After stumbling about in the woods for a bit, the group returned to Ellie Mae's shack to regroup and wait for the flying creatures to return. However, when they saw Mr. Snoops racing towards somewhere with the diamond glittering underneath his arm, they decided to follow him. The group raced around the shore, but at this rate they would never reach the car before him.
Luckily, taking the shore allowed them to run into Q and Evinrude exhausted on the shore. Ellie Mae and Luke stayed with the two flying friends and told the others to go, hoping against hope that they would somehow reach the car before Mr. Snoops.
Ellie Mae cleaned up Evinrude, who was wet and shivering but just fine. Q, on the other hand, seemed more battered than they thought. Muck was between his feather, and it was clear some of the attacks from the alligators had done some damage.
"The bird is all busted up now too? Don't they know what the answer to everything is yet?" Luke said, He reached into his pajamas and pulled out a tiny flask. It was his last bit of moonshine. It would take days to whip up another batch.
"Now listen here Luke, you better not be thinking what I think you're thinking. That needs to go in Q's mouth or he may never wake up. We'll get to work right after making more, but right now this bird has earned himself a saving drink!"
Luke tries his best to fight the urge to drink, but his body won't listen to his mind. He is about to drink the last bit of the shine before a rolling pin comes slamming on his head, causing him to drop it.
"Honestly!" Ellie Mae says in a huff, quickly pouring the drink down Q's mouth. Similar to Evinrude earlier, Q is instantly reinvigorated, and the bird just can't seem to stay still. He flutters about, his injuries meaningless to him now. He spots Mr. Snoops and grabs the two mice and Evinrude, flying at top speed to intercept the chubby fellow.
The whole group reached the car just as the engine roared. Mr. Snoops stepped on the pedal and took off, driving the clunky machine down a dirt road out of the bayou.
Penny began to cry. "Now I'll never get back to the orphanage... Now no one will ever adopt me!"
"Now now, don't cry darling, hope is not gone yet." Bianca fights through the bleak outlook of things to try and calm down the girl, but everyone can only look on sadly as the car becomes a dot on the horizon...
"Well, I've made it! Medusa is gone, those dumb gators are gone, I'm home free! Off to live a life of riches! All because of this diamond that... that a little girl almost died getting me..." Mr. Snoops musing is punctuated by the stopping of his engine. He may be greedy and easy to manipulate, but he did have a conscience that kicked in every now and then.
As the Rescuers and the Bayou mice tried to calm young Penny down, and as Q tried to calm himself down from the drunken fervor he had entered, Evinrude began to buzz excitedly. Pointing to the horizon, the car came back into view. Mr. Snoops waved at the group, and the group all cheered.
After Mr. Snoops apologized for his behavior, he gladly agreed to take Penny and the rest back to New York. The Bayou mice decided to stay, and the car set off, carrying our heroes off as Ellie Mae and Luke waved goodbye.
But suddenly giant bony fangs lashed out. What remained off Nero pushed the car over and began snapping at Penny and Mr. Snoops. Holding Nero on a leash was a frazzled and still obviously drunk Miss Medusa.
"You can't get my d-d-d-d-diamond away that easil-l-l-l-ly!"
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