Plucky, Hampton and Buster spent most the next morning cleaning up leftover trash inside the Warner's water tower. Their ears were still ringing from the night before.
"Geez, how many beer cans can one of these guys drink?!" Plucky complained. He'd scooped up a pile of cans and tossed them into an already overflowing trashcan. "Who brought this stuff anyway?"
"Don't ask me, I didn't do it. This time." Buster replied with a yawn. The tower still reeked of alcohol, sweat, and dynamite.
The gang's broadcast of 'No Water In the Well' lasted just over 17 minutes. It stopped just a few minutes shy of 20 when someone intentionally clogged the toilet. The running water spilled into the filming equipment, shorting out the circuits and wiring. However, Jerry and Pigsty Party played one more song before the power went out. Much to the dismay of the crowd. By the time Mr. Plotz made it to the studio to stop the show, he was greeted to the sight of punks and metalheads leaving through the front gate.
"What do you think Plotz is going to do with the Warners?" Hampton asked. The three of them shuddered. The Warners were called in earlier in the morning for an immediate meeting with him. It was the reason they weren't here helping them out right now.
"I don't know, hopefully, the old bombshell will leave them in one piece" Buster replied.
As soon as he said that, the tower door opened. The Warners casually strolled into the tower as if nothing happened.
"You're alive, I mean your back!" Plucky exclaimed.
"So how'd it go?" Buster asked.
The Warners content smiles weakened just before Wakko opened his mouth.
"Well, it went okay."
"Plotz wasn't as mad as we'd thought he'd be" Dot added.
"But that's like saying an atomic bomb is better than a nuke. Both still explode, just like he did" Yakko commented.
"So, what happened?" Plucky pressed on. Yakko cleared his throat.
"To summarize in little words as possible. He wasn't happy with the show, said it didn't reflect the image of Warner Bros. or something like that. Turned out what we did was also illegal since we apparently violated several broadcasting codes and conditions in the process. And if we ever tried something like this again, we'd be banned from the studio for life." Yakko smiled as he finished explaining "So it went alright."
Plucky and Hampton strained as they began dragging an overstuffed garbage bag ready to burst across the floor.
"Well, at least we made a killing off that crowd last night! $5 for every person that came." Plucky stated.
"Yeah, about that" Dot spoke up. "Turns out public access is nonprofit, so we had to give it all away."
Plucky jaw dropped. "What?! To who?!"
"Half of it went to pay off Pigsty Party, the other half went to Plotz's people to cover collateral damage," Yakko said, wincing his fingers on the last two words.
"Oh, that's just great! I blame you for this!" Plucky grumbled, pointing a finger at Hampton. The pig tossed a can at him.
"Hey, the Pearl Jam thing was your idea!" Hampton spat. Both of them yelped when the bag they dragged burst at the seams. They stumbled and tripped onto the cans spilling onto the floor.
"So, what's the update with you and Babs?" Yakko asked Buster. The blue rabbit rubbed his forehead.
"I don't know! When I called her about the show, she said she'd tell me later." He groaned. "Oh, she probably hates it!"
"Typical! Girls. Get you all excited and then they leave you hanging" Plucky scoffed.
"I heard that banana beak!" A familiar female voice responded. Plucky blinked as he and the others looked behind him to see Babs Bunny leaning against the tower door. The pink rabbit's annoyed grimace turned into a perky grin.
"Hey, Babs!" Dot and Wakko greeted her.
"Hey, guys! Buster, I saw that whole thing!"
"Look, Babs, I can explain everything. I hope you're not mad about what happened. It was Plucky's…" Buster barely got to finish his sentence when Babs embraced him in a hug.
"What are you talking about!? That was the most hilarious birthday gift anyone's ever got me! Thank you!"
"Hilarious?" Yakko said while scratching his head. She nodded at him.
"Of course, anyone who could get you to sing sappy stuff like that has got to be a comedian!"
Buster adjusted the collar of his sweater; not letting on that this was not exactly the reaction he was hoping for. He chuckled.
"Oh, yeah. Yeah. What more can you expect from Bugs Bunny's star pupil?" he rebounded. The Warners simply rolled their eyes.
"What, no love for the singing heartthrob?" said Yakko, not pleased that he wasn't getting more credit.
"Get a hold yourself doc, guitarists always get first dibs!" Buster countered. "You know, I wonder how people saw it?
" Um, we looked into that."Dot interrupted. "There was Babs, Slappy, Walter, Beany, Bill Mallory, Baloney, Plotz, and he didn't say anybody else called about it, so that's it"
Buster and Plucky frowned at hearing this this
" What, so that's less than 10 people!" Plucky exclaimed.
"Pretty much" Wakko shrugged.
"That's it?! But what about all the people Plucky invited?! After all of that, almost nobody watched it?!" said Buster
"Of course not Buster! No one watches Public Access TV!" Babs laughed. She watched Buster's ears droop with disappointment. She then planted a tiny kiss on his cheek. "Except me though"
A goofy grin stretched across Buster's face. The blue rabbit moaned and babbled as he suddenly fell into her arms, his limbs turning into rubbery noodles.
"Plucky? Hampton? Can you help me out here?" Babs asked, struggling to hold him upright.
Plucky shook head before him and Hampton helped stand Buster on his two feet. They walked the incomprehensible rabbit out of the tower. "I'm not getting paid enough for this" he complained.
"But you aren't getting paid!" Hampton remarked.
"Exactly!"
When they were out of the tower, Babs gave a dreamy sigh.
"I couldn't have asked for a better boyfriend. See you later guys!" she waved a quick goodbye before leaving herself.
"How romantic" Dot sighed.
The Warners stood alone in the rubble that was once their humble abode. All the furniture that hadn't been damaged was squished against the walls of the tower. Buster's guitar and Yakko's bowtie were still hidden under the thin layer of trash that needed to be picked up. Out of the three propped camera stands used, only was still standing.
"Sure it is, but I think I'll speak for all us that this was a mistake. And we should keep this as a cold distant memory," said Yakko.
"Please! Speak for yourself" Dot replied.
"We still have the master tape," Wakko added.
"Exqueeze me?" Yakko blinked when his brother whipped out a videotape.
"We got it all on film, so we can relive this moment again and again…"
Right as he said that, the camera stand used for the show fell right onto his foot. The middle siblings howled with pain. Yakko took the tape and 'accidentally' tossed it down his brother's mouth and into the bottomless pit that was his stomach. Wakko swallowed it in one gulp.
Both siblings glared at him. Yakko simply shrugged. "Oops"
"Oh no! Can you get it out?!" Dot groaned, looking inside her brother's mouth.
"Sure, but we might have to wait for a while" Wakko replied. Yakko ignored that they were repeating an old joke and blew a kiss.
"Mwah! Goodnight everybody!"
If you've reached the end of this, congratulations! Hope you all enjoyed this! As much as I enjoyed writing this, I feel could have done better in a few spots. Then again, I'm rarely 100% satisfied with the final draft of any story I write. Trying to juggle all of these characters was tricky. For Buster's song, I had used Joe E. Jacksons song called Don't Ask Me" for inspiration. So, you can listen to that to get an idea of what the song sounds like.
Feel free to leave any comments/criticisms if you can. If you liked this, also feel free to check out my other stories such as "Gang of Four"(which is finally done) and "Lights Camera Cut!"
Thank you! Have a fantastic spring!