Chapter 12:
(So, how was ur days? I hope they've been a little bit better. Spring is right around the corner as well, that has to be fun! Enjoy the chapter!)
Wolf and Diane woke up to find themselves trapped and tied all the way from the ceiling. "Yeah, it was a trap." Wolf said plainly, Diane glaring at him for his stupidity. Marmalade walked up to them, "Well, well, well, if it isn't my prized pupil. And you've brought along the governor!" Marmalade said, with false proudness in his voice. "Or should I say, the Crimson Paw?" Diane grunted in anger, "What an ingenious way to disguise the Zumpango diamond. Hiding it in plain sight." He put the ring on his finger. "You gotta be kidding me." Wolf said, looking at Diane. "What? I'm sentimental." Diane defended herself.
"You always did have panache, and yet, you still fell right into my trap." Marmalade said, "But how did you know we'd even be here?" Wolf asked.
"Oh, I got a little tip…from a friend." Marmalade said, as the door opened to reveal said friend.
"Hey, buddy, how's it hanging?" Snake said, "Snake." Wolf said, feeling betrayed. "What can I say? We just clicked." Snake admitted. "By the way, pretty bad parenting to let your son be the distraction." Snake said, "W-What are you talking about?" Wolf asked, worried. Snake chortled, "Okay, so Zekey decided this one on his own." He brought Zeke in by rope. "D-Dad! Governor Foxington!" Zeke struggled to break free. "Son!" Wolf started getting angry, "Snake, are you serious?!" He tried to break free. "Aw, you're just jealous to be missing out on the heist of the century. It's got everything. Betrayal, a meteor, mind control." Snake said, "Can I try it on?" Marmalade took off the helmet and gave it to him. "Of course, partner." He said. "Nice. All the crime with none of the exercise." Zeke glared at his uncle. "And what about all that flower of goodness talk?" Wolf asked, "Was it all just a lie?" Marmalade casually smiled, "Uh, pretty much, yeah. You see, I never cared about what's 'good.' Only what's good for me. Like, say, a billion dollars." He had chills go through him. "Ooh! I just got a tingle." Zeke rolled his eyes, Snake turned his attention to him. "Heh…You know what'd really hurt Wolf?" Snake asked Marmalade.
"You take in his kid, and erase his memory." Zeke and Wolf shrunk back at that. "Wh-What?" Zeke muttered.
"Brilliant idea, Snake. Once I rearrange Ezekiel's memory, he'll be my little puppet." Marmalade said, "That'll have to come later, though."
Zeke shook his head. "No! Let me go!" Zeke shouted, "Dad! Diane!" Wolf tried to unshackle the chains. "No! No! Snake, how could you?!" He asked, angry. "Zekey…" Marmalade left the room, "Cuddles. Finish them."
Marmalade and Snake had walked a few ways passed the room they were kept Wolf and Diane. Zeke struggling to break free. "You need to chill, kid. That's only gonna hurt you more." Snake said, "Do you care? Or is that just wishful thinking?" Zeke said, snarky. Snake furrowed his eyebrows. "Let him get those snarky comments out while he can, my 'son' won't need any of Ezekiel's behavior." Marmalade said, still high-and-mighty.
"I'll put the kid in a cell." Snake said, as Marmalade went away. "All right. Don't worry, Ezekiel. I'll be sure to fake my fatherly love for you, later." The guinea pig said, walking out of the room. Zeke looked upset. "No way. Uncle, are you serious…You hate me that much?" Zeke said, starting to cry again. Snake rolled his eyes. "Okay, quit cryin', kiddo." He said, he unchained him. "Wh-Wha…" Zeke muttered. "No time. Go save your dad." He said, nudging in the direction of where they came. "I…Wait…" Snake put his tail up to his face and sighed. "You deaf? Go! Get outta here, before Marmalade comes back!" He said. Zeke looked at his uncle, "And don't tell your dad I saved you, got it?" Snake said, before slithering off. "Uncle Hubert…" Zeke said, honestly shocked by the greater act of kindness than anything bad he pulled before.
Cuddles pulled a lever to lower Wolf and Diane into a bunch of spinning saws. A cloud of green gas had formed somewhere. "Poison gas?! Don't breathe it in!" Diane said, holding her breath. Wolf held his in until he got the scent. "That's not poison gas." Cuddles fainted at the fowl smell, "Sorry!" A familiar voiced apologized. Shark opened up a and took a breath of fresh air. "Surprise!" Piranha shouted and laughed. Shark, Piranha and Webs showed themselves.
"Ah, guys! I can't believe it's you!" Wolf said, glad to see them.
"You were right, Wolfy!" Tarantula said, "We felt the wag, man." Shark said.
"Feels good, right?" Wolf said, smiling a little. His friends were back. Wolf refocused his concern to his son. "Focus! We need to get out of here, Zeke's in trouble." He told his friends, "On it!" Webs said, lifting the lever to shut the spinning blades and lift up the two. Their rope fell from the ceiling. Wolf got out of his rope and hugged his friends. "Guys! Am I so happy to see you!" He said.
The door began to open, Wolf stayed on alert. But as the door opened, it was revealed to be a panting Zeke. "Son!" Wolf said, picking his son up to hug him. "Dad." Zeke said, hugging him. "I don't want you pulling a stunt like that ever again, got that?" He disciplined him. "Yes sir." Zeke nodded, "How'd you get away from them?" Wolf asked, "I-I grabbed another throwing star back at Diane's." He lied, but didn't think too much until he saw his other two uncles and aunt. "ZEKEY!" They shouted, "I'm so sorry, buddy!" Shark apologized. "We're here, okay?" Webs said, tearing up.
"Siento habernos ido antes, sobrino." Piranha apologized in Spanish. They gave their nephew a tight group hug. "I'm glad you guys changed your minds." He said, happy that his family was going good. "Thank you, Lord." He muttered, tearing up for joy.
"Okay. Now it's time to huff and puff and blow this little piggy's heist down."
Snake and Marmalade walked back to the meteorite's control room. "With the meteorite, we'll be able to commit crimes that people have only dreamed about." Marmalade said, "Not bad for a butt-rock." Snake chuckled. Marmalade sighed, "Once again, it's not a…" He stopped when he realized the rest of the Bad Guys had shown up. Shark had the meteorite in his hand, Wolf's car was here and Zeke was freed. All Marmalade could do was gasp.
"Don't mind us, just robbing this place." Wolf said, casually. Wolf drove the car through the door, avoiding Snake and Marmalade. Zeke looked back at his Uncle Hubert, upset. "No, no, no!" Marmalade shouted.
Wolf stopped the car and pulled over to the cat's tree. Wolf called for him and the cat followed him. "Shermy, you're okay!" Zeke said, petting the kitty. Wolf got the feline some sunglasses and they continued to drive off. The Bad Guys took off their stealth attire and had their normal clothes underneath. "Now, to get this thing to the chief and clear your names." Diane said, Shark peered from the back seat. "Weird, we're usually running from the police." He said. Piranha looked above, confused. "Hey, chico, are you sure we stopped the heist?" He asked. Zeke took a look at what his Tío was looking at. "Yeah." Wolf answered, "Relax, Marmalade can't control them if he doesn't have the meteorite." Diane assured.
"So, who's driving those trucks?" Piranha asked, pointing at the truck being driven by guinea pigs. The other looked at the meteorite.
"The meteorite." Diane said, "It's still transmitting." Wolf said, worriedly.
"The charity money. Change of plan, guys. Webs, is there any way to override the truck's navigation system?" Wolf asked.
"Uh, we'd need some kind of magnetized cross-circuit interceptor." Webs explained, typing on her laptop.
"You mean this?" Diane said, pressing the button on the device she was holding.
"Ooh! She just keeps getting cooler!" Shark said, excitedly.
"Oh yeah!" Wolf made and u-turn and made his way toward the trucks.
Diane tried to place the devices on the trucks, but the hypnotized guinea pigs were crashing into Wolf's car. They split up to escape. "We got to split up. Webs, you feel like a girls' trip?" Diane asked slyly, "Um, yes!" Webs said, excitedly. Diane out on her mask and jumped off the car. "Later, boys!" Webs said. Piranha looked at them, upset.
"I wanna go on the girls' trip." He said in a childish manner. Diane pulled out something that turned into a motorcycle. While Webs and Diane dealt with one side, that left the boys to deal with the rest. Piranha pulled them out. "I'll help, too!" Zeke said, messing with his ears. "You're insured, right?" Shark asked Wolf. "Yeah, why?" He asked, Shark pushed the roof of the car and turned it into a convertible. "Hey, that's my car!" Wolf shouted, angrily. "It's ceviche, baby!" Piranha said as he cackled. Zeke jumped off the car and started spinning his ears. "Cartoon logic, don't fail me now!" Shark and Wolf freaked out when they saw him jump out of the car.
Zeke flew and Piranha jumped from truck to truck, adding a device to each one. "Chamaco, you can fly?!" Piranha said, amazed. "Jump on, Tío!" Zeke said, grabbing Piranha's arms and heading back to the car.
"That was incredible, Zekey!" He said, "Picked it up from another rabbit!" He said, remembering a cartoon character. He landed back in their seats.
"So long, suckers!" Wolf said, with Webs activating the jammers.
"Whoop-bam!" She said. Diane looked at her, with amazement. "Where'd you learn to do that?" She asked.
"Well, I'm, you know, kind of a natural." Webs answered. "Mostly YouTube." She admitted as she made it back to the car.
"Nice work." Wolf said, "Meet me at the police station. Don't be late~." She said, Zeke just looked at her and his dad deadpanned.
"Are you guys a couple or not?" He muttered. Shermy snuggled closely to Zeke, to which the rabbit smiled.
"What do you say we deliver this butt-rock to the chief?" Wolf asked, charismatically. Zeke saw some of the trucks finally going to the places they needed to be. "Thank you, Lord." He said, petting Shermy.
(Okay, we're so close to the end of the movie. I gotta say, this story's been fun to write and I'm glad it's getting good attention. Oh! I'd like to thank Coolskelton91 for the idea for the idea of using Zeke's ears as a helicopter. I do remember rabbit characters that can fly like Oswald or Cream. Remember to stay strong and awesome! He's alway caring for you and He will never turn His back on you!)