B27C4 - KO Tap

"I just called my manager," he repeated. "He said there's no such thing as a Kitchen Droid. He wants me to find out who you are and call mall security and -"

"Grrrooooahhh!!"

The clerk jumped approximately six inches straight up.

"Oh, look! It's a guy in a gorilla suit," I said, almost laughing as I spotted Jake and a huge, hairy gorilla - an actual gorilla, of course - swaggering into the store.

The gorilla - Marco in morph - was wearing a sandwich board sign. It was crudely done in Magic Marker. It was an advertisement for a movie: King Kong vs. Gudzilla.

Yes, Gudzilla.

"That's a really realistic gorilla suit," the clerk said suspiciously.

"Look out!" I yelled at the clerk. "That Lava lamp is about to fall on your head and knock you out!"

"Huh?" He looked up and Marco totally missed his cue.

"I said, it's about to knock you out!" I repeated, glaring pointedly at Marco.

<Oh. Sorry,> Marco said in thought-speak. He reached out one canned-ham fist and gently tapped the clerk on the head. The clerk went down like a sack of wet cement.

"What's going on?" Jake demanded, once we were sure the clerk was still breathing.

"It's Erek. He's frozen up," I said. "I have clothes for him. Let's dress him, fast! And get him outta here."