Chapter 16
Rats and Dogs
by Teddu Howard

Miss Fluffy gaped in horror at the .45 she was staring into. She noticed a movement at the other end of the pool. She looked up. It was Iggy. "W-Wha? I-If y-y-y-you're t-there then who's that w-with the g-gun?"

Iggy shivered. "Did you know that you have a turtle in there? Fortunatly, we reptiles stick together. Well, with that gun aimed at you, look who's caught, Fluffball!"

Miss Fluffy back away, shivering with fright. "I-I wasn't the o-one who wanted him k-killed. I-It was Th-Thaddeus."

"Yes, but still you paid for it."

All of a sudden Miss Fluffy shook and trembled and fell apart. A door in her back opened. A rat stepped out. "Ok, so Thaddeus didn't ask me to kill Sammy. It doesn't matter now. You'll never catch me!"

The rat ran. Iggy tried to go after him, but many reptiles are very slow, and Iggy was one of them. The turtle came out of the water. "Here's your gun back."

Iggy put his hand out, not changing his face of wonderment. "Oh, thanks." Iggy put the gun in his holster. "So that's how 'Miss Fluffy' won so many prizes. That rat made the mechanical dog perfect. I better go to Thaddeus and tell him what he would think of as bad news."

Iggy and his turtle friend, who said he had no name, walked up to Thaddeus. "Eh-em. I'm sorry to tell you this, but Miss Fluffy isn't a real dog. She's a mechanical dog run by a rat."

Thaddeus and his owner shook with rage. Doors in their backs opened up. A rat came out of Thaddeus, two out of his owner. The rat leader cursed. "Now you know that we aren't real. But that won't matter, you won't find us!' The rats ran off.

Choices:

  1. Run after the rats.
  2. Try to find the rat who controlled Miss Fluffy.
  3. Walk around the city, and try to find something by accident.


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