Pesky Cogs

Billy the shopkeeper, a yellow rabbit returned from his lunch to find a Telemarketer leaning over the counter (his side of), browsing through his list of customers and writing down their phone numbers in his Rolodex. He quietly fetched a broom then beat the Cog around the head with it. "Out! Shoo! Scat! Be gone!"

The Sellbot yelped and retreated to the door where he regrouped and glowered at the Toon. "You'll be hearing from my boss about this," he warned, pointing a finger. Then he adjusted his suit and left, slamming the door behind him.

Billy sighed, shaking his head as he looked at the list of customers. He would phone them to warn them, but he did not know how many the Telemarketer had taken. One thing he would have to do before the end of the day was to change his phone number. Otherwise he would have to deal with daily calls from the Sellbots if he did not.

Bring, Bring.

Billy picked up the phone apprehensively. "Hello?"

"This is the VP."

Crikey.

"I don't take kindly to my Sellbots being viciously attacked for no reason, and from behind I might add. I am phoning you to inform you that you are being sued."

"Aw crap." Billy cursed. Two Bloodsuckers barged into his shop and hauled him off to Lawbot HQ.

Despite a party of Toons gate crashing the trial, Billy was unlucky. The poor Toons, although admirable in their attempt, failed nonetheless. He was charged with unprovoked assault and was ordered to bay 10,000 cogbucks to the Telemarketer. As he did not have even one cogbuck, of which they knew full well, he was given to the Vice President, locked in a cage and suspended above the entrance to the launch pad where he waited for more Toons to come and rescue him.

He sighed. Just another day in the life of a shopkeeper.