Chapter 6:
10:30 PM
Dr. Blowhole and the Hoboken zoosters were frozen with shock as Skipper hopped out of the top hat.
"I already knew that you all were gonna talk some smack about me," Skipper said coolly. "However, after hearing your sad stories, I gotta say... you all had some... I don't know... validity to y'all's stories.
"I mean, it was true that I did all those things to you. But hey! I only did those things because you were all behind that evil plot where I was made public-enemy number one in Denmark; that wasn't just Hans that did that. YOU ALL DID IT!"
The zoosters argued various things and threw insults at Skipper. Clemson and Hans shook their fists. Savio hissed angrily. Rhonda got ready to pounce onto the penguin.
Dr. Blowhole just glared at Skipper. "You ruined our meeting!"
"You mean the 'Hate Skipper Awareness' night in this hellhole of a town?" questioned Skipper. "Why, you people! And it's so obvious! It's Hoboken! Where hope goes to croak! I mean, Kowalski intercepted some of the emails that you were giving to these lunatics prior to this night."
"He did WHAT?!" Blowhole was outraged. Then he grumbled, "Curse you, Kowalski! Curse you to shreds!"
"Enough tricks!" Rhonda became frustrated. "It's time for a little payback! Right, Dr. Blowhole?"
Dr. Blowhole only looked at her sheepishly. "Payback?" He squeaked, but then shot a look at Skipper, remembering that the penguin had ruined their meeting and quickly added with confidence this time, "I mean... yes! Let's show this peng-you-in what for!"
"For treating us like criminals!" Hans shouted.
"For having us transferred against our will!" Savio proclaimed.
"For sticking up for our enemies!" Clemson added with rage.
"Uh... what everyone else said!" Rhonda couldn't help but chime in.
"Oh, I'm shaking," Skipper panicked with mockery. "Well, before you go attacking me, let me just say that I have all your confessions on tape."
"Huh?" the zoosters and Dr. Blowhole said in unison.
"That's right!" Skipper said. "I recorded each and every one of your stories on a tape recorder and on the video cameras from this gift shop. So the word is out! You all are going to the slammer! Well, the animal slammer that is... And the authorities are on their way as we speak."
Dr. Blowhole just sighed. "Let me guess..."
The other zoosters finished, "Kowalski?"
"Yep," Skipper answered no smiling. "I'd say that this meeting is officially over. I'm out of here!"
Skipper leaped through a window and the villains all panicked.
"Don't let him get away!" Dr. Blowhole shouted.
The villains scrambled to exit the gift shop. Once they got outside, Skipper was already gone. And the authorities were just a block away.
"Man, he got us good!" Clemson admitted.
Dr. Blowhole stared at the oncoming police and then smiled. "Not entirely," he hissed.
Blowhole pushed a button on his Segway and from out of nowhere came a jazzed up animal control truck. It looked like any other animal control vehicle, except it had Dr. Blowhole's dolphin symbol on it.
"Get in!" he called to the zoosters. "We're ditching this joint for a while."
"You mean, until the police back off on us?" Hans asked.
"Yes," Blowhole replied. "AND, until I figure out how to beat Skipper in the future!"
So everyone hopped or slithered into the vehicle and the truck zoomed away from the Hoboken Zoo entrance as fast as they could. And yes, Dr. Blowhole was going to get his revenge on Skipper one way or another.