Chapter 8: We're Doom-ed
Me, Eddie, and Jessica were being held hostage in the Acme factory at gunpoint. Greasy and Psycho were patting me and Eddie down to find the will. I kept glaring at them with a look that said 'Stop touching me or I'll hurt you' but they didn't stop. I have to fight the urge to stab them with my sword or shoot them with my gun. "We checked Valiant and Sparrow, boss. The will ain't on 'em" said Smarty. "Then frisk the woman!" demanded Doom. "I'll handle this one" said Greasy suavely as he shoved his hand into Jessica's cleavage, only to get it snagged by a bear trap. In pain, he started cursing in Spanish. Man, I was laughing so hard. "Nice booby trap" said Eddie.
"Nice pun" I said. Doom was annoyed and hit Greasy with his cane into a box spilling plastic eyeballs everywhere. The weasels were still laughing so Doom glared at them to shut up, which they did. "Do they have the will or not?" he asked. "Nah, just a stupid love letter" said Smarty. "No matter, I doubt that will'll show up in the next 15 minutes" said Doom. Eddie finally managed to snatch Roger's love letter back from Psycho and put it in his jacket. "What happens in the next 15 minutes?" he asked. "Toon Town will be legally mine, lock, stock, and barrel" said Doom.
*Meanwhile*
"Benny, is that you?" asked Roger. "No! It's Shirley Temple" said Benny as he groaned in pain. "Jumping jeepers, what happened?" asked Roger. "Doom grabbed your wife, valiant, Jack, and took them to the Acme factory" said Benny. Roger's face lit up. "The Acme factory, I know where that is, get in" he said. "Move over, Rog. You've enough driving for one night" said Benny.
*Back at the factory*
Wheezy and Stupid were taking down a brick wall and the end of the factory. "Duh, Toon Town's on the other side of the wall, boss" said Stupid. "You see Valiant and Sparrow, the successful conclusion to this little case draws the curtains on my career as a jurist. I'm retiring, to take a new role, in the private sector" said Doom. "That wouldn't be Cloverleaf industries by any chance, would it?" asked Eddie. "Uh-huh" said Smarty. Doom spun on his heels. "You're looking at the soul stock holder" said Doom.
*With Roger and Benny*
"Benny, you go for the cops. I'm gonna save my wife" said Roger nervously shaking a gun in his hand. "Be careful with that gun, Roger. This ain't no cartoon, you know. This is no way to make a living" said Benny, shaking his head as drove off. Roger ran to window and tried to open it. "Wouldn't ya know? Locked" said Roger, leaning on the window, only to have it open on its own and have Roger get flushed down a toilet.
*Back with the others*
Doom dropped a mirror on the floor and let a liquid run through it. "Can you guess what this is?" he asked. "Oh, my God it's DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIP" yelled Jessica. "That's right, my dear. Enough to dip Toon Town off the face of the earth!" said Doom as he pulled down a sheet to reveal a big, black, machine.
"Woah" I said. "Vehicle of my own design! 5,000 gallons of heated Dip, pumped at enormous velocity by a pressurized water cannon! Toon Town will be erased in a matter of minutes!" said Doom. "I suppose you think no one's gonna notice Toon Town's disappeared" said Jessica.
"Ya, I'd up upset if I didn't get to see Bugs Bunny 24/7" I said. "Who's got time to wonder what happened to some ridiculous talking mice, when you're driving by 75 miles an hour?" asked Doom. "What are you talking about? There's no road past Toon Town" said Jessica. "Not yet. Several months ago, I had the great providence to stumble upon this plan at the city council. A construction plan of epic proportions, they're calling it, a freeway" said Doom. "A freeway? What the heck's a freeway?" asked Eddie. "8 lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena, smooth, safe, fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past" said Doom. "So that's why you killed Acme and Maroon? For this freeway? I don't get it" said Eddie. "Of course not, you both lack vision" said Doom.
"Says the only person in the room wearing glasses. (Chuckles) Up top" I said, raising my hand for a high five. Jessica sighed and gave me a high five. Doom glared at us. "Anyway, I see a place where people get on and off the freeway, on and off, off and on, all day, all night!! Soon, where Toon Town once stood will be a string of gas stations, inexpensive motels, restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food, tire salons, automobile dealerships, and wonderful, wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see! My God, it'll be beautiful" said Doom. "Come on, no one's gonna drive this lousy freeway when they can take a red car for a nickel!" said Eddie, pulling Doom out of his trance. "Oh, they'll drive, they'll have too. You see, I bought the red car so I could dismantle it!" said Doom. Suddenly, we heard a rumbling noise. "What the?" said Smarty. Then, we heard screaming.
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