Antubis and Blondi looked around the corner, watching unknown to
Stegman and Brenda as Stegman busily worked on the master controls to the
hospital air system.
"Can he actually use that?" Antubis asked the dog. "Doesn't it have to be idiot proofed or something for some safety regulation?"
"It was but Johnny B. Goode couldn't figure out how to get it going so Dr. James had the idiotproofing taken out." Blondi shook his head as he thought of yet another boneheaded move in what was a very long succession of boneheaded moves that the head of the hospital had made. Even with the idiot proofing gone, he wasn't entirely sure that Stegman could work the air enough to turn it down low enough to freeze the people in the basement without freezing the entire hospital. Would Stegman really care if he killed a few more people than planned, though? He certainly hadn't cared that there would be several innocent casualties of his vendetta against Hook in the earthquake aftermath. As he saw Stegman actually twisting something, cranking it almost so far to the right that it nearly broke off in his hand, the dog realized that they needed to do something.
Blondi moved forward, his eyes flashing as he started to growl,
Antubis right behind him, the anteater's own growl adding to the rather threatening volume.
"It's just Otto's dog." Brenda said with a sigh as she saw Blondi.
She had been afraid that someone might have spotted them tampering with the air. This plan seemed to be falling totally apart. first, Mona Klingerman had somehow vanished without any sign of where she could have gone and then the collapse in the basement had been discovered much too soon. She wasn't sure how they were ever going to get their plan back on track now.
"Did you see that?" Stegman jumped as he saw Blondi's eyes flash red.
"What? It's just Otto's dog. I don't know why they let him keep that thing around here anyway. It probably has fleas and it looks very unsanitary." Brenda said with a frown. Why was Steg suddenly looking so panicked?
"Probably has rabies too. Thing ought to be shot." Steg muttered as he started to slowly back down the hallway away from Blondi, motioning for Brenda to follow him. The air had been turned down low enough that he was sure that Hook would be dead soon if he wasn't already.
As Stegman backed away, Antubis moved behind him, growling suddenly as Stegman ran into him and tripped falling backwards over the anteater and almost turning a somersault as he fell.
"Steg?" Brenda called as she rushed over to him, reaching out to help him up. "What happened?"
"That dog...." Steg looked back at Blondi as the dog's eyes flashed again. "I swear I'm going to shoot that thing." He shook his head, giving up for the moment on figuring out what was going on. "Let's get out of here. That little Mona Klingerman brat is still roaming around and we have to find her before someone else can."
"Did you see him flip like that?" Antubis said with a chuckle as he headed down the hallway once more to join his friend. "So, what did he do to the air?"
Blondi stood on his rear paws to check the damage. "Well, it looks like he turned it to.... ice cube?"
"Ice cube?" Antubis joined his friend in checking out the air controls. "Why does your air have pictures instead of numbers on it?"
"Johnny's dumber than I thought?" Blondi shook his head. How could Johnny be dumber than that, though? "Okay, the air's on ice cube,
which obviously isn't good. So we need to turn it over a bit." The dog watched closely as Antubis started to nudge at the knob. "Okay, no that's too far! You've got it on hot dog roast! You want it to be on smiley face. Smiley face probably means happy patient, right?"
"How stupid can he be to need pictures instead of numbers?"
Antubis muttered as he shook his head for a moment before nudging the dial back a bit until it rested on the yellow happy face. Then the anteater reared up on his rear paws, teeth flashing as he bit down, snapping the knob off. At least if Stegman came back, he couldn't make any more little adjustments.
"Come on." He motioned with his head for Blondi to follow him down the hallway. "We better check those humans down in the basement, see if they're all still in one piece."
"Can he actually use that?" Antubis asked the dog. "Doesn't it have to be idiot proofed or something for some safety regulation?"
"It was but Johnny B. Goode couldn't figure out how to get it going so Dr. James had the idiotproofing taken out." Blondi shook his head as he thought of yet another boneheaded move in what was a very long succession of boneheaded moves that the head of the hospital had made. Even with the idiot proofing gone, he wasn't entirely sure that Stegman could work the air enough to turn it down low enough to freeze the people in the basement without freezing the entire hospital. Would Stegman really care if he killed a few more people than planned, though? He certainly hadn't cared that there would be several innocent casualties of his vendetta against Hook in the earthquake aftermath. As he saw Stegman actually twisting something, cranking it almost so far to the right that it nearly broke off in his hand, the dog realized that they needed to do something.
Blondi moved forward, his eyes flashing as he started to growl,
Antubis right behind him, the anteater's own growl adding to the rather threatening volume.
"It's just Otto's dog." Brenda said with a sigh as she saw Blondi.
She had been afraid that someone might have spotted them tampering with the air. This plan seemed to be falling totally apart. first, Mona Klingerman had somehow vanished without any sign of where she could have gone and then the collapse in the basement had been discovered much too soon. She wasn't sure how they were ever going to get their plan back on track now.
"Did you see that?" Stegman jumped as he saw Blondi's eyes flash red.
"What? It's just Otto's dog. I don't know why they let him keep that thing around here anyway. It probably has fleas and it looks very unsanitary." Brenda said with a frown. Why was Steg suddenly looking so panicked?
"Probably has rabies too. Thing ought to be shot." Steg muttered as he started to slowly back down the hallway away from Blondi, motioning for Brenda to follow him. The air had been turned down low enough that he was sure that Hook would be dead soon if he wasn't already.
As Stegman backed away, Antubis moved behind him, growling suddenly as Stegman ran into him and tripped falling backwards over the anteater and almost turning a somersault as he fell.
"Steg?" Brenda called as she rushed over to him, reaching out to help him up. "What happened?"
"That dog...." Steg looked back at Blondi as the dog's eyes flashed again. "I swear I'm going to shoot that thing." He shook his head, giving up for the moment on figuring out what was going on. "Let's get out of here. That little Mona Klingerman brat is still roaming around and we have to find her before someone else can."
"Did you see him flip like that?" Antubis said with a chuckle as he headed down the hallway once more to join his friend. "So, what did he do to the air?"
Blondi stood on his rear paws to check the damage. "Well, it looks like he turned it to.... ice cube?"
"Ice cube?" Antubis joined his friend in checking out the air controls. "Why does your air have pictures instead of numbers on it?"
"Johnny's dumber than I thought?" Blondi shook his head. How could Johnny be dumber than that, though? "Okay, the air's on ice cube,
which obviously isn't good. So we need to turn it over a bit." The dog watched closely as Antubis started to nudge at the knob. "Okay, no that's too far! You've got it on hot dog roast! You want it to be on smiley face. Smiley face probably means happy patient, right?"
"How stupid can he be to need pictures instead of numbers?"
Antubis muttered as he shook his head for a moment before nudging the dial back a bit until it rested on the yellow happy face. Then the anteater reared up on his rear paws, teeth flashing as he bit down, snapping the knob off. At least if Stegman came back, he couldn't make any more little adjustments.
"Come on." He motioned with his head for Blondi to follow him down the hallway. "We better check those humans down in the basement, see if they're all still in one piece."