A/N: got inspired again to update this one!! Hope you all enjoy. It might be short, but because I am busy and tired and annoyed at someone I can't decide to love or hate after a little stunt he pulled on our last day of work (another fanfic right there) so here we go!

Yankee Doodle Blonde: Claudia was awesome! I hope you like the rest!

Shego the Supreme One: I'll update it as soon as I get over my writers block for it! Glad you like this one, keep reading!

Damson rhee: thanks! I love all three so a crossover was born! Enjoy!

Angel9220042004: I'll update soon, I promise, I just need inspiration! Enjoy!

Casper's Imaginary Friend: Thanks, hope you like the rest!

Loveylou86: Thanks! Enjoy the rest!

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"Where is he?" Mikey asked. "Didn't he say he would be here by now?"

"Yeah, he must be stuck in traffic, Jamal is never late. Let me try calling his cell phone again." Vince took out his Nextel and hit a few buttons.

"Not there," Vince told them after a few minutes. "Something must be up."

"I just hope he's ok," Gus said worriedly. "But if he was stuck, wouldn't he have sent his other friends or the other people putting us up?"

"Yeah, I thought Claudia and Alex were meeting us too," Spinelli interjected. "I hope they remembered to meet us, otherwise they are going to meet my fist for wasting my time!"

"Calm down, Spinelli, this is New York City, it's more crowded here, not like back home," TJ reasoned.

"I guess," Spinelli pouted, examining her nails. "I'm just impatient is all."

Gretchen was about to make a smart aleck remark when a tall, handsome male resembling Tom Cruise and with a body to rival the Rock's approached them.

"Good Lord, if I weren't totally in love with my man, I'd so be jumping his bones," Gretchen whispered to Spinelli.

"Hells yeah, he's gorgeous" the Italian girl agreed, ignoring the glares Vince and TJ were giving them.

"Hi, I'm Alex," the cute guy introduced himself, holding out his hand which everyone took turns shaking. "I'm here to pick up TJ and Spinelli."

"I'm TJ and this is Spinelli," TJ introduced again with a smile. This guy seemed nice enough, but he didn't like his girlfriend being near a guy who seemed to be so perfect---it made him feel threatened.

"Nice to meet you. Let's take your stuff to my car and we can get settled at my place. My sister Gaby is there already. She's staying with me while she interns at ABC,"

"Tender," TJ muttered, still semi-glaring at Alex, who was carrying one of Spinelli's bags. She was laughing at some joke he was making, and it was making him feel rather uncomfortable.

"J-man, where's this Claudia chick? Mikey and Gus need a place to stay too," Vince questioned his cousin as an attractive man who slightly resembled Nick Cannon approached the group, as he took in the look of anger in TJ's eyes. He made a mental note to have a talk with him later.

"V-man!" Jamal greeted his cousin, giving him a hug and high five. "Nice to see you too" he joked. She isn't here yet? She said she was coming after her art class. Sorry by the way for being late. Major ass traffic."

"No worries," Gretchen assured him smiling. "I figured something like that happened."

"OK, we can wait a few more minutes for Claudia, but we have 6pm reservations at the Hard Rock Café, so we can't wait too long. If anything, Mikey and Gus can bunk with us." Alex suggested.

"Well, I'll take one, you take the other," Jamal told him. "No fair for you to be hosting everyone, besides, she probably is in traffic or her art class ran over,"

As the gangs talked amongst themselves, they kept an eye out for the attractive Asian artist, but never saw her. Jamal was just about to call Claudia to see what was going on when his cell phone rang.

"Hey baby, I was just about to call you when I got home," Jamal said into the phone. "You didn't leave, you came back? Why? I thought....oh wow," Jamal's voice trailed off as he listened to who everyone else in the group assumed was Stacey.

"OK, ok, we can work something out, don't worry about it. Just stay calm, lock the doors and call the others. Well your friends, Alex and I will call Lenni and the others. Looks like we have a case on our hands." Jamal quickly said goodbye and hung up.

"What happened?" Vince inquired as he saw his cousin looking as if he had been hit by a baseball bat.

"You guys, we have a mystery on our hands. Stacey got a call telling her to come straight home and when she got to our apartment There was a note telling her that they had Claudia and she had to pay them a half a million dollars if they want to see her alive again."

"Oh my God," Spinelli murmured. The rest of the gang echoed in somber agreement.

"But I don't get it, why would they send it to you guys?" Gretchen asked. "I mean, her sister Janine is some sort of rich doctor and aren't her parents pretty well off too?"

"Well yes, but Janine is in Cambodia with Doctors Without Borders and her parents have an unlisted address," Jamal explained. "Besides, Claud used to live with Stacey and whomever kidnapped her probably knows both of them, which puts Stace in danger as well."

"Who would want to do that to her though?" Alex asked

"No idea, but we are going to find out. That is if you guys want to help. I mean, I know it isn't your ideal trip, but we need to figure this out."

"Tender, Vince and I have a record of solving mysteries," TJ said proudly.

"Hun, one mystery in fourth grade and reading the Barnaby Boys series hardly makes you the next John McBain," Spinelli scoffed rolling her eyes.

"OK, enough with the One Life to Live analogies, are you helping or not Spinelli?" TJ asked impatiently, in no mood for his girlfriend's attitude at the moment.

"Yeah, we could use your brains, Jamal says Vince told him you are smart with stuff like this," Alex chimed in with a warm smile.

Spinelli smiled back. "OK, I'll help if Gretchen helps too," she agreed glancing at her best friend.

"Sure," Gretchen agreed, glad to have the chance to show off her intelligence.

"OK, let's go to the headquarters. Grandma Jenkins made a cake last night, we can use that as brain food," Jamal said as they exited the building, hoping to figure out where the Asian artist was and if she was still alive.

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A/N: sorry it took me so long to update, but I've been busy with work and stuff. Hope you enjoyed it. Oh yeah, and no one cheats on anyone, the girls just have eyes after all, lol! (and so do the boys, as you will see) enjoy, send a few soul hugs and stay tuned!!!