REVIEW RESPONSE
Rock Raider: Glad you not giving anything away. And at least there are a lot of differences between this fic and the film you mentioned. I'd write them down, but the list would be huge. Thanks for the review.
PurplrCobra247: Glad yuou liked the Flashback fight. Your confusion should be answered in the next couple of chapters. And here's a clue about Porly and Petunia. Re-read the story and note down references to them and the Pranker. Seei f you can pout anything together with that. (gee, I sound like a detective traineer, lol). It was going to be explained in this chapter anyway.
Nightw2: Thanks for the compliment. About your idea for a gadget, I'll think about it, though I can see a flaw in that if the two roboots were found out, suspicions would probably increase. I have 3 ideas for FoxFang after this so it should appear in one of them. Hmm, if I'm going to have lots of FoxFang stories, maybe I should out them in a C2 archive. Problem is that I'm already managing one C2.
acosta pérez josé ramiro: Having Petunia's ancestor Brett's sidekick serves more than one purpose. You'll see in the upcoming chapters. There are a lot of differences between this story and the film you mentioned (besides the obvious one). Glad you like the chapter. Hope you enjoy the rest of the story.
Prank Hunt
Over the course of the day, Egghead tracked Petunia and the Pranker as they moved. Neither of them didn't move very far throughout the day, but both blips stayed in exactly the same place. By lunchtime, Jessica was getting suspicious.
"Why are Petunia and the Pranker staying together?" Jessica asked.
"Perhaps Porky is the Pranker." Plucky suggested.
"Egghead, locate Porky." Shirley instructed. Egghead brought up another blpi showing where Porky was. The blips representing Petunia and the Pranker were both at Petunia's house, but Porky was at the supermarket.
"There goes that possibility." Plucky muttered when he saw this. Jessicsa was pacing around the room.
"If Petunia and the Pranker are working together, what would Petunia want?" Jessica asked.
"I've no idea. Petunia was always a good citizen." Zach replied. Egghead waslistening in on the conversation and then began tapping into the keyboard. On one of the screens, a picture of Petunia appeared. With the picture was another pig with the lable Rebecca. Underneath both of these pictures were drawings of two DNA strands, one under Rebecca and one under Petunia. Underneath both DNA pictures was the face of the Pranker. Shirley looked over and saw the diagrams. A thought then came into her head as to what Egghead was saying.
"You're saying that Rebecca still had DNA of the Pranker within her all of the time?" Shirley asked. Egghead nodded.
"And that DNA would have passed onto Petunia?" Egghead nodded again. Everyone in the room looked towards the computers.
"If that's the case, then something is causing Petunia to transform into the Pranker." Zach said.
"But why did none of Petunia's ancestors after Rebecca turn into the Pranker?" Jessica asked.
"Maybe the DNA was dormant." Shirley suggested.
"So something awakened the dormant DNA?" Plucky asked.
"Yeah, but what?" Shirley asked. Jessica then had a thought.
"That accident Petunia was involved in a few days ago, could that have awoken the DNA." Jessica suggested.
"Possibly, Petunia has been feeling unwell since the incident." Plucky replied.
"Then why don't we grab Petunia and make an antidote?" Zach asked.
"If I went out during the day, people would get suspicious. Besidea, I'm meant to me missing." Jessica replied.
"So, what do we do?" Plucky asked.
"We wait until night and find the Pranker."
"So, Egghead keeps watch on them so we know where they go and we find them like that."
"Sounds good to me." Zach replied. Jessica then had a realisation. She turned to Zach.
"Zach, aren't Daffy and Melissa going to be worried about you?" Jessica asked.
"Don't worry about it. Daffy and Melissa are away on business." Zach replied.
"I'd agreed to look after him while they were away. They won't be back for a week." Shirley added.
"So that's why Zach was here so early." Plucky exclaimed.
"It's a good thing anyway. Where did they go anyway?" Jessica asked.
"I think they went to Las Vegas." Zach replied.
"I should've guessed."
At about 6:00, Egghead traced Petunia walking to a building on the edge of the city. While everyone was watching, her blip just disappeared. Everyone gasped.
"Egghead, try and find the Pranker." Jessica instructed. Egghead tapped a few buttons but the Pranker's blip didn't appear.
"This does not bode well." Plucky mutered.
"What building is that?" Jessica asked. Shirley pulled out a map.
"It's an old ACME factory." Shirley replied. Jessica ran to where her FoxFang uniform was hanging.
"Zach, we need to get to that factory." Jessica instructed.
"Right!" Zach replied, running over to grab his outfit. Egghead Jr. then guestured them to stop. He handed Jessica a small speaker with a red button.
"What's this?" Jessica asked. Shirley came over and had a look. She read Egghead's mind to learn what it was.
"I read Egghead's mind. It's a Foxcall. By pressing the button, it sends out a signal that calls a Fox to assist your battle, wherever you are." Shirley replied.
"Cool." Zach exclaimed. Jessica looked nervous.
"Won't the Fox smell that we're rabbits?" Jessica asked. Egghead handed her a spray can labelled 'Foxscent".
"Not if you spray yourselves with that." Shirrly replied. Jessica and Zach smiled. They then quickly changed into their FoxFang and Cub attire.
"Right, we're off." FoxFang and Cub jumped out of the treehouse abd began heading to the building where Petunia was last detected.
"Hopefully, this will be the final battle." Plucky muttered as they left. Egghead began tracking them on screen.
"Good luck you two." Shirley added. They both turned to watch the screen, which showed the two blips moving quickly towards the building.
FoxFang and Cub arrived at the factory where Petunia had last been detected. They were standing next to a tree a few metres away. The factory, while worn down, still had the ACME logo on the wall. The factory had two smoke chimneys sticking out of the roof. The roof had almost no ledges apart from ladders leading up to the top of the chimneys.
"So this is where Petunia was detected last." FoxFang muttered.
"Chances are she's still here." Cub replied.
"If we're quick, we can find her."
"So we attack now."
"One thing first." As she said this, FoxFang sprayed herself and Cub with the Foxscent.
"You're intending to call a fox aren't you?"
"If the Pranker is there, we'll need all the help we can get." FoxFang drew the grapple gun and graappled onto the roof. Then, her and Cub pulled themselves to the building. When they landed on the building, they were jumped by four human thugs, who were hiding on top of the chimneys. All of them drew knives andd walked towards FoxFang and Cub.
"Looks like Pranker was expecting us." FoxFang muttered.
"They must be atheletic to make a jump from that chimney." Cub commented.
"I suppose, but I'm sure we're better." The four thugs lunged at FoxFang and Cub. They were too slow and FoxFang and Cub were easily able to jump out of the way. The thugs stood up and turned around.
"You guys are outnumbered 4:2." One of the thugs gloated.
"Or 2:1" Cub muttered.
"Then it's time to tip the balance a little." FoxFang replied. She drew the Foxcall and pressed it. Within a few seconds, a Fox leapt up onto the building and tackled one of the thugs, pinning him to the ground. The Fox then began savaging the thug, stopping when FoxFang whistled. The Fox came to FoxFang's side and she stroked it. The remaining thugs started trembling.
"I think the count is now 3:3" Cub said smugly. He drew a Fangkmerang and used it to knock the knives out of the thugs' hands. FoxFang leapt over them and cuffed the thug the Fox had attacked. She then turned her attention to the remaining thugs. Cub spoke to the Fox and it ran around the thugs and forced them into a circle. FoxFang then drew a Fangmerang, this one with chicken wire tied to it. She threw it and it circled the thugs by their feet. Cub leapt over the thugs and landed next to FoxFang. He threw a Fangmerang, also with chicken wire, around the thugs' chests. Both Fangmerangs' returned to their owners' hands. The Fox was still circling the thugs and barking.
"When I whistle, the Fox will come over and we pull on the cchicken wire." FoxFang instructed. Cub nodded in response. FoxFang whistled and the Fox jumped over to them. FoxFang and Cub yanked on the chicken wire and the thugs were pulled to the ground. FoxFang and Cub quickly leapt on them and cuffed all three. They then jumped off and the Fox came up to them. Cub stroked the Fox along it's back.
"Ok little guy, head back to the forest. I don't want you getting hurt." FoxFang said to the fox.
"We'll call you again if we need you." Cub added. The Fox nodded and jumped off of the building and ran back into the forest.
"Ok, now we need to get inside."
"There's a window over there." Cub was pointing to a window on the floor.
"Ok, now let's see what's inside." FoxFang ran over to the window and cut a hole through it with a Fangdart. Both of them jumped into the room and found themselves in a room which appeared to be a whole computer. There was a large circular column in the middle of the floor. It was covered in glass and electrical circuits were visible within. The outer wall was mostly plain, except for a large screen. There was no visible entrance into the room other than the window.
"The Pranker had this building here?" FoxFang asked.
"She must be hiding something." Cub replied. As if on cue, the screen turned on, showing the Pranker sitting at a long table in a posh looking room. There was also a computer to the left of the screen.
"I see you've discovered one of my secret rooms. Such nosy foxes." The Pranker muttered.
"Pranker! Where's Petunia?" FoxFang asked.
"Does she really have something to do with this?" Cub asked.
"Correct. Petunia is involved, but I wouldn't say she's a willing assistant." The Pranker replied.
"Where is she?" FoxFang asked.
"You really want to know, then come and find me."
"Then where are you?" Cub asked.
"I'm pretty distinguishable. Look for my signature and you'll find me."
"Right. You're going to go down." FoxFang scolded.
"Oh don't come yet. I've got a bit of a display for you." The Pranker pressed a button on the computer and laser guns came out of the walls. The central column then collapsed revealing a space rocket. It was painted mostly blue. It had the Pranker's logo painted on the side.
"That satelite must be in there." FoxFang muttered.
"What satelite?" The Pranker asked.
"The laser satelite you were building." Cub replied.
"Oh THAT satelite. Yes that's on there. Let's see you prevent the launch." The Pranker said with hysterical laughter.
With that, the screen turned off and the Laser guns started firing. FoxFang and Cub had to use rapid leaps to avoid the laser fire.
"Damm! That Pranker is tricky." FoxFang scolded.
"We need to stop this rocket launch." Cub protested.
"I know!" FoxFang leapt in time to avoid a laser. The laser hit the glass protecting the missile and broke it.
"I've got an idea. Jump to where that laser hit." FoxFang instructed. They both jumped to where the spot and the laser gun took aim.
"Now, on my cue, leap out of the way." FoxFang instructed. Cub nodded and watched the guns target where they were standing.
"NOW!" With that, FoxFang and Cub leapt away from the spoot. The lasers all hit the rocket through the broken glass and set it alight.
"Now the rocket's going to blow." Cub shouted. FoxFang fired her grapple gun at the roof. The gun hooked onto the target.
"Come on!" FoxFang shouted. Cub grabbed hold of the grapple gun and used it to escape, moments before the rocket exploded. The force of the swing had slingshotted them away from the building. They both landed on a tree in the forest.
"I see what the Pranker meant by a display." Cub muttered.
"But that will be his last Prank. His sateelite has been destroyed." FoxFang replied.
"And all that's left is to find her before she can do any more damage."
"Right, now let's go." FoxFang and Cub skirted around the city in search of the Prankers' hideout.
After a few minutes searching, FoxFang and Cub arrived at a warehouse on another side of town. It was a run down warehouse with very little of interest, apart from a giant whoopee cushion on the roof.
"There, that has to be where the Pranker's waiting." FoxFang said.
"So, if she's in there, Petunia should be as well." Cub reasoned.
"Yeah, but if Egghead is right, her and the Pranker are one of the same." With that, they leapt onto the building. They found an open window in the roof, which led to a rather large room. The room was designed 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. In the centre was a very long table, with someone sitting on the end.
"Wh-who's there?" Came a feminine voice.
"Who are you?" FoxFang asked. Her and Cub walked cautiously to the figure. The figure turned to face them. It was Petunia.
"FoxFang!" Petunia exclaimed.
"Are you ok?" Cub asked.
"For the past few days, I've been a hostage within my own body." Petunia replied.
"Hostage within your own body?" Cub asked.
"It has to be the Pranker." FoxFang replied.
"Whoever he is…" Petunia began.
"She." Cub corrected.
"Ok, whoever she is, she takes control of my body whenever she pleases."
"When did this first happen?" FoxFang asked.
"Soon after I was involved in an accident." As she said this, Petunia felt something within her.
"NO! Not now!" Petunia screamed. Her body was enveloped in a flash of blue light. FoxFang and Cub had to cover their eyes. When they looked again, Petunia had disappeared, and another figure stood in her place.
"PRANKER!" FoxFang shouted.
(A/N: Well, next chapter is the big one. The final showdown. There will also be a small explanation on the Pranker's half. Please read and review this chapter for now. Hope you enjoyed it.)