Minerva had arrived at the Mega Mall in the last chapter, so now it's time to see if Newt made it as well. Story and plot created by me; Minerva Mink and other Animaniacs characters (including Newt) created by Warner Bros.

A Minerva Mink Christmas

Chapter 3 - At The Mega Mall

Newt had finally arrived at the Mega Mall in the pick-up truck that took him to downtown Burbank. The truck had stopped in front of the entrance, and the driver spoke to him...

"Well, uuuhh... Here ya are, mac. Have a nice day now, ya hear?"

But Newt didn't really say anything to him; he just got out of the truck and shut the door. After the truck drove off, he then said aloud to himself...

"Pheeew! That is the last, and I mean LAST, time I ever hitch a ride from somebody who drives with pigs all day! It was even worse than being in a fertilizer factory run by howler monkeys!"

A moment after he calmed down, Newt then headed for the entrance of the Mega Mall. Once he stepped inside, he saw just how huge the place really was compared to how it looked inside. There were a bunch of elevators that took people to any of the twelve floors, escalators that carried people upwards and downwards, and each floor had a different theme with similar types of stores and restaurants.

"Wow... This place is incredibly huge! But how am I gonna find the mink in a place like this?"

It wasn't really difficult to find Minerva, despite how big of a place the Mega Mall is; Newt noticed that everybody on the fourth floor was eyeing somebody walking by. He pulled out a pair of binoculars and viewed into them. Sure enough, he saw that it was Minerva Mink.

"Aha! It IS her! Looks like I know where I'm heading off to now..."

But as soon as Newt took off, he didn't see where he was going (he was still looking up at the fourth floor, where Minerva was) and he bumped into somebody. After shaking himself off, Newt saw that he bumped into a security guard who was walking around, keeping an eye out for any trouble; the security guard was a handsome-looking German Shepherd.

"Are you okay?"

"Uh, yeah, I'm okay. I should have paid more attention to where I was going."

"That's good. You see, this is my first year on the job, and it's my duty to make sure that there are no trouble-makers hanging around here, especially on Christmas Eve."

"Don't worry about a thing, sir. I'm not here to cause any trouble of any kind; I'm just here to, uh, shop, that's it."

"Well, okay then. I guess I'll probably see you around."

The security guard then walked away. Newt continued to pursue Minerva. He decided to take an elevator up to the fourth floor, so he pressed the elevator button and waited for it to come down; but when the elevator doors had opened, a big crowd of people came out and almost trampled him. When the doors were about to close, Newt quickly squeezed his body into it in the nick of time. As soon as he made it, he started to walk faster, hoping he hasn't lost her. Luckily for him, about 90 feet away, he found Minerva.

"There she is...and here I come!"

Newt then pulled out the fishing net he had earlier with him to catch Minerva, and began to move faster. Meanwhile, in a sporting goods store known as "The Sports Shop" (which Minerva is going to pass by, as well as Newt), a guy was trying out at fishing pole for himself. He started to cast with it when all of a sudden, the hook at the end of the line went sailing to the back area of the store and snagged onto a ten-pound bowling ball. The guy pulled so hard on the line that the bowling ball went flying and sailed right through the store's display window...

CRASH!!!

Newt was now nearly ten feet of Minerva when this happened. He was ready to swing his net at her when all of a sudden...

SMACK!!!

The bowling ball that crashed through the window had smacked Newt really hard in the face. It hit him so hard that he was really dizzy, and he was walking around until he made it to the escalator going down; afterward, he fell face down on the floor. He remained unconscious until he heard a voice...

"Are you okay?"

Newt woke up, and saw the security guard next to him.

"What happened to you?"

"I don't know... All I remember was that I was walking until I saw something black hit me in the face..."

"That must have been the bowling ball that people had told me crashed through a window in one of the stores. Oh, well... At least you're okay."

The security guard walked away again, and Newt decided to go back up to the fourth floor, hoping to find Minerva there again...

TO BE CONTINUED...