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"NOO, HE'S MY ORIGINAL CHARACTER. DON'T STEAL!" Chris screamed as Volga came between him and Yumiko while Banjo was holding him. Not that it was going to help as Chris started to punch Banjo and Kazooie in an attempt to break free so he can get to Yumiko, who looked at him in disgust.

"Come on, we got what we needed. Let's just get back to Li." Yumiko walked towards the toppled over balcony doors.

That is, she would of had a grey wall didn't appear in front of her, preventing the group from leaving through the balcony as Yumiko moved away in surprise. "What the hell!?" She blurted out as an alarm went off in the manor...Which was coming from Chris who smiled.



"Now you've done it. My parents installed a security chip in exchange for one of my kidneys. They now know that your here!" He laughed manically as he continued to try and break free from Banjo and Kazooie while Yumiko quickly moved out into the manor hallway.

"We can escape through the front door of the mansion, come on!" Yumiko said to the group as she raced down from the hallway and downstairs to the manor's foyer, where the front door was as Yumiko raced towards it.

"There it is. Let's hurry before his father shows up!" Yumiko raced towards the door...

Unknown to the group. Due to the security system that Chris had set off, every door in the mansion quickly became locked...

Including the front door.

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Kazooie managed to get Spike out of the glass dome and the small hedgehog was now in the group's possession. Hopefully it wouldn't mind sharing a spot in the backpack. Kazooie jumped back into the backpack, Banjo still holding down Chris, but this seemed to be a bad choice. Soon after she did so, Chris began to flail his limbs wildly, in an attempt to hit them. None of the hits really connected, but it was rather annoying nonetheless.

Then the door disappeared, replaced by a wall. If that wasn't bad enough, an alarm went off right after.

"Yeah, that seems about right." Kazooie sighed. This wouldn't be as easy as it had first seemed.

Yumiko began to run out of the room towards the front door. Banjo and Kazooie couldn't follow yet, as they were still restraining Chris, and didn't want him to cause more trouble for them. To solve this problem, Kazooie pulled back a bit before delivering a very hard peck on Chris' head, attempting to knock him out. Banjo wasn't expecting this and leapt back a bit, but then realized that they had to get going regardless. Kazooie took over, using her fast legs to sprint out of the room and catch up with Yumiko. They had to stick together, as they wouldn't be able to escape otherwise.

[Dragon Knight Volga]

Volga couldn't help but growl at the brat as they set off an alarm and caused a steel wall to block the way to the balcony. Leaving Banjo and Kazooie to deal with the unhinged child, he sprinted after Yumiko. The Dragon Knight was prepared to face the parents if need be, though. Unlike Volga, they were ordinary humans. They relied on technology, which could easily be destroyed.

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Banjo and Kazooie had managed to successfully knock out Chris. Just before he fainted, Chris shouted out. "NOOO...I'm Sonic's real friend. Without him i'm just some rich kid who said's he's lonely even though i'm not." He fainted. Unfortunately for Yumiko, when her and Volga reached the front door, they would find that it was locked.

"Oh no, the door's locked. Probably everywhere else in this mansion is locked." Yumiko backed away at the door. She looked down at her hands and sighed.

"If we want to get out of here, we have to use our po---What the hell is all of this?" Yumiko turned when she heard the voice of the man, only to see that three people were now standing in front of the group. A rich guy, a maid and a butler.



"Hi, welcome to the Throndyke residence!" The maid waved happily to the group.



"I see your here for the hedgehog, does it belong to you?" The butler asked, only for the man to turn towards them.



"Shut it Ella, Tanaka or i'll make sure that you'll paycheck is decreased from two dollars an hour, to one." Nelson Throndyke warned to Tanaka and Ella as they proceeded to keep quiet, he then turned back towards the group.



"Now, I, the great and powerful Nelson Throndyke demand you four explain to me why you have my son's pet...In my lounge." Nelson walked towards the door to the living room and opened it to let the group inside, hoping to talk more rationally in Nelson's own way. But upon opening the door, he saw that his father Chuck was sitting across from his wife.



Who was passed out drunk, which she quickly awoke from. "Huh, wha? This isn't the set of that...What's her name again?" She touched her head as Nelson turned back towards everyone.



"So, shall we talk, like mature adults?" Nelson asked the group, where Chuck was signalling the group to run while they still can as Yumiko looked back at Nelson.

"Uhh, that wo---Will you?" He interrupted Yumiko as he slowly pulled out a gun on the group.

"Y-You can't kill us, isn't it illegal in this city!?" Yumiko asked Nelson, who laughed.



"Please, i'm the richest man in the world. If I get arrested then I can buy my way out of a criminal record and jail time. Nothing can ruin my reputation sans posts on the internet of everyone saying how horrible I am." Nelson laughed.



"Now shut up and get into the lounge so we can talk!" Nelson demanded to the group.

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They wouldn't be getting out of there that easily, it seemed. The whole house seemed to be on lockdown. That was to be expected, but it still made things more complicated than it probably had to be. Before they could find a way to escape, the mansion's other residents had arrived. The maid, the butler, and Nelson, the spoiled rich man. They looked pretty average, so they could probably beat them in a fight, but Banjo was hesitant and Kazooie was weirded out. They weren't mad, and simply wanted to talk. Surprisingly mild-mannered, all things considered.

Then Nelson interrupted Yumiko, not just with words, but with a gun as well. Banjo immediately put his hands up, while Kazooie just looked on with a combination of surprise and annoyance.

"Hey, hey. No need for that." Banjo said, trying to avoid a fight.

It seemed that they were now forced to follow Nelson into the lounge. It was better than getting into a fight with an automated security system, but it was still undesirable. The entire family was apparently unhinged, save Chuck of course. Speaking to them would likely be an absolute nightmare. Despite this, Banjo yielded to Nelson's threats of violence, and stepped inside the lounge.

[Dragon Knight Volga]

Volga was about to try and jimmy the front door open like he had with the balcony door when Chris' equally unhinged father appeared, along with a kindly butler and maid. He was about to explain why they were here, but Nelson Fruitcake decided to threaten them. The Dragon Knight was having none of that and he stepped in front of Yumiko and leveled his Dragon Spear at the human. "If you truly wanted an explanation, you would have simply asked, rather than threaten the innocent." Volga replied, standing his ground.

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While Banjo and maybe Kazooie were content with doing what Nelson said. Yumiko and Volga did not, and when Volga stood his ground, then so did Yumiko. "He's right. Your the one making this rational talk more intense with you waving that gun around." Yumiko called out, while Nelson took a step back, as did Ella and Tanaka, when Volga took out his spear.



"Don't make me have to pull the trigger." Nelson threatened while Lindsey rubbed her head.



"He's not going to do it you know, he never killed anyone in his life because he's a wimp." Lindsey said as Nelson looked back at his wife.



"Quiet!" He yelled as Lindsey stood up.



"I should of married you're brother, instead I got a loveless husband!" Lindsey yelled back as Chuck, Ella and Tanaka rolled their eyes as if to say. "Oh god, here they go again." As Nelson and Lindsey began to argue, with Nelson lowering his gun in response to yell about his and Lindsey's failed marriage. Which involved secret children, dead secret children, evil secret children, some cult meeting about some alien race called the Black Arms, affairs, money laundering, drug laundering, gun laundering, food laundering, and finally the worst of all, nobody doing the dishes in the kitchen.

Chuck then decided that enough was enough and threw Yumiko his keys to his house.



"Yumiko, Volga, Banjo and Kazooie, take the keys to my house and go to my garage. There's something you can use to get back to Station Sqaure and back to...Whatever planet that your from." Chuck told the group as Yumiko nodded and ran out through the front door.

"Let's just get out of here." Yumiko told her group as she quickly raced towards Chuck's house while holding Spike.

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Banjo had expected for everyone else to enter the lounge with him. Sure, they were tough, but they didn't want to get into a fight. Thus, when everyone else decided to stand their ground, Banjo just felt awkward. He stood in the lounge, with Nelson continuing to threaten them. Lucky that it didn't last much longer. Nelson just so happened to become distracted by his wife.

It was even more awkward than before, Banjo and Kazooie just standing around while Nelson argued with his wife. They took the opportunity to nonchalantly step out of the lounge. Chuck also decided to utilize the distraction to the group's advantage, tossing them some keys and telling them to go to his garage.

"Thank you." Banjo mouthed, trying not to bring attention to any of them, while still thanking Chuck for his help. With that, Banjo and Kazooie left the scene with Yumiko. Hopefully whatever was in Chuck's garage could help them get to Station Square quickly, since they were still on a time limit. It was probably just a standard, no-frills car, but Kazooie was secretly hoping it would be something fancier than that. Maybe a Lamborghini, or even something futuristic. Whatever it would be, Kazooie didn't want them to have to make their escape in some sort of crappy rust bucket.

[Dragon Knight Volga]

Volga was prepared to run Nelson through with his Dragon Spear when the crazy man's wife decided to intervene, albeit in a drunken manner. He quickly made his escape with the rest of the group when Chuck handed them a set of keys. The Dragon Knight silently thanked his lucky stars as he sprinted after Yumiko, Banjo and Kazooie. Volga didn't know what Chuck had that would be useful. He was just glad to get away from Chris and his deranged parents.

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While Nelson and Lindsey continued to argue, they failed to notice that Yumiko, Banjo, Kazooie and Volga were heading next door to make their escape back to Station Square. While Tanaka, Ella and Chuck walked away from the two bickering couple, not wanting to be dragged into the situation anymore.

However, it quickly dawned on Nelson that he and Lindsey were the only two people left in the foyer.



"And one thing's for certain. I can swear our son isn't human. I blame that cult meeting we went too. It was either "help this Black Doom guy take over the world or a two hour timeshare presentation." and I know for sure that I didn't want that stupid timeshare!" Lindsey continued to yell as Nelson gasped.



"Wait Lindsey, our guests are making an escape, well not for long." Nelson quickly ran out of the door with his gun in hand while Lindsey looked on in anger.



"My husband is a real piece of sh---



"HEY!" Nelson cried out to the group as Yumiko quickly unlocked the door to Chuck's house once she got the door open. Nelson raced towards the group, preparing to shoot at them as Yumiko raced into the house.



"Quick, inside!" Yumiko told her team, once they were inside she slammed the door shut and locked it before running down the hall and finding a door at the end of it.

"Please be the Garage!" Yumiko pleaded as she opened the door...And it turned out to be the Garage.



Unfortunately the vehicle that Chuck wanted the group to escape in was a motorcycle, it had three seats as Yumiko looked at it. "A motorcycle. He can't, really expect us to ride back into the City in th---But before Yumiko could finish, the group would hear a gunshot coming from the front door, which was Nelson shooting through the glass door window put his arm through it to try and reach the door knob.

"It won't be long until I get to you five, and i'll get my son's hedgehog back!" Nelson yelled from the front door, as Yumiko quickly sat on the motorcycle and got it revved up thanks to Chuck's keys.

"On second thought, everyone get on." Yumiko may not have a license...Or a helmet, but the motorcycle was the only chance that the group can escape back to Station Square without bloodshed.

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Leaving the couple to bicker worked for a while, but not for too long. Soon, the two realized that the group had left. This only led to more urgency to escape, as now they had to worry about an armed man chasing after them.

Banjo and Kazooie followed Yumiko into Chuck's house. Behind them, Nelson was coming ever closer to them.

"We need to find the garage! Now!" Banjo exclaimed, as Nelson shot out the window on the front door.

"Don't worry, Banjo. We know." Kazooie said dryly.

Luckily, they were able to find and unlock the garage, and inside they found something rather surprising...

"A motorcycle, huh? That's pretty good." Kazooie said. It didn't really exceed her expectations, but it was pretty cool of the old man to ride one. Banjo hastily climbed on.

"You should probably drive, Yumiko. This thing was made for humans, after all." Banjo pointed out. Though he could probably control a motorcycle, he sure wasn't going to try doing so while he was trying to escape from a man with a gun. That surely wouldn't end well.

[Dragon Knight Volga]

Volga quickly followed Yumiko, Banjo and Kazooie into Chuck's house. Unfortunately, Nelson was also chasing them. The fact that the psychotic man had shot out the glass window on the front door made things more urgent. He quickly climbed on the only available seat on the motorbike. The Dragon Knight hoped they would be able to escape unharmed. 

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Once everyone got onto the motorcycle, Yumiko gulped, as this was the first time she had ever driven a vehicle and if she screws up then not only will it cost it her life...But the Team's as well. She revved up the Motorcycle as she quickly pressed the switch to turn on the Garage door, which soon began to open as Yumiko was ready to drive out as soon as the door finished opening.

"Ok everyone, hang on ti---But before Yumiko could finish Nelson quickly rolled into the Garage while it was opening and aimed his gun at the group.



"Nobody is going anywhere unless you give me that pesky hedgehog!" Nelson demanded as Yumiko screamed and drove forward with the motorcycle causing her to hit Nelson while she was driving out onto the road. Nelson quickly fell onto the pavement while Yumiko and co quickly drove away on the motorcycle and towards the gate...

Which was closed as Yumiko gasped.

"I have an idea." Yumiko said to her team as she quickly aimed her hand downwards and sent out a blast of magarudyne under the motorcycle, causing the group to jump over the gate with the Motorcycle and tow and quickly landed behind the gate...

Yumiko was in shock over the stunt she just pulled. "Oh my god. I can't believe I just did that. That was completely on accident too." Yumiko said to the group as she drove onward towards Station Square so they can get back to the vanity store as soon as possible.



Nelson meanwhile had finally reached the gate, but he was too late on stopping the group from escaping. "COME BACK. I AM NELSON THORNDYKE AND I AM THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. I WILL END ALL OF YOU ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!" He yelled to the top of his lungs as Chris quickly ran up to his father.



"Dad, are they gone...With the Hedgehog!?" Chris asked with tears in his eyes. Nelson was freaked out but more or less said this.



"Yes, i'm afraid so Son, but as a rich man. I will ruin their lives one way or another...But how?" Nelson thought and that was when a car quickly drove up towards the group and a man came out of it.



"Hey I just saw a bear and a bird on a motorcycle just now Nellie. Is Sonic back, because if so I want to race him!" Sam delightfully said, while Chris remained in denial that he won't be able to see his hedgehog again.



"Grr, I want my hedgehog back!" Chris demanded, but Nelson looked down at him.



"Chris i'm the richest man in the world. I can buy you fifty of them if you shut up." Nelson said as Chris shook his head.



"No, The Hedgehog they just took was special to me. He's Sonic's father!" Chris yelled as he charged towards the gate and quickly went through it to the surprise of Nelson and Sam, as Chris began to ran towards Station Square.

For revenge!

As Chris began to ran he began to exhibit super speed which he used to race towards the city so he can begin his hunt for Yumiko, Banjo, Kazooie, Volga and Spike as Nelson and Sam looked on.



"Nellie I might be the silly brother, but we should really call the government about Chris. I have a feeling that he's not human, also isn't it weird how your son has the same coloured hair as I do? I hope it didn't have anything to do with the timeshare meeting we went too and Lindsey went to see me that one night we were there and...Uh oh." Sam said...And Nelson looked at his brother.

And got a sadistic grin when Sam thought about letting the government take Chris away...

No...Chris was special to him, he is the heir of  Throndyke Industrial and nobody was going to take him, not even his brother, and if he get's rid of his brother...He can get rid of the invaders from LI as well.



"Sam, why don't we discuss this in my secluded warehouse at the end of my neighbourhood. You know the one with the rope, chair and gasoline?" Nelson suggested as Sam turned towards him.



"Oh I always like that warehouse. Even though it looks like the kind of place where someone can get burned alive without anyone else hearing their screams. Your the best brother Nellie!" Sam walked past Nelson as his grin grew wider.



"Yes...I really am...Samson." He followed Sam from behind, ready to begin his plan to get back at Yumiko and her friends.

And become an only child, he always did want to be one.

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Yumiko meanwhile drove in the middle of Station Sqaure on the motorcycle and looked at the gas. "Were almost out of gas, but i'm sure were near the vanity store by now." Yumiko quickly checked the time on her phone. To her surprise, it was in sync with Station Square time but not LI time anymore.

I guess this world supports the model of phone that Yumiko has, but the time was currently 4PM. Which means that Yumiko and co have only an hour to get to the vanity store. "We only have an hour left or else we'll be stuck in this crazy world until the morning. Fortunately nothing will get in th---Just then at a nearby TV store, a group of televisions that were currently showing a movie quickly switched to a breaking news bulletin.



"This is Scarlet Garcia reporting to you with shocking breaking news coming from the Thorndyke Neighbourhood." Scarlet began to show an image of a manor that was on fire.



"Just now we have reports that Sam Speed. Yes he legally changed his surname from Throndyke to Speed, and also the brother of rich crazy man Nelson Throndyke, has been murdered via strangulation from rope that detectives reveal were from a warehouse located at the end of the neighbourhood from where the Throndykes lived." A pile of people began to look at the TV's as Yumiko looked on.



"However his burnt remains has been found in one of the empty manors of the neighbourhood as when the police have arrived to investigate his sudden disappearance. They have discovered the manor on fire." Scarlet then proceeded to change the picture to her side, now showing a burning mansion.



"Nobody knows who could of done it." Scarlet closed her eyes, and Yumiko rolled her eyes.

"Obviously it had to be someone from that family." Yumiko said to the group as Scarlet began to tell more of the report.



"However after some interviews with Nelson and Lindsey Throndyke, they reveal that four people by the name of Yumiko Shirasagi, Banjo the Bear, Kazooie the red reptile and Vulga were Sam's killers." Scarlet soon revealed as Yumiko's eyes widened.

"What!?"




"The couple claimed that the four had broken into their manor, beat up their son and took his hedgehog, but not before they threatened to kill the couple, adopt their son and then create an evil Sonic cult. Once the four escaped, they ran into Sam and proceeded to kill him." Scarlet finished the news report as the people who were watching the report began to talk to themselves.



"Thanks to the wonderful use of the internet and descriptions from Nelson and Lindsey, here are what the four killers may look like."









"We should go..." Yumiko quickly drove off, but not before the girl that Kazooie scared off earlier screamed to the top of her lungs nearby.

"AHHHHHHH IT'S THAT TALKING BIRD THAT SCARED ME!" The Girl pointed to Kazooie, as everyone from the TV stand's turned towards the escaping group.

"Talking animals, that means they must of been the ones to kill Throndyke's brother!" One Woman shouted out.

"That's enough reason for us to form an angry mob and tear them to shreds!" Another Man said as everyone quickly pulled out baseball bats and knives and proceeded to chase after Yumiko's group as Yumiko tried to drive away from the quickly growing crowd.

"Guys we won't be able to safely get to the vanity store with all of these people chasing us, they could kill the store owner as well, we need to hide until the crowd stops chasing us." Yumiko told the group as she quickly looked around.

And noticed the Olympia stadium that they passed earlier. Yumiko quickly drove towards the stadium. Fortunately nobody in the crowd saw them and they went into a different direction into the city.

"We can hide in here for a few minutes." Yumiko said as the group drove into the stadium.

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"And cut!"

Scarlet sighed, she didn't know why people even watches this news station anymore. She wanted to smoke again, but she promised her partner that she would quit...Scarlet just wanted to go home and see her partner.

She got up and left the news stand, and soon the building all together as she began to wait for her partner.

"Scarlet!?"



Scarlet turned and her jaw dropped when she saw him...Stewart. He walked towards Scarlet as she looked away. "I guess you work here now huh?" Stewart said, as he looked at the news station while Scarlet held her arm.



"Yeah." There was a tense air between the two as Stewart looked at Scarlet.

"I'm sorry, for leavi---DON'T say it...Just don't." Scarlet closed her eyes.



"I'm sorry Stu, if you think you're here to make amends, then just don't bother." Scarlet began to walk away as Stewart held his chest.



"Scarlet, I had to leave because GUN wanted me too." Stewart tried to explain as Scarlet turned back towards Stewart and snapped at him.



"WHERE WERE YOU WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST!?" Scarlet's eyes were filled with tears at this point, as was Stewart's...

And that was when the two saw a car drove up nearby and a beeping noise was heard. "Hey Scarlet i'm here!" Cried out her partner as Stewart looked back at Scarlet.



"Scarlet...Are you...Dating someone?" Stewart asked, Scarlet hesitated, before answering.



"Yes, were getting married Stewart. I've grown up, it's about time that you did the same as well." Scarlet looked at Stewart from up to down.



"Goodbye." She knew that this would be the last time they would see each other. Scarlet turned and walked towards the car with her partner in it, and entered it as her Partner looked at her.



"Is that Stewart?" Topaz asked as Scarlet rubbed the tears off of her eyes and smiled.



"Yes, but he's gone now. I have to look away from that point of my past." She touched Topaz's face, and the two kissed and smiled.



"Your the most important person in my life and you always will be." Scarlet said to Topaz, the two woman smiled once more as they drove away from the building.

Leaving Stewart alone. He smiled. Although Scarlet was now gone from his life, he was proud of her...

"Scarlet left my life that day at the News Station. Those moments we had together as a couple, the times we had picnics in the park, to when I came to deliver her lunch at work, to when I comforted her when she heard the truth about her father's death, and the lives that were taken in the project that he was investigating of. Including that of a young girl. Those memories I have with Scarlet were just that...Just memories...

Scarlet made me realise that my life is beyond just being a GUN Agent. She gave me a sense of purpose of my life that I haven't felt for a long time. I will cherish the memories I had of Scarlet until the day I die.

She's moved on now, and i'm happy that she found someone else to love. She was right I had to grow up. I became a teacher when I left GUN, because mom and dad were teachers too and teaching also children made me happy.

Thank you Scarlet, for giving me a purpose. I hope you're having a great life with Topaz."

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Nelson tried to stop the group as they tried to escape, but only got ran over for his troubles. Banjo braced for the impact, but the force of the blow still hurt him quite a bit. Kazooie, luckily, was in better condition.

"Wooooo!" Kazooie exclaimed, as Yumiko used a spell to jump over the fence. That was the sort of thing she was hoping to be able to do before they escaped and left this crappy universe. Banjo wasn't so enthusiastic, and let out a sharp yell, but Kazooie just wrote him off as a spoilsport and enjoyed their thrilling escape.

For a while after, though, things were a lot more tame. Banjo and Kazooie kept their heads down while they made their way back to the vanity store, but otherwise it was a pretty peaceful trip. That, of course, couldn't last for long.

"Wow. THAT was fast." Kazooie noted. Apparently after they left, Nelson had killed his brother and blamed them. A questionable approach, to be sure, but it seemed like it would actually work. Of course, the pictures of the group shown in the news broadcast wouldn't exactly be helpful to anyone looking for them. Banjo felt self-conscious being compared to an actual, real life bear. Was he really that fat? Kazooie, on the other hand, was flat out offended at being called a reptile.

"Do you think that if we ever see Nelson again, we can hit him again? Preferably while driving another vehicle, like a truck?" Kazooie asked Yumiko. That bastard wouldn't be getting away with insulting her, that was for sure.

They'ed have to get around to doing that later, though. Just then, some passers by just so happened to recognize them. Unsurprising, considering their appearances.

"Where did they get those weapons from?" Banjo asked, seeing the members of the newly-formed mob pull out knives, baseball bats, and other such things. It was a good thing that Yumiko managed to drive away, allowing them to hide in the stadium. It was also a good thing that the mob wasn't very good at finding them, since they weren't able to. Kazooie sighed, knowing that everyone in the city probably thought that she was a reptile. 

[Dragon Knight Volga]

Volga was relieved to have gotten away from the madman. However, that didn't last long as he found himself, along with the rest of the group, framed for killing someone they hadn't even met. This greatly angered the Dragon Knight. "I am in agreement with Kazooie. That dishonorable excuse for a man should not be allowed to spread lies like a coward." Volga was so livid, smoke kept billowing out of his mouth as he spoke.