Chapter 1: Chapter 1
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“What's up Doc?” asked Bugs as he brought the phone to his ear. The life of a studio Mascot was a lot of things but dull was never one of them. Especially now that the studio could axe them any time, they wanted with Sazlav at the helm.
No toon owned by Warner Brothers was safe, not since he tried to shelve Coyote Vs ACME.
Once the voice comes over the speaker of his phone, he does a double take. How long had it been since a Disney Toon contacted a Warner? Probably when the Animaniacs got rebooted on Hulu. Breaking a very long silence between the two companies since Roger Rabbit.
“Well, well, well, if it isn’t the big Cheese himself,” grinned Bugs. “What can I do ya for?”
There is a long pause, and a few words that means that something is going down, and if Mickey wants to talk to Warner Brothers over something that's not keeping the Warner Siblings under control, then it's bad.
The meeting is set up in the bar just outside Toontown. Bugs leans back on the chair carrot in his mouth, biting down. He presses a button, “Minerva? Call Daffy, tell him I need to reschedule. something came up.”
"And tell Daffy I’ll bring him Chinese food for dinner, if we can reschedule the meeting.”
“Of course, Bugs,” said the toon on the other side of the call. She hangs up and presumably starts making a call to Daffy to reschedule. There is only so much he can do to convince the head of Warner Brothers that the Looney Tunes are worth keeping around and not throwing them out like yesterday's leftovers.
Bugs settles in the big comfortable chair, feet propped up on the desk and a new script in his hands. Not for a Looney Tunes movie, not for a new show, but a new cartoon, still in development. Their breed of warner Toons are falling out of style. It might not even be long till Bugs Bunny is dismissed as Toon liaison for Warner Brothers and someone else takes his place.
Bugs would be damned if it’s Emmet, but the lego still doesn’t have the pull Bugs does. After All Bugs Bunny was a classic.
Bugs stretched against the old chair. He takes a bite of his carrot, munching on it, as he throws the script into the bottom left drawer of his desk. He stands, walking out of the room and is greeted by Minerva, her blond hair curled and her red dress bold as ever against her white fur.
“Minerva, I got a meeting with the big cheese, if anyone's looking for me-”
“You’re with Daffy.”
“If Daffy's Looking for me?”
“You're in with Plotz.”
“Beautiful Doc,” grins Bugs. “If I’m not back by tomorrow let Daffy know I went to the Valiant Memorial Bar to meet with ol’ Mickey.” He trusted Minerva to keep it to herself. She had needed a job after the reboot didn’t really want her back and Bugs thought she’d make a good secretary. She was.
Bugs walks through the alleys of the Warner Lot, watching the Warner siblings tease Ralph. Bugs waved to Ralph as he walked past him to his car, a Red Prius. It wasn’t much of a walk from the old Termite Terrace, and he could have gotten a better parking spot, but it was his spot. Tex got it for him.
The drive to the bar isn’t bad, with a wave through from Ralph Bugs is quickly on his way to meet with the mouse.
As usual the trip to the Valient memorial bar is quiet, one of the few places where toons of all kinds can congregate and hang out. Betty Boop greets him, and Bugs grins at her. “Hey Betty, is the head cheese here?”
“He's in the back,” says Betty. Bugs nods and makes his way to a more private part of the bar. A heavy door sits between the private room and the rest of the bar.
Before he steps through, he turns to one of the new wait staff, someone whose Cartoon was likely written off for Tax purposes. “Can I get a Martini?” asked Bugs to the toon. They nodded, his long hair under his blue beanie unkempt. “Thanks Jamie.”
Bugs doesn’t wait for the toon to come back before he steps into the room, usually open for larger events, but the good thing about being the biggest toons in Toontown is they get special privileges.
“Eh, What's up Doc?” asked Bugs as he took a seat across from Mickey. "Nice redesign. Very Retro.”
“You look very classic Bugs Bunny yourself,” said Mickey with his trademark chuckle.
“Yeah, well just got done with Tiny Toons Looniveristy. Wanted the 90’s classic look,” said Bugs. The 90’s were good . The same toon as before walks into the room, one martini for Bugs before he scurries off to his next job.
Bugs waits a minute drinking his drink studying the mouse in front of him. It's been so long since he’s been in the same room as Mickey. So, he can’t really read him as well as he might have been able to before the studios got competitive, before the Roger Rabbit era.
“So, Doc, why’d you want to speak with me so urgently?” asked Bugs. They were both Busy toons, now that Cartoon Network and Warner Brothers Animation were merged Bugs had plenty of restructuring to deal with on his own. Disney was pumping movies out like they might go out of business.
“I think we have a problem,” said Mickey. “I guess Yakko talked to Max, and Max told Goofy, that there are some serious things happening over at Warner Brothers.”
“Like what?” asked Bugs confused. As far as he was concerned everything was ok for toons still. Sure, Coyotes movie had been a tax write off, and Batgirls movie, and Daffy's, but due to back lash and potential investigation Coyotes movie wasn’t saved yet, but it wasn’t being thrown out either. Daffy's movie was set to release sometime in 2024.
“He says he saw Judge Doom at Warner Brothers,” said Mickey.
“What? Von Rotten’s been dead since-”
“Since Valiant and Roger took him out? Yeah so, we thought. The movies owned by Disney, Donald and Goofy went looking through the archives, looking for anything that might have been tampered with. We looked through everything on our end at the Disney Vault. The only thing they couldn’t find was Baron von Rotten’s model Sheet.”
“Thats a pretty important piece to not have Mick.” Bugs chugs his Martini. Of all the Bad news to get from the Mouse this might be the worst. “Is Dip even a threat anymore? All Toons nowadays are digital. Most studios don’t do Cel and ink anymore, it’s all-digital now. No Ink.”
“I don’t think we have the luxury of not treating it like a threat. Especially when your boss has been going bananas making every animated movie a tax write off.”
“You don't think Salazar would-” Bugs frowned he would he absolutely would. “You think you can do me a favor? Can Goof or Scrooge watch Yakko, Wakko, and Dot for a while?”
“He won't mind. Max likes having them over. Wakko and Dot love Goofy.”
“Thanks for the heads up, Doc.”
“Animation is getting rougher and rougher, Toons need to stick together, no matter what studio they’re from.”
Bugs nods and heads out of the room with new information heavy on his shoulders. He stops at the bar paying for his drink leaving a heavy tip for the bartender and exits the Bar.
“And where do you think you’re going mister?” asks the familiar Black duck with his arms crossed and his tail feathers ruffled high. “You have your secretary call me to push back our meeting and then I find you here of all places!?”
Bugs is caught by surprise to see the Duck here, close to the middle of the day. “Daffy! You know I wouldn’t come here without you without a good reason,” says Bugs with a smile.
“Oh yeah bub? And whys that?” asked Daffy. Clearly the duck was not amused. Bugs wrapped an arm around Daffy and sauntered with him to the car. “I mean it Bugsy,” said Daffy with a stern look, his beak clearly showing he was unhappy. Thankfully he waits to have the marital spat in the car rather than outside it. “Bugsy-”
“Daff,” starts Bugs as he Starts his car. “I’m going to tell you, but you gotta promise me you’ll keep it under wraps.”
“My lips are sealed,” promises Daffy.
“Yakko saw Judge Doom at the Warner Lot.”
“WHAT?” screamed Daffy.
Bugs continued to Drive, not bothering to give Daffy much ammo, he was overdramatic by design. “Yakko told Max, then Max told Goofy, who told Mickey, The Mouse wanted me to get a heads up – since the Boss man's been slashing our animation department to bare bones. Mick figured he might try to dip us next for some extra money.”
Daffy calmed down a little and watched as Bugs drove past their exit. “Bugsy you missed the exit for the lot-”
“We ain’t going to the Lot,” said Bugs ominously. “This is too serious for a Looney Tune. We need a Loonatic.”
Tech stretched as he walked into his lab, turning on the lights and being greeted by two sleepy mice. “Morning Brain, Pinky,” said Tech as he pulled tupperware from his bag. “Rev sent over some treats for you guys.”
Pinky rushes over, happily as Tech pulls the top off the container, and smells the aroma, wafting into their cage, pinky practically floating as Tech puts two of the cookies into the cage. “Will Rev be visiting today?” asked Pinky hopeful.
“Nah not today,” said Tech. “He’s got deliveries. He says Hi though. Brain, you want to help with my new project today?”
Brain grins, “Definitely. What are they looking for this time?”
“Something for Coyote and Road Runner,” says Tech.
“So ACME wants you to develop something that will blow up in his face?”
“Yep,” said Tech as he lays his hand down for Brain to hop on. Pinky and Brain liked days with Tech more than the other scientists. To the other scientists Pinky and Brain were designed to be test mice, even as toons that's what they were before the Animaniacs took them on for their shorts. “It’d be easier for you to hold the smaller stuff for soldering, it's all mostly small stuff for the motherboard to catch fire like they want.”
“Seems easy enough,” said Brain as he jumped from Techs hand onto the counter. He turns on the TV for Pinky to entertain himself, keeping him out of too much trouble. He slides his smart phone over to Pinky as well, letting him choose one of the games on it.
It doesn’t take long for Brain and Tech to get lost developing the next string of machines to be used in Coyote and Road Runner shorts.
“Hey Doc, we’re Looking for Tech E Coyote.”
Tech lifts his head out from under the machine and frowns. “If Wile E relapsed again, I’m not substituting for him I’m too busy,” says Tech with a frown.
Wile E had a habit of falling into nemesis obsession, where he would focus too much on Beep Beep, it was a rare condition that afflicted toons but for the most part was treatable. Though the Road Runner fountains at his house were still a little unsettling for Rev.
“This aint about Coyote. We’re looking for the Loonatics,” said Bugs.
“We haven’t been the Loonatics since ‘07 Chief,” answered Tech as he wheeled himself back under the machine with the creeper. “You should be talking to Ace he's our leader. Not me.”
“Ace and Me ain’t on speakin’ terms Doc,” said Bugs with a serious tone. His arms are crossed over his white furry chest and Tech groans, if even the Looney Tunes are serious this is a serious issue. Something that Ace should really be brought in for. Or at the very least Lexi, the second in command of their unit.
He glances at Daffy, the ink Danger Duck was modeled from, he looks nervous. The fact the Looney Tunes were coming to ask for help from Loonatics at all was telling all on its own. The two groups rarely interacted, because so few of them were on speaking terms with one another.
The Serious edgy superhero version of the Looney tunes wasn’t well received, making them probably some of the most hated toons in the studio. Though there are a few die-hard fans who keep them going, which Tech is forever grateful for.
“What do you need the Loonatics for anyway?” asked Tech if he was going to bring this to Ace on Bugs Bunny’s behalf then he wanted to know details. Ace didn’t like Bugs about as much as the WB mascot liked Ace.
“Baron Von Rotten is back,” answered Daffy.
Chapter 2: Chapter 2
Summary:
“So, you have the word of one teenager,” said Tech. “and no evidence of Dip. What makes you think the Loonatics can even help here?” asked Tech carefully, his tail swishes side to side lazily. He’s nervous. “We’re not detectives.”
“Aren’t you a teenager?” asked Bugs.
“I was an undergrad at ACME Tech!” says Tech. “We were all working. We were all in college! We’re all adults - ”
“But you’re superheroes!” said Daffy, his lisp heavy and his expression worried. “THats what you were made for.”
“We’re not Batman, the Loonatics dealt with villains as they attacked, we got into situations that Rev and I had to get us out of, but we’ve never had to be batman.” Explained Tech. It was clear that they never watched the show. “My advice? Contact Batman and the Justice League.”
Notes:
God I am devastated at the troubling news about Coyote V Acme this fic is slowly becoming my way of coping with never being able to see that movie.
Theres some Bugs x Daffy in here too so proceed with caution.
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“Baron Von Rotten?” asked Tech. “Like Judge Doom? From Roger Rabbit?” Every toon has seen Roger Rabbit, a mixture of two major studios, all of toon kind coming together for entertainment, way before Tech and Revs time but they’ve still seen it like every toon has.
“The Very same.”
“Have you guys been seeing Dip show up again?” asked Tech cautiously. Brain even seems interested in the conversation, though he’s mostly harmless Brain still have dreams of ruling the world, Dip wouldn’t get him any closer to it.
“No, we only have word from Yakko that Judge Doom is hanging around the Warner Lot,” said Bugs.
“So, you have the word of one teenager,” said Tech. “and no evidence of Dip. What makes you think the Loonatics can even help here?” asked Tech carefully, his tail swishes side to side lazily. He’s nervous. “We’re not detectives.”
“Aren’t you a teenager?” asked Bugs.
“I was an undergrad at ACME Tech!” says Tech. “We were all working. We were all in college! We’re all adults - ”
“But you’re superheroes!” said Daffy, his lisp heavy and his expression worried. “THats what you were made for.”
“We’re not Batman, the Loonatics dealt with villains as they attacked, we got into situations that Rev and I had to get us out of, but we’ve never had to be batman.” Explained Tech. It was clear that they never watched the show. “My advice? Contact Batman and the Justice League.”
“Bats is busy. DC’s got a lot going on right now.”
“Duck Tracy is free,” says Tech as he glances over to Daffy. “Doesn’t change the fact we’re not detectives.”
Bugs frowns and Daffy knows that look; this means war. Bugs is about to lose power and a Bugs that doesn’t have the upper hand isn’t something anyone wants to deal with. There is a reason no one pisses Bugs off. “Bugsy-”
“Listen here you ungrateful mutt. You and your team finally want to be heroes. To earn who you are without riding my coat tails? You finally wanna be seen as something other than a laughingstock?” Bugs keeps an iron grip on Techs wrist and though techs taller by a good 5 inches, Bugs is still the most intimidating thing he’s seen.
“Save Toontown from Judge Doom,” demands Bugs. “Cause if you don’t I promise you Rev will be the first one Doom gets his hands on.”
Tech growled, eyes glowing green as anger and adrenaline pumps through his veins. He grabs the toaster from the corner of the room with his Magnetism. “Don’t you threaten my mate again Rabbit,” growls Tech. The air in the room changes and Tech has the power to shove every magnetic thing in the room at Bugs Bunny.
Tech bears his teeth, his haunches standing on end and his tail ram rod straight, a show of dominance that Tech wasn’t going to back down to Bugs Bunny. No matter how far up the toon food chain he was, Coyotes ate Rabbits. And Tech didn’t have a contract stopping him from hunting Bugs Bunny.
“Bugs,” says Daffy putting a feathered hand on the grey Bunnies shoulder. “Bugsy.”
Bugs’ expression softens as he looks at the Mallard. Bugs takes a minute to adjust any unkempt fur before returning to the carefree rabbit most of Toontown knows him as.
“With Judge Doom out there everyone is in danger,” says Bugs. “You, Me, Wile E, Daffy, everyone is in danger.”
Tech growls, and Bugs make a face, one that Techs seen only on villains. Something closer to one of Batmans more serious threats not anything the Loonatics villain roster could muster. “Give me all the information you have; I’ll talk to Ace. But I don’t make any promises.”
“Thats all we have, Mickey was the one that told me about it.”
“Thats all you have?” asked Tech with a growl.
“You’re smart, a 12th level intellect, right? You’ll figure it out,” said Bugs. Patting Tech between the ears.
"Don’t Patronize me,” growled Tech, the magnetic objects in the lab floating menacingly. “You can leave.”
Tech watches as Bugs and Daffy leave, the whole exchange leaves Tech feeling off.
“Are you okay?” asked Pinky.
“Yeah,” said Tech. He lifts Brain up and puts him close to his partner. “I’ve got to make a call.”
“Little Harsh don’t you think Bugs?” asked Daffy as they walked their way back to Bugs car. The other scientists in ACME labs don’t pay much attention to them. Dexters' laugh can be heard deep in the bowels of the building.
“We need Judge Doom taken care of.”
“And you think that was the best way to do it?” asked Daffy. “You threatened his mate! You’d have torn Chuck Jones himself a new one if they threatened me like that.”
“Chuck never would have dared to threaten you Duck.”
“You really think that its gonna make him want to help? We’ve never treated them well,” admitted Daffy. “Wile E and Beep-Beep are the only ones that like their Loonatic counter parts.”
“The Loonatics are the only ones who can do this Daff,” said Bugs. “If they get dipped no one would be the wiser. Everyone else is still profitable.”
Daffy hums, a worried expression on his face. “You still didn’t have to go Lebron James on him.”
“I did what I had to do Daff. Not only is Rev in danger, but you are.” He cups Daffys head in his hands. “You have that movie with Porky set to release this year. If it bombs-”
“Bugs it’ll be fine, Back in Action and Space Jam 2 didn’t do well, and we’re still here. We’re pillars of animation. He can’t get rid of us.”
“Doesn’t mean he won't try,” said Bugs. “Let's go home.”
“Pinky, I need my phone real quick,” said Tech as Pinky closed out of his game. “Thanks.” He takes the phone and quickly pulls up the phone app to call Rev.
“Tech what are you calling for in the middle of the day?” is the first thing heard over the phone, even before a hello can be said. “are-you-okay? You’re-not-hurt-or-anything-right?”
“No I’m fine. Bugs was here-”
“Why-was-Bugs-there?” asked Rev.
“Thats why I’m calling, you somewhere private?”
“Yes?”
“He thinks Judge Doom is back.”
“The-Dip-guy?”
“Yes. Just keep an extra close watch over your surroundings, alright? Just like we usually do when Mallory is out of jail.”
“Whyd-he-warn-you-about-Judge-Doom-being-back?”
“He wants the Loonatics to take care of him.”
“Why-does-he-want-us-to-deal-with-it? And-more-importantly-why-did-he-go-to-you? Ace-is-our-leader-”
“He’s not on speaking terms with Ace, look it's not important I have to call Ace before he goes on shift, do me a favor turn your tracker on? Keep it on? Press the SOS button if anything happens.”
“You-got-it-Tech,” says Rev. “Ive-got my-next-delivery-I'll-see-you-later-Love-you.”
“Love you too Rev.” He hangs up the same time Rev does before he sighs and pulls up the contact info under Chief.
Tech sighs as he presses the call button, it rings three times before a message plays, [“This Ace I can’t answer right now, leave a message or text me”]
“Hey Chief, long time no see, Um I got something I need to talk to you about. I’m going to give Lexi a call too, but uh, Rev and I will be coming over soon to talk about it, Possible Loonatic stuff. I’ll uh, catch you then Chief. See you.”
Tech sends out a text to Ace, explaining that him and Rev will be over to talk. And Tech can only hope that he doesn’t read too much into it.
His next call is to Lexi, he pulls up her info, pressing the call button. she answers right away.
“Tech? Hey why are you calling?”
“Well Rev and I wanted to see if we could come over,” said Tech as generally as he could. “I know the gang hasn’t really been together since Revs and Mines wedding, but I figured we might want to meet up, Rev will get that pizza from Iceland we all really like.”
“It's that bad?” asked Lexi.
“Unfortunately. Carrots himself contacted me. I don’t want to say too much over the phone, but I need to speak with you and Ace. Rev already knows. But it's up to Ace if we want to get involved.”
“How bad is the threat on a scale of Stoney to Sypher?” she asked cautiously.
“Its worse than Sypher,” answered Tech. “Just keep Ace home once he gets off work. We have things to go over.”
“He’s not going to like it, especially if Bugs is the one that brought it up to you.”
“I know, but he threatened Rev. And the town could very well be in trouble. Look I’ll spill everything I have on the incident later.”
“See you tonight then,” said Lexi as she hung up.
Tech did the same, groaning as he thought about his next move. He needed more information, but who does he go to?
There are only two real connections he has at WB anymore. Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner.
Tech sighs, unsure if he wants to get his ancestor involved, he's already got enough on his plate between his movie and the shorts, not to mention the comic shoots.
“Pinky are you thinking what I’m thinking?”
“I think so Brain, but aren’t flying pigs just chickens?”
“No Pinky,” said Brain as he holds Pinky's precious little head in his hands. “If Judge Doom was seen on WB property Ralph would have seen him.”
“Can you get me in touch with Ralph?” asked Tech.
“I dont think he knows how to answer the phone,” said Brain thinking. “I can get you in touch with Yakko,” offers Brain.
“That would be helpful, I need as much info as I can get from what he saw.”
Pinky chuckles as Brain pulls out a phone, old style, and dialing Yakko’s number. There is a Jolly hello on the other side of the call as Brain says hello. “I have a guy here who wants to talk to you about what you saw at Warner Brothers today. Should he go to you, or you come here?”
“Bugs told us to stay with Goof, so your guy better come here,” said Yakko. Tech feels like he’s being watched, “If that's who you’re sending this isn’t going to be any fun. It's going to be Eddie all over again but this time with Superheroes.”
“Just hit the next chapter button,” said Yakko, and I’ll get you here.”
Tech hated toon magic as he hit the button at the bottom.
Chapter 3: Chapter 3
Summary:
Tech takes a minute for his regeneration to full acclimate. “You alright?” asked the disney toon holding him up. He was Dog shaped, Fleischer toon style like Yakko, but a stark contrast compared to Techs edgy/’modern’ toon style.
“Yeah, just not used to toon power,” said Tech still woozy. “Yakko, I need to know what you saw.”
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“I’m drawn as an anthropomorphic Coonhound,” said Goofy with confidence. “There was some kind of rodent in that room that I didn’t recognize.”Tech was willing to bet money that Goofy was right, they might be toons but they still had all the abilities of the animals they were inspired from. Tricky Coyotes, Quick Road Runners, swimming Ducks, it came in useful many times to have the nose of a canine, even if it wasn’t a bloodhound or a coonhound.
“How likely is it you can get me in that vault?” asked Tech hesitantly.
Notes:
I wanna pre-face this with I've only seen a Goofy Movie and an Extremely Goofy Movie like twice. And I'm currently playing through kingdom hearts but I've no made it very far... like at all.
So no idea of Goofy and Max are IC or not I tried my best.
Also Happy Fanworks day! Have this chapter a wee bit early!
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
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Loading was always disorienting. His regeneration helped in that regard, immediately glowing green around him, as his body loaded bit by bit. With most toons being digital now, even the Loonatics, more modern forms of transitioning were easier to deal with.
Tech takes a minute for his regeneration to full acclimate. “You alright?” asked the disney toon holding him up. He was Dog shaped, Fleischer toon style like Yakko, but a stark contrast compared to Techs edgy/’modern’ toon style.
“Yeah, just not used to toon power,” said Tech still woozy. “Yakko, I need to know what you saw.”
Yakko looks toward the living room where Wakko and Dot are playing smash Bros on Max’s nintendo. “I think its better to tell him what you know,” said Max. “You want me to stay with you?”
Yakko frowns, and the few times he’s been in the same room as Yakko he talked, which wasn’t that shocking seeing as how Rev and Yakko shared a Voice Actor. Rob Paulson had a very wide range, and he was very good at talking. “What do you want to know?”
“When you saw and what you saw,” said Tech.
“I saw Judge Doom outside the executive building, the one that Norita got for her office. I saw it around Lunch Time, we were heading to Coyotes comic shoot for the Buffet when I saw him. He left in one of those old timey hats and a long black trench coat. He looked like he did in the movie,” explained Yakko. “But it can’t be him right? There are only three Multiplane cameras left right?”
Tech doesn’t really know what to say, he doesn’t know what will be more comforting for the Toon, for anyone really. “I don’t know. I know there are only 3 of Disney's Original Multiplane cameras left. But there could be some that are unaccounted for.” Plus, it wasn’t hard to get your own rudimentary multiplane camera.
“Dad said the Model sheet for Van Rotten was missing,” says Max cautiously. “But that doesn’t mean someone took his model sheet,” stated Max quickly. “Probably just means that some intern put away the model sheet incorrectly.”
"I would be cautious and alert,” offered Goofy as he walked into the area. “Yakko you and your siblings are some of the most powerful Toons in Toontown. Your Gags are probably as powerful if not more power than Bugs’.” Goofy lays a hand on Yakkos shoulder. “Now son, why don't you go relax with your brother and sister and I’ll talk to...” he trails off staring at the other smaller Dog Toon.
“Tech E Coyote,” says Tech cautiously.
“Well Mr. Coyote, Its a pleasure to meet you,” said Goofy with his trademark laugh. “Come into the kitchen and I’ll tell you everything Don and me were able to get.”
“Sounds good,” said Tech as he followed the dog toon into his kitchen.
In all the years that Tech's been inked, or rendered he never would have thought that a Warner toon, the very model of a Warner cartoon individual would ever make it into the House of Mouse. Yet here they are, having a sleep over with Disneys main ink line.
"Are you related to Wile E?” asked Goofy probably looking for an ice breaker.
“Sort of, I was based off him, our show only lasted two seasons, we weren’t popular. Not ‘Looney’ enough was the official complaints.”
Goofy was quiet as he put two mugs on the table. “So I guess we better get to business. Mickey sent Donald and I to the vault,” explained Goofy. “After what Yakko told me when he was at the Water Tower I couldn’t not say something to Mickey.”
“I don’t blame you, Roger Rabbit was before my time, but Wile E and Beep Beep don't really talk about the Judge Doom era of Toontown all that much.”
“They were young toons themselves when Judge Doom was at his peak, even Bugs was new on the scene. Back then Porky was the face Warner Brothers.”
“Hard to believe anyone other than Bugs hanging on that WB shield,” said Tech. “Bugs wants the Loonatics to look into this, but he only has some information, and I can’t take it to my leader without some substantial evidence that there is a threat.”
“I don’t know if this is a case of an intern putting things away wrong,” said Goofy. “Don and I tore the vault apart looking for Von Rottens model sheet. We couldn’t find it anywhere in there. and we found a lot of stuff in the vault that hasn’t seen the light of day in a while.”
“So, you think it was a heist?” asked Tech.
“I don’t doubt it, some of the weasels under Judge Dooms Toon Patrol lived.”
“You think it might have been them?” asked Tech.
“I’m drawn as an anthropomorphic Coonhound,” said Goofy with confidence. “There was some kind of rodent in that room that I didn’t recognize.”
Tech was willing to bet money that Goofy was right, they might be toons but they still had all the abilities of the animals they were inspired from. Tricky Coyotes, Quick Road Runners, swimming Ducks, it came in useful many times to have the nose of a canine, even if it wasn’t a bloodhound or a coonhound.
“How likely is it you can get me in that vault?” asked Tech hesitantly.
“I don't think so, I might be able to get the Warners in,” said Goofy. “But you? I don't think they’ll let you in without armed guard.”
“Yeah I figured,” said Tech running his fingers through his fur. “I dont want to put Yakko into that kind of situation.”
“I don’t want to either,” admitted Goofy. “The Warners have been through enough and right now Hulu and Disney will keep them safe,” said Goofy.
It had been the worst kept secret in Toontown that Max and Yakko were an item. Two teen toons, princes of major studios in their own rights, beloved by every 90’s kid who had been put infront of a television. A deal had been sealed when the Animaniacs rights had been purchased by hulu, a part of the Disney conglomerate.
It didn’t make the warners or Pinky and the brain Disney toons, but it made them part of the Disney family by marriage especially now that Hulu can be bundled with Disney+.
“Is there anything else you can tell me about all of this?” asked Tech looking for anything.
“Porky might have some more info. I’d talk to the TTPD. Maybe even talk to Roger Rabbit himself. Him and Valiant took down Judge doom the first time. He’s in Valiants old office a few times a year. Jessica still works at that club. If you can’t find him, you should be able to find her.”
“Thanks,” said Tech defeated, his ears falling and his tail hanging low. “You’ve been helpful.”
“You want me to send you back?” asked Yakko from the door way.
“No thanks, I’ll just have Rev pick me up,” said Tech quietly. He turns back to Goofy, “Thanks for the information.”
Goofy walks the coyote to the front door of his house in the Disney suburb. Techs is a little jealous that Goofy gets a suburban house, while him and Rev share an apartment inside Acmetropolis. Tech pulls out his phone and sends a message to Rev.
“Sweet Meep Meep Tech,” says Rev. “How’d you get all the way out here?”
“Yakko,” says Tech with a flat tone.
“That-explains-so-much-yet-so-little,” said Rev quickly.
“Goofy says the model sheet is missing,” said Tech.
“So-something-is-up,” says Rev.
“I think so,” said Tech with a frown. “Can you take me-”
Tech doesn’t even finish his request by the time Rev grabs him by the waist and one blink later and his bones feel like sandpaper and they’re in front of their apartment. “Thanks,” says Tech wobbly on his feet as his regeneration deals with the rapid G-forces on his body.
Rev continues to hold Tech so he doesn’t fall over the green o-zone that usually surrounds his body does its thing, so he can heal up and move on. Rev keeps a hand against Techs chest as he finally stands on his own. “We might have to talk to Wile E and Beep Beep. I want to see what the security tapes see,” said Tech.
“Does he still have those Fountains?” asked Rev
“I think he does,” said Tech.
Rev groans, “But its so odd.”
“Its better than him trying to capture Beep Beep all the time.”
“I still think its creepy.”
“Lets just go get dinner and talk to Ace.”
Notes:
I needed an in universe explanation on why Warner Toons were now on Disney Plus, So Yakko and Max are at the very least engaged to one another sealing their reboot on hulu and the move to bundle Disney+ and Hulu.
I also had to google what kind of Dog Goofy was, and google led me to believe black and tan coonhound. The Warners are still mysteries as to what kind of animals they are, in case any one was wondering.
Next we finally meet up with Ace and Lexi to figure out if the Loonatics are going to take the call.
Chapter 4: Chapter 4
Summary:
“You-ready?” asked Rev as he hands Tech his helmet. He straightened out his plume trying to make himself look presentable.
Tech takes the helmet with ease and straightens out his lame ear, the g-forces on his already weak Cartilage of his ear, “Not really,” said Tech.
Rev fiddles with his lame ear, trying to get it to stand up. “Is the Regen not getting your ear?”
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Say hello to the long awaited appearance of Danger DUck!
Chapter Text
Tech and Rev stood outside Lexi and Ace’s home. The larger apartment complex stood tall against the other tall buildings of Acmetropolis. Since the show's cancellation the city had become a safe haven for canceled TV shows casts. Being canceled was different from your show ending, most canceled toons were fired, with little to no currency to their name, popular shows rarely got canceled.
At least before streaming became popular.
Rev and Tech had been lucky that they could land jobs after Loonatics Unleashed got canceled. Ace and Danger Duck hadn’t been so lucky. Ace worked at Wabbit Season, a restaurant within Acme Acres, and Lexi got a job as a Teacher at ACME Academy, giving basic life lessons to new toons. While Rev went back to working Deliveries, and Tech wasn’t at ACME Tech, but he still got to work on machines and build things at ACME Labs, things for them mostly worked out. They were able to get out of low-income housing in downtown Acmetropolis and move closer to Acme Acres.
Ace and Lexi hadn’t been as fortunate as they were.
“You-ready?” asked Rev as he hands Tech his helmet. He straightened out his plume trying to make himself look presentable.
Tech takes the helmet with ease and straightens out his lame ear, the g-forces on his already weak Cartilage of his ear, “Not really,” said Tech.
Rev fiddles with his lame ear, trying to get it to stand up. “Is the Regen not getting your ear?”
“The ears take a minute,” said Tech. “Usually my ears are the last to come back. Not sure if it's designed that way or-“
“There could be real science behind it. If it’s still floppy tomorrow we can go visit Hampton at the clinic.”
“It should be fixed by tomorrow morning, good food and a good night's rest help the regeneration,” said Tech. He wrapped his free arm around Rev's hips, fiddling with his tail feathers as they walked up the stoop to the apartment complex.
“Are you going to get either of those?” asked Rev before he pressed the doorbell for apartment 5, The Bunny’s.
Tech shrugged as the door buzzed meaning Lexi or Ace let them into the building. “Depends, are you going to be cooking dinner.”
“I’ll cook you your favorite if you promise not to drool all over.”
“Rev you know I can’t help it, you make food that smells so good-“ says Tech as they climb the stairs to apartment number 5.
The door opens to reveal the golden Bunny, Lexi, in a nice blouse and dress pants. She had spoken to Tech on many occasion about how happy she was teaching at an elementary level.
“Weren’t you going to bring pizza?” asked Ace from behind the blonde bunny.
“Sorry Chief, the day kind of got away from us,” said Tech sheepishly.
“I can still go get some if you really want some Ace its not a big deal, here watch-“ and with that and a gust of wind Rev is gone and back with a pizza this time.
“Thanks Rev,” says Ace in his heavy New York accent. He takes the first box, a veggie spread for the herbivores and sets it on the coffee table. While both Roar Runners and Coyotes are predators Coyotes will eat just about anything, and Road Runners will eat veggies. The second box though is filled with garlic bread, cooked to a warm temp that makes it basically gold. They’re just Lucky Slam and Duck aren’t here the break sticks would have been gone already.
Ace takes a piece from the box and sits with his feet up on the coffee table, Lexi brings them in and hands every one a plate, first handing on to Ace so he can be a civilized Bunny and eat Pizza with a plate not off the box itself. “So Lexi says you got something important, for the Loonatics.”
Tech and Rev look to one another. “Well, maybe. Bugs talked to me today about it, I guess Yakko saw Baron Von Doom.”
“The Dip Guy?” asked Ace. “Where?”
“Warner Brothers Studio. They were going to mooch off Coyotes comic shoot when they saw him.”
“What does he expect us to do about it?” asked Ace. “He’s not running through the streets dipping Toons,” said Ace between bites of people. “Isn’t this a job for the Toontown Police Department?”
“Apparently not. I told him I’d talk to you, I made no promises that you’d get the Loonatics involved,” said Tech. “I also told him our responses are more reactive than proactive. He didn’t care.”
“He wouldn’t care,” said Ace with a roll of his eyes.
“I talked to Goofy Goof, over in Disney land and him and Donald Duck searched the Archives and found that Von Rottens model sheet was missing.”
“I don't think there is a reason to bring the Loonatics in on this officially,” says Ace. “The only evidence we have of him being alive is a missing piece of paper and the words of the Warner siblings.”
“I mean Yakkos never been a liar,” said Rev. “Did he seem like he was telling the truth?” asked Rev carefully.
“He certainly thinks he saw Judge Doom. Enough that he told Max and Goofy Goof, who told the Big Cheese himself, who was concerned enough to bring it up to Bugs. And Disney hasn’t talked to WB since well the Animaniacs reboot.”
“With everything happening in Animation right now – especially against the Looney Tunes, I’m not that surprised. Animation studios are going to have to start standing together. The Animators and Toons go on strike this year,” explained Lexi.
"If its alright with you Chief, I’d like to continue looking into it,” said Tech.
Ace stopped mid chew of his pizza. “I don’t care what you do Tech. Loonatics were disbanded indefinitely when the show ended. Zadavia nor I have control over what you do. But if you stumble into something, call me, the Loonatics will be there.”
“Thanks Chief.”
Rev sat on the couch as Lexi moved the decorative pillows. “So enough about the despair of toon town, how have you guys been? Has ACME been treating you well since they filmed Coyotes movie?” asked Lexi.
“I haven’t received any backlash on it, they’re still providing gadgets for the comics, so I’m building those for Wile E and Beep Beeps shorts for the DC comics. Which is nice not to be out of a job.”
“I’m still delivering for Acme, Toon studios are still using Acme despite the lawsuit. How about you two? Still hanging on?”
“Yeah, these new toons are something else. I don’t know if a lot of them will make it, they’re a lot of independent toons. But the Helluvaboss and Hazbin Hotel group turned out ok. Maybe there is hope for animation yet.”
“Those Lackadaisy toons look promising,” said Ace. “You still subbing for Wile E?”
“Yeah, but knock on wood he keeps out of Rehab. He’s been doing well with his obsession with Beep Beep. He’s been eating semi-regularly as much as I can tell. His job at Acme Loo helps too. Now that Calamity is back to apprentice under Wile E. He’s only slipped the once, but Granny got him the help he needed.”
“Thats good,” said Lexi. “I’m glad to hear that. Between the movie and everything else going on I can’t imagine that Wile E has much spare time.”
“Yeah and despite setbacks he’s really appreciating the community as a whole. Lots of people love him,” said Tech. He turns to Ace. “Hows Wabbit Season?”
“It's alright, patrons tip well, Pepe Le Pew knows how to run a restaurant. He’s not so bad to work for, so long as no one makes him Nervous. His break from Looney Tunes did him well. I've taken over as head waiter now that he’s back doing shorts on their new show.”
“Thats amazing!” said Rev. “To celebrate we should get everyone together, go get pizza at Freddys.”
“Does it have to be Freddys?” asked Ace.
“They don’t actually kill people at the pizzaria,” said Rev. “Besides Chica is nice.”
“We can go to Pizzariba if you want,” said Lexi. “But Bugs frequents it.”
“Fine, we'll go to the murder animatronics pizza place,” said Ace with a defeated sigh.
It was late into the evening by the time Tech and Rev left the Bunnys home. Tech handed Rev his helmet and smiled as they approached the zoomatrix parked in the space labeled visitor.
Rev leaned against the parked bike and smiled back at Tech. “It was good to see them again. I can’t believe its been so long.”
“I know its nice,” said Tech with a smile. “Come on, lets Jet,” said Tech as he put his helmet on his head, straddling the bike and waiting for Rev to get on the back, wrapping his arms around the Coyotes body, as the Zoomatrix fires up, revving before flipping to flight mode, and they head home.
Danger Duck stood at his next job, waiting to be let in. He knocked on the door. He shifted his weight from one foot to another, tapping his flipper against the porch cement In Front of the front door.
Typically, he didn’t mind having to wait but he had a date tonight with Tina and he really didn’t want to miss it. He tries the doorbell again, but there is no answer. He waits 5 minutes before he just assumes that no one's home.
Duck goes around the back, unlocking the gate to let him into the back of the house. A 1970’s modern ranch home, with many windows in a subdivision. The little girl from next door waves to the Barnyard from her side of the Fence.
“Hey Mister!” she says waving.
“Hi little girl,” says Danger.
“Johnny hasn’t been outside for a few days, I haven't seen Miss Bunny either.”
Danger hummed, which was odd, because Bunny Bravo called to schedule a pool cleaning as well as a shock treatment – the algae was beginning to get out of control. And she promised a large tip if he could squeeze her in this weekend. Even Duck knew that Johnny would sit out on the edge of the pool and get a nice suntan, and the weather had been impeccable the last few weeks. perfect pool weather.
Plus Johnny and Danger Duck would chat, nice guy that he was, but he always came out here to keep Duck company as he shocked the pool with chlorine and deep cleaned it.
“Thats really odd, when's the last you heard from them?” asked Danger cautiously.
"Bunny bought scout cookies from me two days ago,” answered the girl.
Something was going off in his head, an instinct whether it be from his super heroeing days or maybe it's some kind of Barnyard toon thing, Duck could never be sure. “Why don’t you go inside.”
“Okay,” said the little red headed girl, as she skipped and sung a tune back into her home.
Duck opened the back gate and put his pool stuff on the side of the pool, he’ll get to that in a minute. But he put his face up against the door wall, peering into the dark inside of the house, his duck bill making it that much harder to see inside. So long as he has an idea of whats where-
He appears on the other side of the locked doorwall, in the dark, the smell of burnt oranges left behind with his Quantum quack. He turns on the light for the room and finds the place isn’t empty but stale.
It's been closed off for a while. The air is stagnated, which is odd for this time of year.
“Hello?” asked Danger as he walked through the house. It was a retro vibe inside the house, but he wasn’t sure what to expect when the toons that owned it were on the air in the 90’s.
“HELLO!?” yelled Duck loud enough to shake the glasses.
He waited several minutes before figuring out that no one was home. Which was odd.
Danger opened the fridge, leftovers still in the fridge, so where did they go? If they were going somewhere for two days or more – Why was milk on the counter? Danger touched the gallon jug of milk, room temperature, and a quick sniff confirmed it had spoiled. Something happened here.
Danger Duck leaves everything as he finds it, being a duck he doesn’t have a keen sense of smell but there is an oder to the area, but he can’t figure out what it is.
It's suspicious enough that Danger Duck takes out his phone dialing the Toon Town Police Department.
“Hi, I’m at Aron Street, the old Cartoon Network district. I was scheduled to clean the Bravos pool, but they’re not here and the house was left in a suspicious manner.”
“An Officer will be out to your location shortly,” said the operator. As Danger hung up, he noticed a small puddle of something. He didn’t think it was milk, it wasn’t that rancid. He touched it and it burned. Whatever it was hurt, he inspected his feathered fingers, they were singed not unlike being shot point blank in a Rabbit season skit.
He takes out his phone taking a picture.
Chapter 5: Chapter 5
Summary:
“Seems too convenient to be a coincidence.”
“I'm a Coyote. Convenient doesn’t exist for us.” Tech sighed. and not for the first time he wonders how this might go wrong.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Acme Labs was just as intimidating as Danger thought it would be. Lightning struck as if on cue as Duck exited his van, full of pool chemicals and pool vacuums. Danger Duck walked cautiously to the building opening the large doors to the lab and greeting the secretary at the front.
“I’m looking for Tech E Coyote.”
“Last lab on the left,” says the toon, Danger doesn’t recognize her, but her voice reminds him of most of the lady toons back in the day.
“Thanks,” says Danger as he walks toward the back of the lab. Last one on the left- Danger doesn’t bother knocking, just opening the door. and he’s greeted with Coyote hanging over the edge of his latest machine. Tail wagging as Pinky sings along to Tech heavy metal play list and Brain nods along watching Pinky jam out.
“I didn’t realize you like metal,” said Duck with his arms crossed over his chest, putting his weight to one side and grinning at the Coyote.
He’s caught by surprise and jumps when Danger breaks his concentration. A loud thud rings through the lab as Tech hits his head against the hollow part of the machine. “Duck? What are you doing here?”
“I found something freaky yesterday when I went to go clean a pool.”
“What’d you find?” asked Tech curiously.
Duck pulls out his phone. “So, I was at the Bravos yesterday in the old Cartoon Network district, Bunny asked for a shock and clean ahead of the party she was having right? So, she promised to pay me a handsome tip, right? Well, I got there and apparently, they’ve been in MIA for days. Neighbors never saw ‘em leave, and the house was all closed up. Milk was out like they were getting ready for dinner or a snack or something. I called the cops and told ‘em everything I knew but look at this,” said Duck as he held out the picture he took of the mysterious green substance. “Milk shouldn’t turn green like that after two days, right?”
“Not usually,” said Tech
“Do you know what that is?” asked Duck. “It burned when I touched it.” He holds out his hand as if its going to help Tech understand.
“You touched it?” asked Tech.
“Yeah?”
“And it burned?”
“Yes.”
“Did it smell?”
Duck shrugged, “I do not have much of a sense of smell.” Right, Tech hummed, avians didn’t typically have much in the way of a sense of smell. Birds relied on their other senses to survive.
“Did the police say what it was?” asked Tech.
“No Porky took the info but he didn’t seem all that worried about it,” said Duck.
“Well, I can’t tell you anything from a picture Duck,” said Tech frowning. He’s not exactly sure what Duck was expecting from him out of this. “To know what it is I need a physical sample of it. and a lab not just a workshop.”
“Some genius you are,” muttered Duck.
Tech growled.
“Touchy,” said Duck. “But its suspicious right? I told Tina about it and she said to call Ace, and Ace said to talk to you- said you were looking into something for Carrots?”
“He told you that?” asked Tech.
“Lexi and I still hang out,” said Danger. “Some of us have good taste in fashion.”
“And gossip.”
“What’s Lexi told you?” asked Tech. Duck was horrible at keeping secrets he wasnt sure if it was smart to put something like this on Duck, though it might be no one would believe him.
“Ace wouldn’t let her tell me anything, it’s Despicable,” says Duck as he crosses his arms over his chest. “But I’m not dumb, the fact that Ace told me to take this to you means something is going on. and I want it on record I don’t appreciate being left out of whatever Loonatics business you and Ace are doing.”
“Chief doesn’t want the team involved yet. I’m looking into it as a precaution,” explained Tech.
Duck studies him, skeptical of his intentions. “FINE.” says Duck exasperated. “But don’t come crying to me when your neck deep in trouble mister.”
“I wont Duck Promise. “You said this was in the old Cartoon Network district?”
“Aron Street. Bravos place,” said Duck.
“I’ll look into it. Bird Seed?” asked Tech as he held out a box of what was left over from the last shipment to Wile E.
“Do I look like Road Runner?” asked Duck as he huffed.
“Your loss,” said Tech as he picked up a handful of bird seed and ate.
“God Coyote, man eat a fish or something, that can’t be good for you,” said Duck. “You going to be at Fredbears for pizza on friday?”
“Yeah,” said Tech. “I’ll be there.”
“See you Friday then,” said Duck as he started walking out of the building.
Tech turned the music back up, letting Brain and Pinky do their own thing, as Brain read through the news articles on his phone, pressing the skip button when a song came over that Tech wasn’t feeling in the moment.
They spent the rest of the day like that, taking a half hour for lunch that Tech ate junk out of the vending machine at the end of the hall, and more Acme branded bird seed.
He scrolled through ToonSpace, a social media site made for toons by toons to get what news he could. The Toontown Gazette had an article about the Bravos, and several other toons that seem to have gone missing. At one point they were popular – but were either unrebootable due to the advancement in society similar what happened To Pepe Le Pew, or they were tax write offs like Coop.
Tech hummed and tapped his phone against the table. Thinking.
Rev meets him near the loading dock. Techs already clocked out, and he normally wouldn’t have stayed knowing that Rev could get home on his own.
“Hey how was-”
“Great! What do you want to do for dinner?” asked Rev.
“I don’t know, I forgot to take meat out,” said Tech with a sigh. “So we can eat out if you want, but I wanted to stop by Wile Es. Duck stopped by this morning to tell me about the Bravos.”
“Yeah I heard about that, was the only thing TNN was talking about. Other toons were calling in saying some others have gone missing too. That kid from my Gym Partners a Monkey went missing a few weeks ago.”
“Really?” asked Tech.
“Yeah, I guess Robot Jones and Sheep are missing too. People have been calling into the radio station all day about other toons that have gone missing. “Juniper Lee, Evil, from Grim & Evil-” said Rev listing off all the names he’s heard over the radio today.
“Was it just Warners?” asked Tech curiously.
“All the ones I heard were,” said Rev. “You think it might be connected with the missing model sheet?”
Tech hummed, He missed the days where all he needed to do was build a lab in outer space using nothing but duct tape and a coat hanger, maybe create an urban vacuum to suck up little knock off gremlins.
“Lets go visit Wile E,” says Tech as he grabs Revs hand and pulls him out of the storage area.
Wile E Coyote was a simple toon, he didn’t want a lot. He had his cave built into a base of an old tree and he had his Acme catalogs delivered via Road Runner Express.
The tree is surrounded by a wooden fence, a long stone path in the middle of his front yard was a large stone fountain statue of Beep Beep the Road Runner. The grass was dry, crunching under their feet, as they heard a clattering noise. Both Tech and Rev glanced in the direction of the noise before looking at each other.
Tech leads, having regeneration has its bonuses and as Duck and Ace loved to point out, he was overprotective of Rev. He sticks his head around the corner, following the noise to the neighbors house, behind their garage, A brown tail sticking out of the garbage can, it was wagging as the skinny Coyote pulled out old left overs in a tin foil plate.
Tech looks back at Rev and rev looks concerned to Tech.
Tech is the one to approach the starving toon, “Wile E,” says Tech calmly.
Wile E jumps, startled by hearing his name the Trashcan flying up into the air. Fur around his haunches stands straight up and his eyes are bugged, he really hadn’t expected anything to be looking for him.
“You gave me quite a fright lad,” said Wile E. He rarely spoke, preferring to use signs like in his cartoons. Tech had theories why that was, but in the end it didn’t really matter. He also knew that Road Runners made him nervous.
“Revs here too,” clarifies Tech. He grabs Wile E by the shoulders pulling him away from where he stood, letting the Trash bin fall to the ground in a large calamity.
He holds up a sign, [Thanks, that would have hurt]
[Why are you here?]
“I forgot to pull out meat this morning so we wanted to go out to eat, figured you’d want to come with us,” lied Tech.
Wile E was in a weird space when it came to the Looney Tunes, he wasn’t a hero like Bugs, but he wasn’t a straight villain either, sure he tried to ‘eat’ the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny on occasion he also saved the world from Aliens in Space Jam, and in Back in Action he was working for Acme.
Bugs liked him well enough, but a lot of prey toons didn’t like Coyotes in general, not just Wile E.
[Does this have anything to do with the Dip that was found in CN City?]
Tech was taken aback, “What Dip?”
“Tech I’m gonna go grab some stuff to make dinner, you talk to him, I’ll be back with dinner-”
“Rev-”
“-I’ll be safe, I have my tracker on, if anything happens, I’ll come right back. No one's faster than me. Well except for the flash, and I can’t be sure, but Beep Beep might be faster than me? But I don’t think he’s ever travelled through time like Barry has-Hey do you think I can travel through time? That would be cool! We should try that. How fast do you think I need to go for time to slow down tha-”
Tech wrapped a hand around Revs beak silencing him. “I love you, but you have to stop.”
Rev nods, Tech often uses better ways to shut him up now, rarely does he hold his beak shut anymore, but very rarely are they put in harms way anymore. So, shutting Rev up mostly didn’t happen anymore, in fact the last time it happened was their wedding. And Had Tech not shut him up Rev would still be talking about all the things he likes about Tech.
Tech lets him go, knowing that Revs not going to go on a tangent. “I’ll be back with a feast!”
Tech turns to His ancestor after Rev makes his quick exit, gone in the blink of an eye and its just two coyotes standing in front of the elder's neighbor’s now destroyed trashcan. “Lets take this inside.”
Wile E stood with the garbage still in his hands mouth open ready to take a bite.
“Don’t eat that.”
Wile E dropped the food disappointed he couldn’t eat his hard-fought food. The older Coyote leads the way into his home, opening the door at the base of the tree and lets Tech in first.
“So tell me about The Dip they found in CN City.”
“You mean you didn’t hear?" Asked Wile E. “Bugs told me he was having you look into an incident that Yakko was involved in.”
"What did they find in CN City?”
“Porky and the TTPD found vats Dip at Pops Moon Palace.”
“Pops Moon Palace what is that?” asked Tech.
“Its a Diner, nothing particularly phenomenal about it. Business went downhill after WB bought Cartoon Network and Johnny Bravo ended. Pops tried to make it work, your group was just starting in production the Looney Tunes would go there on occasion, I think I took you once but you might not remember, Beep Beep liked their milk shakes.”
“Thats... odd, Duck came to me today about a missing persons case. He cleans pools now, I guess he was hired to clean Johnnys pool but no one was there. I guess Bunny made a big deal of wanting to tip Danger Duck extra for doing a rush job on a cleaning and shocking her pool.”
“Seems too convenient to be a coincidence.”
“I'm a Coyote. Convenient doesn’t exist for us.” Tech sighed. and not for the first time he wonders how this might go wrong.
Notes:
Sneak Peek into next chapter:
“Hey Ralph,” says a deep voice, the sheepdog clocks in at the time clock.
“Hey Sam,” replies the wolf with ease.
Chapter 6: Chapter 6
Summary:
Sam hums as he places the last of the glasses in their spots, having gotten done with cleaning the tables, next they would move into the kitchen once Ralph got back in, giving the place a deep clean.
Only it's been 10 minutes, Ralph should have been back by now, the dumpster was just outside their back-alley door. Sam frowns wondering what happened to Ralph it wasn’t like him to just abandon his post.
Notes:
We got some cameos from defunct shows, some Hannah-Barbara toons are mentioned and Time Squad makes an appearance.
unfortunately this chapter is mostly filler, its not long either, but next weeks chapter is going to be something, next chapter all the Loonatics will be in the same room.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
“Do you think you could get me into the Moon Palace?” asked Tech as Rev stood far enough away in the kitchen that Wile E felt comfortable talking to him, rather than signing, the fact Rev was wearing ear buds and listening to music while cooking helped too.
“The Police have it barricaded,” said Wile E. “With so much dip in one place I don’t think they’ll let anyone in. If they even still have it in there.”
“Could you get me in with Porky then?” asked Tech. “Goofy said if anyone would know more about what was going on it would be Porky.”
“I’m going to the lot on Tuesday, we’re doing another batch of comics. He’s scheduled for a shoot this week, you want to come with me?”
“Sure,” said Tech as he pulled out his phone and put in a time off request to his employer.
“Alright! Foods ready!” says Rev with a happy click noise. Rev quickly searches through Wile E’s Kitchen for plates and finds them plating the meal he worked so hard on and putting a plate in front of the Elder Coyote first, then Tech then he returns for a third one for himself.
“Steak and Potatoes,” says Rev with a grin as he sits next to Tech across from Wile E. He pulls the ear bud out and puts it in his pocket ready to use it later on his nightly run when they get home.
Wile E stares at the plate in front of him, drooling, he takes it in like a vacuum and holds up a Yum! Sign.
“Hey Ralph,” says a deep voice, the sheepdog clocks in at the time clock.
“Hey Sam,” replies the wolf with ease.
The sheepdog and the wolf meander over to the bar, getting it ready for the night. “So what's lined up for tonight?” asked Sam as he took the stools down from the top of the counter.
“Well we have the returning champ, Slam Tazmanian!” says Ralph in his best announcer voice. “A fan favorite and good for our gamblers.” Ralph pauses as he takes a stool down to help Sam. “I’m thinking it’ll be down to him and XJ-9 this time.”
“Jenny is good.”
“That she is Sam. But Slams got that Taz energy he carries around with him. Enough about that though, what are you making for drinks tonight?”
“Cocktails.”
“Not gonna mix it up?” asked Ralph.
“Nope.”
Ralph just shrugs as he fills the bucket with water and soap, time to start cleaning off the tables before the patrons get here.
The tournament fighters are the next ones let into the building. Slam comes in his iconic suit from series, and heads straight to his green room, next is XJ-9 with her posse. El Kabong, Hong Kong Fooey. A whole host of forgotten cartoons just trying to get by.
The bar is packed as the night goes on, more and more forgotten toons show up to this bar that Ralph and Sam run as a safehaven for anyone that needs it. They have reduced meal prices to keep defunct toons fed and happy. Here they’re not known as Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog but Wildcard Wolf and Barkeep Sheepdog.
Sam is cooking more meals than ever tonight, but WB is cancelling more animated shows than ever. Even with their Looney Tunes salaries they might not be able to keep up for ever. Ralph holds the platter on his shoulder as he drags the stand through the tables on his hip, before getting to the table he was aiming for.
“Hey Rocky,” greeted Ralph as he placed a plate Infront of the squirel and moose duo. “Bullwinkle, how are you guys tonight?”
“Thanks Ralph, we’re doing good.”
Once he’s got that table served and another one, “Larry, some hot oil for you, Buck for you-”
“Hey Ralph,” says Sam as he puts his paw on Ralphs shoulder. “The Executive is here.”
He turns to stare at Sam confused. “The Executive?”
Sam points to the human at the bar in a full suit and tie. “Says he wants to talk to you”
“Thats-”
“Yep.”
“What's he doing here?”
“Said he wanted to talk to ‘the Coyote’ figured he meant you.”
Ralph sighed, “I’ll talk to him get him out of here before toons start throwing tomatoes.” In Toon culture throwing rotten vegetables was the most insulting thing you could do.
Segregation between toons and humans hadn’t been a thing in a while, Ralph wasn’t opposed to humans being in his bar, but Toons needs a place to be Looney and his Bar was that place. Animators and Creators often visited the bar to see their creations.
He rounds the bar, empty platter in hand as Sam goes back to keeping the bar. keeping an eye on Ralph as he talks with the CEO. “Never would have figured us toons would find you in a place like this.”
“I didn’t know places like this existed,” said the human.
“There is probably a lot about toons that you don’t know,” answered Ralph. “So what are you doing here?”
“I wanted to talk to you about Coyote Vs ACME.”
“Last I heard there was nothing to talk about, You don’t want to sell it because it might be the next Nimona, but you don’t want to release it because you refuse to watch it and it might not be a hit. You seem dead set on shelving a franchise that built Warner Brothers.”
Ralph can tell he’s hit a nerve. The human doesn’t look amused, but from what Bugs has said he didn’t have a sense of humor. No one that hated cartoons as much as him did. These guys were no fun.
“There are somethings about the movie that I’d like to go over-”
“I don’t think so, you can contact me next time I'm on set for a short, but I don't talk business off the clock” said Ralph. “If this is all you’re here for then you can leave. I expect to be paid for our little work conversation.”
When the human doesn’t budge Ralph growls and leans over the end of the counter, “If you don’t want to leave, I can have Sam escort you out- and it won't be pretty.”
Sam stands menacingly over the thin wolfs shoulder, cleaning a glass with a frown on his large face. It seems to be enough for the human to understand that he means business probably with a mallet.
“I say-Well I say! Ralph Wolf you old scoundrel!”
“Foghorn! You here to finally cook for me?” asked Ralph with a grin.
“And to buy a few more toons meals,” said Foghorn as he stepped behind the counter and headed into the kitchen in the back where he started to help the other volunteers cook.
A few more needy toons showed up, A few other not so needy toons arrived to pay for Drinks and a show. Tonight a fight, tomorrow would be singers, Betty Boop, the Hex Girls and Jessica Rabbit. There would be a crowd tomorrow.
More meals were cooked, orders placed, toons helped, tournaments won. Slam Wins once more, putting more money back into the food, and some of it toward Slam himself. Ralph counts out the money dividing it between the fighters. Most everyone had left, except slam.
“You don’t have to stay and help Slam,” said Ralph as he mopped the floors, Sam cleaned the tables and took the chairs off the ground so Ralph could clean the floors.
Slam mutters and stutters, “I like helping.”
“Here,” says Ralph holding out the mop handle. “You can mop. I’ll go take out the trash.”
“Ralph you sure? Its heavy tonight,” warned Sam.
“I’m stronger than I look,” said Ralph as he flexed his muscle, before it dropped the other way getting a chuckled from Slam.
Ralph gathered the two full bags of garbage and hauled them over his head, not unlike Coyote heaving a ACME fake rock to move it into place. Wasn’t that hard to take garbage out. He walks out the back throws the bags into the dumpster. Stretching now that he was able to, letting his body go loose once more after carrying the heavy weight.
Sam hums as he places the last of the glasses in their spots, having gotten done with cleaning the tables, next they would move into the kitchen once Ralph got back in, giving the place a deep clean.
Only it's been 10 minutes, Ralph should have been back by now, the dumpster was just outside their back-alley door. Sam frowns wondering what happened to Ralph it wasn’t like him to just abandon his post.
Sam walks to the back of the kitchen, the same route Ralph would have taken to get to the back alley. Sam opens the door just to the right is the dumpster, with the lid half torn off, and garbage bags thrown about, the fence hiding the entrance to the apartment upstairs was broken a piece with a rusty bent up nail sticking out laying on the ground clearly used and bloody.
“Ralph?” asked Sam.
Sams not a blood hound but can smell Ralph was in the area. He’s not anymore, and if he waits any long then they might not be able to track him.
Sam rushes back into the bar grabbing a phone, and dialing the Toon Emergency line. “Ralph Wolf’s been kidnapped!”
Notes:
Sneak peek at next chapter:
“Hey!” waves Ace from the booth Lexi, him, Duck and Slam are already occupying. “Tech! Rev! Glad you could make it!”
Chapter 7: Chapter 7
Summary:
“So you want to get the Loonatics invovled?”
“Yeah Chief.”
“Alright, lets put it to a vote-”
“Hold on-” shouts Danger Duck. “We should talk about this! What have any of the Looney Tunes ever done for us?” asked Danger slamming his fizzyfaz cup against the table.
Notes:
I'm not sure exactly this counts as spoilers but based on the Coyote Vs ACME plot leak, I mention a few of the characters mentioned in the plot leak so if you're hoping to go completely blind if/when CVA is released you might want to uh idk stop reading?
Also Special thanks to John Oliver for the term Business Daddy that I am using.
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“Hey!” waves Ace from the booth Lexi, him, Duck and Slam are already occupying. “Tech! Rev! Glad you could make it!”
Revs still in his uniform and Techs still in his Acme brand polo to differentiate the delivery drivers from the R&D department. “Hey Chief,” said Tech as Rev grabbed the coyotes hand leading him through the crowd to their booth.
The entire group moves over so Tech and Rev can have space at the booth. Lexi and Duck are sitting close together going over something on the golden bunny's phone, Duck agreeing and enthusiastically telling her how flattering it’ll look on her.
“Sorry to hear about Ralph Wolf,” said Ace. “Slam just told us what happened.”
"Wile E and Sam are devastated,” said Tech. “We’ve been staying with Wile E since he told us about Ralph, he’s taken it hard, between Ralph and CVA Wile E’s been hit hard. We finally got Sam to eat something yesterday. If they don’t find him soon the Cartoonist wants me to sub for him on the coming up shoots.”
“He isn’t looking forward to Sam beating the scrap out of him,” said Rev with a sly look on his face. “They have McGruff the Crime dog on the case though, he’ll sniff out what happened.”
“Hopefully. I don’t know how Ralph Does it.”
“Easy: Squash and Stretch,” says Lexi with a smile.
“One of the 12 principals of animation,” says the whole table just as the blue Bunny in red spandex arrives at their table with a large pizza box. “Here is your pizza! Have a Fazariffic day!”
“Thanks Bonnie!” says Rev with a wave. The group each grabs a slice of pizza, it's still hot, the slices leaving stringy cheese behind them. Techs the first to bite into his, Slam taking two and shoving both into his mouth.
“Ace,” said Tech. “You know that thing we talked about? I think it's a real threat.”
“Tech is this you asking for help?” asked Ace, Techs not sure he’s ever heard Ace be so serious before, his accent is still there and even though they were a more serious take on the Looney Tunes it was unnerving.
“Its me asking to keep an eye out, when I talked to Sam he said that the executive was there to talk to ‘the Coyote’,” said Tech quietly, using finger quotes to emphasize the coyote. “Sam figured he meant Ralph – since they’re printed from the same model, Ralph gets mistaken for Wile E Coyote all the time. I also think whoever it is after Wile E and Road Runner. I’m not so worried about Beep Beep getting captured but Wile E could be, and I’m worried about the other toons that made an appearance in the movie too. I think we should keep tabs on everyone involved.”
“Tech went through Wile E’s script to find out who was involved. Officially Dr. Lorre, Road Runner, Foghorn, Daffy, Granny, Sylvester, and Tweety were all seen on set, Marvin the Martian and Bugs could also be potential targets as well.”
“Plus Bye Bye Bunny and The Day the Earth Blew up are movies that WB might not enjoy letting out into the wild. But I dont have access to either of those movies details like I do CVA.”
“So you want to get the Loonatics involved?”
“Yeah Chief.”
“Alright, lets put it to a vote-”
“Hold on-” shouts Danger Duck. “We should talk about this! What have any of the Looney Tunes ever done for us?” asked Danger slamming his fizzyfaz cup against the table. The whole group is staring at him, even some of the other patrons in the pizza parlor.
“Okay Duck, you have the floor. Say your piece.”
“Well number one they hate us!”
“Wile E and Beep Beep don't, neither do Ralph or Sam,” countered Rev.
“Sure, those four out of what? 40? Yakko and the Animaniacs had a whole bit dedicated to our unlikability! They Made a whole Duck Amuk update where they drew Bugs as Ace-”
“I know,” said Ace. “But being a Hero was never about being liked, its about doing the right thing.” There is a long pause. “Right?”
“My point is-why should we put our tail feathers on the line for the likes of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck?”
“Because its not just Bugs Bunny on the line Duck,” says Lexi. “Think about it, we’ve got vats of Dip in an old diner, We’ve got Looney Tunes going missing and they’ve been WB’s bread and Butter-”
“They have Ralph Wolf,” clarified Duck. “I’d hardly call a Wile E Coyote knock Off a pillar of Warner Brothers Toons. He wasn’t even in space jam 2!”
“Either way, you’ve seen Roger Rabbit, the guy wants to take down Toon Town-”
“Yeah for a free way, back when they were building them,” said Duck. “Whats his motive now to take out toon town? Huh? He took the villain roles he got a little too literally. plus he’s dead, yeah there is Dip but there is no evidence that says Judge Doom is back at all.”
“Business Daddy gave him all the reason he needs,” says Tech. “Animation is expensive, and you heard the WB 4 th quarter meeting, he’s always wanted to focus more on 90 day fiancé than scripted content. I honestly wouldn’t put it passed him to work with whats left of the Toon Patrol to axe the Looney Tunes. Especially with all the heat they’re getting now with Tax write offs. Even the law makers are thinking of looking into it. If he can get rid of one problem its the Looney Tunes.”
“Plus, whats to stop him from coming after us?” asked Rev. “We won't ever get a reboot, we might get cameos, but we’re never going to get a full-blown show again, Someone is working to off toons that won't ever be brought back. There are so many missing toons now,” stated Rev.
“Look I’m just saying that this town doesn’t care about us,” said Danger. “For all we know Carrots came to us because we’re expendable,” said Danger Duck. “We get dipped and no ones the wiser. I don't think we should put our necks on the line for this place.”
Ace looks to Tech and Lexi, being a hero is hard work. In the show they were loved by the citizens of Acmetropolis. Their mentors (Not Bugs, he didn’t mentor) did their best to show them affection and love, but eventually comments about their show were hard not to take personally. There was a lot of truth in a lot of Cartoon performance. Their powers existed, they needed to learn to control them, they wanted to be heroes.
“In the words of the Great Optimus Prime, Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing, ” says Ace his New York accent is thick and he holds Lexis hand in his. “No one can force you into doin’ this Duck, but being a hero is doing the right thing even when you know no one would do the right thing for you.” Ace puts his hand into the center of the table.
“Protect Ralph,” says Slam putting his over Aces.
“For Wile E Coyote,” says Tech.
“For the Toons new and old who deserve to live their best lives,” says Lexi.
“For Bugs and for anyone else who thinks us, and other toons aren’t worth it because we don’t fit a mold. Every story deserves to be told,” says Rev.
Danger Duck stares at the group who stares back at him. He can feel the peer pressure, he growls. “Fine.” Duck puts his feathered hand on top of Revs. “But I’m not going to be happy about it.”
“Loonatics on 3,” said Ace as they counted down, “1... 2... 3...” arms fly up, “Loonatics Unleashed!” yells the whole table.
“So we have 10 people we need to protect and 6 of us,” says Ace.
“We call dibs on Road Runner and Coyote!” says Rev raising his and Techs hands at top speed and Techs never heard Rev speak so quickly.
“We’re going to have to Catch Beep Beep,” said Tech. He grinned he’s still very much a product based on Wile E Coyote, and chasing a Road Runner is sketched into his very being.
Revs tail feathers fluff out he enjoys the chase as much as Tech does.
“Oi! Keep it at home you freaks!” yells Danger Duck.
“I’m not watching Bugs,” said Ace with his arms crossed.
“Why dont we take Granny, Lorre, Tweety, and Sylvester?” offered Lexi. “They should all be in the same area.”
“I’ll takes Bugs, I clean his pool every week anyway, Daffy is usually there freeloading so I might as well take him too. “
“That leaves Foghorn and Marvin for you Slam, are you good with that?”
Slam downed another half of pizza straight from Bonnies arms giving him a thumbs up. “Got it!”
“Great so we’ve all got our assignments,” ace says, leader that he is. He holds up his Fizzyfaz drink, “Here is to not dying.”
Everyone brings up their glasses as well, the plastic thudding together before they all take drinks of their pops.
Tech wakes with a groan, his eye lids heavy and his joints aching. He can feel revs weight against him, for once the Road Runner is sleeping mostly still, he still fidgets in his sleep, though Tech learned quickly that Rev doesn’t move so much if he's wrapped in his arms all night.
He leans over and grabs his phone, its buzzing with the group chat vibration going off. He turns on the phone, temporarily blinding himself before the light adjusts to the dark room. He sees its Ace, saying him and Lexi have got eyes on the Lorre family.
Tech looks around the single room cave, Wile E is sleeping on his bed one foot out from the covers and he’s snoring, his snout was bent and broken from years of abuse from Acme. His ear twitches in his sleep as he curls up, making himself more comfortable.
Wile E’s pull out couch is comfortable enough but its older, Revs going to be hurting in the morning, as Tech can feel one of the support bars through the mattress. Tech stretches before glancing at his phone for the time. 6 am. He’s got some time before him and Wile E need to be at the lot. Rev will be up soon as usual, he still has to work, but Wile E and Tech can handle catching the Road Runner.
Probably.
The next time Tech opens his eyes Revs not weighing him down, and Wile E is already at the table eating whatever Revs making.
“Oh good you’re awake, I checked your pulse to make sure you were still alive,” teased Rev. “Slam and Ace checked in with their targets, Foghorn and the Lorres are still good. We can’t find Marvin, which is concerning, but he might just be on Mars.”
“Only one way to find out,” said Tech. “You ever do the gag where you claim the land for Earth?” asked Tech.
[no.] signs Wile E as he continues to eat the breakfast Rev keeps putting on his plate.
“Shame then we’ll just have to let Duck take care of it then.”
Wile E Turns to Rev. [Dont let him invite Marvin here]
Rev laughs, “he won't. Danger Duck gets that end of the stick.”
“So our job today is catch the Road Runner,” said Tech as he sat up on the pulled out couch. Like most morning techs fur is messy, and closer to what Wile E’s fur looks like. A nice brushing and he’ll be looking sharp as ever.
“Remember-”
“I know, Beep Beeps only getting caught it he wants to get caught,” said Tech. “Which is why we’re going to use me as bait,” grins Tech.
Rev turns to Wile E, “Make sure he doesn’t eat all of the bird seed.”
“I’m not eating the bird seed,” says Tech offended as he takes the plate.
“Duck said you offered him some last week, said you ate a handful. Stop eating Acme Bird seed,” says Rev playfully swatting at his ears.
Tech grumbles, “You and Duck need to stop hanging out.”
“And you need to stop eating ACME bird seed.”
“I’m not eating bird seed!” says Tech adamant about refuting the accusation. “I’m over the bird seed thing.” Tech takes a bite of the breakfast burrito Rev spent so much time on.
“Yeah you better be," said Rev with a glare. “Okay I’m going to work-”
“Did you eat?” asked Tech.
“Yeah I ate like 4 burritos while you were sleeping. Have fun catching Beep Beep,” says Rev as he speeds behind Tech and pats him lovingly between the ears.
“MEEP MEEP” honks Rev before he super speeds into work cackling out of Wile Es Door.
Tech jumps and almost loses his Burrito, “Rev! My Burrito!”
Wile E takes a sip of water through a metal straw, “You two are perfect for each other.”
“Alright so,” starts Tech. He’s fully dressed in his Loonatics suit. It's a little bit snugger than he remembers, but it feels like hes home. “The trick is going to be not using ACME products,” says Tech.
“But we can’t not use them, they’re the biggest company in the world,” said Wile E as he held the rope in his arms. It was overflowing from his arms. “Plus they deliver in seconds.”
Tech frowned, “Yeah.” He pulls out his phone and scrolls the ACME catalog app for things they will need. “Okay, So we have rope, is it good?”
“Kept me attached to a boulder for minutes, never broke.”
“Sounds like good rope to me. Hows about we try building from scratch. I’ll order some steel rods, I have a welder, we can make our own cage, drop it from the top of that overhanging cliff. “
“Order some bird seed,” said Wile E.
“No Dice, Rev will see who ordered it and they’ll be ‘back ordered’.”
“So I’m ordering,” said Tech, as he added the steel rods to his cart before buying them. Once Tech receives the confirmation of payment its seconds before Tech feels the familiar gust of wind, a whirlwind of heat as Rev arrives with a large box of steel rods over his head.
“’Sup babe, your order has arrived,” says Rev setting the box on the ground.
Tech sits cross-legged on the ground and grins opening one end of the box to pull a few rods out of the container. “Have a good day Rev,” says Tech as he brings out a welder and pulled out a protective mask as Tech went to work putting together a cage to catch the road runner.
Techs phone vibrates in his back pocket and he stops welding just long enough to check the caller ID. Its Ace.
He answers the call, putting the phone on the ground speaker on. “Hey Chief whats up?”
“Tech we got a problem. WB is shredding Rooster Teeth,” said Ace.
“Okay-”
“It was just announced on twitter. There was no warning, Toons, VAs, Creators, they all found out on Twitter. I’m sending you a picture.” says Ace before Techs phone goes off again.
Tech grabs his phone and looks at the picture, outside of the Loonatics tower right outside the doors are most if not all of the toons owned by a now soon to be defunct Rooster Teeth. Ruby from RWBY stands next to the Halo guys from Red Vs Blue. Boomstick and Wiz from death battle are in the crowd.
“What is going on at Warner Brothers?” asked Tech. “I know Wile E was supposed to have a death Battle against Tom. Do you think its directly related to him? Or Animation as a whole?”
“Honestly? I don’t know," answers Ace. “More importantly what do we do with them?” asked Ace. “They want our help.”
“I’m kind of in the middle of something Chief,” said Tech.
“Tech its going to have to wait,” says Ace. “This is too much for me and Lexi to handle on our own. It was your idea to bring us into this, you gotta help Doc.”
“Let me call Sam,” said Tech. “Wile E and I will be there soon, just keep everyone calm until I can get a hold of Sam.”
“Hey!” says Ace as he hangs up the phone and stands on the highest piece of equipment in the room. He waves his arms around, getting the loud rooms attention. “Guys! GUYS!” Screams ace in a more Bugs Bunny getting annoyed fashion.
The crowd hushes as Lexi pours water for a couple of panicking toons.
“This is not the time to panic!” says Ace. “Take deep breaths. okay? The tweet said they were going to try selling the more popular IPs.”
“They said that about Coyote Vs ACME!” shouted one toon.
“Yeah,” the crowd erupts into a massive noise of uncertainty. And it takes a minute for the crowd to die down.
“Okay! I get it your scared!” said Ace. “Being cancelled is terrifying, I get that! For now you guys are okay,” said Ace. “They haven’t nailed the coffin yet, your IPs are still popular. Just for now, go home and wait, thats all you can do. Your fans love you, they’ll rally behind you. You’re welcome to stay here for now, the Loonatics offer what we can for you guys.”
His communicator beeps and Ace sighs, its utter chaos in Toontown and things just keep happening. “Whats up Duck?”
“Bugs is missing.”
Chapter 8: Chapter 8
Summary:
Danger Ducks pulls up to the modest home of Bugs Bunny. His red Prius parked in the Driveway next to Daffys parade float, a papermache duck hanging off the roof of the van/truck. He a little early to clean Bugs pool, but he had other cancellations earlier in the day and figured it would be better to put Bugs Bunny earlier into his day. Probably even take all day to clean his pool. Wouldn’t be hard to mess it up a few times.
He knocks on the door, and Daffy answers. “Oh, it's you. Bugs isn’t here. He hasn’t been home in a few days.” Daffy takes a long sip from his cup.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
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Danger Ducks pulls up to the modest home of Bugs Bunny. His red Prius parked in the Driveway next to Daffys parade float, a papermache duck hanging off the roof of the van/truck. He a little early to clean Bugs pool, but he had other cancellations earlier in the day and figured it would be better to put Bugs Bunny earlier into his day. Probably even take all day to clean his pool. Wouldn’t be hard to mess it up a few times.
He knocks on the door, and Daffy answers. “Oh, it's you. Bugs isn’t here. He hasn’t been home in a few days.” Daffy takes a long sip from his cup.
“Where’d he go?” asked Danger Duck carefully.
Daffy just shrugged. “You’d think he’d have left a note or something, but nah. No clue. But I’m not paying you to clean Bug’s pool. I’m using it to house my water Monkeys.”
“Why?” asked Danger. He’s already had to clean up after the lobster incident and the Whale thing.
“Bugs is my impulse control.” another long sip from the cup, too long.
"You’re despicable.” A bush moves, and Duck can see it in the corner of his eye. “Is Taz home?” asked Danger Duck quietly.
“No, hes working the comics today, and Speedys at Pizzariba,” answers Daffy. “Why?”
“Get inside,” orders Danger Duck. He shoves Daffy into the house before being slammed into the side with a mallet, knocking him out of the way of the door. Ducks head is spinning as he makes a move to stand up. He materializes an orange Egg in his hands and throws it at the attacker, The egg breaks and the intruder is hit with Styrofoam, the attacker pulls it apart easily.
“Is that the best you can do?” screamed Daffy struggling to get up.
“I can’t control what my eggs come out as!” yells Danger as the weasel attacks them.
The weasel reaches for Danger Duck to grab him but Duck Quacks just out of his reach. The weasel laughs, and Ducks not sure he’s ever heard anything so chilling. “Give up,” he says with a grin.
Duck Quacks again, this time behind their assailant and grabs him around the chest, throwing him as far away from Daffy as he can get him. Danger Ducks eyes glow a dangerous orange as his hands glow he puts them close together and materializes another egg. He holds the large egg over his head and slams it against the weasel's head.
The egg breaks over the toons head and a mix of powder and stringy mess falls out of the egg, its hopefully enough to get the weasel off Daffys back for a minute.
“Asbestos???” asked the Weasel with a dark chuckle.
“CAUTION:” starts Danger Duck loudly. “If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with Mesothelioma YOU might be entitled to COMPENSATION” says Danger Duck as he kicks the weasel right in the head when he says compensation.
The weasel doesn’t get back up, so he rushes to Daffy and pulls him by the hand to his pool van. “Come on, I’m taking you somewhere safe.”
Once he’s sure Daffy is buckled up in the passenger seat of his work van he drives like a bat out of hell. He’s a toon he’s allowed to in Toontown. He takes him to the best place he can think of.
Copy Place is written in big letters and Danger Duck parks cattywampus on the curb, not caring that he might get a ticket, Tech got them involved in this and he’s going to pay for his ticket. “We’re here. Tina is inside, and I need to make a call, let's go,” says Danger Duck as he unbuckles and heads to Daffy's side of the vehicle opening the door.
Danger Duck is halfway into Copy Place when he realizes Daffy isn't following him. He walks up to his ancestor, the look on his face is miserable and Danger doesn’t know what to do. He’s never seen Daffy this unhappy. Not without it being some kind of joke.
“Do you think they have Bugs?” asked Daffy quietly. Dangers never seen Daffy do anything quietly. “Will he be okay?”
“Of course,” he answers. “He’s Bugs Bunny. He munches on a carrot and people love him.” He doesn’t know if it's comforting for the other or not, but Danger needs to get him inside now. So, he pulls Daffy by his hand into Copy Place where Tina stands reading a magazine.
“Daffy?” asked Tina. She then lays eyes on Danger Duck, scuffed up from the battle. “Danger? What happened?”
“We got attacked by one of the toon patrol weasels. Keep an eye on him? I need to suit up and call Ace.”
“You got it,” she says, and she blows a bubble of her bubblegum before going to distract the mallard so Danger Duck can do what he needs to do.
Danger Duck steps behind the counter and into an employee only room, where he grabs his super suit before putting it on. He takes the communicator and dials Aces code.
“Whats up Duck?”
“Bugs is missing.”
“What?” asked Ace.
“But wait there’s more!” says Danger Duck. “Daffy and I were attacked by a toon patrol weasel.”
“Are you okay?” asked Ace.
“Yeah, I took Daffy with me, we’re at Tinas work right now. What should I do with him?”
“I would say bring him to HQ but we got all of Rooster Teeth here,” said Ace. He sounded exhausted. “Slams not able to find Marvin, think you can do it?” asked Ace. “Lexi and I got our hands full with the Rooster Teeth debacle.”
Danger duck throws his head back and groans. “Fiiiiiiiine”
“Daffy might be safer with Marvin,” said Ace.
“Yeah I’ll just stick Duck Dodgers with his main enemy that will work out.”
“Elmer and Bugs have worked together fine before,” said Ace. “Wile E and Road Runner worked well together in space Jam.”
"I’m not sure that counts, you KNOW they like each other they just haven’t done anything about like Dogbreath and Motormouth,” answered Duck flatly. “Alright I’m suited up and I’m out. I’ll get in contact with Marvin and get him and Daffy somewhere safe.”
“Alright I’ll contact you later with more instructions.”
Danger Duck walks out of the room fully dressed in his Loonatics suit. “Alright. Tina, I just got off the phone with Ace. I probably won't be back in time for our date. So, I'm going to have to cancel. C’mon Duck Dodgers,” says Danger Duck. “We got first contact to make.”
Tech groans as he reads the message on his arm. “Bugs is MIA.”
“Bugs is missing?” asked Wile E Coyote. “No one's seen Beep Beep in a while,” says Wile E worried.
“I’m sure he’s fine,” said Tech, though even he could tell that he didn’t believe that. They hadn’t seen feather nor beak of the Road Runner the entire time they’ve been out here.
"The Road Runner was always up for a quick session of coyote and Road Runner."
“Do you have binoculars?” asked Tech as he held out his hand for the item he knew his ancestor had on him.
Wile E handed over the binoculars to the younger Coyote and watched as Tech climbed up the side of the cliff to get a better view of the area, laying on his front to glance through the binoculars.
“Do you know where Beep Beep lives?” asked Tech.
“No Bugs thought it would be best what with my Nemesis problem,” said Wile E as he started climbing up the cliff to join Tech. “Daffy would know, him and Beep Beep have been friends for a long while.”
“Actually, I can probably do you one better,” said Tech. “Never understood why the writers never utilized Revs GPS ability more to just simply locate things. I always had to come up with stuff,” mumbles Tech as he scrolls through his phone to find Revs number.
“Hey, tell me where Beep Beep is.”
“Hello to you too dear husband,” said Rev flatly.
“Bugs was taken and I need to know if Beep Beeps been taken too, can you get a lock on him?”
Rev hangs up and is in their area in a flash, a dust cloud following him. Rev looks around squinting as if seeing the direction will help him. He spins around like a radar dish, only at super speed.
“I don't – I can’t find him,” said Rev with a frown.
“Keep a look out for him while you’re doing deliveries today, I have to deal with a thing with Ace, tell me when you find it.”
Rev salutes before he runs off, continuing with his job.
“Can he just do that?” asked Wile E.
“I think so? I mean there are limitations, he can only do a radius of a mile or so, and when I did temporarily have his power I couldn’t tell who everyone was specifically but Revs had his powers long enough he might have been able to tell depending on EM signature or some other kind of weird bird thing he has.”
“So what do we do now?” asked Wile E. His whole reason to exist is to catch the Road Runner. With that off the table, he usually chases after Bugs. And now Bugs is missing.
“First I have to go deal with an issue,” said Tech with a sigh. “But I’m not leaving you alone. If we’re lucky they haven’t discovered that Ralph isn’t you. If Ralphs smart he’s still alive. He’s probably with Beep Beep if he was captured.”
Wile E looks to his younger counterpart, a worried look on his face. and Tech can tell that Wile E is nervous about the Road Runner being taken.
Tech puts a hand on the others shoulder. “We’ll find him. He’s the Road Runner. One way or another he’ll end up on top.”
A sad smile finds its way onto Wile Es face. “Thanks.”
Danger Duck stands proudly a flag with earths picture on it. He sighs even as Daffy watches his counterpart a cup of what Danger Duck assumes is water, and Danger Duck dives the end of the pole into the ground.
Nothing happens
Danger Duck checks his phone, getting the time its been 5 minutes. “Where is he? You think he was taken too?”
“You have to say the thing,” says Daffy.
“The what?” asked Danger.
“You know, the thing. Haven’t you seen Space Jam 2?” asked Daffy. “You gotta put the flag in the ground like you mean it and then say you claim it for earth. Gag doesn’t work if you don’t do the thing.”
“I have to do the whole thing?” whined Danger Duck. “You older Toons got a lot of rules for your gags you know that? What ever happened to just slapping people with fish? And being a menace to society.”
“Angry Parents. Why do you think Mickey Mouse is so calm now?” asked Daffy. “He used to be a menace. He used to be worse than Bugs.”
Danger Duck pulls the flag out of the ground before chucking it back in. “I claim this land for planet Earth.”
This time it only takes seconds before the green spaceship the Mars Maggot lands in front of them. The door opening, a ramp jutting out before Marvin the Martian speedwalks out a flag depicting Mars over his shoulder.
“I claim this land in the name of mars!” says Marvin diving the flag right over the one Danger put in. “Isn’t that lovely?”
Danger Duck just Sighs.
“Where are we?” asked Wile E as Tech puts his truck in park. He turns off the car and opens the drivers side door, getting out.
“This is Cartoon Network City,” said Tech. When Tech was still new, Back When Techs name was Slickster, and he'd been dropped off on Wile E Coyote, they had lived in CN City, close to the Boomerang district for a while until his show started on Kids WB and he moved to Acmetropolis.
“ This is CN City?” asked Wile E. He glances around the neighborhood and finds it a shadow of what it used to be. It used to be nice and bustling with toons, now the buildings were crumbling, and garbage was piling up.
“Yeah, once they shut down Cartoon Network funding stopped for the city, every one that could moved to Acme Acres,” said Tech. He closed the door to the truck and opened the tailgate. grabbing a small bag of tools. “A few old school toons are still here, a few shows that never got rebooted or rerun anymore still reside here.”
“A lot of the Hanna-Barbara toons are still here,” said Tech. “Come on, I need to see something.”
Wile E crawled out of the car to follow his taller counterpart. He watches their surroundings as they approach the house, covered in yellow caution tape. He watches as Tech kneels in front of the door and pulls out a lock picking kit. “What are you doing?”
“Breaking and entering,” said Tech as he pulled the tools out of the keyhole and smirked as the door opened for him. The door opened into a living room, decorated like the 70’s.
Wile E covered his nose, “smells foul in here.”
“Apparently Ducks have a terrible sense of smell,” winced Tech. “Careful where you step.”
“Most birds don’t need it,” said Wile E. “Their sight is more important due to their speed or ability to fly.”
“I would say that it looks like there was a struggle that took place here but it kind of just looks like the cops searched the place.” Tech looks around attempting to find anything that might look like dip, he searches the kitchen, finding the cartoon counter damaged. “So that was useless,” frowned Tech. “Only one more guy to try I guess.”
“Who would that be?” asked Wile E as he followed Tech out of the door.
“Rick Sanchez.”
“Send me to Mars, I would rather be there.”
“Too late the Mars Maggot already left. You’re stuck here.”
Notes:
I'm debating on if I want Wile E and Beep Beep to come out of this fic a couple.
anyway I hope you enjoyed, I have at least three more chapters written
Chapter 9: Chapter 9
Summary:
Tech lowers the Zoomatrix next to the Space Cruiser, Wile E, hanging on the back of the zoomatrix. The Garage opens to a elderly toon in a white lab coat downing a beer.
The human toon takes one look at Wile E and growls, "The answer is no, the studio black mailed me into doing one Space Jam I’m not doing another,” says Rick with a burp. “Who’da figured the Looney Tunes were a one trick pony.”
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Tech pulls Rev into an embrace, using what weight he can to apply pressure against Revs anxiety. He pulls his hands away from any feathers he might try to damage in his panic.Tech is quiet for a while as he puts the pieces together on what he just heard. It's not always easy being the Rev translator but Tech is thankful he can understand him most of the time. “Hey, take a breath Rev,” orders Tech. “Wile E’s safe and he’s not going anywhere. Let's sit down for a second, then we’ll talk about what you saw.”
Notes:
So sorry, I meant to post this last night but Ao3 went down.
Also my Partner is in the ER with abdominal pain, so far no obvious cause for the pain, which isn't ideal, but if you guys could send good vibes that would be great. Our money is on him needing his Gallbladder removed. Also were in America so fingers crossed it doesn't bankrupt him.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
Tech lowers the Zoomatrix next to the Space Cruiser, Wile E, hanging on the back of the zoomatrix. The Garage opens to a elderly toon in a white lab coat downing a beer.
The human toon takes one look at Wile E and growls, "The answer is no, the studio black mailed me into doing one Space Jam I’m not doing another,” says Rick with a burp. “Who’da figured the Looney Tunes were a one trick pony.”
“We’re not here about that,” says Tech.
“Him I recognize who are you?” asks Rick pointing first to Wile E then to Tech. “Never seen you before.”
“Tech E Coyote,” he says. “Came and went before your time.”
“Holy shit! You’re from that stupid Edgy Looney Tunes knock off! The one where they tried to modernize them, hah. Hilarious. What were you guys called? The fuckin’-”
“It doesn’t matter, look, have you been experimenting with Dip or not?” Tech asks his patience wearing thin. “Toons are disappearing, some might have been dipped. Might be Business Daddy getting impatient with Toons.”
“Course I’ve been experimenting with Dip,” says Rick. “You don’t work for a place like Warner Brothers and not have a few back up plans in place.”
“I want to know everything you know about it,” says Tech.
“I’m not explaining anything to you, you can have my notes,” says Rick. “But whatever it is your doin’ I don't want any part of it understand? When the Executive finds out what your doing there’s gonna be repercussions, and I’m not going to be experiencing them.”
“Understood. We were never here.”
“Computer, make a copy of operation DOOM.”
“Affirmative,” says the Garage as an arm extended with a flash drive in its small fingers.
“You have what you came for, leave,” demands Rick.
Tech doesn’t bother arguing with the toon and returns to his Zoomatrix with Wile following behind him. He sticks the flash drive into a pocket in his suit. He gets on the bike before Wile gets on behind him.
Once they’re both secure Tech takes them out of the Rick & Morty space and back into the defunct Acmetropolis. Just a stone's throw away from the now bustling Acme Acres. Tech lands the bike in the garage of the tallest building in the city, where Ace waits for him, arms crossed.
“Took you long enough Doc.”
“Had to make a detour to a... Colleague.”
“Did you catch Beep Beep?” asks Ace.
“Nope, I Have Rev scanning for him,” says Tech. “No Sign of him yet. Walk with me Chief. I need to look at this stuff in my lab.”
“Yeah about that-” says Ace as he sped after Tech.
The doors to Techs lab open and inside are Sylvester and Tweety making a mess in his lab. Machines are knocked over and Sylvester is more bruised than beaten. Wile E Stands behind the two and waves to his Looney Tune colleagues.
“My babies!” cried Tech.
“Hey Coyote,” says Sylvester.
Tech glares at Ace.
“I needed a secure place to put them! With all of Rooster Teeth here I wasn’t sure I could trust all of them so, I panicked and put Sylvester and Tweety in here!”
Tech kneels and picks up the project he had last been working on. He sighs, “Just find them somewhere else to be."
“And I will, I promise,” says Ace. “Just as soon as Lexi and Slam get the Rooster Teeth guys out of here. But until then you’re just going to have to live with them for now.”
“Fine. I’ll just work around them,” says Tech with a frown.
He pulls the flash drive from his pocket before putting it into the port. The computer loads it up and Tech can see everything. The holograms allow him to manipulate the data in a way that most people have only seen in movies. Perks of setting your show in the year 2772.
“What is all this Tech?” asks Ace as he glances over the data hovering over his work bench.
“Had to visit Rick Sanchez for this,” says Tech. “Not my proudest moment, but I will need to make our suits Dip Proof. Rick must have a contingency plan just for this issue, there have been rumors amongst the ACME R&D department for years that Sanchez was working on either a way to weaponize Dip or protect himself from it.”
“So, he just gave this to you?” asks Ace.
"He’s smart, despite his personality he knows that Warner Brothers can pull the plug on his show, especially with all that controversy regarding his creator? To him it's the enemy of my enemy, but we were never there. Though I doubt he’ll even remember who we are.”
“Tech we really don't need to be on Rick's bad side. Even the Looney Tunes can’t protect us from Rick Sanchez.”
“I know,” says Tech. “If we had time, I wouldn’t have talked to him at all, but we don't have time. Now get out, let me work, as soon as Rev gets here tell him I need him in my lab. I've got Exosuits to modify.”
[you want help?] asks Wile E.
“I know where to start,” says Tech. “I need to develop some kind of polymer to protect the suits from Dip. So well start with Vinegar and see how that works. It's going to be a long night for me. Just keep Tweety and Sylvester occupied so I can work my magic.”
At ACME Labs Rev stretches after a long day of deliveries. His day was done, another successful day behind him. The other Delivery drives, other pasture bound toons looking to make ends meet more or less were headed to the time clock.
“Ah, Reverand,” says the orange haired toon, a thick Russian accent and thick rimmed glasses, his white lab coat and purple gloves.
“Its Roadster-er Rev. Dexter, how can I help you?”
“Mr. Chairman is looking for you,” says Dexter. “He said as soon as you return you are to meet with him right away.”
“Did he say what for?” asks Rev
“He did not. He’s waiting for you in Bernards Lab.”
“His name is Tech but thank you Dexter have a good night.”
Rev sprints to Techs lab, opening the door to find the lab empty, seeing as how Tech wasn’t at work today. The lights are on, with Mr Chairman sitting on Techs very comfortable lab chair.
“Mr. Chairman sorry to keep you waiting! The special accounts are always killer towards the end of the day, you know how it is. So what is it that I might be able to help you with?”
“I was hoping to speak to Mr. Coyote, but I guess he’s subbing for Wile E this week?”
“Actually, Ralph Wolf Disappeared, so he’s subbing for Ralph this week,” clarifies Rev.
“Ralph? Interesting, Well could you let Mr. Coyote know I’d like to speak with him when he returns?”
“Uh, sure?” says Rev as he watches the chairman speed out of the lab. Rev frowned, not liking any of this. He keeps track of the chairman's whereabouts with his internal GPS, pretending to shut everything down in Techs lab before he speeds to just outside the chairman's door.
Rev presses his ear to the door as the chairman speaks.
“You picked up the wrong toon!”
...
“What? I know you picked up the wrong toon! You’re the Executive of Warner Brothers and you can’t tell a Ralph Wolf from a Wile E Coyote!? Have you ever seen Looney Tunes?”
...
“He’s the third most popular LOONEY TUNE!”
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“One has a red nose! How can you not tell the difference!?”
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“You're putting the whole operation at risk! Do you know what the Judge is going to do with you when he finds out you grabbed the wrong one?”
...
“Just leave him, we’ll figure out what to do with him later, but you need to get Wile E Coyote! Make sure it's the one with the black nose this time!”
Rev lifts his head from the door and zooms away as fast as he can. This is bad.
The next time Rev has a thought he’s in the Loonatics towers main room, with Duck on the couch eating a pizza, in his suit, Ace and Lexi cuddling on the couch as a movie plays on the screen and Slam and Foghorn doing something at the kitchen table.
“Yo Rev? You alright?” asks Ace. “Did you run here?” Most of the Rooster Teeth toons had left, the panic of their studio closing calming a bit, he did his best to get most of them calm and for them it was a waiting game.
“Its-we’ve-Mr Chairman-Sazlav-Judge Doom-Ralph!” says Rev anxiously speaking faster than he’s ever spoken before.
"Rev you’re going to have to slow it down I can’t- I’m only getting some words here,” says Ace as he stands up to approach the anxious bird.
“I’ll go get dog breath,” says Duck as he wiped his greasy hands on his pants getting up off the couch. “He’s the only one who can understand him when he's all” says Duck as he gestured to Rev.
Duck returns to the main room with Tech and Wile E following him. Tech doesn't even have to rush to Rev, as Rev in the blink of an eye has Techs shirt collar balled into his fist.
“The-chairman-and-judge-doom-have-ralph.” says Rev. “im-pretty-sure-that-they-have-beep-beep-too-theyre-going-to-go-after-wile-e-next-i-heard-the-chairmen-talking-on-the-phone-he-was-looking-for-you-and-you-werent-there-because-you-were-working-with-wile-e-today-but-i-corrected-him-and-im-not-sure-why-he-was-looking-for-you-what-if-your-on-the-list-what-if-we-all-are-”
Tech pulls Rev into an embrace, using what weight he can to apply pressure against Revs anxiety. He pulls his hands away from any feathers he might try to damage in his panic.
Tech is quiet for a while as he puts the pieces together on what he just heard. It's not always easy being the Rev translator but Tech is thankful he can understand him most of the time. “Hey, take a breath Rev,” orders Tech. “Wile E’s safe and he’s not going anywhere. Let's sit down for a second, then we’ll talk about what you saw.”
Tech wraps himself around his mate as the lounge on the couch. Instinct takes over and Tech goes on alert to protect his mate. It's not often that Tech has to provide comfort to Rev like this, but sometimes the bird part of Rev just becomes anxious.
“You alright to talk about what you heard?” asks Tech.
Rev nods, “Yeah-but-I-can't-promise-I-wont-get-anxious-and-speed-speed-talk-again.”
“Thats fine, how do you know Mr.Chairman has Ralph?” asks Tech.
“I-followed-him-to-the-lab-where-he-made-his-call,” says Rev. “I-stayed-out-side-the-door-and-listened-in. He-told-the-other-guy-at-the-other-end-of-the-phone-that-he-grabbed-the-wrong-toon. Made-a-big-deal-about-ralph-and-wile-e-haveing-different-noses. If-he-though-the-had-wile-e-then-he-probably-has-beep-beep. He-was-looking-for-you,” added Rev.
“Me?” asks Tech “What did he want with me?”
Rev shrugged. “Dexter-just-said-that-the-chairman-was-looking-for-you-but-because-you-had-the-day-off-you-werent-there-so-i-told-him-id-tell-you-he-was-looking-to-talk-to-you-when-you-came-back-from-work.”
“So Acme is working with Warner Brothers Discovery, and Judge Doom?” asks Ace. “How far does this go?”
“Bob Iger recently says on Twitter that WB weren’t the only ones cutting projects,” says Duck waving his phone in the air.
“But why get rid of toons? What’s ACMEs angle here? Acme doesn’t suffer any real consequences in the movie,” says Tech. “They have a monopoly over toon products. There isn't a single cartoon out there that doesn’t utilize acme brand anything. And Wile E’s a VIP account. This would hurt their bottom line. Wouldn't it?”
“The whys don’t really matter anymore,” says Ace. “Revs got me convinced we need to start making moves not just reactions. Hows that project of yours coming?”
“The polymers are slow to replicate and testing them is... slow. I have a small batch of Dip mixing, so I need everyone to stay out of the lab. I mean it. That includes Tweety and Sylvester. You Too Wile E.” Tech turns to Rev. “You think you can get the Polymer replicator programmed and working faster?”
“I can take a look,” says Rev.
“Tech while you and Rev work on that I’m going to set Wile E and Foghorn up in your old room, they’ll be safe here, the security systems still active and I don’t think the Executive knows who we are.”
“That's fine, Rev and I will probably be in the lab all night, so you can put someone in Revs old room too,” says Tech. “Its going to be a long night for us,” says Tech as he followed Rev into his lab, the door shutting behind them.
“Lexi is ordering pizza, we’ll have a couple pies set aside for them,” says Ace to Wile E who watched as the couple disappeared behind the door. “Don't take it too personally, Tech has a way he likes things and Revs the only one who can tolerate him enough to work with him. Most of the time he’s picking Revs brain to get a better solution. He likes to show off for him.”
Notes:
This is the only time Rick will be in the fic , he was the only cartoon scientist crazy enough to dabble in Dip experiments as far as I'm aware and not use them for villainy.
Rick would just have them for shits and giggles honestly.
and i don't know how many people work with their significant other, but I do and our work is aways better when we try to show off to one another. so Tech and Rev do their best work trying to one up each other in the idea department.
Next update should be around April 4th, we're coming into the end here soon ish. Its either gonna be chapter 12 as the end or 13.
Chapter 10: Chapter 10
Summary:
It's 6 am before Tech emerges from the lab. Tech sets the suits on the back of the couch, color coded for each of them.
With the pot full of water he yawns leaning against the cabinets, waiting for the pot to brew. Thankfully he doesn’t have to wait long before the pots are full and he pours himself a cup of coffee, downing it.
“Jeez Tech, you’re going to give yourself tachycardia,” says Ace as he pulls the ear buds out of his ears. “You get any sleep?” Tech can smell the bunny has been out jogging or working out, he’s not sure which, might have been both.
“Doesn’t matter, I got the polymer working."
Chapter Text
It's 6 am before Tech emerges from the lab. Tech sets the suits on the back of the couch, color coded for each of them. Yellow for Ace, Pink for Lexi, Revs and Techs are in the lab still, while Ducks Orange and Slams Purple get laid out. Tech yawns as he shuffles to the kitchen to pour himself a coffee.
With the pot full of water he yawns leaning against the cabinets, waiting for the pot to brew. Thankfully he doesn’t have to wait long before the pots are full and he pours himself a cup of coffee, downing it.
“Jeez Tech, you’re going to give yourself tachycardia,” says Ace as he pulls the ear buds out of his ears. “You get any sleep?” Tech can smell the bunny has been out jogging or working out, he’s not sure which, might have been both.
“Doesn’t matter, I got the polymer working. Once Rev got the program up to speed I was able to get the polymer working. the fix won't last forever, the polymers are still inked just like the rest of us, but they will provide enough protection that it won't immediately disintegrate us.”
“That's great buddy, why don’t you go catch some Z’s,” says Ace. “
“I’m just gonna rest my eyes for a bit in the lab,” says Tech as he walked back into his lab where Rev was already sleeping on the couch in there. Tech joins him on the couch but he's out before he’s even all the way on the couch.
Closing his eyes for a bit turned into a 4 hour affair.
He woke up groggy and not knowing where he was. His entire body felt like he’d been hit by a truck, like his regen still hadn’t kicked in just yet and he was supposed to stew in his pain as some kind of punishment. He rubs his eyes and stretches against the couch, two blankets covering him, he’s still in his clothes from yesterday.
“I say-I say boy now that's cheatin’ if I ever saw it,” says a voice from the other side of the door.
It takes Tech a minute to remember their show isn't in production anymore. So, he throws the blankets off of him and stands up, he takes a step scratching at the itchy part where the elastic of his boxers meets with his fur, he trips over his own invention and falls to the floor with a thud.
He’s up in seconds the broken nose being healed by his regeneration and he walk out of the door into a very bright common room where Foghorn and Wile E are playing a card game, with Sylvester snoozing in the warm spot the sun leaves on the floor and Tweety singing as granny knits and Dr. Lorre reads one of the books Techs left outside his lab.
“Sorry about the book selection, all my new ones are and the apartment, the ones here were mostly for stuff I needed for the show,” admitted Tech.
“It's fine, I’m about 40 years behind on most of the scientific advancements anyway,” answered Lorre as he continued to flip through the packet of information.
“If you’re sure,” says Tech with a huff as he sat down at the bar grabbing a protein bar.
Wile E stands up from the game he and Foghorn are playing and approaches his counterpart. “I called the lot, I told them I can sub for Ralph today since he’s still MIA, you were up late last night-”
“It's fine just let me get some coffee and then we can head out, I’ll sub for Ralph it's fine,” says Tech as he stretched and made his way to the other side of the bar reaching for the coffee pot, with lukewarm coffee.
“If you’re sure,” says Wile E as he lets Tech do his morning routine. Or to deal with the after-science hangover Rev had warned him about.
Ace stands in the kitchen eating something of his own creation. A Carrot smoothie in one hand and his phone he’s scrolling through in the other. “Hey Tech. I just got a call from DC comics, telling me they wanted me to come in and Sub for Bugs. Says it might be a permanent thing.”
Tech frowned. “So, what are you going to do?” He knows that being a cartoon star had been Ace's dream since they became a team on Loonatics Unleashed. It had been part of his backstory. But he also knows that this isn’t the way Ace wanted to become a famous toon.
“Told them I would sub for Bugs today, but I don’t know if I want it to become a thing,” says Ace. “Just be careful, if Revs right and WB is behind all this-”
“They could be trying to replace the Original Looney Tunes -”
“A couple redesigns with an animator and no one would be able to tell the difference,”Says Ace. “Coyote and Road Runner don’t speak; I sound enough like Bugs – and get me in with a coaching session with Eric Bauza and both me and Danger will be starring in Rabbit Season/Duck Season in no time.”
“What do they have you doing?” asks Tech.
“Guess they can’t find the Road Runner either, so we’re doing a classic Wile E Coyote meets Bugs Bunny routine.”
“So, then you’ll be with him all day?” asks Tech.
“Yeah, I guess. Leaves you free to do Ralph stuff,” says Ace.
“That works out perfectly then, you two can leave for the Coyote shoots then I can leave in a bit, and then you guys can meet me at Wolfs shoot.”
“Works for me doc, I’ll grab Coyote and we’ll scram,” says Ace. “Meet you after the shoot.”
Tech nods, “That works for me Chief. I’ll meet you guys for lunch later.”
Tech watches as Ace and Wile E leave to do their comic runs, and Tech sips at his coffee before stepping into the shower and setting Foghorn and the rest of their guests up with all the necessities.
“I say boy, you look just like Wile E Coyote,” says Foghorn as he pets Sylvester, the cat purrs at the attention.
“You’d be surprised how often I get told that not brushing my fur out helps. But you guys should be safe here, the alarm system is on, and it will notify the Loonatics of any breech. So just hold tight, and stay out of my lab,” says Tech. “Slam! Make sure they stay out of my lab.”
“Got it!” yelled Slam as he exited the kitchen, his arms full of food.
“I’ll see you guys later,” says Tech as he puts the Loonatics tower on lockdown. He can hear the traps power on, but not activate. Slam was a good bodyguard for all of them, Slam could keep them mostly entertained and out of trouble.
Tech walked to the garage grabbing the Zoomatrix and heading to the WB lot, heading over to the illustrator to get his temporary redesign done. It was always a little odd being naked when he needed to be in these comics.
With a painted red nose and a few color changes on his belly he’s ready for a nice long day of getting hit by Sam.
The time clock whistles, and Tech is worse for wear, the red paint on his nose had rubbed off ages ago leaving Sam's hands smudged, Sam unceremoniously lets him go, and tech lands wobbly on his feet.
“Have a goodnight Ralph.”
“You too Sam,” says Tech with a cracked voice. He falls to the floor with a splat SFX dust showing up around where he fell. Comic work is always easier than video work, they don’t have to do nearly as many takes because the artists can work over the photos.
“Thats a wrap,” shouts the director.
“You alright there kiddo?” asks Sam as he leaned over the prone coyotes form.
“Yeah,” says Tech as he rolled over. “Just give me a second.” He lays still as the Regeneration floats over him fixing his toon bones and aching joints. “What's Chuck been feeding you?”
“Spinach,” replies Sam with a chuckle. “Eat your veggies and you too will be beating up wolves over sheep.”
Sam offers a hand to Tech and tech takes it as the sheepdog pulls him up and the Coyote is standing on his own two feet. “I’ll pass, Wolves and Coyotes gotta stick together, or no one will have our backs. Got a bad enough rap as it is.”
“Any word on Ralph?” asks Sam.
“Can’t really say anything here, but I’m meeting up with Wile E and Ace here soon, so we can go have lunch and talk about it,” answered Tech. “I want to shower first, get this paint overlay off me, or it’ll dry weird and Rev will wake up brown.”
“Can’t have that,” says Sam. “I’ll wait around for you at Coyotes shoot.”
“Thanks Sam!” says Tech as he rushes off to go get showered and dressed. He still doesn’t know how the Looney Tunes do it, but they rarely wore clothes let alone pants.
Sam walks over to the other studio warehouse, where they set up a desert motif, usually where one would see Wile E setting up a contraption to catch the road runner but instead on this day Wile E is seen comically sneaking a bunch of TNT down a rabbit hole, only for Ace to throw it back up.
It was interesting seeing the kids try and play their counterparts, Ralph wasn’t a mastermind, not like Wile E or Tech. Ralph was smart but not like the Coyotes. The few times Ralph and Wile E had switched places Sam felt the Coyote had dumbed down some of his attempts, knowing that the Coyote was never supposed to win, blew himself up on purpose.
Tech had been decent at trying to play Ralph even though that hadn’t been the role he was created for.
Ace was another toon that would have made his predecessor proud if Bugs took his head out of his ass for two seconds. Ace was witty and sarcastic with just the right amount of responsibility to lead a team like the Loonatics. Ace was a side of Bugs that was really only seen in the Space Jams.
Sam stands off to the side, close to the director as the TNT Wile E is holding blows up in his face.
“CUT!”
“Oh come on Doc that was our 15 th take of that,” says Ace.
Bugs didn’t do retakes. Bugs was a professional, he was one of the first toons. Bugs wrote the rules on animation and being a toon. He knew how to get the best shots for the artists and give them an easier time. There was a reason so many people loved Bugs. Even if it didn’t necessarily mean Toons did.
“I’m kinda starting to feel a little sorry for Wile E,” says Ace.
[I’m used to it] signs Wile still soot black from the explosion, one ear hanging off to the side and big yellow eyes standing out against his soot covered fur.
It takes a minute for Wile E to get hosed down by the drawing assistants.
“I think we’ll stop there for today; we’ll pick this up again next week, hopefully Bugs will be back from gallivanting with the Warners by then.”
Wile E Stands on all fours and shakes out the access water poofing out like a poodle at the moisture before he pats his fur down to its normal unkempt manor.
Ace turns to Sam, “Hey Sam! What are you doing here?”
“Tech says he had info on Ralph, he wanted to get the touch up paint off him though, so I told him I’d wait here for him.”
Ace pulls on his ears, straightening them back out to their normal pointy stature, leaving his cheek fluffed out, not wanting to bother with it right now. He pulls the signature rabbit teeth prosthetic from his mouth and discards it, running his tongue on his teeth to feel the temp glue to keep them in place as he bounced around the stage.
“Let me go put on some clothes,” says Ace. “Then we can catch up.”
Ace goes over to the chair with Bugs name on it, grabbing the clothes he had removed earlier to help with rendering the comic, once he’s dressed, he comes back to their small group where Wile E holds a carrot out for Ace. Ace takes it with a smile and chomps as Sam and Wile E talk about nothing and everything.
“I don’t know Sam, Its different with Tech and Rev, they were supposed to be friends from the start. There is no telling how Beep Beep feels, not really.”
Ace perked up listening to the older toons talk.
“You never know until you ask,” says Sam. “Besides, Tech and Rev are made from you and Beep Beep. If you feel that way about the Road Runner and Tech feels the same way about Rev, it stands to reason logically that-”
“Don’t use Logic on me Sam, Ralph likes to get in my business, but you too?” [Et tu, Sam?] signs Coyote.
“What can I say? Ralphs a bad influence. But I think you should say something,” says Sam.
Ace checks his watch, it's been thirty minutes, Tech really should have been done by now. “Hate to interrupt fellas but I think we should go check on Tech. He doesn’t usually take this long to shower.”
Sam and Wile E share a concerned look before following Ace to where Tech was supposed to be showering the paint off. The walks not long.
The shower in the dressing room is running when they arrive, and Ace enters anyway. “Tech?” asks Ace. “I’m respecting your right to privacy by knocking but asserting my authority as your leader by coming in anyway.” He pulls the curtain and finds an empty stall.
Ace concentrates, transferring his vision into a heat map, attempting to find any sign that that someone other than tech was here.
“Where is he?” asks Wile E concerned.
“I don’t know, but I see a Coyote shaped hole in the wall and a heat print of a human,” says Ace. “Revs not going to like this.”
“Should I be insulted that he doesn’t actually know what I look like?” asks Wile E.
Chapter 11: Chapter 11
Summary:
“Rev! Wait we need to have a plan, we can’t just go in half cocked,” says Ace.
“I have a plan its called Save Tech.”
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Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Tech wakes with an aching body, He can tell his regen has kicked in recently, he also feels a warm light body against his back. Its too light to be Rev, but he makes a similar noise to what Rev does in his sleep. He tries to gather enough clues to see where he is. He’s tied to the being behind him with rope. He tests out his Magnetism, its pure organic fibers. He can’t do much other than sway the heavy crane hook holding them in the air.
“You know, Mr.Chairman was wrong about you. Wile E,”
Tech can’t place the voice. He doesn’t know who this is, only that he’s aware he knows the head of ACME. Whoever it is can’t tell the difference between a genuine Chuck Jones Looney Tune and a Loonatic. Tech Growls, baring his teeth, he can feel the rage coursing through him, the power he was created with burning through him like an electric current.
“You certainly are Wily, Coyote,” says the voice again. Tech groans, he really can’t with this. “But Know this Coyote, I’ll cancel and shelve a thousand movies before I let this company die! And I’ll silence anyone who gets in my way!”
He feels them being pulled, before he lets them both go, leaving them rocking back and forth. He chuckles darkly. Its not unlike the villains they would deal with on their show. Tech tries to glance behind him, but Beep Beeps head knocks against his shoulder and his feet sway against Techs. So not Rev. Which is good for Rev, but he could really use that GPS in his head.
Another set of footsteps enter the room, and beady red eyes that send a shiver down his spine, his animal instincts tell him he’s in trouble. He needs to RUN. NOW.
“You idiot!” says the high-pitched voice. Tech knows who this is. Its Judge Doom, or Baron Von Rotten, it doesn’t really matter what he goes by, Tech and Beep Beep are in trouble. He can’t even dial for help either, damn it. Tech struggles against the bonds with no success in getting out. The Road Runner behind him his shaking, clearly terrified. “That's not Wile E Coyote.”
“What? Yes it is! He’s the dog with the black nose not the red one,” says the other voice confidently.
“Do you even know what Wile E Coyote looks like?” asks Von Rotten.
“He’s a brown mangy Dog?”
“He’s the third most popular Looney Tune!” Shouts Doom.
“I’m a Coyote!” says Tech his temper flaring, his eyes crackling with green energy. He manipulates the crane hook to swing them toward the two toons holding them captive.
“So If you’re not Coyote who are you?”
“Tech E Coyote,” says Tech through grinding teeth, seething with rage.
“Who?”
“Come closer and I’ll tell you,” says Tech with a grin, he watches as the CEO steps closer to him. Still not close enough. “Closer,” orders Tech. He uses his magnetism to push him closer, before kicking him straight in the jaw. “I’m a Loonatic!” Tech hisses. “Damn your head is hard. What's in there Rocks? I think you broke my foot with your fat head.”
“WHAT?” screamed Rev. “How could you let them take him? and He doesn’t even have his super suit! So we can’t even track him! Wait here-” Rev leaves not caring who's in the way, Duck who had been carrying a sandwich, spins on the balls of his webbed feet before gaining just enough bearings to correct himself before Rev returns and he spins the other way.
“He’s at the old Cartoon Network Studio lot,” says Rev as he walks past the group and straight into Techs lab.
“Rev! Wait we need to have a plan, we can’t just go in half cocked,” says Ace.
“I have a plan its called Save Tech.”
Rev walks out of Techs lab with all sorts of gadgets. “Rev? What are you going with the Ninjizer 500?”
“You’re all moving too slow,” says Rev at sonic speeds. “I’m going to save Tech with or without your help.”
“Rev we’re going to save Tech! I Promise but we need to be smart about this. Techs an important part of our team, and we lost our tech guy, so we need a different strategy. So please just sit tight until we have a tactical plan in place.”
“Rev,” says Wile E as he puts a hand on Revs shoulder. “Tech will be fine, He’s a Coyote we’re persistent we’re wily. Whats Rule number two of the Coyote and Road Runner shorts?”
“No outside force can harm the Coyote — only his own ineptitude or the failure of the Acme products,” answers Rev.
“Rule number one is that -”
"The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going ‘Beep-Beep!’"
A ceiling light falls on top of Wile E’s head with a loud bang Wile E sways on his feet, his nose loose and his ears floppy before the Toon force rights him. Revs sitting there horrified hands covering his beak, attempting not to laugh and feeling horrible at the same time.
“Oh God, are you okay?” asks Rev. “I didn’t mean to I didn’t think it would work.”
[I’m fine] signs Wile E as he shakes the last of the stars from his vision. “Laughter is good for a toon,” says Wile E patting Revs knee. “But Ace is right you’ll need a plan, and a tech guy, I can provide technology so long as you don’t mind its ACME.”
“I’ll do ya one better Doc,” says Ace. “Rev can get you access to all of Techs toys-”
“His babies,” corrected Rev
“-and you’ll have Techs lab at your beck and call along with his lab assistant. Can you handle that, Rev?” asks Ace.
“You betcha Ace!”
“Lexi is on her way back, so I’ll call you when it's time for team meeting time, think of something good guys,” says Ace as he walks to the middle of the room. Sighing.
“Not going to meditate or whatever this time?” asks Danger Duck as he picked up his sandwich littered across the floor.
Ace stretches, “nah not today, today we’re planning a full assault on these guys. We’re taking down Judge Doom and the Toon Patrol. Possibly also ACME and WB. We just have to figure out how to do it.”
“How hard could it be?” asks Duck. “Being Superheroes is in our ink.”
“So is being Looney,” says Ace. “I just hope we can do both.”
“We were getting there in the second season,” says Duck. “Had they given us a third I’m sure it all would have blended perfectly.”
Wile E stood in the center of Techs lab, looking over everything he had available to him, the ways in which Tech worked were similar to how Wile E worked, though he didn’t find that surprising, the white board in the corner was familiar, he used something similar.
The Road Runner assistant was a new experience to him, especially since Rev could read and understand at the Coyotes level. Beep Beep wasn’t smart like Rev, but he was a tactical genius.
“I-figure-youre-more-the-analog-type,” says Rev as he reaches into the barrels behind the computer's main console. “Tech-has-a-few-blueprints-laying-around-but-I-can-always-get-you-some-of-his-schematics-too-we-have-a-printer-here-somewhere-” Says Rev as he goes on.
“Where is some of the stuff Sly and Tweety broke?” asks Wile E. He doesn’t even wait for a break in Revs conversation, Wile E is used to just letting people talk over him. Revs not any different. Even if he is a Road Runner. and that alone makes him nervous.
“Its-in-here,” says Rev as he pulls out a container full of broken trinkets Tech had been working on, or maybe repairing. “But I don't really see much of a reason to-”
Wile E lays out all the broken weapons on the lab table, studying each one, He wonders how he can put something together that will help the Loonatics and save his fellow toons, he’s only created things to catch the Road Runner.
He taps his claws against the metal table in a rhythm, until an idea hits. He grins, ears slowly perking up and a terrible grin on his face. “Wile E you genius you, you’ve done it again.”
“Just tell me what you need,” says Rev as he grabbed the tool box on wheels in the corner and brought it over knowing that the Coyote would likely need it.
Lexi is home in record time, throwing the doors open and out of breath as she rushes into the living space. “I made it as quickly as I could. Do we have a plan?”
“You betcha we do Lex,” says Ace with a grin. He’s already in his yellow suit, Ducks in his Orange suit. Slams grinning ready to take on whatever comes next. Rev already suited up and Wile E borrowing Techs exosuit are filling the ship with what they might need. All Acme products. “Things are about to get totally insane-y.”
It doesn’t take Lexi long to change, she comes out her ears pulled back in her signature look. She stretches, making sure she’s limber for anything that might come their way.
“Alright Loonatics,” says Ace, “And Honorary Loonatics, we’re going to run through the plan one more time. Tech outfitted each of your suits with anti-dip spray.”
“Really-its-a-polymer-technically-a-hydrophobic-polymer-thats-got-a-specific-geometry-microscopic-pillars-that-the-dip-molecules-will-rest-and-easily-roll-off-the-pillar-”
“Rev.” says Ace knowing that Tech wasn't here to stop his rambling someone else might have to step in to get Rev on track. “He told me this morning that it wouldn’t protect us if we’re exposed for too long. So depending on what we see when we go in there, made sure you’re not standing in Dip for long.”
“What do we plan to do if there is a lake of Dip waiting for us?” asked Duck carefully.
“Dip is just like any other paint thinner, only its deadly to us, you’ll have to neutralize it,” says Wile E. "In the movie Valient was able to spray the Dip with water to clear out the area, I assume the same thing can be done in this situation. If I recall Duck, you have hydrokenesis.”
“I have WHAT?”
“He-means-the-ability-to-control-water,” clarifies Rev.
“Oh, yeah but I can only do that if I throw my eggs into water,” said Duck. “And how do you know that?”
“I looked you up on the Looney Tunes wiki,” clarified Wile E. “Which is why you’re getting this,” says Wile E as he hands Duck a box of Acme dehydrated water. “Add any liquid and it turns it into water, I tested it. You might even be able to use it raw with your eggs but I have no idea what kind of event will happen.”
“So, in other words, don't try it unless I have no other choice? Got it.”
“Our best bet is probably long range weapons, Lexi I’m gonna need you to brain blast ‘em soon as we see ‘em. I don’t want them regaining their bearings for a while,” explains Ace. “Slam, soon as Lexi Brain blasts em you’re going to Thundermode ‘em. I want every computer in there turned into a paper weight,” says Ace.
“What about us?” asked Rev.
“You two are going to stay on the ship,” said Ace.
“What? But Tech-”
“Rev aside from the fact you don’t have any long range abilities you’re too close to this-”
“Bullshit!” yells Rev. “All of us are too close for this!”
Revs eyes glow red with anger, and Wile E right next to him can feel the heat of his powers. He hasn’t seen a bird this aggressive in a while. That little Chicken Hawk kid would be the last time Wile E coyote has ever feared a bird.
Ace puts his hands on Revs shoulders, “If Techs hurt or,” Ace hesitates to say something else. “I need you to be our eyes, your GPS will help more on comms than it will on the ground. Tech would never forgive me if you got hurt under my command.”
“Wile E, I’m going to trust you to keep Rev on the ship,” said Ace. You two are only to come down if things go sideways,” orders Ace.
The group Nods, all of them in their suits borrowed or assigned.
“Loonatics, Lets Jet.”
Notes:
I do not know if I will have the next chapter ready for next friday.
I have a lot of it written but part of me doesn't want this to end but I know its got to eventually :<
Chapter 12: Chapter 12
Summary:
Tech glances around the studio, vats of Dip lay around them in vats and in a giant open vat. His arms are tingling and numb and even if he could get off this hook, he’s not sure he’d be of much help. His powers are useless against non-metallic rope and the hook is too big for him to move with small movements, he’ll need his whole body to move the massive crane hook.
Notes:
Sorry this took a while, but I eventually got it posted :) I hope it was worth the wait.
Chapter Text
Tech glances around the studio, vats of Dip lay around them in vats and in a giant open vat. His arms are tingling and numb and even if he could get off this hook, he’s not sure he’d be of much help. His powers are useless against non-metallic rope and the hook is too big for him to move with small movements, he’ll need his whole body to move the massive crane hook.
“Where-is-Wiles?”
It takes several seconds for Tech to figure out who the voice belongs to. and For a single second he thinks Rev’s doing an impression of someone Techs never met. But other than the Toon patrol weasels it's just him and Beep Beep tied up on the hook.
“He was with Ace this morning,” answered Tech once he got over the shock of hearing Beep Beeps voice. “The comics division couldn’t get a hold of you or Bugs, so they’re doing a Coyote meets Bugs issue,” explained Tech carefully.
“But-they-couldn't-find-Bugs?” asked Beep Beep.
“We figured he was with you when Wile E and I tried to set up some elaborate trap and you never showed up. Ace stood in for Bugs.”
“Awww you guys set up a trap? And I wasn’t there to see it!” Beep Beep made a sad trill noise, like what Rev does when he’s saddened. “I bet it was amazing.”
Tech never really knew what to make of Beep Beeps antics, he was always either teasing the coyote or bullying the coyote outright. The fact that Beep Beep enjoyed the chase was something Tech was aware of but didn’t quite know how to handle.
“Eh! You two better shut yer traps,” said the Weasel. Tech doesn’t know which one he is, only that he’s got a heavy Brooklyn accident and for some reason that's terrifying.
“What are we even doing here any way?” asks Tech. “Whats the end game here? I feel like we deserve to know if you’re just going to dip us.”
“Shut up stupid,” says the dark figure hiding in shadows. The weasel went back to looking at his comic book. The Newest Looney Tunes issue and lets the other do the talking. “Its a shame really,” says the executive. “WB is looking for tax breaks, see the company is in hot water, the golden age of animation is over. Wile E’s fans are causing an uproar, we cancel Batgirls movie and fans are alright with that, we cancel Scoob a holiday haunt and people are sad but they’re willing to let it go – but we cancel Coyote Vs ACME and the world loses their minds. Coyote is creating an issue for us – now they're threatening investigation, he’s ruining the game.”
“How is any of that Coyotes fault?” asks Tech.
“He wont let the movie die!” yells the executive.
“Have you ever seen his shorts?” asks Tech. “Thats his whole thing. He wont ever stop chasing the Road Runner. No matter what set backs he suffers he’s going to keep going after the Road Runner.”
“Well he’s insane.”
“well yeah,” says Tech with an eye roll, “I think he prefers the term ‘Looney.’”
Rev is quick on the computer of the ship, Wile E still doesn’t really know what he’s looking at, the stuff for the show is lightyears ahead of the firecrackers Wile E is used to tinkering with. Rev is reading out numbers and commands to keep the ship going as Ace pilots it expertly to the old Cartoon Network studio buildings.
“Engines-are-holding-steady,” says Rev as he zooms to what Wile E can only assume is Techs normal spot. “Approaching-target-"
The ship beeps as it shakes in the air, getting hit by something. Red alerts are going off and Rev scrambles to the science station.
“Rev what the hell was that?”
“I-don’t-know,” Rev scrambles to get the screen to stop distorting. Once he’s got the screen working its all weird readings and he stares at it. He’s more of a programmer Tech is the science guy. “It’s-all-a-bunch-of-weird-readings!”
Another hit and the entire ship shakes, the alarms going off once more. and Rev hits the big red Button. “Weapons-are-online!”
“Ah ah ah Loonatics!” says the villain they’re currently attempting to dodge. “You’re in my house now,” he says with a grin as his eyes glow and his arms spread out deleting the ship.
"Al-G!” shouts Wile E as the virtual tyrant makes a B-line for Wile E Coyote. Rev’s already got his team mates on the Ground. Al-G Rythm holding Wile E by the collar of the Exo-suit he’s borrowing from Tech.
The Loonatics can only watch, as Rev is the only one who can fly, the Jet packs having been deleted along with the rest of the ship.
A trail of fire follows the Road Runner as he makes his first move against Al-G, Rev Grabs Wile E out of Al-G's hands. Revs eyes glow red as he simmers in anger.
“Rev you got this guy?” asked Ace.
“We’ve got this,” says Wile E as he pulls a comically large Malette from toon space. A wild grin plastered on the Coyotes face.
Rev grins to ace his eyes still glowing red, “Save Tech.”
“You got it Doc,” said Ace as he lead the rest of the team into the building.
Rev turns back to Al-G feathers puffed out in a display ready for a fight.
Wile E heaves the massive mallet over his head swinging it at the digital personality. Missing him, the mallet passing right through him, digitizing around the mallet and Wile E growling.
He responds back by creating a bucket of basketballs and dropping them on the Coyote one by one, then tipping the entire collection onto the toon. Leaving him in a pile of basket balls one damaged ear sticking out and a picket sign with [this means war] written on it.
Rev runs around the program, attempting to distract him with anything really. He’s not sure he can even really do anything to the algorithm, So far Wile E’s attack has done nothing, but Revs persistent if he’s anything.
“Come-on-that-the-best-you-got?” asked Rev. “I-could-program-a-better-algorithm-in-my-sleep! And-it-wouldn't-give-such-lame-advice-like-insisting-the-flash-movie-was-a-good-idea.”
Coyote from the middle of the basketball pile places an order for a basket ball launcher, and with a click of a button on his cell phone ACME deliveries brings him a giant basketball launcher in a crate, with a few knocks the crate falls away revealing the contents inside, and now Wile E gathers up all the basket balls and starts feeding them into the basket up top which feeds the machine one by one. Launching them right at Al-G one after the other.
Wile E grins as Al-G gets hit one by one with each basket ball, right square on the top of his head his tail wagging furiously as he gets sucked into the machine with one of the balls and gets spit out the shooter right into Al-G, who manages to catch the Coyote holding him by the throat.
“You are very resilient Coyote,” grins Al-G menacingly. “Ill give you that. He drops the coyote out of his grasp, and Rev Rushes to catch the coyote, carrying him bridal style as he zips away from the Algorithm.
“You-know-what-would-be-really-helpful-right-now?” asked Rev. “Techs-magnetism-Computers-dont-like-magnets.”
Wile E hums as Rev sets him down gently on the ground. “Give me a moment, and I’ll think of something.”
“Be-quick,” said Rev, “Ill-distract-him.”
Wile E nods as he flips through the ACME catalog once more, knowing which page he needed for what he was looking for.
“Well well if it isn’t the Looney Tunes reject!” says Al-G as he throws glitched lobs at Revs after image.
“That-would-hurt-if-I-was-a-toon-with-an-ego!” says Rev back as he leaves more after images for Al-G to hit.
“Your show doesn’t even have the fan base to warrant a Server space on Max,” says Al-G with a laugh.
“Max-doesn’t-even-keep-all-OG-Looney-tunes-on-their-servers,” says Rev back. He zooms into Al-G's space, Al-G Tripping him as he tries to get a kick in.
Wile E orders a paint brush from the ACME catalogue holding a phone to his ear from the side of the telephone pole and overheard a red plane drops a crate from the sky landing next to him with a crash. Pain splattering every where. He takes the brush dips it into the paint and paints himself, first a test on his ear, black and green where his brown and light brown once were, sleek and edgey line art. Perfect.
“Give it up Loonatic!” yells Al-G. “You and your team will never be anything close to the Looney Tunes! You never should have been green lit!”
Two balls of green fly their way through Al-G. And for a second Revs hopeful that Tech somehow escaped but he turns to find Wile E, his hands painted to be Techs arms in the suit, glowing green with his magnetism powers.
Al-G glitches pretty bad, the magnetism messing up the bits used to create him. Al-G attempts to salvage it, but Teleports out of the area, and Wile E, sighs. They’ve never really had to fight Al-G, sure they had to take him down in a basketball game, but two people does not make a full team.
Wile E looks to Rev who just sighs. He hates it when the bad guy runs.
Tech groans his arms tingling uncomfortably having been hanging for hours. Tech sighs and he can tell Beep Beep is getting restless as well, Techs not sure the road runner has ever been still for this long.
“Are you okay?” asked Tech.
“I’m-bored,” says the road Runner as he lays his head against Techs shoulder.
Tech can feel his head feathers ghost against his cheek. Beep Beep truly is bored, Rev does the same thing when he’s not been sufficiently occupied.
Tech hums agreeing with his husbands counterpart. Being tied up for hours was less than pleasant, and it was boring. There wasn’t much here for Tech to keep his mind occupied.
Their captors weren’t very talkative, the weasels were clumsy at worst and downright destructive at best. Techs pretty sure one of them fell into a vat of Dip earlier, by accident, just from tripping over his own two feet.
It was horrifying.
“Where are your friends?” asked Beep Beep in a whine.
“Revs probably already been here,” says Tech as he tries to get blood circulating through his arms again. “They can’t be that far away. There was an explosion earlier.”
“You’re right your friends – the Annoyancetics are outside dealing with our first line of defense the Al-G-Rythm.”
“The guy from Space Jam 2 that tried to delete the Looney Tunes?”
“The very same,” says Al-G as he digitizes into their space. “The rest of them escaped, the Coyote and Road Runner kept me busy while the rest of them came to find-”
“Whats up Doc?” asks Ace as the wall explodes behind him.
Baron Von Rotten pulls an anvil from his bag and throws it at the bunny toon, it his ace like a hammer hitting a nail – hard. He wobbles on his feet, ears folded in an accordion style, as little Tweetums float around his vision.
Tech struggles against the ropes keeping him tied to the hook, with some extra effort and some rope burn Techs able to wiggle an arm free, his eyes are glowing green as he focuses on pulling anything metal into Al-G or Judge Doom.
Both are hit with the steel chair one of the weasels had been sitting in earlier. Al-G looks a little worse for ware, his vector lines are fuzzy and Tech can tell his response time is slowing. Tech grins.
This is the perfect enemy for him. Computers are not fond of magnets.
Slam glances up to Tech and grins. He focuses on the weasels and the two enemy toons in the room. His eyes glow purple as the wind picks up in the warehouse. Tornadoes and lightening fill the room, Al-G Rythm flickers and fades, he’s trying hard to stay corporeal
Al-G wobbles on his feet, as he glitches, “The Loo-oo-Looney Tunes are-are-are- OVER,” says Al-G as he hops from where he is to net to where the weasels were thrown, and chucks the weasel toon as the Loonatics.
Ace and Lexi get hit with the weasels, while Danger Duck simply steps out of the way, and Slam catches the weasel in a princess carry.
Danger Duck conjures up two eggs one in each hand and throws them at the Judge and Al-G, a well placed goober lands on Al-G glitching him out of existence and Baron Von Rotten is covered in orange goo
Lexi scrambles to get on her feet and focuses her powers on the enemy before their group. She growls and tries to brain blast Von Rotten as he cackles overhead. The old toon is spry having years of experience being the villain.
Beep Beep glanced around the warehouse, watching as Techs friends battle the baddies having taken care of one, the other still standing. “Do you trust me?” asked the Road runner craining his neck to look at Tech.
“uh... what?”
“Do you trust me?” asked the Road Runner again.
“Yes?” asked Tech nervously.
Before Tech knows whats happening, the Road Runner does what he does best. a loud ‘BEEP BEEP’ echoes throughout the warehouse, where lightening bolts down and strikes Tech electrocuting him so hard he turns to ash., he falls to the ground like sand through an hour glass and it gives Beep Beep enough room to escape the ropes himself. Where he takes the rope in his beak and runs for Van Barron.
Chapter 13: Chapter 13
Summary:
“Bugs, can’t you chew with your mouth closed?” asked Ralph as he pressed his forearm against his eyes, hoping that would help with his migraine even a little bit.
“Not a morning person Eh Doc?” asked Bugs as he sat against the bars holding him locked in here.
“I raised two Tasmanian Devils, I can take some bad table manners but-”
Crunch-crunch-munch
Notes:
look... it took me MONTHS to find time to write this. Its not perfect, Its not edited, this is just what I had the time for.
look I dont have time to edit, we die like Tech.
Chapter Text
Ralph Wolf lifts his head from the floor as another large rumble rattled the warehouse. Ralph rolled over his bones and joints creaking and aching and across from him stood Bugs, weight on one leg and a carrot in his mouth, chewing loudly.
“Bugs, can’t you chew with your mouth closed?” asked Ralph as he pressed his forearm against his eyes, hoping that would help with his migraine even a little bit.
“Not a morning person Eh Doc?” asked Bugs as he sat against the bars holding him locked in here.
“Duck! Lexi!” yelled Ace and Bugs frowned as more explosions hit.
“I raised two Tasmanian Devils, I can take some bad table manners but-”
Crunch-crunch-munch
Ralphs whole body shivers from the tips of his ears to his toes. His mouth waters and he’s starving. Its been days since they fed him, and he’s not above eating Bugs – the menace. He’s a Wolf, he’s been accused of doing worse.
“You look a little parched there doc,” says Bugs with a smirk.
“God I’m hungry,” whined Ralph as he tucked his tail between his legs. “There isn’t a lot I wouldn’t do for mutton right now.” Ralph licks his jowls, staring at Bugs as his vision swims and fades the rabbit into a sheep.
“Doc, the kids will be back here to get us out any minute, I promise I’ll buy you the largest steak I can find.”
“Where do you even keep getting those?” asked Ralph
“Its part of my toon power,” says Bugs with a grin, he holds another carrot out toward the wolf.
The wolf grabs hold of the carrot just as another explosion rocks the very foundation of the old Building. A mass flies through the brick wall and into Ralphs cell, Two bodies pin him down. This always happens when he’s finally got something to eat.
Birds fly over his head and he shakes to see straight again, the cartoon bids and stars floating away as he unscrambles his vision.
“you okay Tech?” asked Slam in his Tazmanian language as he rubbed his own head. Being more serious toons (if even just slightly) their injuries were less obvious than the original Looney Tunes gang.
A green aura envelopes the Coyote and his arm twists back into place. “ugh” he groans. “I’m ok.”
Slam gets up and his eyes glow purple, as he activates his power and tornadoes the area, sending Judge Dooms weasels flying through the air and into the rafters.
Tech gathers his senses, “Ralph!” Says Tech with a tail wag. “And Bugs! You’re still alive!”
“Tech!” says Ralph his own tail wagging happily. “Old boy, your looking-”
Tech yelped as Slam was body slammed into his lanky toon frame. He crashed to the floor with a grunt and Slam rushed to get up apologizing to his team mate, in a rush of words.
“Slam!” says Ralph with his tail wagging, “You’re okay.”
“Ralph!” grins Slam as he tears the cell door off its hinges, releasing the wolf with in. Ralph made a quick exit to the main hallway working to pick up Techs broken form, his healing factor working to fix his battered bones and aching joints.
“Hey! What about me Doc?” asked Bugs with a grin and a gleam in his eye. “I wanna piece of Al-G-Rythm. He’s goin’ down once and for all.”
Tech tightens his hand into a fist, using his magnetism powers focused on the lock and pulls his fist back, pulling the lock mechanism into its housing position, unlocking the door and pulling it open at the same time. “You’ll have to get in line but we need all the Loonatics we can get.”
“Oh I aint a Loonatic, I’m just Looney,” says Bugs as he steps out of the cell, composed as a toon of his stature would be.
Tech watched as Bugs dug a hole, “well boys looks were goin on a road trip.” Tech and Ralph look at each other before following Bugs into his rabbit hole. Slam rushes back to the battle in the main part of the compound.
Bugs brought his Bunny Borough into the middle of the fight scene, hopping up from the tunnel and the Bunny clinging to the CEO. Eye lashes long and fluttering as he pressed his lips to the villains face, giving him a welcome back kiss.
Judge doom stands on shaky feet, his world spinning and the dizzy birds revolving around his head. “Long time no see Doc,” says Bugs Bunny, he spins around changing his clothes. To a carbon copy of Jessica Rabbits outfit in the Roger Rabit movie, morphing his outline to a much more curvy silhouette, long red hair flowing down the rabbits shoulders. “I know I aint no Jessica Rabbit, but you really need to learn how to show a girl a good time.”
Rev and Beep Beep appear just behind Bugs, neither of them looking worse for wear. Rev grins waving to Tech as he pulls himself out of the Bunny Burrough.
“Took you long enough Rabbit,” growls Wile E Coyote as he shoots one last hit into Judge Doom. He leans down and helps Tech out of the Burrough, followed by helping Ralph.
“Chief!” says Tech as Ace finally lands, sword on his back ,eyes glowing yellow as Al-G-Rythm sends a few fragmented blasts his way.
“Tech!” yells Ace with a smile.
Rev leaves the enemy with Beep Beep and rushes to Tech, pulling him into a tight hug. “Tech! I’m-so-glad-to- see- you’re-okay!”
“Get off me Rabbit,” snarls the CEO. He pulls Bugs off his person, holding him by the ears in an attempt to keep Bugs off him, He wont be interrupted by such childish nonsense again. “The time for cartoons is over .” says the human. His voice bold and angry. “I don’t care what the fans say – Coyote V ACME is done! And So soon will be the Looney Tunes! You Loonatics are garbage, when the Looney Tunes fall so will the rest of them. Animation is dead. Creating movies isn’t about making art- its about making money. To make Money we need to stick with what sells”
“You’re wrong,” says Wile E.
“You think I’m wrong?” laughs the CEO. “What do you know of business strategy? You sold your soul to ACME and WB.”
“Art makes Money because it is bold,” clarifies Wile E. “When Chuck Jones created Road Runner and I we were satires on the chase Cartoons of the 1940s and we revolutionized the genre. We weren’t Tom and Jerry, nor were we Sylvester and Tweety. If it wasnt for Coyote and Road Runner chase cartoons would have fallen stale. We changed that with something different and people loved it!”
“Just because something doesn’t make money doesn’t mean its bad,” says Bugs. “Do you know how many lemons me and Daff have? We still made Warner Brothers what it is today. Because Chuck Jones took a risk. Not all of them were good.”
“The worlds different now,” says the CEO. “People dont want new or bold – they want to know theyre going to enjoy it.”
“Nah, worlds the same place it always was Doc,” says Bugs. “People are less mean, our writers had ta learn to punch up instead of taking cheap shots on the people that were already down – but for a species that changes constantly at the heart of it all ya really aint changed much.”
The CEO growls, “Let me go and I’ll let the Toons of WB live.”
Wile E and Bugs look at each other. This man has the ability to delete them out of existence, this one man holds the rights the so many toons in his hands, and the man is powered by greed and -
“Well tick tock Coyote? You’re not getting your movie. But I wont ask Judge Doom to dip you either – no matter how annoying you and your kind are.” The CEO turns to Bugs as well. “Tooned out is cancelled, Bye Bye Bunny is gone, I Can’t cancel Daffys movie, so your future as Looney Tunes lands on Daffy and Porky alone. You better hope people see it.”
“We can’t stop you from cancelling Toons,” says Bugs. "Do what you want with our careers. We all know were at the beck and call of the studio. But you leave Toon Town outta this,” frowns Bugs.
The loonatics stare at the two major Looney Tunes, standing beside one another, Wile E, his haunches on end and his teeth bared. “We’ll be bringing this up with The DC Heroes,” says Wile E. “Toon Town and Acme Acres – anything under the WB umbrella will be protected by WB Heroes. Including the Loonatics.”
“You’re free to go Doc,” says Bugs. “Your lackeys though? They get to face toon justice. They’re bound by our rules, not human ones.”
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