Reversal of Fortune:
With the plunger plugging the hole, Ryan now had time to concentrate on determining what to do to correct the toon/reality situation. After a moment's thought, he came up with a possible solution: just cause the leak to work exactly in reverse.
Easier said than done, eh?
But Ryan knew who could help. Further consultation with Brain, identifying the recent events in reverse order, led to the formulation of a computer model (on Ryan's computer, with a link to the Brain) displaying what caused the leak and the resulting chaos.
Testing many different theoretical shot-in-the-dark educated guesses, Brain's work began to result in streams of what appeared to be rainbow-coloured fog slowly being drawn towards the portal. Different modulations drew a thicker fog.
Not knowing if these actions were affecting the toons, or something different, Ryan and Carley decided that it would probably be prudent to take steps to prevent themselves from being sucked into the portal. So they secured each other to chairs using the Handyman's Secret Weapon: duct tape. A string made of duct tape was also going to be attached to the handle of the plunger so it could be pulled out when the reverse process began in earnest, but Brain pointed out that since Carley had grabbed it from behind her back in a toonish fashion, it would simply be taken back as if it were toon material as well.
As Brain further perfected modulation, the plunger did indeed begin to wobble. Soon, the Roadrunner and a now-reassembled Wile E. Coyote were pulled into the room, the latter frantically grabbing at the floor with his claws, and the former attempting to run against the invisible force pulling them.
Ryan and Carley both yelled at the computer's microphone to alert Brain that there was now undeniable proof that the reverse vortex was working correctly. Of course two people yelling at the same time comes out something like, "JANILKASPJAFIDRUWILERCOUTE!"
Luckily, Brain was fairly sure he heard Wile E. Coyote mentioned in that mess. He transmitted a message using his microphone. "Did you just say that Wile E. Coyote has been sucked towards the portal?"
Ryan and Carley replied again, this time in better union, "YES!!"
Since the Warner sibs were in the same room as the Brain, they took the opportunity to display their ability to speak in unison much better, saying, "Hi Carley! Hi Ryan!" while Vakko mumbled vulgarities in the background. (((A/N: Wow, it's been a long time since any Warner characters have even briefly been in this story.)))
Carley said, "Hi!" back, while Ryan's identical greeting was delayed for 1.5 seconds due to having a straw in his mouth, suddenly feeling a need to take a sip of his iced tea.
In the meantime, Brain had begun to increase the power to the computer-based reverse vortex device (((A/N: I should have come up with a name for that…meh.)))
After a few seconds, the plunger finally slipped in, causing a sudden supreme increase in the sucking power. As Wile E. and the Roadrunner were sucked into the vortex, Ryan and Carley marveled at the fact that they did not appear to be affected at all. Unfortunately, their iced tea was, since Carley had pulled that out from behind her back. Luckily, the iced tea that they had already consumed didn't try to find a way out of their bodies and into the portal, because that would have just been gross.
For several minutes, toons and plot holes rushed by and into the portal. Then, as suddenly as the rush had started, it ended. Brain had certainly made sure that the events had gone perfectly in reverse, since the portal had actually repaired itself as soon as the vortex had completed its work.
"Now," the Brian said to Ryan, "I believe we have an arrangement to act upon. We previously agreed that upon completion of my services, you would write a fanfic story that may theoretically make me ruler of the world for fifteen days in my plane of existence."
"Yeah, I know," said Ryan. "I'll write that story…just as soon as I get this damn duct tape off of me."