They arrive at Wade's mother's house to stay hidden and safe as Wade rings the doorbell.

"Stay hidden until I give you the signal." Wade asked them.

"Why?" Knuckles questioned.

"Cause I think you're gonna freak people out." Wade answered.

"It's true. Last time, Sonic and I show our identities to Maddie and her sister, Rachel fainted." Gwen explained.

Wade's mother opened the door to see Wade is back home as she gasps.

"Hi, Mom. I'm home." he greeted before laughing.

"Wade, my little hamentashen! How long has it been? Well, I can tell you exactly how long it's been. Two years, three months, and 13 days. Not that I'm marking my calendar."

Wade's mother is so grateful to see her son again as she kisses both of his cheeks and they both laugh.

"Clearly. Uh, listen, Mom, it's good to be home. I-I do have something to... " Wade said, but stopped to see his sister showing up.

"'Sup, Wade?" she greeted him as she took off her sunglasses.

"'Sup, Wanda?" Wade greeted back in a flat tone.

"I gotta tell you. If you're back here because you lost your squad car again, you wanna borrow Mom's Volvo, mm, don't bother. Volvo is too much car for you anyways." Wanda said

"Wanda...." Wade's mother scolded.

"Maybe you should just stick to embarrassing yourself on the little baby scooter you've been taking on duty instead." Wanda continued.

"Wanda!" Wade's mother scolded again but firmly.

"Know what's embarrassing? What? You wearing a windbreaker inside." Wade retarded.

"Oh, Wade..." Wade's mother sighed.

"There's no wind in here." Wade continued.

"That's insane! I bet my whole life is insane to a local cop like you 'cause I'm out there breaking cases, dude. I'm going undercover. I'm working for the FBI...!" Wanda bragged.

"What is that? Why do you say it like that?" Wade questioned.

"That's how everybody in the FBI says it." Wanda said.

"Then they should reprint the jackets."

"That would be so dumb, Wade."

"Why are you here? Why is she here?" Wade questioned, not happy to see her.

"Yo! I'm here protecting the SODOTOTUS." Wanda answered.

"Okay..." Wade laughed.

"That's the Secretary of the Department of Transportation for the United States. He's rolling in, and I'm working his 'cade. That means motorcade. That's what we call it in the FBI because it saves valuable seconds so we can save more lives."

"Mm-hmm. Are we done?" Wade asked as Wanda agreed as she finished. "Mom, I need to tell you something. I, uh, brought someone here."

"Oh. Oh! A friend?" Wade's mother asked.

"Yes... Oh, well--" Wade started.

"A girlfriend? Is she Jewish?"

Wade made an awkward laugh and gestured to the side as Knuckles and Gwen revealed themselves.

"Great Matriarch of the Whipple Clan." Knuckles greeted, causing Wade's mother to be flabbergasted while Wanda pulled out her fists. "I bow my head to you in respect, and I thank you for giving us safe harbor in our time of need."

"Oh..."

Wade's mother's eyes rolls back and faints.

"Probably shoulda opened with your introduction in retrospect." Gwen said to her boyfriend.

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Inside the Whipple house, Wade's mother named Wendy sips her tea and sighs.

"It's okay. I'm good. I'm fine." Wendy said, calming down. "So... they're from space."

"Allegedly." Wanda scoffed.

"Yes." Wade said.

"I do apologize for fainting. It was very rude of me." Wendy apologized.

"It's alright, Ms. Whipple. It's not the first time that happened. Sonic and I did the same thing to Maddie's sister." Gwen assured her.

"Please, call me Wendy. You're my guests. Welcome to our home." Wendy greeted.

"We will not be here long." Knuckles said as he pounded his chest.

"Yeah, maybe just the night, and then we'll be outta your hair." Wade said.

"Yo, I don't care who these guys are, I'm still gonna have to check them for weapons." Wanda said, pulling out a metal detector and starting Knuckles first.

"You dare draw a weapon on us?" Knuckles said with awkwardness as he's being scanned.

Gwen looks at the metal detector with concern.

"What is this sorcery?" Knuckles questioned, looking at the detector she's holding. "Wade..."

The metal detector then went in between his legs, making Knuckles freeze while Gwen gets embarrassed and looks away.

"Wade??" Knuckles questioned again.

"You have a metal detector on you even when you're not on duty?" Wade deadpanned.

"I'm never not on duty, bro." Wanda scolded.

"Damn, that's a good line." Wade muttered.

After Wanda scanned Knuckles, she then scanned Gwen next as she saw nothing but just a tessen in her but when the metal detector hit her ruby necklace, it started beeping wildly, showing her necklace is getting more powerful. Cautious, Wanda tries to grab her necklace but Gwen wouldn't allow that as she holds her necklace tightly. Since Gwen lost her emerald necklace once to the repaired Master Emerald, she won't lose her ruby necklace again.

"Oh no, Wanda! I won't let you take my ruby necklace!" Gwen snapped.

"Well, your necklace is becoming too dangerous in the house so I'm taking it. Plus wear some pants, you're embarrassing yourself, for a girl!" Wanda said as she tried to grab her necklace again and the girls started fighting.

Gwen dodged around Wanda, who tried to grab her. Wanda then attempted to tackle her when Gwen easily tripped her. Wade and Knuckles took a step back, not wanting to be in a crossfire. Gwen summons her whip from her necklace and wraps it around Wanda's wrists.

"Girls, stop! Wanda, they're guests." Wendy said as the girls stopped fighting.

Gwen releases Wanda and makes her whip disappear.

"Yes, Mom." Wanda sighed reluctantly.

"So... your name is Gwen, right?" Wendy asked.

"Correct." Gwen said.

"And your..." Wendy said as she tried to say Knuckles' name correctly. "Knuchles."

"Knuckles." Wade corrected her.

"Knuckles." Knuckles and Gwen corrected in unison.

"Knuchles! That's what I said." Wendy argued.

"Knuckles." Wade repeated.

"Knuchles. Wade... "

"You're not saying that. You're making, like, a "c-h" sound. You're saying "ch." Wade stated.

"Yeah, it's weird." Wanda agreed.

"It's like-- It's not like a dessert." Wade continued.

"Enough. I would so love it if you would join us for dinner." Wendy happily told them.

"A ceremonial meal?" Gwen asked excitedly.

"With the Chief of the Whipple Clan? It would be my great honor." Knuckles added.

"I'll just put out three extra places." Wendy said.

"Wait a minute. It's not... Is it?" Wade said, realizing what dinner she's talking about.

"Please. Join us for Shabbat dinner." Wendy offered.

Wade gasps as the flashback begins when he and Wanda were kids with young Wanda torturing Wade with food while Wendy appear to be done with those two fighting nonstop over the last few decade of Shabbat dinner, especially with a black goat in the house with young Wade freaking out as the flashback ends. Wade gasps in horror with his mouth agape as Wendy heads to the kitchen. Knuckles and Gwen notices.

"Wade, what is happening?" Knuckles asked.

"Yeah, are you okay?" Gwen added with concern.

"We gotta get outta here." Wade whispered to them. "For the last few decades, every single Whipple family Shabbat dinner has been nothing but deceit, betrayal, and violence."

Wendy approaches her son.

"So, are they Jewish?" she asked.

"Uh, y-yeah, they're on, uh... Half, I think." Wade mumbled.

"Uh, mother's side?" Wendy guessed.

"I was about to say, I think so." Wade answered.

"Oh good, oh good." Wendy laughed happily before kissing her son's head and heading back to the kitchen.

Wanda clears her throat to Knuckles and Gwen as she put her two fingers in her eyes as in "I'm watching you" sign and left. This left Knuckles confused while Gwen deadpanned.

"I don't know why it's important that it's the mom's side, but just say that it is. I don't ask you about the millions of grapes you eat." Wade whispered.

"You leave my grapes out of this." Knuckles warned.

"Okay, you two, let's just go eat." Gwen suggested, backing off the boys and left to join them.

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The Whipple family, Knuckles and Gwen sit on the table to join dinner while Gwen sits next to Knuckles.

"Mom! You made all of my favorite foods, even the ones from the most obscure Jewish holidays! Everything looks so... brown." Wade said in a sarcastic tone as Knuckles and Gwen look at all the Jewish feast.

"What a feast!" Gwen said, inspired.

"I am famished, but where are the grapes?" Knuckles said, inspired as well but missing the grapes.

"They're in the wine, buddy." Wade said.

"Ah! Welcome, everyone. Mm. Family members and guests. Now... Knuchles, Gwen. I'm not sure how much you know about the traditions of the Jewish people." Wendy explained while Wade cleared his throat about Wanda texting on her phone.

"I know very little, but I admire your tiny hats." Knuckles said kindly. "And I assume with a feast like this, the epics must tell of your great victories on the battlefield. At first glance, I thought you to be a malnourished weakling. But when you were cutting that meat, I noticed your arms are quite muscular."

"Oh." Wendy said, bashful.

"Like a warrior!" Knuckles continued with Wendy and Gwen laughing wholeheartedly.

"I do admire the feast you put all of this together. I also know a few of traditions when I was a kid. Although it takes a lot of work for one person to be the toughest and bravest enough to make a delicious dinner and never give up for what's right to do!" Gwen added.

"Oh! Well. Thank you, Knuchles, Gwen. I do palates three times a week." Wendy said, appreciated. "Wade, I like your friends."

"Okay. Weird." Wade said, laughing nervously.

"Shabbat is the day of rest. It's about home. Every Friday, for three hours, the Whipple family, whoever's here, sits and eats together until the Shabbat candles burn out. And traditionally, the women of the home... The women of the home light the candles. Wanda?" Wendy explained while asking Wanda to light the candles but she was distracted by her phone.

"Meh." Wanda said with not caring.

"Wanda, if you could help me." Wendy asked again.

"No way, Mom! I'm on a work call. SODOTOTUS might go to Macaroni Grill." Wanda refused.

"Wanda." Wendy scolded.

"What?" Wanda asked.

"No phones at the table."

"It's work, Mom!"

"Alright. I'll do it myself."

Wendy was about to light the candles, but Gwen stopped her.

"Excuse me Wendy. Since Wanda couldn't light the candles, may I light the candles?" Gwen politely asked.

"Oh, well, of course, dear."

She handed Gwen a lighter to light the candles, put out the lighter and sit back down. Wendy started her Jewish prayer.

"Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav..."

As she prayed, Wanda stole Wade's spoon.

"That's my spoon." Wade said.

"Mm-mmm. That's my spoon. It's not your spoon. Your spoon's over there." Wanda corrected.

"No, that's Gwen's spoon. That spoon in your hand is my spoon." Wade explained.

"Oh. Oh, you know what? Sorry. That is your spoon." Wanda said before throwing the spoon to the floor.

Wade gets up to retrieve the spoon while Wanda snickers and Gwen thinks in her mind and thought she had sibling issues with her brother.

"Where'd it go? Hey, Nolan Ryan, where'd you throw it?" Wade asked.

"It went under the little table." Wanda answered with a chuckle.

"Hahaha! So fun!" Wade mocked laughter.

"It is. It's awesome." Wanda snickered.

"So funny! Ugh. It's gross."

Wade picks up the spoon in disgust and washes the spoon from his cup of water, much to Wanda's disgust, and cleans it with his napkin as Wendy finishes her prayer.

"Alright. Everyone, dig in. So, Knuchles...tell me about your family." Wendy asked, placing the food on his plate while Gwen place the food on her own plate.

"My people were killed by a race of giant owls." Knuckles said sadly as Gwen heard it.

"Owls?" Wendy questioned as Gwen said next.

"The Owls are my tribe, our tribes were enemies back then, when me and Knuckles met when we were kids, we were fighting at first, but then we liked each other as friends but in secret because we can't let our tribes know each other and we're separated as we give each other a bracelet to remember us by." Gwen explained while showing her the bracelets and being sad as well.

"We're now the last of our tribes." Knuckles said.

"Oh. Our tribe has been through some tough times, too. Minus the giant owls. He's basically Jewish." Wendy felt sorry for them.

"How's the food?" Wendy asked as Knuckles and Gwen happily feast on the food and they love it.

"Mm!" Knuckles hummed, slurping before belching. "Delectable! This soup! I've never seen balls so plump and swollen with flavor."

"Yo, your friends are wild." Wanda laughed as she see them eating.

"And you say this is fish, yet it has the consistency of a wet sponge. I cannot stop eating it." Gwen admired the food, holding up the fish with her fork.

"Gefilte fish. One of our planet's greatest mysteries. Oh, let me get you some more, sweetie. Now, tell me more about your tribes." Wendy said, giving them seconds on their plate.

"Hey. How'd you get involved with these weird aliens?" Wanda asked.

"Look, it's not a big deal, but I've been working with a secret global law enforcement agency called GUN. Actually, you know what? It's a huge friggin' deal." Wade said before getting all brag.

"There's no government agency called GUN. That's the fakest name I've ever heard, Wade. Hm. Plus, if they were lookin' for people, why would they recruit a small-time cop like you?" Wanda laughed, not believing him.

"Look, I can't really talk about it, but I happen to know a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy. And I'm doing all this work pro bono, which means for free."

"I know."

"It's mostly international stuff, but it does tend to point sometimes intergalactic. Way above the FBI pay grade, so you probably wouldn't understand."

"No, I knew what it is. I've heard of GUN. I know what it is, and I actually... I actually know a guy there, too." Wanda lied.

This made Wade blow raspberry in disbelief.

"You know someone from GUN?"

"Yeah, I do." Wanda answered.

"Mm-hmm. What guy do you know at GUN?"

"Jim... Jim Gunagent." Wanda lied again.

"The GUN agent you know is named Jim Gunagent?" Wade questioned.

"Yeah. That's right. Who do you know there? Who's your guy? Oh, who's your guy at GUN?" Wanda questioned back, making him scoff.

"The guy I know is actually... also named Jim, uh, Gunagent, so I guess we probably know the same guy." Wade lied.

"Oh. Cool, cool, cool. So, I guess we both know Jim." Wanda said.

"I guess we both know Jim. Cool, cool, cool."

Wendy called out to her son with a smile.

"Wade! Did you know that Knuchles almost destroyed the entire planet and almost killed his girlfriend, and then ended up helping save it and became a couple?" she asked.

"Yeah, Mom, I was there." Wade said.

"Oh." Wendy said.

"And I'd gladly do it again, should I need to protect the Master Emerald." Knuckles said gladly.

"Oh! And Wade also contributed." Gwen added.

"Thank you." Wade smiled, appreciated.

"That's my son." Wendy said happily.

This made Wanda scoff, not believing that.

"Ooh! Sounds so important. I'm just wondering, like, what'd you do? Like, were you picking up coffees, or were you dropping off their dry cleaning?"

"If you must know what I did, right at the time that the head bad guy was gonna attack, I said "Hey!" and distracted him for a split second. And then, Sonic and Gwen really took care of it." Wade explained.

"Sounds highly unlikely!" Wanda said loudly.

"Wanda, back off." Wendy scolded.

"Mom! I'm just asking what he did on that day, okay? And he's saying crazy things! I don't know why you always have to side with him!"

Wendy looked at Wade, who's leaning his cheek against his fist with a smug look.

"Oh, Wade. No, you, too."

Wade pulled his fist away from his cheek and looked at his mom in disbelief.

"I didn't even say anything!"

"Doesn't matter. I saw it on your face. The two of you. Ugh. I mean, I swear. If I could just have a moment of peace." Wendy said in frustration while Knuckles was slurping his soup and Gwen was drinking her cup of water, looking at the family awkwardly.

Wanda kicks his leg under the table in anger.

"Ow! You suck!" Wade screamed in pain while glaring at his sister.

"Wade! Language!" Wendy scolded.

"Sor-- I'm sorry, mom, but she sucks so bad." he said before whispering to Wanda. "You suck."

This made Wanda punch him in the arm, making him yell in pain.

"Ow! Mom! You wanna fight? Let's do this!" Wade glared, getting up from his seat.

"Okay, let's go." Wanda agreed, getting up as well.

Wendy immediately bangs on the table, scaring the siblings along with Knuckles and Gwen.

"So help me God! Do not make me use Krav Maga in my own home!!" she yelled angrily.

This caused Wade and Wanda to immediately sit back down.

"She's right." Wade said.

"What is this Krav Maga?" Knuckles and Gwen asked in unison.

"She used to be an instructor. Krav Maga, Israeli self-defense. Pretty hardcore stuff." Wade explained.

"I see. You train warriors as well." Knuckles said, smiling.

"I would love to see that, if things didn't get out of control, but you gotta teach me that." Gwen added, looking interested.

"You know what? Wh-Whatever, mother. Okay, you can't threaten us with your Jewish karate chops because I am a federal agent!" Wanda ranted in anger. "Okay? I refuse to be spoken to like this from a local police officer!"

"Federal agent this, federal agent that. You know what? Sounds like to me someone doesn't really know Jim Gunagent." Wade laughed.

"Uh, do you?" Wanda questioned.

"Uh, no because he doesn't exist!" Wade answered aggressively.

"I knew it! You liar!" Wanda yelled.

"Yeah, you knew it so much, you walked right into it."

"What did I do to deserve this? How many years of Shabbat spent alone? Now, both my children are finally home, and this is what I get?" Wendy said in sadness, looking up at the ceiling as she's questioning to God.

"I'm sorry, Mom. It's-- " Wade started but was cut off by Wanda grabbing a fork and stabbing him in the arm.

Seeing that made Wendy gasp while Knuckles and Gwen stare uncomfortably.

"Oh! Oh! Ow! OWWWWWWWWWW!!!" Wade screamed in pain. "Oh, God! Oh! Oh, I would punch you in the face right now if you weren't an adult woman and I wasn't an adult man and that is just not accepted. Oh, I hate you!"

Wade removed the fork from his arm.

"I'm going to my room!"

He then gets out of his seat, shoving the table and walking away.

"Of course! Just go. Leave me here. Alone. Just like everyone. Just like that... good-for-nothing schmuck!" Wendy said in anger.

Wade stops and looks back at his mom in sadness.

"He's not a schmuck. He's my dad."

With that, he left. Knuckles and Gwen had never felt bad and sad before, seeing the family grown apart.

"Well, I'm glad I came. Another classic Whipple family Shabbat." Wanda said before getting out from the table and walking away.

That leaves only Wendy, Knuckles and Gwen at the table.

"At least I'm not all alone this time." Wendy said, placing her hand on Knuckles' fist.

This Knuckles smile as Gwen leans her head to his shoulder, feeling so close together.

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At Wade's old room, he was lying down his bed softly crying until someone knocks on the door.

"Um, don't come in here!" Wade said, wiping away his tears and the door opened to reveal Knuckles and Gwen.

"Wade? Are you okay?" Gwen asked with concern.

"I thought I heard the quiet sobs of a child." Knuckles added, making Gwen slightly glare at him.

"I know. I don't know what you heard because everything in here is fine. I'm just, uh, curled up in the fetal posish, you know? My mental health has never been better." Wade denied, sniffing.

"Your quarters are fascinating." Knuckles said as he and Gwen looked around Wade's old room.

"Yeah? Oh, yeah. My old room." Wade said, sitting up on his bed.

"What are these?" Knuckles wondered, looking the posters on the wall.

"My posters? I got all the greats up there. Stallone, Keanu, Bryan Adams. Gods." Wade explained.

"Ah, yes. I see." Gwen said, liking the posters.

"This is your pantheon of heroes!" Knuckles said.

"Yeah. Spent a lot of time in here alone. Mostly dealing with my childhood abandonment issues, but..." Wade said.

Knuckles noticed a certain poster in the middle that has a man holding a bowling ball.

"And who is this magnificent and powerful man?" he asked.

"Oh, that guy?"

"'Pistol' Pete Whipple."" Knuckles read before realizing. "Wait. This great bowling warrior shares your family name!"

Gwen noticed the poster as well.

"Yeah. That's 'cause he's my dad." Wade sighed.

"Your father is the champion? He will be at the tournament?" Gwen said in shock.

"Wade Whipple, is this why we are going to Reno? To confront and dethrone your father?! This quest only grows more glorious!" Knuckles said excitedly, jumping with his fists up.

This shocked Wade as he looked at his friend.

"What? No-- I didn't know that-- Are you two telling-- Start from the beginning. 'Cause wait a minute. My estranged father is also gonna be at the bowling tournament? That is news to me. Uh, definitely didn't have anything to do with my decision-making process in the matter."

"I see. What is this?" Knuckles questioned, looking down at the Cassette Recorder Player.

"That? You wanna know what this is?" Wade asked, playing the recorder as wires rattle. "This is my old Discman. Plays music. You wanna see something cool?"

"Mm-hmm." Knuckles and Gwen hummed.

"Wadejammerz '99." Wade laughed with joy.

"Did you made that yourself?" Gwen asked.

"Yeah. The single best CD ever to be burned. This mix is front-to-back bangers. I wonder if she still works. And..." Wade explained, putting on the headphones as it's muffled "All the Small Things" by Blink-182 playing. "Oh, yeah. Yeah, you don't get quality like this from the streamers. Yeah, this is my jam. You got to hear this."

He removed his headphones and gestured them to listen to it as they could hear the song, nodding to the beat.

"Hm. Ah. What does that mean exactly? To have a jam?" Knuckles questioned.

"It's like, um, your favorite song." Wade explained.

"I don't understand." Knuckles said in confusion as the song ends.

"Like... You don't have a favorite song?" Wade asked.

"No." Knuckles answered.

"A jam is like something that pumps you up. You know, gets you jacked." Wade explained the jam meaning.

"It gives you the courage and bravery to do things that are out of the ordinary." Gwen added.

"Is it a form of magic?" Knuckles asked.

"It is a bit like magic." Gwen answered.

"You know, I had a friend who, when he listened to Alien Ant Farm, could lift a Toyota Corolla over his head. Swear to God, on my mom's life." Wade said.

"Hm... And this mix you made, it has jams?" Knuckles asked.

"Oh, yeah. "Wadejammerz '99"? Chock full of 'em. You listen to this mix. I guarantee you will be uttering the phrase, "That's my jam." My dad used to say that all the time." Wade stated with a soft laugh.

"Your father. Is he... the "schmuck" of whom your mother spoke?" Gwen questioned, frowning.

"That's the guy." Wade answered.

"And he abandoned you? Giving not a second thought to his own flesh and blood? Discarding his only son like a piece of worthless junk!" Knuckles stated.

"Your phrasing is rather hurtful." Gwen scolded him.

"But yes. Every Friday afternoon, my dad and I would drive to the bowling alley, and we'd listen to this mix... You know, it was our thing, until it wasn't, but..." Wade explained solemnly.

"Hm... And who is this?" Knuckles questioned as he and Gwen walked over to the cardboard.

"Oh. That is... nothing. Please don't look at that. Please don't investigate." Wade said in embarrassment and horror, getting out of his bed to follow them.

Knuckles moved the cardboard to reveal a muscular lady.

"Now, this is a warrior." Knuckles said, making Gwen secretly chuckle.

"Who is this?" Gwen asked after calming down.

"Uh, this is actually, um, just a cardboard cutout of, uh, Zap from the hit morning show American Gladiators." Wade answered, still embarrassed.

"Ah, yes. She definitely belongs in your pantheon of heroes." Knuckles nodded.

"Yeah, yeah, she was a beast." Gwen added.

"I've had her since I was a kid. I actually didn't even know I still owned it though." Wade said.

"But, what are these little indentations on her shoulders?" Gwen asked, noticing something on the cardboard.

"Uh, nothing! Definitely not where I hugged her too hard." Wade awkwardly laughed.

"Dessert! Dessert, everyone!" Wendy called out.

"Uh, y-you know, y-y-you two should go for dessert. I-I'm not really feeling like it tonight." Wade suggested.

"Wade! These marks. They seem to be everywhere." Knuckles said, looking at it.

"Okay! Enough time with Zap. Thank you." Wade laughed, not wanting to hear the end of it.

"Okay." Knuckles said before he and Gwen left.

Gwen secretly knows he has crush on her based on Wade's behavior.

"I'm sorry you had to hear that." Wade whispered to a cardboard Zap.

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At the living room, Wendy, Knuckles and Gwen are eating key lime pies for dessert on the couch as they talk more about their past.

"So, I spent the next 14 days wandering through an alien desert. My enemies had ambushed me and left me for dead." Knuckles explained his story.

"Oh, God!" Gwen gaped in shock.

"Well, listen. Joshua wandered for 40 years, lost in the desert, looking for the Promised Land, so big whoop about your 14 days. No offense." Wendy said, remembering reading the Bible.

"Is this part of the Jewish tradition? To eat pies of limes that are key and watch old movies?" Knuckles asked while looking at the old television.

"I think this tradition is quite nice, eating dessert together and watching movies together." Gwen appreciated.

"No, no Jewish. But thank you for your comment Gwen. But we do like a good flick. This is a Whipple family tradition. Every Shabbat, after dinner, we'd eat dessert and then watch a movie till the candles burned out. It was nice." Wendy explained, feeling nostalgic.

"Why has this tradition been broken?" Knuckles wondered while Gwen eating her pie, felt sad.

"Who knows? Families, they drift apart. Time. Yeah, well, I guess this is what my life is now. Empty nester. It's pitiful. You know, every Shabbat, I light the candles myself. I make the dinner, the whole schmear. I even make dessert!" Wendy chuckled. "And then, I sit back and watch one of my old movies. You know, even when the kids are home, they can't be bothered."

This made Gwen feel bad for Wendy being all alone. She knows how that felt.

"Hm... I don't understand. This young streetwalker with a heart made of gold. Why do the others treat her with such disdain? Is it so wrong to walk the streets?" Knuckles questioned at the Pretty Woman movie they're watching.

"Because they are ignorant and judgmental, Knuchles. But, you wait. She'll get the last laugh." Wendy said.

As they watch, Gwen was imitating as she enjoys the movie very much, especially that female protagonist.

"I love her. And I always love spending time together." Gwen said, smiling.

"Me too, Gwen." Wendy smiled appreciatedly.

As they continued watching movie, Knuckles looked at Gwen and felt more love than ever before and wished his and Gwen's love never end.

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Outside the house, the bounty hunters have arrived to get Wade for the money with their weapons in hands. Wanda was reading a book about how not to be caught off guard, Wendy was putting the candles to the kitchen and Wade was still in his room thinking about his dad from the past.

"Miss you, dad." he said sadly, looking at the poster of his dad.

But he felt something up as if someone is here, so he hides behind the cardboard when the hunter kicks the window open to look for Wade. The muscular bounty hunter was confused at the room and cautiously started walking as he headed to the opened door. Wade sneakily grabs the candles and goes behind the bounty hunter and spoke something in Jewish before hitting the hunter from behind but wasn't hard enough. The bounty hunter turned to him dangerously.

"That was a bad idea."

He then slapped Wade in the face to the ground, making Wade groan in pain.

"Why?" he whined.

The bounty hunter pointed the teaser gun at Wade.

"You got a price on your head, Whipple. And I'm here to collect." he said, moving it closer to his face.

Wade heard electric buzz and glanced over to see the hallway lit up red with Knuckles' shadow walking towards the bedroom. This made Wade laugh.

"What's so funny?" the bounty hunter questioned, noticing Wade smiling.

"Oh, nothing. You just picked a fight with the most dangerous warrior in the galaxy. And I'm his favorite student." Wade said.

The bounty hunter looked up and his eyes widened to see angry Knuckles, all powered up. With a growl, Knuckles jumps up and throws a mighty punch at a burly-sized man, causing him to crash into the wall. Through the hole, the bounty hunter landed on someone's property and passed out. Knuckles shakes his fist as he glares at the downed man. Wade peeked through a hole in the wall.

"That's gonna affect resale."

Knuckles turned and heard a metal rattle coming from the living room.

"We've got company." Knuckles warned, making Wade worried.

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Wanda is next as she turns her neck to see another bounty hunter with chains. Seeing that made her laugh.

"What the heck are you supposed to be?"

"Your worst nightmare." the bounty hunter said in a dramatic voice.

"Nice chains, bro. You look like you popped out of a '90s video game. Where do I put the quarter?" Wanda joked.

The bounty hunter started swinging his chains. But Wanda was unfazed.

"Smart move, genius! You just broke into a house full of cops. You wanna give up now, or you want me to give you about 14 seconds?"

"Enough!" he yelled before sending the chains towards her.

"Ah, crap." Wanda cursed before ducking from the flying chain as it hit the lamp, breaking it.

Wanda crawled on the floor as the bounty hunter swings his chains at her again, which she quickly ducked as it scratched the brick of the fireplace. She crawled her way to the chair and stood up behind it, holding out a badge.

"FBI! Oh!"

He didn't listen and swung his chains again, making her use the chair as a shield but he broke it. Wanda braces herself as she holds the broken piece of the chair. As he swing the chains at Wanda again, Gwen saves her by using her sword to grab the chains. She growls and swing the chain along the hunter to hit each walls and when she lets go of him, he was down, knocked out as she walks away.

"Told you, loser." Wanda scoffed.

Gwen turns and uses her fingers in her eyes as in "I am watching you" sign back at Wanda, making her silent and nod.

"Your move, creeps." Wendy was holding a frying pan to prepare a fight against two more bounty hunters.

Knuckles and Gwen came back while Gwen have her weapons ready.

"Mother Whipple/Wendy!"

This freaked the bounty hunters out at the sight of them, but Wendy paid them no mind as she glanced at Knuckles and Gwen.

"Knuchles. Gwen. Protect the candles at all costs."

With that, Wendy threw a pan towards the bounty hunters, hitting each in the head. "Hava Nagila" starts playing in the background as Knuckles then jumped over the candles and punched both the bounty hunters. Gwen pulled out her tessen and threw it at the bounty hunter's bat, cutting it off before front kicking him down. Wendy grabs the bounty hunter that was getting up and slammed his face agsinst the counter, knocking him down again. Knuckles jumped on top of the kitchen counter and jumped away from the weapon the bounty hunter was about to hit him with as he broke the cabinet. He sees Knuckles on the other side of the counter and goes to hit him again when Knuckles easily jumped away from it and dodged his attacks.

Gwen come to his rescue and kicked him behind his legs to trip him. Gwen grabs the plates and throws them towards another bounty hunter Wendy was fighting while Knuckles brings out his elbow and slams the bounty hunter down. The bounty hunter points a broken bat at Wendy's face for a moment before attempting to swing at her when Gwen blocked his attack with her sword before Wendy punched him in the face. Knuckles appears to be having fun as he punches his fists and flips over the bounty hunter and lands on the ground and slams his face by opening the refrigerator, knocking him down again. Wendy and Gwen keeps on fighting the second bounty hunter until Knuckles slides over the counter and uppercuts him, causing him to go flying and hit against the cabinets, breaking them. Gwen backflips from the last bounty hunter's attack and does a flip back kick, making him go flying as he slam against the counter. He gets up only to be punched or hit twice by Knuckles and Wendy, completely knocking him out. Before he could fall onto the lit candles, Wade caught him by the back of his collar and pulled him back, dropping him to the ground as he and Wanda came back to check on their mother.

"Sorry about the, uh, house. You okay? Are you happy? Did I miss something?" Wade asked with concern, seeing Wendy looking happy and satisfied while Wanda is concerned.

"My kids finally came home for Shabbat. The whole family came together. To protect one another, to care for one another. What more could a mother want?" Wendy said gladly.

Knuckles and Gwen stepped closely together as they smiled and nodded at Wendy.

"Thank you, Knuchles, Gwen. This... is the best damn Shabbat dinner we ever had. Good Shabbos, sweetie. You, too, darling." Wendy kissed both Wade and Wanda on their cheek.

"Thanks, Mom." Wanda smiled.

"Good Shabbos, Mom." Wade smiled as well.

As they watched the candles burn out together, Gwen and Knuckles hold hands together as their feelings grow more better.