Nathan: While Rapunzel struggled her way downstairs, Eugene and I ran down the hall to Room 48, where outside, I said. "OK, if we can just make it through this last day without..."

Before I could continue, we found ourselves dragged inside and tossed onto the kitchen floor in front of the chefs...by Gothel, who angrily slammed the door, resulting in, yet, an even louder CRASH from the dishes.

"It was nice and quiet while it lasted." sighed Tamding.

"You nosy, little pest!" fumed Gothel as she stormed over to me and Eugene, who said. "Whoa, mama, are you lost! Down the hall, make a right, and...uh...then, when you see that hot-looking secretary..."

"Stuff it, Rider!" snapped Gothel, who pushed Eugene aside by Chef Adam's office.

"Hey!" I said. "You can't just..."

"Do what? This?!" Gothel finished, pushing me back onto the floor and placing her boot on my chest.

The chefs gasped while Bob began to charge at Gothel, only to be held back by Stuart and Kevin, who said. "Domo be a cap, Bob."

As Eugene tried to pick himself back up, he could hear Chef Adam inside his office, saying. "Gothel, you devil woman! Let us out of here!"

Realizing Gothel had locked him and Bertha, Eugene pulled out a bobby pin and started to pick the door lock.

"You, Mr. Rosenberg, have pushed me for the last time!" Gothel sneered while I tried to get her boot off my chest, saying. "She has to know the truth, Gothel. Everything you told Rapunzel has been nothing but lies."

"Everything I did was to protect her!" Gothel said, pointing her dagger at me and the terrified chefs. "And once I'm done with all of you, nothing will stand in the way between me and my prized posess..."

Before she could finish, Gothel and the rest of us saw that Rapunzel had walked inside the classroom, saying to herself. "I'm the lost princess."

Gothel let out a groan. "For the last time, Rapunzel, enough with the mumbling!"

"I am the lost princess...aren't I?"

The moment she heard those words, Gothel froze as the chefs started to mutter.

"Now," I said, finally getting Gothel's boot off my chest and picking myself up. "Was that a mumble...Mother...or should we call you Faker!"

Gothel seethed angrily as she pulled me closer to her, saying. "You're the cause of all this. If you'd stayed silent and kept to your studies, this never would've..."

"Keep your lying hands away from him!" demanded Rapunzel.

Gothel took one cold glance at me, then at Rapunzel, whom she restrained after letting me go roughly.

"What are you doing?" asked Vickie, who was lucky enough to catch me before I fell back down.

"We, my dear Vickie..." said Gothel as she pointed her dagger at us again. "...are going where none of you will ever find Rapunzel again!"

"No, you're not!" said Chef Adam, who, along with Bertha, was now free from his office thanks to Eugene, as he pulled away Rapunzel from Gothel, who said. "You stay out of this, Weiner!"

"Not this time, Gothel!" Chef Adam said back, leaving Rapunzel in the hands of Eugene. "For too long, you verbally and physically abused everyone inside JobTrain, including my own students and Rapunzel. And I'm not going to stand for this sort of behavior any longer."

"Well said, sir." said Larry.

"Hear! Hear!" agreed Curly.

"YEAH!" cheered the chefs, who, along with the Minions, commended Chef Adam for standing up to Gothel.

"Boss!" Kevin cried, upon seeing Gothel pull out her dagger, which she pointed at Chef Adam...and me, saying. "And I'm not going to stand for you...and Mr. Rosenberg getting my way ANY LONGER!"

"NO!" cried Eugene, who pushed me and Chef Adam out of the way before he felt the stabbing pain from Gothel's dagger, to everyone's shock and horror.

"Eugene!" Rapunzel cried upon seeing him collapse on the kitchen floor.

But before she could do anything, Gothel grabbed her arm, coldly saying. "Don't worry, dear. Our secret will die with him."

"NO!" cried the chefs as they tried to pull Rapunzel back with her hair while Gothel tried to pull her back with her arms.

While watching them tug Rapunzel back and forth, I look at her hair, then at Gothel. And that's when it hit me.

"Once it's cut, it loses its power!" I recalled to myself, then hurried to the knife strip and pulled out one of them.

"RAPUNZEL BELONGS TO ME!" hollered Gothel as she tried to haul Rapunzel back to her.

"NO, SHE DOESN'T!" I hollered back, rushing over to one of the stations...cutting off Rapunzel's hair with my knife.

Filled with horror and anger over the loss of her healing powers, Gothel charged at me, only for the Stooges to trip her with Rapunzel's cut-off hair.

"Who knows best now, lady?" said Moe.

"Nyuk, nyuk...NYAHH-AHHH-AHHH!"

As Curly exclaimed, Rapunzel's hair started to change color.

"Sacré bleu!" exclaimed Kevin as he, his fellow Minions, and everyone else saw the long golden hair turn brown.

"No! NO!" wailed Gothel, who turned towards the back door, where I was.

Enraged while aging rapidly, she charged at me again, letting out a bloodcurdling scream as the chefs and Minions screamed in fear.

"Gothel!" cried Chef Adam.

"NO!" cried Rapunzel.

While trying to open the back door, Gothel lunged at me, out the door to the ground outside.

"No! Get away!" I said, trying to get her off me. "Get away!"

But once I did so, I was stunned to see that all that was left of Gothel...was her cloak!

"Damn*!" exclaimed JJ, was also stunned, along with the other chefs. "Was she really that old?"

Before anyone could say anything, the Minions ran through them towards me, cheering ecstatically.

"Nathan!" exclaimed Bob, who hugged me.

"You the man!" Stuart shouted in my ear.

Rapunzel rushed outside, knelt down, and hugged me tight, saying. "Oh, my hero."

I smiled a bit. "Well, I'm not the only her...

I stopped myself short, realizing what I've done.

"Oh, no. Eugene!"

Author's Note:

*Another word of profanity often heard while working in the kitchen.