Lots42 slams the door in Sir Josh's face. Josh can hear Lots42's pet yapping up a storm. Sir Josh hangs his head in shame. He had failed in the mission that Voyager had given him.
"Will you people quit it?" someone says. Sir Josh looks up. Standing in front of Lots42's mailbox is a man in a red business suit.
"Oh no, a Story Cop." Sir Josh sighs.
"Oh no, a Story Cop." mimics the man in a sing-song voice. "That's right, buddy. I'm here to once again get things back on track. How many times do I have to spell it out? Lord Fred plus evil dragon plus quest to kill the dragon. Not Sir Josh, Lots42 and fictional starships!"
"Will you be my friend?" asks Sir Josh.
"What?"
"I said, would you be my friend?"
"No, I will not be your friend. We have to get Lord Fred back to the dragon quest."
"But I want a friend!"
"Oh, geeze. Okay, if you're going to play hardball, I'm going to play hardball."
Somewhere, a door opened.
The story cop pulled out a triangular device. It was six inches wide and as blue as the clearest day Sir Josh had ever seen.
"This here will re-set the story. It's not a device we like to use normally, because it destroys the last twenty or so episodes people have written but it's obvious this is an emergency."
A dog barked loudly. Sir Josh and the cop looked up. Lots42 was there, leading a mutt on a leash. The dog was a foot tall, brown as sand and hairy as anything. He had a blue bandanna around his neck and he was trailing a leash. And he was free.
"Eddie!" yelled Lots42. "Get back here!"
Eddie slammed into the cop's leg. The device slipped out of his hands.
"Crap!" shouted the cop and grabbed for the device. His hand closed over thin air. The machine slammed to the ground. A puff of black smoke rose out of one point.
"We are so screwed." said the cop.
Hmmmmmmm.......mmmmm.....zzzzzzz....tick...tick...tick...
Sir Josh, Lots42, the story cop and Eddie the dog were at the entrance to the caves.
Lots42 picked up Eddie and looked around nervously. The cop picked up the device. "Don't panic. They taught us how to handle situations like this. The repeater coil needs to be realigned. Then we'll all be back home."
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The device is fixed and everyone ends up back in front of Lots42's place.
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The repeater coil had shattered into a million pieces. They are in big trouble.
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The story police tries the repeater coil and surprise!
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