Note: The Nut Job belongs to Global Road Entertainment and all characters belong to their respective creators, but Todd Lloyd belongs to me and Dusk19.
Meanwhile, back at the Nut Shop. Surly was seen gazing over Liberty Park, trying to clear his head from the conversation he had earlier.
"So Raccoon was planning on betraying me, along with those guys. I knew it was fishy when some of them complimented me when we got those nuts out of the basement. Still though, Andie has the guts to tell me his plan. Hmph, I don't why I even bother...but still...is what I said right? I'm doing this myself? I mean, I have Buddy and Todd by my side and from what he told me about a little bit of his life, he had no one by his side. I guess we really do have something in common..." Surly thought, forming a small grin on his face.
Todd was seen on the rooftop as well, looking over his father figure with concern. Ever since that conversation he had with Andie, Surly began thinking about things and Todd kept wondering what was in the purple squirrel's mind.
"It's been several days since I got turned into a fox squirrel and I've been helping Surly and Buddy out in this heist. You know, it's been fun doing all this stuff with him. Surly's lucky that he got me helping out besides the park. I knew it would be the right choice helping a thief hero like him. Once we got enough nuts that can feed us for the entire winter, I'll try and convince Surly to share some of the nuts at the park, that way they'll know that there is good inside him and let him back in the park. Heck, maybe even be treated as a hero like Grayson." Todd thought before chuckling a bit.
"Huh? What are you laughing about?" Surly asked, turning back at the fox squirrel in confusion.
"Oh sorry, just thinking some things. Sorry if I disturb you." Todd apologized.
"Nah, it's okay. I wasn't thinking much." Surly sighed before smiling at him. "You know, you helped me out a lot Todd, and I thank you for that."
"Yeah, and it was even fun teaming up with you and helping you out in this heist." Todd smiled. "We make a pretty good team, eh?"
"Yeah...not that I'll admit." Surly said, glancing away while Todd noticed that he was blushing, implying that Surly really did think of him, Buddy, and himself as a great team. He was just too stubborn to admit it. Todd softly grinned at the purple squirrel until his ears perked up, hearing something coming down from where the hole is being made.
"You heard that too, huh?" Surly asked.
"Yeah, it sounded like it was coming down there." Todd pointed as they both looked down and saw Mole grabbing a hose and placing it down the hole where the Bruisers and Kokichi were in. What's weird is that Cardinal was there too.
"What are you up to, Mole?" Surly wondered.
"Yeah, and why is he putting a hose inside of that hole?" Todd thought as well. "Wait, he isn't doing what I think he's doing, right?"
While Surly and Todd were spying on Mole and Cardinal, a familiar gray squirrel appeared right next to Surly, which he noticed.
"AHHHH!" Surly gasped while Grayson screamed in fear.
"AHHHHHHHHHH! WAAAHHHHH!" Grayson immediately backed away and whimpered in fear.
"G-Grayson?!" Todd widened his eyes in shock upon seeing him.
"Surly? Todd?" Grayson narrowed his eyes a bit, trying to see if his eyes weren't playing tricks on him until he realized that it was really them. Grayson immediately got up and immediately hugged Surly in a tight hug. "Oh Surly! Thank goodness I found you!"
"H-hey! Let go of me you idiot!" Surly exclaimed.
"I don't believe it, you're alive?" Todd asked, looking at him in shock.
"Of course I am! What kind of park hero would I be if I didn't survive? And how am I glad to survive out in that city!" Grayson replied, letting go of Surly and hugging Todd. "Oh! I'm so glad that you're alright!...Wait..." Grayson looked at Todd with a raised brow. "What are you doing here with Surly? Is he kidnapping you again?"
"What?! No!" Todd pushed him off while glaring at him. "Of course not! I'm helping him out in the heist!"
"He's right!" Surly nodded in agreement, glaring at the gray squirrel. "Now tell me! What's going on with you? What's wrong with you?"
"Everything is wrong with me!" Grayson exclaimed, getting close to Surly's face as he exclaiming "I've been out there in the city! With all the cars, the dogs, the cats, the people, and the..." Grayson paused upon seeing Buddy, who was busy eating on a peanut. "RAT! IT'S A RAT!"
"Calm down Grayson!" Todd assured. "It's just Buddy! He isn't dangerous!"
Grayson ignored him as he immediately jumped onto Surly's arms as he exclaimed "Hold me! No, I'll hold onto you!"
"H-hey!" Surly exclaimed.
"Stop that Grayson!" Todd exclaimed while thinking about how freaked out Grayson was feeling. He never see him this cowardly before despite being the park hero.
"Grayson, you moron! Let go of me! You're gonna drown me..." Surly paused before slowly back at the ground with a shocked look. "Drowned! That Mole is gonna drown the Bruisers and Kokichi!"
"What?!" Todd gasped, realizing what Mole is planning to do. "W-why would he do that?!"
"If I had to guess, I know one guy who would make him do this." Surly said in a serious look on his face before shoving Grayson to the ground. Surly then turned to Buddy and said "Buddy! Stay here and watch Grayson over! And make sure he doesn't touch anything sharp!"
"Wait what?" Todd asked in confusion. "Doesn't touch anything sharp?"
"Yeah, I'll explain that later. Right now, we need to stop Mole!" Surly exclaimed.
"Okay! Let's go!" Todd said in determination before he and Surly climbed down through the gutter and came across Mole, who kept turning the knob to the hose on.
"Mole! What do you think you're doing?!" Surly demanded, frightening Mole as he fell off the knob.
"Don't worry! I got it!" Todd said as he jumped onto the hose's knob and attempted to turn it off, but as he kept pulling it, he accidentally caused the knob to break before falling off. Surly caught him and saw the knob was in Todd's paw.
"Uh oh..." Surly muttered as he put Todd down.
"D-don't worry, we'll get those hose out of there as long as we-" Unfortunately, Todd stopped the moment he saw Cardinal looking down at both him and Surly. "Well this is bad."
"You said it." Surly agreed.
Later, Precious was seen inside the nut shop, gnawing on a bone. While chewing on it, she saw something out on the window, seeing both Todd and Surly getting attacked by the red bird.
"H-hey dog! Help! Help!" Surly called for her while dodging Cardinal's attacks.
"Precious! We need you! GAH! Stay away you dumb bird!" Todd exclaimed before ducking for cover from an aerial dive from Cardinal. Precious looks at this with shock as her bone drops on the ground before walking over to King, who was busy talking on the phone with Lana.
"Yeah, we're doing alright. W-we're just umm...huh?" King noticed Precious as she lifts her left leg, which King knew what she wants. "Potty break? Now?!"
King immediately opens the door, letting Precious go out to take a potty break. Unfortunately for him, Precious didn't need a potty break, she only lied in order to save her friends. As Surly and Todd were getting pecked by Cardinal, Precious pounced at the red bird, eating her.
"Okay...that's one way to deal with an angry bird." Todd said in surprise as Precious got up and has some bird feathers in her mouth. "Hey Precious, you okay?"
Precious nodded until her mouth started moving as Cardinal was trying its best to get out of her mouth as he forcefully slammed her into a pole, causing her to spat him out. Cardinal squawked at them before getting hit by a truck, much to the fox squirrel's shock.
"Is...Is he gonna be okay?" Todd asked in concern. That bird may be bad, but even he doesn't to get killed.
"Nah, he'll be alright. Trust me, I know this by experience." Surly assured before turning to Precious. "Anyway, Precious, we need you to go over the alleyway and stop the water!"
"Stop the water! Got it!" Precious nodded as she was about to leave until she stopped and glare at them. "Hey...you guys aren't the boss of me?"
Surly shoved the dog whistle in front of her, realizing that he could blow it anytime he wants. "R-right! You got it! I love you bosses!"
Precious immediately headed into the alleyway and began grabbing the hose out of the hole, stopping the water while Mole hid behind the van in fear.
"You think she'll stop it in time?" Todd asked in worried.
"Don't worry, I'm sure she will. Right now, we got bigger problems to take care of! Follow me!" Surly exclaimed as he and Todd headed towards the front entrance of the nut shop, seeing the door a little bit opened. As they entered, they saw the basement door.
"The door!" Todd pointed out.
"Yeah..." Surly nodded as they prepared to run straight towards the door. "Surly...just what do you think you're doing?"
"Doing something crazy, that's what." Todd smiled, cheering Surly up a bit as they both ran straight towards the door, catching both King and Knuckles' attention.
"Shoot those rodents!" King ordered as Knuckles took out his gun and began shooting them, shooting a hole onto the bottom of the door, which Todd and Surly entered.
"Thanks!" Todd shouted as they immediately raced downstairs and into the basement, and found the entire place flooded. "What the?! What happened here?!" Todd exclaimed.
"Something tells me that it came from the hole." Surly deduced before noticing Johnny and Jimmy floating down through the water. "Johnny! Jimmy!"
"Okay, but where's Kokichi? I thought that he was in the hole helping them out?!" Todd asked in concern.
"I don't know, but it doesn't matter! Let's just get them out of there before the humans find us out!" Surly exclaimed, but Todd felt hesitate that Kokichi wasn't around. They immediately grabbed Johnny and Jimmy onto the small elevator as they exited them out of the metal gate before any of the human robbers showed up.
Surly and Todd came out of the hole as they began pushing their hands into the Bruiser's chest, pumping water out of their bodies.
"Are they gonna be okay?" Precious asked in worried.
"Oh relax, they'll be fine." Surly assured as he managed to get water out of Jimmy's body.
"Yeah, I know they'll make it out alive..." Todd sighed before saying "Though, I just hope Kokichi is alright."
"Alright of what?" They immediately turned around to see Kokichi eating a piece of nut in his paw.
"Kokichi?!" Todd gasped as he immediately ran up and hugged him, catching him by surprise.
"Umm...did I miss something? And why does the Bruiser looked like they got drowned?" Kokichi asked.
"Yeah! It was Mole! That two-timing old fool did this!" Surly exclaimed.
"Of course it was him. After all, your old 'friend' hired him to sabotage the heist, after all." Kokichi chuckled, which confused Todd.
"Old friend? What are you talking about?" Todd asked. Meanwhile, Mole overheard their conversation and grew afraid that they might find him out as he began to make his escape until he accidentally crashed into the metal gate, causing him to fall over.
"Ooh, that guy really needs glasses." Precious said, wincing in pain before Mole began making his escape.
"You guys should totally go after him. I mean, he might know something important." Kokichi said with a smile.
"Wait, what about you?" Todd asked in suspicion.
"Don't worry, leave it to me to watch over those doofus's." Kokichi assured.
"Are...you sure about this?" Kokichi ignored Todd and went over to help Johnny and Jimmy. "Well never mind. Come on Surly, let's go after Mole!" Todd exclaimed in determination.
"Right behind ya Todd!" Surly nodded before turning Precious. "Precious! Go after him!"
"On it!" Precious nodded before running and crawling underneath the metal gate, chasing after Mole, with Surly and Todd following after her.
"Nee-hee-hee..." Kokichi chuckled. "You know, this plan is very exciting and totally not boring at all. I really gotta thank him for giving this kind of mission to help poor old Toddy out along with Surly. Besides, who knew using these bad situations into my advantage was great. This will bring Todd and Surly more closer than ever in order to bring hope back to Liberty Park." Kokichi smiled evilly as his face darkened before saying "So Todd, will you be able to bring hope back to Surly along with the rest of the park? Guess we'll find out..."
Suddenly, he heard a scream before side-stepping as Grayson landed on top of Johnny's belly, causing him to spat out water out of his gut.
"Phew, that was a close one." Kokichi said before realizing that it was Grayson. "Oh god dang it..."
"K-Kokichi!" Grayson immediately wrapped his arms around Kokichi, much to his annoyance. "P-please help me! There's a rat up there and I'm really-"
"Man, shut it! Ugh, why do I even bother with you? You know, I prefer Brendan Fraser over you anytime." Kokichi rolled his eyes before noticing Johnny and Jimmy slowly waking up.
"What?...Kokichi? Grayson?" Jimmy muttered, seeing the two here.
"Oh good morning sleepyheads, how its going?" Kokichi chuckled, smiling towards them.
"Oh shut the front door!" Grayson laughed, relieved to see them. "What are you guys doing here?"
"We're here because of the heist so we can grabbed as many nuts to get for the park." Johnny answered, trying to get some water out of his ear. "But what happened? All I remember was that Kokichi left the cave to do some errands or so he says and after a while, water began leaking into the hole."
"Yeah, same here. Before you know it, we were out like a light." Jimmy added before he and his brother widened their eyes and slowly turned to Kokichi and Grayson. "D-did you two save us?"
"...Maybe." Kokichi smiled.
"W-well of course! After all, what kind of hero I would be if I didn't save either of your lives?" Grayson pointed, laughing while Kokichi rolled his eyes.
"Of frigging course he would lie like that. Oh well, I guess I can understand why would these two nimrods would believe him." Kokichi thought in annoyance.
Meanwhile
Todd and Surly were seen running through the streets in hopes of catching Mole and finding out what's going on. They immediately caught up with Precious as they saw Mole running into an alleyway, and once they arrived, they saw Mole wedging himself through the wooden fence. As Mole kept trying to squeeze his way out, Precious and came and...
"Face lick!" Mole froze upon feeling some slobber on his behind.
"That's not his face." Surly said, trying to look away in disgust.
"Ugh...Definitely. Not. His. Face." Todd said, almost had the urge to vomit. Mole gave out a deadpan expression before Surly dragged him out of the fence with a serious and anger look on his face, along with Todd.
"So you're the mole?! You two-timing snake!" Surly exclaimed in anger.
"Nah, I'm just a chicken." Mole smirked.
"Either way Mole, we saw what you did!" Todd exclaimed. "How could you?! You nearly tried to kill Johnny, Jimmy, and Kokichi! But thank god that he somehow wasn't in the hole when that happened!"
"Oh please? Why care for that lunatic? He's insane!" Mole retorted while Todd glared at him and said "Maybe he is, but at least he wouldn't go that far to drown someone!"
"Hey!" Precious gained their attention as she said "You guys want me to hurt them?"
"Nah, we're good. Thanks for your help, Precious." Todd assured, which made Precious sigh.
"Alright..." Precious sighed before walking off.
"Whatever! Now tell us! Why were you flooding our hole?! Did Raccoon sent you?! Talk!" Surly demanded, only for Mole to blow a raspberry into his face, much to Surly's irritation. Surly then grabbed him and began dragging him towards the light, which Todd knew what he was planning.
"Oh please? I'm like a steel vault, a tough nut to crack, a-AHHHHH!" Mole screamed as Surly moved out of the way, allowing the light to burn Mole's eyes. "My retinals!"
"Well? Are you gonna talk or not? What's Raccoon planning?" Todd demanded, moving out of the way as well to allow Mole to have his eyes burned out.
"AHHHH! Okay! Okay! I'll talk! Raccoon is trying to stop the heist!" Mole explained as Surly and Todd looked at each other with unconvinced looks.
"I'm not buying it." Surly shook his head.
"Me neither." Todd agreed as they stepped out of the way to let the light do its business with Mole.
"AHHH! No no! I'm serious! Raccoon is trying to stop the heist! Less food means more control! If the heist succeeds, then Raccoon will lose control of the park!" Mole exclaimed, shocking Todd and Surly.
"What?! I knew that guy was a jerk, but to think he would resort to this!" Todd exclaimed before turning to Surly. "Wow, you weren't kidding to say that Raccoon is really a lying sack of fur!"
"Exactly! But at least we got proof that Raccoon really is a traitor!" Surly smirked.
"Pfft! So what?" Mole scoffed. "Since when did you care about the park?"
"Hey, leave him alone Mole!" Todd glared at him as Surly said "It's okay Todd. Look Mole, you're right. I don't care about the park, but when I tell the gang about this, I'll get double."
"Yeah!" Todd nodded in agreement as he and Surly began to take their leave.
"Yeah right..." Mole rolled his eyes, causing Todd and Surly looked back at him with glares before Todd turned to Surly with a determined smile and said "Don't listen to him Surly! The others will believe us! I just know it!"
"Yeah...come on Todd, let's go!" Surly exclaimed, which Todd nodded as they both headed out of the alleyway and back to the nut shop. As Precious was about to leave and follow after them, she turned back and growled at Mole, causing him to flinch and fall back.
Later
Back with Andie and the others, Johnny and Jimmy were explaining everything what happened with the group on the Nut Shop's rooftop.
"And there was water everywhere!" Jimmy explained with an excited grin. "Johnny was choking! I was choking! Before you know it..."
Jimmy and Johnny turned to Grayson and Kokichi, the former puffing his chest in proud while Kokichi rolled his eyes and still kept his smirk on his face.
"It was Grayson and Kokichi!" Jimmy exclaimed happily as he came over and patted them both on the back, causing them to nearly fall over. "They both saved my butt!"
"No! They saved my butts!" Johnny complained, pushing them aside.
"It was my butt..." Jimmy said in a threatening voice, poking his brother's chest.
"Oh yeah?" Johnny began fighting his brother while Jamie pushed them aside before saying "I'll kick both of your butts!"
"Wait for me!" Kokichi grinned, walking over to the fight. Mostly Jamie. Andie walked over to Grayson with a small smile and said "Grayson...I'm so glad that you're-"
Andie was immediately cut-off as Grayson grabbed and hugged her tight. Unbeknownst to them, Surly and Todd was watching them afar with Todd scowling at her while Surly became shocked upon seeing them.
"Good to have you back Grayson!" Jamie said in delight.
"It's been a disaster! We've been forced to work with Surly!" Johnny exclaimed.
"And not only that! But Todd was also working for him!" Jimmy added.
"I don't know, they seemed to be a pretty good team than you guys combined. Along with smarts...but Miss Jamie way more smarter than you guys combined." Kokichi muttered, letting out a chuckle.
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!" Todd exclaimed as he and Surly climbed up to the rooftop with confused expressions.
"Oh nothing Toddy." Kokichi smiled innocently.
"Surly? Todd!" Grayson exclaimed happily as he rushed over and hugged them tightly before whispering "They think I shaved their butts."
"Surly!" Jamie called.
"Careful! They got hither!" Grayson warned before walking off, confusing Todd and Surly.
"Riiiight..." Todd muttered before Jamie asked "Hey, what happened? Were you two up here?"
"Well, you guys ready for this piece of news?" Surly asked with a smirk on his face.
"Yeah! You won't believe it, but it's Mole!" Todd exclaimed, shocking everyone.
"Todd's right, it was Mole! We saw him trying to drown the twins!" Surly added, which made Johnny and Jimmy looked at each other, having doubts about this.
"M-Mole?" Andie asked.
"Yep, it was all Raccoon's idea." Surly smirked while letting out a shrug.
"Exactly! He was nothing more than a two timing thieving fool! He was planning on sabotaging this entire heist to make sure none of you try to get the nuts back to the park." Todd added, crossing his arms with a smirk on his face. "See? I knew something was up with that guy."
Everyone looked at them with confusion, doubts, and were feeling upset.
"So wait, you're telling us that you're blaming Raccoon because he kicked you out of the park and gave you some punishment?" Jamie asked, not believing a word from them.
"No...we're not." Surly shook his head, raising a brow in confusion.
"Guys, Surly's telling the truth! I am too!" Todd exclaimed, standing up for Surly. "I was there too when we interrogated Mole, and I heard every word of it!"
"But...Raccoon would never harm anyone." Andie said, feeling worried about this.
"But he sure has!" Jimmy said, clenching his fist in anger while glaring at Surly.
"Hey listen, I just want my cut and split, alright?" Surly reminded them.
"Grayson...did you see anything down there?" Andie asked the gray squirrel to confirm their belief.
"Yes! I-I did?" Grayson wondered, causing Kokichi to face-palmed.
"Oh my baby Jesus...you're a frigging idiot..." Kokichi muttered.
Surly looked at Andie with an angry and disbelief expression as he asked "You think it was me, didn't you?"
"N-no! Of course not! J-just explain yourself!" Andie assured while Todd glared at her and said "What do you mean 'explain yourself'? He's telling the truth! I was with him the entire time! He's telling the truth! So am I!"
"I-I know! I just need to confirm this!" Andie said before turning to Buddy. "Buddy! Did you see anything?"
Before Buddy could do anything, Surly spoke up and exclaimed "Wait? You're asking him?! He can't help you! You're wasting your time!"
"S-Surly! What are you saying?!" Todd asked, looking at the purple squirrel in shock as Surly kept going and said "He's useless! Can't speak!"
Buddy flinched upon hearing those words as his ears drooped down in sadness.
"Only knows how to take orders!" Surly narrowed his eyes before gazing at Andie and said "Kinda like you Andie."
Andie widened her eyes in surprise while the Bruisers looked at him with anger and Kokichi simply just chuckled and said "Well...he ain't wrong."
"Shut it." Surly scoffed. "Come on, let's get out of here." Surly grabbed Buddy's paw, only for him to let go of Surly's paw, much to his confusion.
"B-Buddy?" Todd widened his eyes in surprise, seeing Buddy act like that as he began to walk away till he sided with Andie, the Bruisers, Grayson, and Kokichi. Andie patted him on the back, trying to cheer him up. "Buddy..." Todd muttered in sadness, seeing that the blue rat is taking Andie's side over Surly's.
Surly looked at him with anger before scoffing and turning away.
"W-wait! Surly! You can't-"
"Leave me alone Todd...just pretend we never met...ever." Surly muttered, darkening his face with a sad look as he continued to walk away.
"Is that the only way to treat the animals who defend ya?!" Jamie growled, cracking her knuckles as she was about to beat up Surly till Andie stopped her.
"No! No! Don't! That tunnel is open! Just let him go and get his share." Andie said, allowing Surly to leave.
"But we can't trust him!" Jimmy exclaimed.
"We let him go..." Andie looked back at Surly with a sad and serious look on her face. "Honor the deal."
Surly glanced at her before jumping down the edge of the building and sliding down the gutter, heading back down the alleyway.
"Bye Surly! See ya soon!" Grayson waved goodbye before noticing Kokichi's deadpan expression, realizing what he said. "I-I mean! Stay away! I dislike you strongly!"
Todd darkened his face, seeing Surly go away and say those mean thing to Buddy. Though, he could understand how Surly felt because nobody believed him. He soon clenched his fist in anger before turning to Andie and the others with an angry look and exclaimed "How could you?! Why would you guys believe him?! He was telling the truth! Especially you, Andie! Guess I was right, you never did care for him! You never cared for anyone!"
"Hey! Leave her out of this!" Jamie exclaimed, glaring at Todd. "She always care for us all and helped us every time we need her! Sure Surly is a bad criminal, but Andie still defend him!"
"Oh please! Since when did she ever defend him?! Name all the times she did!" Todd argued, which made Andie upset. She was starting to have enough of Todd's hate toward her as she glares at the fox squirrel.
"I have defended Surly from many troubles he's been through since we were kits! I do care for him! It's not my fault that I didn't tried to be kind with him! No matter how many times I tried to try to help him, he was being too stubborn! Besides, I want to believe in Surly! That's why I asked Grayson and Buddy in hopes maybe they knew."
"What about Kokichi?! He was down there as well!" Todd retorted.
"Because he's a liar! He always lies about everything, making us not believe in him! I want to understand Surly and believe in his wording!"
"Then why didn't you guys believe Surly?! I was there with him!"
"Because we've known and trusted Raccoon for many years unlike you! He'd never do such horrible stuff!"
"Umm...guys?" Kokichi called for them. "Alright, this fight of yours is going so cute for two stubborn squirrels, but now-"
"Surly said that Raccoon had been ruining his life! If that means nothing to you, then that just proves you little to no care for him!" Todd argued.
"I do care about Surly!" Andie retorted.
"Prove it!" Todd exclaimed.
"Hey, leave Andie outta this!" Jamie exclaimed angrily. "It was bad enough you worked with Surly, ya mutt squirrel!"
"Yeah!" Jimmy and Johnny exclaimed in unison.
"Don't get me involve with this again." Kokichi rolled his eyes with annoyance.
"Wait, what's happening?" Grayson asked, not hearing every bit of their conversation.
"Tch! Whatever!" Todd scoffed.
Todd then turns away from them and was about to take his leave, but Andie and the Bruisers still argues with him.
"You know Todd, we just wanted to help you out. You told us you were trying to get back to your mother. We agreed to help, yet you team up with Surly and rebel against us and the park." Andie said, glaring at him.
"Yeah! What's with ya teaming up with that purple jerk?! We take you into our park, and this is the thanks we get?!" Jamie asked.
"You have some nerve Todd! Everyone back home thinks of you as a traitor because ya working for Surly!" Johnny added.
"Mm-hmm! We trusted you and broken that trust ever since you helped Surly with the nut cart and ran off to work with him! Maybe Mole was right that you were an accomplice to Surly and we never learned or found out about it." Jimmy said, crossing his arms.
"Now guys, let's all calm down." Kokichi said. "This argument is not being funny."
"Funny? Funny?! How does everything you do or see is funny?!" Andie exclaimed. As they began arguing with him, Todd darkened his face and growled angrily, unable to take this anymore.
He turned back at them with a hard glare and a bit of tears in his eyes before snapping and exclaiming "BECAUSE I LOST MY FATHER, OKAY?!"
This shocks and surprises the Bruisers as well as Andie, Buddy, and Grayson with wide eyes while Kokichi looked at him with a serious expression as Todd begins to sobs and tries to hold back his tears.
"Okay...but what does that have to do with you working with Surly? What does it have to do with any of this?" Andie asked curiously.
"My father...resembles him. Same voice and almost the same cockiness. He's not a troublemaker though and he's not mean." Todd explained, wiping a tear away.
"Gee, really?" Jimmy asked while rubbing his head.
"Yes." Todd answered with a nod. "I lost him to cancer ever since I was human. In fact, we were all humans...which I'm sure you still don't believe."
Everyone, except Kokichi, looked at each other in confusion. But Andie, being nice, decides to believe Todd anyways.
"We'll just take your word for it, okay?" Andie softly smiled.
"Yeah, he's telling the truth." Kokichi said with a sigh. "Trust me, I know this because I was there when he woken up as a fox squirrel."
"A-are you serious?!" Jamie gasped.
"Yep Miss Jamie! It's the truth! I can tell you anything if ya want?" Kokichi asked with his eyes sparkling and made a goofy smile, causing everyone to sweat-drop.
"Yeah...no." Jamie shook his head, disappointing Kokichi.
"Okay, but still Todd..." Johnny turned to Todd, who let out some tears. "We never knew that. We're sorry."
Todd looked at them angrily, still having tears in his eyes as he glares at them and yelled "Of course you don't! All you Bruisers do best is burp, fart, and fight each other! You all are idiots, you know that?! Surly insulted Buddy and Andie because you made him! You don't understand him at all, just like you don't with me...and everything I've been through!"
"Yeah! You're all idiots except for Miss Jamie!" Kokichi smiled while Todd glared at him.
"That includes you too Kokichi! You're insane! Crazy! You're so stupid! Everything you say just upsets people!" Todd growled.
"Well they're truths that the park animals can't handle." Kokichi laughed.
"You never cared about anyone but yourself! You even ditch me to take care of the punishment myself!"
"Well I did half of it for you while you went to Surly." Kokichi smiled.
"Ugh! And you come up with these excuses to avoid getting caught! You know what? You're the world's most stupidest squirrel I've ever met! No wonder why no one wants to be my friend!" Todd exclaimed, which made Kokichi slowly widened his eyes.
"Hey...wait a minute, these are insults!" Kokichi gasped before turning to Jamie. "Quick Miss Jamie, back me up here!"
"Oh, I'm sorry. Where the heck you've been when we needed you?" Jamie asked furiously.
"I was thinking of being a famous football player, thank you very much." Kokichi said bluntly. "But wow...nobody ever said that before. "Well, he's not wrong about one thing. I...never had a friend before...never in my whole life." Kokichi thought sadly.
"See what I mean?! This just proves why you guys show no care for him!" Todd exclaimed in tears before turning and begins walking away from them. But Andie and Buddy, who had sad and sympathetic looks, catches up to him to talk to him a little more.
"Todd..." Andie spoke up, rubbing her arm sadly.
"What do you want?" Todd sternly asked.
"Todd, enough with your sour attitude and listen." Andie firmly replied before sadly yet apologetically saying "I...I'm sorry for your loss."
"It's okay...I guess." Todd answered in forgiveness.
"You know, you don't have to be embarrassed about it, but I had spotted you hugging Surly when I came to you guys." Andie added.
"Yeah. So what?" Todd asked.
"You actually look up to him, do you?" Andie asked with a raised brow.
"...Yeah. I suppose so..." Todd answered, somewhat hesitantly before being stern with them and said "...unlike you guys."
"If he really means that much to you, then I understand. Though, it's really strange since you had just met him a few days ago." Andie pointed out, which made Todd sighed as he didn't like to admit his admiration for thieves.
"Well because old Toddy here likes thieves." Everyone turned to Kokichi, who had a serious look on his face. "Back when he was a human, he always played any games that had thieves in it. That's why he admired Surly and at first thought of him as a park hero-"
"Wait, I'm the park hero." Grayson pointed.
"Ha ha ha, shut up Grayson." Kokichi said, smiling a bit forcefully.
"No, but-"
"No! Shut up! No one likes you! Besides, I can see why you ain't gonna be in the sequel because people always forgets you." Kokichi said before turning off screen and said "Well actually, the sequel in question is still be decided if it wants to be made or not if that's okay for our lovely author."
"What?" Andie asked, raising a brow.
"But anyway, we're going off topic." Kokichi laughed before putting back his serious expression. "But Toddy loves thieves. That's why he thought Surly was the park hero at first. Because...he sounded like his father."
"K-Kokichi...how did you know that?" Todd asked.
"Ha ha, I have my ways. Besides, those eyes were sparkling in amazement when you saw Surly for the first time." Kokichi smiled, causing Todd to blush.
"My eyes weren't sparkling that much...right?" Todd thought, feeling embarrassed.
"Todd...is that true?" Andie asked in worried, which made Todd sighed and said "Yeah, but...I don't want to talk about it. Right now, I want to go find Surly. I just...want to talk to him."
"Todd wait." Andie said, stopping Todd from leaving. "It's too dangerous to go out there alone."
Buddy then stood by Todd's side as if he'd lead and escort him to the purple squirrel.
"So...you're going to take him to Surly, right Buddy?" Andie asked, which Buddy nodded before sadly rubbing his arm. He was still hurt and thinking about Surly's insult toward him as well as everything else terrible he had said and done to him throughout his life.
"Alright, thanks Buddy." Todd said thankfully said with a small smile.
"Todd...be safe out there, and I hope things go well between you and Surly." Andie said with a small grin before frowning. "You were right...I wasn't the best to help and defend Surly. All what happened back then for a few days, I was too forceful to him."
"Jeez, you think?" Todd rolled his eyes with a stern look on his face.
"I should've understand how you felt, including Surly. I should've thought of something else, but you were right...I am no better than Raccoon." Andie said sadly, letting out a tear. "I never had no one to take care of me. Raccoon took me in to live with him, but he was always too busy with duties as Park Leader. I learned everything to survive everything by myself, and when I first met Surly, I wanted to be his friend, but kept refusing since his troubles with the park and his stubbornness. I wanted to help him...but all I do is just make things worse." Andie began letting out tears, which made Todd feel heartbroken seeing her like this.
"Andie..." Todd thought, feeling guilty and regret.
"I should've did something besides using his own life. You were right, okay?! I was no better than Raccoon! All I do is just make things worse and every time I want to solve a problem, I'll only make things worse!" Andie cried.
"Not cool Toddy. Breaking a girl's heart like that. That's cold." Kokichi said with crossed arms.
"Andie...don't feel bad." Todd said with a sad look, ignoring Kokichi's comment. "I should be apologizing. Sure maybe what you did was stupid and dangerous, but you tried your best to help anyone out. Besides, you comforted me by letting me go and see Surly, even though it might be too dangerous to go."
"Yeah..." Andie chuckled a bit, wiping away her tears. "You know, I think you have a better job on helping him more than I do."
"Mm-hmm!" Todd nodded.
"Todd...tell Surly that I'm sorry." Andie pleaded. "That's all I want. I want Surly to stop being arrogant and cold towards everyone. I just...want to see him being someone who cares for others. Besides, I think with you around he's slowly changing." Andie smiled.
"Y-you really think so?" Todd asked in surprise.
"Of course, I even seen you two hugged earlier ago." Andie pointed out with a smirk, which made Todd blush.
"O-okay, you win. Maybe I might be able to help Surly out. Thank you Andie." Todd smiled, which Andie nodded.
"You're welcome, and good luck." Andie said, which Todd nodded.
"Hey Toddy..." Kokichi spoke up, darkening his face and tears started falling off. "Good luck on redeeming Surly. Wouldn't your old man wanted this? Is that why you both made a promise back then?"
This caught Todd by surprise, wondering how Kokichi knew but soon dropped it as he thought that maybe he'll know later. Todd let out a nod as he turned around and was about to go. But before he and Buddy could leave, Todd immediately hugged Andie, catching her by surprise. She hugged him back, relieved that Todd trusts her again. Soon after ending the hug, he immediately took off and headed down with Buddy alongside him. Andie sighed, now relieved that Todd finally gain back her trust.
"Take care Todd, do this for Surly, please." Andie thought, forming a grin.
"Hey Kokichi..." Jamie spoke up, turning to the albino squirrel, who still had his face darkened. "That was really encouraging you and Andie did for Todd."
"Yeah..." Andie nodded in agreement. "Hey, there's something I need to know. What promise are you talking about? Come to think of it, how did you know about-"
"Ha...ha ha ha..." Kokichi began chuckling before he showed his face, full of insanity with his eyes that anyone saw knew how crazy he was. "HA HA HA HA! I'm not telling you stupid!"
"H-huh?" Andie looked at him with a shocked look.
"Oh my god! Did you all fall for my tears? That was a lie, you idiots and Miss Jamie! Oh my god! I can't believe you all fell for that!" Kokichi laughed as he let out a creepy smile. "But it doesn't matter because it's almost over! The final test will begin for Surly and Toddy! It's time for them to see how far their bond will get stronger! Even if it means that love has be sacrifice."
"S-sacrifice?!" Johnny exclaimed.
"What are you talking about?!" Andie demanded. "Love has be sacrifice?"
"That something you need to solve tuts." Kokichi winked.
"Hey, I'm sorta confused with all this. What test?" Grayson asked.
"You all really want to know?" Everyone nodded, wanting to know what Kokichi know that they don't. "Well..." Kokichi sighed, his ears drooping with a bored expression. "Nah, I'm bored. It's a waste of time to tell you guys anyway."
"What?! No fair!" Jimmy growled. "You better tell us now!" Jimmy charged towards him, but Kokichi dodged his punch and instead punched him in the gut. Jimmy fell on his butt and glared at Kokichi, who turned around and made a sly grin.
"Ooh, so sorry big guy. Didn't mean to hurt ya?" Kokichi chuckled.
"Kokichi, why are you doing this?!" Andie gasped as she and the others rushed to Jimmy's side and helped him out.
"I was just defending myself, duh. God, you're so stupid." Kokichi darkly chuckled before making a big creepy grin and a dark laughter and said "Oh well, it doesn't matter! Time for the fun to begin!"
With that, Kokichi took his leave, leaving everyone in shock and surprise.
"Kokichi..." Andie muttered sadly.
"That bastard! Can't believe he did that to my brother!" Jamie growled.
"You okay bro?" Johnny asked, helping his twin up.
"Y-yeah...But it'll take a punch in the gut to weaken me out." Jimmy assured while Andie looks over where Kokichi last stood.
"Kokichi...what are you up to?" Andie thought.
Later
Todd and Buddy walked over through the alleyway as they were in front of the hole where the Bruisers were working on.
"So this is where he might be, huh?" Todd asked, which Buddy nodded. Todd noticed the blue rat was still looking sad and hurt. He understood the speechless rat though as he placed a hand on his shoulder in a friendly, comforting way.
"Well, thanks again." Todd said with an assuring grin. "Oh, and Buddy...please forgive Surly for his insult from the rooftop. I know he didn't really mean it, and I know it never was his intention to treat you badly throughout life. He's still your friend, after all."
Buddy sadly smiled and nodded before hugging Todd, who smiles and hugs him back.
"Thanks." The fox squirrel concluded. "I'll see you later, Buddy."
Buddy nodded as they both parted way with Todd jumping down the hole to go and see Surly, hoping to reason with him. Buddy sighed before he took his leave, going back up to the rooftop to see the others until something caught his eye. He noticed a small trashed milk carton on the grand and it has a photo of a familiar black haired child wearing neon headphones. It had a message that says "HAVE YOU SEE ME?" and it had a full name that says "Todd Lloyd" on it.
Buddy widened his eyes in shock, seeing the name and the headphones anywhere. He soon realized that Todd was right and he actually was a human. The speechless rat then takes the milk carton with him as he began to climb up towards the rooftop, attempting to show it to the others.
Meanwhile
Todd comes out of the hole and looks around, seeing no one into the 'human hole' as he jumped off and headed back to the basement, finding Surly and Precious as the purple squirrel was throwing a few bag of nuts to the small elevator.
"Surly!" Todd called, gaining his attention.
"What now, kid? Shouldn't you be staying with the others just like Buddy?" Surly asked sternly.
"No, Surly." Todd answered, not bothered or even caring about Surly's grouchiness. "After all, they didn't believe me either and I'm just as mad at them as you are."
"Well either way, I want to be left alone." Surly said. "I've already gone through enough, and I don't need anyone right now."
"But I just want to stay with you and talk." Todd replied. "After all, I've gone through just as much as you have. Besides, Andie-"
Surly angrily glared at Todd, cutting him off as he exclaimed "Are you freaking kidding?! Andie?! She never bothers to even understand me?! First they get in the way of us raiding the nut cart, then they vote me outta the park, then they get their grubby little paws on what was supposed to be our room full of nuts, and now they won't beliee us when we try to tell them the truth about Raccoon! They ruined my plans, kid, and I've finally had it! I don't need them anyways!"
Surly crossed his arms with a grouchy look and a huff but Todd, however, still came over to the purple squirrel while rubbing his arm.
"Well I'm not here to do any of that, and I understand how you feel." The fox squirrel responded. "But I'm just here to-"
Todd was soon cut-off as he and Surly were trapped inside of a cage. They immediately looked up and saw Fingers was the one who put them in the cage.
"Ha ha ha ha!" Fingers laughed as Surly and Todd looks at him with shocked looks, seeing themselves captured.
"Oh...nuts." Todd thought, fearing what's going to happen him and Surly now.
Later
Somewhere in Oakton City, Kokichi was seen at the graveyard where many people who passed away or die here in Oakton. Kokichi was watching a peculiar gravestone with a darkened face and a small grin.
"Heh...it's been a long while since I last saw this gravestone. How much time has flies." Kokichi muttered before he began to walk away. As he continued to walk, he narrowed his eyes a bit with a grin.
"They'll end this...Yeah, that's right. Todd and Surly...you two will end Racky's reign of terror." Kokichi laughed before his eyes glowed and made a big creepy smile. "You two will relinquish the darkness out of the heart of Liberty Park and bring the light back into it! Ooh, this shall be a fun fight to go through! HA HA HA HA HA HA!"
As he continued to leave, the moon shined over to the gravestone, which read...
"Here lies Kokichi Nowak. 1992-2004."
To Be Continued