Sly just sat there, stunned. Then he began to laugh.
"Ha-h...ha-ha. Ha! WHAT KIND OF JOKE IS THIS?!?!?!?! " Sly screamed.
"There's no joke. You are fired." The Lieutennant said calmly. Sly's jaw dropped.
"How can you fire ME? ME!! The master of all technologies!" Sly shouted.
"How could I NOT fire you? You let one-fourth of the jail's prisoners loose in town, who by the way still haven't been found." Brown retorted.
"You sir are a, a, a..." Sly's loud voice turned to tears. He ran out of the building and walked home.
"Fine! I don't need them!" Sly moaned he walked home, looking at the sidewalk. "I can just look at my suits and watch TV." After hours of talking to himself he came to a cross-walk. Someone else was there, and he was pressing the button to walk with his pointer finger. Sly got mad for some reason and started to yell at him.
"You ALWAYS press the button with your thumb! NOT your fingers! It WON'T work!" Sly yelled at the guy.
"You know, guys like you, a commanding voice and all, are good for the weather business. I happen to work there, and I would like to offer you a job." The man said.
"REALLY?!?!?" Sly squeaked. "I'll TAKE IT!"
"Okay. You're the new forecaster. It's right across the street. Go to the front desk and get started now."
"Wait, that doesn't make sense. It starts right now?" Sly asked.
"Yes!" He said in a loud demmanding voice. It frightened Sly. He ran across the street and into the building. He told his story and they showed him to his desk. Then he began. He didn't say anything. He just sat there. He didn't move.
"What is the weather?" Someone said."What is the weather?" Sly repeated. "I mean-uh, I'll tell you what the weather is, uh, today, in the weather," Sly began. "-will be partly cloudy with a chance of snow which is uh, is 100 and WHAT IS THAT? OH NO! PEOPLE! PEOPLE! THERE'S A SNOW-NADO! IT'S A TORNADO COMBINED WITH THE EVIL POWERS OF SNOW! COVER YOUR HOMES!"
Sly had to be carried away. Someone then screamed "YOU'RE FIRED!" as he was thrown out. With tears in his eyes he ran home. He boarded up his room.
Then, the worst happened. That night. a tornado came through town. Then it began to snow.
Chapter 9 coming soon!