Chap. 10: At that point, Zachariah had started to trudge back to the theater feeling nothing but guilt.

"I really shouldn't have done that to Zoot. He's my little brother after all. I really shouldn't judge him for who he likes. The first thing I'll do is apologize to him and Lips, then I'll delete that post," he thought to himself as he entered the front doors.

He was shocked to see all the Muppets running around panicked. "What the hell!" he shouted. "What's going on!"

At the sound of his shouts, everyone stopped in their tracks and looked at the door to see him.

"Well look who decided to come back," Rizzo said. "Why'd you come back? Felt guilty, because you should now!"

"Why? What happened?" Zachariah asked.

"Why should we tell you, okay?" Pepe asked hatefully.

"Pepe," Kermit said.

The frog-in-chief walked up to Zachariah and said, "It happened at least an hour ago. You see, one of our new guys, Walter, was walking Animal and White Lion when he saw your brother…"

"Zoot? Why is he involved?" Zachariah asked, concerned.

"Well you seem surprisingly concerned," Floyd sneered angrily.

"Floyd, don't be mean like that. I don't like it," Janice told her boyfriend.

"But it's his fault this happened! If he hadn't told everyone on the internet about Zoot and Lips, those girls wouldn't have tried to kill him!" Floyd shouted.

"Zoot got attacked!" Zachariah said, mortified.

"Yeah, they caught him off guard and were trying to kill him. We don't know why, but all we know Zoot's clinging to life right now," Clifford said.

"Oh no…what have I done…" Zachariah muttered. "If mother and father find out about this…"

"I hope you're ashamed, because this is definitely on you," Rizzo said.

"Rizzo!" Gonzo exclaimed.

"Come on, you know I'm right!"

"Actually, part of it was moi's fault. I sort of posted about Lips being pregnant with Zoot's child," Miss Piggy stated nervously.

"Piggy!" Kermit gasped.

"I'm sorry! I didn't think so many would have such bad backlash about it!" Piggy cried.

Zachariah ran into the backstage area and ran into the prop room.

"Why…WHY DID THIS HAPPEN!" he shouted at himself.

He sat on one of the crates and whipped out his phone. He looked at his profiles and stared at the posts about his brother and Lips. Then, he started to delete them all angrily. After he finished, he tossed his phone aside and sat by himself. After a few moments of being alone, Lips walked into the prop room and found him there.

"Hey Zachariah," he greeted.

"Hey…" Zach greeted softly.

"I'm sorry about what happened to your brother," Lips said.

"Don't be. You didn't cause that. I did. I told everyone on Facebook and Twitter about you two. I shouldn't have done that. If I hadn't, Zoot wouldn't be…" Zachariah said. "And most likely this is going to go viral and our parents are going to see it! They don't know about you two, and I'm worried if they do, they'll do something bad about it. I'm the one who should say sorry, Lips! I'm sorry I did that to you and Zoot! I just wish I could tell him that."

"Zoot is strong-willed. I know he'll pull through. We might be able to see him tomorrow," Lips said reassuringly. "So, I guess you're okay with us together now?"

"Definitely," Zachariah said with a grin.

"That's good, oh, and I almost forgot to tell you. You're going to be an uncle soon. I'm pregnant," Lips stated.

"Really, that's gre-wait, what now?" Zachariah said before collapsing to the ground, passing out.

"The reaction is always the same," Lips groaned annoyed.

The next afternoon, the hospital called letting the Muppets know Zoot was going to be alright, which was really good to hear. At the hospital, a small group of Muppets each got a turn to see Zoot if they wanted to.

Miss Piggy has never apologized so many times in her life to Zoot before, so Zoot was a little surprised she did. She was even still apologizing as Kermit and Fozzie dragged her out of the room. Zoot forgave her.

The last group was the Electric Mayhem and Zachariah. Floyd and Animal were glaring daggers at Zach.

"It's good to see you're okay," he said.

"Yeah, it's good to be alive. Those girls didn't jab me too hard. I hope they get 20 years of jail time," Zoot said.

"We heard what happened to them. They're all doing community service town," Dr. Teeth said.

"Yeah, they'll like, never go after you again," Janice said.

"Well, Zachariah, don't you have something to say to your little bro?" Dr. Teeth asked the man.

Zachariah took a deep breath before saying, "Zoot, I'm sorry I treated you so badly and I'm even sorrier for posting all that terrible stuff online. I knew what I did was wrong. If I hadn't done that, this would have never happened. I'm really sorry…"

Zoot looked at his brother with a serious expression before smirking and saying, "Hey, it's alright. I kind of figured you'd be a little upset about me and Lips. It's good to see you're okay with it now."

"Thank you…oh, and by the way, why didn't you tell me I was going to be an uncle?" Zachariah asked with a grin.

"You told him?" Zoot asked Lips.

Lips laughed, "Yeah, best reaction ever; he passed out cold!"

"Heh-heh," Zachariah muttered.

A few days later, Zoot was out of the hospital and was back on the job. Everyone was very happy to have him back, Lips most of all. Since Zachariah apologized for his deeds, Kermit let the man keep his job. After everything in life was back to normal, Zoot went up to Ethel Armstrong, who was still in the theater.

"Hey Mrs. Armstrong," Zoot said.

"Please, call me Ethel," Ethel said.

"Okay, Ethel. I need to ask you something," Zoot restated.

"What is it?" she asked.

"It's about Lips. I've wanted permission for something to do for him for a while," Zoot explained.


I wonder what Zoot is planning to do? Find out next chapter!

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