It was a fine, Spring dawn in Toontown. The trees were back to green, and the birds sounded like they were singing "Break My Stride" by Matthew Wilder. After a few minutes, my loud, ear-deafening alarm rang, and I flew like a bird out of my bed, hitting the somewhat hard ceiling. I fell back down onto my bed. Screw this alarm. I'm gonna return it back to the shop tomorrow, I thought. Thank God it wasn't the white, marble floor. It wouldn't be too serious, but, it would've gotten me mild injuries, maybe major. I got out of my bed, and looked at my alarm clock. It read: 6:15. "Perfect timing. I got enough time to take a long, cold shower, eat breakfast and sip on a cup of coffee, latte coffee; to be correct." I did all that in 1 hour, it was now quarter past 7 AM. I opened my detective kit. I got the clothes out and got into it. I got the other parts of the kit. I was ready and then I went outside. The bright sun was rising above the buildings. I breathed in the fresh air as it comforted me. Then, I walked to the Toontown Detective Agency.
I opened the shiny, glass door and everyone looked at me like I was a Hollywood star.
"Mornin', Gates!" everyone shouted gleefully.
"Hello, guys." I answered back. I walked to the elevator and pressed the 2 button that goes up to the place where everything we need for working purposes. I know this is gonna be a good day, I thought. I got to the second floor and sat down at my chair. Oh, did I mention I'm the top detective here? Anyway, someone came to my door and opened it. It was my old friend, Little Cuddles McFlipper.
"Hello, Dr. Gates." she greeted.
"Oh, hiya, McFlipper." I replied.
"Is everything in colour all over Toontown as the whole agency assumed?" she asked.
"Yep, but, just a few grey specks. The Toons will take care of that.
"Okay. I'll leave you alone to concentrate on your work." she said and smiled, while waving at me as she walked out of my office.
"That duck. Always fills us Toons with joy." I complimented. I got back on my Toontown Cog Building Finder 2000, but for some strange reason the parts where the shop clerks are were, one by one, turning white, which meant they were empty. They always close at midnight. But, It was just morning. It was the weirdest thing I've seen since the invasion that took all Toontown. That time I was a scientist. I got kicked out after a few years because I made a wrong mixture for chemicals which exploded the lab like Underworld on Earth. I pressed the assist button to the CEO of our company and asked her: "Miss Shane, bring every worker here. There's something wrong in Toontown." Everyone came running in my office, like a wildebeest stampede.
"What is it, Gates?" Kitter Coolpaws asked me.
"Well, all the places where shop clerks are are turning white. That means something..." I replied, in a worried voice.
"Well, Gates, what does it mean?" Twilight asked.
"Look for yourself, Twilight. It's even in the playgrounds." I replied, then showed her the white buildings.
"I see." she said. Did I mention we always use her as a lure? Well, a criminal lure, mind you.
"We gotta do something about this."
"Well, we can just tell them it's not night time. It's that simple." Bunny Dodgers said, then chuckled. I walked up to him and said:
"Yeah, like that'll work, you dope." Then, I slapped him in the face. Seriously, sometimes I don't understand that rabbit. He gives the stupidest ideas and then he acts like the true hero. Well, you gotta be smart to be one, or you're just a dumb Toon who thinks everything's possible. Anyways, the others were giving ideas. Until...
"Gates. I think I have an idea." Twilight said. "We can sneak through the HQs and look everywhere in each HQ until we find the hidden, missing shop clerks. Doesn't that seem like an excellent thought?" she explained. I stared at her for a second, then I said:
"Well... it's a start. We'll do it." I announced. "Okay, fellas! Listen up!" I announced. "We're gonna go with Twilight's idea!" They thought for a long, long time. "Can you guys just make up your minds?" I groaned with a tired sigh.
"Okay, we'll do it." they all said.
"Okay, let's go." I said. Everyone went except me. I got my pet doodle and I strapped his collar onto a sled with wheels. "Mush, Lightning, mush!" I commanded.
"Geez, and he says he does all the hard work here." my doodle said while breaking a fourth wall.