the trio walked back through the park with Yakko still carrying Lucy, Lucy was anxious nervous and scared, she didn't know what was going to happen, but when she saw Slappys tree she began shivering all over again, she tried to wriggle free but Yakko tightened his grip on her.
''Relax will ya? It'll be fine'' he said, but this was Slappy, so she didn't buy it but stayed still so she wouldn't get on his bad side
A toon which is always happy is very scary when it turns angry; especially when it has a tight grasp on you, imagine that, disturbing right?
what was more disturbing was when Slappy, who must have been watching out the window, came out in her hat and waving her umbrella, Lucy cowered under his arm as she came near with Skippy right behind
''is that the kid?'' she asked pointing her umbrella at Lucy, who turned her head away, ''she looks like one of you kids, what you're creator went even further insane?'' she asked, Skippy was looking at this newcomer close up, she seemed to terrified as he walked over, she looked like a Warner in appearance except for her blue nose, ''what's up she got a cold or something?'' said Slappy noticing this, Yakko brought her up holding her under her arms in the air like before and looked close, frightening her accidently, he began to wonder about this, but Slappy had all ready come up close and put a hand on her forehead, she began shaking worse than before until she took it away, ''what's up with her?'' she asked, noticing this.
''we think she's scared'' said dot, Slappy saw an opportunity to mess with her right there, so she leaned in and pulled a manic grin with scary eye's, she was expecting a toon like response, wide eyes, silly scream, rushing off in a puff of smoke,
It wasn't what she expecting.
she began freaking out trying to get out of Yakko's grip but not succeeding, crying hard but not making a sound, she couldn't keep it up because of how exhausted she was, so eventually fell limp again,
''Eeeeehhhh maybe you shouldn't do that until we let scratchy see her'' commented Yakko, Slappy who had stepped back during this could only agree, ''what kid of a toon reacts like that?'' she said,
''Those weird ones made by hippie college students'' said Skippy,
''dammit Skippy, if I ever catch you watching that garbage I'm going to give you what for, I have a basement full of dynamite in there, you don't think I'll use it?'' she threatened, the Warners bid farewell, Yakko tucked Lucy back under his arm and the set off back, the sun was starting to rise in the early morning, Lucy had been awake for a long time except for a little sleep she had got in the tree, without anyone noticing it she fell asleep under his arm from pure exhaustion.
the sun was further up in sky when the Warner's skipped back into the studio lot, Lucy was still asleep so didn't notice, but someone who did notice was Ralph the guard, he was standing behind the wall with his big net, he followed the Warner's as they walked back in, he was just readying his net when he stepped on a twig, it snapped and the Warner's turned around and saw him
''YIPE'' they shouted and shot of with comedic zooms, but during this Yakko forgot about Lucy so when they zoomed of Lucy fell to the floor, she woke with a start only to be suddenly engulfed and brought into the air by netting,
now this wasn't nice for a start, but to then have a fat face staring at you is a bit off, Lucy got as far back away in the net as she could but couldn't get her balance and kept falling,
''duuuuhhh hey dot, you look different'' he said, dumb as a plank, then he saw the nose, ''duuuuhhh hey wait, you're not dot'' it occurred to him that this wasn't dot, Wakko or Yakko, something connected for a moment in his brain that told him he should probably see Mr. Plotz about this, so he walked off to find a crate or something.
Meanwhile the Warner's were looking out from behind a leg of they're water tower
''Nice grip Yakko'' said dot sarcastically
''Hey I'm not used to carrying a payload when I do that'' he said in defence
''Why doesn't she just use her toon skills for crying out loud?'' asked dot
''Guys, I don't think she knows how'' said Wakko
''Well what do we do?'' asked Yakko,
Wakko spoke out ''well were not leaving her there!'' he said defiantly,
His brother raised an eyebrow and gave a cocky grin, ''why ever not Wakko?'' he said,
The two began arguing, while dot looked on annoyed by it all, ''boys'' she said rolling her eyes
meanwhile Lucy was terrified, Ralph had put her in a crate and nailed it shut, it was pitch black and she didn't know what was happening or where she was going as she felt the box tip and turn as it was carried away, Ralph had brought it to plotz's office, who was busy trying to make a rubber band ball, he put it away quick and picked up some random papers when Ralph burst in, convincing, if they hadn't been upside down and facing the wrong way.
''Ralph why are you in here? I have important work to do!'' he said eyeing the ball in the open draw,
''duuuhhh I got something I think you should see Mr. plotz sir'' he said taking out a crowbar, plotz saw the crate and recognized it as the slandered mode of transporting the Warner's and cowered behind his desk,
''Ralph what did you bring them in here for?! Get them out now!'' he yelled
''no sir, I really think you should see this'' said Ralph prising the lid off, it popped off and the two turned away, Ralph shielded himself with his arms and Plotz dived under his desk,
Nothing
They peeked out; usually the Warner's would jump out now and take them unawares
Nothing,
They checked behind they're backs and looked all around the room,
Nothing
Plotz decided to brave it and peered into the crate, expecting to be kissed in the face or have a scary mask pop out,
No
All he saw was a small toon girl, similar to the Warner's, wearing a violet turtleneck and a purple skirt, cowering in the corner of the crate looking terrified, her nose was blue.
''What's this?! Another one?!'' he yelled, frightening Lucy even more so,
''That our little discovery'' said a voice behind him, he turned around revealing the Warner trio standing behind him, smiling smugly, he jumped back.
''Explain this right now!'' he ordered
''Well Rita and runt saw something weird yesterday, we investigated and found her'' said Yakko pulling out a giant magnifying glass and focusing in on plotz,
Lucy had gotten up and was trying to get out of the box, she did but the desk was high for her so she couldn't get down, she wanted to get away from here but had to get down, so while plotz was yelling at the Warner's, who were playing badminton while Ralph refereed, she slowly eased off the desk and hung by her hands, she dropped down and hit the floor silently on her feet, while they weren't looking she ran for the door, she was halfway over when suddenly Yakko saw her, he stretched his arm over and like before grabbed her sides,
Lucy felt his hands and then saw the door get further away as she flew through the air, a sound of a fishing line rewinding was heard as Yakko's arms retracted carrying her across the room, they stopped at normal length,
''We're just going to take her over to scratchy to see what's wrong with her, she's scared of everything'' said Yakko, emphasizing the word 'everything'
''Fine, just get her out of here'' said plotz, looking at her curiously, they walked out while plotz and Ralph looked on, wondering about the little vulnerable toon girl they saw,
''Duuuuhhh she's not like them'' said Ralph
Plotz looked at him, he was right but there was no way he was admitting Ralph got something right.
the Warner's plus 1 burst into Dr Scratch-n-sniffs building, Yakko had his tail wrapped around her waist so she wouldn't run off again, she hung suspended in the air, she flailed around for a while, her arms and legs and even her tail, but it was hopeless, she hung defeated.
Hello nurse was in there as well waiting for them, instantly Wakko and Yakko's jaws dropped at the sight of her
''Helloooo nurse!'' they said,
''boys, go fig'' said dot to Lucy, Lucy managed a small smile before feeling Yakko start off again following the nurse, she stopped by a door and opened it, gesturing for them to walk in, ''the Warner's are here to see you'' she said, dot Wakko and Yakko walked in, as Yakko passed by so did Lucy in the air, hello nurse, seeing her for the first time was shocked, Lucy turned away and struggled again but only succeeded in turning upside down, Yakko flipped her back,
''Oh! And one extra as well'' said the nurse watching Lucy,
The aforementioned scratchy was behind his desk, he looked up and sighed when he saw the trio, he wasn't looking foreword to this
''Heya scratchy'' chimed the Warner's all at once'' the doctor looked at them, he could only see three
''Nurse I only zee the Warner's, there iz no extra'' he said to the nurse who had walked in seeing Lucy,
Yakko turned him and his tail so Lucy appeared from behind him, poor Lucy wasn't having fun having all these cartoons witch she all knew suddenly gawking at her,
Scratchy however dived down behind his desk, ''oh by ze godz not another little pest!'' he cried, he peered out over his desk expecting for there to some sort of zaniness in motion by the newest little toon,
No
all she was doing was hanging there wrapped in Yakko's tail looking petrified of everything, he saw tears on her face, as a psychiatrist he was trained to recognise different feelings, and her saw nothing but negativity in her eyes, in the Warner's he could usually see happiness, enjoyment and laughter, but in hers he saw sadness, terror, fear, sickness and a whole lot of other things that a small girl should never have, instantly he was concerned, he stepped out from behind his desk and walked over, he leaned in close and she began thrashing around crying again,
This simply wasn't natural for a toon
''Hmmm, why don't you jump on ze coach'',
This was a bad choice of words, as he found out when the Warner trio sprung up and began using the coach as a trampoline bouncing high in the air
''boingy boingy boingy boingy'' they chanted as they sprung high into the air, Lucy, who had unwillingly come along for the ride still in Yakko's tail, was starting to feel ill, she was empty after throwing up before but that still didn't mean she couldn't feel horrible inside, her cheeks turned a pale green colour,
''Stop stop stop that iz not what I meant!'' shouted scratch-n-sniff, the trio froze in mid air,
''well that not what you said'' said Yakko grinning, Wakko however noticed Lucy looking green and scared, he nudged his brother and pointed to her, Yakko looked and decided that probably wasn't the greatest idea in the world, so they sat back down, scratch-n-sniff had seen all of this
''Why do you carry ze child around like zat?'' he asked
''She kept trying to run off'' said dot, ''so we had to do something''
''well I don't think she likes zat'' said the doctor, it was true, the tail wrapped around her sides was wrapping around numerous scars and bruises making her wince when he jerked his tail by accident, scratchy walked over to her, she was fairly high up s they were face to face, she cowered back, ''vot is you're name?'' he asked, Lucy looked down and teared up,
''she doesn't talk'' said Yakko, scratchy looked back at the girl, ''cant you?'' he asked, Lucy shook her head, ''do you enjoy this?'' he asked referring to the position she was in, she shook her head again,
''Yakko I think you should be putting her down now'' he said,
''You're funeral'' he said, he lowered his tail until she was on the floor, he unwrapped his tail, instantly she made a bolt for the door, from fear alone.
''Quick! Stop her!'' said scratchy
hello nurse, who was watching this new toon with interest, picked her up as she ran by, she struggled as the nurse tried to get a grip on her, but as she did she grabbed a particularly sore spot on a rather bad scar, Lucy flinched hard and stopped moving pressing down on the spot, hello nurse wasn't just a figure, she was smart as well and a medical nurse too, so she knew that looked bad, so holding her in her arms she took a quick look under her sweater,
A small part of her wished she hadn't
all the scars showed up, some had dried blood around and the one she had grabbed had opened up and was starting to bleed, as a medical professional to say she was concerned was an under statement
''Oh my! She's covered in scars!'' she exclaimed, scratch-n-sniff had done a little medical training so decided to look as well,
''did you see the one on her neck?'' asked Wakko, looking over concerned, the Warner's may be silly, spontaneous and took very little seriously, but they knew that hundred of scars wasn't something you should joke about,
the nurse hadn't seen the one on her neck, so pulled the turtle neck down slightly, revealing the worst scar of all right on her neck, the purple red hardened scar she had since she was 5, the nurse nearly shrieked, scratchy was disturbed, he knew this wasn't accidently
''Guys, I am thinking I need to zee this child on her own right now, I shall see you in a bit, yes? nurse get a medical kit, the Warner's left after the nurse, the boys making heart-eyes at her while dot walked out normally, the nurse came back with Lucy, a medical kit but minus the Warner's, she sat Lucy on the coach while the doctor pulled up a chair,
''Now then, how old are you?'' he asked, Lucy put up 7 fingers, ''I see'' said scratchy,
The Warner's however were not easily deterred, they were outside the window on the ledge looking inside and listening to every word, ''now we're getting somewhere'' said Yakko grinning
Inside scratchy continued, ''can you write?'' she nodded and he handed her pencil and paper, ''please be writing your name'' he said, Lucy wrote down in big scrawling letters her name, 'ah so you're name is Lucy! Now we are getting somewhere yah'', hello nurse was busy patching up her scars, she gestured to them, implying she wanted to know about them
''So, that quite a few scars you have there, were they by accident?'' he asked, she did nothing except look at the ground while her scars got patched, scratchy knew this wasn't good, ''do you want to talk about it? He asked, she shook her head,
The Warner's who were outside looked in, wanting to know more.
''You zeem to hold fear for everyone, you need to realise zat no-one here wishes harm to come to you'', she started to calm down a bit
''Is zere anything you would like to zay about you're scars?'' he said
She shook her head, he decided he would have to try again sometime, but the fact she couldn't talk but a little damper on things,
''Why don't you stay with ze Warner's a little while, with they're permission of course'' he suggested
''We're fine with it'', said Wakko popping out from behind his chair, scratchy leaped out with a shriek and landed on his rear, Lucy smiled in amusement as he got up and began yelling at them not to do that
when he was done Yakko stretched out his tail and wrapped it round her sides again, the scars were just a dull throb now the nurse had put antiseptic on them, so it didn't hurt so much, Lucy waved as she went out the doorway, beginning to lighten up,
She was starting to enjoy this bright new world.
there might be a week before the next chpter because i have a project to do for college, stay tuned though!
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