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Post by Leroy on Feb 21, 2009 14:42:02 GMT -5
Leroy was worried for a moment before he realized that Johnny was talking about him. Then he started to laugh. <<The dog didn't get out, Johnny. I acquired it, remember? I am the dog.>>
Leroy strolled up to the front yard of the house to collect the little lizard. The entire place had his own scent all over it. He eventually found the smell of the little lizard and went over to the part of the house he had climbed. <<This nose is amazing,>> he commented. <<Hop on. I want to get out of here before the original dog's owners think it got out too. I don't want to be a criminal's pet.>>
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Post by Johnny on Feb 22, 2009 7:51:36 GMT -5
<<Thank GOD!>> Johnny cried as Leroy informed him of his mistake. That made him feel a lot better. He stayed on the side of the wall though. The entire neighborhood looked amazing from that point of view. the ground made a wall behind him. The side of the house was now the ground. Then a huge doberman came bounding down the grass covered wall towards him.
He followed Leroy's orders and let go of the house. Gravity did the rest. He flopped on Leroy's head, right between his ears. <<Okay, let's go. Hi ho Leroy, away!>> He immediately apologized. <<Sorry, I've just been wanting to say that for a while.>>
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Post by Leroy on Feb 22, 2009 13:43:25 GMT -5
Leroy just laughed at Johnny's comment, then took off at a run. The dog was fast! Maybe not as fast as a racing dog, but certainly faster than Leroy. And the endurance let him keep up the pace for quite a while.
After about half an hour of figuring out where they were, then maneuvering through traffic, they eventually found the place they had started at. Now all they had to do was demorph, call the police, and- <<Johnny, I think we hit another snag in our plan.>>
In the alleyway where they had morphed, there was caution tape and a police car parked out front. Apparently the burglary hadn't gone unnoticed. <<The police are here. We can't demorph in the alley. Should we just go?>> Leroy didn't want to leave his clothes behind, but it looked like he might have to. <<You don't thing that they will take our stuff in as evidence, do you?>>
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Post by Johnny on Feb 22, 2009 16:49:07 GMT -5
Johnny was pretty glad once again for the gecko's suction like fingers. Elsewise, he would have been thrown off as soon as Leroy reached top speed. Although, the pads didn't stick to fur as well as metal. And after a few seconds to him, they somehow arrived at the crime scene, right behind two squads of policemen. <<Gee, you think?>>
AFter surveying what was going on for a few seconds, Johnny replied. <<No way. I'm not leaving those clothes behind. I paid way to much for them to be stolen. Also, my wallet is in those jeans. And my driver's liscense and ID are in them. I don't think it would look okay if they were suddenly found at the crime scene. How about you just grab them? I can distract the police.>>
He glanced around the scene and saw the clothes. They were being loaded into evidence bags. That just made it easier for a dog to swipe.
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Post by Leroy on Feb 22, 2009 19:09:49 GMT -5
<<Okay, but be careful. No offense, but you are all too easy to squish when you are a lizard. I don't want to have to scrape you off of the sidewalk.>> Leroy didn't even want to think about what he would have to do if that actually happened.
Leroy got as close as he dared then waited for Johnny's distraction. It really would not be a good idea to leave their personal belongings at the scene of a crime. Especially is they were supposed to keep their identities secret. <<Ready when you are.>>
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Post by Johnny on Feb 23, 2009 6:47:27 GMT -5
<Hah! CAreful is my middle name,>> Johnny said, totally unconvincingly. He jumped of of Jeroy's head and looked for his prey. And not the six-legged kind. More like the two-legged-with-a-coffee-cup kind. There weren't any. I guess nobody drinks coffee at a crime scene anymore? Bummer.
But he got a diferent idea. Now a single policewoman was taking the two bags towards a patrol car. Everyone else had their backs towards her. Johnny became ectastic over his fortune. He skittered over the gravel and asphalt before hitting her shoe. He slithered up her leg and on to her stomach. From there he ran up her chest and then hit her face. And stayed on her face. And on her hair. On her neck. Her earrings. Everywhere. She went wild.
<<Okay, Leroy! Your turn!>> he cried out happily. This lizard had been an excellent morph pick. It came in handy in so many situations.
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Post by Leroy on Feb 23, 2009 15:45:01 GMT -5
Leroy watched in awe as Johnny 'attacked' the officer. She started to freak out and Leroy was mesmerized by it until he heard Johnny say that it was his turn. He suddenly remembered what he was supposed to be doing and he ran forward.
The police woman had dropped one of the bags so that she could swat at the lizard, but the other bag was still in her hand. Leroy went for the one in her hand first. That was easy enough. The officer hardly seemed to notice as he pulled it from her grasp.
Now for the tricky part. He had to pick up both bags at the same time. He set the first one down next to the second in order to situate them properly. Unfortunately for leroy, the other officers noticed what he was doing and rushed over to stop him. Just as he grabbed them both, an officer reached for him, but only managed to get a couple hairs out of his tail. <<I got the goods!>>
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Post by Johnny on Feb 23, 2009 15:54:09 GMT -5
The hand clamped down on him. Then it lifted away with a shriek. Well this is cool. She is trying to hot me, but she won't touch me. Now THAT'S a pickle. But Johnny didn't want to chance being hit with something else so he kept running around. It was so amazing what one little lizard could do. Johnny's little trick totally incapacitated anyone. And he enjoyed every moment of it.
Then Leroy reported his success. <<It's been fun,>> he said tot he woman, <<but i gotta go now. We should do this again some time!>> Then he stopped on her nose, bunched his legs up together, and jumped into the air. He landed on the ground and ran under the patrol car the lady had been heading towards. He quickly ran out the other side and began heading towards the bus stop.
<<Hey Leroy!>> he mentally shouted. <<Where are you? Don't leave me!>>
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Post by Leroy on Feb 23, 2009 16:01:39 GMT -5
<<I just stole from the police. Where do you think I am? I'm running.>> And that he was. Leroy didn't plan on stopping until he was positive that they stopped following him.
<<We'll just have to meet somewhere else. How about at the park? Near the mall.>> Leroy veered left to cross the street, only pausing long enough to make sure he wouldn't get hit by a car. That would be the highlight of my day, he thought to himself sarcastically.
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Post by Johnny on Feb 23, 2009 16:12:09 GMT -5
<<As a gecko? Get real!>> Johnny said. The only way he could get to the park was by morphing human. And there was no way that he was going to do it in the middle of the street, right by a police investigation. So he did what any other average American would do in a situation like that. He walked straight up the nearest building.
Ten minutes later after demorphing to reveal his wet-suit like morphing suit (APPARITION (or whatever it is called since Johnny never remembered it) had no sense of style.) and climbing down the fire escape, he set out towards the park in a brisk walk.
He was sweating pretty badly by the time he got there. It was getting pretty late but it was still pretty hot and the wetsuit didn't help one bit. He really needed to get a new suit one day. It had now been half of an hour after last talking to LEroy. Now he was on the lookout for a stray doberman, a human he recognized and had an evidence bag with him or worse, a green weevil. If Leroy had morphed a weevil and dropped the bags, Johnny wasn't even going to waste his time searching. He plopped down on a bench and waited for Leroy to find him.
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Post by Leroy on Feb 23, 2009 18:05:18 GMT -5
"About time," Leroy said as he walked up behind where Johnny was sitting and plopped his bag of clothes on his lap. "I was starting to get worried." In the time that Johnny was gone, Leroy had found a place to demorph and changed back into his normal clothes.
"You get changed while I call the police station. I hope they don't ask too many questions. I'll just say we saw some guys carrying a box of stolen jewels or something. What was the address again?" Once he got it, he went to the pay phone, dialed the number, and explained the situation. Leroy just hoped that all of their community volunteer work didn't end up being so hectic.
When Leroy went back to meet up with Johnny, all he could think to say was, "Lets go home."
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