After an eventful day yesterday, the two raccoons, RJ and Ralph have been sleeping peacefully. The younger raccoon woke up and start stretching himself. Then start hearing RJ woke up fast while also sounding startled. Probably was just a nightmare.
RJ quickly check himself.
RJ: "Four paws, fur. Still alive, still alive."
Ralph: "Fun dream?"
He climbed up the tree and sit on the branch.
RJ: "Oh I'm fine. Just very swell."
Ralph could hear his older brother's tone of voice. Then he shook his head.
RJ: "Okay fine. I had a dream just about Vincent."
Ralph's eyes widened from this as he sighed.
Ralph: "Don't worry. We're gonna get through it somehow."
RJ wanted to believe him, but he was just too scared to do so. But then they hear strange voices. They turn to see two girl scouts walking on the sidewalk with a red wagon filled with cookies.
RJ quickly look at his list filled with all the food they need to give to Vincent.
RJ: "The wagon is what we need."
Ralph: "How are we even gonna get it?"
They turn to see all the animals they meet foraging for food.
The porcupine kids complaining about eating bark. Stella going through leaves. Hammy, well, being Hammy.
RJ: "Looks like now's our chance."
Ralph: "Come on RJ, I'm not sure they are ready to listen yet."
Then they see Verne come out while holding bark and eating it. Though they see him struggling to eat it.
Ralph: "Yeah alright."
They get off the tree and head to them.
Verne: "Okay. This is great. Granted, it takes some time to chew. But that... That was very satisfying. And, by the way, lots of fiber in there too. Lots."
RJ: "I gotta admit, that does look tasty."
Verne: "What are you doing here?"
RJ: "We're here to help you with your... foraging thing."
Ralph: "Y-Yeah. It seems like you need some help."
Verne gave them a look as it seems that he still doesn't trust them.
RJ: "Look, Verne, you said a word yesterday about your little gang here. It starts with an F, do you remember what it was?"
Verne: "Family?"
RJ: "Right, right, that. You know, that got me right here. You see, Verne, me and Ralph used to have all of that. Our own place, surrounded by loved ones, universal remote. But then all that went away with...the weed hacker incident."
He start fake crying. Ralph couldn't believe that he's really doing this. What he also couldn't believe is that everyone believes this.
Hammy: "Oh, come here!"
He runs up to RJ and hugs him. RJ hugs him back.
Ralph: *thinks* 'I just can't believe this...'
He then notice that Heather had hugged him. He blushed from the hug he got from her.
Heather: "I'm so sorry for your loss."
Ralph: "I-It's fine Heather..."
Everyone tried to convinced Verne to let them stay.
Hammy: "The weed hacker, Verne. The weed hacker."
RJ gently pushed Hammy away.
RJ: "It's okay. Not your problem. We'll just go. This is me...going. Really nice getting to know you. Hey, I'm sure I'll see you around the forest. Take care."
RJ slowly walks away. As he kept going, Verne gives in and sighed.
Verne: "All right, all right. Hey, uh, RJ? You can...You can stay. So can your brother."
RJ stopped and smirked. Then he rushed to Verne and hug him.
RJ: "Come here, ya big lug! I knew beneath this hard, crispy outside there was a soft, nougat-y center in there. Do you mind if I call you Uncle Verne?"
Verne: "With every bone in my body..."
RJ: "Great. Hey, can we work with Hammy?"
He pulled Hammy with him to talk with him, before signaling Ralph to come with them.
Ralph: "Hey um... I have to get going."
Heather: "O-Oh. Yeah okay."
She let's him go and Ralph went to RJ and Hammy to talk with them.
Ralph wanted to know what he was planning to do with Hammy.
Hammy: "Wanna help me find my nuts?"
RJ: "Very tempting, Hammy. Very tempting, but first, I wanna show you...this!"
He showed off a cookie to him. Hammy was instantly hooked to the cookie.
RJ: "You like this cookie? Well, this cookie's junk!"
He throwed the cookie and it made Hammy sad.
Hammy: "But I like a cookie."
RJ: "Easy, easy, don't worry. I know where to find cookies so great, they'll hand delivered by personal owners."
Soon they climbed up a tree as they see the girls scouts with the wagon filled with cookies.
RJ: "And there they are. America's most coveted cookies. Love Handles, Skinny Mints, Neener Neeners and Smackeroons. And guess what? They're all yours!
Ralph notices Hammy was about to jump down there and he grabbed his tail before he did.
RJ: "Whoa, Hamilton. Hold on there, fella. I love your energy, but you can't take 'em."
Hammy: "But you said they're mine.
RJ: "They will be, if we successfully marry your manic energy to my brilliant plan! -You with me, kid?"
Hammy: "l... I... I...
RJ: "The l's have it! Let's ride."
They were now under a car talking about the plan.
Ralph: "You think this could work?"
RJ: "Hey my plan is full proof. When have I ever been wrong."
Ralph opens his mouth, but only for RJ to cover it.
RJ: "Don't answer that. Let's see if Hammy is ready."
They look to see the squirrel talking to his own reflection
Hammy: "Hey! You stay away from those cookies. They're mine! Hey, this guy's not coming, is he? Cause I don't want him to."
RJ: "Oh, we have so much work to do."
Ralph: "Just gotta make sure he goes along with this."
RJ: "you're right. Come on, step into my office. Now, listen up. What we're going for here is a vicious, man-eating, rabid squirrel. Can you handle that?"
Hammy: "Excuse me?"
He raises his hand to speak as this makes Ralph chuckle at him.
RJ: "Yes... Hammy."
Hammy: "OK. Rabbits aren't vicious. They're all cute and cuddly, so..."
Ralph: "Hammy. It's rabid, not rabBIT."
Hammy: "Oh... What?"
RJ then uses his spit to make his hair and tail all fuzzy and wet.
RJ: "Now show me that wild look in your eye, boy. Come on!"
He manages to show this look to them that makes him look more crazy.
RJ: "Perfect!"
Ralph: "Not quite uh... Hold on."
He went through RJ's golf bag until he brought out a spray can of whip cream.
Ralph: "Now this will do."
He starts putting some around his mouth to make it look like he has rabies.
RJ: "Alright you're good now Hammy. Go! Go!"
Hammy: "I am a crazy rabid squirrel! I want my cookies!"
He runs over to the girls and starts acting crazy. The girl scouts looks at him with disgust until he look into the book about this.
RJ: "This might actually work!"
Ralph: "Uh don't count on it bro..."
RJ was confused and they both saw Hammy get hit by their book.
Ralph: "We gotta help him."
RJ: "Come on. I'm sure he's fine."
Hammy got cornered with the book and got sprayed by their can of rabid animal sprayer.
Hammy started screaming from the spray.
RJ: "Walk it off! Just walk that one off!"
Ralph: "RJ we gotta help him out!"
Verne: "What is going on? Is that Hammy?"
They noticed that Verne was behind them as he was concerned for Hammy.
RJ: "Everything's under control. Just go back to the hedge."
Verne: "You call that under control? He's under attack!"
RJ: "He's working!"
Verne: "I'm coming, Hammy!"
Ralph: "Right behind you!"
RJ suddenly grabs his tail.
Ralph: "What are you doing? Hammy needs help!"
RJ: "Because of THAT!"
He points at streetsweeper and notice it was heading straight for Verne.
RJ: "Verne! No! What are you doing!? Watch out!"
Verne notices as the sweeper got him and fling him out of his shell onto one of the girl scouts faces. Then the other swats him off until they see him naked.
The girls were disgusted and freaked out as they run.
RJ: "Verne! That was great! You, my friend, are a natural. Or, should I say, au naturel."
RJ throws him a cookie and he caught it. Then the turtle notices he was naked and his shell is over there. Then covers himself with the cookie.
RJ: "Hammy, you were awesome, my man! You had me scared. I was about to come out and beat you with a book myself. You're all right, aren't ya? Of course you are. You are Hammy! Those bruises are gonna heal. You know what? Chicks dig scars."
Ralph quickly brings Verne's shell to him.
Ralph: "Here. Uh Sorry about the whole-"
Verne: "Not. Another. Word."
Ralph could tell he was upset.
Ralph: "...Right. Okay. Got it!"
He quickly joins with RJ and Hammy inside the hedge.
After he puts his shell back on, he quickly hides behind a mailbox and notices the girl scouts returned with their mother.
Girls: "There! He was right over there!"
Shelby: "That's where the squirrel attacked us! He has, like, rabies or something."
Mackinzie: "There was this gross, naked, amphibian thing."
Verne: *muttered* "Reptile."
Janis: "It's OK, girls. Go inside, have a cookie, turn on the TV and calm down."
Shelby: "Thanks, Mom."
He then notices Gladys, the woman from last night who attacked them with a broom, walked up to the mom after the girls left.
Gladys: "I'm sorry, Janis, did l just hear them say 'rabid squirrel?'"
Janis: "I think they might just be overreacting."
Gladys: "But what if they're not? What if we have a potential pandemic on our hands? Vermin running loose, spreading disease and lowering our property values?"
Janis: "Yeah. I have a casserole in the oven. Gotta run."
She left leaving Gladys annoyed by this.
Gladys: "Fine. You worry about your casserole, and I'll worry about the end of suburban peace and tranquility!"
She also left, which gave Verne a chance to escape back to the hedge.
RJ and Ralph was busy giving out cookies to everyone.
The three porcupine kids also drink some very sugary soda and got hyper. Hammy was about to drink an energy drink but Ralph stopped him.
Ralph: "Sorry Hamm, but ain't no way you're having this."
He took the drink away.
RJ: "He's right. The last thing you need is caffeine."
Verne watched all of this as he was feeling really upset. But why? This was to help out him and his friends for until the winter right?
RJ: "That's right. Come on, dig in. Because this, my friends, is just the beginning."
Verne: "What?"
Soon days have passed where the raccoons and the woodland creatures, minus Verne, was stealing from around the suburbs Every delicious snacks and food that they have gotten. RJ was so close to completing the list that him and his brother need to fill out to give it all to Vincent. They even got close with the woodland animals. Especially Ralph and Heather. Seems like they have gotten much closer than they realize. Now with Verne, he was upset by the fact that everyone listens to them more than him. This made him very jealous of the raccoon brothers.
Soon they were after a blue cooler as Verne hears a car screech. He went to see what it is. There he sees Ozzie on the ground being dead. He was worried that he actually died for real.
[RJ is on a tree, checking the list that the ice cooler is next. He gets a plan and tells the animals to get ready. Verne is still being left out until he heard a car screech and a thud.]
Verne: "Ozzie! Oh No..."
A mom and two kids came out of their car to see Ozzie on the ground. One of the kids ask to pick him, but the mom obviously say no. More people showed up including Gladys. Ozzie then gets up and lays on the ground again. Obviously showing he's playing dead.
Ozzie: "Lights fading, limbs growing cold. - I see a tunnel."
Verne: "Oh, no."
Verne sighed and facepalmed from this. Then he notices everyone is on the car trying to move the blue cooler. Then he heads for them.
Verne: "I'm telling you, you went too far this time. Let's get out of here and leave this... This..."
They push the cooler and it dropped on Verne. But he was okay.
RJ: "Nice catch, Verne."
Ralph: "Yeah nice one."
Verne: "You're dangerous. You're insane!"
Soon the animals grabbed the cooler and headed off. But they bumped into a mailbox and accidentally spilled food out of it.
That was the least of their problem. The white truck coming this way was.
Verne hides behind the car. There, coming out of the truck, was a man dressed in orange.
Dwayne: "I believe someone phoned about an animal problem? The solution is standing before you. Dwayne LaFontant is here."
Gladys: "Where have you been? I'm throwing a 'Welcome to the Neighborhood' party, tomorrow and so far Debbie's car has killed more animals than you have."
Dwayne: "Stand down, sister. I personally guarantee that there will not be a living thing at this party. The Verminator is on the job."
The animals quickly gathered the food.
Verne: "Leave it. Leave it!"
No one would listen to him. Then the exterminator kneels down to look at Ozzie.
Dwayne: "Now, what do we have here? Didelphis marsupialis virginianus. Approximately ten pounds. Male."
He puts on the gloves which makes Ozzie be in fear.
Debbie: "I think he's dead."
Dwayne: "Oh, really? Do you, in fact, have an associates degree from Vermtech? I think he wants you to think he's dead."
When the animals got the cooler in the hedge, RJ and Ralph gave Ozzie the signal to run.
Dwayne: "..voluntary shock state. Look at him closely. You can see him breathing."
Gladys: "I certainly hope he's not in any pain."
When the exterminator was about to grab him, Ozzie rushed out of there.
Dwayne: "What the...?"
Gladys: "AAHH! Kill it! Kill it!"
Ozzie was able to made it to the hedge. Verne was about to head back also, but stopped before the exterminator could see him.
Dwayne: "All right, what am I up against here? Possum, porcupine, skunk, squirrel, raccoon, amphibian."
Verne: *mutters* "Reptile."
Dwayne: "No. Reptile."
He looks behind the car and nothing was there. Verne manages to made it back to the hedge.
Lou: "That's what I call a super-duper performance there."
Hammy: "I wanna do it again!"
RJ: "Beyond super. They were riveted, man. You were awesome!"
Heather: "Dad. I just gotta say, that was... that was pretty good."
Bucky: "Props for the Ozman!"
This makes Ozzie really proud of himself. Especially from his daughter being proud of him
Ozzie: "But let's not forget our brilliant leadership: RJ and Ralph"
This makes Verne very upset by this and makes the raccoons shocked.
Ralph: "O-Oh uh... thanks. I mean we were just trying to help."
Heather grabs his hand.
Heather: "Hey, come this way. We wanna show you something."
Ralph blushed while being pulled by Heather. The others lead RJ too. This leaves Verne with the food that they gathered.
The animals lead both raccoons to another part of the forest. There they both see that it is decorated for them.
RJ: "That's for us...?"
Lou: "Yeah, is this anything like what you guys had?"
RJ: "This isn't anything like what I had, Lou."
They sat in the big chair.
Hammy: "Here, I'm not supposed to drink this."
RJ looks at the energy drink and looks back at them.
Ralph: "Thank you guys..."
RJ: "Isn't that my bag?"
Heather: "Yeah, we brought it in here so you wouldn't have to sleep up in that old tree."
Bucky: "Hey, RJ, check this out! We totally hooked up the TV."
Spike: "I hot-wired the HD converter."
Quillo: "We get a thousand channels!"
They smiled at the three porcupine kids. Then Ralph notice heather giving him the remote
Heather: "Here, can you take the remote before my dad does?"
Ralph: "Wow. A universal remote? This is nice, guys. Really nice. Thanks for this."
Ralph smiles a lot. Then notice Heather sat close to him. He smiles a lot. Then he turned on the TV.
TV Announcer: "And now, we return to 'A Scoundrel Among Us.'"
Woman: "You should be ashamed of yourself! We let you into our family, and you deceived us!"
This makes them guilty. RJ grabs the remote and changes the channel.
Man: "I gave you my heart, and then you ripped it into a milion pieces!"
RJ changes it again.
Dr. Dennis: "Get real, Kevin. Because when you feel like a dirtbag, it's because you're a dirtbag, right? So just say it out loud: 'I am a dirtbag.'"
They mouthed "I am a dirtbag." They did feel like dirtbags. Ralph felt so guilty about this. Lying and plotting behind their backs. Especially Heather. He looks at her and she notices and she smiles back. Then he looks back at the tv looking down. But one thing for sure, he wasn't feeling as guilty as RJ. Since he was the one behind everything. Ralph wanted to blame him all the way, but he also blamed himself. They look at each other.
Lou: "Dirtbag? I don't think that guy's a real doctor. What do you think there, RJ? RJ?"
They noticed that both brothers left.
Heather: "Ralph?"
She looks around.
Ralph was panicking and walking back and forth by the log. RJ was breathing into an empty chip bag.
Ralph: "We gotta come clean."
RJ: "Oh no we don't."
He said before throwing the bag away.
Ralph: "RJ. You being sneaky and conniving is what got us here in the first place. I know we are raccoons, but jesus why did you have to go and steal from Vincent?"
RJ: "I know! I know... But what can we do? If we come clean. they are gonna get mad and maybe kick us out and we would steal get killed by Vincent."
Ralph stayed quiet.
RJ: "Look we need to stay focus. Get the food. Feed the bear. Get the food. Feed the bear."
They then notice the log is... empty?!
RJ: "WHERE'S THE FOOD?! WHERE'S THE FOOD?!"
