Title: So what else is New

Disclaimer, Rugrats belongs to their original owners and no infringement is intended. Zoey, William and Anthony belongs to Martian-Daisy, Zack and Reggie belongs to Celrock, Savannah belongs to NoizyBunny, Jesse belongs to Jesse-Barrow-Stories and Dora the Explorer and Super Why belong to their owners.

Summary: A jealous and envious Anthony gets an opportunity to Zoom chat with Angelica as she and the Rugrats gang tell him off on how things have been since the Sea-Wise-Odyssey cruise.

Note: This story takes place after "Never take life for Granted" and before "Dil's Booster Shot"

It was a beautiful fall day in Yucaipa, California as the Rugrats, Susie and Zoey were hanging out at Angelica's house in the backyard.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha" laughed Dil. "Riding around in circles on this Goober ride-on toy is fun" he said.

"And playing with this huge Dora the Explorer interactive house is pretty cool" replied Savannah.

"Hey girls, wanna twirl with these hula hoops" asked Susie.

"Sure" replied Angelica and Zoey in unison as the girls started twirling their hula hoops.

"Here's Super-Thing to the rescue" exclaimed Kimi as she played with her doll.

"And joining along side her partner in law is Super Why" exclaimed Zack as he played with his toy.

"Hey Phillip, wanna do tug of war with this octopus" asked Lil.

"Sure, I betcha I'm stronger than you are Lillian" replied Phil as the twins started pulling the toy octopus back and fourth.

"I bet this is quite a huge pile of leaves we're gathering up" said Jesse.

"Yeah, it will be the bestest pile we eber made" replied Tommy.

"We will be finished with our work and be jumping in the leaves before you know it you guys" added Chuckie.

Meanwhile, Drew had finished up some work on his computer in his study when his cellphone rang and answered it.

"Hello" answered Drew.

"Hello Drew, it's William Collins" responded William.

"How have you and Charlotte been" asked Drew.

"We're hanging in there" replied William. "I was wondering if Anthony can Zoom chat with your daughter today as he says he really wants to see her and her friends faces as he only has Reggie to hangout with on our end these days" asked William.

"Sure, no problem at all" replied Drew. "I'll tell her now and get things set up" he added.

"Splendid, and thanks Drew" said William.

"Your welcome" replied Drew.

And Drew hung up and went outside and told Angelica about the Zoom chat meeting with her cousin Anthony.

"Sure Daddy, I will speak to him" replied Angelica.

"Splendid" replied Drew.

As Drew headed inside to get the Zoom chat meeting set up, the kids that were on the Sea-Wise-Odyssey cruise were looking a little worried.

"Uh-oh" said Phil and Lil in unison.

"Not that even worser bully again" added Chuckie.

"Yeah" replied Tommy and Dil in unison.

"It's alright babies, I WANT him to know what's been going on since we last saw him" said Angelica.

"Uh-huh, I wanna see the look on his face when we tell him" Kimi chimed in.

"Plus, Anthony is only on the compooper (computer) in Boston and is not here in person, so it should be okay this time" added Susie.

"Not to mention perfectly safe" said Zoey.

"Well, this ought to be fun" said Zack.

"So, some of us are gonna meet Angelica's cousin Anthony on the compooper (computer) huh?" asked Savannah.

"If Anthony is as bad as you guys say he really is, then he won't be able to hurt us on the outside here" replied Jesse.

The others nodded in agreement. Meanwhile, in Boston, Massachusetts, William was almost finished setting up the Zoom chat on his computer for his son Anthony to talk to Angelica.

"Well son, it's almost all set and ready" said William.

"Thanks dad" replied Anthony. "And I'll bet those dumb stupid babies are having a miserable time without ME than they are with my stupid cousin Angelica" he thought to himself.

Soon, William and Drew got things all set for the Zoom chat.

"Here you go son, I'll be downstairs if you need anything" said William.

"Thanks dad" replied Anthony as William left his bedroom so Anthony could talk to Angelica.

Back in California...

"Here you go kids, I'll be elsewhere if you need anything" said Drew.

"Thanks daddy" replied Angelica and the others nodded as Drew left his study so the kids can talk.

"Well hello cousin" said Anthony with his sinister grin. "Has anyone been completely fed up that you exist yet" he asked.

"On the contrary Anthony, I have been hitting it off great with all my friends already" said Angelica. "I also scored a bestest friend who lives here and likes me for me. You remember Zoey Anderson?"

At that moment, Zoey came up alongside Angelica.

"You! You're the one that didn't let my lying little snotty cousin kill herself by jumping off the ship" said Anthony angrily.

"Uh-huh" replied a smug Zoey.

"Yep, we all may have disliked Angelica once acause of her evilness and bullying" said Phil before Lil cut in.

"But now, we all love our Angelica very much than eber afore" said Lil.

"And that's not all" Chuckie chimed in. "We all forgave Angelica for all the mean things she ever did to us as well" he added.

"Uh-huh" replied a smug Kimi. " Angelica is way past cool to hangout and play with any time we're together" she added.

"Yeah, your real plan against her really went poopy in the end you yucky bully boy" Dil retorted.

"And we all decided that everything Angelica ever did to us, we would put it all behinds us and moves on" added Tommy.

"Uh-huh" said Kimi. "Ever since that cruise, Angelica has been doin good on being good to all of us, sharing her toys with us when we wanna play with them, helping us stand up to other big bullies when they mess with us at times and has been a much better friend to all of us than YOU ever would have" she added.

"Yeah!" shouted the Rugrats, Angelica, Susie and Zoey in unison.

"How in the world could my ingenious, sneaky, devious, underhanded scheme have failed" shouted Anthony. "How could that lying little snot like Angelica be able to get friends AND have people forgive her for the despicable things she did to them, especially when they could just give her the cold shoulder and not have anything to do with that STUPID, UGLY, YELLOW BELLY, BIG HEADED, NO GOOD KEISTER, BIG FAT MEANIE, OUT RIGHT LIAR AND A CHEAT, PEA-BRAINED, OBNIXIOUS ANGELICA PICKLES WHY, WHY, WHY?!" shouted a jealous and envious Anthony as he panted hard after that outburst.

"Maybe it's because Angelica doesn't have the same toxic atmosphere here like you do there!" Susie retorted. "Think about it. Every waking day of her life here, she always bullied her peers to no end and that no one liked her bossy attitude. But for Me and my friends that were on that cruise a few months ago, meeting and listening to YOU was without question our biggest mistake ever! As bad as everyone else that was involved with getting revenge on Angelica, myself included, YOU were the worstest of all of us. At least the rest of us would see the consequences of our actions with what we did to Angelica, YOU still think of her as a pathetic loser. Well guess what? Your so called mean old scapegoat that we knew is gone and likely never coming back! Who are you going to blame for the next bad thing you do? Who is going to put up with your constant put down's and horrible attitude? I'll give you the answer, NOBODY! Because even if another kid shows up in your neck of the woods who is anything that Angelica once was, a bully, a manipulative liar, and could never do what's right most of the time, I guarantee that he or she would not put up with your bullying and they could actually fight back! Just ask Angelica who not only lived proof of that, but also lived to tell the story to others that were so lucky not to be there when it all happened. And that's why we pass that story on with friends that we already know as well as those that we have yet to meet that are surely aren't anything like you. You're an awful human being! And believe it or not, the world would be a better place if bullies like Angelica once was looked in a mirror and asked themselves what is the matter with their messed up lives!" finished a spent Susie.

Anthony looked very dumbfounded as the Rugrats, Angelica and Zoey took notice.

"Couldn't have said it better myself" said Zoey.

"Oh yeah" replied Phil and Lil in unison.

"Without question" said Zack.

"Uh-huh" replied Kimi.

"Absolutely" said Chuckie.

"Agreed" added Jesse.

"That's for sure" said Dil and Savannah in unison.

"Yeah" replied Angelica and Tommy in unison.

Anthony snapped out of his dumbfounded gesture and ranted.

"HA! You diaper snots are a bunch of traitors that had a chance to get that lying little snot out of your lives and you totally blew it!" ranted Anthony.

"Hey!" snapped Kimi. "If being a traitor means rightfully ratting you out about your real plan and helping out a misunderstood friend in need instead of turning your back on them, then that's what we are" she said.

"Sticks and stones may breaks our bones, buts names will never hurt us" Chuckie chimed in.

"You know how you said everyone hated Angelica? Well, I never hated Angelica, and now all of my new friends love Angelica! You wouldn't know the true meaning of the word. And you claimed that you wanted to show everyone a thing or two and you certainly done that, you showed everyone there are indeed more cons and less pros of trusting an evil character like yourself to help them with entirely preventable problems!" said Zoey sternly.

"Angelica having stupid diaper snots love her, gullible people forgive her AND a best friend to boot" shouted Anthony.

Anthony was so furious, jealous and envious, that he forgot to end the Zoom call and ran to his bed and sobbed like a baby as the Rugrats, Angelica, Susie and Zoey took notice and burst into laughter.

"Awww, is the big bully boy crying likes a baby-baby" said Phil and Lil in bits of laughter.

Anthony saw that the Zoom call was still on as the kids were still laughing as he hastily shut off his computer, unplugged it and went back to sobbing.

"Well that was fun!" said Angelica. "Did you see the look on his face when we tolded him off on how things have been since the cruise" she asked.

"The question is, how could you have missed it?" laughed Zoey.

At that moment, Drew returned to his study to check on the kids.

"How is everything in here kids?" asked Drew.

"Everything is okay daddy" replied Angelica.

The others nodded in agreement with smiles on their faces.

"Finished with the Zoom chat?" asked Drew.

"Yeah, Anthony had to go suddenly, but we had quite a chat" replied Angelica.

"In that case, how about coming to the kitchen for snack time, there is plenty of chocolate chip cookies for everyone" said Drew.

"Yay" cheered the Rugrats, Angelica, Susie and Zoey in unison.

Soon, all the kids were enjoying their snack as they had a chat.

"So that's your evil cousin Anthony huh?" asked Savannah.

"Yep" replied Angelica.

"Wow!" exclaimed Jesse. "You guys were so right, Anthony Collins truly is one of the worstest bullies ever if not THE worstest in the whole wild world!" he said.

"You're preaching to the choir Jesse" replied Zack.

"Uh-huh" agreed Kimi.

"Yeah, and that is why I call him yucky now instead of Angelica" said Dil.

"I thinks that name fits him better Dilly" agreed Tommy.

"Totally" Zoey chimed in.

"Oh yeah" replied Phil and Lil in unison.

"Same here" said Chuckie.

"Guys, I'm sorry if I got carried away with ranting and raving like that" said Susie.

"Don't be Susie" replied Angelica.

"Uh-huh" agreed Kimi. "If you ask me, Anthony deserved it for everything he tried to do to Angelica" she added.

The others nodded in agreement as they went on to finish their snack. Afterwards they went out to the backyard to play some more before going home. Meanwhile, at the Collins residence in Boston, William went upstairs to check on Anthony.

"Is everything okay son and how did the Zoom chat go" asked William.

"Oh, it was fine, in fact I cried for joy when Angelica said things were going great for her" replied Anthony. "NOT" he thought to himself.

"Splendid" replied William. "Well, time to wash up, dinner is ready" he added.

And Anthony went to wash up. Meanwhile, back in Yucaipa, California, most of the parents rounded up their children and headed for home for the day. Only Tommy and Dil were left.

"Well ya-smart babies, I sure had fun today" said Angelica.

"So did we Angelica" replied Tommy.

"Yeah, the way your Yucky evil cousin was ranting and crying likes a baby-baby, It was so funny, I thought I was gonna go pee-pee in my diapie" said Dil.

At that moment, the doorbell rang and Drew answered it.

"Hey big bro" said Stu.

"Hey little bro" replied Drew.

Stu then took the two Pickles boys and got settled in the car while Didi had a quick chat with Drew.

"Thanks for babysitting Drew" said Didi.

"No problem Deed" replied Drew.

"By the way, flu season has just about arrived and I think we better get appointments set up with our boys and be a step ahead" said Didi.

"Good idea Deed, I better do the same for my little princess" replied Drew.

The Pickles bidded Drew goodbye and drove away as he headed inside to get dinner ready and call it a day.

The end