Chapter Nine: Wild Kru vs. Public Enemy

This was it: the finals of the HWF World Annihilation Championship tournament. Red Tiger, Sylvester the Cat, Daffy Duck, Homer Simpson, Larry the Lion & Eddy Green of the Wild Kru vs. Darth Vader, Bugs Bunny, Kevin Smith, Smoke, Doctor Octopus & Darth Maul of the Public Enemy in an 12-man tag team Elimination match for the 6 World Annihilation championship belts.

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The sound of Dark Side played as Darth Vader & his team rode out on a moving platform to a barrage of boos from the Pontiac faithful. Kevin Smith even flipped off most of Daffy's fans. Then Linkin Park began the song 1 Stp Klosr to bring out the Wild Kru on the lowrider. Sylvester didn't want to wait, so he stopped the lowrider and sprinted down to the ring to finally confront his arch-nemesis Darth Vader. Sly slapped the mask and then went after Vader with viscous shots to the chin while their respective teams brawled. Vader bounced back with stiff shots to Sly's lower back. Sly u-turned on Vader and spin-kicked him square in the face. The two teams gathered on the outside and that gave Sly the perfect opportunity to springboard off the ropes with a 720 splash. The recovery rate took a while so the HWF showed a commercial for the next Megaslam festival.

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When the action resumed, the replay showed that Smoke and Larry had eliminated each other on a double pin. Kevin was in the ring with Eddy and he battered Eddy's swollen eye repeatedly. With Eddy down on one knee, Kevin caught him off-guard with the Shining Yakuza Kick for a 3-count. Sly came in, but Kevin tagged in Doc Ock, who seemed unwilling to go. Sylvester helped him into the ring and easily eliminated him with a Tornado Tombstone. Kevin sneaked back in and took Sly down with a bulldog. Kevin tagged in Bugs, who slammed Sly down. Sly dove out of the way of Bugs' incoming leg-drop and tagged Daffy. Daffy springboarded and dropkicked Bugs in the face before tagging Homer. Homer rolled in and got himself caught in another earth-shattering F-5. Bugs tagged Vader and Vader then hit the Dead Level to eliminate Homer. Sly got back in but was caught by Vader's Choke Slam. Red Tiger & Daffy came in to help, but were easily flattened. With one last ounce of energy, Sly ran right through Vader and scooped up Bugs with the T-bone Exploder for a 3-count. Darth Maul ran in, but was easily eliminated by Daffy's Arabian Tombstone. Kevin then nailed the Kev' Rev' Up on Daffy and pinned him. It was down to 2-on-2: Sylvester & Red Tiger vs. Darth Vader & Kevin Smith. The 2 sides brawled with every weapon imaginable until Vader was thrown from the ring. Kevin was in the corner and Red nailed a Van Terminator. Then Sylvester signaled for something as he wheelbarrowed Kevin in the air. Red came off the ropes with a front Neckbreaker in a combo move known as the Feline Insanity from their Crazy Cats days. Red pinned Kevin for 3. Kevin got a steel chair out in a rage and knocked Sylvester straight out. Red chased Kevin out of the ring while Vader weaseled his way back into the ring to pin Sylvester. The captains were finally left. Red Tiger signaled for the Infra Red Striker, but Vader blocked it with the Dead Level. Vader went to pin Red. 1…2… No! Red Tiger had kicked out of Vader's Dead Level finisher. Vader popped up with unseen anger. Red then surprised him with the Infra Red Striker. They were both down. As they proceeded to return to their feet, they threw obscenities back and forth. It wasn't long before Red translated them into punches. Vader fell backwards, and in turn, wiped out the referee. Vader then hit the Choke Slam. As Vader signaled for the end, Sylvester sprinted back out to the ring and knocked Vader out with a steel chair. Red Tiger and the referee both revived as Sly disappeared. Red went to the top rope and spiked Vader with a top rope Red Star Press. Red Tiger then hit the Evenflow DDT followed by the Infra Red Striker. Red used the last gasp of breath in his body to make the pin attempt on Vader. The fans chanted along with the referee's slaps to the mat.

'1…2…3!' They screamed in joyful unison. Red had won the Hardcore Wrestling Federation World Annihilation Championship for his team. Celebration was short-lived as Vader's associates minus Bugs Bunny flooded the ring to beat Red down. Bugs then ran out and began delivering F-5s to his former teammates. He wasn't asking for forgiveness with his pseudo-turncoat actions. But he was flattened by Vader as soon as the Sith Lord recovered. Red then flipped Vader off and nailed him with another Infra Red Striker. The Wild Kru came back out on the low-rider and was ready to celebrate. The referee handed Red his belt.

'The winners of this contest… and NEW World Annihilation Champions, THE WILD KRU!' Jumpy, the announcer, said. The joy that flowed throughout the arena was breathtaking. For Red, his redemption was complete and he needed nothing but those he called his family. Sly hugged his former tag team partner. Linkin Park joined in on the fun and began the backing track to Papercut. The fans rocked to the sound while the rest of the Kru grabbed their title belts. The atmosphere was so surreal that Red went in the crowd to celebrate with them. The rest of the Wild Kru and Linkin Park shrugged their shoulders and joined their elated friend.

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