Jaune and Courage the Cowardly Dog
Chap 2 part 2: Dr. Le Quack Amnesia Specialist
I was outside on the house's porch eating a sandwich while petting Courage, who was sleeping next to me. It was a gorgeous day today, so we decided to spend the day outside. Thankfully, it wasn't face-melting hot like it usually is in Nowhere. Or maybe it was only me. Growing up, the Arc Family always did make me sleep in the coldest room. Their reason was that only worthy people get heating in their room. But aside from that painful memory resurfacing, it was going to be a good day.
It has been a week since the shadow incident. And every night before I went to sleep, I would look up to the sky to see if I could spot the shadow again. While I am not sure if I did spot him a few times, I did have a strong feeling that he did see me looking for him. It made me chuckle a bit thinking that. Looking down at Courage, I saw that he was on his back on the pillow Muriel made for him. His tongue was hanging out as I continued to scratch his stomach. Hearing the door open, we both looked up and saw Muriel with a frown coming out. Curious, we got up and followed her around the house. Hearing some banging, we looked up and saw that Eustace was working on the roof. Though for what reason, I wasn't sure yet.
"Eustace?" She called out but got no response. "Eustace?!"
'What do you think she wants?' Courage asked.
"I'm not sure." I answered as we continued to watch Eustace hammer away at the roof. However, he did stop hammering for a brief moment.
"Eustace!" Muriel shouted again but got the same response. After a moment, Eustace went back to hammering at the roof. But this was quickly followed by Eustace screaming in pain when he hit his finger with his hammer.
"OW!" He screamed out in pain.
"Eustace, will you stop that noise?" Muriel asked, upset. "You'll wake the neighbors."
'What neighbors?! The closest people around are in the town of Nowhere which is a good five miles away.' I thought, confused.
"We ain't got no neighbors." Eustace exclaimed after a moment. He then went back to work and began hammering again. But as soon as his hammer hit the roof, a piece of wood flew away and hit Muriel on the head, knocking her to the floor.
'NO!' Courage screamed in fear. Not wasting a second, we helped Muriel to her feet.
"What?" Eustace asked, confused as he looked down from the roof. Seeing that he knocked Muriel out, he got down from the roof and helped us bring her inside.
"Oh, my head." Muriel said as we entered the living room and helped her sit in her chair before taking a few steps back.
"This is a lovely room." She said with admiration as she looked around. This immediately set off another set of red flags for me.
"Eh?" Eustace said, confused.
"And what a comfy chair." Muriel continued as she began rocking back and forth.
"What? Here. Drink some tea." Eustace said, handing her the cup of tea on the table next to him, hoping it would help. Yet, to our shock and worry, she ignored it and grabbed the picture that was also on the table.
"Aw, what a nice couple." She said as she admired the picture. The picture being them on their wedding day. "Who are they?" At this, Courage immediately ran to the side of the room.
'Oh, there's something wrong here. Or my name is Jose Santos De Guatemala...' Courage said as he began pacing around back and forth. 'And it's not.'
"Ah, juts some old rotten couple." Eustace answered as he took the picture from her. "Go ahead. Drink your tea."
"Thank you. You're a very nice man." Muriel said as she took the tea and began rocking in the chair again. "What's your name?"
'Crap! Does she have amnesia?!' I thought, alarmed.
"What's my name?" Eustace asked, confused. But I could very clearly see the cogs in his head starting to turn. "Hey now. What's your name?"
'This won't be good.' I thought when Muriel shrugged her shoulders. Eustace scratched his head before pointing towards Courage.
"Well, what's his name?" He asked with Muriel turning to Courage, who waved and smiled at her. But what she said next nearly caused us to faint from pure shock.
"I've never seen him before in my life." She answered. Eustace smiled before grabbing Courage and kicking him out of the house. He then grabbed me and tossed me out as well before slamming the door shut.
Getting up, I immediately rushed back to the front door with Courage going around the house. Seeing that Eustace locked the door, I went around to join Courage by the window. Looking inside, we saw Eustace was rubbing his hands with an evil smirk on his face. He then began talking to Muriel in a way that made my blood boil.
"Muriel. Eustace. Slave woman. Your job is cleaning, cooking, shopping, laundry, and anything else I can think of." Eustace explained as he sat down in his chair and pulled out a newspaper from underneath the chair. "NOW GET ME DINNER!"
'That bastard!' I growled as Eustace laughed while Muriel ran off to the kitchen.
Turning to Courage, I was about to ask him what we should do but noticed he wasn't there. Looking around, I spotted Courage on a branch of a nearby tree. I became confused about what he was doing but got my answer when he swung on a vine to get to my room's window. Although, instead of landing gently on the porch's roof, he crashed into the window, leaving a hole in the shape of him. This made me groan as I had to fix the window as Eustace wouldn't, and I had just finished repairing the door to my room. Sighing, I moved to the front of the house and used the support beams to climb to the porch's roof. Pulling myself on top, I walked over to the window and opened it before climbing into my room. Looking around, I saw Courage frantically typing on the computer.
'Well, you don't have to hit so hard.' The computer complained as I walked over to them. And just in time for him to insult me. 'Oh, and here I thought we could celebrate your absence.'
"What did you search for, Courage?" I asked him while ignoring the computer's remark.
'He searched for an amnesia specialist. You twit.' The computer answered. 'One is already on his way.'
"Good thinking, Courage." I told him as I patted his head.
"I HEARD SOMETHING!" Eustace shouted, surprising us. Grabbing Courage's paw, I jumped out of the window with him to avoid getting caught. And as soon as we were out, Eustace slammed open the door. While I didn't have much combat, I could still easily knock him out. The thing is, though, I don't want to hurt him since he is Muriel's husband, and I'm not sure she would forgive me if I attacked him. Risking a look inside, we saw Eustace look around before leaving and closing the door.
"He's gone for now." I said with a sigh of relief. "How about we wait here for the amnesia specialist to arrive?"
He nodded in agreement before sitting down next to me. Smiling, I sat down and started to scratch his ears which he loved. For a moment, I wished that I still had my scroll but knew it was for the best that I ditched it when I did. Although, that didn't mean I could get one the next time I went into town. Sighing, I leaned against the house as we waited for the specialist to arrive. After about an hour, we saw a mysterious figure approach the farmhouse. Courage grew excited, thinking that this was the specialist that could help Muriel regain her memories. However, as I took a closer look, I realized that the specialist was not what I was expecting.
'A duck! A freaking duck answered the call! What else am I going to see today?! A giant mouse?!' I mentally exclaimed as I saw the duck come closer to the farm. Leaning forward, I noticed that the duck was wearing a fake mustache that kind of looked like horns. "Something doesn't feel right, Courage. Let's have a closer look."
He nodded before jumping off the porch's roof with me. Quickly going around to the side of the house, we peered around the corner in hopes of finding out what this duck wanted. The duck knocked on the door with it, soon opening partway with Eustace's head popping out.
"We don't want any." Eustace immediately said, not caring who was knocking.
"Voila! Moi Carde." The duck said as he handed Eustace a gigantic purple card. "I am Dr. Le Quack. Are you the patient?"
"Who?" Eustace asked, confused.
"Who is the patient?" Le Quack asked.
"What?" Eustace asked, confused before throwing away the card and attempting to close the door. But Le Quack placed his fin in front of the door to prevent that.
"I am an amnesia specialist and have been sent for." Le Quack explained.
"I didn't send for you." Eustace argued.
"No?" Le Quack mockingly asked before taking out a giant mallet and hitting Eustace over the head with it. Knocking him out completely. "Remember now?"
"This is bad." I said while Courage howled as we witnessed Le Quack drag Eustace into the house, all the while laughing like a mad man. Well, more like a mad duck.
'What have I done?' Courage asked, upset with himself.
"Take it easy. There was no way we could have known that he was the one that received the call." I assured him. But instead of listening, he went over to the window to look inside. Following him, I looked inside and saw Le Quack drag Eustace into the closet before closing and locking the door.
'We gotta save Muriel.' Courage said before rushing inside the house. Thankfully, Le Quack went into the dining room and didn't notice Courage. Not wasting this chance, I went inside as well and headed towards Muriel, where Courage was trying to get her attention.
"What are you doing, dog? Get away!" She said, annoyed before freeing her arm from Courage's grip. Reaching them, I was about to try and explain to Muriel what was happening. However, before I could even begin, we heard Le Quack returning.
"Quest Ce Que." Le Quack said, surprised. Knowing that a fight was about to happen, I mentally prepared myself. However, before anything else could happen, Courage screamed, getting my attention. Turning towards him, I saw his tongue stick out of his mouth as if it itself got scared. Not just that, but Courage's fur stood up straight as if he got electrocuted. Yet, what surprised me the most was that while he was screaming, he was also floating a few feet above the floor.
'What the?!' I thought, confused and amazed. Turning back to Le Quack, I was about to ask what he was doing but stopped when I noticed that he had pulled out his mallet again.
"Who is the patient?" He asked with a deranged smile.
For some strange reason, seeing him with the giant mallet and smiling reminded me of Nora when she was having a fun time with her giant hammer. However, that did not mean I wanted to be on the receiving end of it. Grabbing Courage's paw, we ran away from the deranged duck in hopes of losing him. Unfortunately, despite being a duck, he was quick on his fins. Reaching the kitchen, we opened the door and exited the house while closing the door. Knowing that we would need to hide to lose Le Quack, I began to look around for a suitable spot. And it seemed Courage gad already found one as he was hanging onto the wall above the door. Not wanting to question it, I went around to the side of the house and kneeled. After a couple of seconds, Le Quack opened the door and began to look around. Luckily, he didn't see either of us as he growled before entering the house.
"You can come down now, Courage." I told him once I was sure that Le Quack could not hear us.
Nodding, Courage let go of the wall and fell down with me catching him before he hit the floor. Smiling, he jumped out of my arms before going around the house to the living room window. Following him, we looked inside and saw Muriel tied up on the couch. Worried about what Le Quack had planned, we continued to watch. Soon Le Quack began to tickle Muriel's foot with a comically large feather. Seeing this, Courage immediately rushed inside the house. Following him, I saw that he somehow procured an enormous fan and used it to blow Le Quack away from Muriel. Annoyed, Le Quack quickly recovered and chased Courage out of the house. Thankfully, this allowed me to free Muriel.
"Don't worry, Muriel. I got you." I assured her as I started to untie her.
"Thank you, whoever you are." She said with a smile. Hearing these words pained me for some reason. Perhaps it's because she's the first lady to care for me honestly and treat me like family. And seeing her not remember me caused my heart to ache. But this only gave me more reason to try and help her recover her memories.
"What are you doing?!" I heard Le Quack ask.
Turning around, I saw Le Quack running towards me with his mallet. Remembering that I still had some of the rope in my hands, I threw it at Le Quack. And because he wasn't able to react in time, he became entangled in the rope, which gave me time to escape. Getting up, and against my wishes, I ran out of the house and quickly closed the door behind me. Hearing a thud a second later, I surmised that Le Quack freed himself from the ropes and gave chase, only to smack into the door. Letting out a breath I didn't know I was holding, I began to look around and quickly spotted a pole vault crossbar leaning against the porch. Figuring that Courage used to get inside the house again, I climbed the pole to get to my room's window. Reaching the window, I pulled myself into my room and quickly noticed Courage at the computer again.
'...Man robbing house.' He frantically said as he continued typing. Walking over to him, I was about to ask who he was trying to message but stopped when we heard Muriel scream.
"Muriel!" I said, worried. Racing to the door, we exited my room and quickly headed downstairs to the living room. And what we saw shocked and worried us greatly.
'What the heck is going on?' I mentally exclaimed by what we were seeing. Somehow in the short time since we first freed Muriel, Le Quack not only retied Muriel but also set up an entire train track around the living room. And that's not counting the thousands of pies he somehow procured. Taking a closer look at the train tracks, we noticed that they went under the chair Le Quack used to restrain her. We were confused about what this would accomplish but quickly understood when he placed a pie in front of the train, which then collided with Muriel.
"Now. Do you remember where is your piggy bank?" Le Quack asked as the train stopped in front of him. Seeing Muriel shrug her answer, he placed another pie in front of the train and made it go towards her. "Pity."
'What to do? What to- oh. I got it.' I thought as pie hit Muriel. Spotting the television, I remembered an old trick I learned a while ago. Turning to Courage, I whispered my plan to him. He nodded before sneaking across the room to the television. After a second, he then started making his way to the track with some wires in hand. Thankfully, Le Quack was too distracted with Muriel to notice either of us. Once done attaching the wires to the track, Courage then snuck back next to me and handed me a remote with a big red button. Turning back to Le Quack, I was about to shout to get his attention but didn't need to as he finally spotted us. Annoyed, he began to run towards us. But as soon as he hopped over the tracks where Courage hooked up the wires, I pressed the button. The result was a large explosion that covered Le Quack in soot and ash.
"How annoying." Le Quack said, levitating in the air for a few minutes before softly landing on the floor.
'Don't bother questioning it, Jaune. Just focus on helping Muriel.' I told myself as I ran over to Muriel and began to untie her while Courage cleaned her face with a napkin. However, before we could finish, we heard the sound of fins hitting the floor. Turning around, we saw Le Quack running towards us with his mallet again. Quickly getting up, we ran out of the living room to the kitchen and outside the house. Knowing we needed to hide again, I moved behind Eustace's truck while Courage somehow managed to disguise himself as a plant successfully. Le Quack soon stepped out of the house and began to look around but quickly gave up and entered the house before closing the door. Signaling to Courage that it was safe, he exited the plant pot he was in before running to the front of the house. Following him, I saw that he was now inside a giant catapult.
"I am not even going to question it at this point." I said, giving up any chance or hope at seeing something normal today.
'We gotta get help.' Courage said before pulling the rope to have the catapult launch him back to my room. Unfortunately, he didn't line up the catapult correctly, which caused him to go through the wall instead of the window.
"Great. Have to fix that as well." I said, annoyed, before going over to the pole vault crossbar to get to my room. But once I climbed through the window to enter my room, I heard the computer tell us that we had received a message.
'You both have an e-mail from the police. I'll read it.' The computer said. 'A Mad Man in your house. How Horrible.'
"At least they answered." I said while catching my breath from climbing the pole vault again after a lot of running today. 'I need to go to the gym or begin exercising again.'
'Where are you?' The computer said, reading the rest of the e-mail.
'Bagge farm in the middle of nowhere!' Courage typed the reply.
"You poor thing. What do you want from us?" The computer said, reading the police's response. Hearing this, Courage gained a deadpan look while I resisted the urge to bang my head against the wall. Sighing in frustration, I was about to type out an appropriate response but couldn't as we heard Muriel scream again.
'HELP!' Courage typed out before we rushed out of the room. However, unlike last time, we used the stairs that took us to the dining room. Standing in the door, we looked around and saw that Le Quack tied Muriel again to her chair. But we became confused when we noticed that Le Quack was wearing a clothespin on his mouth. However, it became clear why when he grabbed a plate covered by a cloche. And once he removed the cloche, I nearly vomited as there was a big piece of stinky cheese on the plate.
'Smells worse than lockers at Beacon.' I thought as I did my best not to throw up.
'LEAVE HER ALONE!' Courage demanded. Le Quack turned to us and started chasing us again with near malice in his eyes. But right before he reached us, I slammed the door in his, hopefully dazing him. However, I became confused when Courage stopped me from leaving the dining room. Yet, before I could even ask, a giant mouse appeared behind us. Deciding not to question, I simply stepped back as the mouse moved closer to the door, with Le Quack opening it a second later. And it seemed even Le Quack was surprised at the mouse.
"Quest Ce Que?" He asked, confused and surprised. Instead of saying anything, the mouse put on a bib before punching Le Quack, sending him flying across the living room. The mouse then quickly grabbed the cheese floating in the air, ate it, and let out a satisfied burp afterward. Courage then walked in front of us, smiled, took out his wallet, and gave the mouse some money.
'Thanks, Mr. Mouse.' He said as the mouse took the money.
"No problem." The mouse said before turning to face me. "Kid. Jaune, right?"
"Yes. That's my name." I answered nervously.
"Courage here tells me you're a good cook. Is that so?" He asked.
"I would say so. I have been told my food is pretty good." I answered.
"Why don't you come by my diner later today, and we can test your skills. I may have a job offering for you." He said while handing me his card.
"Alright. I'll be there later today." I told him as I looked over his card.
"See you then." He said before leaving. Once gone, I looked over to Courage, who was smiling.
"Thanks, Courage. I owe you one." I said, smiling. But we were snapped back to attention when we heard Muriel scream, reminding us that we still had to save her. Turning towards where we last saw her, we noticed that Le Quack had tied her up again before placing her on the couch. Seeing this, Courage howled in worry.
"My darling, I must leave you for a moment. But only for a moment." Le Quack said before hitting Muriel on the head with his mallet and kissing her forehead. He then turned to us and started chasing us with his mallet. We quickly bolted for the kitchen but could not exit the house as Le Quack barricaded the door shut while we were away, so we could not escape.
"I have you now, you dirty little dog and human." Le quack said as he aimed a vacuum at us.
Unsure what to expect, and given how weird and abnormal today has been, I braced myself against the door and held tightly onto the door handle. And I was right to do so as Le Quack turned on the vacuum, which resulted in an extremely powerful suction force coming from it.
It was so powerful that I was lifted off my feet. And had it not been for me holding onto the door handle, Courage and I would have been sucked into the vacuum. Hanging on tightly, I tried to come up with a way to get out of this. Looking back down at Courage, I saw an accordion, anchor, and a soccer ball come out of his pockets. Honestly, after what I had seen so far today, I shouldn't be surprised. However, my attention was snapped back to focus when the wood on the door came loose and was sucked up by the vacuum. Looking back at Le Quack, I saw him laughing manically but failed to realize that a buildup/blockage was happening in the vacuum's hose. Knowing that it could blow at any moment, I pulled Courage close to me to shield him from the impending explosion.
*BOOM*
'That hurt worse than being punched by a pissed-off Yang. But at least Courage is unharmed.' I thought as I lay down on the floor. Hearing the sounds of sirens approaching the house, I tried to get up and open the door but was unable to stay on my feet for more than a few seconds. Luckily, Courage helped me stay on my feet. Smiling, I let him guide me over to the remaining intact chair.
"Thanks, Courage." I said, letting out a sigh of relief as my aura started healing me. Hearing someone banging on the door, I was about to get up and answer it, but Courage stopped me and motioned that he would answer it. Nodding, I fixed myself on the chair as Courage went to open the door, only to get immediately flattened by the police as they entered the house.
"Oh, we've been looking for you!" The police officer with a mustache said before nodding to the officer to his side. The officer nodded and placed huge cuffs on Le Quack's fins. Yet, it did not escape my mind about how Le Quack can easily slide the cuffs off his fins. But I was too tired at the moment to care.
'What took you so long?' Courage asked as we watched the police take Le Quack to their vehicle and drive away. Once we could no longer hear the sirens, I got up from the chair and stretched.
"Come, Courage. Let's go check on Muriel" I told him. He nodded before heading to the living room with me following him. Walking over to Muriel, we noticed that she was still groaning but was also coming back to her senses. Kneeling, I began to untie her while Courage put her boot back on her foot.
"Muriel, are you okay?" I asked while standing up. She sat up and looked around before turning to us and smiling.
"A cup of tea would be lovely, Jaune." She answered before pulling Courage and me into a hug. After a couple of moments, she let go while still smiling. "I wonder where Eustace is?"
Hearing a groaning sound come from the closet, Courage and I went over and opened the door. Looking inside, we saw Eustace looking around in confusion before turning to us.
"Where am I? Who are you? Who am I?" He asked, confused. Instead of answering, Courage pulled me away from the closet and closed the door, all the while smiling.
"Courage?" I asked while raising an eyebrow.
He simply let out a chuckle with a toothy grin in his own unique way. Sighing, I decided to let it go. After all, the guy did try to turn Muriel into his servant. So, what's the harm in letting him be the one with amnesia for a while. Plus, I won't have to deal with him when I go to the interview later.
"Just remind me to fix him later in the day." I told him with a sigh. He nodded before going to help Muriel make some tea.
'Today was definitely weird. And I can feel like it's only going to get weirder from here on out.' I thought as I made my room to take a nap. Yet, I could not help but feel excited about the future as it's not every day you get to have an out-of-this-world adventure.
Note:
These two chapters were test chapters to see how to proceed further with this story.
Should I have a full episode in one chapter or in parts like part one and part two?
Which do you all prefer? Going in order of the episodes or should I randomize them. If the latter is preferred, I would have you all choose which episode I should do next.
Should other characters from Rwby make an appearance?
Same goes for the Grimm. Should they appear and if so, how?
Should I make a pairing with Jaune and if so, with who?