Chapter 16: Rumble In The Temple

The TTC Jet went to the temple in Cape Town, South Africa. Once there, they headed out and met up with the others. Snooper said, "Chris, Rayian, and the others should be hiding out in the temple even as we speak."

"Good, Snoop," said Bert. "Now's our chance to surprise them. Let's end this..."

The TTC entered the temple, and arrived at the Sacrifice Room where Chris, Rayian Fox, and his family was waiting for them.

"Hello there, my self," said Chris, an evil grin appearing on his face. "And I am going to say this--YOU WILL NEVER BE ME! I took advange of President Raccoon's Multiple Spouse Act, and now I've got four wives! How many you got? Oh, just one, because you should've done it with Blaze back then. But you're an idiot! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!"

Charles got angry at this insult. Bert shouted, "Listen! Even he made a mistake, but he's still her brother!"

"Oh, yeah?" retorted Flame. "Well me, Dark Vanilla, and Buns mated with Chris and we got his kids!"

Blaze muttered, "Great."

Rayian declared, "And now, it's time to become vampires, my mortal enemies!"

As he said that, his family members spread out and attacked the TTC. Bert shouted, "ATTACK!"

The fight began, the TTC against Rayian Fox and his vampire family. The Hanna-Barbera team and the Histeria team joined in the fight as well. Bert Jr. then stood up to face the very enemy who had caused him a lot of trouble many years ago.

"I've tried turning you into one of my family, starting with your tail," snarled Rayian. "But now I'm going to do it again--and you won't get away with it next time!"

"Never!" said Bert Jr., wielding the Light Sword at him. "You were the one who started a ruckus in the Anime Convention in Japan a long time ago. You disrupted the occasion...you scared the fans...and you tried to bite my dad!"

"Is that so? Then you won't be thinking so much about your dear old dad, because YOU'RE GONNA BE ON OUR SIDE NOW!"

With that, he slammed Bert Jr. to the floor and grabbed his tail, dragging him away. Nose Marie, who was teaming up with Charity and Miss Information on battling Rayian's clan, turned around and saw Rayian about to sink his fanged teeth into her husband's tail. She screamed, "Bert Jr.! NOOOOOOOOO!" She rushed forward, pushed Bert Jr. out of the way, and used her fist to punch Rayian in the face. The vampire fox hissed, before he snapped back and bit Nose Marie's paw. The Pound Puppy yelled in pain. Alarmed, Bert Jr. shouted, "Nose Marie!"

Then, much to his surprise, Nose Marie used her strength to flip Rayian over and throw him to the ground. She walked over, put her foot on his back, and said triumphantly, "And THAT was for harassing my husband!"

"Wow! I'm stunned," said Bert Jr., walking over to her. "How did you do all that without even turning into a vampire?"

Nose Marie smiled and took off what looked like a fake arm covering her real one. "100 percent rubber, bite-proof," she replied.

The battle kept going on. And from the looks of it, it seemed that the Time Toon Cops were winning and the vampire fox family were losing. Alex II shouted, "Keep going, everyone! We're almost finished with those pesky guys!"

"Right," said Sidney, as he reloaded his laser gun and continued shooting.

Soon, the battle was over, and Rayian Fox and his family were gone. Now it was just the TTC and Chris and his wives. Chris growled, "What...is...the meaning...OF THIS?! I thought I could defeat you--why does this keep happening to me every time!"

"Because, Chris," said Charles. "We're the TTC--the Time Toon Cops--and we never lose!"

"AAAAAAAGH! Curses! I knew it's going to end like this. But...no...I'm not gonna give up!"

"Yeah," said Strawberry. "And we're still gonna keep opposing you until the day we die!"

Bert only grinned and took out a whistle. He said, "Do you wanna know what this is?"

"Belladonna's whistle!" Chris, Flame, Strawberry, and Buns gasped in shock.

"That's right," replied Bert. "Belladonna left the whistle behind when we defeated her during the Battle of the Robots a year ago. And now that I've got it in my hands, I know exactly what I'm going to do with it."

Chris scoffed and said, "Go ahead. Try it. I won't move a muscle at anything you tell me to do."

"Well, if it's your choice, then..."

Bert quickly set the whistle on "Miscellaneous" mode and blew on it. All at once the eyes of Flame, Strawberry, and Buns turned green. They moaned monotonously, "We are in your control. We are under your command. Whatever you want us to do, we will do it, as long as we are under your spell."

"Ladies," said Bert. "For my first command, I want you to divorce yourselves from your evil husband and find new husbands of your own."

Chris was shocked. "WHAT?!"

"Your wish is our command, Master," intoned the girls. Immediately Flame, Strawberry, and Buns went over to Chris and started pounding him until he was bruised and battered. Then they left him and went over to the TTC, picking out some men destined to be their new husbands. Strawberry chose Ralph, Flame chose James, and Buns chose Snooper. Bert smiled victoriously, before looking at Chris. He continued, "And as for you..."

"No!" shouted Chris. "Anything but that!"

"My second command..."

"Stop!"

"...will be..."

"Please! Have mercy on my soul!"

"...to have you turn into a small, tiny, worthless little rat!"

In an instant, Chris disappeared in a puff of smoke. All that was left of him was a small dirty sewer rat. Holly, Nellie, Tiny Tim, Jack, Jill, Cyrus, and Snooper stared at the rat, drooling hungrily. Holly said, "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's do lunch!"

The Snooper family dashed out and chased after the rat. The rat scuried away, but Holly stepped on his tail, causing him to stop. She picked him up by the same tail, hovering him over her children's gaping mouths. The rat cried out in a tiny voice, "No! Don't eat me! I'm Chris, Charles evil twin!" Snooper grabbed the rat and said, "Ah, put a sock in it, you old rat--you're taking a final trip down me alimentary canal!"

"You can't eat me!" shouted the rat. "There's absolutely no way you can eat me! Never! NEVER!"

Snooper opened his mouth and dropped the rat into his throat, swallowing him. Chris Roberts was gone for good. The TTC cheered. Bentley said happily, "The world is saved and so is the Evergreen Forest!"

They cheered again. Suddenly, Flame snapped out of her trance, as did Strawberry and Buns. Rubbing her head, "What happened? Where am I?" Looking at James, she asked, "And who are you?"

"I'm your new husband," replied James. "And we were just about to get married."

"I'm your new husband, too," said Ralph to Strawberry. "And Scream's new stepfather--you could tell her that when she shows up."

"Same here," said Snooper to Buns.

Flame, Strawberry, and Buns looked at their new husbands in surprise and shock. But then they smiled and shared a kiss with them. They had made a choice--to go over to the good side. Soon, the TTC were back on their jet, on the way home to Washington DC. During the flight, the cell phone rang. Bentley answered it, saying, "Hello?"

"Monsieur Raccoon!" said LeChien, his voice sounding desperate. "Where have you been? I've been waiting on you to arrive here in ze Evergreen Forest, so we could begin production on ze new Agent R film!"

"It's a long story," replied Bentley with a sigh. "But if you ask me, I'd tell ya it was a very exciting experience. Tell you what--I'm gonna meet you up there first thing tomorrow, because me and my friends are gonna have a party to celebrate the marriage of Flame, Strawberry, and Buns to James, Ralph, and Snooper. Is that okay with you?"

"...oui, it's okay. We'll begin production of ze movie tomorrow. After all, it won't be out in theaters for ze next nine months."

Nine months?! "Oh, boy," thought Bentley. "This is gonna be one crazy year, all right." He hung up his cell phone and joined his friends in the fun that awaited them.