His voice was drowned out by the roar of powerful piston-engines as a B17 bomber flew overhead. The PEST insignia could be seen clearly against the pink fuselage, and the open bomb doors showered leaflets.
"Woweeee! Right on time", shouted Erroll, "Damn! I just love the sound of those engines! Bugs..get some of those leaflets over here."
Bugs looked at Erroll in disbelief, started to say something, and then changed his mind. Muffy knew the signs only too well...she knew that it had taken all his will-power to prevent Bugs from wringing the annoying Erroll's neck. Veins throbbed in Bugs neck and forehead, and he breathed heavily as he fought to keep control.
"I'll get them Errol", she hissed, "Bugs has done enough running around for one day."
"Good girl!", snickered Erroll, "Let him save his strength for later, if you know what I mean, wink, wink, nudge, nudge!"
The bomber circled above them, engines reverbrating and throbbing, in an odd asynchronous symphony. Errol was chortling and jumping around excitedly, while Iggy and the giant octopus maintained a stoic silence.
Muffy picked up a few leaflets, with the PEST Control hologram changing color as she did so. There was a picture of a man holding a baseball bat and a golf club crossed in front of his chest. Underneath, the caption read, "Have you seen this man? He is believed to be armed and dangerous. Do not approach him or feed him".
He seemed strangely familiar to Muffy, and she knew she had seen him somewhere before, but where? He looked haggard and unclean, with the look of a hunted animal. Muffy found him strangely familiar for a moment, with something of the look of Bugs about him, and then she suddenly shuddered.
She knew who he was.
And then she forgot who he was, as the cracking sound of cannon fire pierced the sky, and oily smoke spewed from the B17. The engines screamed as the aircraft strained to maintain height, weaving and swaying its way earthwards. Three black shapes harried the B17, and Erroll began screaming.
"Christ on a crutch!", he cried, "What the hell is happening? How did the NWO know where I was? There's been a security leak! That's it..I'm outta here, toot sweet!" He revved the Hamstertank (tm) and jerked it around, racing towards the safety of the wall.
As Erroll disappeared from sight, Iggy and the giant octopus decided to follow him. Octopussy lifted Iggy in one powerful tentacle, and raced with him for the hole in the wall.
Muffy screamed as she saw the B17 heading towards them, completely out of control, just as Bugs regained his composure.
Rear took the situation in with one glance, and started sobbing loudly. "Dear sweet Jesus, what next? Precious, get up now! Get up, every second counts!"
"Count what?", moaned Precious, writhing as she spoke, "What do you want me to count now? Oh!!! That aircraft has three black helicopters chasing it....."
Bugs grimaced at Rear, and then shouted, "Run!!!!! It's every man for himself!!"
"Oh great!", thought Muffy, "Here we go again with that macho stuff. Well,I have enough of this!"
The B17 started to break up and pieces of metal filled the air, as the black helicopters...... |
