The next day, the Harmony Notes were getting ready for their rehearsal as they finished gathering their instruments from their trailer. Meanwhile, the Bad Guys had their own personal joyride, which they had always enjoyed so much together when they were not working as both vigilantes and criminals.

"Okay, guys, ten minutes before our practice. Let's get going!" Doug announced as soon as the Bad Guys' car passed by them so fast. Even Doug would notice their new band member, "That means you, Piranha!"

"Huh?" Piranha heard Doug calling his name.

This part made Wolf parallel park the car on the sidewalk when he drifted from the street. The impact caused all the Bad Guys to launch themselves off the car and get themselves into a pile. It hurt them, but they still had fun with their morning joyride and they all laughed.

When they were finished staying in a pile together, the Bad Guys got up from atop of each other so Piranha could join his new band for the practice.

"Good luck, hon," Hornet placed a hand on Piranha's cheek.

"Thanks, mi amor," Piranha pecked Hornet's side, making them both chuckle with their faces blush.

Then, Snake ruffled Piranha's head fin, "Yeah, good luck there, big guy."

"You'll do well, bro," Shark added with a gentle shove on the back.

Doug then interrupted them as he said, "Say, Mr. Wolf, while we're on, why don't you guys polish our instruments over there for a bit?

"The instruments?" Wolf repeated as the remaining Bad Guys turned their heads to see unused instruments next to them, "Alright, Doug."

Doug smiled as he turned to catch up with his bandmates in the lobby.

Before Piranha could go, Wolf then reminded him, "Piranha, don't forget. Fireworks at Hollenbeck Park, 4-8 pm."

"It's a promise," Piranha stated.

The other Bad Guys smiled at him before started polishing some guitars and drums.

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When Piranha was walking by the Harmony Notes' trailer to head towards the door of the lobby, Felina poked her head out of the door, and called out to the little fish, "Psst! Hey, kid," Piranha heard her as he turned to see Felina, "Come on in. Felina wants to talk to you," she moved backward with a sinister smile.

Having no idea what Felina was plotting, Piranha got into the trailer, and said, "But I'm supposed to rehearse for the band now."

"Oh, I know. I just wanna pass along my secret of success," Felina said, which turned out to be a lie.

"Really? Thanks, Senorita Felina."

"Before every show, take a big helping of that."

Felina showed Piranha a jar of gumballs.

Piranha squinted his eyes on the jar, and asked curiously, "Uh, gum?"

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At the lobby, the band was about to rehearse as Doug trying to make sure all of the band members were accounted for.

"All right. Let's get to rehearsing everyone, let's move it!" He was pacing around while noticing Piranha wasn't around yet, and he turned to the band's bass guitarist, "Hey, Ellen, go get Piranha please."

"Just give me a sec," Ellen said before licking her thumb and smearing on her son's face to remove the dirt off his face.

"Mom, this is embarrassing!" Daniel whined while trying to make his mother stop smothering him.

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Meanwhile, the other Bad Guys were sitting on the sidewalk, polishing some musical equipment, until they noticed Felina strolling out from the trailer while singing.

Me, me, me, me, me

The Bad Guys started to feel suspicious when Felina happily strolled out of the trailer. Something was off, and they wanted to investigate.

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Felina then entered the lobby where the band was with a diva grin.

"Uh-oh. Bad news in a pink pop dress." Rocki deadpanned, knowing drama would be around when it came to Felina.

The cat chuckled as she approached the band, particularly her so-called love interest, "Doug, you look so tired like you've been eating a lot of cotton candy in one bite."

'Cause I'm busy since I lead the whole band by myself!" Doug snapped.

"Oh, yeah? Because you either fired me or I quit."

"What do you want, Felina?"

"I just thought you could use a lead singer," Felina grinned, thinking that keeping Piranha from singing would get her spotlight back in the band.

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Back to the Bad Guys, they got a glance inside the Harmony Notes trailer and saw Piranha trying to get something unstuck.

When they got inside, they noticed a jar of gumballs next to him.

"Gum?" Snake guessed.

The Bad Guys figured a gum got stuck on Piranha's teeth.

"But Piranha you have to sing," Hornet stated, knowing the gum stuck on Piranha's teeth gave him the incapability to sing like this.

Piranha still tried to get the gum off his teeth, but twin mice, Silk and Cotton, started laughing at him. The other Bad Guys didn't like how Piranha got laughed at because of him trying to get the gum off his teeth. Just to teach them a lesson, Snake and Tarantula threw a jar of gumballs at the two mice, making them stop laughing. The group turned their attention back to Piranha, who was still trying to fix his gum problem.

"Hold on, Piranha. We'll be right back," Hornet said as he and the other Bad Guys left the trailer.

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At the alley, three goons walked down the street holding a bucket of ice, all snickering sinisterly.

"Hehehe, check it out, boys. We got ice that lasts us for a whole summer," the leader chuckled, "And we got it for free!"

"You said it, boss!" Goon #1 agreed.

When the trio entered an alley, they stopped and gasped when the Bad Guys blocked their way in front of them from thin air.

"Excuse us," Wolf started, "Sorry for interrupting your celebration, but we do need that bucket of ice... please."

The leader grinned when he heard polite words for Mr. Wolf himself, "Well, well, well, if it isn't the Bad Guys. Haven't seen you since you abandoned your crime life."

"We didn't exactly 'abandon' it, we're just having dual jobs.," Hornet corrected with hand gestures.

"Same thing. You weren't the same crime family we knew before!" Goon #2 snapped.

"Yeah, and if you want the ice so much, why don't you get somewhere else? Like stealing it?" The leader showed the ice bucket to them.

"Hey, they don't steal anymore, they buy stuff with real money like babies!" Goon #1 laughed.

"Actually, we still have the urge to steal..., but not in the stores at this time," Snake pointed out with his tail.

"Oh yeah, then where are you going to steal one?" The leader asked like it was a rhetorical question. The Bad Guys smirked when they got their ice on the ice bucket the leader held.

The three goons were confused by the Bad Guys' looks until they looked down at their ice bucket, knowing what this meant. "Uh-oh."

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Back at the trailer, Piranha was still trying to get the gum from his teeth as he paced around while doing it, and Silk and Cotton tried to get themselves out of the jar, but it barreled past Piranha and made a crashing sound.

"Hey, Piranha, we got you something." Wolf's voice was heard from outside, and it got Piranha's attention. He got outside while stretching the gum from his mouth.

"Stay still, little guy," Shark said as he threw ice water from the bucket and towards Piranha.

"Ack!" Piranha had his mouth open that time as he was soaking wet with ice water and had some in his mouth. He got up from the impact of the water, all shivering due to the cold, "What the heck, hermano? Are you going to freeze me to death?!" He finally spoke. That was when he realized he was able to talk clearly without gum in his mouth and teeth. He even noticed the gum he chewed next to him that became hardened when it touched the cold water, "All right!" He rejoiced until he remembered how he was splashed with freezing water, "You know you could just hand me a glass of ice water would be fine."

"Aww, our little baby's all grown up!" Shark cooed.

"Awwww!" Wolf, Snake, Tarantula, and Hornet also cooed with their eyes sparkled, making Piranha roll his eyes in embarrassment.

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Back with the Harmony Notes, Doug and Felina were still arguing while the other band members continued to watch and listen to them since no one could stop the two from arguing with each other.

"You know well Piranha is our..." Doug was about to tell Felina that Piranha was the new singer of the band, but he was cut off.

"Piranha? You mean that little fish?" Felina guessed sarcastically, "Why, he ran off with those friends of his like a group of criminal gangs."

"You're kidding!" Doug stated suspiciously.

"Hey, if I'm lying, then flowers would spray off their pollen and make me sneeze," Felina smirked.

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Back with the Bad Guys, Piranha jumped up and down victoriously as he was able to move his mouth freely, talk, and even sing without the gum in his mouth.

"That did it. I can sing!"

"Great. Now when you get out there, don't forget to..." Tarantula was about to remind Piranha about the fireworks, but he hurriedly scurried off, leaving his friends behind.

"Okay, see you at the fireworks, right?" Hornet asked, but Piranha already entered the lobby, leaving him and the Bad Guys frowned Piranha rushed to catch up with the band without looking back at his own gang.

Silk and Cotton successfully got out of the gum jar, only to be covered with gum all over their bodies.

"Get used to it, everyone. This is how it's gonna be from now on," Silk said.

"What do you mean?" Shark asked.

"While he's off having fun and getting the glory, he'll stick you all out here doing your own business without him," Cotton explained while removing one of the gums from her dress.

"No, Piranha isn't like that," Snake said hopefully before pointing his tail at Wolf, "I mean, Wolf did," he recalled what happened back at the S.U.C.M., making Wolf deadpanned for Snake guilt-tripping him, "But not Piranha," he continued talking about Piranha.

Cotton scoffed hysterically, "Yeah."

"Well, we'll see, won't we?" Silk added as she and her sister hopped out of the trailer to report to Felina.

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Piranha approached the band in the lobby so quickly that he didn't see where he was stepping on, "Here I am... Whoa!" he tripped on his own foot, making him tumble all the way in front of Doug and Felina.

Felina gasped to see Piranha making it, and especially free from the rubber stretchy gum that was supposed to prevent him from singing.

Doug scoffed while glaring at Felina, knowing he shouldn't believe what she said, "Ran off, huh?"

Felina then glared at Silk and Cotton, who made it with gum still all over them, "Sorry, Felina," they said.

Doug then lowered, and sniffed Piranha, who could smell the sweet scent of gum from him, "Gum?" He then turned to Felina, knowing she was behind all this, "Oh, Felina. You are through."

Felina scoffed as she was about to walk away, "Well, you can't get rid of me so easily, Doug."

Without looking where she was going, Felina tripped on the same potted plant that she tripped yesterday, launching herself out of the door, and crashed onto Silk and Cotton.

"That looked easy," Dolly whispered.

"Remind me to give that pot a bonus," Doug told his band while giving the pot some credit as Rocki and Daniel chuckled silently.

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Special thanks to TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3 for suggesting using gum that stuck on his mouth to make Piranha incapable of singing, replacing peanut butter from "The Fox And The Hound 2".

Summer is just a few months away, so I hope I'll be able to finish this before or during Summer season. Hope you all like this.