As Captain Kenny came to, he noticed that he was no longer in the giant chamber he and the away team had initially beamed into. Now, the atmosphere was much darker, and in the corners of this much smaller room, blazed sets of torches, giving off enough light to show that they weren�t alone.
�Huh? What�s going on here?� The captain quickly looked to each of his sides, there, bound with thick ropes was Mr. Smiley, Casio, and Consoler Heid. �Hey, you slackers, get up! What am I paying you for?�
An evil cackle emanated from straight in front of Kenny. �They can�t hear you Captain, my followers have subdued them with their secret powers.� Pausing as if waiting for Captain Kenny to ask what their secret powers were, the two of them and who ever else was in the room sat in darkness for a couple of minutes. Then, quickly coming in, President Shrub blurted out, �Stop your questioning, I will not answer!�
�I didn�t ask anything.� Said Kenny calmly.
�You were thinking it though!� Countered Shrub.
�Thinking what?�
�Thinking, �What on Capitol DC could their secret powers be?�� Offered President Shrub from the darkness.
�Well�no, not really. I was wondering what that smell is?�
At this, presumably President Shrub clapped his hands together twice, and several lights came on all around the room. �What smell?�
Captain Kenny smiled. �Oh! You can�t smell that. Man, I think you either have a sewer leek or someone�s personal hygiene really needs an overhaul.�
President Shrub turned bright red, and began to fumble with the cords of his light blue robe. Now that Captain Kenny could see all the people that were in the room, he noted that they had all adorned robes the same color as their Stetsons. �Um, yeah. It must be sewer.� He turned his body slightly to the left, maneuvering his bottom around on the gaudy golden throne, and began sniffing his underarms as though Kenny couldn�t see him.
Not really wanting to know whether he had guessed right, the Captain surveyed the room more closely. It was crafted as a giant mosaic, with white tiles laid in the form of this planets constellations and close by nebulas. There was one massive swirling nebula right behind Kenny and the unconscious members of the away team. �This is amazing, I would have never thought your species was capable of such beauty.�
President Shrub pulled himself away from sniffing, and peered around as though trying to find what Captain Kenny was talking about. Then realizing it was the room, he stuck his tongue out and blew a raspberry. �You like this place? I think it looks tacky.�
Captain Kenny looked sidelong at President shrub. �Did the Demicre�s build this room?�
Shrub bobbled his head, but only slightly. �Yeah, they built this whole building. We wouldn�t ever make something this cruddy. I was thinking of putting up some wallpaper with little white sheep hopping around. Don�t you think that would look nice?�
Avoiding the question, Captain Kenny asked sternly, �Why have you brought my crew and me here, Shrub?�
Now that he was getting a lot of attention, President Shrub climbed down from the big golden chair, and gave a most evil grin. �Now that you know our plans to take over the universe, you must be disposed of.�
Not know what to react to, Captain Kenny managed to sputter out, �What are you talking about, we don�t know anything about your plans to take over the universe.� He placed a hand on one hip, and pointed sternly at President Shrub. �You�ve been playing monopoly, haven�t you?�
President Shrub, along with the rest of the Repubian�s, gave a massive gasp, leaving the Captain slightly woozy from the sudden decrease in oxygen. �You know of our training materials and strategy? But how?!�
Captain Kenny pointed to the right side of the throne, where a small box with a monopoly board was set up, the pieces at various places on the board. �You might want to think about cleaning up your toys before you have friends over.�
Shrub worked this over in his head, then shook his head. �Nope, then we would have to start a whole other game, and that would put us years behind schedule. Now, you must be disposed of!�
Rather effectively with the overly ominous threat, the section of the mural with the giant swirling white nebula, opened into itself, revealing absolutely nothing. Not that there was nothing there, because nothing is still something, but there was a lack of nothing, the anti-nothing, as it were. �Behold, our realm of vast intellect and wisdom!� At this announcement, Shrub held his hands high above his head, trying to accentuate the importance of this anti-nothing. The other Repubian�s in the room followed suit.
Captain Kenny couldn�t help but comment to himself, while gazing at the interdemsional portal. �Hmm, fitting.�
�Now Repubian�s, use your special power!� They all began to lurch forward, their hands still raised above their heads. Shrub started off by sizing Captain Kenny up, then blurted out while shaking his head and making his ears wobble back and forth, �Two plus two is five!�