LEGAL NOTES: Characters contained within this story are copyright of Warner Brothers and Amblin Entertainment. This story in no way is a challenge to those copyrights or an attempt to cash in on those characters. Additional note: Two characters contained within are copyright Jeremy J. Jurrens 1996, see end legal note for additional details. AUTHORS NOTE: This story was started in March 1996, and finished July 1996, sorry about the long delay on those who read my stories. This story may be distributed freely, you can alter it as long as I don't find out.(please don't) It is my third Fan-fiction work, and is a sequel to my story, "Transfer Student" I recommend you read that story first before this one. It helps to fill in the plotlines that develop in this story. Anyway, I hope you enjoy it and send all questions and comments to the address below. AUTHORS E-MAIL ADDRESS: JJURRENS@ILCC.CC.IA. Le Wedding De Fifi by Jeremy J. Jurrens She was finally being married, it was the happiest moment of her life as she walked down the aisle. Fifi La Fume, was looking gorgeous in her wedding gown, her train was long and lavished with embroidery. Babs was carrying it behind her, dressed in a bridesmaid outfit as well as a gasmask, tears were forming at the corners of Fifi's eyes. After all the years of dreaming, all the years of longing, and all the years of chasing after boys, she was to finally marry one. The tears flowed freely over her cheeks, her mother was staring at her in surprise, Fifi smiled back mouthing, "I am so happy!" Her mother smiled back as well, when Fifi passed, her mother whispered, "Go easy on him, mon daughter." Fifi only brightened her smile. At the alter, stood Buster, the best man, dressed in the regular penguin outfit, next to him was Plucky and Hamton. Oh Hamton! It was so hard on him that she was being married, a meeting before the wedding with him had proven that to her. They had at one time shared special moments and the pig seemed unable to get over it, in fact, he looked almost in tears as well, but tears of sorrow they were not tears of joy like hers. "No!" she thought to herself sternly shaking her head as well as she approached the alter. Hamton had been sweet and kind, but for some reason it hadn't worked out between the two and her life had gone on without him. She looked straight ahead past the pig, focusing on the great moment that lay before her. She walked up the steps, Babs took her place next to Shirley and Sweetie. Fifi arrived next to her man, and what a man! Alex Redolence, the owner of all Acme Acres and the palace she was being married in this very moment. He was gorgeous, she put her arm around his, feeling the huge muscles that pulsed beneath that fur. She got a little dizzy, knowing soon they would be joined forever in what she called, "Ze unbridled passion." The preacher slowly gave the vows, each word spilling forth for what seemed to Fifi to be an eternity of impatientence and high estrogen levels, she licked her lips in anticipation of the final sealing kiss. Alex, "Fifi?" he stares at her with much concern in his eyes, "Fifi, do you our not?" She had been so enwrapped in her dreaming, she hadn't heard a word the preacher had said. She stumbles over words, but the strong and convincing voice of Alex rings out in her head. Alex, "Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband Fifi? Please say yes, I didn't wait all this time to be left in the cold mon amore." Fifi, "Oui! Of course moi does!" she yells so loudly the audience jumps. Preacher, "Then I pronounce you two, skunk and skunkette. You may kiss the bride." She had waited for this since he first asked her to marry him, her mouth watered anxiously. She lost control of her body, sweating, heart beating, fumes rising causing those around to flee. She didn't care, all that mattered was she would be with Alex forever She turned to kiss her new husband, he would be there, her fumes never affected him like her other would-be lovers. She closed her eyes and felt the rough and sharp lips of Alex! Snapping her eyes open and seeing before her not Alex, but..... Fifi, "Vous! Et ez impossible, vous are dead!" "Don't believe everything vous hears, but as promised by vous family and monsieur's, vous are now mois!" he grabs her tightly. She struggles in his ungodly grip, he is disgusting, if ugliness and horror could have a body, it would be his. He just laughs at her efforts, kissing her neck in perverted passion, sending waves of nausea through her body. Fifi struggles to no avail and finally screams and screams and screams. And wakes up screaming in her pink cadillac sitting up in terror, breathing hard and sweating profusely. After a few moments of recentering herself, she calms down slightly and begins to talk in order to calm down. Fifi, "Et was only ze dream. How could zat possibly happen?" she laughs a little, "Monsieur has been dead for seven years." she relaxes slightly, catching a glance of her clock that reads, "3:00a.m." Trying her best to get back to sleep, it is to no avail, the disturbing dream still clearly in her mind. She only accomplishes to toss and turn in her bed like a worm on a hot griddle. We zoom to the south across the land from the City of Acme Acres, to the Wastelands, a desolate place where nothing seems to want to grow in. Nothing that is but villainy and evil. Looking directly at it reveals nothing, it looks just like the gray sand that covers the entire Wastelands. Though in fact, it is an entrance, one that only two people in all of Acme Acres if not the whole world know about. One is Alex, the owner of Acme Acres, the other is the very owner of this hole in the ground. Camry Curvaceous set up quarters in this den after destroying her old one in an attempt to be rid of Buster and Babs. Its main chamber is buried deep in the Earth, almost a hundred feet down. The central chamber is much more grander then her old den, in size as well as tools housed within it. Filled to the brim with technology used to aid her in her goals, the electrician went mad wiring it all. On a far wall hangs pictures of Fifi, Babs, and Shirley. A loud bang followed by a, "Thunk" of a dart embedding itself between Fifi's eyes rings out in the chamber. Camry, "So miss La Fume, you have buried a deep dark secret in the shadows of your past." she sits in a metal chair that looks like a throne at the center of the chamber. In one hand she holds the dart gun that was just fired, the other holds a computer printout whose title reads, "Subject: Fifi La Fume" and goes on to describe her temperament, appearance and age. The bottom of the paper has been highlighted, its title, "Historical Background" a description of Fifi's life, the papers are put down as Camry stands up. Camry, "So, your parents believed in the old way Miss La Fume." she is talking to Fifi's picture, "Good! With this plan I can destroy you easily and get rid of my competition for a powerful heart. Also, perhaps with you destroyed the task of killing off Babs and Shirley will not be so difficult as I had originally calculated." She picks up the gun and buries a few more darts into all three pictures, laughing wickedly the whole time. When the gun is finally empty, she tosses it into a bin marked, "Scrap" and tears the darts and pictures down, tossing them in as well. The sounds of paper and metal being ripped to pieces are heard from the bin. She pauses for a moment with Fifi's picture and then proceeds to shred it by hand before tossing it in, grinning with her perfect pearl teeth the whole time. Moving back to her chair, she picks up a sign marked, "Pathos" and then heads to one of the many tunnel entrances in the den. The routes of these tunnels make less sense then a plate full of spaghetti, octopusing out in many routes underneath Acme Acres. She hops into one of the many jet sleds that are in the cavern, leaving quickly, but not as quickly as a group that had left only seconds ago. An ocean away Alex, Buster, Hamton and Plucky have just arrived in the French Alps moments ago, Plucky is the reason they have arrived at this destination. Alex, finally fed up with Plucky bragging how good of a snowboarder he is, snapped his fingers back in Acme Acres. In less then a eyeblink the group found itself in the Alps, each holding a snowboard in their hands. Alex walks up to Plucky, "Prove it, Duck!" he says in a stern voice adding a finger poke to the middle of Plucky's chest for emphasis. "Sure!" he replies feebly back, the old conscience devil and angel appear floating on his shoulders. Devil, "Come-on, snowboarding is like falling off a log. Just think, you can brag to Shirley you snowboarded down the French Alps!" Plucky looks at the angel for advice, he is just floating above Plucky's other shoulder looking at an issue of, "Play Harold" he folds out a centerfold whistling, finally looks at Plucky, "What!? You never listen to me anyway!" Plucky, having no comprehension on how to snowboard, sits down on the board cross-legged. Buster, "Uh, Plucky? Don't you think you need to stand to snowboard?" Plucky, "What! And do it the loser way, us pros know how to catch the perfect wave on a snowboard, by sitting." and with that, he starts to crawl stroke moving the board to the peak of the hill. Soon, Plucky disappears down hill and out of sight, screams of, "Whaaaaaaaha! Ha! Ha! Why am I doing this?!" are heard. Alex, "Because your an egotistical idiot!" he yells, then shakes his head and soon pushes off after the green duck, following the same route with less screaming. Hamton, "I wish he would have given me skis. I'm lousy on a snowboard." with that, the board glows metallic and twists its form into a pair of skis already prewaxed, "Of course, magic boards." Down the slope, Plucky is looking like half a comet going downhill. Snow is being flung ahead of Plucky in a large sphere, having put his arms out in a futile attempt to stop. Alex, soon catches up with the green duck, who is now spinning out of control. Multicolored lightning swirls around Plucky, lifting him and stopping his spinning. Alex is the source of the lightning, he slides up next to the duck, "Plucky, first lesson of snowboarding: Stand up!" Plucky pulls himself together and stands on the now hover-board. Alex, "Now you see those footholds on the board? Your feet belong in them." Plucky follows the instructors directions, getting his feet in and having a look that says, "Hey, I could get the hang of this!" Alex, "That's it, brace your legs," he sets Plucky down, "use your hips for turning, and whatever you do. Don't hit that big rock coming up in front of you!" he pulls away from the green duck. A solid granite rock about the size of a locomotive looms ahead of Plucky. The duck has no time to react and only whispers, "Mommy!" Needless to say, when a toon duck meets an immovable object, the immovable object usually gets very annoyed. Plucky wakes up to find himself being squeezed into a bucket by Hamton. Hamton pours out the green solution, solidifying him. Alex, "So, you still think your an expert, Plucky?" Plucky, "Sure I am, it's just ah, ah, bad day is all. And, and, the snows all wrong in France." adding a swift kick to the powdered turf. Alex, "Sure, whatever Plu....." his eyes snap onto something in the distance. The three look at the skunk, whose head and neck are rigid. Buster, "Alex, are you OK?" he waves his hand in front of Alex to get a reaction, but receives none. In Alex vision, a 3-D elevation map of the Alps spins in his view, a globe showing his location on Earth is in the upper right corner of the view. Arrows pointing at a location on the elevation and in the main view pointing in the distance have the words, "Historical Marker Detected. Origin: Unknown Knowledge Value: 5" and other such statistics have appeared next to the arrows.. Snapping back to the staring and worrying eyes he says, "You guys want to learn some French history?" he looks back at the display that reads, "Range: 5 miles plus or minus 0.05 miles" Hamton pushes the display off the screen, "Five miles!" points to his watch, "School is going to start in two minutes Alex!" Alex, "OK, OK, party-pooper." he moves his tail in a circle behind him. A porthole opens a la Deep Space Nine wormhole style, behind with the tail's movements. Through the porthole they see the steps of the Big A.L. Alex, "Just step through the looking glass and you'll find yourself home Alice." he goes to shove off, seduced by his own burning curiosity. Buster grabs the end of his long tail to stop him, "Wait a minute, I want to...." Quicker then the eye, Alex wraps his tail around Buster's waist, picking up the blue rabbit he pulls him, upside-down, eye to eye with him. Buster looks like a worm on a hook three feet above the snow covered ground. Alex, "Yes?" Buster, disorientated from his position, "Ahhh, I just wanted to know if your ever going to throw a party at your palace?" Alex, sets him down, a look of seriousness and concern crosses his face, after a brief pause he addresses them. Alex, "You are not yet ready for my palace." and with that, he snowboards off, leaving the group to contemplate this, with an open porthole that beacons them onward. Meanwhile, back in Acme Acres, the Amazing Three make their way to morning classes. Babs is trying to get her friends to come to another slumber party. One hopefully very, very, far away from Buster and his pals. Shirley, "Like how did they find out we were like throwing one the first time?" Babs, 'I've never been able to figure that one out Shirl." Fifi grins to herself. Ahead at the steps to Acme Loo, lightning crackles in a ball, soon the other end of the porthole opens. Looking through the three see only snow covered mountains, having no idea where it leads to. Fifi's eyes light up, in hopes that Alex is visiting the Loo, but dim when only Buster, Plucky and Hamton walk through. The porthole soon closes with a snap after they step out of it. Buster, "We made it!" Plucky, "I can't see! I can't see!" Hamton, "What's wrong?" Plucky grins at Hamton, then opens his eyes, "I got my eyes closed." Shirley, "Like get real Plucky, that was done by the Three Stooges or some junk." Babs, "Hey, where were you guys at?" Plucky, puffs up trying to look like a macho man, "Well, I was just showing how good of a snowboarder I was." walks around swaying back and forth with his arms out. Trying to look like a huge body-builder but failing completely. Buster, "Yeah right! I think all you showed Alex is how much of a duck can get splattered over the French Alps." Fifi twangs and jumps on Buster, looking him directly in the eyes, "Vous were in ze French Alps!" her eyes are wide as she pulls Buster face to face by his shirt. Fifi, "Did monsieur Alex mention moi?" she flutters her eyes, ideas of Alex becoming obsessed with her and the country she came from tumbling in her head. Babs is very annoyed at the position she has Buster in at this moment. Buster, has no time to answer the skunkette, the Dodo clock signals the beginning of classes. He uses its distraction to crawl out from underneath her, and bolt up the stairs with his friends. Fifi realizes her informer has got away, "Le sigh, I will catch zim later." she prances up the steps, turns to face the camera, "I know vous will soon come to moi monsieur Alex." touches her lips remembering. Fifi, "Moi will wait for vous Alex." she turns and climbs the remaining steps, "But hurry up, will vous!" Later, in Joke Chemistry class, test today over the chemical, molecular, and genetic composition of knock-knock, why the chicken, and the man walks in the bar jokes. Our in other words, why a joke makes you laugh. Marvin the Martin stands with his arms behind him, he addresses his pupils. Marvin, "Now, do any of you Earthlings have questions before we begin the test?" Buster waves his hand madly in the air, Marvin rolls his eyes and looks annoyed by this. Marvin, "Yes, what is it overconfident Earth creature?" Buster puts his hand down, "How did we get such a large national debt?" The class giggles and laughs, Marvin only clenches his fists tightly at this question. Marvin, "Do any of you have serious problems with taking this test?" Plucky, "I do, Teach," pulls one webbed foot from underneath his desk, "I have this really bad looking rash on my foot. Do you have some kind of ointment to clear it up with?" Marvin makes two moves; pulls out a Acme Desinigrator pistol, and then he fires it, Plucky's bill is the only thing left and drops down onto his seat. Marvin, "Now, does any other overconfident Earthling have something to say?" he waves the gun at the class, looking for some sucker. Only stifled giggling is heard in the classroom, Marvin puts the gun away, realizing he won't get much further with this bunch. Passing the test to Plucky's row first, question number one reads: Name, in order of concentration, the eight prime joke elements used in the joke, "A rabbi, a preacher, and a hobo walk into a bar" joke. Question number two isn't any better: OK, smartly, name the compounds those eight elements make up! Plucky passes out, having no idea what the first prime joke element is. Not a good sign for the rest of the class, who lose their silliness quickly after the first glance of the test. The class sets to work though, and Marvin sets to work at the front desk on a new propulsion device for his flying saucer. The test takes a minimal of four hours, and no one is to leave until after that time. The time passes though, Plucky banging himself on the head with a mallet, trying to force some answers out of his skull. Buster and Babs spend more time passing notes via paper airplanes then working on the test. Hamton, having studied for it, takes off immediately like a mad scholar. Shirley, trying to connect with one of her past lives for help, accidentally channels in part of the internet, the one with all the video game tips. Answers like, "Type pumpkinhead for all weapons" and, "Take a left at the lava pool and use the key of knowledge for entrance" appear on her test. Dizzy, is eating the test and his desk again, Marvin pays no attention, having built a device the size of a station wagon at the front of the class. Two and a half hours into it, those who were actually trying to get a good grade are miserable. Hamton, looks at the camera, the pig has an appearance of having a wild night with too many spirits. Bags the size of golf balls hang below his eyes, as well as his cloths being in a jumble and dirty. Hamton, "I was a man once!" shaking badly. Fifi, on the other hand, thought it was a test on the chemistry of Toon love. She writes down, kissing, strong holding, and the chasing paradox: "No matter how fast the reluctant lover flees, the pursuer will always be three clicks behind." Eventually though, her mind wanders into the land of day- dreams, she is once again at her wedding walking down the aisle with Shirley now carrying the train. She arrives again beside Alex, lets out a sigh there and in reality, but won't close her eye's at the kiss. It doesn't matter though, Alex's face morphs into Elmyra's and says. Elmyra, "Are you all right my stinky kitty witty? I know, a little huggy wuggy will cure you right up!" Fifi struggles against Elmyra's arms of death and snaps back into reality. Upon breaking free, she notices something very odd. The entire class is looking at her very funny, she blushes a deep red, realizing she had drifted off and was starring at Clamity the whole time. Calamity, being well seasoned about Fifi, had immediately went up to Marvin, complaining he couldn't finish the test with the threat of being gassed over him. Marvin, "Are you all right Miss La Fume?" Fifi, "Oui, moi just, how do you say, drifted off a bit. Madame will be fine now." Plucky, "That is until she gets another urge!" Shirley fries the green duck immediately after the last word is spoken. Fifi buries herself into the test, after spraying Elmyra to get her away. Elmyra runs out of the room for a quick tomato bath. She stops writing after a bit, still dreaming about the wedding. The intercom crackles and screeches to life, Bugs is on the com. Bugs, 'Ahh, would Miss La Fume please report to my office. Dere is some people here to see you." The intercom snaps off, the class is once again looking at Fifi, this time with surprise though. Fifi looks as surprised as them, having no idea why she would be called to the office. Marvin walks up and takes her test. Marvin, "You may finish the test tomorrow if you are detained for too long." Fifi gets up from her desk and makes her way to the door. Plucky, "You mean to tell me she gets out of the test because someone wants her in the office?" Plucky, pulls out a cell-phone, dials a number and is waiting. After a pickup he pulls off a perfect impression of his mother's voice. Plucky, "Yes, Acme Loo? Could you please call my son to the office so I can pick him up for his doctor's appointment?" Granny pops out of the phone's receiver. Granny, "You naughty little boy! Take that!" pulls her umbrella through and swings at the duck, "And that!" swings again. Plucky, runs around the room from the possessed cell-phone that is still swinging at him all the way. He jumps out the window in a desperate attempt at escape, Granny knows though that while in this position, between phone lines, she can't be hurt. The phone jumps out the window and the sight of a green duck being chased by an insane umbrella is seen outside. Later, at the principal's door, Fifi stands outside, a little nervous by the way she chews on her fingernails. Fifi, "Who could et be? Moi has been ze perfect zittle student, except for zhat incident with zhat boy and ze milk dispenser. They should have forgotten about zhat by now. Maybe et is.....mois secret admirer!" she brightens and swings open the door, knocking out Porky in the process. Inside is not her secret admirer but skunks, three of them, two appear to be adults by their size, the remaining one is about the size and looks the same age as Fifi. The two adults are a clash of color, one is black and white with two stripes down the back, the other, is lavender and has the same stripe as Fifi. The one the size of Fifi is black and white with the same stripes as the larger black and white skunk, for a brief pause the four stare at each other. A silence passes, but is broken by the voice of Fifi. Fifi, "Mere! Pere!" she rushes the two older skunks, embracing them in a very tight grip that the two return to her. To those of you that do not know French, "Mere" stands for mother and, "Pere" for father. The embrace between the three lasts a long time, having not seen each other for years. After the embrace, Fifi looks with a little coldness at the younger female skunk. Fifi, "Bonjour Mimi" with a voice that sounds more cruel then her usual one. Mimi, "Bonjour mon soer le souillon!" The two would have lunged at each other right then, but Fifi's mother Nadeline jumps between the two. Nadeline, "Stop et!" holding both at bay and looking as if she could back up her command, "Mimi! Nous did not come to America to antagonize vous sister" Mimi, "Oui, why not tell vous fille why nous are here?" Nadeline's face darkens, then she begins to cry into Fifi's arms, her husband, Andre goes to comfort her as well. Fifi, "What ez wrong mere?" Nadeline, "Ets....(Sob!) Et ezzz......(Sob!)" she breaks down into Andre's arms. Voice, "Et ez vous destiny catching up with her!" At the doorway, stands another skunk, a male around the age of twenty or so, he is black and white with one stripe down the tail and has a look of foreboding to him. He stands there, looking only at Fifi with his arms crossed, his stance is that of a army officer. Wanting full command and obedience from it seems Fifi. Andre, "Et ez vous fiance Fifi. Returned from ze dead!" A, "Thunk!" is heard, that of Fifi hitting the floor from fainting at this, her family rushes to attend to her as does the rest of the office personal that is there. The only person who does not seem concerned with her well being, is the skunk that stands in the doorway. Later that day, in the front lawn of Acme Loo, Buster, Babs, Shirley, and Plucky meet. Sweetie flies by with Furrball in hot pursuit. The kitty is soon flattened by an anvil dropped by the pink bird. Babs, "Was that really necessary?" looking at camera. Plucky, "What are you complaining about? You hardly ever get the senseless violence done to you pink ears." Shirley, "Like has anyone seen Fifi?" Buster, "No, not since she was called to the office." Right on cue, Fifi appears in the doorway, the three in her family are behind her. Plucky, "Now that was a lame scene intro. Who wrote this slop anyway?" he shakes his fists to the sky, demanding an answer from the writers. Babs, "Be nice." Fifi looks terrible, the fur below her eyes is soaked in tears. Her friends first approach not realizing this, curious to who these other three skunks are. As they get closer they realize something is deathly wrong with Fifi. Babs, "Fifi, what's wrong?" Shirley, "Yeah, like you look like you just found out one of your past lives was Jack the Ripper or some junk." Fifi turns to her friends, sniffles a little air through her nose, "Et ez nothing. (Sniff!) I just want to be....." she takes in a deep breath, "Alone!" starts bawling hysterically. Fifi, "Le sob! Sob! Le really big sob!" her friends try and comfort her, but she shakes them off. Running down the path they almost take off after her, but are stopped by the three skunks at the door. Andre, "Let her go, she needs ze time to herself." Mimi gets one look at Buster, chuckles a little and says, "What's with ze no pants style Bunny?" she laughs harder, "Trying to show ze world just how miniature zings can get?" grins deeply. Buster, blushes a very deep red, Plucky immediately counters with self-preservation, ducking behind Shirley in order not to attract attention to his limited apparel. Babs, "Hey! Who do you think you are!" Mimi, "Mois a lot more zen ze bimbo for zhat blue bunny, traitor!" Nadeline, "Mimi! Stop et! Nous did not come to ze America for one of vous private zittle wars." Mimi, "Wherever zhere are ze male oppressors of women! Wherever zhere ez injustice dished out to ze fair sex! Wherever ze figurely challenged zhat cannot get ze dates! Moi will always start ze war. Ze very fact ze sexist pig," points a sharp finger at Buster, "ez allowed to run around with ze shabby clothing gives moi enough info into what ez going..." Andre, "Enough Mimi! If zhat ez ze way vous will be, zhen leave us!" and with that, Mimi walks off, tail held high. Babs, "Thank you Susan B. Anthony." Nadeline, "Please forgive mon soer, she zhinks ze whole world ez ze sexist male dominated one." Plucky, "It isn't?" Shirley jabs him in the ribs. Shirley, "Like who are you?" The two look at each other a moment, Andre is the one who breaks the silence with his voice. Andre, "Zhis, ez mois wife Nadeline, and moi am Andre La Fume, Fifi's pere." Babs, "Her parents! So it's true, Fifi left France under less then ideal conditions, and your here now to bring her back home. No wonder she's depressed." Andre and Nadeline, "WHAT!" Babs, "You mean, that's not why she's depressed?" Nadeline, "Non, non, zat reason ez le complicated one." Andre, "Oui, one zhat require ze tres special touch to explain." The camera view begins to ripple like waves on a pond, becoming fuzzy and distorted, the view fades into almost nothingness. Plucky, "Hey! What's going on?" Shirley, "It's like a flash-back, this reminds me of one of my past lives. I was like, an amoebae or some junk." Nadeline and Andre, "Would vous be quiet so nous can get zis flash-back started?" The scene opens with the playing of the, "Sound of Music" theme song. The great valleys and fields of France are in the view. Andre, "Et was almost ze nineteen years ago in mois home country of France. Moi had owned a petite vineyard for nearly ze five years now and had just been ze marriage to mois wife Nadeline." The view swings to one of the many rows of grape-vines strung up on wires five feet above the ground. Jean Luc Picard from the episode, "All Good Things" is in his peasant outfit, tending to the vines. Andre, "Oh for ze Pete's sake," shoves the Enterprise captain out of the flash-back, "et wasn't even zhat good of ze final episode!" Nadeline, "Anyway, nous had zust been married, (Sigh) together, and moi was tres quickly to be visited by ze stork." Andre, "But ze trouble was, how do you say, brewing." clouds darken the scene, some lighting flashes on the far away mountains for an added touch, "as moi had ze many debts I could not keep paid up." Nadeline, "Most of zhem came from ze American forms of quick farming and ze capitalism." Andre, "Oui, most were problems nous never did have until ze American technology invaded." Buster pops into the flash-back, "Hey! American know-how and farming methods have improved immensely the efficiency of farms today." Andre, "What are vous doing here?" picks up the blue bunny and throws him out, "Mois flash-back so I can complain about anything I want." sticks his tongue out at Buster off-screen. Nadeline, "(Ahem!) So ze debts and debtors were showing up at ze door." A montage of clips go by, a man looking like the Godfather shows first, flipping a coin in his hand. A huge bouncer who pounds his fists together scaring Nadeline. Finally, a little shrimp, (I'm serious, a shrimp) who hands a note to Andre, it reads, "We break thumbs." Nadeline, "Having no desire to have mois thumbs ruined," looks over her fingers in remembrance, "our my child endangered I did ze only thing I could do." A quick picture of Nadeline in a bed, waiting for someone, the shrimp from the previous scene is shown in the doorway of the bedroom. He is smoking a cigarette and dressed in spandex, Nadeline is looking at him with disgust and horror. The entire scene is pushed aside by Nadeline's hands. Nadeline, "Who put zhat in zhere?!" Voice, "Sorry, couldn't pass up such an opportunity, here's the real scene." Another picture of Nadeline, at a door of another house, kneeling before a adult male black and white skunk. She is crying and appears to be pleading with the male skunk, he pulls her up, comforts her and says everything will be all right. Nadeline, "I have regretted ze day I went to ze Pathos." Andre, "Mois wife, in all of her amore did not want ze hardships to befall me. So, she went to ze family Pathos, one zhat had helped her family before, and asked zhem for help." Nadeline, "Zhey gave et, paying all of our debts and bills. Nous were so grateful nous felt nous should repay zhem in some way. But ze only thing nous had to offer was our unborn child." Andre, "So, nous promised zhat if ze child was born ze girl, she would be engaged to ze Pathos's three year old son." Nadeline, "Time, she passed, and not one but two daughters were given to us by ze stork. Fifi was ze first one to be arrive," a picture of a baby Fifi coming in a window via stork to the delivery room, she is held by a doctor for a quick lookover. She immediate clings to the doctor and tries to plant kisses on his lips, he rips her from himself and throws her into Nadeline's arms. She tries to get out of her mother's grip and begin pursuit of the first man she has felt, "Mimi arrived five minutes after Fifi." a scene of baby Mimi held in a knapsack by the stork at the window, and kicking the doctor in the general groin area, her first attack against male chauvinism. Andre, "Both nous loved dearly," snoring is heard in the background. Shirley, "Like get off me Plucky! Do I look like a pillow or some junk?" Nadeline, "But et was Fifi who became engaged to ze Pathos's son, just because of five minutes." she cries a little bit. Andre, "Nous did not tell her zis at first, wanting her not to worry about et. So, nous cared and nurtured Fifi into a healthy young girl." Another scene, Fifi in her crib, suckling on a milk bottle. She quickly drains it and is crying for another, which Nadeline quickly replaces, Fifi drains that one even faster then the first and is again crying for another. Nadeline, "Et ez so strange Andre mon amore. I give Fifi ze bottle and she quickly sucks zhem down. If moi didn't know any better, I zhink she actually has ze pleasure in suckling zhem." Scenes flash by, showing Fifi at age one, two and so on. She grows bigger and more to the form and looks she is know by today as the years pass. Andre, "Finally at ze age of learning, Fifi went to school." Andre rolls his eye's in remembrance. Nadeline, "Ze teachers and her classmates all did ze complaining, she would not keep her, how do you say, hands to herself when it came to ze boys." a quick montage of Fifi on her first boy hunts at school. Using the baiting technique, which consists of grabbing the basketball during a game, and saying to the hot sweaty guys. Fifi, "Come and get et beeg boys!" they all take off, not wanting to get cooties from a girl. Another Fifi called, "Le mauvais fille" our, "The Bad Girl" where Fifi would act as obnoxious as possible in a class with a male teacher. After a few runs of having Fifi, "After school" she is shattering glass and throwing papers at the teacher, but he for no reason, even if she blew up the school, which she did once, would hold her, "After School" Finally her most famous and well know one she calls, "Le crochet, ligne, de odeur" our, "Hook, line, and stinker" her wrapping of the tail around a reluctant, and often unwilling, boyfriend. Many needed therapy latter on in their lives. Nadeline, "Nous feared ze day ze boys began to zee ze sex appeal in Fifi, but zat day of dating never came to Fifi" she tears again, and Babs finally hands her a hanky while patting her on the back. Andre, "At her age of twelve years, ze time for her to meet ze future husband had came. Nous had stalled long enough on ze matter and were now being forced into et by ze Pathos." Nadeline, "Nous told her as ze birthday present on her twelfth birthday, she was ze ecstatic girl skunkette about being married to ze boy. Having very zittle if any luck on boys she had met and attempted to met in her life, she met him ze next day." Another touching scene, in that Fifi is joyous and rambunctious that she WILL be married to someone, not thinking that it could be possible he doesn't love her. Fifi rushes to embrace her future husband, Jean Pathos, fumes rising and tail waving madly behind her. The distance between the two is closed fast, Fifi begins to wrap herself around Jean in enrapture. Nadeline, "Et was horrible!" Jean pushes Fifi away from himself and knocks her down, "He was ze cruel, cruel man, not wanting anything to do with Fifi, only to marry her and be done with et." Nadeline is crying in gushers, the dam finally being broken with this truth. The hanky Babs gave her is wrung out to make room for the tears, but cannot keep up and Buster and Plucky bail tears out of the scene in buckets. Andre, "He even wanted to remove ze scent glands from Fifi, after discovering her overproductive nature. What else he wanted her for, ez to horrible to describe but Fifi fell into distress and mourning over zhis. She dawned ze black cloths and hood as if she were at her own funeral, mon daughter was ze sad, sad, sight." Scene with Fifi dressed in black cloths, her eyes are looking downward, no longer filled hope our their touch of love, but only a look of death to them. Nadeline, "Et got (Sniff) ze worse as well, she dived into romance novels and music during zhat time. Always coming to us in ze night, saying how much she wished ze dashing man in zhose books would have been hers one day." she cries some more. Andre, "Deux months later, Jean celebrated his fifteenth birthday, being three years older zhen Fifi. Nous were invited, Fifi was as cold as ze cucumber zhat day, wanting not to be touched nor seen by zhat man. But one of ze gifts to Jean was ze trip to ze French Alps, he invited Fifi to go along with him, she snarled a, "NON!" in his general direction." Nadeline, "Zhen ze miracle occurred, two weeks later ze report zhat Jean Pathos had died in ze avalanche. Mon daughter was free from ze chains of bondage." Andre, "And did she ever exploit zhat freedom by going insane with ze amore. Within months she was terrorizing ze countryside, no man zhat was engaged or single was safe from her. She chased after all of zhem, even if zhere girlfriends were with zhem." Nadeline, "Et finally came to ze how do you say, head when ze prime minister's son became very deep in ze hot water with his fiance because of Fifi. A letter from mon president stated clearly to get her under control, our zhey would take ze actions to eliminate her threat to man's peace with zhere lovers." Andre, "Moi knew zhere was no way to stop her, mon wife had ze same condition before nous were married. So nous considered ze only valid one, send her away." Nadeline, "Nous had heard already of Acme Acres creation and ze opening of Acme Looniversity, but did not have ze money to send her zhere, but another miracle occurred for us." Babs, "You won the lottery!" Plucky, "Pennies from heaven?" Shirley, "Pepe Le Pew saw some hidden talent in your daughter?" Nadeline, "Non, non, something even better. Ze plot hole!" Buster, "That and the fact we wanted her as one of the shows first characters." Babs giggles a little at remembering her action that got a lot of characters on the show in, "The Looney Beginning" Nadeline, "She was very excited, ze fact she was ze fan and admirer of Pepe Le Pew, she skipped her way to ze jet for takeoff to America, making ze many passengers unconscious with her excitement." Andre, "Nous were still ze poor, poor family, so could not afford proper accommodations for her living in Acme Acres, only enough money for ze tuition." Shirley, whispering to her friends, "Like most hotels wouldn't like take Fifi anyway, fumigation costs our some junk." Babs, "But I don't get it, if Jean was dead why is she unhappy now?" Andre, "Because he ez not dead, but tres alive instead." Nadeline, "Zhust quatre months ago, ze Pathos came to mois door. Zhey told us zhat Jean had been found ze eight months after le accident." Andre, "Zhey said he had thought et over and did not want to marry ze wife zhat hated him. His parents agreed and decided not to tell us of his return. Knowing nous would be the, how do you say, duty bound to have her marry." Shirley, "Then like why is he marrying her now?" Nadeline, "Zhat is because of ze outside interference." Buster, "Huh?" Nadeline, "Some American girl convinced ze Pathos zhat Fifi being married would increase zhere fame and fortune, she being ze TV star." Babs, "Wait a second, what is the name of this American girl?" Nadeline, "She calls herself, Camry Curvaceous." Buster, Babs, Shirley, Plucky, "CAMRY!!!!" Andre, "Oh, so vous have heard of her?" Plucky, "Heard of her! She is one of the most traitorous and dangerous villains on the show." Shirley, "That's like villainess Plucky." Buster, "I smell a plot line." Babs whirls into a septic tank service man uniform, "And I smell an evil plot the stinks and is very weak at the elbow joints." Plucky, "Yeah! Camry must have cooked this plan up in order to be rid of Fifi, I bet that Jean is not even the real one." Andre, "Oh no, he ez ze real one all right. Ze family crest of ze Pathos's hangs around his neck, each medallion is made personally for each family member. Et does with ze tradition so zhat no one can ever take ze Pathos's name without being born into et, not even wives our husbands can have ze family crest, only ze children." Plucky, "Oh!" Nadeline, "Don't be ze distressed, nous already tried zhat route, but only found more proof zhat ez Jean Pathos." Buster, "Well, I still think there is some lies to this story, especially if Camry is behind it." Babs, "What do you want to do Buster?" Buster, "I think we should start at the ruins of Camry's hideout, she might have rebuilt after her failed attempt to be rid of us." In the bushes behind the bunch, a camera whirls on a tripod, pointing directly at the group of six. Its antenna pumps a signal across the air of Acme Acres to the Wastelands and Camry's new hideout, displaying on a screen what is happening and being said to the female fox. Camry, "So, the Buster Bunny bunch wants to try and get me to confess my plot? Well, I better not disappoint them and actually be a smart villain and attempt not to be caught" she hops into one of her many jetsleds, the tunnel she heads into reads, "To Old Hideout" Camry, "Besides, it might be a little fun to spring the old traps I had left in my hideout!" she leaves laughing wickedly. In Camry's hideout, an invisible eye watches over the den, unseen yet giving a clear signal to those who use its spying techniques. Back at Alex's palace, two liquid metal servants watch as Camry leaves the den. First Servant, "Should we inform master Alex of the impending plot?" Second Servant, "I do not recommend it number four. Alex hates to be interrupted while learning of new facts and figures, especially when dealing with a society." He points to a portal that shows Alex in the French Alps, looking and scanning the grave marker he spotted while with Buster, Hamton, and Plucky. Back at his palace, another spy device transmits its signal to those who placed it their, the CIA. First Agent, "Should we move on this sir?" Second Agent, "No, this being still shows no threat to the American way of life." High above the Earth, a being on a throne of gold,(The almighty) looks down on the planet and sees what the two agents are up to. Only from the shoulders down is seen, dressed in pure white cloth, purer then the purest marble. God, "Perhaps I should give them boils on the buttocks to teach them a lesson of spying on thy fellow neighbor." A knock is heard at the corner of the scene. God, "Yes?" A man's head pushes through the film and pops out from behind the scene, he is wearing glasses and looks very agitated. Man, "Excuse me God, but all this changing of scenery is giving the artists a very serious case of writer's cramp. Could we please go to the verses battle in Camry's old hideout like we were contracted to do instead of all this scene jumping?" Another man pops out from behind the scene but is unable to fit all the way into the picture so is stuck between scenes. Second Man, "Really! My hand is about to throw down its brush and strangle me. And why all the clouds and lighting? Couldn't God and heaven just be a big white blob with yellow streaks like in, "This is the Life"?" I pop into the scene. Jeremy, "That's it! I quit! I didn't write this story to suddenly change it in the middle and have stupid comic relief's pop up every few seconds." Woody Woodpecker jumps in for now reason laugh his stupid laugh. I pull out a shotgun and end the whole routine. Alex pops into the scene, "But what about my grand final at the end between me and Fifi?" Babs pops up, "And what about the part where Camry gets her just deserts?" Plucky pops in as well, "And when are you going to put me as the hero? What's the matter, don't you think a duck can cut it as a dashing and daring character?" Camry, "And what about the part when I give Babs, Buster, and Shirley the old, one, two. Making them eat the words, "You can't outsmart a rabbit" for years to come." God, "Excuse me." All, "Yes?" God, "Wouldn't it be easier to just to skip this scene and go with the verses battle in Camry's hideout and finish the story from there?" Jeremy, "You know what, that is a great idea! How'd you come up with it?" God, "I'm the almighty." All, "Oh get out of here." everyone starts to walk back to their places in the story. God, "No really, I can do anything you want, just ask. Water to wine. Flowers from nuclear waste." Plucky, "Yeah right, whatever. God! When pigs fly." one just does past the duck. God, "Don't go! I never get anyone here to talk to. Only people who grovel at my feet and say their not worthy enough our to forgive them and not send them to heck and....." Ahem! Anyway, the four heroes for this, Buster, Babs, Plucky, and Shirley, stare down a hole in the ground that is black with soot, looking as a fire had burned its opening. They stand only a couple of yards from the Big A.L. (And for those of you who don't remember, this is the hole Buster and Babs rocketed out of in "Transfer Student") Plucky, "From the looks of it you two got out just in time." Babs, "Who said we did?" rubs her behind. Buster, "The last three feet of ground we went through the hard way." Shirley, "So, like what makes you think this is like where Camry will be?" Buster, "Simple Shirl, this show never has any complex plot lines, so she is bound to end up where she appeared the first time." With that, he begins to shimmy down the hole, hoping that it will open up at the bottom. For a detailed account of the seismic activity that occurred after the explosion Camry let lose in, "Transfer Student" please contact, "Acme Acre's Gas and Sewage Sucking Services." Plucky, "Could we please continue with the story instead of a nature show?" The four make their way down the burrow, Buster leading being followed by Babs, Shirley and Plucky. Who with a short argument was able to take the rear behind Shirley, although she isn't taking her eye's off of him for a second. "Fortunately for our hero's" booms through a bullhorn all can hear, "the tunnel does open up into a cavern that at one time was grand and graceful." Dungeons and Dragons music plays in the background. The cavern is much smaller then the original one that was once located here, dark and dry it holds no moisture for the four. Having an air that is gritty and sooty, filled with the ashes of the explosion that rocked the Loo only a few weeks ago. A slug would be sucked of all moisture if in this cavern that holds not a drop of water for an..... Babs, "OK! OK! We get the point, it's not your run of the mill cool damp cave." The ceiling of the cavern is jagged and collapsed, groaning under the strain of dirt that was used to fill in the sinkhole it created. Buster lights a lantern he pulls out from nowhere, illuminating the dreary surroundings of the cavern. Babs, "Where did you get that Buster?" Buster, "Props department." Loud Booming Voice, "Which is where you should have stayed at blue boy!" A single audible click is heard, then the entire cavern is illuminated by electric light who's source is from the walls of the cavern. Across the cavern, only fifteen feet, stands a red and white female fox, Camry Curvaceous. Camry, "So, you return to the scene of the crime, our better yet, the place you had your brush with death." she chuckles a little. Buster, "You've got some explaining to do Camry." he steps ahead of his group in defiance. Camry, "But Ricky! Waahhhhh!" she pulls off a perfect Lucy impression. Babs, "What are you up to with Fifi?" Camry, "Oh! Ho! So the female skunk is why you came, don't you believe in romance and destiny Babs." Shirley, "Like don't toy with us, I'm sensing some bad vibes from you Camry. Like why are you after Fifi our some junk?" Camry, "How rude you little " Babs, "What are you doing Camry, if you hurt Fifi in anyway I'll, I'll..." Camry, "Come now Babs, is that anyway for a lady.... Oh! That's right, your not a lady, only a little girl who has had too many triple cappuccino's at the local deli. How are the cops doing and what's the latest price on donuts? Chubby!" That blows the fuse, Babs lunges forward to tear Camry to pieces and walks unwittingly into Camry's trap. A very large and heavy anvil crashes down from nowhere and lands on Babs, flattening her into a pancake. Plucky, "I like this writer!" Buster, "Babs!" he rushes forward to aid his now short and thin friend. Shirley, "Like, take this you murder!" lighting coming from her aura leaps from her body to strike at Camry. Camry doesn't flinch nor move to avoid the onslaught of metaphysical energy, instead she pulls out an object from behind her back. In Camry's hand is held a mirror black as ink, the energy appears to be drawn to it, then absorbed through its surface. A few moments and all the metaphysical energy has been consumed by the object, Camry touches a button on the mirrors handle, releasing the energy back at Shirley. For the first time in Shirley's life, she is fried by her own mystic powers. Camry, "Metaphysical Mirror," she displays the mirror for all to see, "you didn't think I haven't studied your powers now did you Shirley?" Plucky, "That's it, I'm going to teach you little...." Camry pushes another button on the mirror. Clicks from numerous guns loading their first rounds are heard, looking into the dark corners of the cavern, Plucky sees mounted rifles all pointed in his general direction. Plucky, "That is if I wasn't a gentleman," quickly runs and ducks behind Shirley, "we're not suppose to strike a lady." Shirley, "My hero." Buster, "Babs!" pulls her out from underneath the anvil, "Are you all right? Does it hurt?" Babs, "Only when I move." Buster takes one of Babs's hands, our what looks like a hand, and blows whole-heartily into a stubby finger. With a, "POP!!" Babs is blown back to her original toony shape. Babs, "Thanks Buster, I needed that." Camry, "That is round one, would you like to try for round two?" Buster, "Some match, you got the home team advantage." Plucky, "Really, who knows what sort of devastating devices you have waiting to spring upon us." Camry laughs her wicked laughter once more, making all the toons cringe, "You still think this is my hideout?" she is laughing hysterically now, "Too easy, much too easy Warner Brothers, I would think you could have created much better heroes to defeat me." Babs, "Get to the point blowhard!" Camry, "Isn't that what you came down here for, points? And why should I tell you what I have planned for Miss La Fume, soon to be Mrs. Pathos?" Shirley, "It's like tradition our some junk for the villain to reveal what they have like planned to the heroes." Camry, "It is also tradition that a villainess doesn't have the ability to outsmart our destroy characters on a cartoon show." she grins even more deeply, "So maybe that tradition should be broken as well." Buster, "Quit kidding yourself Camry, you know it is impossible to outsmart a rabbit." Camry, "WAS! But times Buster, how they do change. Anyway," she yawns, "I will tell you generally what I have planned. Some traditions should never be broken." She moves swiftly to the back of the cavern, flipping a switch, the center of the cavern collapses dividing the four from her. Camry, "Fifi La Fume will marry Jean Pathos, he is the true one, I made sure of that!" her voice echoes through the dust that was kicked up, "Jean himself I have convinced to keep Fifi close to home, so she WILL return with him to France as his wife. I also took the precaution of warning him of Alex, and recommended he keep her clear of him." Buster, "But what is in this for you Camry?" he tries to get her to reveal her plan. Camry, "Just the satisfaction to rid myself on an opposition." Babs, "Your kidding, no one goes to this much trouble. Do you want Fifi's place? Her lovers?" Shirley, "Alex?" A throaty growl is heard from across the cavern. Buster, "So that is it, you want Alex and getting rid of Fifi eliminates your competition." Camry, "Yes, blueboy, that is something I think even a three year old could figure out. But riddle me this Buster, what do I want him for?" Babs, "You won't get away with this Camry!" Camry, "Why not? The river of fate flows my direction Babs, and the Fumes and the Pathos are both honorable families. It would take a miracle, especially since Fifi is famous now, for either to break the promise they gave one another. Stop destiny if you can Tiny Toons!" Another click is heard, and the remainder of the roof begins to met the ground. The four barely make it out of the cavern without having to burrow out again. Plucky, "Well that was generally pointless." an anvil wavers above him, "I take it back! I take it back!" Shirley, "Well, like what are we going to do about this?" Buster, "For starters, I suggest you and Babs head to Fifi's, don't want her to take the lover's leap for the thirteenth time, only this time go through with it." Babs, "I think we're too late for that. Look!" High above the valley Acme Acres is nestled in, Fifi La Fume stands at the peak of lover's leap. Pleading her heart out of the injustice the world holds for those who believe in true love. Fifi, "Life, she's ze beach, zhen vous die!" Ok, so its not Shakespeare. So sue me! Girl behind Fifi, "Hurry up will you! My boyfriend just dumped me for a kitchen appliance." Gogo Dodo hops by with a juicer in a passionate embrace. Babs, "Come-on Shirl, better stop her before the neighbors complain." Fifi, holding a guy who himself came to lover's leap, "Stop me monsieur, stop me from myself!" is shaking him thoroughly, "Moi knows our amore could have been ze something, but life ez ze cruel, cruel zhing. Oh, be still mois broken heart." Guy, "Ahhhhh, I was just sent here to fix a lightbulb and the plumbing mame. I had nothing to do with your boyfriend and the engagement you went through." Fifi, "Kess me you fool!" the smell has hit him, and finally he realizes the price such a kiss holds and begins to turn tail, with Fifi still clinging. Plucky, "Oh brother!" Buster, "Plucky we have the hardest job of all ahead of us right now." Plucky, "What? Research thousands of family trees to find out if Jean is the true one?" Buster shakes his head. Plucky, "Go to France? Look and ask for information on Jean to see if this is true?" Buster shakes his head for the second time. Plucky, "Then what!!!???" Buster, "We're going sneak into to Jeremy's house and see how the story comes out." Plucky looks at the camera and rolls his eyes, "What a brain." Needless to say, neither one knows where I live, so the week passes by quickly, the Pathos wanting the wedding as quickly as possible so it was set on the Friday of that week. Camry provides the church, decorations, even the ring. This being the way she will eliminate her competition of Fifi, she doesn't even consider the costs and goes all out. In her mind, the key to being rid of Babs and Shirley is destroying their friend, the first step in her conquest of Acme Acres. Fifi, well she decided early on in the week to start her bachelorette party, the guy at lover's leap triggering it. Babs and Shirley spend most of the time trying to track her down all over the City of Acme Acres. Following the signs of comatose men and deathly white cats and dogs the by some cruel trick had a stripe down their back. At last, on Thursday, they locate her at her home in the Acme Dump, opening the door the smell of a sauce Fifi has been indulging on hits them full force. Shirley holds her nose, "Is that like grape juice our some junk?" Babs, "Oh my! Look!" In the middle of the cadillac, sits Fifi at a table with many uncorked bottles of grape juice. The entire table is covered with the deep blue substance, producing a foul odor of sour grapes. Behind the table near Fifi, is a man in a strait jacket. Man in straight jacket, "Help! My name is Floyd Bennant! I was on my way to a mascarade party as a skunk when this female jumped me! Call my lawyer! No more! No more!" Babs, "Fifi!" Fifi jumps back from advancing on this man, planning another barrage of kisses and fumes on him. She looks up sadly at Babs with bloodshot eyes, a look of death mingled with a fantasy the juice has brought upon her is on her face. Fifi, "Oh look monsieur! Ze one who always gets ze guy. Allo Babsie," she waves a hand at her lazily, "did you and Shirrrllllly," she slurs Shirley's name terribly, making Shirley flinch, "come to throw moi ze wedding shoo.....shoo.......party?" Babs, "Ok, I think someone has had a little too much grape juice." Fifi, "BURP!!!!!" so loudly that she pats her stomach when done. Barney from the, "Simpson's" pops into the scene suddenly. Barney, "Now that's what I call a lady! *BURP!*" Shirley, "Like Fifi, you've got to quit giving yourself such negative inputs our some junk." Fifi, "Zis from ze girl who gets thrillsssss from sitting like ze log." Shirley, "I like know your not yourself right now so I'll just ignore that Feef." Fifi, "Good fer vous, miss, miss, new age girl!" Babs, "Fifi! Is that any way to talk to your friends?" Fifi, "What does et matter? I will be ze, how do you say, unloved wife by zhat monster. I've always wanted ze lover zhat would return mois amore, but now et will never happen." "Never!" she bangs her head on the table, "Never!" slams the bottle down breaking it, "NEVER!" she breaks into a rain of tears. By now the man in the straight jacket has become an escape artist, and flees the abandoned car. Fifi tries to grab him back quickly with her tail, but her friends hold her back. Fifi, "Zhat ez ze way et always ezz. Zhay run away from moi even though I pour my heart out for zhem. Why does life have to be ze lonely for a skunk?" she looks at her friends for an answer, but they have none to give but pity. Babs, "Well, we can still be friends Fifi, and if he dares touch you scent glands," she whirls into a female Rambo, "I'll cut off his head and spit down his throat!" Fifi chuckles a little. Shirley, "And like you can count on me to help as well, just say the word and I'll like put a curse on him the will, like, shrink the family jewels, or some junk." Fifi begins to laugh, brought on by the picture in her mind of such and act, she hugs her friends and they hug her back. Fifi, "Your are ze right, who cares if he ez ze unloving man. Moi can still have ze night on the town!" she whirls herself and changes into a very seductive outfit that impresses her friends. Fifi, "Et ez ze depressing here, why don't nous go out and enjoy ze life?" Babs and Shirley look at each other surprised at the sudden change in their friend. They soon join her at the door, where Fifi quickly comments to them. Fifi, "Besides, et ez ze nineties. Moi can always divorce him after ze wedding." They all laugh together, and the Amazing Three meet the night together, with hearts held high and spirits soaring. But the whole night, an air of dread hangs around Fifi, not truly believing a divorce from Jean will be all that easy. Well, anyway, the day of the wedding soon arrives at the church of, "Saint Toon's United Priests for Idiotic Drawings ." or, "STUPID" for short. Jean's Mother and Father are the only one from his side of the family in attendance. Camry, Montana and Elmyra sit with them. A very unbalanced scene is in the Church, Jean's side sitting opposite all the toons who know Fifi at the Big A.L. The entire assembly of pews is in a disorder, from Dizzy eating the woodwork, to Arnold pursuing Furrball who is pursuing Sweetie. The front pew is inhabited by Buster, Plucky, Hamton and Pepe Le Pew, not wanting to miss one of his favorite student's wedding. Babs and Shirley are no where to be seen. Hamton, "We're not going to let her go through with this? Are we Buster?" Buster, "Don't know, Hammy, this is a very touchy subject, contracted marriage. Arranged to pay a debt one family owes another." Pepe, "Tres touchy indeed Buster Bunny. If ze Fifi were to how vous say, renege on ze engagement madame would humiliate her family as well as ze Pathos." Plucky, "Well I for one think it is stupid, it's not romantic nor does it make sense in financial terms." The organist up front is signaled, she grabs something from beneath the organ, it is Sneezer. Using a pepper mill, she achieves the reaction she needs. Sneezer, "Ah.......Ah.......Ah......Ahhhh Chooooo!!!!" The bellows of the organ quickly fill to maximum capacity, the organist begins to play the wedding march and all in the church stand. Organist, "Budget cuts, have to use alternative power sources." she refills the little mouse's nose some more. First down the isle, is Mimi, the flower girl. She looks very ticked, the whole time mumbling, "Sexist traditions! Why can't their be a flower boy? And what is wrong with having a best woman instead of a man? Don't think a woman can hack holding onto a ring up to the engagement." She whips the flowers at the crowd, with a speed that causes welts on the people being hit. Mimi, "Besides, a woman should grab a man and take him instead of having this carnival." Coming to the front pew she smiles at Hamton who blushes a deep red. She having meet him earlier today and taking an extreme liking to the pig. Looking and seeing Buster and Plucky, the look gets venom in it. Plucky, "How come she likes Hamton and not us Buster." Buster, "Think about it Plucky, what does she think men are?" Plucky, "Pigs, but how does that.......Ohhhhhhh!" The two quiet as Fifi's mother follows behind Shirley who is the ring bearer, Nadeline is bawling about the whole wedding, Babs supports her with her shoulder. Finally, "Here comes the bride" bellows from the organ and everyone at the wedding gasps at the sight that is walking down the aisle. Andre Le Fume, accompanies his daughter to give her away to Jean, but this sight is not what has people gasping in horror as well as awe. Fifi La Fume, a woman that has lived for such a romantic moment of marriage, dreamed of it for years upon years. One would have expected her to be wearing the most gorgeous of gowns, but instead she wears a wedding dress that is a dark black velvet in color. If the attendants to the wedding didn't know any better, the would think Fifi is attending a funeral, perhaps her own. Reaching the alter, Andre lets her go to Jean to stand next to him. The preacher comes forward and Babs and Shirley take their places beside Fifi as bride's maids. The priest comes forward for the exchanging of the vows. Priest, "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join this skunk and this skunkette in holy......" Jean, "Skip et and get to ze point! I want to be back in France before ze sun sets tonight!" Everyone is shocked in attendance. Buster, Plucky, and Hamton rush the alter in protest to this outrage. Babs and Shirley give Jean a piece of their mind, literally, more by grabbing a couple of mallets to clobber him with. Camry pulls forth a device that looks like an egg beater, but not knowing what it could be keeps the rushing defenders at bay. It is Fifi that eventually calms the ravaged sea of discontent. Fifi, "Please mois friends, let us get zhis over with. If Jean wants le quick wedding, zhen let him have it." They back off, but Babs and Shirley look about ready to rip Jean apart from limb to limb. He looks unfazed, our perhaps not even caring of what they think. Priest, "If anyone......." Jean, "Skip et!" The Priest looks very irritated, "Does, do you take Fifi to be your wife, suit your needs?" Jean, "Very, and oui I do." Priest, "Do you Fifi," he curls his nose in disgust of such a short wedding, "take Jean to be your husband. Etc, etc, etc?" Jean looks at her with a stern look, whispering, "Remember what was promised" in her ear. Babs and Shirley look annoyed, but know very well that Fifi is willing to go through with this. A bawl is heard, not from Nadeline but from Hamton. He begins to speak words that start with, "I want to say that I...." but a look from Fifi silences him, she is mouthing, "Not now Hammy". He only cries and runs out of the chapel. Buster and Plucky look at each other, they both know what they want to do, but doing such would only destroy their friendship with Fifi. The look like prisoners with hands tied and looking down they see their hands are tied, literally! Fifi swallows hard, a single tear escapes her eye, "Moi........" she breaths a deep breath. Looks at the man she is to marry with disgust and speaks in a crackled voice, "I......" If you asked anyone in attendance later what happened, no one would know for sure when it started to build. Fifi herself would say she felt the tremors earlier in the chapel, but paid it no notice thinking she was only depressed and disillusioned. One thing for sure though, a rumble started throughout the church, one that no one could ignore and stopped what Fifi was about to say. The clinking of holy water bottles are heard near the alter, the priest rushes to grab them in order to prevent a spillage of salvation. The tremors build, at first attendants think it is and earthquake, but soon find it is too ordered in its vibrations to be one, moving in waves in a giant ocean. Below the alter, in the center of the isle, lightning crackles off of the pews and the aisle itself. Forming then dissipating in the air, the colors of deep blue, orange, and yellow are seen in them. Duncan Macleod from, "Highlander" pops into the scene. Duncan, "There can be only one." he walks off, leaving a very confused audience. Finally, the lightening builds to such a concentration that it focuses into one great ball of power, rumbling the church at its foundations. A very large and powerful porthole rips into the church, creating a crash that startles all in attendance, the whole scene ripples as a pond does when a rock is thrown into it.. Through this hole walk Alex, looking very determined and having a look of mischief upon his face. The tremors cease and lightning disappears quicker then it formed when he is through. Jean, "Who ez zhis smeghead?" Alex, "A better question would be who you truly are, Jean Pathos?" Fifi walks down from the alter, looking more depressed and sad then she formally was. Fifi, "Alex, I know vous adores me, but zhis ez ze family matter. I was engaged to Jean long, tres very long before I met vous." Alex, "But Fifi, that....." Fifi, "Non, don't say et Alex." she sobs a bit, "Don't say vous loves moi and cannot let moi marry. I must, do zhis for ze family honor." Alex grabs Fifi by the shoulders and turns her to face him, "I know all about the honor and debt you owe the Pathos Fifi. But there is just one little problem." he point an accusing finger at Jean, "That is not Jean Pathos! Is it Camry?" he grins at her. Jean, "What! Ez zhis vous idea of le joke? Why I have never been ze insulted en all mois life! If zhis ez zhey way vous will treat my family and ets honor....." Alex, "Hold it right there Frenchy! Let us talk about your family shall we? Your family came from a box! A cardboard box that is." Everyone, "WHAT!" Alex, "Oh yes, you would be surprised how far you can go with a little knowledge of dimensional physics and time travel." Jean gets a look of terror as Alex pulls a medallion from his fur, a medallion that looks exactly like the one Jean is wearing. Alex walks up to Jean and pulls the medallion from his neck, looking at the back then addressing the audience. Alex, "Unless, (Made in Taiwan) has become a new family symbol, I don't think this is the true Pathos medallion." Camry walks up and rips both medallions from Alex's hands. Camry, "It doesn't prove a thing Alex! We here all know of your powers, you could have just as easily switched them." Alex, "Yes, I was aware of such a thing, that is why I brought," pulls forth a video camera, "solid proof back with me from my time travel. Using my powers I traveled back in time, to a certain point at which a young male skunk died in an avalanche." Buster, "Wait a minute! The last time thing you were doing was investigating a grave in the French Alps." Alex, "Whose grave do you think it was?" Buster gives Alex a look of disbelievence, "I thought you might not believe me. That is why I had no idea what was going on here back in Acme Acres, until I felt through my clairvoyance and telekinetic mind readings of Fifi's distress and returned quickly to investigate." Shirley, "Like clairvoyance and what junk Alex?" Alex, "I not sure, it's something I just have. I'm making up the definitions as I go along Shirl." Camry, "Get to the point Alex." Alex, "The point is, I had some idea that you were behind this. That and the fact I did a quick mind-scan of you." Camry looks wide-eyed and violated, "So I begun an investigation on your," turns to the camera, "Gee, I'm starting to feel like Columbo here." turns back to the toonsters, "actions you had performed in the past three weeks." Camry, "And what did you find?" Alex, "You snore in bed, eat with your mouth open and watch real cheesy science fiction B-movies every Thursday night." everyone begins to chuckle a little, even the preacher. Camry, "Oh, and none of you have watched them!?" Alex, "And although these were interesting aspects, even the one of you trying to get rid of a wart on the bottom of your paws, they revealed nothing that put you as an accomplice in this fraud. That was until I reached three weeks from today." Alex snaps his fingers, a board appears in the front of the Church as well as a TV with a VCR attached. Alex walks up to the board and draws a quick diagram of Fifi, the country of France and Camry. Alex, "Camry," points to her picture, "started three and a half weeks ago to do deep research into Fifi's past." draws a line from Camry to Fifi, "But hardly found any in America, so continued her investigation with the country of France's achieves." draws another line from Camry to France. Alex draws another picture of books near France on the board, "In France she found evidence of Fifi's previous and killed engagement to the real Jean Pathos. Wake up Plucky! There's going to be a test on this in the next class." Plucky jolts awake from the pew, "I was......just contemplating how great a teacher you are Alex." Alex, "Flattery will get you nowhere and I want to see you after the wedding." Plucky looks ticked. Camry walks up to the board, "This is just circumstantial evidence, I have a great interest in my rivals and have even researched Babs's and Shirley's past." Alex, "Yes, but it is what you did when you took a trip to France that proves your guilt." draws another line from Camry to France, making a tic-tac-toe playing field. The two have a very quick game, Alex being the winner. Alex, "Now, going to exhibit B2," flings the video camera in the air which quickly turns into a projection camera, "I trailed you to your exact location of the source of the plot. The down town Weenie Burger of Grenoble, where you met the Pathos." The film shows the very Weenie Burger, looking like its twin in Acme Acres, only it is located in the downtown of this French city. Alex, "Entering from the south door, I saw you and the two Pathos parents in a both, ordering fries and a couple of milkshakes." Camry, "I never saw you!" Alex, "Ah yes! But I was in disguise." lightning flickers around Alex's body, the fur morphs into ragged baggy cloths. A very large hump grows out of his back, by the time the change was over with, the hunchback of Notre Dame stands before Camry. Buster, "What is with the hump?" Alex pulls forth a loaf of bread, a jug of grape juice from the hump. Alex, "And though?" looks at Fifi and winks, "Though the real reason is." pulls forth a video camera that is an exact copy of the one that floats above projecting the espionage on the back wall of the church. Camry, "You were that hunchback that swung from the ceiling like a monkey? I thought it was a publicity stunt by Disney." Alex, "That is where you went wrong Camry, so behold," points at the projection, "the plan revealed to all." In the projection Camry and two skunks are seen in a booth, their lips move but no sound is heard. Camry begins to laugh, mumbling under her breath, "He forgot to get the sound." she grins in triumph, planning another lie to win against Alex. Alex walks up to the floating camera, gives it a large whack with the back of his hand. Sound crackles to life inside the church, a very loud voice of Camry rings out in the church. Camry, "....AND WITH YOUR COOPERATION!!!!" Alex sticks his finger's in his ears as does everyone else in the church, the very loud plans of Camry unfold in everyone's heads, whether they want to hear them our not. This goes on for a couple of seconds until Alex pulls one finger out and twists his hand on an invisible knob in the air, turning the volume down. The Pathos, "But what makes you think such a thing can happen?" Camry, "Easily, your son's body was never recovered, we can always say he returned and decided not to marry the Fume girl. Now though, he has changed his mind and wants to marry her." The Pathos, "But who will we get to marry her?" Camry looks around the restaurant for a while, over the hunchback, wrinkles her nose in disgust, finally spots a bum across the street. Camry, "That man over their will do nicely." Fifi, "What! Your nothing but a bum?" she rushes up to the now known impersonator of Jean Pathos and knocks him down with her tail. Camry, "Darn! Foiled again." Mimi, "Oh Camry?" Camry turns, only to get a very large uppercut from Fifi's sister, knocking her two feet in the air and ten feet back. Everyone looks at Mimi with very large eye's at this feat of strength. Mimi, "Who says men have the best thrusts?" she flutters her eyebrows. Alex, slaps his hands together to clean his hands of the job, "Well, it looks like my work is done here." He is knocked down by a very large and excited skunkette, one called Fifi La Fume. Fifi, "Oh monsieur Alex, since moi ez already dressed for ze occasion, why don't nous get married?" she looks deep into Alex's eyes, hoping. Alex on the other hand, sees the old ball and chain look in the her eyes. Alex, "Uh, that is nice to hear Fifi but, but, I'm not sure if I'm ready to be married yet." Fifi, "Oh come now monsieur, vous did not save moi just to let her roam free." she is smiling now, and wiggles her eyebrows at Alex, "Vous are ze hunter and moi ez ze fawn." grabs Alex's arms and holds him closer to her, "Now feast upon moi!" A good offer to any man, but Alex sees in Fifi's eye's the future, a future with headaches from children. Another image sets him to flee, him on a couch overweight and drinking cans of beverage watching football. Alex, screams and breaks out of Fifi's grasp, fleeing from the church. Fifi, "Oh, ho, ho, my jiggling gigolo has got ze cold feet." she throws off her depressing wedding gown and starts her pogo jump pursuit after Alex, "I am going to find vous mon petite rose of amore." The camera irises out on Fifi in pursuit of Alex. THE END? END LEGAL NOTE: The characters Alex Redolence, Camry Curvaceous, Jean Pathos, Nadeline La Fume, Andre La Fume, and Mimi La Fume are my creation and copyright Jeremy J. Jurrens, 1996. THANKS: To HKUriah for posting this story for me. Also to everyone who posted on the newsgroup, "alt.tv.tiny-toons" with suggestions to names of Fifi's parents. And a very big thanks to HKUriah, for writing the "Buster and Babs Trilogy" and the "Making of the Buster and Babs Tilogy." Which from I derived the thinking for Fifi's past, thanks a million Kevin!