We continue the adventure as Sam and Max do there investigation to try and track down the Valley Gang.
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Sam and Max Freelance Police Chapter 4
Going down to Main Street
In order to get to the street the address of the lasagne had on it's label the dog and rabbit needed to drive, luckily Max had the car, an old DeSoto Adventurer almost like the car Sam and Max had in the show minus police colors, clearly modified to seat a bunny drive but it looks like it didn't survive the modifications and was slightly falling apart
Sam sat there not impressed and sees Max eagerly looking at him excited and asked, "Can I help you?"
"Sorry" Max said chuckling a bit "I'm just happy to see you. Sam and Max, together again."
"Yeah, okay" Sam said shrugging
Max soon began to sing the theme song again
Max: Sam and Max! Freelance Police
Sam and Max!
"Stop singing the song." Sam told him annoyed a bit, the car bounce a bit and it was enough to make them both bouce out their seats, thank god for seatbelts, concerned asked "You know they make cars more suited for rabbit drivers, right?"
"Duh, But human stuff is the best. Plus when I saw this for sale I had to get it as it's like the one from the show" Max said happily "A little work done on her, and she'll be back to her glory days."
After saying that the bumper fell off and a Knockout from Transformers Prime had to swerve to avoid it and yelled out "Hey, you nearly scratched my paint! Watch out!"
Seeing this Sam looked at Max deadpanned and asked, "Do you know what a metaphor is, Max?"
"If you're about to say this car is a metaphor for something about me, you can stop." Max told him smiling and adds "Because, no, I don't know what a metaphor is. Look if we're gonna solve…" he imagines an episode title card as he said "THE CASE OF THE MISSING GARFIELD" He then looks to Sam "That's just a placeholder name. Open to any ideas. We're gonna have to work together."
"We're not working together." Sam told him bluntly
Max laughs and said "You crack me up, Sam. Sorry just want to do a revesal on your catchphrase" He laughs more and Sam groans annoyed
A while later Sam noticed that they were nearing the destination and said "Okay, we're getting close. Pull up over there." The car stops near a deleict area and he adds getting out the car "And leave the top hat and cane in the car, please."
We then see Max in a fancy tuxedo with a top hat and cane and he said "Whoa! How did you know that?"
"Cause you're you." Sam told him
"All right, heads up" Max said throwing the cane in the air and jumps out the car and fails to catch the cane but picks it up they proceed to walk the rest of the way "Well…there's no faster way to gain someone's respect than to dress like an important business magnet."
"You mean business 'magnate'?" Sam corrects him
"Uh. I think I know my own character, Sam, and he wars a tops hat." Max told him proudly
They continue walk going over some train tracks and down a run-down alley way
Sam unnerved said "Uh, this place seems a pretty shady. Are we sure it's safe?"
"No. Because nothing is safe…" Max said and then jumps onto a dumpster and said dramatically "…. on Main Street."
We then see Main Street and it is a happy, fun street with whimsical music and a load of characters happily selling goods and going about their days as the two walk through it
"Oh wow. It seems kind of nice. It's not what I pictured" Sam said surprised looking around seeing King Candy giving children balloons, Eric from the Little Mermard selling items from a stand and Mother from Iconoclasts running a hair salon.
"Trust me, it's worse." Max told him firmly "It's a bunch of fictionals trading on their wholesome public image to keep the cops away. And bring you the slimiest backwater bazaar of contraband this side of Mos Espa."
"You sure about that?" Sam asked doubting and point to a window "That bar of soap is blowing bubbles."
"Hello!" Slippery Soap said waving and indeed blow bubbles.
"Nothing, and I mean nothing is scared in this part of town." Max told him
They were then passing Chef Kawasaki who was holding a basket of bread and singing
Kawasaki: Bread for sale, bread for sale
Everyone loves bread for sale
"That guy, he sells untraceable power ups." Max said pointing to Kawasaki
They, then past Bendy the Dancing Demon who was shining someone's shoes and also singing
Bendy: Scoot, scoot
A shiny shoe makes the man
A shiny shoe, now there's a plan
Max indicating to Bendy says "Stolen social security numbers"
They then see Toadette coming up to them holding flowers and of course singing and offers some to the two
Toadette: Roses are a way
To make a girl feel pretty…
"No, thanks, kid" Max said to her and Toadette leaves disappointed. He then says to Sam indicating to her "Minion fights."
"Alright, given your character on the show I wouldn't be surprised but really how do you know all this?" Sam asked confused
"Well, sometimes when I'm low on cash, I sell my fur to that pony's wig shop." Max said and points to it
The see Sassy Saddles standing outside her ship and she says "Hey, how wonderful."
Soon they arrive at their destination after walking the street a while which was Grandma Stuffin's Living Food Shop.
"Ah, here." Sam said spotting it and sees the owner who was a large old lad with grey hair with spectacles and a blue dress with red buttons who was standing by the door singing "I think that's our gal." He looks to Max "I make deals for a living. So just let me do the talking."
"Ten-four. Got your back." Max said smiling
"No, you don't have my back. I got this." Sam told him and they approach the door and he said "Hello, Miss Stuffin. Do you have any living lasagne for sale?"
"Oh dearly, do I have the lasagne?" Grandma Stuffin said in a sweet old lady German voice and laughs and as she lists the living food jumps at attention "Let's see, we've got the Bolognese al Forno, the Norma, the Genovese."
"Do you have any 'stinky lasagne'?" Sam asked her
Grandma Stuffin's smiling face turns to a glare and she asked in a less friendly and more cruel voice but still German sounding "Are you cops?"
"What? No! No way!" Sam said smiling shaking his head "We just want to buy some living lasagne made with stinky cheese. The sinker, the better."
Grandma Stuffin looks to a living onion who was being a lookout and it nods indicating coast of clear, she then pulls a hidden lever disguised as hanging fruit and a secret door opens up outside for Sam and Max to enter in from.
"All right, come on. Get in." Grandma Stuffin told them.
Sam and Max walk into the secret passage and go down to an underground basement and there they see what looks to be a dungeon but was more a secret room for dealing in stinky food and there were loads of cats in there sampling them
"Oh yeah, so good." A cat named Mr. Tinkles said sampling some
"More please" Sylvester said as a living food named Liver feeds him lasagne "More please,"
"Choo! Choo!" Felix said being tempted by a cartoon stink line and floating past Sam and Max
"Hey, no more free samples Liver." Grandma Stuffin said as she came down some stairs "This isn't Baskin Robbins" She laughs and approaches Sam and Max "So, you want our famous stinky lasagne? I got smell lines that'll take you through the ceiling."
As if to prove her point a cat named Brain flies up following a smell like and bangs his head on a pipe "Ow"
Sam smiling clears his throat as he gets into deal making mode and said "'Through the ceiling', huh? Seems like you offer a quality product. But hey, before we get into that, do me a favor. Take a look at this photo." He gets his phone out and shows a picture of Garfield "It's a friend of mine, named Garfield the Cat, famous lover of lasagne I will add."
"Yeah I know, an Italian delivery service owes him for putting his kids through college." Grandma Stuffin said and then adds "Continue."
"Right." Sam said nodding and puts his phone away "So, we think he's being held in a warehouse somewhere. If you know anything, I'm sure we could make it worth your while. Like, what would you say to some complementary RV or boat insurance?"
Grandma Stuffin remains quiet for a moment and said "No, I don't know anything. Now either buy some of my delicious living food or get out."
"Oh, okay. Um…" Sam said unsure he was banking on that to work.
Max jumps in chucking and said with a forced posh accent "Well, perhaps we should, with the disrespectful tone this old crone takes, why, I never!"
"What are you doing?" Sam whisper asked Max
"I am an important business magnet." Max told Stuffin as he continues "I shall have no trouble attracting other suitors for my gigantic deal because that's what magnets do. They attract business."
"No, you two are definitely cops" Grandma Stuffin said and whistles and out quickly comes a giant food monster made up of various foods and grabs both Sam and Max "You're both out of here."
"Okay, hold on." Sam said struggling as the monster and Grandma lead them to the special exit "This is getting out of hand. We are not cops."
"We're actors!" Max said removing his hat and laughs and Sam seeing this face palms however this does stop both the chef and monster moving "It's been us, Sam and Max, the whole time."
"Huh, interesting." Grandma Stuffin said and snaps her fingers, and the monster puts them both down in front of her "My boss, Slick Jim, he loves actors.
"Ah yeah, who doesn't?" Max asked and chuckles
"You know, I think you should meet him" Grandma Stuffin said grinning
"Really? Meeting Slick Jim, huh?" Max said grinning at Sam. "Looks like I just took us from outside the club to the VIP room."
We then come to Sam and Max in the back of a van fool of living food eying them both and their hands were zip-tied together. Sam was clearly annoyed
"Wow! This VIP room is incredible!" Sam said sarcastically "I'm freaking out, dude." He the fake gasps "Is that Roxanne Wolf over there? I'm only asking because I'm zip tied in the back of a truck!"
"Whoa! What's with the attitude?" Max asked him "We were about to be kicked out or eaten with your plan, and now thanks to my sweet improv, we're going to see Slick Jim."
"Oh, you're insane." Sam told him angry
"Am I?" Max asked
"Of course." Sam told him
"So, you'd rather just give up?" Max asked him
"No!" Sam said
The two then begin speaking at the same time arguing their voices getting higher pitched
"Hey! Hold on a second!" Max said smiling breaking it "Why we never had a voice with us high-pitched episode, we sound adorable. Plus, chemistry like ours just doesn't happen. This has got reboot written all over it."
"Ugh, are you serious?" Sam said groaning "I should be home right now. Abby is probably worried sick and for her that is never a good thing."
"Oh, are you seeing someone? She sounds…. stable." Max said thinking Abby is a girlfriend
"She's a Pokemon, Abby is a Pokemon." Sam told him
"Ah, I'm sure she's not that bad." Max said to him
"What? No, she's…." Sam began to say
However, a loud crash cuts him off as both bounce in the spot as the van comes to a stop and they hear the van door slam shut
Grandma Stuffin opens the doors to the back of the van and said "We're here. Out of the van you two."
The dog and rabbit duo look at each other, just where has this lady brought them?
Well, this was difficult but they may finally get a good look at who Slick Jim is and hopefully where Garfield ended up
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