"We…We aren't going to- "
"Cognation? Yes…if we get some delicious intel of the chairman and stuff by disguising ourselves as cogs we can be admitted back into Toonytown and be considered heroes!" Dash boasted as he was about to step through the tunnel until there was a light tug on his arm he glared at Splinter. The rabbit smiled uneasily before pointing to the smaller sign.
"Warning…High Level Cogs Patrol here…Please be Cautious and-pffft." He kicked the sign laughing as he turned facing Splinter smiling. "We have gags moron…hello we both are around 60 laff with good gags…well I'll probably do most of the work since your too much of a chicken to fight."
The teal cat quickly grabbed his armed and started dragging Splinter into the tunnel. On the other side which was covered with light misty fog hanging around as the both squinted to see how long the street went or if any cogs were walking around. Not seeing any, but the tall, illuminated, street lamps, they slowly proceeded forward getting out of the safe zone. The emerald rabbit was about to suggest they take the sidewalk until Dash shushed him and pulled him forward when he tried to go to said safety. It seemed as if no cogs actually walked these streets or were inactive at the moment until Splinter was snatched up from the darkness and a bright light shined on the area around him suddenly.
"Care to do business toon?" The cog smirked as Splinter started kicking and pulling trying to free himself, but unfortunately nothing was working…as the cog had a firm grip and started squeezing him lightly to make him stop moving.
"N-No! Put me down ILLEGAL ACTIONS!" Splinter started exclaiming nonsense as Dash stepped back seeing how tall the cog really was…which wasn't as tall as Mr. Hollywood but only by a few inches. It was until he read the tag was when his eyes widened in shock.
"A L-Level 13? WHAT? NO WAY SPLINTER OUR FIRST FIGHT IS WITH A 13!"
"I-IM GONNA DIE! P-PLEASE LET ME GO!"
"Well I could do that…but that wouldn't be too nice of me now would it?" The cog sneered squeezing Splinter a bit tighter as he wheezed for air. "Now, we can do this two ways. Either you tell me the plans your fathers been hiding or- "
"-OR TAKE SOME OF THIS WHOLE CREAM PIE!"
The cat soon hurled said pie at the cogs face, which only did -40 damage, as they quickly let go of Splinter just to wipe the disgusting pie off their face but as soon as they were done the toons were nowhere to be seen. Quickly scanning the area for any traces of the toons before deciding to fly away back to Cognation while they flew away, the mist began to fade away quite a bit as a long meander was visible of the long trip to Cognation. Meanwhile in an alley directly near the tunnel two toons finally peeked out wondering if the coast was clear. Which it was for now, as the teal cat sighed in relief while the rabbit was sitting on the ground hunched over in pain.
"That was meowin' amazing! You see how tall they were! The cog was like a freaking skyscraper!" Dash exclaimed excitedly demonstrating how tall they were by extending his arms he then stood in front of Splinter. "Too bad my pie didn't do much damage, but I'm close to getting a birthday cake anyway so…"
He stopped as Splinter still hadn't responded to anything as he rolled his eyes and kicked his side lightly. Which then turned to four times before the rabbit responded with a sigh before looking up at the inpatient flamed haired cat.
"Yes? How may I help you Dash? Since you certainly can't help me!"
"What are you talking about? I did help! I distracted the cog while you fell like off a skyscraper literally, surprised you didn't break your legs, but if it wasn't for me you'd be crushed to death."
"If it wasn't for you we wouldn't have to be in the situation in the first place!"
"What?" he questioned sternly, as he stared down Splinter as he started backing up against the wall nervously. Dash watched as the rabbit soon started to stammer as there was nowhere else to go, he even started putting his hands up in defense before calling off what he said and apologizing. The cat smirked in victory before walking past him and out of the alley before looking both ways before starting to head up the street until he noticed the rabbit wasn't following was when he turned around annoyed.
"What is it now!"
"Shouldn't we get help…I'm sure Mister- "
"What point of mission do you not understand…or you can go back and get his help while I'll be the hero of Toontown and be unbanned while you stay in Grayscale Farm. Now are you coming or not?"
The rabbit straightens his bowtie while looking towards Dash then back at the safe haven of the playground. It was already bad enough he actually lost some laff from almost being crushed to death by that cog. Plus, seeing more cogs and they could want more information from him was already making him more nervous and afraid.
"I-I….H-How are we supposed to get in there without getting caught huh?"
"If it wasn't so obvious we sneak in and hopefully find a factory where they make suit parts but those on and pretend were stupid cogs for a while until we got enough info we need and leave. Any more questions before I grab you by the ears and drag you there because I can…or hit you unconscious-hmm."
Dash was soon silent weighing his options until it finally clicked in Splinters mind what he was debating about was when he quickly rushed ahead. The cat sighed in defeat having already grabbed a pipe and had to throw it back in the alley before he attempted to catch up to the rabbit as the many towers symbolizing Cognation grew taller in domination.