Hello readers! At long last a new chapter is finally up! Sorry it took so long, I was dealing with some depression issues including ideas roaming my brain. But also, I just heard we're getting a Bad Guys 2 movie coming out this summer. That's insane! And who knows maybe I'll make a sequel if you continue liking and reading this story. Anyway, enough talk! Just sit back, relax, and enjoy the next chapter!


Chapter 9:

On the TV, there was a banner that read: BREAKING NEWS! GOLDEN DOLPHIN STOLEN. BAD GUYS STRIKE, POLICE STRIKE OUT…AGAIN. Police cars were surrounding the whole block while sirens continued to blare loudly as partygoers were flashing their cameras with pictures of the events that took place tonight. The Governor alongside with the Chief, and Professor Marmalade were being interviewed by the young, ambitious, and nosy news reporter Tiffany Fluffit as they all stood in front of a staircase of the Fine Arts Museum behind them.

This was going to be the story that will remain unforgettable.

"What's up? It's Tiffany Fluffit, Channel 6 Action News" she chirped into the microphone, "What should've been a night for celebration has now become a night gripped by fear. It would appear that the Bad Guys have just pulled off the impossible...stealing the Golden Dolphin...right from under our noses. Joining me on the scene is Governor Diane Foxington, Professor Marmalade, and our Chief of Police…"

But her sentence was cut short when the Chief roughly shoved the news reporter out of the way and grabbed the microphone and began blabbering into the news camera.

"YOU BAD GUYS THINK YOU'RE CLEVER? HA-HA! NOT ON MY WATCH! GET THIS, I'M COMING FOR YOU! EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU! YOU GET ME?!" The Chief shouted, furiously

Tiffany quickly tried to take the microphone back but the Chief resisted and pulled back. A tug-a-war began between the two women.

"YOU CAN'T HIDE FOREVER! I'LL FIND YOU! I WILL FIND YOU IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO!" The Chief shouted

"And now…"

(STRAINING)

"Here's a word from…our governor…"

(STRAINING)

"Diane Foxington!" The news reporter shouted, as she threw the microphone to the governor.

(STRAINING, GRUNTING, AND FIGHTING)

"Thank-you, Tiffany," said Diane, who began talking into the microphone. "Yes, what happened tonight was truly unfortunate but rest assured the LAPD is taking immediate action, as we speak. I'm sure our trusted Chief of Police is on the case…"

Suddenly the Chief jumped in front of the camera again while three of her colleagues alongside Tiffany tried to restrain her from getting out of control.

"YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN'T HIDE! I'M THE POLICE OF THE LAND AND THE SKY!" The Chief shouted

Tiffany and the other officers pulled the angry Chief away leaving a stunned Diane Foxington speechless before quickly snapping out of it.

"…As I was saying, the LAPD will get to the bottom of this. The Bad Guys may have gotten away with the Golden Dolphin tonight but they should know this…what happens in the dark will always come to light," Diane said

(TV SHUT OFF)


The governor's speech was cut short when the TV screen blacked-out which happened to be shut off by Wolf (who had the remote) as he and his friends had been watching the news ever since they came back from their failed heist. The five criminal animals had towels wrapped over their heads after rinsing off all the smoothie juice from their drenched clothes. They were NOT happy.

"Get outta here! We don't even have the stupid Dolphin!" Wolf yelled, throwing the remote at the TV

"It's just unbelievable! It's ridiculous!" Shark retorted, with a scowl on his face. "I feel so violated right now"

"If I was there on that scene, I'd shoved that microphone down that governor's throat and watch her choke!" Snake hissed

"After everything that happened there tonight...they're pinning this on us! I refuse to believe it…unless given credit for stealing!" Piranha retorted, crossing his fins

"I still can't believe we got outsmarted by a kindergartener!" Webs retorted. "A tiny kindergartener!"

"Well none of this would've backfired if you dummies hadn't screwed up!" Snake hissed, pointing his tail at the two fish and the arachnid

"Who you calling a dummy, you dummy?!" Piranha retorted, pointing a fin at the limbless reptile

"What are you talking about? I played my part just right!" the arachnid argued

"Yeah, all you did was play the rope, genius" Shark argued, "No safecracking included"

Snake gave the big fish one of his menacing faces as he hissed, "Watch it, tuna breath!"

"Have you ever tried smelling your own breath, Snake, because it's far from tuna breath," Piranha teased. "It's barbarically stinky"

Webs groaned in annoyance, "Stinky? You wanna talk about stinky? If you hadn't set off a nuclear bomb through the vents I wouldn't have blacked out and could've observed more better on what was happening backstage!"

"I told you, it only happens when I'm nervous!" Piranha argued

"Now you're just making excuses!" Webs argued

"Now you're just sounding like a baby!" Shark argued

"You're all acting like babies!" Snake argued

"It's Web's fault!" Piranha blamed

"It's Piranha's fault!" Webs blamed

"Ugh, now your just giving me a headache!" Snake groaned

"That can be arranged!" Shark said

The big fish then tackled the reptile, the arachnid, and the tiny Columbian fish to the floor. The four began brawling with each other, much to Wolf's annoyance. The canine was trying his best to solve everything. He got off the couch and began pacing back and forth, in a thinking manner. The plan was to steal the Golden Dolphin and make history of themselves but instead they got their legacy bamboozled from them by some smart-aleck child from out of nowhere. The kid wasn't part of the plan! How did things take an unexpected turn? Where did the kid come from? How did the boy even know about the job? None of it made sense.

The canine couldn't concentrate was all the racket going on between his friends fighting all over the hideout. So he decided to walk over and break up the fight.

"Come on, guys!" Wolf shouted, "Break it up, break it up!"

The foursome fully ended their brawl after their leader came in between them.

"He started it!" Shark whined, pointing at the reptile

"Yeah, he called me a dummy!" Piranha whined

"Oh sure, always blame the grumpy ol' snake!" Snake hissed

"Easy for you to say, you don't care about anyone but yourself!" Webs retorted

"I'm a bad guy, it's what I do. We're all bad guys!" Snake shouted, "It's in our blood!"

"Would you all…JUST. SHUT. IT!" Wolf shouted, which caused the four to be silent. "This is none of your faults. As your leader, I take full blame for what happened tonight. This one's on me. But killing each other isn't going to solve anything"

"Technically, killing does always solve everything" Piranha said

Webs gritted her teeth at the crazy fish and mumbled, "Not now, Piranha!"

"Okay, our humble leader, tell me this…why are we still sitting on our butts when we should be out there tracking down that bratty little parasite!" Snake retorted, mentioning the boy

"Oh, don't get me started on the kid again!" Piranha exclaimed, wanting to punch something

"Like I said…outsmarted by a tiny kindergartener" Webs retorted

"Look, he clearly must've planned this whole thing out. We just had no clue," Wolf said, "He had us when we were at our most vulnerable. The kid obviously wanted to steal the Golden Dolphin for himself just so he could make fools out of us for his own entertainment"

"Yep, and it worked!" Shark said, with a frown. "I demand payback!"

"Ooh, if I could only get my fins on him I'd make him beg!" Piranha said, furiously

"If I had a web strong enough to catch him I'd wrap him in a big ol' cocoon and use him for a punching bag!" The hacker said, furiously

"You see, Wolf, we all crave revenge!" Snake said, sternly. "Any objections?"

"NO!"

"Listen, I get that you're all mad…and I respect that. But if we're going to find this kid we need to keep it together" Wolf said

"Yeah, but how?" Piranha asked, "Who am I kidding? That kid's probably on the next to flight to Jamaica with the Golden Dolphin by now"

"Uh, correction…OUR Golden Dolphin" Webs corrected

"This stress is killing me. It's making me hungry. I could really, really, use a push-pop!" Shark whined

"That's too bad because it just so happens to already be transferred in my safe deposit box" Snake with a teasing smirk

"What safe deposit box?" Shark questioned the reptile

"My gut, where else?" Snake hissed

"Piranha's right, Wolf. For all we know he could be long gone. I've even spent the last couple hours tracing every cell phone in this city but none of them match the little thief" Webs told the canine. "I mean…Heck! I still can't figure out how he did it. The little guy had the money…"

"…the equipment" Snake added

"…the disguises" Shark added

"…and even the brains!" Piranha added

"Hey, just because some random kiddie eluded us doesn't mean we should give up! Is this really what we want the world to remember us by? No! We have a reputation as Bad Guys and we're going to keep that alive. Sure he had the brains, the money, the equipment, and the disguises" their leader said. "But we don't quit! He's somewhere out there with our Golden Dolphin and I, for one, am not going to rest until we steal back what's rightfully ours!"

"You know I just thought of something" Shark said

"What?" Wolf asked

"He's just a kid, right? I mean, little kids don't really get enough allowance money to buy heist equipment to pull off one big job in just one night" Shark pointed out. "And we've got all of that right here"

The big fish referred to their entire hideout filled with the stolen loot, the artifacts, the mission suits, the weapons, and the gadgets. Maybe the big tuna was on to something.

"What are you blabbering about? You're saying he used the stuff that we stole?" Snake asked

The tiny fish smacked his forehead with his fin,"Now I'm brainstorming," Piranha said, feeling a migraine coming on

"Everything in your brain is a storm" the limbless reptile told the crazy fish

Wolf walked over and placed a paw on one of the big fish's shoulders. "It's an interesting theory, big guy. But I don't think that's true. Heck even if he did, my nose wouldn't be able to track his scent if he had actually stepped foot in here"

"But what if he could've" Shark said, "You could at least try"

Wolf's ears flattened. "Look, I'll show you"

The canine took a few sniff's in the air but he couldn't smell the kid's scent anywhere in their hideout.

"You see? I smell nothing" Wolf said, proving the big fish wrong. "Sorry, buddy"

Shark then turned to Snake. "What about you? You can taste air, right? Maybe you can pick up something"

Snake scowled at the big tuna with annoyance.

"I'm a safecracker not a bloodhound! I don't have my own surveillance system in my gut" Snake said, sternly

Suddenly wide eyes expressed on the arachnid's face when a light bulb brightened up inside her head.

"As a matter of fact…we do" Webs said

"Huh?"

The others said in confusion.


Webs quickly pulled out her laptop and began to work her magic while the others watched her with confused expressions on their faces. None of them knew what their eight-legged expert hacker was up to but it better be something to give them hope for. Still, they trusted her completely. If there was anyone able enough to pull a technological trick up her sleeve...it was her.

Wolf scratched his head. "Uh, Webs, explanation?"

"Okay, I was going to tell you guys this months ago but I decided to install our very own video surveillance system" Webs explained, "Just in case"

"Our very own video surveillance system?" Wolf asked, raising a brow

"But we don't even bother stealing that garbage" Snake grumbled, "Normally, we try staying off of those things so we don't get caught by the cops"

"Just hear me out, if we were ever out preparing for a job and if somehow some random punk discovered our hideout and would try to rob everything we have, we could use it to pick up facial recognition to find the culprit. So, I installed cameras everywhere" Webs explained

"I've seen uglier things on people's faces and none of them are pretty" Snake grumbled, glancing at the canine and the two fish

"Sounds like you're trying to invade our privacies" Shark said, looking uncomfortable

Suddenly Piranha raised his fin up like he was trying to get a school teacher's attention. "Ooh-Ooh-Ooh! Do you think it has footage of the time I had to use Snake's toothbrush to clean the toilet"

"WHAT?!" Snake exclaimed, showing fire in his eyes

The canine snapped his fingers at the crazy fish and limbless reptile to knock it off.

"Guys, focus!" Wolf said, before turning to the arachnid. "Webs, we've had this place since the beginning of our days of crime. No cop or civilian has ever once been able infiltrate our location. You can't honestly believe this involves the kid. I mean, what if Shark's wrong…"

"…Or maybe he's right" Webs said. "If he's correct, then this footage should explain everything"

Webs continued typing on her laptop until she was finally able to get the surveillance system to start working. Once she did, she had multiple screens come up on her laptop.

"Wolf, could you hook up the TV for me?" Webs asked

Wolf shrugged and wasted no time as he grabbed the TV remote and switched it to Webs settings until multiple screens came up on the big screen. Each screen showed a certain spot where it was surveilling: the living room, the kitchen, the bedrooms, the vault, the elevator, the area of loot and artifacts; even a few cameras showed the outside of the entrance of their hideout where they pull the car in. The canine had to admit it…Webs was a pure genius when it came to her work especially having eight legs plus two arms.

"You never cease to amaze me, Webs" Wolf complimented, with a smile

"What would you guys do without me" Webs said, with a smile.

Webs and the four guys began observing all the screens on the TV set. If Shark was right, there must've been a reason why the kid was able to outsmart their every move. They just needed to see what happed, how, and when.

"Try to find footage of last night" Wolf asked

"Copy that" Webs said, with a nod

The arachnid typed into her laptop and pulled up a video file saved on her desktop of the events that happened yesterday in their hideout. A certain reptile's birthday that was taken place. Once she found the file ~ she clicked on it ~ and a video uploaded up revealing all five bad guys sitting at the kitchen table celebrating their grumpy's safecracker's birthday.

"Really? We're reliving the day I hate the most out of every year?" Snake said sternly, "I think I hate you more"

Webs waved her hand at him, "You just say that"

"Repeatedly" Snake retorted

Focusing back to the monitor, the Bad Guys continued to carefully watch the surveillance footage of themselves celebrating Snake's birthday. Everything seemed to be looking very normal for the first couple minutes. The canine raising his glass in a toast, the brawler doing his song for the grouchy reptile, and the undersea predator with the arachnid listening with love and support. Nothing looked off. Or did it? Suddenly something finally caught Wolf's eye when he saw something on the screen. His attention turned to a certain spot in the hideout right next to what appeared to be a suit of armor.

"There!" Wolf said, pointing his finger at the screen. "Zoom-in, on that!"

Using her keyboard, the arachnid zoomed-in where the suit of armor stood in place. There was a red-looking figure hiding behind the suit of armor but it was too blurry. The other guys looked quizzically at the image trying to piece it together.

"Hey, is that?…" Shark said

Once Webs enhanced the image on the screen…

They all gasped.

"THE KID?!"

And there he was was! The enhanced image showed proof of Boy inside their hideout—watching everything. Brown hair, red sweatshirt, blue jeans, and the green backpack. The group of thieves were stunned by this. Jaws were dropped and a few eyes were twitching with disbelief. But Wolf was the most stunned out of all of them.

"IT'S HIM, IT'S HIM, IT'S HIM!" Piranha screeched

Shark jumped off the couch and started jumping up and down, "SEE! SEE! I told you I was right!"

"Ay Caramba, now I really feel that storm brewing!" Piranha yelled angrily, yanking on his dorsal fin

"I don't believe this!" Snake angrily said, "He was really here!"

"A tiny kindergartener! What I tell you?" Webs said, "And I thought I was the smart one"

The limbless reptile seethed with fire in his eyes while darting his eyes at the kid on the television screen. "Why that little…if I ever find him, I'm gonna…I'm gonna…Oooh, I could eat him!"

Wolf said nothing and continued to stare at the screen with his expression remaining stunned. This couldn't be! A human kid actually got into their hideout! But that's can't be. It just can't be! There was no way some random kiddie could've found their place all by himself. Like he said, no cop or civilian has ever been able to infiltrate their hideout and yet somehow this KID actually managed to pull it off. But when? How? It was at that moment…his brain began brewing up a storm.

The canine got off the couch and walked up to the front of the screen.

"I-I don't understand this" Wolf said, looking shocked. "How could this have happened?!"

"I-I'm at a loss for words, fellas" Webs said

"No one's ever continued pursuing after us like this before…especially, during a robbery" Shark pointed out

"Yeah and everyone's always running away from us. But never has this become an issue" Piranha said

"How the heck could you let this happen, Wolf?" The safecracker questioned his best friend

All eyes were darted on their fearless leader.

"What?…ME?! I'm just as surprised as all of you are!" Wolf protested, trying to defend himself. "Don't blame me!"

"Well, I gotta blame someone for this mess! After all, you did admit this was your fault. This snotty-little rugrat shows up out of nowhere and sabotages our job and gets away with it! Some leader you are!" Snake retorted

"Hey, I didn't mean for this to happen you know! It's not like the little tyke could've just snuck-in the back of my…" Wolf paused, before he felt an epiphany coming on. "…car"


To confirm his suspicions, Wolf immediately ran over to open the parking lift (where his car was parked inside). The canine then popped the back hood open and started sniffing all over until he caught something…he smelled it...it was a familiar scent…it was indeed…the boy.

Wolf growled under his breath, "That sneaky little…"

"Well?" Snake called out

Wolf slammed the trunk and began marching back over to the couch where his friends were waiting for an answer from him.

"I got a scent. It's his" Wolf told them

"WHAT?!" The others said in unison

"Yep! That brat kid snuck in the back of my car!" Wolf said, angrily.

Wolf was very mad. The canine wanted to hit something to let out his anger. So he walked over to the suit of armor and he shoved it to the ground with a metal CLANK!

"That can't be! There's no way he had the brains for this" Snake retorted, "It's impossible!"

"He must've snuck in the back when we robbed the Big Bank the other day! It's the only logical explanation" Wolf retorted back

Webs facepalmed herself in annoyance, "So, if he broke in the back of the trunk…"

"He must've hitched a ride" Shark pointed out

"…And if he hitched a ride, it means we lead him straight back here!" Piranha finished, referring to their whole hideout

Snake gripped his face with his tail in frustration. "I can't believe this!"

"Hey guys!" Webs called out, "I've just found something else. We all should sit down and see this"

Wolf walked right back over to sit in his spot on the couch. It reveals that Webs found another video file that was saved. It said, "Open it, dummy." Seeing those words knew this had to be from the kid. So, using her keyboard, the arachnid clicked and opened the video file and it began upload on the screen.

The video started playing.

On the video showed only the kitchen and the table. Wolf and the gang watched carefully to see what this was about. It was quiet. Too quiet. But after ten seconds, the silence broke, when Boy appeared on the screen who was whistling to himself while walking in different directions. The Bad Guys glanced at each other in bewilderment. This was indeed the same kid that robbed them before. The same kid—who stole the Golden Dolphin. Looking back to the screen, they noticed Boy coming over to the kitchen table when the child pulled out a blender. This caused the fearsome five to tilt their heads in confusion. Still whistling to his tune, the small child started placing some items into the blender; items Wolf and the gang recognized that were theirs. Webs electronics, Piranha's favorite wrestler action figure, Shark's comic books, Wolf's car keys, and even Snake's favorite push-pop. This worried the fearsome five, believing that the kid was about to do something very bad to their valuables.

"He wouldn't!" Shark panicked

Once placing the lid on the blender, Boy slowly held out his finger to press the start button.

"He would!" Webs finished

The Bad Guys were panicking now!

"NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo…"

But Boy didn't press anything when he paused and looked at the screen with a friendly smile.

"Oh, hi there!" Boy said, waving to them

Their pleadings were soon quickly turned to complete silent shock.

"Don't worry. I would never do anything to the things you love…except maybe for this push-pop…I think I'll help myself" Boy said, grabbing the push-pop and began licking it

Snake's eyes widened in horror!

"What the-! HEY, THAT'S MINE!" Snake shrieked, angrily

"You snooze you loose" Piranha added

Seeing this, caused Snake to growl in deep anger.

(SNAKE HISSING)

"Anyway, if you're watching this…it means I got away with the precious Golden Dolphin" Boy said, smugly. "And yes, you're right Wolf, I did sneak into your car that brought me to this place. You should really try and keep your car doors locked every once in a while before you rob a bank. You never know who might break-in without knowing"

Wolf's face flattened in anger. The others guys glanced at each other with dumbfounded looks while struggling to comprehend what was happening right now. How was this video saved? And how did he timed this out so good?

"I must say, you all gave me quite a good fight. Well, I should say, I gave you all quite a good fight. Going through all that mayhem at the museum just to steal some silly-looking trophy only to be scammed out of a chocolate bar was priceless! One of my favorite plans ever!"

Shark had a look of embarrassment on his face remembering how it ended well for him.

"I mean, seriously, out of all the jobs you've pulled off for this long…never have I ever seen such a display of clumsy…"

"I ain't clumsy!" Piranha shirked, angrily. "You're clumsy!"

"—unintelligent" the child added

Webs crossed her arms and snapped, "So untrue!"

"—and disappointment" Boy continued

"The only disappointment I see is you!" Snake hissed

Unable to hear them from the TV, obviously, the child just rambled on with his ridiculous word vomit.

"And, like the governor would say…" Boy continued, "Those are just holes that no amount of cash or priceless art can ever fill"

As he finished his monologue, the air hung heavily in the hideout. The Bad Guys just glared at the child through the TV with deep anger and hate. They were used to people calling them a lot of bad things—especially the ones that feared them. But no one has ever insulted them in the comfort of their own home—especially by a child. This was a real low. The others guys weren't taking this very well. Including their leader. He was furious! Never has he ever experienced this kind of reaction from their heist—especially from a tiny little human boy.

Glaring with anger, Wolf turned to the fourth-wall, "Who-Who is he to trash-talk us down like this?"

Looking back at the television, the canine growled.

"Since you're all wondering how I conned you all out of the biggest heist of your lives, I thought I give you the details, straight"

In discomfort, Wolf smacked his hand over his forehead; Snake's one eye twitched along with Webs; Shark and Piranha's jaws remained hung open.

"Personal computers are great. You can file tax returns, medical records…embarrassing private e-mails" Boy said, holding up folders with personal information. "Little security tip, though, Webs…"

The arachnid's attention was brought up when her name was called.

"…never use your birthday as your password"

Webs closed her eyes and sighed with humiliation.

Boy then held out a salt can to the screen revealing a piece of tissue sticking out underneath as he pulled it out, "And hiding things in a fake salt can? That's just silly"

Unfolding the tissue paper, Boy held it to the screen when it revealed to be writing on it along with a really big kiss mark.

"I don't know who Gabriella is…but she sure wears a lot of lipstick" Boy added

Wolf, Snake, Shark, and Webs were clueless to figure out where that came from…but Piranha's mortified face said otherwise.

"Anyway, I think I hear one of you guys getting up to get a glass of water. So, let's just leave it at this—don't come after me. You don't want none of me. Got it? Good! Bye!"

Boy then left the screen and the video ended.


The Bad Guys on the couch were left speechless. Out of all the heists and crimes they've committed over the years—never had they all thought someone would be this capable to turn the tables on them. For the first time ever, the fearsome five have been outwitted by a child. A human child!

Wolf flicked off the TV, fuming. He didn't want to hear any more of this garbage about him and his friends.

"I can't believe this! The little brat hacked my own system!" Webs yelled

"He's gonna wish he regretted saying that to my face!" Piranha said, pounding his fins

"Now the Shark knows who he wants to gobble up for dinner!" Shark shrieked, angrily

"That kid just unlocked 'open season' on himself!" Snake growled

Wolf's scold suddenly turned into a mischievous smile spread across his face. The same smile Snake could tell that a plan was brewing in the canine's mind.

"Hey—there it is, again!" Snake said, smiling. "That twinkle in his eye is back!"

Wolf's smile grew wider as he got up and walked in front of the television. The other Bad Guys knew what that look meant as they all got really excited for what he was going to say.

"Guys, who's up for a new job?…an easy one" Wolf asked his crew

"Ooh, I think I know what he's talking about!" Shark said, looking ecstatic

"You really mean…" Piranha said, looking excited

"Yes, I do, amigo…" Wolf said, looking motivated. "We're gonna steal the Golden Dolphin back from the kid!"

(THE OTHER BAD GUYS STARTED CHEERING IN EXCITEMENT)

However, Webs was the first stop the excitement for once…

"Wait a second" Webs said, speaking out. "There's just one problem, Wolfie…we don't even know where he lives"

Their excitement soon turned to deflated disappointment. The hacker was right! They don't know where the kid could've gone or where he even lives.

But Wolf's smiling face said otherwise.

"Pull up the image of the kid again" Wolf ordered

"Um…okay" Webs shrugged

The arachnid pulled up the enhanced image of Boy again.

Wolf then held of a finger and pointed at a small white rectangular shape card that was stitched to the front of the child's backpack.

"There…zoom-in on that" Wolf ordered

The hacker zoomed in on the kid's backpack. The white card that was stitched to the green backpack had writing on it. Though their weren't only just words...but numbers, too. And at the bottom looked like the name of a street with a zip code. Suddenly the four started putting the pieces together. Now it was starting to make sense.

It was an address.

And if there's an address…it would lead to a house.

"That's where we'll be heading" Wolf said, pointing at the address

(THE OTHER BAD GUYS START CACKLING WITH EXCITEMENT)

"Good! Once we get there we make him pay for what he did!" Snake said

"Yeah!" Piranha shrieked

"I'm going for the fingers and toes!" Webs exclaimed

"I'm gonna bite his head off with my…" Shark exclaimed

"Wait-wait-wait-wait-wait!" Wolf called out

The other four Bad guys paused to look at their leader for a moment.

"We're only going for the Golden Dolphin. That's all!" Wolf told the others. "We're not going there to hurt him"

"Say what now?!" Shark exclaimed

"But hermano…" Piranha whined

"Aww, c'mon!" Webs whined

Snake slithered towards his best friend expressing his usual scowl. "Wolf, that little punk stole from us! Ain't no way he's getting off the hook that easy! He's gotta pay!" he retorted

"We're thieves…not murderers!" Wolf pointed out. "What happened to not making things personal?"

"So what? We're predators! Predators never expect to show mercy!" Snake retorted

"But he's just a child! If we attack him and if somehow the cops find blood marks or bites on his body they would expect it's from us. Who knows what that would mean for us" Wolf pointed out the facts

Suddenly the four other Bad Guys knew where Wolf was getting on to—and he was right! They steal money, rob highly priced gems, and even steal candy from babies. But one thing that they were NOT…were murderous beasts.

Snake groaned, "Fine! We'll steal the Golden Dolphin from the twerp, nothing else!"

The leader smiled and wrapped an arm around the reptile's slender body.

"I knew you were a sweetheart. You're a sweetheart!" Wolf said

"And you're still a pain in my neck like always" Snake said, looking grumpy

The canine chuckled before placing his paw into the middle of his group of friends.

"Are we all in this together?" he asked, glancing at each of them in turn

Piranha and Shark both put their fins in. Webs put four of her legs in. And finally, Snake put his tail in.

"LET'S DO THIS!" They all cheered in unison


However, unbeknownst to any of them, there was a little microphone hidden underneath the table that had a blinking green light.

The scene then changes from the Bad Guys hideout to inside a bedroom where a phone was placed on a desk counter. That phone belonged to no one other than Boy himself…who was listening to everything the whole time.

Boy said nothing for the moment as he gently petted his guinea pig companion who was resting on the child's lap purring.

Boy then picks it up the phone and turns it off before placing it back on the counter…right next to the Golden Dolphin that was still in his possession.

"Looks like they're onto us now, Barks" Boy said

(BARKS BARKING)

"We both know what this means…they'll be coming back for me again" Boy said, feeling a little nervous

(BARKS WHIMPERING)

Boy chuckled mischievously.

Somehow that nervousness faded away.

"They think they know how to handle me, huh?" The child said. "Well, they don't really know me at all. No matter how old they are, or big, or scary even—they can't beat me here. I'm not willing to go down without a fight!"

Boy then faces the fourth-wall.

"Luckily, I already made out a master-plan on how to deal with those dummies" he said

The little boy pulled out a blue-print and placed it on the table. Once he unfolded it, it showed a layout of the entire house...along with a few extra details.

Boy then faced the fourth-wall again, "Now I think some of you might know what will happen in the next chapter. I can't tell you…but it rhymes with: roam alone"

Boy winked with a smirk.


Well, there you have it! Looks like the Bad Guys will be coming back after Boy again. But the question remains...What does Boy have planned for the fearsome five? Stay tuned to find out more until next time! And again, thank-you all for your patience. I really do have interest in this story and I want to keep going with it.