“I don’t understand,” said the nurse. “What do you want from this white male?”
The baby gazed ahead. “It’s not what I want… It’s what the Surprisland wants.”
It had nothing to do with the story, but the writers were always adding meaningless twists. “What about Brittany?”
The baby looked up. “It’s too late.”
Just then the sound of a jet engine roared out of nowhere. The nurse was so surprised. “You mean—”
“That’s right.” The baby stared off. “They’re back.”
***
Scobatron IV burst into the room where Brittany was alive. But the Giraffetasaur was beating the life out of the Mean Half-Man.
“You did this to her! You knew—”
The Mean Half-Man was cackling hysterically. “hHAAAAHHAAAHAHAAaaaaaa!!!”
“I tried to protect her—to make her human again. But…”
The Mean Half-Man was being so weird, and spitting blood like such a villain. “HAAHAHAhaahaahahaaaah!!!!”
Until Marecrow shouted, “stop!”
The Giraffetasaur froze. She was pointing a bow-and-arrow at him.
“This arrow has been dipped in Formula X.” Everyone remembered Season One. Formula X had almost stopped Joe from attending his own surprise party. It was so dangerous. “Brittany is no longer ‘yours,’ you animal.”
The Giraffetasaur growled. He lowered his gaze. “Half animal.” He leaped toward Marecrow, but when she let her arrow go, he was moving so quickly and the arrow missed. It was going straight at Scobatron IV…
***
Chardion was upstairs when he saw the arrow heading straight at Scobatron IV. He was so scared, but he had to act fast to save his friend. So he pulled out his cell phone and pressed the number 4. It was speed dial.
The phone rang a couple of times when Scobatron IV picked it up. “Hello?”
“Scoba! There’s an arrow coming toward you.”
“So what? I’m not some scaredy-cat like you.”
“Scoba, you have to move!”
“I only take orders from one person.”
But Chardion knew who that person was, so he hung up. He didn’t have that number on speed dial, but his friend’s life was at stake. So he made one more call.
***
Downstairs, Brittany’s phone rang.
“Hello?”
Everyone looked at Brittany. There wasn’t much time left. That arrow was moving so fast.
“What? This is so dumb,” she said. But she hung up the phone and spoke. “Scobatron IV: As your maker, I command you to move!”
Instantly, Scobatron IV moved. The arrow flew by his neck. It was such a close call.
Everyone looked at Brittany. It was pretty surprising.
But the arrow wasn’t done. That door right behind Scobatron IV swung open, and everyone gasped as the arrow hit someone else in the neck.
The Mean Half-Man stopped cackling. He grabbed the Giraffetasaur. “This… can’t happen! No. It doesn’t make sense.”
“But…” the Mean Half-Man stepped toward the door. “Don’t you know what my other half is?!” Everyone looked around. Apparently no one cared.
The Mean Demigod was awestruck. “How did you… Where did you come from?”
“I’m from… the future.” It was the Mean Middle-Manager. And everyone was so surprised.
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