A/N: And the next chapter would be where Veruca was the next to go. :)
Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Chapter 6: The Geese Room
Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy were making their way out the hallway.
"Come on, fellas. We gotta get that Gobstopper to a safe place.", Tuffy urged only for the trio of animals to run into Slugworth and Spike.
"The safest place for that Gobstopper is in my hand.", Slugworth said.
Thinking quickly, Jerry picked up a nearby Fizzy Lifting Drink and then shook it.
"No. Put down that Fizzy Lifting Drink!", Slugworth urged before Jerry offered it to Tom, who refused, only for Jerry to smack his foot, making him open his mouth before Jerry administered the Fizzy Lifting Drink, puffing the cat up like a balloon and making him float up as Slugworth looked on in surprise.
"Good thinking, Jerry. Let's fly.", Tuffy urged as he and Jerry grabbed onto Tom's tail and hopped aboard with Jerry then using a sort of extinguisher to dash forward.
"Stop! I order you to...", Slugworth exclaimed before the trio zoomed past Slugworth and Spike, knocking the both of them down as they sped off with Robyn noticing them.
"Tom? Jerry?", Robyn puzzled.
Meanwhile, Slugworth recovered and got out another Fizzy Lifting Drink before shaking it and helping Spike up.
"Quick, drink this!", Slugworth urged.
"Thanks, but I'm more of a lemonade guy.", Spike responded before Slugworth administered the drink to him, causing the bulldog to puff up like a balloon as well while being handed another extinguisher with which to propel himself as well.
At the outskirts of the factory, Tuffy was steering the out of control Tom around while Jerry was in charge of the extinguisher before he noticed Slugworth and Spike closing in with the former reaching out only for Slugworth to get sprayed in the eyes by the extinguisher.
"Again with the eyes?!", Slugworth exclaimed before the two blimps came out through the opening with Tom barely managing to dodge the peppermint spikes while Slugworth crashed into a couple of them, the two spikes on his eyes, thankfully not by the pointy ends, before he shook them off and turned to Spike.
"Watch out for those Peppermint Spikes, Spike!", Slugworth urged as he then inadvertently puffed up Spike for the front, making Tom laugh before he noticed that he was headed towards said spikes and tried to stop himself.
He barely managed to stop himself before sighing only to wind up getting popped and careening out of control before going back to normal and falling through a vent, leading to a sort of candy cavern through a pipe with Tom landing on Jerry and Tuffy as soon as they landed on a sort of cliff before then landing with Jerry and Tuffy lifting Tom off them with glares.
"We're miles below the factory in Mr. Wonka's Rock Candy Mines. Slugworth will never find us or that gobstopper down here.", Tuffy assured.
"Guess again, mouse.", Slugworth called out, making Tom freak out in panic.
"Unfortunately for you, I happen to be an accomplished Spelunker.", Slugworth grinned as he and Spike climbed down the rock wall.
"Into the mine car, guys!", Tuffy urged before Tom got on-board as Jerry and Tuffy hung on with the former grabbing his tail before all three were now in the mine cart.
"Quick! We cannot let them get away!", Slugworth urged.
Meanwhile, Charlie was quite surprised.
"Geese, laying golden eggs.", Charlie said in surprise.
"I know what you're thinking: They can't be doing what they're doing. But they are. They have to. I haven't met the Oompa Loompa yet who could do it. These are the geese that lay the golden eggs. As you can see, they're larger than ordinary geese. As a matter of fact, they're quadruple size geese which produce octuple size eggs. They're laying overtime right now for Easter.", Wonka explained.
"But Easter's over!", Mike exclaimed before Wonka shushed Mike, covering his mouth.
"They don't know that. I'm trying to get ahead for next year.", Wonka explained with a whisper.
"What happens if they drop one of those eggs, Wonka?", Mr. Salt asked as it showed the Oompa Loompas polishing the golden eggs and placing one of the eggs on a wrapper.
"An omelet fit for a king, sir.", Wonka responded.
"Are they chocolate eggs?", Veruca asked.
"Golden chocolate eggs, and only the finest. That's a great delicacy. But I wouldn't get too close. The geese are very temperamental. That's why we have the Eggdicator.", Wonka responded.
"Eggdi-what?", Mrs. Teevee puzzled.
"The Eggdicator. The Eggdicator can tell the difference between a good egg and a bad egg. If it's a good egg, it's shined up and shipped out all over the world. But if it's a bad egg... down the chute.", Wonka responded as one of the good eggs landed on the pads with the scale weighing it as good with a ding sound before one of the Oompa Loompas took it and polished it up before carting it away while another egg landed on the pad only to be weighed as bad as a honk noise sounded before the pads opened up below it and fell down the chute.
"It's an educated Eggdicator.", Joe stated.
"It's a lot of nonsense, that's what it is.", Mr. Salt commented.
"A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.", Wonka sang.
Meanwhile, at the candy mines, Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy were riding across the tracks like a roller coaster with Tom screaming as they approached a loop before Tom got hit by the lollipop with Tuffy pulling on the lollipop, managing to get it off only to see Tom's face stuck on the end of a lollipop from which Tom got stuck on with his face glaring at Tuffy before Tom got his face back and then placed it back on his head, glaring at Jerry until the trio went down the tracks with Slugworth and Spike not far behind.
Back at the Geese Room at the same time...
"Hey, Daddy, I want a golden goose.", Veruca stated.
"Here we go again.", Charlie sighed.
"All right, sweetheart, all right. Daddy'll get you a golden goose as soon as we get home.", Mr. Salt assured.
"No, I want one of those!", Veruca explained, pointing to one of the geese at work.
"Whatever you say, honey. Wonka, how much do you want for the golden goose?", Mr. Salt asked.
"Out of the question. They're not for sale.", Wonka responded.
"Name your price.", Mr. Salt responded.
"She can't have one. I couldn't part with them.", Wonka responded.
"Who says I can't?", Veruca asked.
"The man with the funny hat.", Mr. Salt responded.
"I want one! I want a golden goose! Gooses, Geeses, I want my geese to lay gold eggs for Easter.", Veruca said.
"It will, sweetheart.", Mr. Salt assured.
"At least a hundred a day.", Veruca added.
"Anything you say.", Mr. Salt added.
"And by the way...", Veruca began.
"What?", Mr. Salt asked before Veruca started to sing as she even went up to Wonka at one point.
Veruca: I want a feast
"You ate before you came to the factory.", Mr. Salt stated.
Veruca: I want a bean feast
"Huh, one of those.", Mr. Salt responded.
Veruca: Cream buns and doughnuts and fruitcake with no nuts so good you could go nuts.
"You can have all those things when you get home.", Mr. Salt assured.
"No, now!", Veruca argued.
Veruca: I want a ball
I want a party
Pink macaroons and
a million balloons and
performing baboons and
Give it to me
"Later.", Mr. Salt responded before he wound up elbowed in the stomach, making him give a slight cough.
"Now!", Veruca exclaimed before she went up to the Oompa Loompas, one of which grew apprehensive and defensive for the golden eggs wrappers for one of the eggs and then run up, unfurling the wrapper just as meanwhile, Slugworth was continuing the song with him and Veruca doing a duet as Tuffy used a lollipop to change tracks with Spike doing the same with his shovel only to end up falling down through a different track, failing to get the Gobstopper.
Veruca: I want the world,
I want the whole world.
I want to lock it all up in my pocket
It's my bar of chocolate
Give it to me now!
Slugworth: I want today
Veruca & Slugworth: I want tomorrow
Veruca (Slugworth): I want to wear them
like braids in my hair
and I don't want to share them
(I want to wear them
I will if I dare
and I don't want to share them)
"Whew! We lost him. And we still have the Gobstopper. Right, Tom?", Tuffy grinned as Tom then got out the Gobstopper for a moment and put it back in his mouth only for Spike to grab Tom by the neck from above and lift him up, making him stick out his tongue before getting the Gobstopper and handing it to Slugworth.
Veruca: I want a party with roomfuls of laughter
Ten thousand tons of ice cream
And if I don't get the things I am after
"At last.", Slugworth grinned before he and Veruca sang together again as Slugworth and Spike swerved back to the right-side up position with Tuffy and Jerry looking afraid before Spike slammed Tom back into the mine cart with his shovel with the two mine carts passing by each other before the cart stopped near the cliff with Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy sighing in relief before they both got flung out the Mine Cart and down an alternative trash chute, marked with signs all over it saying, "Trash Chute", "One Way", and "Dump" before then showing Veruca pushing against the nests with confetti on them, kicking one row of presents away, and then pushing the shopping cart toward one of the Oompa Loompas straight toward another row of presents, destroying said pile, before two golden eggs landed on the nests with two Oompa Loompas landing on each egg with two more falling on top of them, spewing out chocolate on top of them before Veruca then got on top of one of the pads on the Eggdicator as she finished singing before she, deemed a Bad Egg by the Eggdicator, fell down the chute.
Veruca & Slugworth: I'm going to scream!
Veruca: I want the works,
I want the whole works!
Presents and prizes and sweets and surprises in all shapes and sizes,
And now!
Don't care how I want it now!
Don't care how I WANT IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!
"She was a bad egg.", Mr. Wonka guessed.
"So, where'd it send her?", Mr. Salt asked.
"Where it sends all the other bad eggs. Down the garbage chute.", Wonka responded before Mr. Salt laughed.
"The garbage chute.", Mr. Salt grinned.
"Which, of course, leads to the furnace.", Wonka responded.
"The furnace? She'll be broiled like a bratwurst.", Mr. Salt laughed.
"Well, not necessarily. Maybe she's just stuck inside the tube.", Wonka responded.
"Inside the...?", Mr. Salt laughed nervously before then rushing over to the pad Veruca fell into in a panic.
"Veruca, darling! Hang on! Daddy's coming!", Mr. Salt shouted before he jumped down the Eggdicator chute, labelled as a bad egg as well.
"There's gonna be a lot of garbage today.", Wonka said.
"Well, Mr. Salt finally got what he wanted.", Joe commented.
"What's that?", Charlie asked.
"Veruca went first.", Joe explained before Charlie turned to Mr. Wonka.
"Mr. Wonka, they won't really be burned in the furnace, will they?", Charlie asked.
"Hmmm... well, fortunately, that furnace is only lit on Tuesdays, so they have a good sporting chance, haven't they? Oh, or is it Thursdays?", Wonka asked, worrying Charlie before it showed the Oompa Loompas singing, even presenting a Fish Head from a halibut, an oyster, and a big steak, all of which went through the chute below the pads, each earning honks as they are all weighed bad before it showed Veruca going down the Garbage Chute pipe before coming across Tom and Jerry, glaring at them as well just as the fish-head, oyster, and steak all fell in, but not without Mr. Salt in front of said items before they collided with Veruca, Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy just as meanwhile, Robyn looked to her right while on her way to get juiced and saw Tom, Jerry, and Tuffy going into the chute first.
Oompa Loompas: Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah
Veruca Salt, the little brute
Has just gone down the garbage chute
And she will meet as she descends
A rather different set of friends
A rather different set of friends
A rather different set of friends
A fish head, for example, cut
This morning from a halibut
An oyster from an oyster stew
A steak that no-one else would chew
And lots of other things as well
Each with its rather horrid smell
Horrid smell
These are Veruca's newfound friends
That she will meet as she descends
These are Veruca's newfound friends
"Tom? Jerry? Tuffy? Oh, no. I'd better get them out of there and fast.", Robyn urged as she then tried to waddle over there before she started to roll over there.
"Wait. Maybe I could use that.", Robyn grinned before she rolled her way to the furnace just as Tom, Jerry, Tuffy, Veruca, and Mr. Salt all wound up inside the furnace and got up.
"Veruca, are you all right?", Mr. Salt asked.
"No! I don't have a Golden Goose and now I'm covered with garbage!", Veruca shouted.
"Never mind that. What are those animals doing here?", Mr. Salt puzzled.
"That voice... Veruca? She's here, too?", Robyn puzzled for a moment as she stopped rolling once she got behind the furnace.
"Tom! Jerry! Tuffy! Can you guys hear me?!", Robyn shouted.
"Robyn? You're really here?", Tuffy asked in surprise.
"Yeah. I saw you guys coming down into the furnace, so I had to roll my way here. If you know what I mean.", Robyn explained.
"Oh, no! Not the furnace!", Tuffy shouted before it zoomed away to show the Furnace from outside.
"Don't worry, guys. I have an idea to get you all out of this from the other side.", Robyn assured.
"Well, let's hear it, Robyn.", Tuffy grinned.
"Okay. Everyone has to huddle together toward the wall on the opposite end of the furnace door. I'll try to roll towards the back and push you guys out.", Robyn stated.
"Very well. But only if I get to be the one closest to the door in a huddle.", Veruca stated.
"Uh, okay. Whatever works.", Robyn responded before everyone got in a huddle just as flames started to rise up from inside the Furnace.
"Okay, everyone. Hang on!", Robyn urged before she rolled away from the back of the furnace to get enough of a rolling start before then rolling toward the back of the furnace and slamming against it, knocking Tom, Jerry, and the others to the other side, out past the door in time just before a blast of fire scorched outward with Tom managing to close the door.
Who went and spoiled her, who indeed?
Who pandered to her every need?
Who turned her into such a brat?
Who pampered and spoiled her like a Siamese Cat?
The guilty ones, now this is sad
Dear old Mom, and loving... Dad
"Oh, thank goodness...! Thank you so much, Robyn!", Mr. Salt sighed gratefully to Robyn, who rolled over to him and the others.
"Anytime. Guess it's times like this that being a blueberry actually pays off.", Robyn grinned.
Veruca, however, was a different story as she complained as usual.
"I want you to take me home and buy me my own chocolate factory, Daddy!", Veruca demanded.
That was the last straw for the usually frightful and complacent Mr. Salt.
"No! This blueberry girl just saved us from the fires of that furnace and this is the only thing you could think about?! You're lucky neither of us were burned to a crisp! You're going to learn some discipline when we get home, Ms. Salt.", Mr. Salt finally said as he took Veruca by the ear and scolded her.
"No!", Veruca whimpered as Jerry and Tuffy smirked.
"Huh. I guess that's the thing about trash. Sometimes, they end up recycled.", Robyn commented before her belly growled.
"Uh oh. I think this is the last swelling stage.", Robyn said before suddenly, her body grew bigger, larger, and more ball-like in appearance, making her moan as she grew and grew until she became more round like a ball, the growth finally stopping.
"Phew. That actually felt great. Better than I thought.", Robyn grinned before she looked around at her new blueberry body.
"Well..., so far, so good.", Robyn grinned before she then leaned forward and rolled around, the juice sloshing around inside as she rolled before she leaned the opposite direction of the way she was going, slowing down.
"That was fun. There just may be something to being a huge blueberry.", Robyn grinned before Tuffy remembered something.
"Oh, that's right! Bad news! Slugworth's got the Gobstopper!", Tuffy exclaimed.
"He what?! We can't let him get away!", Robyn said in worry.
"And we won't! I think the best way to start is to get to the Wonkavision room. We should be able to find him and beam him here.", Tuffy stated.
"Really? How do we do that?", Robyn asked.
"I'll explain on the way. For now, we'd better get there fast.", Tuffy urged.
"You got it, Tuffy.", the blueberry nodded.
Meanwhile, Wonka was a bit shocked with the dwindling of good children remaining. Or was he?
"I don't understand it. The children are disappearing like rabbits. Well, we still have each other. Shall we press on?", Wonka asked.
"Mr. Wonka, can't we sit down for a minute? The pace is killing me.", Mrs. Teevee requested.
"My dear lady, transportation has already been arranged.", Wonka assured as he and the others moved onward.
A/N: Looks like the struggle to keep the factory safe is not over yet in spite of Slugworth stealing the Gobstopper. And it looks like this time, Robyn is helping to make sure Slugworth doesn't get away. Looks like we'll find out for sure what happens in the next chapter. :)
