Chapter 2: Escaping the Jail Cell
After Muriel, Eustace and Courage were thrown into the so-called guest room, Muriel was quite furious with Eustace to why he would say such things about the person who they were negotiating with.
"Eustace, I'm ashamed of you that you would say such horrible things about the person who would invade our planet" said Muriel.
"He had a stupid toy dog, and I hate dogs, especially the one that's right here with us!" replied Eustace as he turned his back on Muriel.
"There must be some way we can escape this so-called guest room, it really reminds me of a jail cell really" said Muriel as she began to look around the place, "Courage, you must find a way for us to get out of here, we're counting on you."
"Oh, the things I do for love" sighed Courage to which he began to look at one of the air vents that was nearby a bench in the so-called guest room.
"I'm not getting into that stupid air vent" said Eustace as he noticed it was too small for him, "it's too small for me."
"But we have to get out somehow" said Muriel.
"I got an idea" said Eustace as he managed to get the air vent open and grabbed Courage, "why not send the stupid dog into the air vents?"
Eustace grabbed Courage and threw him right in, after opening up the air vent. Courage screamed as he was thrown right in. The poor pink dog was thrown like a pinball, hitting the various parts of the very interior of Dark Laser's ship until he managed to land on a small platform with Courage all beaten up laughing at his own predicament. After recovering from that, Courage then began to crawl throughout the air vent network of the ship and spotted one opened air vent to which Dark Laser was in his private chamber with his toy dog Flipsy.
"Aw Flipsy" said Dark Laser as he placed the toy flipping dog on a pillow, "it wasn't really nice for those so-called negotiators to call you all those horrible names. I couldn't imagine what to do if I didn't lead the invasion of the blue planet Earth with you beside my side."
Courage then immediately had an idea come up in his head. So he waited until Dark Laser went to his bed and took a nap. He immediately opened the air vent and went right into Dark Laser's private chambers. Courage wanted to be quiet not to wake Dark Laser, so he quickly grabbed Flipsy from its pillow and raced right back up to the air vent. When Dark Laser woke up, he noticed that his flipping toy dog-Flipsy was gone.
"Flipsy, no!" cried Dark Laser to which he then noticed that an air vent on the ceiling of his private chamber was opened, "Those so-called negotiators are responsible for this! I'll find my Flipsy and then when I do, I'll fire those negotiators right into deep space itself and then invade their home planet!"
Suddenly, as Courage went through crawling through the air vent network of the ship, he heard sirens going off throughout the ship as Courage knew Dark Laser was missing his Flipsy that he was carrying. He then raced and crawled back to the place where Eustace and Muriel were being held. As he got out of another air vent that was near the door of the cell, the two robotic soldiers whom were guarding the cell noticed Courage with Flipsy.
"Sir, we have spotted the pink stupid dog holding your Flipsy" said the first robotic soldier on its communicator, "we're moving in."
As the two robotic soldiers raced to apprehend Courage, Courage grabbed the bars of the air vent that he had come out and used it as a weapon by throwing it at the robotic soldiers destroying them both. He then noticed that one of the two robotic soldiers had keys and grabbed the keys and unlocked the jail cell that Muriel and Eustace were in.
"Courage, you did it!" cried Muriel with joy.
"For once, you stupid dog" added Eustace.
Courage then showed both of them Dark Laser's prized possession-Flipsy the flipping toy dog within his hands showing how this could be used as a bargaining chip to prevent Dark Laser from invading the Earth.
"Say, that's the stupid toy dog you got there" said Eustace, "we don't need something as stupid like that."
"Are you mad?" asked Muriel to Eustace, "We could give our host back his possession, providing that he won't invade our home."
"Yeah!" cried Courage with joy.
"But we better hurry and try to get to a hangar or some place where we could negotiate its release" said Muriel.
Suddenly some of the robotic soldiers busted right into the area of where the three were.
"There they are, I knew they stole Flipsy, get them!" cried Dark Laser as he came into the scene, "But don't harm Flipsy!"
Muriel, Eustace and Courage then immediately ran for their lives as they were dodging the various lasers coming right toward them from the blasters of the robotic soldiers. The three raced throughout the entire ship, trying to dodge the various robotic soldiers to which Dark Laser had ordered them to search and find them.
"We just have to find a way out of here, I know there's a way we can do it" said Muriel.
"I say we get rid of this stupid toy" said Eustace as he grabbed it from Courage, "this stupid toy is what's causing all the problems. I say I'm going to take it for me self!"
"Eustace, have you gone mad, we need that to give back to Dark Laser, as long as he won't invade our home planet" said Muriel.
"Forget it" said Eustace as he held Flipsy in his arms, "it's going to cost this Dark Laser money if he wants it back!"
"Courage, we have to stop him!" cried Muriel as Eustace left the scene laughing and having the time of his life.
"Halt, you two are not going anywhere!" cried Dark Laser as he used his powers to levitate them in the air, "Now where is Flipsy!"
"We don't have it!" cried Muriel.
"Then who does!" cried Dark Laser.
"Hey, Dark Stupid, looking for this?" laughed Eustace as he had a fancy space pilot suit on and was heading to the hangar, "You want it back you're going to have to get it from me!"
Eustace immediately left the scene laughing at both Muriel and Courage's poor predicament to which only angered Dark Laser even further.
