*Hey guys, I'm back with another chapter of my version of Sing 2! We are almost done! EEEEHHH!! This is published on January 23, 2022. If you guys like this chapter, don't be afraid to vote and comment! That would be greatly appreciated! The song used is called "This Is Me" by the cast of the Greatest Showman! Enjoy!*

"I'm sorry."

Buster opened his eyes to hear that familiar scared voice as he realized that he was in the cell with the younger fifteen-year-old version of himself named Daniel. Buster gazed at him with a frown.

"I didn't mean to bring you pain," Daniel said while hugging his legs, the scars on his back growing. "I didn't know what to think or believe. I'm sorry."

Buster examined Daniel and the more he looked at Daniel, the more he realized something that he didn't really give much thought to.

Daniel was just a kid. Daniel Rambo was just a kid who was accused of the things he didn't do. He's an innocent koala who had to live with the lies of his uncle and succumb to the scars on his back that the hyenas gave him. Daniel couldn't do anything to change anything. He couldn't change the past no matter how much he wants to. Buster knew that since he was once Daniel Rambo. Now thinking about it, Buster realized that maybe he went too hard on his past self. Maybe the circumstances that he'd been through were not his fault. His uncle put him through hell and his father was the only person who seemed to love Daniel as Daniel until the theater group came along. They all knew he was Daniel Rambo but they knew that Buster preferred to be called Buster. But even then, they don't think Daniel was a murderer.

Buster frowned while looking at Daniel. "I'm sorry."

Daniel gazed up at Buster, mirroring his ocean blue eyes.

"I'm sorry I locked you in here...I'm sorry I saw you as the world saw you. You are not a murderer. You are not a dumb kid. You're scared...and you have every right to be...you just went through something traumatic...more than once. And I'm sorry I shut you in here."

Daniel's scars were slowly healing but not as rapidly as one would hope. "You know...I like that name. Buster Moon. It has a nice ring to it."

Buster smiled softly at Daniel. "It does, doesn't it? I thought so too."

Daniel hugged his own legs. "I thought Daniel Rambo was also a great showman name. Too bad it had been tampered by my uncle and...everyone else."

Buster frowned while looking up at the cell door as he saw the light peering through the door. "It wasn't your fault though." The light grew brighter and brighter as Buster closed his eyes to accept the warmth.

It wasn't your fault.

...

Buster heard voices and then static noises. He felt a soft cushion holding the small koala as he lifted his eyelids open. All he could see was dark green. He moaned while his throat felt dry. The koala turned over to face the ceiling.

"Are they still out there?"

"No, I think we're safe for now."

Buster groaned to hear the familiar voices as he noticed a familiar lion coming into his vision with a teacup and a soft gaze.

"Buster?" Clay called softly to see that the koala was awake.

"C-Clay? Hey," Buster greeted with his voice hoarse while sitting up and rubbing his head. "How are you doing?"

"I'm doing alright. How are you?"

Buster rubbed his head. "Just a minor headache."

"Well, here, it should help you with your headache," Clay said as he handed the teacup to Buster.

Buster shivered from the cold and received the teacup.

"Too cold?" Clay questioned to notice Buster shivering.

Buster shook his head. "It's fine. I just...wait...where am I?"

"You're in my house," Alfonso answered as he entered the living room behind Clay. "Um, it's much but it's the best hiding place I could give."

Buster smiled softly at the male elephant. "No...you're good, Alfonso. Thank you."

Alfonso nodded with a hum as he looked between Clay and Buster. "Do you guys need anything to eat? Like ice cream or pizza rolls?"

"I'm fine," Clay said politely while shifting his gaze at Buster.

"You have pizza rolls?" Buster uttered.

"Yeah. I could go out to buy more food but not when Jimmy and his men are hunting us down," Alfonso replied with a shrug.

"I-I would like pizza rolls," Buster responded weakly.

Alfonso smiled. "Then I'll get a plate." The elephant left and entered the kitchen.

Buster laid his head back against the pillow. "Pizza rolls sounds so good right now."

Clay raised his paws up a bit. "Hey, no judgment here."

Buster chuckled softly while drinking his tea. He cleared his throat when he tasted something weird in the tea. "Is this honey?"

"Supposed to help you with your voice."

Buster cleared his throat some more. "Oh, thank you."

"Leonardo said that the hallucinogen affects your voice for a little while. I thought I speed up the process by giving you tea with honey in it."

Buster smiled a bit. "Hmm, well, it certainly is doing the trick. Thank you."

"No problem. You know, Ruby found out about this trick when my voice wasn't doing so well. It worked great so...thought I might share," Clay said with a soft smile. His smile faded when he thought about his deceased wife, Ruby.

Buster noticed the lion's smile fading as he leaned back against the pillows. "How did you and Ruby meet?"

Clay sat at the end of the couch to look at the curious koala. His old tired eyes shifted around the living room to ponder his memories. "You know how they say that when you fall in love with somebody...you just know. Well, the first time I met Ruby was when I was barely starting out on my rock music career. She was one of the singers singing at a club. I can't remember which club she's working at specifically before moving into working as a stagehand at the Crystal Theater but I remembered her voice. She sounded like an angel." Clay shifted his far-off gaze up ahead of him while Buster was listening to the old lion telling his story. "Oh, you should've heard her voice, Buster. If you've heard her voice, heh, you would've been awestruck."

Buster smiled softly at the lion. "I guess I would."

Clay continued on his story. "We met backstage before I was up next and I complimented her. I have no idea how we hit it off but when she looked up at me... it was like the whole world just stopped. I swear, when I first saw her, there was no maybe for me. I told myself that I'm going to marry this woman one day. And I was a seventeen-year-old punk who had fallen in love with a sweet soft-spoken angel. The more time I spend with her, the more I felt like I was changed. I used to think of this world as a dark place but she's the one who lit it up and made everything brighter. Her eyes, her glow, and her smile." Clay began to get teary-eyed as he wiped them away before they could just roll down his cheeks.

"She means a lot to you," Buster sympathized.

Clay wiped the tears away while nodding his head. "We did get married once we're eighteen. Our families think we're crazy to fall in love at such a young age. If she were alive today, we would've been married for fifty years. And every moment spent in marriage, I have become more in love with her that she inspired all of my songs. Every song you listen to from me...it's been dedicated to her. And I would sing it to her and perform it in front of the world to show them how much I love her. She supported my dreams and lifted me up to where I was before she died."

Clay narrowed his brows at the thought of what happened to his wife and Jimmy. What Jimmy had done to her, what he did to cover up his mess, the lies he used to manipulate everyone that Clay was getting old and senile.

"The night Ruby died...the way Jimmy taunted us the other night. I wanted to punch him right in the face for what he did to Ruby. I wanted him to be brought to justice. But men like Jimmy could get away with murder and wipe their bloody hands clean without the public batting an eye. You could never bring men like Jimmy down because they will always have power. Power is what gets them out of trouble. Power is what gets them rich. Power...just corrupts the souls and minds of animals who sought after it. It takes a strong mind to not be corrupted by having power. Sadly, there are a few and far in between."

Buster frowned at this while Alfonso came into the living room with a plate of pizza rolls.

"I got you pizza rolls, Mr. Moon," Alfonso stated while serving pizza rolls on a plate.

"Thank you, Alfonso," Buster uttered politely.

"Be careful, they're hot," Alfonso warned as he set them on the wooden table. "I, uh, don't mean to interrupt the conversation."

"You're fine. I was done talking anyway," Clay said with a soft smile.

Buster was careful around the pizza rolls as he grabbed one of them and blew on it to cool it. Once he knew that it was cooled off, he chewed on it while leaning back against the cushion. Buster swallowed his pizza roll.

"Thanks again, Alfonso," Buster said with a sigh.

"No problem. You cold?" Alfonso asked the koala.

Buster shook his head. "Oh no, I'm fine. Thank you."

"Oh, okay. You're welcome."

Leonardo and Darius entered the living room to check on Buster.

"How are you doing?" Darius asked.

Buster blinked his eyes for a moment while clearing his throat. "I'm doing fine."

"Good. You should be able to walk around by now," Leonardo calculated.

"Okay," Buster uttered while sitting back and looking at Clay. "Are the others out of the city?"

"Yeah, we're the only ones here," Clay said while nodding his head.

"Then we had to get out of here too," Buster replied in determination. "We can't stay here."

"Where will we go?" Alfonso uttered fearfully. "The news about you being Daniel Rambo is worldwide now. Where are we going to hide?"

"He makes a good point," Clay said. "We already had the cops and Jimmy's thugs after us. There's no doubt that he'll look for the others since they're known as criminals as well."

Buster frowned while his ears flattened.

Leonardo heard his phone beeped as he took it out and scanned it. His eyes went wide as Buster, Alfonso, Clay, and Darius didn't know what he was looking at.

"What's going on?" Alfonso inquired the cougar.

Leonardo went silent as he put his phone away. "You guys stay here." Leonardo exited Alfonso's house and shut the door, leaving the animals confused. 

~.~

Suki got herself a new phone as she texted an unknown number that she could remember on the top of her head that they were on their way to Redshore City. She asked the mysterious number where he was hiding. The text came back and instructed her to meet at an alleyway near the bus station.

She laid her head back on the bus seat while watching the theater group on the bus. Eddie and Porscha were holding hands throughout the ride while Porscha laid her head against Eddie's soft shoulder. Ash was leaning her head up against Johnny's side while falling asleep on their way back to Redshore. Nooshy, Dexter, Stan, and Barry talked amongst themselves about the plans on getting back to Redshore and how careful they need to be since they're being hunted. Dexter was packed with his big huge suitcase that might fit twenty-five days' worth of shirts and jeans.

Surprisingly, Nana came along with them along with Meena's family and Gary. Gary was with Gunter as Gunter went over all of their adventures at Redshore and got him up to speed about the show and what was going on. Norman held Rosita's hand while the kids were left behind and were taken care of by Norman's cousin, Nora. However, Norman didn't get the text that the kids were actually missing.

Ms. Crawly was sitting next to Mizuki while comforting the doe that everything will be fine and they will find Buster, Clay, Darius, and Alfonso. Meena had been thinking about Alfonso while her heart was racing in anticipation and dread. She anticipated seeing Alfonso again alive and well but dreading to find out if he's actually dead. Meena's mother was sitting next to her while comforting her.

Mike and Nancy were holding hands tightly as Mike just breathed heavily in anxiety. But, Mike tried to calm down and thought about the plan that was set in motion before leaving Catalonia.

However, Mike noticed the cops standing at the distance away from the entrance of Redshore City with a gasp.

"Guys, they got the cops patrolling the outskirts of the city," Mike alerted the others.

Johnny peeked out of the window with his hazel eyes wide. "Bloody Mary."

"Everybody, get down," Dexter demanded the animals as Johnny scooped Ash up in his arms and laid both of them down to not be seen.

Meena joined in while her mother just looked around in confusion. Eddie and Porscha ducked their heads down from the windows along with Gunter, Rosita, Norman, and Gary. Barry and Stan crouched down so that they wouldn't get spotted. Dexter joined his gang while noticing Nooshy laying down beside Johnny, Ash, and Meena. Suki, Mizuki, and Ms. Crawly ducked their heads and crouched in their seats. Mike and Nancy hid in the suitcases belonging to one of the bigger animals. Meena's grandparents stayed seated along with Nana and Meena's mother.

The bus was slowing into a stop as Mike noticed the giraffe bus driver rolling the windows down to greet the officer to his left.

"Can I help you?" the bus driver asked the cop.

"Yeah, we're looking for them. They don't happen to be in your vehicle...are they?" The bear cop asked.

A quiet gasp was heard from Mike while looking at the pictures of everyone's faces, including Buster's, Clay's, Alfonso's, Darius's, and Leonardo's. The bus driver turned his head to find that most of the animals were crouching down to not be seen by the cops through the windows.

Nana was looking around in fear while straightening herself up and giving the bus driver a firm look. Dexter kept an eye on the bus driver. Johnny and Ash were hugging each other close in case something bad would happen.

The bus driver turned back to the officer. "Nope, none of them are on this bus."

Dexter arched a brow while everyone tried to hold in a sigh of relief.

"Alright, continue then."

The bus driver rolled up his window and headed through the city.

"I read the newspaper," the bus driver stated after passing by the cops. "Daniel Rambo is innocent and Roy Rambo went to jail for murder. So, I didn't believe Jimmy Crystal when he said that Daniel was a murderer on television."

"Thank you, sir," Ms. Crawly uttered.

The bus driver nodded his head. "No problem. But why are you going back to Redshore?"

"We have some unfinished business to do there," Mike stated.

The theater group nodded their heads in agreement.

The bus driver shrugged his shoulders. "Alright, then." The bus driver drove through the city. What was once a fascinating sight to see now became a dark place full of posters and virtual billboard signs painting their faces to search for them. The bus was parked at the bus station.

The bus driver gasped when he saw another cop at the bus station. "Um...there's a cop at the station."

"Oh great, we're going to get caught for sure," Mike groaned sarcastically as both Mike and Nancy climbed up onto Meena's shoulder and hung onto her pink clothing.

"I'm sorry...I-I had to open the doors—"

"It's alright, mate, we'll take him down," Dexter said, ready to fight.

The bus driver gulped and opened the doors. The golden retriever cop headed into the bus as he turned to find the theater group crouching to avoid being detected. The cop got out a walkie-talkie to alert the other cops before freezing up. The group arched their brows up as they noticed his knees wobbling. Then the guard collapsed onto the floor, earning gasps in shock.

"Good heavens," Nana said loudly.

In a blink of an eye, the hooded figure appeared out of thin air as he removed his hood to reveal that it was Leonardo.

"Leonardo?!" Porscha gasped in recognition.

"You guys came back," Leonardo commented while shifting his attention at the bus driver. "Do I need to knock him out too?"

"No, no!" some of the theater group demanded.

"Alright, alright. We need to get the others into the bus—"

"No, Leonardo," Porscha said, standing up. "I know a way we could expose Dad for his actions."

Leonardo arched a brow. "What is it?"

"We'll tell you when we find the others," Suki informed.

"Fine, come on," Leonardo said while making sure that no one was around the bus station. He looked at the bus driver. "You better not say a word about this."

"My lips are sealed," the bus driver said with his hands up while the gang stood up and got the bags that they need.

"Good, come on," Leonardo urged the group as everyone got out of the bus. They made their way through the city undetected while Leonardo had his weapon out the entire time.

"You guys are lucky that the bus driver was on your side," Leonardo stated. "They got the cops patrolling the streets since we pulled Buster out of the warehouse."

"What warehouse?" Mizuki asked in concern.

"The warehouse in the ghetto area of the city. He's under a hallucinogen for a while until we got him out of the warehouse. He's recovering at Alfonso's house as we speak," Leonardo stated while scanning their surroundings to make sure no one was around them while they made their way through different alleyways, avoiding the light and the open areas.

Meena smiled at the thought of now knowing that Alfonso was alive.

"Is Buster okay?" Ash questioned.

"Yeah, he's fine now."

The theater group sighed in relief.

"So...who are you supposed to be?" Gary questioned the cougar.

"He's an assassin that we're talking about," Mike answered from sitting on Meena's shoulder.

Eddie and Porscha held hands while sneaking through the city with the others.

"Wait, you're an assassin?" Porscha uttered.

"Yeah, you can call it that," Leonardo stated.

Nooshy smiled a bit to herself. "This is getting fun."

Leonardo finally led the group to a small one-story house. It's a nice house that was painted green along with two windows peering into the dining room and the other peering into the living room.

The cougar led them across the street as someone opened the door. It appeared to be Alfonso with his eyes wide to recognize the group.

"Alfonso!" Meena cried as she was the first to run into the house and hugged Alfonso, almost knocking him down.

Alfonso stumbled back but he kept his footing and hugged Meena. "Meena! You came back!"

Buster, Clay, and Darius peeked into the entrance.

"Guys?!" Buster recognized.

"Moonster!" Mike shouted happily.

"Buster!" Mizuki ran into the house and scooped up the koala to hug him. Buster hugged her back while burying his face on her shoulder.

"Mizuki! Wh-What's going on? What are you guys doing here?" Buster questioned the doe.

"We're here to kick Jimmy Crystal's butt!" Gunter said as the rest of the animals walked in. Alfonso, Mizuki, Buster, Darius, Meena, and Clay had to move into the living room so that everyone could get into the house.

"That's right!" Mike confirmed it in determination.

"We are not going to sit here and let Jimmy Crystal make a fool out of us," Dexter stated with his arms crossed.

Buster frowned while looking down at the floor as Mizuki put him down. "Guys...you shouldn't have come back."

"Why not? We can—"

"Johnny, I know you want to help just like the rest of you. But...Jimmy is too powerful to take down. If we're going to fight Jimmy...we're already confirming that we're criminals."

"What do you suggest? We just go and hide?" Rosita questioned Buster.

"That's probably the best thing we could do," Buster said sadly.

"Mr. Moon," Nana spoke while walking towards the koala. "Are you going to let Jimmy win? Are you not going to stand up for yourself and clear your name? Jimmy may seem unbeatable but if we work together, we can clear our names."

"Nana, has anyone slandered you or lied to the whole world that you're some kind of a monster?" Buster questioned Nana.

Nana frowned while having to think about it for a second.

"Nana, this is not going to be an easy thing to clear up. I was Daniel Rambo and for a while, I thought I was the murderer. But you guys shouldn't even be here. You should've hidden and waited till everything dies down."

"Buster, it's not going to die down," Eddie stepped into the conversation. "People will not stop talking about it and you won't be able to do your own shows because of Crystal's lie. If we show them that Jimmy is the one who lied, then everyone's names can be cleared."

"How? Eddie, you were just kidnapped and tortured by Jimmy. You were gonna die if we didn't rescue you in time," Buster uttered almost tearfully. "I shouldn't have dragged you guys into this."

"Buster—"

"I broke into the theater and dragged you guys with me—"

"Buster—"

"Because of me, Johnny was harassed by Klaus. Because of me, I put high expectations on Rosita. Because of me, I promised Meena something I can't keep and now—"

"Buster—"

"What?" Buster questioned firmly at whoever was speaking to him. He turned to realize that Johnny was the one who had been calling Buster's name a few times.

"Please don't blame yourself again," Johnny uttered sadly. "We can fix this."

"Johnny, there's nothing to fix. We...we can't stay here. You guys are going to be in danger. Now the cops are looking for you everywhere because you were associated with me."

"Buster," Mizuki called his name gently.

"We can't stay here," Buster uttered sadly. "I-I'm sorry. But...we need to go back to Catalonia."

"Buster, wait—" Johnny called as Buster walked away into the living room.

Clay frowned as he watched Buster walking away. "He's been tortured in that warehouse."

Everyone looked at the lion rockstar.

"Yeah, pretty badly, I think...right?" Darius added, trying to remember parts of what he saw beforehand.

"Right," Clay said with a nod at Darius. He turned his head towards the others. "He's too afraid to face Crystal."

"I don't blame him," Dexter stated.

"Aw, that poor koala," Meena's mother, Donna, cooed sadly.

Mizuki frowned while she went off after Buster and into the living room. She noticed him hugging his legs on the couch.

Mizuki sighed deeply to watch her boyfriend like this. She bit her lip while the music began to play. She entered the living room and sat across from Buster. She began to sing softly almost to herself but Buster could hear her.

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"I'm not a stranger to the dark.

Hide away, they say

'Cause we don't want your broken selves.

I've learned to be ashamed of my past.

Run away, they say

No one will ever love you as you are."

Buster lifted his head up to hear Mizuki sing. He didn't know that Mizuki could even sing and it's not often that he heard her. She sang beautifully and softly while she was standing up and walking over towards him.

"But I won't let them break me down to dust.

I know that there's a place for us.

For we are glorious."

Mizuki sat next to Buster and held his hand after saying the last phrase. Buster smiled softly at her while squeezing her hand. Mizuki smiled as she continued to sing.

"When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out.

I am brave, I am bruised.

I am who I'm meant to be, this is me."

Out of nowhere, Ash entered the living room with Mike by her side. Ash sang with a passionate voice.

"Look out, 'cause here I come."

Mike joined in after Ash with a soft smile at Buster.

"And I'm marching on to the beat of drum."

Ash and Mike sang together harmoniously as they came closer to Buster and Mizuki.

"I'm not scared to be seen.

I make no apologies, this is me."

Nancy, Meena, Darius, and Alfonso entered the living room while singing angelically.

"Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh."

Johnny boldly walked into the living room with tears in his hazel eyes.

"Another round of bullets hits my skin

Well, fire away 'cause today, I won't let the shame sink in

We are bursting through the barricades and

Reaching for the sun."

Nooshy, Rosita, and Gunter jumped in while singing happily.

"We are warriors!"

Johnny turned to them while wiping his tears away as he sang with them singing in the background.

"Yeah, that's what we've become (yeah, that's what we've become)!"

Johnny, Rosita, Gunter, Nooshy, Ash, Meena, Mike, Nancy, Alfonso, and Darius sang together with determined smiles on their faces.

"I won't let them break me down to dust

I know that there's a place for us

For we are glorious!"

Everyone began to sing together except for Nana, Clay, Meena's family, Porscha, Norman, and Johnny's family. Gary and Eddie joined in the singing with the theater group to encourage Buster more.

"When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out

I am brave, I am bruised

I am who I'm meant to be, this is me

Look out 'cause here I come

And I'm marching on to the beat I drum

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh-oh

Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

This is me!"

Buster smiled softly and teary-eyed as Rosita came closer to Buster with a soft smile on her face and singing.

"And I know that I deserve your love!"

Gunter jumped in with a boisterous voice while the theater cast was singing in the background.

"(Oh-oh-oh-oh) There's nothing I'm not worthy of

(Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh)"

Porscha finally stepped into the theater animals while singing softly and almost teary-eyed.

"When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out

This is brave, this is bruised

This is who I'm meant to be, this is me."

The theater gang smiled at her while the theater animals were dancing and singing in front of Buster to cheer him up while getting Porscha to join them.

"Look out 'cause here I come (look out 'cause here I come)

And I'm marching on to the beat I drum (marching on, marching, marching on)

I'm not scared to be seen

I make no apologies, this is me

When the sharpest words wanna cut me down

I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown 'em out

I'm gonna send a flood

Gonna drown 'em out

Oh

This is me!"

The song ended as everyone breathed heavily from singing passionately. Buster softly smiled at them as Clay came into the living room while squeezing by the theater cast while looking down at him.

"Don't let fear stop you from doing the things you love," Clay said softly.

Buster gasped to remember that he said the exact same thing to Meena when she had her stage fright. Buster smiled at Clay while wiping some tears away from hearing the group singing.

He frowned at the thought of getting past Jimmy. "I want to put on this show. This show is too good to just be canceled and never performed."

"Then, let's do it!" Porscha exclaimed excitedly with her tail wagging. "If we do the show, maybe there's a chance we could expose Dad for his lies. I love him and I don't want him to get hurt but...he needs to be called out for his actions."

The theater group nodded their heads in agreement.

Buster chuckled at Porscha. "It's not like we just put a show on to get Crystal out of his shell and expose him—" Buster's ears perked up while he stopped his sentence. A smile slowly formed on his face. "That's exactly what we're going to do!"

The group smiled at Buster that he's finally seeing what they are saying.

"But how?" Darius uttered. "If I remember correctly...Crystal's got security in his pocket. How are we going to do the show if Jimmy is going to shut it down with his security?"

Gunter tapped his chin. "Hmm, we might also need to change up the script. Make it better than the original."

"You guys are not answering my question," Darius began to speak up as he paused for a moment and then groaned. "Dang it...I forgot my question."

"It's okay, Darius," Meena stated softly to the yak.

"I had it. Hold on. Hold on," Darius uttered while pressing his head as everyone just looked at him strangely. "Okay, okay. What was I—? Security...Jimmy—RIGHT! Okay, okay, uh, shoot. I just...wait, security...Jimmy's got security and if we're doing this show, how in the world are we going to do it when Jimmy can shut it down with his security? Are you guys getting what I'm saying?"

"Oh...I didn't even think about that," Porscha replied.

Eddie nodded his head. "He's got a bunch of thugs. Sadly, if I weren't under the hallucinogen, I would've known what's going on."

"Pish Posh, Eddie, don't blame yourself," Nana stated firmly.

Norman checked his phone as he now saw a text he got from Nora. He opened the text with his eyes widened.

Rosita noticed the shocked look on his face. "What is it, Norman?"

"The kids...they went missing," Norman responded.

"What?!" Rosita gasped in fear.

On cue, Dexter's huge suitcase that he'd been carrying around started to move around. Dexter turned to his suitcase.

"What the—?"

The suitcase rattled some more as it fell down on its back and the zipper unzipped itself as one of the piglets popped out of the suitcase.

"I can't hold it!" The piglet scurried down the hallway to find the bathroom before Rosita or Norman could scold him.

The gang peeked into the suitcase to find pairs of eyes staring out of the suitcase, assuming to be the rest of Rosita's kids.

Rosita gave them a stern stare while putting a fist on her hip like a scolding mother. "Kids. Come out of the suitcase."

The piglets slowly emerged out of Dexter's suitcase.

"How did twenty-five piglets bypass everyone here and managed to get inside of the suitcase without being spotted?" Mike questioned.

"I'm asking the same thing," Clay added. "I'm honestly impressed."

Rosita tapped on her foot as the piglet came out of the bathroom all relieved until he received stares from the rest of the gang.

"Alright, you guys better have a good explanation as to why you ended up inside of Dexter's suitcase," Rosita stated sternly.

"We just want to help Uncle Buster," Gail said meekly.

"Yeah! The wolf lied about everyone! Including Uncle Buster!" The boy piglet, Caspar, shouted in determination.

"Yeah! Uncle Buster is not Daniel Rambo!" The girl piglet, Zoey, added.

"Yeah, that wolf made it up!" The other boy piglet, Mark, accused.

All the other piglets nodded their heads in agreement.

The group clenched their teeth while looking at Buster, who blushed a bit in embarrassment.

Norman arched a brow. "Where did you get that source?"

"The news on TV," Gail replied meekly.

Norman shook his head. "And this is why Nora should not switch the television on to the news. This is dangerous."

"We can handle it!"

"No, you need to go home," Rosita replied to her piglets strictly.

"Aww, Mom—"

"I don't want to hear it," Rosita scolded.

The kids groaned while Buster stared at them, an idea slowly forming in his head.

"Um...guys, I think I have the craziest ideas on how we can get into the theater undetected," Buster announced to the group.

Everyone turned to the koala with their brows raised. The original theater cast widened their smiles in excitement to see the old Buster back in action while the newer theater cast just stared at him in curiosity. 

To Be Continued...