Chapter 1: The Blotling Hunters
It was dark all around.
No one no longer knew the difference between night and day; it was dark either way. But it always seemed darker in the thick forest that surrounded the Bog Easy Square. No one ever dared to approach those woods. Even old Louis didn't leave in the wooden shack anymore. The few citizens who dared to walk around the square at these hours couldn't ignore the growls and snarls echoing amid the trees and bushes, as the Doctor's stronger minions, the Blurs, gave chase to three toons to whom their master held most hatred.
The Blurs were made out of the same dark ink the Blotlings were made of, but weren't affected by Paint and had amazing regeneration capacities. What distinguished them from the Blotlings at the first sight were the shapes; they could look like a snake or a lizard, a pterodactyl or a giant bat, anything that looked scary and dangerous.
The three toons ran and ran, trying to keep a great distance between them and the monsters, but also trying not to lead them towards the villagers. The leader, a rabbit, held the stolen pin to his chest with his right hand and his thinner whip with the other as he whipped every bush that dared to stand in their way. They couldn't waste any time.
The bat girl looked behind her shoulder and gritted her teeth, cursing those Blurs which had injured her wing. Oswald wasn't kidding when he said thinner was 'corrosive as all hell'. She stretched her arm behind her, aimed her thinner pistol and fired a few times. She managed to hit several of the creatures, but most of them were quickly revived. Damn, she wished she wasn't injured so she could fly and get them all out of there. Knew this was a bad idea. She thought as she forced her legs to run faster.
The bobcat boy kept his eyes on his sister and on the Blurs before shifting his gaze to the immensity of dark trees around them, trying to find some sort of shortcut towards the projector screen. They had to get back to Mickeyjunk Mountain fast. He almost got into a frenetic panic when the girl fell to her knees.
"Ginny!" he yelled and ran to her, trying to get her to her feet.
"No, Jack! Go!" she protested.
"You really think I'm leaving you here?" he snapped.
"A girl can hope." she muttered, finally standing. She casted a look behind her, frowning as the Blurs kept approaching them with a sick gleam in their evil eyes.
"Shit." she said and then grabbed Jack's arm and made a run for it. There was no way she was letting her little brother fall in their hands.
"Oswald!" she yelled at her leader, who had already violated the entire forest ahead of them. The pain in her wing was becoming so intolerable she was now heaving.
"Ginny, you okay?" Jack asked, a worried tone in his voice.
"I'm simply over the moon!" she replied sarcastically.
"Hurry up! They're gaining on us!" they heard Oswald shout a few steps ahead of them. He had turned around the slightest to shoot a couple of the monsters, who were threatening to make a grab for his sidekicks.
"Ya think?!" Ginny exclaimed, finally managing to catch up with Oswald.
"Not the time to give me an attitude!" Oswald snapped, whipping more bushes out of the way.
"Then when should I?"
"Guys, can you save this fight for later? They're almost on us!"
"And whose fault was it?" Oswald snapped.
"Oh, right. Got injured. My bad." Ginny replied with a deadpan expression.
"Guys!" Jack yelped and stopped abruptly, so did Ginny and Oswald when they looked up, absolute horror filling their eyes. They were surrounded by Blurs and other Blotlings. The inky creatures were snarling incomprehensible things as they approached them slowly. The toons huddled back to back, looking at every single creature around them.
"Think you can fight, Gin?" Oswald asked, tightening his grip on his whip and on his pistol.
"Oh, dry up." she snapped and took her crossbow off of her back, clutching it in her other hand. Jack grabbed his sword and swung it a couple of times, trying to push the creatures away.
"This is all your fault, rabbit! If you hadn't gone after that stupid pin, we wouldn't be in this mess!" Ginny said.
"Well, you should tell that to Prescott! He was the one who wanted new weapons!" Oswald countered.
"And so you send us all to a living hell! It makes perfect sense now!" she remarked. "Thanks for clearing that up."
"My pleasure." Oswald snapped.
"Guys, could you stop fighting for a moment and focus? Who's the adult here?"
"What an interesting question-" Ginny mused.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Oswald retorted, turning to give her a glare.
"Guys!" Jack called, pointing forward. A giant Blur was looming over them; it looked similar to a Slobber but it was way sturdier. Oswald gulped. They had never seen a Blur like this. They're getting stronger. The Lucky Rabbit thought as the Blur smirked meanly and growled at them.
"Wow… the Doc's been having fun with your toys, Os." Ginny mused.
"Yeah, I see it." Oswald replied, frowning.
"Hum… how are we gonna get through?" Jack asked. Ginny hugged him protectively and turned towards her leader.
"Okay rabbit, time to shine. What's the plan?"
He looked at her, completely clueless. Damn, he didn't like to feel so hopeless. He was the Blotling Slayer, for Pete's sake! Ginny was hurt and they had been ambushed. He had to get them out of there. He had to-
Then suddenly a thought hit him. The remote. Of course! He had completely forgotten about it. He dug into his pocket and took off of it a silver remote control. Smirking at the Blurs, he pressed the red button and a large force field of electricity formed around the three toons. The monsters shook and shrunk, screaming in pain as the electric waves came into contact with their inky skin.
"Buh-bye, suckers!" Oswald hollered with a salute and then smiled when he caught sight of a projector screen not many feet away from them. He turned to his team. "Let's go."
"Lead the way, Magellan." Ginny said and the three of them ran towards the portal to freedom and jumped into it.
.:END OF CHAPTER 1:.
