Part 4
"SLOW DOWN!" Klaus yelled. "Since I don't have legs, I'm not as fast as you are."
"Sorry!" Roger called from behind him. "I can't slow down. He's getting away and besides we're not a team, remember?"
"I realize that and I'm sorry. I can't catch George alone. He's too fast and I'm stuck in this cup and there are no roads nearby so I can't hitch a ride on the back of a speeding car. Try as I might I can't do it. I need you Roger!"
"Aweee, that's so sweet, but no."
"But Roger, my fins are getting tired!"
"Well, you should have thought of that before you quit my detective agency. It's too late now; there's no backsies."
"But…"
"Nope! The Fins and…"
"Fins und!"
"Yeah whatever, the point is like The Beatles, we broke up. We are now solo, uno or whatever the world for 'one' in German is. Look, if you're too slow, why don't you just go home?"
"And let you have all the credit because I'm too slow, I think not!"
"You're not on this case anymore Klaus and that is final!" Klaus sighed.
"I didn't want to have to do this but I have no choice." He held his cup with one fin and jumped into Roger's pocket. He got back in his cup.
"Hey!" Roger snapped. "Get out of there!"
"Nien; I won't! Look Roger, the more we're going to argue, the greater chance that George is going to escape." Roger sighed.
"Fine, but I'm still in charge, all right?"
"Be my guest. As long as I get to rest my fins, that's fine by me. As long as you don't be a stupid detective like you were." Roger sighed again.
"Yeah about that, I was playing dumb to make you want to quit."
"You really hate me that much, don't you?"
"Yeah I do."
"Well, you have me, so you'll have to live with it."
"I guess."
George turned around and noticed that he was still being chased.
"You're still chasing me?" He asked.
"Well yeah," Roger said. "I mean, you committed two crimes, you killed people. BTW, we had to follow you when the plane exploded. We were in water and the only way out was by following you. What did you expect us to do? Drown?"
"Yes."
"Well, I wouldn't have drowned." Klaus put in. "Since I'm a fish."
"You think you're going to get away with it?" Roger asked, changing the subject.
"Roger," Klaus told him. "You killed people and gotten away with it. Remember when we were in that limo?"
"Klaus, don't tell that man that. That's between you and me. Besides, I'm the Legman, not Roger."
"Right, und I'm Fins, not Klaus." While they were talking, the man pulled out a gun and fired. Roger barely dodged the bullet.
"You'll have to catch me first suckers!" And with that, he ran while he rapidly fired his gun. Roger resumed chasing him as he dodged each bullet.
"Where are we?" Roger asked while running and dodging.
"Well," Klaus started. "Considering that Virginia is near the Atlantic Ocean and we only did like half an hour on the plane, I say we're still in Virginia."
"What? George went on that plane, not to go Japan, but to just blow it up? That is just whack!"
"Ja it is."
A helicopter then appeared and hovered over them. The door opened and a rope ladder lowered down to George. George grabbed it. He looked at Roger and Klaus.
"So long!" He called as the helicopter flew higher and higher.
"Jump!" Klaus ordered. Roger jumped and hung onto one of the skids.
"I did it!" He cheered.
"Okay now, whatever you do, don't look do…"
"Too late!" Roger looked down at the world down below. He screamed and held on with both hands.
"I'M GOING TO DIE!"
"Nein, you're not! Now just hold on und don't even think of letting go. If you do, we're both be goners."
A shot fired. Roger looked. George was firing at them as he climbed up the rope ladder.
"MOMMY!" Roger yelled. George grunted in frustration as he ran out of bullets. He laughed at Roger whom was still struggling to stay on.
"Oh well!" He chuckled. "You won't last long." He laughed as he went in.
Roger got onto the skid and went to the door.
"What are you doing?" Klaus shouted to him.
"I'm going in, what does it look like?"
"Aren't we going to yell for help? There's about a billion people down below."
"The Legman doesn't ask for help." And with that, he opened the door.
He was about to climb up when George punched him in the face. Klaus screamed as he flew and fell into the coffee maker on the helicopter.
Roger fell backwards and maintained his balance. Klaus's cup fell out of Roger's pocket and down to the world below.
"Aha! The disguised alien said. "You thought that you had me, didn't you? You didn't! I held on, I held…" George growled and tackled him to the ground, pinning him down. His gun fell from his pocket, onto the floor on the helicopter. Roger got him off and ran. George punched and kicked him. Roger growled as well and tackled him, pinning him to the ground. The two tumbled and tumbled, kicking and punching each other. Roger even bit him on the arm.
"GO ROGER!" Klaus cheered. "I can't believe I just said that but…GO ROGER…I mean Legman, GO LEGMAN!"
Roger bashed George's head multiple times on the side of a skid. George did the same with him. The two had black eyes (George had two), puffy lips, broken teeth and were bleeding. Klaus cheered and cheered as Roger punched him unconscious. The pilot, who was now irritated with Klaus, got up and stomped towards Klaus.
"I'll deal with you!" He said. Klaus stopped cheering and gulped. The man grabbed Klaus by the tail. Klaus screamed as he struggled to get free. The man went to the door and held Klaus out. Klaus screamed louder as he saw the world below
"HELP ROG…I MEAN LEGMAN, HELP ME!"
"Time to say 'bye-bye' fishy!" He dropped him. Klaus screamed and closed his eyes, ready for his doom.
Suddenly, Klaus stopped falling. Klaus opened his eyes, looked and sighed in relief. A badly beaten up Roger has caught him in the nick of time!
"You okay Fins?" He asked.
"Ja. I just can't believe you saved me."
"Well yeah, hurting you is my job. I'm not going to let a pilot of a criminal do it for me." Klaus began to tear up.
"That's the most beautiful thing you ever said about me Roger." Roger ignored him and pointed at the pilot.
"You mess with the fish," Roger began. "you mess with me." The pilot backed up. Roger began slapping him with Klaus.
"You sir are a BAD man, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD, BAD!" Roger looked at the now beat up Klaus as the man fainted.
"How you doing Fins?"
"Just stop using me as a slapping device." Replied a dazed Klaus. "And I'll be fine, also…." He began to have a hard time breathing. "Put me…back…in that…coffee maker."
"Okay." He went to the coffee maker and dumped him in. George, who got back up, crept up behind Roger. Klaus noticed this.
"Behind you!" He warned. Roger was prepared. He swiftly karate chopped him and hit him in the groin. He fainted as well. Klaus applauded.
"Bravo, brovo!" He cheered. Roger bowed.
"Thank you, thank you!"
Roger had tied the two down with the seatbelts that he had broken off from the passenger seat in front and set them down. He was in the pilot's chair, buckling himself in. Klaus was on guard duty, making sure the two men wouldn't move if they woke up. He had the gun in his fins. The men woke up and looked at Klaus with fright. The fish was pointing the gun straight at them. He laughed.
"Look at this Legman! These two are scared and know that I'll shoot at any second if they try anything suspicious."
"Yeah." Roger agreed. "That and they probably never had a talking fish point a gun at them before." Roger put his hands on the steering wheel. Klaus changed the subject.
"Do you know how to even fly a helicopter?" The fish asked from where he was.
"No." Roger admitted. "But I'm sure as heck not letting you drive." Klaus smiled.
"You may be in your persona, but you still are the Roger that I know." Roger began to take the wheel. Immediately the helicopter zoomed downwards. Roger tried to pull the helicopter back up but took off the steering wheel instead.
"Ooopsies!" He said. He quickly unbuckled and got out of his seat. The helicopter headed straight for a courthouse!
"HIT THE DECK!" The alien screamed. He covered his head with his hands as Klaus did the same with his fins. They both shut their eyes tightly.
SMASH! The helicopter crashed into the courthouse and made a big gaping hole. They crashed at the near end of Stan's hearing. The jury and judge looked, as well as the Stan, Haley, Francine and Jeff. They all had their mouths wide open.
"Roger?" Francine questioned.
