"There, the pump's all ready to go," Xakko said. (Remember, Xakko is still in Vakko's body (and has been for like two years)…I'm just too lazy to write that every few lines.)
He screwed the end of the cheap garden hose into a hole near the top of the chamber.
"Shall we turn on the pump together, love?" Xakko said to Dottie. Midway through turning, Dottie flipped the switch.
"Sorry, couldn't wait," she said.
Xakko tapped his foot-claws on the ground in a bit of an angry gesture. Dottie just slightly shrugged and slightly smiled a fake-innocent grin, actually looking kinda cute doing so.
(((A/N: Not as cute as Dot though.)))
"Hey!"
(((A/N: What? You're telling me you can compete with this? Shows picture of Dot being cute. )))
"Shut up."
Wakko made a point: "Well, neither are as girly as Xakko."
Xakko was infuriated, and his eyes glowed a brighter-than normal red. "I am not girly!"
(((A/N: The DeviantArt crowd seems to think differently. Must be the hair.)))
"Hey! Don't mess with the man-locks!"
At this point, Xakko and Dottie both realized that not a drop of the ICC™ had made its way to the end of the hose. The pump was making plenty of noise though, and began to billow smoke.
Wakko burst out laughing.
Xakko and Dottie frustratedly sighed.
"This is going to be a long night," Xakko said.
The pump caught fire.
Dottie agreed with Xakko. "Yup, going to be a long night."
Meanwhile, Butter was still driving Yakko and Dot down the freeway.
They just sat there doing nothing…and saying nothing…
Boring.
(((A/N: Well, I just needed that to pass some time. Mission accomplished. Hi, C! Hi, Yakko! Hi, Dot!)))
"Hi!"
(((A/N: All right, let's go back to Wakko, Xakko, and Dottie. They are far more interesting.)))
"Hey!"
Xakko had attached a funnel to the chamber and was pouring in the ICC™ with a small trashcan. Every time he emptied the trashcan, he would have to climb down and pour more from a barrel into the trashcan, since the barrels were too heavy to carry up until almost empty. Every time he climbed back onto the top of the chamber, he spilled some. Every time he poured into the funnel, he spilled some more. This made for slow going (and treacherous conditions.)
Dottie was working at fixing the pump, occasionally being glared at by Xakko for what he felt was a waste of time, when she could have been helping him.
About 82 minutes after starting, Xakko had filled the chamber to about 76 full. Then he began encountering a 97 frustrating problem. Wakko, 99 good at treading water and other liquids (at least in this fanfic,) began raising his hand and knocking the funnel out of the way, and repeated this action at least 12 times. Then Xakko would hold the funnel with one hand and pour with the other. Wakko would plug the end of the funnel with his thumb. Xakko would try to jab Wakko's thumb with the funnel, but would spill some ICC™ in the process.
After this plugging happened about 27 times, Xakko became frustrated and threw the funnel and trashcan to the floor, slipping on some of the spillage and cracking his head on the top of the chamber in the process. He yelled out, partially in pain and partially in anger.
His anger quickly subsided when he heard Dottie exclaim positively (you know what I mean…less than 'squee' and more than 'a-ha!') Dottie flipped the switch on the pump and it began to run normally. She shut it off, hooked up the hose, and handed the hose to Xakko. Xakko screwed it in and Dottie flipped the switch again. The pump rushed the ICC™ into the chamber, and although Wakko tried to block it with his hand, the pressure was too great. Dottie and Xakko sat back in conveniently available lawn chairs.
Suddenly, the H2 crashed through the wall.
Butter had a look of relief on her face. "Finally," she said, "this is the fifth wall we've crashed through. This complex has too many buildings."
Xakko turned to Dottie. "Run, and just get back to me later!" he said. "They wouldn't dare hurt me while I'm in Vakko's body."
Dottie threw the pump, still running of course, into a locker with a bit of a gap at the bottom so that the hose would not be impeded. She locked the locker and exited through a door on the other side of the building. Butter quickly got the H2 unstuck from the rubble, leaving Yakko and Dot to confront Xakko while she went after Dottie.
At this point, Ryan decided to go to bed, and made this the end of the chapter.
