Chapter 3: Stealing the Talents
(Insert "That's The Way [I Like It]")
Up on the surface world, it was nighttime outside of Madison Square, New York City. There was heavy traffic cause everybody was attending the basketball game that was happening at the place. It was between the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns. Among one of the players on the Phoenix Suns team was Charles Barkley. He currently had the ball and shot it into the hoop, scoring for his team. The New York Knick fans booed. The Nerdlucks were present too, wearing a trench coat and a hat. They bumped into some of the people as they tried to find a seat.
"Excuse me. Oh so sorry," said Bang. "Excuse me," said Nawt. They sat next to a woman and man. "Ow! Get your feet out of my nose!" said Bupkus. "Quiet, they're looking," said Nawt, shushing to Bang and Blanko. "Hey, it's basketball," said Nawt. "Where?" asked Bang, opening up part of the coat so they could see. "Whoa, now what?" asked Blanko. The Knicks scored and the crowd cheered. Unfortunately for the Nerdlucks, the woman next to them was looking at them now. "Hey Hey!" said Nawt. "What, What?" asked Pound. "She's looking again," said Nawt. "Close it up. Close it up," said Bang. The aliens then closed up the coat. "Tightly," said Blanko. "You poked me again!" groaned Bupkus. The woman turned to her husband. "Sweetheart?" asked the Woman. "What?" asked the Woman's Husband. "I thought you were gonna get better seats this year," said the Woman. "This is as good as I could get," said the Woman's Husband. "This guy next to me is doing something very weird in his raincoat," said the Woman. "Honey, will you just let me watch the game? Barkley's killing us!" said the Woman's Husband, sounding annoyed.
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Bang opened up the coat again. "Hey, someone's killing someone," said Bang quietly. "Nah. seriously?" asked Blanko. "Wow a killer. Let me see," said Pound, looking out from the hat. Nawt then spotted Charles Barley. "There, that's him the killer! He's big," said Nawt, pointing. "He's good," said Blanko. Pound pushed Blanko aside, smiling evilly. "He's mine!" said Pound. He then closed the jacket. "Okay, go get him, Pound," said Nawt. "Yeah, watch out," said Pound. The woman looked at them again, as the coat lowered down. She jumped up from her seat startled. Pound came out from under the coat, changing into pink ooze. He oozed onto the court after Charles Barkley. Once he got close enough, Pound launched into Charles Barkley's nose and went inside his body as the crowd gasped in shock. He twitched as Pound came out his body, he felt dizzy as goes back to his teammates.
(Insert "Upside Down ['Round-N-'Round])
"Come on, get back on defense. Come on. Get back on "D", man!" said a Phoenix Suns player to Charles. Knicks Patrick Ewing scored a point and the crowed cheered. The Suns' coach, Paul Westphal saw what happened to Charles Barley and stood up from his chair. "What are you doing?" asked Paul. Charles Barkley waved his hands wanting the ball, but one of the players scored and missed. "Time-out! Call a time-out!" called Paul. "What's wrong with you, man? You're killing us!" said another player to Charles.
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Pound in his ooze form oozed back toward the Nerdlucks' seat. "Okay, let him in open up," said Nawt. "Open," said Blanko. The ooze went back into the coat and into a basketball the Nerdlucks brought with them. "Wow! He did it!" said Bupkus. Pound came out of the basketball, back to normal. The basketball was starting to radiate with some strange energy. "I got it! I got his talent!" said Pound, pointing to the basketball. "All right!" said Bang. "Super," said Blanko.
Back at the court, Charles Barkley had to sit out of the rest of the game and was upset about it. "Sit down, Chuck," said Paul. "Hey, man I'm fine! I am fine!" said Charles as he grabbed a towel. "No, no, no, no. I'm playing you too many minutes," said Paul. "I'm not tired!" said Charles. "Go get the doctor," said Paul to an assistant coach. Patrick Ewing scored a slam dunk again. But not long after that, Bang came to the court in ooze form and toward Patrick. Like what Pound did to Charles, Bang entered through Patrick Ewing's nose and went inside his body. He twitched around as Bang exited out of his body with his stolen talent. Patrick's concerned teammates check on him.
"What's up man? You all right?" asked Knicks Player #1. "Yeah," said Patrick. "You sure?" asked Knicks Player #2. "Come on, we're okay, We're okay. You're all right. Come let's go," said Knicks Player #2. The referee blew the whistle and tossed the ball to Patrick. But instead catching the ball, it hit Patrick Ewing in the chest. All the other players looked at him in confusion. "Come on, Patrick it's showtime," said the referee. He tossed the ball again. Patrick tried to catch it, but he missed again. The crowd looked at him with worry. He got ready to shoot the ball into the hoop. He looked at the hoop and then he throws the ball a little too high and it went flying into the stands it hits the popcorn vendor, causing him to fall down and spill popcorn everywhere.
It wasn't long before what happened at New York hit the news on TV. Among one of the TVs that was playing the news was at a hotel room where recently retired NBA player, Michael Jordon was staying at. He was now doing baseball. "In a shocking development, five NBA players have been placed on a disabled list in the last twenty-four hours, all suffering from the same mysterious ailment. Whatever this mystery is, it seems to have a devastating affect on the player's coordination. Watch Patrick Ewing," said Ahmad Rashad. Michael Jordon was talking to his family on the phone. "Yeah, I'll be home in a couple of days. Put your mom on the phone," said Michael. It was at that moment that Michale noticed the news and saw Patrick Ewing getting hid on the head by the ball. It also showed Charlotte Hornets' players, Larry Johnson and Muggsy Bogues.
"Hey baby, how you doing? You watching TV?" asked Michael. "It wasn't just here in New York, that's really frightening about it. Check out Muggsy Bogues and Larry Johnson at the Highlands," said Ahmad. Michael continued watching as he drank from a McDonald's Soda. Muggsy Bogues was twitching around as the 76er's player steal the ball and run to the hoop. "What the hell's going on!?" asked the Coach angrily. "You all right, Larry?" asked a Hornets Player. "I'm ready coach, sure all right," said Larry. He tried to drink water, but it spilled all over him. "Looks like I retired just in time," said Michael to himself. Just then, he heard a knock on the door. "All right, baby. I gotta go, I'll call you later? Love you bye," said Michael. Micheal hung up the phone and saw Shawn Bradley on TV, walking down the court trying not to trip. Michael heard the knocking again. "It's open!" said Michael. The one who entered was Stan Podolak, a publicist who job is to make sure nobody bothers Michael. "Come on, Michael, it's game time. Get your Hanes on, grab your Wheaties and your Gatorade. We'll pick up a big mac on the way to the ball park," said Stan. "Now we take you live to the Forum in Los Angeles, where the Lakers are refusing to take the court," said Ahmad.
The students of Acme Looniversity were also watching the news too. "Holy smokes! Those players are now on the disabled list?!" asked Buster. "Sahcrebleu! Whaht ees ze real wahrld cahmeeng to?!" asked Fifi. "I don't know. But we can't worry about them. We need to focus on our own basketball training," said Plucky. "Yeah, like, totally," said Shirley. "Come on, let's go meet up with the others on court," said Hamton. And the students went to join their mentors in training.
Well, the Nerdlucks have stolen the players' talents and are going to put it to good use next chapter. In case you haven't noticed, I'm having the Nerdlucks refer to each other by name unlike in the actual movie. Also next chapter, Furrball will meet a veteran Looney Tune in person for the first time ever . . .