For A Moment

Keys

Zoey and Noodle were pulling a little carrier as Zoey said, "He came back?!" Willy then said, "Yes." Zoey looked back at the sacks as Mr. Crunch said, "A little green man?" Then Miss. Benz said, "Orange man, green hair." Correcting Mr. Crunch, Willy sighed as he said, "Yes! I set a trap, and he walked right into it!" Noodle then looked at Willy then at Zoey but spoke to Willy, "So where is he?" Willy sighed as he said, "We had a fight, you see. He won. Hit me on the head with a frying pan and jumped out the window." Zoey looked at Noodle as she said, "Of course he did." Willy looked at Noodle and Zoey with sad look as he said, "You don't believe me, do you?" Noodle shook her head, but Zoey said, "If I see him in the future then maybe Willy. I truly want to believe you." Then he looked at the other sacks then said, "Do any of you believe me?" They all shook their heads, making Willy sad.

"We don't need to sell chocolate today, Willy." Zoey said, making Willy look at her like she is crazy when Noodle showed him the set of keys. They walked to the building as Willy took Zoey's hand. "Now I know what you're thinking. It may need a little work..." Mr. Crunch said followed by Mr. Chucklesworth, "If that's a joke, it's not funny. And I know it's not funny." Zoey looked at Willy with passionate eyes as Miss. Piper said, "Looks like someone left the water running and the ceiling fell through. And the ceiling above that. And the ceiling above that!" As Mr. Crunch said, "But that means we can afford it for a week, anyway." Zoey twirled around when Miss. Lottie Bell said, "And we'd finally be legitimate. The police would have no excuse to keep bothering us." Willy was silent as Noodle said, "What do you think, Willy? Do you like it?"

Willy turned around and said, "Do I like it?! Noodle, it's just how I always imagined. No. Scratch that. Better than I imagined." He lifted Zoey up to the sky as he continued, "I mean sure, it's a wreck, but look at the potential, the bones! This is going to be the best chocolate shop in the world. You're not going to be scrub scrubbing much longer, Noodle. We'll all be free! As free as flamingoes!" Zoey smiled at Willy as he smiled at her when Mr. Crunch said, "Alright! We're not out of the woods yet. We'd best get back to the Wash House before roll call..." Zoey looked at Mr. Crunch and said, "Roll call? What do you mean Roll call?"

Zoey left for her house after helping the gang out of the sewer. There's seven of them in total, including the little girl and Zoey Slugsworth. They seem to be the brains of the operation. The six of them are based at a laundry called Scrubitt and Bleacher." Mr. Slugsworth said "Scrubitt's?" The Chief said, "Yeah, why? Do you know it?" Slugsworth grimly said, "Yes, as a matter of fact I do." The Chief then said, "They just rented a shop, so legally I can't touch them, but illegally, I'm happy to do whatever you guys want next -- and I mean anything. You want them all to have a little accident..." Mr. Prodnose emphasized, "In which they die?" The Chief said, "Not a problem. But it's gonna cost you a lot more chocolate. And I'd be very grateful if you could give me an advance cause those other boxes you gave me? They're gone." The chocolatiers looked at each other confused as Mr. Ficklebruber said, "What? All of them?"

The Chief nodded as he spoke, "Yep. I have been eating these little paper cases for the past three days. You think they're gonna give you the same hit. They don't. You gotta help me, Mr Slugworth, please. I got a taste for the brown stuff. I got it really bad." Mr. Sluhsworth gave him the chocolate as he said, "Here you go, Chief. And there's plenty more where that came from, but you stand down for now. We'll give you a call when the time is right." The Chief nodded and walked off. 

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