Note: This chapter is entirely filled with more Inside Out references, focusing on Penfold's mind. Also, this chapter is BEGGING me to do the movie's dream sequence, and the idea-of-running-away sequence.
Call it a filler chapter or something, but even if it is just a filler chapter, it's still a bit important to the story.
Sorry for the crappy chapter. This was done way past midnight (where I'm from).
Penfold finally leaves the room where -
"Hold it! Hold it!" Baron Greenback's voice cried. "Stop for a moment!"
*sigh* What is it that you want, Greenback? I'm in the middle of narrating this exciting chapter.
"This is a Danger Mouse fanfiction, right?" Baron Greenback asked.
Yes.
"And I'm the main villain of the series, right?"
Yes. What are you trying to say here?
"Shouldn't I be the main villain of this fanfic, or at least have a couple of scenes here?!" Baron Greenback shouted at the narrator.
But Greenback, I mentioned you in the previous chapter.
"Mentioning my name in a fanfic does not count!" Baron Greenback yelled again. "I want to make an actual appearance in this!"
But didn't you already appear as a main villain in Shards?
"At the beginning of the fanfic, you dolt!" Baron Greenback yelled again. "After chapter 6, that stupid, incompetent Pandaminion whose IQ is WAY below average stole my spotlight!"
Okay, okay! I'll see what I can do to give you an appearance in this fanfic.
"You better! Or else!" Baron Greenback hissed before leaving, but comes back a minute later. "By the way, I really dig the Inside Out references."
And then Baron Greenback left for good this time.
Now where was I? Oh yes! Penfold left his room and sees that there's no one at the penthouse at the moment. It was empty.
Inside Penfold's head...
"Where did everybody go?" Penfold's Fear asked.
"Who cares?" Penfold's Anger replied. "If there's no one here, that means that old hag we're forced to call our aunt isn't here! We could use that opportunity to go see our friends at the hotel, and maybe they'll help us get our innocence back!"
"That's ... not a bad idea." Penfold's Disgust replied.
Back in the real world, Penfold was about to approach the front doors when he stopped and saw Alexander standing by the doorway, looking very smug while wearing his usual charming smile.
"About time you got up." Alexander spoke to Penfold, sending shivers up to Penfold's spines. "I was beginning to think that you've have gotten sick or something."
"I'm feeling a lot better, Alexander." Penfold replied as he tries to get past Alexander. "Could you move for just a moment? I really need to see my friends for a bit, especially Danger Mouse."
"I'm afraid you can't see him, my dear cousin." Alexander spoke with a brooding voice.
"What?"
"Allow me to explain this to you, dear cousin." Alexander circles around the shocked Penfold. "You see, I bumped into your friend earlier and he wanted me to give you a message."
"What message?" Penfold asked, not wanting to hear this.
"He told me, and I quote, that he never wants to see you again." Alexander said smugly. "Told me that you're not his friend anymore."
"Danger Mouse ... said that?" Penfold whispered sadly.
Inside Penfold's head...
"How could DM do this to us?!" Penfold's Fear cried, after hearing what Alexander had told Penfold about Danger Mouse.
Penfold's Anger could feel his anger rising as he crumbles the newspaper he's reading into a ball.
"Stay happy!" Penfold's Disgust cried at Penfold's Anger as he looks at the remaining island - Friendship Island, Honesty Island and Family Island. "We do not want to lose any more islands here, guys!"
Back in the real world...
"Where is he now?" Penfold asked Alexander.
"Went back to London, probably signing your resignation papers, and finding a new assistant who isn't useless or annoying as you." Alexander continued while smiling smugly."
Inside Penfold's head...
"Useless am I?" Penfold's Anger roared as he is about to take over the controls, much to the horror of Penfold's Disgust and Fear. "I'll show DM just how useless I am!"
Penfold's Disgust notices the evil smirk on Alexander's face. "Don't you realized that Alexander probably lying to us right now?"
But Penfold's Anger ignores Penfold's Disgust.
"Wait! Let's just talks thing over with a cup of tea." Penfold's Fear tries to stop Penfold's Anger from taking control, only to be tossed aside by the latter as the latter blew a fuse.
Back in the real world, Penfold stares at Alexander angrily. "If that's how DM feels about me, then tell him that he's no longer my best man for the wedding."
Alexander smiled as he watches Penfold retreat back to his room in anger.
Inside Penfold's head, just after Friendship Island is destroyed ...
"On a scale of 1 to 10, I give this day an F!" Penfold's Disgust said.
"Cor, why don't we quit standing around and do something about it?!" Penfold's Anger cried in anger as he kicks the sofa aside.
"Like what, genius?"
Before Penfold's Anger could answer, he and Penfold's Disgust sees Penfold's Fear walking up to the recall tube with a briefcase. "Like quitting! That's what I'm doing."
Penfold's Anger and Disgust could see a confident smirk formed on Penfold's Fear's face. "Sure, it's the coward's way out, but this coward's going to survive!"
Upon pressing a button with his foot, the recall tube conceals Penfold's Fear inside. It tries to suck Penfold's Fear upwards, but it did nothing, except sucking in a few memory orbs which gives Penfold's Fear many injuries before the recall tube disappears, causing the memory orbs and Penfold's Fear to fall onto the floor.
"Emotions can't quit, you ninny!" Penfold's Disgust yelled at Penfold's Fear as the latter vomits out a green memory orb. "I thought we were supposed to be keeping Penfold happy!"
"Wait a minute." Penfold's Anger spoke before running off. "Wait a minute!"
Both Penfold's Disgust and Penfold's Fear gave Penfold's Anger a confused glance when they see Penfold's Anger searching for an idea bulb from the shelves until he founds one. Both noticed Penfold's Anger letting out a chuckle upon finding an idea bulb.
"What is it?" Penfold's Fear asked as Penfold's Anger approaches the controls.
"Nothing." Penfold's Anger replied casually as he raises the idea bulb higher. "Just the best idea ever."
"What?" Penfold's Disgust asked.
"All the good core memories were made in London," Penfold's Anger continued. "Therefore, we go back to London, and make more. TA-DA!"
"Wait!" Penfold's Fear cried out. "Are you saying that we ... run away?"
Penfold's Anger scoffed while looking at the idea bulb in a confident manner. "I wouldn't call it running away. I'd call it the Happy Core Memory Development Program!"
Penfold's Fear gasped. "You can't be serious!"
"Oi! Our life was perfect!" Penfold's Anger roared. "Until that old hag we're forced to call our aunt made us move to New Stink-York and marry that snobby rich mink!"
"But," Penfold's Fear continued. "It's so ... drastic."
"Need I remind you of how great things were there? Our room, our job, our friends." Penfold's Anger continued as he types something on the controllers.
A golden memory orb appears in Headquarters as three of the five emotions watch a memory of ... hang on! I hear jingling sound playing.
"What?" Penfold's Anger asked.
This memory orb has that song from the gum commercial last played in chapter 4!
"DID I ASK FOR THE GUM COMMERCIAL?!" Penfold's Anger roared as he casts the memory orb aside before cooling down and facing Penfold's Fear and Disgust. "Anyway, it was better. That's my point."
"Well, yeah." Penfold's Disgust seemed to agree with Penfold's Anger. "Penfold was happier in London."
But Penfold's Fear doesn't seem to like the idea. "Hang on. Shouldn't we just sleep on this or something?"
Penfold's Anger chuckles sarcastically. "Fine. Let's sleep on it because oi, I'm sure jolly, fun-filled times are just around the corner!"
Back in the real world, it was now nighttime as Penfold finally falls asleep, wanting to forget about today.
()()()()()
Back at the hotel, Professor Squawkencluck had decided to call it a night. She wanted to go to sleep right away, but something's not right here.
Danger Mouse didn't come back to the hotel, yet the Mark 4 is still parked in the parking lot.
Maybe he went to see Penfold.
But even that seems a bit too late to visit him. It's 11 at night.
What has that idiot done now? Professor Squawkencluck thought as she is slowly drifting to sleep. I hope he didn't do something that'll cost him his life.
She'll worry about that in the morning.
()()()()()
Inside Penfold's head while Penfold is asleep, Penfold's Fear is dragging a chair while holding a cup of tea towards the controllers. Since Penfold's Joy and Sadness aren't in Headquarters, Penfold's Fear has to do dream duty instead.
Right now, the screen is dark.
Meanwhile at Dream Productions in Penfold's Mind, Penfold's Joy and Sadness are sneaking inside a stage where they see the residents of Dream Productions, who all look like jellybeans, shooting a production.
Why?
Earlier on, Penfold's Joy and Saddness took the Train of Thought to get back to Headquarters, but since Penfold's asleep, the train can't run, so both, along with their new friend, an imaginary dragon named George, decided that the only way to get the train running is by waking Penfold up.
"Okay, how are we going to wake Penfold up?" Penfold's Joy asked Penfold's Sadness.
"Well, to wake someone up," Penfold's Sadness spoke. "We could scare him as usual."
"Scare him?" Penfold's Joy cried. "No, no. He's been through enough already."
"But, Joy-" Penfold's Sadness tried to speak, but Penfold's Joy cuts him off.
"Look. You may know your way around down here, but I know Penfold."
Penfold's Joy smiled. "We're gonna make him so happy, he'll wake up with exhilaration. We'll excite him awake."
Penfold's Sadness frowned. "But that's never happened before, unless we're in the middle of sharing a kiss with Squawkencluck."
Penfold's Joy notices a dog costume on the floor. "Cor, Penfold loves dogs."
He shoves the upper half of the dog costume to Penfold's Sadness. "Put this on."
"Crikey, I don't think it'll work." Penfold's sadness muttered.
Penfold's Joy turns to George as he gives the dragon a bag full of Penfold's core memories. "George."
"Yeah?" the dragon replied.
"Don't let anything happen to Penfold's core memories." Penfold's Joy warned George.
"Got it."
The crew are now rolling the film. This is the scene that takes place where Penfold had a dinner date with Jennifer. The location - the dining room.
"Add the reality distortion filter." The director ordered as one of the crew inserts the distortion onto the film camera. The actors playing as Penfold's relatives now look like Penfold's relatives. "Love it."
"Play it to the camera, folks!" The director barked. "Penfold is the camera."
The actors get into position.
"Makeup, get out of there!" The director ordered again as the makeup crew leave the scene. "We are on in five, four, three ..."
One of the crew members plays the harp as the scene begins.
"Please welcome Jennifer Brown and her brother, Justin Brown." the actor that plays as the servant said his lines terribly.
Penfold's Fear is watching the production from Headquarters, not amused as he drinks his tea. "Cor, he's one bad actor."
"That'll be all, Jeffery." the actress that plays as Aunt Doreen said her lines in a very exaggerated manner. "Jennifer Brown, Justin Brown, it is such an honor to have you here in our sophisticated home. Ernest? Ernest! Do stop moping about and say hello to your future wife!"
The camera pans up, making the audience (Penfold's Fear) believe that Penfold is standing up.
"Cue, Penfold." The director ordered in a whisper.
One of the crew with the microphone read his line with Penfold's voice. "Hello, Jennifer Brown. My name is Ernest Penfold. And it's an honor to meet you."
"Ernest, did you have crumbs all over your fine suit?!" the actress that played Aunt Doreen cried.
"Crumbs, pff!" Penfold's Fear is still not amused by the dream. "Let me guess. We have no pants on?"
"Look! Ernest came to the dining room with no pants on!" One of the actors, presumably playing one of Penfold's cousins cried as the camera shifts to what looks like Penfold's bare legs.
"Called it!" Penfold's Fear cried in a bored tone as he continues to watch the dream.
So yeah, everything's normal so far ... that is until a dog shows up in the dream, causing a lot of havoc in the dining room.
"Who brought that dirty mutt here?!" The actress that played Aunt Doreen shrieked in fury. "Ernest, what did I tell you about bringing wild pets here?"
"Uh ... what's going on?" Penfold's Fear asked in confusion.
He didn't get an answer as he continues to watch how this dream is playing out. The dog licks one of the relatives before balloons start to fall from above. The dog started dancing like a weirdo and having a good time, despite Aunt Doreen's actress improvising the scene by crying out outbursts to have the dog removed.
"Oi, that seems interesting." Penfold's Fear seemed impressed with the dream.
But it was short-lived as he sees the dog getting ripped in halves on its own, causing Penfold's Fear to spit out the tea he was drinking.
Like his namesake, fear starts to crawl up to his spines as Penfold's Fear watches one half of the dog chasing its other half. "It's just a dream ... it's just a dream ..."
Back in the real world, Penfold is starting to have troubles sleeping.
Back in Penfold's head ...
"They're trying to wake him up." The director notices what was going on at the set before turning to her microphone. "Call security!"
"Hi, Penfold! It's me! George!" Penfold's Fear sees Penfold's imaginary friend, George the dragon appear in Penfold's dream.
"George?" Penfold's Fear muttered in confusion as he now sees the dream getting destroyed, a couple of security guards apprehending the dragon and did he just saw a Giraffe Warrior carrying a lot of sugary sweets?
"Boo! Pick a plotline!" Penfold's Fear cried in anger.
After the set is ruined, Penfold's Joy and Sadness quietly followed the guards carrying George away with Penfold's core memories to the Subconscious, sealed by huge doors - infamous for locking troublemakers and Penfold's worst fears inside.
The let themselves get caught by the guards and get thrown into the Subconscious in order to rescue George.
Yes. Inside the Subconscious, Penfold's Joy and Sadness witnessed all the things Penfold fear and hate, all ranging from snooty rich people eating and relaxing in front of poor, starving workers, people breaking their promises, Penfold's relatives using him as their pawn, an exaggerated, larger-than-life Aunt Doreen nagging a puppet version of Penfold as if to represent Aunt Doreen continuing to control Penfold's life until he dies, and creepy, crawling insects, also larger than life.
"I don't like this place." Penfold's Sadness whispered to Penfold's Joy.
Penfold's Joy said nothing as he and Penfold's Sadness continue to venture into the Subconscious until they found a crying George locked inside a large birdcage.
On top of a giant version of a sleeping Baron Greenback.
"Now that's more like it." Baron Greenback said to the narrator. "But I hate it that you make me asleep in this scene."
Moving on...
"It's Greenback." Penfold's Joy whispered to Penfold's Sadness.
"You are useless, Hopeless Hamster ..." A giant Baron Greenback spoke in his sleep. "Danger Mouse ... is dead ... because of you ..."
With the giant Baron Greenback still asleep, Penfold's Joy and Sadness quietly climb up to his stomach where George's cage is and manage to free him.
"Do you have the core memories?" Penfold's Joy asked George who nodded in response.
"C'mon, let's get to that train." George cried as he make a run for it.
"Wait. The train's not running unless Penfold's awake." Penfold's Joy added before he and Penfold's Sadness looked at the sleeping Baron Greenback.
Penfold's Joy gives the giant Baron Greenback a punch in the face, hoping that it was enough to wake the toad up.
Crikey, it worked!
Penfold's Joy, Sadness and George watch as the giant Baron Greenback wakes up and towers over the three. He notices Penfold's Joy and Sadness.
"Foolish hamster!" the giant Baron Greenback roared in a loud, booming voice, at both Penfold's Joy and Sadness, not sure which one he should yell at as both of them are identical, minus the color of their suits. "You brought Danger Mouse to his demise!"
"Uh ... uh ... w-we did?" Penfold's Sadness replied, hoping that the giant toad would buy his acting. "I-it was ... an a-a-accident."
"You killed Danger Mouse! And it's your fault!" the giant Baron Greenback roared again as he began chasing Penfold's Joy, Sadness and George out of the Subconscious, thus escaping in the process, and began following them to Dream Productions.
Speaking of Dream Productions, the crew member watch a shooting of a Giraffe Warrior attempting to do a hip-hop music video with bored expressions on their faces.
Even at Headquarters, Penfold's Fear is getting bored of the current dream. Up to the point where he began to fall asleep.
All of that changed when the dream began to show a giant Baron Greenback barging into the set while carrying what looks like the dead body of Danger Mouse, catching the eyes of Penfold's Fear.
"It's your fault that he's dead!" The giant Baron Greenback roared as he held Danger Mouse's dead body up close to the camera.
Just the sight of the giant toad and the dead body of Danger Mouse is more than enough to make Penfold's Fear faint, but not before pressing a button to wake Penfold up.
Back in the real world, Penfold woke up from what seems like a nightmare.
He dreamt that a giant Baron Greenback is accusing him of killing Danger Mouse, even if it was only an accident.
He didn't bother going back to sleep.
Inside Penfold's head, Penfold's Anger and Disgust woke up after Penfold is wide awake.
"Crikey, what is going on here?" Penfold's Disgust asked.
Penfold's Anger notices Penfold's Fear twitching and fidgeting all over the floor. "He did it again!" He cried in anger.
Penfold's Fear kept rambling nonsense that the other emotions couldn't make it out to what he is saying.
"It was a dream, you ninny!" Penfold's Anger yelled at Penfold's Fear. "This is ridiculous! We can't even get a good night's sleep anymore!"
Penfold's Anger pulls out the idea bulb, the one that gives Penfold the idea to run away to London, off from the shelve and march into the controllers. "It's time to take action. If that old hag of our Aunt haven't forced us to be in a stupid arranged marriage, none of this would've happened!"
Penfold's Anger turns to Penfold's Fear and Disgust while holding the idea bulb. "Who's with me?"
Penfold's Fear quickly shook his head.
Penfold's Disgust thought for a moment before sighing and letting out a respond. "Yeah. Let's do it."
Penfold's Anger wasted no time to place the idea bulb into the empty slot of the controllers.
Back in the real world, Penfold thought of an idea. He turns on his old computer and looked up for flight schedules on the internet.
Back inside Penfold's head, the emotions watched as the idea bulb lowers itself inside the slot while glowing.
"He took it." Penfold's Anger said. "There's no turning back."
"So, how are we going to get back to London from here?" Penfold's Disgust asked as Penfold's Anger is at the controllers.
"Well, why don't we go down to the Cooper Gang's temporary safehouse in New York and hijack the van?" Penfold's Anger asked sarcastically.
"That kinda sounds wrong." Penfold's Fear warned.
"Of course it is!" Penfold's Anger yelled at Penfold's Fear. "We're taking the plane, nitwit!"
The emotions watched as Penfold looks up available flights to London on the internet.
"There's a plane leaving tomorrow." Penfold's Anger spoke. "Perfect!"
"A ticket costs money." Penfold's Disgusted pointed out. "How do we get money?"
"Aunt Doreen's credit card." Penfold's Anger replied casually.
This causes Penfold's Disgust to gasp. That could destroy Honesty Island. "You wouldn't."
"Oh, but I would." Penfold's Anger smiled smugly. "Where was it we saw it last?"
Penfold's Anger types something on the controllers in which a golden memory orb appears in Headquarters as three of the five emotions watch a memory of ... the gum commercial last played earlier in this chapter and in chapter 4.
"NO!" Penfold's Anger screamed in fury as he casts that orb aside. "I think she left her purse in the living room somewhere. She got us into this mess. She can pay to get us out."
Back in the real world, Penfold quietly slips into the living room, being careful not to attract any attention.
He remembers that Aunt Doreen has a cerulean blue purse that she usually carries with her all the time.
He sees Aunt Doreen's purse lying carelessly on one of the leather sofas, and then he sees Aunt Doreen herself talking to someone on the phone.
"I wanted the wedding cake to be vanilla, not chocolate, you stupid peasant!" Aunt Doreen yelled at her phone.
Okay, she's distracted. Penfold thought as he creeps closer to the sofa.
Quietly, he opens the purse, hoping that Aunt Doreen is still distracted as he pulls out a wallet from the purse. Opening the wallet quietly, Penfold carefully pulls out a credit care from the wallet.
Just then, Aunt Doreen turns around. Penfold was certain that he is busted. But it turns out that Aunt Doreen was looking at the floor. When she looked at the sofa, all she saw was her purse.
Penfold quickly retreats back to his room with Aunt Doreen's credit card.
()()()()()
Somewhere in the starry night of New York, we zoom in to an abandoned warehouse where, inside the dark, spooky, creepy, dirty, abandoned warehouse, we see Conway, Natasha and Alexander looking over Danger Mouse's still-unconscious body.
With Danger Mouse still unconscious from the knockout gas at the library, Alexander walks up to him and carefully grabs his right ankle.
"What are you even doing?" Natasha asked Alexander.
"Making sure that our guest doesn't escape once he comes round." Alexander replied as he twisted Danger Mouse's ankle hard.
The hard twist caused the unconscious Danger Mouse to groan in pain.