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We walked inside the walled in village and the town was staring at us as we walked by, Travis leads us to his shack where it was being taken apart. The portable radio I remember seeing when I first walked into Travis' house was sitting on top of an outdoor table, it was turned on and was playing bluegrass music. Probably coming from the Radio Station back at the Nuclear Steam Plant.

A hole had been dug where the shack once stood, several Snorks soon brought up a metal casket. It was silver, it looked well polished despite the dirt that coats it. Travis approaches the casket and opens the lid to take a look inside, when I saw Corky's body he looked like a ghoul just like Uncle Gallio and Uncle Strangesnork. The body had a blanket brought up to it's neck, I can't bare the sight of death.

"That's Corky alright," said Radio, "His snork has rotted off along with his skin, but he's still recognizable somehow."

"He didn't die from old age," said Travis, "He had a head Aneurysm awhile doing his classic quote, he just collapsed onto the ground and died at age 73. It happened 30 years after that fateful day."

"What's an Aneurysm?" asked Casey.

"It's when a blood vessel in your brain ruptures and the blood pressure alone squishes it to go, killing you before you hit the ground." explained Radio.

I said nothing as they closes the casket back up and they carried it away, we all followed them outside the village and it was loaded onto a flat bed truck full of my relatives. As it was being strapped down, we all got back into our cars and waited until everything is ready. "We're clear to go!" called a Snork standing on the flatbed truck.

"Let's move out," said Travis as he starts up the car's engine.

The ride felt like it took forever, I stared out into the landscape for the rest of the way. I hadn't said anything, in fact I've never said anything throughout the entire trip to the old Snork Patrol HQ. When we got there, the place looked old and the tower above it was still standing. The white flag with the blue star on it waves above the tower as the current flows passed it.

Travis and several of his friends picked up the casket and carried it to the grave next to the HQ, using some really strong kelp they placed Corky's casket onto them and he was lowered into a steel cage at the bottom of the rectangular hole. The cage was soon closed and then concrete was dumped into the grave, after filling it 3/4ths of concrete they filled the rest with sand.

"Rest in peace Corky," said Travis.

"Wetworths!" screamed a Snork, "Wetworth Raiders are on the prowl! Defend yourselves!"

Radio took my hand and lead me inside the building with all my friends following behind, the building was sealed shut from the bottom and Radio took us to the watchtower. I think I've been inside it once, not much has changed since I was last in it. "Sit back and watch the show AllStar," said Radio, "It's quite incredible."

To me was horror, I watch as Wetworths came charging from the horizon. There were about 20 of them, the Seaworthy's below ranged up to 40 and they all took out their guns and simply open fire at the Wetworths as they come near.

"Looks like a job for..." said Travis before he did the baseball tune with his trumpet, "The Snork Patrol!"

He took out a Sniper Rifle and then began to fire away at the Wetworths as they come charging in, Travis never missed a single shot at all. "This is for Corky!" he cheered as he shot some explosives at the edge of the battlefield, scaring the snork out of the Wetworth Raiders.

They were gunned down like nothing, after killing a few of them the Wetworths turned around and ran away like little girls. The Seaworthys continue to shoot at them and didn't let a single one escaped, with Snork blood all over the sand the battle was soon over as fast as it began.

"Looked like a wall of mini torpedoes," said Travis.

"You should have seen it when we used Rocket Propelled Shells on them," said Radio, "They flew through the air in pieces, like confetti coming out of someones air conditioner."

We walked back downstairs and surveyed the scene up close, blood was everywhere as the Seaworthys were loading up the dead Wetworths onto the back of the flatbed trucks. At first I assumed that they were going to dispose of them elsewhere, since this is a funeral after all. "Where are they going to bury them?" I asked.

"Bury them? They eat them." said Dexter.

Radio smacks him on the back of the head in response, "He's not ready Point Dexter," he spat, "It's too soon!"

"Sorry," apologized Dexter.

For about an hour, we resume the funeral and the Seaworthy's gave Corky a 21 gun salute by firing 21 of their guns into the air. Instead of firing a single shot however, they unloaded a full clip awhile yelling YEE HAW! If Corky was alive, his jaw would drop from disbelief.

Radio placed his his hand on his eyes in frustration, "What have I done to them?" I heard him asked himself.

Travis then talks about Corky's life on the Snork Patrol, on how he saved Snorkland a gazillion times from Snork Eaters, Bigweed, and other threats. He then explains how his village got started, claiming Corky was the mayor in all.

"When he died, we were upset that we've lost a hero." explains Travis, "At the time, the Outback was more dangerous. Since we can't afford the trip to bury him here, we buried him underneath our family shack where he remained there until today."

After saying a few kind words, we've got back into our vehicles and drove back to the Seaworthy Nuclear Steam Plant as Travis heads back to his village. Along the way, I can see my friends were crying. It must be hard on them the most, but I felt worse even though I wasn't showing it.

We've drove passed the gate to the Nuclear Steam Plant and were within it's safe zone again, after parking the cars we were walking back up to the Main Building with Radio jabbering again. "You know, I always liked Corky," he said, "I remember that time when Rex tried to clobber his head, where is that Neuroctopus anyway?"

I haven't seen Rex for awhile, of course I know that he once helped Corky with his job.

Once we walked back to the main square of the Steam Plant, a sea of Snork children came out of nowhere screaming in joy and they all dog piled me again. Like last time, everyone was laughing hard. The weight of all those children had finally pushed me over the edge and I just lost it, using strength I didn't know I had I'd burst out of the pile and the kids were tossed around in all directions laughing away.

"I WANT OUT!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, "I WANT OUT!"

I shot up into the air and swam towards the edge of the Steam Plant, after getting just a few meters up into the air I forgotten about the Force Field that encases the Nuclear Steam Plant. I smashed my face into it, with my forehead taking most of the blow. I suddenly got dazed and confused as I fell to the ground, I heard everyone was still laughing. When I hit the ground however, everything went black and everything went silent.

TO BE CONTINUED...