It seems that Newt has begun to lose his mind after failing to capture Minerva for the umpteenth time already, huh? Well, he'll just have to get used to it as the rest of the story continues... Story and plot created by me; Minerva Mink and other Animaniacs characters (including Newt) created by Warner Bros.

A Minerva Mink Christmas

Chapter 6 - Perfume & Pranks

Minerva Mink had been shopping in the Mega Mall for more than half a day already. As she was walking and carrying bags full of the stuff she bought, she decided to sit down at a nearby bench to catch her breath. And she spoke to herself...

"This Christmas shopping can sure take a lot out of a gal like me. Now let's see... What have a gotten so far?"

She looked into her bags in case there was something he hasn't bought yet.

"Well, let's see... I only need to buy one or two more things, and then I'll head back home."

Minerva then got up after sitting down for a few minutes and continued her shopping. Newt was not too far behind; he was following after her from a couple of stores away. He was still holding onto the retractable claw that found at "Gadgets R Us" (he also managed to buy it, so that he can use it outside of the store). As he was getting closer to her, he quickly hid beside the entrance to a perfume shop called "Sweetly Scents". He spoke to himself as he did...

"Luckily for me, this baby didn't get damaged from my unfortunate accident. Now that THAT'S out of the way, I'll finally be able to put it to good use."

When he was ready to use the claw on Minerva, a woman working at the store walked up to Newt from behind and said to him...

"Excuse me, sir. Would you care to try out one of our latest fragrances, courtesy of Sweetly Scents?"

As soon as Newt turned his head, the woman sprayed some perfume...right into his eyes. He began to howl in pain.

"Oh, I am so sorry about that! I did not mean to spray you there!"

Newt then walked away, rubbing his eyes so much that tears began streaming down his face. Unfortunately, he didn't see where was going as he tripped onto a toy that some kid dropped on the middle of the floor; he fell down the escalator that was moving the opposite direction, and he was shouting as he fell...

"Whoa! Ouch! Oh! Aah! Eee! Owie-wow! Ouch! Oh! Aah! Eee! Owie-wow! Ouch! Oh! Aah! Eee! Owie-wow!"

He was actually falling in place as this was happening (since that's usually what happens when somebody tries to go down an escalator moving up). This kept on going until someone grabbed Newt and pulled him back up to the fifth floor...

"What happened this time? Are you hurt?"

Newt shook his head and saw who it was that pulled him up: it was the security guard, who came once he saw Newt's calamity.

"That's really dangerous what you were just doing, you know. I once stopped a bunch of teenagers that tried to do that, and they haven't done it since. Now, promise me you won't do it again, okay?"

When Newt was about to respond, he saw Minerva in an elevator heading up to the twelfth floor.

"Uh, sure, whatever. Gotta go!"

Newt took running into an open elevator that was full of people who was in it before him. He pressed the button in the elevator that would take him up to the twelfth floor and waited until he arrived. As soon as he stepped out, he began looking for Minerva. He kept on searching until he saw her looking inside a novelty shop called "Pranks 'N Presents". And sure enough, he walked into the store and found her looking at a shelf full of practical joke items that were about 30 feet away from the entrance. Before he was about to do anything, a guy dressed up like a clown came up to him and said...

"Good afternoon there, sir! Can I interest you in some really great practical jokes you can play on your friends and family this holiday season?"

"Actually, I just want to-"

The clown-guy held his hand out for Newt to shake, so he did; but as he did so...

BZZZZTTT!!!

He felt a surprising shock that buzzed in his hand. The guy remarked...

"It's our ever popular item: the Joy Shocker, which is an instant classic for anybody!"

"That's nice, but all I want is-"

The clown-guy then handed him a can of peanut brittle.

"Care for some peanut brittle?"

Newt half-heartedly opened the can when suddenly, a bunch of spring-loaded snakes popped out, surprising him.

"So what do you think? The old Snake-In-A-Can gag will surely appeal to anybody, young or old!"

"Can I just-"

"Smell my flower. Go ahead, it won't bite..."

Newt probably knew what was going to happen, so he pretended to smell it and he ended up getting squirt in the face with water.

"It's the classic Squirting Flower gag! It's an oldie, but a goodie!"

Newt was starting to get annoyed with the clown-guy, and he almost raised his voice as he spoke to him...

"Listen... I didn't come all this way up to the twelfth floor of a shopping mall so that I can be treated to a bunch of pranks given to me by some clown; I just came in here to find somebody who's in here as well! Is that so hard to ask??"

"One more joke, I promise..."

He handed him a piece of gum. Newt saw it, and lightly smiled to himself, because he figured out what the gum was.

"Oh, I see... This is that kind of gum and turns your mouth blue when you chew it, right?"

He put the gum in his mouth and began to chew it. But the clown-guy then said...

"Actually, no; it's a type of gum that tastes really hot after you chew it for a bit."

And sure enough, when Newt was chewing the gum, he began to feel the very hot taste in his mouth; almost a lot like the hot sauce that landed in his mouth not too long ago. He ran out of the store wheezing, and ended up jumping off the guard rail and began falling toward the fountain in the center of the mall. As he was falling, he said to himself miserably...

"I know for sure that this has not been my day today!"

He landed right into the fountain...

SPLASH!!!

But because it was shallow, he also ended up getting hurt from the impact. A moment after he landed, Newt came to his senses...and was he mad!

"That does it! I am tired of going through this schtick I've had to deal with all day! I'll get that mink, even if it's the last thing I'll ever do by the end of the day! Because THIS time, no...more...Mister...Nice...Dachshund!"

TO BE CONTINUED...