A/N: The wait is over. Jessica and Zach's next adventure is finally here. It will be an epic, possibly my most epic FoxFang so far. It takes place after my co-written story with Nightw2, which is still in progress. I don't know when that will be ready for publishing.
Disclaimer: You all know the score by now, but if I don't put this, I could get into some legal trouble. I don't own Looney Tunes, Tiny toons or anything else owned by Warner Brothers. I also don't own any other characters/objects that may appear either. This fic is being written with absolutely no profit motive. However, I do own some of the characters (You'll know who)
AnniversaryThe school term had just finished at the looniversity so everyone could relax during the summer period. For Jessica and Zach though, there was no rest. They were still being kept fairly busy with their Vigilante duties for the city. FoxFang and Cub were now honorary deputies of the city, making their job much easier. The chief of police who had hated FoxFang and Cub had found it hard to accept the fact that the police were working with them and resigned his position. Eric and Lucy had taken over the chief of police job, working together to run the police force. Jessica had also gotten used to the idea that they were working with the police. At first, she was very nervous but now accepted the idea well. The police had gotten into a habit of saluting FoxFang and Cub as they were leaving a scene after taking down some criminals. All of the higher-ranking officers in the police force had been given a communicator to keep in touch with FoxFang and Cub. FoxFang and Cub's own Fangwaves had been upgraded so they included a voice changer. This meant that Jessica and Zach could talk to the police during daytime if necessary without fear of their identities being blown. The police were currently building an emergency light on top of the police building. The light was going to shine the FoxFang logo into the sky to alert FoxFang and Cub if they were needed, but it was only intended for emergency use. Although they were working with the police, they still kept their identities a secret for security reasons, something that the police accepted happily. Up till now, the police hadn't needed to contact FoxFang or Cub during the daytime. Bugs and Lola had been excellent in supporting Jessica and Zach in their duties. Now that they knew Jessica's identity, she could head to the Foxcave earlier than normal, although Daffy and Melissa didn't know yet. Bugs and Lola had advised Zach not to let them in on the identity, mainly because of Daffy's big mouth. There was no guarantee that Daffy would be able to keep the secret; Melissa could be trusted perfectly. Bugs and Lola had been given access to the Foxcave with a secret tunnel that led right under their room, built by Egghead Jr. They only came to the Foxcave occasionally or if they were needed. This had happened when they had to end a car chase. Egghead Jr. would predict where the car drivers were going to go so Bugs and Lola could tell FoxFang and Cub. This allowed them to set up highly successful ambushes. Egghead Jr. had also finished construction of the Hoverfox. It was a hovercraft that used a similar engine to the Fangmobile, but it was faster than the fastest speedboats. It was very well protected just in case they bumped into things while it was being used. It was also incredibly easy to steer, having the ease of the Fangmobile. It was equipped with the same equipment that the Fangmobile and the Foxbikes were equipped with. It also had a grappling hook on the underside. The reason for this was to salvage anything that thieves may have decided to dump in the river that had been found under the city a while back. This had happened a couple of times, when illegal drug dealers had tried to dump the evidence in the river, which was fairly deep. FoxFang and Cub would still apprehend the criminals and use the grappling hook to recover the drugs as evidence. The Hoverfox had the same colouring as the Foxbikes and the Fangmobile. The colour code was now instantly recognisable by everybody. The sight of any of the vehicles was enough to send shivers down the spines of all criminals. Oddly enough, they weren't very well known outside the city. Most of the criminals that had been captured recently were criminals that had just moved into the city to continue their work, not knowing about FoxFang and Cub. There were a few street gangs around, but very little was seen of them. The FoxFang and Cub outfits had been given tiny recording equipment built into the gloves. They could record discussions between criminals and give it to the police as evidence. This had been used recently when FoxFang and Cub were tailing a gang of shoplifters. They had taken gadgets from the ACME superstore. After tailing them to their hideout, FoxFang and Cub began to overhear a discussion between a couple of the thieves. They were talking about how they were going to combine the gadgets and bring the city to its knees. The whole discussion was recorded before FoxFang and Cub took the criminals down. When the police arrived, FoxFang and Cub began asking them about their plan. When they began to deny it, Cub played the recording back, so it couldn't be denied. The group was new into town and were planning to take complete control of the town. The FoxEye, which had been in development for some time now, had also been finished. The remote-controlled Fangmerang was often used for scouting known gangster houses to scout for danger. FoxFang and Cub both had one each. The touch screen on the Fangwaves controlled it. The screen also showed what the FoxEye was seeing. As far as personal conditions went nothing could be better. Jessica and Zach were more in love than ever. When there were Looney tune gatherings, they were not seen apart. They also had time to themselves on quiet nights, when nothing was happening. Bugs and Lola often wondered how much further their relationship would go. Every day, their feelings seemed to get stronger towards each other. Their love for each other only made them fight even harder, as they would protect each other. Jessica was now getting a little concerned about her mother, as Lola was now 6 months pregnant. She knew that her mother was going to have a change in personality from now on. Melissa's egg had recently hatched as well. They now had a young female duckling amongst the household, who had been called Rose. This made things a little complicated for Zach, but he was happy that the duckling was healthy. The situation did have one thing that worked to Zach's favour though. Daffy and Melissa were constantly busy looking after both him and Rose. As a result, they went to bed earlier than they did before. This allowed Zach to get to the Foxcave earlier. As a result, both FoxFang and Cub were seen around the city earlier than people would expect them. While they weren't in the Foxcave, Plucky and Shirley were arranging their wedding. They became engaged at the end of the second Pranker incident. Pranker had been sentenced to 20 years in a corrective institute located on the edge of the city. FoxFang and Cub took no chances. They periodically checked the institute with the computer to ensure that she was still there.
It was a Monday night, at about 11:55 pm. FoxFang and Cub were just returning from stopping a shop break in. A group of criminals had broken into the main supermarket in town. They were trying to gain access to the safe in the manager's office when FoxFang and Cub had arrived. The group were new in town and didn't know of FoxFang and Cub. As a result, the resulting fight didn't last long. FoxFang, Cub and King knocked out the criminals quickly and waited until the police arrived. When they returned to the Foxcave, they were a little surprised to see Bugs Bunny waiting for them. He was holding a couple of glasses with carrot juice. Jessica had taken her mask off before she jumped out of the car. Zach had been driving the Fangmobile back. He was surprised to see Bugs as well; they were not expecting him to be in the Foxcave.
"Hi dad." Jessica greeted.
"Hi Jess. Here's some juice." Bugs replied, handing Jessica a glass. Jessica gratefully accepted the glass and had a sip while Bugs gave the other glass to Zach.
"What brings you here?" Zach asked, before taking a sip of his carrot juice.
"Shirley asked us to come. She's been planning something for you."
"She's been planning behind our backs hasn't she?" Jessica asked.
"Well, it was meant to be a surprise."
"I guess. Is mum here as well?"
"Yep. She's at the computer making a few preparations."
"Let's see what's been going on." Zach said. Jessica nodded.
"I'm curious as well. Let's go." Jessica replied.
"I know you'll like it." Bugs added, heading towards the computer. Jessica and Zach were following him, with King behind them. When they reached the computer, they found that a small party set up had been out up. There was a table, chairs, plastic plates, glasses and some napkins. On the table was a cake with a single lit candle. The cake was circular with the FoxFang logo on the top, made out of icing sugar. There was also equipment that would be needed to serve cake. Lola had just finished setting up the table when she noticed Jessica and Zach. Egghead Jr. had come away from the computer and had a box of party poppers in his hands. Plucky and Shirley were holding drink bottles. Plucky had a bottle of Soda while Shirley was holding a bottle of carrot juice.
"Hi Jess." Lola greeted.
"Hi mum." Jessica replied.
"What were you guys doing before we arrived?"
"Sorting out some guys who had broken into the superstore."
"You guys have made an effort here." Zach complimented.
"But what is this all for?" Jessica asked.
"Jess, do you remember what day it is?" Bugs asked.
"Not completely."
"Jess, this was the day, one year ago…" Plucky began before Jessica clicked at what was going on.
"Of course. This time last year, I was saving you two from those kidnappers."
"Exactly." Bugs replied.
"We all thought we'd come by to celebrate a year of FoxFang." Lola added.
"Well, we'd better do something to celebrate the day that Zach became Cub though." Jessica said.
"Of course." Shirley replied.
"At least we get to eat cake." Zach said.
"What type of cake is it?" Jessica asked.
"What else, carrot cake." Lola replied.
"Our favourite!" Jessica and Zach exclaimed at exactly the same time. Everyone else just started laughing. When Jessica and Zach realised, they began laughing as well. When they finally stopped, Shirley and Bugs began pouring everyone some drinks while Lola began slicing up the cake for everyone. Shirley poured three glasses of soda for herself, Plucky and Egghead Jr. while Bugs poured four glasses of carrot juice for himself, Lola, Jessica and Zach. Lola gave everyone a slice of cake while Bugs and Shirley gave everyone their respective drinks. Jessica was the first to propose a toast at the event.
"A toast. 1 year of FoxFang." Jessica said, raising her glass. Everyone else raised their glasses a moment after.
"1 year of FoxFang!" Everyone that could said. They clinked their glasses together and then took a sip of their drinks.
After an hour, Bugs and Lola were falling asleep. They weren't as used to staying up late as the others were. The cake had been finished and everybody was sitting in a circle. Jessica was noticing how tired her parents were getting. It was 12:55 so they should be getting back. She went over to her parents and shook them on the shoulder to wake them up. They opened their eyes groggily and looked at their daughter.
"Mum, Dad, maybe you two should head to bed." Jessica said. Bugs yawned and nodded.
"We're not as used to staying up late as you two are." Bugs replied.
"I realise that."
"Before we go, when did you and Zach start dating?"
"It will be one year tomorrow." Zach replied.
"You guys started dating right after the incident?"
"We kept it secret out of fear of embarrassment."
"Understandable. But it's a bit unfortunate that your anniversary clashes with the auction tomorrow."
"Tomorrow?" Zach asked
"I'm going to some kind or massive auction." Jessica replied
"We're the guests of honour." Bugs asked.
"Hope you enjoy it." Zach said
"Do you think you'll be going?"
"I know Daffy would like to, but I think looking after Rose is going to be higher priority."
"Ok. I'll be thinking of you." Jessica said
"Perhaps we could do something tomorrow during the day." Bugs suggested.
"What do you have in mind?"
"I'll sleep on it."
"But try not to make it too embarrassing." Zach said. Everybody laughed, though Lola had fallen asleep and had missed everything.
"Anyway, We'll head back home then." Bugs shook Lola again to make sure that she was awake.
"Come on Lo, we're going back home." Bugs said. Lola looked up and smiled.
"Ok then." Lola replied with a yawn. Bugs helped her to her feet.
"We'll see you when we wake up Jess."
"See you dad, see you mum." Jessica replied. Bugs and Lola walked away from the area and began to head down their path back to their house. This left the usual cliché in the Foxcave. Zach held onto Jessica's hand and turned her to face him.
"It' s hard to believe that you've been doing this for a year now." Zach said.
"I know. I still remember when I first found the outfit." Jessica replied.
"What was it like when you first put it on?"
"It was very strange, but I did get used to it eventually."
"And now we're probably the most feared people in the city."
"But not in our normal guise." Jessica and Zach just laughed at the thought. Jessica then looked up at the computer in the Foxcave.
"This little thing has developed so much in the year. We can do so much now." Jessica said.
"Jess, there's bound to be more that we can do." Zach replied.
"I know. But there is one thing that bothers me."
"What?"
"While we're doing this with good intentions, we're developing many enemies. We may develop even more."
"But we have also developed allies. Think OxHorn."
"Speaking of him, I haven't heard from him recently."
"I wonder if he's given up being a vigilante."
"He might've done."
"We'll find out one day."
"Yeah, we'll find out." The two began to hug each other tightly, just as they always did. Being FoxFang for 1 year had certainly changed Jessica's character. She was now much more independent and dependable than she was. Zach had changed like this as well. It was as if they were both maturing at the same time. They both felt that there would come a time when they would be able to hang up their uniforms for good, but that was a way off. They had to fight to keep the city safe, as well as the ones they loved. That included each other. The two leaned forward and kissed tenderly. They hugged each other tightly to intensify the feeling. The kiss lasted for five minutes; it would've lasted a lot longer if the Fangwave hadn't sounded. They released the kiss, sighed and looked at the computer.
"A bank robbery. Boring." Jessica muttered.
"We'll continue this later." Zach said.
"Yeah, let's sort these crooks out first."
