"The Beast, huh?" Cherry asked.
"Yep." Lena smirked.
"Sure looks interesting." Atticus said.
They soon came inside to check out the movie.
One viewing later...
"Oh, man, that is classic cinema!" Dewey beamed.
"That movie was actually worth seeing." Cherry said.
"So good!" Webby beamed.
"Oh, and remember when the surgeon tried to cut the mole queen in half but then she multiplied into a million mole babies and then they ate him?" Lena gushed before imitating a chainsaw which made Webby scream at first.
"You sure did pick an interesting movie." Mo smiled at Lena.
"Why, thank you very much." Lena smiled back to her new friend.
"Although, I think one of us took the movie too seriously," Atticus said. "And I think you know who I'm talking about."
"For sure." Mo smirked a bit playfully.
"You said this was an educational film," Mrs. Beakley scolded Lena. "Suitable for all ages."
"Uh, it's a cautionary tale about the dangers of mole monsters," Lena replied. "And everyone could use a lesson on chainsaw safety."
"She's not wrong." Atticus shrugged.
Mrs. Beakley still looked firmly to them.
"Or not?" Atticus sweat-dropped with a nervous smile.
"Oh, come on; it was a great movie." Cherry told her.
"Hmm..." Mrs. Beakley replied sharply.
Launchpad looked a bit traumatized from the movie experience however.
"Lame! Where was the drama, the heart, the needlessly expensive car crash mayhem?" Louie complained.
"Even if mole men did exist, why attack someone in the shower?" Huey added. "With the water running there wouldn't be enough traction to attack anyone above the knee. Totally phony."
"You're only saying that because it wasn't written down in that guidebook you keep under your hat." Cherry told Huey.
"Hey, it's the only book I trust," Huey defended before taking out his guidebook. "If it's not in the Junior Woodchuck guidebook, then it's not a thing."
"So then the history books are fake?" Cherry smirked.
"...What?!" Huey asked her.
"Well, if it's not in the Junior Woodchuck guidebook..." Cherry smirked.
"Ooh, she's got you there; you did say that if it's not in the Junior Woodchuck guidebook, that it wasn't a real thing." Mo added to Huey.
Huey gave a deadpan look which just made Cherry grin to him.
"What about wereducks?" Webby asked.
"Nope." Huey replied.
"Tri-clopses?"
"Not a thing."
"Well, what about the legendary Terra-firmians of Duckburg?"
Huey sighed, flipping through his book. "Let's see. Pterodactyl, terror-dactyl, terrible twos," he then said. "Nope. No Terra-firmians. Must not exist."
"You're just proving my theory." Cherry smirked at Huey.
"Oh, who asked you?" Huey rolled his eyes.
"You searched for information on Terra-firmians in your Junior Woodchuck guidebook," Cherry smirked. "I know that Atticus was a Junior Woodchuck once, but he was always open to things that were not in the guidebook."
The others soon looked to him.
"She's right." Atticus had to admit.
"So then Terra-firmians might be real." Jessica said.
"No way!" Huey frowned.
"Oh, yes way." Cherry smirked.
"Cherry, stop it!" Huey glared.
"Sorry, but can't be helped." Cherry smirked.
"Children, children, there's an easy way to settle this," Lena told the others before looking towards the subway. "Let's go find them ourselves."
"Just to prove if they're real or not." Atticus said.
"Ahem!" Mrs. Beakley cleared her throat sharply.
"Uh... Hi, Mrs. Beakley." Mo smiled sheepishly.
"Uh, we were just about to walk Lena home." Cherry lied.
"So I see..." Mrs. Beakley replied sternly.
They soon heard yelling and screaming and went to go check it out.
"You evil! Evil!" Launchpad cried out, ripping up the movie posters. "You took the form of a poster. You won't get Launchpad!"
"Oi, let's get going." Cherry groaned from Launchpad's behavior.
Mrs. Beakley tried to calm down Launchpad as the others snuck down to the subway with Lena, and where it was a relief for them to get away from Launchpad.
"Wait, shouldn't we tell someone where we're going before we blindly explore a network of dark and abandoned subway tunnels?" Huey asked.
"We're going down the subway tunnels." Cherry said softly with a smirk.
"Guess it's okay to go." Lena added.
"Well, come on then, let's go check this out." Cherry said.
The others nodded in agreement before venturing off.
A subway train passed the railroad and they soon walked onto it once it was safe enough for them to cross. Atticus soon brought out a flashlight so then they could see if anything would come out of the shadows. They looked all around.
"Hm... Now I wonder what's behind here?" Lena pondered, coming up to the renovation sign.
"Hmm... Possibly Terra-Firmians." Cherry said.
"Terra-Firmians?" Huey asked.
"Is that in your book?" Cherry smirked.
'She's just trying to prove her theory and it's totally working.' Huey thought to himself.
"The old 818 train line," Cherry said as they took a look. "Famous for Terra-firmian sightings. That's why it's closed off."
"You're right." Webby told her.
"The sign says closed for renovations." Huey replied.
"Does your Woodchuck book say that?" Cherry smirked.
"Cherry, please..." Atticus sighed.
"No..." Huey added.
The door soon opened up.
"Well, we can't not go in at this point." Lena smirked to the others.
"She's got a good point." Jessica said.
They soon came in, though Atticus went first with his flashlight.
"Hello?!" Atticus called out.
There didn't seem to be anyone inside. There was a rumbling heard as Atticus went inside with Lena.
"These old tunnels," Huey chuckled nervously. "You can hear train vibrations from miles away."
"That was no subway train." Webby told him.
"She's right." Mo said.
"Okay, Cherry, maybe you'd like to tell us more about these Terra-Firmians." Huey soon said.
"Well, if you insist," Cherry smirked. "The Terra-firmians are an ancient race built of two warring tribes. The Terries and the Firmies. They were once united under a proud king. After the king's untimely death, an epic battle began over who would assume control. But one day the rightful prince will reunite the two tribes and put an end to their bitter conflict."
"And how do you know this?" Huey asked.
"I know everything." Cherry said.
Huey gave her a look.
"I told her." Webby smiled.
Cherry simply grumbled as that was true, but didn't want Huey to know. Huey soon smirked to Cherry.
"Moving on!" Cherry said.
"We better go in there and see what's going on." Mo said.
"Maybe a monster ate Atticus." Cherry smirked.
"Cherry!" Mo scolded.
They soon kept walking along to catch up with Atticus.
"Atticus, you in here?" Huey asked.
Atticus didn't seem to answer.
"Okay, Atticus, this isn't funny..." Cherry said. "Come out!"
Nothing happened still.
"Atticus...?" Cherry sounded concerned as she soon came down. "Not funny... Atticus, please, come out! I'm sorry for those times we fought! I love you!"
"Then why did you leave me to die?!" Atticus smirked in a scary voice just to mess with her.
Cherry seemed to yelp from that. Atticus soon laughed as he came out from the dark.
"ATTICUS!" Cherry glared.
"Oh, man, Lena, you were right; that was fun!" Atticus laughed.
"ATTICUS?!" Cherry growled, tapping her foot.
"Hi." Atticus smirked.
"Ugh!" Cherry complained.
Atticus simply laughed.
"Anyway... Moving on..." Cherry rolled her eyes.
Mo, Jessica, Huey, and Webby soon came in next.
"Okay... Let's go see these things, shall we?" Cherry said to Huey.
"Yes, let's." Huey nodded before Atticus flashed his flashlight around.
"So these Terra thingies are responsible for that tremor?" Lena asked.
"According to the JWG, earthquakes are shifting tectonic plates," Huey clarified as he took out his book. "Science fact. No reason for any of us to go in there. The book knows everything."
Cherry soon slapped the book out of Huey's hand. "You are seriously proving that I'm right about you." She told him.
Huey glared while Cherry smirked to him.
"She's right, you know." Mo said.
"Let's just go." Huey sighed to himself.
They soon went down the steps and looked around as Atticus led with his flashlight, and where there was nothing there. Huey soon found his book and collected it after dusting it clean.
"Oh, I can't wait to meet a real Terra-firmian!" Webby beamed. "I'm totally gonna sacrifice myself in the name of the rebellion."
"Oh, and then I can hunt down your attackers, and avenge your death." Lena replied.
"Aww! That's sweet." Webby smiled to that.
"Yeah, I guess." Cherry said.
"There!" Webby soon pointed out before running with the others to find something. "Claw marks! Proof they were here."
"Even better! The tremors exposed three kinds of rock," Huey smiled as he saw something else. "Schist, marble, and gneiss. Ooh, do I spy some shale?"
"NEEEEERD!" Cherry called out.
"These claw marks prove that Webby was right." Mo told Huey.
"This is real though." Huey defended.
Cherry soon forced Huey to look at the claw marks.
"Cherry!" Huey grunted.
"Come on, Huey, open your eyes to a little fantasy!" Cherry told him.
"As well as to all reality just like these claw marks." Mo said.
"Well, it'll still be perfect for my geology badge." Huey smiled.
"Point made." Atticus nodded truthfully.
Cherry just rolled her eyes.
"Help me move it?" Huey asked Atticus.
Atticus soon did just that, not having a problem with his strength. Jessica gave a small smile once she saw how strong Atticus was.
"Luckily for both of us, I studied how to handle rock samples in the field," Atticus said to Huey. "That's how I got my geology badge."
Webby and Cherry just glanced at the two.
"Uh, where'd Lena go?" Mo asked as she saw one of them missing.
They soon heard someone screaming.
"That must be her!" Atticus said, accidentally dropping the rock on Cherry's feet.
"OW! Atticus?!" Cherry glared.
"Oh, sorry." Atticus said, taking the rock off and moving it.
Cherry took off her shoes and groaned out of pain. Atticus soon carried the rock as they went to check on Lena. Jessica checked over Cherry's feet and healed them with magic. Cherry blinked in surprise before glancing over. They soon walked together by the train that was there and heard a bit of a scary noise.
"Lena, I swear if you're going to scare us; I'm going to make your nightmares real." Cherry threatened.
The train doors shook until one of them opened.
"I mean it..." Cherry seethed as she went ahead of the others to take a look.
"Uh, Huey, how about you go first?" Jessica suggested.
"Uh, I would, but I think Webby wants to go first." Huey said nervously.
"Scaredy cat." Cherry smirked.
Webby soon went to take a look before Huey.
"See anything?" Mo asked.
"It looks clear." Webby shrugged before coming inside.
"That's good." Jessica said.
"Terra-Firmian!" Webby yelped, seeing writing on the wall.
They saw writing which said 'BE GONE, SURFACE DWELLERS'.
Lena laughed as she soon came out with a marker. "Couldn't resist."
"Oh, ha, ha." Cherry grumbled.
Webby and Lena soon shared a high-five together.
Huey took a look around before shrugging. "Just more subway junk. Now, if you're all done, I have some rock samples to collect."
"Oh, brother." Cherry rolled her eyes.
They soon heard thumping which made them all call out. Huey soon found a rock and tossed it at the wall as the first being stepped out the way.
"Hey! Watch it!" Louie's voice called out.
"Louie?" Atticus asked before shining his flashlight.
Mrs. Beakley soon came out with the others.
"Granny!" Webby gasped.
"Whoa! Those are moles!" Launchpad yelped and ducked down.
"Launchpad, it's just us!" Cherry glared.
"Hmph, you would say that..." Launchpad replied. "Have there always been three of them...?"
Cherry face-palmed.
"I can explain." Webby frowned to her grandmother.
"You are all in big trouble," Mrs. Beakley glared. "I assume this was your idea."
"Why do you automatically think this was Lena's idea?" Atticus asked her.
"Sure, blame the mysterious rebel playing by her own rules." Lena scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"No back talk!" Mrs. Beakley glared firmly. "You made me come all the way down here, drag two more children and one man-child right into danger."
"And just to clarify she's referring the one man-child as you, Launchpad." Cherry told the pilot.
Launchpad looked to her nervously.
"Aren't you supposed to be crazy adventure family?" Lena huffed to Mrs. Beakley. "This is like an afternoon field trip for you people."
"Well, there won't be anymore afternoon field trips for you; I can assure you that." Mrs. Beakley glared.
"What do you mean by that?" Cherry glared back.
"Cherry, please." Mrs. Beakley said.
"Lena didn't do anything!" Cherry complained. "We only came down here because a certain Junior Woodchuck didn't believe in Terra-Firmians!"
They soon felt a rumbling all around.
"And that must be them now..." Cherry said nervously.
"You're right, Cherry because we're not near any fault lines." Mo nodded.
"Huey?" Cherry asked.
"Naturally occurring tectonic shifts!" Huey replied.
Cherry blew a raspberry, rolling her eyes. After some time, the shaking stopped. Atticus and Mo seemed to fall against each other before stepping away from each other, bashfully. A bunch of rocks soon crashed down onto the train, but they seemed to have beady red eyes, at least, that's what Cherry saw.
"Splendid. We're stuck," Mrs. Beakley sighed. "It looks like the only safe way out of here is to get this train moving. Launchpad, get to the control room."
"No, Mrs. B. I can't leave you alone with-" Launchpad said before looking down to Dewey. "I mean, uh I don't know if I can. I've never crashed a train before."
"Oh, brother." Cherry groaned.
"Well, maybe you can drive the train without crashing it." Mrs. Beakley told the pilot.
"Huh?" Launchpad blinked at her.
"Just get to the control room and see what you can do." Mrs. Beakley sighed sharply.
"Fine," Launchpad sighed. "Hey, Dewey, come with me. I need someone to help me for some reason." he then took a lead pipe for just in case.
"One of us better go with them." Cherry said.
"Thank you for volunteering." Mo said.
"Thank you-Wait, what?!" Cherry replied. She soon saw none of the others were volunteering to go with Launchpad and Dewey.
Mo waved to Cherry. Cherry grumbled and soon followed after.
"I'm going to the rear to see if I can detach us from the cave in," Mrs. Beakley told the others, looking to Lena. "You, with me. You've caused us enough grief."
"Aye-Aye, Colonel Crumpet." Lena saluted.
"I'll come with." Jessica said.
"We'll stay here and be on the lookout for Terra-firmians," Webby said about herself and the others. "It must be about halftime at The Great Games, so it'll be easier to spot one."
"Okay. Just stay put," Mrs. Beakley told her granddaughter. "Monique, keep an eye on Webby."
"Yes, Mrs. Beakley." Mo promised.
"I'll be sure to keep an eye on Huey and Louie." Atticus said.
"Okay... Just stay put." Mrs. Beakley said as she left with Jessica and Lena.
"I'm sorry you're getting blamed." Jessica told her friend.
"Not your fault." Lena replied.
"Now back to what you two were discussing." Mo told Huey and Webby once they were alone.
"Please talk some sense into Webby," Huey replied. "You don't really believe that rock monsters are playing earthquake games."
"Huey and Atticus are usually right about nerd stuff." Louie smiled innocently.
"Not this time." Mo said.
"Those aftershocks are actually a revolt led by the lost Terra-firmian prince," Webby told the others while Huey shook his head, thinking she was going crazy. "He's using the games as a distraction to storm the Califermy Citadel! It's all in this artist rendering." she then took out a notebook to show the others.
"Ooh, that all sounds awesome," Louie smirked. "I want that to be true."
"Louie, will you take this seriously?" Mo glared.
"Sorry." Louie replied.
"Earthquakes are a result of shifting tectonic plates." Huey told Webby.
"But who's pushing the plates, Huey?" Webby glared. "Who's pushing the plates?!"
"Other plates are pushing the plates!" Huey glared back.
'This could go on for a while.' Atticus thought to himself.
"Other plates are pushing the plates." Huey told Webby.
"Now who sounds ridiculous?" Webby rolled her eyes.
Louie seemed to point at both of them.
"Louie, whose side are you on?" Huey asked his brother.
"Oh, neither," Louie said before taking out some popcorn. "This is just way more entertaining than that movie."
"Oi." Mo groaned.
"What? I got a refill on the way out," Louie shrugged as he began to eat the popcorn. "It's encouraged."
They soon heard some more rumbling.
"There they go again." Mo said.
"Hmm... Probably just some left over rubble from the cave in." Huey guessed.
They soon heard a clank from the top, leaving a huge dent.
"I'm coming, Your Highness!" Webby beamed as she sprung into action.
"Webby, you're not going up there alone." Mo told her.
"Oh, this could be it," Webby smiled as she continued as Mo soon followed her. "This could be the prince. This could be a-"
"Rock?" Mo asked, seeing a giant boulder.
"Oh, see? Just a boulder from the cave in." Huey smiled in relief.
Atticus looked unsure though as he shined his flashlight on the boulder to see the boulder's color was red.
"Can we go back inside before we're crushed?" Huey asked Webby.
"No," Webby said, turning her back on him. "Just because this is only a rock doesn't mean there aren't Terra-firmians still out there."
"So we're supposed to examine every rock in this tunnel?" Huey replied. "That actually sounds pretty fun. Wait, that's not the point!"
"Uh, Huey, I think you might be wrong about this one." Atticus said as he saw what looked to be an eye on the boulder as he shined his flashlight on it.
"What?" Huey asked before gasping.
"It must be a Terra-Firmian." Atticus guessed calmly.
And where he was right as the eye blinked. Huey's eyes widened from that.
"Huh, I guess Cherry was right." Atticus concluded.
Huey soon screamed.
Jessica and Lena watched as Mrs. Beakley strained a bit.
"How are you doing?" Jessica asked Mrs. Beakley.
"This may be a bit harder than I thought." Mrs. Beakley told her.
Jessica could already tell that it was hard to try and get the rest of the subway train free from the last train car that was stuck.
"Looking good, Tea Time," Lena smirked to the old lady. "Keep it up."
"Lena." Jessica sighed.
"Jessica." Lena replied.
"You two could help me?" Mrs. Beakley suggested.
"Well, I'm not that strong, but I'll see what I can do," Jessica said, helping out the woman while Lena just stood there. "What about you, Lena?"
"Maybe in a little bit." Lena said.
Jessica rolled her eyes to that.
"Hey, the sooner I help the lady, the sooner I never get to see my new friends again, so..." Lena replied.
Mrs. Beakley sighed as she should have known that would be Lena's answer.
"Want me to go get one of the more trustworthy kids to help, or am I still not allowed to talk to them?" Lena smirked.
Jessica flinched slightly from that.
"Do not mouth off to me," Mrs. Beakley scolded. "It's your fault we're in this mess. Who raised you, anyway?"
That seemed to hurt Lena a bit.
"I know a bad influence when I see one," Mrs. Beakley continued as she tried to work with Jessica. "Those are good children with bright futures."
"Yeah?" Lena huffed. "And what does that make me?"
"I don't know." Mrs. Beakley sighed.
"I feel like we're doing this wrong." Jessica said, referring to what she and Mrs. Beakley were doing.
"How are you sure?" Mrs. Beakley asked.
"Well, nothing's working, so it must be wrong." Jessica replied.
"If you're gonna vandalize, at least do it right." Lena sighed and soon came to help out. She went to find the perfect item to use to help them out.
"A crowbar! Of course!" Jessica smiled.
"You're welcome, Jess." Lena smirked as she got to work.
Mrs. Beakley soon looked impressed with how Lena was doing better than her and Jessica.
Meanwhile, Cherry and Dewey looked bored.
"So, Dew, Cher, it's nice down here, huh?" Launchpad asked them. "Kinda natural for you."
Cherry and Dewey just glanced over.
"Know what I like? Dirt," Launchpad smiled. "Dirt's pretty cool and comfy, huh? No grass to eat without dirt."
"Oi... Are you still thinking about that stupid movie, Launchpad?" Cherry asked.
"Uh... Maybe?" Launchpad replied.
"Well, stop it!" Cherry told him.
"Does he really think we're mole monsters?" Dewey asked Cherry.
"In his brain, that's a possibility." Cherry said.
"What? No, no," Launchpad said to them before whispering to himself. "Can't believe my best friends are a couple of mole monsters."
"We're your best friends?" Cherry and Dewey asked.
"Oh, no, they can hear my thoughts!" Launchpad panicked. "Keep it together, Launchpad. Gotta change the subject somehow," he told himself before speaking up a bit. "Hey, you know what we should talk about? Another subject."
"...Sure..." Cherry said.
"She doesn't suspect a thing." Launchpad smirked.
Cherry rolled her eyes from hearing that, but didn't say anything.