Lucas

The Ultimate Chimera's eyes turn dark and it falls over as if dead. The little yellow chicken that had been sitting on it slides off and to the floor.

The monkeys come out from their hiding place in the back of the room, Salsa in front and his girlfriend just behind.

Dr. Andonuts climbs out of his trash can and says, "I think I'm going to take this opportunity to leave the military and actually do some good."

"How'd you get caught up in here, anyway?" Lucas asks.

"The leader of the Pigmask Army, King P, asked me to work on some projects for him. But the more I saw of his ideas, the more things seemed..."

"Wrong?"

"That's one way to put it, lad. In any case, I doubt anyone would question me turning in my two weeks notice now."

There's a series of "eek"s at the door and Salsa is now standing by it, waving to Lucas.

"Ah, he remembers me now," the boy says. "It's been a while, hasn't it, Salsa?"