After the ship landed at HQ, Vincent and Felicity went back home until next time.
"This sure was one life threatening anniversary." Akito said.
"Boy, I'll say..." Estelle said with a yawn as she brushed Magenta's fur.
"It's all worth it though, we're Chosen Ones," Akito smiled to his twin. "Not just me this time, you too."
"Yeah..." Estelle blushed a little. "Only, your girlfriend's not here." she then teased about Akito's friendship with Emi Ketchum.
This caused for Akito to blush and for Leo to smirk in a friendly way. Estelle and Magenta giggled.
"Very funny..." Akito folded his arms to his sister playfully.
Estelle playfully stuck her tongue out. Akito then decided to ruffle his twin sisters hair playfully.
Leo had a look in his eyes that said 'You were kinda asking for that'.
Estelle laughed and then the two playfully wrestled each other. Magenta and Leo smiled at the two, they were very close for brother and sister and should value their time together while they can, because someday, the twins would grow up and start lives of their own by making other friends and want more privacy from each other. They had been close since birth, but it might change once they grow up which wasn't going to happen for a long, long, long time.
"Hey there, you two, am I interrupting something?" Ace asked as soon as he saw what was happening.
Akito and Estelle looked to him, pausing their game.
"Nah, just me beating Akito in Twin Wrestling." Akito chuckled.
"Um... Okay...? Anyway, Akito, time for your training." Ace said to the boy.
"I'll see ya later, sis." Akito said to his twin.
"Okay, bye..." Estelle let him go and read one of the magazines she was borrowing from Lexi.
Meanwhile, in the past/present...
Simon tugged his mother's pant leg as he held a poster for a circus.
"Simon, for the last time, we're not going to the circus..." Cherry said as she was sharpening knives.
This caused for Simon to face-palm himself. Cherry then walked off, putting the knives away. Simon glared at his mother and showed her the circus poster.
"No, dear, Mommy hates clowns..." Cherry still refused.
Simon glared at his mother.
"Go play now." Cherry walked off.
Simon groaned, he crawled off with the poster and found his sister in his room.
"Simon, what are you doing in here?" Felicity asked as she was lying on her bed with a book.
Simon showed her a poster of the circus.
"You want go to to le cirque?" Felicity looked confused.
Simon shook his head and made her look closer at the poster.
"Our next mission is in le cirque?" Felicity asked then.
Simon nodded.
"Oh, why did anyone not say so!?" Felicity rushed to get ready before leaving with Vincent.
Cherry did the dishes as everything felt perfectly normal so far with no problems. But then it was ruined once Simon came in with the poster again, more assertive.
"Simon, not now, if you want something, ask your father..." Cherry sighed. "Mommy's very busy right now..."
Simon was heard lowly growling and he crawled off with his poster, wishing his mother would pay attention to him.
"Children these days..." Cherry sighed as she continued to wash dishes.
Then Felicity came rushing in.
"Mission time?" Cherry asked her daughter.
"Oui, I am going now, au revoir, Maman!" Felicity quickly hugged her mother and rushed for the portal.
"Okay, I'll save you some supper..." Cherry sounded more distant today than she normally did.
Unknown to everyone else, Simon had crawled into the portal after his big sister. Vincent then went through the portal that appeared in his room, already knowing that it meant time for a mission.
"Apparently this one has a circus?" Felicity said to Vincent once they came down the street together to get to Loonatics Headquarters.
"A circus?" Vincent asked. "Weird."
Felicity shrugged. "That was all I could find out, I am sure Madame Zadavia can tell us more."
The two kept going until they were to Headquarters.
Just as they were there, Simon rolled out of the portal and was in the middle of the streets and crawled along until he saw a monkey chameleon hybrid with a pendent around its neck. The monkey chameleon looked to Simon and looked confused and looked around for someone who could help it. Simon looked close to the primate lizard and tilted his head at her. The monkey chameleon looked around again and then found Felicity and Vincent and went up to them. Simon crawled after her.
Felicity walked normally, but felt slime and fur all over her. "AUGH! WHAT IS THAT!?"
The monkey chameleon came in front of the two kids.
"It looks like the cross breed of a monkey and a chameleon." Vincent said.
"I did not think one could exist..." Felicity held the animal. "Let us take you to Headquarters with us..."
The other Loonatics waited for Vincent and Felicity to come as Tech showed them one his new inventions.
"What is it called?" Estelle asked.
"The Glukojell 9000." Tech smiled, then explained what it did.
Lexi was happy for him, but she was a little bored since nothing was happening today so far.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Duck came over to sit down at the table. "What is it, Zadavia? Did someone forget to pay the hologram bill again?"
"Patience is a virtue, Duck." Estelle advised.
"What are you, a fortune cookie?" Duck glanced at her.
"Just be patient." Estelle repeated.
"It's not like Zadavia to stand us up, ya sure we got the time right?" Ace asked the teammates as they were left on hold.
Lexi's ears lit up then. "Quiet guys, I'm hearing something I don't like."
"Please... It's probably the sound of Slam's stomach gurgling." Duck muttered.
There was then a strange noise as Felicity and Vincent came.
"Told ya so." Lexi smirked and folded her arms.
The chameleon monkey blended into the room, but then rushed over to the Loonatics.
"Is that a monkey chameleon?" Estelle asked.
"There's a hideous fiend invading HQ!" Duck cried. "Run for your life!" he then tried to look brave. "I mean... Attack...? ATTACK!"
The monkey chameleon whimpered at that.
"You mean you do not know what this is?" Felicity asked, she assumed it was futuristic wildlife from this century.
"Wait a sec, Duck." Ace said once he saw the creature was harmless.
It was too late, Duck made a fire sphere and was going to strike out the creature with fire egg spheres, but luckily, the mutant could avoid them.
"Haha!" Duck laughed in victory. "Once again, I have saved the day."
"Duck, that animal is harmless." Estelle said.
Duck was still going to torture the poor animal which looked like it couldn't harm a fly. The monkey chameleon jumped into Akito's arms for safety.
"I think it likes you, Akito." Lexi smiled.
Akito looked to the creature and looked at the pendent. "Belongs to somewhere called a space circus."
"Of course, that audience..." Lexi thought maybe the animal ran away due to the pressure of being in the spotlight. "That poor thing must've escaped from that crowd."
"Eww, don't touch it," Duck grimaced. "It's probably infected with intergalactic, bloodsucking, fleas, I say we get rid of it, pronto!"
"Duck, we are not going to get rid of it, maybe it can tell me, Estelle, Vincent, and Felicity what happened." Akito said.
"Yeah, because you see, we can talk to animals." Estelle added in explanation.
"We should also get the little guy back to where it belongs." Lexi pet the monkey chameleon.
"I agree, let's jet!" Ace agreed.