Missing Toons
Belle's P.O.V
I decided to head over to Eddie's office, to ask him about the odd note Jessica received at her work. "Okay guys, I am going to Eddie's you guys remember his number?" I asked them grabbing my hat.
"No problem Belle, we have everything under control," Smarty assured folding his arms.
KABOOM
Psycho and Wheezey fell from the second story, Wheezey had Steve's bat swinging at Psycho, who in return was throwing small acme bombs. Smarty laughed nervously as he tugged at his collar.
I grabbed the fire extinguisher and aimed it at the boys along with the bombs. "Guys, what did I say about bombs in the office?" I asked them hands on my hips. Both Wheezey and Psycho covered in white foam just sat there looking up at me with saddened faces. They honestly looked like two kids being scolded by their mother. "If you two are having problems then we will have a meeting to discuss this, now I have to call the handyman again," I told them firmly.
"We're sorry Belle," Wheezy said wiping some foam off.
"Yeah really sorry, guess we got carried away," Psycho added twindling his thumbs.
"Just clean this mess up, please and no more explosives," I tell them firmly. They nod their heads and get up to grab the cleaning supplies. I rolled my eyes again as I grabbed the phone to call the handyman.
"Hello, Gary's Fixer Upper, you break, I fix, how can I help ya?" asked a gruff voice.
"Hey Gary, this is Belle," I said into the phone.
"Ah Belle, how you doing little lady?" Gary asked his gruff voice sounding softer.
"Oh good, listen I um have a hole in my second floor any chance you can fix it?" I asked him.
"Sure, I can swing by around two, just keep the weasel with the dynamite away almost had a heart attack last time," he said.
"No problem, thanks Gary," I replied. We said our goodbyes, and I again talked to the weasels.
"Okay guys I am going to Eddie's, Gary will be here at two to fix the damage, please no explosives, no guns, and be nice to him," I said firmly.
"You got it Belle," they all said.
"Squeaks, Bandit, come along," I called. Squeaks hopped over to me and Bandit who was falling Squeaks did to. I already bought a leash and his license, I figured I would train him quickly if I could. We headed outside as I held my fingers to my lips and let out a whistle. In a flash Lulu, appeared with her charming smile.
"Need a ride Sugar?" she asked.
"Your timing is perfect as always Lulu," I tell her with a smile. We hopped in and I told Lulu to take us to Eddie's office. In a flash we were heading down the street, within fifteen minutes, we arrived. "If you could just wait here, I shouldn't be no longer than a few minutes," I told Lulu.
"No problem Sugar," Lulu told me and found a place to park. I opened the door, both Squeaks and Bandit at my heels. Bandit kept nipping at his leash but Squeaks firmly squeaked at him, which told Bandit to stop that. It was nice having a toon shoe around, Squeaks was amazing. We came to Eddie's office, and I knocked on the door. I heard sobs and two familiar figures. When Eddie saw me, he look relieved.
"Hey Eddie, sorry to bother you but I needed to talk to you," I said.
"Sorry Belle, I am a little busy at the moment," he said motioning to the figures. I looked over and sure enough I saw a sobbing Minnie Mouse being comforted by Lola Bunny.
"Minnie, Lola, what a surprise, what are you guys doing here?" I asked.
"Oh Belle, it's horrible, just horrible," Minnie sobbed tears flooding down her face. I handed her a tissue and knelt down to her level.
"What seems to be the problem?" I asked.
"Apparantly Bugs and Mickey never came home last night," Eddie told me taking his chair.
"I see, have the police been notified?" I asked.
"We called them before we came here, but they have to wait twenty four hours. They acted like Bugs and Mickey just went for a drink, or something. Yet we know something was wrong," Lola said crossing her arms.
I stood up flipping out my notebook. Bandit barked at Minnie, who smiled seeing him.
"Why hello there puppy, who do you belong too?" she asked.
"Oh this is Bandit my new puppy," I explained. Minnie and Lola took turns petting him as they calmed down a bit.
"Okay start at the beginning, what makes you think Bugs and Mickey were kidnapped?" I asked. Eddie just smirked seeing how quickly I could get to business.
"Well it started a week ago, Mickey kept getting these strange phone calls," Minnie said.
"Okay, how were they strange?" I asked.
"The voice sounded more robotic, it kept demanding Mickey to quit working at the studio. Other stuff was like give the spotlight back to the real stars," Minnie said, stroking Bandit on the back.
"Yeah, Bugs was getting these same phone calls. Then just a few days ago, the accidents started happening," Lola said softly.
"Accidents, what accidents?" I asked eyebrow raised.
"Well props falling on Bugs and Mickey, I mean toon proof stuff, things that could hurt a Toon, not much but enough to have them go to a hospital," Lola explained.
"Yeah I heard of Toon proof stuff, things made that could harm a Toon a bit but the studio doesn't use Toon proof stuff, they only used those items in really, really old stuff. Mainly action movies or in some cases comedies," I explained.
"Well someone snuck them onto the set, Bugs almost had a broken leg," Lola replied.
"Okay, when was the last time you saw your men?" I asked them.
"I called Mickey and he said he was heading home that was at 7 p.m," Minnie told me.
"Bugs said he was going for his evening run and would be home about 8 p.m, he called at 6, p.m though," Lola told me.
"So, I am guessing that when they never came home you called the police?" I asked.
"Yes, we called all of their friends first, but no one saw them once they left work. So, we called the studio and they called the police," Minnie explained.
"Okay, thank you for your time. If you think of anything else call me or Eddie," I said handing them my card.
"Thanks Eddie, thanks Belle," Lola said taking the card.
"I know you two can find them," Minnie said gently. They left and I sat down to face Eddie.
"Boy you work fast huh kid," Eddie replied.
"Sorry about that I just got carried away, mind if I help you with this case?" I asked him.
"Why not, we made a good tag team last time," Eddie replied. "So, before all this, what brought you here?" he asked.
"Well last night Jessica told me she received an odd note from her work," I said.
"What did the note say?" Eddie asked.
"Just said I forgive you," I told him.
"Nothing else, was it typed or handwritten?" he questioned.
"It was handwritten, Jessica thought Roger wrote it," I replied.
"Why would Roger write a note like that. I figured he would be more of a sappy love note," Eddie said with a smile.
"She thinks maybe he still blamed her for her part in the whole Marvin Acme Murder, Judge Doom thing," I told him.
"I see, what did you tell Jessica?" Eddie asked me.
"I told her to ask Roger if he did write it. If he did just talk to him, if not then let me know. I would call you and ask if you could help us figure out who did write it," I told him.
"Well if you help me with this case. Then of course I will help you with Jessica's case. I won't let anything bad happen to my friends," Eddie told me.
"Thanks Eddie, knew I could count on you," I told him. "Okay, follow me we have to make a stop at the studio," I said taking Bandit's leash.
"Okay but why?" Eddie asked.
"I need to have a little chat with Aaron Maroon," I explained. We headed outside, where Lulu was waiting for us. Eddie opened the door sitting in the driver's seat and I took up the passenger's seat. Squeaks and Bandit in my lap as we headed to the Studio.
Earlier that day
Roger woke up hearing the birds chirping in the distance. He rubbed his eyes as he began to wake up. His sleeping wife nestled close to him. A smile on her lips as a few strands of hair just below her eyes. She looks so beautiful, Roger thought happily. Then he very quietly got out of bed, to take a shower. The water ran down his fur as he washed his hair. Within ten minutes he stepped out drying off, brushing his fur. After he was dressed headed downstairs to make breakfast for Jessica.
He washed his hands and began to crack eggs, to make pancakes. Roger was whistling a happy tune as he flipped the pancakes, making them golden brown, adding in some eggs, soon it was done. Once the table was set, he poured her some coffee, and some orange juice. "Almost forgot the paper," he said. Jessica loved reading about the news as he liked to read the comics. Roger opened the door and saw the paper on the step. As he picked it up a note was sticking out of it. "Wonder what this is? Maybe it's a coupon Jessica loves coupons," he said happily.
He pulled the note out of the paper and looked at it. It was a simple white piece of paper, nothing too special and once he opened it, he wish he never did. In nice handwriting was a chilly message, the note read You will pay for what you done.
to be continued...
Author's Note: A special thanks to Nickzilla20, for helping me with this chapter. The Lola Bunny in this story is from Space Jam, not the Looney Tunes show, in case anyone was wondering. Looks like two star toons are missing. Now it seems Roger has been given a message, who is behind it all. Maybe this Aaron Maroon might know please review.