1x06: Waiting for Joe

"Brad is in trouble," Brittany shouted to Joe. Joe was having trouble feeling surprised and he wanted to sleep. But Brittany had just come from the dark room.

"I'm not so surprised." Joe was eating a bowl of cereal before bed. What a healthy snack. "The mean man just sent me a message," Joe looked concerned. "He is on his way to the dark room. He wants us to meet him there."

"We have to go! You have to save Brad." Brittany really wants Joe to save Brad, Joe thought. He was a little surprised. The Formula X must be wearing off. Who knows what the aftereffects could be. That little surprise made Joe want to stay awake and look for bigger surprises. Brittany had known that Joe would want more. She looked at him delightedly. "I have a surprising disguise for you."

"I'm not sure this dog stache is a very good disguise." He was pretty surprised though. Where are all of these dog staches coming from? Joe and Brittany were standing outside the dark room.

"Of course it is, you look--" Brittany started but the mean man poked his head out of the door and pulled Brittany inside. The mean man stepped out toward Joe and closed the door behind him.

"She's not going anywhere until you and I talk." The mean man was pausing villainously between phrases to laugh. "I want to apologize for all of the bad things that I have done." I think the mean man sees through my disguise, Joe thought.

The mean man looked sincere. Joe is buying it, he thought. Its all going according to my plan to surprise Joe. "The Giraffetasaur has been preparing for your arrival for some time."

Inside the room, Brittany was not so surprised. She had lured Joe by pretending Brad was in trouble. But Brad was part of the mean man's plan all along. She had already made the Giraffetasaur apologize for locking Brad in a Giraffetasaur cage. The baby was not surprised by any of this. But he still was very happy that the mean man's surprise was finally ready for Joe.

Outside, the mean man was still talking to Joe. "Look, Joe," the mean man laughed suspiciously. "To say I'm sorry, I threw together a little surprise for you." He motioned toward the door. "Oh, and that Formula X has some surprising aftereffects," he snickered. "I'll be waiting for you. And I'll be wearing a dog stache too." The mean man slipped into the dark room.

Joe was so surprised. Where are all of these dog staches coming from? He heard the mean man quiet all of his mean friends in the dark room, as the lights clicked off. Joe knew that the mean man was not sorry. And he knew the mean man had outplanned him this time. But the mean man promised a surprise. Joe wanted a surprise. He knew what he had to do.

Joe opened the door. The lights clicked on. Wow, thought Joe. This is so surprising.