39 Mr White's Masterplan

39 Mr White's Masterplan Wh-whoa!' stammered Rockwell. 'Excuse me?' 'He wants to drain the Rainbow Lake.' 'I don't understand,' said Rockwell. 'I do,' said Peanut. ' He knows that the best way to destroy something is to stop it at its source, and the source of all the world's creativity is...' 'The Rainbow Lake,' finished Rockwell. 'Exactly,' continued Peanut. ' So if no one ever gets to swim in the Rainbow Lake again, well, not only will we say goodbye to future paintings and future artists, but also to every single other thing that requires creativity. Like comic books. And video games. Episodes of your favourite TV shows. Cartoons and memes. Fashion design. Trainers. Even stuff like doughnut

flavours. Someone has to think up raspberry jam with salted caramel icing and sprinkles, you know. And what about Rockwell held up his hand to stop her, eyebrows raised as the penny finally dropped. 'So what you're saying is...' He paused and swallowed hard. 'Unless we can stop Mr White, everything fun that life has to offer will disappear. Forever. 'By George, I think he's got it,' said Little-Bit. 'But Mr White didn't account for the three of you,' said Mr M, smiling. 'You have struck a hugely important blow

already. By retrieving Little Tail you have given us hope. Yes, he has done a lot of damage by destroying so many of the portals and starting to mono the Illustrated City, but at least now we have a chance to stop him. Engelberger nodded. Agreed. We have to seize our opportunity. 'We have to act now!' said Mrs M. 'We must fight back by seizing White's Mission Control room in the Spire. And we must keep the Rainbow Lake safe. When Mr White returns from New York, he will immediately restart the RAZERs, so we need to stop him before he does that. He'll be back in just a few hours. We don't have much time!' 'Yes,' agreed Mr M. 'Ladies and gentleman, we must initiate Operation Renaissance, and we must do it this second. There is no time to lose.'