The sun is beaming down on Norrisville yet again as Ninja and Kunoichi stand side-by-side, holding their signature weapons. Ninja groans, pulling at his collar.
"It's like a million degrees out. Maybe a billion..." Sweat is literally on his mask as he feels like he's on fire.
"Note to the Nomicon: add a dampener to the suits for the next Ninja and Kunoichi," Kunoichi mutters, fanning herself with one of her tessen.
"Let's just get this over with," He lifts up his sword, kind of struggling since it's so hot. And ironically, they're facing a polar bear with arms that are rigged with something by Viceroy...
It roars at them, saliva flying, but the polar bear looks just as exhausted, wiping sweat off its back. It falls onto the road, dehydrated. None of them really put up much of a fight. A bus with the sign 'Ninja and Kunoichi McTours' stops nearby to watch the fight. There are two robo-apes at the top of the bus, both of them wearing the Ninja and Kunoichi's colors of their suits.
"Thar she blows. Our first Ninja and Kunoichi sighting of the day," He announces to the tourists. They gasp and snap photos of the duo. Viceroy and McFist are sitting in the back, holding Ninja merchandise.
"Ninja and Kunoichi Tours. People pay me to watch robots I made fight my enemies!" McFist chuckles at this. "Gettin' paid to do something I love. Like you working for me. Hey, Viceroy?"
He simply slurps his drink instead of answering the question.
"Ugh," Kunoichi glances over to the bus, seeing McFist and Viceroy at the back. "Of course he's behind the bus..."
Ninja manages to get his sword between the polar bear's paws. Kunoichi pants as she lightly throws her fan, but it lands in front of her feet. The polar bear robot throws Ninja backwards and he crashes into Kunoichi. They both fall into a heap on the ground.
"Ahh! Really hating the scarf right now," He pulls at it, because it's making the heat worse on the suit.
"So...hot..." She murmurs slowly underneath him. He stands up and slowly helps up his partner.
"But you, you must be miserable. Right, Kuno?"
"Polar bears...need...ice...and cold temperature..." She pants out. She can't think straight like this. She needs some water or at least to get into a building!
The polar bear roars and wheezes, weakly running up to them. He trips and falls on his face, confusing them. The tourists cheer and snap pictures.
"My Polar Bear-Bot is a masterpiece of macro-technology," Viceroy explains to his boss, gesturing to the people in front of them. "And these hayseeds cheer for the Ninja?"
"Eh, your masterpiece is looking kinda pooped," McFist informs him. The Polar Bear-Bot is literally dragging himself against the road to get to the duo, who look just as hot as himself.
"Come on, get up. This is embarrassing," Ninja comments to the bot.
"For him or for us? Because right now I don't think either of us are winning," Kunoichi states tiredly, her chest heaving up and down. The bot gets up with a weak growl and then falls in front of them, overheating and exploding.
"Oh! Thank smoke bomb that's over," And with that, the two finally leave. The people on the bus cheer for their victory.
"We will now have a five-minute photo stop with the vanquished foe," One of the robo-apes tells the group. Viceroy and McFist exit the bus.
"A polar bear, during a heat wave! A polar bear during a heat wave!" He shouts angrily at the outcome. They get into a limo and it drives off back to McFist Industries.
"I swear to cheese, Viceroy, you are the worst robot builder ever!" McFist declares as they step into the building. He grumbles, crossing his arms. "Anyone could build a better robot than you. Anyone! Like anyone! Any...one! Any rando at all."
Mort Weinerman, Howard and Heidi's father, just happens to be exiting the elevator. "Hey, rando, wanna build a robot?" McFist asks him with a smile.
"Well, I'd never say no to you, I can tell ya that much!" Mort laughs nervously, and it's only because he doesn't want to lose his job.
"Ooh! A Never Say No Man!" McFist nudges the scientist, who purses his lips in annoyance. "I love it! You're hired!"
"He's what?!" Viceroy exclaims in anger, stepping into the elevator with a frown on his face. He looks like a pouty child as Mort smiles widely.
"What's your name, New Robot Guy?!"
"My name is Mort, Mort Weinerman!" He laughs anxiously as he holds out his hand. "I-I-If that's okay with you."
Randy and Amy race over to Howard's house. He rips off his shirt as Amy rushes inside the house, holding her bag. Randy reaches for his pants and takes them off, revealing his swim shorts. Amy bursts into the patio wearing her pink two-piece bathing suit.
"Look out, Weinerman! Cannonball!" He jumps and gets into position, but falls onto solid ground, rolling to a stop. Amy snickers, trying not to laugh out loud. Randy groans as he looks up at the obese boy. "You said your dad put in a pool."
Howard is wearing a floaty and sunglasses, slurping a smoothie. "I said my dad's gonna put in a pool," He corrects, lifting up the sunglasses and then checks his phone. "No, wait, it says he put in a pool. Ha! Honkin' autocorrect."
Amy facepalms at him. "We rushed over here after having to Ninja/Kuno out, and it's not put in yet?" She takes out her pigtails to let her hair out and puts it in a bun so that her back can get some breathing room.
A shadow looms over them and they turn around, yelping. A crane is looming over them, but then it stops, confusing them. Gene is riding it.
"Hey, there. I'm here to deliver...a hole in the ground," He holds up a clipboard.
"Yep, that's us. I'll sign for it," Howard walks over to him and takes the paper to sign.
"Your dad's been promising a pool for years!" Randy points out and Howard noticeably cringes at the reminder. "Why's he doing it now?"
"Yeah, what made him finally cave in?" Amy raises a brow, noting Howard's stiffed stance.
"Um...uh..." He wasn't sure how to explain, especially since they're his friends... He sighs in defeat, turning around to them. "Look, don't freak out, but he got a promotion. He's..." The engine from the crane revs. "He's building robots for McFist!" Howard shouts over the noise, but they couldn't hear him clearly.
"Did you say, it doesn't get better than this?" Randy calls out.
"I said nothing like that!"
"What?" Amy picks her ear, trying to deduce what he's saying.
"I'd love a sun hat!" Randy points to his hair.
"I'm gonna go get some lemonade!" Amy yells to them, running across to her house.
Mort is drawing up sketches of robots in Viceroy's office. A jealous Viceroy and McFist are watching him. "See that, Viceroy? That's what a Never Say No Man looks like."
"Why didn't I just say no?" Mort murmurs to himself. "I could have just said no." He takes a 'World's Brucest Dad' mug and it's pretty obvious that Howard gave that to him. The handle breaks right off and Viceroy clears his throat, standing behind him. He quickly throws away the broken handle and holds up the paper with the finished design. Viceroy snatches it from him.
"You want me to build this?"
"Yes," Mort smiles nervously, glancing at McFist. He certainly doesn't want to get fired, and with a boss like McFist, anything could happen...
"What's the matter?" McFist challenges Viceroy. "Can't do it?" He imitates crying, wiggling his fists near his eyes.
"I can," Viceroy walks over to his desk. "It's just stupid."
"Never stopped you before," McFist mutters, crossing his arms. Mort just clasps his hands together, watching the two.
"I've built better things for breakfast," Viceroy says underneath his breath, getting to work.
Gene is attempting to pour concrete with an out-of-control hose, and the boys are in a kiddie pool, soaking in something.
"Soon we'll be soaking in actual water," Howard states as Amy comes back, giving them the cups of lemonade. Randy was blowing bubbles in the water when he spits it out. The brunette is about to step in.
"What are we soaking in now?" Randy couldn't help but ask.
"My sweat."
"Eww!" Amy recoils back, and stares at him in disbelief. "How can you swim in that?"
Randy holds his stomach, because his mouth touched it. He gets out and rushes over to the fence. He leans over the top and throws up. Amy comes over and pats his back. An explosion occurs and Amy climbs up to join his side. They look to their right, seeing a bunch of flames.
The Ninja and Kunoichi McTours Bus is already at the scene. "In Norrisville, where there's smoke, there's Ninjas!" The bus then drives away.
"Oh!" Randy complains as Amy pinches her nose. "No fight. It's too hot for fight..." He falls onto the ground, thankfully not on his own vomit.
"Look at it this way, it might explode again out of exhaustion," Amy places a hand on her cheek wearily.
"Don't take too long, guys," Howard wrings a sponge of sweat on him. "Pool's gonna be done in...Hey Gene, when's the pool gonna be done? Like ten minutes?"
"Could be," He calls out while still hanging onto the hose. "I never built one of these things before."
The McTour Bus stops near some trees and then suddenly there's thumping going on. It's so loud that birds fly away. The tourists immediately snap some photos. The business man looks excited for the robot that will supposedly destroy the Ninja and the Kunoichi. Viceroy is having a huge triumphant grin, arms crossed. McFist notices his look.
"Oooh! You're looking pretty smug for a guy who's about to be out of a job."
"Am I?" Viceroy asks after he stops snickering.
"Yes, you are!" McFist shouts at him. "Here it comes, here it comes!"
It rolls into view and McFist gasps, seeing the large back appear. "Ooh!"
The face lifts up and he giggles, but it's...not threatening-looking. In fact, it looks like the most dumbest robot that has ever been built by Viceroy. It slips on the one wheel it has, and crashes into something. Viceroy smiles knowingly, hands behind his back.
"Wait a minute, time out. What the juice is that?" McFist demands to the scientist.
"That is the genius creation of your new...ahem...robot guy," He points to the design in his hand that Mort gave to him.
McFist cringes...but doesn't want to admit that Viceroy makes good robots. Even if this one is worse in comparison, he's too prideful to say that he's wrong.
"Geh...I love it!"
He looks at the paper and then at the robot, which is trying to stand straight.
In a cloud of pink and red smoke, the two Ninjas appear in front of the bus. "Smoke bomb," They announce weakly, tugging at their suits. "Even hotter...than before...Kuno is more hot than what I'm feeling."
"Ninja!" She blushes in embarrassment at him.
"Sorry...heat talking...still think you're pretty, though..." Then they notice the robot. "What the juice is that?!"
The robot's metal creaks as it loses its footing.
"Uhh..." Kunoichi glances between it and Ninja. "You're seeing this too, right?"
"Yeah. Not very...um..." He doesn't even know how to describe it.
Howard is laying down in the dried up sweat pool, earning a slight tan. He picks his phone and calls his father at work. "I need a water slide."
"You got it, Howie! As long as Mr. McFist stays happy with my robot, you're never gonna have to dry slide again!"
The boy grins widely, pumping a fist.
"Hey, Gene!" Howard calls out to the man. "We're going with the water slide package!" He gives him a thumbs up as the boy is getting another call. "Dad, gotta jump." He answers the call from Ninja and Kunoichi.
"Howard, you should see McFist's robot! It's ridiculous! We'll destroy this thing in like no time!"
"This thing is a joke. I'm insulted that Viceroy even built it," Kunoichi rolls her eyes. "Actually, now that I think about it, this isn't Viceroy's usual work. Maybe he's in a slump."
"Wait! You can't destroy that robot!" Howard pleads with the both of them.
"Uh, we can't not destroy it," Ninja gestures to the robot. "If I leave it alone, it'll probably destroy itself." They watch the robot trip again.
"If you two beat that bot, my dad'll get fired. Which means he won't have the money to finish the pool!"
"What's that about not enough money?" Gene calls out as he overhears.
"Mind your own business, Gene!" Howard screams at him.
"Wait a second, that's your dad's promotion?" Ninja questions as Kunoichi gasps in realization. "Building robots for McFist?"
"Yes! I told you guys that!" Howard informs them.
"Uh, pretty sure you didn't," Ninja retorts back.
"Yeah, you didn't, because you never repeated it while Gene was readying the crane for the pool," Kunoichi places a hand on her hip.
"Did, didn't. What's the difference? You can't destroy that robot. Just...pretend to let it beat you."
"HOLD up!" Kunoichi looks at her phone in disbelief, wondering if this is even a discussion.
"You want us to take a dive?" Ninja's eyes widen. It'd be taking a dive. For McFist. Their sworn enemy!
"Yes! Just until the pool's done."
Both of them have annoyed looks on their faces because they do not want to take a dive for their archenemy. Then again, it is one of the hottest days in Norrisville, and they needed to cool off from the suits...
Kunoichi rapidly shakes her head. It must be the heat getting to her brain if she wants to take a dive...
The Nomicons flash from their suits at the same time. Howard can hear it from his phone as they pull the books out.
"No! Forget the books, listen to me!"
Kunoichi rubs a temple as Ninja groans. The sun shows Howard speaking to them. "Cool water." Sweat literally drips from their armpits as a dream Howard appears underneath, holding an umbrella. "Unlimited cannonballs." Then he appears on the McTours Bus. "Wearing swim suits all day! It'll be an underpants-free weekend!"
He groans, turning back around to the robot. Ninja looks back to the book and then looks at Kunoichi pleadingly.
"Maybe for once we should listen to Howard...?" He asks expectantly, causing her to back a bit in alarm.
"Ninja, it is the hottest weekend to ever hit Norrisville...and you wanna take a dive just to relax in a pool? Since when would we ever do that? ...Scratch that, when would I ever do that without being influenced?"
Howard rolls his eyes.
"Look, I know I'm asking for a lot here, and I don't like it as much as you do," He starts off. "And everytime that I do ask, it usually never works out. But it's hot! We're both sweating enough to fill up Howard's pool!" He lifts up her right arm and she snatches it away. "Don't you wanna be out of the suit?"
"I guess, if you put it that way..." She sighs wearily. "Only because it's hot..."
Howard grins widely from the other line. "Fine, we'll do it. For the pool."
"Yes!" Howard cheers, even though they clearly don't wanna do it. "Dive, dive, dive!"
"I'd hold off on any diving till we get some water in this thing," Gene informs him, pointing to the hole.
"GET OUT OF MY BUSINESS, GENE!" Howard screams at the man.
"Okay," Ninja wipes the sweat off his forehead. "Takin' a dive. Just gotta make it look like this piece of junk actually beat us."
"That might be the hardest thing I think either of us have done. Not even when we had to face against the Sorcerer in the past," Kunoichi stares at the robot. "It doesn't even have any weapons!"
The robot crashes onto the ground and they facepalm in unison, shaking their heads in disbelief. Out of all of the robots they have to take a dive for, it had to be this one...
They leap forward and wave their arms around. "Yikes! This thing is unbeatable!"
The robot stands up, not even looking at the duo. "Yoo hoo! Down here!" Kunoichi hollers out to him.
"Hey!" Ninja waves his arms, punching his hands together. The robot finally does something competent in trying to squash them with the tire and foot. They get onto the marks he made so that he'd attack them, but he just doesn't seem to be getting his aim right.
Ninja groans and throws his scarf, capturing the tire. Kunoichi captures the foot with her own scarf and they pull it forward so that it'll fall on top of them. However, it just trips on its face and the smoke clears. The robot is now tied with the scarfs around its body. The tourists from the bus cheer, the two hanging from the neck. They fall onto the ground.
"This is the toughest robot we have ever fought!" Ninja declares, though not really.
"Yeah! So much tougher than the Psycho Bot or that robot with the McSatchles," Kunoichi puts a fake hand to her hand in fake peril.
"Ha! Hear that, Viceroy? In your face!" McFist brags to him, but they don't seem to notice that the duo are clearly faking.
"We'll see," Viceroy pushes his face away.
"Yeah, you'll see...WHEN IT'S IN YOUR FACE!" He gets into Viceroy's face, and he yelps in alarm from the volume.
"Oh! Don't think we can win this one! Might be curtains for your pals the Ninja and Kunoichi!" The robot falls and so do they. "Whoa, baby!"
"Oh, the shame of losing to this powerful foe!" Kunoichi calls out.
The robot slides towards the bus and they glance at each other with exasperated looks. He's definitely making it hard for them having to fake this fight...
They capture his arms with the scarf, pulling him so that he finally falls towards them. Doodle pictures appear nearby of the robot stomping on them and then of the pool.
"Ninja Taking a Dive! Smoke bomb!" They disappear just before the robot lands on the grass, sparking out and then exploding. To the tourists, McFist, and Viceroy, there is no sign of the Ninja and Kunoichi. Just destroyed robot parts.
"Uh..." The robo-apes' mouths go wide in shock. They were definitely not expecting this when leading the tours.
"Wha...?" Viceroy is just as shocked as everyone else. McFist is grinning widely, calling the Sorcerer from his phone.
"Hey, Sorcerino! I did it!"
"Did what?" The Sorcerer asks in annoyance.
"It! That thing you're always squawkin' at me about? I did it! It's done! By me!"
He slurps the air and senses the feelings of the tourists who saw the fight. "Fear. Despair. A sudden spike in the price of Ninja and Kunoichi memorabilia? You DID do it! Oh, yes!" He smiles widely and cackles, Viceroy still in stock. Then he hangs up with McFist.
"A 'thanks' would have been nice," McFist mutters to himself.
"I just can't believe it," Viceroy comments in disbelief, just as stank surrounds the tourists.
"The Ninja and Kunoichi are gone! We're doomed!"
"Doomed? We should probably get out of here," McFist states awkwardly.
Randy and Amy are groaning as they drag themselves over to Howard's house, and the pool is almost finished. Because they're in their regular clothes, it's still hot to them. Their Nomicons are flashing from their jackets.
"Nomicons, relax. It's just until the pool's done. It's gonna be fine."
"Ugh...this heat...needs to end soon. So that I can scold you. If I wasn't so hot, I wouldn't have taken a dive..." Amy rubs a temple. The McTours Bus rides down the street, full of stanked tourists. Some jump out of the bus and land on the street, terrorizing the neighbors.
"Smoke bomb!" Ninja and Kunoichi appear in front of two girls hugging each other out of fear. "Alright, random monster! Prepare to get de..." However, the monster in front of them turns back into a tourist right before their eyes. "Stanked? Huh?"
"We didn't even find out what he holds most dear," Kunoichi raises a brow, tilting her head in confusion. The Nomicons flash yet again from their suits.
"Nomicon, what the cheese is going on?"
"Hey, Ninja, Kunoichi," The tourist stands in front of them, holding a marker and holding up his shirt. "Would you sign my-"
"Smoke bomb!" Ninja disappears and Kunoichi snatches the marker, signing his belly.
"Enjoy Norrisville!" She disappears from pink smoke.
"Yay! Thank you, Kunoichi! I'll never wash this belly again!"
The two flip onto the roof, landing on the top of a building. They look towards the road, where cars are already off-road, and people are either hiding or running away from the monsters.
"Why did that tourist de-stank like that?" Ninja asks his partner, tapping his chin. "Why are there monsters rampaging everywhere? Why is it so hot? What is going on?" He holds his head, shaking her by the arms.
"Obviously I don't know!" She shouts, pushing him off gently. "But here are two things that could probably explain all this." She clears her throat, holding one Nomicon each in her hands. He smiles sheepishly and takes his, opening it up. She opens up hers too, but...
Nothing.
"Seriously?! A second ago, you guys couldn't wait to shloomp us in there! Why don't you make up your mind?!" Kunoichi glares at him, crossing her arms. "N-Not that I'm insulting your book. I swear, sometimes I just wanna-"
After hearing this, then the books shloomp them in.
Amy and Randy fall through several branches, shouting out cries of pain before Randy lands on his back. Amy falls on top of his stomach.
"Ow..." They both groan in pain, hearing screaming.
"Did you hear that?" Amy looks up and gets off him. He looks in her direction to see a group of people up ahead. They're watching a doodle Ninja and doodle Kunoichi battling a shadow. Then when they slice it off, it comes back to its original form. The two Ninjas then flash light into its eyes, vanquishing their enemy. The crowd cheers for them and the advice appears over their heads.
"Hope is the light that vanquishes all shadows."
The advice explodes and another flash of light occurs.
They both gasp in realization, looking to the monsters. "All those monsters were from the tour bus..." Kunoichi murmurs slowly.
"And so everyone lost hope when they thought we were defeated! We gotta show 'em that we're okay. Smoke-"
He retracts that smoke bomb as he realizes something else. "But if McFist finds out we're okay, we'll lose the pool! We have to let every person in town know we're okay except McFist. We can do this!"
"But wait," His partner rubs the back of her neck. "Won't he notice that there are less monsters in town since he works with the Sorcerer?" Kunoichi couldn't help but wonder. They both take one look at each other and end up bursting into laughter. While Viceroy is the brains, McFist is notoriously oblivious at times. He probably won't even bat an eye at the fewer and fewer monsters in town.
"Oh, that's a good one," Ninja wipes away a stray tear. "Smoke bomb!" And with that, they disappear from the roof.
Bucky is cowering in front of Greg's Game Hole, pulling at the door as a monster is looming over him. Greg flips the sign closed and the monster roars in his face. Bucky drops the coins that he was going to use at the arcade. Ninja and Kunoichi drop in, turning the monster back into a female tourist. She shrieks happily, jumping up and down. Bucky gives them a thumbs up before they disappear. Viceroy and McFist walk right past the pouty Viceroy and confused business man.
A group of people run away past the car wash as two monsters are chasing them. Principal Slimovitz hides in his car until a monster appears at the window, roaring at him. He turns on the windshield wipers, dragging its face around.
Kunoichi and Ninja whistle, getting the monster's attention. They show their faces, waving to him. He lands right on top of the car, the principal giving the two a thumbs up. They return it just as McFist and Viceroy are walking in their direction. They quickly hide underneath the car.
"High five, Viceroy!" He looks over to the two men, dropping his merchandise weirdly.
At the McFist-A-Plex, all the people inside run out into the open, a monster chasing after them.
The duo appear from a tree, falling out of it in exhaustion from the heat. Everyone slides to a stop as they see the Ninja and Kunoichi, and the tourist turns back to normal. The students cheer, one of which is Doug, just as McFist and Viceroy approach them. Ninja takes a Brock Octane stand and pulls it over to the two so that they can hide. At the back of her mind, she's wondering if McFist and Viceroy have anything better to do...
They see the cheering crowd and the business man shrugs, walking off with Viceroy.
"We can't keep doing this," Ninja states weakly as they come out of hiding. Kunoichi literally falls underneath him, panting tiredly. "It's too hot. Too many." He looks to the other monsters still rampaging. "We gotta show 'em all at once!" He groans while whining. "I really wanted a pool!"
"Oh well. Gotta sacrifice the pool to save everyone. Should've expected that," Kunoichi slowly shakes her head.
They run off to go find something to help them.
The two robo-ape guides from the bus are screaming because a monster is driving it. Kunoichi and Ninja stand in front of the bus and the driver turns back to normal. The bus skids over to them and the girl gasps, quickly releasing her hair. It surrounds the two in a ball of hair as the bus slightly hits them. The ball of hair rolls over and releases the duo.
"You okay?" Kunoichi wipes sweat from her forehead.
"It's all good, Kuno!" He gives her a thumbs up, looking towards the driver. "We need a lift!"
"Sure thing, Ninja and Kunoichi! Say, could you both sign my-"
"No time, random fan!" Ninja jumps up as Kunoichi recoils back in slight disgust.
"What is with men and wanting us to sign their bellies?" She murmurs to herself as she leaps up to the top. They both kick the robo-apes off the bus, landing on top as the bus drives off. The robo-apes drag themselves on the road.
The bus reaches the robot and they rip off the speakers, landing in front of the pieces. Two monsters appear from it, and they point to themselves. They turn back to people just as they leap onto the robot. Ninja kicks up the spotlight from it so that it points upwards. The two leap and land in front of it.
"Ooh," McFist wipes himself with a rag. "Real scorcher out here."
"I didn't notice," Viceroy remarks as he's being fanned with three Ninja/Kunoichi fans.
"Can I catch a breeze off one of those?"
"Uh, Hannibal?" Instead of answering, Viceroy is looking at two shadows of the two that are projecting onto two buildings.
"Attention, Norrisville," Ninja announces first. "This is the Ninja! I am okay!"
"And this is the Kunoichi! I am also okay!"
Hearing their voices turns everyone back to normal. "Do not lose hope. We are totally still here. I-In other news, let's remember to reapply the sunscreen. I-It's a hot one out there, right?"
"So definitely do not fear, and cool off!" Kunoichi salutes to them.
A man kisses a woman on the lips out of happiness as Kunoichi kicks away the spotlight. She pulls up the mouth part of the mask, doing the same to Ninja. She kisses him full on the lips and he smiles, wrapping his arms around her waist.
"NOOOOOO!" The Sorcerer shouts in anguish from his lair, the Chaos Pearls falling around him. He lands near the rat trying to get water over him. He takes the glass and pours it over his face.
Viceroy has a big grin as McFist is scowling. "I can feel you smirking."
"Oh, I'm way past smirking. This is a full-on gloat!" He chuckles with that grin still on his face. McFist groans in agony, kicking away both the robo-apes nearby out of anger.
Amy and Randy walk back to Howard's house yet again in their swim suits just as Gene is filling up the pool. They pant as they grip the gate to the fence.
"Guys! The pool's done!" He smiles, gesturing to it. They fall face-first in front of him, exhausted from the walk over here. "This is the greatest day of my life!"
Randy moans as they both glance up at him. He's gonna take that back in a few seconds. Howard jumps, only to land in a net held by Mort.
"I'm sorry, Howie. I lost the promotion. We gotta return the pool," He puts him down near his friends, and they look up to see his glare.
"You did this, didn't you?" He accuses them.
"Oh, if you mean battle monsters on the hottest day of the year to save the town, then yeah. No, yeah, that was us," Randy confirms to Howard's anger.
"Stop giving us that look. The city was plagued by monsters all because we took a dive!" Amy rolls her eyes.
"I mean RUIN MY POOL!" Howard yells, shaking a fist.
"Oh, yeah, we did that too."
The engine revs from the crane and Randy grabs Amy's hand, running off with her and Howard. The pool starts to get ripped apart by Gene.
"Aw, Howie, you're not disappointed in your old man, are you?" Mort asks in fear.
"No. I'm disappointed in my friends." The three all glare at each other.
"Well, better them than me! What do ya say we fill up the old Sweat Hole?"
"Let's do it!" Howard cheers, running to the kiddie pool.
"Yeah! That's sweat, all right," Mort takes off his clothes to reveal his boxers, stepping inside. Both Amy and Randy drag their hands down their faces, about to barf.
"Well, we're going home."
"Actually...I think there's something you should see from my place," Amy winks at Randy, and he looks at her in confusion.
She covers his eyes as she guides him to her backyard. "And...ta da!" She removes her hands and he gasps at a newly-built pool in front of him. "I asked my dad to buy us a pool, and he was more than happy to! Consider it your thanks for having him come home during winter break."
"A pool!" He cheers, jumping into the air for a cannonball. She gets splashed as he lands inside the water and she laughs, splashing him back. "Hey!"
He grabs her hand and pulls her right into the water with him. She reaches the surface, shaking her head rapidly and seeing his playful smile. Both of them snicker before laughing and getting into a splash fight.
