The only character I own is Bethie.
"TIIIIIMONNNNNNNNNN!" screamed Uncle Pumbaa as he raced towards Uncle Timon, whom Yakko saw was barely breathing. When the warthog and Warner reached the dying meerkat, Uncle Pumbaa quickly sat on his bottom and kneeled over Uncle Timon. Then he gently took Uncle Timon's upper body in his front legs and lifted the meerkat off the ground. Uncle Timon didn't make a single sound or twitch a tiny bit. Instead, he just laid limply in his best friend's front legs, his black eyes closed and his chest barely moving up and down.
"Can you hear me?! What in the world happened here Timon?!" cried Uncle Pumbaa, clearly panicking as Yakko absentmindedly got off his uncle's back. "C'mon, speak to me buddy! Please!" As Uncle Pumbaa pleaded with the unconscious meerkat, who was still bleeding from the cut on his stomach, Yakko absentmindedly took a few stumbling steps forward. Then he stopped walking, his terrified black eyes staring at Big Mac and Max.
Both of them were in the same state as Uncle Timon, unconscious and getting closer to dying by the second. And for the first time in the young kid's life, Yakko didn't know what to do. His brain, which had never failed him before, wasn't functioning properly. Yakko's heart wanted him to go to them, but the stallion and anthropomorphic dog were too far apart from each other. Who do I go to? Who do I help? Can I even help? Where are Wakko and Dot? What happened to my siblings?! What happened to Genie and the other kids? What in the heck happened here?! What in the world should I do?!
"Yakko!" cried Uncle Pumbaa suddenly. Yakko turned back to his conscious uncle, just now realizing that his small black body was trembling uncontrollably. And not only that, his breaths were becoming shorter and shorter. But before Yakko could wonder if he was having another panic attack, his warthog uncle cried out to him again.
"You have that magic mirror with you right?!" This took Yakko back for a second, as he subconsciously reached for the magic mirror in his hammerspace and pulled it out.
"Yeah, but…" Then Yakko gasped with realization. "I can call Rapunzel!" After the war, Bethie had created and handed out a bunch of portable magic mirrors that had the ability to contact anyone who owned one. She had said that this way, if there was ever another emergency, others can be alerted right away and can come to the person's aid. And Yakko was never more grateful than now that he had been one of the people who had accepted a magic mirror.
"Hurry!" urged Uncle Pumbaa, tears of fear in his black-pupil eyes. "I-I don't think T-Timon is going to l-last much l-longer!" I…I don't think any of them are going to last much longer…
"Right!" exclaimed Yakko as he gripped the mirror with both gloved hands. "I want to talk to Rapunzel!" As the mirror's surface turned into a swirling green mist, Yakko's hands began to sweat within his gloves and his heart began to beat rapidly with apprehension. C'mon…c'mon…pick up Rapunzel…you have to save Uncle Timon and the others…I don't want them to die…
"Hello, who is this?" asked a guy wearing a guard's uniform as his face appeared on the mirror's surface. Yakko immediately felt both relieved and disappointed. Disappointed that it wasn't Rapunzel, but relieved that someone had answered and they could get the woman with healing tears.
"This is Yakko and…"
"Well Yakko, I'm sorry but Princess Rapunzel and Prince Eugene are on a much deserved vacation right now and didn't bring their mirror with them…"
"Vacation?!" the Warner nearly screeched in indignation. Out of all times to take a vacation, they choose now?!
"Yes, they are traveling to Queen Elsa's kingdom of Arendelle by boat," said the guard, obviously a bit irritated by Yakko's high voice. "And they won't arrive there for another week at least." A-Another week? Rapunzel won't be in contact for another week?! They can't wait that long! Uncle Timon, Max, and Big Mac need her now! Or else they will die and go to the Underworld! And that can't happen!
"So, just contact Queen Elsa and leave your message for Princess Rapunzel with her," continued the guard. Then mirror's surface turned a bright green before becoming a reflection of Yakko's scared and panicked face.
"No! Wait!" cried Yakko in response, even though he knew that the guard wouldn't hear him. For a moment, Yakko could only stare at the mirror in his shaking hands as his soul became full of dread and desperate hope. W-What now? I-I can't just give up…but…who? Who can help? I…I guess I can call the hospital from my world but…can they get all the way over from the Warner Brothers' section to here, the Disney's section in time? Should I just start running or dig a tunnel and try to get help?
"N-No…d-don't…y-you can't…" Yakko gasped at the weak yet familiar voice. Max! Yakko turned his head towards Max and sure enough, the teenager had his black eyes half-way open.
"Maxy!" cried Yakko as he ran towards conscious victim, unintentionally using Goofy's nickname for his beloved son. When he reached Max's side, he skidded to a stop and fell on his knees. "You're awake!" Just stay that way please…
"Y-Yakko?" asked Max as he faced the young Warner, his eyes slightly unfocused.
"Yes, it's me!" exclaimed Yakko as his hands hovered over Max's bloody stomach before deciding to press on the wound. "Y-You're going to be okay! J-Just…stay awake and tell me what happened!" Please, I gotta know what happened here…I gotta know why my adored Uncle and two friends/acquaintances are dying…I gotta know where my siblings and the others are!
"Genie was just t-telling the story…when suddenly…a s-small glass ball came out of n-nowhere and hit h-him…" explained Max, coughing after the words story, suddenly, and him. "I-Immediately, Genie was s-squished and trapped…i-inside the ball. B-Before we could…react, the g-guys from the C-Cobra organization c-came and…attacked u-us…"
"What?" asked Yakko, even though he heard every word loud and clear. "But…but why?! Why would they attack you?! Why now?!"
"D-Don't know…" answered Max before he gave another agonizing cough. "B-But…they s-started…to take…a-all the kids…and Genie t-too," Yakko's heart stopped and his world stopped turning. Wakko and Dot…they've…they've been kidnapped…like I was…
"I…I tried…to h-help by turning…into a t-teenager…Timon and B-Big Mac tried to save t-them t-too b-but…as you c-can see…I d-didn't get f-far…b-but…are…T-Timon and Big M-Mac alright? D-Did…we save a-anybody? " Yakko's heart, which had somehow started beating again, immediately hitched. The young Warner actually didn't know how to break it to Max, if he should even tell him the truth.
"Uncle Timon and Big Mac will be fine," he finally said as he reached out one of his hands and grasped one of Max's, which had been reaching out for him. "Genie and the kids aren't here, but they are going to be alright too." None of the words Yakko chose to say were a lie. Because he refused to believe that his uncle, Max, and Big Mac weren't going to survive. And he especially refused to believe he wasn't going to get his siblings and the others back, safe and sound.
"And you're going to be alright too, so…" The rest of Yakko's words were left in the air as Max's eyes suddenly closed and his hand stopped grasping Yakko's hand. As a result, Max's now limp hand fell out of Yakko's hand and landed on Max's chest with a tiny splat. For a moment there was only silence. Even Uncle Pumbaa, who had somehow brought Uncle Timon over to Big Mac, had stopped pleading as he tried to stop the blood flow on both bodies.
"Maxy?" Uncle Pumbaa said quietly, finally breaking the tense silence. There was no response from the pale teenager. He just continued to lay there, looking like he was truly dead. And for a brief moment, Yakko thought Max was. But then he realized that Max's body didn't glow a light blue color before disappearing. Which meant that Max was still alive. However, despite this tiny golden nugget of hope, Yakko just couldn't take it anymore.
"HEEEEEEELLLLLPPPPP!" he screamed, hoping beyond all odds that someone, anyone, would hear him. "PLEASE! MY UNCLE, BIG MAC, AND MAXY ARE DYING! MY SIBLINGS, GENIE, AND EIGHT OTHER KIDS HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED! PLEASE, UNCLE PUMBAA AND I NEED HELP!" But no one came and neither was there any sign that anyone heard the frightened and desperate animated child.
"PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU! IF ANYONE CAN HEAR ME, PLEASE HELP US! THEY ARE GOING TO DIE AND WE DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS TO SAVE THEM! AND WE NEED HELP TO SAVE MY SIBLINGS AND THE OTHERS! HELP US! PLEEEASE!" And once again, there was no answering and reassuring cry.
"Please…" pleaded Yakko softly, a few tears falling out of his black eyes. "We…we need help…" Then, just when the eldest Warner sibling was about fall into despair, his magic mirror gave out bright flashes of green. Without even thinking about it, Yakko picked up the mirror that he had earlier drooped by Max's injured body.
"Answer," he said, his heart in his throat. Immediately, Leo's smiling face appeared.
"Hey Yakko," greeted the teenage mutant ninja turtle, who happened to be in his 2012 form. "I was wonder…are you crying?" Yakko's only response was to cry harder.
AiC
"Yeah, you could be the greatest, you could be the best, you could be the King Kong banging on his chest," Bethany sang softly as she listened to Hall of Fame by The Script featuring Will. on her iPod. She had just taken her last test before fall break and she had done well on it. So well in fact that Bethany felt like she was on the top of the world. And the fact that she didn't have school for about a week because of fall break helped too.
"You could beat the world, you could beat the war," Bethany continued to sing as she arrived at her apartment door and took out her key. Still singing, she unlocked the door and entered, her mind went into overdrive as she imagined all that she would do during her break. I could visit Leo, Wakko, Mickey, and the others for a few days, and oh, I can ask Aaron if we could go to the top of the Empire State Building…
As she closed the door behind her, the redhead couldn't help but smile even wider when she thought of her boyfriend. She and Aaron had met when they sat next to each other during the first day of animation class earlier that semester. They immediately hit it off, and it didn't take long before they started going out.
"Which reminds me, we've been dating for more than a month now," mumbled Bethany as she headed towards her room, the small apartment seemingly empty expect for her. "I should tell Mom and Dad, as well as the guys in Cartoonland that I'm dating somebody now." Bethany, who had just arrived at her bedroom door, couldn't help but both nervous and excited at the prospect.
"Oh gosh," she chuckled as she opened her door while taking off her bright yellow backpack. "I can just see them…"
"Bethie! Finally you're here!" cried an orange-masked mutant turtle as he jumped off the red-and-blue striped blanket on her bed. "We…"
"AHHHHHH!" screamed Bethie as she jumped backwards, dropping her backpack along the way.
"Oh sorry," said Mikey in his 2012 form as he stepped forward with his hands up, his blue eyes full of concern, guilt, and worry. Bethany, who had been panting with her hand over her heart, quickly got ahold of herself and put her finger against her lips.
"Shush!" she harshly whispered as she looked both ways. When no one came, she motioned Mikey to stay in her room. Then she walked to the other bedroom and sighed with relief when she saw that her other two roommates really weren't home. Then she rushed to her room and closed the door behind her.
"What in the blazing Cheetos are you doing here?! You almost gave me a heart attack!" Bethany exclaimed, her heart still whirring. Then at the corner of her green eye she noticed the orange color of the sky, making her realize something. "Did…you come here while the sun was still high in the sky?"
"Yeah, but don't worry, I am a hundred percent no one saw me…" Mikey mused, making Bethany gasp with shock and fear.
"But someone could have!" she interrupted, feeling an odd mixture of worry and relief. "Heck, Mary Ann could have seen you!" As she said those words, she waved her hand towards the other bed in the room, which was covered in a red blanket that her roommate just adored.
"Are you doubting my ninja stealth skills Bethie?" asked Mikey as he looked down at the ground, his voice having no offended edge to it at all. "I was planning to hide in your closet if your roommate came in." At that moment, Bethany had finally calmed down enough to see the blatant fear and anxiety in Mikey's usually bright baby blue eyes, as well as see how subdued he usually was. The sight made Bethany's stomach twist with unease and her soul feel a sense a dread and guilt. She then sighed.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you like that," Bethany apologized softly. "I was just not expecting to see you here of all places right now…let alone at this time." But…why are you here? What could have happened for you to come here, a world where he would stand out like a sore thumb, during the day?
"It's okay...I know," acknowledged Mikey, his voice solemn and frightened. "But we really need you to come to Cartoonland right now." Before Bethany could ask why, the turtle looked up at her, his blue eyes now apprehensive as well as anxious. Then he continued.
"Wakko, Dot, Genie, and eight other kids have been kidnapped. And whoever kidnapped them hurt Timon, Big Mac, and Goofy's son badly. So badly that they're dying."
Well...will Bethany get to Cartoonland in time? And man, to think that this is only the beginning...if you want to see how much of an emotional rollercoaster this fic is going to be, keep on reading and review! Reviews are like cookies to me and they motivate me! Maybe if I get a certain number of reviews, they will even motivate me to update by Friday instead of next Wednesday (I do have other books/projects to work on after all. Sorry.). But till then, have a great day/night!
