The king started "Two centuries ago, back when Pastavazoolastan was being developed, our ancestors had first came to the throne. Our first ruler was King William the Good, he had been compassionate and kind towards even the most unfortunate citizens in the kingdom. As a result, our country was very peaceful and a nice to place to live. However, Grandpa William went on a journey and got lost at sea, leaving the kingdom in charge of his brother, Prince Cyrus and that's when everything changed..."
"What happened?" asked Brenda.
"Well, his style of rule was very different than that of his brothers." The king continued. "Unlike William, Cyrus believed that the kingdom should be ruled by fear and he had powerful connections to the nobility that preferred the old ways of quiet bribery."
"Indeed" the Queen nodded "Soon enough, he started robbing people of all their belongings, imprisoning and/or executing people who didn't agree or question his ways. He also started using Taxation Without Representation"
"What that?" asked Cavey.
"It means he taxed people for no apparent reason and it's not fair" the queen replied "This cycle continued to go on for over 267 years!"
"Then what happened, your highness?" asked Brenda.
"Well, the people got fed up by the way of things and staged an uprising." The king replied. "Now, before we get to that, I wanted to add that King Cyrus was also suspicious of his brother's descendants and fear that they might try to reclaim the throne through force, so he had them rounded up. William's son - Prince Harold - led his family into exile as a result."
"Now, Harold's family, who were based in Britain, started to make their claim to the throne on the grounds that Cyrus seized it illegally by sabotaging the ship his brother used for his journey." The queen said. "So anyways, the people staged an uprising after being fed up of 267 years of corruption, where they demanded the king to abdicate."
"And what happened then?" asked Brenda.
The king continued "The king was furious! He sent his guards to seize the people in the kingdom for what they did. War broke out between the people of the country and the guards. It was so ugly"
"Oh my God, then what happened?" asked Brenda.
"Well, the royal guards were overwhelmed by the uprising and soon, the people, who managed to form an army, were able to enter the palace." The king said. "They demanded that the exiled descendants of Prince Harold be restored to the throne, in addition to the formation of a Parliament, where all the country's decisions will be decided by the elected prime minister, not the king."
"And let me guess, the king didn't care" Dee Dee remarked.
"Well he didn't" said the king "But Cyrus was so frustrated with their demands that he finally agreed to make a parliament and the country had its first prime minister election"
"The first parliamentary elections satisfied several of the demands of the people." The queen said. "However, it didn't exactly put an end to matters."
"That's right." Otto nodded. "There were a group of legislators in Parliament who were loyal to King Cyrus V and preferred the old ways of doing business, and then a crisis began after King Cyrus V died childless."
"He had no children." The king continued. "So there was no one in line that can inherit the throne from him, and the liberal-leaning parliamentarians in favour of reforms requested that the exiled family of Prince Harold to take the throne. The head of that branch of the royal family descended from Prince Harold was me."
"So you became the new King." Brenda said.
"Correct, princess" the king nodded "But it would seem that Darius here is loyal towards Cyrus and he stole the scepter to send the country into chaos and mass destruction"
Lord Darius grumbled something under his breath.
"Alright pal! You'd better start talking!" Junior pointed his club at Darius "Cause my dad has a club and he will use"
"You bet me do" Cavey said as he pounded his club into the palm of his hand.
"If you have something against me, Lord Darius, you'd better start talking." The king said sternly.
"Not only do me have club, but me also got T-Rex, or 'Sharptooth' rather" Cavey added.
"Wrong franchise" Dee Dee sighed.
Darius, realizing he was surrounded, finally decided to come clean.
"Very well." He said, defeated. "You got me, Your Majesty."
He then took a deep breath before saying.
"My ancestors served Cyrus, they knew Cyrus, Cyrus was a friend of theirs" he replied "We firmly believed in his ways and we were distraught at what had happened when he died, so I took on the job as your family's advisor to find some way to steal your riches and avenge Cyrus. When I found out the scepter was vital to your country and would cause mass destruction and chaos in the country, I tried to get my hands on it for years, but to no avail. When I figured out that you were going to the resort and bringing the scepter with you, I secretly flew here to steal it. Working undercover as a hotel employee, I knew the code to the safe, where the scepter was kept, so I disguised myself as a yeti to get away with it. And I would've, if it wasn't for you meddling kids and those hairy freaks!"
"Hey! Don't you dare say that about me son!" Cavey roared.
"And don't you say that about these three beautiful angels!" Junior added.
"Too bad." The king said sternly.
"Now you'd better tell us where the scepter is you meanie!" Junior exclaimed "Or my dad will pull out a saber from his fur and have him scratch you!"
"Yeah!" Cavey exclaimed. "Me not afraid to use it."
Cavey reached into his fur and pulled out a saber tooth tiger, which started roaring at everyone.
"Now you'd better start squawking, bub!" Junior exclaimed "Cause Leon hasn't had his mid morning steaks yet"
The saber tooth tiger nodded as it roared loudly at Darius. He finally broke down and spoke.
"Aaahhh!" he screamed "Okay! Okay! It's in a compartment behind the bear head in the other lodge!"
"That's more like it" Brenda smiled.
"Then, that's where we're going." Taffy said.
Our heroes made it to the other lodge and found the secret compartment with the scepter inside.
"We did it!" Dee Dee exclaimed "We got the scepter back"
"I can never thank you enough, Brenda" Otto said as he hugged Brenda "You saved our kingdom and exposed a double agent"
"It was really nothin, Otto" Brenda giggled and blushed.
"Well, I sure am glad we can help out, Your Royal Highness." Taffy said to Otto.
"Of course we had a little from Captain Caveman and Son" Dee Dee added.
"Yep" Cavey proclaimed "You got first superheroes on your side"
"Come on, let's have some nice cocoa" Taffy said.
Just then, Brenda remembered something.
"Um, you guys go ahead, I'll catch up" Brenda said as she looked at the prince.
Taffy and Dee Dee looked at each other before shrugging and left.
Once they were alone, Otto and Brenda looked at each other.
"Hey Brenda, thanks again for getting the scepter back" Otto said as he held Brenda's hands.
"Of course, I'd do anything for you, Otto" Brenda smiled at her love interest "So, did you talk to your parents about me coming to live with you three at the palace?"
"Ah yes." Otto nodded.
"What did they think of the idea?" Brenda asked.
"They said they'd love to have a princess and with you around, we've got another heir to the throne" said Otto "But if you're going to become a princess and live with us, it's not that easy"
"What do you mean?" asked Brenda.
"Well, you're an American immigrant, so it'll have to take about like a few months before you can become an official legal Pastavazoolastan citizen" Otto explained.
"Is there anything else I should know about?" asked Brenda.
"Well, the country's society is quite conservative." Otto added. "Many of my people aren't ready for a member of the royal family to marry a commoner, not to mention that the idea of marrying a foreigner is frowned upon, unless it's a member of the royal family marrying a member of a foreign royal family."
"But I want to get married, Otto" Brenda told him "I want to be your queen, I want us to be together forever, I want us to have beautiful children, I want us to have each other. Is there anything we can do about it?"
Otto sighed. "I'll see what I can do. My father can ask his prime minister and cabinet to propose a law that will loosen up the strict marriage requirements for members of the royal family, though I have a feeling that it will run into fierce opposition."
"Opposition? What kind of opposition?" asked Brenda.
"From the more conservative lawmakers." Otto replied. "They're resistant to any kind of change or reforms the current government are trying to implement."
"Golly, that sounds terrible" Brenda remarked.
"It is" Otto nodded "And the worst part is that they can easily get people on their side"
Brenda nodded understandingly.
Otto then placed his hands on her shoulders as he continued, "As I said before, I will see what I can do, Brenda. Perhaps if you come over to visit my kingdom and become acquainted with the people, maybe they will like you and be happy to support the changes."
"I'd love to come and visit you" Brenda looked into Otto's eyes "It would be great to see your kingdom"
Otto nodded. "I'll try to arrange a trip for you, Brenda."
"Thank you so much Otto" Brenda hugged the prince "You're the greatest. My Prince Charming"
She then leaned over to give him a kiss on the lips. She pressed her lips onto his and he kissed right back, putting his right hand on her waist and his left hand onto her hair. The two were lost in their own little world as they made out for what seemed like hours to them.
Meanwhile, the others were back in the other lodge as they handed the scepter back to the king.
"Thank you girls for getting our scepter back" said the king "Who knows what would've happened had you not done it"
"Well, it's really Captain Caveman and son who deserve the real credit" Taffy twirled the strands of hair on Cavey's head "They're the true heroes"
Taffy bent down and gave each of the two superheroes a kiss.
"Awww..." Cavey and Junior felt their cheeks heat up and turn red.
Taffy batted her eyelashes at them.
"Dad, did we just kissed by an angel?" asked Junior.
"Yes son, I believe we did" Cavey grinned widely "By beautiful blonde angel"
"Well, anyways." Dee Dee said. "So...what do you suppose we should call ourselves, Taffy?"
Taffy thought "That's a toughie. We haven't really thought of a name yet..."
"I hope you beautiful angels think of something soon" said Junior.
"Say..." Taffy snapped her fingers. "We should incorporate 'Angels' in our team name."
"That's a good idea, Taffy" said Dee Dee "How about...'Cavey's Angels'?"
"Cavey's Angels? Where'd you come up with that?" asked Taffy.
"Well, since Cavey is the mascot, I figured we could call ourselves that" Dee Dee said "Especially since Junior keeps calling us angels"
"Cavey's Angels...I don't know about that." Taffy said. "Doesn't sound catchy enough. What about...'Teen Angels'?"
Dee Dee thought for a moment "On second thought, how about 'Teen Angels'? You know like, 'Teenagers' and 'Angels' combined?"
"Isn't that what I just said?" Taffy asked.
"Whatever" Dee Dee remarked "The point is that I like that name for our team"
"Yeah, it's pretty fitting" Taffy rolled her eyes.
"Anyways, where's Otto?" The queen asked when she and the king realized that Otto wasn't with them.
"And where's Brenda?" Dee Dee added as they looked around.
It was then that Brenda and Otto entered the lodge.
Otto had his arm wrapped around Brenda's shoulder and his face was covered in pink lip marks.
"Bout time you guys arrived" Taffy placed a hand on her hip.
"What took you two so long? And Otto, why does your face have pink lip marks all over it?" asked Dee Dee.
"It's a long story." Otto said. "Though I'll like to ask my parents something."
"What is it, son?" The king asked.
"Yeah" Dee Dee folded her arms "Something has been going on these past few days and I demand to know what it is!"
"So do I" Taffy added.
"What's going on?" asked Junior.
Brenda and Otto looked at each other and finally decided to reply.
"I was wondering if you can arrange for Brenda to visit our kingdom someday, father." Otto said to his father before turning to the Teen Angels and continued, "As so that she can familiarize herself with the kingdom in preparation for her future role as the kingdom's princess and eventually, queen."
"Say what?" Dee Dee and Taffy shouted in unison.
"I believe he said that he's going to make Brenda the kingdom's princess and future queen" Junior stated.
"Does...that mean you two are..." Taffy asked before her voice trailed off.
"Pretty much." Brenda nodded as she blushed.
"Congrats Brenda" said Dee Dee "I can't believe you snagged a prince. This is awesome. I can't believe you're going to be royalty"
"I'm happy for you, but at the same time, jealous" Taffy remarked.
"So anyways, what do say, father?" Otto asked as he turned to the king.
The king took a good look at Brenda and Otto and saw how in love the two were.
"I will see what I can do, son." The king replied.
"Your father and I will have to have a little chat, alone" said the queen "So this may take a while"
"Come on guys, let's go get some hot cocoa" said Dee Dee.
The gang all went to the lounge for some cocoa, while the king and Queen had a little private conference.
"So what did I miss, guys?" Brenda asked as they sipped on their hot cocoa.
"We decided to name our group." Dee Dee answered.
"Yeah! We're the Teen Angels!" Taffy exclaimed.
"That's actually not too bad" Brenda said.
"Yeah." Dee Dee agreed. "You can thank me for coming up with the name."
"Actually, it was Taffy's idea." Cavey Junior said.
"Yeah, me saw it with me own two eyes" Cavey added.
"Whatever" Dee Dee said as she took another sip.
Otto raised his mug "Here's to Brenda, the love of my life and her friends, Captain Caveman, Cavey Jr and the Teen Angels!"
Everyone else raised their mugs and they clinked before taking another sip.
"This Cocoa sure is good" Cavey said as he swallowed the mug.
"Sure is pop" Junior added as he swallowed his empty mug as well.
Just then, the prince's parents arrived.
"So?" Otto asked. "Can Brenda visit?"
The king cleared his throat "Well, we talked it over and we think it would be a good idea for Brenda to visit. After all, this kingdom has been doing badly for a while and it could be a good idea to have our people become open to foreigners, not to mention Brenda has potential to be a good queen"
"Oh really?" Brenda's eyes sparkled.
"Indeed" the queen nodded "You're very beautiful, kind, brace, so good to our son and you found our precious family heirloom"
Brenda nodded in acknowledgement.
"You'll be a wonderful queen, Brenda" Otto placed his hand on Brenda's shoulder "I know you will. You're probably the most wonderful person I've met. My princess"
Brenda smiled and nodded before giving Otto another kiss.
"I love you, Otto" Brenda stared into his eyes.
"I love you too, Brenda" Otto said before kissing Brenda back "I love you so much"
As they watch the scene, Cavey covered Junior's eyes.
"Hey! Get off I wanna see" said Junior.
"Sorry son, this too mushy for someone at your age" said Cavey.
Taffy and Dee Dee shared a look with each other and shrugged.
"I sure hope they get married soon" said Taffy.
"But for now, I wish they'd get a room" Junior remarked.
This may have been the end of the mystery, but it was also the beginning of a new team consisting of the Teen Angels, the royal family and of course...
"Captain CAVEMAAAANNNN!" Cavey shouted.
"And son!" Junior finished.
THE END
Author's Note:
It looks like the Teen Angels have been born folks! With the help from Captain Caveman and son, of course! Here's something else you should know:
You know how one of the overarching stories of the Funky Phantom will be Mudsy and the gang trying to prevent the Muddlemore family from extinction? Well, one of the overarching stories of Captain Caveman will be about Brenda getting ready for her future as queen of Pastavazoolastan, so expect more appearances from Otto and his parents. Not to mention more appearances from Otto and his parents.
Now that we're done, get ready for the next episode:
MEDDLING KIDS ORIGINS: THE AMAZING CHAN CLAN!
You can find it in "The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan" section of the site.