Chapter 13:
(So, where are nearing the end of the main story. It's been a long ride, but I think I've had fun writing this, and I hope I can continue to write more stories in the future. Of course, if it's my calling to. Like I said, I'd like to hear what you guys think in the comments. Anyways, enjoy the chapter!)
Wolf and the others drove to the station. Chief Luggins was surprised to see the Bad Guys returning the meteorite, while Tiffany Fluffit was on the scene. They celebrated it, they're going to be the heroes of this story. Zeke was happy for his family, they were gonna become actual Good Guys! "Do you guys think they'll throw us a party?" Shark asked.
"Yeah! With fireworks, piñatas and cake!" Piranha said, before they all shot up at the word "cake."
They all looked down, thinking of Snake when they saw a smashed party hat. Wolf then hit the brakes and stopped. But he felt…conflicted. He wanted Snake to join them, but…he didn't know how to feel. He told him his son was a problem and teamed up with the guy who set them up.
"Back at the compound, he saved me from Marmalade." Zeke said, bluntly. Wolf looked at his son in surprise.
"Zekey, but what about…?" Wolf asked, remembering how he felt from before.
"He told me to go save you…I think he still cares." Zeke said, knowing in his heart that it's better to forgive his Uncle Hubert.
Wolf looked at Diane with an upset glance, Diane gave him a glare, silently hoping it wasn't a double-cross.
"Then, we can't do this without him." Wolf said, still wondering if there was even a chance.
Shark smiled, slightly, "He might be a Mr. Grumpy-Pants…" he said. Webs stood by the windshield, "But he's our Mr. Grumpy-Pants." She affirmed. Wolf nodded, but then looked at Zeke and the cat.
"Hold on!" Wolf said, pulling the car to the police station. He got out and put Zeke and the cat next to Diane.
"Stay here with Diane, okay?" Wolf said to his son, "B-But…" Zeke tried to defend himself, but then nodded. Wolf kissed his son's forehead and petted the kitten. "I love you, kiddo." Wolf said, getting back in the car. "Diane, we need more time for something." Wolf told her before driving off.
"Love you, too, Dad." Zeke said, petting Shermy for comfort.
"More time?" Diane asked, confused. "WOLF!" Chief Luggins shouted aggressively, believing he's up to no good.
They chased after the helicopter Marmalade and Snake were riding on. "I'm starting to see why your friends dumped you!" Marmalade shouted, angry that they had gotten away. "I don't have any friends!" Snake said, angrily. Wolf shouted Snake's name from the car below the two. "Wolf?" Snake asked, wondering what was happening.
"Snake, come back!" Wolf shouted, hoping he'd listen.
"We need you, baby!" Shark shouted, "And you need us!" Tarantula shouted.
Marmalade gave a condescending glance, "Oh there you go again, making it personal." He lost his composure in the moment.
"I'll give you one last chance to give me the meteorite!" He shouted at them.
Piranha wasn't having it, "Oh yeah? What are you gonna do, Whiskers?" He asked, thinking he had nothing to threaten them with.
Marmalade grabbed the helmet from Mr. Snake and used it.
"This." Was all he said, in seconds or minutes, thousands of guinea pigs flooded the streets behind them. "We've got adorable company!" Shark said, worried. "Floor it!" Webs shouted at Wolf as he drove faster. The guinea pigs were destroying roads and bumped into the car, launching themselves at their targets with mindless disregard for their safety.
"Maybe I shouldn't have called him Whiskers!" Piranha said, believing it was a sense of karma. They barely made it out of a tunnel as they drove on the very guinea pigs themselves. "When I woke up this morning, this is not where I saw day going!" Webs shouted, Wolf thankfully making it back to the road.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, hey! Let's dial this down a notch, huh?" Snake asked, having faith in Wolf's driving skills. "Besides, you'll never get hi, he's too good a driver." Marmalade looked at the Bad Guys in thought. "Hmm…You're right. But now that I think of it, maybe it would be better to exploit his greatest weakness." Marmalade said, "Exactly!" Snake said, not realizing what he meant. "Wait." He said, suddenly realizing in the moment, but Marmalade threw him off the helicopter.
Snake quickly jumped back and hung on to the rail with his teeth.
Wolf saw what was happening, shouting as Marmalade was ready to stomp his foot to push Snake off.
"Okay, okay! You win!" Wolf said, "You can have the space rock."
Marmalade lowered his foot, "Good boy, Wolf." He said, condescending as he controlled the guinea pigs to lift the car high enough. Cuddles lowered the grappling hook to grab the meteorite.
Wolf furrowed his brow and got out of the driver's seat.
"Take the wheel." He said, standing in the meteorite. "Not so fast! Pull him up first or I'll use this!" He pulled out the lipstick he was playing with at Diane's hideout.
Marmalade looked at Wolf, with no hint of caution, believing he was making empty threats. "Oh come, now." He said. Wolf turned on the blowtorch and started burning the chain. Snake laughed as he held on.
"Do it, or you'll lose the rocks." Wolf said, Marmalade remained unfazed.
"If you insist. Cuddles!" He shouted and Cuddles lifted the helicopter higher into the sky. Marmalade looked over and realized he was right over the meteorite's crash site. "You want him? He's yours." He stomped his foot and Snake fell off the rail, "Snake!" Wolf shouted. He jumped back into the driver's seat and floored the accelerator, driving over a whole sea if guinea pigs. He looked at how far they were from Snake, and saw the other side of the bridge.
"Guys, I know it's crazy, but we're gonna jump it!" Wolf said, Piranha perked up.
"Crazy? You finally speaking my language, chico!" He shouted, Wolf drove over the guinea pigs and over their broken side of the bridge.
"WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT!!!!!!" Piranha said, believing they went fast enough to reach the other side.
They found themselves falling out of the car, skydiving through the air.
Snake looked at Wolf, "You came back." Snake said, shocked.
Wolf pushed himself further to Snake, "Snake, I should've been honest with you. I was afraid if you knew I wanted to be good, that you'd…" Snake stopped Wolf's explanation. "Act like a jerk and never talk to you again?" He finished, "Yeah." Wolf said. Snake looked sad in that moment, "Hey…I'm sorry 'bout what I said about you and Zeke." Snake said, "Ya did good raising him." Wolf looked over, still believing he didn't do it alone. "Point is, I…" Snake smiled, finishing Wolf's sentence. "Yeah. I love you, too, buddy." He said.
The two friends hugged as the others fell, Shark was in tears as he spoke. "Man, this is so beautiful. Do you know how beautiful this is, you guys?" He said, they were in tears, most of the Bad Guys believed this is the end.
"Come on, guys, who said it was the end?" Wolf said, pulling a grappling hook out. The car blew up as they grappled back to the side of bridge.
The shockwave of the blast shot Marmalade's mind control helmet into the propellors of the helicopter. The helicopter was falling, and the guinea pigs regained their freedom, as they had walked away.
Wolf grabbed back on, to the bridge, but looked with fear as he saw Chief Luggins at the ready. He lowered himself back down and Chief pulled their grappling hook.
"That is it." She said, cackling, "There is absolutely no way you're getting away this time." An entire squadron of police surrounded all exits from the bridge.
"Wait, Chief!" Diane said, as if she popped out of thin air.
"Governor Foxington?" She asked,
"Don't do this! They didn't steal the meteorite, they were bringing it back." Diane explained, "Ha! How could you know that?" She asked, not believing. "Unless…Unless you were conspiring with a bunch of known criminals." She joked, despite the fact that she hit it on the nail.
"Guys!" Zeke held the cat in his arms, Wolf gave his son a super tight hug. "My precious baby bunny!" Wolf said, patting his son's head. "I'll allow that this one time." Zeke hugged his dad, tightly. "Hey, who's a good kitty?" Wolf said, picking up the cat.
Shark, Piranha and Tarantula group hugged Zeke again. "Chamaco, you should've seen it! It was the most intense moment ever!" Piranha said, "Most scary moment, more like it." Shark said, still freaking out from the fall.
"Okay, okay, no crowding." Zeke and Snake shared glances at each other.
Snake looked sad at Zeke, "H-Hey, kiddo." He stuttered. "Listen, I know I hurt your feelings back there, but…I…I'm sorry." Zeke just looked at him plainly and gave him a hug, "I'm just glad you're okay, Uncle Hubert." Zeke said, "And…I forgive you, too." He said, Snake hugging his nephew. "Thanks, Zekey." Snake said.
Diane looked at the others and took a deep breath. "Well…" She cleared her throat, "As a matter of fact, it's time I came clean about something." They all looked at her in surprise, Diane was willing to expose her identity on their behalf. "The truth is I'm really a…" Diane stuttered, "Really a big fan of redemption arcs. Yeah, we know." Wolf said, keeping her secret safe. Wolf and the other nodded, he handed the cat to Diane. "We're done running away." He said, they all put themselves up with their arms ready to be cuffed. To their surprise, Zeke held his arms up, too.
"Zekey?" Wolf asked, shocked by his son,
"What? I grew up with thieves, I'm pretty sure that counts as an accomplice? Not to mention, I bought things with STOLEN money. I'm just as guilty." He said, accepting it.
Wolf smiled at his son, "Chief, do what you need to do." This left the police chief in utter shock, "Y-You're turning yourself in?" She asked, not expecting this turn if events.
"We might not have stolen the meteorite, but we did steal a lot of other things." Wolf explained, "It's time we took responsibility. Start a clean state." He held his arms up higher and winked. "Take us in, Chief." He said, still leaving her in surprise.
"Wait, really?" She only asked, "This is your moment, Chief. Drink it in." Wolf said, putting on his handcuffs. "Wow, I mean, I should give a speech. Well, I should—I should, shouldn't I?" Wolf didn't know how to respond, but when he tried to, she was already delivering a speech. Wolf and Diane smiled, Zeke petting the cat. "See you, Shermy." Zeke said, knowing it would be a while. "I'm proud of you, Wolf." She said, Wolf had his charismatic look on.
"You know, a wolf and a fox are not that different." He said, Zeke still looking at the two of them. "You got a good thing going here, Governor.
"So…they definitely like each other." Zeke muttered, knowing the two had a crush on one another.
"Bye, Governess! See you!" Zeke said goodbye to Diane.
Tiffany Fluffit was on the scene once more,
"So, it turns out the saga of the Bad Guys has come to a simple and totally satisfying conclusion. Though I wonder, what happened to the meteorite?" She asked, still feeling a part of the story was unresolved.
The helicopter has risen up, smoke coming out from the end. Marmalade ordering Cuddles to fly out of her.
"It's Professor Marmalade!" Tiffany said, "He's bringing the meteorite back!" Marmalade looked at the news and realized his cover was close to being blown.
"Uh, yes. Yes. Bringing—Bringing it back. That's precisely what I'm doing." He said, trying to stay composed. He lowered the meteorite down and got off the helicopter.
"Look no further. Your hero has arrived." He said, putting on his facade. "Egocentric as alway, huh, g?" Zeke muttered, angry.
"Professor, care to comment?" Tiffany asked , lowering the mic for him.
"I tried to help them, Tiffany. But in the end, it's the same old story. Bad guys, bad. Good guys, good." He said, "So true, so wise." Tiffany agreed with him. "Furthermore, for the good if the city, I have generously decided to take the meteorite back my compound for safekeeping."
The crowd was cheering for him, while the Bad Guys and Zeke glared. "Is he seriously gonna get away with this?" Webs said, feeling unsatisfied.
"Thank you. Gosh, you're kind." As Marmalade was clapping, the blue lights on the meteorite was going on and off. "Give it up for me!" He says, not realizing what was behind him.
Chief took notice of the meteorite. "Wait a second…This isn't the meteorite!" She said, clapping to turn off the lights. "It's a lamp!" Marmalade gasped, and everyone was left in surprise.
Snake chuckled, they looked at him, realizing what he had done.
Snake was secretly good after his little outburst back at the hideout. He decided to stop Marmalade himself by pretending to be bad. "I'm bad, you're bad. Let's be bad together." He said, "You got yourself a deal." Marmalade said, shaking his hand. Snake wiped his hand after they shook. When Snake took the helmet from Marmalade, he ordered a swarm of guinea pigs to spray paint the lamp by the entrance to look like the meteorite. And then, he switched out the two. The meteorite the Bad Guys stole was the lamp, then the guinea pigs put the meteorite back in it place, with one setting the power to OverDrive.
"But if that's the lamp, where's the…?" Marmalade tried to figure it out but when he heard Snake chuckling, he looked at him. "The ol' switcheroo." Snake said, bluntly. Back at Marmalade's compound, the meteorite was going haywire and it was ready to blow.
Snake put his tail up to show the blast from across the city, a blue light shooting up into the air.
This left everyone, Marmalade especially in absolute shock and utter silence. Wolf walked over and patted Marmalade's head, smirking victoriously.
The Bad Guys and Zeke got into a police car, with Wolf saluting Diane as he got in.
The gang stared back at Marmalade, knowing they defeated the true Bad Guy. Piranha whispered "It's a butt." cheerfully.
Somehow, the Golden Dolphin flew from the compound and hit the lamp and it fell on top of Marmalade. The diamond he stole from Diane fell off of him.
"Hold on, this is the Zumpango diamond, but this was stolen by the—" Chief Luggins gasped, loudly and pointed to Marmalade in accusation. "By the Crimson Paw!" She said, the crowd murmured among themselves, with Marmlade trying to defend himself. "And a shocking twist, the notorious bandit known as the Crimson Paw has been revealed to be none other than Professor Marmalade!" Tiffany said, loving this scoop.
Police threw Marmalade into a armored truck.
"I'm not the Crimson Paw! She's the Crimson Paw!" Marmalade said, trying to reveal Diane's true identity, but no one was listening. "She's the Paw! I'm a flower of goodness! No!"
"Hoo, that's my reptile right there!" Shark said, noogying Snake's head. The Bad Guys celebrated! "Come on, somebody had to destroy that meteorite. That thing was dangerous!" Snake said, "That was pretty good there, Snakey." Wolf said, still smirking. "Good? It was genius." Snake said, "Not only did I foil the pig, I got you to admit how much you care about me." Zeke rolled his eyes, knowing his uncle. "Sure, yeah." Wolf said, "I just wonder about one little thing." Piranha perked up, "Oh yeah, me too! Wolfy, why'd you get rid of Zeke's things?" Webs asked, Zeke straightened up his sleeves. "I got rid of them, Aunt Webs." He explained, "I bought those things with stolen money, didn't I? I figured I'd return some things I had, too." One thing is that Zeke left at the hideout was his mother's necklace and letter. Wolf and the others patted Zeke's head, "That's my precious baby bunny!" Zeke shot back, "Hey! I'm not a baby!" Wolf only chuckled, "So, what's the thing YOU'RE wondering, Wolf?" Snake asked, Wolf put on his sunglasses, "Who do you think put that one push pop in the fridge?" He asked, Snake suddenly came to a realization.
"Wait." He said, he couldn't believe Wolf. Wolf still tricked him, "I knew you were good." Everyone started laughing. "Good Guys for real this time, g!" Zeke said, excitedly. Everyone celebrating, and Snake was still shocked.
(And now we've reached the end of the movie. So, I gotta ask, what'd you guys think so far? Do you want me to get straight into the epilogue or add a few moments, I know there's a year time-skip in there. Remember to stay strong and awesome! And remember that redemption is in Him!)