The fourth quarter started. On the court for the Toonsters we're LeBron, Buster, Babs, Calamity, and Nawt. LeBron had the ball and Dom was a few feet away from him. Nawt was blocking Dom's way with his hand.
"Not so fast, little man." He said.
"Clear out, LeBron instructed, dribbling the ball.
Nawt ran off with the other Toonsters as LeBron and Dom approached one another.
"I wonder what move he's gonna do." Babs informed, as she ran next to Buster.
"The Post-Up?" Guessed Bupkus.
"Maybe the fadeaway." Guessed Lightning.
"Perhaps he'll just throw the ball?" Guessed Elmyra.
"Or out-manoeuvre him?" Guessed Hamton.
"He's gonna dunk all over him!" Chuckled Plucky. "Look at that kid! Kid's too small!"
LeBron and Dom were at a small distance from one another. Much to Dom's surprise and confusion, LeBron stopped dribbling the ball.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Dom asked. "We're in the middle of a game."
The silence that followed was cut by LeBron speaking in a remorseful voice.
"Dom, your game is amazing son." He said. "Guess I would've known that if I had listened more. Sorry I didn't. For me, when I was a kid, the things that I went through to get where I am now, it had to be a certain way."
LeBron let out a sigh, showing off his self-disappointment.
"Yeah, it helped me win games, but not so much being a dad." He continued. "I'm still learning how. You're teaching me. I want you to be yourself."
Dom took a step forward.
"Do you understand how much I love you?" Asked LeBron. "Do you understand how important you are to me? How very special you are? I mean, I don't even know if I'm saying this right."
LeBron threw the ball away before turning back to Dom, who broke the next silence.
"Sounds right to me." He said.
After a could of seconds, Dom wrapped his arms around King James.
"I love you dad." He said.
"I love you too, son." LeBron replied, returning the embrace.
There was a sea of happy expressions and clapping from the audience, most notably from the Toonsters. Even Montana Max was applauding.
"Now that's beautiful!" He yelled, applauding and whooping.
Pound wrapped his arm around Bupkus' neck in a nogie.
"C'mere, you!" Pound teared up.
Sweetie quickly flew into Furrball's arms.
"This moment is just too sweet!" She happily wept as Furrball gently put his hands on her.
"This is more emotional than any of my performances." Babs smiled.
"That's really saying something." Buster replied, a tear streaming down his blue furry muzzle.
"Dom!" Kamiyah called. "Dom!"
King James and his son turned to Kamiyah and the other kids, who were all smiling at them. They returned the smiles.
"Are you serious?" Scoffed Al G, trying to be heard over the loud applause.
Then, he turned to the audience, and with his distorted voice, bellowed:
"ZIP IT!"
The applause subsided, and there was a mad look in Al G's eyes.
"You two are a joke, you know that?" Growled Al G.
LeBron went to confront Al G, but Dom put his hand and arm in the way.
"I got this dad." He said, walking over to Al G.
Dom walked over to AL G to confront him.
"Oh, what? You got something to say?" Al G asked in his normal voice.
"Yeah, I think you want people to fear you more than anything." Dom replied, not backing down. "And I'm not above that, Al G. I'm playing with my dad."
From Dom's words, Al G became rather agitated.
"First of all, it's Mr. Rhythm to you, you little traitor." He scowled as the Tiny Toons stood by LeBron. "Second of all, you're not. You're playing against your dad. See what jersey says? Goon Squad. You already made your choice, Dom."
Al G turned to Pete, hoping Pete would back him up, but Pete was visibly tearing.
"Pete, are you crying?" Al G asked, fury rising up inside him. "There's no crying in the Serververse, Pete!"
Dom chuckled as he, LeBron, and the Tiny Toons walked over to the Toonsters bench.
"I see how it is, Dom!" Al G yelled, his voice becoming distorted again. "I see how it is! I gave you everything!"
The Tiny Toons showered Dom with greetings as he sat on the bench of the Toonsters. Mary even approached LeBron with a spare Toonsters jersey.
"I hope this is in his size." She said.
"Thanks, Mary." LeBron replied, taking the jersey and presenting it to Dom.
"Fine!" Al G's voice blared. "You wanna join these losers? Then go ahead Dom! 'Cause it's not your game anymore! I am the game! King Kong ain't got nothing on me!"
King Kong got offended and turned away from Al G while the latter began to glow. He chuckled as he turned bigger than before.
"Yo king!" Al G called as the Goon Squad stood by him. "You're about to lose your family, your friends, those Tiny Toons, everything you love!"
"I don't think so." LeBron replied, confidently.
"Oh, it's on." Buster commented before he and Babs fist bumped LeBron with their ears before they, LeBron, Melvin and Dom walked onto the court. LeBron had the ball, and passed it to Babs. Babs scored a two-point shot.
"Nice pass, King James!" She called, as the crowd chanted "Let's go, Toonsters" once again.
"That's cute." Al G snickered. "But I thought I told you."
Al G snapped his fingers, and the ball flew back up through the hoop, and flew to the score board. The score board read "Cheat Code" and deducted the two points from the Toonsters.
"What?!" Snapped LeBron.
"It's my game now." Continued Al G, his voice once again sounding somewhat distorted.
The Toonsters lined up as Al G dribbled the ball. Afterwards, with his distorted voice, he instructed:
"Sic 'em, Goons!"
The Goon Squad charged at the Toonsters and vice versa. The Brow knocked Buster back with his wings, White Mamba trapped Babs in her tail, Arachneka used her webs to immobilise Melvin, the Goon Squad stacked on top of one another with Melvin being at the bottom due to the webs, Wet-Fire made a wall of flames to stop Dom from interfering, and Al G threw the ball into the air, ran up the Goon Squad tower, and leapt into the air to grab the ball and score a slam dunk while LeBron tried to stop him.
"Incoming!" Al G yelled as he scored the dunk.
The next thing LeBron knew, he was lying on his back, looking up at the sky while Al G stood above him.
"Wooh! I'm a monster!" Al G yelled. "We're about the break the internet, baby! It's over."
"Time out." LeBron called and signalled.
LeBron and Dom joined the other Tiny Toons at their bench.
"Step of that guy's toe!" Daffy yelled from the crowd.
The Toonsters ignored him.
"He's cheating!" Babs exclaimed. "That guy has pumpkin eater written all over him!"
"That (bleep-bleep-bleep) stinks!" Fowlmouth yelled.
"It's alright." LeBron replied. "All we gotta do is get one bucket."
"How can we score if he controls the game, teach?" Buster asked.
"Whoooo!" Whooped Al G. "Where my Goons at?"
Al G is seen celebrating with the Goon Squad.
"That no good rotten son of a glitch!" Growled Plucky, steaming from the ears.
Hearing Plucky say "glitch" gave Dom an epiphany.
"Dad, that's it!" He exclaimed. "Your move. Remember it?"
"In and out, crossover, step-back, shoot." The two said in unison.
"That move froze my whole game." Dom added.
"And that's good because..." LeBron started.
"If the game crashes, Al G won't be able to control it anymore." Dom explained.
"And if he can't control it, he can't stop us from scoring." Babs continued.
The Tiny Toons were overjoyed... at first. What changed it was Dom's second epithany.
"Wait." He said. "That's not gonna work. When my character did the step back, it got deleted.
"So, whoever does the glitch move..." Blanko replied.
"Will get deleted." Dom replied.
There was silence among them. The silence was punctured by Concord.
"So I guess we're drawing straws." He said, holding out multiple straws.
"We're not doing zhat!" Fifi exclaimed.
"We shall zhink of something else." Angelique added.
"Why don't we just pummel them?" Pound asked.
"I'm going to do the step back." LeBron announced, much to the horror of Dom and the Tiny Toons.
"Dad, no!" Dom exclaimed. "You'll be deleted!"
"I'm not a video game character." LeBron replied. "I think I'll be okay."
"Dad, you don't know that." Dom replied, with a bit of panic in his voice. "I've done the calculations."
"Dom, somebody's gotta do something." LeBron replied.
"LeBron, you don't have to do this." Babs informed.
"No." Agreed the other Tiny Toons.
"Listen, just give me the ball." LeBron replied. "Hands in."
LeBron, Dom, and the rest of the Toonsters put their hands on top of one-another's.
"Toonsters on three." LeBron said. "One, two, three."
"Toonsters!"
The buzzer sounded. The Toonsters that walked onto the court were LeBron, Dom, Buster, Babs, and Shirley. The two rabbits stopped for a moments, looked back at the other Toonsters, then at each other, then nodded. It was as if they were saying things to one another without talking. They walked onto the court with the others while LeBron stood in front of Al G.
"This is fun, huh?" Al G asked smugly. "We should just do it again and again and again just over and over and over for all eternity. How's that sound?"
"The Tiny Toons would be deleted." LeBron replied.
"Ah, you'll find new teammates." Al G replied. "Hey, maybe you could partner with the Looney Tunes."
"Ten seconds on the clock." Ernie commented. "The Tiny Toons are one style point play away from victory, or defeat."
Shirley got the ball and prepared to pass it. Buster and Babs both waited for the whistle to blow. They looked at each other and were breathing heavily, almost as if they were accepting and preparing for something. After Pete blew the whistle, there was a frantic commotion as Shirley prepared to pass the ball to LeBron. Just as LeBron was open and Shirley threw the ball, Buster and Babs leapt across and grabbed the ball.
"Buster, Babs, what are you two doing?!" LeBron exclaimed.
To the horror of the other Toonsters, Buster and Babs started preforming the step back technique at the same time, making sure to be close enough to one-another so that they both could be weilding the ball.
"In and out, crossover, step back..." The two rabbits announced in unison.
"Buster, Babs, no!" Shirley yelled, running over to stop them.
"Shoot!" Yelled Buster and Babs, shooting the ball.
After the ball was shot to the hoop, Buster, Babs, and the Goon Squad (including Al G) started to glitch.
"Hey, what's going on with our students?" Bugs asked, seeing them glitch.
"Don't ask me." Honey replied with concern in her voice.
LeBron saw his chance and ran for the ball. Al G ran after him.
"The shot of Buster and Babs is gonna be short!" Ernie exclaimed.
As luck would have it, a jump boost powerup appeared ahead of LeBron. He stepped on the jump powerup and managed to grab the ball, but Al G caught up to him and began to push LeBron to the ground by his shoulder and arm. When all hope seemed lost, Dom picked up the jump boost and threw it at LeBron's foot.
"That's cheating!" Al G yelled.
As LeBron received a second boost, Bugs and Honey tried to throw themselves onto the court, but the shield around it sent them flying. LeBron, despite Al G's blocking efforts, managed to score the final dunk for the Toonsters at the last possible second. As a result, there was a poster surrounding LeBron and Al G that read "King James". LeBron got out of the poster while Al G remained in it.
"Great." He sighed. "Posterised."
LeBron let out a mighty triumphant roar as he landed back on the ground.
"Whooo!" LeBron cheered. "We did it! Yeeeaaaahhh!"
"Posterised?" Dom excitedly asked before cheering loudly.
The Toonsters changed back to their 2D selves (and the Monstars turned back into the Nerdlucks), and rushed from the bench onto the court to celebrate.
"The Toonsters win!" Lil Rey exclaimed. "The Toonsters win!"
"Unbelievable!" Ernie added. "Al G just got turned into a literal poster!"
"This is NOT how I wanted to go out!" Al G exclaimed before Pete dashed through the poster, disintegrating it.
"Yeah!" LeBron whooped. "That's what I'm talking about!"
One by one, the Goon Squad started vanishing. Starting with Chronos, then Wet-Fire, then White Mamba, then Arachneka, and finally The Brow.
"Haha! See ya, Goons!" Lightning cackled.
"We won!" Plucky happily laughed, trying to hug the other Tiny Toons. "Give me a hug! Somebody hug me?"
"I'll hug you, ducky!" Elmyra yelled, running to Plucky.
"Gah! Not you!" Plucky yelled, running off.
The people in the audience started to disappear from the Serververse and return to the real world, most notably LeBron's family. He and Dom remained behind.
"Yes! I never doubted you for a second, LeBron!" Lil Rey exclaimed as he and Ernie started to return to the real world. "We are going home! Thank you so much! You are the Akron Hammer. The chosen one! King James, man! I love you! We going home!"
LeBron and Dom's joy was cut short when they turned and got an emotional site. Buster and Babs laying on the ground, Hamton and Shirley helping them lay up, and the other Tiny Toons (Nerdlucks included) surrounding them while looking sad.
"Buster, Babs." LeBron sighed.
"How'd we do, coach?" Buster asked as he and Babs glitched a little.
"Bust, Babs, that was the least Tooney thing you two have ever done." Shirley informed.
"You've got that right." Babs replied. "But taking care of the people you love is fundamental. Right, teach?"
"Thank you both." LeBron replied.
Hamton turned towards LeBron and Dom.
"Goodbye, King James." He said.
LeBron and Dom started to disappear into the sky and return to the real world. As they were, Bugs and Honey managed to get onto the court.
"What's happening with our students?!" Bugs asked.
The next glitch of Buster and Babs was more of an answer for him and Honey. Just as LeBron and Dom disappeared, ACME Acres started to repair itself, most notably ACME Looniversity, much to the joy of the Tiny Toons. They turned back to Buster and Babs with joyous expressions as a result. But it was not to last. Both Buster and Babs started glitching profusely, their minutes were numbered. They knew it, the other Tiny Toons knew it, the Nerdlucks knew it, even Bugs and Honey knew it.
"We did it." Buster smiled as the others stared at him and Babs with sad expressions.
"We're all back together again." Babs added as she and Buster started holding hands.
"Buster..." Hamton sighed.
"Babs..." Shirley sighed.
"So long, Toonsters." Buster and Babs said in unison, closing their eyes.
A light surrounded the two rabbits. While the others watched on sadly, Buster and Babs disappeared in light and ascended into the sky while their images are shown in the sky.
Now that this chapter is over, a little fun fact: it was originally going to be just Buster to preform the step back glitch, but Buster and Babs preforming it together would make more sense, as pointed out by that guest review. Also, a little reminder: this is not the final chapter, the next one is. See ya soon, Toonsters.
