Fifteen minutes later, the police has arrived at the crime scene investigating the entire building complex area using flashlights and taking a couple of photos for use of evidences. So far, they haven't found any luck on the culprit.
In another part of town, the mysterious grey rabbit, which wore shades to hide his eyes and a long trench gray coat, entered a taxi with a duffel bag in one hand and a briefcase in the other. After entrance, he closed the door behind him.
In the car, the cab driver gazed halfway to the rabbit.
"Where to, buddy?" He asked
The rabbit grew silence before speaking.
"NYC Airport." He answered
The cab driver nodded before pressing on the accelerator and driving the cab.
During the twenty-minute ride, the rabbit caught interest to the news on television that's positioned in between the seats.
On television, they showed the scene of the building complex where the police were outside after further investigations of the incident.
"About fifteen minutes ago, a local organized crime syndicate led by local crime boss, Tommy DiVocco AKA Fat Tommy, were mysteriously assassinated. Polices were in for investigations, but shows no leads on the culprit. We'll have more highlights for you in moments. For now, I'm Linda Franko, Channel Eight News."
While driving, the cab driver looked up his front mirror at the mysterious rabbit, then back at the road before speaking.
"You comfortable back there, stranger?" He asked
Briefly silence, the rabbit nodded.
"Yep! Thanks fer askin', doc."
The cab driver nodded.
"Pleasure. You know, you're not the first mysterious person that I picked up."
The rabbit's facial gaze grew of interest.
"Oh, really?"
"If you don't mind me saying, Mr., uh..."
"Bunny. Bugs Bunny. And, um, no. Go right ahead."
The cab driver snickered before relating to Bugs about the pickup of his first mysterious stranger, in which Bugs listened with interest for the entire ride.
Outside, after several minutes and less traffic, the cab eventually made it to the airport as the back door open letting Bugs Bunny out the car.
Reaching in his trench coat pocket, he took out his wallet and gave the cab driver a fifty and a twenty dollar bill for the fare.
The cab driver gazed the cash in surprise before gazing Bugs.
"The fee was sixty nine dollars and 70 cents, buddy."
Bugs smiled.
"Keep da change, doc."
The cab driver smiled.
"You're a life saver, buddy. See ya."
Bugs salute him on as the cab drove away. Bugs turned and entered the crowded NYC Airport.
Inside, he entered a terminal while a conveyor belt was scanning his briefcase and duffel bag. As he approached a desk, a female black vulture wearing a delicate coat and skirt was at the desk. She issued a lighthearted smile when she saw Bugs.
"Hello, sir." She greeted
Bugs smiled.
"What's up?"
The female vulture giggles before speaking.
"May I have the destination of your flight, please?"
Bugs nodded.
"California."
"Okay. That'll be One Hundred and four dollars and ninety cents, please."
Bugs grabbed his wallet from his pocket and took out a hundred-and-ten dollar bill before handing it to the feminine vulture at the desk.
She took it with a smile kept to her face.
"Thank you."
As she placed the cash in the register, she issued Bugs a plane ticket for his flight.
Naturally, Bugs takes them.
"Thank you." Bugs said
"Your welcome. Enjoy your flight."
With a gesture of his ticket to her, Bugs left her sight towards the gate entrance pass several chattering peoples.
"Flight 747 from New York to California is now boarding." A female voice on P.A responded
On the plane, after placing his briefcase and duffel bag in the storage compartment, Bugs sat down next to a blue panther wearing a delicate blue coat and pant including shoes on feet's. He has two cat-like ears on both sides of his head, and green pupil eyes.
They both kept their gazes from each other before the panther spoke.
"You're timing is a little late." He spoke.
Bugs kept his gaze from him, taking notice of his anxiety, and grew unresponsive.
"Are your weapons in that duffel bag of yours."
Briefly silence, Bugs spoke.
"Yeah. I explained to dem dat I was using it for target practice. Dat's all."
"What about the money and the laptop in your briefcase."
Bugs exhaled deeply before speaking.
"All accounted for. Look, Gary, would ya relax?" He asked, eventually gazing the panther and spoke softly. "Nobody suspected anything."
Gary met Bugs' gaze before speaking.
"Then keep it that way."
Their gaze to each other only lasted two minutes before they slowly gazed from each other.
Then, a flight stewardess, who was a goat with a stewardess attire on, two horns on her head, eyelashes on her eyes, lipstick on her lips, and purple pupil eyes, came by their seats.
Bugs looked up at her in notice.
"Hello! I'm Mary Jinkons. I'll be your flight stewardess for the rest of the flight. Shall I get you anything while we take flight?"
Bugs issued a smile before speaking.
"Eh, do you have sliced carrots?" He asked
The plane took flight into the misty evening air towards their long destination.
Location: Downtown Los Angeles
Los Angeles...the city of angels was a beautiful sight to see throughout the afternoon horizon. Birds flying in the distance and many humans and toons alike were going about their daily routines whether walking on sidewalks or driving in assorted vehicles.
Bugs Bunny rode in a cab after what seems like a ten to eleven hour flight. With his duffel bag and briefcase in the trunk, he gazed at the outside area at the passing building.
Outside, from his point of view, he saw lots of people whether it's humans or toons. But, in a higher standard, it's all the same. He saw pedestrians waltzing the sidewalk tending to their daily routines, but ignored that as a disinterest.
Other than that, he wanted to be home and this was his home.
"Home sweet home." He softly said
Moments later, the cab dropped him off at an apartment complex. As he got out, he paid his fare, got his duffel bag and briefcase from the trunk and waltz towards the building while the cab drives off into the half-busy streets.
Inside a neatly decorated apartment room, the front door was being unlocked, then the door opened.
Bugs entered his apartment room and closed the door behind him after entrance. After that, he went into another room and placed his duffel bag and briefcase on the bed.
Afterwards, Bugs came back into his living room and check the messages on his answering machine. He chuckled a bit when he discovered that he had no messages.
Bugs was about to head to the kitchen when his phone ranged. After two rings, Bugs approached by the couch and answered it.
"What's up, doc?" He answered
After hearing who it was, he snickered lightheartedly.
"Hey, Daffy. Nice of ya to call... (Pause) No, I just walked in. (Pause, Nodded) Sure. We can have lunch. Where do you want me to meet ya?"
Ten minutes later, Bugs entered a Starbucks coffee shop wearing long gray pants which surprisingly didn't hide his fluffy tail, designed T-shirt, shades on eyes, and a pair of black shoes.
He looked around the place and was expecting to find Daffy there. But he didn't see him. Bugs could only suspect that Daffy's a little late.
So, without the purpose of standing a friend up, Bugs went over to an empty table and sat down to wait for him. While doing so, he decided to look around the place.
After only two minutes, Bugs managed to catch sight of a black duck with a yellow bill beak, black pupil eyes, and a white collar on his neck.
Daffy Duck was wearing a designed black shirt, long denim pants and black shoes along with shades on his eyes.
When he caught sight of where Bugs is, he approached towards his position and sat opposite to him. Before they could exchange words, a waitress, who's a female hyena dressed in a white outfit, came up to them with a notepad in hand and a smile on her face.
"Hello. Welcome to Starbucks Cafe. Can I take your order?" She asked with her kind, nature voice.
Bugs got into his thoughts before speaking.
"Eh, is da Cafe Mocha still available?" He asked
The waitress nodded.
"Yes, sir."
Bugs nodded.
"I'll have dat order with added cinnamon on da whippings."
The waitress wrote it down on the pad before gazing to Daffy.
"And you, sir?"
Daffy smiled.
"I'll have a Frappaccino this time."
The waitress nodded and wrote it down on the notepad.
"Actually, you know what, make it a vanilla." Daffy rephrased
The waitress re-wrote the order on her pad and nodded to Daffy.
"Okay. You're orders will be in no less than five minutes."
"Thanks." Bugs and Daffy said, unisonly
The waitress made her leave from their table as Bugs threw a surprised gaze to Daffy.
Daffy took notice of it.
"What?"
"Frappaccino? Dat's da foist time I eva seen you order dat since da expresso."
Daffy snickered inwardly.
"Yeah. Well, you know what they say..."
As Daffy started to quote his statement, Bugs joined in on it.
"'Out with the old, in with the new.'"
Bugs nodded.
"I know. You said dat, what, twice already?"
Daffy shrugged.
"Well, I've lost count since then."
Bugs issued a lighthearted, inward chuckle before the waitress came back with their cups of coffee.
"Here you go. One Frappacino and one Cafe Mocha."
Bugs smiled.
"Thanks."
The waitress smiled.
"Your welcome." She said before making her leave from their table.
Bugs and Daffy both sipped and savored their drinks for a while.
After a few minutes of silence, Bugs decided to speak.
"So how's it going with everything?"
Daffy sighed deeply with his gaze from Bugs' view and spoke.
"I don't know. It could go either way." He said, then gazed Bugs. "How 'bout you?"
Bugs lowered his gaze from Daffy and sighed softly.
"Same way."
Daffy took note of his expression and grew quiet before speaking.
"You know, Bugs, you can always quit this shit. You know, start a new life."
Bugs grew silence and spoke.
"Yeah. I wish it were dat easy, Daf." Bugs said softly
Daffy kept his gaze to his friend and nodded comprehensively before silencing himself to not get any further on the issue.
Momentarily, Bugs continues to sip his Mocha coffee paying less attention to the world around him while he closed his eyes to savor the delicious drink.
While that was going on, the front door opened and in walked a female tan rabbit with bare legs. Her ears were casted backwards, giving her a more sensual beauty. She wore a black bandanna on her head which covers her blonde hair, a black leather jacket that covers a pinkish-looking designed shirt, a blue jean-looking skirt that fits her perfectly, and a pair of black heeled shoes that supports her two rabbit feet's. She wore her own pair of white gloves and has a fluffy tail at the back of her rear.
Aside from the appearance, she approached towards the counter to place her order in.
Bugs eventually opened his eyes to sip his drink again, when he frozed in place after catching sight of the beauty that stood inches away from him.
He scanned her slender bare legs and bodacious figure. Yet, he doesn't see her eyes.
Daffy took notice of the predicament and snapped his fingers to Bugs in order to bring him back to reality. However, Bugs didn't make a single blink for he was staring at the beauty in the cafe.
Highly curious, Daffy gazed over where Bugs was looking at to catch sight of the female she-rabbit.
As if on cue, the she-rabbit turned and gazed her beautiful blue eyes over to an empty seat about one seat from Bugs and Daffy's position. Yet, she didn't notice their gazes towards her nor did she gaze their way in return.
Time seems to flow as the female rabbit took off her bandanna to free her beautiful blonde hair, having it wave about freely. Instantly, she started approaching towards her table with both Bugs and Daffy gazing her every move.
Bugs literally got glued to her beauty while Daffy still had curiosity written in his eyes.
Eventually, the she-rabbit sat down in her seat to await her drink unaware that she was under the watchful gazes of Bugs and Daffy.
After a while of silence, Bugs finally spoke.
"Who is dat?"
Daffy shrugged in confusion.
"Beats me. But if you're so eager to know, it's only fair that you go there and ask her."
Bugs issued a stern gaze to Daffy after that statement.
"Ask her?"
Daffy nodded.
"Yeah."
Bugs gazed down from his gaze for a minute in his own thoughts.
After a while, he slightly shook his head.
"Gee, I don't know. I--I just saw her come in da cafe. I--I don't think she would be interested."
Daffy grew a bit surprised by that before speaking.
"Won't be interested? Are you kidding? A beautiful girl like that and you're telling me that you don't think that she would be interested?"
Bugs hesitated a bit before speaking.
"Well, yeah."
Daffy gazed him suspiciously before speaking.
"You're not afraid, are you?"
Bugs was caught by surprise from that comment and spoke.
"No, I'm--" He started to say before Daffy intervened
"A mercenary shouldn't be afraid to talk with a female."
Bugs gazed Daffy in surprise after that comment.
Daffy took notice.
"What?"
"Who said I was a mercenary?"
Daffy grimaced a bit in annoyance as Bugs instantly raised his hands up defenselessly.
"I'm sorry. May-Maybe you're right. But what am I gonna say to her?" He asked
Daffy sighed deeply and spoke.
"You know, you're asking the wrong duck. But, if I were you, and I'll be goddamned if I am, I would come up with my own words of wisdom to talk to a lady."
Picking up his coffee, Daffy got up from his seat as Bugs gazed up at him.
"Did dat woik for you?"
Daffy smiled.
"You'll never know unless you try."
As Daffy left the table, Bugs called out to him again.
Daffy stopped inches from the door and turned to Bugs.
"Where ya goin?"
"To work. I got a job too, you know."
Bugs chuckled inwardly as Daffy left the cafe.
After a few minutes, Bugs got into his own thoughts before taking notice of the waitress heading over towards the she-rabbit's table with her order of a whipped hot chocolate.
Bugs chuckled a bit at this.
'So she likes hot chocolate. Cool.' He thought. 'Well, I guess Daffy's right. It wouldn't hurt to talk.'
When he notice the waitress leaving from her seat, he slowly got up and approached towards her seat.
The female rabbit sipped on her whipped hot chocolate and sat the cup down savoring the taste with her eyes closed. As she did, she was unaware that Bugs approached her position.
As soon as Bugs was in front of the table, he grew into thought a bit and got briefly nervous to speak. But once again had to remind himself of what Daffy has said which regained his courage.
With an inward sigh, he cleared his throat a bit louder for her to hear.
Instantly, the she-rabbit opened her blue eyes and noticed his presence.
Bugs notice and smiled.
"What's up, doc?"
The she-rabbit had her mouth open a bit and spoke.
"Can I, uh, help you?" She asked
Bugs swallowed saliva a bit before speaking.
"Um, Hi. My-My name is Bugs Bunny." He greeted before extending his hand
The she-rabbit gazed his hand, then at him before smiling and took his hand.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Bugs Bunny. My name is Lola. Lola Bunny."
Bugs smiled.
"Lola. Dat's a nice name."
Lola nodded.
"So is Bugs." She complimented
Bugs slightly nodded.
"Yeah. May-May I sit down?"
Lola nodded.
"Sure."
Bugs sat opposite her in the chair as Lola sipped her drink to which Bugs took notice of.
"You know, I couldn't help but notice dat you like hot chocolate."
"Oh, yeah. I love it aside from carrots."
Bugs nodded.
'She likes carrots too.' He thought
"So...what brings you here, Ms. Lola?"
Lola snickered inwardly at the formality of her name before she spoke.
"Well, I sometimes come here on numerous occasions before I could go off to work and such. Just like everybody else."
Bugs nodded agreeably.
"Same here. You know, I just came from a trip in New York and haven't had a good day's coffee in hours."
Lola nodded in agreement.
"Coffee's a good part of waking up."
"Yeah, I know. Didn't have time to get any on da plane since I slept for a long couple of hours."
Lola giggles as Bugs started sipping his Mocha.
Lola took notice of it.
"You like Cafe Mocha?"
Bugs swallowed his coffee before speaking.
"Oh, yeah. Aside from carrots."
Both Bugs and Lola chuckled after that last statement.
"Do--Do you like it?" Bugs asked
"Like I said, 'On numerous occasions when I come here.'"
Bugs nodded.
"Oh."
Instantly, the sound of a pager was heard as Bugs notice.
"What's dat?"
Lola reached down and checked the pager hooked on the outside of her skirt. When she found out who was paging her, she carefully finished drinking her hot chocolate and placed the mug on the table.
Bugs grew surprised by this as she swallowed her drink before speaking to Bugs.
"My pager. I gotta go to work." She said before using a napkin to wipe the whipping from her mouth.
As she got up, Bugs followed suit in a bit of desperation.
"So, uh...you know where I can find ya if we can, you know, finish our conversation?" He asked
Lola gazed Bugs at a loss for words.
"Well..."
Bugs' ears lowered in dejection along with a frown on his face as Lola noticed.
"You okay?" She asked
Bugs grew silence and spoke.
"Yeah, I'm...I'm okay."
Briefly silence, Lola sighed deeply and dug in her pocket.
Bugs notice as Lola gave him a small card.
"What's on that card is where you can meet me tonight." She said
Bugs smiled a bit.
"Thanks."
Lola smiled and walked from Bugs' sight.
As soon as she was out of sight, Bugs grew a bit surprised by his reactions.
'What da hell was dat? Was-Was I desperate or somethin'?' He thought
Before he could answer his thoughts, he gazed the card that was given to him by Lola. On the card it reads, 'Sizzler.'
It suddenly became clear to Bugs that it was gonna be a dinner. But it was more than that. Slowly, he gazed forward aimlessly from the card in surprise.
'Do I have feelings for 'dis goil?' He thought
After a bit of silence, he shook his head in denial.
Momentarily, he pocketed the card and left the cafe with his drink leaving the many people inside to enjoy their beverages.