Pinky and LaCroix???

By Kevin Matsumoto and Casey Carpenter.  With Input
from Cousin Tok, CJ and Barb, Arletta Asbury, and
Cousin Shelley.

Arletta's LaCroix used with her permission as is Cousins 
Tok and Natalie.

Time Immediately after "LC and LN Return to CERK"

LaCroix woke up from a sound sleep to find he had 
somehow been transferred to a cage.  Sitting up he looked 
around, the cage was almost familiar.  In front of him was 
what looked like a giant version of the water bottle used for 
rabbits and there was a giant white mouse standing next to 
it.

Doing a doubletake, LaCroix stared at the unbelievable 
sight.  Slowly looking down at his own body,  LaCroix 
realized that he was also a giant white cartoon mouse!

*It finally happened," LaCroix thought to himself as he 
sighed, *the rift has begun to affect reality itself.*

"Gee, Bra.. I mean LaCroix.  What are we going to do 
tonight?"

"The same thing ...Nicholas!?" LaCroix turned to look the 
white mouse again.  It had a totally vapid expression on its 
face but the voice was definitely Nick's.

"That's not the way the line reads." Pinky/Nick pulled a 
script out from behind his back.  "It's supposed to read `The 
same thing we always do, Nicholas, try take over the 
world...' Narf!"

"I'm supposed to make that ridiculous sound?"

"What sound? Narf! Poit!"

"Never mind," LaCroix growled as he headed for the locked 
cage.  It was obvious to him that he was the only one 
unaffected by the reality shift.  Reaching the locked cage 
door he gave a tremendous yank and pulled it off of it's 
hinges.

"At least I still have my vampire abilities." LaCroix 
launched himself into the air.  For a moment he hung 
suspended in space.  Then he dropped like a rock to floor far 
below.

"Gee Brai... I mean LaCroix.  I thought you knew that Mice 
couldn't fly?"

LaCroix looked around and saw a large red BRICK laying 
there right next to him.  Picking it up, he brought it down 
hard on the mouse Nick's head.

"OHH Look at all the pretty bats! NARF! Poit!"  The dazed 
Mouse stared at the small bats flying around his head.

"This is humiliating," LaCroix muttered as he dragged the 
stunned Nick away by his tail.

On their way to the CERK station, LaCroix realized that 
they could save several hours by taking a short cut through 
and alleyway.

"Uh... Brai... I mean LaCroix," Nick looked around 
fearfully, "Aren't you afraid of cats?"

"This is the alley where that Carouche friend of Vachon's 
hangs out..  No cat would ever venture near here."

"Um, Brai... I mean LaCroix, isn't he the one that likes 
mice?"

"Why yes he is...." LaCroix turned to see Nick looking up 
just above LaCroix head.  As he watched, Nick ducked 
under a dumpster and pointed to something behind LaCroix.

"Well, well... A nice tasty little scrumpet."  Screed quickly 
grabbed LaCroix around the waist.

"Oh no..." LaCroix moaned as he saw the fangs coming at 
him.

After Screed had finished, LaCroix felt his strength return.  
At first he was puzzled then he remembered that a younger 
vampire had once told him that cartoon characters were 
unkillable.

"Gee Brai...  I mean LaCroix, getting bit like that looked 
really painful. NARF!!!"

"Indeed," LaCroix looked around and hit Nick with the first 
object that was at hand.  A rather large red BRICK.

"ooohhhh!"  This time flying winged bricks flew around 
Nick's head. "

LaCroix grabbed Nick by the tail and quickly headed in the 
direction of the Radio Station.

"Finally," LaCroix sighed as he closed the door of the CERK 
radio station.  "Safe at last."

"I don't believe we lost them!" A female voice suddenly 
interrupted his moment of relief.

"It's your fault!" Another voice retorted.

"MINE!?  I'm not the one who agreed to watch that stupid 
pile of fur!"

"Willow is not a stupid pile of fur!" Cousin Tok replied angrily. 

"God, Natalie's going to kill us if anything happens to him.  
Here, Sidney.  Good boy..."

"Sidney? Willow?" Nick puzzled for a moment, "Oh yeah,  
the cats"

"CATS!!!!" LaCroix panicked as he suddenly realized that 
he had become trapped in a building with several probably 
very hungry cats.

Inching forward he was startled by a odd sound.  Looking 
around LaCroix noticed several sleek shapes coming out of 
the shadows.

Turning to run, LaCroix was stopped short by the sight of an 
obviously hungry vampire cat.  "Good Gandalf, nice cat" LaCroix 
stammered as he backed away from the vamp kitty's 
gleaming fangs.  

"MROWR?"  LaCroix looked up to see Sidney sitting on a 
table right above them.  Next to him sat a small grey cat 
busily licking its chops.

"Not again...." LaCroix almost cringed as he saw the hungry 
gleam in Sidney's eyes.  The last thing he saw was the 
pouncing figure of the felines descending on him.

"NO!" LaCroix shot out of bed as he came out the 
Nightmare's embrace.  "It was just a dream." He sighed as 
he leaned back, intending to go back to sleep when he heard 
the *noise*. 

"But I don't think they make rubber pants our size. NARF!"

Racing downstairs, LaCroix found Tok, one of the Natalies,
and several others, watching an Animaniacs tape.  
He watched as Tok put in yet another `Pinky and the Brain' 
tape.  Hitting the eject button he pulled the tape out and 
crushed it.  Turning to Tok he growled.  "While you are 
here, you are not to watch this program again.  Do you 
understand?"

When Tok nodded, LaCroix stalked back to Arletta and 
Shelley's room.

Tok turned to look at Natalie, "Geez, you'd think LaCroix had 
something personal against the Animaniacs or something."

LaCroix was almost at his borrowed room when he heard Natalie 
yell.

"Sydney! Drop it. Bad kitty."

"Natalie! Don't scold him, he was probably just hungry." 
Tok said quickly.  "Yuck! What was that?"

"It was a white mouse." Natalie replied.

LaCroix locked himself back into their room and pulled a 
pillow over his head. "When is this nightmare going to 
end!?"

End.

Kevin Matsumoto Kevinm@pixi.com
 N&Npacker's Keeper of the Sword
http://www.pixi.com/~kevinm