I am so sorry for the long wait folks. Oh well, better late than never I always say...

Flushed Away owned by (c)Dreamworks & (c) Aardman

Chapter 13: What's green and scary?

The human mother took her purse from the table and the father puts on his coat, he then called both of his daughter and niece through the hallway.

"Tabitha! Nicole! It's time to go!"

"Just a minute dad" Tabitha said as she took a box of rat food and poured it on Roddy's food bowl "I'm glad you got thinner Roddy. I'm beginning to worry that you'll be fat forever. We'll be back tonight so take care now" she said and closed the cage "I wonder where Bubbles went off to this time" Tabitha muttered while carrying a bowl of cat food with her, but since she can't find her cat anywhere she puts the bowl down the floor. She then went to the guest room to call her cousin "Nicole, are you done yet?"

"Almost" said Nicole after feeding her pet mouse "Bye Duchess, be good now" she said and went with her cousin out the front door. As soon as the car left the house, Roddy changed into his casual clothes and went out of his cage. When he left the room, a call caught his attention.

"Good morning darling!" yelled Duchess "Leaving already?"

"Yeah, Rita's waiting for me there so I'm off then" said Roddy and Duchess snickered.

"Oh, perish the thought!" she said "Why do you want to go back? You have everything you need right here"

"You're always treating me like this and I can't take it anymore Duchess, I'm leaving!" he said as he marched to the door but Duchess blocked his way.

"Over my dead body" she said but then Bob ran through the cat door and crashed on her, and when he immediately stopped, Sid flew and landed on Roddy.

"Sid get off me!" Roddy pushed his fat friend and the both got up "Where's Rita?"

"She's in big trouble Roddy, big, big trouble" Sid said in a panicking tone "And I need to work on my landing, my bum hurts"

"How big?"

"My butt?" said Sid looking confused.

"No! I meant Rita"

"It's those rats from before, they poisoned her with some cheese and kidnapped her. But that doesn't stop there, they said something about the cheese, and the city, and the big finale, and sleeping with the fish and-and-and-and-and-and--" Sid was panicking but Roddy snapped him out.

"I've got to stop them" said Roddy as he ran and Bob saluted him on his way out the cat door.

"Run Roddy! Run like their lives depend on you!" shouted Sid

"Get off me" a faint voice was heard and it came from under Bob. The cat didn't know that he sat on Duchess, then he immediately released her.

"Sorry young lady" Bob apologized

"Where's Roddy?" she asked

"He went back to the sewers to save Rita" said Bob. After hearing that, Duchess looked angry and her rage started to build up.

"WHAT?!" she screamed. Sid panicked and quickly hid behind the cat because of her reaction but Bob was confused "Was it something I said?"

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In the floodgate control tower, the unconscious Rita was lying down in the corner of the room. Moments later she began to gain consciousness but her vision was blurry when she first opened her eyes, she then heard a conversation nearby. And they were her least favorite people to be with right now.

"Is everything ready?" he said with a French accent

"Not yet. We just have to wait for my cousin and we can commence my evil plan to get rid of those wretched vermins" then the familiar deep voice was laughing manically

"Oh mon dieu"

Rita moaned when she tries to get up, but she couldn't because of the pain around her body. Then the henchrats noticed she was awake.

"Oi boss, she's awake!" yelled Spike. The Toad walked towards the weak rat.

"It looks like our sleeping beauty just woke up" he said

"You--" Rita wanted to mock him but instead she moaned and the intense pain in her stomach made her roll into a ball.

"Ah, music to my ears. I'll be hearing more of that when every rat takes a bite out of that cheese just like the one you carelessly ate" he grinned evily. Every word that he threw at Rita made her grit her teeth and fist, and got the urge to punch him, but she was too weak. "So now I have to wait for my no good, tardy--"

"Bonjour" said Le Frog who was behind the Toad and it made him squeal like a girl

"Now that's music to my ears" Rita scoffed and smiled weakly

"Le Frog mon ami!" yelled Fromage

"Fromage mon camarade!" shouted Le Frog. The both were about to hug but the Toad got between them.

"Did you bring it?" the Toad asked Le Frog

"What a way to ruin the moment cousin" said Le Frog in an irritated tone "Of course I bring it, it's on the boat"

"Perfect!" he said "Fromage--"

"I'm way ahead of you" said Fromage holding the poison in his hand "I'll put it as soon as I get there"

"It will soon be the dusk for those ignorant cheese-eaters, and the dawn of a new era shall soon rise to us amphibians! Oh, I'm so excited I'm getting goose bumps on my goose bumps" said the Toad and he cackled all the way out the door.

"What a 'fruitcake'" said Fromage

"Yes but he's my 'fruitcake'" said Le Frog "Let's end this quickly so me and my men can have breakfast"

Soon the room was empty and Rita was left alone in the corner, helpless. She had to stop them but everytime she tries to get up, her pain brought her down. She had done it several times, ignoring the pain, but her strength slowly disappears.

In the city below, the crowd gathered at the Picadilly square. They all awed at the boat carrying a wheel of cheese that went towards them. As the boat arrived, Fromage came out with a microphone and introduced them the cheese they've all been waiting for.

"My fellow British friends..."

Fromage's voice could be heard by everyone, especially in the tower. When Rita heard the announcement, she lost all hope in herself as the pain grew worse by the minute. Right now she could only count on Roddy to foil the Toad's plan, if he knew his plan. But her instinct told her that he's coming, and it gave her a little encouragement.

"So who wants to take the first slice?" shouted Fromage then he spotted a little rat in front of the crowd who happens to be one of Rita's brother, Jojo "How about you little boy?" he gave the slice of cheese to him. He almost ate it but he stopped when he heard a familiar horn sound approaching.

"They're back" said Jojo. They all turn their attention on the Jammy Dodger II fast approaching as if it won't stop at anything. Officer Collin warn the boat to stop with his whistle, but it didn't work. The crowd gasped when the Dodger crashed on the boat.

"What is the meaning of this?" said Fromage. And out the Dodger was Roddy.

"Lad, what have you done?" said Mr. Malone

"Are we having a Tom Jones concert?" yelled Granny "I love you Tom!"

"Everyone this is all a part of the Toad's trap" said Roddy "the cheese that he gave you is poisoned" Everyone gasped and Jojo dropped his cheese on the ground.

"You are one loony rat my friend" Fromage snickered "and you are going to pay for crashing my boat"

"In that case" Roddy took a piece of cheese and gave it to him "I hope you don't mind eating the first piece"

"No, I couldn't"

"Please we insist" said Officer Collin. As soon as Fromage took the cheese, he secretly pour a little amount of antidote from his sleeve and ate the cheese. Everyone started to observe him and moments later nothing happend. Roddy was wrong.

"Mmm, delicious! Sorry to disappoint you my friend" Fromage said to Roddy "You must have mistaken me for someone else" Roddy have nothing to say after he witness the French rat's innocence. Then he noticed a white gold chain sticking out of Fromage's back pocket when he turned his back. He snatch it without hesitation because he knew it was Rita's. "Hey! Give that back!"

"Where did you get this?" asked Roddy

"It's none of your business, now give that back"

"Wait! That's Rita's necklace, isn't it?" said Mrs. Malone. Roddy nodded.

"This is ridiculous" said Fromage "Why would I steal her necklace?"

"I never said you stole it" said Roddy. Fromage was caught red-handed. He didn't have anything to say to cover the Toad's plan. "Where's Rita?" said Roddy scowling at him. Fromage slowly back away to the boat where the Toad is hiding under the covers.

"Mon ami, he's on to us" he whispered

"Then let us commence plan B" said the Toad and bursted out from the covers "Le Frog!" he shouted

"Henchfrogs attack!" yelled Le Frog who was disguised in the middle of the crowd. Suddenly hundreds of frogs popped out from their hiding spots and it caught the rats off guard. Even the Toad's henchrats have joined the frogs. Seeing the crowd have no other way to escape, the Toad felt victorious.

"There's nowhere for you to run. You shall all perish!"