A/N: Greetings. Now, this is where the group of five go out to collect Michael's sneakers and shorts for him, but not without encountering a territorial obstacle. Enjoy. :)
Space Jam
Chapter 14: Gearing Up
Back in the real world, it was nighttime as Tom, Jerry, Robyn, Daffy, and Bugs were under the grass.
"Am I the only one here who doesn't like that kind of transportation?", Tom commented.
"The view back here stinks.", Daffy concurred before Bugs stopped and saw the house.
"Whoa!", Bugs spoke as he then bumped into Daffy.
"Ow!", Daffy exclaimed as all five crashed into each other underneath the grass.
"What now?", Robyn asked.
"We're right in front of Michael's house.", Bugs responded.
"I knew that.", Daffy retorted.
"Shh. So, let's go in this way.", Robyn shushed.
"I'm gonna have to go with Robyn on this one. Let's go this way.", Jerry agreed.
"I say, let's go in that way.", Daffy spoke in retorsion.
"Well, I'm going this way with Daffy. You guys can go that way if you want.", Tom spoke before he and Daffy headed over inadvertently to the doghouse underneath the grass while Bugs, Robyn, and Jerry head over to the front porch.
"Why does he always do that?", Robyn puzzled.
"I've been asking the same question for over 50 years.", Jerry responded.
"They just never learn.", Bugs commented.
Then, the cat and duck arrived in a dark area.
"Now, let me see. We must be very, very close.", Daffy spoke.
"Well, it would be much easier to see if we are close if there was a light.", Tom commented before Daffy turned on a lighter, only for both him and Tom to come face-to-face with a territorial Charles as he growled.
"Mother...", Daffy spoke in fear.
"I hate my life.", Tom added fearfully before, outside the doghouse, it shook as Daffy screamed while Tom shouted his usual screams from the old Tom and Jerry show as Charles mangled him and Daffy while inside the house, Bugs, Robyn, and Jerry popped up from underneath the carpet near the front door and took in the sights.
"Nice digs.", Bugs commented.
"I'll say.", Jerry added.
"It looks so beautiful.", Robyn concurred as Bugs fixed the rug before the door got knocked, prompting the trio to head for the door.
"Someone's here.", Robyn whispered.
"Well, well. I wonder who that could be." Bugs spoke before he then opened the door to notice both the practically shredded Tom and Daffy.
"Mother, is that you? Can you read me a bed time story?", Tom slurred before he fell onto the floor with Daffy just behind him.
"Twinkle, twinkle, little star.", Daffy slurred before falling down next.
"Shhh! Everyone's sleepin'!", Bugs shushed.
"Keep it down, you guys. We need to get Michael's shoes and shorts.", Robyn whispered.
"Yeah, so keep it down.", Jerry added whisperingly before Daffy stood up and quickly recovered as did Tom by proxy.
"I knew that.", Daffy responded as Bugs closed the front door.
"Come on, come on. We gotta find Michael's basketball stuff.", Bugs whispered as the group of five walked down the hall to look for the basketball gear as Bugs opened the right door and peeked through it before closing the door with Robyn peeking through another door and closing it as well.
"Nope. Nothing in here.", Bugs spoke before Daffy opened the left door and peaked in with Tom and Jerry looking in as well.
"Nope.", Tom spoke.
"Not there, either.", Jerry added.
"Ahh, but a very nice dinette set.", Daffy added as he closed the door.
"Uh-uh. Not here.", Robyn spoke as she closed the other door.
"Let's look upstairs.", Bugs suggested as he, Tom, Jerry, and Robyn went upstairs.
"Yes, oh, fearless leader.", Daffy spoke sarcastically as they both go upstairs.
Then, they opened the first door slowly, looking into Jasmine's bedroom.
"So he needs his special underwear...", Daffy spoke before he gave a slight exclamation in surprise from seeing Jasmine sleeping.
"Shh!", Bugs shushed.
"Keep it down, Daffy? Do you want to wake the whole house up?", Robyn whispered.
"Sorry, Robyn. You think she's got enough toys?", Daffy asked quietly.
"Speaking of toys, you know all these mugs and T-shirts and lunchboxes with our pictures on 'em?", Bugs asked.
"Yeah.", Daffy responded.
As they talk, Jasmine woke up and saw shadows of Tom, Jerry, Robyn, Bugs, and Daffy as they leave the room.
"You, uh, ever see any money from all that stuff?", Bugs asked.
"Not a cent.", Daffy scoffed.
"Hmm, me neither.", Bugs responded.
"Yeah, you don't get paid much for your merchandise, Robyn. Jerry and I always get paid for that.", Tom stated.
"Really?", Robyn puzzled.
"Yeah. We make a fortune off of it, actually.", Jerry replied just as Jasmine got out of her bed, wanting to see them.
"Well, lucky you. It's a crying shame. We gotta get new agents. We're getting screwed.", Daffy sighed before they went inside the room at the end of the hall and closed the door while Jasmine saw the door closing and smiled.
"We have found the trophy room.", Bugs spoke.
"Whoa. This room is so big. How are we ever going to find the sneakers and shorts in here?", Robyn asked.
"Everyone fan out and start looking. They have to be here somewhere.", Tom spoke.
"Right. Let's find us some shoes and shorts.", Jerry agreed.
"Yes, Sahib.", Daffy bower sarcastically before speaking to himself as he turned on the lamp, muttering to himself.
"Oh brother. I am in the peak of the form, playing second banana to some sort of harebrain...", Daffy began.
"Yap, yap, yap.", Bugs spoke before he saw the North Carolina bag.
"Hmm. This could be useful. Aha!", Bugs spoke as he grabbed the bag.
"If this were a union job, I'd... Yes, that's very nice.", Daffy spoke as he was digging out the drawers from the dresser.
"Focus, Daffy.", Robyn whispered.
"Hmm. Oh, one of his shoes.", Bugs spoke as he noticed the sneaker before putting it in the bag and looking around.
"Where is that other shoe? Where are you?", Bugs spoke in a sing-songy voice before seeing the sneaker on the stand.
"Eureka!", Bugs exclaimed joyfully before getting the chair and climbing on it.
"Come to papa.", Bugs spoke as he climbed on the chair, not knowing that Jasmine was peeking in and seeing them.
"Oops!", Bugs spoke as he nearly slipped before the trophy fell down.
"What a fuzz foot. You are so clumsy!", Daffy spoke annoyedly before Bugs reached for the shoe and pushed it off.
"Catch, feather head.", Bugs spoke before Daffy caught it with the bag.
"Thanks.", Daffy spoke a bit sarcastically.
"Yeah, we're just about done here.", Tom spoke.
"Yeah, so that should be everything.", Jerry agreed as Jasmine left to tell her brothers as Bugs, Daffy, Tom, Jerry, and Robyn were about to leave.
"Well, time to go.", Bugs spoke.
"Did we get everything?", Daffy asked before he and Bugs realized something critically important.
"The shorts!0, the two tunes exclaimed in unison.
"Are they in there?", Robyn asked, looming to the drawer.
"They gotta be, That's the only place we didn't look.", Jerry responded.
"Okay, we'll check.", Tom spoke before he and Daffy opened the door and saw Charles, who had the shorts in his mouth, growling at them before Tom and Daffy closed the door, frightened.
"We found...the shorts.", Daffy reported before Charles broke down the door and made it fall on top of Tom and Daffy.
"The pain...", Daffy spoke in pain before he and Tom got squished again, but this time only for a little bit before they ran up to Bugs, Jerry, and Robyn.
"I'm right behind you, pal.", Daffy spoke up.
"Uh, that's none too reassuring.", Bugs responded.
"Why can't Micheal be a cat person?", Tom asked frightfully.
"Nice boy. Easy, boy. No need to be so mean. We're just helping a friend.", Jerry spoke before Dafgy pulled out a bone.
"Nice puppy. How's about a bone?", Daffy offered.
Unfortunately, Charles doesn't take it.
"No dice.", Daffy spoke.
As Charles cornered Bugs, Daffy, Tom, Jerry, and Robyn menacingly, Jasmine, Marcus, and Jeff peeked through the door and saw what's going on.
"What about a nice holiday ham?", Bugs asked.
"Or maybe you want a chew toy?", Robyn added as she got out a rubber bone and squeaked it.
Unfortunately, Charles didn't take any of them, his territorial standing unabated.
"He ain't buying it. Can't we talk this over, rover?", Bugs asked as Daffy hugged Bugs, frightened for his life.
"Down, Beethoven!", Daffy shouted.
"That's it! We're done for! Goodbye, cruel world!", Tom spoke sadly just as Jerry saw a sliver of hope in the form of Michael's kids.
"Don't look now, Tom, but I think we're saved.", Jerry assured as Bugs saw the kids as well.
"Ooh. The kids are here.", Bugs grinned as Robyn noticed this and gave a hopeful smile.
Then, the kids went in the room before Jeff grabbed the shorts.
"Give it to me, Charles!", Jeffrey urged to the bulldog, but Charles was snarling and refused to let go of the shorts at first, but eventually, Jeffrey pulled it out of Charles' mouth and gave them to Bugs.
"Here you go, Bugs.", Jeffrey spoke.
"Thanks, kid.", Bugs chuckled as he gave him a thumbs up.
"Shoo! Shoo!", Jeffrey urged before Charles whimpered and left the room.
"Bad dog! That is the last time I'm ever working with dogs or children! Uh, no offense, Robyn.", Daffy assured.
"None taken.", Robyn assured.
"Hey, Tom, Jerry, can we ask you a question?", Jeffrey asked.
"Sure you can, sport.", Tom assured.
"Ask away.", Jerry added.
"How come you guys are talking?", Jeffrey asked.
"Yeah, 'cause when we watch your show, you guys never talk.", Marcus added.
"Oh, that. Well, our show focuses on the slapstick rather than telling jokes.", Tom states.
"Yeah. That makes it much funnier, but outside of our cartoons, we can talk.", Jerry assured.
"But in your movie, you were talking the whole time.", Jasmine stated.
"Yeah, we don't like to talk about that thing. It wasn't exactly our best work. Heck, we even hated doing that.", Tom states.
"Yeah, I have to agree with him on this. The movie focused more on us going on an adventure when it should really be focusing on the slapstick, because that is what we're famously known for.", Jerry added.
"Oh, yeah, we agree. That movie was awful.", Jeffrey concurred.
"I thought it was great.", Jasmine commented before Jeffrey and Marcus glared puzzlingly at Jasmine in response.
"What?", Jasmine puzzled.
"Ah, forget about it.", Tom responded as he waved his hand down before he, Jerry, Robyn, Bugs, and Daffy started walking away.
"Bye-bye.", Bugs spoke before Jeffrey stopped him.
"Hey, where you going?", Jeffrey asked.
"Well, uh, you see, the Looney Tunes have a big basketball game coming up, and uh, your dad's gonna play.", Bugs explained.
"All right!", Jeffrey spoke excitedly.
"Yeah, but don't tell anybody.", Bugs added.
"They might not believe you even if you tell them anyway.", Robyn added.
"Don't worry, though. Once this game is all over, we'll bring your dad back.", Tom assured.
"Count on it.", Jerry added before Jeffrey nodded as Bugs, Daffy, Tom, Jerry, and Robyn left the house.
Meanwhile, the four NBA players were at a fortune teller's place as they sat next to her, holding hands around. She was humming while looking at her crystal ball before then seeing what was going on elsewhere.
"I see aliens. Little aliens from outer space. They forced their way inside your bodies. They need your talent to win a basketball game against Bugs Bunny.", the fortune teller spoke.
"Bugs Bunny?", Patrick whispered.
"I also see Michael Jordan, being sucked down a golf hole by furry creatures.", the fortune teller added before Patrick got up from the chair.
"That's it. We're outta here.", Patrick spoke before he left.
"We're leaving now.", Larry added before Shawn turned to Muggsy and lent his suggestion.
"Let's try some acupuncture.", Shawn spoke.
"Good idea. Bye.", Muggsy spoke to the fortune teller as he and the others left.
Back at the golf course, Stan stopped digging through the golf hole, infuriated and frustrated.
"This is it! This is it! I don't know where you are, Michael, but wherever you are, you obviously enjoyed being there more than spending time with me!", Stan shouted frustratedly as Bugs, Daffy, Tom, Jerry, and Robyn were walking by, although they didn't see him.
"You better hope this Jordan character still knows how to play hoops.", Daffy spoke.
"You and me both, brother.", Bugs agreed.
As they continued the conversation, Stan overheard them and noticed them before dropping the shovel and spying on them as they walked by.
"Come on. You gotta trust in Michael. If anyone can play baseball and still know the ropes of basketball, it's him.", Tom assured.
"Yeah, so stop complaining for once and be happy. Michael's our only chance at beating these guys.", Jerry added.
"Honestly, Daffy, too much stress is bad for you.", Robyn stated.
"Listen, how's this for a new team name: The Ducks!", Daffy suggested.
"Please. What kind of Mickey Mouse organization would name their team The Ducks?", Bugs asked.
"Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with Bugs on this one. That's a stupid name for our team.", Tom agreed.
"Besides, Robyn already choose a great name for the team.", Jerry added.
"Really? Well, come on, Robyn. Out with it.", Daffu urged.
"Yeah, what's the team name?", Bugs asked.
"Well the team name is 'The Tune Squad'.", Robyn replied.
"Huh. That is better name than the ducks.", Daffy agreed in surprise.
"Yeah, leagues better than that name, that's for sure.", Bugs commented.
"So sue me, It's just a suggestion.", Daffy retorted a bit.
"All right, enough chitchat. Let's get back home before anyone gets worried and comes looking for us.", Robyn urged before Daffy took the flag pole off a golf hole and they both dive in the hole with Tom, Jerry, and Robyn following close behind just as Stan saw them and ran to follow them.
A/N: Looks like Stan found out where Michael is. Something tells me that it could be a bit interesting later on. :)