Meanwhile, Katherine and Valerie saw a young boy with brown hair, wearing a backwards blue cap, a green with black stripes shirt, blue jeans with chains, and black boots.

"Ricky, it's good to see you," Katherine said while hugging her son. "How have you been?"

"Okay, I guess..." Ricky shrugged as he met his mother and put his bags away. "If you're a schoolteacher-"

"No, it doesn't mean you get special treatment if you're in my class," Katherine cut him off right there, looking very firm, but then smiled, putting her arms around Valerie's shoulders. "Maybe if you apply yourself like your cousin."

"My cousin?" Ricky asked.

"Yes... We're cousins," Valerie told him. "Your mother is my dad's sister."

"Whoa." Ricky didn't expect that.

"Since you're here now, Ricky, we'll start training you to become a real weredog outside of school and NOT IDENTIFY YOURSELF TO AN ENEMY!" Katherine glanced to Valerie when she said that.

"Hey, it's not my fault she got those other Kids Next Dorks with her!" Valerie glanced back to her aunt.

"Don't worry, Mom, I promise," Ricky promised he wouldn't expose himself. "By the way, who are the Kids Next Door?"

Valerie looked at him. Who hadn't heard of the Kids Next Door?

"They're a group of kids who use 2x4 technology and fight against evil adults," Katherine explained, icily and nastily. "They're not exactly delinquents, but they are a real pain."

"I live next door to their operative Numbuh 5, AKA 'Crabigail' Lincoln," Valerie added. "Her older sister is formerly known as Numbuh 11: Cree Lincoln, currently the most dangerous teen in the whole Teen Ninja Service for the man known as Father and his Delightful Children from Down the Lane."

"By the way, son, did you know that weredogs are werewolves' rivals?" Katherine prompted.

"I think I saw that in a book Dad has..." Ricky tried to remember. "Why is that anyway?"

"Because your grandmother Vendetta was against the Werewolf Clan that Michelene Wolfe formed," Katherine explained. "Some say they were old friends who had an argument and never made up... Some say there was a dominant species problem... Nobody knows for sure what really happened."

"We think the Te Xuan Ze might know though, but the current one is friends with the werewolves." Valerie added.

"Who are the werewolves around here then?" Ricky asked.

"The current ones are James, Jennifer, and Michelene Mazinsky," Valerie told him. "The orphaned children of John and Miranda."

"What happened to John and Miranda?" Ricky asked.

"Someone killed them... But I heard a rumor that Miranda wasn't actually killed and she's trying to reunite with her children when the time is right."

"And then there's Sky Podemski," Katherine replied. "She is the daughter of Theresa Podemski."

"Is she dead too?" Ricky asked about Theresa.

"Yes, but she died in childbirth, meaning she died giving birth to her younger daughter." Katherine explained.

"Wow." Ricky was surprised.

"Tonight, I have a mission for you to go with your cousin," Katherine told him like she told Valerie earlier. "I already told Valerie, but I want you to capture three girls named Jessica Podemski, Samantha McAuley, and Justine Reid."

Valerie grinned, eagerly and hungrily. "You ready to do this thing... Cuz?"

Ricky took the picture and looked determined. "Let's do this then."

Katherine darkly chuckled as her eyes glowed. "Excellent."