"Ready?" Annie asked Spyke. Spyke nodded. Jelonzo and Crusty Sean gave Spyke some gear to wear while visiting Jaggy.

Moe remained silent and didn't complain, which really set Annie off a bit.

"You alright Moe?" Annie asked. Moe pushed himself deeper into her tentacles. "Moe? C'mon! Talk to me!"

Moe didn't budge.

"Fine." Annie told him and began putting her boots on.

"Annie." Moe began. Annie looked up at her clownfish. "Yes Moe?"

"Are you going to abandon me for Spyke?"

Annie's eyes widened. "NO! OF COURSE NOT! WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT?"

"I have that feeling! You pay less attention to me when Spyke's around! You also act differently when he's around too!" Moe told her. Annie took him out of her hair and laid him on the couch. "What do you mean Moe?"

"Before Spyke came, you never had to tell me to back off from yelling at folks or tell me to be quiet! Now you act like you don't want me to speak at all!"

"Moe! Even though you can be rude, I still love you! But sometimes you just need to quiet down! Yelling at inkling's won't get you any money! It'll just make them want to leave!"

Moe opened his mouth, but nothing came out. Instead, he whipped around and turned his back to her. Annie froze. "You're gonna turn your back to me?" Moe still remained silent.

The sea anemone sighed and put him back in her hair. "We'll talk later Moe. Right now, we're going to meet Spyke's brother." Annie got up and marched to the front door.

"SPYKE! C'MON!" Annie yelled to Spyke. Spyke walked out the bathroom and out the front door with Annie.

(After they ride the train out of Inkopolis and to Planktonville.)

"This is the street. Kelpton." Spyke told Annie. The two began walking through the neighborhood. Houses were missing windows and a lobster laid unconscious on the side of the curb. Empty beer bottles hung from a roof used as a chime.

"Spyke, are you sure this the right street?" Annie asked, looking at a jellyfish on a lawn chair asleep.

"Yes. I searched up his name on and he lives on this street in house 13666." Spyke told her, spotting the house on the cul-de-sac. He motioned Annie towards the house.

Spyke rang the doorbell. "Annie, I'm nervous." Spyke told her. Annie grasped his hand tightly. "You'll do fine!" Annie reassured him. Spyke took in a deep breath and nodded.

After about 57 seconds, footsteps approached the door. The doorknob began turning and the door opened slightly.

"Hello?"

Spyke glanced at Annie. "Jaggy? I-it's me Spyke." Silence rang for a bit before the door fully opened.

A sea urchin with dark green and purple eyes,a robe, and some socks stood in the doorway.

"SPYKE! I haven't seen you in forever! C'mon! You and your little girlfriend!" Jaggy told him, reaching his arms around his younger brother. Spyke smiled abit and hugged him back. Annie stood back.

Jaggy finally let go of his brother and invited him and Annie inside. Inside the house, random pills, medications, needles, empty super sea snail shells, beer bottles, and porno magazines laid everywhere. Annie shuddered at the magazines photos and saw one of the photos having the Squid Sisters modeling in Mahi-Maui resort. Spyke picked up Annie and carried her with him.

"Just sit down on the couch." Jaggy told them, getting something out of the kitchen. Spyke shoved aside the magazines and sat of the almost totalled sofa.

Jaggy returned with some sandwiches. He sat on the magazines, not acknowledging that they were there the whole time.

"So, how's it been." Jaggy asked. Spyke told him that he was living in the back alley of inkopolis and got gear for folks. "So, you got a rep, little bro? What you do, little anemone?"

"I help inklings with headgear." Annie told him. Jaggy giggled.

"Hey Spyke! Can you do a quick favor for me? Can you run to the store and buy me some bread?" Jaggy asked Spyke, handing him twenty dollars.

"Sure. C'mon Annie." Spyke told Jaggy.

"No, no, Annie can stay here!" Jagged told Spyke. Spyke looked a bit unsettled. "You okay with staying here love?" Annie looked over at the magazines and quickly shook her head. "I'll go to the store with you!" Annie told Spyke and quickly leaped up. Jaggy frowned. "C'MON ANNIE! STAY!"

Spyke motioned Annie to stay behind him. Jaggy looked ready to pop a vein. "Why do you want Annie to stay so badly?!" Spyke demanded. Jaggy didn't answer. "WHY!"

Jaggy lunged up and smashed Spyke on the back of his head with an empty beer bottle. Spyke flew to the ground, blood drooling to his neck. He managed to yell to Annie to run out the house before going unconscious.

Annie screamed and began running to the door. Jaggy marched over to her quickly and grabbed her. He grinned menacingly and began dragging her up the stairs to her room.

"SPYKE! SPYKE!" Annie yelled, but was quickly silenced by Jaggy's hand. "This was way to easy." Jaggy muttered to her and kicked open his bedroom door. Annie let out a muffled cry for help before being thrown onto his bed.

Jaggy slammed the door closed and locked it, slowly turning towards Annie. He put his hand between his legs and grinned. Annie laid on the bed, frozen with fear as he stepped closer towards her. Just as he was about to reach her, Moe leaped up and bit the cheek. Jaggy screamed in pain and slipped on one of the magazines laying on the ground.

"ANNIE RUN!" Moe yelled through his teeth. Annie got up and unlocked the door. She managed to open it and run downstairs. Jaggy got up and threw Moe across the room.

Annie began unlocking the front door, but then saw Spyke still laying there. If they left him, Jaggy would do something terrible to him. The sea anemone grabbed a cup and filled it with sink water and raced to the unconscious urchin. She splashed it over his face.

Spyke lunged up, gasping for air as he tried to remember where he was. "SPYKE! WE NEED TO GET MOE AND RUN!" Annie yelled. Spyke stared at her for a second, then began nodding.

Jaggy stomped into the living room with the broken beer bottle. "NOWHERE TO RUN!" Jaggy yelled. Annie crouched behind Spyke. Spyke took his screwdriver out of his pocket and stood up slowly. "Get Moe and get out of here." Spyke told Annie. Annie nodded and ran back upstairs.

"Why are you doing this?" Spyke asked Jaggy. Jaggy grinned. "Ever since Mom died, I've felt weak, useless, hopeless. I've become what every pointless man would become. I'd lie to get what I desired. I've came that close to feeling power over somebody, and I won't let it slide that easily!" Jaggy lunged himself at Spyke. Spyke dodged barely and shot his screwdriver into Jaggy's back. Jaggy yelled in agony and fell to the ground. Spyke shot the screwdriver into Jaggy's kidney and left it there.

"I know you can be so much more." Spyke told him and walked out the house. He picked up Annie and carried her back to the train station.