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Rhythm was relaxing in his chair as he sipped eloquently at a glass of water while contemplating just how well this last bit of the plan had gone. Smiling, he waved his hand and brought up a countdown of how much time the annoying Looney Tunes had left. Just over 10 days. He laughed and sipped his drink again. This was to easy...
He relaxed for a few minutes, thinking about the next stage of his master plan once the Looney Tunes were out of the picture. True it required some unlucky person bringing along the required technology - preferably one that he could exploit -
"Beap, beap, beap, bbbbeeeaaaapppp*!"
Rhythm chocked a little on his water and coughed violently. After a few minutes he got his breath back and slammed the glass on a table with a furious: "What do you mean they're here!?"
Pete indicated the door and beeped some more.
Rhythm wiped the back of his mouth with his hand and stood up, muttering under his breath about stupid, bloody toons that couldn't just do the decent thing and leave there colleague behind. With a wave of his arms he brought up a video camera that connected him to the outside world. Sure enough there was a annoyingly-familiar spaceship hovering outside and some even-more annoyingly familiar Toons looking up at the walls surrounding the place wondering how they would ever get in.
Rhythm laughed and minimized the screen. They'd be there ages figuring out how to break down the barriers. Although...his brain connected the dots slowly. History did evidence that these toons did have a knack for defying the impossible.
He groaned and buried his head in his hands. Better safe than sorry. "Pete!" He called. "Come here, I have some instructions for you..."
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At the same time as Rhythm was shouting at Pete; Wile.E was looking up at the giant firewalls [literally walls made of fire] surrounding the place.
"It's a clever interpretation of 'Firewalls." He said thoughtfully.
"Yeah, yeah, remind me ta give him a medal." Bugs muttered. "How are we gonna get in, Mr Super-Genius?"
Wile.E hummed and folded his arms. "I'm not sure at the moment. Hold on-" He reached into his hammerspace and pulled out a whiteboard and marker. "If I..." And he went off into his own world of facts and numbers.
A few minutes into Wile.E's rambling, Pepe said, somewhat hesitantly. "Er...I have zee suggestion?"
"Go for it." Penelope said, watching Wile.E with a flat expression.
"If zey are firewalls can we not just douse zem with ze water?"
There was a silence while Pepe's siblings digested this idea. Then Roadrunner said, slowly. "A more out-the-box idea, I never have heard. However the suggestion is good and straightforward. I suggest we give it a try."
"Right, and does anyone have a spare 500 gallons of water?" Lola asked, raising her eyebrow.
Bugs grinned. "Eh...funny you should say dat...anyone remember 'De Unruly Hair?'"
"What, you think we've memorised all the sthupid cartoonths you've been in?" Daffy snapped.
Bugs stuck his tongue out at his older brother, then explained. "Oi was a fireman, is mah point, Duck. Hold on, I think Oi've still got da hose somewhere..." He unzipped his hammersapce and started rummaging through it. "Which decade was it?"
"40′sth." Daffy huffed, impatiently.
"Ah, got it!" Bugs hauled out a firehose and took aim. "Eh...ya might wanna stand back, docs and doctresses." And with that he switched the hose on and was promptly fired up into the air and spent about thirty seconds soaking everything and everyone in sight, but he did managed to douse the fire off the walls.
A lightbulb switching on above his head Wile.E raided his own hammerspace and with a triumphant cry pulled out some boxes that said 'ACME Wall Climbers [Waterproof]' On them. "Quick! Put these on and climb up the walls!"
It took less than a minute for everyone to put the shoes on [Which were basically wellies with suckers on the soles].
"Now - follow me!" And with that Wile.E placed one foot on the wall, made sure it was actually stuck, then did the same with his other foot. Convinced he was securely attached he started walking up the wall, humming the 'Spider-Ham' theme as he did so.
His siblings quickly followed him - some managing more easily than others - and within a few minutes they were all being helped over the top of the wall by Wile.E and Lola, who had been the first two up there.
"Gotcha!" Lola exclaimed, grabbing Porky as he slipped slightly. "Now just reattach your foot to the wall...that's it...and walk up...awesome!"
"Thank Avery you caught him." Daffy said, complainingly. "I almosth had a pig's tail in my eye!"
"Eh...ya might wanna hurry up!" Bugs called, as he swooped past them, still holding onto the hose.
"Yeah, yeah, we're going." Daffy mumbled as he took Lola's hand and allowed himself to be manoeuvred over the wall.
Once the last toon had managed to get over, Bugs angled the hose and jetted himself over the wall and fell onto the hard floor on the other side. As soon as the water had stopped spraying them the fore returned to the walls with a vengeance.
Bugs leapt up and fist-pumped the air. "Yes! We're in!"
"N-n-now we've j-j-just got to work - to work - to work out how to get past the door." Porky said, looking up at the thick, metal door in the middle of Rhythm's metal fortress that blocked their way.
Almost as soon as he'd finished the sentence however, the door swung open, revealing the smooth, cold hallways within.