Ten Ton Hamster

The day had finally come! I was so excited! I had completed Toon Task after Toon Task, trying to help keep ToonTown safe from those horrible cogs. I kept my garden watered and my tricks healthy on my trees. I had diligently trained my Doodle to perform tricks. I walked street after street trying to keep them free of cogs. Yet the cogs, they kept on coming! Every time I managed to get one down, it seemed like two had taken their place!

I walked in to TownTown Headquarters looking for my next Toon Task, and there it was! I’d never had this option before and once I saw it, everything made so much more sense. Take down a cog building! Yes! That was it! I never realized it until that very moment. Those darn cogs were streaming out of their buildings. And to top it off, it wasn’t even their building. Those horrible cogs were taking over normal ToonTown buildings and turning them into cog making factories. Get rid of those babies and soon ToonTown would finally be rid of those cogs!

I knew there would be no way I could take down a cog building by myself, so I enlisted the help of my very best friend. He’s red, and well, he’s a dog, but don’t judge a book by it’s cover, he’s a great best friend! He hardly ever has to stop at a water hydrant. We headed out of the playground and ran quickly through Loopy Lane, looking for the perfect cog building to take down.

Glancing left and right as we ran, I felt King Crazy Bagelface grabbing my arm. “Look! The perfect cog building to take down”. I glared at the cold, gray building, knowing immediately that our fate was to turn it back into the colorful toon building it once used to be. The two lifeless grey buttons at the top of the elevator told me it was two stories. Could we possibly take it back with just the two of us?

Bagel and I checked our gags. We were full of water and food tricks so I knew we had a good chance. Stepping carefully into the elevator we watched as the numbers counted down to the doors shutting, my heart beating quickly, almost matching the ticking of the numbers. The doors shut. The elevator was dark, the floor humming underneath our feet as we slowly climbed to the first floor.

I felt a cold air sweep across my face as the elevators opened. At first I thought we had made a mistake, there were no cogs here after all. But the room was devoid of color, just various shades of drab greys. This could be no mistake. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, two cogs grumbled toward us. I looked at Bagel, he looked at me. We both nodded at one another knowing that there was no turning back now. It was time to take down these cogs and claim back was rightfully belonged to the toons.

We blazed through those two cogs, easier than buttering a slice of bread. Pies were flying threw the air, smashing in to the cog’s faces. Water was streaming from our gags hitting the cogs, making them soggy until they final blew up in to tiny gears, scattering in all directions on the floor. They dropped like coins in a wishing well. It was almost too easy. We still had plenty of tricks up our sleeves as we headed to the 2nd and final floor.

As we rode the elevator up to the final level, I had to remind myself that nothing is as easy as it appears. I began to feel my heart thump loudly in my chest as I anticipated what awaited us on the other side of the elevator. I looked over at my friend King Crazy Bagelface. He looked a little drained. “What if we can’t finish this off Princess?” He asked with a slight tremor in his voice. “We will do this Bagel.” I replied trying to sound stronger than I really felt.

The doors opened. We stepped out on to the grey floor tiles. This time there was no doubt of where we were. The floor shook beneath us as we watched two more cogs head our way. This time though, they were tough! Bossbots! Bagel and I looked at each other and nodded in agreement again. This building would be ours!

Targeting the higher level cog first Bagel shouted out “Let’s do squirt!”. I reached in my gag bag and pulled out my squirt bottle. Winking over at Bagel, we both hit our triggers, soaking the cog. A direct hit! Plus bonus damage! The blinking light on the cog hit orange, and we awaited the fate of the return attack. Luckily we both missed the Rolodex cards the cog spun our way. Settling back in for our second attack, we stuck with what worked, once again squirting the cog. This time his button began flashing red. He was almost ready to explode!

Unfortunately we weren’t so lucky with this round of cog attacks. I took serious damage! Bagel knew what he had to do. Instead of retaliating against the cogs he knew he had to heal me. He reached behind his back pulling out a feather. Tickling me below the chin, I giggled and giggled. The laughter healed me and I was back up to my full laugh limit. I knew I couldn’t let Bagel down so I went for the horn. Blowing as hard as I could, I aimed at both cogs, hitting them for 5 damage. It was just enough to send the boss cog in to a rage, his red button blinking quickly. I think he was surprised as he had a wide eye’d look about him as he blew apart in to tiny gears.

One down, one to go! We could do this! But wait! Another cog suddenly walked out from one of the side doors. I looked at Bagel and saw the worried look upon his forehead. I could tell from his expression that I had the same worried look on my face. We settled ourselves down and regrouped, planning on which gag to use next.

Pie time! Bagel and I each grabbed a nice sweet piece of cream pie, pulled our arms back, and with all the strength we could muster we tossed our pies right in to the face of the last of the original cogs! Bullseye! We couldn’t help but giggle as we watched the cream from the pie slowly trickle down the face of the cog. Once again we hit for big numbers, plus we got that bonus damage too. We prepared ourselves for the return attack. The cog pulled out a huge eraser, and aimed at King Crazy Bagelface. Erase! Bagel took a big hit! I watched as he turned black with the Erase hit and I knew it was time to call in the reserves! Hitting my SOS button I called my faithful Doodle, Magic, to my side.

Magic bounded up to me, happy to see me. He knew he was here to help heal Bagel and wasn’t about to let me down. I asked him to Jump! He looked at me for a moment. Oh no, I thought, maybe he wouldn’t be able to jump! Magic gave me a sly wink then jumped high in to the air, causing Bagel to laugh at his antics. Bagel’s laugh limit was restored by enough to keep him out of trouble for now.

Bagel and I took stock of our gags. We were starting to run out! This wasn’t good, but we were in it until the end! Bagel took his remaining cream pie and aimed it at the bigger cog. I pulled out my whistle, ready to blow down the last two cogs! I watched as Bagel tossed his pie for a smashing hit! I followed up with my whistling blowing and we were delighted to see that it was enough to topple the big cog! He blew up in a whirl of smoke. Now all we had left was the last remaining cog that had entered the room last minute. He wasn’t nearly as strong as the other two cogs. We still had to worry about his attack. He pulled out a Brainstorm! Bagel and I knew this could spell disaster if either one of us lost our remaining laugh points. We had to time this just right or we might not succeed.

Bagel jumped to the right! I jumped to the left! The brainstorm missed us both! Now all that was left was to wipe out that cog! Our gags were near empty! Bagel yelled out one last time “Let’s use squirt!” All we had left were glasses of water. Could it be enough to send this cog to gear land? I closed my eyes and reached for my glass of water. Not even thinking I swilled the water around in my mouth, then spit with all my force. I could hear Bagel spitting beside me. Too afraid to open my eyes, I listened for the sound of the cog breaking apart. Bagel started to cheer! Then I heard the sweetest sound to my toon ears, the cog was done for!

Bagel and I cheered with our victory and headed on out of the building. We watched with glee as the grey building crashed before our very eyes replaced with the original shiny colorful store. We had done it! The shopkeeper motioned for us to come inside, so we did. He thanked us over and over again, so glad to finally have his shop back. “I must reward you in some way” he exclaimed, but Bagel and I were not in this for the reward, we were in for Toontown! “Well” the shopkeeper said, “at least let me show you some recognition for what you have done”. He quickly pulled out a Poloroid camera and took our pictures. Before the flash had faded from my vision, he pointed to the back wall. “There. Now everyone will know that it was you two that saved my shop”.

Bagel and I walked to the back wall. Wow that shopkeeper worked fast! Our pictures and names were framed upon his wall for all to see. Bagel and I shook hands with the shopkeeper and stepped out of the shop. “All in a good day’s work huh Bagel” I asked. “Woof!” replied Bagel. We laughed and took a moment to relax, enjoying the view of the freshly restored building. “See you tomorrow for another cog take down”? asked Bagel. “You bet my friend!” I replied. And with that we each headed back home and to bed, to get some sleep so that we would be ready to fight another battle tomorrow.