Meanwhile, Mike and the others were beginning to try and find Mowgli who had been taken to someone called King Louie.
"I hope he's alright." Cindy said.
"Me too." Mike agreed.
Little did they know, Justin and Justine seemed to be traveling nearly in the same direction.
"Okay, if I were Mike, where would I be in the jungle?" Justin asked himself.
"Probably with some wolves." Justine shrugged.
"Probably." Justin replied thoughtfully.
"Oh, this is all our faults!" Justine soon cried out.
"No, it's not, Sis," Justin told her. "Remember what Sky said. We've got to figure out how to solve our own problems by ourselves."
"I know, but I feel like I'm a terrible friend." Justine frowned.
"Why would you say such a thing?" Justin asked his sister.
"I don't know," Justine shrugged. "Because we always go to Mike for some help, and now she probably doesn't want to come back home!"
"Why would that make you a bad friend?" Justin asked. "Oh, Justine, you need to stop worrying about every little thing. It's not healthy, but you're right though, we could learn a little more independence by always going to Mike for help like this, we're amazing on our own too. I mean, don't you remember when we helped Maui and Moana?"
"Yeah... I remember." Justine said.
"And did we have Mike help us?" Justin then asked.
"No, we didn't." Justine replied.
"See? We're already getting there anyway," Justin said. "Now don't worry what MIGHT happen, let's just try to see if we can get our friend back."
"I guess you're right." Justine replied.
"Of course I'm right," Justin said. "I'm the oldest."
"Only by ten minutes." Justine smirked playfully.
"Come on, let's keep going," Justin said. "I doubt Mike is hurt from the wild animals."
"Yeah, I don't think she would be either, especially from wolves." Justine replied.
But unknown to them, Kaa was watching them both with a smirk. "More humans... Must be my lucky day~..." The snake smirked to himself.
Sledgehammer asked some other animals on the way where the Ancient Ruins were and luckily, they soon found the place.
"Huh... Almost makes me think of El Dorado." Mike commented.
"Hmm... If I remember the story my dad told me correctly, King Louie must be in there," Courtney told the others. "He's the king of the monkeys, even though he's an orangutan."
They soon heard the primate king singing to himself as she just said that. "Ding ding lo-la diddly-o zing boing Sca-be-do, hoo-be-do, zee-bo do-zeb Diddly-doo dee-hoy I wanna be a man-man one or-rang-a-tang tang~"
"An orangutan in this kind of jungle?" Cindy asked as that didn't make sense. "Clearly he's not originally from here."
"I don't know myself... Smart kid, huh?" Courtney asked.
"You have to ask?" Cindy smirked.
They soon peeked out from the windows to see the orangutan singing with the other monkeys watching him.
"Ha, ha, we got him, King Louie!" One of the monkeys laughed, showing Mowgli.
"Man, we got him, we got him!" The other monkey added.
"Ha, ha, ha, So you're the Man Cub?" Louie replied as he took a look at Mowgli from his throne.
"I'm not as crazy as you are!" Mowgli glared. "Put me down!"
The monkeys then dropped the feral boy on the ground and the boy soon glared at them.
"You cut that out!" Mowgli snapped.
"Cool it, boy. Unwind yourself," King Louie told Mowgli before he sang again. "Do-doot doot-doot do~ Now come on. Let's shake, cousin."
"He doesn't look too dangerous like say Kerchak or Gorilla Grodd." Mike commented.
"What do you want me for?" Mowgli asked the orangutan.
"Word has grabbed my royal ear, have a banana, that you want to stay in the jungle." King Louie said as he threw a banana in Mowgli's mouth.
"Oh, boy, I think I can see where this is going," Mike said. "He's gonna keep Mowgli from going back to the Man Village where he belongs."
"Stay in the jungle?" Mowgli asked with his mouth full. "I sure do."
"Good. And ol' King Louie, Bop-boo do-bay doo-boo-do that's me, can fix it for you~" King Louie sang to Mowgli while giving more bananas to him. "Have two bananas. Have we got a deal?"
"Yes, sir!" Mowgli beamed as he kept eating the bananas. "I'll do anything to stay in the jungle."
"See? What did I tell you?" Mike told the others.
"No one likes a show-off, Mike." Courtney said.
Sledgehammer hissed at Courtney since that seemed like an insult.
"I don't mean that in a bad way," Courtney said. "I mean what do we do about it?"
"Hmm... We gotta save him." Ellody pondered.
"But how?" Courtney replied.
"Yeah, we can't just go in like that," Cindy said. "They'll suspect something."
"Well, in the story, I remember that Baloo dressed up like a girl monkey to woo King Louie as a distraction for one thing." Courtney said then.
"So all we have to do is dress up like girl monkeys too." Jayna then said.
"That could work." Cindy shrugged.
"Uh... All right, if you think that'll work." Courtney shrugged.
"What's the worst that could happen?" Cindy replied.
"Stop saying that, you know it jinxes stuff." Mike said.
"Oh, sorry," Cindy said. "Come on, we better hurry."
The girls then went to disguise themselves so that they could go and save Mowgli. King Louie continued to sing to Mowgli, while Courtney bobbed her head to the beat as it was a pretty fun song.
"Gee, Cousin Louie, you're doing real good." Mowgli smiled.
"Now, here's your part of the deal, cous," King Louie said to the boy. "Lay the secret on me of man's red fire."
"But I don't know how to make fire?" Mowgli replied.
"Now, don't try to kid me, Man Cub," King Louie told him while the girls were getting ready. "I made a deal with you, What I desire is man's red fire, To make my dream come true~"
Baloo and Bagheera were soon coming to the Ruins, though Justin and Justine didn't seem to be with them.
"Fire! So that's what that scoundrel's after." Bagheera concluded as he overheard that.
"I'll tear him limb-from-limb, I'll beat him, I'll... I'll-" Baloo glared until he soon grooved to the beat. "Um, yeah, well, man, what a beat."
"It's okay, Bagheera, we got this." Jayna said to the panther.
"Will you stop that silly beat business and listen?!" Bagheera complained to Baloo. "This will take brains, not brawn."
"You better believe it!" Baloo replied. "And I'm loaded with both."
Courtney rolled her eyes slightly from that.
"Would you listen?" Bagheera complained to the bear.
"Oh, yeah, yeah~" Baloo continued to jam a bit.
"Now, while you guys create a disturbance, I'll rescue Mowgli," Bagheera told Baloo and the girls. "Got that?"
"Los conseguimos." Ellody replied.
"I hope that means yes?" Bagheera replied.
"Pretty much," Ellody said. "Don't worry, Bagheera."
"I wish that were easier done than said." Bagheera sighed about not having to worry.
Mowgli, King Louie, and the servant monkey soon walked off together and Bagheera stayed still until he soon reached out to grab Mowgli until the girls soon came in, disguised as girl monkeys.
"Hey!" Baloo called out in his own disguise before singing. "Da-zaap bon-ronee Hap ba-dee dee-lap-da-non Hene-bebe-re, Doot zaba-doo-dee-day Doo-bam doo-boo-bee-bay Bo-bom, za-ba-pa-panney!~"
"Uh, what is Baloo doing?" Mike asked. "I thought WE were going to distract King Louie."
"He doesn't listen." Courtney grumbled.
"Look at that!" Cindy pointed out to the others.
King Louie enjoyed that as he danced with Baloo as the monkeys were dancing with the girls.
"All right, now to get Mowgli." Mike said as she was going to help Bagheera.
The monkeys then surrounded the girls with smirks.
"Say, ladies, ya wanna dance?" One of the monkeys asked.
"Uh... Yeah, sure, why not?" Cindy replied.
"We'll dance with ya, alright." Jayna added.
The monkeys grinned and then danced with the girls. Bagheera kept trying to grab a hold of Mowgli as he danced with one monkey during King Louie's singing, but it seemed almost hopeless. Courtney soon sent King Louie flying aside which had the orangutan fly a bit, grabbing Bagheera by his tail, but luckily, he didn't seem to notice the panther as he came towards Mowgli. Mike soon tried to take her turn to get Mowgli in her own way while the monkeys were distracted.
"Mike?" Mowgli glanced to the tomboy.
"Shh." Mike shushed him.
"What're you doing?" Mowgli asked.
"Helping you," Mike said, taking a hold of him before King Louie would see them. "King Louie's just using you."
"No, that can't be true." Mowgli replied.
"It is," Mike said. "I'm sorry."
"Hey!" Mowgli yelped as he was suddenly grabbed.
"Let us help you, and don't even try to fight me, I'm stronger than I look." Mike told Mowgli before signaling the other girls.
Sledgehammer soon ran to Cindy, climbing on top of her head. "Okay, Mike's ready to go, kid." he then told his owner.
"All right," Cindy replied. "Now let's get the heck out of here!"
Ashlyn, Jayna, Ellody, and Courtney looked to Cindy and went to sneak off with her as the monkeys continued to dance, unaware of what was going on. Sledgehammer stayed by Cindy's side just in case the monkeys would try anything as they began to get away with Mowgli. But unfortunately when King Louie was dancing with Baloo, the bear's costume came off and soon the monkeys stopped dancing and glared at Baloo who was still dancing, but soon stopped when his skirt came off.
"Man..." Baloo mumbled.
"Dang it." Sledgehammer and the girls grunted.
All of the monkeys got into a fuss once they saw Baloo.
"It's Baloo the bear!"
"Yeah, that's him!"
"How'd he get in there?"
"Baloo, it's you." Mowgli said once he saw the bear.
"Okay, let's get out of here now!" Mike told the girls.
The girls then took off their disguises and ran away.
"But, Mike, I-" Mowgli tried to the tomboy.
Mike had him over her shoulder and ran off, but unfortunately the monkey grabbed him out of her arms. "Let go!" Mike glared.
"Or else what?" The monkey glared back.
"Cindy, should I show them?" Sledgehammer asked.
Cindy looked over at the monkeys, then looked at her possum. "They're all yours."
"All right, I'll be right back." Sledgehammer said before he soon lunged out at the monkeys, causing a lot of chaos and destruction just like he used to do before he reformed and became Cindy's pet.
"So glad that he's on our side." Courtney said as the other girls had to agree to that.
The monkeys tried to get Sledgehammer, but he kept popping up in random places, giving them TNT, and hitting them with frying pans as he kept avoiding them in a zany slapstick way while the girls began to get away with Mowgli, Bagheera, and Baloo, though during the chaos, the Ancient Ruins seemed like they were about to be destroyed.
Far away, Justin and Justine heard a crash which made them turn around.
"What was that?" Justine wondered.
"Some sort of crash, I guess." Justin said.
"Odd... Maybe we should go and check it out." Justine suggested.
"Let's go, but stay close to me." Justin told his sister.
"Right." Justine nodded to him.
Justin and Justine soon went to follow the sound of the crash to make sure no one was hurt. They gasped slightly as they saw the throne collasped and the monkeys were all in fetal positions, looking scared.
"What happened?" Justine asked.
"I'm not sure if I even wanna know... I hope it wasn't hunters though." Justin said to his sister.
"That possum was crazy!" A monkey cried out. "He's insane! I can still hear him in my head! He's gonna haunt my nightmares!"
"Possum?" The Reid twins asked.
"I didn't think the jungle had anyone like him, but watch out for him!" The monkey told them. "Save yourselves and your sanity!"
"You don't think Cindy and Sledgehammer couldn't have been here, do you?" Justine asked her brother.
"No, it couldn't be." Justin replied.
"What color fur did this possum have?" Justine then asked the monkeys.
"Pink." The monkey told her.
"Well?" Justine asked Justin.
"Hmm... Well, now that you mention it, I guess it COULD be possible." Justin replied.
"Uh, now tell me," Justine softly said to the monkey before asking, "Was there anyone else with him?"
"Yeah... Baloo the Bear, Bagheera the Panther, Mowgli the Man Cub, and some human girls." The monkey replied.
"Did you see where they went?" Justin asked.
"I just know somewhere over there," The monkey said, pointing over. "They must've gotten lucky to get away from that psychotic possum."
"Thank you," Justine told him. "You've been a big help."
"As long as you make sure that possum is far away from us!" The monkey cried out.
"Um, sure?" Justin replied.
Justin and Justine soon walked off.
"So, Cindy was definitely here." Justine said.
"I'm sure she's okay though for the most part, she's becoming more independent since she's been hanging around her grandmother lately." Justin gave a small smile.
"I know, and I've never been more proud of her." Justine smiled back.
"Like I'm proud of you." Justin replied.
Justine smiled at her twin brother who smiled back.
"Come on, we better get going before anything dangerous might happen, but I'm sure we can both handle it." Justin said as they soon ran off together.
"Yeah, it's getting dark," Justine said. "So, you miss Jayna?"
"Well, of course I do," Justin replied. "I'm sure she's okay, but it would be nice to see her again alive and well."
"Oh, me too," Justine nodded before smirking a bit. "She and I are like sisters, but pretty soon, she's gonna be my sister-in-law."
"Yeah, yeah, we'll see what happens in a few years." Justin rolled his eyes playfully.
Justine just giggled as they continued on the search for their friends.
It was getting dark which made some of the others tired as things were winding down in the jungle that night after saving Mowgli from King Louie. Baloo and Bagheera were talking as they lay beside a tree and Mowgli was already asleep.
"And furthermore, Mowgli seems to have man's ability to get into trouble, and your influence hasn't been exactly-" Bagheera continued to scold Baloo.
"Shh! Keep it down, you're gonna wake little buddy," Baloo shushed the panther, smiling to Mowgli as he was fast asleep after an exciting day today. "Yeah. He's had a big day, it was a real sockaroo. You know it ain't easy learning to be like me."
"Pah! A disgraceful performance," Bagheera scoffed. "Associating with those undesirable, scatterbrained apes. Huh. I hope he learned something from that experience."
"Yeah... Scooby-dooby, dooby-doo..." Mowgli mumbled while he was still asleep.
"Ha, ha. That's my boy." Baloo chuckled.
"Heh... Scooby-Dooby-Doo." Mike chuckled weakly from that.
"Oh, nonsense." Bagheera mumbled, walking over to by the water.
Baloo soon began to make Mowgli comfortable and tucked him into his leaf bed for the night.
"I guess we could camp here for the night." Mike told the other girls.
"I guess it's better than nothing," Cindy shrugged. "I feel wore out. Those monkeys gave us a bit of a workout."
"And thanks to Sledgehammer who saved us." Ellody added.
"Ah, it was nuthin'." Sledgehammer replied.
"That was both very scary and amazing," Cindy said, petting Sledgehammer. "Sorry, buddy, I'd give you a treat, but I don't have any on me."
"It's okay." Sledgehammer replied.
"I think you pretty much scared those monkeys to death." Courtney said.
"Just the way I am." Sledgehammer shrugged.
"Were you always like that?" Cindy asked him as they settled in for the night.
"Well, I wasn't always crazy like I was before," Sledgehammer explained. "Right after I lost my whole family, my mind snapped, and I wanted everyone to suffer the same way I did, but you guys saved me."
"Hey, it's what friends do." Mike replied.
"I'm sorry you lost your family though, but you're apart of MY family now." Cindy smiled.
"That's very mushy," Sledgehammer rolled his eyes before smiling back. "But thanks. I love being your pet."
"And I'm happy to be your owner." Cindy replied.
"Plus you're not only part of Cindy's family," Mike added. "You're part of OUR family too."
"That's right." Cindy smiled to that.
"So much friendliness and warmth... Why can't CN City be like this all the time?" Sledgehammer sighed. "I swear, it was somewhat better than it was before when Cartoon Cartoon Fridays."
"It would be nice to bring that back," Cindy said. "I mean, especially since I wasn't really around for that. Like, I heard that Mike and Eddy were a thing."
"We were," Mike smiled. "I think it started when we were both hosting that one night, but he kept getting nervous around me."
"I've heard about that," Cindy replied. "I thought that was pretty funny."
"So did I," Mike said, obviously. "Man, those were good times."
"Do you guys remember when Top Cat and his gang had to stay at Eddy's houe?" Ashlyn replied.
"They drove him nuts!" Mike laughed to that.
"We'll share more stories later," Courtney said. "I'm wore out."
"Yeah, we had a long day today." Ellody had to agree.
"Yeah... Let's get some sleep," Mike said. "I'm just glad I don't NEED the full moon to transform anymore. Now I can relax a nice night and just look at the moon like I used to before I learned about my werewolf powers."
"I remember the first time when I saw you transform, and it kinda scared me to death," Cindy remarked. "Even when you warned me not to go outside."
"We know." Mike said.
"Well, I'm going to bed," Cindy soon yawned. "Night, girls. Night, Sledge."
"Night." Sledgehammer and the girls replied.
They soon went to go to sleep for the night after Mowgli was fast asleep while Baloo and Bagheera talked about Mowgli going back to the Man Village, though of course, Baloo didn't want Mowgli out of his life since he really loved the boy.
Justin and Justine kept walking through the jungle, looking a bit tired as they kept looking for their friends.
"Justin... I'm tired..." Justine said. "I know we're so close, but can we take a break for the night?"
"Hmm... That might be best." Justin replied.
Justine then sat down to take a breather. "Thank you."
Justin soon took out their sleeping bags to settle in for the night with her.
"You always come prepared." Justine said.
"Hey, someone has to." Justin shrugged.
"I guess so." Justine chuckled.
They soon bundled down and went to get some sleep.
"Night." Justin told his sister.
"Good night." Justine said before falling asleep with a small smile as this was like their early childhood which was a peaceful night of sleep, and not just for them.