Dadnapped Page #4

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Whatever you say, Mel.

Just call me when you get back, okay?

Tell your dad "floss" for me.

Sure, whatever.

So, you thought

this trip would be different, huh?

You are thick!

It already is different.

As soon as he's done in there.

You mean

as soon as he's done with me.

You know, for someone

who knows how to save the world,

you really are a jerk.

Any minute now, he walks out that door

and it's my vacation, not yours.

Dad?

The Tearjerker. And it works!

Yeah!

A 16-gallon dust bag, a juice extractor,

and an eight-horsepower wood chipper.

I've got to meet the fans

who put this baby together.

- I think that can be arranged.

- Yeah?

Mr. Zoome, I presume.

Sabotage.

Spin him, spin him, spin him!

Yeah!

Hey. They...

They're stealing my writer, Maurice!

Quit your crying, Skunk! We'll get him!

Okay.

We need some wheels.

Just like those.

Okay, calm down. It's gonna be okay.

Everything is under control.

Dad!

No, no, no.

No one goes in

until the fumes clear out.

- But my dad, he's inside.

No, he isn't.

And it's not fumes, it's onions.

Totally Zoome-tastic!

"If one chopped onion makes my mom

cry when she's making lasagna,

"think what 1,000 chopped onions

will do to a room full of SCUM agents.

"He smiled, his perfect teeth aglitter. "

Big deal. So some geek had

way too much time on his hands.

Where is my father?

All we know for sure is whoever did this

knows his way around a Tripp-Trap.

Hey. Where are the tapes to

that camera? I want to check them out.

Are you kidding me?

A bunch of kids took him?

Why couldn't he still be a dentist?

Central station,

your call is being recorded.

Hi. Yes, I'd like to report

a missing person.

No, he's not missing. He was taken.

Who are we actually

talking about, here?

My father. His name's Neal Morris.

He was taken by a bunch of kids,

like, total freak-out losers.

Okay, okay. Here, calm down, honey.

Are you talking about the same

Neal Morris down at the Merc Hotel?

That Zoome fan thing?

Yes, yes, exactly.

Okay. 'Cause, see,

I've been getting a lot of crazy calls

from that place today,

you know, like, spies and robots

and double agents.

And we got a lot of work down here

at the police station,

so you've got to stop bothering me.

Hello! I'm trying to report a crime, here!

Okay, look. Here's the procedure.

You wait 48 hours.

If he doesn't turn up then,

then you come down to the station,

you fill out a report.

Okay? That's the system.

Well, the system is stupid.

What?

Why are you looking at me like that?

I'm just surprised.

Surprised? At what?

You.

You get this big shot at being me,

you don't take it.

Are you kidding me?

First of all, I don't want to be you.

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