A/N: Last time, while continuing their investigation, Tony and Mickey found themselves being chased down by a wildebeest stampede! Will they escape or meet a Mufasa-like end? Find out in Part 3, right now!
ToonSchool Christmas: Mickey's House of Cheer: Part 3
Tony and Mickey ran screaming from the wilderbeest stampede, which was getting closer and closer by the minute.
"Now I know how Simba felt in this situation," Tony remarked.
"We just have to find a way to–," Mickey said, before he suddenly tripped and fell, which in turn caused Tony to trip and fall over him. As the two recovered they looked behind them to see the stampede coming straight at them. "OH-NO!"
Thinking fast, Tony pulled out his Bungee Gun, and yelled to Mickey, "Quick, hop onto my back!"
Mickey did so without arguing, and Tony fired the bungee hook, at the ceiling. He and Mickey then zipped up and out of the way of the stampede just before it ran them two waited until the last wildebeest had passed before dropping back down again.
"Phew, that was close," Mickey sighed with relief. Just then, the rest of the HOM staff came running up.
"Gosh, we heard the noise, what happened?," Minnie asked.
"Wildebeest stampede," Tony replied, before he realized, "Hey, where's Donald?"
"I could've sworn he was right here with me?," Goofy said confused.
Little did everyone know, the said duck had managed to get himself caught in the stampede and was bouncing on the backs of the wildebeests.
"What a holiday this is," he grumbled as he bounced.
"Are you guys hurt at all?," Minnie asked.
"No I think I'm in one piece," Mickey said. "And so is T–,"
Just then Mickey noticed something on the side of Tony's jacket, something suspicious. Something black. Something…familiar.
"Hold on. Tony, will you let me see those clues we've got one more time?," he asked.
"Sure, you onto something Mickey?," Tony asked.
"Maybe."
Later, backstage, Mickey looked over the gum wrapper, the paddleball, the sunglasses, and the card. He then looked at the black stain on Tony's jacket.
"I see," Mickey said. "I've got it!"
"Got what?," Tony said.
"Bloo is innocent. Looking at all these clues, I realize that only a criminal genius would be capable of committing such a crime. And I think I know just which one it is. Only problem is, I have no hard evidence to prove it's him."
"Hey, there Roxy," a voice said. The two turned to see Mortimer once again trying his mistletoe trick on Max's girl friend Roxanne. With an idea, Tony fetched a piece of poison oak with leaves (being sure to handle it with gloves, of course) and quickly switched it out for the mistletoe. "Come on, Roxy. I've got mistletoe and you know the rules."
"First off, no thank you, and second that's not mistletoe, it's poison oak," Roxanne said as she walked away. With that, Mortimer's skin began to redden and blister rapidly.
"P-P-POISON OAK!," he screamed as he looked at himself and fainted in shock. Tony and Mickey snickered at this mischievously.
"That Mortimer. Will he ever learn?," Mickey said, shaking his head. Just then he noticed a newspaper in Mortimer's pocket.
"What's this?," he said as he took it out and read the headline and article: "TWILIGHT JEWEL STOLEN! CASE BAFFLES INVESTIGATORS! ToonTown Police are perplexed about the theft of the Twilight Jewel from the ToonTown museum. Detectives are still wondering how the culprit managed to slip past a $10 million security system without triggering it, enter the room that housed the jewel, steal it and escape unseen or heard, leaving nothing but several puddles of…black ink?!"
"Wait a minute! I think this has my theory clinched!," Mickey said.
Elsewhere, Donald and Goofy had Bloo sitting on a stool and shining a light in his face, like a old-time police interrogation.
"Will you get that light out of my face?," Bloo snapped.
"Not until you tell us where you hid the gifts," Donald said.
"For the thousandth time, I didn't steal them!"
"Come on, who else could have done it?," Goofy said.
"I don't know, and I don't care, but it's not me!"
"Yeah, just keep telling yourself that," Donald said.
Back with Tony and Mickey, the two were just finalizing their plan to solve the case.
"So it's agreed," Tony said.
"Right, now let's get to the prop room," Mickey said. They were just about to go, when suddenly Tony remembered…
"Wait, what about the show?"
"The show?! Oh my gosh, I forgot. We gotta keep it going!," Mickey said as he quickly rushed back onstage. "And now, here's the duck with the Physics of Christmas, Ludwig von Drake!"
As Von Drake entered the stage to start his presentation, Mickey returned to Tony back stage.
"Okay, now let's go."
In the prop room, the two looked around for clues, and suddenly they immediately noticed one: a strange looking black suit lying on the floor.
"What's this?," Tony asked. As he reached to touch it, it suddenly sprung up and grabbed both of them to their shock. A face then formed into the head of it.
"I think you mean, 'who's this,' kid," the being said.
"The Phantom Blot!," Mickey exclaimed. "I knew it! Ink stains, lightning fast speed, leaving obvious leading but false clues–you're behind this, aren't you?!"
"All too right, mouse. Too bad you two won't be able to tell anyone about it," the Blot cackled evilly.
"But why steal all those presents?," Tony asked. "Let me guess? You got bummed about being on the Naughty List?"
"Hardly, since the Twilight Jewel is all I need for holiday cheer this year," the Blot snickered.
"Ah-ha! I knew you had something to do the museum robbery!," Mickey snapped.
"Indeed, mouse. Unfortunately, the jewel got mixed in with all your gifts when I tried to stash it for safekeeping."
"Oh, I see. So you stole all the presents just to search for the jewel," Tony said.
"Yes, and I must say, it was quite convenient for that Bloo character to kill the lights and publicly express his dislike of the holiday before I stole the gifts. The perfect scapegoat. Thanks to him, nobody knows or suspects it was me. And I'm keeping it that way!"
The Blot then threw Tony and Mickey aside and then kicked several piles of props, causing them to collapse on top of two, who could only duck and cover as they were buried under the pile of props.
"Fa-la-la-la-la, suckers!," the Blot laughed as he left the room, leaving Tony and Mickey buried.
Back onstage, Von Drake continued his Physics of Christmas segment.
"You know how those reindeer are able to fly every single Christmas Eve to help Santa deliver those presents to the good little boys and girls of the world?," Von Drake told the audience.
"Ludwig, did you get into the cookie jar again?," a woman's voice called out.
"Not now, Mummy, I'm doing my science demonstration. Now what was I talking about? Oh, yes," Von Drake said, as he unveiled multiple pairs of horseshoes. "Anti-gravity horseshoes! Can lift and propel anything of any weight off the ground, almost as easy as a strongman lifting a baby chick!"
"Ludwig!," Von Drake's mother called again.
"Whoa, I better vamoose!," He said as he strapped a pair of horseshoes to his feet, activated them, and flew off with the cookie jar in hand, ending his segment.
The audience began to applaud again, until once again, the lights suddenly went out, upsetting everyone.
"Not again!," Princess Aurora said in disbelief.
"What's the trouble now?," Lumiere complained. Peter Pan then flew up and saw that many of the lights were smashed to pieces.
"Hey, someone smashed nearly all the lights!," he called to everyone.
"What? Who would do such a thing?," Snow White gasped.
"I bet I know who!," Timon said. "That Bloo character, just like he did at the start of the show!"
"Yeah, he's been dissing the holidays all night!," Pumbaa agreed.
"I bet he's the one who stole all our gifts too!," the Beast said.
"Let's find him and get him!," Pete cried with everyone else shouting in agreement.
Meanwhile, back in the prop room, Tony and Mickey were still struggling to get out of the pile of props.
"Come on, we have to…get out of here," Tony grunted as he tried to get out.
"And warn the others about the Blot!," Mickey grunted as he struggled as well. The two of them continued to struggle for several more minutes, before collapsing from exhaustion. "Oh, what's the use? We can't get out of these heavy props alone. We'll never be able to clear Bloo and stop that inky fiend!"
Just then Tony remembered…
"Hey, wait! I've got it!," Tony said as he reached into his backpack, and pulled out a Shadow Kuro RC bike and a remote control with a small screen.
"What's that?," Mickey asked.
"Daryl's Shadow Kuro RC bike," Tony said as he took a pencil and paper and wrote a note. "He lent it to me for a WOOHP mission. Must've forgotten to return it."
Tony then attached the note to the bike, switched it and the remote on, and began maneuvering it out of the prop room and back up stairs, as Mickey watched.
"Incredible idea, Tony," the mouse said. "You really are a hero!"
"Well, I didn't become Yo-Yo Boy for nothing you know."
Meanwhile, backstage, the rest of the gang, the teachers, and the HOM staff tried to control the angry mob of audience patrons who were chanting, "We want Bloo! We want Bloo! We want Bloo! We want Bloo!"
"Now, now, just calm down everyone," Minnie said in a calm tone.
"Yeah now, let's not do anything we'll regret later," Prickley said in a stern but nervous tone.
"Wow, these guys, are mega-mad!," Danny said.
"I know. Where are Mickey and Tony when you need them?," Daryl asked. Just then, the RC bike rolled and bumped into his leg.
"Hey, my RC bike," Daryl said. Seeing the note attached to it, he quickly removed and read it: "Solved case, trapped in prop room, need help. Tony & Mickey."
"Then we better help them. Grab hold," Danny said. Daryl grabbed his hand, and Danny turned them both intangible and zipped them both down to the prop room. Upon reaching there, the two saw Tony and Mickey trapped under the large pile of props.
"Hold on, guys," Daryl said as Danny then used his powers to make the pile go intangible, allowing Tony and Mickey to crawl out.
"Thanks, guys," Mickey said. "We owe you one."
"Yeah Daryl, who'd have thought me forgetting to return your RC bike, would have saved both our hides?," Tony remarked.
"Thanks. And you said you solved the case in your note," Daryl said. "So whodunnit? And did he do this?"
"Yes and it's one of my greatest enemies," Mickey said. He then went onto explain about the Phantom Blot, his reputation, the jewel heist the Twilight Jewel, the gift thefts, and framing Bloo.
"That explains the files on Bloo we found down here earlier," Daryl said. "The Blot must've broken into Foster's stolen them, and researched everything about Bloo, thus making him the perfect scapegoat."
"Yep, and he trapped us down there in order to finish his search for the jewel," Mickey said. "And keep his presence under wraps."
"All the while, Bloo the grouchy, but innocent Scrinch takes the fall," Tony added.
"Speaking of whom, there is a very angry mob upstairs looking for him right now," Danny mentioned.
"Then we gotta find that jewel, before the Blot does and fast!," Tony said.
"But how?," Daryl asked.
"I know how," Mickey said as he let out a whistle. Moments later, Pluto came scurrying down into the prop room. "Hey, there Pluto!"
"Pluto! Great idea," Danny said with glee.
"Okay, Pluto, we're looking for a jewel with the Phantom Blot's scent on it. Here, get a whiff this, boy," Mickey said as he took the Bloo baseball card and put it to Pluto's nose. Pluto sniffed it, and after sniffing the air right afterwards, soon caught the scent, pointing in one direction.
"He's got it! Okay boy, lead the way," Mickey said as Pluto dashed out of the prop room with the other four close behind him.
Upon reaching the backstage area, Pluto sniffed around for any trace of the jewel. He led them all around into every room, around every twist and every turn, in every area of the backstage. As this happened, Tony, Daryl, Danny and Mickey all informed the rest of the gang (sans Bloo), teachers and HOM staff what had happened in the basement.
Finally, Pluto came to Goofy and sniffed his back pocket. He then went stiff, pointed like an arrow at Goofy's pocket and barked.
"Hey, Pluto found something," Tony said as the four approached. "Whatcha got there Goofy?"
"Oh, nothing, just a little Christmas gift for Max to give Roxanne," Goofy said as he took out a small gift box and opened it to reveal…
"THE TWILIGHT JEWEL!," the four of them said in unison and surprise.
"Where'd you get this?," Mickey asked.
"Ah-yuck, I found it at the bottom of the sleigh we were keeping the presents for the Gift Giveaway/Exchange. Figured Max would give it to Roxanne and she'd love it," Goofy explained. Suddenly something swept by and snatched from Goofy, stopping to reveal themselves as…
"THE PHANTOM BLOT!," Tony and Mickey exclaimed in unison and surprise.
"That's right, and now thanks to you, the Twilight Jewel is finally mine!," the Blot cackled.
"Oh, yeah?," Mickey said as he whistled loudly. Right then and there, the rest of the ToonSchool gang (sans Bloo), the teachers, and the HOM came running from all directions and they all quickly cornered the Blot.
"So, Blot, how do you plan to get out of this one?," Tony asked.
"Oh, I have no plan. But I think your audience might for your friend," the Blot said as he pointed behind him. Everyone turned and was shocked to see the audience had managed to capture Bloo and were now holding him in a cage, yelling and screaming and tormenting him to return their presents.
"Looks like they've got my little scapegoat red-handed," the Blot said. "And it's gonna take more than a few of you to ease them. So you can either stop them and save him, or you can stop me and save the precious jewel. The choice is yours, mouse!"
The Blot then cackled as the gang, teachers, and HOM staff looked at the chaos in the theater/restaurant.
A/N: Which will they choose? Stop the villain or save their friend? And will Bloo's name ever be cleared? Find out on the special's grand finale, coming this Christmas! Read, fave, follow, and review!