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Insanity Chapter 23: Mystery Idiot-corporated
All was quiet as Butch, Spike, and the other actors made their way to the door. Their task was simple. All they had to do was sneakily exit through the front door and make their way to a much better hotel with much better service. Spike looked around the corner.
"No sign of Scrappy. Or anyone else for that matter. We're clear." he said.
"All right, let's blow this joint." Butch said.
The actors made a mad break for it. They were almost at the door when suddenly Scrappy sped in front of them in a blur. The little puppy crossed his arms and tapped his foot.
"And just where do you all think you're going at this time of night?" Scrappy said.
"Oh... um... you know..." Butch started.
"We were just... um...:" Spike stuttered.
"Going for some fresh air?" Butch the dog said, though it sounded more like a question.
Scrappy nodded as his voice became increasingly sarcastic.
"Riiight. You're going out for a breath of fresh air... with all of your suitcases and luggage. That makes perfect sense." Scrappy said.
Butch narrowed his eyes in a glare.
"Okay, you want the truth? We're leaving this crummy hotel!" Butch stated.
"I can't let you do that." Scrappy said.
Spike bent down mockingly.
"And what are you gonna do about it, shrimp?"
Scrappy narrowed his eyes and he slowly started to growl. Veins popped up in his head, as his muscles started to increase. In an Incredible Hulk style transformation, his size grew up to 17 feet and spikes came out of his tail. He grew two extra heads and horns popped out of each head. Dragon wings sprouted from his back as spikes popped onto his spine. Scrappy's eyes grew red and a hard armored plating covered most of his skin. The actors stepped back with wide eyes.
"Sweet mother of Thomas Edison!" Spike cried as Scrappy grew even bigger and roared.
"YOU WILL STAY IN MY HOTEL OR PERISH!" Scrappy said, breathing fire through his mouth. All of the actors jumped out of the way of a large fireball. Butch and Spike made a mad dash to the desk. They ran behind it, panting.
"What now, fearless leader?" Spike asked Butch, who was taking out his suitcase, and opened it to reveal his armory.
"Now I finally get a chance to use my arsenal! I wish my brother was here to see this glorious moment!" Butch said as he rummaged through it, not even looking concerned about the situation.
But Spike was more than concerned.
"YOUR ARSENAL?! You imbecile! What gun could possibly do any good against that thing?!" Spike yelled.
"Who said anything about a gun?" Butch said, smirking.
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Let's jump forward in time to the 22nd century, where Tom and Jerry are...
Tom and Jerry stood in the same spot as before, having been given their task by Moriarty. Apparently, they had to solve a mystery involving the fate of a girl named Amy and they would only be given three clues.
If they failed to solve the mystery, or even if they successfully solved it, they were still certain to be in great danger. Luckily, Jerry had a plan.
"Okay, Tom. Look's like the game's afoot. If we want to get out of here, we're going to have to solve that mystery. So here's the plan. We split up, we look for clues, and then we... Tom?"
The cat had paid no attention to the mouse. Instead, he was walking over to the guards at the door that were holding laser guns. Tom crossed his arms as he stood in front of them.
"How much money is Moriarty paying you to keep us here?" he asked.
The guards glared daggers at him.
"What's it to ya?" One of them asked.
"I'll double whatever he's paying you." Tom said instantly, taking out his wallet.
The guards turned to each other, muttering amongst each other before turning back to him.
"I don't know... we have strict orders from Moriarty, and we're pretty loyal to our master..."
"Okay, I'll triple it." Tom said with narrowed eyes.
"Deal." The guards said.
Tom paid them off, and they opened the door for him. Tom waved at Jerry.
"Come on, you useless piece of dead weight. We're leaving." Tom said.
"B-b-b-b-b-but... what about the mystery?" Jerry stuttered.
"To heck with the mystery! I wanna go home!" Tom said, exiting the door. Jerry sighed and followed him.
They looked around and found themselves in an old-looking run down town filled with tumble weeds, buildings with broken windows, and a black smog was in the air. A sign nearby said 'WELCOME TO NEW LONDON!'
"Wait..." Jerry started, "This... THIS IS THE FUTURE?! What kinda future is this? Where are the flying cars? Where are the robots? Where's the advanced technology?!"
"Ugh…" groaned Tom, "Somehow, I knew all those sci-fi TV shows depicting the future were feeding us loads of crud."
They looked in different directions some more. Finally, Tom stepped towards the town.
"Come on. Someone around here must know where we can find a time machine."
Jerry followed Tom into town.
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Now, as we last left our other heroes, they were trying to flee the hotel. Their only obstacle: Monster Scrappy.
"GROAAAAAWWL!" roared Scrappy as he charged with his massive claws. Butch the dog, his courage deserting him, stepped back.
"On second thought, this hotel isn't that bad when you think about it..." Butch said, cowering before the massive Scrappy.
Then Butch Cat jumped in front of Scrappy with his device.
"Okay, Scrappy..." he said, putting the device on his chest. Suddenly, the device expanded and covered him in armor. That armor grew and transformed until it became a large mecha robot the same size as Scrappy.
"Pick on someone your own size." Butch said.
Butch tackled Scrappy and they smashed out of the hotel. Spike followed them with his eyes, silently noting to himself to never pick a fight with Butch again after this.
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Butch and Scrappy stared each other down. Suddenly, two health bars appeared above their heads and a narrator voice said, "FIGHT!"
Butch and Scrappy duked it out with speed and punches that would make Superman drop his jaw. As they fought, their health bars decreased with each hit they took.
Suddenly, a whole bunch of guns came from Butch's giant robot and he fired lasers, flames, bullets, grenades, and cheese sticks (don't ask) at Scrappy.
Scrappy shrugged them off and roared, swiping his fist at Butch and hurling him through his health bar, shattering it as the giant robot and the cat inside of it flew into the sky. Scrappy smirked and cackled as the giant robot blasted inside the hotel, landing near the other actors.
Droopy slowly walked to the scene.
"Need some help, Butch?" he said.
Spike snarled at him.
"Get real, what could you possibly...?"
Suddenly, Droopy went into Super Saiyan mode and punched Scrappy into the air. Spike dropped his jaw.
"What the heck... when the heck... why the heck...?" he stuttered, unable to comprehend Droopy's sudden strength.
Miss Red, who at first was quiet, now stood up straight.
"I suppose I should lend a hand too..." She said timidly... before she ripped off her outer clothing, revealing a superhero jumpsuit underneath! Her muscles expanded and she started hovering in the air. She flew into the air, leaving a sonic boom behind and Spike smacked his face.
"IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT DOESN'T HAVE SOME FUTURISTIC GADGET OR SUPERPOWER?" Spike yelled, losing it.
Butch the cat opened his mouth to say something when he saw Spike's glare turn on him and he thought better of it.
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And now... back to Tom and Jerry...
The cat and mouse duo continued their slow walk through the town. Jerry was groaning.
"Some future this is." Jerry muttered, kicking a rock.
Little did he or Tom realize that they were being followed. They continued their trek for several minutes before Tom stopped, having narrowed his eyes.
"Jerry, run." Tom said seriously.
"Huh? What for?" Jerry asked, confused.
Tom made a mad dash, not even bothering to explain himself. Jerry scratched his head and turned around, only to see giant robots armed with guns. The giant robots were accompanied by some mean looking bears. The bears were all very large and looked very vicious.
The robots pointed at him and aimed their guns while the bears snarled and charged. Jerry screamed and ran away. Just as he turned a corner, he was snatched up by Tom, who led him down an alley. Tom dropped him and Jerry ran on his own, keeping up with his companion.
"And to think I was just complaining about there not being any robots in this future! And they have bears! And they're trying to kill us for some reason!" Jerry said.
A robot landed in front of them.
"Ah, my dear Sherlock and Watson," came Moriarty's voice from the robot's speaker, "Clever of you to influence my employees into helping you. But you disappoint me. I thought you enjoyed solving mysteries, Holmes, but you chickened out. You didn't even TRY to solve the mystery about Amy."
Tom's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"Listen and listen good. I am not Watson and that dopey looking fool of a mouse over there is NOT SHERLOCK! You obviously inherited none of your ancestor's genius because your I.Q. is so low, you'd have to drill into the freaking ground to find it!" Tom yelled.
"Enough!" Moriarty yelled. "Gas them!"
The robot shot green gas at them and the cat and mouse passed out.
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The hotel and nearly everything around the hotel was rubble by now. Butch, who had finally managed to upright himself, had jumped back into the fight. His robot hovered next to Miss Red, who shot green lasers from her eyes straight into Scrappy. Miss Red followed that up with several sonic punches before Scrappy grabbed her and knocked her aside effortlessly.
Droopy was throwing every super-power in the world at Scrappy, but Scrappy was unharmed and eventually threw him into the sky. Scrappy gave him a hard and fast punch and Droopy was knocked through several buildings. Finally, Butch's robot took out a giant sword and swung it.
Scrappy caught the sword, smashed it in his hands, and grabbed the robot, before breaking through it. Inside the robot, Butch panicked.
"Okay, it's eject mode time!" Butch said, as he pushed a button and ejected from the robot just as Scrappy crushed it into a ball. Spike watched helplessly.
"Can no one stop Scrappy? He's demolishing us like Tyke demolishes chili-dogs!" Spike said.
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Miles away, Tyke was taking a nap in an alley, after having eaten all the chili-dogs he could find. But suddenly, somehow, Tyke picked up the word 'chili-dog' from his father's mouth (never mind the fact that Tyke was miles away from his father).
This woke Tyke up in a frenzy and the little pup made a mad dash all the way back to the hotel.
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When Tom and Jerry woke up, they found that they were in a cage. They looked around in confusion.
"So, the great detectives have woken up." came the voice of Moriarty.
"Ugh. You again." Tom said, as if referring to only a minor irritant.
"IS THAT ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUR ENEMY?!" Moriarty shouted.
Tom and Jerry both widened their eyes as they realized two things.
One: Moriarty was actually in the room with them instead of speaking through radio messages...
And two...
"Good gosh, you're female." Jerry said.
"Something wrong with that?" Moriarty snarled.
"Nope. I was just expecting a tall and hairy man to be Moriarty's descendant." Jerry said.
Tom raised an eyebrow.
"Why tall and hairy?" He inquired.
Jerry turned to him with half-lidded eyes.
"All male bad guys are tall and hairy. Don't you watch TV?"
Tom rolled his eyes before turning to the dark figure in the shadows.
"I'm going to take a wild guess and say that YOU'RE that Amy girl you tried to get us to investigate."
The shadowy figure stepped out and revealed herself to indeed be... Amy!
"Correct! I am Amy Moriarty, the descendant of the late great James Moriarty. My ancestor was the most brilliant man who ever lived, but he was always in the shadows of the two of you. I've spent my whole life waiting for this moment when I can prove just what frauds you two really are! You see, it all started when..."
As she entered that Super Villain Monologue mode, Jerry walked through the bars (Moriarty wasn't bright enough to realize that a larger cage couldn't hold a tiny mouse like Jerry), and walked to the control console. He turned on the console and activated the cage release, opening the cage and freeing Tom. Then they noticed the time machine in the center of the room.
"Look! It's the time machine! We can go home!" Jerry said.
"First, we need to make sure Miss Intelligent won't go after us." Tom said, pushing buttons on the console.
The robots rushed into the room, only now they were under Tom's control. Tom had the robot's seize Moriarty just as she was finishing her monologue.
"And all of this has culminated to this one moment of epic triumph- HEY!" she cried as she was picked up. She opened her eyes to see that she was surrounded by a ton of robots and bears.
"Robots, take her and dump her off somewhere far away from here. Preferably in a jail. And destroy this time machine once we're through."
"Yes, master." The robots said, compelled to obey whoever was controlling them.
Tom opened up a portal back to the 21st century as the robots left.
He prepared to walk through the portal when he turned around to see Jerry going the other way.
"Mouse, what the blazes are you-?!"
"I just wanna take something back with me from the future." Jerry said. He dashed to the portal.
"Okay. I'm ready." Jerry said.
They jumped through the portal and were sent back into the present day.
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Scrappy stood over the fallen actors, laughing maniacally.
"THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO FLEE MY HOTEL! NOW YOU WILL STAY IN MY HOTEL FOREVER! BWA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!" Scrappy yelled, over the beaten actors.
Suddenly, Tyke ran onto the scene.
"Chilidogs!"
Effortlessly, Tyke punted Scrappy out of the way and Scrappy was knocked straight into the sky, disappearing with a twinkle.
He ran to his father, yelling.
"Chilidogs! Chilidogs Chilidogs!" Tyke said, running around in circles.
Spike patted Tyke, looking very relieved.
"Tyke, for what you just did, when we get home, I'm going to cook you a hundred chilidogs!" Spike said.
"You may get home sooner than you think." a voice said.
The actors all turned to see the entire Scotland Yard glaring at them, clearly not happy about the destruction.
"What do you all have to say for yourselves?" one of them said.
"Um, our government is to blame?" Butch said.
They received glares from the Scotland Yard.
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Epilogue
Back at the Tom and Jerry Mansion, the Crew sat in their living room, sulking.
"Kicked out of London. I mean, we were kicked out of the entire country! HOW could we get kicked out the entire country?!" Spike yelled.
Tom snorted.
"Just wait until we get kicked out of this one." he said.
Butch sighed.
"I'm just sad my mecha robot got destroyed. I didn't even get a chance to name it yet." Butch said.
Jerry walked into the room with a smile, holding the leash to his new pet. Butch looked at it with distaste.
"Jerry, I know I always said you should get a pet, but a bear? Really?" Butch said.
"What?" Jerry said, "Tom has a giant spider. I think I'm allowed to have a bear. Besides, he's a really good bear, aren't you, boy?" Jerry said as he hugged the bear. The bear licked its paw.
Spike rolled his eyes, and leaned back in his chair.
"I seriously need to move out of this mansion." he muttered.
Butch scratched his chin.
"It's funny, but for some reason, I feel like we forgot something in London." he said.
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Tuffy continued to wander through the London streets, engrossed in his book. He finally made it through the last page and he closed the book.
"Finally done." Tuffy said. "Wonder what I missed?"
- the end -
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Miss Red: So, how does this work? Do you guys just start talking randomly at the end of every chapter?
Jerry: Almost every chapter. Not all of them.
Butch: Wow. All I can say was THAT was exhausting.
Spike: Tell me about it.
Tuffy: Wasn't exhausting for me. All I did was wander through London and read a book. What were you guys doing?
Butch: Fighting a monster hotel owner in a giant robot alongside my overpowered co-workers.
Tom: Outsmart a doofus in the 22nd century.
Tyke: EAT CHILIDOGS!
Jerry: Plus, I have a pet bear now!
Butch: ... Yeah. You and I need to have a talk about that.
Spike: The important thing is that the bad guys were defeated. As usual.
Miss Red: I'd be careful with how many arch-enemies you pick up if I were you. I mean, what if they all decide to team up against you someday in the future?
Butch: Ha! Don't be ridiculous! That never happens!
Santa Claus, Dick, Larry, Cat Triplets, X-5, Dodo Bird, Moriarty, Scrappy: Don't be so sure! (Evil cackling)
SKC: Well, anyway, this whole adventure has been fun. Hopefully, the next chapters will come around more quickly. Please review and see you next time.