A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

As Agent Boe Ring tumbled ungracefully through the air like a pack of salted pork rinds, and as he screamed "SILLY PUTTYYYYY!" like a colossal CD player on full volume playing the words "SILLY PUTTYYYYY!", he began to rationally think through his options for survival (just as I will soon think through better options for future descriptive similes). He listed these options in his mind, one by one.

1. He could land on a trampoline. This might work well, if only he could find a trampoline positioned below him very soon. Unlikely.

2. He could land on a pile of pillows. Same problem as above.

3. He could land on an air mattress. Again, same problem.

4. He could land on someone's head. This option didn't seem to provide a softer landing, but the thought did make Boe chuckle.

Finally, a brilliant beyond brilliant idea occurred to him. Utilizing the arrow-dynamic properties of his lightweight yet highly air-resistant suit jacket, he could position himself in just such a way to create a powerful drag force and significantly angle his descent toward the ocean, at which point he would skim across the water and use his shoes as water skies to safely and harmlessly decelerate and eventually come to a stop. Yes, it was brilliant! It was ingenious! It was amazingly spectacularly stupendously awesome!

Only, he didn't have his shoes.

Before he could list Option 6 (having something to do with landing on a bean bag), he landed KER-PLOFK in a pile of rubbish - specifically, he landed squarely on the raised end of the see-saw positioned plank, the other end of which was beneath Agent Thorn. At least, Agent Thorn was on the other end just before he landed, and theoretically she was on it just as he landed, but a moment later... not so much.

Boe groaned, thinking he was dead. However, he realized that though the landing hurt, it didn't hurt half so bad as it should have - half of this was due to the fact that he was used to ridiculous things happening to him and still surviving, and half was because the part of the rubbish heap he landed on was covered with something very soft. He turned his head and saw what it was: "Ah, a thousand pounds of cotton balls! Option number 7 saves the day."

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

Whit swims for what seems like hours but the ship is still in plain view so it must only be about 10 minutes of swimming she was desparately wishing for her waterproof ANTI-pod so maybe she could listen to some music when she heard her name...her full name

"Hey Pink! Pink Lady! PINK!!"
The lady somehow caught up to her extremely fast. And the random lady began hugging her fiercely
"aww Pink I've been searching for you for years!"
"Well thats good I guess but I have no clue who you are."
"Oh how silly of me! I am your aunt- Dori"
"My aunt....my mom always told me you died? How did you randomly show up here? Oh and call me Whit."
"Ok...Whit, well its all a long story, but it can wait until your safe. Here lets swim to that briefcase, I have a number to program in it to take us to a safe place. Trust me."

What was Whit supposed to do? This lady obviously knew her because she knew her real name (and most people thought Whit was her real name) and she claims to be her aunt. A part of Whit told her to say no and leave that very instant but looking into Dori's eyes almost pulled her to Dori- like she had no other choice but to follow her.

"Okay, lets go" and together they swam to the breifcase.

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

As the events began to unfold Reep found himself confused, like perhaps an RPG member who fell behind on recent posts, so he figured to attempt making sense of the situation would be rather nonsensical. He did, however, know that he was now sitting on a piece of debris while paddling along using his Ukulele as a paddle.

Reep was happy with these conditions, since he really liked the word “Debris” being a really neat word to spell. That’s when Reep saw it, something was falling at great speed in the sky. He began to wonder what it was when suddenly it hit the boat (A boat that Reep had not noticed until then) and caused someone who was sitting on the other side of a plank to go flying. “Well that’s odd.” Reep said to himself out loud. Then he began to paddle towards the boat to investigate.

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

As the two (who had made it into the ship) were walking through the hallways, they scanned around for a sign of Thorn. But before either could get far, suddenly, water broke through the steel wall! "Great, I told the admiral a while back that naming the boat "Titanic II" wasn't a good idea..." Winter grunted. It was obvious though, that they needed to do two things now: find Thorn, and escape the ship!

Summer was about to try again calling, but stopped when she spotted two MUPPETZ running towards them! "Hey!" the tall, yellow lanky one with hair sprouting off the top of its head hissed. "There's an ANTI agent on board!"

"Yeah, but lighten up," The shorter orange one snickered sinisterly. "This will be fun!"

"Guys, leave her alone," Winter calmly stated, but the two kept nearing her. "I said, let her be!" He warned, this time his face tense. Summer had never seen him angry yet, but she had a feeling she was getting a taste of it. The two MUPPETZ grabbed her painfully, and she dropped her phone, which altogether broke it. Winter now looked very red and green in the face, and something look unhuman about him now. "Knock if off!" He finally yelled furiously, and lunged at the MUPPETZ. To Summer's shock, a bright green light flashed out, and she turned away to guard her eyes.

Then, the light disappeared, and she turned around to see what had occured. "Winter?" she nervously called, but as her eyes focused on what was before her, she nearly screamed. There, the two MUPPETZ were still there, but they were tangled in a giant, green serpent!

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

As she came back to consciousness, the first thing Agent Thorn was aware of was that she was flying.

Flying? Am I dead? She thought, rather muddled, as she soared through the blue.

A couple seconds later, she nearly had a midair collision with an albatross—just my luck—who squawked angrily at her all the time she was descending. She was pretty sure it was still calling her squawky names even after she had plummeted below the surface of the waves.

Then, like some sort of idiotic bouy with a rosebush growing out of it, she popped back up out the water, sputtering and flailing.

Agent Thorn was so shocked and disoriented, she could hardly think, but somewhere, deep inside, there was one resounding truth.

If I ever get back to Primberley, I am going to keep jumping in the lake until I learn how to swim if it KILLS ME.

And this was all very well and dramatic, but the truth of the matter was Agent Thorn was very unlikely to die by drowning. She could not swim a stroke, but being rather wood-like, she could float until the cows came home.

Still, floating aimlessly about while an epic sea battle was taking place on a warship a few hundred feet away was not very agreeable.

If she made a huge commotion, to let the other A.N.T.I. agents know where she was, she would probably be fished out by the M.U.P.P.E.T.Z. and would be captured again. That wouldn't do. And the ship was too far away to use her gauntlet to sneak back on the vessel. How was she going to contact anybody?

Wait, my waterproof phone!

She felt around in her pocket, feeling her hopes rise—and then realized her phone was gone.

Fiddlesticks.

She was at the point of trying to decide what her other options were when the winds began to blow very hard, and the sea grew tumultuous. Threatening lightning streaked through the sky, and ominous clouds seemed to be blowing in from all sides.

It was a storm. And a very angry one, by the looks of it.

As helpless as some stupid toy rubber duck, the dryad was tossed up onto the cusp of a rogue wave and swept out into empty sea, miles and miles away from her friends and enemies.

A.N.T.I (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

Princess Lia woke up with a start when freezing water started pouring into the submarine. "Huh," she said, getting a mouthful of salty sea water. "Must have fallen asleep." Her head throbbed, but she couldn't remember what had happened. Maybe she had knocked it against the wall of the sub when the door blew up. And what was the slightly sticky substance on her hand?

She decided that as the water was already up to her knees that it was time to get out. She looked around for a wetsuit. No luck. "Okay," she mumbled. "Guess I'll be jumping in (or is it out?) without a wetsuit..." She jumped in (or out) and struck out for the ship above her.

She could not remember what she was doing, or where she needed to go. All she knew was the name of a place. Primberley.

A.N.T.I (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

The scuffle in the Admiral's quarters was broken up by a cry of "We're being boarded!" from outside the cabin.

Lieutenant Obofritz, who was trying to revive the unconscious Hank Oz, was startled into banging the Admiral's head against the ground. "Oof," said Echo's father, but he didn't show any other sign of waking. Rising, the Lieutenant dodged one of the MUPPETZ who were continuing to swarm the strange, teleporting man, pushed Echo aside, and looked out the window. Even from her position, Echo could see that the deck was swarming with MUPPETZ. And were those...stormclouds moving in?

"Must I do everything myself?" Obofritz grumbled, just loud enough for Echo to hear. Still ignoring the battle, he ran towards the door - which promptly opened in his face as more MUPPETZ rushed inside, the reinforcements he had called for a moment ago. He disappeared as the rush of furry creatures proceeded to stampede all over him.

Taking advantage of the moment, Echo rushed past him and out into open air. The ship was indeed abuzz with all sorts of activity. From Echo's perspective, it appeared to be tilted to one side. Could it have sprung a leak somewhere?

Ducking down into a nearby corridor, she withdrew her hand from the phone. But there was no sound. What happened to the voice? she wondered. She pressed it closer to her mouth and whispered, "Hello? Is anyone there?" No reply. She frowned, hoping she didn't somehow break it, and slipped it into her pocket. There wasn't time to worry about that now. With all the commotion, this would be the best chance for her to slip away. But, besides her MUPPETZ form, she had only mastered transforming into one other animal - and it certainly wasn't capable of swimming all the way to dry land.

No, she would have to find some other way. Then it hit her. The sub garage at the bottom of the ship! She could just swipe one of the submarines. After studying their instruction manuals, piloting one would be easy. She just needed a disguise...

At a silent command, blue fur spouted all over her body, transforming her into a MUPPETZ. Perfect! she decided as she raced away, quickly becoming indistinguishable from the dozens of other furry creatures scurrying about the ship.

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

Agent Boe sat up in the heap of cotton balls all around him, and quickly observed his appendages to be sure he was still in one piece. A glance footward reminded him his shoes were missing. He wiggled his socked toes dejectedly. "Bummer. I liked those shoes."

He had no time to further contemplate the loss, however, because the deck was now swarming with furry Muppetz. He sprung quickly into action, withdrawing his trusty SPELR and leaping off the rubbish pile to confront the enemies. One particular Muppetz saw Boe and charged at him, mutant paws extended. The SPELR launched a globule of Silly Putty directly onto the fiend, who paused a moment curiously. Then the Silly Putty detonated, blasting the furry mutant half way across the boat, where it smacked against a wall and slowly slid to the floor with a moan.

"Now, where are the others?" Boe wondered, looking around the deck for any sign of his allies. Then he saw a blue-furred Muppetz running through the crowd toward the hatch leading below deck. "What's that one up to?" He wondered aloud. He stepped into the blue one's path and leveled his SPELR toward it. "Stop there, mutant!" He called, and waited for it's response.

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

Echo froze like a deer caught in headlights as she found herself staring down the barrel of an ANTI agent's Silly Putter launcher. She had just witnessed that weapon sending a MUPPETZ clear across the ship, and she didn't fancy being caught in a similar blast.

Maybe this wasn't the greatest disguise after all, she thought.

He mind was racing. She couldn't very well go and blow her MUPPETZ guise now - there was no way he would believe she was merely a girl caught in the crossfire, trying to escape. Would bargaining work?

But just as she opened her mouth, she heard Lieutenant Obofritz's voice scream from the ship's upper deck, "ATTACK!!!" and a torrent of MUPPETZ followed suit, heading straight for the ANTI agent and brandishing television remotes like clubs.

Echo tensed, ready to spring out of harm's way if the opportunity arose. I have to escape.

Return of the Fountain Fellowship

Later...

David was in the barracks after a long day of guarding the Chairman. No assassination attempts today, which made him glad, because he was prepared to take a bullet for his leader and was happy that he hadn't had to and could see Grace again.

See Grace again. He rolled the idea around in his mind, testing it out. He had never thought he would see her again while he was in the MESS. It had been a horrible time when he had first joined, especially just after basic training. He didn't want to think about why she was here, if she was a scientist, because that brought back old memories. His imagination would go crazy. Better to wait until he could ask her in person. He just contented himself with the fact that she was near and knew that he was safe. He had missed her, more than he had known until today.

He was wearing a white tee and his fatigue pants, as he was off-duty, and enjoying the relaxation while thinking all this. Then he wondered how exactly he could find Grace. Maybe Ace would know.

Ace had wandered for a few of hours after Grace had run off. He wasn't sure why he was so upset about that. He had only met her that very day for gosh sakes. He couldn't make sense of his feelings.

Finally, he decided that he was just mad that he had handled the situation badly, and kinda let David down by not keeping an eye on his sister like he had asked. He sighed and headed for the barracks.

He waved the door to his shared room open, and pulled the helmet off of his head, tossing it on the bed. He half turned as he took the Torso plating of his armor off and saw David looking at him. He looked down for a second, his hair falling in his eyes before he tossed it back, "Well... Grace was fine when i last saw her."

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

Agent Boe grinned as the person he assumed to be an evil diabolical little fiend struggled to find words, squirming nervously at business end of his SPELR. Finally, it opened its mouth to say something; but the voice that he heard right then came from behind, not from the Muppet in front of him.

"ATTACK!" The enemy screamed. Before Boe could even readjust his position to defend against the new onslaught, his body was pushed to the ground by a furry remote-wielding foe. He rolled across the deck, swinging his SPELR this way and that as he attempted to knock the creatures away and regain his footing.

He finally reached the bulwark at the edge of the deck, and used it to pull himself up. Then he turned and faced the troop of five or six MUPPETZ agents which were slowly closing in on him. He checked his SPELR: out of putty. He looked up in time to see them all charging.

At the last second, Boe leapt to the side and hit the deck. The Muppetz who were charging him couldn't stop fast enough: they hit the railing, spun around and around a few times, and finally fell overboard, hitting the ocean with five or six splashes.

Boe stood to his feet and looked around: Muppetz were everywhere, but the blue one he had cornered before was nowhere to be seen. He then spotted his briefcase at the other end of the deck, inside of which were replacement Silly Putty cannisters. He would have to reach it in order to reload; but between him and it was a ship full of Muppetz. "This'll be interesting."

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

The only thing Summer could think of was staring. The snake only watched her back. At last, afraid she might freak out even more, she stammered, "W-Winter? Are you here?"

The serpent didn't do anything at first, but then hissed, "Yesssssss?"

Summer had no idea what to do, but she was terrified. "What happened to you?" she barely managed to say.

Winter was about to reply, but the orange MUPPETZ had awakened, and was struggling to escape. Brother, Winter thought, and bonked his comrade with his tail. Thankfully, the MUPPETZ passed out again. "Well," he uncomfortably started, "Thisss eesss a sssside affect from being a HumETZzzzz. Whenever I lossse my temper, I turn into what you ssseee now. I think it'sss causssse the sssscientists usssed ssssnake venom to create MUPPETZzzz."

Summer didn't really know what to say to all this news. She had been angry before without turning into anything, so it was obvious she didn't have this misfortune, but just the thought of it made her feel sad for Winter. I care about him now? she thought in confusion, but also compassionately. She felt somewhat positive now that they were sibs. But before she could say what she thought, Winter demanded, "Go, SSSSSummer! I'll catch up in a moment after I take care of thessse guyssss!"

Summer had no other option then to agree, and after grabbing her broken phone, she ran out of the hallways, which now had water up to her knees. "Be careful, bro!" she called back, and was sure she saw suprise and happiness in the depths of the blue eyed snake. She climbed the stairs until she was at the top, but to her horror, THEY were there: a whole bunch of MUPPETZ!

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

Mal'ady raced along the corridor, her boots squishing at every step. The rest of her was beginning to dry from her drenching, but the waterlogged black boots were leaving a trail of wet footprints everywhere she went. Mal'ady was sure the squishing could probably be heard throughout the M.U.P.P.E.T.Z. ship. And there was no way of getting them dry. Where was a hair dryer when you needed one?

If she was going to be found by the MUPPETZ, discovery by squishing was completely un-epic. That decided it. She carefully tugged the boots off and shoved them in her bag, hoping that her bright orange socks wouldn't give her away in the dark corridors.

She took off running again, and as she ran, she formulated a plan in her mind. She knew that CyKo's torpedo had scored a direct hit on the ship. Surely no vessel could survive that, but she wanted to put a capital N on that "no". So Mission A: make her way to the depths of the ship and see if there were flood compartments she could open, and Mission B: try to help the Doctor and Agent Thorn (if she knew anything about cheese puffs, their situation was most dire). Oh, and C: try to reconnect with her friends.

Turning a corner, she spotted what appeared to be a map of the ship's layout. Squiggly lines and squares in red and blue covered a concrete block. Mal'ady bent over it and traced her route with a finger. "So," she muttered, "left turn here, right corner here, avoid the cookie factory here, and...what?"

Scribbles in pink, glittery paint spread over the rest of the map, making the directions unreadable. Mal'ady pushed up her glasses and bent to look closer. Ms. Jiggy Luvs Kermid 4evah!

Mal'ady let out a cry of frustration and stepped away from the map. Now she had no idea of where she was going. Unless...she lifted the still-soaked, heavy flap of her satchel, rummaged a bit, and pulled out a fat (and thankfully dry) book with a camouflage cover. Flipping through the pages, Mal'ady grinned when she came to a chapter entitled, "Predictability: The Layout of M.U.P.P.E.T.Z. Ships".

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

Fighting the ever-slowing onslaught of MUPPETZ, CyKo had just about defeated the last one when he cocked his pistol, pressed the trigger, and fired- with no result. He quickly re-cocked and tried to fire again, but his ammo was completely depleted.

"I didn't want to resort to this..."

CyKo put his hand to his Glass (why not glasses? one eye=one glass- you could call it a monocle if you'd like) and pressed a button. From the monocle came two minute (as in: Minute meaning "Small") rockets, blasting into the last of the waves of MUPPETZ. Flying every which way, Muppetz fur was splattered everywhere as their hosts were blown off the ship.

Above, CyKo saw a helicopter come and pick up two distinctive MUPPETZ- one was an aquatic frog-like Muppetz, like the ones he had fought before (though this one dressed in a tuxedo and shades, and a cool hat on top of his green head) and a chubby pig, wearing excessive amounts of jewelry and staring at the frog the whole way up.

On the side of the Helicopter was the word 'Ellecopter' smeared in red, while CyKo could see the hunched figure of what seemed to be a Muppetz, despite the windows being tinted black.

CyKo's first thought to this was... "TURBACON! "

...

His second thought to this was to throw a homing device onto the 'Ellecopter', which he did promptly.

A.N.T.I. (American Nitwits Think Intelligently): The Rebellion

The good doctor put up a good fight, but the shear number of muppets forced him to the ground under a pile of hug tackling muppets. But suddenly Joe wasn't there any more. Well technically he was... But he disappeared so the muppetz were thrown into confusion which in turned allowed the good doctor to exscape and run out the door.

He left his bazooka behind. But he pulled his AR-15 of his back and shot down the first few muppetz that got in his way. Then he picked up his WT and radioed Cyko again "Cyk! Where the heck are you man?!?" he asked, shooting down a muppetz who had tried to sneak up behind him