Ain't I Just Despicable?
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Chapter 11: Fooling Mandark
After the dance class, Sheldon drove the girls up towards Mandark's loft before sending them out with their wagon of cookies.
"But his name starts with a 'M'. I thought we were supposed to go from A to Z like everyone else who sells cookies does," Karin rebuked.
"I went to kindergarten, you know. I'm fully aware how the alphabet works." Sheldon said back before giving them a nudge out the car door. "I just thought delivering Mandark's first would be a nice gesture. That's all."
After the girls left and went inside to count inventory of Mandark's order, Sheldon and his Minions prepared the cookie bots for opening a path inside the vault where the shrink ray was held.
"Looks like the whole order's right here, especially your 15 Coco-Nutties." Sally checked over.
"Exactly; I'd like to see anybody else order that many cookies." Mandark said smugly.
"That'll be 52 dollars, sir," Karin answered as Mandark grabbed his wallet, and the cookie bots went to prepare for Sheldon's break-in as Mandark's attention was diverted.
"Why are you wearing pajamas?" Sweetie Belle asked Mandark about his choice of uniform.
"Whuh? These aren't pajamas! It's a warm-up suit." Mandark corrected.
"What are you warming up for?" Sally asked.
"Stuff. Super cool stuff, in fact, that you just wouldn't understand." Mandark replied.
"Like sleeping?" Sweetie Belle squeaked.
"Again, they are not pajamas!" Mandark groaned.
After Sheldon and the Minions made their way inside, they grabbed the Shrink ray, only to see the cookie bots seal the way out, leaving the trio to make their way out through the air vents.
"Goodbye!" Mandark said as he bid the girls farewell before biting into one of the cookie-bots, blissfully unaware of the grit of the metal and the sparks of electricity that emanated from the cookie, giving Sheldon and the Minions more time to eke their way through the air ducts until Dave fell right through and was hanging directly over top of Mandark's lounging sofa. Fortunately, Mandark was too distracted with his own game to notice the Minions dangling over top of him. A great white shark in Mandark's personalized stairway aquarium however wasn't fooled, and tackled the glass, knocking Mandark off-guard and caused his tub of popcorn to fall over top of his head as Sheldon and the Minions fell from the air-duct holding the shrink ray.
"Quick, run," Sheldon whispered as he and the Minions made a run for the van until they managed to make it through the door without being noticed by Mandark.
"That's it," Mandark meekly grumbled as he snorted a popcorn kernel out of his nose. "I'm going to have to cut back your salmon reserves if you don't behave!"
Soon, Sheldon and the girls were far away from Mandark's house, and Sheldon now secretly planned to dispose of the girls, as they have served their purpose.
"What about all the other people who ordered cookies?" Sally asked.
"Life's full of disappointments, kid," Sheldon replied before Sweetie Belle's squeal stopped his driving in his tracks.
"It's Super Silly Fun Land!" Sweetie Belle cried out, pointing to a sign for an amusement park. "Can we go? Pleaase?"
"No," Sheldon answered flatly.
"Please! We'll never bother you about anything else ever again!" Karin asked as a thought came to Sheldon's mind of him leaving the girls at the park. They'd get to have the time of their lives, and he'd be rid of the children as well. It was a win-win scenario for them both!
"Fascinating," Sheldon whispered to himself once more.
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