Meanwhile, back at the Muppet Theater, the Muppets were all talking discussing what had occurred on TV.
"Has someone really been trying to off our friends?"
"I don't know. All we know is that Walter knew about it, and Zondra, Zoot and Robin were victims!"
"What do we do? Should we go look for them?"
"How? We don't even know where any of them are?"
"Walter said he was in a cave, but he wasn't specific where?"
"I hope Robin is okay."
"We have to find them!"
The only ones that weren't speaking were Dr. Teeth and Kermit, who were surprised Walter did such a thing. They were sure Zia was going to be onto them, and they weren't wrong.
At that very moment, Zia parked her motorcycle in an alley near the theater, entered the building and went about it, shouting, "KERMIT! DR. TEETH! WHERE ARE YOU?!"
All the Muppets jumped at the sound of the woman's shouts and some of them were debating whether or not to run, mainly Dr. Teeth and Kermit. Finally, Zia barged into the canteen, where she looked down at all the Muppets from the top of the steps until she saw Dr. Teeth and Kermit. She pointed at them and said, "You two. Kermit's office. Now."
Dr. Teeth and Kermit immediately went up the steps and followed the woman out of the room, knowing they were going to get the worse scolding of their lives. All the other Muppets just watched them leave, until they were sure they were gone and Floyd asked, "Who the heck was that?"
"Whoever she was, she was like, rully rude," Janice stated.
"And her hair looked awful!" Miss Piggy added.
Scooter looked at a button and a small speaker on the wall. The go-fer slowly approached the button and pressed it.
Upstairs, in Kermit's office, Zia was sitting behind Kermit's desk, which Dr. Teeth and Kermit in front of her. She had a very ticked off expression on her face and snarled, "You told him didn't you."
"Tell who what?" Kermit said, confused. He decided it was now a pet peeve of his that people weren't being specific.
Zia looked at Kermit and said, "You told Walter my group was offing Robin after all! And you told him to tell every Muppet in the world." Then she glared at Dr. Teeth and sneered, "And you went down to that river and give him the business card, didn't you Teeth!"
"No, Zia! It's all a misunderstanding! I never told Walter anything! I swear I didn't!" Kermit shouted.
"And I threw out the business card. By the way, I have no interest in joining your group," Dr. Teeth stated. "After I threw it out at the river, Walter must've found it! I know that must've happened!"
Downstairs, Gonzo said, "Did Kermit just call that woman Zia? Is she the one Walter warned us about?"
Scooter shrugged and kept listening.
"Don't bother telling me all this…crap! I know you're lying to me! Kermit, did you forget what I told you what would happen if you turned your back on me? I'd kill every Muppet in the world, including you! And Dr. Teeth, don't forget I know it was you who tried to kill Zoot 5 years ago just so that girl Sandy could join! I can tell the Muppets anytime I want!" Zia snapped.
All the Muppets in the canteen gasped at the sound of the last statements. Kermit was involved with offing the Muppets! And Dr. Teeth was responsible for knowing how Zoot ended up with them! The Electric Mayhem was mortified by the latter.
"Zia, I'm telling the truth, and I'm sure Dr. Teeth is too! We never said anything to anyone! And also, you think us spilling everything is bad, you're worse! You're the one that's been forcing me to kill my friends! I never wanted that!" Kermit screamed.
"And also, I regretted trying to kill Zoot! And another thing, I'm over Sandy!" Dr. Teeth added.
Zia glared at the two Muppets and asked, "You know, I'm going to go after those friends of yours that were supposed to be dead and kill them right?"
Kermit gulped nervously and Dr. Teeth gritted his teeth angrily. "You wouldn't. You don't even know where they are," Kermit said.
"Yeah, so have fun finding them," Dr. Teeth sneered.
"That's not all; I'm going to get you two idiots to help me! Whether you like it or not," Zia snarled.
"There's nothing you can do or say to make us help you," Dr. Teeth stated.
"Oh really?" Zia said, smirking sinisterly, telling Kermit she was up to something. She sat down in Kermit's chair and said, "You know, this isn't the first time someone found out about my little group. They tried to go to the cops and help you Muppets, but I managed to stop them and kill them before they could."
"Someone tried to save us? Who?" Kermit asked, wanting to know.
"Well, nobody too important…just Mr. Hooper, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Jane Henson, John Henson and Jim himself," Zia stated smugly.
Kermit and Dr. Teeth froze in shock. Kermit asked flatly, "Jim...Jim found out…and he tried to help us?"
"Yes, he did, but before he could, he got sick. It was easily curable, but I decided to give him some 'medicine' and off him," Zia sneered.
"You didn't…you couldn't…" Kermit muttered, close to tears.
Dr. Teeth's skin turned to a lighter shade of green, full of shock. He was told Jim had an illness that was too late…but Zia was saying he was actually close to full health and she killed him! Dr. Teeth glanced at the picture of Jim Henson on the wall, thinking "Is it true, Jim? Did Zia actually kill you?" The keyboardist glared at Zia for a few moments before shouting, "YOU'RE LYING! YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO GET US IN THE SPOTS IN OUR MINDS WHERE IT HURTS MOST!"
"I'm not lying, Dr. Teeth, I did kill Jim Henson," Zia stated.
"What about Richard Hunt? People say he died of AIDs, and John Henson, he died of a heart attack. Did you pay the doctors to tell us that?" Dr. Teeth questioned.
"Actually, in truth, Richard did die of AIDs, but he knew, but lucky for me, he passed. And John was actually in the middle of running to the cops to tell them about me when he had his heart attack. Luck was by my side a lot over the years," Zia sneered.
Kermit then asked, "What about Jane, Jerry and Mr. Hooper? How'd you kill them?"
"Well, I poisoned Jane, I found something that made Jerry's health issues involving COPD worse, and as for Mr. Hooper, well, he had a heart attack so again, I was lucky, but they all knew about what I was doing, and I knew they were going to report me," Zia stated.
"Zia, do you know how many holes are in that story of yours! I know you're lying!" Kermit shouted.
"Sorry, frog, I'm telling the truth. I was the one that got rid of your human friends," Zia said, casually with an evil grin.
"No…no, no, no, no! It can't be true! It can't be!" Kermit cried.
Downstairs, Janice was in tears and Floyd was full of rage. "She killed Jerry…oh man, now that's a bit too far," he grumbled.
Scooter was shaking from the last statement, since Richard was one of his friends and the idea of Zia killing him scared the Muppet.
"No matter what you say, Zia, I will not believe that you killed our human friends! There's just no way!" Dr. Teeth shouted. "And if you think that's going to make us help you get the rest of our friends that have survived being offed, think again! We're not going to help you! Ever!"
Zia stood up and sneered, "Then I guess I have no choice." Suddenly, without warning, Zia whipped out her gun and aimed it at the two Muppets. "If you won't help me, then I'll have no choice but to kill you!" she shouted.
Kermit and Dr. Teeth put their hands up out of fear, shaking. They both knew this was over for them. Zia glared at the two men, about to pull the trigger, until something caught her eye. "What's with that red light under that little round speaker?" she asked, pointing to the little speaker on the wall.
Kermit looked at it and stated, "Oh, that's the PA system. That means it's on…and it's coming from the canteen."
"What!" Zia shouted.
At that moment, Scooter took his finger off of the button for the PA system, and looked at his friends, seeming calm, until he screamed, "WE GOT TO GET OUT HERE! NOW!"
All the Muppets started to panic and run out of the theater, loading the Electric Mayhem bus as fast as they could. Zia dashed out of Kermit's office and barged back into the canteen, to find it empty.
"NO! You got to be kidding me!" she screamed. She ran back up to Kermit's office to see Dr. Teeth and Kermit were also now gone. "As if it couldn't get any worse," she muttered.
At the same time, Dr. Teeth and Kermit were running through the auditorium and made it outside.
"Okay, I think we lost her," Kermit panted, out of breath from running so fast. Then, the frog saw the Electric Mayhem bus driving away. "It's the bus! The others are escaping! We have to go with them!" Kermit shouted before he started to run after the speeding vehicle! "Guys! Guys! Wait for me! You forgot me! Fozzie! Piggy! Gonzo! Rowlf!" he shouted as loudly as he could, trying to get their attention.
Dr. Teeth stayed behind, thinking, "They'll never stop for us. Not after they heard that Kermit was involved with offing the other Muppets and I just tried to kill Zoot 5 years ago. I have to find Zoot and see if he's really okay!" The keyboardist started to run in the opposite direction, heading towards the bridge outside of town.
Back with Kermit, the frog was still chasing the bus, but was having no luck. He was starting to get tired and he was sure nobody could hear him. If he stopped now, that would increase Zia's chances of catching him and killing him! And there was no way he was going to let that happen!
Finally, Rizzo and Pepe looked out the back of the bus to see their boss going after them. "Uh, guys, Kermit is chasing the bus," Rizzo stated.
"Should we let him on? He knew about Muppets being offed, okay," Pepe stated.
"True, but he said he never wanted to do that, and I think Walter knew that but he also knew Kermit was innocent," Rowlf stated.
"Yeah, that's true. Let him on, guys!" Scooter commanded.
Rizzo and Pepe opened the back door of the bus and Rizzo shouted, "Kermit! Jump on!"
Kermit nodded and took a very big jump, where he luckily landed inside the moving bus. "Thanks guys. Listen, I'm sorry I hid that terrible secret from you, but Zia was threatening to kill all the Muppets in the world. I had no choice…" Kermit said sorrowfully, but Fozzie said, "Don't worry about it, Kermit. We forgive you."
"Yes, Kermie, we know how hard it was for you to do that," Miss Piggy said, hugging the frog.
"Thanks you guys. You're the greatest friends I could have," Kermit said with a smile.
"Wait! Like, where's Dr. Teeth?" Janice asked.
"What! I thought he was right behind me!" Kermit shouted, mortified his friend hadn't followed him. He looked out the back of the bus, trying to find him, but had no luck. "I don't see him!" he shouted.
Sam the Eagle then stepped up and looked outside. "He's running in that direction!" the bird stated, pointing at a certain part of the sidewalk. Kermit squinted and he saw the eagle was right; Dr. Teeth was running in the opposite direction the bus was going!
"Where is he going?" Fozzie asked, also looking outside.
Kermit thought for a few moments until he said, "He's going to the bridge! He's going to find Zoot!"
"Zoot! If that's the case, I'm going with him," Floyd said.
"Floyd, are you sure that's a good idea? What if Zia sees you and kills you!" Kermit asked the bassist.
"I ain't scared of her! Dr. Teeth and Zoot are my friends, and I want to be sure they're both okay!" Floyd exclaimed.
"I'm going with you," Janice said, jumping up from her seat on the bus.
"Me too!" Lips added, getting up from his seat as well.
"Teeth! Zoot!" Animal shouted, running to the back of the bus, ready to jump off of it.
Kermit looked at the band for a few moments before he said, "Okay. Go get them. But if something bad happens, Animal, you try to get to my mansion in Hollywood. That's where we're going to hide for now and plan what to do next."
"Alright, let's move!" Floyd shouted.
"YEAH!" Animal shouted as he leapt off of the bus and landed on the road, where he started to run in the direction Dr. Teeth went. Floyd, Janice and Lips followed suit and went after the drummer.
"Guys! I could've stopped the bus!" Fozzie hollered to his friends, but they were already gone.
At that moment, Zia was in the alley, and she saw the band running in the direction of the old bridge where all the Muppets were offed. She smirked and whipped out her cell phone, where she made a few calls.
Well, the Muppets forgave Kermit for hiding the secret, and now the rest of the Electric Mayhem is chasing Dr. Teeth, who is going to find Zoot.
Will Dr. Teeth find Zoot before Zia does?
What's going on with all the other Muppets?
What is Zia planning now? Find out in the next chapter of Offed-Capture and the Big Plan!
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