Ariel meets Roger Rabbit

Chapter 10 Ariel gets an idea

I leaned over to her. "Nice booby trap." I said. George wacked him into boxes full of eyeballs. "Do they have the will or not?" George said. "Nah, just this stupid love letter." Smartass said. "No matter. I doubt if that will is going to show up in the next fifteen minutes anyway." George said. "What happens in the next fifteen minutes?" I asked. "Toontown will be legally mine, lock, stock, and barrel." George said. Meanwhile by the tunnel that goes into toontown Roger Rabbit found Benny. "Benny, is that you?" Roger Rabbit said. "No, it's Shirley Temple." Benny said before making his way over to Roger Rabbit with flat tires. "Jumping Jeepers, what happened?" Roger Rabbit said. "George grabbed your wife and Ariel and took them to the acme warehouse." Benny said. "The acme warehouse? I know where that is. Get in." Roger Rabbit said. Benny got into the car. "Move over Roger. You've done enough driving for one night." Benny said as they started to drive to the acme warehouse. Meanwhile at the acme warehouse the weasels were starting to take down one of the walls. "Toontown is right on the other side of the wall boss." Stupid said. "You see Ms. Cornell, the successful conclusion of this case draws the curtains on my career as a jurist in toontown. I'm retiring to take a new role in the private sector." George said. "That wouldn't be cloverleaf industries by any chance eh?" I asked. George turned to face me. "You're looking at the sole stockholder." George said. Meanwhile outside the acme warehouse Benny and Roger Rabbit showed up. "Benny, you go for the cops. I'm gonna save my wife." Roger Rabbit said. "Be careful with that gun. This ain't no cartoon you know." Benny said as he pushed Roger Rabbit out of the car. Then he drove away. "This is no way to make a living." Benny said as he drove away. Roger Rabbit tried to open one of the widows but couldn't. "Wouldn't you know, locked." Roger Rabbit said. Then the window tipped sending Roger Rabbit into a toilet then down the drain. Meanwhile in the part where George has me and Jessica he placed what I was guessing was a steel tray on the ground. Then he turned a small knob on this big thing that I couldn't see because it was covered by some kind of big cloth or something. "Can you guess what this is?" George said. "Oh my god, it's dip!" Jessica said. "That's right my dear. Enough to dip toontown off the face of the earth!" George said before revealing what was under the cloth. "Vehicle of my own design. Five thousand gallons of heated dip pumped at enormous velocity through a pressurized water cannon. Toontown will be erased in a matter of minutes." George said. "I suppose you think no one's going to notice toontown's disappeared?" Jessica said. "Who's got time to wonder what happened to some ridiculous talking mice when you're driving by at 75 miles per hour?" George said. "What are you talking about? There's no road past toontown." Jessica said. "Not yet. Several months ago, I had the good providence to stumble upon this plan of the city council's, a construction plan of epic proportions. They are calling it a freeway." George said. "Freeway? What the hell's a freeway?" I asked. "Eight lanes of shimmering cement running from here to Pasadena. Smooth, safe, and fast. Traffic jams will be a thing of the past." George said. "So that's why you killed Acme and Maroon? For this freeway? I don't get it." I said. "Of course not. You lack vision. I see a place where people get on and off the freeway. On and off, off and on, all day, all night! Soon, where toontown once stood, will be a string of gas stations; inexpensive motels; restaurants that serve rapidly prepared food; (aka: Fast food) tire salons; automobile dealerships... and wonderful billboards reaching as far as the eye can see! My god, it'll be beautiful." George said. "Come on. Nobody's gonna drive this lousy freeway when they can take the streetcar for a nickel." I said. "Oh, they'll drive. They'll have to. You see, I bought the streetcar so I could dismantle it." George said. Then we heard some rumbling. "What the--" Smartass said. Then Roger Rabbit showed up and I was happy to see him, to say the least. "Okay, nobody move. Alright weasels, grab some sky, or I let the judge have it. You heard me. I said drop it." Roger Rabbit said. "Roger, darling!" Jessica said. "Yes, it's me my dearest. I'd love to embrace you, but first I have to satisfy my sense of moral outrage." Roger Rabbit said. "Put the gun down, you bucktoothed fool!" George said. "That's it George. Give me another excuse to pump ya full of lead. You thought you could get away with it, didn't you? We toons may act idiotic, but we're not stupid. We demand justice. Why, the real meaning of the word probably hits you like a ton of bricks." Roger Rabbit said. Then a lot of bricks fall on top of him. "Roger! Roger, say something." Jessica said while walking over to Roger Rabbit to make sure that he's okay. "Look, stars! Ready when you are." Roger Rabbit said. "Tie the lovebirds together. Put them up on that hook. Use that escape-proof toon rope." George said. The weasels tie Roger Rabbit and Jessica Rabbit together and put them up on the hook. "Time to kill the rabbit." Psycho said. "Oh Roger, you were magnificent." Jessica said. "Was I really?" Roger Rabbit said. "Better than Goofy." Jessica said. The weasels started the vehicle. "Roger, darling, I want you to know I love you. I've loved you more than any women's ever loved a rabbit." Jessica said. George walked over to me. "It's over Ariel." George said. As he was walking away he slipped on the eyeballs on the ground. I was about to do something to one of the weasels. "Look out you fools!" George said. "Not... so... fast." Smartass said. "One of these days, you idiots are gonna laugh yourselves to death!" George said. That's when I got an idea. "Shall I dispose of her right now boss?" Smartass said. "Let her watch her toon friends get dipped. Then shoot her." George said. "With pleasure." Smartass said as George walked away. "Everything's funny to you, ain't it needle-nose?" I asked. "You got a problem with that Ariel?" Smartass said. "No. I just want you to know something about the guy you're gonna dip." I said before turning on a band organ. 🎶Now Roger is his name, laughter is his game. Come on, you dope untie his rope and watch him go insane.🎶