A/N: Hello, I apologize if this chapter is a bit short, but the next one, i know you guys are gonna do back flips for it, but for now enjoy this TTFN ;D

Ch. 5 A place to hide

Maranda's POV

So far, so good. The idea uncle V and me worked out was doing pretty good; we just have to keep it up. We agreed that uncle V would sneak Roger into the bar by hiding him in his overcoat. Right now we were walking up the stair into the bar, uncle V had to keep a tight hold on the coat to keep Roger inside. I could still hear his muffled yelling, probably for him to be let out. Uncle V kept askin' him to stop kickin'. Once we were in uncle V tried to get aunt Deloris's attention. By shouting her name.

"Deloris. Deloris! DELORIS!" He finally shouted.

When he got her attention I pulled him over to the side so everyone wouldn't lookin' at us.

"Hey Eddie! Looks like you made the front page!" One of the men at the bar said holding up a newspaper.

"Yeah, guess I had a helpin' hand."

Roger probably couldn't take it anymore because his head shot up and took in the fresh air. Uncle V tried his best to get him back down, but Roger was fighting back in a way. When he finally got him down aunt Deloris was right behind us as uncle V turned to face her.

"So tell me Eddie, was that a rabbit you shoved in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?" she said with a smirk on her face.

I covered my mouth to stop the laughs from leaking through. Uncle V shot me a short glare but focused his attention back on Deloris. "Cut the jokes Deloris I've had a very hard day." He said as we made our way to the 'other room'.

Deloris was at a wall and twisted the light on it to the right, the sound of a lock undoing was heard and the wall opened up like a door. Roger chose that time to try and escape again.

"WOOO! Jeepers Eddie! That almost killed me!" he exclaimed while being held by the ears by uncle V. "Say what is this some kind of a secret room?"

"It's a rockgut room. We use them when pulled over for prohibition."

"Oh I get! A gym mill, a speakeasy, a hooch parlor." Roger said as he started naming. "HEY! Look at this a spy hole! Jeepers Eddie, this'll be a great place to hide!" Roger said a he looked out the spy hole in the wall. His eyes must have stretched out to look around, because I heard a glass bottle be knocked over.

"Roger, you need to calm down, and take it easy." I said as I came up to him and uncle V and pulled them away from the wall and over to a small table. Deloris closed the spy hole before anyone could see.

While uncle V and Roger were seated I looked through the tools and got a small saw.

"Here, uncle V this should help ya get outta of those cuffs." I said handing him the saw.

"Eddie what's going on? I thought you said you'd never take another case again! What did ya have a change of heart?" Deloris asked in a hint of anger in her voice.

"Nothins' changed! Somebodies made a patsy outta me, and I'm gonna find out who!" Uncle V retorted as he started to saw the cuff. I had a feeling it was going to be a minute because the chest that he was using for a table was rocking back and forth.

"Hold still will ya?" Uncle V said Roger who was just watching from the side. Just as I was about to come and help him, Roger slipped his hand out of the cuff and held down the chest's corners so it would stop moving.

"Does this help?" He asked as if nothing happened

"Yeah thanks." Uncle V said not realizing what happened yet. I sighed and face palmed while shaking my head. Knowing the volcano was about to blow. Uncle V then stopped sawing and looked at Roger with a glare. Roger had a nervous smile on his face as he slipped his hand back into the cuff.

"Do you mean ta tell me you could've taken your hand outta that cuff at anytime?!" he asked the anger boiling.

"No, not at any time. Only when it was funny!" Roger said as he made a b-line to get out of uncle V's reach. He shot past me and aunt Deloris and into the spinning chair.

"Come on Eddie! Where's your sense of humor?"

"Is he always this funny, or only on days he's wanted for murder?" Deloris asked plainly while grabbing the light that was swinging back and forth.

"I'd say he's funny no matter what the circumstance is." I said to aunt Deloris. She had an amused smile on her face when I said that.

"Look my philosophy is this, 'if you don't have a good sense of humor, your better off dead'."

"Your just gonna make it your wish, unless I find out what happened to this." Uncle V said tossing a folded piece of paper to us. Aunt Deloris caught is with ease and opened it up.

"What is it Eddie?" Roger asked looking my and aunt Deloris's shoulder to see. The picture was a close up of Mr. Acme's pocket, and what was in it.

"Mr. Acme's will." Roger said with a thoughtful look on his face.

"So what's the scheme Eddie?"

"I don't think they got to the will."

"But how do you know?"

"Because they were still looking for it after the murder."

"So you think the whole thing was just a setup?"

"Well what I do think is that they played the part of Acme a sound mind and Roger's wife a sound body."

"Hey! I resent that fact." Roger said holding a hammer in his hands waving it threatingly at Eddie; luckily aunt Deloris took it out of his hand and set it down.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Deloris asked as she came to sit next to uncle V.

"Maybe you could head down town and check the probate."

"Yeah, check the probate!" Roger exclaimed, "Why my uncle Thumper had a problem with his probate, and he had to take these big pills, and drink lots a water."

I blew a raspberry by accident and bent over trying to keep my laughter down the best I could.

"Not 'PROSTATE', you idiot, 'PROBATE'!" Uncle V said, by this time I was panting trying to get some air back in my lungs.

"Let me get his straight. You think that my boss R. K. Maroon, dropped a safe on Mr. Acme's head, just so he could get his hands on TOON TOWN!" Roger asked. Uncle V finally got through the cuff and it snapped off.

"Yep! That's my hunch." Uncle V said as he stood up and grabbed his coat. "Uh… can he stay here for a few days?" He asked looking over to Roger. He was using a metal file running it through his ear and came out on the other side.

"He's not gonna do anything crazy is he?" Deloris asked

"Hey, if you guys are worried about him, I'll stay look after him. Besides, who can you two trust to look after a toon, other than me?" I asked coming to stand next to Roger.

"I don't know Maranda." Eddie said with uncertainty written all over his face.

"Please uncle Eddie, you can trust me on this can't you?" I said putting my hands together in a pleading way. And I only called him uncle Eddie, when I'm trying to be cute, or trying to convince him I can do something on my own. Or if it's the worst case scenario and it looks like were about to meet our doom. I could see how he began to tense up, trying to look at anything but me. So I pulled out the big guns and used the puppy eyes look. He groaned in frustration.

"Alright, alright! You can look after him, but make sure he isn't seen by anyone. Understand?"

"Yes sir, uncle V, sir!" I said saluting to him.

"At ease soldier." He replied with a smile and saluting back. "I'll see ya when I get back, ok."

"Ok, thanks uncle V." I said as I hug my uncle before he left. He hugged me back and rested his hand on the back of my head. We heard someone sniff and we looked to see Roger with watery eyes, he pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and blew his nose.

"I'm sorry, it's just such a sweet sight." He said as he blew again.

I laughed a little and let go of my uncle as he did the same.

"Alright, stay outta trouble, and I'll be back soon okay?" Uncle V asked looking me in the eye. I could see a trace of concern in his eyes. He did trust me, but he just doesn't want anything bad to happen to me.

"Don't worry, I'm tough girl. Besides, I take after my uncle." I said with a bright smile on my face.

"That's my girl." He said ruffling my hair. And with that said he and aunt Deloris went out the door leaving just Roger and me.

"Well Roger, looks like it's just you and me for a while."

"So what do you wanna do?" he asked me. A smirk came to my face and I pulled out a deck of playing cards from my coat pocket.

"Fancy a game of cards?"

Ok I admit I might of picked up a few bad habits from my uncle, for instants because of him I know how to play poker. And to be truthful I never, NEVER, leave home with out my lucky deck of playing cards. Just incase I'm the situation I'm in right now. And from the looks of it Roger and me were going to be here for a little while.

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