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Har dee har. Now hurry up. I'm sure that the wonderful people are eager to read after all this time.
Yeah and what was that anyways? Did you forget about us or something?(Pouts)
Of course not. I'm just very busy.
Whatever. I'd just like to say to all my wonderful and gorgeous fan girls, thanks for continuing to read even when Miss. Irresponsible here doesn't update regularly.
Okay that's enough. Get in the story.
Sure, sure. Goodbyyyyye Nurses!
Animaniacs Go Animal Chapter 6
Everyone stood still for a moment, confused and dazed from the earthquake. Then Wakko hollered, running towards the remains of his gag bag.
"NO! This is horrible!"
Dr. Scratchansniff nodded. "Ja. Dis island is unstable! We could all sink in days!"
Wakko glared at him, clutching the burlap sack to his chest. "NO Scratchy! My gag bag is ruined! God you need to get your priorities in order!"
Scratchy frowned as Wakko hugged the torn bag. Dot sighed. "There, there. It's just a sack."
Wakko looked like he wanted to choke her. "Just a SACK? This gag bag was my TRADEMARK! Without it I have nothing!"
Yakko went to his distressed sib. "Hey, at least you still have your gooky."
Wakko sniffled. "Yeah but a gooky can't store Elvis in it."
Dot frowned. "I thought he was in your hat."
Val sighed, anxious to get on with the problem. "Uh, guys? Hello! We just experienced an earthquake and two people are missing!"
Petunia and Minerva exchanged a nervous look. "Um…"
Val turned. "What um?"
Minerva laughed nervously. "You might want to make that three people."
She looked at Petunia for support but she just shrugged.
"Well we sort of ditched Dickens in the forest."
Everyone stared at the two girls with a mix of horror and disgust.
"He was being annoying."
Slappy smacked Minerva over the head with her umbrella. "You stupid ditzy blondes are all the same!"
Hello Nurse crossed her arms, frowning. "I resent that comment."
Slappy spit at her. "Nobody asked you."
"Hey!"
"Everybody shut up!" Yakko shouted.
Dot snorted. "Look who's talking."
Yakko chose to ignore that. "Okay so we need to look for Brain and Pinky. They need to finish the boat. As for Dick-head, we'll look for him after we find them. Okay?"
Val smirked. "I wish he was here to hear THAT nickname."
Wakko laughed, in spite of his teary eyes.
Yakko forced himself not to grin. Not the time Yakko. Jokes come AFTER we get off the island.
"Dot, can you do a head check for me? I need to be sure who we have here."
Dot saluted him sarcastically, then went about making a mental list of people. Yakko walked over to the tiny mouse tracks in the sand and bent to study them. He noticed something sort of funny about them but it didn't exactly click until Val came over and pointed it out to him, as if he was a kid who didn't know the right answer in class. "The tracks disappear. As if they didn't even move. It's like they just…"
"…vanished." Yakko finished. He frowned. "That's stupid. Nobody just vanishes."
Val turned away from him, rubbing her arms to chase away the goose bumps that came despite the warm afternoon air. "You're right. No one vanishes. But people do get taken."
Yakko stood up slowly, turning to face her. "What did you just say?"
Val looked at her feet. "People vanish when they are kidnapped. Did I tell you about that night on the ship?"
And suddenly Yakko was sucked back into the night when he had found the bloody mallet, the destroyed control panels. He swallowed, not wanting to talk about this but knowing he needed to anyways.
"Yeah I remember. Pretty hard not to remember being shipwrecked you know?"
Val rolled her eyes. "Obviously. I'm talking about when I ran into the party, right before the ship jerked."
Yakko nodded. "You looked like you had just seen Mr. Director."
Val tilted her head. "Who?"
Yakko smirked. "Never mind. Continue."
Val opened her mouth to speak and Yakko instantly zoned out. He could have easily blamed it on the lack of sleep he'd been getting in the piles of leaves but truthfully, Yakko had developed the ability to block out any girl's conversation. It worked wonders with Dot when she wanted to talk about Mel Gibson or makeup or the color pink. Yakko supposed that maybe what Val was saying was important but hey, he deserved to space out didn't he?
"…and that's when I realized that the man had been pushed and did not fall out." She stopped and glared at Yakko. "You didn't even here a word I said did you?"
Yakko blinked rapidly. "Uh yeah. Pink right?"
Val surprised him by slapping him across the face, hard.
Yakko jumped back, his hand on his sore cheek. "OUCH! What was that for?"
Val got into his face. "For being a stupid shit that's why!"
Yakko gaped, fury boiling inside his chest. "Excuse me princess, you want to say that again?"
Val glared at him, her violet eyes as cold as ice. "You are the leader here and you need to start acting like it. Playing games and fooling around isn't going to get us off this island and if you had half a mind, you'd know that already!"
Yakko shot right back. "Again with this leader figure garbage! Look girly, I'm not the leader here! I didn't choose it, and whatever sick notion you got in your head, you'd better get out right now! I'm responsible for nobody but me and my siblings! Whatever these poor losers need, they can get themselves!"
Val crossed her arms angrily.
"And another thing, I'm doing everything I can to get home. Is that not enough for you?"
Val didn't speak. It's best to just let him ride through his anger.
Yakko threw his arms in the air. "What? You suddenly decided not to speak? Got nothing to say now?" Val shook her head patiently. "I'm not playing this game with you Yakko."
"What game? I'm not allowed to play games remember?"
"The game where you get me mad and we duke it out over nothing. I'm staying on task and if you want to be a baby about the simple and painful truth of reality than that's you're problem. "
Yakko wanted nothing more than to grab her in a choke hold right then and there. And it terrified him. He actually saw himself clutching her slender neck in his hands and squeezing. Yakko never thought violent thoughts about anyone. At least, not really. To get a good laugh sure but never to hurt someone. And here he was, picturing himself strangling a girl who was just trying to speak sense.
Yakko flopped down on his butt in the sand, suddenly tired. Val sat next to him and let him relax himself, taking slow and even breaths.
Val noticed that their little fight had attracted some attention from a few cast members near by.
His siblings hadn't noticed though and she saw Yakko look over to them at the same time, reading her thoughts. He visibly relaxed with relief and Val couldn't blame him. He didn't want them to worry and they looked up to him as the parent. If they knew he had almost lost it….
Val didn't know the half of it though. Yakko was beyond losing it. He was confused, tired, hungry, and so on edge he was surprised he hadn't developed his own special twitch. It was so bad, that Yakko had even considered talking to Scratchy about his problems. Wouldn't that be a laugh? Then again, he could use one.
Dot made her way over. "Okay so everyone but Dickens, Pinky, Brain, and Chicken Boo are here. I wouldn't be so worried about the last one though. It's not like he does anything."
Yakko nodded. "Thanks Angelina."
Dot felt something trigger inside of her. Yakko didn't call her by her birth name unless he was really stressed out or he was just trying to show off.
Dot sat down next to him and Val in the sand. "Are you alright?"
Yakko looked up at her quizzically. Dot smiled sourly.
"Yeah I know, usually I'd want the attention to be focused on me but I guess I can make an exception for you here."
Yakko took a second to look at his little sister. Really look at her. What he saw was, well, not the cleanest face. What could you expect from being without running water? But underneath the sand and dirt, he saw a girl, growing into a young woman. What a cliché. Yakko thought to himself with a chuckle. But really, it was true. Toons may not grow much physically, but it was the emotional growing that really mattered in the long run right? And here she was, a girl acting responsible, taking care of the big brother for a change. It was weird how Yakko saw this so suddenly but he couldn't resist the urge to grab his sister and hug her so tight she couldn't breathe.
"GAH! Yakko let me go you big balooka!" Yakko hugged his squirming sister all the tighter and Wakko suddenly came out of nowhere, jumping into the group shouting, "Pig pile on Yakko!"
Yakko laughed and Wakko laughed and Dot found herself giggling too.
"Stop it you idiots you'll mess up my hair!"
Val watched this with a sense of satisfaction. Yakko would be alright so long as he had them. That was all that mattered.
…
"Hour two. I have yet to find the treasured water so wonderfully spoken of. I am tired, hungry, and have been away from civilization so long, it will be a miracle to adapt back to the ways of people again. Still though, I go on."
Dickens continued on through the forest, frequently speaking updates to himself as if he was auditioning to be the next Wild Man. He occasionally broke out in singing the theme song for Indiana Jones as he dogged a leaf of snuck behind a tree.
Dickens stopped when he heard a trickling noise. "Oh gosh that sound is annoying. And it makes me need to pee!" Dickens hopped from foot to foot, performing the traditional "potty dance". Then he saw a beautiful bush, perfect for him to relieve himself. So he ran to it and as he was going, he happened to look over the bush and see the source of the trickling noise. "Oh goody!" Dickens crowed cheerfully. The cheerfulness was cut short however, by the burning and itching sensation he got in his, um, private areas. Dickens looked down and suddenly realized exactly what kind of bush hee was taking a leak in. The itchy, poisonous ivy kind. Dickens ran to the stream he had located and squatted in the water to rid himself of the burning sensation. It was sweet relief, yes, until Dickens heard a sound that was enough to rid himself of the thought of poison ivy. It was the sound of a predator's roar.
Dickens turned and saw a panther not seven feet away from him, watching with clear green, unblinking eyes. Every few seconds, the tip of his tail would twitch, as if to a beat inside the panther's head. Dickens would have been fascinated if it weren't for the simple reason that HE DIDN'T WANT TO BE EATEN! Without thinking, he booked it through the trees, screaming like an idiot.
"Hour two, being chased by a panther. I'm going to d-"
His update was cut short by a tree, which happened to be placed right in front of his face. Dickens smashed into it, then fell off, leaving the tree with a Dickens shaped print in it. He wobbled around, seeing stars. That didn't last every long for Dickens heard the rustling of leaves as the panther ran, smooth as silk, towards his dinner. Dickens scrambled up the tree that had probably given him a concussion and he sat on the tallest branch he could reach, looking down through the leaves as the panther stopped right beneath the tree and looked up at him with his unblinking eyes.
Dickens laughed. "HA! You have met your match foul beast! No one can outsmart Dickens Chicken!"
The panther responded by licking his jowls and sitting down slowly, his eyes never leaving Dickens, the tip of his tail twitching away.
…
Yakko, Wakko, Dot, and Val looked everywhere in the forest that night, calling and calling for them. Neither Pinky nor Brain were found.
Well I hoped you like it! If not, hey whatever. Anyways, I hope to update again soon and I can't wait for the reviews. Don't let me down now. BYE!
