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Operation: Val Chapter 10
"What must you do?" Dr. Thorndill paced the room slowly, a yardstick clutched tightly in his fist. Val sat on a wooden stool, her eyes locked firmly ahead like a soldier under the glare of his standing superior.
"Kill them."
"Why? Be more specific." The doctor waved the yardstick in front of her face, pleased that she didn't flinch. She calmly spoke, her eyes never wavering.
"Because they threatened what is mine."
"All together V.A.L. I want you to tell me what you will do and why." He frowned sternly.
"I will kill them because they threatened what is mine." Her voice grew soft and unsure toward the end and she sighed, looking at the doctor.
"Dad isn't this wrong? I thought you aren't supposed to hurt people." Her ears drooped as he turned toward her and she cringed, expecting to be whacked over the head with the ruler again. Dr. Thorndill did not hit her however. He calmly knelt in front of Val and pulled her close as if confiding a secret.
"My sweet, hurting people is absolutely wrong…when you have no reason for doing so. But those three have hurt us without reason and so they must be punished. That is why we are hurting them, not because we want to but because if we don't then they will never stop until your poor father is nothing but a tired patient in a mental hospital. Or worse…." He paused and then jumped up, making Val fall off her stool.
"Dead!" he grinned at the horrified gasp that escaped the young toon's mouth. Val stood up and shook her head.
"I don't want you to DIE dad! I-I'll do it. But does it have to hurt them? I mean, can't I just have someone like, tickle them to death? Or maybe they can eat candy until they explode or something…"
"WHY are you being kind to these monsters, V.A.L?! They have no feelings, they don't care whether they live or die. In fact, we would be doing the entire world a favor if we got rid of these three and cleansed the world of their stupid behavior. You'd be a hero!"
Val's eyes slowly lit up as she began to grow onto the idea. "You promise it won't hurt them…?"
"No they'll like it. And if they scream and cry, it's just because they feel the need to play the part a tad bit longer. Here, these should help with that problem." Dr. Thorndill handed Val a pair of ear plugs before dropping the DIP gun into her lap.
"Now, go be a good little creation and 'cleanse the earth'."
...
The Warners had woken up shockingly early that morning, at a startling 10 o'clock. For probably once in the history of mankind, Dot was the first one up and she was in the kitchen trying to cook breakfast, the smell wafting in the air was no doubt what had woken her older brothers up in the first place.
Yakko and Wakko stumbled into the kitchen, gagging and holding their noses as they squinted through the smoke-filled kitchen.
"Where's the fire?!" Yakko shouted, prompting Wakko to pull a fire extinguisher from his hat which he sprayed all over the smoking stove. Dot jumped back and glared at her brothers.
"I was making PANCAKES!" she held up a plate of black sticky objects that resembled something found underneath a shoe after visiting a barn for a couple of hours. Yakko blinked and leaned closer, examining the gooey substance.
"Is that….mustard?" He poked a yellow liquid on top and Dot pulled the plate away quickly.
"Don't touch it! You probably made it all gross with your hand germs now!" she dropped the plate on the table and sat down as her brothers joined her, clearly enjoying the moment.
"Dot, there is absolutely no way whatsoever that I could possibly make those things anymore gross." Yakko reached across the table for a plate and then hesitated before grabbing the plate of supposed breakfast. Dot shot her brothers a nasty glare that could make ice melt and the Sahara freeze over.
"Excuse me for trying to do something nice for once. Don't expect me to ever make you two breakfast ever again!" she crossed her tiny arms and scowled at her feet. Yakko gave her a soft smile.
"Aw sis don't pout. There are just some things that some people can do better than others. Where you fail at cooking, you excel at cuteness. I myself happen to be perfect at everything but that's because there's an exception to every rule. Now, let's dig in." He forced an excited grin on his face as he looked down at the plate in front of him.
Dot laughed. "Oh I'm not eating this. I'm on a diet. But you two can have all you want because I made thirds." She giggled and twirled out of her chair. "Thanks for calling me cute though, not that I needed the obvious compliment."
She skipped back to her bedroom and Yakko blinked. "I think she just wants to punish us for something we probably did but are too insensitive to remember. What do you think Wak?"
The Warner in question looked up from licking his plate clean. "Are you gonna eat that?" He pointed to Yakko's untouched plate and grabbed it before Yakko could give an answer, stuffing it into his mouth. His older brother's eyes widened and he shook his head in awe.
"Wakko…I honestly think this has got to be one of the weirdest things I have ever seen you shove into your mouth before." He laughed and ruffled his brother's hat.
"Thank god I have a garbage disposal for a brother!" he hopped up and grabbed the plate of black gunk Dot left on the counter and then turned to Wakko, opening his head up like a garbage can and dumping the contents of the plate into his mouth before closing the lid.
"There, breakfast's done." He sat down and grinned broadly as Wakko belched and leaned back, rubbing his distended belly.
"I don't know why you guys complain so much. It's not that bad. I kind of liked how she managed to make it crispy and runny at the same time." Wakko licked his lips and hopped up, stepping back as his tummy started to rumble.
"Whoa….that's weird." He swayed for a second and clutched the tabletop. Yakko got up slowly and rested a hand on Wakko's shoulder.
"Dot's cooking not agreeing with you Wak?"
"I'm fine it's nothing. I probably just got gas is all." Wakko belched as if to prove his point and grinned at his brother.
"What do you wanna do today?"
"Oh I am so glad you asked." Yakko pulled out a list and looked down it, pulling on tiny reading glasses to see through. "Hmm….says here we've got an appointment with Scratchy today. Is your hammerspace fully stocked?" He grinned at Wakko's evil grin and nod before going back to the list.
"We also have a date with Hello Nurse today right after. I'd better go freshen up before we leave then. Gotta look my best for the ladies." Yakko smoothed his ears back with a smirk.
"Grab your sis and we'll all meet up outside." Yakko winked at Wakko before cartwheeling to his bedroom. Wakko grinned and took a step toward Dot's room, stopping to hold his tummy as it gurgled again. Weird…..
…
Val was walking down the sidewalk, dragging a giant comical gun behind her, clearly too big for her. People all stopped to stare at her as she walked by, their expressions ranging from curious to terrified. Val, getting her first real taste of the outside world, didn't question their expressions. She had to stop occasionally to catch her breath from dragging the heavy DIP gun and when she did, she would look around at the big lit up buildings and all of the noises.
Sure is a lot louder than at home. Val pulled out the crudely drawn map her dad had given to her. It consisted of a box representing the lab, an arrow pointing in the opposite direction, and a big red 'x' at the end of the arrow. There were three stick figures with ugly faces drawn on top of the 'x' and Val had to chuckle. Dad may be smart but he's no artist…or navigator.
She ultimately decided that the map was utterly useless so instead she tried asking directions.
"Excuse me." She waved to a thin and sickly looking woman with expensive-looking clothing and skin stretched tight enough to bounce quarters off of.
The woman turned to her. "What do you want? I don't have time to talk to idiots."
"Wow I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and crap out a better insult than that." Val scowled at the woman who just rolled her eyes.
"I've heard more coherent comebacks from a schizophrenic with Tourette's. Go steal someone else's wallet you flea-ridden homeless child." She climbed into her limo and left. Val then promptly gave her a certain hand gesture not acceptable for children audiences.
Val's scowl slowly turned into a grin as she watched the limo drive away. "I could really grow to like it here." She looked around, trying to find someone else to annoy.
…
"Well that was fun." Dot smirked as they left Dr. Scratchansniff's office. Her two brothers just sighed dreamily, still thinking about a certain blonde nurse they had just spent the past half hour with.
Dot rolled her eyes. "Boys…" She pulled out a frying pan and smacked them both over the head with it, causing them both to jump up and stand erect, shaking slightly from the metallic pan.
Yakko nursed a large comical bump on his head. "That was kind of uncalled for Dot."
"Yeah well so was the entire half an hour we just had to spend in the nurse's office because of Wakko's imaginary splinter."
Wakko looked up and frowned at Dot. "I did TOO have a splinter!"
"Sure you did. Where was it?" Dot raised a challenging brow at Wakko who smirked and crossed his arms.
"If I told you where then you'd probably hit me."
Yakko and Dot exchanged a glance and burst out laughing. "Wak I don't even want to know where you were thinking!"
"G'night everybody!"
Wakko blinked, confused. "I was just gonna say my butt. You guys are weird." He pouted and Dot poked him.
"No pouting. Only I can do that."
Wakko only pouted more, just to tick her off. "I can pout better than you."
"No you can't." Dot's lip stuck out further. Wakko stuck his out even further and Yakko rolled his eyes, sensing a long battle in the process. He strolled over to a bench and relaxed as he let them brawl it out, deciding to just take in the beauty of the studio lot in all its concrete and asphalt glory.
…
"Can you tell me where the Burbank studios are?"
"NO!"
"Can you please-"
"Go away!"
"If you would-"
"GET OUT OF MY FACE!"
"ARGH!" Val sat down on the ground, purely irritated. How's anybody around here s'posed to kill people when they can't get some simple directions?!
"I'll never find the studio lot." Val sighed and looked up, happening to notice a large gate and sign right behind her. She got up and turned around, seeing the studio entrance.
"Oh, I'm here. Awesome!" Val picked up her big gun, stumbled a second, and then walked through the gate. She stopped when she saw a large studio guard sleeping with a donut in his lap. She shrugged, deciding she wouldn't wake him from his nap, and then hopped over the gate that separated her from the studio.
World cleansing here I come! Dad's gonna be so proud!
...
After about 10 minutes of cute pout comparing, Wakko and Dot settled their fight and walked over to Yakko who gave them twin smirks.
"Did you two decide who has the cutest smirk?"
"We decided for the sake of time that it is undecided. But I know mine is still cuter." Dot batted her eyes and was granted a push from Wakko.
"I'm the best pouter or my name isn't Wakko-"
"-Warners!"
The Warners turned around simultaneously and blinked at the sight of a giant gun coming towards them, wobbling from side to side.
Yakko raised a brow. "Looks like we've got a fan…"
Wakko grinned. "Looks more like a gun to me."
The gun stopped and lowered itself to reveal a red haired toon who was scowling and clearly out of breath.
"I-I'm…g-gonna… cleanse the….earth. PHEW! Is it hot out here or is it just me?" She wiped her forehead. The Warners exchanged a glance.
"Group meeting!" they huddled up and Yakko looked around.
"What's the plan?"
"I say we CRUSH HER underneath a million anvils!" Dot snarled. Wakko shook his head.
"But then we couldn't have as much fun with her."
Yakko nodded, agreeing with Wakko. "Let's just confuse her. I need to avenge my title anyways." They all nodded and then jumped back to give Val creepy smiles.
"We know what you want…."
Val frowned and shifted her weapon against her hip. "Yeah. To clean the earth of its horrible substances."
Yakko applauded. "Good for you trying to make a difference in the world. Our planet earth could use more help like you." He shook her hand and she pulled it away and lifted the gun.
"I know what you did!"
"What's that? Stole your heart…?" Yakko played with the collar of her shirt and smirked seductively. Val scowled and poked him in the chest with an accusing finger.
"Don't make me get ugly."
Dot jumped up behind her. "Sweetie you're already there. But don't worry. Dot's patented 'Ugly B-Gone' is certain to cure you of your unfortunate birth defect called the 'Ugly'." She slapped Val down in a salon chair and strapped her in before she could react.
"Now, this will only pinch a little…." Dot started up a chain saw and swung it toward Val's head, making the poor girl scream in terror. She wiggled out of the straps in the chair and grabbed her gun.
"You people are insane! Ridding the world of you will make everyone better." She lifted the gun up and aimed it at them. "Now hold still and I promise not to hurt you."
And so of course, the Warners did the exact opposite, jumping around and hopping out of bushes and cartwheeling around buildings. Val watched them, her eyes going in every direction as she tried to follow their movements.
"I said hold still!"
Wakko popped up behind her and took the gun, swallowing it in one bite.
Val gaped in horror as he burped bullets at her, making her drop to the ground.
"Are you CRAZY?! That was a DIP gun!" she covered herself for fear of being hit.
The Warners froze and Yakko and Dot ran over to their brother.
"Wak?! Are you okay?"
"Maybe we should take him to a hospital!"
Wakko grinned. "Relax guys I'm fine." He belched one last time and sighed. "I can eat anything."
Val got up onto shaky feet and glared at the Warners. "You people ruined my life and I will NOT leave this spot until I do my job!" she continued hurling insults and threats at the oldest and youngest Warner, not noticing the green color that the middle Warner was turning.
"Maybe I'm not so fine…." Wakko rubbed his gurgling tummy as he swayed on his feet. Val turned around to face him and was granted with the kind of gag that wasn't all that funny.
Wakko threw up all over Val, showering her with the pancakes Dot had made that morning and the gun he had swallowed, still fully intact. Val just stood there in horrified silence, her eyes twitching slightly.
"I'm going home now." She turned stiffly and walked out of the studio.
Yakko hugged Wakko. "You okay bro?"
"Yeah. I've kinda felt funny since I ate those pancakes this morning. But now I feel all better."
Yakko paused and laughed. "The kid swallows DIP but the thing that really gets him is Dot's horrible cooking. This is too funny." He fell over laughing and Dot scowled.
"My cooking isn't THAT bad!"
…
After Val got back to the house and confessed her failure, she was granted with a slap from the yard stick and a one way ticket to her cage. After a little while Jenkins came over and slipped a bucket through the basement window filled with soap and other toiletries for her to wash up in after that terrible thing had happened.
After washing up, Val carefully opened her taped up diary and began to write:
They might think they've outsmarted me but I'm far from done with them. I'll be back and next time I'll be smarter and faster and meaner. I won't let them get me again.
And that is all for today. I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I plan to update again on Wednesday. Thanks for being so awesome and reviewing. I just can't get over how happy I was to see reviews so quickly after not updating for so long. It makes me feel great to know that you all care enough. So thank you again and I hope to see reviews again. (Not that I'm being greedy or anything haha) I just love to hear from you guys and to know what you think. Again I'm really sorry for taking so long to update this. I'm sorry. That's all for now. See ya again Wednesday!