King of Fools rushes onto the stage and immediately begins inquiring, "What in the world happened here?".
As nodoze carefully pulls the implant from Ferret's neck, Xander. appears through a glowing portal.
"Nodoze, I'm glad you could pull this off, I just wish you could have done it without spilling the blood of another innocent soul..." Xander could not finish, because Ferret interrupted him.
Ferret. begins to speak in a rhaspy, hoarse voice. "Thank you nodoze, I am glad you are fine and will no longer be plagued by the Crey whether directly or indirectly. And I owe more to you Xander. than i could ever express..." Ferret begins coughing up blood but continues, "I would like to extend an offer to you to become general in my place, for your needless and certainly unexpected arrival." After coughing up more blood. "Nodoze, could you hand me the microphone please? "Nodoze hands him the microphone, "Thank you. Friends, i am sorry for the trouble I have caused you and am glad to declare that Xander will be stepping in for me, effective immediately." The microphone slips from Ferrets hand as he coughs up more blood. And barely understandable, Ferret said one more thing before he died, "Nodoze, i don't blame you for any of this..." And with that Ferret, leader of the P.C.H.A. passed away, but being a ferret, died as a ferret as he had always lived.
An odd silence followed for minutes until quietly nodoze spoke, "Well, i for one would want to disobey a dieing ferret's last request. So therefore by order of our fallen leader I hereby instate Xander to life membership, and leadership for the P.C.H.A. and although Ferret may be gone, he wont be forgoton."
Three weeks, extensive base renevations, and many recruitings later..."Well guys, I think we've really brought our supergroup around." Stated nodoze.
"Well we've atleast brought it ninety degrees, replied Xander.
JMFX, of course, put his few cents in, "I swear, Xander is getting more like Ferret every day."
And finally nodoze spoke up. "Well i think Ferret would be proud of the progress we've made. No matter how little or how much." Reaching up to scratch the ferret sitting on Xander's shoulder, as it always was, nodoze smiled at the memory of the first time he saw ferret, curled up sleeping on that park bench so many months ago, when he had first discovered his powers.