Once the toons, minus Furrball, returned to the stands, they spotted Pussycat entering the arena on all 4 wheels, armed with the two-toothed disc.
"PUSSYCAT!"
The toons cheered for Sweetie, before Fluffy entered from the opposite entry gate.
"FLUFFY!"
The toons booed at Orson's robot, who spun up its blades briefly, making sure they were working.
"ROBOTEERS, STAND BY!"
"So we have Pussycat, with the deadly spinning blades, driven by Sweetie Bird from Acme Loo, and Fluffy, also with deadly spinning blades, under the controls of Orson Otter from Perfecto Prep. Sgt. Bash is in the arena as our House Robot, and alongside is Shunt, the bulldozing bully."
"Hey guys", Furrball greeted, making his way to his friends. "Am I late?"
"Non", Fifi replied, "you are just een time."
"Where were you?", Sneezer asked Furrball.
"I was fixing my robot", the blue cat replied. "I broke one of the drive motors."
The toons then turned to the arena as the fight started.
"3...2...1...ACTIVATE!"
"Let's see what Pussycat can do against the spinning blades of Fluffy here."
Pussycat charged forward & stopped, bringing the spinning disc down to the floor, while Fluffy spun up its weapon at the same time.
Sweetie drove her robot around Fluffy, wondering how she's gonna attack the Perfecto Prep representative.
Pussycat then charged head-on toward Fluffy, and the latter sent Sweetie's robot flying across the arena & on its side.
"Pussycat going for an attack, but Fluffy with the blades, tossing the cat aside! That's 1 of the 9 lives gone from the cat!"
With her robot on its side, Sweetie was struggling to get Pussycat right-side up. Eventually, Pussycat rolled back onto its wheels, but its now upside-down, which means the disc is spinning downward.
Sweetie then steered her robot around the arena & after Fluffy, who faced toward Pussycat. The next hit resulted in both weapons making contact, and Pussycat's disc shattered into three pieces. Each piece flew in different directions, one of them flying to & getting embedded into the ceiling.
"Pussycat coming in again, and the disc has shattered! Pussycat lost his main weapon! What is Sweetie Bird gonna do now?"
The toons looked on in worry. With no weapon on Pussycat, they all feared that Sweetie would lose the fight.
"Come on, Sweetie!", Furrball shouted. "Don't give up!"
Pussycat, with no disc, ran away from Fluffy, who drove over the flame jet, which bathed Fluffy in flames.
Pussycat then steered toward Fluffy & took another hit, getting tossed aside as the castor under Sweetie's robot got ripped apart.
"Fluffy with another hit, showing no mercy to the machine from Acme Looniversity!"
With the castor mostly gone, whatever's left of it was dragging along the floor as Pussycat moved around. But whenever Pussycat tried to drive forward, the remains of the castor would dig into the floor & prevent Pussycat from moving forward. So, as of this moment, Pussycat can only drive backwards.
"Is there a problem with Pussycat here? He only moving in reverse gear. I'm not too sure whether it's the damage caused by Fluffy, or if it's mechanical issues."
Pussycat then reversed into the spinning blades of Fluffy, then got smacked aside again, losing a wheel & landing on its side.
"Pussycat is in all sorts of trouble here! I think Fluffy has the upper hand of this battle!"
With Pussycat on its side & only one wheel moving it in a circle, Fluffy approached Sweetie's crippled robot with its weapon reaching full speed.
Then, all of a sudden, Fluffy slowed to a halt as its spinning blades started slowing down.
"Fluffy, going in for the kill, looking to finish off the cat. The blades spinning...Fluffy? Fluffy? What's going on here? He stopped moving!"
As Pussycat continued spinning on the spot, Shunt came in & used its scoop to lift Pussycat right-side up, onto its two intact wheels & castor, as Fluffy started smoking.
"Something has gone wrong with Fluffy here. AH! I see smoke! Something has burned out inside of Fluffy! Well, it looks to me Pussycat now has this battle in his paws!"
Refbot then approached the immobile Fluffy as Pussycat pressed the pit release tire. The pit opened up just as Refbot's timer reached 10.
"Fluffy is gone! Oh goodness me, I can't believe this! Fluffy was dominating this entire fight, then all of a sudden, he's ground to a halt! What a major disappointment!"
Sgt. Bash went up to Fluffy & grabbed the immobile robot with its front claw, then dragged the Perfecto Prep representative to the arena flipper.
Once the House Robot released its grip & backed off, the floor flipper fired & sent Fluffy flying, before Orson's robot landed & bounced into the pit. Jonathan then burst into laughter.
"Hole-in-one for the arena flipper! And victory for Pussycat, who will be going through here, in a major turn of events! But Sweetie has a lot of damage to repair before the next fight."
"CEASE!"
The toons cheered loudly with the crowd, as Craig appeared & spoke up.
"What an unbelievable battle! Fluffy's been doing all the hard work, but ends up overworking himself! Pussycat is victorious!"
The crowd cheered again as the toons cheered along in celebration.
The toons waited in the pits for Sweetie & Pussycat to appear, but Orson & Fluffy appeared first.
"Orson", Philippa greeted as she kneeled next to the blue otter. "What happened out there? You were in control of the match, then all of a sudden you stopped moving."
Orson replied, "Yeah, it was because of a little muck-up I made. I drove over the flame jet & burned out my speed controller."
Philippa gasped & said, "Oh no! That's so sad!"
"I know, it sucks."
"But I hope you had a good time here at the Acme Acres Robot Rumble."
"I did, and I hope to come back again."
"We hope to see you again too."
As Orson pushed Fluffy back to his pit table, Sweetie & Pussycat appeared, both being carried by their pit crew, as the toons cheered upon their arrival.
"There you are, Sweetie", Philippa said as Sweetie jumped off of her robot & flew up to Philippa. "What took you so long to exit the arena?"
"I was trying to get all the pieces of my spinning disc", Sweetie replied. "One of them was stuck in the ceiling."
"In the CEILING?"
"Yep. Someone had to get up to it in a cherry picker to pull it out."
"That's unbelievable. What's even more unbelievable is that, despite the damage you've taken, you're through to the quarter-finals. Congratulations."
"Thank you", Sweetie replied as the toons cheered again. Once Philippa stood & left, Sweetie flew back to her robot & sat down on top, as the crew resumed carrying her & Pussycat back to their pit table.
"Good job, Sweetie", Babs said.
"Thanks guys", the pink bird replied. "I thought for sure I was gonna lose."
"Like, so did we", Shirley commented. "We were all quite worried."
Furrball then asked, "Do you need help with repairing your robot?"
"Nah, I'm good", Sweetie said. "But thanks for the offer."
"Okay. Good job out there."
Furrball extended his hand to Sweetie for a shake. Sweetie looked at Furrball's hand, but the blue cat hoped he wouldn't be rejected again.
However, after what happened before the 2nd round started, when Furrball helped Sweetie with her robot, and how he offered to help her again just now, Sweetie is starting to trust Furrball, finally believing that he has, in fact, changed.
Slowly & cautiously, Sweetie reached out to Furrball's hand, and they both shook. Furrball smiled as that happened, knowing that he's earned Sweetie's trust.
"Thanks, Furrball", the pink bird said, smiling back.
"I told you that you can trust me."
The cat & bird smiled as Sweetie & Pussycat are being carried back to their pit area. Just then, Bert appeared, pushing Killerhurtz to the arena.
"Hey, Porky", Bert called out to Hamton.
"Uh, my name is Hamton", Hamton replied. "Porky Pig is my mentor."
"Whatever your name is, you're up."
Hamton made a face of shock upon hearing that.
"Rats! I forgot!"
"Better hurry, pal", Plucky said. Hamton quickly stormed to his pit table to get Behemoth ready, while the rest of the toons headed back to the stands.
Jonathan spoke up as the battle board appeared, crossing out "FLUFFY".
"What a surprise there! Fluffy is gone after doing major damage to Pussycat, who's going through here. Next up is Behemoth against Killerhurtz, the only robot left from Perfecto Prep!"
