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PurpleCobra247: I hope this FoxFang story will be better as well. Porky and Petunia's accident will play an important role later on in the story, but I won't say how. I seem to have amass a lot of pity for them. But that was part of the aim.

Rock Raider: Thanks for the crossover idea. I do have a few stories on the go (including this one) so that idea will have to wait. As for what happened to Porky, that will be explained in this chapter, to an extent.

Nightw2: The gifts took me a while to decide, especially what to give Melissa. Glad you like them. And a lot of guesses for the enemy. I won't say if you're right or wrong, you'll have to wait. I hope it is interesting enough.

acosta pèrez josè ramiro: I already knew what the villian was going o be called but thanks for the Ideas anyway. As for why Sly Jr. was sneaking around, it will be in a future chapter. I was intending to show some of Jessica's training in this story before the villian appeared. I chose Plucky and Shirley because they are the only ones who know who FoxFang is and they are fellow crimefighters (well, ex crimefighters but they may be needed). After this story, Jessica will be better than ever considiring who she'll be fighting. And finally, I haven't had chance to read the fics you suggested but I will when I have time.

Glowing courage

Daffy, Melissa and Zach were driving towards the centre of town. On the way, they passed the spot where Porky and Petunia had their accident. The lamppost was still bent from part of the impact.

"That was some accident. I'm glad Porky and Petunia are alright." Zach muttered.

"Petunia does feel a little unwell but I'm not sure why." Daffy replied.

"I wonder if she was traumatised by the accident." Meilssa suggested.

"Possibly. That kind of ordeal would be a shock for anyone" Daffy replied.

"Where exactly are we going?" Zach asked.

"We need to pick up a neutronic motherboard from ACME." Daffy replied.

"A what?" Zach asked.

"It's a powerful motherboard that is used in the more powerful computers." Melissa replied.

"I need it for a computer I'm building." Daffy added.

"A supercomputer?" Zach asked.

"Yep. I'm trying to convert our home into a purely mechanical home and we need a superpowerful computer to do it." Daffy replied.

"Let's hope it turns out better when you installed the push button home in Elmer's house." Melissa joked.

"Hey, in a way I was getting back at him for the times he shot me." Daffy joked back.

"I wonder what Bugs will think." Zach muttered.

At the ACME warehouse, a figure was watching the building from the shadows. He was wearing a black mask but looked human. He was hiding in an alleyway opposite the building. He reached into his pocket and puulled out a scrap of paper. The figure looked at the paper and read the message.

"Enter ACME and find a neutronic motherboard." The message said. Under the message was a picture of a foot about to step on a banana peel. The figure reached into his pocket and pulled out a small dagger.

"All I have to do is enter and demabd the nmotherboard." The figure said. He then heard a car coming down. Instinctively, he hid again and watched as a Blue Ford Puma parked outside the warehouse. Daffy stepped out of the car as well as Melissa and Zach. The figure watched them enter the building.

"What are those guys doing?" The figure asked himself. He snuck up to the window and listened in on the conversation with the receptionist.

"Hi there, I've come to pick up a neutronic motherboard." Daffy said.

"Certinly, what is your name?" The receptionist asked.

"Daffy Duck."

"And do you have a receipt?"

"Right here." Daffy replied, giving the receptionist a receipt. The figure's eyes widened as he heard this. He didn't notice another figure leap on top of the ACME warehouse.

"Looks like I'll have to steal the motherboard from those people." The figure at the window said to himself, not noticing the other figure leaning over and listening in. The other figgure was FoxFang.

"Those peopole are in trouble." FoxFang said to herself. Daffy, Melissa and Zach then came out of the warehouse with a bag which contained the motherboard. FoxFang was amazed to see them.

"Daffy! Melissa! Zach!" FoxFang exclaimed.

"Well, we'd better head home." Daffy said.

"You'd better give me that motherboard first!" A voice came.

"Who said that?" Melissa asked. Zach turned and saw the human.

"He did!" Zach shouted, pointing to the human. He was blocking the way back to their car.

"Thug! And he's armed!" Melissa shouted.

"Uh oh." Daffy muttered. The three of them began to run as fast as they could.. The thug gave chase, who was followed by FoxFang. Daffy and his family were then cornered in an alleyway.

"I don't want trouble, I just want the motherboard." The thug said. Daffy began to sweat.

"Fine, take it." Daffy replied in a panic. Before he could hand the motherboard over, Zach picked up a nearby stone and threw it at the Thug. This action shocked FoxFang, who was watching from the roof.

"What is he doing?" FoxFang asked herself.

"YOU BRAT!" The thug shouted. He began closing in on Zach.

"What did you do that for?" Melissa asked.

"I want to be like FoxFang. I will not let this guy win easily." Zach replied. FoxFang was touched by the display of courage.

"Zach. I never knew you were this courageous." FoxFang muuttered to herself. A tear slid out of her eye. She wiped it off and looked back at the thug.

"Such brave words for a little boy." The thug said evilly, closing in on Zach. Zach took a deep breath and gulped.

"What would FoxFang do now?" Zach asked himself. As soon as he said this, the thug dropped the dagger and began holding his hand screaming in pain.

"What's wrong with him?" Daffy asked.

"It's ont often I meet people with such courage." A voice from above said.

"Who was that?" Melissa asked. As she asked this, FoxFang leapt down in front of them.

"I did." FoxFang replied. The thug looked at FoxFang with utter terror.

"Young boy, while I appreciate your courage, leave the crimefighting to the pros. You could get hurt." FoxFang said sternly. Zach was staring an awe.

"I never thought I'd meet you." Zach muttered. FoxFang drew a Fangmerang and threw it at the thug. The Fangmerang round the thug's legs and returned back to her hand. No one noticed the chicken wire tied to the handle. The thug scoffed at this.

"Did you miss on purpose?" The thug asked. FoxFang grabbed the fangmerang and the other end of the chicken wire.

"As a matter of fact, I did." FoxFang replied. She tugged on the chicken wire and pulled it towards her. Before he realised what was happenign, the thug was tripped and face up on the floor.

"Nice move." Zach muttered. FoxFang walked over to the thug and stood on him, who was now sweating in terror.

"You thought you'd be a match for me. Amusing." FoxFang said into the thug's face.

"Hey, need a hand?" A voice came from above. A small ball fell down at Daffy's feet. FoxFFang quickly dashed over and pushed Daffy away. The ball exploded leaving a smokescreen.

"Next time you won't be so lucky FoxFang." A voice said. When the smoke cleared, the thug was gone, but Daffy still had the motherboard.

"He got away." Zach muttered.

"This time, but I'll get them next time." FoxFang proclaimed.

"At least we still have the motherboard." Daffy said.

"You guys get home. He may try again before the night is over." FoxFang instructed.

"Ok, thanks for your help." Melissa replied. Zach walked over to FoxFang.

"Is something on your mind?" FoxFang asked.

"Um, th-thanks." Zach replied. FoxFang put her hand on Zach's shoulder.

"You're a fan of me aren't you?"

"Yeah. I really want to be like you."

"I must say I'm flattered. I'm sure we'll meet again." With that, FoxFang used her grapple gun and left the scene. Zach just stood there awestruck.

"I met my hero." Zach muttered.

"Zach, are you coming?" Daffy asked. He and Melissa were waiting at the car. Zach turned around.

"Oh, sorry." Zach muttered. He ran over to the car and cliimb in.

"Now, let's head home." Melissa said as she started the engine. On the way back, Zach kept looking out of the window, hoping to get a glimpse of his hero.

"Just, who is he?" Zach asked himself.

In a warehouse on the edge of town, there was a small group of tuhgs in a room that looked like a playroom. The walls were decorated with comedy devices such as whopee cushions, flowers and stink bombs. On the edge of the room was a huge computer. The computer wasn't running at the moment. In the centre was a ery long table. At one end of the table were five chairs. Three of them were occupied by thugs. They were all human and dressed in black. At the other end was a single chair occupied by a female looking person wearing a blue suit. The suit was accompanied by a red tie. The fugure also had yellow hair and a triangular shapped head. The figure looked towards the door and saw two more thugs entering the room.

"Ahh, looks like our duty boys are back." The figure said. Everyone turned and saw the two thugs coming to the table. One of them looked shaken but both of them were unharmed.

"I assume you got the motherboard, didn't you?" The figure at the table asked.

"Well, no. Some ducks and a rabbit got hold of it. I tried to take it off them but FoxFang interviened." One of the thugs replied.

"I should have known better to send you larry. You are too much of a coward to stand up to that Fox-Freak." The figure scolded.

"Sorry boss, he attacked out of the blue. Took me completely off guard." Larry replied.

"You were lucky I was in the area keeping an eye on you from a distance." The thug with him snapped.

"I know, thanks Marty." Larry replied. The boss thunped her fist on the table.

"Larry. You are so incompetant!" The boss shouted.

"If that's the way you think, I quit!" Larry snapped back.

"Really?" The boss asked. He pulled out a gun and aimed it at Larry.

"Boss, what are you doing?" One of the other thugs asked.

"Charles. If that guys quits, he could ruin my plan. He has to go." The boss replied. Larry started to sweat.

"Boss, don't shoot! I was only kidding!" Larry pleaded.

"Guess what?" The boss asked. He pulled the trigger and a red and yellow flag on a stick with the word 'BANG!' written on it came out of the gun.

"I was kidding as well." The boss added, puttting the gun on the floor. Larry sighed in relief.

"So what do we do now?" Charles asked.

"Well, I have learned of a party involving the opening of a new business in three days time. I have also learned tat they will stock the items we require. We can smash up the party and steal what we need.

"Good idea boss." Larry said.

"Yes, I know. And if Bugs shows up, it will give me the oppportunity to settle the score." The boss added.

"What do you mean" Charles asked.

"The origional FoxFang came from his family." The boss replied.

"Shall we prepare?" One of the thugs asked.

"One more thing, the punchline to the joke before." The boss replied. He picked up the gun with the flag and aimed ta Larry. Pulling the trigger, the flag was fired and hit Larry in the chest, killing him instantly. All of the other thugs were stunned.

"Why did you do that?" Marty asked.

"A coward like him will only get in the way." The boss replied. Everyone was trembling at the sight.

"Brett, Wayne, take out the trash." The boss ordered. Brett and Wayne slowly got up, picked up Larry's carcass and took it outside.

"This time FoxFang, you shall be the one who gets pranked." The boss said to herself evilly.

The next morning Jessica was the first to wake up at Bugs' burrow. Despite the crimefighting session she had last night, she had slept enough. She was lucky that she didn't need much sleep generally. Even after a night of crime fighting, she would be able to get away with only 4 hours of sleep. Before going into the lounge, she leapt to the floor and did push ups.

"Next time I run into that thug, he won't get away." Jessica whispered to herself while she was working out. Her mind went back to the fight she had last night. The fact that Zach had shown courage had touched her. She kept thinking if he'd be of any help to her if he did start fighting by her side. Either way, any help she could get would be appreciated ad being a crime fighter wasn't a casual responsibility. She worried that her parents would be attacked again, that's why she never gave up the fight for justice. After about 50 push-ups, she put on a nightrobe, went into the lounge and sat down on the sofa. When she did so, Bugs and Lola came out of their room, dressedin nightrobes.

"Morning Jess." Bugs greeted.

"Morning dad." Jessica replied.

"Sleep ok?" Lola asked.

"Slept fine." Jessica replied. The phone then started to ring.

"I bet you that's Daffy." Bugs mutttered. He went over and answered the phone.

"Eh…what's up doc?" Bugs asked. As he'd predicted, it was Daffy.

"Hey Bugs." Daffy greeted.

"Hi Daff."

"How long have you been up?"

"Not long."

"You know, after you left us, we had an incident last night."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. We went to the ACME warehouse to pick up something I needed."

"Go on."

"When we got what we needed a thug attacked us."

"Wow. What happened after that?"

"He pursued us into an alley but Zach fancied his chances and threw a stone at him."

"Why did he do that?"

"He wants to be like FoxFang."

"And I'm guessing that he came to the rescue."

"Who?"

"FoxFang."

"Oh, yeah. He saved our lives and what we needed but the thug got away in a smokescreen."

"FoxFang's making a reputation aint' he?"

"Sure is."

"How's Zach copin'?"

"He's shocked that he got to meet his hero."

"Of course, the ultimate prize would be knowing who FoxFang is."

"But if we tried, we'd never find out."

"I know"

"Anyway, I'd better go. My breakfast is getting cold.

"Ok, see you later." Bugs hung up the phone.

"Daffy?" Lola asked.

"Yep." Bugs replied.

"What did he want?" Jessica asked.

"He was just saying that FoxFang saved them last night. Lola and Jessica showed shocked expressions, but Jessica was faking hers.

"Wow, I'd love to meet FoxFang." Jessica remarked.

"We did invite him to meet you but he declined the offer." Lola replied.

"How's Zach coping?" Jessica asked.

"He's in shock. Mainly because FoxFang is his hero and he wants to be like him." Bugs replied. This got Jessica thinking.

"I wonder how much he'd like to be like FoxFang?" Jessica thought to herself.

(A/N: Whew, that was longer than normal. I'd like to thank A.Penelope Quill for suggesting an improvement to my style (See her review of Heatwave) Anyway, please let me know what you think so far.)