Chapter 7

When Yakko first woke up, he noticed two things: That he had a massive headache, and that there was a dead body next to him. Fighting the urge to scream, he pushed all thoughts from his mind except the one of escaping. And rescuing his siblings.

Surveying the situation, Yakko soon realized that he wasn't as badly trapped or injured as he had thought. The concrete that was once the sidewalk was now blasted to bits, and he realized that what was pinning him down was the unfortunate tree that happened to be next to the sidewalk where the explosion happened.

He thought a moment and turned his head to look at what was keeping the tree from crushing him: the dead body. And it was just inches away from him. This time Yakko really did scream, and ended up fighting the urge to throw up.

By now a large crowd had gathered around the site of the explosion, and the police, a fire truck, and ambulance had arrived. Why aren't they helping? Yakko wondered.

"Wakko? Dot? Where are you..?" He whimpered. Suddenly he saw the face of an ambulance attendant staring at him through a hole in the debris.

"Don't worry kid, we'll have you out soon." The guy said, and a few minutes later as promised a rescue team began to carefully clear away the debris until Yakko was free. He felt himself being picked up and looked around frantically for his siblings but they were nowhere to be seen. He began to struggle.

"Wakko! Dot!" He cried out and began to squirm trying to get free. It was no use though because whoever was holding him was strong.

"No, let me go! Where are my sibs?!" He began sobbing as he felt himself being lifted into an ambulance.

"I think we're going to have to sedate him" He heard a voice say, and again he began to struggle as he felt a small needle prick in his arm.

"Let me go!!! Wakko! Dot!" For another minute or so he struggled to get free, but soon his strength began to fade away. Finally as the ambulance began to drive away, Yakko fell into a deep sleep...

In fact, the 'dead body' that Yakko had woken up beside wasn't dead at all. As Dr.Bob saw the Warner kid that was next to him being lifted away, he mentally cursed himself for being a bloody idiot.

He found it getting harder and harder to breath and wondered if maybe it was because the air was thick with irony; Not only had his plan failed and the Warners had escaped, but also he was doing to die because of it. His last thoughts before he finally died was wondering if he would see his brother Fred in Hell, and if Satan had a soft spot for idiots.

Little Dot opened her eyes and gazed up at the doctor with wide eyes. She didn't know where she was, or who the strange man dressed all in white was, but she knew that something was wrong.

"Yakki? Wakki?" She looked around, but couldn't see anyone in the room besides the doctor, who smiled at her.

"Hey girl, it looks like you're strong enough to go visit your brother now. Would you like that?" He said in a soft tone, meaning more for the way he spoke to be a comfort then the actual words. He was quite surprised then when Dot replied.

"Me... see bwo'ers?" She asked, looking around. The doctor realized that he must have thought he must have assumed Dot to be younger than she actually was. He shrugged, then picked her up and began walking down the hall, intent on keeping the squirming girl from falling from his arms.

Yakko sat up in bed quickly when he heard a knock on the door, not sure what to expect. He was immediately relieved, then overjoyed, when the doctor came in and put Dot in his lap.

"Hey Dottie.." Yakko said softly, hugging his little sister. Dot's face turned a little red, but she didn't comment on what Yakko had just called her. She just sniffled and buried her face in Yakko's chest, then started to sob.

"Shh Dottie it's okkay... Do you know how worried I was about you and Wakko?" Yakko realized what he said and froze.

"Where's Wakko?" He demanded. The doctor was working very hard to keep his expression neutral and just barely managed to succeed.

"Yakko, we need to get a hold of your parents or guardians. Now that you're doing better can you tell me?"

"I don't have any parents I already told you. Where is Wakko?"

"You're only a kid, I can only give this information to your parents or g-"

"Parent or guardian, I know!" Yakko interrupted. "I told you already,we're orphans! We had a guardian."

"Oh?"

"Well there was Slappy.. but I don't know where she is now"

"Slappy?"

"Yeah, she's a squirrel."

"Squirrel?"

"Woah dumber than advertised! You know, furry animal, big bushy tail.. "

"I know what a squirrel is!"

"Then why did you ask?"

"I didn't ask!"

"Where is Wakko?" Yakko asked again, ending the pointless arguing and jumping right to the point.

"If you let me know who looks after you then you'll learn what happened to Wakko"

"I asked first! Tell me what happened to Wakko!!!"

Dot started to cry again, and Yakko knew deep in his heart something was very wrong and he didn't need a doctor to tell him that.

"Wakko is dying isn't he?" Yakko asked as tears began to blur his vision. "My little brother is dying..."

Blinking back tears, Yakko turned to the doctor. "Sorry, but this has to be done..." Fishing around in his pockets looking for rope, Yakko instead pulled out a roll of duct tape. Shrugging, he took it and within a couple of minutes the doctor was firmly attached to the wall.

"What do you think you're doing?!" The doctor demanded. Yakko took Dot's hand and left, pausing in the doorway.

"I'm going to save my little brother"