Ok, fellas, how about some work on Ursula and some family talk tonight?

Mike: We need to talk about the company.

Peter: (Sighs) And the MonkeeLeague.

Micky: Sounds good.

Davy: Works for me.

(We open in the Beach Cave with a familiar scene. Mike, dressed in a pair of overalls, stands over a set of familiar legs and feet sticking out from under Ursula.)

Mike: You need the wrench now, Mick?

Micky: One second... *Reaches a hand out* Okay now.

Mike: (Hands it to Mick) How's it going in there, anyway?

Micky: Going well. Urse is an excellent patient.

Ursula: Thank you, Micky. I really needed this tune-up.

Micky: You're welcome, Urse.

Ursula: I just needed some adjusting after your latest additions.

Mike: We wanted you loaded with the latest gadgets, Urse.

Ursula: And I appreciate it. You boys are just so creative!

Mike: Don't look at me. (Points to Micky) He designed them. I just tighten screws.

Micky: Aw, it's nothin'.

Ursula: No, it means a great deal to me. As odd as it may seem, I rather enjoy being in this car. I'm far more of a help to you in here than I was as a crystal.

Micky: We're glad you're happy.

Ursula: I'm glad to see you all back together again, or at least closer than you were last year. You're...well, you're like a family to me.

Mike: And you're like...well, I guess you're like a mentor to us.

Ursula: That's all I ever wanted. After I left Uncle, I knew I had to do something to show that these powers he gave my sister and me could be used for good. I couldn't stand the horrible torture he and Sheila performed on innocent human's souls anymore! That's why I gave you the powers.

Mike: (He sits on an old couch that looks like it was taken from a yard sale) Urse, we appreciate your help, we really do. I just wish we knew more about you.

Ursula: What do you mean?

Mike: There's a lot of questions you ain't never answered. Like, what's with the extra powers, Pete's auras and Micky runnin' through walls and Davy's healin'? I know my wolf abilities are probably from when Sheila split me.

Ursula: I've wondered that over the years myself. I think one of the things that attracted me to all of you in the first place was that I sensed that you already had some kind of abilities. I just brought them out and amplified them and your minds, so to speak.

Mike: So you think we've always been able to do this?

Ursula: You'll have to check your family trees for that. I only know my own suspicions and what I gave you.

Mike: I never thought there were people who were really able to do...well, what we do, without the augmentation. (Sighs) But then, we had that whole thing with the magician last year...

Ursula: (Nods) There are a great many phenomenons out there - human and otherwise - that science cannot accurately explain. I wouldn't be surprised if you ran into more people like that magician someday.

Micky: It's just a matter of time.

Ursula: Speaking of phenomenons, have you heard from my sister or the devils lately?

Mike: No, and that both delights and worries me.

Ursula: I feel the same. That usually means she's plotting something big.

Micky: Which means we'll be seeing them soon.

Ursula: Unquestionably, and other than needing that tune-up, that's why I asked you all here today.

Mike: (Looks up at a light over the main door) Looks like the girls are arrivin'. We'd better let the Bel Air in.

Ursula: Or I'm sure Lauren will be quite displeased.

Micky: And that's being nice.

Mike: (He goes over to the larger, widescreen monitor) Yeah, it's the girls, all right. I can hear the kids squabbling in the backseat.

(Mike pushes some buttons. The light over the door flashes green, and it swings open. Lauren's purple Bel Air drives in. Yes, the two women are in the car. The twins and Katie are squished in the back. Leah sits on Shelly's lap, and Robbie sits on his mother's lap.)

Emma: Everyone out!

Katie: Good! My foot was fallin' asleep.

Mike: How did runnin' errands with the tribe go?

Emma: It was...noisy.

Lauren: Don't ask.

Katie: (She runs to Mike) Hi, Papa! We just came from Stainton's Department Store! (She holds out a Barbie doll) I got a new doll! She's a Malibu Barbie, and she has a tan!

Mike: (Checks the doll over) Uh, right. Cool.

Emma: (Mutters) We had to buy the kids toys to keep them from killing each other.

Robbie: Papa? (He holds out a stuffed bear) Gots Yogi!

Mike: Yeah. Looks just like the cartoon.

Lauren: I got Mick some Hot Wheels, Shelly a Barbie, and Leah a stuffed cat.

Katie: (Turns to Shelly) Wanna play Barbies? We could have them be Wonder Woman and Supergirl and this is their hideout!

Shelly: Sure!

Robbie: (Turns to Leah) Uh...wanna play?

Leah: Yeah!

Robbie: (He goes to Little Mick) Wanna play, too?

Little Mick: Sure!

(Shelly and Katie trot over to a group of chairs and couches on one side of the room. Little Mick and the younger kids remain at the couch. Emma turns to Mike and Micky.)

Emma: So, how did the tune-up go?

Micky: Great!

Ursula: I feel 10,000 miles younger.

Emma: That's wonderful, Urse! (Grins) What wacky, weird gadget did Micky add to you now?

Mike: Oh, just some stuff.

Micky: It's a surprise.

Ursula: How are you feeling these days, Lauren? Do you know if you're having a little Mother or a little Savage yet?

Lauren: We're not gonna find out ahead of time. *sighs* I'm feeling irritable. Just ask Mick.

Mike: (Mutters to Micky) Mood swings, man?

*Micky wordless lifts his shirt sleeve to show off a fist-sized bruise.*

Mike: Ouch.

Micky: I wasn’t fast enough.

Mike: How's the kids handlin' it?

Micky: *shrugs* They don't notice a difference. I think it's just me.

Mike: Maybe it's just you she attacks.

(Peter and Valerie arrive next. Valerie holds Austin in her arms. Jordan walks next to his father.)

Jordan: Hi, guys! (Runs to Little Mick) You playin' cars? Can I play, too?

Little Mick: Yeah! Join in!

(He sits down with Little Mick as Peter and Valerie sit next to Lauren and Emma.)

Peter: Hey, everyone. I just got out of class for the day.

Valerie: And I opted out of a meeting I didn't really want to attend anyway.

Ursula: I'm glad to see you're feeling well again, Peter.

Peter: Well, better. This isn't my first-choice job. It's a very nice school, but the staff is more than a little conservative, and I don't entire approve of some of their teaching methods. I don't now how crazy they are about some of mine, either. (Smiles) At least coaching the baseball team's fun. They're a really good group of kids. (Grins at Jordan and Little Mick) Maybe I'll coach you boys one of these days.

Jordan: I'd love to play baseball, like the Mets!

Little Mick: I wanna be the pitcher!

Micky: *Grins* Mick does have a good arm.

Jordan: An' I'll be the catcher!

Peter: Jordan and I play catch sometimes. He's not bad.

*Davy, Daphne, and Lizzie arrive last. Lizzie runs over to Leah, Robbie, and the others.*

Robbie: (Blushes) Uh, hi. (Holds up his bear) Gots Yogi.

Emma: (Grins) Robbie has such a crush on Lizzie!

Lizzie: Yogi's cute!

Robbie: (Blushes) Thank you.

Ursula: Now that the children are settled, shall we begin our meeting?

Mike: (Nods at Peter) Yeah. We have a lot of things to talk about.

Peter: First on the agenda - we need to start working out again. All of us. Sheila nearly got us in September.

Valerie: Agreed. Now that we're all more settled, we need to start working as a group again.

Peter: (Nods) We need to do work on our powers.

Mike: What I want is to find out where our powers come from.

Emma: What do you mean, honey?

Mike: We know Urse gave us the Imagination Powers...but what about the aura stuff? Dave's healin'? The girls' strength?

Micky: I'm with Mike. I mean, we've gotta have the rest of this stuff for a reason.

Mike: Even Urse ain't sure.

Ursula: Peter's ancestor Peter Thork told me he'd always had his aura powers, that he was born with them. I'm assuming this was true of the rest of your powers, save Michael's wolf senses.

Peter: Has anyone heard from our ancestors lately?

Mike: (Shakes his head) I assumed they moved to that place up there. (Points upwards)

Emma: We haven't seen them in at least three or four years.

Ursula: I suspect that your extra powers may go back deeper than any of you suspected. When I returned your powers, I must have brought out the ones that were inherited as well.

Mike: Except for me. Mine came later.

Peter: And I've seen the auras in some form or another all my life.

Ursula: I suspect that some of the powers may have taken longer to come out than others.

Mike: (Looks at Micky) That's why your powers didn't come out until later. You're a late bloomer.

Peter: Really late.

Micky: Ha ha ha.

Ursula: And we have my sister to consider. We haven't heard from her since September.

Mike: That usually means she has somethin' nasty in mind.

Ursula: I've gotten some readings on her. She's plotting SOMETHING. I just can't figure out what.

Davy: That's never good.

Mike: We need to figure out what she's plottin', before it bites us in the butt.

Emma: Literally.

Mike: We all know she's been tryin' to gather mass souls lately.

Peter: (Nods) She seems to be getting more desperate.

Mike: And they've begun to figure out that when they capture one or two of us, the others follow...and using it their advantage.

Valerie: We need to get a lock on them. And that means, it's research time again.

Mike: We need to find out where Sheila's been and what she has in mind next.

Micky: Can some of us take research to mean spying?

Valerie: Yes.

Micky: All right!

Mike: (Turns to Micky) Since you're so enthusiastic, how about you n' Dave do it tomorrow?

Micky: Love to!

Davy: Sounds like fun, mate.

Peter: Sneak around. Keep an eye on Sheila, Alex, and Zelda.

Mike: Just don't get caught, ok?

Micky: Of course!

Peter: Use that Invisible Spray if you have to.

Micky: Sure, no problem!

Mike: Imagine yourselves some costumes if you need to.

Davy: Consider it done.

Mike: Get as many of the goods on whatever Sheila has planned this time as you can without anyone catchin' wise.

Emma: Daphne, Lauren, and I will be at the Pad with the kids. I have a story to work on, but you can deliver your findings to the other two.

Mike: And then, we'll all discuss it at the Beach Cave.

Peter: Maybe you'd better take Davy's jeep. They don't know that vehicle as well as some of the other ones.

Micky: Works for me.

Mike: Good thing we've done a lot of work on the spy equipment in the past few weeks.

Peter: (Looks at his watch) And I say that brings this meeting to a close. The co-leader has papers to grade.

Emma: And this leader has a story to work on.

Micky: And these two spies have spy work to prepare.

Valerie: This leader has vice-presidents to call.

Mike: Just be careful, ok guys?

Micky: Of course!

Mike: Ok. Meeting's adjourned. (He picks up a gavel and bangs it on a table...and the gavel dissolves into powder.)

Mike: (Looks around as we fade out and hear snickers) Ok, who put termites in my gavel?

(We fade out as Mike crosses his arms and makes a face, ignoring the snickers behind him.)