Recovery
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the cast. They belong to Warner Brothers.
"I'm going to be fine Dot really." Wakko tried to reassure his little sister.
Dot looked at him with pleading eyes, "But what if the bandage comes off?"
"You can always put another one on" Hello Nurse replied softly.
Dot sighed and nodded, it had been a few days since the whole incident with Wakko. He was making a strong recovery which had everyone shocked. Nurse had stopped by since she was looking for Claire, the test results came back with surprising news.
"She hasn't been here all day, we were just about to call her" Wakko admitted.
Nurse thought for a moment, "How strange normally she's always at your sides. I hope she's alright."
"I am" Claire's voice responded behind them, "How you feeling Wakko?"
"Like a million bucks" Wakko grinned.
Claire smiled, "And you Dot?"
"Alright I guess. Still concerned about you know what." Dot responded.
"Don't worry. We'll get Buddy and his partner. Our mysterious friend gave me a hint, but maybe you two can help me figure it out. They said they would be at the beginning and end of "Nations of the World". Though I was never able to remember the entire song." Claire admitted blushing out of embarrassment.
"We remember!" Wakko and Dot grinned.
Without warning Wakko and Dot began to sing the song much in the same matter that Yakko had. Claire took notes on which countries were where and finally began to make sense of it. At the end the three concluded that one of the two assailants were in the United States, and the other was in Sudan.
"Watch now that we have it figured out they'll mess with us and move." Claire sighed.
"Probably with our luck" Wakko agreed.
Dot smiled, "But we'll get them I know we will!"
No one realized that Nurse had left the room, but left a folder on the stand next to Wakko's bed. Dot finally looked at it, and immediately tried to get their attention. The three looked at what the papers had to say, and Claire almost dropped to the floor. Whoever the mysterious figure was did tell the truth, she had been cured from the Toonitis and never had to worry about it again. There was only one person who could have known how bad hers was, Yakko.
"Claire?" Wakko asked.
The girl smiled, "Maybe he'll keep that promise after all. Come on you two we have some recovering to do, then we'll go chase after Buddy."
The rest of the day Wakko started to show more signs of being active, but was kept under Dot's watchful eye. Claire meanwhile was looking at flights to get to Sudan to see if they could catch the accomplice of Buddy. Of course would come the hard part of trying to get Scratchy and Plotz's approval, but if they explained maybe they could. If not Claire would go on her own and do what she could to help find the accomplice.
"Are you sure though? You'll be several hours away." Dot complained.
"I'll keep in touch, besides chances are I'll find someone to go with me" Claire reassured her.
"Who though?" Wakko asked.
Claire smiled faintly, "Our mysterious friend, Bugs, or I could ask a few others. I'll keep in touch too, though to be honest I don't want to leave you two here alone. Not with Buddy still out there."
"Then please don't leave!" the two Warners pleaded.
Wakko looked down, "It was bad enough losing Yakko. We don't want to lose another person we hold close."
Claire was struck by his words and looked deep in thought, "Then we have to bring them here to us. Which means we have to make ourselves easy targets."
"Out in January weather though? No offense, but you would freeze out there!" Dot commented.
Wakko nodded, "Dot's right. We'd be okay because of our fur, but you'd freeze unless you had warm clothes."
Claire rubbed her forehead and sighed, "We need to figure something out or we'll never catch them. I asked Bugs and Daffy to head to Sudan in our place. We can try and find the one that's hiding out here in the States. I think I have an idea on how to draw them out too."
"How?" the two young Warners asked.
"Just make sure you have warm clothes. We won't do this until Wakko's back on his feet and fully recovered. You two could do an "event" to bring attention to homelessness in the area." Claire started.
"Oh I get it!" Wakko stated, "We then act like them and leave ourselves exposed and eventually we'll catch them, right?"
"Bingo!" Claire grinned.
Dot seemed uncertain, "But what if we can't catch them?"
Wakko patted her back, "Don't worry Dot I'll protect you."
"But-"
"It'll be okay Dot. We have our brother watching out for us, and Claire's here too. I say we give it a shot and see what happens." Wakko encouraged her.
Dot sighed in defeat and agreed to what the other two planned. In the meantime Daffy and Bugs would go to Sudan and see if they could find any leads. She was terrified to nearly lose Wakko again, and to her the proposed plan sounded like madness. Though she had faith in Claire and her desire to see justice for her and Wakko. The three decided that perhaps it was for the best if they did try and lure the other murderer out, or maybe they would draw out Buddy again.
"Hey Claire?" Wakko asked.
"Hmmm?" the girl turned around, "Yes?"
"Can you tell us another story about your time with Yakko, please?" Wakko asked.
The girl seemed surprised, "Sure I guess."
"Yay story time!" Dot grinned.
The girl smiled and sat between the two Warner's and thought for a moment. If she was trying to get them to recover, maybe a story of her or Yakko's recovery would help them. Thinking for a moment she decided to focus on the recovery of their brother. There were several stories on which she could tell, but which one to go with.
"Let's see there was one night where your brother actually almost scared everyone." Claire started.
Wakko and Dot looked interested, "What happened?"
"Yakko must have had a thing for making me worry or freak out. One night he was placed in one of the critical care units, but still requested that I be there. About half way through the night he decided to slip the heart reader off so it would flat line. He laughed since he had never saw me move that fast. Granted we almost got separated that night" Clarie reflected.
"Why?" Wakko asked.
Claire looked at him dead in the eye, "I dropped an anvil on him."
The Warner's looked surprised, "Wasn't that excessive?"
"It was a competition" Claire admitted, "We wanted to see who could drop the most anvils on the other."
"Who won?" Dot asked.
"Yakko did" Claire scowled, "Still convinced he cheated."
Wakko grinned, "That's our Yakko. Was still better at anvils than he was."
"That I could believe" Claire laughed, "He always did say that you loved mallets and anvils."
"Got that right" Wakko laughed.
The three were in good spirits, and it was decided when the weather warmed up the trio would set themselves up as bait. Though they figured it would be sooner since Wakko was still anxious.
"Don't worry I'll be fine" Claire reassured them.
Dot still didn't buy it, "You don't have fur though."
"I'm from where it's very cold, so I'll be alright you two won't have to worry about me" Claire reassured her. "Besides California isn't like the North where I'm from. I'm used to twenty degrees or lower. Your winters and early spring are nothing compared to mine."
"If you say so" Wakko shrugged, "Then does that mean we can start early then?"
Dot thought for a moment, "Maybe, but we shouldn't rush. YOU still need to recover Wakko! AND DON'T YOU DARE DO THAT TO ME AGAIN!"
She began to shake Wakko almost violently and caused Claire to laugh and shake her head. Breaking the two up she asked them what they wanted for lunch. Wakko said anything besides the food at the infirmary, and Dot had no objections. The three agreed on pizza since it was the only thing that sounded good. While Claire left to go get the pizza, Wakko and Dot had a serious talk.
"What should we do Wakko?" Dot asked worried.
Wakko rubbed her back, "We have to do this Dot, or we may never catch them. I don't like our options either, but with Claire there we'll be alright. We can't travel across the globe, but we can draw them to us. Besides I get the feeling whoever saved my life will be watching out for us as well."
Dot looked down, "But what if she gets hurt because of us? Everyone we've held close has been hurt or displaced because of us Wakko!"
Wakko pulled Dot close, "Don't worry Dot, our friends won't abandon us."
Dot nodded, "Yeah you're right. Then let's do this together and bring Yakko's murders to justice."
Claire returned shortly, "What has you two looking so serious?"
"We want to catch them" was all the Warner's said.
"Then we will. However, first thing's first. We are not going anywhere until Wakko's wound is fully recovered." Claire reminded them.
"Oh Poo." Wakko groaned.
Dot smiled, "We have to make sure you don't do anything reckless again Wakko."
Claire nodded in agreement, "When the wound heals then we'll go and try to find them. Until then sit tight little Warners."
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