For about a minute, Snoopy and Mr. Kat could only stand still and look at the "Barkham Asylum" script.

"OK... what shall we do now?" Kat asked. "Let's go and explore. It's the only thing we can do." Snoopy answered.

When they stopped watching the script, they noticed that the gate was opened and beyond the fence there was a big and disturbing building surrounded by an incredibly huge squad of policemen. Probably something quite serious was happening...

The two alien cyborgs came closer and noticed something very weird: the police squad was a mixture of human beings and humanoid animals! Among the cops there were anthropomorphic dogs, cats, cheetahs, monkeys and many more!

"Oh, God!" Kat mewed "This reminds me of a research made by the major university in Cat Nebula: they talked about parallel universes... we might actually live in a "multiverse" instead of an only universe. There might be more than one planet Earth, there might be alternate versions of the planet we crashed in where many things are different, including the story of the world. Well, we're probably seeing with our eyes the proof that all this things are real! They also described a hypotetical Earth-53 where human beings and humanoid animals coexist!"

"The theory you described is actually quite wacky" Snoopy said "But I cannot think about anything more reliable than this. I'll trust you, after all Cat Nebula has always been famous because of its genial scientists and universities. Either way, something inside of me tells me that we have to ask what's wrong in that asylum and possibly do what we can to help."

"Err... don't you think this is quite dangerous?"

"It sure is, but believe me, the istintuality of my race is often worth trusting, it almost always brings you to the best solutions! And after all we don't have that much to fear, together we're true power!"

"You're right! Let's kick some butt!"

Made strong by their vanity, the two heroes from another world approached a policeman (no, a "policedog") and asked him what was going on.

The "policedog" was kinda surprised to see a talking "non-anthro" doggy who walked on two legs! "Hey! Are you a result of some of the new genetical experiments?" he asked.

Snoopy answered: "Well, no. Actually our story is pretty weird and we're still not sure it's even real. It's a long story anyway. Now tell me sir, what's going on here?"

"OK. Barkham Asylum is full of very dangerous criminals and a mass breakout has been organized! Battiger went inside of there to stop it, but almost two hours have passed and we're starting to believe he's been captured!"

"Who is Battiger?"

"He's a lone hero who acts in the shadow. A sort of superhero with no superhuman powers. He's a tiger dressed like a bat who fights the criminals, nobody knows who he really is."

"Oh yeah, I understood what kind of guy he is. Well, we're willing to help you! We'll get inside, beat bad guys up and save Battiger!"

"Are you sure? You're both pretty small, this is something too big for you! You can't handle this! Behind those walls it's full of powerful, dangerous and insane people!"

Mr. Kat started meowing. The cop didn't undersand a word. Snoopy translated for him: "Mr. Kat said: just give us a chance and we will show how powerful we actually are!"

The policedog laboriously repressed a big laugh. "OK then boys, I think I cannot stop you. Go ahead. And don't say I didn't warn you."

In the blink of an eye, Kat and Snoopy were in front of the wall. Kat used his corrosive saliva to make a hole big enough to allow them both to pass. They creeped inside.

The infiltrates got into an empty cell. The door was open, the prisoners had already escaped. Outside there was an empty, dark and very large corridor.

"It looks kinda quiet..." Kat whispered "Let's proceed carefully. The guys we have to fight might be anywhere and this darkness sure doesn't help us."

Slowly and carefully, the two animals walked across the long corridor, doing their best to be silent and invisible. Suddenly, Snoopy stopped and raised a long black ear. "What's up?" Kat asked "I'm hearing a noise" the beagle answered "It sounds like... the motor of an approaching vehicle!"

Shortly after, they both could see two lanterns coming towards them and a large van came out from the darkness. The driver was a muscular humanoid toad, Mr. Toad. He yelled: "Finally some intruders to crush!" The van accelerated and ran towards Snoopy and Kat.

Snoopy stepped ahead and rose an arm, like a policeman who was ordering to stop. The van crashed on Snoopy's paw and the effect was this: the dog didn't move at all while the van was almost destroyed and its driver flew in the air and fell on the ground!

Snoopy, with his arm still touching the damaged van, laughed and said mockingly: "Driving inside is not prudent! Didn't anyone teach you this, frog?"

"I'm a toad, you little pest!" Mr. Toad replied "I'm going to crush you both like the miserable bugs you are!"

Mr. Kat hissed and his eyes enlightened. He hated being called a bug! He showed his very long claws and pounced on the green creature, who could only scream because of pain and surprise. When Kat stopped moving and stood on two paws with an angry expression, Toad was on the ground, full of scratches. "You can just stay there and enjoy the show, Snoopy" Kat said "I'll take care of this weirdo!"

Mr. Toad got up and tried to fight the strange cat, but his enemy was much faster and his hits were kinda strong for such a small creature; and the fact Kat was smaller actually favored him, he could climb Mr. Toad and make unexpected moves.

Toad tried to use his brutality and his strength, but Kat was more agile, he fought with spectacular kung fu moves. Suddenly, the alien cat slid between his adversary's legs, jumped and kicked Mr. Toad in the back of his head, making him fall unconscious. Mr. Kat smiled and said: "Who's the bug now?"

Snoopy raised an ear again. "What do you hear now?" Kat asked. "Steps! Someone's coming!" the dog answered.

A new enemy showed up: he was an anthropomorphic pig dressed like a surgeon. "*Oink!* What have you done to one of my best men? You're gonna pay for this!"

"And who are you supposed to be? Dr. Salami?" Snoopy said. Kat laughed hysterically.

"I'm Dr. Pyg! *Oink!*" the swine answered "I'm the genius of the body, *oink!* the one who brings people to perfection!"

"If this green dude was one of your creations, then you really need to improve yourself..."

"Shut up, doggy! You won't have the force to kid me around again after your meeting with my Pyg Dolls!" Dr. Pyg took a little whistle. He played it and seven disturbing humanoid pigs came out from the darkness. They all looked the same, their faces were evidently modified surgically and they sure had been lobotomized too.

"*Oink!* And that's not all!" Pyg exclaimed "You still have to see the rest of my wonderful Circus of Strange!" He played another whistle which made a different sound.

Pyg said: "Let me introduce you: Big Top!" A ridicolously obese hippo in a tutu armed with a small bazooka appeared. Every jumpy step he (or she?) took made the ground tremble.

"Siam!" Three siam cats came out from the darkness. Their bodies were totally conjoined, just like... siamese twins!

"And, last but not the least, Phosphorus Rex!" Something brought much more light in the dark corridor: it was an anthropomorphic T-Rex (actually much smaller than the ones you see in the movies) whose body was totally covered in flames! But, strangely, his elegant clothes seemed to be intact.

Dr. Pyg ordered: "Pyg Dolls! Let's teach this annoying dog a lesson! Everyone else take care of the purple kitten!"

The mad surgeon took a gun and tried to shoot Snoopy, but the beagle avoided the bullet. Then all the seven Pyg Dolls were on him, hitting much harder than Snoopy expected.

Meanwhile, Mr. Kat was facing Siam, Big Top and Phosphorus Rex. The three siamese cats said simultaneously (and mischievously): "Too bad we gotta crush a brother of ours! Oh well, job is job!"

"Size doesn't matter" Kat answered "I'll be the one crushing all of you!"

Siam could understand cat language, so he (or they?) answered mewing: "You sure like saying stupid things. There's not only size to disadvantage you: we're also more numerous! Have you noticed that?"

Phosphorus Rex roared: "Stop chatting! Let's fight!"

The flaming dinosaur tried to charge Mr. Kat, but the purple cat made an incredible jump, landed right on the face of Big Top and immediately covered the hippo's eyes. Big Top screamed and, taken over by confusion, he (or she?) accidentally shot with his bazooka several times, almost making his (or her?) companions explode.

"Be careful, dummy!" Rex yelled "He's on your face! Grab him! Can't you?"

One of the missiles accidentally shot had exploded very close to the Pyg Dolls, distracting them and allowing Snoopy to counter-attack with kicks, punches and head butts. After the beagle had defeated the last two Pyg Dolls making their heads clash, there were only him and Dr. Pyg. The insane hog shot Snoopy repeatedly, but the dog nimbly dodged all the bullets.

Snoopy rapidly reached Pyg, punched his large belly and, as soon as the surgeon bent because of his pain, he hit his snout with his head. Dr. Pyg fainted, unconscious and defeated.

In the meantime, Kat punched Big Top's head and the hippo started swinging in an alarming way. "Oh, no!" Siam exclaimed "Big Top's going to fall! Everyone stay away!"

Mr. Kat got down and kicked Phosphorus Rex (on his back, where he had no flames because of the nonflammable clothes), sending him under the falling obese hippo. The fat beast fell on the flaming T-Rex, making him lose consciousness. Big Top awakened and got up crying: "My back! My back is on fire! It burns it burns it buuurns!" The hippo ran away and disappeared in the darkness.

"I guess you're the last weirdo standing!" Snoopy said to Siam.

"But then we'll be able to say: 'and then there were none'!" Mr. Kat mewed

Siam replied: "Foolish idiots! We're still three against two! We're attached, OK, but we also can see both of you simultaneously because of the way our creator conjoined us! The time for you to sing victory has not come yet!"

Snoopy said: "You seem to be kinda proud of your complexity. Well, you're going to owe me a big favour!"

The beagle pounced upon Siam and fastly tied the three cat twins'tails and paws (hind and front) into a knot, making them unable to move. "Snoopy was right" Kat said "Now you're even more complex!" The knotted twins yelled at their enemies with anger.

Snoopy detached a nearby pillar and gave it to Mr. Kat. "Take it, pal! This is gonna make a very good baseball bat to play... 'cat baseball'" He winked. Kat got it immediately and grinned.

The dog lifted Siam with his right paw and said: "Come on, batscat! Let's see if you can catch this!"

He launched that sort of living ball and Mr. Kat hit it with the pillar. "Ball!" he exclaimed.

Siam was sent flying through the ceiling (breaking it) and into Gotham City, making the cops outside a pretty weird surprise.

When the conjoined cats finally landed, they eventually managed to get untied. While they were thinking about a tremendous revenge, they heard an angry growl and a mad homeless humanoid (and muscular) pit bull came out. One of the three twins shouted: "Ruuuuun!" The other two immediately repeated and Siam ran away the fastest he (or they?) could, chased by the pit bull.

At the Barkham Asylum, Snoopy and Mr. Kat celebrated their victory. "That wasn't so hard, was it, Kat?" "Actually it was quite fun! Come on, let's fight some more!"