Chapter Ten
Daffy's Scrooge
Upon returning to the Cartoon Network offices, they found that the crowd had left. The protest signs were still on the ground. A big, angry guard dog was standing right there, snarling.
Wile E. shook his head and said, "The boss must have scared the protesters away. That dolt."
Suddenly a giant, gray wolf ran into view and scared away the guard dog. The wolf then transformed back into Beast Boy. "Hey, Daffy! The boss sent you this!" He handed a letter to Daffy Duck.
Daffy smirked and said, "I hope it's not another dismissal notice."
Just then, Beast Boy caught eye of Wile E. Coyote and morphed into a perfect green clone of Wile E. He and the real coyote began copying each other's gestures. Bugs Bunny, who did not see the transformation, turned around and said, "Not the old impostor trick. Come on, Wile E. Come over here and it'll go away."
"It can't go away. See? My clone is really Beast Boy in disguise! Voila!" He began stretching the fake coyote's cheeks. "Uh… voila!"
"OUCH!" the second Wile E. yelped in a low voice. Then he turned back into Beast Boy's normal, human-like form, and said, "What did you do THAT for?"
"Sorry. I usually do that to impersonators. Usually it's a latex mask or something like that."
"Hmph!" Beast Boy stormed off.
Daffy opened the letter and mumbled it as he read. "Well!" he finally said. "It looks like that stupid old Schwartz finally wants me back! They're going to make a remake of 'A Christmas Carol,' with me as Scrooge!"
"Does it say anything about me?" Bugs asked.
"Or me?" Wile E. added.
"Nothing else… it just mentions that Porky Pig will be with me." For a few seconds, Daffy Duck was too stunned to speak. And then he jumped right in the air, shouting, "WOO-HOO! I'M BACK IN BUSINESS! I'M BACK IN BUSINESS! I'm going to tell the Cartoon Network boss the pleasant news!" Daffy then ran right into the CN office building.
The coyote followed, shouting "No! Stop!" But then the door slammed in his face! He held up a sign: "Ouch."
…
In the Cartoon Network boss's office, Daffy was talking excitedly to the shadowy boss behind the desk. "So I guess I WIN! I will gain new life in the DIRECT-TO-VIDEO market, instead of your crappy TV channels!"
"We are planning on airing your special several weeks after the DVD comes out," the boss said in his menacing voice.
"Yeah," Daffy said, "but at least I'M BACK IN BUSINESS! And there's NOTHING you can do about it!"
"Oh yeah?" The boss once again tossed Daffy Duck out the window and watched him land on the ground with a splat.
Daffy looked around. Bugs and Wile E. were nowhere to be seen. "Hmm. Maybe they went back to Wile E. Coyote's house."
So Daffy went over to the home of Wile E. He rang the doorbell and Bugs Bunny answered. "I suspected it was you, duck!"
"All right. Can I crash here a bit?"
"Sure, doc. Be sure to ask da coyote, foist." Bugs let Daffy in.
Wile E. Coyote turned to notice Daffy. "Ah, I see you came back, Mr. Duck. Just a second." He began tugging on his cheeks and pulling his face upward as he pulled a zipper down his back. Wile E. then peeled off his mask and removed the body costume to reveal he really WAS Wile E. Coyote underneath! "Pretty cool, huh? I got it from the ACME Corporation. It's a very snug fit."
Daffy said, sounding a bit annoyed, "What's with disguises and masks nowadays? What is this, 'Mission Impossible'? 'The Saint'?"
To prove his point, Bugs Bunny threw some puzzle pieces in the air and had them act like the old puzzle-piece transition sequence from the latter spy show. "Disguises are always meant to fool enemies, Daffy."
The coyote said, "How about we hold a party and invite the Looney Tunes cast celebrating we are back in business, other than 'Loonatics' or any other cheap imitations?"
"That sounds like a good idea! Let's call Porky and Speedy and Sylvester and Cool Cat and Foghorn Leghorn and Elmer Fudd and…"
"Wait," Wile E. Coyote interrupted. "I am sure the Cartoon Network boss would try to crash our party. We will have to be very careful."
