Chapter Ten: Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
"This sucks *cough* boss." I heard Wheezy complain, throwing another cigarette into the sewer water. That's right, The Judge wanted to find the rabbit, but he wanted us to start in the sewers. We also had to get rid of the cab that we had in the back to the van, but we were focusing on the rabbit first. "Agreed, but da boss wants us to do it." Stupid tapped his bat on the ground, "Duh…so you do everything he tells you to?" I nodded, looking around, "Of course, and who wants to say otherwise!" I turned around and shoved the barrel of my gun into Stupid's nose. He shook his head rapidly, before backing down. I gazed over the other weasels, each looked away in fear. Suddenly up top I heard two voices, one sounded like Valliant's. I signaled to Psycho and Greasy to give me a hand. We pushed up the manhole cover with our heads. I had just caught them talking about the rabbit, before running off. I gasped, "The rabbit!" I turned to Greasy, "get the judge." He sneered, getting down and running off to find the Judge. Meanwhile, we climbed out of the sewers and waited for them to come back. Wheezy lit up a cigarette. I myself felt like a cigar, I pulled out one from my pocket. Suddenly I heard plates crashing in the bar, just as the Judges car rolled up.
He stepped out of the passengers and Greasy came out from the driver's seat. The Judge smirked as he got up to me, "Well Sargent, let's get some rabbit dip." We walked into the bar. I had my hand on a switchblade I hid in my jacket, just in case anyone tried anything funny, plus I accidentally left my pistol in the van. We stepped into the bar, all the humans looked towards the Judge, who smiled, "I'm looking for a murderer." Everyone looked at us as we came up the stairs; I adjusted my suit, Wheezy coughing in the background. The Judge looked around, us following closely "A rabbit!" No one answered, too afraid to move. The Judge walked over to a chalk board, erasing a special meal, "Chips and Dip" using a man's sleeve. Using the chalk he rewrote the special so that it read out, "Rabbit Dip." Suddenly a greaseball sitting at the bar started speaking, "I think I've seen a rabbit." The Judge walked over to the human, leaning closer, "Where?" The man laughed, putting his arm around the air. "Say hello, Harvey." He began laughing, along with some other men. The Judge did nothing but stare, smiling at the last second. This caused all the men to shut up and shiver. Suddenly a scratch was heard. The judge looked over, grabbing the record, and reading the label.
"Merry-Go-Round broke down…an interesting tune for a bunch of drunkards." He then sniffed the record. Odd... but it seemed to help. As I puffed out some smoke from my cigar, the Judge's eyes lit up. "He's here!" He tossed the record, straight into Stupid's jaws. Psycho began giggling, followed by the rest. Even I lost it, dropping my cigar. The Judge turned to me, "Stop that laughing!" He walked over and hit me over the nose, sending me flying back into a table, breaking it in half. He walked over to me, "Have you forgotten what happened last time? If you don't stop this laughing, you're gonna end up DEAD just like your idiot, hyena cousins!" I got up, adjusting my suit, of course it hurt, but I blamed myself for losing it. Then a thought hit me, "Say Boss, you want us to disressemble the place?" He smiled, "No Sargent, disassembling the place won't be necessary. The rabbit will come to me. No Toon can resist the shave and a haircut trick." I shuttered, knowing that I might not be able to resist as well. He began tapping on the wall, Tap-tap-a-tap-tap. My leg started shaking and I tapped my foot. I whispered to myself, "Two Bits." He finally came up to this wall with a socket. He tapped on it, singing slightly, "a shave and a haircut trick." Suddenly, the wall behind him exploded with a bang. There stood Roger Rabbit, the one that cost me my job at R.K. Maroon Studios. "TWO BITS!"
The Judge grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up. I nudged Greasy after seeing Valliant in the wall and we walked up to him, pointing our knives at him. I looked back to the Judge, still holding my knife at the human, "Hey Judge, what should we do with the wall flower?" The Judge turned around, "We'll see to him later, right now, I feel like an execution." He turned to Stupid, "Get me some Dip!" Before we knew it, Judge popped off the lid off the barrel. The musky smoke filled the air. The chocking rabbit began struggling; the Judge chuckled, looking him in the eye, "Any last words?" The rabbit nodded, "Well I uh….Gah!" The rabbit shut up as the Judge tightened his grip on his neck. He held him over the Dip barrel, turning him upside down and shoving him towards it. Suddenly Valliant spoke up, "Hey Judge!" The Judge stopped, looking at Valliant. "Shouldn't you give the man his last rights?" The rabbit shivered, "Yeah, nose p-p-plugs would be nice!" The detective held up a shot glass, "I think you want a drink." I looked at Wheezy, who was switching out cigarettes. He looked at me and shrugged, we both turned back to the argument that had started between them. Suddenly the rabbit grabbed the glass and began yelling, "Listen pal, when I say I want the drink, I want the drink." He then gulped it down. Then strange things began to happen. The rabbit went green and twitching. I backed up, getting ready to fight, as Valliant jumped over the bar. The rabbit jumped up and began making a train whistle noise. Greasy was the first one to encounter Valliant. He grabbed his switchblade in an attempt to stab him. He was stopped short as the detective punched him in the jaw, sending him flying into a table. Stupid came up behind him with his bat raised, but Valliant was quicker, punching him in the chest. Stupid flew back, knocking the Judge, and the bar attendants over. Psycho walked up to him, threatening him with his razor. Valliant grabbed the bar table and kicked him in the jaw. Psycho flew back with a yelp and crashed into a table, breaking it. Wheezy, who forgot to bring ammo with him, readied his fist and charged at the detective. Valliant picked up a chair and slammed it into Wheezy, causing him to go stiff with pain and fall backwards. "Enough of dis dumb game." I muttered to myself, getting ready to fight Valliant.