The next morning at the Mazinsky house, Mike woke up and looked down to see Ling-Ling sleeping on her lap and Toot sleeping on her chest, not drooling. Mike smiled halfway, then let out a small yawn as she carefully got out of bed and slipepd into the bathroom to take a shower.
Toot woke up yawning and headed to the bathroom, unknowing that Mike is taking a shower. "Time to shave." she said to herself as she pulled out shaving cream and a regular razor.
Ling-Ling ran a little in his sleep. Toot giggled as she then left to shave.
Toot came into the bathroom, still not knowing that Mike was taking a shower, but she did see someone was doing just that and mistook the figure. "Jamie, are you taking a shower?" she then asked out loud. "Do you need someone to scrub your back?"
Mike was humming in the shower.
"I see, trying to be secretive..." Toot smirked as she took the back brush. "Here, let me help you... I see this lots of times in movies."
Mike hummed her little song as she kept scrubbing, then felt someone scrubbing her back all of the sudden. "That's weird, who's scrubbing my back?" she asked herself.
Toot hummed as she scrubbed Mike's back.
"TOOT!" Mike gasped.
Toot looked over and screamed. "Oh, Mike, I thought you were your brother!"
"No, I'm not." Mike replied.
"Oh, God, I'm so sorry, really, I'm sorry, I was coming in here to shave and shower." Toot panicked.
"Is that all you were planning on doing?" Mike folded her arms.
"I swear, Mike, I didn't mean to do that," Toot said. "I am really sorry!"
Mike sighed. "It's okay, just be careful next time, alright?"
"Yes, ma'am." Toot nodded.
"Aw, I can't stay mad at you." Mike replied.
"Hug and make up?" Toot asked.
"Uh, let's wait after my shower, K?" Mike suggested.
"Oh, uh, okay..." Toot chuckled sheepishly.
Mike then shut the shower curtain and went back to her shower.
"Phew!" Toot then went back to shave.
In the living room, Jen was on the phone.
"Sure, Tuesday, you can come over later," Jen said. "Mike's going with some friends to Australia anyway, we can hang out around then. Yeah, Mike has a friend over right now."
"All right, Toot, the shower is all yours." Mike said after a while.
"Thanks, sorry about earlier." Toot replied.
"Eh, it's fine." Mike shrugged.
"At least nothing else can go wrong." Toot said.
"Lets only hope." Mike said as she was getting Ling-Ling's breakfast ready for when the battle monster would wake up.
It was a nice and special day so far and would get better on the way to the Australian Outback.
Cindy woke up and stretched.
"Morning, Cindy." Drell meditated.
"Morning, Drell-" Cindy said, then her eyes widened and she did a double take. "DRELL! What are you doing here?!"
"I need to warn you about your trip to Australia," Drell stood up, nearly hitting the ceiling due to how big he was and how small the clubhouse was. "Ow..."
"What is it?" Cindy asked.
"Your relationship with Maxwell is going to be tested," Drell said. "I can't tell you how, but you have to prove to each other that you really love each other. I really love you guys as a couple, you're so cute together, so don't blow this!"
"But what is it?" Cindy asked.
"I can't tell you, but promise me!" Drell replied.
"Drell..." Cindy pouted, wanting to know.
"PROMISE ME!" Drell shouted sharply.
"Okay, okay, I promise." Cindy gave in.
"Good girl..." Drell patted her on the head. "Now, I must get going, there's a Ghoul School reunion and Miss Grimwood is hosting this year."
"Uh, have fun with that." Cindy shrugged.
"See ya." Drell said as he teleported away then.
Cindy got down from the clubhouse with her suitcase and walked to the bus station until she was grabbed by someone with a hat, coat, and sunglasses. "Please, take all my money, I don't need it!" she yelped.
"Zip it, Butler, or I will." the stranger threatened in a very familiar voice.
"Wait a minute, Jo?" Cindy asked then.
Jo took off the sunglasses. "Hey."
"Uh, why do you look like a 1930's gangster?" Cindy asked.
"Hiding." Jo replied.
Cindy snickered. "You hiding?" She then laughed. "Oh, my God, that's... That's..."
"Stop laughing!" Jo glared.
Cindy fell on her back, holding her sides and laughed, kicking her legs. "Oh, man! Where's my phone? Oh, I gotta send this to Penn! The big bad Jo Elliot is hiding, oh, man, I don't think I should be afraid of you anymore."
"Cindy, really..." Jo narrowed her eyes.
Cindy took out her phone. "Oh, man!" she dialed a number.
Penn was holding onto a rope and answered his cell phone. "WHAT IS IT THIS TIME?!"
"You know my friend Jo?" Cindy started.
"Cindy, I swear..." Jo glowered.
"What about her?" Penn asked.
"You gotta see this..." Cindy snickered, taking a picture of Jo and sent it to Penn's phone.
Penn let go of the rope with his other hand as he had a new photo on his phone.
Suddenly a heavy safe fell, making a loud and painful crash sound heard.
"MOTHERFUCKER!" Teller's voice yelled.
Penn laughed.
"I know, right? I-" Cindy was about to continue until a tendril wrapped around her mouth and wrist.
Cindy muffled and wiggled.
"Cindy's a little tied up at the moment, catch ya later." Jo took the phone and hung up.
"Oh, Teller, you gotta see this..." Penn knelt down by the crushed safe on the stage floor.
Teller's feet and hands twitched as he was nearly crushed to death.
"Teller...?" Penn asked.
"Help..." Teller weakly called.
"Oh, man, don't worry, I'll get you out," Penn promised. "Right after I get me a snack."
Teller groaned in response.
Cindy muffled while chuckling nervously.
"Who do you think you are?" Jo asked as she started to bounce Cindy up and down on her tendril.
Cindy yelped and flopped. "C-C-Come on, Jo, I was just kidding!"
"Oh, I'll show you just kidding!" Jo glared as she continued.
"Jo, please, stop..." Cindy begged. "I'm starting to feel nauseous."
"GOOD!" Jo growled.
Mike, Toot and Ling-Ling were walking down to the bus stop with their suitcases until they saw Cindy crawling up to the light post.
"HELP, HELP, SHE'S TRYING TO KILL MEEEEE!" Cindy squealed.
"Ooh, she look cute enough to eat." Toot cooed.
"No, Toot." Mike warned.
"Awww..." Toot pouted.
"She's trying to kill me, help!" Cindy cried out.
Jo wrapped a tendril around Cindy's neck.
"GACK!" Cindy choked and flopped back, zipping from Jo.
Jo then slid her around like a ball and balanced her on the tip of her finger.
Cindy groaned and stuck her tongue out in disgust and sickness. "I surrender..." she whimpered, waving a tiny white flag.
"So, who are you afraid of?" Jo growled.
"Uhh..." Cindy blinked.
Jo roared.
"You!" Cindy squeaked. "you... You... I'm afraid of you... Heheh..."
"Good! And what lesson did you learn from this?" Jo asked.
"There was a lesson?" Cindy asked.
Jo strengthened the tendril.
"Never do anything stupid or I will pay the consequences!" Cindy grunted.
"Good." Jo said before letting go of her.
Cindy fell flat on the sidewalk and gasped for air. "Phew... Glad that's over... I faced Drell earlier, at least I don't have to see him ever again for the rest of this adventure."
"Have you seen him around?" Jo asked.
"Who?" Cindy asked.
"That Captain Hero." Jo explained.
"Not today, why?" Cindy asked.
"He keeps stalking me, that's why I'm dressed like this." Jo said.
"I thought you were gonna run away from home and join the circus..." Toot said. "I mean, that's what I did."
"Oh, ha-ha, very funny." Jo deadpanned.
"I thought you idolized him." Mike said to the jockette, referring to Captain Hero.
"Yeah, as a kid, but now he's trying to make me his sidekick." Jo replied.
"Well, you could for one day," Mike shrugged. "Wooldoor did."
"Really?" Jo asked.
"Yeah, he really wanted it," Mike explained. "I felt bad for him, he was always chickening out sometimes... One time he ended up accidentally asking if he could be Captain Hero's sideshow. He even told Wooldoor that he made Captain Girl up, all he wanted was a sidekick."
"Wait, Captain Girl isn't even real?!" Jo asked. "Then who died?!"
"It was his imaginary friend." Mike replied.
"Ugh..." Jo groaned and face-palmed.
Cindy rolled her eyes. "I swear, this town will eat you alive."
"You mean he..." Jo went berserk. "What the Hell kind of hero is he?!"
"This is why I'm an Action Guy fan." Mike said.
"Ugh..." Jo groaned, then walked off. "I'm surrounded by idiots."
"At least I don't have to worry about Uncle Bubba while I'm gone." Cindy smiled.
"It's a good thing that I ate breakfast." Toot said.
"First breakfast." Mike teased.
Toot smirked and hit her in the arm. "So, uh, Cindy, this uncle of yours, is he cute...?"
Cindy took out a photograph of her slob of an uncle.
"Oh, my God!" Toot gasped.
Cindy grinned evilly.
"He's gorgeous!" Toot said then.
"WHAT?!" Cindy's eyes widened.
"He's cute~" Toot cooed.
"He's married though," Cindy said. "To my Aunt Barbie."
"Aw, man..." Toot groaned. "All the good men are taken..."
"At least I don't have to worry about him for a while..." Cindy said.
"Don't be so sure..." Bubba's voice said right behind her.
Cindy gulped and looked up nervously. "Bubba..."
"Your mother's making me keep an eye on you..." Bubba leaned over her slightly. "You better stay out of my way or else I'm eating you slowly and painfully."
"Eating me?" Cindy gasped, grabbing her own throat.
Bubba grabbed her by her collar with an evil grin. "If your friends kill me for it, just remember, it's worth it..."
Toot looked lovingly to the horrible man.
"Oh, what's this, Mike?" Bubba asked, looking over to Toot. "You got yourself another whore?"
"Excuse me?!" Mike and Toot demanded.
Cindy wiggled in her uncle's hold.
"Haven't I seen you in one of my dad's dirty magazines before he left the family?" Bubba asked before wiping his nose with Cindy's hood.
Toot glanced at the vampire.
"Hey!" Bubba grabbed a hold of Toot's arm harshly. "When I talk, you answer!"
"Hey, let me go, you sexy beast!" Toot demanded.
"Ugh!" Cindy groaned. "Can't we go through a normal day without someone fighting?!"
"Shut your goddamn mouth, Butler, or else I'll rip out your voice box." Bubba threatened.
"Uncle Bubba..." Cindy whispered in shock.
"I'm tired of your complaining." Bubba growled.
"We're family..." Cindy said.
"SHUT UP!" Bubba yelled in her face. "I swear, I will eat you right here right now!"
"Hey, she's your family, you can't talk to her like that!" Toot glared.
"Yeah, what gives you the right to talk to her like that?" Mike added in firmly.
"Nice 'parroting' skills, Mazinsky." Bubba laughed at Mike.
Ling-Ling growled at Bubba, ready to attack him.
"Eh, you guys aren't worth my time..." Bubba dropped Cindy and folded his arms. "Have a good time, Cindy, and remember, if a crocodile doesn't eat you, I will."
Cindy rolled her eyes.
"See you guys later." Bubba said before walking away.
"Asshole..." Toot growled.
"Language!" Cindy frowned.
Maxwell came over. "Hey, guys, I'm not late am I?"
"No, you're good," Cindy smiled to him. "The bus hasn't come yet."
"This trip will be so cool." Sky said as she came with Duncan and Abby.
"Cindy, why are you on the ground?" Abby asked.
"Uh, it's my new work-out..." Cindy grinned nervously with a chuckle. "Uh, yeah, Ground Robics!"
"Riiiight." Abby said, not believing her.
"And 50!" Cindy then said before doing a flip in mid-air, then stood on her feet, putting her hand in her pocket and looked chill for a moment. "So, Maxie, your Gramps ever go to Australia?"
Maxwell rolled his eyes. "He said something about a vampire rock or whatever."
"Jamie told me, Toot, and Ling-Ling about the legendary vampire rock," Mike said. "The Yowie Yahoo."
"Yeah, something like that." Maxwell said.
"The Yowie Yahoo?!" Cindy panicked.
"Yeah." Maxwell confirmed.
Cindy fell on her back and laughed again. "Oh, man, wait til I tell Penn that one!"
"It's real." Mike defended.
"I guess, but that name..." Cindy snickered. "Oh, man, I wish Penn were here..."
"Here comes the bus." Duncan said.
"Okay, guys, come on, Australia awaits!" Cindy stood up then. "Adventure, ho!"
"I thought you hated adventures." Abby replied.
"Time for a change," Cindy smiled, putting her hands on her hips. "I'm not gonna be cowardly anymore!"
The others glanced to her.
"Uh, well, I'll try anyway..." Cindy shrugged. "But come on! What could possibly go wrong?"
"Yowie Yahoo." Toot reminded.
Cindy rolled her eyes.