CHAPTER 5
Papa Louie and his customers finally reached the Mariana Rapids. The "water" in the aqueducts was actually sauce, making them known as "sauce-queducts". The currants were flowing like crazy, forcing Papa Louie and his customers to make and form a strategy on how to rescue remaining customers Rita, Mitch, James, Greg, Mary, and Prudence. As they were the only customers waiting to be rescued, everybody decided to split up, as Papa Louie had already made the strategizing decision.
"So, everyone, listen carefully." said Papa Louie. "Mindy, Chuck, you go search for and rescue Rita and Mitch with Taylor and Allan."
"We're on it, Papa Louie!" said Mindy.
"We're on our way, sir!" said Chuck.
"Yes, Papa Louie!" said Allan.
"You can count on us, Papa Louie." said Taylor.
"Timm, Penny, Sue, Cooper, you'll go and rescue James and Greg." said Papa Louie.
"We're on our way, Papa Louie!" said Timm and Penny at the same time.
"You can count on me!" said Cooper.
"I'll do my best!" said Sue.
"Maggie and Marty, go with Wally and Robby to find Mary and Prudence." said Papa Louie.
"Oh, drat…" said Marty.
"Yes! I'll do my best!" said Maggie.
"But what will your role be, Papa Louie?" asked Robby.
"Yeah…what'll your role be?" asked Wally.
"As for me and Big Pauly, we'll be at the Sausage Mines." Papa Louie said. "Meet me and Big Pauly there when you have rescued everyone. Do I make myself clear to all of you?"
" YES! " the customers said in unison.
"OK." said Papa Louie. He and Big Pauly later left for the Sausage Mines.
Meanwhile, with Sgt. Crushida Pepper, he was informed by the Onion Tribe that Papa Louie and his customers have split up to rescue the remaining customers in the Mariana Rapids. As Sgt. Crushida Pepper, or Sarge for short, was shocked by this strategic decision set by Papa Louie, he decided to take matters into his own hands, saying that one day, Papa Louie's restaurants in the Flipverse would go out of business. He sent more pizza monsters out to attack Papa Louie and his customers to try to stop them from rescuing the trapped customers.
Back with Mindy, Chuck, Taylor, and Allan, they had found Rita and Mitch. However, it was difficult as there was no key to the cage. Allan wondered if the cages in the Mariana Rapids were difficult to open without a key.
"Stupid idiot!" said Taylor. "You don't know if the rest of the cages don't have keys or if they do!"
"I uh…actually…know for myself." said Mitch.
"Tell us, then!" said Taylor to Mitch.
"All the cages in the Mariana Rapids have some sort of code on the locks. See if you can figure out the codes without getting caught." Mitch said.
"I'll give my smart brain a shot at the coding." said Taylor. Taylorn then started to solve.
"Did you do it yet?" asked Rita. "We really need to escape."
"Hmm…I have to go with three for the last number." said Taylor. As he went with the number three, it worked. Rita and Mitch were freed.
"Let's go check in with Papa Louie." said Chuck.
Back with Timm, Penny, Sue, and Cooper, they were busy figuring out how to get James and Greg out of their cage, as it had a very different code on it. In fact, it wasn't even a code at all. It was a puzzle that needed to be solved. Timm decided to step forward and attempt to solve the puzzle himself.
"Hmmmm….." thought Timm.
"What is it?" asked Penny.
"There's a slot in this thing. Maybe it'll open the cage." said Timm. "And there are shapes over here too. Maybe if I do something with this square that i am about to put in the slot, the door might open!"
"Give it a try, Timm." Sue said.
"OK." Timm responded. But it did not work.
"Try the rectangle." said Cooper.
"Wait, I am reading something." said Timm. As Timm read, he found out that three shapes of the same color as the first inserted shape needed to be put in the slot. As the square was red, he needed to find two other red shapes.
"So, we need to find to other red shapes." said Sue.
"Here's a red shape!" said Cooper.
"Cooper, that's a pepper." said Timm. "THIS is a shape." said Timm as he presented a red triangle.
"Oh, put that shape in there to see what happens." said Sue. Timm inserted the triangle into the slot. Now all that was needed was one more shape that was red.
"I found something!" exclaimed Penny. It was a rectangle.
"GREAT!" said Timm. "I'll just put this in." Once the rectangle was inserted into the slot, customers James and Greg were free. When the group met up with Papa Louie at the Sausage Mines about three minutes later, they wondered how Maggie, Marty, Wally, and Robby made it there with Mary and Prudence before them and after Mindy, Chuck, Taylor, Allan, Rita and Mitch.
"Oh, the code was easy for our cage." said Mary.
"Yup." said Prudence. "It was."
"Alright, enough." said Papa Louie. "Let's go and get rid of Sgt. Crushida Pepper and stop this pizza attacking nonsense." The final battle was drawing near.
