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One morning, in the Neo Diamond Cutters’ office, Lanolin was discussing their schedule for the day to her teammates.
“...and once that’s done, we have to sign off on the paperwork for those Wispon orders-”
Suddenly, the sheep heard a hand slam on the table.
“Lanolin!”
She looked up from her clipboard, and saw that Tangle had sprung up from her seat. Whisper and Ashley both stared at her, confused (and admittedly a little curious).
Sighing, Lanolin crossed her arms. “Is there any reason why you’re interrupting this meeting, Tangle?”
Looking determined, Tangle stepped closer to her.
“Yes,” she answered. And after taking a deep breath, she finished off with, “I would like to use the bathroom.”
Lanolin’s eyes widened. Whisper and Ashley gasped and glanced at each other, wondering what the hell this girl was thinking. And then slowly…
…Lanolin’s face formed into a sinister grin.
“Oh, would you, now?”
“Tangle, don’t do it! Are you insane?!” Ashley cried. Unfortunately, her words only fell on deaf ears.
“Yes, Lano. I can’t hold it anymore,” the lemur replied, looking her boss dead in the eye. “And I won’t hold it anymore!”
Her face unchanging, Lanolin leaned in closer to the slightly shorter girl. “So, you would call this an emergency?”
“I would,” Tangle nodded, unwavering.
The sheep leaned back, and started giggling to herself. It didn’t take long for it to be turned into maniacal laughter, though.
“Poundcake, please!” Whisper begged. “Don’t be a hero!”
Tangle glanced back at her partner, and smiled bravely.
“But I am a hero, Whispy.” Once more, she faced Lanolin. “And this is what heroes do.”
Meanwhile, Lanolin had stopped laughing. But it was clear that she was looking forward to what was coming next.
“MY FAVORITE PART OF THE DAY!” she yelled out gleefully. She put a hand behind her back, reaching for something in her back pocket. “Alright, Tangle… you have two minutes. Make them count.”
She didn’t need to be told twice. Tangle booked it out the door the millisecond Lanolin finished her sentence.
“Take cover!” Whisper barked at Ashley. Both of them dove underneath the table.
Meanwhile, Tangle was running to the bathroom like her life depended on it.
*BANG* *BANG*
Shots were fired from behind her, which she barely managed to avoid.
She was able to look behind her long enough to see Lanolin holding a handgun, shooting at her.
“Run, Forrest!” she called, continuing to fire. “RUN!”
After dodging some more shots, Tangle finally saw the women’s restroom in front of her. Quickly, she threw the door open and ran inside.
“Come on, come on, come on…!”
-
Outside the office, Lanolin checked her watch. Tangle only had thirty seconds left. She smirked once more.
“RUNNING OUT OF TIME, TANGLE!” she called, cupping her hands over her mouth. Whisper and Ashley only peeked out from under the table, scared for the primate.
In the bathroom, Tangle had gotten out of her stall, and was wrapping up washing her hands.
“You got this, Tangle… you got this!” she muttered, turning off the faucet and rushing out the door.
Almost instantly, she spotted a grenade on the ground. She yelped and ran off before it went exploded…
…only to find more being hurled at her.
*BOOM* *BOOM*
“Whoops!” Lanolin said, pulling a pin out of a grenade and chucking it. “Who pulled the pins out of these grenades?!”
The lemur only continued ducking and weaving the grenades as she pushed forward.
“I have a sneaking suspicion you took all that from the machine shop!” Tangle called. Some blasts went off behind her, causing her to stumble, but she regained her footing and kept going.
Throwing one more grenade, Lanolin called back, “Go ahead and prove it, then!”
After dodging that grenade and avoiding the explosion, Tangle did one last wind sprint and dove into the office, straight past the sheep.
She stayed on the ground for a second, catching her breath. Whisper and Ashley crawled out from the table, anxious for what was to come next.
Once she heard Lanolin’s footsteps approaching her, the lemur shot straight up and turned to her. “Did I make it?!”
“Very impressive, Tangle,” Lanolin nodded, slowly clapping her hands. “You made it in two minutes.”
Tangle gasped happily, while Whisper and Ashley’s jaws dropped. She did it! She actually did it-!
“...and five seconds,” Lanolin finished, with a toothy grin. “You know what that means, right?”
Tangle’s face went from ecstatic to horrified, while the other two gasped. She shut her eyes, and sighed heavily.
“Yeah… I know. Let's get this over with."
-
“Now that that’s out of the way… do either of you need to use the restroom?” Lanolin asked, eyeing the wolf and leopard.
“Mm mm.”
“Nope, not at all, boss.”
“Great,” Lanolin smiled. “Now, back to our schedule…”
As Lanolin went on and Ashley listened intently, Whisper turned to her partner. She had a piece of paper taped to her forehead, which had King Julien printed on it. As a punishment for losing Lanolin’s game, she had to wear that over her face at work for the next three days.
“I want to say you’ll get ‘em next time, but…” Whisper muttered. “There are some fates which you just can’t defy, poundcake.”
Tangle sighed, her breath causing the bottom half of the paper to fly upwards before it went back in position.
“Can’t blame a girl for trying.”