Chapter 4 - Bad Guys and Joker on News

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by pvences1

by pvences1

The scene shifts to Bad Guys and Joker's hideout. The hideout was an abandoned warehouse loft near the Los Angeles River. The car and motorcycle pulled into a large sewer tube, which revealed to be a hidden entrance sizable enough to accommodate a car, and drove into a two-way industrial elevator. They reached to their loft: the apartment is filled with various stolen art, treasures, gold bars, and stacks of money showing just how much the crew have stolen from the city. Wolf moved some stuff off of the table to make room for the cake as as the others got to the table. Teresa takes off her Joker mask because the loft is her safe spot to get out of her Joker phase. They talked for a while as Wolf held up a cup and says, "To Joker and her unknown reason to join the Bad Guys." Teresa smiled as they clapped cups with each others.

Wolf held out his camera to himself and the others before saying, "Everyone say "Robbery." Everyone says, "Robbery" as Wolf takes a picture. The photo pops out and Wolf takes a look before he chuckled and said, "Oh. Look at those dimples." Teresa fake laughs and snatched the photo before he says, "Happy Anniversary, Terry." She smiled and says, "Okay. Now, dig in, guys." Piranha was first as h munches menacingly at the cake, much to the other's disgust as Teresa says, "Piranha! That cake was meant for all of us!"

"That was my lunch!" Shark yells to the smaller fish, who replies, "You snooze, you lose." Webs laughs while Teresa puts the photo in the middle of the fridge, with all the other photos there. She walks away before Snake goes to the freezer for a snack. He saw the last push pop, grabbed it and was about to eat it, but Shark was standing behind him, seeing the push pop and said, "Ooh, wow. I forgot we had those Push Pops." Snake gasped from being startled, but he slithered away before Shark continued, "Man, my tummy is rumbling like a kraken right now." Snake got a wicked idea as he gave a sinister smile and said, "Yeah. Want it?"

He held the push pop to Shark, who was surprised before Webs spoke, "You know he's not gonna give it to you." Shark replied, "No, I believe that deep down, Snake is a kind and generous soul." Webs got confused and asked, "Why?" Snake grinned and said, "Here, take it." Shark laughed and said, "Oh, yeah! Pop me, please." He opened his mouth and hung his tongue out. He thought he was getting the frozen treat, but Snake ate the push pop instead, switching it into his own mouth and swallowing it whole, disappointing Shark.

Snake laughed and said, "Sucker." Shark spoke, "Come on, man. Now you gonna make me get all aggressive." Without hesitation, Shark lunged onto Snake, causing the two to fight with Piranha and Webs to join. Wolf glanced at Teresa, "Animals." She laughs a little before the two walk to the couch as Wolf grabs the remote, saying, "Let's see what they're saying about us today." He turned on the TV, which went to the news as the anchor woman, Tiffany Fluffit, announced, "What up? It's Tiffany Fluffit, Channel 6 Action News."

"The Bad Guys and Joker struck again..." Wolf's ears perked up before calling to the others, "Guys, guys, stop it. We're on TV." The others stopped what they were doing and watched the news while Tiffany continued, "...proving once more that they are the most diabolical criminals of our time." "Ooh, "diabolical." That's new." Webs said. Shark spoke next, "Know what it sounds like? A cologne." He then dramatically said, "Diabolical."

The others laughed from that before Tiffany added, "To address this heinous crime spree is the newly elected governor, Diane Foxington. Along with her sister, Te-" She was interrupted when one employee whispered to her ears. She nods a bit as the employee gets away before she says, "Unfortunately, her sister cannot come. Let's go over to what our governor has to say." The camera goes over to a crimson orange female fox, Diane, walking to the booth. Snake looks at Teresa and asks, "That's your sister?" Piranha spoke next, "Your sister's a-" "Governor?" Wolf spoke after that as Teresa groaned a bit and said, "There's also a reason why I don't talk about my personal life." The others were confused at that before looking back at the screen.

Diane spoke to the audience, Okay. Yeah, I hear you, I hear you. Listen, listen, we all know how dastardly the Bad Guys and the Joker are." "You bet we are." Wolf spoke, feeling that it was a compliment. It wasn't until Diane continued, "But more than anything..." She chuckled before saying, "...I feel sorry for them." Wolf was confused about that. "What?" Diane continued, "These so-called Bad Guys are really just second-rate has-beens."

"Behind their amateurish antics and, frankly, unoriginal capers...I mean, really, another bank?...is nothing but a deep well of anger..." Piranha shouts, "I ain't angry! You're angry!" Diane continued, "...denial.." Webs folds her arms, saying, "Not true." "And self-loathing." Diane finished. "The only one I self-loathe is you." Teresa listened as Diane continued, "And those are holes that no amount of cash or priceless art can ever fill."

The room went silent until Snake asks, "What's on the Food Network?" Wolf was displeased and mutters, "Who-who is she to judge us?" He growled angrily before Diane says, "And let's not forget about the notorious pranks the Joker left on our streets. Whoever this Joker person is, they're somewhere in the city and it will be my job to make sure that when their identity is revealed, they will be spending their entire life in prison with the Bad Guys." Teresa smirked at that and mutters, "We'll see about that." Diane simply clears her throat and says, "So, can we just forget about the Bad Guys and Joker and focus on more positive things? And what could be more positive than the Annual Good Samaritan Awards, where tomorrow night I will present the Golden Dolphin to this year's goodest citizen?" Wolf turns the TV off before Webs spoke, "I can't believe I voted for her."

Piranha turns to Webs and asks, "You voted for her?" "What? She's good on climate change." Webs admitted, while Wolf has a smirk on his face. Teresa took notice and says, "Ok, your smirk's giving you away. What are you thinking about?" Wolf got up from the couch and said, "Guys, who's up for another job? A big one."

He opened the curtains and pulled up the blinds to reveal a billboard with the pictures of the Golden Dolphin on it, which caused the others to gasp. "The Golden Dolphin. Seriously?" Snake said before Piranha added, "Oh. I thought I was the crazy one." Teresa then spoke, "That job has broken every criminal who's tried it. The Bucharest Bandits, Lucky Jim." Shark adds, "The Crimson Paw."

Webs then says, "Actually, the Crimson Paw was never arrested." "Yeah, but he never stole anything again." Snake adds as Teresa nodded. Wolf held Teresa close with his arm and says, "Terry, what better way to wipe that smirk off your sister's fuzzy face than stealing the Golden Dolphin from right under her whiskers? This is the Holy Grail of thievery. If we pull this off, we'll cement our legacy as the greatest criminals of all time." She gets out of his grip and says, "Hold it. As much as I love to hear more about this plan, I thought we weren't supposed to make things personal."

Snake slithers forward and adds, "Besides, we've got a good thing going here. Friends, freedom, and just look at this loot." Wolf has a displeased look and has an idea, saying, "All right, you're right. Forget it. The Dolphin job is off." "Good." Snake said before he slithers away, until Wolf adds, "I guess the pig will get his trophy after all." "Yeah, I guess he would-" Snake spoke, but froze at the last part before asking, "What do you mean "pig"?"

Teresa glares at Wolf, meaning to say "do not". Wolf pretends to be innocent and says, "Oh, yes, did I not mention that? That's weird. I thought I mentioned that it was, uh..." He pulls up the second blinds. Right next to the Golden Dolphin was a Guinea pig name Professor Marmalade. Shark spoke, "The Good Samaritan is..." "-a Guinea pig?" Webs finished. Snake's eyes are glued to the Guinea pig as he starts slurping. "What do you say, Snakey? Better than cake."

Wolf teased at the last part. The others laughed as Snake groans with annoyance before saying, "Alright, fine! But he better be delicious." Teresa groans from that before Wolf gets up and chuckled before saying, "Are we all in this together?" He held his hand out, which the others did the same. He looks at Teresa and says, "Terry..." Teresa rolls her eyes and says, "Alright, but if it fails, it's on you." She puts her hand in the middle with the others.