Tex Goes Over The Hedge Part Three: Verne. EXE and The Blue Cooler

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Rohan, Tex, Toppy, Dave, and I had a nightmare that night.

We were sleeping in one of the logs. When all of a sudden, Vincent, who was covered in EXE and blood, dragged us out of the log and held us up to his face.

"Time's up, multiverse protectors," said Vincent. "Sad you didn't see your animal friends get killed."

"But we only have six more days!!!!" yelled Dave, as Vincent prepared to eat us. "No! NO! Don't eat us! We saved the multiverse! Don't do this! NO! NOOOOOO!"

We woke up as soon as Vincent ate us. Our eyes widened in horror at the dream we just had.

"Guys! Did you have the same dream last night?!" I asked, in horror.

"Where Vincent is covered in EXE and blood, while he was getting ready to consume us?! Yeah! We did!" said Tex, who was shaking.

"We better get moving," said Rohan. "What was the second thing on the list?"

"It was the blue cooler," said Toppy. "But how do we..."

Toppy was interrupted by the sound of Verne screaming in pain. We all gasped in horror at the sight of Verne, covered in EXE.

"Guys, come on!" I said.

We all rushed over to the log, where Verne was slowly transforming into Verne. EXE, much to the family's horror.

"What happened?!" asked Toppy.

"That EXE stuff got me!" yelled Verne, as he continued transforming. "RUUUUUUUUN!"

At that moment, Verne. EXE emerged. He had black skin, red eyes, and a harder shell.

"Verne's gone!" said Verne. EXE.

"What do we do?!" asked Hammy, frantically.

"Head to the log, guys! We got this!" I said.

"I'll get the blue cooler!" said RJ, as he race to where the blue cooler was located.

"I don't think so!" yelled Verne. EXE, as he pushed RJ aside.

"Verne! This isn't you!" yelled RJ. "You have to remember!"

RJ then hugged his friend tightly. Verne. EXE reverted back to Verne.

"RJ, I don't know what to do," said Verne.

"It's OK," said RJ, as he continued to hug the turtle. "I got you."

"STOP!" yelled Verne. EXE, as he pushed RJ down. "Time for dinner!"

"NO!" yelled Tex, as he hugged Verne. EXE and turned him back into Verne.

"Wow. I'm back!" said Verne. "You saved me!"

"No need to thank me," said Tex.

"We also got the blue cooler!" said Rohan, as he showed off the cooler.

"Awesome!" said RJ. "We don't need that much else!"

"Yeah," said Verne. "Only problem is that we keep encountering this EXE stuff, and it's putting the entire family in danger. These guys need to figure out what to do with it soon."

"Hey!" yelled Toppy. "We're helping you guys out right now! We could just go home! But we are helping you get the food you need to feed your family and a homicidal bear! All while you, the leader of the family, whine and cry about what we do or what RJ does! Just like 17 years ago!"

Toppy's collar was as red as a beet now.

"Uh, what is he doing?" asked Verne, pointing at the collar.

"Toppy's collar color changes depending on his mood," said Rohan. "But he does have a point: We are helping you out because we are nice. Give it six more days, and you'll have enough food to feed that bear and yourselves. OK?"

"Oh, fine," said Verne, pouting.

The next four days went smoothly. The entire family, a part from Verne, was able to get a lot of the items off the list fast. Not only that, but we were treated like real members of the family. By the time day five came, the log was nearly full.

"Guys! We did awesome!" said Toppy, happily. "Anymore food and we'll have enough for the next 17 years! And then some!"

"Well, we couldn't have done it without you, guys," said RJ. "While we're celebrating, there is something that I want to do for Heather."

"What, RJ?" asked Heather.

"Heather, when I met you, I thought you were the cutest possum ever," said RJ, as he got down on one knee. "When we stole food from the human's house, I never felt so alive. When you played dead for the first time, I thought I'd lose you forever. We've been through so much these past 17 years. So, Heather Avril Lavigne Possum, will you marry me?"

"Yes, RJ!" said Heather, excitedly.

"That's my girl!" said Ozzie, happy for his daughter. "Three cheers for RJ and Heather!"

The rest of the family cheered at the sight of the new couple.

"Toppy, would you like to be the best man?" asked RJ.

Toppy's eyes widened in horror at the exact sentence that came out of RJ's mouth. So, he ran over to a nearby bush and puked. We all rushed over to see what was wrong.

"Toppy! You OK?" asked Rohan.

"Best man?!" said Toppy, nervously. "Why me?!"

"Well, you guys are getting to be good friends now and maybe he wants to give you that privilege," said Tex. "Besides, I could go for a wedding."

"We are thinking way too hard about this!" said Toppy. "We just need to get the food we need to feed the family and that psychotic bear, then we need to get rid of the EXE before it hurts anyone else!"

"AAAAAAAH!"

We rushed over to see where Hammy's screaming was coming from. When we got there, we gasped in horror at the sight of the log being empty.

'Where's the food?!" yelled Hammy. "It's gone! Someone stole it!"

"That's not all," said Tex, as he pointed to the yard. "Look!"

We all gasped in horror bat the sight of trap after trap after trap that was set in the yard. Including the Depelter Turbo.

"What have we done?" I asked, in shock.

"Stay here, Hammy!" said Toppy, with red in his collar. "We need to talk with Verne."

We all rushed to see where Verne had take the food. But little did we know, the EXE got to Hammy.

(To be continued...)