Tower of Sorrow

Chapter 2 Home Attack

By: Major144

Disclaimer I do not own Courage the Cowardly Dog this is just a story for fun.

Miles away from the town of Nowhere there was a little farm. On the farm lived an old couple and their dog. The couple were Muriel and Eustace Bagge. The dog's name was Courage. In the kitchen Courage was helping Muriel make desert. Muriel was at the sink washing some plums.

"Ah Courage my Happy Plums can make anyone happy. Would you be a dear and put some wipe cream in each of the mugs?" Said Muriel.

Courage nodded and grabbed a bowl of whip cream and started putting it in three mugs. But he couldn't dived the whip cream evenly. Courage scratched his head in thought and licked some whip cream off the spoon. Feeling a little greedy Courage licked up the rest of the whip cream. Muriel fished the plums and turned around to see Courage with a whole lot of whip cream on his face.

"Courage did you eat all the whip cream?" Muriel scolded.

Courage smiled guiltily at Muriel showing a bunch of whip cream in his teeth.

"Oh never mind Courage I'll just make up a new batch of whip cream." Said Muriel with a smile.

Courage sighed with ease.

In the living room Eustace sat in his big arm chair looking board and annoyed. His newspaper had not arrived today, which annoyed him. He was watching TV when a special news alert came on.

"Muriel come quick there's a special report on TV!" Called Eustace.

Muriel and Courage came in and watched the TV. The local Nowhere newsman was on, but he didn't look like his chipper smiling self. Instead he looked kind of depressed and tired.

"Earlier today the town...of Nowhere fell under attack from a strange tower." Said the newsman as an image of Dr. Zalost's tower appeared on the screen. "That all for today and...I feel like going to bed." Said the newsman with a yawn as he fell to the ground off camera.

Muriel looked concerned, while Eustace looked annoyed.

"Blah. Blah. Blah. What about my paper?! I'll just get it myself!" Grumbled Eustace as he stood up and headed to the front door.

"Eustace it sounds dangerous out there! What about your Happy Plums?" Called Muriel.

Eustace just ignored her and went out used to his truck. He started the engine and headed towards town.

In Dr. Zalost's tower the unhappy scientist was wearing a robe and slippers as he ate ice cream in bed and watched TV. In one corner of the room Rat sat in a chair counting a stack of bills from the money they had received from the mayor. Zalost moaned and angrily threw the ice cream at the TV leaving a stain on the screen. Zalost had gotten the money he asked for, but he still felt unhappy.

"What's the point of having all the money in the world if it doesn't bring any happiness? If I'm not happy then no one is happy!" Declared Zalost.

Zalost looked over at Rat. The scientist was feeling incredibly unhappy tonight. There were only a few things that brought him joy. The unhappiness of others, plums, and a good hug. Zalost felt like a hug.

"Rat come here. Give me a hug. A hug usually calms me down." Said Zalost.

Rat sighed and walked over to Zalost. The scientist smiled and grabbed Rat and hugged him. Rat just hung from Zalost's hands not returning the hug. This made Zalost angry.

"You call this a hug?! What good are you if you can't even give me a real hug?! Get away from me! Get out of my sight!" Shouted Zalost as he put Rat down.

Just then the TV phone started beeping. Rat pulled out a remote a pressed a button. The scene on the TV changed to the face if the mayor, who glared at Zalost.

"Alright Zalost you have your money now return these miserable unhappy people back into miserable happy people!" Demanded the mayor.

"Maybe tomorrow or maybe never." Said Zalost.

"We had a deal Zalost!" Shouted the mayor.

"Well the money didn't make me happy and if I'm not happy then no one is happy! So there!" Snarled Zalost.

"We had a deal Zalost!" Shouted the mayor.

Zalost pushed a button on the remote and the screen turned off.

"Who does he think he is? People are so selfish! They only think of themselves!" Said Zalist as he slumped in his bed then he turned back to Rat with a small smile on his face. "Come on Raty I'll give you another chance. How about a hug." He said as he raised his arms for a hug.

Rat just sighed.

Meanwhile elsewhere in town Eustace had just stormed into the Nowhere News Print demanding a paper. All he got was sad depressed moans and complaints of tiredness. Eustace stormed out of the building, got into his truck, and peeled down the street.

"Stupid news! No newspaper! No newspaper! Bunch of lazy monkeys if you ask me!" Mutter Eustace.

So distracted was Eustace was with his rant, he didn't see the giant stationary treads of Zalost's tower until he was only a few feet away. Eustace saw them and quickly hit the breaks stopping a few feet from them. Eustace glared at the object in front of him. It was to dark for him to see the whole object, so all he saw was a large square shape. Eustace thought it was a van full of hippies.

"Get that pile of junk out of the road, you stupid hippies!" He shouted as he honked his horn.

Zalost walked out on the balcony of his room and looked down to see what was causing the ruckus. Rat joined him.

"Rat who is that person? You didn't miss hitting anyone?" Said Zalost.

Rat just sighed and shrugged his shoulders.

"You did! There's a happy person!" Shouted Zalost.

Eustace drove his car around the tower still honking and shouting. Zalost pulled out his telescope and watched Eustace drive all the way to a far off farm.

"If there's one happy person there must be more Rat. This time I want you to get them all. ALL OF THEM." Said Zalost as a frown crossed his face as he glared at the farm.

Eustace walked into the house finding Muriel sitting in her rocking chair watching TV.

"I'm glad your ok. Did you get your paper?" She asked.

"No lazy monkeys don't make papers! And some stupid kids parked their jeep in the middle of the road!" Complained Eustace.

"How lovely. Would you like your Happy Plums now?" Said Muriel.

Before Eustace could say anything the house started to shake. Muriel looked up.

"Courage stop running around! Your shaking the whole house! Called Muriel.

Upstairs Courage was chewing on a boot, when he felt the shaking. Courage looked out the window and saw Zalost's tower making it's way towards the house. Courage screamed in fright. Downstairs Eustace and Muriel walked out and gasped at the sight of the tower. Rat took his position at the cannon on the upper floor and fired. A Unhappy Cannonball raced towards Eustace.

"Eustace look out!" Cried Muriel.

"What the?" Shouted a confused Eustace as the cannonball hit him making a binging sound.

Nothing happened to Eustace, he looked at himself confused and glared at the tower.

"Stupid kids!" He shouted.

Rat looked at Zalost for an explanation.

"He must be immune to emotions." Explained the scientist. "Hit the round women!" He ordered.

Rat pointed the cannon and fired at Muriel. Courage ran downstairs just in time to see the cannonball race towards a screaming Muriel. Courage tried to jump and intercept the cannonball, but he was to late. The cannonball hit Muriel with a bing turning her skin green and making her slump in depression. Courage ran over to Muriel and grabbed her side. Eustace grabbed her other side.

"Muriel this is no time to be taking a nap." He said.

A cannonball flew in and hit Eustace, but had no affect on him. Eustace turned and glared at the tower.

"That dose it I'm getting me mallet." Said Eustace as he marched back into the house.

Courage lost his grip on Muriel and dropped her. Rat aimed the cannon at Courage and fired. Courage ran and dodged about just barely avoiding them. Finally Rat paused to reload. Courage ran over to Muriel lifting her over his head and ran into the house. Courage ran into the kitchen stuffing Muriel into a large draw and crawled underneath a sink. Rat fired at the house. Several cannonballs went through the house like ghost throughout the kitchen and living. After a few minutes it stopped.

Underneath the sink Courage pushed himself out of the pipe, he had been hiding in and let out a small sigh of relief, what ever was going on it was done for now. Outside the house Zalost surveyed the house from the balcony with his telescope looking for movement. Satisfied that he found none, he put his telescope away.

"I think we got them all." He said with a laugh, before turning to Rat. "Come on Rat lets go to bed and hug some more."

Rat just sighed at the two of them went back inside.

To be continued.