It was another day at Acme Loo, and the students were in the hallway, getting ready for their next classes.
Furrball & Fifi were at their own lockers, side by side, when they heard Calamity's voice call out.
"Hey guys!", the grey coyote shouted at the cat & skunk.
"What is it, Cal?", said Furrball.
"Come over here, I've got something to show you."
"Okay, be right zhere", Fifi replied as she & Furrball closed their lockers & hurried up to Calamity, who was with Buster, Babs, Shirley, Plucky, Hamton, Little Beeper, and Cosette.
"What's going on here?", Furrball asked.
"I have something to show you guys", Calamity replied as he pulled out a laptop.
"What is it?", Babs asked.
"Acme Acres will be hosting a brand new competition in a couple of months, and it's the first time this town will be hosting this specific sport."
"Oooh, which one?", Plucky asked before he changed into different outfits that are associated with his guesses.
"Rodeo? Water polo? Extreme shuffleboards?"
"Nope. Robot combat."
And with one press of a button, Calamity turned his laptop to the toons, where they saw a video of various robots in different sizes & shapes fighting each other.
There was a robot with a large vertical flywheel smacking into a 4-inch tall robot & sending it flying in a shower of sparks, another robot grabbing a plant-covered robot & lifting it completely off the ground, and another robot, with a demonic face & a devilish smile, spinning itself onto its side & upside-down.
"Wow!", exclaimed Buster. "Is this real?!"
"Yep, this is all 100% real."
"What is this?", Furrball asked.
"Eet's a show called 'Battlebots'", Cosette replied, "where people build zhese killer robots & fight zhem een an enclosed arena for money."
"Ooh, sounds tres exciting, no?", Fifi said.
"Yes eet eez, and Acme Acres will be holding their first ever robot combat competition here een a couple of months."
"Awesome", Shirley said, "like, I think it would be fun if we all built a robot & competed together as a team or some junk."
"That would be fun", said Calamity, "but there's only one problem."
"What's that?", asked Hamton. Calamity closed his laptop as he continued.
"The competition will be having 16 people from Acme Loo competing against 16 people from Perfecto Prep."
Little Beeper pulled out a sign that says, "Are you serious?"
"I'm dead serious. I already built my robot, and I'm working on Cosette's robot right now, so that makes 2 for Acme Loo. We need 14 more people to enter."
"Count me in!", exclaimed Furrball.
"Oui, me too", said Fifi.
"Okay, that's 4", Calamity replied. "Anyone else?"
"I want in", Plucky said.
"Like, so do I", Shirley responded.
"We don't want to be left out either", Buster said, referring to himself & Babs.
"Alright, what about you guys?", Calamity asked Hamton & Little Beeper.
"Well, umm", Hamton said as he scratched the back of his head, uncertain if he wanted to enter or not, "I don't know, I mean..."
Little Beeper elbowed Hamton & gave him a nod. After a moment, Hamton came up with his decision.
"Ah, what the heck. Might as well try something new."
"Excellent!", Calamity exclaimed. "So, that's 10. We need just 6 more people."
"Who else could we ask to join?", Furrball asked.
"Let's split up & look for someone who's interested in competing."
After Furrball & Fifi split from the group & spent a few minutes searching for someone to enter the robot competition, they came across Sweetie Bird & Lil Sneezer, who were having a conversation.
"Hey guys, how's it going?", Furrball spoke up.
"Hi Furrball", Lil Sneezer greeted.
"What are YOU doing here?", Sweetie scolded at the blue cat.
"Well, there's this robot tournament going on, and we need a few more people to join the event & represent Acme Loo."
"We already know about it", Sneezer replied.
"You do?", Fifi asked.
"Yeah. Sweetie & I were talking about what our robots will look like and...ahh...Ahhh..."
"Oh no", Furrball said as he & Fifi stepped back before he quickly concluded, "I'm glad you guys are entering, see you guys later, bye!"
The cat & skunk immediately fled for their lives as Sweetie flew up & away from the mouse.
"Ahhh...AHHHHHH...choo. Bless me."
"That's it?", Sweetie asked. "No hurricane of a sneeze?"
"Nope, not this time."
Meanwhile, Shirley was putting things away in her locker & getting ready for class. She closed her locker, and as she turned to head straight to class, she spotted Fowlmouth coming toward her.
"Hi Shirley", said the little chicken.
"Like, hello Fowlmouth. How are you?"
"Ah, dad-gum same ol', same ol'. I'll talk to you later."
"Okay, bye."
As the two parted, Shirley stopped in her tracks & quickly realized something.
"Fowlmouth, wait", she turned back, facing Fowlmouth again.
"What is it, Shirley?"
"Like, I want to ask you a favor."
"Anything, my dear."
"I was wondering if you can enter this robot contest with me or some junk."
"You mean, as a team?"
"No, I mean as a repesentative of Acme Loo. We're gonna be fighting against Perfecto Prep, and we need a couple more people."
"I'd like to join, but I don't have a dad-gum robot."
"It's okay, the competition is a couple months away. I'm sure you'll have time to build a robot or some junk."
"Really? Okay, I'll try my best."
"Anyway, gotta go. See ya."
As the two birds parted again, Shirley turned a corner & toward Calamity & Cosette.
"Now we got Fowlmouth", Shirley said to the coyote.
"Thanks, Shirley. I'll add him right now."
Calamity took out a notepad & wrote down Fowlmouth on a list of people entering the competition.
"We only need 3 more now", the coyote said.
"Who else could we ask?", Cosette replied.
"I don't know, but I'm sure we'll figure it out later."