Mushpuff had somehow managed to find his way to the rooftop of a building. From this vantage point, he could see a few streets. He decided to sit here and wait until the police gave up. As he was waiting, however, a dog came up behind him and barked.

“What are ya doin’ on my roof, yo??” asked the dog. This dog was one of those dogs that had very long fur and looked like a mop.

“Uh…” replied Mushpuff. “It’s a long story.”

“You have 3 seconds to get off my roof or I’m calling the police,” said the dog, pulling out a dagger.

“How am I supposed to get off the roof in 3 seconds?” asked Mushpuff.

“Here, I’ll help ya!” said the dog, and without warning, it kicked Mushpuff off the roof, hurling him down into the street below.

Meanwhile, a few blocks away, Bird was still on the run. He didn’t know if the police were still behind him but he didn’t want to risk slowing down in order to turn around and check. After a minute or two, just as he was almost certain that he had lost the police, he tripped and fell into an open pothole. The six maps of the planets with artifacts on them which he was still holding were scattered across the street.

Plagiarize, meanwhile, was hiding in a dumpster in an alley and playing cards with a raccoon that happened to also be in there. It was quite an exciting game. As this was happening, a bulldog walked into the alley.

“Oh, I was wondering where my dumpster went,” said the dog, looking at the dumpster that Plagiarize, the raccoon, and the cards were all in. “It must’ve fallen off my roof and landed perfectly upright in this alley.”

The bulldog picked up the dumpster (he was very strong) and started walking out of the alley holding it above his head.

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“This game of cards is so exciting that even the dumpster can’t contain itself,” Plagiarize said to the raccoon.

“Raccoon,” replied the raccoon.

Snorter had wandered into a cafe during the chase and started ordering tons of items from the menu and devouring them. As this was happening, Hoofa crashed in through the wall.

“What is going on???” asked Snorter between pieces of French Toast Pie (pie made of French toast).

“I fell off of Gumpton!” exclaimed Hoofa as she lay on the pile of rubble which in turn lay on many dogs. “Yo, can I get some of that?”

“Sure,” said Snorter, passing her a piece of French Toast Pie.

Klumpkrump was the only one left who was actually still being chased by the police. Everyone else had gone off in random directions some time ago. As she was running, Mushpuff came out of nowhere and landed on top of her head. The two of them collapsed just in time for Bird to trip over both of them and fall into a pothole, scattering the maps everywhere.

“Freeze!” said one of the police officers. “We’ve got you surrounded now!”

Just then, the bulldog carrying the dumpster ran out of strength and dropped it on top of all the police officers, squashing them.

“WHAT is going on out here??” shouted Plagiarize as he emerged from the dumpster.

“Who are you and why are you in my dumpster, yo??” asked the bulldog as Gumpton rounded a nearby corner, squashed him, tripped on the dumpster (causing Plagiarize to be pushed back into it), and landed on Mushpuff and Klumpkrump. Snorter and Hoofa ran out of the cafe which was perfectly positioned so that they saw all those events unfold. Gumpton got off of Mushpuff and Klumpkrump, and Plagiarize emerged from his dumpster.

“W--” began Klumpkrump before getting squashed by Qaeron, who had somehow gotten out of his predicament with Hank.

“Aww, my friends made a cushion for me to land on, yez?” said Qaeron. “Qaeron loves his friends!”

“Mmmmphmmph fmmmph,” said Klumpkrump.