Meanwhile at lunch time...
"We're going to be in the tournament?!" Eddy asked.
"Yeah, Skarr made a bet with the other principals," Mike replied. "Apparently we're the best athletes in school."
"Well, I am quite great in Gym Class if I do say so myself." Eddy smirked boastfully.
"But why us?" Justine asked.
"Hello? We're the best group in school," Duncan said to her. "What do you think people like us for?"
"Ooh! Ooh! I know the answer, Duncan!" Ed raised his hand. "I know! I know!"
Duncan looked in deadpan. Ed smiled and waved his hand like an innocent child.
"You might as well humor him." Abby told her brother.
"Fine... Why, Ed?" Duncan gave in.
"Because we're awesome." Ed smiled.
"You're right." Duncan said.
"Do I get a cookie now?" Ed asked.
"What the heck?" Duncan shrugged and gave Ed an oatmeal cookie.
"Yum, yum, yum!" Ed beamed and ate his cookie while the others rolled their eyes slightly.
"A School Tournament... I just hope I do well since I'm more of a bookworm than an athlete..." Double D said to the others.
"Well, we're going to be training after school, and Og is going to be our head coach." Mike informed.
"Og?!" Jo asked before laughing.
"And what is so funny?" Mike demanded.
"What does that kid know about sports?" Jo asked. "All he does is invent all day either in the Science Lab or that shack by his house."
"I taught him and Lu how to play sports." Mike defended.
"It's not that funny, Jo." Justine told her girlfriend.
"Uh, sorry, Babe." Jo said as she soon stopped laughing then.
Duncan and Eddy couldn't help but snicker at Jo getting in trouble by her own girlfriend. Jo just glared at them which made both of them to stop laughing.
"You guys mind if I join the team?" A voice asked.
Everyone then turned to see a certain cowgirl.
"Jade!" Dee Dee beamed to her cousin.
"Um, sure, Jade, any reason why?" Mike smiled.
"Well, according to the ToonFace page for the school's competition with students, there's a girl on one side named Annabelle Turlington, and I'd like to show her a thing or two." Jade replied.
The others looked blank as they didn't know who Annabelle Turlington is.
"She was one of my rivals back home in Texas, especially with her spoiled dog she named Tiffany." Jade explained.
"Ohhh..." The others said, now understanding.
"We'd be happy to have you on the team, Jade." Mike accepted.
"Yay!" Dee Dee beamed as she hugged her older cousin.
"Thank ya, Mike," Jade nodded. "I swear, that girl's worse than that Timmy kid and schoolteacher that Granddaddy Tex had to deal with in the fourth grade during his outlaw days before he retired."
"We'll be starting right after school, and Og will be our head coach and helping us out." Mike told the cowgirl.
Justin was soon heard snickering.
"What's so funny, Justin?" Justine asked her twin brother.
"I didn't say anything." Justin said innocently.
"You're laughing at Og too!" Justine pouted. "Why are you guys being mean to him? He's a very smart kid!"
"I wasn't laughing at him; I was laughing at Ed." Justin defended.
"Oh, really?" Justine replied.
"Yeah." Justin said.
"And why were you laughing at Ed?" Justine asked.
"Uhh... He did a stupid thing?" Justin replied.
Justine just narrowed her eyes and punched her twin brother in the arm. "It's not nice to laugh at Og." she then scolded.
"Why don't you guys just trust me in letting Og be our coach?" Mike asked. "Don't let the nose ring fool you, he's actually an amazing little dude."
"Indeed, he's a great inventor and very smart." Double D agreed.
"So, all we have to do is get stronger than ever, and then beat those chumps," Jo said. "And they will know not to mess with us."
"I don't know if we'll get stronger than we already are, but it'll be a start," Mike nodded to Jo. "Cindy said she would also video chat us all for support later on."
"Where is she again?" Eddy asked.
"She's visiting the UK this week." Mike replied.
"Oh, no wonder she's been gone for a couple of days then." Eddy commented.
"She'll be back," Mike said. "Anyway, I guess we'll start training around tomorrow?"
The others then nodded in agreement with that.
"Great." Mike nodded back to them.
"I hope that we'll win." Duncan hoped.
"Oh, we're gonna win, I know it." Jo insisted.
"See what I mean?" Kevin complained. "It's always about you guys all the time; it's like you're the main stars."
"Of course we are," Dee Dee smiled. "We're the main characters in this series!"
"Heh, I hope you lose, then nobody will respect you." Kevin laughed and then walked away.
"Any chance that we can burn him?" Eddy asked.
"No, Eddy," Mike told him before looking to the others. "But remember you guys, we will start training tomorrow."
"Right." The group agreed.
Soon enough, after school...
It was almost dinner time, and Mike was finishing up some homework, and soon answered her cell phone. "Hello? Oh, hey, Lil!"
"Hey, Mike," Lil smiled. "If you're busy I'm sorry, I just wanted to hear your voice."
"That's okay," Mike smiled back. "What's up?"
"Well, I gotta enter this tournament of games that Principal Wartz told us all about." Lil replied.
"That's crazy." Mike said.
"I know, he could've at least asked first." Lil replied.
"No, I mean Skarr did the same thing to me before lunch." Mike told her girlfriend.
"No way, really?" Lil asked.
"Yeah, because according to him, we're the best athletes in school." Mike replied.
"That's what Wartz said about us." Lil replied.
"So, who do you have on your team then?" Mike asked.
"Me, Phil, Tommy, Dil, Kimi, Buddy, Susie, Arnold, Gerald, Otto, Twister, Sam, Reggie, Danny, Jenny, Manny, Frida, heck, even Paulina too." Lil replied.
"Paulina?" Mike asked. "Heh, not bad of a team."
"I take it your usual group will be competing?" Lil asked as she filed her nails.
"Yeah, but only Cindy won't be able to compete," Mike said. "Lu will be our cheerleader, and Og is going to be our head coach."
"Same here, Courtney and Rhonda are our cheerleaders, and Angelica and Chuckie will be our coaches." Lil replied.
"Chuckie as a coach, huh?" Mike replied. "Sounds interesting."
"I'll say," Lil nodded. "Especially when he was younger and was afraid of the guy on the oatmeal box. You'd think he'd be scared of Reptar or something like when we were kids."
"People change a lot," Mike replied. "Just look at Cindy, she's changed a lot since she first moved here."
"I know, it's just strange to think about sometimes..." Lil replied. "You should come over to play basketball sometimes, we have a pretty good Nicktoons team."
"Only if you come over for Bean Bag Tag." Mike smirked.
"Definitely," Lil smirked back. "I hope you guys get ready to lose to us."
"Oh, please," Mike teased. "I could run circles around your team, even Jenny, even if she is a robot."
"I bet you won't even beat Danny, and he's a ghost." Lil teased back.
"I'll have Jo beat him," Mike smirked. "She's a demon."
Phil was about to go and tease Lil.
"Teasing your sister?" Betty smirked.
"Uh, well, I..." Phil said nervously.
"When are you gonna leave her alone?" Betty asked. "You don't see her interrupting you and Courtney, now do ya? You two are just like me and Freddie when we were kids."
"How did you know?" Phil asked his mother.
"You're forgetting that I have super-hearing." Betty reminded.
"I guess..." Phil smiled sheepishly. "Sorry, Mom, we're siblings, it's what we do, we give each other heck, but we love each other deep down, you should know."
"Yeah, I'm glad that you two look out for each other," Betty smiled. "I'm proud of you, Phil."
"Thanks, Mom." Phil smiled back.
Meanwhile at Skarr's place...
Skarr, Wartz, and Prickly were all discussing the tournament.
"My students are Phil and Lil DeVille, Tommy and Dil Pickles, Kimi Finster, Buddy Gunderson, Susie Carmichael, Arnold Shortman, Gerald Johanssen, Otto Rocket, Maurice Rodriguez, Sam Dullard, Reggie Rocket, Danny Fenton, Jenny Wakeman, Manny Rivera, Frida Suarez, and Paulina Sanchez," Wartz replied. "Also, I believe they've asked for help from Chuckie Finster, Angelica Pickles, Rhonda Wellington-Lloyd, and Courtney Gripling."
"Oh, please, George, they won't even win, not with my team." Prickly scoffed.
"Oh, yeah, Pete?" Wartz replied. "Then who's on your team then?"
"Yeah, let's hear about this 'super amazing team of students' you keep bragging about." Skarr added.
"Fine..." Prickly rolled his eyes. "My students are TJ Dettwieler, Ashley Spinelli, Vince LaSalle, Gretchen Grundler, Mikey Blumberg, Gus Griswald, Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable, Penny Proud, Zack Martin, Dijonay Jones, Zoey Howzer, LaCienega Boulvardez, and Sticky Webb. They are also getting help from Lilo Pelekai, Miley Stewart, Cody Martin, and Raven Baxter."
"Isn't Raven Baxter a troublemaker?" Skarr smirked.
"Yes, she always tries to stop a problem, almost like she knows it's coming from the future." Prickly commented, not knowing that Raven was actually a psychic which was only known by her family and close friends.
Skarr and Wartz gasped to that.
"How do you like that?" Prickly smirked.
"Well, no matter, my team of students with Mike Mazinsky in charge will wipe the floor with all of you." Skarr bragged immaturely.
"Oh, really?" Prickly asked. "Then tell us who you have."
"Very well," Skarr smirked. "My team is Mike Mazinsky, Juniper Lee, Dee Dee Tartovosky, Ed Hill, Eddward Vincent, Eddy Sampson, Jo Elliot, Justin and Justine Reid, Duncan and Abby Nelson, Sky Podemski, Sammy McAuley, Trent McCord, Brianna Smith, Ashlyn Pitstop, and Jade Summers. They are going to be helped by Lu and Og, along with Nazz von Bartonschmeer, Zach and Joanna Bell."
"Of course you do." Wartz said like it was predictable.
"Well, what'd you think?" Skarr replied. "They are the best group in my school."
"Oh, it's fine, just that you use those same students all the time." Prickly told Skarr.
"Ah, you're just jealous that they go to my school and not yours." Skarr scoffed.
"Who said that I was jealous?" Prickly glared.
"You sound like it, besides, you use that TJ boy and his friends more than one time!" Skarr retorted.
And so, the three school principals had a childish argument after their students went home early to practice for the tournament coming up between the various other schools, unknowing that the Lemon Brook team had the plans of their own.
Mike decided to relax by watching an Action Guy movie called The Journey for Harmony like Superman's movie, The Quest for Peace, but then it was interrupted by a phone ring, and Mike decided to answer it.
"Hello?" Mike answered.
"Mike, I'm sorry to interrupt your evening, but it's an emergency." Nazz's voice told her.
"What's wrong?!" Mike gasped.
"It's Meg, she's in the hospital." Nazz replied.
"Are you sure?" Mike asked.
"Yes, we're all over there." Nazz nodded.
"Okay, I'll be right over there in a few minutes." Mike said before hanging up.
Jen and Jamie weren't home. Jen was at the Mall with her friends and Jamie was hanging out with Coop and Kiva. Mike wrote a quick note and put it on the fridge, and then rushed out of her home to go see what was going on with Meg.