WHOOSH!!
Calamity's jet- engined scooter storms by the cactuses and sand dunes in the vast desert accelerating over 100mph! After weaving his way through narrow Canyon crevices, He approaches a massive hill; after he stops momentarily to rub the sand and debris from his eyes, he spots Wile. E's cottage in the distance. Calamity smiles, Puts his helmet back on and selects speed 9 from his 8 speed scooter. (It was only meant for 8!) He flies downhill at, eagerly wanting to tell his friends of today's events, as he heads within 30 feet of Wile E's front door step, his scooter starts to malfunction, sputtering and coughing its way along. The jets suddenly break off from the board; it rides on the ground leaving a trail of sparks heading towards the front door. Calamity tries steering to avoid the impact, but the handlebars shear off!
Calamity looks towards the screen and holds up a 'yikes' sign.
CRASH!!!!
Wile E. Coyote, who's reading a copy of the bestselling novel Feefzilla: queen of the Monsters; hears the seismic impact!
Wile E.: My word, what was that!
He sets the book down and walks towards the front; he sees a coyote shaped imprint on the door, "Oh calamity." He sighs, He opens it and sees his whole front yard scattered with the debris of one acme Hover scooter he had assembled earlier today! Calamity is on the ground bruised and broken all over Holding up a sign saying "Ouch!"
Wile E: Calamity, You've got to be more careful, young lad! Or else you'll end up retiring early, like I did.
Calamity gets up, dusts off his shoulders and pulls out another sign:
"I'm sorry about your front yard, but there's something I gotta show ya!"
Wile E.: What is it my friend?
Calamity races into the house and goes directly towards the garage, where he finds Duncan adjusting the carburetor on his Camaro. Calamity holds up a sign saying "Duncan, come quick I've gotta show you something," but to no avail, Duncan while working on the car; blasts LP's Don't stay over his MP3's headphones. Wile E. comes in and states "Yes I know, Calamity He's off in his own world again with that confounded rock music of his; that's old news, Calamity." "No no, that's not it at all," Another sign reads as calamity gets frustrated.
Calamity Hits Duncan over the head with the sign, He turns off the music and looks down at the angered coyote.
Duncan (removing his headphones): Hey what's the big Idea Calamity?
Calamity writes out another sign:
"Good now that I finally have your attention, Follow me into the Living room, please."
The blue coyote runs off into the living room and turns to channel 5 on the 18" plasma screen TV. The elder Coyote and the spiky-haired reploid follow.
Wile e sits in his armchair while Duncan pulls out a regular chair and sits on it backwards.
Wile E.: Oh great the news is on! I wonder what's going on tonight? Maybe they'll show my piece on the lecture I gave at the WB convention!
Duncan: Nice TV, Wile E. I should get one!
Calamity holds up a sign saying "SHHH!"
Live from Warner Brothers Studios: THIS IS KACME 12:00 NEWS!
A TV graphic appears behind the anchor saying "BRAWL AT THE MALL!"
Hello folks I'm Stan, Sheepdog reporting with the top story tonight. An apparent fight broke out At the Acme Mall; our local correspondent Julie Bruin reports:
Thanks Stan, I'm at the scene right now; as you see there's all sorts of damage around here. I've never covered a story as violent as this before. I interviewed several eye witnesses saw the action firsthand.
"Yeah Dude this one robot was like, a rooster, and the other looked like a jet pilot, and like they were totally thrashing each other!"
"Hey check it out man I'm on TV!"
Scenes of Rooster and Maddox's fighting each other appear on the screen. Courtesy of the Malls Security Cameras.
Duncan gasps at the sight of Maddox. He flies out of his chair, pushes Calamity aside to view the TV up close.
Duncan (animated): Oh my god! MADDOX! Rooster!
Wile E: My Goodness!
"Yeah it was like brutal! How they like tore everything around the mall and that rooster had flames coming out of his head."
"Yeah and the one dude had like his arm broke by that other guy!"
"It was cool!"
Scenes of Maddox's Arm being shattered by Rooster appear on TV.
Duncan is stunned.
"Other witnesses and several locals say that a black SUV sped away from the scene upon APD's Arrival. They say it was local movie star Johnny pew and his model girlfriend with the alleged rooster who were inside the vehicle; the only victim was the other robot harmed in the altercation, he disappeared shortly undetected according to local witnesses.
Duncan (in thought): I've seen that SUV Before…..
"He just flew away; we didn't see where he went."
"I have no idea where he ees, honestly!"
"Its all Johnny's Fault, Why don't ya Interview him!"
"Don't look at me! I just came here to go shopping; I don't know what's going on!"
No arrests were made tonight but a full scale investigation by APD is underway. Based off of the witness statements taken; Johnny Pew is currently the main suspect in this case, Tyras Tapir, Acme malls owner had this to say:"
"I would formally like to apologize to everyone who saw today's events; I will be filling out a report and cooperating with the police in the investigation.Thanks to Johnny Pew and that bloke of his , this incident scared away loyal customers; I'll see to it that movie stars is brought to justice!"
Well that's been the story down here at Acme Mall, Back to you, Stan.
In other news the ATHF movie will feature……
Calamity shuts the TV off.
Duncan (clinching his fists): Rooster…..
He sits on his knees staring down at the floor; Thoughts encircle his mind as to what's happened….
Calamity (writing out more signs): "I saw everything!"
Wile E.: No wonder you were so serious, this is horrible! Where did Maddox go?
Calamity: "From my viewpoint, he flew over northwest region of the city, probably towards the Subdivisions."
Wile E.: Where would he go to the suburbs for? What do you think Duncan? Um…. Duncan?
CREAKKKK!!!!
Duncan's Metal shifting power causes hairline Cracks to form all over the metal instruments and walls inside of Wile E.s home," I knew something was going on!" Duncan Growls; He punches the floor leaving an imprint of his fist; he Arises to his feet with the look of a cold- hearted Marine.
Wile E.: Take it easy now, Duncan! You must control your anger! I don't want to remodel this place again!
Calamity jumps frighteningly into Wile E.s Arms.
Duncan: I'm sorry about that Wile E.; but Dynamo had something to do with this, I know he did.
Wile: E: So that character is the architect of all this is he? Hey wait, where are you going?
Duncan walks off to Wile E.s Laboratory; He goes inside an elevator next to a separate area by all of his experiments. He selects a button on the keypad and descends to the second floor. As the doors open, He walks out into a dark room lit only by the crystals on his body.
"Let there be light!" He says after clapping his hands; hundreds of halogen lights spiral around the ceiling of the room; It's a futuristic laboratory renovated with machined walls and floors. Other machining equipment, Computers, Metals and other precision tools are seen along the shelves and inside glass cabinets. Duncan looks at all of this with a grin of satsisfaction.
Both Calamity and Wile E. emerge from the elevator.
Wile .E: The time has come apparently for you to take action.
Calamity (holding up a sign): "All that hard work we put in last week sure paid off."
Duncan: Way past time.
Duncan walks over to one of the computers and enters a numeric code; a case hydraulically emerges from a floor tile next to the workbench. It opens automatically to reveal 8 razor sharp helical cut gears.
Wile .E: So this is what you worked on, very creative!
Duncan: Lightweight, titanium alloy gears designed specifically for combat!
Duncan changes his left arm into the Gear buster, he starts loading it gear by gear.
Calamity (holding up another sign): Oh so like ninja stars, cool!
Duncan: Exactly. So just by chance Calamity, Did you happen to catch where that SUV headed?
Calamity: (holding up a sign) "I'm not sure but it looks like they're connected to Perfecto Prep. I saw their logo on the SUV as it drove away. But I do know that Johnny pew was involved with that rooster looking robot."
Duncan: Interesting. Where can I find this Johnny Pew at?
Calamity hands a flyer to an event that's being held at the downtown Acme Convention center;
DJ Dingo Studios Presents: The Rave in the Cave: With special Guests Johnny Pew and Minerva Mink. From 7:00pm to 2:00am, music, games, girls, food, everything a rave should be! Only toons 14 and older allowed inside.
Duncan: Hmm…Looks like we'll be going out tomorrow, Calamity; I need to have a talk with this Johnny Pew character.
The Desert- Saturday 7:00am
The sun shines brightly over the Canyon ridges in the vast desert. All 3 get up to have breakfast and meet outside the front garage.
Duncan: Thanks for your help, Wile. E. I couldn't have done this without you; Okay lets head out Calamity!
Wile E.: No Duncan I should thank you, for introducing me to a level of unparalleled technology and engineering light-years beyond this time!
Duncan: No problem! Now if you'll excuse me, I have business to tend to.
Calamity (holding a sign)"Aren't you forgetting something Duncan?"
Duncan: Yeah, yeah you've told me a million times already! So, Step aside then, if you would.
Duncan closes his eyes and starts a transformation; Rays of light emerge from his body crystals as he changes from a reploid into a toon animal just like Calamity! He's now a Spikey haired grey and black raccoon wearing a black crew cut T-shirt standing at 3'3 tall previous to his 6'7 frame.
Wile E: That gets more impressive every time I see that, Duncan.
Duncan: Thanks to that DNA copying Ability, (equipped with all of us new generaton reploids) I can change into any creature I see. And by the way my name is Riley, remember. Riley the Racoon.
Wile E: Right, Don't go too crazy, Duncan. Err I mean, Riley.
Riley: I won't.
Duncan now Riley opens up Wiley's Garage door; inside there are acme rockets, explosives and Roadrunner traps, not to mention some parts of a Giant mechanical Coyote Wile E. Built once. But What Riley was eying was the Black and Silver Pinstriped 69' 429 Camaro he had recently been working on.
Riley: She's a beauty isn't she, Calamity?
Calamity: "Indeed!"
Calamity and Duncan hop in; Riley pushes in the clutch and turns the key bringing the legendary muscle car to life. As he rolls out onto the driveway, Wile E. remembers something important he forgot to mention to Duncan about his new put on Fursona.
Wile E. Rushes over to the rumbling muscle car; he signals Riley to roll the windows down.
Wile E.: Riley, I forgot to mention to you, Most of Calamities friends are between 13- 14 years old, Even though you're older then them, everyone will assume you're their age!
Riley: (smirking) Don't worry, Wile. E. I'll Manage.
Calamity (holding up a sign):" I'm sure he'll figure something out"
Riley: (revving the engine): Later!
The tires squeal leaving behind a plume of smoke as both toons speeds off into the desert. "God speed Duncan, I wish you the best of luck; for there is something rotten in the state of Acme Acres."
End of 99: ASCENT