Hello everyone and welcome to Chapter 12, as the Battle of Burbank begins.
For the record, I had to watch a LOT of Dragon Ball Super and Ultraman, as well as reread previous stories I've written in order to get an idea of how the fight is going to proceed.
Also for the record, some of Big's other forms from previous stories will be seen in this and the next chapter, so I hope you guys are ready.
With that said, here we go…
Chapter 12: The Battle for Burbank
Outside of the city, news reporters could only watch on as the sound of sonic booms were heard while buildings were beginning to sustain considerable damage.
One of the reporters, a man wearing a blue suit with a black tie, spoke into the camera "We are here in Burbank continuing 'The Burbank Crisis' story as fighting has apparently begun and according to military personal no one has announced an attack. We're just as confused as…."
A large black wrecking ball suddenly began flying towards them, catching the reporters and military off guard before a blast of flame struck it, forcing it off course.
"WHAT WAS THAT?" the reporter asked out loud, confused yet surprised as cameramen began turning their camera in every conceivable direction while military personal began pointing their guns forward.
Luckily for them, a sudden appearance from Big himself confirmed who was involved in said attack as he dodged another large wrecking ball with a mid-air alerion roll while firing another blast of fire from his right arm towards Rocky, who stood on the ground for not more than a second before simply disappearing via toon speed while Big's attack struck the ground itself, leaving a street damaged instead. Seeing his attack missed, Big groaned before flying forward after him.
Pointing the camera back at the reporter, he soon announced "It seems we now know that Big the Bird himself is here battling the threat here in Burbank. How he was able to escape Rocky's power that sent every hero into the pocket dimension is currently unknown, but this may be humanity's final hope in what we believe to be…" he suddenly stopped, someone speaking to him through an earpiece before announcing to the camera "…This just in: In just a few moments after a commercial break, we will be hearing live from the President of the United States."
"Seriously?" Big thought to himself, looking around the area for Rocky while adding "Was Rocky really willing to attack those humans just for some kind of opening? Seems kind of cowardly to me."
Continuing to look around, Big landed on the roof of a building and just turned his head in several directions, thinking to himself "Unfortunately for him, while I can't sense his minions, I can sense him and he's coming from….."
Big suddenly jumped to a side, as a wrecking ball quickly broke from right under him, Rocky stretching him arm back while asking "What's the matter, hero? Not gonna fight back?" as the wrecking ball quickly reformed into a hand as Rocky grabbed a side of the hole before going upwards towards the ceiling, as he announced "If you're not going to fight me, then…"
Rocky never finished that statement, as a fist sent him flying right back down towards the ground as Big cracked his right fist before stating "God he's annoying" as his left hand began to cackle with electricity while getting down to one knee, putting his electrified hand on the ceiling while electricity began to cover the building itself.
As for Rocky, as he laid in a crater with his arms and legs stretched out, he thought to himself "Did he just sucker me into a trap?" before hearing it.
The cackling of electricity.
Attempting to stand up, Rocky found he was stuck in place. Groaning, he struggled as he attempted to least raise his head. However, Rocky just as quickly groaned as he found himself slamming back onto the ground rather hard.
Enraged, Rocky squinted his eyes and found his entire body trapped onto the ground due to what appeared to be sparks.
Rather, very small sparks acting as magnets.
"Static electricity?" Rocky asked himself, before turning back upwards towards the ceiling as he told himself "Clever" before noticing Big point his right arm downward him, his entire right arm engulfed with fire, and proceeded to attack.
Instead of panicking, though, Rocky simply laughed as he was consumed while the force of it began to cause the building to start cracking in several places.
Meanwhile, in the streets of Burbank, as the possessed toons watched on, Daffy grabbed a bullhorn from his toon space and announced "Alright everyone, we must go and help Master Rocky, for he may be in great danger."
Quickly beginning to gather, it didn't take long before they and Daffy in general suddenly found themselves surrounded by a golden circle. "HEY" Daffy shouted, noticing the other possessed toons seemingly a bit concerned, as he asked "What is this, rejected special effects for a children's card game?"
And yet, even as Daffy said this, somewhere in Japan a blonde man wearing an all-white suit while riding a motorcycle designed as a wheel shouted for no reason while extending a single index finger into the air "…..ON MOTORCYCLES!" before bringing it down and wondering to himself "Why did I just do that?" before muttering "Cursed internet memes."
Back in Burbank, the toons inside the circle suddenly realized something important.
Like Rocky before with Big's trap, they were stuck in place.
"Oh great" Daffy muttered, pointing out the obvious fact "We're stuck. Who's bright idea was this?"
"That would be mine."
As the possessed toons turned to their left, they saw Little slowly walking towards them, an unknown rage slowly becoming present, as she stated "A while back, my brother told me of a being far more powerful than your 'master', as you called him. In his dimension, he's known as the God of Destruction and just to stick the knife into my brother's soul, he killed the woman who gave him a chance to be happy again." A single tear dropped from her left eye, as she continued "He killed her and her closest friends just to piss Big off. So, when I heard his story, and after the previous meeting with Rocky, we both decided to start practicing ways of trapping our opponents, like you for example."
At that moment, Daffy and the other possessed toons began to try and pull their legs out of the circle in a feeble attempt to escape as Little announced "This is just one of my new attacks. I like to call it a 'Trap Seal', and just as you're seeing for yourselves it's meant to literally trap you in place." Raising one hand up, Little then said as the possessed toons continued to squirm "And next comes a little move Carlos actually thought up" as she snapped her fingers before announcing with a straight face "Bomb Seal" as the circle turned red.
The toons soon stopped struggling, noticing that aside from the changing of the color, they were still stuck as Little stated "That circle is now a ticking bomb that will go off when hit with anything from a pebble to even a missile. Depending on the object or attack, the stronger it is the bigger the blast." Little soon began to walk past them as she stated "Lucky for you, I don't happen to have so much as a rock on me."
By the time she was not more than a few feet away, and without looking at them, Little simply used her left thumb to point back while stating "…But she's got more than a rock."
Now facing the direction Little was pointing, they saw Sara on top of Ralph's previous guard post, wearing 2 swords strapped to her back and 2 Uzis strapped to her sides, with what looked like a heavily modified sniper rifle as she aimed at the Bomb Seal they were trapped in. Sara simply smiled before saying "Yippie-Kie-Aye" before firing.
Within the next second, the circle exploded as the possessed toons were left trapped. Throwing the sniper rifle onto her back, Sara pouted by saying "Lucky us Big gave us the warning about Rocky's goo and what it does to toons, so I switched the live rounds for rubber bullets" as she jumped off the guard post and began flying in Little's direction while the previously confronted toons feel onto the ground.
There was still a long way to go.
Stopping his fire attack, Big's arm returned to normal as he looked down into the hole, expecting some kind of damage to Rocky.
What Big wasn't expecting was Rocky to simply get to his feet while dusting himself off.
"The hell?" Big thought to himself as Rocky pulled out a mallet from his toon space while using his left hand to stretch to the ceiling. Turning his arms into swords of fire and electricity, Big thought to himself "Even as a toon, that should have left some kind of scratch. Unless…" his thoughts trailed off as Rocky flew out of the hole and swung his mallet down, Big using his Sword Arms to block the attack while the building quaked as it started to fall.
"How are you unharmed from that last attack?" Big attack, growling as he noticed Rocky's free hand becoming a wrecking ball again as Rocky replied "I'm wearing a fire-proof suit, so sue me" while he swung away with the wrecking ball, forcing Big to move out of the way and back into the air while the ceiling gave due to Rocky's attack.
As his Sword Arms began to glow white, Big muttered "Of course he'd use a play on words. What else should I have expected?" as Rocky leaped towards him by using the remains of the falling building's debris as a catapult before once again swinging his wrecking ball directly towards Big. As a result, raising his arms upward, Big soon announced "Let's see you feel this! Light Striker!" before swinging down, his arms creating two slashes of light at Rocky's hand-turned-wrecking ball, striking it with such power that Rocky's own hand proceeded to strike himself, sending Rocky plummeting back into the collapsing building, burying himself in the process.
With his arms turning back to normal, Big took a deep sigh of relief before giving off a small moan, thinking to himself "Damn, I must be out of practice. That actually hurt using the Light Striker, but last time I used it was against Beerus and it didn't even leave a mark. It's possible either I never fully recovered from that fight….or…."
Big's thoughts stopped, recalling something so dangerous, so out of control, that even he feared it.
He began to recall THAT form: The one with black hair and red fur. The same form that brought the fear of God into Beerus himself.
Or what that his own anger, amplified by THAT form?
He didn't know what compelled him to tell Little and Carlos of it, but they vowed to keep its secret, a secret he hoped would never be seen by this world or even by Belial.
Hearing the sounds of rubble moving, Big realized Rocky was starting to stir. "Looks like break time's done" as Big flew down to meet him, only to suddenly be hit by something rather large and made of metal as it flattened him into another building, slamming right through the glass and into what he assumed was an entire animation room while the large metal object, according to him, seemed to be a metal container.
"Where in god's name did he…" Big began to ask himself, yet stopped before realizing "Oh wait, I forgot. These toons can pull almost anything out of their pockets."
Big suddenly heard something that sounded like the horn of an ocean liner.
And it sounded close. Very close in fact.
"Oh, you've gotta be kidding me" he muttered, crossing his arms before his eyes began to green as a green energy barrier began to surround him while something much larger struck the building with such force that everything began to collapse around Big, taking him with it.
Taking a deep breath, Rocky smiled as the ocean liner struck the building with such force the entire structure collapsed.
"STRIKE" He announced to no one in particular, making a bowler's successful strike pose with his left arm with a smile before suddenly groaning as he took a closer look at his left hand.
It seemed a rather interesting white scar had appeared on the upper portion of his hand just above the knuckles.
"THAT ROTTEN JERK" Rocky screamed, holding his left hand before realizing he wouldn't be able to morph it any longer until it healed.
And yet, the more he stood there and acknowledged his injury, the more he began to smile.
The more he began to smile, the more that smile became crooked.
And the more crooked that smile became, the more vile his thoughts were.
"That hero actually hurt me" Rocky muttered to himself, continuing to look at his injured hand while adding "But I'm the one standing, and he's the one who's been left the same way as I was: buried alive."
Looking at the remains of the building, with an ocean liner on top of it, Rocky began to smile.
And that smile became laughter. Maniacal laughter.
And then, not more than a second later, the laughter stopped.
"DRAGON TWISTER!"
To Rocky's surprise, a red energy sphere suddenly went right through the downed ocean liner and towards Rocky, who turned his right hand into the shape of a shield and took the attack head on.
And yet, to Rocky's surprise, not only was the attack pushing him back but it was beginning to envelop him as well. Surprise quickly became horror as the attack itself concluded as it fully enveloped him before exploding altogether while Rocky screamed.
Climbing out of the wrecked building through the same hole was Big dressed in a white kimono and metal gauntlets with spiked cauldrons on his shoulders while wielding a long sword with a silver handle and a white orb attached to it, aka the So'unga. Now in his Demon Sword Form, Big looked at the area where his attack struck Rocky as he smiled and said "Being magnetized to the ground before getting hit with fire? You were able to brush that off, but an attack with the force of an F5 tornado? Now that, I'm willing to bet hurt."
Unfortunately for Big, he just as quickly ducked as a beam of light shot out where Rocky once stood, striking the downed ocean liner before it disappeared into particles of light.
"Holy cr…" he stated, but stopped. He didn't need the Warners sticking another bar of soap in his mouth, as he ended up stating "…poop on a stick" before turning back towards where the beam was shot as the dust settled to show Rocky's clothes now in rips while his left hand was just barely holding Mickey's Kingdom Key D Keyblade while his right hand was barely able to wrap into a fist, a large white scar now apparent on the top of his hand.
"You don't look so good Rocky" Big told him, yet Rocky said nothing as the Keyblade in his hand began charging up once more. Sheathing his sword, Big quickly jumped out of the way once more as Rocky fired, striking debris from the fallen building that just as quickly vanished from the attack. Getting to one knee, Big soon asked "Doesn't look like you're having fun anymore, now are you?"
"Shut up" Rocky muttered, anger apparently showing on his face.
Preparing to draw another sword, Big began to bend his knees while eyeing Rocky carefully as he stated "You don't seem so sure of yourself anymore Rocky. You've gone from talking about your 'toon empire' to…" Big was cut off as Rocky fired another beam from Mickey's Keyblade, yet once again Big rolled out of the way before Rocky once again said "Shut Up" as he began to charge the Keyblade once more.
This time, however, Big drew his next sword, a near broken relic that suddenly transformed into a large blade known as the Tessaiga as it was surrounded in spiraling wind and energy as Big swung it, releasing energy waves directly towards Rocky while shouting "WINDSCAR" as the attack struck Rocky and sent him slamming into an abandoned studio while the building itself soon collapsed on top of him.
"You've gone from a toon empire to your last stand" Big announced towards Rocky, waiting for him to get up.
He didn't have to wait long as Rocky slowly began to rise from the rubble, now covered in dust while the Keyblade had disappeared back into his toon space. Furthermore, Big had noticed one other thing. Something even Rocky hadn't noticed until he noticed where Big's eyes had darted to.
One of his shoulder crystals had begun to crack.
"You're done Rocky" Big announced, adding "It's over."
Rocky, however, suddenly said something that even confused Big.
"Oh, I don't think so."
Looking off-screen, Rocky shouted the word "MAKEUP" as a giant paintbrush came out of nowhere, confusing Big, before the paintbrush suddenly began to 'touch up' Rocky, starting with fixing his ruined clothes.
Then, his hands, removing the scars on them.
And finally, causing Big to growl frustrated, was his shoulder crystals, fixing them up in a moment's notice.
"Thanks guys" Rocky greeted the giant paintbrush, as disappeared off camera before returning his attention to Big. Pulling out a Bugs' mallet from his toon space, Big suddenly noticed Rocky's hands engulf both the Keyblade and mallet, turning the former into a dark copy of the original with spikes on the sides of the blades while the latter suddenly turned as dark as the coloring of an anvil.
And, to Big's assumption, was probably going to hit just as hard.
"Now then" Rocky said, showing a dangerous grin that just seemed to start stretching larger as he asked "Where were we?" as Big kept the Tessaiga in his left hand while holding it in a defensive position while preparing his right hand to draw the 3rd sword.
Seeing Rocky's knees begin to bend, Big prepared to draw.
In that very next second, he suddenly disappeared.
"Huh?" Big suddenly asked, asking himself "What the…" yet never finished.
It seemed Rocky suddenly appeared to his left, hitting him in the side of his face and sending him flying into a different building, crashing through the wall as he quickly rolled through before landing on the floor, finding himself in a studio set up for what he assumed was a African jungle.
"Damn" Big groaned before spitting out blood, adding "I forgot toons could…"
And yet, once again was Big cut off when another hit sent him flying into the set itself back first while Rocky's laughing could be heard.
Getting into position through a dark alley, Carlos found himself right outside the corporate studios as he saw several smaller toons surrounding the area.
Toons he recognized.
"The Tiny Toons?" he thought to himself, biting his lower lip with an angry glare while adding "I can't believe he would do this to them as well. That monster."
Carlos soon noticed one of the toons simply skipping around and, upon squinting, noticing a bowtie on its forehead with a skull in the middle. As a result, he shuddered and thought "Elmira."
Putting his hands into 2 pockets inside his jacket, Carlos pulled out a surgical mask and several small caps. Putting the mask on, Carlos then threw the caps towards the possessed toons, exploding within seconds as they released a purple gas which the toons began to cough from.
"That's right" Carlos whispered "Go to sleep."
Unfortunately for him, one of the toons, a rather small mouse wearing a diaper, began to announce "This gas makes me want…ach….Ach….ACH…."
"Damnit" Carlos mentally cursed "I forgot about Sneezer."
"…CHOO" Sneezer finally sneezed, causing the sleeping gas to be blown away.
"Hey, who did that anyway?" The possessed toon duck known as Plucky asked as the toons quickly looked around before another one of them, Babs, suddenly notices Carlos, who begins to unsheathed his sword and rifle, flipping the latter over so that he held it like a club before Babs pointed towards him and announced "There's the jerk who did it, and he's human. GET HIM!"
As the toons began to run towards him, Carlos groaned before saying "Sometimes I hate my life" as he ran towards them, striking each of them one at a time as Carlos dodged a leaping Elmira only for her to crash into Hampton while thinking to himself "These toons aren't doing much to try and incapacitate me, but I'm getting surrounded real quick."
Carlos, soon enough, found himself tied by his arms by Babs, for some reason wearing a cowgirl costume while she exclaimed "YE-HAW! Caught me a human!" as Buster nodded before stating "Good job Babs. Now everyone grab his stuff so we can hand him over to…"
"Not happening."
The snapping a pair of fingers later and then the words "Trap Seal" were heard, as each of the Tiny Toons found themselves stuck in place via a golden circle each. Carlos smiled as Little and Sara appeared with the former removing the toon rope from him as she asks "You went easy on them, didn't you?" only for Carlos to reply "No comment" while putting his weapons and mask away.
"So, what do we do with them?" Sara asked, referencing all the possessed toons that were currently stuck as Little replied "Don't worry about them. They're not going anywhere" before turning her attention towards the building itself.
"Plotz is in there, and I'm willing to bet if we get them then Rocky's whole plan will fall apart" Little exclaimed as Sara begins to draw her guns only for Carlos to bring an arm forward in front of her, stating "No, I don't think it will." Raising an eyebrow, Sara look at Carlos and asked "What makes you think that?" as Carlos replied while continuing to stare at the building "Because if it did, Rocky would have something to lose."
"Wait, what?" Sara suddenly asked, turning around completely to look at him as she asked "You mean to tell me catching Plotz does nothing overall?" Carlos shook his head, as he replied "No, not entirely. Catching Plotz would benefit both the toons and humans in order or having someone to blame, but if Rocky gets away it would be completely pointless." Carlos soon began to walk forward towards the front door as he stated "In fact, something about this seems a bit off. Considering how dangerous Rocky is, plus what he could do to other toons, why did he bring Plotz here as well?"
Little and Sara, just as confused, scratched their chins before Little stopped, blinking her eyes once before replying "He needed a fall guy" causing Carlos to nod while stating "Exactly."
"So, if we had done the Warners' plan, nothing would have come from it" Sara realized, as the three began to enter the building while she asked "Then why did we come here for him?" Carlos simply groaned as he replied "Me and Little have unfinished business with him." Turning to Little, she saw her crack her own knuckles as they heard something in the hallway.
Something that sounded like a DING.
Something that was coming directly from the elevator.
As the elevator opened, to their surprise, they saw Slappy and Skippy as elevator operators dressed as bellhops as Skippy asked "Going up?"
Confused, Little and Sara simply looked back and forth in between the elevator and the front door but before they could ask Carlos stated "They're toons. Of course they'd get here before us."
"That, and the Warners got bigger fish to fry" Slappy stated. All three of the non-toons looked at each other before they shrugged, proceeding to take the elevator.
Being smacked by Rocky once again, Big was flown through another wall and found himself getting closer towards the corporate offices of Acme Studios. Getting to one knee, Big noticed he had long since returned to his normal form due to Rocky's constant attacks as he held his chest while being forced to spit blood before groaning, thinking to himself "It's getting hard to get a beat on this guy with this kind of speed. I need to neutralize it before…."
Another hit from the left sent Big flying right into a sound recording studio, as he found himself landing into an assortment of musical instruments. Groaning, Big rolled to his stomach as Rocky appeared in front of him, leaning on Bugs' mallet, while asking "Had enough?" Starting to stand up, Big felt a stinging sensation on his left cheek, as Big placed a single hand on it, only to pull back due to a sting.
Blood, from a cut on his left cheek.
Getting to his feet, Big cracked his neck before replying "Maybe you think you're invincible just because you're a toon, but an old friend of mine once told me this: I mustn't run away, not even from the likes of you."
To Big's surprise, the sound of a bell forced all of the action to stop as Yakko suddenly appeared dressed as a boxing trainer and dragged Big to a side as he wondered "What are you three doing?" while finding himself in a literal corner where Wakko and Dot were also dressed as trainers while Big was forced to sit on a small wooden stool as Yakko whispered "Shh, it's a bit. Just go with it" before suddenly opening Big's mouth as Wakko took out a sports bottle from his toon space and squirted water into his mouth, almost causing Big to gag before Dot grabbed his beak and forced him to keep it shut, telling him "You're supposed to gurgle it" while Yakko now stood in front of him, and in an attempt to sound like Mickey from the Rocky films, he stated "Now listen kid, he's got a good right hook and he's faster than you. So what you gotta do is you gotta pay attention, you gotta take the hits, you gotta eat lightning and then you gotta vomit thunder."
Wakko and Dot raised an eyebrow before Yakko said "We're toons, not potty mouths" as Big finally managed to remove Dot's hands from his beak before spitting the water out and wiped his mouth, stating "I think I get the point" as he stood up and noticed Rocky on the other side of the room sipping a cup of coffee while stating "Oh, don't mind me. I'm just waiting" before Big cracks his neck as Rocky asks "So we're doing this then?" before throwing his coffee cup off camera, the sound of someone screaming off-screen as Big attempted to find the sound only to seem even more loss.
Then the bell rang as Rocky just as quickly disappeared via his toon speed.
"Oh not aga…" Big thought to himself before being hit once again, this time into another room.
At the same time, looking at this, the Warners could only facepalmed before Dot turns towards the reader and said "And to think we threw him a bone."
*Ding*
As the elevator doors opened, Slappy comically stated "Your floor, ladies and gentleman" as Little, Sara, and Carlos exited the elevator and found themselves outside the office of the former CEO of Warner Brothers.
Hearing Slappy clear her throat, however, the three turned around to see Slappy and Skippy rubbing the fingers of a hand each as Skippy said "Tip, please."
Little groaned as she asked "Seriously?" as they both nodded before extending an arm out with a hand open each. Groaning once again., Little muttered the words "God I hate this adventure" before turning to Sara, who simply raised an eyebrow before stating "Don't look at me. I don't have any American money on me." Little then whispered "Well I don't have any cash on me, so it has to be someone." Sara then asked "Well then why the hell are we even talking about this? They're toons. What the hell do they need money for?" Little growled out in response "Here's a better question: Why the f**k should we give them…"
"Thank you, kind sir."
Little and Sara soon turned towards Skippy and Slappy as they saw Carlos giving them cash each before Slappy announced "Now if you'll excuse us: we've got a party downstairs waiting for us" as Skippy asked her "A party? Since when?" while Slappy whispered "Since the author spoiled that the gang was getting back together last chapter." Skippy simply said "Oh" before the elevator door closed.
"Carlos…" Sara began as she and Little simply crossed their arms while Carlos turned around to face them before Sara asked "Why did you tip them, and how much?" Carlos, as a result, simply stared at the ground and muttered "It was to be nice for the ride." Little could only rub her temple while muttering "No Carlos, just no" while Sara asked again "How much?"
Carlos' muttering response was inaudible as Sara asked "What was that?"
Again, his response was inaudible.
"Carlos…" Sara began to growl before Carlos whispered "Five."
"Five? Five dollars each?" Sara asked, as Carlos slowly nodded.
This time, it was Sara's turn to sign and rub her temples before taking a deep breath and stating "Carlos, I get you like cartoons and right now we're trying to save the world and all, but for future reference please do not give your money to toons ever again, ok?" as Carlos slowly nodded once again before Sara patted his head and said "There there hubby. Now let's go" as Carlos began to walk towards the door.
"What was that?" Little simply asked as Sara sighs before she replied "It helps to remember he's a kid at heart living in a world that makes no sense. As an adult" before following Carlos, causing Little to simply tell herself "This whole family is f**ked up" before following them.
Meanwhile, just outside the building the possessed toons continued to struggle, having been trapped by Little's Trap Seal before Buster suddenly stopped, put two fingers into his mouth and whistled, causing his cast and crew to stop in their tracks before shouting "WAIT A MINUTE! WE'RE TOONS!"
Everyone suddenly began exclaiming laughter before that turned into random chatter as Buster pulled from his toon space a giant eraser as he began to remove the circle that kept him trapped before announcing "Eureka."
"Smashing good show" Babs stated in a fake British accent as Buster tossed the eraser over to her before hearing a very unusual sound coming from the ground.
Leaning an ear onto the floor, Buster could begin to make out the sound of a group of people walking towards their location. "Eh?" was the only thing Buster could come up with to say before looking up and seeing just what was coming.
Or rather, who exactly.
Beginning to come forward was a small group of toons.
A father familiar group of toons, in fact, as Rita and Runt were in front with the Goodfeathers riding on top of Ralph's back.
Behind them Katie Kaboom, alongside her Chicken Boo and Minerva as Pinky and Brain rode on his head.
After them was Mindy riding on the back of Buttons, as she looked at the reader and says "Hi everyone, I love you. Bu-bye."
And finally, in the back of the group was, not surprisingly, the Hip Hippos, as Marita clasped his hands together and said "Oh Flavio, it is so good to be back in Burbank and with our former cast members no less while protesting for a new series. It feels so trendy." In turn, Flavio clasped her hands and said "No my dear, we're not parading for a new series. We're entering a gang to save the city" as Marita stopped for a second and asked "Does that mean there's going to be violence? Oh Flavio, I don't like violence. I want to go home." Flavio began to pat her hands while attempting to comfort her, telling her "Now dear, I'm sure there won't be any violence at all. It's probably just going to be a sit-down protest."
Within the next second, the cast stopped as Slappy and Skippy walked towards the group, yet for some reason Skippy was dressed like Mel Gibson from Braveheart while weaving a sword made out of wood as Slappy had on Mel Gibson's war paint on her face while addressing the troops "Alright troops, today we fight to save our homes and the name of our show." As Skippy walked into the group before turning around to face his aunt, Slappy continued as she began walking left and right like a field general "These evil possessed toons will attempt to leave Burbank and continue to give other toons out there a bad name unless we stop them here and now. If we let them win, not only will everyone out there think that all toons are evil, but they might even cancel the reboot of Animaniacs and we'll never be able to make people laugh ever again."
"KICK THEIR BUTTS" Katie screamed, as everyone but the Hip Hippos screamed "YEA!"
"GIVE THEM ALL SWIRLIES!" Rita screamed, receiving a "YEA!" as a response.
"LET THEM GO!" Marita now screamed, as everyone began to scream "YE.." yet stopped upon realizing what she said. Everyone except Slappy soon turned towards the Hip Hippos as Flavio said "Please forgive my wife. We were under the assumption that this was just going to be a protest to get everyone on the reboot, not an entire gang to start fighting other toons." Slappy, having heard that, simply facepalmed before asking "Who invited them?" Raising a wing, Squat replied "I did" as Slappy pointed towards the Hip Hippos and said "Ok then, back of the mob." Upset, Squat complained "Back of the mob? I was one of the guys who got everyone together."
Slappy, however, continued to point to the back as Squat pouted before flying to the back of the group and landed on Flavio's head.
"Anyway…" Slappy said before adding "…if there are no other complaints, I will continue." Clearing her throat, Slappy continued on "Like I said, these evil toons brain washed by the one called Rocky who wishes he was 1/10ths as cool as Sylvester Stallone cannot be allowed to leave this city or they will not only make people outside of Burbank fear us to the brink of extinction, but people will hate toons so much that animators will be out of work and no one will ever watch cartoons again." All of the toons except the Hip Hippos began to roar once again as Slappy finally concluded "And in the end, they might try and make us look evil, but they will never take our right to spread laughter!"
The cast of Animaniacs roared once last time as Slappy turned to see the cast of Tiny Toons prepare themselves while Buster shouted "FOR THE GLORY OF MASTER ROCKY!" while they charged towards the Animaniacs while Slappy shouted "GET 'EM!" while the Animaniacs did the same, as the battle began.
"And now, ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States."
The scene soon transitioned over to the Presidential office inside the White House, as the President announced "My fellow Americans, the threat we faced to this great country has quickly become known to us as 'The Burbank Crisis'. Because of this crisis, for the first time in decade we Americans have seen the enemies of freedom and they are called 'toons' and we must do what is absolutely necessary to protect our country and wipe out the enemies of freedom."
Clearing his throat, he continued "And do you know why they want our freedom? Because they want war. I want war, and if they want war and I want war, then they will get a war and we will knock them out in one shot. As such, I am authorizing to hit the city of Burbank with a nuclear missile that will wipe out these terrorists in one hit. These freaks are gonna regret ever threatening the people of the United States of America and we are gonna show everyone we are not a country to mess with."
One of the reporters in the office soon asked "Mr. President, there are concerns that the fallout of nuclear energy in the state of California might make the area unlivable for over 100 years at best. What are your thoughts?" In response, the President said "We as a species must do whatever it takes to survive, regardless of the methods we use for survival. If it comes at the cost of the planet itself, so be it."
Another reporter soon asked "Mr. President, we have confirmed reports through various media that Big the Bird has been spotted in the city and is currently in battle against the toon responsible named Rocky. Is it possible that the nuclear attack be a last scenario?" The President took a moment to quietly groan before replying "Mr. Bird has no business in the city of Burbank and his presence should be considered a major threat to the people of this country. As such, if he were to perish by the nuclear missile, we have to consider the needs of this country first."
A third reporter then asked "Sir, even if we were to accept Big's impending death in said nuclear missile attack, what about the several million people trapped due to Rocky in the pocket dimension in addition to the Justice League and several other heroes in the United States?" The President simply shrugged and replied "As I already stated, we have to consider the needs of our country first. If over 2 million people on the planet have to die to save the 6 billion that are still out and about, then that is the price that must be payed. That is all, ladies and gentlemen."
The President soon got up from his seat and began to leave as reporters began to take pictures while others attempted to have their questions answered only to receive silence.
"Hello and welcome back everyone to the Burbank Heavyweight Championship fight of the century" Yakko stated, as he and his siblings were now dressed as boxing commentators wearing headsets while adding "We've entered round 2 and thus far the challenger hasn't made much progress either in offense or defense. Wakko, any thoughts?"
Wakko, taking out a hotdog and quickly putting it into his mouth, spoke through his chews "Needs more ketchup."
Turning to Dot, Yakko asked "What about you, Dot? Any thoughts?" as she replied "Well, considering both of them are wearing black, they need a wardrobe change and stat."
Turning back to the reader, Yakko soon stated "Well folks, we'll now go back to the fight in progress."
Returning to said fight, Big found himself being thrown into a security cart, destroying the top of the cart in the process.
Grabbing the hood of the cart, Big slowly forced himself up as he saw Rocky simply standing there, smiling while crossing his arms and he says "So, are you done yet or do you want me to…." He stops, bending down while giving off a sinister smile and adds in an over-the-top-voice "…slow down for you?"
To answer Rocky's question, Big threw his hat and cape off, revealing a black short-sleeved shirt and pants while overlaying it was a flowing red vest that was secured to his body with a blue obi. Stretching out his feet, Big smiled and told himself "Feels much better without the shoes to be honest" as he stared at Rocky, cranked his neck, and said "How about you try and hit me one more time."
At that moment, Rocky disappeared but Big raised his left arm and extended his hand.
Within the next second, a gust of wind was seemingly stopped at his hand, revealing Rocky having swung the mallet which was now trapped in Big's hand.
To Rocky's surprise, he noticed that in the blink of an eye, Big now turned to him and said "I figured you out" before using his free hand to punch Rocky in the face, sending him flying into yet another building.
As Big began to walk towards Rocky, the crash covered in dust, he stated "I've figured out your pattern. It's left…" As if on cue, Big suddenly ducked his head down before upper cutting the air in front of him, revealing it to be Rocky's ribs as he flew upwards a few feet before he suddenly disappeared.
Big then said "Then right…" as he brought up his right arm and used his hand to catch seemingly something out of thin air.
Said something was Mickey's Keyblade as Rocky attempted to pull away only for Big to keep ahold of him as he stated "And now, it's my turn" as Big threw his hand up, forcing Rocky to swing the Keyblade upward and leaving him open as Big's left hand apparently had something in it.
A very particular item from back in Chapter 9, in fact.
Flipping the figurine into a key, it announced "Sentai Rider" as Big was covered in a red and magenta aura while beginning to spin around as Rocky attempted to use his mallet.
Sadly for him, it didn't come down in time as Big had switched to his Sentai Rider form and struck Rocky's chest with a vertical slash, sending him back while Rocky fell onto the ground, his weapons dropping from his hands.
"I'm ending this now, Rocky" Big announced as he began to run towards him while Rocky held his chest and looked down. It seemed Big's recent attack had managed to leave a large slash on his chest before hearing something crack to his left. Slowly turning to that direction, Rocky began to notice his left shoulder beginning to crack again.
"No, not again. Not now" he quietly growled yet didn't pay attention as Big suddenly drop down into a baseball slide, his right leg extended, before announcing "Sentai Rider Kick" while his right foot was engulfed in red & magenta energy, striking Rocky's chest and sending him crashing into another wall while Big skidded to a stop and got to one knee while resetting his figurine into a key, beginning to insert it into the broadsword.
As for Rocky, now stuck to the wall and with his left shoulder now starting to crack further, he muttered the word "Makeup" as a giant paintbrush came from off-screen and approached him.
"Not this time" Big announced, finishing his set up of his attack as the broadsword was engulfed in red & magenta energy before he swung towards both Rocky and the giant brush.
Final Attack RISING STRIKE!
Swinging forward, Big's attack struck not only Rocky but the giant paintbrush as well, causing sparks to emit from Rocky's body before covering him and the brush in an explosion before the evil toon's body was sent flying through several buildings.
As for the brush, it finally fell to the floor, burnt to a crisp.
Swinging the blade down, Big muttered "This time, I wasn't holding back. Hopefully, it will have done some damage" as he began to emit a red & magenta glow from his body before turning back to normal. Beginning to float upward, Big soon followed the path hoping to end the fight as soon as possible.
As for Rocky, he soon found himself crashing into another section of the CEO building via a window, went through several desks and a wall before stopping next to a water cooler.
Said water cooler soon flipped over and fell on his forehead as Rocky muttered "Ow" while covered in water.
"Ok, I'll give him that one" Rocky told himself as he attempted to get up, yet couldn't. Looking down, he soon saw his answer.
His entire body was covered in cracks. In addition to his shoulder crystals now at the brink of breaking apart altogether, his arms, legs, and even chest were beginning to show signs of extensive damage.
Rocky simply groaned before he simply laid back, smiling, as he said "It looks like my body has reached its limit. Who'd a thought? A toon this broken and not because of dip" before closing his eyes and thinking "You've surprised me hero, but now it's time for my trump card. Come to me, my secret weapon…." Before beginning to quietly repeat the words "Come to me, my secret weapon."
As Rocky began to repeat these words, something began to leak from the cracks in his shoulders.
Kicking the door open to the office of the former CEO, Carlos and Sara barged in with guns pointed directly forward while Carlos shouted "FREEZE!"
Raising his arms up while sweating profusely, Plotz stated "I surrender, I surrender" before suddenly realizing "Oh wait, I'm a human toon. Silly me" before putting his hands down. "Do NOT put your hands down sir" Sara stated, as she and Carlos quickly rushed towards Plotz and grabbed his arms, attempting to put handcuffs on him while Little leaned back against the wall. "Hey Carlos" she called, as the latter stopped while she stated "Remember you're not a cop, so it's ok if you want to ruff him up a bit."
"Now that's not…" Plotz was cut off by Carlos, who shouted 'SHUT UP" before he and Sara threw Plotz against the wall while Carlos growled into his ear "Threatening my city was bad enough, but now you and your partner…" he spat out before forcing Plotz away from Sara's hands and dragging him to the window, as Plotz was forced to look on while the Tiny Toons and Animaniacs began fighting amongst one-another.
Plotz watched on as Buster and Babs began chasing Slappy with a mallet, only for her to throw bombs to keep them at a distance.
Rita attempted to scratch the eyes of Shirley the Loon, causing her to start running around blindly, while Runt and Buttons started chasing Plucky and Hamton around.
Li'l Sneezer had begun a slapping fight with a reluctant Brain while Pinky began waving a flag and shouting "GO BRAIN, NARF!" As for Brain, attempting to grab Sneezer's arms, he shouted "PINKY, STOP PARADING AROUND AND HELP ME."
Chicken Boo and Little Beeper had a staring match to determine who would blink first while Calamity Coyote slowly snuck up towards Chicken Boo from behind with a fork and knife in hand.
*CLANG*
Luckily, a shot to the head from a frying pan from Minerva's right hand knocked out Calamity while she muttered "Bad evil toon."
Elmyra began to catch Mindy, who had simply started walking around following a random bug that had appeared in the middle of the fight, only to find herself accidentally catching one of Slappy's bomb, exploding in her hands and covering her in dust and toon-like burn marks.
"….have caused this" Carlos added while throwing Plotz to the ground as he pulled out a handgun and pointed it at Plotz, shouting the words "IS TWO MILLION PEOPLE WORTH THIS?"
By that point, Little's eyes darted to her right, noticing the figure of Scratchansniff preparing to jump out of the shadows. Raising a single fist towards that direction, Scratchansniff quickly found himself punched right through the wall into the streets below. Sara simply raised an eyebrow before Little rolled her eyes and said "I pay attention too, you know."
The building suddenly shook, as the sounds of glass breaking under them while the three non-toons shifted for a moment before Little stated "Something tells me Rocky's down."
They all suddenly heard the sound of a cellphone beeping, as Sara and Little turned towards Carlos and realized it came from his pocket. "Um, Carlos, your phone is ringing" Sara told him as Carlos took a deep breath, and without looking away from Plotz used his right hand to remove his phone from his pocket and glanced at it before muttering "News notificati…" he stopped and re-read the notice, his skin starting to go pale and his eyes going wide.
"Carlos, everything ok?" Little asked, yet received no response.
"Hubby?" Sara quietly whispered, yet again Carlos said nothing. Walking towards him, she read what his phone notice had said and muttered "Oh s**t!"
"What?" Little asked, now noticing both of their skins going white before adding "What is it?"
This time, it was Little's turn to walk up towards them as she read what the notice said.
Nuclear Missile Launched at Burbank By Order of The President.
In shock herself, Little muttered "Oh crap."
Flying into the building through the hole made by Rocky, Big landed inside and began to look around, listening for Rocky or anything close.
Although he could tell Rocky was close, he could also tell Rocky wasn't moving, having apparently held his position, which to him could have meant one of two things.
One: Rocky was severely injured and was incapable of moving at the time, which meant he was defenseless. If this were so, that meant all he needed to do was put Rocky down and end the nightmare.
The second: It was a trap, plain and simple.
Either way, Big knew he had to be ready for anything before finding Rocky, simply laying there as he opened his eyes to find Big slowly walking towards him.
And yet, Rocky simply laughed.
"You're done Rocky" Big stated, looking at Rocky's cracks as he added "Your body is breaking down and I'm willing to bet you're running out of time."
And yet, Rocky still laughed as Big pleaded "Please Rocky, you have a chance to make things right before it's too late. Let the innocent people go, as well as the toons. You've caused more than enough damage, so let's end this nightmare here and now. Let them all go."
Rocky, however, just laughed as Big asked "Is there something I'm missing?" before he finally replied "You. I just figured you out." Big simply raised an eyebrow as Rocky exclaimed "You can't tell when toons are around, can you? You can't even tell you've fallen for my trap."
Big suddenly stepped back, shocked, as someone from out of nowhere shouted "FIRE" causing Big to move out of the way while the fireball created a hole in a nearby wall.
"Now what?" Big growled, yet he suddenly was jerked back as something hit his ribs and sent him flying into another wall, going through it and finding himself in a conference room.
Getting up to one knee, Big soon saw something he had not expected.
There, coming through the hole made by the impact, Rocky slowly entered alongside what appeared to be two toons Big couldn't help but recognize.
One wearing a black robe and wielding Mickey's Kingdom Key D Keyblade.
The other wielding Bug's mallet.
"You didn't…" Big began, but found his beak shut by black tentacles. "NO" his mind suddenly shouted as more tentacles appeared and begun to grab him. Big attempted to pull, and yet rather because of the tentacle's physical properties or because of exhaustion, he couldn't as he found his arms, legs, hands, chest, and even his neck, all tied up as Big was strung up in mid air while his eyes soon focused on Rocky.
It seemed he had made a glaring mistake: Rocky's fingers were stretched out.
"Big" Rocky began, smiling, as he said "Meet my secret weapons: My own versions of Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse."
The evil, dark-skinned and pupil less versions of Bugs and Mickey only said nothing as Rocky laughed while Big simply attempted to struggle.
To Be Continued…
Extra Scene
For some reason, the Warners now sat within a makeshift announce booth resembling those from Monday Night Football as Yakko spoke towards the reader "Looks like folks we've reached halftime. For those of you just joining us in this championship fight, the current champion of Burbank, Rocky has regained control after the challenger managed to figure how to counter his toon speed. The bad news is he's using cheap copies of Bugs and Mickey, and to me that's just a no-no. Sibs, what are your thoughts?"
Turning to Wakko, the younger brother simply said "Now that's just cheating, but we don't have a ref so I guess it's fair. Either way, I'm still waiting for my peanuts."
At that moment, a random hand appeared on screen, a bag of peanuts in hand as Wakko took it before saying "Thanks." The hand simply gave a thumbs up and left the screen as Wakko threw the entire bag into his mouth.
"As for me" Yakko now turned to Dot as she spoke "Thus far this entire chapter has just been one action scene after another. So when are we gonna see something resembling an end to all this?"
Yakko simply shrugged before suddenly putting a finger to an apparent earpiece on his left ear, announcing "Hold on sibs, I've just been told that Burbank….." he took his finger off his ear before suddenly, and slowly, stating the words "…is. About. To get. Bombed."
Wakko and Dot's eyes soon went wide before Wakko turned to the reader and said "Stay tuned to the thrilling conclusion" before grabbing the scene itself and going to black.
Author's Notes
Well folks, we're basically reaching the end of this story so it's time to start wrapping things up.
Before I do, as before, I hope you guys are enjoying the story. If not, then I do apologize.
I would also like to apologize to anyone who took offense to my portrayal of the President. I am aware he is a "polarizing" person in of himself, but please understand this story is a work of fiction and it was not my intent to make fun of him or paint him as a villain. Again, my apologies.
And because I know someone will ask, Big previously gained the Demon Sword Form in a previous fic I wrote "Swords of the Dog Demon General", plus you guys remembered back in Chapter 9 when he gained the Sentai Rider form. So, you can imagine what's waiting for Rocky.
Anyway, here's what to expect in the next chapter…..
Little attempts to stop the nuclear missile before it hits Burbank.
Rocky attempts to assimilate the Warners while reminding Big to "Let It Out".
A new OC appears to help Carlos, Sara, and the Animaniacs (yes I know, it's cheap, but it's to also set up for my next story).
And finally: Woz shall "REJOICE" as Big plays his trump card in one final attempt to defeat Rocky.
It's all in the next chapter: Rocky's Last Stand!
Until Next Time!