(Skipper's POV)
I dodged falling debris as I belly-slid across the floor the others right behind me. I stepped on the booby trap trigger with unleashed another blast of fire. I gesture to the fire-tube and shouted, "Go!" "You mean down the big tube shooting fire?" Maurice asked. "Thank you…but, no thank you," Julian replied. "What if we time our jump?" Elsa asked. "I concur," Kowalski said, "If we time it between the merciless blasts of broiling flame…" Another blast of flame shot past. "There's a minuscule chance of survival." That's better than nothing. Some pipes fell down with silenced all debate. "On my mark…" I said. There was another blast of fire. "Now!" I shouted. Without any hesitation Kowalski, Private, Rico, Elsa, and the Lemurs jumped into the tube. I then jumped after them into the tube.
We exited out a pipe that was under a pond in Central Park. We than swam to the surface and after catching our breaths with climbed out of the water in exhaustion. Before we could properly catch our breaths Fred showed up with a message from the rats. "Hey, guys," Fred said while eating an apple, "Um…The Rats have a message for you. Something about meeting them in Chinatown in an hour with the key, that if you ever want to see your friend again? You Know what that's all about? Hey, What happened to the Otter?" I stood up with a determined look on my face.
Shortly…
A Taxi dropped off a passenger in front of Central Park. The Passenger opened the door and than walked off. Luckily for us he left the door open and we quickly hopped into the back. We than beat up the driver so he wouldn't compromise us. We hacked up some dice onto the rear-view mirror and Kowalski checked the dash. "Meter running," Kowalski said. Private Hit the gas and we sped off towards Chinatown.
While we drove Kowalski made a discovery and opened the key revealing a hidden pocket with more strange markings. "Uh…Skipper?" Kowalski asked. I took the Key from Kowalski and handed it to Fred, "Fred, what can you make of these?" I asked. "Hmm," Fred said taking the key, "Let's see now. This Part says…" As I dodged pedestrians and traffic Fred read the carvings, "Only the pure of heart will have the…uh…strength to see the truth." What a cliché. "Pure of heart, eh?" I asked, "Well that's classic bordering on cliché. Suddenly the cab driver woke up in the back seat and saw our operation. Rico quickly fixed the situation by knocking the driver out again.
Chinatown
(Kowalski's POV)
The cab pulled out in front of an alleyway in Chinatown. As we got out of the cab Skipper made sure to lock the vehicle. As we pasted the ornate entrance arch Private asked, "But how will we know which of us is pure of heart?" Suddenly the old squirrel voice came in on the wind, "You must risk looking into the eyes of the squirrel!" She suddenly appeared in a flash of lighting behind Mort but only for a second. "Ah!" Mort said before hiding behind Julian, "She's back!"
She than flashed in and out of existence before appearing right before us. "They know of your deepest secrets, your greediest desires. You must be strong enough to resist them" The Old squirrel warned, "or you will be consumed by your own greed. This is the curse of the treasure!" She then disappeared in a flash of lighting and the key dropped to the ground like she wasn't even here. This would have been helpful to have known earlier. "Fine," Skipper said, "We get it. The treasure's cursed…are we done with the jib jab? Let's get on the road to high adventure!"
"Curse or no, we still need to trade this key to get back our friend," Maurice said, "so I'll just hold this and look into the…" Maurice than made the mistake of looking into the eyes of the key and it casted it's spell on Maurice.
(Maurice's POV)
As I entered whatever vision of my greed the key has for me I heard the old squirrel's voice in my head. "The eyes of the squirrel, they know of your deepest secrets!" Suddenly I found myself on a lounger, "Where am I? How did I get…?" Julian put a grape in my mouth and said, "Greetings, Maurice," Julian placing a bowl of nuts in front of me as an army of Julian's with various fruits and nuts appeared around me. "We are here to serve you!" Yes…yes…I NEED THAT TREASURE! I then laughed evilly spitting the nearest Julian with seeds, "Oh, yeah! My deepest desire! Oh…I could get used to this!"
(Kowalski's POV)
Skipper tried to get Maurice out of his trance, "Maurice…" Maurice spit what appeared to be seeds into the area. "MAURICE!" skipper shouted getting him out of his trance, "Quit daydreaming and give me the key already." "But, if we give them this, we won't be able to get the treasure!" "Finally! You see?" Julian said, "This is exactly what I have been saying!" "We don't have time to argue with you lemurs," Elsa said. "Right," Skipper agreed, "Kowalski!"
I went up to Maurice to take the key from him, "Coming right up, Skipper…" I said. I grabbed the key from Maurice and then made the tactical mistake of looking into the eyes. "Oh, boy," I said I was put under the eye's spell. I suddenly found myself in a strange place, "That's strange," I said, "I'm obviously under the hypnotic influence of some sort of…" suddenly a giant brain got lowered from above me. I gasped, "Is that…an upgraded cerebellum of my own design?" I celebrated, "Oh, yeah…" and the brain was snugly placed on my head. "Perfect fit!" I said as energy…brain energy shot out.
"ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" "Kowalski!" Skipper shouting breaking me from the glorious trance. "Kowalski! Hand over that key. That's an order…" "No! I…I think we need to weigh our other options." "In that case," Skipper said, "you leave me no choice." "Rico," I said, "take Kowalski into custody and schedule a court martial for…Rico?" but it was too late as Rico was looking into the eyes of the squirrel. I don't know what his vision was but if I could guess it probably involved him beating up robots. "Mine!" Rico said as he took the key from me. "But guys, we already voted to trade the treasure to save Marlene!"
Did we? "that wasn't so much a vote as a Poll, if you will," I said. "Yeah!" Maurice said, "things change. Forget Marlene!" "What is wrong with you guys!" Elsa said. "I'm sorry, Skipper," I said knocking out Rico, "But I have seen myself with a 4,000 pound cerebral cortex and I am beautiful!" "Not so fast, Brainiac!" Maurice said as he took the key from me (HOW DARE HE!), "I need that treasure for my army Julien man servants!" "Yes!" Julian said, "You see? Maurice needs the treasure for his…" And then Julian realized he forgot what Maurice just said, "wait. Go back a little bit?"
"uh…uh…uh uh!" Rico said hacking up a baseball bat. Oh I see you want to fight for the right to the treasure…well I taking these too birdbrains down! "It's mine! Just give it to me!" I shouted.
(Skipper's POV)
As Kowalski, Rico, and Maurice started fighting Private said, "Skipper, we have to do something!" "Guys!" Elsa shouted at the fighting trio, "stop this!" They ignored her and continued to fight. "Relax, Private," I said, "This is just the part of the adventure where we start to turn on each other. No use fighting it. Just sit back and enjoy the ride." There was a gush of wind and the old squirrel appeared…I think…it's hard to tell with all this appearing and disappearing. Suddenly she appeared below Private, "it's the curse!"
There was another flash and she appeared on a awning above us. "Lady…again?" I said, "weren't you just here?" "Their greed is changing them," she replied, "The Treasure must be destroyed. It's the only way!" She then disappeared in yet another flash of lighting. Private, Elsa, and I looked at Fred. "Hey, I told you," Fred replied, "I don't even know this lady." "Well, how does she do the thing with the wind and all that thunder stuff?" I asked. "I don't know," Fred said, "she gives good hugs, though."
Suddenly the ball of fighting reached the area directly in front of us. I took the key from Maurice, "This key is going to the rats!" I shouted as I backed away. But than much to my dismay I backed up right into the rat king. "Yes, it is," The Rat King replied, "and since I already have the map and your friend…" He than knocked the five of us down with Marlene. The Rats rushed to a manhole cover, "…I guess that's means I'll take it it all!" The Rat King kicked up a manhole cover. "that figures," Marlene said as the Rat King jumped into the sewers and made his escape.
I jumped after them only to slam head-first into the manhole cover. Julian picked me up and said, "Skipper, Move it! We have to give chase to the rats who are absconding with my booty!" we all gave Julian funny looks. "Not my booty, booty, My treasure booty." Well I guess we can safety say that he is not the one who is true of heart.
Underground
(Rat King's POV)
We headed down a dark sewer passage we came to a wall of keyholes that surrounded us from floor to ceiling…literally. I shrugged and decided to try process of elimination. "let's see…" I said putting the key into random keyholes. A trap came down and smashed one of my minions, "Not this one…" I keep trying sending off a bunch of traps, "Not that one…" as I key trying keyholes my minions fell down trapdoors, got smashed, or got flung off into the darkness. "Hey!" the otter said, "You guys seem to think that this treasure is gonna be the answer to all your…" she than looked into the eyes of the key (then one thing we rats know not to do…according to the stories). She than repeated herself as the key took hold, "…that this treasure is gonna be the…answ…"
Marlene's greatest desire
(Marlene's POV)
I looked in wonder at my renovated home. "Vaulted ceilings. Spacious design. I love what I've done with the place!" Suddenly a bunch of macho male otters with Spanish guitars appeared and started to play.
(King Rat's POV)
the otter…Marlene was it? Got out of her…probably boring vision and saw something that we didn't. She saw a keyhole that was in the shape of the golden squirrel head that the key was attached to. She took the key and pushed it into the hole revealing a secret door. "Hey, wait!" I shouted as she jumped into a hole to the treasure chamber. "She found it! Get her!"
We jumped in after her and landed into a massive treasure chamber loaded with treasure. "boys, look," I said, "It's the treasure!" "Look how much of it there is. Awesome!" I shouted. A bunch of ancient torches were let bathing the entire room with golden light and revealing coins and golden objects as far as the eye could see. The centerpiece of the room appeared to be giant solid-gold statues of the Golden Squirrel. "I don't have a better word than awesome," I said, "so I'm just going to say awesome again, but this time louder." "AWESOME!" we than started to throw up out newly gained wealth in celebration.
And than the otter played a cord on a gold-plated Spanish guitar. Suddenly one of the squirrel statues eyes glowed red revealing that the center of the room was actually divided into two platforms suspended by chains above a pit of molten lava. The platforms reminded me of a scale for some reason.
Treasure Room
(Skipper's POV)
"Marlene!" I shouted as we slid down the entrance to the treasure room. We landed on a platform suspend by a chain across from the platform the rats and Marlene was on. "You!" the Rat King shouted, "But how did you find us? We took the map!" "Yes, you did," I said, "Fortunately, we have a photographic memory." "We do?" Private asked. "Well, technically, no," I said. "But we do have a photographic camera," Elsa said. "which is almost as convenient," I added. Elsa than showed out picture of the map and flipped thru the photos, "Plus, it corrects for red eye," she said.
The Rat King threw the map aside and the rats started to gather up as much treasure as possible. Julian didn't noticed that the rats started to lower towards the lava-pit below as the platform got weighted down. "Quick, get more gold than the rats! We can beat them!" Marlene agreed and quickly started to pile treasure with Julian. "No!" The Old Squirrel shouted, "You must dare to look into the eyes of the squirrel! Into your deepest desires…" A rock hit her on the head. She quickly recovered, "He who is pure of heart will see the truth!"
"Can someone give me one good reason why we keep listening to this raving banshee?" I asked. The "raving banshee" gave me a look. "Fine. Give me that thing!" I said as I took the key. "But Skipper, what about the curse?" Private asked. "Don't worry, Private. Money can't buy honor or courage or character," I said, "I'm immune to…" Suddenly the key put me under it's spell….
"Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!" I laughed as I hopped thru a warehouse of Tanks, Helicopters and other military hardware. "I'll take five of these," I said, "And three of that one!" "No!" I said noticing the missiles, "the big one! The really big one." The missile took off with me riding on it, "Come on, get some!"
(Private's POV)
As Skipper left his trance I said, "Oh, dear. Well, that didn't work out so well. I guess I'd better have a go." I looked into the eyes and let the curse take hold… A bunch of ducklings swam my way in a pool of water. "Ha ha ha ha! Baby ducklings! They're so cute! And there all mine!"
(Julian's POV)
"No why. Private," Skipper said fighting for the key with Private, "WE need those funds for the defense budget!" "Oh boy…here we go again," Elsa said. "No!" Marlene said, "It's mine! You can never have enough Spanish guitars!" "You too Marlene?" Elsa said "ducklings!" Private shouted. "Tanks!" skipper shouted. "Oh please!" Elsa said taking the key from Private. Oh no you don't penguin. I went up to the female penguin and took the key from her flippers, "Julian…what are you doing…" she said. But it was too late as I King Julian looked into the eyes of the squirrel and the depths of my soul…
I found myself sitting on my throne, "This must be my great fantasy now. I can hardly wait to see the depths of my own depravity. This is gonna be good, y'all! Oh yeah, here we go…" "its…It's my kingdom and…" I look over to see Mort and Maurice jumping in the bouncy. "Maurice? And Mort?" Suddenly that old squirrel appeared, "You! Do you see the truth?" "I see that I have been ripped off! Hello?" I complained, "I thought we were supposed to be seeing our greatest desires here, not just…"
Suddenly I had a realization, "Unless…Unless…I already…" "Do you see the truth?" The Old Squirrel said. "Just butt out, squirrel lady!" I said pushing out of the way, "I'm trying to have a meaningful epiphany moment over here!" Now where was I? "Unless…" I said, "I already have my greatest desire." I vision ended and I found my self back in the treasure room of the golden squirrel. "I get it!" I shouted. The rats and everyone effected by the curse were still fighting over the treasure.
"I see the truth!" I said. "great…eh…what?" Elsa said. I started to throw treasure onto the rats platform. Private and Skipper tried to push their pile out of the way. "The Only way to win is get rid of all of it!" I said, "It will sink their side of the platform, too." The so-called King of the rats tried to get rid of some of the items it threw onto their platform. "I thought of that myself, yes!" I said as I threw progressively heavier items onto the rats side. I took a golden hat and necklace from skipper and then slid a golden squirrel statue to the edge of our side. I then knocked it onto the other side trapping the King Rat.
I then flipped one last golden coin on top of the rat's head. That was enough to tip the balance and send their platform flying down to the lava below while sending out platform up. "This is not awesome!" The Rat King shouted. He jumped to a ledge and his minions climbed up his tail to safely leaving him to hang there. The now empty platform and all the treasure crashed into the lava-pit and exploded. Skipper came to his senses in time to save private from falling off the edge of the platform. The fire blasted upwards and sent the ascending platform falling out of the chamber.
A Manhole cover shot up and Elsa, Fred, Skipper, Private, Marlene, and I flew upwards into the night sky. Maurice, Kowalski, and Rico where still fighting while Mort asked, "Where is the love?" We fly towards the ground where they were standing. The three of them stopped fighting and backed off as we returned to the ground with a thud. "yah!" Mort shouted as the manhole cover landed on top of him.
Lemur Habitat
(Skipper's POV)
We all hanged out by the lemurs tiki bar all disappointed in the results of our adventure. And then Julian HAD to rub it in. "So it turns out that I am the one who is pure of heart! Me! Yes, Me!" "do you have to rub it in?" Elsa asked. "M to the E me!" "I guess we can chalk that up as the surprise ending," Kowalski said. "You call that an ending?" I said, "A proper ending is supposed to be emotionally satisfying!" "Yeah, Well I'm just satisfied that it's over," Maurice said.
"And how," Marlene said. "Yeah!" Rico added. "If I never hear another word about treasure or clues or…" Private said. Suddenly Frankie the pigeon landed in front of private with a feather. "No time to explain," the pigeon said as he handed Private the feather, "This is the legendary Feather of the Crystal Falcon…Guard it with your life." The pigeon flew away. "Here we go again," Elsa muttered. I quickly grabbed the feather from Private, "Kowalski, analysis," I said. "High probability of globe-trotting escapades, ruthless villains, and ancient riches, all tied up nicely by the heartfelt realization that we had what we were looking for inside us all along." "Oh I'm in!" I said, "Who could say no to a mystical quest? Private, I'll need you to…Private?" everyone left the lemur habitat," Hey, wait!" I said trying to call them back, "Hey, where you going? This isn't the ending anymore! Come on! It's the beginning now!"
THE END
Cast
Tom McGrath: Skipper
Idina Menzel: Elsa
Jeff Bennett: Kowalski/Rat #1/ Chuck Charles/ Frankie
John Dimaggio: Rico/ rat #1 1911
Jame Patrick Stuart: Private/Zoo Official 1911
Danny Jacobs: King Julian/Squirrel 1911
Kevin Michael Richardson: Maurice/ Rat #2
Andy Richter: Mort
Nicole Sullivan: Marlene
Diedrich Bader: Rat King
Fred Stoller: Fred
Debbie Reynolds: Granny Squirrel
Mary Scheer: Alice