ME: Well, this is it guys, this is officially the end of the line. You'll be going away next week, no doubt about it.
BLUEY: What? Us?
BINGO: Don't say that!
ME: I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to Luke, Resus and Cleo. Guys, CBBC has been too harsh on you. We're already on the run from our friends on CBBC, and they've treated you like neglected children or abused shelter animals. We've already run for miles and we've ended up in the desert without any food or water. If they catch up to us now, we're out of time, gone, deserted...away from our friends from Scream Street.
CLEO: We only wanted to find out what happens next.
LUKE: And we only wanted Six back.
BLUEY: Yeah, me too!
BINGO: She can't stay on TV for a week!
RESUS: Yeah! We want her to air more on TV!
ME: Look, guys, you've spent some happy times with your friends from CBBC, but now it's not like this.
BINGO: Hey, look!
ALL OF US: No-Manes!
ME: But I don't think they look too happy about what they've experienced. [looks closer] That's...Tangle! The No-Mane I've forgotten about for the many months I can't remember by numbers.
LUKE: But how did that happen?
[A lion roar sounds]
BLUEY: Wait! Did you hear that?
ME: I was going to say that, Bluey, thank you very much. Ahem - did you guys hear that?
RESUS: I did!
BLUEY: Me too!
CLEO: What's that roar?
ME: Hey, follow me - I know who roared.
[We peer over the clearing, and see Nothing and Feather out on the plain, hunting.]
ME: It's Nothing! And she's got Feather with her. Hey! Nothing! Feather! Over here! We need some help on how to escape our outrageous friends from CBBC!
LUKE: Ssssshhh...don't let's ask for their help, Sybil. We might get hurt. Let's watch.
FIRE: Wait, stop, huntresses. It's a woman!
HUNTRESSES: A woman?!/He's not making any sense!/What's he on about?
SHYSTALK: I hate to break it to you, sir, but they really need my help.
FIRE: And why do they need your help?
SHYSTALK: I hear they were on the run from CBBC. They've been treating Luke, Resus and Cleo like dog food ever since Bitesize aired on the channel and the Lockdown Learning lineup arrived.
FEATHER: And she's got a boy, a vampire, a mummy and two puppies with - hey, I know these guys.
NOTHING: Me too, Feather. Hey, it's Sybil!
FIRE: Sybil?
NOTHING: Yes! And that's Luke, Resus, Cleo, Bluey and Bingo.
SHYSTALK: Then why didn't you just say so?
NOTHING: Come on - we're going to help them.
ME: *gasps* Nothing! Feather! Fire!
ALL OF US: Yay, Nothing!/Yay!/Hooray!/I knew we'd see you again!/It's so good to see you Feather!
ME: And...who's this?
FIRE: That's Shystalk. She's a member of my new pride - she's shy, like her name.
[Shystalk hides behind Fire.]
FIRE: She...doesn't know how to make friends.
ME: We'll help! Shystalk...I'm Sybil. These are my friends Luke, Resus, Cleo, Bluey and Bingo.
SHYSTALK: Hey...er....it's...it's so nice to meet you.
CLEO: We've developed a pride of our own. Maybe you could join us.
SHYSTALK: Good idea.
HUNTSTRIKE: Stop there, traitor.
SHYSTALK: Huntstrike?
FIRE: Huntstrike's the Huntress without any eye pupils. Some think she's possessed, but some think there's a goddess inside her.
CLEO: So you say.
ME: I was just going to tell you that my favourite moment of what I witnessed was when Nothing flashed back to the events of episode 1-
HUNTSTRIKE: Silence!
[Huntstrike attacks and swipes me violently in the face.]
LUKE/RESUS/CLEO/BLUEY/BINGO/NOTHING/FIRE/FEATHER: Sybil!
ME: Asra may take me, but you will-
HUNTSTRIKE: Shystalk! You know talking about the past is against pride law here.
SHYSTALK: I'm so sorry, I-
HUNTSTRIKE: Talking about the past is a thing of the past, now get back to your pride right now or there's serious trouble for you.
RESUS: Oh yeah, blame it on the vampire.
SHYSTALK: But what about-
HUNTSTRIKE: Fire! Come with me! We have to wait until tomorrow.
SHYSTALK: Tomorrow?! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! NOOOTTTTHHHHHIIIINNGG!
*A long silence*
LUKE: Well....I guess Fire's a Mane now.
NOTHING: Goodbye, Fire. See you tomorrow.
FEATHER: Goodbye!
NOTHING: Are you okay, Sybil?
ME: Yeah, well, quite literally. What I was meant to say was that when you flashed back to when your father was killed and you scratched Quickmane round the face, I was intensified!
CLEO: Is that an actual word?
BINGO: Yep - intensified!
BLUEY: We're going to use that word when we see something amazing on TV.
LUKE: Like one of the footie games your daddy watches on the telly?
BINGO: We meant those amazing motorbike stunts.
BLUEY: What are we going to do now, Sybil?
ME: *sighs* Everyone...we've seen everything. Fire attacked what appears to be a man, but it was a Mane instead, and Nothing here flashed back to when she attacked Quickmane. We saw new Huntresses, one of which looked shy and one of which had no eye pupils, making us feel she was possessed. Now, we wait for what happens tomorrow. Patience is a virtue, even to Pride huntresses. Come on, let's go to a quieter place.
At the beach....
Nothing sings this song as we float about on the water in the dark of night:
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