"Why does this always happen to us? We fall for the villain's trap and get tied up in some way," Leonard murmured thoughtfully, gazing down at the rope that restrained him and Duke together. Trying his hardest to break the ropes, the mutt growled, "Leonard, let's focus on escaping right now. We can admire our situation later."
"Agreed. Come on Tiny Dog, help me chew through these ropes," Snowball piped up. He was gnawing through the ropes right now. Stuck beside the rabbit, Max was staring forlornly at the floor. "What's the point? Gidget's gonna kill me," the terrier whimpered, "I kissed another woman." Rolling his eyes, Snowball grumbled, "Oh for the love of god! I'm actually grateful it wasn't Gidget who kissed me!"
"Wait, you kissed Snowball Trixie?" Gary asked, overhearing the conversation. The beagle looked up from his searching and turning to the Pomeranian. Her ears flattening against her head, Trixie rasped, "Yeah, I don't wanna talk about it. He's a horrible kisser." Gasping, Snowball whined, "But that's not what the real Gidget said about my kiss."
"Dude, she hated it too. I was there when you asked her," Leonard chimed in.
"You kissed my girlfriend?!" Max cried, whipping his head around to look at Snowball. Scoffing, the white rabbit retorted, "This was before she was your girlfriend Tiny Dog! Besides, you're the one who kissed another girl!" Still struggling to free himself, Duke barked, "Am I really the only one trying to escape right now?!"
"Apparently. I advise not trying to escape though. I'll free you all once Trixie and I get Snowball's big project," Gary vowed, knocking some books and flasks off the shelves. Cringing at the sound of breaking glass, Leonard piped up, "If I may ask, why do you want Snowball's latest invention?" Trotting over to the poodle, Gary answered, "World domination of course! With Snowball's invention, we will have the power to change the world forever. Those were the exact words you told Trixie a month ago."
"You told someone! I knew it!" Snowball shouted before breaking out into a cackle. The rest of the room remained silent as the white rabbit continued to laugh his head off. Reduced to giggles after a bit, Snowball turned to Gary and asked, "Did you seriously think my latest invention was for world domination?!" Confused, Gary stammered, "Um, yeah? Why, what is it? Where is it?!"
"Gary! I think I found it!" Trixie called out, moving a shelf out of the way of a secret hidden door. She opened it up to reveal what appeared to be an average DJ stand with huge speakers. Raising one eyebrow, the fluffy white Pomeranian mumbled, "This is supposed to change the world?"
"Yeah, Leonard is going to be a huge celebrity with that stereo. He's gonna change the world of music and parties forever," Snowball explained. His tail wagging, Leonard whispered, "It's beautiful." Utterly confused, Max and Duke looked at each other in bewilderment. Gary, meanwhile, pointed his armored paw towards the DJ stand and fired a shot, causing it to explode. Turning his weapon towards the prisoners, the beagle growled, "Forget what I said about freeing you all. You all wasted my time."
"Funny, you're wasting my time too. I should be eating a strawberry cake right now," Chloe hissed, arriving in the basement with the other pets wearing war paint. Her tail lashing, the tabby yowled, "Attack!"
