Chapter 15! Oh finally! You know this is longer than my longest one-shot (so far) and that also took me all month to write.
Let's get started.
Dee Dee, Penny, Country, Kitty Jo, Scoots and Groove belong to Hanna-Barbera
Bunny belongs to Cartoon Network
Ricky Rabbit, Imogen Constantia, and Isabelle Rabbit belong to me, SuperAlex64
Let's get started
Chapter 15: The Cattanooga Cats Are Doin' Their Thing!
One moment the Rabbit household was quiet, the next, three girls come running through the front door, screaming their heads off.
They ran past Ricky Rabbit, who simply silently rolled his eyes, as if to say, 'Oh, for the love of-' and looked through his phone's messages and squeeeed when he saw one from his friend about that game console that he had his eye on for some time.
The girls, Bunny Rabbit, Dee Dee Specman, and Penny Ardilla, got to a TV, a big flat screen and immediately turned it on and switched to another channel.
"Aw," cried out Dee Dee, "We missed the intro," referring to the intro where each show actually had its own unique intro.
"Who cares?" asked Penny, pointing out that, "We're here to watch an interview that just got started."
Bunny then added, "Maybe, they'll show off a new music video or two."
The female trio then turn attention to the screen, where a brunette-haired woman, wearing a smart black suit, with a neat ponytail, sitting on a couch, saying, "Hello, everyone! Imogen Constantia, here but, I know why you're all," very slyly, "Hmmm, now the question is do I bring them out here?"
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"Oh, come on!" shouted Bunny, Dee Dee, and Penny, each at the screen, in annoyance, "Quit trolling us, already!"
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"Oh, alright," said Imogen, clearly smirking at the camera, "First up, the big man-er-kat himself, drumming and rhyming sensation, Groove Furwood!"
Groove Furwood, a blue-furred kat, wearing a white button down shirt that was opened on top to show off some fur, a pair of torn brown pants, an orange make-shift headband wrapped around his head, over his black shaggy hair, came walking, fist-pumping and the crowd just loving it.
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Bunny, Dee Dee, and Penny, fist-pumping along, shouted, "Party! Party! Party! Party! Party!"
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"Next up, it's that short, lovable, little bassist, Scoots Sinclaw!"
With a big grin, Scoots Sinclaw, a short green-furred kat, wearing a burgundy T-shirt with an opened orange vest with a matching sweatband around his head and a pair of blue jeans, causally strolled to the couch and high-foured Groove, causing the crowd to cheer.
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The girls laughed at the sight, finding it to be very funny.
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"Alright, settle down, next, she's pretty as a picture, she can dance, she can sing, she even plays the keyboard on occasion! Plus, obviously, she is the only female in the group, give it up for Kitty Jo Mewsette!"
Kitty Jo Mewsette, a pink furred she-kat with magenta hair, layered but not touching her shoulders, wearing a purple off-shoulder top with a green cat design, black fingerless gloves, blue jeans and pretty light green boots, walked to her friends, waving to the crowd.
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"OMG!" exclaimed Dee Dee, excitedly, "She is so pretty!"
Bunny agreed, "Yeah, I know, right?"
"I guess," said Penny.
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"And finally, the one you've all been waiting for! The one, the only-"
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The girls' eyes widen in anticipation.
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"Country McClaw!"
The crowd screamed as Country McClaw, an unusually tall and rather scrawny looking orange-furred kat, wearing a white button down with a light green vest on top, with a pair of dark blue jeans and a pair of white boots, and atop his head was a floppy, dark green hillbilly hat, walked to the couch as he waved, somewhat bashfully, to the crowd.
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As the girls gushed at just how cute he was being, Bunny, wide-eyed and starstruck, said out loud, "I still can't believe that he's related to Super N00ber."
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As soon as Country sat down, Groove shouted, to the crowd, "CATTANOOGA CATS IN DA HOUSE!"
Country groaned which caused everyone to laugh.
Imogen then causally said, "Yep, there's no doubt about it: If you look up hip in the dictionary, you'll find the Cattanooga Cats, there's no doubt about that...s," an attempt at rhyme.
The Cats, especially Groove, looked at her in disbelief.
"What?"
Sighing, Groove stood up and said the following:
That little 'rhyme' was just so pitiful
Why couldn't it be it be delightful?
Interesting, entertaining, fun?
I know that we're cool
But, this rhyme's making me feel like a tool
So, I am gonna stop now, done!
"Seriously, I'm stopping," continued Groove, "How did rhyming become my trademark? I only rhymed that one time as a joke."
"The internet is weird, my friend," answered Scoots.
"Well..." said Imogen, causally, "Alright then, let's get started with the basics: how did you all meet?"
"Well, Ms. Constantia," began Country, rubbing the back of his neck, "We all grew up in the same town."
Kitty Jo then added, "We even went to the same high school."
"Good ol' Hanna-Barbera High," said Scoots, voice fulled with nostalgia, "Good times, good times."
Groove then explained, "But we were in different cliques. Me and Scoots were with the Rockers, Kitty Jo was a Popular, and Country was a misfit who couldn't fit in with the School Misfits."
"Thank you," commented Country, annoyed, "For reminding me."
"Is this true?" asked the human, noting the sympathetic look Kitty Jo was giving.
"...Yes."
"Well, I suppose it explains Scoots and Groove being in the band, but what about you two?"
"I can answer this one," replied Kitty Jo, smiling, "Well, it all started one day, back in high school, I saw Country heading for one of the abandoned warehouses, actually, everyone knew that he went in there all the time but, then I was suddenly curious about why he always went in there," she then laughed," I was thinking that Country like to vent out his emotions through dance but, then again, who could imagine 'Clumsy Country' dancing like that?" she then paused, apologizing, "Sorry, Country."
"Used to it," he replied, dismissively.
"Well, I found myself going into the warehouse, which was dusty and dirty and I was ready to walk out when I suddenly heard a guitar and someone singing. I just had to follow the sound of the music, it was that beautiful. I followed it and guess who I find: Country with a guitar, singing his heart out. I honestly had no idea that he had it in him, you know, to be a good singer. Since then, I started to follow him in the warehouse, just to listen to the music, but one day, in the middle of a really good performance, I accidentally knocked something over and Country stopped, dropped the guitar and jumped out the window."
Suddenly, everyone, including Imogen but, except for the members of the band and any other felines watching, gasped and stared at the orange-furred kat.
"What?" he asked, "I'm a kat, I land on my feet."
"Even back when you were a total klutz?" asked Scoots.
"Yes, Scoots, even then."
The Cats nodded at this.
"So, I guess Country inspired me to become a musician," concluded Kitty Jo.
"Alright," said Imogen, then to Country, she asked with interest, "What about you?"
Country then answered, "Well..., that's a story for another day."
"Aw, really?"
"Yep."
"Okay, then," said Imogen, "Next question: Just where did you get the name of your group, 'The Cattanooga Cats'?"
"We have no idea," The Cats all answered, at once.
Imogen, raising an eyebrow, curious, asked, "Really?"
"Well, actually," Scoots said, scratching his head, "Now that I think about it, back when we were starting out, we didn't have a name for our band so, we needed to come up with something. And one of us came up with 'Cattanooga Cats."
"It has a good ring to it," Country shrugged.
"It does!" agreed Groove.
"Okay," smiled the human interviewer, "Next question: those music videos where Country was a jack-in-the-box, what was that about?"
"Well, those songs were rather whimsical and-" started Kitty Jo until Scoots interrupted her, shouting, "Country was once cursed to a jack-in-the-box!"
"Scoots!" cried out Country, "What the Hell, man?!"
"Sorry but, it happened, we all were there and you told us why."
Snapping his fingers, Groove exclaimed, "Oh, yeah! Now, I remember!" he then started laughing hysterically, "That was so awesome!" wiping a tear from his eye.
"Gather around y'all," said Scoots, in his best storyteller voice, grinning widely, "As I tell the story of a kat that was cursed by a witch to lose his legs and hop around, attached to a box."
Seeing the look in Country's eyes, Groove said, shrugging, "If you didn't want us to tell, then you shouldn't have told us."
"Okay, back in high school, yes, this is a high school story, there was a witch who worked as a nurse and yes, I'm serious, just ask anybody who grew up in that town, anyways, Country came into her office and she thought it would be a good idea to play 'Shrink' and her idea of a confidence booster is turning the poor guy into a jack-in-the-box."
"Really?" asked Imogen, unconvinced, "A witch?"
"It's true!" insisted Scoots.
"There is no such thing as magic."
Kitty Jo then replied, "We all live in a strange world."
"Human, non-anthropomorphic animals, anthropomorphic animals," Country then said, showing off his sharp claws, "Aliens, mutants, to be honest, magic's the least of our worries."
"Oh," said Imogen, now curious, "So, is that how 'My Girlfriend's a Witch' came to be?" referring to one of the group's most popular songs.
"Well, Kitty Jo did become a witch at one point," answered Groove, "But I'm not sure if Country really did become a warlock, just to mess with her."
Kitty Jo then said to the drummer, giggling behind her hand, "Silly Groove, you know Country and I aren't dating."
Imogen, confused, asked, "Wait, you not?"
"No, we're not," answered Country, in a somewhat harsh, for his standards, voice.
Was he sad about this?
Scoots then said, "Let's get back to the story, so Country was transformed by a witchy nurse into a jack-in-the-box. Don't worry, he was still sentient. The upper half of his body was still Country but, the lower half of his body was pretty much a coil attached to a box."
Groove, in style of a 70's movie trailer voice announcer, commented, "Country McClaw is Coil Man, a superhero with the power to transform his limbs into coils."
"Oh, so I'd be the lamest hero, outside of that 'shape of a bucket of water' biz," Country said, sarcastically. "Though I guess I'd have to join a team to make my power seem less lame and more useful, even if it seems down right impossible."
"I think you'd make a great hero," said Kitty Jo, to which Country blushed in response.
"Anyway, obviously, this wasn't the intended spell but, she thought it could help," continued Scoots, "After figuring how to move from place to place, Country had to sneak out of school and get home across town without being seen or else he'd be humiliated."
"Was it really that bad?" asked the human woman.
"Worse," replied Country, "I would've gladly give up my claws for my legs back."
"That bad, huh?" asked Groove.
"If you gave up your claws," Kitty Jo said, softly, "I wouldn't think any less of you."
"Aw, thanks."
"I don't understand," said Imogen, "What about claws?"
Kitty Jo then answered, "It's a kat thing, you wouldn't understand."
Groove then felt need to ask, "So, Country, don't you have a declawed cousin?"
"Yes but, why bring him up? He's already got it hard without us talking about him on national television."
"Oh, right."
"Back to the story," continued Scoots, again, now annoyed, "Country had to figure out just what he was gonna do about school. He decided to throw on a floor-length trench coat and skip gym class. Needless to say, everyone noticed. What with him hopping around everywhere, dressed like that guy on those old Neighborhood Watch signs. Obviously, the notorious school bullies noticed, too, just a week later."
"You got into a fight?" asked Imogen to Country.
"Yeah," he replied, "And I was found out pretty quickly."
Kitty Jo admitted, raising her paw, "I remember being very shocked when I saw him like that."
"I ignored them all," continued Country, officially taking over for Scoots, "And I gave them, those bullies, a thrashing. When it ended, I remember Kitty Jo coming up to me but, I seemed to black out so, I really don't what happened after-"
Groove then said, "We wouldn't tell him," interrupting him."
"...That but, when I came to, I had my legs back."
"And your claws?" asked Imogen, jokingly.
Country, proudly, answered, "Didn't have to give them up," he then paused and added, in a more serious tone, "But there were repercussions."
"Repercussions?"
"Yeah, for a while, out of nowhere, suddenly my legs would stop working and I had to hop around to get around, very inconvenient, especially during gym class, but really, what do you expect from a Winsome Witch spell?"
"So as the years went by, you looked back and laughed?"
"Nope, I still hated it."
"Then why reference that event in your music videos?"
"What can I say, really?" Country replied, shrugging his shoulders, "I really dig self-deprecation humor."
"Oh," was all she had to say in response but, when she turned to face the camera, she said, smiling, "And now for one of The Cattanooga Cats' latest music videos, which we will play the other one right after but, first this one: 'Hoot Hoot Owl'!"
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Bunny, Dee Dee, and Penny, after watching the interview, somehow keeping quiet throughout, immediately perked up at finally seeing a brand new Cattanooga Cats music video and got up to get ready to dance.
They sure weren't disappointed.
Both song and video were kind of weird but, it didn't stop them from being memorable.
In the music video, there were floating eyes without a face , then shapes forming an owl, then the band pops up for out of nowhere. Even Country's voice sounded a bit off.
The girls, half the time, found themselves staring at the screen while this video was playing, unsure of what to make of it.
Finally, when it ended, the trio stared at the screen for a few seconds, until throwing their arms in the air, shouting excitedly, "That was awesome!"
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Back to the Cattanooga Cats interview, Groove was shaking Imogen, who doesn't seem to be responding, while Kitty Jo was saying some encouraging words, trying to stay calm, and Country was fanning the human woman with his vest which he took off his body, as Scoots ran to get water to splash on her.
Kitty Jo then exclaimed, "Look, she's coming to."
And sure enough, Imogen was breaking out of her trance.
"Well, that was interesting," the human commented.
"So, you're not gonna kick us out?" asked Groove, after he let go of her shoulders.
"No, I'm not."
"Well," said Country, putting his vest back on, "That's good, we were worried about you."
"Was our video that bad?" asked Kitty Jo, concerned, "I mean if a grown woman reacted that way, how would kids watching it react!?"
"Um, Kitty?" said Country, "I'm sure kids will be fine, after all, they can handle far worse."
Imogen then said, "I kinda like it!" referring to the music video, then after looking around, she asked, "Say, where's Scoots?" to which the rest of the group started looking around, wondering the exact same thing.
Suddenly, as if on cue, Scoots kicked open the double doors, and came running in.
"Wait a minute," said Groove, staring, "Why does he have a fire hose?"
"WAKE UP, MS. CONSTANTIA!" he screamed, in a way that rivaled that of an action hero, turning on the hose at full blast, toward the stage.
When he turned the hose off and looked at his handiwork, he saw Groove and Imogen peeking out from behind the couch, soaking wet and wide-eyed and terrified. Then Scoots saw Country and Kitty Jo, with their claws deep in their couch, were still sitting on said couch, the very idea of those two being soaking wet is the understatement of the century. They were completely drenched. Country's hat flew off his head and his vest was wide open and his now see through white shirt was half-open.
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The girl stared at the screen, jaws dropped.
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Dazed, Country looked at Kitty Jo, whose purple shirt was risen high, but was too dazed to notice. Removing his claws from the seat, he carefully adjust her top, so not to accidentally cut her with his sharp claws.
Shaking themselves off, the group stared at their bassist. Scoots, knowing just where this was going, started to slowly back away.
Imogen knew too, so nervously chuckling, she said to the audience, "Let's check out the other music video," and in another direction, she shouted, "Security! Make sure The Cattanooga Cats don't murder their bassist!" she then turned back to the audience, chuckling awkwardly.
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The song was a cover of the 1981 song 'Pretty in Pink' by The Psychedelic Furs while the music video was basically a short, modernized version of the movie of the same name, with Kitty Jo playing the 'Andie' character, Groove playing the 'Blane' character, and Country playing the 'Duckie' character, with shots of the band playing their instruments interspersed throughout. Notably, Country himself was clearly rolling his eyes while singing certain lyrics. But their ending was different: aside from Kitty Jo wearing a pink gown that actually was gorgeous, she picked Country's character over the 'Blane' character.
Funny thing about the prom scene in the end, they, like at the end of the movie, had everyone dance out of time to the music.
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Back to the three students, they were all cheering at the end, loudly.
"Yeah!" shouted Penny, enthusiastically, "Screw Bland Blane!"
Bunny then loudly agreed with, "Andie/Duckie for-eva!"
Dee Dee then cheered, "My OTP, right here!"
But, the festivities were interrupted by Bunny's little sister, Izzy, yelling from another room, "HEY! I DON'T CARE! SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO BE PRODUCTIVE! SO, SHUT UP!"
"Sorry, Isabelle," the teenaged girls said, sheepishly, in response, then start laughing out loud.
"I HEARD THAT!"
The girls then started giggling as they turned their attention back to the screen.
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"Pretty in Pink, huh?" asked Imogen.
The group, now wearing a different set of clothes, nodded while Country said, "Yeah."
"Country," asked the interviewer, "Why were you rolling your eyes so much?"
"Well...," he started to explain, ignoring how damp his hat is, "The lyrics are clearly about a girl who gets around and thinks all the boys love her but, no, just no, she's being used. I think people know just I feel about those kind of songs," he then rubbed the back of his neck, adding, "Sometimes, I wonder how Hughes got the inspiration for the movie when he so obviously got the message of the song wrong."
"Then why make a music video so clearly based of the movie?"
"You kiddin'?" asked Groove, slapping the guitarist on the back, laughing cheerfully, "Country's a total sucker for those kind of stories!"
"Yeah," agreed Scoots, "That's why he likes 'Some Kind of Wonderful."
"Plus," added Kitty Jo, "When you think 'Pretty in Pink', what else are you gonna think about other than 'Pretty in Pink'!"
"So, you ended it with Duckie getting the girl, why?"
"Well, we, or at least I, hated the ending where Andie picked Blane, so we decided to rectify it," explained Country, grinning, showing off both of his fangs, which were uneven, one longer than the other.
"Yeah," said Scoots, "But since obviously, Country was going to play Duckie, me and Groove had a competition over who had to play the other guy, What's-His-Face-"
"Blane," corrected Country.
"Whatever, loser had to get stuck playing..." continued the bassist, then turned to Country, "...Blane," then rested his paws behind his head, "I won, obviously."
With his arms crossed in front of his chest, Groove, somewhat mad, said, "Whatever, I still say you cheated."
"Ha, you're just jealous because I won and you got stuck playing 'Lame Blane.'"
"Why, you," Groove said, tackling the bassist and giving him a noogie.
"Children!" shouted Kitty Jo, "Stop it! You're both adults!"
They did so, standing back up, shuffling their feet, looking down, not wanting to look the she-kat in the eye, apologizing to her, "Sorry, Miss Mewsette."
"Now, to each other."
"But?"
Kitty Jo's glare was just too intense for those two.
The phases "Sorry, Scoots" and "Sorry, Groove" were barely audible.
"Now, sit back down and think about what you've done."
Not wanting to make Kitty Jo mad again, they did so quietly.
"Wow, Kitty Jo," said Country, "I don't know what to say, how did you-?"
Cutting him off, by raising her paw and answering proudly, "Years over babysitting."
"Huh? I'm real impressed," said Country, looking his two friends over, laughing.
"Aw, thanks, Country," said Kitty Jo, laughing along.
"Oh, brother!" cried out Groove, "Just make out already! GEEZ!"
"Yeah," Scoot loudly agreed, turning to Country, specifically, "You know you wanna."
Blushing, Country pulled his hat down to cover his face, while Kitty Jo, facepalming, asked, "Really? You had to embarrass him like this?"
Imogen, after staying quiet and just listening to the Cats, causally said, "No, don't mind me, I'm just really enjoying this."
"Sorry, Miss Constantia," said Country, from under his hat, still covered, still embarrassed.
Kitty Jo gently patted him on the knee, to which, he started to uncover himself.
Clearing his throat, Country asked, "Next question?"
"Well, I do have one," replied Imogen, "But, this one's for Kitty Jo."
"Well, shoot," the she-kat said.
"About that gown you wore?"
"Well, I picked two gowns and combined them to make one sweet dress," Kitty Jo explained, grinning with glee, "And unlike Andie from the movie, I actually know a thing or two about fashion. I mean, have you seen that thing she wore to Prom? Okay, even by '80s standards, that thing was just hideous," she then pulled out her cellphone, commenting, "Hope my phone still works after all that water," directly towards Scoots.
"Look, I said I was sorry!" exclaimed Scoots, pouting.
"I know," said Kitty Jo, laughing now, "But, it sure is fun to mess with people, kind of like when you and Groove mess with Country.
"Maybe, I should start pranking them for revenge," commented Country, thoughtfully.
"Anyway, as I was saying, hope my phone works... and it does! Hang on... here, here's the gown from the movie. Yeesh, talk about fashion disaster!"
She showed them a picture of Molly Ringwald's character, Andie Walsh, wearing that iconic pink gown at the prom scene.
Country, rubbing his chin, then commented, "Still iconic, though."
"You actually wanted me to wear that?" asked Kitty Jo, raising an eyebrow.
"No way! I wouldn't wish that on anyone!"
"Well,: said Imogen, unsure, "I think I have another question: That other music video, what was up with it?"
"We don't know," admitted the whole group all together.
"Wait, you don't?"
"Well," said Scoots, shrugging his shoulders, "Weird song needs an equally weird song, I guess."
Kitty Jo then just had to ask, "Country, just how did you come up with that song?" clearly interested.
"Well, um," he started to reply, rubbing the back of his neck, "I was just digging through some of my old things where I found an old notebook from my high school days, then flipping through the pages, I found this old song. I polished it up and here we are."
"Aw, this isn't gonna turn into another high school story?" asked Groove.
Turning right to him, Country flatly replied, "No."
Imogen then said, "I heard that last year, you four came back to your home town and Country had quite a tale to tell and it only happened during the morning."
"Really?" asked Scoots, confused, "That old story?"
"I just wanna hear straight from the source."
"Alright, I tell, only because I like telling this story," said Country, "But, keep in mind, it ain't all that exciting," he then cleared his throat, beginning his story, "Well, when we decided to come back home, Scoots and Groove called up an old friend of their's-"
"Radio Rabbit," they explained, nodding.
"Anyway, and she wanted to interview us on her radio show. Naturally, we said yes. So, on the day before said interview because we'd just got there, we all reconnected with our families. I even got to visit my Aunt Aggie and Uncle Mike," his smile then faded when he mentioned, "I still don't get why Cousin Snoop hates me so much," but it returned when he admitted, somewhat embarrassed, "I sure missed my mother, it was very great, seeing her again," his expression then darkened when he added, "But, that's not why you're listening to this. On the morning of the interview, my alarm didn't sound and my phone's batteries were taken out, so I ended up over-sleeping. If anyone is interested, I stayed in my old room," he then sighed as if he didn't want to relive this part, "Eventually, I did wake up, all relax when I happened to look at my side and saw the most terrifying thing ever, in my humble opinion: Chessie Fangston, self-proclaimed #1 Cattanooga Cats fan.
Imogen then noticed how the Cats panicked, shuddering at the mere sound of that fangirl's name but, decided that she didn't want to know, but still, she had to ask, "Then what happened?"
"What else? I ran and locked myself into my bathroom," he answered, then noticed the looks his band was giving him, and asked, somewhat mortified, "Well, what else was I supposed to do? I wasn't exactly decent," then continued on with the story, "Soon enough, Chessie left my room to get me some breakfast, personally, I find the idea of Chessie messing around in my parent's kitchen very creepy. Luckily for me, Radio's little sister, one of them, anyway, snuck into the house and managed to get me out. Granted, Chessie started to chase us around town, just as soon as she noticed that I was gone but, we did manage to get to Radio's studio. Overall, I'd say that the experience was fun in a scary kind of way."
"Good," said Imogen, grinning, "Because I'm wanna hear someone else's side of the story."
"Not Chessie!"
"No, that would be creepy," replied the human interviewer, "But, I am talking about the other girl of the story," she explained, winking at the camera.
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"HUH?!" asked the girls, confused, staring at the TV screen, not even noticing the knock on the door, until Isabelle made them notice.
"BUNNY, THERE ARE PEOPLE AT THE DOOR WHO WANNA TALK TO YOU!" there was a short pause before she added, "THEY HAVE CAMERAS! COME ON!"
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"Now, with her side of the story," said Imogen, to the audience, enthusiastically, "Is internet reviewer Bunny Rabbit, known for her sketches, her cartoon reviews and for criticizing The Powerpuff Girls," then turned to the screen behind her, along with the Cats, as a chestnut haired, big, purple eyed girl, wearing mostly purple, with a female squirrel and a blonde human girl, at her sides, appeared on screen.
Their faces were a mix of confusion and glee as they realized that they were now on TV.
"Bunny?"
"Ohmigod!" squeeeed Dee Dee, loudly, "We're on TV!"
"Yes," commented Penny, sarcastically, "And all it took was so many internet videos."
"Admit it, Ardilla, you're as excited as I am."
"Hardly," Penny replied, flatly, crossing her arms, but her smirk gave her away.
"Bunny Rabbit?" Imogen tried again, "Are you listening?"
"...Yeah...?"
"Okay, I just wanna hear your side of that story."
"Yeah about that?" the teenager asked, curious, "I know Country likes telling this story but, did you really need to hear it again, from me of all people?"
"Just tell the story," replied Imogen, "But try to fill in some of the blanks."
"Hmm..." Bunny had to think about it, "Okay, only because the camera guys are already here," she then turned to her friends, saying, "Man, I wish I was dressed up for this."
Penny then commented, "Well, you would've looked like a total dork," then defensively asked, "What? She would have!"
"Okay, here's the story... again," she started, remembering that very morning like it happened at some point last year, which it did, "After the Cats couldn't get a hold of Country, my sis, Radio asked me to go get him, quickly."
Imogen then asked, "Why couldn't they just take the Gasshopper?" she then turned to her guests, asking, "Seriously, why didn't you?"
Before any of the Cats could answer that question, Bunny shouted out, "No time!" then paused before explaining, "We had no time!"
"Fair enough."
"Anyway, when I got to the McClaw place, I saw that Mrs. McClaw was gone. Guess she figured that her big boy didn't need help waking himself up."
Scoots and Groove couldn't resist laughing at that little comment while Country shook his head.
"Using my superhearing, I heard Chessie Fangston, infamous Cattanooga Cats fan and President of the Cattanooga Cats fan club, US Southern Sector, was inside, that plus the sounds of Country screaming spelled a recipe for disaster. So, I quickly snuck in, I know what you're thinking but, I wasn't the one put that hole on the wall. That was Atom Ant."
"What the-?" exclamed Country, "How and why would that super ant put a hole on my parent's house, he's an ant!."
Bunny then explained, "Well, you don't know him that well or as well as we," she gestured to herself and her friends, "Do." She then returned to the story, "Quickly making my way through the house without Lady Cray-Cray noticing, I found Country's room, noticed the bathroom. I did try coaxing him out of there but, in the end, I had to kick the door, shattering it into splinters, all with the power of my foot!" She then giggled when she said, "When I saw Country looking the way he did, it took everything I had to not fangirl like a maniac."
"Wait," said Penny, thinking about what her friend just said, asking, "Didn't Country say something about not being decent?"
There was a short pause before both Penny and Dee Dee tackle Bunny, crying out, "Come on, Rabbit! Give us the deets!"
"Bunny!" Country shouted to the screen, "You promised!"
Sighing, pushing her friends off, she said, "No, he's right," then smirked, adding, "Besides, a gentlewoman doesn't see and tell."
"Aw, lame," exclaimed Dee Dee, crossing her arms, with an annoyed expression.
"Weak!" shouted Penny, with similar tone and expression, throwing her arms into the air.
"Besides," explained Bunny, starting to noticeably blush, "He was in his underwear at the time, totally covered."
"In his underwear...?" both girls asked before suddenly bombarding her with, "Deets! Come on, woman! Boxers or briefs?!"
Bunny then happened to look back at the TV screen and saw the faces the Cats were making, mostly noticing Country and Kitty Jo's, but focused more on the she-kat's look, an all too familiar glare.
"I already promised!" Bunny cried out, panicking it the sight, as soon as, Kitty Jo finally relented, the brunette commented to her friends, "Geez, who've thought that after all years, that glare could still affect me?"
The three girls then shuddered, remembering all the times they each earned that glare.
"Wait, wasn't I retelling a story?" Bunny wondered to herself, before shrugging her shoulders, continuing on, "After gawking at Country for, like, ever, seriously, dude's got a pretty rockin' bod, I really don't get why he hides it a lot, I threw some clothes at him and waited," suddenly, she started shuddering upon remembering something, but continued with the story, "Unfortunately, Chessie had finally caught on to the fact that something was up and was coming upstairs so, me and Country knew we had to hurry."
Country, gripping his arms tightly, shaking, said, "Her laughing, I remember Chessie laughing."
"Country," said Scoots, "Please don't remind us, it just makes think other encounters," while the rest of the group nodded in agreement.
"As I was saying," continued Bunny again, "Just as Country finished putting some clothes on, I grabbed him by the wrist and quickly jumped out the window!" that last part, she put extra emphasis with pride and enthusiasm, though she added, just to make things clear, "I did play for the damages, I mean, broken glass is dangerous or something like that."
Seeing Imogen's react to what Bunny just said about dismissing broken glass, meaning that she totally jumped out a closed window, on the TV, Dee Dee rather nonchalantly explained, "Don't worry, Bunny's made of tough stuff."
"Yeah!" Penny agreed, "She's been through worse scrapes than a little glass."
"Aw, thanks guys," said Bunny, grinning, hugging her best friends, asking almost sing-songy, "Do you know you're very best friends?"
"Now, Bunny, don't go girly on us," replied Penny, laughing.
Dee Dee then reminded her, "Story, Rabbit?"
"Oh, right, thanks Deeds. So, me and Country were running through town, heading for my place because that's where Radio's studio is, when we realized that Chessie was hot on our tail so I decided to stop running and start flying."
"What?" asked Imogen, confused over this.
"Bunny Rabbit has superpowers," Groove causally explained.
"Oh."
"Yeah," said Bunny, "I lifted Country up, carrying him," then deadpanned, "Yes, I can lift an adult kat," then explained, adding, "Well, actually, I can lift extremely heavy things with little effort."
"So, like The Powerpuff Girls, then?"
Bunny's eye started to twitch as if she couldn't believe that somebody just compared her to them, "Oh, you did not just compare me to those girls," voice low, normally cheerful but, now full of venom.
"I'll just take that little comment back, heh, heh."
"Oh, you better," Bunny said, voice still like venom until she calmed down, ready to finish the story, "I flew around as fast as I could while Country held on to his hat as we tried to get away from Crazy Fangirl. After many twist and turns, we finally got to the interview." She then added, shrugging, just to justify, "Sure, we were a little late but, I got him there and my sister got to finally interview The Cattanooga Cats after they got famous."
Imogen then asked, "And Chessie?"
Country replied, scratching his head, "I think she got distracted by a radio playing the interview."
"Huh?" replied the interviewer, "That's interesting."
"You don't know the half of it," responded Groove, crossing his arms.
"So, we're done here?" asked Bunny, straight to the camera, obviously confused, then decided that the answer was yes, so to the camera man, she asked, "So, you hungry? As the daughter of two resturant owners, you bet your ass I can cook!" She then clapped, cheerfully shouting, "To the kitchen!" while pointing up into the air.
Suddenly the camera used to film and Bunny and friends was shut off.
xCCx
"Well, that was interesting," commented Kitty Jo.
But Scoots had a different opinion on the matter, "Nah, more like pointless," he said.
"I dunno," replied Groove, "I liked the part where her friends wanted to know 'the deets'," chuckling.
"Yeah, classic," said Country, dryly.
"What?" asked Imogen, "It's a habit of mine to bring in surprise guests, is that so wrong?"
"No," replied Country, "Though, it was kind of random that you brought in Bunny Rabbit into this."
"Though," said Groove, rubbing his chin, "I'm kind of shocked that you didn't bother asking her about how someone named 'Bunny Rabbit' clearly isn't a rabbit, Ms. Constantia.
"I just figured that she was adopted," explained the human.
Kitty Jo then commented, "And she's right," grinning.
Nodding, Imogen grinned at being right when she suddenly remembered a question that she had been dying to ask Country something that had been on her mind for some time.
"Country, why do you have one fang longer than the other? I mean I knew it's normal for kat fangs to stick out from time to time but, it's obvious that you have an extra long fang, what is that?"
"Well," answered Country, awkwardly rubbing the back of his neck, "It just grew that way, I mean, I was thinking about getting it fixed but, in the end, I changed my mind."
"The may have nothing to do with anything," said Kitty Jo, "But I told him that I thought his fang made him look attractive."
Groove then replied, smirking, "Well, judging by the look on his face, I'd say it had everything to do with it."
Scoots then said, after high-fouring Groove, "I'd imagine having a shorter fang could like sometime to get used to."
After thinking about it, no doubt pondering it, Country exclaimed, "You're right!"
Imogen, giggling, asked, "So, you're not upset that I had to ask that?"
"Nah, of course not, in fact, I was waiting for someone to ask that."
"Neat."
But, Groove then asked, "Why were you waiting for someone to ask that? Seems kinds of specific, if ask me."
"Oh, go tell a story," replied Country, sarcastically.
"Oh, I would, McClaw," said the blue-furred drummer, "But I don't have any new and interesting stories because I like telling all about them on my blog, complete with commentary and opinion," straight to the audience, he said, "My blog, Groove's Groovy Storytelling, is on The Cattanooga Cats's website and is just bursting with good, funny, cool and epic stories where I tell all about our experiences but, in an entertaining way, to which, to be completely honest, we tend to be total weirdness magnets so, it really takes little effort."
"Country?" asked Imogen, a little sheepishly, feeling that the interview was about to end and it's now or never, "When, I announced that this interview was going to happen, I had a poll up, asking what one thing the fans would like to see you do," she then paused for a moment, gulping, before explaining, "Now, I know that you are rather camera shy when it comes to you having to wear a little less than you would like, but could you please take off you shirt for the fans, it won't take too long. Pretty please?" that last part, she batted her eyelashes at him.
While it was extremely clear that he didn't want to do it but, in the end, he hated to disappoint his fans, so he started to unbutton his vest.
xHBHx
Watching this, both Dee Dee and Penny watched with keen interest, after all, Country is a notoriously modest person, so much so that despite the few pictures that show him shirtless, there are rumors that those pictures are simply photoshopped.
But it was clear now that those rumors were false.
Country, as their best friend so elegantly put it, had a rockin' bod.
But, as quickly as, it happened, he began to cover himself again.
"S'up, dudes, what I miss?" asked Bunny, coming back into the room, finished with the kitchen.
"Country McClaw took his shirt off!"
"He's bold." she commented, smirking, "I can't believe it," she then moved back to where she was sitting before, saying, "Scooch over."
xCCx
Back to the interview, it was unbelievable, Country willingly took his shirt off in front of camera, granted it was more because he genuinely hate disappoint fans. It was a shock to some fans that he really did look like that, he simply hid his body too well somehow. Kitty Jo tried to reach out and touch his abs but hesitated, noting his obvious discomfort, after all, his hat was slightly lowered, covering his eyes.
Scoots and Groove simply remarked that they could remember a time when Country looked like a toothpick, what happened, dispite the fact that they've seen his physique before.
"Sorry," said Imogen.
Country sighed, saying, "It's what the fans wanted."
Imogen then said, "Well, look at the bright side, at least, you ended the interview on an interesting note, that is if you decide not to play any music at the end."
"Are you kiddin'?" exclaimed Groove, wrapping his arms around his friends, bringing them closer together, "We're the Cattanooga Cats, it's our thing to entertain!"
"Alright!" exclaimed Scoots, excitedly.
Kitty Jo then exclaimed, equally excitedly, "Yeah!"
"Let's rock it!" shouted Country, just full of enthusiasm.
So the show ended with the Cattanooga Cats rocking out on stage live, blissfully unaware of the green-furred she-kat with the wide grin, watching them with the crazy eyes.
Despite all that happened, this particular interview was complete success.
xHBHx
Bunny then said, clapping, "That was so awesome!"
"Yeah," replied Dee Dee, though somewhat sad, "I still can't believe you didn't tell me, we're BFFs, we are supposed to tell each other everything!"
"Dee Dee," Penny pointed out, "She promised him."
"Yeah, I promised Country that I wouldn't tell," Bunny reminded them, until it suddenly dawned on her, "But he didn't say anything about me showing it."
"What?' asked Dee Dee, confused, until she realized, "Wait, your powers?"
"Can you do that?' asked Penny.
Bunny then explained, "Well, Country may have not have that I can project illusions of this, including memories so...," she then paused to ask, "How's about we go up to my room and check him out?"
"ALRIGHT!"
to be continued...
Thank you for baring with me as an award I'll tell you three references found in this:
Mewsette, I was referencing a movie called 'Gay Purr-ee' it was a pretty cute movie from what I remember.
Coil Man, wasn't really dissing him, he may be my favorite of the Impossibles, either him or Multi Man
Two Kats shouting "Alright!" and "Yeah!", SWAT Kats season 1 opening.
Well, I hope you guys have a great turkey day
I'm Alex and I'm SuperAlex64, next time we go back to basics, see ya later, dudes.