A woman stepped in front of the crowd. She acted like she was in charge, smacking her lips villainously. Birds were flying away, terrified of her assertive, type A tendencies. It was the Marecrow.
“Ain’t here to see you," the Giraffetasaur said handsomely. “Take us to the king.”
“How thoughtless of me. I should’ve known you’d want to see your daddy.” She laughed.
Her smile turned. “Lot’s changed since you’ve been gone,” she hissed. He growled and stepped toward the Marecrow. Her guards lifted their guns instantly.
He stopped. Then grinned. He took another step toward her. One guard fired a shot. Immediately, that big headed baby pulled a gun, shot once, and killed that guard.
The other guards were so surprised. They didn’t realize the baby killed Joe’s clone in season one. And they definitely didn’t want to shoot a baby. It probably just needed a new diaper, they thought. But the baby was so smart and—noting their hesitancy—shot a few more guards, reloaded and killed the rest.
The baby spoke firmly, gun pointed at the Marecrow: “Why don’t you take us to the king.”
She just laughed. Suddenly, a Giraffetasaur cage fell from the sky. The Giraffetasaur and his crew were trapped.
The nurse screamed, “no!”
***
Elsewhere, Joe and Brad were posing for a picture.
“We have to go back,” said Joe. He was so heroic, and the star of the most surprising ever serial mystery, but Joe was getting kind of lame.
“Seriously?" Brad asked. "What’s the point? Brittany’s gone. The show’s awful. Let it go.” Brad was being pretty sensible. The show wasn’t very good.
“I can fix this." Joe looked desperate. "I can save her. I can—”
Just then, Colonel Mean Man barged in, short of breath. “Excuse me.”
“What do you want, villain?” Joe said, not caring much. The Colonel was the worst.
But the Colonel was not discouraged: “The mean girl is gone!”
Brad stared blankly. “Who cares?”
Joe did. It was giving him a plan. And he was so surprised.
The Colonel looked so serious. “She’s on her way to the Surpisland!”
“So you’re saying,” Joe tried to look serious, “we have to go back.”
Brad sighed. “This is so stupid.”
“You’re not getting it,” Colonel Mean Man replied. “She’s looking for the baby!”
Joe grimaced. “And that would mean the end of…”
“Just stop.” Brad was annoyed—but then, intense, dissonant orchestral music started playing. “Every season the show comes back. And every season it gets dumber. And are they just recycling these pictures from season one? At this point, I’m okay with the end of the show.”
“No!” The Colonel was pretty mad now. But at least it was a new picture. “Don’t you see? Surprise Joe was cancelled almost two seasons ago!” The music was getting louder.
“If we don't go back, it won't just be the end.” Suddenly, the music stopped. “It will be a vague, unsatisfying ending.”
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