Here's Chapter 10. 'Nuff said.
DISCLAIMER: The characters Erin and Amanda belong to my friends, coopergal24 and DollGirl of DeviantArt. Jenny belongs to me. The rest of the characters belong to Hanna-Barbera.
In a large square, all the robots gathered together for an emergency meeting. Red Guy stood up in front of them and exclaimed, "ROBOTS! Listen up...it is a day of reckoning for all of us, and of course, it involves the Zoo itself. You see, those three girls--Erin, Jen, and Amanda by name--freed almost half of my exhibitions. They had talked to them, fed them, and caused them to revolt against my ruling system. And, if they go so far as to free the rest of the toons and shut this entire place down, I'M DOOMED! DOOMED, I TELL YOU!" He added, with a mischevious grin, "But this time, they won't be getting away with inciting mutiny at my zoo..."
The robots, getting the hint at what he's thinking, snickered. Then, one of them asked, "What are you going to do, Boss?"
"I know exactly what to do, my friends," answered the Red Guy, smirking smugly. "We're going to need the asisstance of all the NEW cartoon stars of Cartoon Network who hired me to jail the old H-B toons in the FIRST place! With them in our army, those silly girls and their friends won't stand a chance!"
"Negative. Suppose the girls and their friends call up on their old friends, and build up an army with them to fight us. What will we do when that happens?"
"Don't worry, boys. I'll know exactly what to do..." Suddenly smiling and holding up a pair of suitcases, he continued cheerily, "I'll take a vacation!"
The robots all sweatdropped at his unexpected reply. The Red Guy continued, "But of course, I won't be taking a real vacation--I want the girls to actually think I'm on a vacation! You guys just go back to your places, and I'll hide and wait for their return. They'll never know what hit them..."
And with that, he left to hide outside the Zoo, with the robots searching for places to hide in. Soon, the entire place was left without its cruel manager...a lucky change of fate for our favorite old toons. Or is it?
At the same time that the Red Guy left the Zoo, Erin, Jenny, Amanda, and their friends were down in the ground below. They followed Dyno-Mutt through an underground tunnel to the security station outside the premises. There, they met up with Blue Falcon, and Sargent Flint and Officer Dibble.
"Oh, boy, aren't we so glad to see you again, Dibble," said Top Cat, shaking the police officer's hand. "After all these years, you still look the same and better than ever."
"Same here, Top Cat," answered Officer Dibble. "But I have to make sure you're not up to any nasty tricks."
"I've changed! No conning, no scams, nothing! I'm a new cat!"
"Is that so?"
Jenny quickly stepped in and said, "Guys, there's no time for arguments. You have to team up together to help us fight back at the Red Guy, free all of the toons, and shut down that dirty old zoo!"
"And," added Erin. "We're gonna need a lot of other old Cartoon Network stars to join our group! And, uh, we're gonna need more policemen from your force, too."
Sargent Flint scratched his head. He said, "Are you sure that's gonna work?"
"You'll have to trust us," replied Snooper."Otherwise, we'd all be doomed to fail. And our pals will die if they don't have a chance to get out and enjoy their long-awaited freedom."
Sargent Flint and Officer Dibble thought for a moment. Then, Sargent Flint nodded and said, "Okay. We'll do it."
"I knew we could count on you," said Jenny with a smile.
Soon, Erin, Jenny, Amanda, and their friends returned to the Zoo with groups of policemen following them. But when they got to the manager's office to confront the Red Guy with an arrest warrant...he wasn't there. And there was a sign that said, "On vacation, will be back in 2 weeks". The naked crimson devil had flown the coop.
"That's odd," said Amanda. "He was here a while ago."
"And it looks like the robots are gone as well," said Huck, looking out the window.
Erin said, "He may be gone. But do you know what that means for all of us? It's our big chance to turn the tables on him--and I know only one way to do it..."
They went back to work freeing the rest of the toons that were still locked up in the zoo. Then they all gathered together in the same square that the Red Guy's robots had been long before.
"Toons!" shouted Erin through the megaphone. "We are gathered here today to tell you that the days of this infamous zoo are now numbered!"
The freed toons cheered. Erin continued, "With the Red Guy gone on a vacation and leaving the zoo in our care, we're going to give him the biggest surprise of his life. How? First, we'll gather all of our old friends from Cartoon Network's glory days, and bring them here to join us on the fight against Mr. Pantless. Then, we'll raze this place to the ground and have the Red Guy put away once and for all. And we'll all make sure that there will be no trace of any memories associated with the Zoo! No more rusty old bars! No more dirty cells! And best of all, NO MORE INJUSTICE!"
The toons cheered even louder. Erin, Jenny, and Amanda beamed proudly. Jenny shouted, "Well, what are you waiting for? LET THE REVOLT BEGIN!"
"REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION! REVOLUTION!" the toons chanted.
Unbeknownst to them, the Red Guy was behind one of the walls of the zoo, eavesdropping on the event. When he heard Erin mention something about enlisting some old friends in the army against the Zoo, he whispered, "So, they are building up an army against me! They want a revolution? We'll see about that!" He took out his whistle and blew on it loudly.
The robots that had been hiding secretly in the zoo immediately came out and cornered the girls and the toons. The Red Guy strolled back in, a smug smile on his face. He said, "You girls really think I'm gone after all, huh?"
"You again!" said Jenny.
"Yes, it's me," he continued. "Your beloved manager. And just to make it simple, I'M TERRIBLY OUTRAGED! You came up with the biggest blow to my zoo's lustrous renown by letting the rest of my star attractions escape from their cells, and inciting them to mutiny against me! Now, you're going to pay..."
"No," answered Snooper. "It's you that's going to pay! So, you might as well put your hands up in the air!"
He gestured to the police squads, who pulled out their guns and pointed them at the Red Guy. But the Red Guy just chuckled and said, "You crack me up. You think taking me to jail, locking me up, and throwing away the key will solve your problem? I think not. Oh, robots!"
Two robots stepped forward. Pointing to Snooper, the Red Guy continued maliciously, "Take out that worthless feline private-eye!"
Jenny gasped in shock. Snooper tried to run, but the robots grabbed him and brought him over to the Red Guy. Snooper shouted, "You're not the boss of us toons! Will and Joe are the true bosses, and they have been so since--"
His speech was interrupted by the Red Guy grabbing his throat and squeezing it. The Red Guy muttered sternly, "You have to remember that as long as this zoo stands, I'm in charge. And if you and your chums have a problem with that, I will take pleasure in dipping all of you into a vat of 'The Dip'--courtesy of the late Judge Doom himself..."
A flash from Jenny's camera caught the Red Guy's attention. He shouted, "HEY! Which one of you worms snapped a picture?"
"It was me," Jenny answered, boldly holding up a photo of the Red Guy strangling Snooper. "And it's going to go into all the newspapers in the world. Once your devious plan is exposed, you have nowhere else to go to except prison!"
"Get rid of that photo, or I'll strip this kitty cat of all of his nine lives!"
"Okay. I'll get rid of it...by giving it to someone who has as much compassion for toons as we do."
She whistled. Almost instantly, the bright golden balls of light (that's Will Hanna and Joe Barbera, folks!) instantly appeared. The Red Guy stared in shock. Jenny contiued, talking to the light spirits, "Will, Joe...will you be so kind as to bring this photo to show to Mrs. Snooper?"
"Of course, Jen," said Will, taking the photo and floating away with Joe floating after his friend. The Red Guy ran after the two spirits, trying to reach out and grab the photo. But Will and Joe had already left the zoo, the photograph still in their possesion. Then, he turned to the girls and the toons, burning in anger. He murmurred, "Robots..."
"Yes, Boss?" the robots answered.
"TAKE THOSE FOOLS TO THE SEWER DUNGEON! AND THIS TIME, DO NOT LET THEM ESCAPE! I'll find a way to get rid of them tomorrow..."
The robots grabbed Erin, Jenny, Amanda, and their friends, and dragged them away. Jenny whispered to Erin, "Well, if we can't shut this zoo down, the power of the public will. I just asked Will and Joe to send the photograph to Mrs. Snooper."
"Cool," replied Erin. "Who's Mrs. Snooper, anyway?"
Snooper answered, "The one person who cares more about the toons of old rather than the newbies...me dear old mother."
"Your mom?!"
"Correct. Ma doesn't like it when I get tossed around and bullied a lot. The same for my friends, too. And, if she sees the evidence of the Red Guy choking me, she'll make him wish he was never born."