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Alicia—Aw, thanks! Hold on, I'm going to post a note about the deleted scene in a little while…

Jenna—I think that's about it for Holli for now. But soon there will be WEASELS! Thanks for trying to stay up with me and help with my all-nighter, but I fell asleep after eleven. If I don't turn my project in today, I'm turning it in tomorrow for a B.

ATTENTION EVERYONE: It is very important that you look up the deleted scene from Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It is called the "pig head sequence" or the "pig head scene". It's on YouTube, and it's about three and a half minutes long. This scene will be playing a crucial part in the story later.

Chapter Three

Baby Herman had given the girls instructions to meet Eddie at this little bar not far from his apartment-office. (He was so devoted to his work that he actually slept at his office. The girls thought that even in a world populated by Toons, this was strange, but they digressed.) "Meet him there," the baby ordered before he threw them out of his trailer. "And report back to me with an update tomorrow morning. And make it snappy!"

"I really hate that kid," Jenna whined once they were out of earshot. They began looking for the exit to the studio, having decided to catch a bus to the bar.

"He's not a kid; he's a baby," Lulu corrected. Jenna rolled her eyes.

"It's still annoying."

"But it should be nothing compared to what you must have seen before," Lulu said enviously. "I mean, come on, you've done other things. There are things out there that are more bizarre than a talking baby with a cigar."

"I once married a Genie," Alicia chimed in proudly.

"And we already told you that we were turned into freaking cars!" Jenna reminded her.

"See? That's stranger than a talking cartoon baby," Lulu said proudly.

"Yeah, but not as annoying," Jenna mumbled. Lulu and Alicia ignored this remark. There was a bus up ahead, and they ran up to it, catching it in the nick of time.

"We have to thank the baby for giving us bus money," Alicia said, and Jenna groaned. What could be worse than having to rely on a baby for a paycheck? She resolved to never become a babysitter…

The Terminal Station Bar was tiny, filthy, and dark. Drunks were slumped over, drink in hand and head on table. The lights flickered whenever a large vehicle went by outside. The music was crap, even for the '80s. But the girls tried to ignore this as they walked up to the counter. There was a pretty woman cleaning glasses there. Lulu thought that she wore too much makeup; Jenna thought that she could have used a little more, and Alicia immediately recognized her as Dolores, the girlfriend of Eddie Valiant. She tried not to let her recognition show when they approached her.

"Can I help you three with something?" She asked, looking them over skeptically. Lulu was the youngest out of the three, and Alicia was the oldest. Even then, she was still too young to be wandering into a bar.

"Um, we're looking for someone named Eddie Valiant," Alicia replied nervously. She didn't want to be thrown out without at least talking to the private eye.

"That would be me," a gruff voice said, and all three girls jumped. They noticed that the speaker was sitting next to them. He was a short man, but he had a tough-guy Brooklyn accent. He smelled like booze and cigarette ash. Jenna and Lulu were beginning to have second thoughts about talking to him. Lulu had had her bad experiences with alcoholics before…they weren't fun. They were actually kind of scary. But Alicia seemed to get more excited.

"You're THE Eddie Valiant?" She exclaimed, her eyes growing wide with admiration.

"I used to be," he responded, but they all noted that a note of pride had crept into his voice.

"We wanted to talk to you about a potential case," Lulu continued timidly. "It's nothing big, but—"

"Look girls, I'm already doing business for R.K. Maroon," he told them.

"This wouldn't have anything to do with a cartoon rabbit named Roger or his wife?" Jenna asked incredulously.

"How'd you know?" He asked suspiciously.

"Because our boss sent us to try to get you to go and spy on Jessica Rabbit," Alicia groaned.

"What a waste of time." Lulu complained.

"Let's go tell the baby."

"Hey, wait a minute!" Eddie stood up suddenly and grabbed Alicia's arm, stopping them from walking out. "What baby? It wouldn't be Baby Herman, would it?"

"Yeah," Alicia confessed.

"Oh," Eddie said, sitting back down. He swirled his drink around in his glass, thinking. "Tell your boss that I don't work for Toons anymore. And I'm already working on it."

"Sorry if we wasted your valuable time," Lulu told him sarcastically. And they really did start to go away. They had reached the door when Eddie called out, "Hey, wait a minute!" Alicia stopped and paid close attention. Jenna and Lulu stood a little far off, ready to storm out.

"Does your boss need specific evidence, or will he take your word for it?"

"I—I guess he'll want proof," Lulu said, exchanging a quick glance with Jenna and Alicia. This was true. Most people didn't want to trust their new employees.

"What sort of proof?" Jenna asked, raising her eyebrows.

"Pictures," Eddie said, holding up a camera, "pictures of the wife."

"I hate snooping," Alicia said primly.

"But do you like Toons?" He asked, smirking a little.

"Doesn't everyone?" She shot back, and then bit her lip. She had almost forgotten that Eddie didn't like Toons anymore. His smile faltered a little bit, but he quickly recovered it.

"Have you girls heard of the Ink and Paint Club? It features all-Toon performers, but none of them can watch the shows. Want to tag along? I'm sure you'll have a blast."

"Leave them alone, Eddie. They're too young to be hanging around places like that," Dolores cut in, frowning in disapproval.

"Ah, c'mon, Dolores, they can handle it," Eddie said, trying to win the argument. "It's not as though I'm taking them to a slaughter house or anything." Dolores crinkled her nose, but she let the matter drop.

They did leave after Eddie stuffed a raw egg in a drunken man's mouth. It was the closest thing that Lulu and Alicia had ever seen to a real bar fight, and it was over the most ridiculous thing: whether or not Eddie really worked for Toons.

"Sorry you had to see that," he mumbled once they were in his car. He was driving them to the Ink and Paint Club now. Alicia was in the passenger seat next to him, and Jenna and Lulu were crowded in the back. They had been driving in silence for a while, and he seemed a bit embarrassed about how he had reacted before.

"What do you have against the Toons?" Jenna asked in an uncharacteristically timid voice. She didn't want another outburst, and none of them wanted one while they were on the road.

"My brother was killed by one," he said quietly, "dropped a piano on his head while we were in Toon Town."

"Jesus," Jenna whispered.

"I'm so sorry, Eddie," Alicia told him in a sincere tone of voice. Eddie looked at her, gave her a small, tight-lipped smile, and focused on the road for the rest of the drive.


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