Meanwhile back at the Drawn Together house...
"Toot, you've been moodier than usual..." Mike said to the monochromatic 21 year old woman. "Plus you've eaten a lot than usual... Is there something you're not telling me..."
"I'll tell you since you're my friend, but you have to swear not to tell the others." Toot said.
"I promise." Mike smiled.
Toot leaned in and whispered to Mike.
"YOU'RE PREGNANT!?' Mike accidentally yelled out.
"You're pregnant?!" Spanky asked as he overheard that.
"The Betty Boop wannabe is pregnant?" Captain Hero added.
"Who's the father?" Mike asked Toot.
"I don't remember..." Toot stared at the floor before she began to cry. "After the show was cancelled and you left, I got very depressed and I just wandered around bars and taverns... A-And I got raped!"
"Oh, there, there..." Mike hugged Toot and patted her on the back. "It's okay... It's okay..."
"I couldn't do anything about it!" Toot cried to Mike. "I tried to call for help, but he gagged me and did those dirty things to me!"
"Do you know anything about the guy who did this to you?" Mike asked.
"Well, I heard him say a word like 'Giggity' all the time." Toot replied.
"Oh, I feel like I know who you're talking about, one of my friends is next-door neighbors with a guy like that." Mike narrowed her eyes.
"There was also this guy in a wheelchair and a fat guy in a white shirt, they watched everything and didn't even help me," Toot cried in misery. "I'm so scared, Mike, I'm so scared!"
Mike hugged Toot. "It's okay, it's okay..."
Captain Hero tasted Toot's tears and shuddered. "Eugh, doesn't taste as good as Ling-Ling's depression..."
"Poor Toot; I'm sorry that she got raped, but what can we do?" Xandir wondered.
"I'm gonna find that asshole and make him pay." Mike vowed.
"Mike, I like this side of you..." Xandir cooed.
"Um, you do realize I'm a girl, right?" Mike reminded the video game character.
"I know, but I'm just so proud that you put other people's lives before your own." Xandir replied.
"Mama has raised her well." Foxxy said with a small laugh.
"Oh, yes..." Mike agreed. "Uh, Toot, you're not gonna let this baby end up like the Nicaraguan baby, are you?"
Toot was guzzling down a bottle of booze and loudly belched, then looked to Mike. "You say somethin'?"
"Uh, never mind, but, uh, are you gonna keep the baby?" Mike asked Toot.
"All right," Spanky said as he pulled out a gun. "Time for a good old-fashioned abortion!"
"Put that gun down, Porky!" Mike told Spanky.
"Dang..." Spanky put it down.
"I don't know..." Toot sighed, then glared. "I just know one thing: The baby ain't goin' to my mother!"
"I know, I know." Mike soothed, remembering Angel Braunstein very well.
"Take it to that orphan home like when Foxxy first picked up Mike." Clara suggested.
"I don't know what I'll do yet..." Toot sighed.
"Well, whatever you do, I'll be by your side all the way..." Mike soothed.
Toot smiled to her and hugged her.
"If the baby dies, I got first dibs!" Captain Hero said.
"Aw, I wanted first dibs." Wooldoor pouted.
"They haven't changed, have they?" Mike narrowed her eyes.
"Mm-mm..." Toot shook her head.
"Ring-Ring missed you, Mike~" Ling-Ling smiled as he nuzzled up against the tomboy.
Mike smiled and hugged Ling-Ling back. "Oh, you don't know how badly I wanted to take you with me."
"Trainer didn't want Ring-Ring back, so Ring-Ring no have trainer anymore." Ling-Ling smiled back.
"I never did like that kid from the stories you told me about him..." Mike folded arms.
"Mike adopt Ring-Ring...?" Ling-Ling asked hopefully.
"I-I don't know, Ling-Ling, I-I have to think about it." Mike told the battle monster.
Ring-Ring understand..." Ling-Ling's ears drooped.
"Don't worry, I plan to stay a while, I'll let you know before I go." Mike promised, ruffling the top of his head.
Ling-Ling then smiled and nuzzled up against Mike again.
"Hey, that tickles!" Mike laughed.
"So, Mike, do you wanna go to the cemetery with me?" Captain Hero invited.
"Uhh... I'll meet you there..." Mike shuddered.
"SCORE!" Captain Hero cheered, then zipped off ahead of her.
"Dork." Mike laughed.
"That's my little transvestite girl." Foxxy smiled proudly.
'Should I tell them about who I really am?' Mike thought to herself.
Cindy was in her dressing room, being powdered.
"Oh, are we back onto us?" Cindy asked the fourth wall. "Uhh... Umm..."
"CINDY, HURRY UP IN THERE, WILL YA?!" Jo called out.
"Okay, okay, I'm comin'..." Cindy sighed. "A little more color, please?"
The make-up artist shoved a puff ball in her face.
Cindy coughed and sneezed. "Thank you... Okay, I'm ready." she then said, going back into the scene.
"I'm going to kill that fox one of these days." Jo promised darkly.
"Yeah, yeah..." Cindy sighed.
"You okay?" Jo asked.
"Uh, Jo, if you got in a fight with someone who loves you like a niece and they refused to talk with you, what would you do?" Cindy asked.
"What would I do?" Jo asked.
"Yeah." Cindy said.
"Hmm... I dunno..." Jo shrugged. "What happened?"
Cindy folded her arms. "It's a rhetorical question, just tell me what you would have done."
"Sorry, Cindy, I'd have to be in the situation..." Jo shrugged, then walked off.
Cindy frowned in worry, then sighed.
"Well, in a way, I know what you mean," Jo said. "I've been ignored all my life by Sue and Sylvester, though mostly Sylvester. Why do you think I never visit Sue's mother? Because she treats me like a monster."
"Yeah, but what if this guy treats you like family and now he's stomping all over you!?" Cindy cried out.
Jo glanced at her. "Did something happen in Vegas?"
"I can't talk about it..." Cindy had a tear roll down her cheek.
"You can tell me." Jo insisted.
"But you don't understand..." Cindy said.
"Tell me now!" Jo demanded.
"But, Jo, I can't." Cindy said.
"Why not?" Jo asked.
"I just can't... Not now anyway... Someday..." Cindy pouted.
Jo merely narrowed her eyes.
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you." Cindy gave in.
"Good girl." Jo nodded.
Cindy sighed.
"So, what happened?" Jo asked.
"Let's just say it's not wise to argue with a man who's bigger than you are..." Cindy advised.
"What happened?" Jo asked.
"Okay, I made arrangements with Penn..." Cindy started to explain. "He decided I needed a little culture, so he let me borrow his old comic book collection from when he was a little kid, and I told him that Batman was better than Superman."
"WHAT!?" Jo flipped out. "Is that it!?"
"I know, Superman's big and strong and all, but his weakness comes from his home planet!" Cindy said. "Am I the only one who finds that a little stupid? Am I the only one, Jo?"
"You have some tough life, kid..." Jo walked off then. "Excuse me, I have a fox to fry..."
"Yeah... Go..." Cindy sighed, then walked off inside her house, then clicked on the TV. "Wonder what's on the old tube?"
'We now return to Coming Attractions with Jay Sherman!' the TV announced.
"Awesome, film critic!" Cindy smiled. "Don't think about the gem... Don't think about the gem..." she told herself.
"Oh, Irma, where are you?!" Jo called out as she went to find the troublemaker.
Sledgehammer climbed on top of Cindy's head. "Hey, what's new?"
Cindy looked up at him. "Sledge, I can't fight it, I need that gem!"
Sledgehammer sighed. "Why do you want it so badly?"
"Don't you understand?" Cindy grinned greedily. "That gem can help me with my powers, then I CAN OVERPOWER ANYBODY STRONGER THAN ME AND FOR ONCE, I'LL COME OUT ON TOP!"
"No, I won't let you!" Sledgehammer told her.
"I'll be stronger than Jo even!" Cindy continued. "Life will be so good!"
"Cindy, stop!" Sledgehammer jumped into his owner's sweater.
Cindy started to walk off, but then she twitched and fell into the middle of the floor.
"I'll bite you..." Sledgehammer threatened. "Don't think I won't, I will..."
"You worship me..." Cindy narrowed her eyes.
"HELP, CINDY HAS GONE CRAZY!" Sledgehammer called out for help.
Cindy grabbed Sledgehammer and cupped him in her hands. "Shhh..."
Sledgehammer then bit her hands.
"YOW!" Cindy sky-rocketed in the air, crashing against the ceiling.
"Thank you again so much for helping." Martin smiled as he was walking with Brianna, Trent, Justine, and Sky.
"Sledge, help me out o here!" Cindy screeched.
Sledgehammer rushed out of the house.
"It's no trouble at all," Sky promised. "So, uh, are we gonna save 15% or more on car insurance?"
"Very funny..." Martin forced a laugh.
"GUYS, YOU GOTTA HELP!" Sledgehammer told the others. "CINDY IS GOING TO GET THAT GEM!"
"Sledgehammer?" the others asked.
"Start over..." Martin put his hands on the pink possum's shoulders. "What's going on?"
"Cindy's gone nuts!" Sledgehammer shook the gecko. "Cindy's trying to get that blue gem!"
"Oh, dear," Justine frowned. "We gotta stop her."
"Where is she now, Sledgehammer?" Brianna asked.
"I bit her and made her hit the ceiling..." Sledgehammer put his paws behind his back. "I'd never bite her, but she gave me no choice, but she's headed over to Jo's room and that's just signing her death wish."
"Come on, I know a shortcut to Jo's house." Justine said.
"Hurry, I don't wanna be homeless again!" Sledgehammer wailed.
"Luckily for her, Jo is doing something else right now." Sky commented.
"Come on, let's go there just to make sure." Justine said, leading the way.
Sledgehammer walked with Martin. "So, eh, Martin, buddy? How's Gex?"
"He's been captured." Martin frowned about his brother.
"Not my old buddy!" Sledgehammer frowned.
"I'm afraid so, Mr. White and Mr. Black got him and now I'm next." Martin frowned.
"I'll teach those guys..." Sledgehammer frowned. "You don't steal from Sledgehammer O'Possum!"
"Oh, my, thank you." Martin smiled.
"Here we are." Justine told the others.
"There she is!" Sledgehammer pointed.
Cindy was tiptoeing to the back window to Jo's room as she wore a backpack. She then took out a toilet plunger and stuck it to the wall, climbing up and down from it, sticking and unsticking it as she went up to the window.
"Allow me." Brianna said before jumping to the roof with one leap.
Cindy nearly stumbled and slipped as she felt a force from the jump.
"Does Brianna do gymnastics?" Sky asked Trent.
"Actually, her mother taught her along with her sister," Trent replied. "Her mother was the original Huntress, and her sister is even Cybersix."
"I see..." Sky nodded.
Cindy was trying to climb up, but then Brianna jumped again since this would make Cindy lose her balance. Cindy squirmed and gripped onto the plunger stick as she was losing her trajectory.
"Sorry about this, Cindy..." Brianna leaned forward, bent the stick back, and made it fling Cindy high into the air.
Cindy screamed as she was flying through the air again. "I'm gonna crash!"
Suddenly, a flying carpet came over and saved her.
"Hey, a magic carpet..." Cindy smiled. "What a lucky break... I wonder where that came from...?"
"It was from you, my mistress." Kimba told Cindy as he sat next to her.
"Kimba..." Cindy hugged her tiger.
"I see Cindy riding a carpet with her tiger." Trent told the others.
"And with Kimba protecting her, we can't stop Cindy from getting that gem." Justine added.
"Doesn't the tiger know that's bad?" Trent asked.
"Kimba is a protector for Cindy," Sledgehammer explained. "He's from her mind, so what she believes in, he believes in too, only stronger."
"Well, that sucks," Brianna frowned. "We're gonna have to deal with Cindy and Kimba."
"Sorry, guys..." Sledgehammer pouted.
"Don't worry, Sledgehammer," Sky soothed. "It's not your fault that if Cindy gets that gem, she'll be more strong than, dare I say, Jo."
"And no one is stronger than Jo," Trent added. "She's more strong than all of us put together."
"Exactly, we can't let her have that gem." Justine said.
"Mistress, shall I go after those who are stopping you from getting that gem?" Kimba asked.
"Thank you, Kimba." Cindy replied.
Kimba nuzzled against her and leaped down to fulfill her wishes. Cindy grinned and giggled eagerly.
"Uh, what happens if someone gets the gem and uses it for their own personal gain?" Sledgehammer asked Martin.
"Then nobody will be able to stop that person," Martin replied. "I mean, nobody."
"But what if someone took the gem and used its powers for good?" Sky asked.
"Their powers would increase rapidly, by... Hmm... I'd say 50%." Martin replied.
"Where's Jo when you need her?" Brianna sighed.
"With Justine." Trent teased.
"I'm right here, Trent." Justine deadpanned.
"Sorry, I tried to be funny, but failed." Trent shrugged innocently.
"Look, we need to stop Cindy from getting that gem." Sky told the others as she looked over to see Kimba snarling at the six of them.
Kimba snarled and walked forward. "My mistress's happiness is all that matters."
"But you don't understand; Cindy can't have that gem," Brianna tried to reason with the white tiger. "We're gonna stop her, one way or another."
"You will leave my mistress alone!" Kimba glared. "She deserves to be happy!"
"Listen, Tiger, she's gonna use that gem for EVIL!" Sledgehammer warned. "EEEEEVVILLLL!"
"YOU WILL LEAVE MY MISTRESS ALONE!" Kimba roared very loudly to the others.
"Listen, we're gonna stop her no matter what you say!" Sky glared.
"I have an idea, Sky," Trent suggested. "Justine, deal with Cindy while Bri and I will deal with Kimba."
"You think you'll be okay facing a tiger?" Justine asked.
"Trust us," Brianna said. "You two handle Cindy."
"Okay." Sky and Justine said.
'Come on, Trent!" Brianna called.
Trent gulped nervously about facing a tiger, but he nodded to her. "Okay, Bri."
"Now then, the gem will be all mine!" Cindy laughed evilly. She then was running with a long pole and was about to use it to get into the room. "For the Olympics!" she then threw the pole on the ground and leaned back on it, flinging herself forward with her hands out to clutch the gem.
"Use this." Sledgehammer handed Sky a frying pan.
Sky held up the frying pan which made Cindy squash into it and slide down painfully.
"Owch... Okay... Now I'm angry." Cindy groaned and fell to the ground. She then changed into her grown-up form with a katana blade.
Sledgehammer hit her with the frying pan.
"I'm not giving up..." Cindy turned back to normal and fell to the ground, blacking out briefly.
"Hurry, she won't stay down long!" Sledgehammer told Sky and Justine.
Three vampires summoned by Cindy soon appeared and hissed at the trio.
"Dang, didn't see that coming..." Sledgehammer muttered.
"Now then, nobody will stop me!" Cindy bellowed as she changed into her adult form.
"Except for me." Jo's voice said.
"Who said that?!" Cindy demanded.
"Jo, thank God you're here." Sledgehammer smiled in relief.
"Jo?" Cindy repeated.
"Hi, Cindy..." Jo got in her face.
"Heh... Small world..." Cindy grinned nervously.
"Why are you in your grown-up form?" Jo demanded.
"None of your business." Cindy glared.
"Cindy..." Jo glared back. "Were you trying to get the gem?"
"Uh... No...?" Cindy asked as she seemed to be shrinking.
"You are, aren't you?!" Jo demanded.
"Yes, I am," Cindy replied. "I want to become more powerful than you!"
Jo snarled. "I oughta make Irma take care of you."
"Oh, please no," Cindy begged. "She scares me and always plays around with me like I'm some kind of toy!"
"Cindy..." Jo growled.
There was soon a werewolf summoned.
"Take that, Elliot!" Cindy laughed.
Irma jumped down right next to Cindy. "There's my favorite little friend!"
Cindy screamed and tried to run away.
Irma then wrapped her arms around Cindy and picked her up like a baby. "Oh, I missed you~..."
Cindy flailed her arms out and wiggled, trying to get free. "Uncle! Uncle!"
The others began to realize that Cindy would never act like this, no matter how much she wanted to put Jo in her place sometimes, and she seemed very out-of-character lately.