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Elliot heard the familiar voice from behind them and panicked, quickly hiding the glowing sphere behind his back as they both turned to face who was speaking, trying to act as natural as they both could.

Gus and Mickey frowned at Elliot's movements but said nothing, more interested on their strange behavior in context.

"We're just...uhhh... touring the town." Elisea said, faltering slightly as she tried to think of a good excuse. Elliot inwardly sighed; she was not good at lying.

"But I thought Oswald told you to stay and defend Mickeyjunk Mountain?" Mickey said questioningly, eyebrow raised as Elisea looked away from him, unable to think of anything to say in return.

Elliot bristled, standing a little closer to his sister than before as he was obviously annoyed by the Mouse's interest in things that clearly did not involve him in any way.

"Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, the real question is how did you get here?" He said quickly, suddenly turning the tables on the famous mouse as he leaned against a nearby lamp post, his eyes glaring into his.

Elisea mentally thanked her sibling as the attention was placed off of her and onto the elder of the pair, though slightly worried on where his attitude was going as it seemed to be foreshadowing to a fight, and with Elliot the chance of peaceful negotiation was barley ever glanced at.

"I already told you, the Phantom Blot dragged me down here." Mickey said quickly, Elliot was really starting to get on his and apparently Gus' nerves with his disrespectful nature, especially since Mickey felt that he hadn't done anything wrong by the young toon.

Elliot frowned, his thoughts more on the misuse of the Mouse's words than the expressions on his face as he felt anger grow before he could stop it, not that he tried to of course.

"Dragged down? What do you think you're too good to be down here like the rest of us?" Elliot hissed, about to take a step closer to the threatened Mouse when he felt his sister's hand on his shoulder, applying just enough pressure to make him stop.

"Elliot stop it, you know that's not true." She said calmly, pulling the angry elder boy away before he did something he would regret and standing in his place, holding out the golden sphere she had taken out of her brother's hands in front of her, Elliot looked at his hands in surprise, he hadn't even noticed she took it.

"Look, we'll give you this if you promise not to tell Dad that we're here." She held the glowing sphere out to Mickey, surprised to see his glaring face turn into a smile as he nodded happily, the Gremlin behind him inspecting it closely before sharing the Mouse's grin. Elliot however, was still irritated but now fully annoyed by his sister's offer. She had found that glowing object, not them. Besides, she deserved it more than anyone.

"A power spark, and just in time to!" Gus said happily as Elisea and Elliot blinked, taking in that small titbit of information with surprise.

These spheres were the Power sparks that their father was talking about?

Elisea shrugged, feeling that if she gave Mickey the spark then she would technically be helping her dad right?

She was about to hand over the spark to the Mouse when she felt a shadow pass over her and Mickey at the same time and was about to look up to see who it was when she felt the Power Spark being roughly pulled out of her grasp before she could think.

"I'll take that thank you; it'll be evidence for your crime." Peg Leg Pete said greedily as he appeared from behind the surprised Mickey, shoving the Power spark into his pocket before locking some cuffs around pair's wrists.

Elliot was dazed for a moment, trying to take in this information, his mind back on exactly how the Pete had managed sneaked up practically right in front of him without either him or Elisea noticing until he finally started to struggle along with his sister.

"What did they do wrong?" Gus yelled furiously at the fat Cat as he dragged them, literally kicking and screaming, to the Police Station.

"Why, they disobeyed their parents of course." He said happily as he continued in his apparently effortless attempt to drag the struggling pair into the Station, making sure to walk as slowly as possible in order to drag out their embarrassing moment for as long as he felt necessary.

"That is not a crime! It doesn't even concern you! We have done nothing wrong now let us go!" Elliot yelled even louder than the Gremlin before him, no longer caring if their father caught them, he just wanted to get himself and his poor sister out of this mess.

"It does concern me when kids are goin' around on their own without supervision, you could be up to all kinds of mischief." Pete said innocently, ignoring the continuing protests of the Mouse and Gremlin as he caught sight of the sword handles on the pair's belts and inwardly chuckled, this day was turning out better than he had originally thought.

"And what is this!" Pete exclaimed loudly to the now forming crowd as they watched the dramatic scene the pair were making with interest.

He grabbed Elliot's and Elisea's swords out of their pouches and held them up in the air with his free hand, his other hand holding the blonde pair's cuffs. The siblings watched hopelessly as the crowd gasped at the swords that glinted in the sunlight, the thinner infused droplets in the silver blade shinning like emerald beads, letting the whole crowd know just how dangerous these weapons were.

They were finished now.

"They have weapons! Obviously these little hoodlums are dangerous and need to be put away!" He yelled louder, unaware of the retreating forms of Mickey and Gus as they went to go get the pair's father in order to help them, apparently forgetting the promise they had made to them not that long ago. So now the two stood in the now crowded square alone, trying to defend themselves as the crowd slowly turned against them.

"We use those to defend ourselves against the Blots and Beetleworks!" Elisea yelled helplessly over the booing of the crowd as the big cat laughed, obviously not believing them.

"Right, like ya' even know how to fight." He said scathingly before dragging the pair closer to the Station, their swords held firmly in his other hand.

"You're goin' into da' cells until your parents come to pick ya' up, if they even want to, no doubt they're too embarrassed to show their faces." He laughed as he walked into the Station, the crowd now slowly dispersing from the square, obviously happy with how their chief had handled the misleading situation.

Pete threw the pair into a small, free cell as he spoke before turning to fill in his report, a smug look on his face as he passed some of the cells that contained the other rotten little blue hoodlums that belonged to the supposed town's leader.

Little did he know that he had only locked away more of his children.

Mickey and Gus ran/flew through the streets of Mean Street, blindly ignoring the other inhabitants of the town that called out to him to slow down as he ran towards Oswald, who was rather surprised to see the mouse nearly tackling him in exhaustion before jumbling out an explanation for his sudden arrival. Unfortunately all that running had taken the mouse's breath away so he could barley pronounce his warning for the rabbit.

"Oswald... trouble...Elliot...Pete...Jail..."

The Lucky rabbit stared oddly at what was supposedly meant to be his brother until the dots connected in his mind and he quickly ran towards the jail, dragging the already tired and bemused Mickey and Gus behind him.

All the while he passed other toons that were quietly mumbling under their breath about hoodlums and how good of a chief Pete was and how they were lucky to have someone like him to protect their town.

Oswald was surprised at this and even questions some of the toons sanity as he ran towards the Police Station, all the while wondering exactly what happened.

Elisea had spent the last few minutes trying not to listen to the cat's scathing words that had floated down the hall of the jail, the cat knowing full well that the teens could hear his insults. The blonde toon sat silently on the cell's cot, leaning slightly against the rough brick wall as she heard the sounds of her other rabbit siblings all around her as they pouted, obviously unhappy in they're containment. But not as unhappy as Elliot it seems, as Elisea was also trying to ignore her brother's attempts to break down the rusty cell door that kept him from 'teaching that cat a lesson' in his words.

The blonde toon frowned as she thought over Pete's words, no matter how much she tried to block them out, as they caused her to think over their decisions. Dad wouldn't really be embarrassed of them...would he?

Sensing his sister's discomfort, Elliot stopped in his efforts and put a careful, yet comforting hand on Elisea's shoulder before sitting down next to her, unsure of what to say in order to comfort her so he went for a cliché.

"Don't listen to him; he's just a jerk Elisea." He said in a rather awkward yet obviously comforting voice as they waited for their father to bail them out; silently pondering on how angry he was going to be.

Elisea laughed quietly then sniffed, upset by the downward spiral the day had taken.

"Wow, our first time away from home and we get put into jail, I wonder what that says about us." She laughed quietly, leaning against her brother as she spoke, trying to ignore the strange smell the cell had as the springs in the cell's cot dug into their skin.

"It says you should listen to your father next time he tells you to stay home." A voice behind them said amusement and a tiny bit of annoyance clearly shining through their voice.

"Dad!" Elisea yelled happily, jumping out of the uncomfortable cot and hugging her father through the bars of the cell door in relief. Elliot smiled, waiting until his sister was finished before quickly hugging him as well, and trying not to look as uncomfortable he felt.

"We're sorry we sneaked out Dad, it's just..." Elisea trailed off in her explanation but was thankfully stopped by her father.

"I know, I know. We'll talk about it later, okay?" He said, unlocking the cell door as he spoke. Elisea nodded once before following her father out the Station saving a moment to glare at the now cowardly Cat.

"I want our swords back big guy and I want all of my rabbit siblings let out, right now." She said harshly, holding out her hand for her and her brother's weapons.

Pete glared at them for a moment, about to object when he caught Oswald's look and immediately handed them over then went to the back of the police station to release the rest of Oswald's children. Elisea sighed, holding her favourite weapon in her hands, glad that no damage was done to it while it was in the lazy Chief's possession.

Elliot however, was not so happy with the good condition of his weapon and glared at the back of the fat cat before taking his sword and leaving, stopping only to slam the door behind him. Oswald however was not finished with Pete yet and waited until all of his children were realised before he sent the fat cat such a withering glare that Elisea was surprised he hadn't melted on contact.

"As for you, you are the worst kind of defence for this town that I have ever seen. Arresting some innocent's toons? You should count yourself lucky you're not out of a job right now. And as for me, I have never been more proud of my kids than right now when they have to deal with cowards like you."

With that, Oswald gestured for his daughter to follow him as they both walked outside after their many other family members.

Just in time to see Elliot about to beat the living daylights out of a rather frightened looking Gus and Mickey.

Elliot had walked stubbornly out of the Station; his temper was already rising rather quickly than usual thanks to certain fat cat and the bad looks he was receiving from the civilians of Mean Street because of him, that he gladly returned to the rude toons before continuing on his wait for the rest of his family. Normally when people saw Elliot's expression when he was angry, they knew to stay away until he calmed down, but for some reason Gus had thought it wise at that moment to push him past his limit.

"Well, aren't you going to thank us?" The Gremlin said smugly, flying above the worried mouse's head, who was doing their best not to bother the angry youth who clearly wanted to be left alone.

The blonde man raised a sarcastic eyebrow at the pair, trying to not look as angry as he felt.

"Oh really? What for?" He asked as calmly as he could, he could not attack them right now he was only just released from the cells, no need to tempt the fat cat into arresting him again. No need to disappoint his family again and so quickly and certainly no need to ruin his father's growing confidence in him, no need at all.

Unfortunately it seemed that the world was not in the young man's favour as Gus chuckled sarcastically before continuing, all the while his obviously tired mouse companion giving him signals to leave it be.

"Why for getting your dad to bail you out of course, not that you needed it, I'm sure you could have found a way out on your own. It just seemed unfair to place your sister in a situation that you're probably more accustomed to."

...

No, you know what? Screw it.

Elliot was about to take a swing at the annoying Gremlin when he felt someone pulling him back. He was about to push them off him and continue in his tirade when a familiar voce stopped him, causing him to pause for a moment as they spoke.

"Stop it Elliot! You were only just released; do you really want to start up more trouble already?" Elisea yelled from behind him as she and her father managed to pull him away from Gus and Mickey before Pete could come out to see the real commotion.

Pete had actually been watching the oncoming scene from his office window with a smirk before deciding that it was a good time to dramatically burst out of his base of business to 'confront' the rowdy toons.

"What's goin' on here?" The Large Cat boomed, smirking as he saw Wasteland's apparent leader and the youngest of the blonde pair pulling her brother away from the terrified Gremlin.

"Fightin' outside MY Station? You really sure your proud of these here trouble makers Oswald?" He laughed turning to the cartoon rabbit with a question look.

Oswald said nothing; he just let go of Elliot as he gave his son the most disappointed look the pair had ever seen before focusing his attention back on the Chief of Mean Street.

"We were just going now." He said quietly before walking past his two struggling children gesturing quietly for them to follow him, knowing they would not argue. Elisea said nothing but released her older brother from her grip before following their father, sending Mickey and Gus an apologetic look before walking away, doing her best to ignore the strange looks she was receiving from the inhabitants of Mean Street as she did so, her face turning a decent shade of red.

Elliot however, stayed where he was for a few seconds, a look of pure hatred gracing his features that was pointed at the three toons in front of him, before he to walked after his sister, stopping only to take her hand to ease her embarrassment of being in the spotlight, glaring at anyone who dared to look their way.

Mickey sighed and sat on the side of the walkway, his emotions, and especially his muscles frayed from the past few days of unexpected action as he watched the strange pair walk away in silence.

Gus coughed awkwardly before floating down next to his new friend, a look of shame on his face as he sat next to him.

"I am sorry Mickey; I probably shouldn't have said those things to him." He said quietly, waiting for his friend's response.

The Mouse was silent for a moment before standing up and going after the big cat as he quietly chuckled his way into his office.

"Come on," He said briefly as they entered the musty Police Station, "We have to get that Power Spark if we want to get to Tommorowland."

And if you want to apologize Gus then I think you're looking at the wrong guy.

Oswald waited until he and his kids were back at home before he tore them a new one.

The trio walked quietly up the summit, not saying a word to anyone as they entered the office; ignoring the brief looks of sympathy the Cards gave the Blonde pair as their leader ordered them out of the area.

He slowly walked up to his desk, looking quietly out the window at the world beyond the mountain, not saying a word.

Elisea looked quietly at the ground, her heart breaking she thought on how she had disappointed her only father. Finally she could stand the silence no more and spoke out, desperate to hear something other than the frantic beating of her own heart.

"Dad, I-"

"You deliberately disobeyed me Elisea." He said crisply, cutting of his daughter's attempt to apologise as he slowly turned in his seat, his face set in stony silence.

He never raised his voice, Elisea always thought that as the worst thing. She had always known that it would have been better if he had yelled or shouted, at least something louder than the calm undertone that he kept in moments like these.

The blonde girl saw her father's look and looked back at the ground in shame, although she knew in her heart that she should have been more than ashamed of what she had done, but all she could think about was how she could get back out there, how she could get back to the sunlight, fake or not it still felt more real than the sunlight that existed here.

She looked back up at her dad as soon as she was sure her face was no longer red from embarrassment, her expression that was once filled with embarrassment, now set in determination.

"Dad, I'm sorry I disappointed you, but I'm not sorry I did it and to be truthful if I was given the opportunity, I'd do it again."

Elliot looked at his sister, shocked by her bravery before feeling a swelling sense of pride as he watched her stand up for herself.

Her father however, wasn't as happy with this development as her brother was. His next action was one he knew he would regret but at the same time he needed to do it. Elisea wasn't Elliot and if she went back out, she was more likely to get hurt. So with a heavy heart Oswald turned back to his youngest daughter of the pair, and spoke, his voice calm and lacking in as much emotion as he could manage, even though inside he really didn't want to do this to her.

"I guess there will be no more opportunities then." He said quietly, standing up from his seat and walking over to the office door, ignoring his daughter's shocked and slowly turning furious expression.

"Dad, you can't be serious." Elisea mumbled in shock then anger as she ignored her father gesture for her to leave the office.

"I'm being completely serious Elisea, as of right now, you are not going anywhere out of this summit without someone watching you." Elisea stood, still shocked by her father's words until she finally came to her senses, glaring angrily at her father as she yelled.

"What did I do wrong?" Oswald tried not to frown in thought, knowing that his daughter was right but still he felt not only disappointed but also worried for Elisea's safety as he replied back, noting his son's silence as he spoke.

"I already told you, you disobeyed me, you put yourselves in danger, you get arrested then as soon as I bail you out you're off starting another fight."

"Yes but I was not in that fight if you recall, also, we would not have disobeyed your orders if you just trusted us a little more and took us with you, were not kids anymore! We can actually protect ourselves now! You have to let us out sometime!" Elisea yelled, ignoring the surprised looks of her family as she did so, quiet falling over the room as her father finally answered, his voice even and hard, demanding the respect he usually received from his children that he was not seeing at that moment.

"I cannot trust you if you disobey me. All I'm trying to do is keep you safe." Elliot decided he had heard enough and spoke up, now determined to help his sister's case in any way he could, knowing that this was possibly the worst type of punishment that you could give to the younger of the pair.

"Oh yes because here is so damn safe right? Nothing bad could ever go wrong here!" Elliot said sarcastically, feeling tired of being ignored as his father's glare turned on him while Elisea eventually calmed her breathing; her anger was still clearly present by the white of her knuckles as her nails cut into her palm, not wanting the fight between herself and her father to be over, despite her fleeting gratitude towards her brothers efforts.

"You can't stop me, I will find a way out and as soon as I do, I'm not coming back." Now it was Oswald's turn to glare at his daughter, meanwhile doing his best to hide the hurt he really felt from her words.

"You don't mean that."

Elisea laughed bitterly at her father's response, shocking the other occupants in the room at her level of mocking as she smirked, her eyes dead set in seriousness as she turned back to before leaving the room, her last comment leaving a cold indifference in the air.

"Wanna bet." She said coldly, slamming the office door behind her before her father could answer.

Almost immediately Elisea turned back to the door, about to open it when she stopped her hand still on the cool metal of the doorknob before frowning and letting go, taking a moment to glare at the door before walking away.

She was not backing down this time.

"Why did you do that?" Elliot asked his father furiously, angry at the thought of his sister ever being upset.

"I promised you that I'd keep her safe, this seems to be my only option of doing so." He said calmly, walking back to his desk before glaring at his eldest son, wanting to get to the subject of them leaving the mountain in the first place.

Elliot ignored his father's obvious glare, still angry over the way he had treated his sister. Elliot stood out of his seat and went over to one of the many TV screens that hung from the ceiling of his father's office, watching his sister retreat into her room before slamming her door behind her, Elliot's ears slightly picking up the almost quiet sobs that were emitting from the blonde toon as she was retreating, he turned back to his father angrily, fully knowing that he had also heard her.

"Yes you did, that doesn't mean you take away her freedom!" He yelled back, still trying to be ignorant of his father's glare as he continued.

"She's not who you're really angry at anyway, so why punish her? I'm the one who's the problem remember?"

Of course, Elliot knew that his father wouldn't punish him; he never seemed to learn anything when he did so instead he would just ignore his son until his temper simmered, then try to talk to him in a calm manner, which barely ever turned out well anyway so it was a never ending struggle for both parties.

"Well thank you for reminding me Elliot, since you're so desperate for me to get up you then why don't you answer this, what were you thinking? Starting a fight like that when I only just bailed you and your sister out? What were you two even doing outside of the mountain in the first place when I specifically told you not to?" Oswald growled, trying his best not to raise his voice at his son, to keep calm, but Elliot had a way of even pushing him too far.

"Maybe there wouldn't have been a fight if that damn Gremlin hadn't said those things about us." Elliot hissed, still seething on Gus' words, his hands turning into clenched fists as he thought back on them, wanting nothing more at that moment than to be able to take a swing at the aggravating toon.

Oswald sighed and turned away, not really wanting to go any further into the argument they had nearly every day, especially since he never seemed to get any answers. Punishing him never seemed to do anything either, so why bother anymore?

"I don't have time for this Elliot, I have to go back to Mean Street and check on Mickey, this time, will you do as I say and stay home." He ordered bluntly, turning chair away from his eldest son as he tried to hide how much he actually wanted to stay.

The twenty year old sighed before turning away, about to leave the office before turning back and asking him the one thing that he and his sister had left their only home for the first time to know in the first place.

"Why do you want to help him so much?" He asked, his voice now quieter than usual, sounding almost, hurt.

Oswald frowned, surprised at his son's tone before answering him, turning back quickly to look him in the eye as he did so.

"Because that's what Ortensia would have wanted." He said seriously, knowing that Elliot would understand.

Elliot nodded once, content with his answer but still hurt by the way he was going about it. The Blonde said nothing else, quietly leaving his adopted father to his thoughts.

Elisea had been spending the rest of her afternoon in her room, screaming into her pillow and wiping away the most of her aggravated tears before deciding that the best way to let out her stress was to do what she had been doing earlier that day, shooting Blots.

While most of her thoughts were berating her for her argument with her father and how she should march back into that office and apologise, the smallest part of her mind, okay maybe a bit bigger than she originally thought, was thinking back on how excited and happy she had been in OzTown and Mean Street, that part of her really wanting to just ignore her father all together and sneak back to continuing in her exploration of the world beyond the mountain where she had grown up.

She shook her head, attempting to clear the growing thoughts on the unknown world beyond her home as she levelled her crossbow and was about to fire when she heard another crossbow go off beside her. She didn't look up from her survey as she greeted her older brother, dried tears sticking to her pale cheeks.

"Is Dad angry at me?" She asked quietly as she took out a few more Sweepers before finally turning and looking her brother in the eye, uncaring of his reaction to her tear stained features. Elliot sighed and sat down beside her, unsure of what to say before finally settling on the truth.

"More hurt than angry, you didn't really mean what you said did you?" He said blankly before they both shot some of the Blots in the back just as they were about to attack some Cards from behind.

Elisea sighed and lowered her crossbow before leaning on her brother shoulder, trying to ignore the stinging in her eyes as he held her close.

"No, no I didn't." She whispered lowly before she started sobbing, her new tears staining her brothers white hoodie, not that he complained. He just hugged her, watching contentedly as the fake sun in their world set on another harsh unforgiving day, the sickly green sky turning into a softer blue-green hue, all the while the elder brother mumbled comforting words to his upset sister, who by now had stopped crying and had been watching the sunset with him.

Of course she unlike her brother, had been looking at the view beyond the mountain and out to the world she desperately wanted to be a part of, watching as lights began to shine in the two towns beyond the mountain, almost seeming like stars that had fallen from the sky in the growing darkness.

"Almost feels real." She said quietly, her voice nearly echoing over the nearly completely silent mountain as the Blots and Cards alike fell back to rest, their many bunny siblings also returning to the mountain for the night as they joined into a large sleeping group at the base of the mountain, kicking anything that came to close in subconscious self defense.

All in all, a rather peaceful time for the two siblings to share.

And their last.

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