So now that I've finished my Rescue of the Mizzerans story on the Ninja Turtles section I can feel confidant writing this chapter now that I've established the current problems with Ichabod's mental state at the end of that story, this chapter won't have much in the way of that story but this chapter will establish the parallels between Ichabod and Marzipan and Glass Joe and Dana, both of them of redheaded human men who are insecure about the perception they're weak (And in both cases they are both stronger than they think, Ichabod is physically weaker than Joe being a son/clone of BTAS Jonathan Crane) But has been trained to fight so he makes up for it in skill, and Glass Joe is stronger and more agile the then average person seems his problem stems from his passive personality.

With no more reason to be there, Glass Joe and Dana quickly made their return trip to the Earthport Portal to return them to Third Earth.

"So what do we do now?" Dana asked softly

"Nothing to do but wait…" Joe sighed "...Hopefully Dr. Wisner will be able to find what we need…" He sighed and looked up "I'll have to go to work tomorrow, can't call in sick again...The best we can hope for is to wait and hope we can keep this scandal from getting out."

"Dr. Wisner seemed to already have someone in mind…" Dana said as a Mutant Animal she had a much better sense of body language than most humans, and was able to see the wheels turning in his head as he was thinking about who to call "...He seems very smart, and very nice, never expected a Gorilla to be so nice!"

Glass Joe then had brief flashback...To a memory of Little Mac fighting Donkey Kong...And everybody in the WVBA had been bewildered, did that actually happen, or did everyone in the WVBA all experience a mass fever dream? Perhaps some kind of banana related food poisoning?

Glass Joe shook his head remembering that bizarre experience…

"Joe? You OK?" Dana seemed genuinely concerned

"I'm all right…" Glass Joe chuckled realizing how awkward he must have just seemed "...I was just remembering something that makes me wonder if I've taken to many blows to the head…"

Meanwhile when Ichabod returned to the apartment he and Marzipan shared, Ichabod deeply sighed as he heard Marzipan say "You're back early."

Coldly, no longer having the affection he used to have, Ichabod said "Kong instructed me to leave today...He was seeing a Mutant Animal...I'm sure he'll explain tomorrow…"

Marzipan had been lounging on the sofa bed watching the HV ever since the mission to rescue Marzipan's fellow Mizzer Humanimals from Planet Viola Strierra where Ichabod and Marzipan narrowly escaped being burnt at the stake, Ichabod hadn't been the same, the night the came home Marzipan noticing the obvious funk Ichabod was in asked Ichabod if there was anything she could do for him...Offering to make him his favorite chowder or anything else...Her years as a cooking slave had trained Marzipan to always try to put food on the problem first, and Ichabod sullenly refused all offers of comfort and instead reached in the fridge for one of those for a bottle of watery beer that seemed to only be there for when Ichabod's Bovine Friend Bill came over to visit and Ichabod cracked it open and began to guzzle it...And that's when Marzipan knew something had gone horribly wrong...Something had happened during the mission she didn't know about!

She tried to find out what it was, but what she got in response was Ichabod complaining about the fact he was weak and thus unworthy of a Humanimal like her...He asked her 'What can I give you that a Humanimal could not?'

And Marzipan knowing she had to be honest, couldn't think of an answer…

And thus there relationship was now in a very precarious position, she still loved him but clearly he was miserable because he believed he was unworthy of her love! The air was constantly tense, she had been lounging around watching HV when he returned and she immediately turned off the HV.

Ichabod went over to his drawing desk, it was clear one of the few things that could still give him a bit of peace of mind was practicing he talent for drawing! So Marzipan always felt better when he was drawing.

"Mutant Animal huh?" Marzipan yawned "Did you see what kind of creature?"

"Dog-Girl…" Ichabod said as he began to draw "...Doberman Pinscher specifically, she actually was the creature he was drawing as the even the brief glimpse of her was enough of an inspiration! She was one of the most beautiful Mutants I've ever seen! She could almost pass for a Humanimal!"

Marzipan's eyes snapped open as she remembered her strange dream about Mizzer Humanimals begging to be reincarnated, and one of them was very clearly a Doberman Pinscher-Woman!

"You don't say..."Marzipan said

"Hmmm mmm…" Ichabod said as he was really getting into his drawing…

Marzipan got dressed and grabbed her purse "I'm gonna go shopping Ichabod…" She said as she headed out the door "...I'll be back in the evening!"

Meanwhile in a cave in the countryside...A Different Humanimal Mage, a Snake-Girl of the Black Mamba Breed named Morgan was doing the stereotypical witch thing, stirring a bubbling cauldron, brewing a potion.

"Bubble bubble toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble…" Morgan giggled like a schoolgirl as she sang this stereotypical witch song to herself really it was very tongue and cheek as this 'potion' was really an all natural tonic made from herbs most of her business was not actual magic just all natural herbal medicine.

Then her Dimensional Jumper began ringing...She saw Kong was calling…

So establishing Ichabod and Marzipan's relationship problems aside gave Glass Joe more lines than he had in the previous two chapters and did a joke I've meant to do where the fight between Little Mac and Donkey Kong no one is sure weather that actually happened