Intro

Mr. Wolf: Yeah! I'm bad!

Mr. Snake: You're bad!

Ms. Tarantula: He's bad!

Mr. Hornet: She's bad!

Mr. Piranha: We're bad!

Mr. Shark: Who's bad?

The Bad Guys: Yeah!

We're the Bad Guys!

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At the News Company building. Mira was typing an article on the Bad Guys. They stopped another criminal almost doing something drastic to an innocent family. Glad that the Good Bad Guys arrived just in time to save them. That is going in the newspaper

"Aaand... done!" She typed fast in the end, and lifted her hands from the keyboard, "Phew, the Bad Guys had done it again, huh? Now I deserve my break," Mira then saved the file of her article, and opened another one. The file is just a story that she made as a hobby if she ever got bored with her job. She continued typing where she left off.

"And so, after having to have searched through many of the thriving habitual residencies where the gentlest of wildlife reside, the lonely woman finally found her savior in khaki. Callum greeted her with a friendly hug right in front of the zebra exhibit, where the zebras themselves mimic the humans' special display of bonding by cuddling one another as well. Mirabelle looked into Callum's eyes, feeling her initial despair and loneliness fade away and only for an instant because of the special moment she was sharing with the love of her life. Both humans standing together, where only the sound of the parakeets at the Aviary nearby provided a harmonic serenity to their moment. Safe in her comrades' arms feeling as snug as a joey in his mama's pouch, as if nothing in the world could ever harm her emotions as the feelings of loneliness she resided with many many moons ago before meeting the special man. Despite many eyes of the wildlife watching, it felt as if they were the only ones on Earth together, them against the world where only the army of animals around them would protect them and guide them. For someplace as chaotic as a zoo, work chaos and craziness drive among more than the animals themselves, for one single moment as the pair laid eyes, locked in a trans as steady as the stare of an owl, and shared a gentle kiss under the bringing light that made their love shine so bright, even the bats in the darkest caves could see it. Callum was a man of many passions when they came to the protection and care of the animals around him, but the most important animal that he made sure to always care for the most was Mirabelle, who to him, was like gold, a treasure he would always cherish forever and ever."

"Mhm." Mira nodded proudly for herself at this paragraph of her story. Then, she looked at her wristwatch. "Oh, almost time for lunch," She saved her file but didn't close the window. She left the computer open just in case she'll return to make some edits for her story.

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Later, a few minutes after Mira left, Shark came by her office, holding a pen.

"Hey Mira, I just came by to return your pen," But when Shark looked up, Mira's desk was empty, "Mira? Hello?" He wanted to make sure Mira is still around the room, but everyone else already left for lunch.

After dropping the pen into the pencil holder, Shark couldn't help but look over behind Mira's desk where the computer was on and her file was open, "'A Wildlife Lust by Mira Rose'. Wow, Mira really likes to write," When Shark took the time to read the paragraph Mira just wrote. His eyes slowly widened in shock, and gasped "Oh, my gosh, this is amazing! This is basically a guide to what Mira is looking for in a lover."

Just then, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet came by in front of Mira's desk where they found Shark behind it.

"Hey, Shark, have you caught up with Mira?" Piranha asked.

"No, but check this out," Shark said while pointing to the screen with his fin, "Mira is writing a romance novel about a woman who is unhappy with her life and begins to have a torrid affair with a lover who loves zebras. Don't you know what this is?"

"That you violated her privacy?" Tarantula guessed.

"It's a description of her every fantasy and desire. This could finally be my key to..."

"To what, making out with my friend?!" Hornet gagged, "You know, you are the worst. And I thought Snake was the worst."

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The next day, at Mira's house, Mira was doing some gardening when all of a sudden, a shadow blocked the light behind her back. Mira turned around where the shadow came from. To her shock, she saw Shark, wearing a tan safari hat, a beige khaki shirt and shorts, and brown boots, and riding on a zebra.

"Good morrow! What is thee, uh, up to?" Shark tried to get into character that Mira wrote.

Mira stood up, and asked, "Shark, is that your zebra? Wh-When did you get a zebra?"

"Oh, I've been an Equus for a while."

"Do sharks like you can be Equus?"

Shark hopped off the zebra, and patted its side, "Just my trusty steed here. We have a special connection. Me being an equestrianist and everything."

"I-I had no idea you were into zebras," Mira was unsure of this about Shark.

"Attractive, huh?" Shark smirked.

"No, seems like a hassle, and expensive. How do you pay for it all? Did you use the stolen money?" the journalist inquired.

"Well, the costs are meager when you're able to dominate and control the beast with just... the slightest glance," Shark explained whole narrowing his eyes with his fins, until the zebra attempted to eat his hat, "Stop it," he managed to pull the hat away from the zebra's mouth.

The Bad Guys were behind him as their "wingmen" as Piranha laughed, "Ha, ha! What?! This is loco!"

"Anyway, I've been speaking to my zebra in the silent language of knowing, and I..." When Shark moved behind the zebra while explaining, the zebra kicked him, and landed in front of his friends.

"Never walk behind a zebra. You would have to hate zebras not to know that," Hornet warned.

Bu Shark got back up, and walked back at Mira and the zebra, "Being one with nature..." He was behind the zebra again as he got kicked away. Shark returned, still back behind the zebra, "A mutual bond of trust..." He got kicked once again, and went back, "Different species, same heart."

That last kick caused Shark's snout to get twisted to one side. Shark confronted the zebra from the front as he fixed his snout back to its rightful place, and said in À La Daffy Duck accent, "You're dethspicable."

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Later in the afternoon, the Bad Guys were headed in front of a zoo where Shark was holding a printed copy of Mira's story after he had Tarantula secretly printed it for him back in Mira's workplace yesterday. When Shark was headed to the entrance, the Bad Guys followed him, and Wolf decided to pay for the visit.

"What the heck, Shark? I thought we were gonna get a ten-dollar scoop of ice cream with all the millennials who can afford ten-dollar scoops of ice cream but can't afford to move out of their parents and/or guardians' house," Hornet said.

"We are. But first I need to pick up this hat that Mira mentioned in her story. Where's that part about the hat?" Shark said as he looked down on the copy of the story as he and his friends entered the zoo after Wolf finished paying, "'Both humans standing together, where only the sound of the parakeets at the Aviary nearby'," Shark read while the Bad Guys walked near the bird aviary and see some parakeets flying around, "'Despite many eyes of the wildlife watching'," Shark continued reading as some pigeons and squirrels scattering the sidewalk, "'For one single moment as the pair laid eyes, locked in a trance as steady as the stare of an owl'," Shark read the last part as Snake noticed a barn owl at the zoo's petting zoo staring at them

"Uh, Shark, everything you read just happened to us. I think her book is about the zoo," Snake noted as Wolf, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet noticed this too.

Then, Shark turned around, and gasped with his eyes widened in shock, "Oh... my... golly."

"What?" The other Bad Guys asked.

When they looked in the direction where Shark was staring at, they saw a man in a tan safari hat on his head, a beige polo T-shirt with dark beige sleeves, and a symbol of a dove carrying grain on the left side of his chest, tan khaki shorts, and grey hiking sneakers with white laces. feeding a lovebird in his hand. His name tag was written "Callum".

"It's the guy, Callum, from Mira's book!" Shark exclaimed, "She's fantasizing about being in love with this guy. Or, who knows, maybe even is in love with him.

Suddenly, an old man approached the Bad Guys, and looked down at Piranha, "Excuse me, do you have nachos?"

Piranha was confused about what was happening when an old man asked him for food, "What? We don't work here. We're the Good Bad Guys. I... do I... Do my-do my clothes make it look like I work here?" He asked his friends.

"I think it's your suspenders, yeah," Hornet mentioned.

"They must've thought you work in the zoo's food area here," Wolf guessed.

Then, the manager of the food court appeared, with the same suspenders as Piranha, and told the little fish, "Hey, get back to work."

"I'll see you back at home, amigos. I've got to finish my shift," Piranha said as he rushed to work.

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Later, Piranha left work after his "shift", and exhaustingly rode a cab until near the bridge to prevent the driver to know the Bad Guys' secret hideout. Piranha had to walk all the way down there to get to his home. When he made it to the hideout, only he brought was a little amount of money, and a bag of food he got from the zoo.

While they were waiting for him, the Bad Guys had been doing their hobbies, except for Shark who couldn't stop thinking about Callum for being Mira's fantasy guy who was real all along.

"Guys, I can't believe it. I mean, do-do you think Mira likes this Callum guy more than me?" Shark inquired sadly.

"Maybe you're overthinking this, Shark. I mean you and Mira are just friends, remember? You guys dated just once, and that's it," Wolf said.

"Yeah, what's your big deal on this?" Tarantula asked before guessing in a loud shock, "Are you... are you in love with Mira?"

Shark shook his head, wanting to deny it, "No, not really. I mean, a little bit. Just a little school crush. She's a nice person, and she deserves better."

"And you think she deserves you as her partner for life? I'm not against it, Shark, but you know our reputation in the city. What would other people say about Mira when she would end up with a former criminal shark like you?" Snake clarified their status.

Shark didn't like where Snake was going, but for once, he agreed with him. If Mira ended up with Shark, her reputation would be ruined, and he didn't want Mira to have that kind of life. Mira already liked her life and her job, and Shark didn't want her to lose all that because of love.

Just then, Hornet received a notification from his helmet. He wore to see what he received, "Hey guys, Mira texted me that she's going out and won't be back until later tonight."

"Why did she text you about that?" Piranha asked suspiciously.

"We're texting buddies every now and then. And also she wanted to inform me that she's okay every time she goes in and out of her work and house," Hornet smiled.

Shark gasped, "Oh no, guys, she's going out and won't be back until tonight? Do you know what that means?"

When Shark turned around, all of his friends wore disguises, Wolf dressed as a cop, Snake as a cowboy, Piranha as a treasure chest, Tarantula as an anime cutesy maid, and Hornet as a Brazillian Carnival Dancer, only with a skirt and a headdress.

"Disguises? We know it's your favorite thing," Tarantula guessed.

"No, but we should follow her and see what the hell is going on," Shark suggested.

Snake groaned as he facepalmed with his tail, "Face it, Shark, you're jealous that Mira likes someone else than you."

"No, I just want to protect her from the worst decision she'll ever make, now come on!" Shark demanded as he rushed to the elevator to get to the car. The other Bad Guys groaned as they followed him, still having their disguises on.

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The Bad Guys, without their disguises anymore, arrived in front of Mira's house across to street to avoid getting caught by Mira. Wolf thought it was a ridiculous idea to drive and hide from Mira while Shark wanted to investigate Mira's "fantasy" guy, but the leader has no choice. Shark is his friend, and he couldn't let him down.

The Bad Guys waited for an hour until Mira got out of her house before locking the door.

"There she is," Tarantula pointed at Mira who walked towards her car, and drove away.

"Follow her," Shark demanded.

When Piranha opened a can of soda, and drank it, Wolf hit the pedal, causing an opposite reaction where the soda spilled all over Piranha's face, "Aw, great," he groaned, and noticed his clothes were soaked with soda too, "Just great."

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The Bad Guys continued to follow Mira. It was a little bit far from her house, but then, she parked beside the sidewalk. Wolf then parked a little far from Mira's car, but near enough for the Bad Guys to watch her got out of the car. Then, there was another car coming, and parking in front of Mira. It was Callum, stepping out of his car.

"There's Callum too," Wolf pointed.

As the gang observed, Mira and Callum opened their arms, and leaned forward towards each other.

"He's going in for a hug. They're hugging! This is insane!" Shark exclaimed.

But Hornet didn't pay attention to all that as he took pictures of Callum with his helmet, "I know. This guy. This guy is a star."

"Ugh, Hornet, this is unnecessary," Piranha rolled his eyes, feeling jealous.

"I can't believe it, guys. She met up with him here. They hugged. Mira is dating this guy. We've got to stop them," Shark said worryingly as he unfastened his seatbelt, and hopped out of the car. The other Bad Guys unfastened their seatbelts, and moved out of the car. The Bad Guys rushed to Mira and Callum before something that they expected would happen.

"Mira, don't do it!" Shark shouted.

Mira and Callum were startled as Mira turned to see all 6 of her criminal/vigilante friends, "Shark? Bad Guys? What are you all doing here? Don't do what?"

"Don't date Callum! It's not worth it!" Shark pleaded.

"What are you talking about?" Mira asked confusingly.

"Look, I found your file and read it. I thought that you wrote everything you were looking for in a lover, and, if I could embody some of those things, maybe I would have a shot with you. But then I found out Callum is real, and-and I couldn't bear to see you do something like this to yourself," Shark confessed, feeling worried for her.

But then, Mira was surprised about this from Shark, and instead of feeling shocked, she made a disappointed look, "Wait, let me get this straight. You, without asking, read something I wrote? Then, thinking I was revealing all my most intimate wants and desires, you thought that you could exploit what you read to impress me? But when you thought I might be cheating with someone other than yourself, you found that, and only that, morally objectionable? And you bring your friends here, who doesn't understand what's going on?!

"Trust us, We understand a little bit what was happening," Snake chuckled.

Mira rolled her eyes before clearing her throat to introduce them to the guy next to her, "Guys, this is Callum Kalemberg, he's my ex-boyfriend."

"Your ex-boyfriend?" The Bad Guys repeated in unison.

"Wait, so that means you used to date him?" Wolf questioned to clarify this.

"Yes, but that was a few years ago. We broke up because, well..." Mira wanted to explain, but she's not the only one who decided this break up.

Callum stepped in to explain further, "Turns out it never worked out between us. So we decided to break up."

"But if he's your ex-boyfriend and you're not in love with him, why do you have to meet up with him?" Shark asked.

"I'm just here to pick up our daughter," Mira answered.

The Bad Guys gasped loudly, and yelled in shock, "YOU HAVE A DAUGHTER?!"

Mira nodded, "Yes, I have a daughter. Ever since she was born, Callum and I shared custody with her. Callum kept her from Sunday to Wednesday, while I took her in for just Thursday to Saturday. Her school wasn't far from our houses, so there's no need for longer or shorter custody time."

"Oooooohhh..." The Bad Guys finally understood what was going on.

"And yes, I have fantasies about him dominating me with his idiot charming looks..." Mira admitted without even looking back at Callum.

"Aww, and hey!" Callum felt appreciated yet insulted about two things Mira described to him.

"But it's just that... A fantasy. That's why I wrote it in a story, because I knew that I would never act on it," the journalist finished her sentence.

Callum scoffed while his arms crossed, "It's more like you wanna take that all out through writing."

"I'm a journalist. I love to write," Mira glared at Callum before glaring back at Shark, "Ugh. I never thought a shark could be such a genuine piece of human garbage."

Shark finally felt ashamed that he tried to swoon over Mira by following what she wrote in her story, which violated her privacy, then he did something drastic when he thought she was dating another guy, who was her ex-boyfriend, out of jealousy. Shark sighed sadly, "Mira, I'm truly sorry for what I thought. It all just made sense to me at the time. But now that I see what it is, I'm ashamed of myself. I hope you can find it in your heart..."

While Shark confessed his apology speech, Snake brought a zebra behind Shark, and called out to his marine friend, "Hey, Shark."

When Shark turned around, Snake let out a loud and vicious, "Hissss!" the zebra was startled and frightened as it kicked Shark from behind. Then, Snake pulled out an apple, and fed it to his striped friend, "There's a good girl," he patted its snot with his tail.

"Okay, I deserve this." Shark grunted in pain from the kick before standing up, and approaching Callum, "And Callum, I'm so sorry that I suspected you as a bad person."

"It's okay. No hard feelings," Callum understood before turning to his ex-girlfriend, "Mira, don't be mad at Mr. Shark. You're really lucky you have good friends like the Bad Guys who were just looking out for you."

Hornet gasped, "You know us?"

"Of course. Who hasn't?" Callum chuckled.

"So, you're not afraid of us?" Piranha asked.

"Please. I'm a zoologist and a zookeeper. I love all animals, even bad ones."

"That's a little racist," Snake cringed disturbingly.

"Sorry. But I also heard about your reputation, and you still balanced your criminal lives with your job as crime-fighters. So, I'm quite impressed," Callum smiled.

The Bad Guys were a little surprised that there are other people than Mira who liked their good-and-bad balanced lifestyle.

"Wow, thank you," Wolf said.

Then, Mira remembered someone very important to her, "Oh, since you guys are here, do you want to meet my daughter?"

The Bad Guys looked at each other, and they all chanted in agreement.

"Yeah."

"Sure."

"Why not?"

"Let's see the little cutie."

Callum excitingly ran back to his car, and opened the left backseat of the car. He stick his head in, and whispered to a person inside, "Sweetie, come here. There are people would like you to meet."

The Bad Guys and Mira heard Callum's soft voice as the formers tilted their head to take a peak quickly. When Callum pulled his head out, he held a small little hand, and gently guide a little girl out of the car. She was a 5-year-old girl with blonde hair, wearing a white top, a pink skirt, and a giant red bow.

"Aawww!" Wolf, Shark, Piranha, Tarantula, and Hornet cooed to see the cuteness of the little girl, but Snake didn't care.

When Callum led the girl towards them and her mother, Mira grabbed her hand, and guide her to walk a little forward toward the Bad Guys.

"Guys, this is my daughter, Mariposa," Mira introduced her friends to her daughter.

Mariposa looked up at her mother, who nodded that it was okay, and she came closer to them.

Wolf knelt down with one leg to reach Mariposa's level.

"Hey there, little girl," Wolf patted Mariposa's head.

Mariposa stared up at Wolf as she touched his nose, then tried to reach between his ears. Wolf bowed down for Mariposa to reach his head, making him wag his tail.

"Doggy," Mariposa blabbered.

Wolf chuckled embarrassingly, "Eh, yeah, but I'm not a dog, I'm a wolf."

"W-w-wolfy?" Mariposa tried to pronounce it right.

"There, now you get it," Wolf ruffled Mariposa's hair, making her giggle.

Mariposa then tilted her head to see the rest of the Bad Guys behind Wolf. She gasped when she saw a familiar giant fish, "Sharky!" she rushed to Shark, and hugged him lovingly.

"Aaw, she loves to hug." Shark blushed, and embraced her in return.

"Yeah, she's definitely cute," Tarantula commented, hanging on Shark's shoulder.

Mariposa opened her eyes, and noticed Tarantula, "Toy!"

"No! I'm not a–!" But Tarantula was grabbed by the child, and hugged her tightly, "She's crushing me!"

Mira quickly made Mariposa release Tarantula from almost getting crushed to death, "No, no, no, sweet. Ms. Tarantula is not a toy."

When Mariposa released her, Tarantula crawled back on Shark's shoulder, gasping for air, "That kid didn't know her own strength."

After Shark released Mariposa from the hug, she noticed something tiny flying in front of her face, "Bee."

Hornet chuckled, "No, sweetie, I'm a hornet."

"Bee!" Mariposa turned to her mother while pointing at Hornet, and it made the other Bad Guys snicker.

Hornet groaned, "Why do other people mistake me for a bee?! I'm a hornet!"

"Cute bee!" Mariposa patted Hornet playfully with a hand, though it hammered him down, and almost touched the ground.

Hornet didn't like to be patted like that, but the girl's cuteness made him not hate her.

Then, Mariposa noticed Piranha, "Friend!" she hugged him tightly.

"Uh, do I... do-do I look like I'm some kind of kid?" Piranha asked his friends while feeling uncomfortable.

"You two have the same size, I guess," Wolf said.

"Friend!" Mariposa blabbered again.

Piranha was flattered by this gesture as he slowly released himself from the little girl's hug, and patted her head, "Awww, she is kinda a cutie."

Lastly, when Piranha moved backward, Mariposa then stared up at the tall snake. She was speechless and her jaw dropped.

Snake sighed as she knew what the girl was thinking about her, "I get it. You're scared of a grumpy ol' snake, aren't you?"

Mariposa suddenly smiled with sparkles in his eyes, "I wove snakes!" She quickly hugged Snake, and snuggled her face on his chest.

Snake was startled by the sudden hug. He was surprised that a little kid like Mariposa liked a dangerous snake like him. He was just frozen there, not wanting to move a muscle to avoid startling the kid.

Wolf knelt beside Snake, and smirked, "Look at that, Snakey, you got a new friend."

When Snake looked down at Mariposa, she was still hugging him. He didn't know what to do, but his tail slithered on Mariposa's back, and patted her gently, smiling calmly.

When Mariposa suddenly yawned and almost slept on Snake, Mira chuckled as she pulled her daughter away from Snake, "Okay, Mariposa, you can let go of Mr. Snake now," she carried her, and had her kid's head rest on her shoulder.

"Your daughter is very sweet, Mira," Hornet complimented happily.

"Yeah, just like you," Shark said, making both him and Mira blush a little, "And you're sweet enough to forgive me, and I thought I could be... you know..."

"Oh, Shark, you know that I like you. I really do. But not romantically like you," Mira clarified, making Shark frown, "And it's not because of Callum or Mariposa. He and I are through with it, and Mariposa was used to us being separated. And it's not even because you're a Bad Guy or a shark. It's just that... I don't have feelings for you..."

Shark nodded lightly, "I understand."

"But you're my friend," Mira added making Shark raise his head to look at her, "I appreciate you're trying to look out for me or even trying to impress me, but we would be better off if we're just friends."

Even though Shark felt sad that he has no chance to be with Mira in a romantic way, he was still happy she still accepted him as her friend, "Yeah. We're friends."

When Shark offered a fin to Mira, she accepted it, and the two shook hands as a sign of friendship.

Callum smiled at this sight before clearing his throat, "Well, I better get home. You guys take of yourselves," he walked back to his car with the Bad Guys and Mira waved goodbye at him, and he drove away.

When Callum was gone, Mira noticed Mariposa already fell asleep, "I better get this little one home. It's past her bedtime anyway. I'll see you tomorrow, guys."

The Bad Guys said their goodbyes to Mira as she put Mariposa in the backseat on his child seat, and she stepped inside the driver's seat before starting her car and driving off.

When Mira was out of sight, the Bad Guys decided to get back to their car with Shark's head hung down sadly.

"Sorry, Shark," Tarantula patted. a hand on Shark's face.

Shark sighed while he and the Bad Guys stepped into the car, and fastened their seatbelts, "Well, I know things weren't meant to be, but, at least, Mira forgave and still wanna be friends with me."

"Of course, Shark. Who wouldn't?" Hornet asked.

That question made the Bad Guys wonder silently while staring a each other. That is the question. Who wouldn't want to be friends with the most famous criminals-yet-vigilantes in the world? The Bad Guys snickered before laughing hysterically as Wolf drove the car back to the direction of their home. It was a little funny that everyone wanted to be friends with the Bad Guys. Not everyone should be, but not everyone can. It depends on others. Like Diane, Mira, and now, two more people like Callum and Mariposa.

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Credits:

Sam Rockwell - Mr. Wolf

Marc Maron - Mr. Snake

Craig Robinson - Mr. Shark

Anthony Ramos - Mr. Piranha

Awkwafina - Ms. Tarantula

Rhenzy Feliz - Mr. Hornet

Stephanie Beatriz - Mira Rose

Oscar Isaac - Callum Kalemberg

Kaycie Chase - Mariposa

David Sheftell - Zoo's Food Court Manager

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Author
Rally9933

Co-Author
MasterClass60
TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3

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So, this is another chapter focused on Mira and Shark again, but this time, with an interesting twist.

The whole chapter is a reference from Family Guy: Family Guy Lite.

The chapter revealed that Mira had an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child with whom they shared custody.

I named Mira's child "Mariposa" as a reference from the movie Encanto where Stephania Beatriz, the voice actress of Mira, worked in.

The Bad Guys continued keeping their alternate title "The Good Bad Guys" as vigilantes.

Special thanks to MasterClass60 and TU4QU0I53T4IAN6L3 for helping me with this chapter.