They all then moved on the road. It was very bleak and a very long journey. Phil was slowly licking his peppermint and he offered it to anyone else who wanted to try it.
"The guy with the beard made it sound so easy..." Lil groaned as she walked beside Mike. "Does anybody have any idea where we are?"
"We're right here on Route 66 North," Chuckie said before turning the map upside down. "Or Route 99 South?"
"Two words: Home Schooling." Susie deadpanned.
There was then a gust of freezing wind which made them all instantly shiver.
"I'm cold." Kimi frowned.
"I'm tired." Lil frowned.
"I'm thirsty." Susie frowned.
"I'm ugly!" Angelica cried out as her hair was a mess.
"I wonder what our moms are doing right now?" Tommy sighed as he looked up the road.
"Probably worrying themselves sick over us." Junior suggested.
"I bet if my mom was here, she'd have something to eat..." Lil said as she sat with Mike. "She always has something to eat when we're hungry."
"Or a sweatshirt if you're cold." Kimi added in.
"It's the verses," Phil stated. "Moms are like pack mules of love."
"You guys ever catch your mom sneaking in your room at night just to watch you sleep?" Dil frowned.
Most of the others then agreed.
"It's creepy, but in a good way." Dil smiled sadly.
"You guys ever think what'd it be like not having a mom?" Rhonda said. "I mean, even my mom makes time for me when we go on family trips for Daddy's businesses."
"Mine too." Courtney agreed with her fellow rich girl.
"I've done that..." Chuckie said softly, then thinking about his biological mother, Melinda.
"At least you guys have Moms to go back to..." Mike said.
"What was your mom like?" Lil asked curiously.
"My mom was warm, and beautiful, and protective..." Mike said softly. "She always made sure we were happy and safe... But one day, she couldn't help us... It cost her and my dad their lives..."
"Oh, Mike..." Lil cooed to her girlfriend.
"Guys, this mess is all my fault," Tommy could only blame himself. "I wanted to prove something and now we'll never get to the Nicktoons Parade in time. It couldn't get any worse."
And then, as if on cue, it then started to rain.
Tommy sat down as he couldn't take it anymore. "I... Want... My... MOMMY!"
The others then joined him as they were just as miserable as he was.
"Oh, you pre-teens are pathetic!" Angelica scoffed before she then broke down and cried with them. "I want my mommy's credit card!"
There was then a familiar noise which came to their crying.
"Guys... The RV... It's coming!" Mike said.
The others then looked to her and saw that she was right as the RV was pulling up right next to them. Everyone then ran over and reunited with their mothers. This seemed to make the gray clouds break away and the sun glowed down on them as they were all happy now.
"Well, Tommy Pickles, I am impressed." a voice said.
Tommy looked over to see Belinda smiling. "Oh, Belinda, I'm so sorry..."
Belinda then came in front of him. "It's okay, you were just havin' a bad day," she then smiled to him. "I'm impressed that y'all came this far on yer own."
"Oh, no big deal, Belinda, now if you'll excuse me... I have something I really need to do." Tommy said before he came to his mother and hugged her while breaking down into tears.
"Okay, guys, we've still got four states to cover if we're gonna get Susie to the parade in time!" Betty called.
They all then came aboard the RV.
"Ah, the I Am Crud," Phil smiled. "No smell like home."
"I hope that's the RV." Courtney replied.
"Hold on, everybody!" Betty called out. "We're on Betty Time now!"
"Oh, no, we forgot Pumpkin!" Junior cried out once he saw the dog in front of them.
Betty yelped and swerved out of the way and accidentally crashed against a telephone pole. Luckily, no one was hurt. Unluckily however...
"They can't get anyone out here tonight," Betty said after she called for help. "What with being the day before Thanksgiving. It just doesn't look like we'll make it in time."
Susie then started to cry and her mother tried her best to comfort her.
"What, are you people, quitters?!" Angelica snapped. "I didn't ride dog-sled, balloon, and live without a blow dryer for three days just to give up now!" she then whistled out.
There was a bus driving by which then stopped to show Josh Nichols, Drake Parker, Tuesday X, and Debbie Thornberry inside of it.
"We need a ride to New York and you are taking us there!" Angelica glared to the four teens.
"Did you say New York?" Josh asked. "We're heading there now!"
"You are?" Susie asked.
"Yeah, we're playing in the parade." Drake said as he tuned his guitar while Tuesday tuned hers.
"So am I!" Susie smiled.
"Come in, there's totally room." Tuesday smiled back.
The others then got into the bus and it drove them straight to New York as fast as possible. They passed Missouri, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and finally, they made it to New York City!