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"Sammunmak is handsome, Sammunmak is cute!" The disembodied brain of Max spoke within his jar. His plan was working perfectly. All he had to do was get Sammunmak to come close to Sam, and through the chants, Sam would stab him with the brainscrew, and remove his brain. Then he could get his body back. Meanwhile with Sam, all of a sudden, for some unexplained reason, he broke free from the mindless worship of Sammunmak instilled by this new reality. It was now replaced with something else.
Parental urges.
"Oh, to the great Sammunmak, we give...." Sam said as he dropped the brainscrew, and put a hand on Sammunmak's shoulder.
"Help."
"SAM, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!" Max said in panic.
"Wait, that's not the right response to the chant.... YOU'VE BROKEN FREE, HOW?!" Sammunmak said.
"It doesn't matter. Listen to me. I know you've done some bad things, but we don't hate you for it." Sam said.
"I do!" Max said.
"Can it boltbrain. We don't hate you for what you did. We care about you Sammunmak." Sam said. Sammunmak began to look conflicted, wondering what exactly he should do.
"How do I know you're not just lying to me? You could just be trying to manipulate me just like everyone else was!" Sammunmak said, trying to hold back tears.
"Use the toys to read my mind then." Sam said. Sammunmak proceeded to do just that, and realized Sam was telling the truth, and not lying.
"Y-you really were telling the truth..." Sammunmak said he couldn't hold back the tears anymore, and began to cry loudly. Sam decided to do the most appropriate thing he could think of, and gave Sammunmak a hug. Sammunmak returned it as he cried.
"I'm so sorry... I caused so much pain for you... I don't think I'll ever be forgiven for what I've done to you..." Sammunmak said as he cried even harder.
"That's where you're wrong. I do forgive you. I can see that the reason you did all of this was out of a subconscious desire to be loved." Sam said.
"God, this is so sappy." Max said as the two ignored him.
"You're right, I did do this so I could be loved... I did it back then, and I did it again now... What ever can I do to make it up to you for what I've done?" Sammunmak said.
"Well, first, could you give my husband, Max, his body back? Second, can we put your brain into that jar over there once that's done? When we finish this whole case thing, we'll get you a new clone body from Momma Bosco, I promise!" Sam said.
"Really?" Sammunmak said.
"Yeah." Sam said.
"Alright then. Stab my head with that, and get this over with." Sammunmak said as he let go of Sam. Sam picked up the brainscrew, and plunged it into Sammunmak's head, removing his brain.
"NO!" Paperwaite said as he rushed to grab Sammunmak's brain. Sam pointed his revolver at him.
"Pick up that brain and you'll be sent on an express trip to the River Stix." Sam said as Paperwaite ran off, without Sammunmak's brain in hand. Reality suddenly shifted back to normal, and Sam was left holding Sammunmak's brain in his hand.
"Well, that wasn't how I expected it to go, but it still worked! Now put me back in my body Sam!" Max said as Sam took out his brain, and put it back in his body. He then proceeded to put Sammunmak's brain in the jar. The jar made some visual noise, indicating that Sammunmak was sleeping.
"Aw, he's sleeping." Sam said.
"Well what now Sam?" Max said.
"We're taking him to Momma Bosco's lab for safekeeping, come on Max, to the DeSoto!" Sam said as the two headed for the DeSoto.
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Sam drove the DeSoto down the debris-filled roads of the city, caused after the incident. He didn't want to think about it, Max was back anyways, and the toys were destroyed, so it didn't matter. Max, who had escaped from hell the other night, sat in the passenger seat.
"So where are we going Sam?" Max said.
"Momma Bosco's lab." Sam said.
"Why?" Max said.
"Two reasons, to tell Momma Bosco the good news, and to fulfill a promise." Sam said.
"That Maxunnsam guy who stole my body?" Max said.
"His name is Sammunmak. Max, I know you hate him, but I promised him I would give him a new body." Sam said.
"Eh, I've gotten over it. Besides, he gave you that sexy noir persona." Max said as Sam blushed.
"You really thought it was sexy?" Sam said.
"Of course!" Max said as the two finally arrived at Momma Bosco's lab. They entered, and saw Momma Bosco working on something.
"Hey Momma Bosco!" Sam said.
"Ah, there you are Sam. I thought you would have done something stupid after you ran off last night. I suppose you've come here to talk about what happened, don't worry. I'm sure you can eventually manage to move on from Max's de-" Momma Bosco said as she turned around and saw Max alive.
"Hey Momma Bosco!" Max said.
"Max, this is impossible! How are you still alive?!" Momma Bosco said.
"I overthrew Beelzebub as the ruler of hell." Max said.
"Of course, so what did you need?" Momma Bosco said.
"Well, we need you to create a clone of Max without a brain." Sam said.
"Well since Max is here, I can take a more accurate sample of his DNA, and do it." Momma Bosco said as she took some blood from Max's arm, and got the cloning machine ready. In 30 minutes, the machine popped out a clone of Max that looked slightly different from him.
"Hey Momma Bosco, where's Sammunmak's brain?" Sam said.
"Right over there, he's been sleeping ever since you brought him here. I've got to go do some more work in another room, so I'll see you two later. It's good to see you again Max." Momma Bosco said as she left the room. Sam picked up the jar, and took out Sammunmak's brain before putting it in the clone's head. The body now owned by Sammunmak blinked it's eyes.
"Ugh..." Sammunmak moaned as he looked around.
"He's awake!" Sam said.
"Where am I?" Sammunmak said as he looked down to see his new body.
"You're in Momma Bosco's lab." Sam said.
"You actually fufilled the promise... Why?" Sammunmak said.
"Because parental instincts, that's why. Now Sammunmak, do you want to become our kid? We can adopt you." Sam said. Sammunmak looked up at the first person in his life to ever genuinely care for him.
"Yes." Sammunmak said.
"Great. Come on, we'll take you to your new home." Sam said.
"Can I have my old garments?" Sammunmak said.
"Sure!" Sam said as he pulled out some ancient Egyptian royal clothing from his inventory.
"Thanks d-dad..." Sammunmak said as he put the clothing on over his nude body.
"We can get you some stuff to make you look different from Max later, now let's go home!" Sam said as he and Max headed to the DeSoto, Sammunmak following them. A new chapter of Sammunmak's life was beginning, and it would certainly be a much more happier one.