Chapter two, though slightly shorter then chapter one. It was seven pages this time. It was slowly dragging in its production, but I was finally able to get it finished. Now to plan more carefully the next chapter! XD

Disclaimor: I don't own The Cogs or Toontown, they belong to Disney. I own the Original Characters and ideas.

EDIT/UPDATE: Only one scene was changed in this chapter, and that's the scene in the President's office. Oh ho, what are the other Bosses up to? X3


Chapter 2

Love at First Site

"But seriously, isn't it just a tad odd…and creepy that pretty much a complete stranger would do something like that?" Pearl asked Little Taffy

Little Taffy was zoned out, still looking at her new bracelet, "Huh? Oh, yeah sure…"

Pearl sighed, and dipped her toes in the pond water from the dock she sat on. Thunderroni looked at both of his friends for a moment, and broke the awkward silence with his forgotten question from before, "So…what was it you guys were looking at back there?"

Pearl decided to answer the question, since her friend was still zoned out, "Well…it was this really weird message from an estate wall. It was kind of morbid, it was written in blood…"

Thunderroni shivered, "Blood?"

Pearl nodded, "Yeah…some one physically murdered a Toon…It wasn't a pleasant sight."

"Did they ever catch 'em?"

Pearl shook her head no, and then looked back at Little Taffy, "Are you just going to stare at that all day?"

Little Taffy glared at Pearl and said with a snide tone, "Maybe I want to!"

"Little Taffy…don't you think even the tiniest bit that he's, well, how should I put it…" she thought for a moment, "TOO perfect?"

"You aren't perhaps, I don't know, jealous are you?"

"Of that stupid gangster, hell no; I'm just worried about you…"

Little Taffy rolled her eyes, "Thanks for your concern, but I don't need it…"

"Little Taffy, guys don't just walk up to complete strangers and give them valuable jewelry!"

"Well…maybe it was a thank you for saving Toontown; you don't know that it wasn't…"

"I don't…but that's not the point! The point is, something just seemed unorthodox about Mr. Mc'Cogsworth...even his last name is suspicious!"

As Pearl went on with her rant, Little Taffy mentally blocked her out. It was her first day out of the bland painted walls of the hospital, and her best friend was getting on her case for something so silly, and making such a scene about it, that it was almost laughable.

Almost…but Little Taffy still didn't see the big deal in the whole situation. Pearl just sounded over protective; or maybe it was over paranoid. Perhaps it was a little of both, it was hard to determine. Just then, Little Taffy felt something small collide with her forehead, bringing her out of her trance.

"Were you even listening to a word I said?"

Little Taffy blinked once, then replied, "No…and I think you're overacting. So why don't you calm down, take a deep breath, and relax."

Pearl didn't say a word, but instead snorted angrily, and walked off in a huff. Little Taffy watched as she walked back to her estate, and then turned to Thunderroni, "What's wrong with her today?"

Prince Thunderroni shrugged his shoulders, "I'll go see if I can find out…" And he too, got up from the grass by the fish pond, and headed for Pearl's estate. He turned back for a moment and said, "And you know, you could've handled that a little better…" before walking a few more steps and heading inside.

Little Taffy sighed and looked at the impression Thunderroni had left in the grass. Today's events had been rather unexpected. The museum, the fan club, the Cogs attacking, and then Trevor; what did it all mean?

Something cold and wet nuzzled her arm, and Little Taffy looked around to see Lickety Split standing there, wagging her tail, holding a stick in her mouth. She dropped the stick into her owner's hand, and gave a high pitched bark of anticipation.

Little Taffy smiled warmly, and threw the stick a short distance away; Lickety Split eagerly chased after it. Little Taffy watched as she went to retrieve it and for the first time all day, truly felt happy.

Trevor opened the door a slight crack and peeked inside. The other three head Cogs were standing there in front of their boss. The Vice President looked slightly nervous; the Chief Financial Officer seemed to be aggravated, wanting to leave. And the Chief Justice, well, Trevor could never really tell, he always wore that stupid blindfold that had to do with 'justice is blind' or some crap like that.

He waited a moment more outside the door, until he heard the words, "Ah, Trevor my boy, come in…" and he stepped into the dark, cold, grey room. The other three bosses turned around to look at the Toon walking into the office, and growled with disapproval.

"A Toon…you're relying on a Toon to carry through your plot? What can he possible accomplish?" The V.P. asked as if his Boss was insane.

"V.P., if I wanted your opinions, I would've asked you to give them…and besides, Mr. Trevor has done a fine job so far, which is more then I can say for you and the C.F.O." He snarled, glaring up at them. The Sellbot closed his large mouth, but continued to glare at Trevor.

The Cashbot cleared his throat getting the attention of his higher up and asked, "So what is the Toon supposed to accomplish?"

"He will undermine a certain problem that none of us can accomplish out in the open. Once it's out of the way, we can begin with my original plans. I'm sure you and the Vice President are familiar with them, sense you two stole them from me!" he said pounding his fist on the desk.

The Three Cogs flinched back slightly at his tone, "Now then, get out of my sight you two worthless scrap heaps! Chief Justice, stay a moment longer, I need to have a word with you." They all nodded, and the V.P and C.F.O. turned around and began rolling out of his office.

The Chief Financial Officer looked over at the Vice President. and said to him with a hint of venom in his voice, "This never would have happened had you not taken those blue prints from him…"

"Keep your thoughts to yourself; I know I messed up already Chief!" he hissed back.

The Cashbot huffed in annoyance before bringing up a new topic, "Though I can't help wonder what those modifications to his plan were…what do you think?"

"What do I think? I think he's an overbearing tyrant, who's only going to end up getting his large metal behind handed to him by Taffy once she finds out…"

The C.F.O. gave the V.P. startled look. He disliked their Boss as much as the next Cog, but to disrespect him out loud in his office was another thing entirely. And the comment made him come to a screeching halt.

"What?" he asked, "You know it's the truth…"

"Yes…but..." he didn't get to finish before a loud annoyed voice from across the room interrupted him.

"What was that V.P.?"

The Sellbot's head spun around to face his Boss, "Uh…nothing Sir!"

"That's not what I heard!" he said in a mocking tone.

The V.P. gulped back the fear creeping through him as his Boss got up from behind his desk and walked over to him, arms folded, a very annoyed look on his face, "Perhaps you'd like to repeat it for us?"

The V.P. shook his head, "I have no idea what you're talking about, Sir…"

His glowing red eyes (that looks suspiciously similar to a Toon Cog's) narrowed at the Vice President, "You're already on thin ice from your thievery, I suggest you tell me what you said and get it over with; or I'll up your punishment from forcing you to do factory work with the rest of your Sellbots!" he snapped.

The C.J. frowned at the Bossbot's comment and Trevor from across the room watched with a smug look on his face as the V.P. quietly repeated his whispered comment from before about their Boss, "I said…you were an overbearing tyrant…"

"I know you said more then that, what was the rest?"

The V.P. was burning inside, he felt like a child being reprimanded by his father, which in a sense that was what was happening; but at the risk of a worse punishment then what he had now he continued, "I also said, in so many words, that you're going to get destroyed by Little Taffy once she find out what's going on here…"

He was surprised by his Boss's reaction. He was chuckling, a low hollow laugh, "Such little faith in me? I wouldn't have brought Trevor online with us if I personally didn't think he could accomplish his goal," his face hardened somewhat, "However, should you disrespect me in such a manner ever again I can assure you, you will reap the consequences you sew. Now, get out of my sight, both you and the C.F.O., I have important matters to attend to."

With those words spoken, the two rolled out of his office; all the while the V.P. was mentally kicking himself for his remark. When they had gone, the now somewhat annoyed Bossbot leader trudged back over to his desk and sat down, rubbing his temples before glancing at Trevor who was still waiting quietly by the desk, "Now then, what do you have to report?"

Trevor smirked with triumph, "The false fight worked out perfectly…they don't suspect a thing," he chuckled, "and you should've seen how much Taffy's eyes lit up when she saw the bracelet, priceless…"

"Good…" he smiled, "but you're sure neither of her nosey little friends are on to you?"

"Don't worry about it…if things get out of hand, I'll take care of it, Boss."

"Ah, that's why I like you, kid!" he said putting an arm around Trevor's shoulder, "Always got a plan…unlike some useless slackers who wouldn't know their own ideas if it came up and pied them in the face!" he growled, anger rising as he let go of Trevor's shoulder, then took a breath and regained his composure.

Trevor decided now would probably be a good time to head out. As he was leaving he stopped and turned slightly, "Don't worry Mr. President, if things get out of hand with the V.P., I'll take care of him too…" and he exited the office through the large steel doors, and all was quiet for a moment.

"Ehem, you wanted a word?" the C.J. asked breaking the silence, and reminding his Boss of why he was still there.

"Ah, yes, Chief, I want you to keep a close watch on the V.P. and C.F.O. I can sense a laps in loyalty that could possibly cause trouble in the future, and I don't want my new plans ruined because of them, understood?"

He nodded, "Yes, Mc'Cogsworth."

"Oh, one more thing I must add, have the Toons discovered the location of Lawbot H.Q. presently?"

"No, not a one has stepped foot into my halls yet."

"Excellent, with Lawbot still being hunted down, I can keep this operation under the wire from both Mayor Flippy and his town of sugar happy, headache inducing inhabitants."

"Was that all?"

"Yes, yes, you may go now."

With that, the Chief Justice turned and rolled out of the office as well. When they had all gone, the Bossbot smirked to himself, feeling like everything was playing into his hand.

The C.J. closed the door to his Boss's office and looked over at the Sellbot and Cashbot leaders who were still waiting for him outside the doors. The V.P. asked in such a hush tone the Lawbot Boss almost didn't hear him, "What did he say to you?"

"He's suspicious of your motives now, I told you to be careful about what you said around him."

The C.F.O. cleared his throat, "That's exactly what I told him, but of course he can't keep his large mouth shut…"

The Vice President growled in annoyance, "If we're all done pointing out my mistakes…I'd like to point out that just because he's suspicious, does not mean he knows yet. From now on, I'll be more careful…"

"Broken record V.P., broken record." The Chief Financial Officer interjected. With a sigh, the Sellbot Boss and the other two Bosses gave their quaint farewells, and parted their separate ways.

"And does she even bother to listen, even a little? NO!" Pearl growled pacing the floor of her estate while Prince Thunderroni sat on her sofa trying to think of the best way to calm her down. So far, he hadn't come up with anything, and was instead listing to her rant.

"She could have at least agreed with me a tinny bit…" Pearl said, slumping to the floor.

"Well…you really don't know what she thinks on the whole thing; give her a chance to get used to all this fame. She just got out of that hospital room for the first time today in about a month. She didn't know about the museum, the fan club, none of it!"

Pearl looked up and sighed in defeat; Thunderroni was right. She hadn't even really put much thought into that concept. A feeling crept over her, a feeling of guilt and remorse. How could she have yelled at her friend like that? Pearl suddenly got up, looked at Thunderroni once with a smile, and hurried out.

Little Taffy was still by the Pond, playing fetch with her Doodle. Pearl walked over sheepishly, and tapped her friend on the shoulder. Little Taffy turned around, and looked at her.

"Little Taffy, I'm sorry about before, I keep forgetting you're still getting used to all this fame; I guess I kind of jumped to rational conclusions. So…we're still friends…right?"

Little Taffy crossed her arms, and made a slightly angered expression, before grabbing pearl, pulling her into a head lock and ruffled her hair, "Of course we're still friends you knuckle head!"

Pearl squirmed, and laughed, but couldn't break free of her friend's grip, until she finally let her go. It was then that Pearl heard a beeping noise, and it sounded close by.

"What is that noise?" she asked.

"Oh…that's my video watch, I can keep in contact with Brit this way. She sent it to me somehow while I was in the hospital…not sure how though…"

Little Taffy pulled back her glove slightly, that had been hiding the watch the whole time, and pressed a button. A small screen appeared and turned on. A girl in about her mid teens, with brown hair, glasses and was wearing a school uniform appear on the tiny screen.

"Little Taffy, are you there?" she asked.

"Yeah, what's up?"

"I think something may be wrong with me…"

"What? What happened and…where are you calling from?"

"I'm at school…it's the last day of Exams during lunch, look I haven't got long..."

"Brittany, what wrong?"

"This'll probably sound crazy but…" she paused, "I think I'm turning into a Toon…"

Little Taffy, Pearl and Price Thunderroni looked at the small screen for a moment, with blank expressions, and then burst out laughing. Brittany looked angrily at the three, "I'm serious guys, weird things have been happening to all week, ever sense I came back to my world…"

Little Taffy calmed herself then looked back at the watch, "Humans can't become Toons, Brittany, why the crap would you think that?"

"Well, the other day I jammed my finger. Usually that takes three days to heal; it took less then an hour this time. I've been craving candy more then usual; also, I was laughing and I started to choke on something at lunch, I was able to cough it up, but it went flying across the room, and hit someone in the face. Then I could hardly stop myself from laughing. Do normal people do that? I don't think so, Taffy!"

Little Taffy pondered this for a moment, then replied, "that doesn't sound that odd to me…are you sure you're not just over acting?"

"Yes I'm sure, and you know why it doesn't sound odd to you; it's because you're a TOON…" she paused and then whispered back, "Someone's coming, I gotta go!" and the other end was disconnected.

Pearl's mouth formed a half frown as she thought, then looked back at Little Taffy, "What do you think it could be that's wrong with her?"

"I don't know, but I'll look into it l…" Little Taffy stopped as Lickety Split walk up holding a single flower in her mouth, a note was tied to it. Little Taffy didn't see the note at first, "Lickety, did you dig up another of my jelly bean flowers?"

The Doodle dropped the slightly drooled on flower next to her owner, and that's when Little Taffy saw the note. Taffy blinked once, before removing the note from it. It said, 'Meet me later tomorrow at Daisy Gardens around Noon, I'd like to take you somewhere special.' The card was signed Trevor.

Little Taffy could feel the heat starting to build up in her face, as her cheeks turned a bright shade of pink. Pearl snatched the note from her, and Little Taffy continued to stare at the space where the note had been held.

Pearl's eyes swept the short note and she looked back at her stunned friend, "I told you something's not right about him…he's not even know you a full day, and he's given you a flower, and a gold bracelet! Now he want's to take you somewhere 'special'!" Pearl gave a sarcastic smile, "Special my ass, he's probably leading you into a trap!" And man, he's got really girly hand writing. She thought.

"Well how do you know that?" Little Taffy asked.

"Trust me, I don't think something's right about this guy…he's just…odd…"

There was a chewing noise, and they turned to see Lickety Split eating the flower. Little Taffy sighed at her Doodle, but didn't notice the small chewed black object that fell from the flower into the grass.

"Well…I'm gonna head inside for a while, see you guys later." With that she stood up, and walked into her estate.

"Guess I'll head home for a bit too, see you later Pearl." Thunderroni pulled out his black hole, and jumped inside it and was gone.

Pearl too stood up and started walking for her estate, when her foot came down on the small object that'd fallen from the flower. Having been chewed upon, it was sharp in few areas, and cause Pearl to let out a yelp of pain. She sat down and looked at her foot to see the object stuck in her foot.

She pulled it out and examined it carefully; there was Doodle drool all over it, but even in its bad condition, Pearl could tell it looked somewhat like a tiny microphone of some sort.

"A microphone; what's a chewed up m…" she paused and the thought hit her like an anvil, "A transmitter? Hidden in the flower?" Pearl looked at Little Taffy's estate, and quickly ran for it to tell her friend about her discovery.

"Trust me, I don't think…SHHHHHHHHHH"

Trevor cursed silently as the transmition suddenly turned to static. What could have happened to the transmitter? He though.

"Doesn't matter…though that Pearl's more suspicious of me then I thought. Guess I should have probably given her friend that bracelet later."

Trevor stood up and removed the head phones connected to the radio receiver and set them down on the desk, "It's a minor set back, nothing I can't handle with a little more careful planning…" he thought chuckling to himself.