Hello, everyone! The good news is, my laptop is back! …Bad news is all my ideas for this story were wiped out. BUT DON'T THINK THAT WILL KEEP ME FROM WRITING! Plus, all the best ideas were stored in my brain for safe-keeping (why else would God give us one?)

So, without further delay, here's the next chapter of Missing in Fiction 2: Dreams Unchained!

Reviewer Thanks

Fangface the Second: Glad you liked it ^-^ And you'll see them again, don't worry

Scoobycool9: All questions will be answered, but you're still off.

Stormbringer128: You'll find out soon. …And the term would be MIF (thus the title of the story)

Disclaimer: As if going weeks without writing this story wasn't bad enough, I have to confess that I don't own Fangface or any other cartoons. Just some OC from my own imagination.

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Professor Angelo studied the liquid, arching an eyebrow as he did so. He then turned to the group of kids who had visited him that morning with the syringe. "I'm sorry, Kim, but I'm afraid I've never seen this kind of serum before," he told her, then looked into the microscope at the drop of liquid he had been looking at. "Very peculiar… it's made up of molecules I've never seen before. I may have to send a sample to one of our higher branches for further research."

"Do you know whether it's deadly or not?" Kim asked.

The scientist shook his head. "It's hard to say… Though, I will state that it's a good thing your friend wasn't injected with it. It could be poison, or cause some sort of mutation. Until we find out what exactly it is, I'd render it as fatal."

Fangs gulped in reply.

"Thank you professor," Kim said as they walked out of the room.

"Well, THAT was helpful," Puggsy stated, sarcastically. "Now what are we going to do?"

"We'd better tell our parents before we do anything," Biff replied. "Whoever was after Fangs could be after anyone close to him, too. We'll have to inform everyone to keep an eye out for anything suspicious."

"I'd hate to have to tell my parents," Fangs said. "My mom gets worked up about a lot of things, and telling her I almost got killed by a maniac last night will probably give her a heart-attack! …Can't we keep this to ourselves for a while? Just until we find out what's going on?"

"What's going on is someone has it out for you, pinhead," Puggsy sneered.

"Besides, it's probably going to end up in the newspapers soon, anyway." Kim added. "We might as well tell them before the media does,"

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Kim was almost too right, for that same morning on the news, a reporter stated an attack at their recent hotel, and when their families saw what had happened…

Safe to say, the parents called their kids before their kids could call them.

"Are you SURE you're alright?" Barbara was saying, on the verge of a breakdown. "He didn't try to stick you with a needle, did he? …Alright. Oh, honey, I'm so glad you woke up. If that man had gotten to Fangs…"

"Can I talk to him?" Toni asked, grabbing the phone. "Alright, so what all happen? Who tried to poison Fangs? Why didn't you turn him into Fangface? You should've brought ME along, I would've gotten answers out of him-"

"Toni, that's enough!" Barbara grabbed the phone back. "Alright, Pugs, well… just be careful, alright? …Yes, I'll tell your father to have some men patrol the neighborhood. Have fun in Baltimore… I love you, goodbye." And she hung up, sighing and shaking her head. "I can't believe it… They get into trouble every trip they go on! It's like they can't even walk out of the house without danger following them!"

Toni patted her aunt on the back. "Don't worry, Barb, they'll be alright…"

There was a yawn, and suddenly Angel walked into the kitchen. "What's going on?" she asked, sleepily. "Who's getting into danger?"

"Who are you?" Barbara gasped.

"Oh, I almost forgot…" Toni said, putting a hand on Angel's shoulder. "Fangpuss saved her last night from some weirdo. She needs help finding her parents,"

"Just my father," Angel replied, sadly. "My mom died…"

"Oh, Toni, why didn't you tell us last night?" Barbara said, sympathetically rubbing Angel's head.

"You were asleep," Toni put, bluntly.

"I'll tell Richard about it. I'm giving him a call, now."

"I'm going to meet up with Luca and Stutz to… hang out." With that, Toni swiftly walked out the door, Angel following her.

"Where's Fangpuss? Is he going to meet up with you?"

Toni shrugged. "I don't know. He might still be at his own house-"

*WHUMP!*

Toni was suddenly pinned to the ground, Fangpuss sitting on her back. "Morning!" he exclaimed.

"I stand corrected," Toni sneered.

"Hey, Toni!" Luca called, he and Stutz running down the sidewalk. "Did you see the news, this morning?"

"Yeah, apparently that cousin of mine attracts danger like a magnet," Toni stood up, Fangpuss rolling off her back, and motioned Angel over. "To make things more interesting, Fangpuss brought home a little girlfriend, who happened to have a psycho on her tail, too."

"Girlfriend? Yech!" Angel and Fangpuss both sneered.

"So, what do you think they're going to do, now?" Luca asked.

"I don't know… but I know that he's not going to have fun without me," Toni replied. "Luca, you still have contact with Backbiter, don't you? He could help us out,"

"W-W-With w-w-what?" Stutz demanded.

"Well, Angel here is being stalked, and Fangs nearly got a shot. If there's anyone who can help us with both cases, it's the gang, and Backbiter may help us get a lead."

"You mean, you're planning on going after your cousin to solve all this?" Luca asked, arching an eyebrow. He then grinned. "This summer keeps getting better and better! When do we leave?"

"N-Never! H-How are you g-going t-to catch up w-w-with them, anyway? Y-You don't even h-have a c-car!" Stutz pointed out.

"But YOU do," Toni said with a smirk.

Stutz sneered. "Oh, n-no you d-don't! There's n-no W-W-WAY I'm g-going t-to d-drive you g-guys across the c-country on s-some crazy m-man h-hunt!"

One hour later…

"I c-can't believe I l-let you g-guys t-talk me into t-this," Stutz muttered as they drove down the street, pulling into a gas station. "W-W-We're gonna get into b-big trouble, I-I just kn-know it!"

"Ah, stop your stammering and fill her up! We've got to catch up to the others," Toni sneered. "They were heading toward Baltimore, last time Puggsy called."

"You really think my cousin is in trouble?" Fangpuss asked, concerned.

"If he is, then whoever's after him is in for a world of pain," Toni pounded her fist into her palm as if to make a point.

Luca snickered. "Still got the hots for Fangs, huh?" he joked.

Toni glared at him. "Why the heck would I take an interest in a nutball like Fangs?"

"Because the first time you met him, you kept staring dreamily at him," Fangpuss added, chuckling.

"Ah, shut up! I'm going into the store to get some snacks for the road…" Toni got out of the car, trudging to the store…

*BAM!*

…Up until someone collided with her. "Ow! Hey, watch where you're-" she began to snap, but paused, staring at who sat in front of her. They stood about her height, wearing a dark-blue hoodie with the hood covering their face and the sleeves rolled up, and on their wrist they wore a bracelet with pictures of Christ.

Somehow, Toni felt as if she had seen it somewhere before.

"Yipes!" The small stranger gasped, then took off.

"Hey, hold on!" Toni called, standing to run after them. She paused, looking down at the ground, seeing that the person had dropped a notebook. "Wait, you forgot something!" But they were already gone. "Huh… weirdo."

She climbed back into the car, just as Stutz had finished filling it up. "W-W-What's that?" he asked, referring to the notebook.

"No idea. Some kid dropped it," Toni replied, opening the notebook.

It was the moment that brought a new mystery upon them…

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They made it to New York, stopping at an abandoned house on Shark Fin Island. "Man, I'm beat," Roxxy sighed as they sat on the floor. "We probably flew at least over a thousand miles!"

"I'll take the first watch," Severus volunteered.

*thud*

*plop*

The girls were out as soon as he finished talking. Sighing, Severus leaned back against the stairs, looking out the window at the starry sky and bright moon. He always felt strange whenever he looked at the moon, feeling a strength he had never felt before, but it quickly faded as soon as he noticed it. He had told Wolfram about it long ago. "It must be psychological." the therapist had said. "It is believed that strange things happen under a full moon, and you must have an idea that you always change whenever you stand in it."

Bullshit. Was what Roxxy replied when Severus shared the information with her.

He looked at her, trying to take in the change of her appearance. Her black-aqua-blue hairstyle didn't suit her at all, making her look more emo than she could be, and her wardrobe choice was on the peculiar side as well… though he wouldn't make these comments to her in order to keep from getting a fat lip. The only thing that wasn't different about her was her black leather choker and her black leather wristbands, which she never took off. One kid tried to take them off of her, and ended up with a bloody nose.

Now that she was asleep, however, Severus felt that it was time he saw what she looked like without the collar, guessing there was probably a permanent mark from her wearing it for so long. He reached forward, preparing to undo the strap…

"Unh!" Roxxy gasped, rolling toward him.

"Eep!" Severus gasped, flinching, expecting a fist to the face… but nothing happened. He looked down, and to his relief, Roxxy was still asleep…

And to his surprise, she had wrapped her arms around his stomach, burying her face in his abdomen, shivering. She must be having a nightmare… he thought, judging from her frantic expression and how she trembled.

He began to tremble next, feeling cold, as if Roxxy's sudden sorrow was spreading… yet it wasn't coming from Roxxy. It was coming from somewhere behind him…

"AUGH!" Severus screamed, grabbing Roxxy and rolling away, as a floating, hooded figure hovered toward him.

"What the heck…?" Roxxy sputtered, now awake. She noticed the creature just then. "What is THAT?"

Kristy, now awake, looked around, seeing that there were two more hooded creatures coming toward them. "Everyone, RUN!" she yelled.

Grabbing their brooms, they took to the skies, looking behind them to make sure they weren't being followed. "What… the hell… WERE those things?" Roxxy panted.

"Dementors," Severus answered, shaking. "Don't ask me how I know, I just remember seeing them somewhere… They have the ability to drain all the happiness out of you, and suck out your soul with a kiss,"

"I wouldn't stand under a mistletoe with any of them, then." Kristy commented. "What were they doing there?"

"No idea. They don't hang around the non-wizarding world, though, that's what I know. …Someone must have sent them,"

"THAT'S comforting," Roxxy sneered.

"C'mon, the sooner we reach Nevada, the better." Kristy said.

They shot off into the night, not knowing that the Dementors were the least of their worries.

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A/N: And the plot keeps getting more interesting by the minute! …What will happen next?

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