Life 6

When I woke up it was 10am. I looked around in confusion, I was at Acmetropolis HQ.

Had the past few years been a dream?

I jumped off the couch set to run down the hall, wake Ace and tell him about my horrid dream.

The sudden movement jolted my memory and made me realise that the past years had really happened.

I sank back into the couch and let a few tears roll down my face untouched for Ace.

"Alright Lexi!" I said firmly, as if reprimanding a small child, "Enough is enough, Ace is long gone. It's time to move on."

I stood up with determination, marched myself over to the fridge and yanked it open. It was completely empty and it was switched off.

Laughing for the first time in 12 months I remebered that Slam had eaten all the left over food before Duck switched the power off.

Closing the fridge door I checked the time, 10:10, if I hurried I could get breakfast at McDonalds.

I grabbed my purse. In it was some quasarlinium that I had kept just in case.

I jumped in the lift and pressed the letter G on the keypad. As I felt the lift begin its decent I remembered how I alsmost forgot to take it to Blanc.

FLASHBACK

"Wait!" I yelled. We were about to take off.

"What is it?" asked an irritated Tech.

"What's wrong?" asked a worried Ace.

"What for?" questioned an exasperated Duck.

"Have-you-forgotten-something?" enquired a concerned Rev.

"Make it quick, I'm getting hungry" said Slam in his rough language while his stomach growled.

"My quasarlinium! Be back in a tic" I answered before running out of the cockpit and to my room.

As soon as I got there I started searching my room in a mad panic.

"Why are you taking quasarlinium?" queried Ace from the doorway.

I looked up to see him leaning against the doorframe. I can't say I was surprised to see him, I had half expected him to follow me.

"You can't use it on Blanc" He continued.

"I know," I replied, looking under my bed, "its just in case."

Perplexed as to where my purse was I sat up and looked around.

"Aha!" I exclaimed, crawling over to my desk I snatched the purse up from the carpet beneath it. It must have fallen there when I flung my bag across the room.

I stood up and faced Ace holding up my prize, then I realised he was confused.

"Just in case we happen to come back here and need money for food or something equally important" I explained.

"But why would we come back?" Ace asked, still confused.

"I don't know," I replied giggling at his confusion, "but at least we know that if we do we'll have some money to spend."

He just shrugged as he grabbed my hand and led me back to the ship.

END FLASHBACK

I opened my purse to check how much money I had. I counted twenty 50 bills.

That's strange, I thought, I was sure I put twenty-four notes in here, four for each Loonatic.

I frowned, oh well perhaps my memory deceives me I concluded.

"At least I still have money, that's the important thing" I told myself.

After checking my watch again, I realised that I only had 10 minutes left to get to McDonalds for breakfast.

I needed to hurry.

As soon as the elevator doors opened I leapt through them. Quickly I dodged through the crowd of people waiting in the lobby as I headed towards the entrance.

I was halfway across the lobby when I hit something very solid. I fell backwards and hit my head on the cold tiled floor.

"Ouch" I groaned as I sat up to see what it was that I had run into.

It was another Anthro-bunny. He was wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt but I could see that his fur was grey and when he looked at me his eyes were so dark they were almost black.

"Oh my god, I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have been running so fast but I'm trying to get to McDonalds for breakfast," I rambled so fast I reminded myself of Rev, then remembering my manners, "Are you ok?"

"Yes, I'm fine. I shouldn't have been running so fast either but I was being chased by the paparazzi" He replied standing.

"Uhuh," I said somewhat disbelievingly raising my right eyebrow for effect.

Looking at me with an equal amount of disbelief he responded "I'm Bud Bunny, the best comedic actor since Bugs Bunny." Then he offered his hand and pulled me up.

"Sorry Bud, I'm not from around here. My name's Lexi by the way, Lexi Bunny" I answered.

As I introduced myself I couldn't help but notice that he became quite nervous and jittery, but before I could think about it a flash went off.

I turned around, startled, and saw a guy with his camera doubled over trying to catch his breath.

'Well that explains why Bud is so anxious' I thought.

"Ah, I have to go" Bud said before he ran off towards the stairs.

I stood there for a moment, unsure of what had actually happened.

Shaking my head, I checked my watch.

10.25am.

I darted out of the lobby and sprinted down the street making it to McDonalds with a minute to spare.

After I had eaten my meal, I decided that retail therapy would be the perfect activity to start my healing process, so I headed to the Warner Street Mall.

It was the best shopping in the city.

Once I got there and was standing in front of the entrance to the Mall it dawned on me that I couldn't buy anything because I needed the money for food and other essentials.

"Oh well," I sighed, "Window shopping it is then."

Despite the fact that I could only window shop, I managed to kill a few hours just meandering in and out of stores at my leisure.

I marched out of the vintage clothes store I was in, suddenly bored with shopping.

Standing in the Mall's walkway, I racked my brains as to what I could do for the rest of the day.

As I looked around for inspiration I realised that there was a toy store across from where I was standing.

I recognised the Loonatics toys in the window for half price, giggling I walked over to the window.

While looking at the toy versions of my friends I realised that they had sold out of Ace Bunny toys.

'Ironic' I thought.

I looked at the other toys in the window. I saw Bud Bunny toys, which I found amusing, and a black plush kitten.

Suddenly I knew what I could to do.

I would go and visit my old friend Sashie.