The Casino entrance

(Skipper's POV)

Metal bulkheads slid down trapping us in the building. "Oh, no," Alex said. "Lockdown, eh?" I said I seen much more impressive lockdowns. "What do we do?" Melmen asked. "All fight, everybody, stand back. I got this one." Gloria said. She ran at the bulkhead intending to go thru it but got stop by the steel of the bulkheads. She wobbled back with a massive headache and said, "Never-mind."

"Ouch," Elsa said, "that had to hurt." "Well," I said, "You only get one change at a first impression." I whisled and our ride burst thru the bulkhead the door in the back open. The Hippies, the chimps, Kowalski, Elsa and I found ourselves inside as it slammed against a wall. "what just happened?" Alex asked. "Where are we?" Gloria asked, "What it this?"

"We call it the Luxury Assault Recreational Vehicle," I said. "or the LARV for short," Elsa said. I pulled a lever on my seat, "The car goes vroom-vroom!" It said. "We couldn't find another car," Elsa said seeing the shocked faces. I turned my chair around and said, "Step on it boys!" Private pushed down the brakes and with Rico at the wheel we drove out of the casino in style. The LARV landed on a sport car outside crushing it. Private hit the clutch and we drove off the car which exploded after we drove off it. We then left the area and made a hard left turn onto the streets of monte carlo.

After a short few minutes driving around I turned to the computer banks, "Kowalski, signal the chimps to meet us at the rendezvous point with the Super Plane." "Hotel Ambassador," Elsa said, "like planned." "Let's move it!" I added. In a few keystokes Kowalski sent the signal for the chimps to meet us at the rendezvous point. "Woo-who!" melmen said, "yeah!" Melmen got slammed into a sign and while he got his bearings he noticed five scooters behind us their sirens blaring, "Huh?" "Voila. Giraffe at twelve o'clock!"

"Guys, we've got a tail," Melmen said. "Paparazzi!" Julian said. "Pedal to the metal, Private," I said. "Don't take any photos, please!" Julian said as he foolishly opened the back doors. "Can I throw him out?" Elsa asked. "No!" everyone shouted. "Hi!" "Is he really that stupid!" Elsa asked. "Yeah…" Alex said. "Here I am!" he shouted, "Don't take…any…Photos." "No more pictures!" Mort shouted. "Medic!" Elsa shouted. Four tranquilizer darts hit the armoured back doors. "ETA to rendezvous point?" I asked as our pursuers began to catch up. "Two minutes, 37 seconds, sir," Kowalski replied. "Man your battle stations!" I shouted. Private placed a brick on the gas petal as he assumed his battle station. Rico hopped off the wheel to get to his station. "Hey! Wait!" Alex shouted, "Nobody's at the wheel!" "Get back there!" Alex shouted, "Negative on the driver1 There's not driver!"

All the hippies started to scream in terror, "Ahh!" "Help! Nobody's drving! Oh, no! we're going to die!" "Don't just sit, fancy pants," I said, "grab the wheel!" "Are you kidding?" Alex asked. "Does it look like he's kidding?" Elsa asked. "I don't drive," he replied, "I'm a New Yorker!" You know taxi drivers are New Yorkers? "Move over," Marty said. "What are you doing?" Alex demanded, "Zebras can't drive! Only penguins and people can drive!" "And octopi," Kowalski muttered. Marty found the radio, "What do all thess buttons do?" "Anyway you want it," blare out of the speakers. "Nice one stripes!" I shouted. "we're doomed, "Elsa muttered.

"Help me!" Melmen shouted as the LARV did a barrel-roll. We drove thru tables in front of a café and a bunch of random objects flew into the face of one of one of the officers chasing us. "Crazy woman gaining!" Maurice said. "She just doesn't give up does she?" Elsa asked. "Our omega-3 slick will take them down," I said, "Private activate." Private pushed a button a bunch of fish spilled onto the street.

She lefted her scooter into the air and slid across the slick like it was ice. Her men tried this as well and all but two of them were successful. "She's good," Elsa said. "Right," I said, "Kowalskim intel!" Kowalski began typing in words and a picture of the woman chasing us appeared, "Sir! We may have a serious problem! Captain Chantal Dubois. Monaco Aimal Control. Perfect case record." Two of her men flew off the street and into the water below screaming the entire time.

She chased us thru a tunnel as Alex and Marty argued, "You're going the wrong way, Marty!" "Just call me Marty-o Andretti," Marty asked. "No…we're not calling you that," Elsa replied. "NO. You're sucky-o andretti!" "Stop backseat driving!" "I'm passenger seat driving," Alex said, "and I want the wheel! give me the wheel!" "it's not a wheel, it's my baby!" No it's just a wheel. "Your hoofs aren't meant to be on a wheel!"

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Too late for you to drive!" "Don't look at me!" "You had your chance," Marty said. "Don't look at me when we argue! Look at the road!" "Be cool, be cool!" Marty said before turning off the radio. "Hi, officer, is there a problem?" "Hi!" Alex said. "Talking to the officer worked real well before," Elsa replied. "No comments from the peanut gallery," I said. Dubois cocked her gun and aimed it at Marty and Alex. "Ah!" Whoa!" "Watch out!" Melmen shouted. Dubois drove up to the back of the LARV and jumped onto the doors. "Ahhhh!" Phil shouted.

I unbuckled and hopped down, "We need more power!" "you don't mean?" Elsa asked. "Yes," I said, "time to power up Kowalski's nucular reactor!" it lifted into position. "That's a nuclear reactor?" Gloria asked. "Nucular," I said. "She's on the roof!" Melmen shouted as dubois started to kick the sniper door off. "But, sir, it's not ready," Kowalski said, "The control rods will have to be calibrated. And don't even ask me about the Uranium-238 blanket!" "I don't think he will," Elsa said. "Okay!" I replied flipping the on switch. We blasted forward and dubois flew off the roof of the car.

"Ok, Marty, we lost her!" Alex shouted, "Maybe you can slow down now." "I can't," Marty shouted, "Their no brakes!" "No brakes?" I asked. "yep," Kowalski said. "What a way to comitte soldier," I said as Rico flew to the back. We blasted thru a construction site and flew towards the rendezvous point. We crashed into the hotel ambassador and stopped just short of falling off the building. "Let's get out of here!" Alex shouted. My thoughts exactly. "Go! Go! Go! Go!" "Move! Now!" "Hey, where's everybody going?" Julian asked. "Julian get out of there!" Elsa shouted.

"ha! Ha! Whoa! Ahh!" Julian shouted as the LARV fell down. Maurice cracked a smile, mort started to cry, and everyone just stood around in shock. And then the unmistakable sound of the super-plane fell the air and it appeared in front of us. "I'm flying!" Julian said derliously, "I'm the first flying monkey!" "oh, yay!" Mort said as maurice's smile disappered. "That's our ticket out of here!" Gloria said. "Yeah, Baby!" Melmen shouted as a monkey chain was lowered.

But the celebration was cut short as the sound of a scooter engine filled the air. The hippies turned in the direction of the noise and the building across the street. Dubois drove off the roof of the building across the street and thru the air. As the scooter got closer dubois walked across it before ditching it. As she landed on the roof of the hotel ambassador Alex said, "Everyone on the monkey chain!" She deployed her animal noose, "Deploy banana gun!" I said as I turned to elsa. Elsa turned to the super plane, "Deploy the banana gun!"

The sound of servos filled the air as the banana gun turrent was deployed it's guns cocking. Dubois momentarty stopped before the gun releashed a barrage of bananas. She blocked a banana aimed for her face with her noose stick. Time seemed to slow down as she avoided the bananas. As she fought off the banana barrage we took the opputinity to escape, "Grab the little guys! Toss them up! Let's Go! Go, go, go! Go!" Alex shouted. The hippies grabbed My team and I, the lemurs, and the chimps and tossed us up to the plane above. "Faster! Faster! Faster! Come on!" Marty shouted. We almost got away when the banana gun clogged spraying banana mush into the operator's face.

We a smirk she charged melmen who was struggling to get on the monkey chain. "Come on, melmen!" Alex shouted. Melmen jumped onto the monkey chain and said, "Yeah!" Then right when it seemed like we were going to get away Dubois noosed him with the pole. "melmen!" Gloria shouted. "Oh no," Kowalski muttered. Alex jumped after melmen and grabbed him by the leg while the chimp at the end of the monkey chain grabbed alex by the leg. "My neck!" melmen said. And somehow dubois managed to stop the entire plane and hold it in place.

The LARV fell off the plane as the gear assembly and the engine protested. "Put your backs into it!" I shouted, "Double banana overtime!" One of the chimps in the cockpit pulled a switch the upper control panel and bananas dropped down sending all the the chimps powering the plane into overdrive. A piece of the wall on the roof broke and the plane flew off with dubois hanging from the noose around melmen's neck. I jumped on board the plane Elsa, Kowalski, Rico, and Private behind me, "Serpentine! Serpentine!" The Super-Plane started to weave back and forth all the hippies shouting the whole time. Alex spotted a nearby office building and position melmen so Dubois would crash right into it.

Dubois crashed thru the glass then ran after us going thru walls and a refridater to keep up with us. Before jumping thru a window and grabbing back onto the noose around melmen's neck. Julian had finally came to his senses, "Hey, This lady's really starting to freak me out. Fix it mort!" Julian kicked mort off of the plane sending him flying below to where dubois was. Mort landed on dubois' face providing a distraction as he crawled around her uniform. Alex handed melmen hoof to a chimp and said, "Hold this." Alex then climbed down melmen to the wire on the noose. "Alex, be careful! She's crazy!" Marty shouted. "You think Marty?!" he replied.

"Is he crazy?" Elsa asked. "I gave up finding the answer to that question," I replied. Mort jumped to where Alex was as he cut the wire as we flew over a swimming pool. "That's right! Home free, baby!" Alex shouted. "good move lion," I replied impressed. "I can breathe!" Melmen shouted. "Au revoir, Dubois!" Alex shouted. Dubois watched as the plane flew away, "Well played, lion," she said, "game on."

(end of Chapter Two)