The family is wandering through the halls of the asylum for a while now, but all they have found so far is the many bedrooms belonging to the patients, a cafetaria and an entire hallway dedicated to administration, which frankly bored them to death. As they are turning the umpteenth corner, they find themselves entering another hallway.
"Jeez, this place's like a maze." Benicio is in front as he guides the way, still not knowing where he's going. Yet he abruptly comes to halt and lifts up his right arm to stop the others as well.
The henchmen give each other confused glances while Boris asks; "What's the problem? Why are we stopping."
But the mob boss places his index finger against his lips. "shh!" Then he continues to whisper; "Be quiet, can't ya hear that?"
The group does as instructed. At first they don't hear anything but as their hearing gets used to the sound of silence, they can faintly hear noise coming from the distance.
"I-Is that music?" Alice her curiosity is piqued.
Benicio scratches the back of his head. "Hmm, can't say for sure. Let's follow it."
The group follows the noise and as they come closer they can make out what the noise is. Though it is really faint, they can definitely hear the music of a record player in the distance, as it's song echoes through the halls. They keep following the music to its source, until Gizmo, who's walking last in the group, suddenly comes to a halt. The others don't notice though and keep going ahead. The cartoon crow can swear he can hear something different, a voice but not just any voice. It's a voice he would recognize anywhere since it belongs to his best friend. "Fonzy…"
The crow yells at the rest of the family; " 'ey guys wait up, I tink I can 'ear Fonzy."
The family is however a little too far away from him as the music is louder to them, not hearing Gizmo. He sighs; "Ah well, i'll fend 'im meself, we don't 'av time ter waste, fonzy can be in trouble.
With a big gulp, Gizmo leaves the group in search of the fox as he turns left in a corridor. The family still doesn't realise they're one man short when they arrive at the room the music is coming from, it's labeled 'recreation room'. The room is very big but it's also dark in there. One spotlight is aimed at the center of the room where a lone, small table with the record player on it stands. It is then they can hear the music clearly, though they don't like what they're hearing. The song that is playing is known as "you are my sunshine" by Jimmy Davis, but it sounds completely distorted as the singer his voice turns low on some points, making it sound demonic.
Meanwhile Gizmo can hear the voice of Fonzy more clear; "Someone…..Anyone…..Help….."
"Fonzy? 'ang on, I'm comin'... wha ye at?"
At first the crow doesn't get a reaction but then something happens that sends a shiver down his spine. He could feel a cold breeze on his neck as if someone was breathing on it but what really freaks him out is he hears Fonzy behind him whisper; "I'm right here."
As fast as he can Gizmo turns around, only to be met with an empty hallway as he quavers; "What in de divil is 'eadin' on 'ere."
Gizmo doesn't like to admit it, but he's scared out of his mind. He kinda regrets not taking the others with him. Again Gizmo can hear Fonzy's voice but it is up ahead this time. He can feel his stomach turn as he hears the fox briefly scream.
The crow starts to shake. "Cum on yer big coward, stop bein' a scaredy cat an' 'elp ye mate."
He closes his eyes, taking a deep breath and forces himself to walk forward; "Ther, yer see? dat wasn't so 'ard nigh, wus it."
It doesn't take him long before he reaches a new hallway, yet this one has a sign hanging above it reading 'Isolation ward'. He doesn't really know what it means, nor does he care. All he knows is that Fonzy is in trouble and that he needs to go help him. There's a row of metal doors on his left and on his right. Every door contains a little window with bars and an opening with a hanging flap. He peers through one of the openings, trying to find out what those doors are hiding. It seems they're all little rooms, but the strange thing about them is that the floor and walls are all covered with what he thinks are mattresses.
"Huh, 'umans are weord."
Eventually the little crow gets startled as he hears loud thuds coming out of one of the rooms. Bravely, he decides to go check it out. As he looks through the door opening, his eyes go wide as the sense of panic overtakes him. In the room stands none other than Fonzy, he's crossing his arms in front of his chest, wearing some weird jacket that seems to be missing the holes for his hands. What really unsettles the crow though, is the fact that Fonzy's mouth seems to be sewn shut.
As the fox lays eyes upon the crow he starts freaking out, making the weirdest movements.
Gizmo tries to calm him down until he suddenly realises something. "Wait a second, if ye gob is sewn shut, den 'how did I 'ear ye scream jist a few seconds ago?"
Fonzy frantically moves his head up and down and uses his tail to point in the crows direction, trying to tell his friend to look behind him. Realising what the fox is trying to tell him, Gizmo holds his breath as he slowly turns around. What he sees next, makes his knees quake as he presses his back against the door, tears forming in the poor toon's eyes.
***Meanwhile with the rest of the family***
Boris looks at the old record player; "Can't we turn this crap off? We've been listening to it for a while now and it's givin' me the creeps."
The words had only just been spoken, when the music suddenly falters and eventually stops.
"Huh, i think ya hurt its feelings," The mob boss jokes with a grin.
As it is quiet in the room, they all get frightened as they hear a scream nearby, that's when Alice suddenly asks; "Euhm, you guys? Has anyone seen Gizmo?"
The group starts to look around the room as they only now notice that the little informant of the family is gone.
Benicio sighs; "Great, we just got someone back and someone else disappears. If this is gonna keep up, I'm gonna consider placing ya all on a leash next time."
The family runs out of the room as a second scream echoes through the halls. They recognise Gizmo's voice and by the sound of it, he's in some deep trouble. They follow the sound of wailing till they reach the isolation ward. The group doesn't waste any time as they search every room, until they reach the one containing Gizmo. The crow has never been happier as he sees Benicio's face through the little barred window and quickly jumps on his feet as he had been cowering in the corner of the small room and he doesn't want his boss or anyone else to see him like that.
The mob boss tries to open the door but it seems to be locked, next he takes a few steps back while the others are watching, unsure of their boss's actions. Before they know it, the demon dashes towards the door trying to smash it with his left shoulder, causing little effect, of course. The only thing he manages to do, is placing a dent in the door hurting his shoulder in the process. "YEOW!"
The henchmen proces what the hell just happened as Luna stares at her boss in full disbelief; "ARE YOU CRAZY? ZIS IS ISOLATION WARD WITH HOLDING CELLS, ZOSE ARE FORTIFIED DOORS. WHY IN HELL WOULD YOU DO ZAT?"
Benicio just stands there rubbing his sore shoulder. "What? We need to get him out. The door's locked and I'm not leaving a family member behind."
The doctor sighs while she walks towards the dented door and opens a big bolt lock on it. She's about to pull it open as the door falls flat to the floor as it can't handle the damage Benicio caused. Some of the henchmen are impressed but also feel uneasy as they realise how strong their boss turns out to be.
Gizmo walks out of the room, revealing that he is wearing a straightjacket. Luna doesn't need to look anymore as she already knows the others are awaiting an explanation.
"Look, this is an Isolation ward, all of these rooms are padded cells. Only humans who are considered a danger to themselves or others are locked up in one. The floors and walls are covered with cushions so the patients wouldn't hurt themselves. What crowboy is wearing right now is called a straightjacket, it's to prevent the patient from attacking others or himself, any more questions?"
The family shakes their heads in unison.
"Good, class dismissed."
The ink demon suddenly grunts as the pain in his shoulder doesn't seem to go away. Luna doesn't like it, if his shoulder hurts this much it could be something serious. "Here, let me take a look."
As Luna takes a step closer, Benicio takes a step back. "Oh, that won't be necessary…"
But the moment she touches the shoulder he groans.
"Sit still boss, this is for your own good." The doctor tried to move his left arm, but it only makes the demon tense up and yelp. Luna slowly shakes her head, implying that it doesn't look good. The others are actually starting to become worried. She looks at them and gives them the update. "It seems his shoulder is dislocated."
"Yer can 'elp 'im, roi lass?" Gizmo asks as guilt is filling his mind. The boss hurt his shoulder trying to free him after all.
She glances at the ink demon. "I can, but i'm afraid it will hurt…..a lot."
Benicio has a soft smile while a drip of inky sweat runs down his face, he gives the wolf an approving nod.
"I'll be careful. On the count of three, okay? One...two...THREE!"
Luna pulls on the demon's arm and relocates the shoulder, making Benicio scream in agonising pain. The others actually feel sorry for him. It only takes her a few seconds as she's quickly done with the task. The mob boss is gasping for air as he starts to feel dizzy, yet the pain isn't as intense as before. He leans with his back against the wall and lets himself slide down until he sits.
"you okay?"
The ink demon nods as another inky sweat drip runs down his face. "Just a little dizzy g-give me a sec."
"Okay, so, here's the deal. Do not…" She grabs Benicio's neck of his shirt and starts to pull him close. "I repeat, DO NOT, use that arm. It needs at least sixteen days to heal. You can move it but keep the movements to a minimum and whatever you do, do not use it to lift something."
"Okay, okay, I won't use it.'' Benicio gently pulls Luna's hand from his shirt and tries to stand up with a little assistance from the doctor. "So, Gizmo…..Mind tellin' us why the hell you abandoned us and why you were screamin' like a maniac?"
"Ah that's roi, Fonzy. I forgot al' aboyt 'im... I followed 'is voice an' den I foun' 'im but 'is gob wus sewn shut an' dis monster..."
"Wow, wow, wow….Calm down pipsqueak. What about Fonzy? What monster?"
Before the crow can answer they hear loud thuds coming from the cell next to the one Gizmo was in. Elymas peers through the little window, informing the others; "I believe, what our friend here is trying to tell us, is that he found Fonzy. It seems the poor chap his mouth is sewn shut."
"Wait what?" Benicio quickly walks to the cell door as Elymas steps aside. The mob boss glances at Luna, firstly unlocking the bolt lock in the same manner she had done, with his right hand. Then he quickly opens the door revealing a relieved Fonzy. The group is at a loss for words, seeing the stitches in the fox's mouth, wearing the same jacket Gizmo's wearing.
"Well, that answers that question, I suppose. But what about all that monster stuff?"
It stays quiet for a moment while the crow stares at the floor. Eventually he nods his head towards an open doorway at the end of the hall. "It went dat away."
"Euhm, okay. Thanks I guess. We'll go check it out."
Boris has one more question before they go. "It's not that I doubt you, boss, but why would you go towards the danger? I mean, that maggot freak was already tough to beat, we don't even know what it could do."
The ink demon glances at the crow. Gizmo knows what he wants. "Don't look at me, al' I nu is dat that tin' 'eld me wi' four arms, stuffed me in dis tennis racket an' den tried to stab me beak, fortunately me beak was too strong to penetrate."
"Why did it want to stab your beak?" Luna stares at the crow's nozzle.
"I don't 'av ter draw a picture wi' it, do I? It wus tryin' to do the seem as what he did wi' Fonzy but like I said, 'is stinger couldn't penetrate me beak."
Benicio buts in; "Stinger, four arms, ya don't make any sense pally."
Gizmo looks at the floor again with a drooping posture until he feels a hand resting on his left shoulder, looking up he sees Benisio smile at him. "Look, I don't know what you've seen and I hate puttin' everyone' in danger like this, but we really need to go to that creature, no matter what it can do. The room 'maggot freak' was in, contained a key. I know it's far fetched, but maybe this second creep has a key as well."
The little informant nods, but Fonzy's acting strange, as if he wants to say something but isn't able to, since his mouth is still sewn shut.
The mob boss sees this. "Don't worry Fonzy, once we've defeated the creature, Luna will remove those stitches."
Fonzy's ears lie flat on his head, his black tail with the withe tip hung silently while he closes his eyes slowly shaking his head. They didn't understand, he's not bothered by the stitches, he just wants to warn the others about something only he knows.
The group makes their way towards the door opening Gizmo had pointed at as they enter a big room. The room looks old and worn out as the planks of a wooden floor crack with every step. Strips of the wallpaper are coming loose, curling down hanging from the wall as they reveal a hole being the size of a plate. The room is covered with dust and cobwebs, making it just a tad more spooky. To their left is a big cracked window and to their right, pressed against the wall, stands a brown leather long chair with next to it a desk and a wooden chair, but other than that, the room seems pretty bare which is confusing to the others since they were at least expecting another creature. The family stares at Fonzy and Gizmo.
"B-but it went to this room. I saw it wi' me own eyes."
Before the others can react, they can suddenly hear Fonzy's voice whisper; "Help me."
They all stare at the fox, who's rapidly shaking his head as he tries to tell them that it wasn't him. How could it be him? His mouth is still sewn shut. When the family realises, it couldn't have been Fonzy even though it was still his voice, they slowly stare at the only place they haven't looked yet….Up.
There it is, the creature Gizmo has been talking about. On the ceiling sat a man wearing the pants of a male nurse uniform. He has short brown hair and a pencil mustache, his eyes are sewn shut as tears of blood come from them. His torso carries no less than four arms and a skeletal scorpion tail is attached to its rear end. The sharp tip of the tail is stuck to the ceiling, holding the man up but soon the creature's tail produces a thin barely visible thread, the same kind that forms the stitches in Fonzy's mouth and gently lowers the creature just like a spider.
As if he wasn't creepy enough, the man starts to recite a poem with Fonzy's voice while he's coming down;
"Trapt we are, in this hell of madness.
Then he shows up, the doctor of badness.
He'll make an offer, you can't refuse.
Always discovering a new fresh bruise.
People are gone, they start to vanish.
His thirst for blood, he shall not banish.
You'll get the needle, tied to a bed.
Beware, for soon comes dead."
Benicio glares at the creature, showing his fangs. "What's this, the poetry hour? How cute. Look dipshit, i don't completely understand how ya're copyin' the voice of one of my boy's but it's creepin' me the hell out. So, knock it off. Also, i'm not liking how ya treated the two of them so here's the deal, i'm gonna beat the living shit out of ya and ya're gonna be a good freak of nature and die."
Before he knew it, Luna suddenly pulled on his tail, forcing him to step back; "Oh no, you don't. Which part of DON'T USE THAT ARM, don't you understand."
"Okay doc, heh, no….First of all, don't pull my tail. Second, I'm right handed, I don't need to use my left arm to hit someone. Third, DON'T PULL MY FUCKING TAIL!"
The russian wolf raises her both hands, defending herself as her tail finds it's way between her legs; "Okay, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry, I von't do it again." She drops her arms and slowly lowers her eyelid halfway, staring at the ground and sighs; "Just, don't push yourself…"
Jack buts in with a big grin; "Yeah boss, we're here to help. I mean, you are paying us. ze least you can do, ees give us some work."
The ink demon closes his eyes, he feels awful for yelling at their doctor, but his tail is really sensitive and hurts if someone pulls on it. He takes a few steps closer towards Luna while he gives her a gentle smile, placing his right hand on her right shoulder; "Sorry 'bout that. That kinda hurt, I didn't mean to yell at ya."
"It's alright, I've seen worse."
The ink demon nods and reluctantly takes more steps back, giving the lead to his henchmen as he takes a safe distance from the creature and stands with Alice and Boris at the sideline. Fortunately for the family the creature has been patiently standing there while the mob boss was getting his scolding. Yet as the henchmen are facing the monster, it just keeps standing there, making them confused as this uneasy, tense feeling fills the atmosphere.
They glance towards one another and just as Jack takes a step forward, the what once used to be a male nurse, aims all four arms at the faun. It's fingers are curled, as if it is imitating claws and the scorpion tail is dangerously swaying around, ready to stab it's next victim.
"Euhm, does anyone know what ziss guy's deal ees?" Jack stares at the others, but they just shrug as a response.
That's when the creature dashes towards the group and Tackles Jack to the ground, holding him in place with all four arms while the sharp part of his tail is aimed at the faun's face. He uses Fonzy's voice to creep out the gunsman even further; "Jaaaaaaaaack..."
"okay, ziss ees getting weird real fast. Can someone get him off of me?"
Abel runs up to the duo, his fist at the ready to hit the man in the face. The male nurse seems to have the upperhand though, as he can block the angel's punch with only one hand. Surprised by the creature's quick reflexes, The rebel angel gets swept away by the man's tail as he falls on the floor. He fastly crawls back and practically jumps on his feet as they need to find a way to free Jack.
Yet Diana isn't about to let the creature have it's way. Quickly she places her hand behind her back entering her hammerspace, only to reveal her trusted whip. " Get off of him, crackhead!"
Just like a wild animal tamer from a circus, she waves her whip through the air making loops and finally lets it rip onto the ground, creating the typical cracking sound. The man is hissing at her as it feels threatened by the tool. The fairy isn't impressed by the monster as she whips the ground a second time, but this time closer to the man.
"watch eet! you're gonna hit me with zat." Jack is getting nervous as the second whiplash landed way too close to him for comfort.
"Oh, don't be such a baby, I know what i'm doing."
The fairy is about to do a third whiplash, as the creature suddenly whines with Fonzy's voice; "Please, stop, don't hurt me."
In a flinch of a second, Diana comes to a halt. That voice, it sounds so real, so unsettling. For a second she thinks she's actually about to hurt Fonzy. The monster takes the opportunity to point the scorpion's tail at Diana and is about to sting her but Elymas is there just in time as he jumps forward, grabbing Diana in the progress and drags her out of harm's way just as the stinger pierces the floor, creating cracks in the wooden planks.
Elymas scrambles on his hooves and politely offers Diana a hand to help her up, as befits a gentleman. As the duo is up and standing, the bartender knocks the dust of his trademark tailcoat. "Well now, that was not really nice, now was it? I must say, you owe this lady an apology. It is mostly impolite to mess with people's minds like that."
All the creature does is growl at the blue demon while it lets go of Jack and starts to sprint towards him.
Elymas sighs with his eyes closed, a second later he opens them again as he states in an unamused tone; "Oh dear, it seems this chap has lost the plot. I'm afraid I have no other choice than to use more drastic measures."
Just like with Benicio, Elymas his eyes regain their demonic state as the purple glowing irises with slit black pupils appear. The entertainment demon raises his left arm and flips his wrist as a playing card of an ase magically appears in his hand which he throws at the monster like a throwing knife. The creature attempts to dodge, but the card streaks by its chest creating a deep cut as blood splashes from his breast.
The beast moans making Fonzy's voice chriek through the room in a high pitch distorted tone.
The fox in turn is feeling baffled hearing his own voice like that, as he wants nothing more than to cover his ears but is unable to do so thanks to his straight jacket. One would think someone would have freed Gizmo and Fonzy out of their fabric prison by now. Instead he lies his ears flat in an attempt to block out as much of the sound as possible.
When the male nurse recovers, the squealing stops as he faces the direction of Elymas once more. The creature has to have the hearing capacity of a god, cause he knows perfectly well where the blue demon stands even though his eyes are sewn shut. Again, he darts towards the gentleman bartender as Elymas only has just enough time to make a new card appear and make it grow till it is big and strong enough to serve as a shield. The creature rams the card as it takes a lot of Elymas his strength to not tumble back as the two keep pushing the giant card towards one another. Eventually Abel goes to stand behind the blue demon and helps him push against the card while the beast goes all berserk, hitting the shield.
Meanwhile Jack grabs the same gun from earlier as he can make a clear shot at the creature. A loud 'pang' reverbs through the room and is followed by silence. The family looks at the faun as he holds his gun aimed at the man while he is panting, smoke coming from the barrel. Next they look at the creature who's just standing there, frozen. On second inspection you can see blood pouring out of the man's stomach and more blood coming from the corners of the creature's mouth as it finally fell to the floor.
Benicio is impressed and proud at the same time, it's good to know, his henchmen can take care of themselves. Jack places his gun away and absentmindedly stares at the hole in the wall, there's something gleaming in there. "euhm guys? I see a shiny in zat hole, I sink eet is another key. "
Those words seem to make the fox uneasy as he rapidly shakes his head. Gizmo notices this as he asks; "What's wrong lad? we need the key to get out."
The family is staring at Fonzy as he moves al spastic like as he tries to get out of the straight jacket all the while he watches Jack making his way towards the hole in the wall. They try to calm the fox down as Jack places his left arm in the hole to grab the key. In that moment, Fonzy's heart skips a beat, if only he could warn them or do something. Yet it is too late as the room gets filled with Jack's pained screams. The group quickly aim their attention towards the faun.
Luna sprints up to him, asking with worry in her voice; "What's wrong, does it hurt?"
Jack's panting as he manages to groan; " my arm ees stuck, eet is pinched between something sharp, eet hurts."
Indeed, as Luna takes a closer look, she can see a metallic object which looks like a bear trap, squeezed around Jack's arm as ink pours down off it. At that exact same point Fonzy is practically going crazy as he's still trying desperately to get out of the straight Jacket, making him fall on the ground as he rolls back and forth. When he realises his efforts are futile, he's desperate enough to open his mouth even though the stitches are preventing him from doing it, yet he forces himself to do so, making the stitches so tight that on the spots where the wire penetrates his skin, he starts to bleed ink.
Abel can no longer see the fox struggle, running to him and gently places his hand on Fonzy's snoot. "Stop doing that, you're only hurting yourself. Calm down, I'm gonna take off your Jacket but you need to be still, okay?"
The fox quickly nods while the angel opens the straps from the Jacket. The second the fox can move his arms again, he jumps up and dashes towards the wooden desk next to the longchair. The family is confused as they watch patiently what the fox is doing. Fonzy opens the upper drawer, revealing a switch. He slams it and instantly looks at Jack. The others follow his example as they are surprised when they see that the faun can pull his arm out of the hole in the wall with the second key in hand, as the boobytrap now is deactivated.
Once Jack is free, the faun falls to his knees and grabs his sore arm while making soft whining sounds. Luna takes it as her cue to start attending his limb. While she's working on the gunsman of the family she glances at Fonzy. "You're next foxboy. I'm gonna remove zose stitches."
The janitor of the family, frantically nods as he can't be more happier hearing those words, while he throws away the jacket. In the meantime Benicio takes the opportunity to open the straps on Gizmo's Jacket as well, as the crow also throws it away, as far as he can. Next the mob boss walks up towards Luna. "Hey doc, so, what's the damage?" He glances at Jack from the corner of his eyes while he asks the question, all the while the feeling of guilt clouds his mind. His family gets hurt and it's all his fault. When is he gonna learn his lesson? His henchmen warned him for this over and over again, yet he keeps refusing to listen and for what? A big pile of green paper.
Luna sighs; "vell, all in all damage is not too bad. Few stitches here and zere to stop bleeding and he'll manage, but you guys really need to be more careful. Zis is sekond guy who'll be unable to use his arm for while, fortunately, you both can still use right arm."
The mob boss gains a drooping posture, he looks at Jack who in turn is looking at him. "I'm sorry Jacky boy, i didn't mean for any of this to happen."
The gunsman slowly shakes his head and tries his best to give a smile, showing his optimistic side. "don't worry about eet boss. We came willingly, besides eet was my own fault. How do they say zat again? curiosity killed ze cat. " Eventually he gives the key to his boss, who places it with the other key.
Benicio gives him a pat on his good shoulder, walks towards the desk and sits in the wooden chair as the family patiently waits for Luna to do her job. The russian wolf grabs her black leather doctors bag from her hammerspace and takes the materials she needs to put stitches in the faun's arm. After stitching up the wounds she puts a bandage around the arm, gives him a single pill which they assume is a painkiller and finally faces Fonzy. "Okay foxboy, your turn. Lie down on zat longchair, vould you? I'm going to remove zose stitches."
The janitor fox does as instructed and lies down while the doctor walks towards him with a kidney dish, medical tweezers and a medical scissor. "Is not gonna take long." But as the doctor takes a closer look, she notices that ink comes from the little wounds in his lips. "Daim it, you tried to open mouth didn't you? I'm gonna need to disinfect zat." And so Luna starts to treat the fox.
While the treatment is in progress, it is silent in the room as the group keeps it quiet so Luna can focus on her work. Yet that same silence is suddenly cut off as a loud growling noise echoes through the room. At first the family is looking around, thinking there's another creature among them, but that's when they notice a grey blush coming from their boss's face. They all keep staring at Benicio as a second growl fills the space while Benicio places a hand on his stomach.
Before the ink demon knows it, his best friend Boris the wolf is standing next to him. As He looks up at the wolf. Boris is holding his arms crossed in front of his chest, as he impatiently taps his left foot on the ground while he raises a non-existent eyebrow. All Benicio could do is give him a sheepish grin as Boris asks; "Okay, be honest now, did ya really have breakfast this mornin'?"
The mob boss feels embarrassed as he notices everyone staring at him as they await an answer. "I euhm, I might have skipped it a bit?"
Boris runs his hand down his face; "God dammit boss, when in the hell are you gonna take care of yaself."
"In my defense, this was just supposed to be a delivery job, ya know, not taking long? I was planning to eat afterward. How was I supposed to know we were gonna be trapped in an asylum to play a game of bloodbath mystery?"
Boris sighs while Elymas walks towards them, taking a package out of his hammerspace, offering it to their boss. Benicio's confused but accepts the package. As he unwraps it, he finds a sandwich. The family stares at the blue demon as Abel asks; "Are you always carrying food around?"
Elymas glances at Abel with a smirk; "But of course… What kind of bartender would I be if I was not able to present simple beverages and tidbits? Besides, I know our boss long enough to know he would pull a stunt like that. I just like to be prepared."
The sandwich is neatly cut in two equal pieces. The ink demon takes one of the halves and places the other one on the wooden desk as he starts to eat.
Meanwhile Luna is finishing up her task of removing Fonzy's stitches and disinfecting the small wounds. "Okay, you can open your mouth now."
Fonzy slowly opens his snoot a few times as his cheeks feel kind of stiff. "Thanks doc. You have no idea how terrible it was to lose my ability to speak. I was trying to warn Jack, I really did but you guys didn't understand."
"Da ve know, you don't need to explain yourself. Also, try to move your mouth more. I don't mean talking, but just moving your mouth to keep your cheeks active, it should get rid of numb feeling."
Fonzy nods, at the same time the mob boss is finishing his half of the sandwich and is about to take the second half but when he reaches for the food he is surprised to find it gone. "What in the?"
Alice gets Benicio's attention while she points at the corner of the desk; "Euhm b-boss? i-it's back…"
Quickly the ink demon faces the direction Alice is pointing at, only to discover the same little grey mouse from the bathroom as it was silently finishing the second half of the sandwich, making the demon stumble of the wooden chair out of surprise."
Abel has a big smirk on his face; "Heh, look at that Elymas. They come from far and wide to have a bite of your delicious food."
"It appears so." A grey blush adorns the blue demon's face as he stares at the scene.
Boris helps Benicio from the ground by his good arm while the demon's glaring daggers at the little mouse. "I hope you enjoyed that, because it's gonna be your last meal." He raises his right arm with a fist and is about to smack the cute grey mouse flat on the desk. But as the fist is coming down, the little critter jumps up and lands on the mob boss's right shoulder.
Before the demon can react, the mouse has entered the opening of his shirt as Benicio felt it's tiny paws quickly run over it's torso. It tickles so much it forces Benicio to do a crazy dance as the demon desperately tries to get the mouse out of his clothing. At the same time Able is rolling over the floor in another laughing fit, yet he still remembers Elymas his wise words as he tries so hard to stop laughing.
Eventually the mouse made its way down the mob boss's pants, exiting the left pipe as it dashes towards the door. Benicio's panthing while he recovers from the tickle attack and his spastic dancing, leaning both hands on his knees as sweat drips from his face; "I swear, that mouse is out to get me."
the henchmen stare each other in the eyes while Boris is being skeptical; "Whatever you say boss, whatever you say."
Luna crosses her arms in front of her chest; "Ve don't have time to play vith mouse, need i remind you guys zat ve are still one familymember short? I'm not about to lose partner.
Jack places his good hand on the wolf's shoulder; "Relax doc, we've found Elymas and Fonzy, I'm sure we'll find Deeralyn too."
The family's doctor nods as the group continues their quest in finding the last family member and key.