The Escape

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Everything was perfect. People from across the city gathered for the union of two different, yet beautiful souls. Or, at least, that was what we thought.

As the orchestra began the wedding march, we all got up from our chairs to gaze at the beautiful bride making her way down the aisle.

As the orchestra began the wedding march, we all got up from our chairs to gaze at the beautiful bride making her way down the aisle

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She looked perfect, yes, but little did we realize that there was one thing wrong with her. Now, zoom in a little closer.

See it now? No? Fine, I'll just show you

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See it now? No? Fine, I'll just show you.

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Millicent Marmalade

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Ladies and gentlemen, meet Millicent Marmalade. How she got here is quite a tale, and I am here to tell you. But be warned, this story is not for the faint of heart.

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On an island just off the coast of California was the S.U.C.M. Prison, where they locked up the most dangerous criminals of them all. Just two years back, they caught the most dangerous: Professor Rupert Marmalade IV. He planned on using a powerful meteorite to control the minds of defenseless guinea pigs so they would steal one billion dollars worth of charity money raised in his own name. In the end, however, he was stopped by a band of reformed criminals known as the Bad Guys, alongside his own ward, and framed as the infamous Crimson Paw even though he knew it was someone else.

"Nap on your own time, McMurphy!" shouted the warden to a sleeping guard.

"Oh, sorry, ma'am," McMurphy replied. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to check on him," the warden answered. Though he was nervous, McMurphy guided the warden to an underground chamber where there was only one door with a tiny glass window.

"I hate it when you make me take you down here," McMurphy muttered as the warden stared at the fuzzy figure wearing a brown straight jacket.

"He doesn't seem to be moving," the warden said. "Give me the keys, McMurphy. I'm going in."

"Are you nuts?!" McMurphy shouted. "He's dangerous!"

"For all we know, he could've escaped and that could be a toy guinea pig in there!" the warden pointed out. "We can't take that chance. Now, give me the keys!"

"Yes, ma'am!" McMurphy replied, giving her the keys. The warden unlocked the three-foot-thick steel door and stepped inside. McMurphy peeked through the window to watch the warden kneel down to the small criminal mastermind.

"McMurphy, what's going on down here?!" McMurphy heard a voice shout. He looked up the stairs to find the warden coming down.

"Wait, ma'am?!" he exclaimed. "But how did you-"

Suddenly, when neither of them were looking, darts were shot into both of their necks! The first "warden" took off her disguise to reveal the face of a moustached man with tiny eyes. He, then, bent down to free Marmalade's arms from the jacket.

"Thank you, Cuddles!" he said sweetly. "Now, let's get out of here before there's a riot."

By the time the alarms went off, Marmalade and Cuddles were already headed for the mainland via submarine. As Cuddles drove the sub, Marmalade inspected the inside of a case.

"Perfect," he said, pulling out a syringe, a vial of green liquid, a pink fish scale, and an angelfish in a glass bowl. "With these, I will get my revenge on the Bad Guys. Not to mention, that pretty little traitor-fish Gabriela."

After mixing the pink scale into the liquid, Marmalade extracted the formula from the vial into the syringe and forcibly injected it into the little angelfish. He watched as she screamed in agony while her body slowly changed into a completely different shape. Fins turned into arms and legs, her tiny eyes became big and turquoise, teeth sprouted from her previously nonexistent gums. Once the transformation was complete, she broke out of the bowl and flopped on the floor as she began gasping for breath.

"Yes, it worked!" Marmalade laughed evilly as the fish collapsed from exhaustion. "Your name will be Millicent, my dear. After my grandmummy. Your brain will take some time to finish developing, of course, but by then, with some mental conditioning, you will be under my complete control. When I say 'jump,' you will say 'How high?' And when that happens... we'll be ready."

I sure hope I know what I'm doing...

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