Way down at Acme Labs, Pinky and the Brain were working on converting the toy laser gun they bought from the arcade into a real laser gun. They would've done it sooner, but things got in the way, so they had to hold it off until today.
Brain was concentrating very hard looking at a blueprint he made for the invention, while Pinky was occupying himself watching his favorite television program starring his favorite character Ralph Kramden, much to his friend's annoyance.
"Pinky, will you turn that junk off? We have a laser gun to invent." Brain said, rolling his eyes.
"Just one moment, Brain. I'm anticipating the funny part. Narf!" Pinky said with a ditzy smile.
"Oh, brother." Brain muttered, shaking his head.
Pinky laughed. "Bang! Zoom! Right in the kisser! Narf!" he said, imitating what was happening on the screen.
Not able to take anymore, Brain grabbed the remote and shut the TV off, much to his friend's dismay.
"Why'd you do that for, Brain?" Pinky asked, dejected.
"Because we have work to do, Pinky. Besides, haven't you learned that too much television is bad for you? I thought you would have by now." Brain said.
"I guess not." Pinky said.
"Point proven. As I must reiterate for the thousandth time, we must start working on converting this toy laser gun into a real one. That way, we can take over the world!" Brain said.
"Fantastic, Brain! Narf!" Pinky said.
"Okay. First, according to the blueprint, we have to take the gun apart. Pinky, hand me that screwdriver." Brain said.
"You got it, my friend." Pinky said. He lifted a screwdriver off the table and gave it to Brain.
"Thank you." Brain said. He used the screwdriver to unscrew the screws that kept the toy in one piece. "Huh, I never would've thought that this thing was made out of cheap plastic." He added.
Meanwhile, right outside, Atlas approached the lab and peaked through the window with an evil smirk on his face.
"There he is. That little rat's hide is mine." Atlas whispered to himself.
At that moment, Atlas phased through the entrance. At first, Pinky and the Brain didn't notice him, but when they turned around, they screamed, horrified at what they were seeing.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Pinky and the Brain shrieked simultaneously. Their eyeballs did a double take.
"Yes, go ahead and scream, rodents! Once I'm through with you, your screams will be of no use to you anymore." Atlas said.
Scarred for life, Pinky hid behind Brain, whimpering in fear.
"Who-who are you?!" Brain asked. His voice was trembling.
"My name is Atlas. I'm a spirit, and I have an entire army of spirits just like me ready to destroy all human and animal life on Earth. To do that, I'm going to need your timid friend for, let's just say, experimentation." Atlas said.
"That's a terrible plan! And don't even think about taking Pinky away from me. He's not going anywhere!" Brain said, trying to stay strong.
Pinky smiled faintly. "T-thanks, Brain." He muttered.
"Fine, have it your way. If you won't hand over your friend, I'll take him myself." Atlas said.
"Over my dead body!" Brain said angrily.
Atlas flicked Brain out of the way and grabbed Pinky, who was screaming helplessly.
"HEY! GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY FRIEND, YOU INGRATE!" Brain shouted, furious. He grabbed the toy laser gun and blasted Atlas with it, but the impact passed right through him.
"You really think that little toy could harm me? Sad, I thought you were intelligent." Atlas mocked. He used his finger to zap Brain unconscious and left, taking a still-screaming Pinky with him.
At the water tower, the Warners were sitting on the couch watching TV. They were watching the news just in case anything interesting came up. A reporter came in and announced the next story.
"On a sad and tragic note, world-renowned scientist John Zellweger has died recently. The cause of his death his unknown, the police are trying to run an autopsy. And now, back to you." The reporter said.
The Warners were shocked and saddened at the same time.
"What?! No!" Yakko said with his jaw dropped.
"Dr. Zellweger's dead?!" Wakko asked.
"This can't be real!" Dot cried.
"I'm afraid it is, sibs. May he rest in peace." Yakko said.
"He may be gone, but he will never be forgotten." Wakko said.
"Hopefully the afterlife is good to him." Dot said.
Suddenly, there was knock on the door.
[KNOCK!KNOCK!KNOCK!]
"How 'bout we all get it this time?" Yakko asked.
"Deal." Wakko and Dot said simultaneously.
The Warners got up to answer the door. Their faces lit up when they saw Brain standing there,
"Hiya, Brain! It's nice to see ya." Yakko said.
"Save the small talk. Now's not the time. I need your help." Brain said, no nonsense.
"With what?" Wakko asked.
"Pinky's been taken!" Brain said.
The Warners' eyes widened. "WHAT?!" they asked simultaneously, absolutely dumbfounded.
"We were busy trying to convert our toy laser gun into a real one, and, uh, we were almost successful until this…thing came into Acme Labs." Brain said.
"Well, what did this 'thing' look like?" Wakko asked.
"Um, he was very pale, his eyes were blood-red, and had fangs for teeth. I think he was some kind of spirit, but I'm not fully sure." Brain said.
The Warners looked at each other, unsure whether to believe their mouse partner.
"Brain, are you sure you saw what you saw?" Dot asked.
"Of course I am! Why would I lie about this? Pinky's out there somewhere and we have to find him NOW!" Brain exclaimed.
"Okay, Brain, calm down. If you're really sure about this, we'll help you find Pinky." Yakko said.
Brain sighed with relief. "Thank you so much. I knew I could count on you guys." He said.
"Sure!" Wakko said with his tongue hanging out.
"Well, what are we standing around for? Let's find Pinky!" Brain said.
At that moment, the Warners and Brain left the water tower and started walking down the street. They were going to call a taxi, but decided to do it on foot.
"Hey guys, um, how come you were skeptical at first when I told you that Pinky was missing?" Brain asked.
"Yesterday, we got sucked into some alternate reality of some sorts. How it happened is beyond me, but it's true." Yakko said.
"Hmmm, that is pretty interesting." Brain said.
"More like freaky. Get this, Mr. Plotz was alive in the new reality. We couldn't believe it." Wakko said.
Brain blinked. "Wow, that's crazy." He said.
"Indeed. We passed out and woke up twice. First, in the new reality, and the second time was real life." Dot said.
"I wonder who could've caused that. What happened to you didn't affect Pinky and I, at least we didn't think so." Brain said.
"Beats us!" the Warners said simultaneously, shrugging.
Atlas took Pinky to a cave that seemed to be in the middle of nowhere. The mouse was trapped inside a crystal ball, and although his cries of help were audible, they were also slightly muffled due to the glass-sounding noise.
"Don't worry, rat, you will be put to good use soon. I'm just waiting for my children to arrive." Atlas said.
"What do you want from me?!" Pinky cried out in desperation.
"I can't tell you because that would spoil the surprise! And we don't want that, do we? In the meantime, just keep your mouth shut. Your voice hurts my ears." Atlas said.
Pinky sighed and slumped down in defeat. "Oh, Brain, if you wake up, please come and save me!" he prayed.
Suddenly, unbeknownst to him, pixie dust flew out of Pinky's ear and out of the cave, traveling to the outskirts of town.
Atlas started polishing an Excalibur sword he found laying on the ground. Why did he need a sword, you may ask? To him, it meant a bigger advantage. He was power-hungry after all.
"You know, it's a damn shame that I had to knock out your friend so I could take you. It would've been so much easier if he just gave you to me like I asked." Atlas said while messing around with the sword.
Pinky glared at the demon with indifference. "Jerkface!" he whispered to himself.
Right this moment, Atlas' army entered the cave, leaving Pinky awestruck.
"Welcome, my children. Say hello to the new test subject." Atlas said. His tone of voice was serious, yet almost sarcastic at the same time.
Pinky grinned nervously while waving to the other spirits.
"He doesn't look very threatening, my lord. Are you sure you want him?" Argon asked.
"I'm not worried about him being threatening or not. He's meek and timid, which is why I'll be experimenting on him." Atlas said.
"When are you going to do that?" Jade asked.
"After I finished polishing this sword I randomly found. It's cool, isn't it?" Atlas asked.
"Yes indeed, master." An unnamed spirit said.
Pinky thought he was dreaming. He never thought in his whole life that he would be held captive by demon-spirit-ghosts, but then again, nobody would.
After Atlas finished polishing his sword, he set down and sighed as if he got done doing some highly strenuous activity.
"Alright, now that my sword's done, I can begin the experimentation. Pinky, are you ready?" Atlas asked.
"N-no!" Pinky said in a shaky voice.
"Well, I appreciate the honesty. But either way, you have no choice." Atlas said. He broke the crystal ball with his telekinesis and grabbed Pinky, who screamed his head off.
"Somebody shut him up! He's making my ears bleed!" Argon yelled, annoyed.
"I need him alive, Argon. You'll just have to deal with it as I'm doing right now." Atlas said.
"If only I could grow myself a pair of earmuffs." Argon said while covering his head with his hands.
Atlas sat Pinky down on a table and put on some goggles. "Hold still, this might sting a little." He said.
Pinky, still trembling, closed his eyes tightly. He started screaming in pain while Atlas was zapping him with some sort of power. The other spirits just watched.
The Warners and Brain, now downtown, intended on calling the police, but they decided it would be better to go down to the station instead, since they could talk to them in person.
"If you don't mind my asking, do you really think talking to the police is going to help us find Pinky? We don't know where he is, so what makes you think they're going to find him?" Brain asked.
"The police can search for him on their computers. They just have that kind of technology." Yakko said.
"Plus, it beats calling the fire station." Wakko said.
"Yeah. You need to get out more, Brain." Dot said.
"Getting out has never been my strongest suit. And before you start lecturing me, I am aware that staying cooped up inside all day is bad for your health. I'm just…introverted." Brain said.
Yakko chuckled. "That is the biggest understatement of the year I'd say!" he said.
"Whatever." Brain mumbled.
Meanwhile, a few blocks away, the Goodfeathers tiredly perched on the ground. They had been flying for a good amount of time, but they just wanted to get away from all the chaos that went down at the park.
"Aye, whatta ya say we cool off, huh? We been flyin' for nearly an hour." Bobby said.
"That's dandy with me! My feet are killing me!" Pesto said while wiggling his toes.
"You are pigeon-toed, you know." Squit said.
"Haha! Good one, Squit!" Bobby said, laughing.
"I hate puns." Pesto said to the camera.
The Warners and Brain were approaching the same area the Goodfeathers were, about to run into each other for the first time in 2 decades.
"My my, I don't believe it! Bobby, Pesto, Squit, it's so good to see you guys!" Yakko said, elated.
"Same to you! It's been 20 years, right?" Bobby asked.
"Seems longer to me." Pesto said.
"How are you? What've you been up to?" Wakko asked.
"Ah, you know, same ol' stuff. What about you guys?" Squit asked.
Before Dot could get a word out, Brain cut the conversation short. "Listen, Bobby, Pesto, Squit, it's great to see you, but now is not the time for a reunion." He said.
"What's with him?" Bobby asked.
"He's just on edge because Pinky's being held captive and we're trying to find him." Dot said.
"Pinky's bein' held captive?! Where?!" Pesto asked, shocked.
"That's the thing, we don't know. We're about to head down the police station to see if they have a handle on where he is." Yakko asked.
"Why are you going to the police station?" somebody with a feminine voice asked. It was Minerva Mink.
The gang turned around. "MINERVA!" they (except Brain) shouted out with glee.
Minerva smiled and hugged the Warners and the Goodfeathers tightly. She picked Brain up and kissed him on the forehead, to which he was not happy at all.
"We're trying to find Pinky, if you must know. Does anyone else have any more stupid questions you would like to ask?" Brain asked, super irritated.
"Whoa, someone's grouchy!" Minerva said while putting Brain down.
"Eh, you can't blame him. Pinky's being held captive somewhere and we're set on rescuing him. We figured the police could help us." Yakko asked.
Minerva instantly started freaking out, understandably so. "Pinky's missing?!" she asked.
"Yeah, unfortunately." Squit said.
"How come you all are so calm about this? A friend's life is danger, you should be worried!" Minerva said.
"We ARE worried, Minerva. Excuse us for not being as compassionate as you." Wakko said.
"I can't help it. We just need to find Pinky immediately before more danger happens." Minerva said.
"You're taking the words right out of my mouth. If it weren't for the Warners and the Goodfeathers goofing around, we would be at the station already." Brain said.
"Oh yeah, look who's talking!" Dot teased.
At that moment, the Warners, Brain, the Goodfeathers, and Minerva resumed their mission to save Pinky. His life was in serious peril, and he needed to be rescued.
I forgot to clarify that this story takes place in 2018, in case you were wondering.
