Chapter 13
Onzgo and Gonzo had arrived at Onzgo’s chambers by the time Onzgo had finished telling his brother all he needed to know about his family, his home and himself.
"So this is it?" Gonzo asked.
"Totally," Onzgo replied. "This is your final stage of evolution," he said. "You are a true Gonzonian now, and ready to take the throne after my descent."
"But that’ll be a long time from now right?" Gonzo asked.
Onzgo didn’t respond. He looked away from his brother and went into his chamber.
Gonzo sighed, and followed Onzgo into his chamber. Gonzo doubled back when he saw Zongo lying unconscious on the floor with Des Filmer trying to revive him. "What...What happened?" Gonzo asked.
"I don’t know," Des moaned. "I found him like this in the main transmission room, I had him brought in here so we could assess the damage ourselves."
Onzgo rubbed his tall crown. "Oh Zongo...This is all my fault," he sighed. Gonzo put an arm on his brother’s shoulder. "Have you started scanning for damage?" Onzgo asked Des.
Des nodded. "I’ve begun scanning his body, he will recover soon enough."
"Thank goodness," both brothers said in unison.
Onzgo stood up straight. "We. Retaliate. Now."
"What?" Gonzo asked.
"We must do it now. Des, alert the reserve troops."
"They’re our only troops," Des said.
"Well alert them anyway!" Onzgo shouted. "Gonzo, try contacting your friend on Earth again, tell him not to come, it is too dangerous."
"Okay," Gonzo said. The alien was in sudden awe of his brother’s new righteous attitude. "But what if he’s already left?"
"Then all we can do is pray."
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Exod stood still as a platform rotated down taking him to the dungeon. Xavier stood on another revolving behind him. "My lord, the troops need to know the plan," Xavier said.
"I will give a plan when I deem it time," Exod said blankly.
"But my lord, the Gonzonians-"
"The Gonzonians are powerless," Exod bellowed. "All you need to know slave, is that I have control and that you need not worry yourself over such details."
Exod reached to the pillar that was revolving down and pressed in on it, sending the platform carrying Xavier the other direction.
Exod’s platform reached the floor of the dungeon. His long maroon robe touched the floor when his feet did and he proceeded down the halls.
Numerous creatures shouted and screeched from their pins as Exod walked by. Exod extended both of his palms, "Silence!" he said sternly, sending all of the prisoners flying back in their cell in distinct silence.
He laughed inside and moved down the rest of the prison to the final cell in the ward. He turned to face it and stared inside.
Flanzgo was standing, waiting, for Exod. She stared straight into the face of the beast. Flanzgo had regained hope. Robin followed his new friend’s lead and stood behind her, feeling braver than ever before.
"Oh princess, I see you noticed I was coming," Exod said.
Flanzgo’s eye lids grew slitted. "What do you want with us?"
"Hmm, now which shall I answer first?" Exod asked. "Shall I tell how I plan to marry the princess? Or how I plan to enslave the young frog for my own? Oh, oh my excuse me I’ve let both slip at once."
Flanzgo spat at Exod’s feet. "I can’t even stand the sight of you! Marriage will
never happen. My uncle and father will stop you! You will lose!"
"Ah, brave words from a foolish girl," Exod said.
"Shut up!" Flanzgo shouted. Robin hopped into the air.
"What did you say to me?" Exod asked sternly.
"Flanzgo, don’t," Robin tried to protest.
Flanzgo didn’t listen. "I said
shut up!"
"Do you have a death wish?!" Exod exclaimed. He began to put out his hands.
"No!" Robin shouted. The young frog pushed himself in front of Flanzgo. Exod glared down and Robin began to cower.
"Now we have two fools in our midst. Fine then, I shall destroy you both then, in front of your so-called heroes!" he yelled, slamming his fist into the control panel, releasing the laser bars. Exod grabbed both Flanzgo and Robin with one hand and stormed off the way he came.
Just as fast as her hope had been renewed, Flanzgo’s hope had been diminished, and now, Robin’s hope began to slip away.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Kermit ignored the random going ons of the crazies behind him as he watched the amazing view of space from the front window of the ship.
Piggy was attempting to do her hair while the ship took on interstellar turbulence. Finally she gave up and growled, throwing her hand mirror on the floor. "Are we there YET?!" she shouted.
"Si si, vamanos Kermin, I need to juse de little prawn’s room, hokay?" said Pepe.
Kermit turned around. "Pepe, there’s a bathroom back there," Kermit pointed to the back of the ship where two doors sat across from each other in the hallway.
"Oh grathius!" Pepe shouted running to the hall. He opened the door on the left and a loud thud sounded.
"Ah! The ship is haunted!" Fozzie wailed.
"Get offa me dumbo," a deep voice said.
"Sorry Butch I fell out," a weaker voice whined.
"Yeah I know, so did I!"
"Dios mio Kermin, I t’ink dat was de closet, hokay? Not de bat’room..." Pepe moaned.
Kermit and the others darted over and pushed aside the closet door. On the floor a large blue Muppet lay on the floor, with a smaller pink one on top of him and Pepe underneath them both.
"What...What is going on here?" Kermit asked.
"Hey," Bobo said. "You’re those C.O.V.ie’s!" the bear chuckled. "It’s great to see you guys again," he helped them up off the floor. "Can I get you anything? ...Not that we have any food on the ship...But if you need something I could-"
"I t’ink dey’re okay Bobo," Rizzo said. "But what are youse guys doin’ here?"
"Well," the shorter one said. "We stole this rocket from your boarding house and then we both got trapped in the closet here when we were trying to find the bathroom."
"Yeah, I was already stuck in the closet and then this moron comes in and gets us both stuck!" the bigger one said.
"
You stole our rocket?" Kermit asked.
"Well...Uh, that is to say...Uh...In a word-"
"Yes!"
The large blue one slammed the bottom of his fist onto his pink sidekick’s head. "Shut it Clyde!"
"So you’re Butch...And you’re Clyde?" Fozzie asked.
"Heh," Piggy laughed. "What’re your wives names? Bonnie and Cassidy?"
"Hey that’s fun-ny!" Fozzie said.
"Yeah it is!" Clyde agreed.
"Meh, I guess so," Butch muttered.
"Oy," Animal said.
"Now wait a second!" Kermit shouted. "We’re all friends now?"
"Sure, why not?" Rizzo shrugged.
"I guess it could work out," Butch said.
"Yeah,
‘cause you gotta have frieeeeeeeends!" Clyde sang.
"Si, dis is true."
"Well I guess that makes this a
friendship instead of a spaceship! Ahhh! Wocka wocka!"
Kermit scrunched up his face. "Good grief. Well, Butch, Clyde, uh, I’m Kermit the Frog and uh, that’s Fozzie and Miss Piggy, Bobo, Rizzo, Pepe and Animal there. And uh, I guess you’re gonna have to go with us to get my nephew Robin from the alien base and-"
"ALIEN BASE?!" Butch shouted. "You’re goin’-You mean we’re-Alien base!
The alien base!"
Kermit gulped. "Um, yeah I suppose it’s
the alien base that we’re going to...Of course we don’t know where any other alien bases are but still-"
"Oh hey boss now we can capture the aliens and take ‘em back to the base for-" Butch clamped his hand over Clyde’s mouth.
"Ice cream! Yeah, yeah, take ‘em back for ice cream! Aliens love ice cream, heh heh," Butch laughed innocently.
The Muppets stared at them. "Si I suppose dis is true, Gonso loves pickle and onion milkshakes, hokay?" Pepe said.
"Yeah, he does, doesn’t he?" Fozzie stated.
"I am surrounded by nincompoops," Piggy muttered, going back to her hair.
"Well Butch, Clyde, it’s nice to meet you two," Kermit smiled.
"Yo Kermit! Space station at twelve o’clock!" Rizzo pointed out the front window at the large station approaching.
"Uh, no Riz, it’s uh," Bobo looked at his watch. "Four thirty."
* * * * * * * * * * * *
The Electric Mayhem’s bus parked in front of the Muppet Theater. Dr. Teeth opened the bus’ door and the Muppets began to pour out and flood into the theater.
Pops the doorman stayed in the ticket booth greeting the Muppets as they arrived. "Hey there! Yeah, hi! How’s it goin’? Yeah go right on in, uh huh."
"Well guys, now all we have to do is wait for Kermit to call," Scooter said.
"Hey Sam, you wanna play Monopoly again?"
"Not on my rights as an American," Sam said.
Rowlf laughed. "Hey Scooter, we gonna work on some acts while Kermit’s away?"
"Well we can’t do the Mayhem’s number, Animal’s gone. And lord knows Fozzie needs to work on his monologue, but he’s gone too. Oh, and Piggy needs to practice her number with the Mormon Tabernacle Penguin Choir, but she’s gone too. And-"
"I could practice my boomerang fish!" Lew shouted, popping into the ticket booth, making Pops jump. "I throw them a-way," he said throwing a fish. It hit the ticket booth glass and fell right down. "Oops..."
Scooter shook his head. "I guess we could have Sweetums and Robin work on-Oh, never mind...Let’s just sit back and relax and wait for Kermit to get back."
"Sounds good to me," Rowlf said as the two of them entered the theater.
Uncle Deadly dropped down in front of them, making both of them fall to the floor. "Oh, hello there," the phantom said helping them both up.
"Don’t try that maneuver in front of Pops," Scooter said, dusting off. "He’ll have a heart attack."
"Will remember that," Deadly said. "What’s this I hear about the frog, pig, bear...Well everyone, what’s this I hear about them?"
"They all went into space to find Robin, he stowed away in Gonzo’s suitcase when he left," Rowlf explained.
"Oh dear," the phantom sighed. "I fear this will not end well..."
"What? Why? What’s wrong?" Scooter said.
Uncle Deadly took in a deep breath of the air. "I’m so sorry," Uncle Deadly said softly. "They are all in grave danger.
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