Craig stepped forward looking concerned. "Lenny, why can't we stop this? I mean I don't even understand why you're doing this! I thought we were friends!"

Lenny stabbed a finger at Craig. "You shut up! I do not want to hear from you, Golden Boy! I was never your friend! Buh-bye, go away!"

"So bye-bye, Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry." Mellissa looked directly at Craig while she sang.

He glared back at her. "Seriously, Mellissa? We're kinda in the middle of something here."

Ziva chuckled and leaned over close to Craig, taking pity on him, and explained what they were doing. She snickered as understanding dawned on him, his eyes went wide.

Stevie was enjoying the show, he shifted positions walking to stand off to the side where he could see a bit better as the action happened. He wanted to be certain he was accurately scoring points. Mack and Jack moved to sit on either side of him, sitting contentedly by his feet like miniature feline guards.

Lenny eyed the cats as they took their places on either side of Stevie. "God, you even brought the stupid cats with you? Desperate for fighters, are we?"

"Everybody wants to be a cat; Everybody wants to be a cat, because a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at." Angela giggled as she sang.

Lenny narrowed his eyes at her. "You people are all freakin' insane. Do you know that? Every last one of you. If I have to listen to this crap any longer, I'm sure I'll wind up in a straitjacket!"

"All dressed up in a white straitjacket, Shut your mouth, No, you can't have it," Ziva sang loudly.

"Do you people ever shut up? I would love to shoot the lot of you and end this now!" Lenny griped.

"Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger, now he's dead." Mellissa rocked back and forth on her feet with her hands clasped behind her back as she sang.

Lenny suddenly pointed a finger at them. "You're mocking me with song lyrics! That's what your doing isn't it?"

Stone's voice sounded from where he stood just behind A'Cadia. "When I hear songs, they sound like this one, so come on, Oh, come on, Oh, come on, Oh, come on!" Everyone in the group, except Logan and Storm, joined in singing, "oh, come on" at the end.

"Wait who gets the point for that one?" Stevie asked in confusion.

"Durrr, Stone 'cause he started the song," Mellissa told him.

"Oh, right okay carry on!" Stevie tapped the point into the iPad, adding Stone to the list.

"You idiots stand here making a mockery out of what is supposed to be a serious matter and then just simply say, "carry on"?" Lenny waved his arms around in the air as he spoke.

"If you're lost and alone, Or you're sinking like a stone, Carry on, May your past be the sound, Of your feet upon the ground, Carry on!" Angela got the point for that one.

Brittney sidled up next to Lenny. "Hey, Lenny, can I have your ATM card?"

He gave her a distracted look. "What? Why? Where's yours at and why do you need it right now?"

"Oh, I lost mine, it was like on my desk and then you gave me those papers to shred and I think it got stuck in there and I accidentally shredded it. So anyway, can I have your card?"

"Why do you even want it and why right now?" he asked her in an exasperated voice.

"Because I never found an awesome outfit for this whole battle to the death thingie and this outfit is sooo not right for this!" She picked at the fancy dress she'd worn to the coronation party. "This was for your whole I'm the king now deal. I need a battle outfit! Please!"

Mellissa perked up. "Oh, I sooooooo got this one! Freaked out dropped my phone in the pool again, Checked out of my room hit the ATM, Let's hang out if you're down to get down tonight, Cuz it's always a good time, Good morning and good night!"

Lenny ripped the sunglasses off his face. "That's it, Doug take my sunglasses this is getting serious now!" Why he was wearing sunglasses when it was dark out was anyone's guess.

"I'm doing all right, getting good grades, The future's so bright I gotta wear shades."

"Well, will wonders never cease, Craig, is on the board!" Stevie announced.

Craig sent him a disgruntled look. "Hey, come on, I'm not good with this music stuff!"

Barbie raised her hand and moved to stand next to Brittney. "So, Lenny can we have the ATM card or not?"

"No!" he snapped at her.

"But Lenny! These outfits are so not battle-ready!"

"Shut up, Barbie!"

"This one's mine!" Angela screamed out. "I'm a Barbie girl, in the Barbie world, Life in plastic, it's fantastic! You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere, Imagination, life is your creation, Come on Barbie, let's go party!"

"Ohhh yeah, let's go to a party, this one kinda stinks! I'm not having a good time at all." Barbie clapped her hands together excitedly.

"Party rock is in the house tonight, Everybody just have a good time, And we gonna make you lose your mind, Everybody just have a good time!" A'Cadia threw her hands in the air as she sang.

During this entire situation, Death was strumming out the accompanying music on his guitar for each song, while Skylar stared up at him in star-struck awe. The reason, despite her photographic memory, she hadn't gotten on the scoreboard yet.

"You people are idiotic," Lenny muttered.

"Hey Lenny, I've been wondering ... did you get that whole retro-Don Johnson-Crockett outfit at a thrift shop?" A'Cadia asked him while studying the lame powder-blue sports coat, white linen pants, and sockless loafers.

"Everything I own is high-end, I did not get my clothing at a thrift store!" he replied sneeringly.

"I'm gonna pop some tags, Only got twenty dollars in my pocket, I - I - I'm hunting, looking for a come-up, This is fucking awesome," Mellissa sang loudly as she did a little dance.

"Five bucks, Mellissa!" Storm called out from her little spot by the tree.

"Wait what? Why five, I thought it was only one?"

"You said the F-word, five bucks," she told her without looking up from the papers she was continuing to grade.

"But Logan says it all the time and you don't make him pay anything!" she whined. "I don't even have five bucks!"

"Well, it's Logan now, isn't it. Fine, I'll get it from your parents later. I have an entire list of things they need to pay for that you've broken at the school, anyway."

"So not fair, Logan never gets charged for anything!" she mumbled angrily.

"Speaking of which," Lenny piped in, "Isn't there a bar somewhere missing your menacing presence, Logan?"

"The other day I got invited to a party, But I stayed home instead, Just me and my pal, Johnny Walker, And his brothers Black and Red, And we drank alone, yeah, With nobody else, Yeah, you know when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself."

"Very nice there, Stone. Awesome George Thorogood impression," A'Cadia said with a small chuckle and a high five.

"I need a friggin' vacation from you people," Lenny muttered.

"I've got two tickets to paradise, Won't you pack your bags, we'll leave tonight, I've got two tickets to paradise, I've got two tickets to paradise," Mellissa chirped theatrically.

"Just stop it!" Lenny yelled out.

"Stop! In the name of love, Before you break my heart, Stop! In the name of love, Before you break my heart, Think it over, Think it over."

Stevie gave a long, low whistle. "Wow, epic Diana Ross impression, Stone. Bonus points!"

"Hey, no fair!" Mellissa said with a pout.

"I thought we were at war here, you morons, not having a stupid-ass sing-off!" Lenny said with his hands propped on his hips.

"War, huh, yeah, What is it good for, Absolutely nothing, Uh-huh, War, huh, yeah, What is it good for, Absolutely nothing, Say it again, y'all!"

"Oh, nice choice, A'Cadia!" Stone smirked at her.

"I thought so."

Lenny slashed a hand through the air. "Enough! It's time we ended this nonsense! I'm done with you idiots. This is my time, time for me to be the king I was always meant to be! It's time for change!"

"It's time to begin, isn't it? I get a little bit bigger, but then I'll admit, I'm just the same as I was, Now don't you understand, That I'm never changing who I am." Mellissa finished by dropping to her knees and throwing her arms wide.

"I would so love to toss the lot of you into a flippin' hole with a ton of dynamite and end this lunacy," Lenny grumbled.

Ziva stepped out of the group. "This is so mine. Cos I'm T.N.T. I'm Dynamite, T.N.T. And I'll win the fight, T.N.T. I'm a power-load, T.N.T. Watch me Explode!"

"You know, just a week ago I was happy—"

Before he could go on Angela broke into Lenny's speech. "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap), If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands (clap clap), If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it, If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. (clap clap)." Ziva and A'Cadia joined her by clapping at the appropriate times.

"Nice, Angela, now that's gonna be stuck in our heads all night," Logan called out.

Lenny went on as if she hadn't interrupted him. "I was going to make myself King, I bought myself a brand-new crown." He reached up and flicked at the new crown. "It's solid gold!"

"They wanna get my ... They wanna get my, Gold on the ceiling, I ain't blind—"

"Shut up!" Lenny cut A'Cadia off mid-song.

Before he could say more Tiffany came wandering up from inside the party tent. "Lenny, the caterer ran out of glasses. 'Cause like everyone is drinking a lot, they're really bored waiting for you to come back. Anyway, I went searching for more glassware, but I couldn't find any, all I could find were these red plastic cups in the Secret Service break room, is that like okay?"

"This is all me," Stone called out. "Red solo cup, I fill you up, Let's have a party, let's have a party, I love you red solo cup, I lift you up, Proceed to party, proceed to party."

"Oh, sure figures you'd know that one. Stupid frat boy song," Mellissa grumbled. "Pathetic reply!"

"Don't hate there, munchkin," Stone replied with a chuckle.

"God, I hate you people." Lenny glared at them.

"The 7 things I hate about you! The 7 things I hate about you, oh you, You're vain, your games, you're insecure ... uh, I can't remember the rest." Mellissa frowned and shrugged.

Lenny ground his teeth and then gave his head a shake. "Whatever, enough of this. Ziva, A'Cadia you two know you want to come back to my side. You belong here, with me."

"You belong here. You were meant for me. You belong here, with me. You were meant to be with me," Mellissa belted out.

Ziva scowled in Mellissa's direction before focusing on Lenny. "No way. We' don't like you, Lenny. Remember? We only joined your side to steal the antidote. Why can't you get any of that through your thick skull?"

He shook his head and gave them an indulgent smile, reached into his lame suit jacket, and pulled out a business card, holding it out to them. All they could see of it was the logo for his stupid army L.E.M.A.D

"Just give me a call when you get tired of hanging out with these losers. I'll be waiting," he told them.

Ziva scowled at him, the idiot actually made himself business cards as if anyone gave a crap.

"Hey, I just met you, And this is crazy, But here's my number, So call me, maybe?" Mellissa gave a fist pump after finishing the song.

Lenny chose to ignore her. "I know you want to be back on my side as much as I want you back."

"Boy you can say anything you wanna, I don't give a shh, no one else can have ya, I want you back, I want you back, Wa-want you, want you back, Uh!" Angela sang the song with extra gusto.

"I'm having second thoughts about the dynamite," he muttered. "I think it's too quick a death. I'm thinking of going with electrocution now, it will take longer," Lenny told them with a low growl.

"I said high, High voltage rock 'n' roll, High voltage rock 'n' roll, High voltage, High voltage, High voltage rock 'n' roll, Rock 'n' roll." Ziva smiled at Lenny while she sang.

"You know, I honestly thought we could step out onto this battlefield and do this like adults, but no you had to bring the children into this," Lenny said with a sneer.

"Don't try to explain your mind, I know what's happening here, One minute it's love, And suddenly it's like a battlefield." Mellissa did a little spin at the end.

"Dealing with you people is like a goddamn roller coaster. Up and down, all day. You're all insane!" he snapped.

"Wait, hold on a second. I need my grass skirt tutu!" Angela scrambled into a green tutu and then started singing. "Lalala i kala hanahana, Me ke kai hoene i ka pu'e one, It's time to try the Hawaiian Roller coaster ride."

Lenny let loose with a scream. "Stop mocking me with music!"

"The hills are alive with the sound of music, With songs they have sung for a thousand years, The hills fill my heart with the sound of music, My heart wants to sing every song it hears."

"Shut up you little brat!" he shouted at Mellissa.

Craig decided to try his plea for friendship again. "Come on, Lenny, I know somewhere in there is my best friend!"

"We were never best friends, you doofus!"

"Oh, totally mine, I even know the dance that goes with this one. Check it!" Mellissa jumped out in front of the group. "Watch this! Be Be Be My BFF, Cause IDK what's coming next, And I'll be LMHO with the rest, So TTYLXOX!"

"I should simply hit you all with a damn tidal wave and wipe you off the face of the earth!" He spun around looking into the gathered group of his mutants. "Oh, I have a better idea! Ashleen!" he called out.

A girl stepped out of the crowd and stood beside Lenny. "Yeah what, Lenny?"

"Shut Ziva down."

She shrugged. "Yeah, sure whatever." She flicked her fingers at Ziva.

Ziva frowned at Lenny. "Uh, excuse me?"

Lenny gave her a wicked grin. "Ashleen controls tech. You control electricity, ergo; she just shut your powers down. You got nothing, baby."

Ziva gave a panicked look at everyone as she tried to fling an electric shock at Lenny and she got nothing. "He's telling the truth. My powers are down."

"Not so cocky with your lame-ass singing now, are you? You all think you're so fuckin' perfect, I can kick your asses in my sleep."

"I can arrange that nap for you," Craig offered with a grumble.

Mellissa had other plans. "Pretty, pretty please, don't you ever, ever feel, Like you're less than, less than perfect, Pretty, pretty please, if you ever, ever feel, Like you're nothing you are perfect to me!" Stevie snickered as Mellissa sang loudly. "Our singing isn't lame. You're the lame one, Tidal Pool."

"I am not the lame one. I'm the only sane one here! Look at the lot of you! You can't even fight a decent battle! You come with children, cats, and insanity! You think simply because you show up as a group and act as one, that you're all together and it makes you an army?"

"We're all in this together, Once we know, That we are, We're all stars, And we see that, We're all in this together, And it shows, When we stand, Hand in hand"

"Shut up! Just shut it!" He stomped around in a circle ignoring Mellissa's smirk over her clever comeback to his whole together thing.

"Hey come on, Lenny, calm down. Your face is getting all red. Your blood pressure is gonna get too high." Brittney patted his arm while trying to calm him down. "You're too young to get all worked up like this. You need to calm down before you explode ... like ... uh ... oh! Like a firework or something." She seemed quite proud of herself for coming up with that comparison.

"'Cause baby, you're a firework, Come on, show 'em what you're worth, Make 'em go, oh, oh, oh, As you shoot across the sky!"

He glared at Mellissa, who only smiled back, then he turned on Brittney. "Stop giving them ammo! It's like this damn never-ending deadly little circle, no matter what you say that little brat has a comeback!"

This time it was Angela who responded. "It's the Circle of Life, And it moves us all, Through despair and hope, Through faith and love, Till we find our place, On the path unwinding."

"Why can't you all just drop dead? Right now, this instant, tonight! Drop-dead and save me the trouble of killing you!"

"I don't know if I'll make it, But watch how good I'll fake it, It's all right, all right, tonight, tonight." A'Cadia did a little dance, grabbing Stone's arm and spinning in a circle as she sang.

Lenny dropped to his knees, his hands raised to the sky imploringly. "Why me? Why? What did I do to deserve this?"

"Hmm wait let me think about that, oh I know you're evil and you want to take over the world," Ziva told him.

"Shut up, I deserve this, I deserve to be king!"

Mellissa grinned widely at Lenny. "Let every creature go for broke and sing, Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing, It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling, Oh, I just can't wait to be king, Oh, I just can't wait to be king, Oh, I just can't wait to be king!"

Lenny leaped to his feet and stabbed a finger at her. "Do not mock me you little brat! You are going down, all of you! You aren't going to win this! I guarantee it! I will be King!"

"Me, me, I've got this one!" Mellissa jumped up and down. "You're goin' down, You're goin' down when I get mom to see. (Down to the ground) This ridiculous monstrosity
(You're goin' down). You'll never get away with this again (You're goin' down). You're G-O-I-N-G D-O-W-N (You're goin' down). Spread the news from coast to coast (Down to the ground). You're goin' down, your operation exposed (You're goin' down). I could say more, but I don't wanna boast (You're goin' down). Get used to butter, cause you both are toast!" Everyone joined in singing the backup lines of the song cheerfully.

Lenny collapsed to the ground in a heap while groaning. Brittney dropped to her knees beside him, patting his back. "Lenny, are you okay, sweetie?"

"How can you ask that?" he mumbled, his face pressed into the grass. "A week ago, I was planning my coronation. Now I'm facing stupidity. One week, that's all, last Friday I was happy, now this. I hate them so much," he muttered into the grass.

"Last Friday night, Yeah we danced on tabletops, And we took too many shots, Think we kissed but I forgot." Craig scowled at Ziva over that choice. She shrugged.

Lenny groaned and tried to curl in upon himself. "It's not fair! I should get what I want. I've suffered enough! Why does Craig get everything?"

While he was whining pitifully he was completely unaware of the fact that many of his mutants were slowly creeping away. All of those who were making a quiet escape were quite certain this fight—if it could even be called that—was not going their way. They saw their opportunity to get away before Lenny went down and they went with him.