They all ran inside the barn and Cherry glanced over, but soon ran into a cow.
"Oof!" Cherry muffled before looking up. "...Awkward..."
Lionel popped out of the haystack. "Something metal is poking my back." he remarked.
Atticus and Mo helped Lionel out as they found something in the haystack. The cow and the sheep in the barn seemed to stare at them, standing on their hind legs like Patch did sometimes with Salem.
"This looks like some sort of part," Lionel replied. "Maybe it goes to that big green machine over there?"
"Dears, are you all right?" The cow asked.
"Cool," Patch smiled. "More talking animals."
"We're fine," Lionel replied. "Just wondering if anyone was missing a machine part?"
"Oh, you've found something for the Churnatron?" The sheep asked. "Tha-a-a-at'll help us get to work on it!"
"Erm... Churnatron?" Cherry asked.
"Must be that funky-looking machine." Lionel replied as he put the part inside.
"Oh, you dear, sweet things!" The cow smiled. "You found the Churnatron's missing part."
"Oh, you dear, sweet things!" The sheep added.
"Goodness, I'm so excited I've got butterflies in my stomachs!" The cow beamed before she danced. "Why, I'm lactating with delight!"
"Erm... You're welcome, Miss Cow?" Cherry replied.
"So...do we hook you up or what?" asked Lionel.
"Excuse me, I'll take care of this." The cow smiled as she put the device in her machine before she soon took out another part, putting it over her udder to milk herself.
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Cherry winced and looked away. "I don't need to see that!"
"This is...weird," Lionel replied. "Never seen a cow get milked before."
"Ugh, it sounds wrong when you say it like that..." Cherry mumbled.
Sticks of butter soon fell out of the Churatron as the cow seemed to enjoy doing that to herself.
"BUTTER! Oh, I don't know how to thank you!" The cow smiled to them. "Or, actually, I do. Take the very first sticks. One for each of you!"
"Oh...cool." Lionel replied as they each took one.
"Thanks!" Drew said.
"Uh, we can't wait to taste it." Flux shrugged.
"Thanks, Miss Sheep and Miss Cow." Atticus said.
"My name is Marge." The cow said.
"And I'm Po-o-o-olly." The sheep added, bleating a bit, being a sheep and all.
"Nice to meet you both!" Mo replied.
"The pleasure is all ours." Marge smiled to them.
"Um... And who is that?" Cherry asked, gesturing to the company.
"Oh, that would be Elmer." Marge replied.
"He doesn't look too good." Lionel remarked, since the mule was old, shaky, and toothless.
"Well... Elmer is... 'Special'..." Marge replied.
"I see..." Cherry said as she knew that meant something extra.
"You mean super-old?" asked Lionel.
"I suppose you could say tha-a-a-at." Polly replied.
"Oh, I thought he was just a total retard or something." Flux commented.
Lionel sighed. "Let's just go..."
"Come back any time for more butter if you would like." Marge smiled to them.
"Come aga-a-a-ain." Polly added.
They waved as the group left the barn.
"Well, that was fun." Lionel replied.
"They seemed nice." Mo smiled.
"Yeah, real nice." Cherry added.
Suddenly, Patch's ears picked up. "Get down!" he shouted.
"What's with you, Spot?" Cherry asked as she still stood up.
Patch bit onto her pant leg and pulled her down. Cherry yelled out and soon fell to the ground with the others. Nefarious' Malevolator blasted the barn as they ducked down.
"I'm getting really tired of that thing!" Patch complained.
"Oh, poor Marge and Polly..." Cherry said. "Who knows what Nefarious could've done to them?"
"Let's find out." Lionel replied as he peeked in...and his face went pale.
"Lionel?" Atticus frowned. "Are they okay?"
"See for yourself..." Lionel replied, turning back to face them.
The others soon came in to take a look.
"What..." Patch muttered.
"The..." Atticus added before looking to Cherry and nudging her.
"What?" Cherry asked, feeling out of place.
"Well, that still works." Atticus shrugged before they took a look at their barnyard friends who went through a dramatic change.
"Marge!" Drew gasped.
"Polly?" Flux blinked.
"Holy Abalone!" Lionel exclaimed, his face going red.
"Mistress Marge!" The cow smirked as she was strapped to a wheel in a scantically clad biker outfit.
"And Punisher Po-o-o-olly!" The sheep added, dressed like a dominatrix with a whip.
Patch looked like he was rather scarred for life.
"Divas of Destruction!" The two animals proclaimed in unison.
"Whoa..." Lionel gulped. "This feels like a really weird dream I had once...except Cherry had the whip, and there was no biker outfit."
"I didn't need that picture in my head!" Atticus yelped since Cherry was like his sister.
"I feel awkward right now." Cherry said.
"Me too," Lionel replied. "Should we go? I feel like we should go."
"Uh... Probably..." Patch said, backing up. "I feel really uncomfortable about all of this..."
"Where's Elmer?" Mo wondered, looking around. "What did they do with him?"
"I think that might explain it." Lionel replied, pointing to the Churnatron, which was now making tubes of glue instead of butter sticks.
"Oh..." Cherry said before her eyes widened. "Ohhh! ...My... God..."
"Well, he got off easy." Lionel replied.
"I bet they get off REAL easy around here." Flux remarked until Lionel knocked him on the head.
"Uh, we're gonna go now..." Cherry said nervously.
Marge soon yelled out, though enjoyed it as Polly whipped at her.
They quickly left. "Ugh...that was traumatic..." Lionel replied.
"I may never be the same." Patch shuddered to himself.
"Poor Elmer too..." Mo mumbled.
Lionel wiped Patch's memory of what he just saw. "All the more reason to stop Nefarious!" he remarked.
Patch shook chills all around his body and straightened himself out a little.
They soon left the countryside as it was doomed and they wandered off a little more.
"Let's just hope we never have to meet this Nefarious creep face-to-face." Cherry said to the others.
"Maybe you guys won't, but I might." Lionel replied cryptically.
"Why do you think you would?" Atticus asked.
"With my kinda power, Nefarious and his flunkies will be after me like a cat after a mouse!" Lionel replied.
"Hmm... I guess I didn't think about it like that." Atticus said.
"Eh, it's fine," Lionel replied. "We best keep on moving."
"Where do we go now?" Mo asked.
"...I dunno, but I think I wanna go where that delicious smell is..." Patch said, seeing the bakery.
"Okay, then off to the bakery!" Lionel exclaimed.
They soon went into the bakery, but they saw a pair of frogs who looked depressed.
"They look like Animaniacs rejects." Cherry commented.
"Eh...what's up, frogs?" asked Lionel.
"Why, look, brother," The short, fat frog smiled to the tall, thin frog. "I think we've got some new faces here in the bakery!"
"I'll say!" The tall, thin frog smiled back. "Welcome, fellows!"
"Uh, hi there," Lionel waved. "Name's Lionel, and these are my friends, Cherry, Mo, Atticus, Patch, Drew, and Flux."
"Pleased to meet ya, fellas!" The short, fat frog smiled. "We're-"
"The Baker Boys!" The frogs chimed in together.
"Dooooough~" The short, fat frog sang.
"Meeeeeee~" The tall, thin frog sang back.
"I feel like there's something missing in that." Cherry said.
"Yeah!" Lionel added. "Where's the Ray?"
"Our poor, departed brother Ray was the one who sang the middle note, told the middle of the jokes, and ran the middle bakery!" Mee told them.
"Departed?" Drew frowned out of concern.
"Did this Ray guy croak?" Cherry asked.
Atticus nudged her slightly.
"No, he departed," Mee replied. "One day, he went out, and he never came back."
"And ever since, it's been a tough go for Mee and me." Dough added.
"I got a hunch that this was Nefarious' doing," Lionel replied. "I wouldn't put it past the big creepnik!"
"So... You guys are bakers?" Drew asked the frogs.
"That's right," Dough smiled. "Mee here runs the day-old bakery, and I run the day-young bakery."
"Day-young bakery?" Mo asked.
"Selling bread that isn't finished yet," Dough smiled. "You know, lumps of dough."
"And I bet your brother Ray was the one who made the dough into bread?" asked Patch.
"Oh, it was perfect, yeah." Dough smiled and nodded.
"Then I volunteer to bust into Nefarious' fortress and rescue your bro!" Lionel replied.
"Oh, that would be swell of ya!" Mee smiled. "You really don't know how much he means to us!"
"We're a trio, we sure are." Dough added.
"You got it, dudes," Lionel nodded. "And no band deserves to be forcefully broken up."
"Oh, bless you!" Mee smiled. "How can we thank you?"
"Just don't sing." Cherry whispered.
"Well, we could use some bread dough," Lionel replied. "And I got the butter for it!"
"Well... If you would like, sure you could have some dough!" Dough smiled to that. "I'd be more than happy for your help on helping our brother in need!"
Lionel took out one stick of his butter before handing it over to them.
Cherry played with the piano keys a little, though got two keys out from the keyboard. "Oops..."
"Hm?" Patch looked over at that.
Cherry put the piano keys in the bag, you never knew if they would come in handy sometime. Dough soon took the butter and began to make some bread for the others to take on their long journey through this strand world.
"Guess we got bread now," Lionel shrugged. "I think we can go to the meadow afterwards. I got an idea."
"Something about Fluffy?" Mo guessed.
"Yeah," Lionel replied. "I managed to get into the king's cabinet and find THIS." he revealed a small pink toy cat.
"Aw, what a cute little kitty." Mo smiled.
"Giiiirl." Cherry teased.
"Hey, I can have a soft spot." Mo pouted, even if she was a tomboy.
"Furrball managed to sneak a peek at Ms. Fit's book," Lionel explained. "The Mating Habits of the Evil Squirrel! And from the barn, I got a little glue! Hand me the piano keys."
Cherry soon handed over the piano keys.
"I'm smarter than I seem." Furrball smirked to himself.
Lionel glued the piano keys into the cat's mouth to act as buck teeth, before taking out some corn and popping it. Cherry took a bite of the popcorn and enjoyed it very much.
"Did you happen to see an evil squirrel around?" Patch asked, looking around.
"I only have a little corn from the field," Lionel replied as he made another bag of popcorn. "So I have an idea. To the meadow, tout de suite!"
The others looked to each other and soon followed Lionel into the meadow while Fluffy sat there, looking cute, but also a bit sad.
"Hiya, Fluffy!" Lionel waved. "Toldja we'd be back!"
"Hooray! My new friends have returned!" Fluffy smiled as her ears made a heart shape. "Ooh, is that popcorn? I just looooove popcorn!"
"Yup!" Lionel replied. "You can have it if you want!"
Fluffy soon took the popcorn and traded it for something else. "Here, take this dumb old cotton candy!" she then said, still with a sickly sweet smile.
Lionel took it. "Thanks again, Fluffster!" he remarked.
"Any time, buddy!" Fluffy smiled. "Oh, I'd love to give the world a great, big, happy Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun hug, wouldn't you?"
"Uh... Sure... Maybe." Atticus blinked.
"Well, you can't," Fluffy smiled. "'Cuz you're not Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun~"
"For which I am eternally grateful for." Cherry muttered.
"You ain't the only one," Lionel added. "Well, see you around!"
"So long until next time, my friends!" Fluffy beamed before giggling.
"I think I need a good luck charm." Cherry muttered, taking out a random saw.
"What kinda charm is THAT?" asked Lionel, confused.
"Oh, just a little RABBIT'S FOOT I wouldn't mind carrying along." Cherry grinned.
"Cherry!" Drew and Atticus scolded.
"Oh, that's a good one." Lionel snickered as he put the cotton candy tail onto the cat and put it in front of the squirrel's doorstep. He rang the doorbell and hid inside a bush.
Everyone else hid with him as the squirrel growled, looking quite aggressive. He came down his tree which seemed to have an elevator and opened the door before looking at the fake squirrel with hearts in his eyes, putting a wedding veil on it and soon ran away.
"Aww... That was sweet," Drew said. "Bizarre, but sweet."
"You realize it'll end in divorce," Flux commented. "They just have nothing in common."
"And now to procure the acorns!" Lionel replied as he bounced up and grabbed them.
"Deez nuts." Cherry smirked, a bit cockily.
"Hardy-har-har," Lionel rolled his eyes. "Now let's get moving...to WACME, in Zanydu!"
"Oh, kid, you are gonna love it in Zanydu, I just know it!" Flux smiled to Lionel.
"We'll see." Lionel replied as he picked up a can full of beans nearby.
They soon came to a way to transport them to Zanydu with an angry looking elephant looking down at them like a vulture.
"Look, gang, it's Zanydu!" Flux smiled. "That's where I live!"
"Hey, Jumbo, how's the weather up there?" Cherry smirked to the elephant.
The elephant growled at her, as Lionel pulled out the mouse and tied it down in front of the elephant as they got into the chamber.
"Gah!" Cherry flinched from that as they went inside the shuttle.
"Looks like a gear shift." Drew said before pulling on the stick.
The mouse was soon lifted up in the hand in front of the elephant. The elephant was soon scared because elephants were afraid of mice, in cartoons of course, and they were soon leaving the kingdom of Cutopia.
"We're going to Zanydu! I love going to Zanydu!" Flux beamed. "Are we there yet?"
"Just wait, wouldja?" asked Lionel. "We get there when we get there!"