Well guys, sorry for taking months/over a year to update… life just changed, so I have little time to update.
Sadly, this is going to be the last episode/season finale. There were more ideas we had- from another 'Game Show' themed episode to a bit where Pugs and Zippy end up going on a date (though I may save that for a drabble lol), but time became constrained and I got a new job (no one said life was ever fair).
However, I did not want to leave it without a good ending. This will be a four-parter, as it involves so much plot that it couldn't fit into one chapter (and will hopefully make up for an abrupt ending post-hiatus).
So, without further ado, here is the final four chapters of Shaggy, Pugsy, and Flip: Season 2.
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Season Finale
Is This Goodbye?
(Part One)
It was nearing the end of Spring in the city of Toonopolis.
School would be out soon, Summer would return with its blazing heat, and everyone had plans for some well-deserved vacation time.
For some, however, that vacation would be extended… to permanent.
"Like, I can't believe it…" Shaggy sighed, as he and Pugsy walked home. "Barely on the air for one year, and they give us the boot! How did this happen?!"
"Budget cuts… the manager just HAD to install that espresso machine," Pugsy muttered.
His room-mate arched an eyebrow at him. "I thought the staff wanted one?"
"…That plays jazz music every time a cup is poured?!"
Shaggy paused. "You got a point. …So, what do we do now?"
Pugsy sighed, rubbing his face. They entered the Paradise Towers complex. "Well, our last show is this weekend… we might as well start looking for jobs."
"Better find some good ones before next week," Robotnik spoke up from the desk. "Your rent is due then… and if you don't have jobs, you'll have to find another place to ransack!"
"Ransack? We're not the ones making stuff explode, man!" Shaggy scoffed, then paused. "Except for that one time, when Zippy brought something over and we hit the wrong button…"
"Who says we have to move out? We'll still have money for the rent- and don't think about raising it again, because I looked over the manual, and the fee can't usurp $500!" Pugsy sneered.
"Ah, but you overlooked another detail," Robotnik pulled out the manual (blowing dust off it), and showed him a page. "It says here that if a resident is unemployed, they are incapable of residing in an apartment, unless they manage to hold a job for a week or longer. That means, by the start of next month, if neither of you have a job, you move out!"
Pugsy crossed his arms. "Why are you so set on getting us to move out?"
"Yeah, man, what's your deal with us?!" Shaggy demanded.
"Hey, I'm just enforcing rules here!" Robotnik answered, turning to put the manual back in the drawer. "Besides, if I wanted to kick ANYONE out, it would be-"
*SPLUT!*
A pie shot out of the drawer and creamed Robotnik in the face just then. The Mask then popped up. "Surprise! Happy 'Pie Someone In The Face' Day!" he exclaimed, leaping out.
Robotnik wiped the dessert off his face, fuming. "THAT IS NOT A HOLIDAY!" he shouted.
"Sure it is!" The Mask held up a calendar, where the occasion was marked. "It's always held near the end of Spring. The Chinese created it during the Year of the Duck."
"Get out of my lobby!"
"Ha! I don't see your name on it!" The Mask then took out a giant pencil… then began to scribble the word 'Robotnik' all over the floor, walls, ceiling, desk, doors, soda machine… and Shaggy and Pugsy's faces.
"Hey!" Pugsy snapped, as he and Shaggy used erasers to clean their faces off.
"There! NOW you can call it your lobby!" The Mask exclaimed.
"OOH…. YOU LOUSY-!" Robotnik seethed, then chased the Mask out the door, the green-faced cartoon laughing and whooping and bouncing the whole way out.
By this time, Flip came through the door, taking note of The Mask's handy work. "I wonder what drives Stanley to put that Mask on so much?"the pre-teen wondered.
"The script," Shaggy answered.
"Flip, what are you doing home? It's only noon!" Pugsy exclaimed. "And I don't recall you mentioning a Half-Day at school or anything…"
Flip shifted. "Can we talk about it upstairs?" he asked, looking ashamed.
Shaggy and Pugsy exchanged glances, then nodded. They took the elevator upstairs, walking to their apartment-
*SPLUT!*
Just for a pie to hit Shaggy in the face! "Didn't think I'd skip out on you guys, did ya?" The Mask exclaimed, then took off down the hall.
Shaggy licked the pie off his face. "Mm, coconut-cream…!" he responded.
"Is it Pie Someone In The Face Day already?" Flip asked, looking at his calendar.
"Never mind that, Flip. Tell us what happened at school," Pugsy said, trying to keep focus on the current situation.
Flip sighed, sitting down on the couch. It took him a moment to speak. "I… I got expelled,"
"Hold on," Shaggy said, then grabbed a glass of water and took a sip. "SPPTTTHHH!" After that spit-take, he turned to Flip. "Expelled?! How could you get expelled?!" he gave him a look. "Did Flim-Flam talk you into doing one of his magic tricks?!"
Flip shook his head. "I got in trouble for my report. You know how we had to give an oral presentation on the things a good detective needs when on a case?"
"Yeah? …Oh, crud, did you take a gun to school?!" Pugsy gasped.
Flip gave a deadpanned look. "NO. …Just listen." He pulled up his backpack. "I claimed that a good detective needs courage, intelligence, and faith. I needed some visual aids to go along with my report, and got some help from the others," he pulled out a Medal of Courage. "Sam and Max let me borrow one of their medals," he pulled out a picture of Sherlock Holmes. "I brought my Sherlock Holmes poster- since, you know, he was a really intelligent detective," and finally, he pulled out a Bible. "And I brought a Bible as a visual aid for faith,"
"So, like, what got you expelled?" Shaggy picked up the Sherlock poster. "Did they ban you for copyright or something?"
"No, Shag, you're thinking of Youtube," Flip held up the Bible. "They claimed it was unauthorized to bring a Bible to school, saying it would offend other students or something."
"Seriously? That's what got you expelled?" Pugsy questioned. "They couldn't have just asked you to keep it in your locker or something?"
"Well, they're pretty strict- I didn't think it was that big of a deal,"
"It's not!" Zippy snapped, suddenly popping out from Flip's backpack.
"Gah! What the…?! ZIP, how long have you been in there?" Flip sputtered, looking inside his backpack then back at the crazy girl a couple times.
"Long enough to hear that cockamamie excuse for expulsion! What's wrong with sharing a little faith? It's not like you're forcing your beliefs down anyone's throats! But nooooo! One person gets offended, and suddenly everyone has to give up something! Can't they see that if you ban one thing out of offense, you offend someone else?! It's called a paradox, people!"
"Well… there's not much I can do about it. It's the school's rules…"
"Oh, there is something we can do about it!" Zippy stormed towards the balcony doors. "I'm going to march down there and give them a piece of my mind! I am NOT going to be silent about this any longer. Bad enough they're trying to take away our chewing-gum in class…!" she then took out her hover-board and shot off.
Shaggy blinked. "Like, wow. I've never seen her so peeved," he stated. "And she tried to hunt us down a few episodes back!"
"I didn't think I'd say this, but Zippy's got a point. If that school is that uptight, Flip, I say you're better off elsewhere," Pugsy stated.
Flip nodded, though sighed. "I guess. I wonder how my dad will take it, though." He then looked at the two. "…What if I have to move back?"
Shaggy patted him on the shoulder. "It's alright, Flip. Heck, we may have to move out anyway-OOF!"
Pugsy elbowed Shaggy in the ribs. "Quiet, meathead!" he hissed.
"W-What are you talking about?" Flip asked.
Pugsy sighed. "(way to go, Shag) …We're getting cut from the radio station- and if we don't find a job by next week, we'll have to find a new place to live," he told Flip… then rubbed his chin. "Then again, considerating what a grouch Robotnik is, that might not be so bad."
"Wham-bam, what a jam…" Flip stared at the floor for a moment. "So… What do we do?"
"Well, Pugs and I can go job-hunting, while you call your dad. Maybe you can enroll at a local school," Shaggy then smiled, bouncing his eyebrows. "Maybe the same one Holly's going to~…"
Flip gave him a look. "Sure. Maybe Melody can hire you down at the café, too~…"
"Alright, you two. Let's get something done, then crack jokes later." Pugsy stated.
"Right. I'll go grab my resumes," Shaggy replied.
"You still have resumes?"
"With as many jobs I had to go through, I always have a resume on-hand!"
Pugsy rolled his eyes, then went to the computer to look up some job-options.
Flip went to the phone, though before he could dial, it rang. "…Hello?" he answered, then cringed. "Oh, hi Dad…"
d~b
Meanwhile in the basement, Robotnik was at the computer, doing a bit of hacking. "This is excellent!" he said, rubbing his palms together. "With those two fools unemployed, I can finally kick them out of the building! …If this goes well, I can do the same to the rest of those ill-gotten residents! Question is, who would I start with? That blasted Ipkiss, or the celebrity and his room-mate?"
"How about the crazy girl and her boyfriend? That psycho nearly lands on us whenever she goes balcony-hopping!" Jasper suggested.
"Why do you want to kick out so many people, boss?" Grounder asked.
"For the last time- the less people I have to deal with, the more time I can spend on my machines! Plus, there's been a pattern… Every time I'm close to completing one of my goals, one of those ingrates always comes by- and suddenly BOOM! Something explodes! The more people I kick out, the less I'll have to deal with that… and I've been out to kick out those three numbskulls since the day they dropped an air-conditioner on my head!"
"…from the recurring concussions, I'm surprised you remembered that far back." Scratch stated.
Robotnik continued his computer-hacking. "Shut up! I have a plan… and this time I expect you all to succeed, or so help me you'll be lucky to land a job cleaning toilets!"
Jasper rolled his eyes. "Sure boss. What do we have to do THIS time?"
Robotnik only grinned.
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"Okay, Dad, if you say so… Yeah, next week works. See you then," Flip said half-heartedly into the phone, before hanging up with a big sigh.
"What did your dad say?" Shaggy asked.
"He said I should move back to the neighborhood and attend school there. He said he feels more comfortable with me going to a school nearby anyway, after hearing about all that's happened here- especially since something in the basement keeps blowing up every week."
"Well… it's only 20 minutes away. You can still come visit us in your free time- just like in the first season!"
"You can still hang out with us for the rest of the week too- when we're not job-hunting." Pugsy said. "Why don't you go hang out with Holly?"
"It's only 2:00! She won't be out of school for another hour," Flip scoffed.
"Alright- play videogames then. We got Ni no Kuni II: The Revenant Kingdom," Shaggy suggested, then looked at the audience. "…We've been on hiatus that long, people."
"No thanks. I'll just take a walk," Flip then walked out.
"Huh boy- he only 'takes a walk' when he's really down," Pugsy sighed, leaning against the counter. "Getting kicked out of that school must have been harder on him than we thought,"
"Top it off with his dad saying he shouldn't live with us anymore- ouch, I just hurt myself." Shaggy said, gasping with a little emotion.
"I'm surprised he didn't say so earlier." Fangs said as he sat at the counter. "I don't know how you guys can live here at all! The doorman is a total grouch, the handymen he hired never fix anything, and need I mention the psycho always running around scarring people for life?"
"I resent that!" The Mask sneered, suddenly on the other side of the counter.
"Actually I was talking about Zippy."
"Hey! That's my future-wife you're talking about, bub!" Flim-Flam sneered, sitting next to Fangs.
Pugsy blinked. "…How long have you guys been here?" he questioned.
"And shouldn't you be in school?" Shaggy added, referring to Flim-Flam.
"Since Flip first picked up the phone- the door was unlocked so we just let ourselves in," The Mask answered. "…At least these two did- I used the air-vent."
"And I got suspended again," Flim-Flam added. "A card-trick went bad. I won't say any more."
"Are any places hiring?" Fangs asked, changing the subject. "Maybe if you get a good enough job, you can move into a better apartment!"
"So far only 3 places are hiring," Pugsy said, looking at the computer.
"I see a couple ads in the paper we can check into, too." Shaggy added.
"You guys have fun with that- I'm going to go celebrate the holiday with our landlord again!" The Mask said, holding up several pies in both hands… throwing one hand up and making all the pies land on his friends. "Pies! Pies for everyone! Ah ha ha ha!" he then bounced out of the room.
"'Pie Someone In The Face Day' is today?!" Fangs gasped, looking at his calendar… from 2016. "I need to get a new calendar."
"Good luck with your job-hunts, guys. In the meantime, I'm going to spend my suspension hanging out with the love of my life!" Flim-Flam exclaimed… holding up a heart-shaped frame with Zippy's picture in it. Yikes.
"She's already got a boyfriend, Flim-Flam (frightening as it may sound)." Pugsy sneered. "Go look for a new crush… and a good therapist while you're at it."
Flim-Flam glared, then turned to Fangs, holding up a card with the moon on it. "Hey, Fangs, check this out!" he said.
Fangs looked… and upon seeing the moon transformed into Fangface. "Aroooo! *grr* You're in for it now, Pugs!" he exclaimed, and tackled Pugsy-
*CRASH!*
…hard enough to slam into their entertainment system, smashing their Playstation4. "…I hate you." Pugsy sneered at Flim-Flam.
"So much for finishing Persona 5," Shaggy said, slapping his forehead.
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Later on that afternoon, as the sun was beginning to go down, Zippy stormed down the street, her Pomeranian Rickshaw McFluffin at her side. "Of all the stupid things… I've faced enough expulsion and 3 deportations to know there are worse things than just sharing a little faith! Why can't people just keep their mouths shut and their minds open?" she was muttering.
"Arf," Rickshaw answered.
"I can list 20 other things worth getting offended about- though in this day and age, that would give the SJW ammunition for their protests, then the vloggers would never shut up."
"Arf,"
"I don't know what language I'm speaking either. I just know that when you bring something like this up, Tumblr explodes with posts."
"Arf,"
"Yes, I'm scared for humanity too. …Good thing I'm not classified as human!"
Rickshaw then paused, growling.
"What is it boy?" Zippy looked around… just as a shadow fell over her. Rickshaw barked loudly and she turned around. "What the fluff-?!"
*BAM!*
…Whatever was sneaking up on Zippy had its intense-moment ruined with her baseball bat. "Run, Rickshaw!" she shouted, as they shot down the street. She took out her cell-phone, dialing. "Vincent! They're here! Hurry up and get-"
Before she could finish, something beamed her up, her cell-phone dropping. Rickshaw ran ahead, looking back once and whimpering.
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Well enough with that suspense. Back to our main characters!
Flip woke up early the next day; he found a note on the counter from Shaggy and Pugsy, the two claiming they were going to go in for a job interview at some open positions and would try to be back by noon… and advised he not hang out with Flim-Flam alone… and to go over to Shawn and Ted's apartment if he needed anything. (A PS followed, strictly reminding him not to hang out with Flim-Flam alone once more- if so, make sure he doesn't drive any vehicles).
He walked across the hall to Shawn and Ted's apartment. To his dismay, Derek answered. "What do you want, dweeb?" the Juvenile-Hall Drop-Out sneered. "…Watch it with the names, narrator!"
"Is Shawn or your uncle home?" Flip asked.
"Shawn had to go talk to his agent about some deal about a new show or whatever, and my uncle went to collect more canned socks for his collection. …What are you still doing around here, anyway? Shouldn't you be in school?"
Flip gave him a deadpanned look. "Shouldn't you?"
"I'm playing hooky. What's your excuse?"
Flip sighed. "I got expelled."
Derek blinked. "…No, seriously. Why aren't you in school?"
"Seriously, I got expelled. I have to go to a new school and everything."
Derek laughed, placing an arm around Flip. "Ha! Dude, and here I thought we'd never find something in common!" he walked down the hall with him. "So, what did you do? Set of a fire-extinguisher in someone's locker? Flood the teacher's lounge with the cafeteria's 'Jell-O Surprise'? Cover the entire gym with graffiti saying words that I'm not allowed to say in a K-rated story?"
"No… um, wouldn't those things just get someone suspended?"
"Heh, not if you do it right. *ahem* At least that's what my 'buddy' said. Anyway…!" They walked into the elevators, heading down to the lobby and outside. "Since you're expelled, I can show you all the luxuries of not being in school! Did you know the arcade in town charges half-price on games from 8-11 AM? Plus, no having to wait for your food at Freddy's Pizzeria like you do in the afternoons. And don't get me started on how you can beat everyone to the newest merchandise at GameStop-"
"Um, that's alright, Derek… I-I'm going to be leaving in a week, so I'm just going to hang around here."
Derek sneered. "Seriously? The ONE TIME I be nice to you, and you turn me down? …Geez, maybe they kicked you out for stupidity," He then jumped on a skateboard, rolling down the street. "Well, if you change your mind about laming-it-up around here, I'll be at the skate-park! Later, Chan!"
Flip sat down on one of the lawn chairs, sighing and looking up at the sky. "Rough day?" came a voice, as the Neverland Pirates suddenly showed up, Jake being the one who spoke.
"Pretty much- hey! When did you guys get here?" Flip asked, surprised. "I haven't seen you since the 'Note Worthy' episode!"
"The writer is trying to dish in as many recurring cameos as he can- I mean, we were just coming to see Shawn!" Izzy replied, while remembering the witty remarks were reserved for the cynical characters only.
Jake cleared his throat. "So, what's going on with you, Flip?"
"I got kicked out of school," Flip replied with a heavy sigh. "I have to go back to my old neighborhood at the end of the week,"
"Aw, coconuts! What did you do?" Cubby gasped.
"Nothing- at least, nothing that would seem wrong." Flip shook his head. "It doesn't matter. My dad never went to some exclusive Detective School, and he became one of the most famous detectives the world has ever known!" he looked to the audience. "…That is if more people knew about the novels and movies our show was based on. Look it up."
"So, what school are you going to head to now?" Jake asked.
"I'm moving back to my neighborhood. It's only 20 minutes away, so it's not too big of a deal," He looked around. "I'm going to miss living here though…"
*BOOM!*
Smoke billowed out of the basement window. The Black Alchemist ran by. "If anyone asks I wasn't here!" he said quickly, before using his bo-staff to pole-vault over the back fence.
"…Um, a little." Flip finished, awkwardly.
"Hey, why don't we hang out before you have to leave?" Izzy suggested. "We could throw a 'Going Away' party!"
"Yeah! We can invite everyone!" Cubby added.
"That does sound like a good idea… Okay! I'll ask Shaggy and Puggsy about it," Flip said. "We can have it this Saturday,"
"Awesome! C'mon, for a pre-party celebration, lets head to Freddy Fazbear's!" Jake said. "I heard it's really something during the day,"
"As long as we're out before closing time," Flip said, and they left.
Out of the back doors stumbled Robotnik. "*hack cough* How in the world does a jazz-playing espresso machine just EXPLODE?!" he demanded.
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With Shaggy and Pugsy… well, their interviews were going horrible.
The first place they went to was Game Stop. "So… you like videogames?" The manager (who looked suspiciously like Jasper) asked them.
"Like yeah- we spend most of the story dropping game titles!" Shaggy answered.
"(Mostly because we need the sponsors)," Pugsy added out of the corner of his mouth.
"Oooh, sorry… If you like videogames, you do NOT want to work here. We always keep the new stuff locked up in the back in order to sell older merchandise- if you're a die-hard gamer, you'd be pretty stressed working here under those conditions," The 'manager' replied… then shooed them out the door. "Plus your resumes don't look good and we gave the job to someone else so long!"
*SLAM!* Went the door.
"…Geez, if every Game Stop has a manager like that, it's no wonder most of them are going out of business!" Pugsy sneered.
The next place they tried was Wall-to-Wall Mart.
"Sorry fellas," The manager (who looked suspiciously like Horace) said when they went in to their interview. "But all our positions have been filled. …That, and you don't want to work here anyway, too many crazies."
"Are people STILL doing that '1000 Ways To Get Kicked Out of Wal-Mart' gag?" Shaggy asked.
"Shag, I highly doubt that's not-" Pugsy began to say.
"WHEEEEEEEEEE!"
*CRASH!*
They looked out… seeing that someone was playing 'Chicken' with the carts down the food section.
Director Flanigan then walked on set with a megaphone. "Would the author and co-author PLEASE step off the set?!" he demanded. "Take five, then move on to the next scene!"
"Awwww….!" The author and co-author both whined.
…
Um, five minutes later, Shaggy and Pugsy went to their next job interviews at McDonalds, KFC, and Pizza Hut…
…Only to change their minds, knowing working in fast-food wouldn't help them afford rent. "Ever think we have too many endorsements?" Pugsy questioned as they left.
Finally they reached the last place hiring, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria. "So what's the position here?" Shaggy asked.
"A new security guard for the night shift. Shouldn't be too-" Pugsy began to say.
Until they walked in, seeing a chalk-outline of the LAST security guard, a forensics team, and what I really hope is ketchup on the floor.
Shaggy paled. "*hurk!*" he reacted, turning green and running out.
"Uhhh… wrong place!" Pugsy stammered, leaving.
Scratch and Grounder, posing as animatronics, arched eyebrows. "Huh, I guess we didn't have to do anything," Grounder said.
"Aw man, I was hoping to scare the pants off those guys!" Scratch said… then turned to Chica. "Oh well. Thanks for letting us in, cuz."
"Anytime," Chica said quickly, before going back to her dormant state.
After such a bad day, Shaggy and Pugsy returned to their apartment. Flip was waiting for them on the couch. "How did the job searches go?" he asked.
"We either got shot down or knew the paycheck wasn't worth it," Puggsy muttered, plopping down in his chair. "Sorry, Flip, but it looks like we're all moving out…"
*Boom!* "(…how in the world does a water-cooler explode?!..." came Robotnik's shout from the basement.
"…Again, it's not exactly that bad." Shaggy quipped.
"Well, Jake said he and the others are going to throw a 'Going Away' party for us this Saturday, if that cheers anyone up." Flip told them.
"Seeing everyone again would be nice," Puggsy said. "Hey, why don't we call up the rest of our friends? Some of them haven't had a cameo since Season 1,"
"Sounds great! I bet the gang is ready to get back to solving mysteries," Shaggy said, then gritted his teeth. "…so long as those cash-cow producers don't try to make us do another spin-off-!"
"(Calm down, Shag, there's kids watching!)" Flip whispered, patting him on the back. He cleared his throat, returning to the script. "I guess I could call up my family to attend too- I mean, I'm going to be going home this weekend anyway,"
"Then it's settled. We'll pack up, call up everyone, and prepare for one more get-together before-" Puggsy began to say… until Vincent jumped over onto the balcony and ran inside. "Um…"
"Have any of you guys seen Zippy?" Vincent asked, looking a bit concerned. "She didn't come home last night,"
"Huh. Come to think of it, she hasn't come through the balcony doors or popped up anywhere, yet." Puggsy rubbed his chin. "Last time we saw her, she was heading down to Flip's school to chew out the superintendent,"
"She might still be down there. In the last year since we've met her, we've found- on many unfortunate occasions- she can be brutal in giving her two-cents," Shaggy added. "…chances are the entire school-board is hiding in a barricaded classroom."
"Alright… By the way, sorry to hear you guys lost your jobs. They kicked me off, too." Vincent shook his head, grimacing as he walked out. "…frickin' jazz-playing espresso machine…"
The trio exchanged looks. "This is a bad sign, isn't it?" Shaggy guessed with intense worry.
d~b
Holly was outside Trueblood Plaza, watering some flowers out front while Melody swept the front walk. "I can't believe it… Poor Shag lost his job and has to move," Melody sighed.
"I know. Flip has to move, too. They all do…" Holly murmured. She forced a smile. "On the bright side, Katrina and Brattina decided to move closer to the coast- they finally got sick of living around here and wanted a change of scenery,"
"(I thought that they quit when Katrina couldn't get a bigger dressing room?)"
"(That too), *ahem* I just hope everything works out for everyone,"
"I'm sure it will- plus, we're going to a party this Saturday! Me and the gals are gonna play a gig for the occasion."
"That sounds fun," Holly looked at their apartment complex. "I just wish the guys could stay, though. If only Trueblood Plaza wasn't overbooked- ever since we started running it, everyone's wanted to live here!"
"Probably because we actually accept pets. …Oh! Look! We might have another tenant! Hee hee," Melody pointed, as a small ball of fluff came running up and yipping.
"That's Rickshaw!" Holly knelt down, as the small Pomeranian came up to her. "Look at him! He looks like he's been running through the city all night."
Rickshaw whimpered, giving short yips and running in circles. His eyes were filled with alarm.
"What is it boy? Where's Zippy?"
The pup only whined.
"I don't like the sounds of that response…" Melody said, concerned.
"This is bad. Zippy NEVER lets her animals run around town unattended," Holly picked up Rickshaw. "C'mon, lets go check her apartment."
*BOOM!*
"SERIOUSLY?! THE TOILET, TOO?!" Robotnik could be heard shouting.
The two girls paused. "Leeeet's wait until tomorrow- after the smoke clears," Holly said awkwardly, and they walked back into Trueblood Plaza.
Meanwhile, on the rooftops, The Black Alchemist watched. "Zee…" he breathed, then took off.
d~b
END OF PART ONE