I do not own Animaniacs. It belongs to Steven Spielberg, Tom Ruegger and others. I simply make this for entertainment and do not profit from this fiction.
A Drip of Egg Drop Soup
By: Novella Ray
Oh no. "Welcome sir." The waiter smiled politely at their usual customer Henry who was standing erect in front of him. It was clear from his gruff expression he wasn't in a good mood. Had the waiter not seen him more than once, he would say Henry was having a bad day. Unfortunately, he looked like that every time he went there. The waiter walked him to a seat. "Coke or Pepsi, sir?"
"I don't care." Henry replied as he sat down. He started to get out his calculator for a minute. He was so packed with stuff at work and he still didn't have enough time to get everything done. Of course, there was never enough time in the day to get anything done. Life just had it out for him. He got up and started to head over for his food. He growled when he realized he had been past the busy hour and he was getting the leftovers. Until they made more food, he would only have a bit. "Lousy service. I pay for a buffet, I expect a buffet." He proceeded to take everything that he could ungratefully. The food was never that good to him, but it was fast, it was healthier than fast food all the time and he could eat as much as he wanted for an okay price. "Not even a full ladle for this." He complained as he tried to get some egg drop soup.
He felt a tapping on his butt. “Huh?” He turned around and saw no one. He turned back around and started to get more, but felt something tapping on his butt again. He turned fully around and looked down. Below him was the strangest creature he'd ever seen poking him in the stomach.
The creature looked up at him and smiled. "Sorry. Didn't realize you turned around, you're the same at both angles."
Henry scoffed. What a rude kid! "What do you want?"
"Hi there!" Another weird creature, only smaller jumped out in front of him. "Hey Mr. Man, you really shouldn't eat all that stuff. My brother Wakko is coming soon, and he has to have something to eat too."
"Yeah, a lot." The taller creature added.
Let me be frank." The grumpy man replied. "I paid for this buffet, and I'm getting what I want now."
"Let me be Yakko." Yakko replied as he gestured to the other creature. "Let that be Dot."
"And let our brother be Wakko." Dot warned Henry again. "Who really will want some food too so put down the shovel and wait."
Dumb kids. The grumpy man groaned. "Fine, I'll be blunt about this. No!"
"Don't worry, you aren't sharp." Yakko replied. "Especially right now."
"How much clearer can I get?" Henry said in frustration. "This is MY food, go away!"
Yakko chuckled. "Clear?" He poked Henry's tummy again. "There's no transparency there."
Henry tried to ignore the kids as he went back to getting his food but he felt something on the top of his head.
"Maybe we need to be a bit louder." Dot smiled from on top of his head as she pulled out a headphone and shouted into his ear. "SAVE SOME FOOD FOR WAKKO!!"
"Ah!!" Henry covered his ears, causing Dot to bounce off his head. "You little brats!"
"Hey I wasn't a part of that." Yakko disagreed. "If it were me I would have shouted at your belly instead."
Dot looked at her brother confused.
"He listens to it more than his head." Yakko tried to explain.
"Butt out!" Henry yelled angrily.
Dot shook her head. "You're the last one who should be talking about butts."
"Yeah." Yakko agreed. "If he was nicer looking he could have been in a Sir Mixx-A-Lot video." He stopped to think for a second. Was that reference too old for today’s hipper crowd?
"Why you!" Henry quickly grabbed the last of the food and sat down. Annoying pests!
"Hi guys!" Wakko burst through the door in joy. He LOVED the Chinese buffet, but he had been kept over longer in Scratchansniff's session and had fallen behind his siblings. Yes, he finally made it!
Yakko and Dot looked at each other and stepped back as they saw Wakko come in.
"...food?" Wakko looked all around the buffet. He picked up a ladle with just a bit of liquid in it. He watched sadly as only one drip of egg drop soup fell off of it.
"Sorry sib." Yakko pointed at the big man eating. "He took what was left."
Wakko's eyes grew huge and watery, as if he were about to cry. "I was hungry."
Henry continued to eat his egg roll when he suddenly saw a new strange creature in front of his booth. The new creature had puckered lips and a sad face.
"Can I have some?"
"Get your own." Henry frowned as he popped a spring roll in his mouth.
"You took all the food!" Wakko whined. "You’re a mean man."
"There was hardly any left. You snooze, you lose." Henry answered as he popped another spring roll into his mouth. He looked around for his silverware. "Where'd my fork go?"
"It's a Chinese restaurant, there's chopsticks." Yakko pointed to chopsticks lying on the table where the fork and spoon were at.
Henry went and started to grab the chopsticks, but he couldn't keep a hold of them. "It's all greasy?"
"Sure they are." Yakko laughed courteously. "You can't work chopsticks, can you?"
"I can, but these are greasy." Henry complained.
"That makes no sense." Dot frowned. "They aren't cheesy at all."
"I didn't say cheesy, I said greasy." Henry corrected her.
"Geese are not involved in this." Yakko replied.
"I didn't say geese, I said greasy!" Henry yelled a bit louder.
"Well depending on who you are, chopsticks can be easy." Yakko smiled.
"I didn't say easy, I said greasy!" Henry yelled in frustration. "IT'S GREASY!!"
"Sir!" The waiter came over quickly. "Please refrain from shouting and complaining about the food, or we will have to ban you."
Wakko just made a sad face with big eyes at the waiter. "Food?"
"The food is almost ready sir." The waiter replied. "By the time you get up there and-?"
Just with those simple words, Wakko quickly dashed up to the buffet with his dish in hand bouncing joyfully. Two entrees were brought out steamy and fresh. A bit of a disappoint, but Wakko still eagerly started to dig in. More would come soon.
Seeing that there was also now more, Henry started to get up.
"Hang on!" Yakko pointed to a sign at the counter. "You should get some cash first Frank, they won't take bounced checks. See?"
The waiter looked over at Henry suspiciously.
"My checks are good, they don't bounce." Henry frowned.
Dot brought out a huge piece of jewelry and placed it around her neck. "Now Frank, remember what the police said. You were lucky you didn't go to jail last time." She started to breathe on a fake diamond ring she put on her glove.
"Sir, we want cash." The waiter walked over to him.
"My checks are perfectly good!" Henry complained.
"Frank, you need help." Yakko replied. "How long have we known each other?"
"We just met!" Henry complained.
"Sir, we want cash." The waiter repeated again.
"I've cashed my checks here more than once!" Henry complained.
"Really?" Yakko said in surprise. "Wow, you must have seperate bank accounts to pull that off."
"One for goofing around and one for serious matters." Dot laughed. "He's smarter than I thought!"
"I do not have a spending problem!" Henry yelled at Yakko.
"Wow, you've got a breath problem too." Yakko waved his hand in front of his nose.
"You're just full of problems." Dot shook her head. "Naw, I think it's over between us."
The waiter looked at Henry in surprise. "She's just a kid!"
"They're insane!" Henry complained.
"Oh, how harsh!" Dot cried out as she took off the fake diamond ring and jewelry off of herself. "You always said one day we'd get married!"
"Him?" Yakko gestured to Henry. "Nah, I know him too well. He'd go after someone younger."
"I don't even know you!" Henry yelled at Yakko and Dot. "Leave me alone!"
Yakko shrugged his shoulders and sighed. "Still got those psychological problems."
"Hey guys, all the food's out!" Wakko exclaimed as he ran over to them. "I left you just enough."
"Hey." Henry frowned as he saw Yakko and Dot quickly take off to the buffet and cleaned up the rest of the food. "Hey, I was going to get some more!"
Dot just smiled sweetly. "You snooze, you lose."
"I was still hungry." Henry groaned.
"Not our fault you took forever to get food." Yakko replied as he popped a spring roll in his mouth.
"Yes it is!" Henry yelled angrily.
"You know, you need to stop blaming others for your problems." Wakko frowned at the man. "I heard your friends too, a Visa won't really take you everywhere you want to be without consequences."
"They aren't my friends and you're their damn brother!" Henry yelled in frustration as he grabbed his head.
"Easy there Mac." Yakko replied to Wakko. "He's got some psychological issues too."
"Well if he had stayed and gotten better at the local Psychiatric Institute instead of running away, he'd be better." Dot replied logically.
"I do not belong in a psychiatric institute!!" Henry yelled angrily. "I do not have a spending problem, you are not my friends, I am not dating anyone and I don’t have psychological issues!!"
"That one over there that is screaming his head off."
Henry watched in horror as he saw two men in white coats coming toward him. "No. No, I'm not crazy! I'm not!" He pointed at Yakko, Wakko and Dot who were just smiling innocently all in a row. "It's them! They're doing it! It's their fault! No, don't touch me!"
Yakko, Wakko and Dot all waved at Henry as he was being dragged away.
"Hey there's just enough food left!" Wakko said excitedly as he saw the buffet filling up again. He looked over at Henry. "Want more to eat?!"
"Frank! Want me to save you some? I'll drop it off at our workplace tomorrow!" Yakko yelled.
"Take care honey!" Dot waved a handkerchief at him. "I'll see you when you get home!"
"No! Leave me alone!" Henry yelled. "Get me out of here already! Lock me up, I don’t care, just get me away from those kids!!"
The men in white just shrugged their shoulders and started to head outside.
"Well that's settled." Yakko rubbed his hands. "Finally. Let's eat!"
The Warners all ran over to the buffet but all the food was gone. Again. They looked in the corner and saw a huge woman devouring it all on her plate.
"Well, sibs." Yakko sighed as he placed his hands in his pockets. "We've got two options. Go back home and order pizza or wait for more food again?"
"You can never have too much Chinese food." Wakko smiled. The Warners all headed over to the woman.
The woman popped a spring roll in her mouth and looked down. "Hey! Where'd my silverware go?"
THE END!
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