. "We're going to die, aren't we?"

"It will be a noble death for a great cause," Pendleton said seriously.

Osama looked at him. "You are psychotic."

To Be Continued...

Trivia/Spoilers: The Wise One of the Outback is a reference to my father, who in his capacity as Confirmation Teacher, somehow managed to end up with his confirmands referring to him as Wise One. He originally wanted his grandson to refer to him by this name. My sisters and I vetoed this with a vengeance.

-Xar says aloud that Ziv and Zev aren't his in this chapter (sort of)

-Xada informs that she was abducted by aliens, Snowball (Xbie) implies her abduction by the Others.

-the body of Vala goes missing.

-the penguin army returns.