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PurpleCobra247: I know, the chief of police still hates FoxFang, but he's very stubborn. I've got a feeling you're not the only person who hates him. Anyway, there will be a bit more action in this chapter. Thanks for the wishes.
Rock Raider: Something may happen to one of those police members. You'll just have to wait and see. Thanks for the suggestions on the party games.
Nightw2: Well, I know that the review has gotten through now. I just hope I'll be able to help with my current time spaces. Anyway, thanks for the review. Glad you liked the builder material. Try and spot the little teaser in this chapter.
acosta pérez josé ramiro: Glad you like the new inventions. You'll find out about my penguin parody and his civilian name in this chapter. For your suggestion about the freak capture unit, I'll think about it. And you're welcome for reviewing that story you suggested. In many ways, your suggestions help me out in my stories so thanks.
A/N: Ok, a lengthy chapter here, and I'm adding a little drama as well. Hope you enjoy it. Oh, and look out for a teaser for the 6th FoxFang. Again, sorry this took so long. It's a matter of getting access to the college's IT suite to post the chapters that's difficult. Writing's not a problem as I have a laptop.
An unwelcome guestNews of the party Bugs and Lola were planning to hold was kept relatively secret. Only their closest friends were invited. The only people outside of their friends informed of the party were the police, who were called for security reasons. By 7:00 pm, almost everyone who had been invited had arrived. They included Sylvester, Penelope, Sylvester Jr, Tweety, Aaooga, their daughter Becky, Porky, Petunia, their sons and daughter, Buster, Babs, Plucky, Shirley and Prince. Everyone was a little nervous when Plucky and Shirley brought Prince but they were able to reassure them that he was perfectly tame. Prince was loosing his winter coat and was turning from white to grey/brown. His personality hadn't changed at all; he was still a very lovable Arctic Fox. Only Daffy, Melissa and Zach had not arrived. Although she didn't show it, Jessica was getting worried. She was currently playing in her room with Buster and Babs, who were still very young at heart even though they were engaged. They were currently playing Mario Kart: Double Dash! Jessica was trying not to worry about Zach but was finding it difficult. Even though she was worried, she was still a fair distance ahead of both Buster and Babs. They had asked Sylvester Jr. if he wanted to play but he had refused, electing to stay with his father reading a magazine. Sylvester was sitting next to Penelope. They were both drinking a glass of Champagne. Bugs was having a casual chat with Porky and Petunia. Lola was sitting with Plucky and Shirley stroking Prince. Prince was lying down in complete contempt. Shirley was holding onto Prince's lead tightly to prevent him from turning aggressive. Tweety and Aaooga were sitting on Sylvester's shoulder watching Becky playing with Porky and Petunia's children. The game was Becky flying around the room while the piglets were leaping up to try and grab her. The game started when one of Porky's sons leapt at her and she dodged in mid-air. At first, Porky and Petunia objected to the game but Tweety and Aaooga didn't mind. In their eyes, it would help prepare her for evading cats in the future. After he finished his conversation with Porky, Bugs began walking towards the burrow entrance. Lola saw him moving and put a hand on his shoulder.
"Where are you going?" Lola asked. Bugs turned his head and looked at her in the eye.
"I'm going to see if I can see Daffy. He's late and Jessica must be getting worried." Bugs replied.
"Ok, I'll sort out some food while you're looking for him." Bugs climbed out of the burrow while Lola made her way to the kitchen.
When Bugs got outside of the burrow the whole town was pretty much quiet. Most of the other citizens were in their own homes having dinner. Throughout the day there had been heavy rainfall and the area was pretty flooded with several puddles. Bugs looked around for a few minutes. He was about to give Daffy's cell phone a call when he heard a vehicle coming. He took another look around and saw a pair of headlights approaching him. He watched as the vehicle came closer and closer, finally screeching to a hat a few metres beyond him. Unfortunately, the vehicle drove through a puddle and water was sprayed up, giving Bugs a thorough drenching. Bugs glared harshly at the car and watched as Daffy climbed out of the driver's side.
"Thanks for the shower Daff." Bugs muttered sarcastically.
"Erm…whoops." Daffy muttered back. While Bugs was squeeze-drying his ears, Melissa and Zach stepped out of the car. The group walked over to Bugs. Zach was practically running, as he was eager to see Jessica.
"Well, welcome guys." Bugs greeted when everyone had reached him.
"Hi." Melissa greeted.
"Where's Jessica?" Zach asked."How did I know that would be the first thing you would ask?" Daffy asked sarcastically. Everyone started laughing while Zach just buried his head in his hands to hide the fact that he was blushing. Bugs put a hand on his shoulder and stopped laughing.
"Zach, you don't have to be embarrassed about your relationship with my daughter." Bugs said reassuringly.
"You mean that?" Zach asked.
"Zach, since you two told us on Christmas I haven't made any moans about it. I'm happy for both of you."
"Oh thank you for understanding."
"About your question about Jess, she's in her room. She's been waiting for a while now." As soon as Bugs said this, Zach jumped straight into the burrow, leaving Bugs, Daffy and Melissa laughing hysterically.
"Young love." Melissa muttered when she finally stopped laughing.
"Anyway, why were you guys late?" When Bugs asked this, Daffy and Melissa gave each other a very sheepish look. They looked at each other for a good few seconds. Finally, Melissa spoke.
"My fault. We were having a love session and I lost track of time." Bugs smirked when he heard this.
"Eh, it happens to me and Lo all the time. Anyway, you guys coming in?"
"Why not." Daffy and Melissa went into the burrow. Bugs was about to follow them when he heard another vehicle approaching. Before he could turn around to have a look, he had been splashed again. He looked around, soaking wet, and saw that an unmarked police car had pulled up beside him. After squeeze-drying his ears, he had a look in the window of the car. Officers Eric and Lucy were inside the car, both of which had a depressed look.
"Eh, thanks for the shower guys." Bugs muttered.
"Oh, sorry." Lucy replied.
"Don't worry about it. Thanks for coming anyway."
"It's no problem." Bugs then noticed that they were looking depressed about something.
"Eh, are you guys ok?"
"No, not really."
"Why?"
"We shouldn't really be saying but we will anyway." Eric replied.
"We've been transferred to the Freak Capture unit." Lucy added.
"Freak Capture unit?" Bugs asked.
"A new unit created specifically for freaks." Eric replied.
"What's so bad about that?"
"Our chief has listed FoxFang as the primary target for the group." When he heard this, Bugs nearly exploded in anger."
"Now hold on, this town needs FoxFang. If it wasn't for him, my family…well we wouldn't be alive right now. If it weren't for FoxFang, this town would be in utter chaos. If it weren't for him, we'd be in a permanent ice age. If it weren't for him, tons of children would be dead and we may be on some outer space theme park for the rest of eternity."
"Bugs, we're on your side on that, but our chief isn't. In his eye, FoxFang is a vigilante, and therefore, a criminal."
"Maybe, but I don't know how many people owe their life to FoxFang. Perhaps you guys could work with him."
"I sometimes wish it was that simple. To double the insult to this, I think FoxFang had begun to trust us a little."
"Why?"
"Well, and don't tell anyone this, but we helped FoxFang out of a pickle when he got flash frozen."
"You didn't unmask him?"
"No, we didn't dare."
"I'll say this now, if your chief does somehow capture FoxFang, he will be kicked out by the civilians. Even if they humiliate FoxFang by unmasking him in public."
"I know, but he's so stubborn it's unbelievable."
"Ah well, it was nice talking to you. I'd better get back to the party." Once the conversation finished, Bugs climbed back into the burrow to rejoin the party.
While this discussion was going on, Jessica had been overcome by worry for Zach. She had stopped playing and was sitting on her bed in deep thought. Buster and Babs decided to leave her alone for their own safety. They knew that if Jessica was in a bad mood, she could be very violent. While Jessica was in a bit of a mood, Buster and Babs buried themselves in the corner of the room. They were looking through a specialists catalogue trying to decide on the dress Babs was going to wear on their wedding day, which had been planned for the beginning of the Easter holidays so they would be on their honeymoon during Easter. Babs briefly looked up towards Jessica. She was still sitting on her bed looking into space. Babs contemplated the idea of trying to cheer her up but before she could, there was a knock at the door. Jessica leapt to her feet and went over to the door. When she opened the door, Zach jumped into the room and right in top of her. They both fell onto the floor in each other's arms. Buster and Babs didn't notice, as they were too busy searching for a dress in the catalogue. Zach realised the situation quickly and climbed off Jessica. Jessica was actually laughing at the whole situation. She eventually climbed to her feet and closed the door. She then went over to Zach and pulled him into a hug. Zach returned the hug tightly.
"Sorry I'm late Jess." Zach greeted.
"What kept you?" Jessica asked.
"Daffy and Melissa were late getting ready. I have no idea what they were doing."
"Oh, I have that trouble with my parents sometimes."
"And we have no idea of what they do in there."
"Perhaps we will later on." Jessica had a look over her shoulder and looked at Buster and Babs. They were still looking through the catalogue they had. She then looked back at Zach. She looked at him dead in the eye with a look of love. Zach looked right back at her with the same look. They looked at each other for a few seconds before they finally came closer together and kissed. During the kiss, they held each other as close to each other and as tightly as possible. They clearly didn't care that Buster and Babs were present, who were still looking through the catalogue. Jessica and Zach were holding their kiss for as long as possible. It eventually lasted for 12 minutes, by which time Jessica and Zach both needed a breath of fresh air. After getting a breath of fresh air, they looked into each other's eyes again.
"Wow, what a good one. I wish all our kisses were like that." Jessica muttered.
"Same here, that was our best yet." Zach replied.
"Want another?"
"Maybe later. I thing there' going to be food in a minute."
"Did someone mention food?" Buster asked. The mention of food had gotten his attention.
"You hungry blue boy?" Babs asked.
"Hungry? I haven't had anything since this morning."
"What are you hungry for, food or me?" Babs was flirting with her fiancée while leaving Jessica and Zach with puzzled looks. Buster and Babs just looked at them, knowing that they didn't understand what that remark meant but they dared not explain it.
"You'll understand when you're older." With that, Buster and Babs left the room. Jessica and Zach followed them pretty much immediately, still puzzled about what had been said.
Back in the living room where everyone else was, Lola was busy bringing party food from the kitchen and placing it on the table. The food included lettuce, carrots, fish, crisps of assorted flavours, cheese squares, hard-boiled eggs, tubes of Pringles and birdseed. There were also assorted drinks, including soda, carrot juice, Cola, Orange juice and Lemonade. There were enough paper plates and plastic cups around for everyone. Everyone had grabbed a plate and was busy choosing their food. Prince was at the entrance to the burrow fast asleep. Buster and Babs immediately went over to the table and began choosing what they wanted. Jessica and Zach waited for the table to clear a little before going over to choose their food. After collecting some food, they went back to the door that led to Jessica's room and sat there. They had chosen a mixture of Carrots, crisps and Pringles, mostly Carrots. By now, everyone was sitting down next to their respective partners with a plate of food each and a drink. Plucky and Shirley were near the entrance to the burrow. Shirley was eating with one hand, Plucky's hand with the other and using Telekinesis to hold onto Prince's lead. The whole party was going very smoothly throughout the time, until about 8:00. Jessica, Zach, Plucky, Shirley, Buster and Babs were all in Jessica's room taking turns on the Gamecube. Jessica and Zach were playing co-op on Timesplitters Future Perfect. Buster and Babs were still looking through the catalogue trying to find a wedding dress for Babs. So far, they had narrowed the choice down to three good options. Plucky and Shirley were just sitting on the bed watching Jessica and Zach. Prince was lying down next to Jessica having a look around. Plucky looked over towards Buster and Babs. They were still looking through the catalogue.
"What are you two doing?" Plucky asked. Babs looked over her shoulder and looked at him.
"I'm trying to decide on a wedding dress."
"Ohh, no need to be touchy."
"I want to look good for my special day. I'm sure that Shirley would feel the same."
"What are you implying?"
"Come on, how long have you and Shirley been dating?"
"I'll admit that it has been for a long time."
"It's been for about the same length of time as me and Buster. Are you even considering tying the knot?" Plucky flinched; he didn't know how to reply. He wanted to propose to Shirley but couldn't bring himself to even buy the ring. Shirley had been listening to the whole conversation. When she heard Babs' question, she snuggled closer to Plucky and began fluttering her eyelashes flirtatiously. Ever since she had learned of Babs' engagement to Buster, she had waited for Plucky to ask the question and didn't care how long it took him. Plucky looked back at her. He still didn't know how to reply. Babs started laughing at the situation.
"What's so funny?" Shirley asked.
"You two. You look so silly." Babs replied.
"What does that mean!"
"Exactly what it sounds like."
"Me and Plucky look silly?"
"Yeah."
"I never said anything like that about you and Buster."
"It's just ironic that you say that when it's silly that you two have been together for as long as us and you two aren't tying the knot."
"You don't have to force us to do it right now! I'll wait for as long as it takes!" Jessica had heard enough. She paused the game She and Zach were playing and went over to the small little group.
"What are you guys arguing about?" Jessica asked.
"You'll know…" Plucky began but Jessica cut him off.
"I know, I know, but I am trying to concentrate on a game with Zach here. If you're going to argue, I want you out of my room."
"I suppose you're right. Sorry." Buster was actually in a bad way after hearing this little argument. Hearing the little conversation had made him even angrier.
"Jess, you can't just tell people to shut up." Buster snapped.
"That was highly unprovoked." Zach protested.
"Buster, whose room is this?" Jessica asked. She was getting angry with everyone except Zach.
"Yes, I know it's yours." Buster replied.
"Yeah, so my room, my rules. And one of those rules is no arguing."
"Who's going to make me stop arguing?"
"Buster, don't make me angry or I will hurt you." Buster scoffed and replied sarcastically.
"Ohh, I'm so scared! Please, protect me from a mad little girl." Jessica was getting even angrier with Buster. She was trying to hold back her temper but was finding it very difficult. Shirley sensed that Jessica was getting angry and began to get nervous. Nobody other than her parents knew how violent Jessica could be in a temper but Shirley could tell that Jessica was getting very angry and was worried that if she did lose her temper, she would do some severe damage. On that basis, she decided to try and intervene.
"Buster, you don't want to get on Bugs' wrong side. If you hurt his daughter he might not forgive you." Shirley warned, though she was more concerned about Buster's safety.
"Oh shut your beak!" This caused the dam to explode; Jessica lost her temper. She jumped at Buster and pinned him to the floor. Because of her strength, Buster couldn't get up, no matter how much he struggled.
"Either shut up or get out! Your choice!" Jessica shouted. Babs looked at Shirley, who was holding her hand out straight and aiming it at Buster. She assumed that Shirley was holding Buster in place with her telekinetic powers. In fact, Shirley wasn't doing anything, Jessica was pinning Buster with her own strength. She leapt at Shirley and pinned her on the bed.
"Stop pinning my Fiancée!" Babs shouted. This time, Shirley used her power to lift Babs off of her. Jessica had stepped off Buster and was giving everyone an evil except Zach an evil glare. She had had enough of this whole argument and was very close to actually hurting someone.
"That does it! Get out, the four of you!" Jessica shouted at the top of her voice.
The shouting got the attention of Bugs and Daffy. They both popped their heads inside to see what was going on.
"Jess, is everything ok?" Bugs asked.
"What's going on in here?" Daffy added.
"I'll explain what happened." Zach replied. He explained to Bugs and Daffy exactly what had happened. While he was explaining, Jessica retreated to the corner of her room and began to sulk. As soon as Zach had finished explaining what had happened, Buster realised how mean he had been. He went over to Jessica.
"Jess, sorry for what happened back there." Buster said. Jessica gave him a cold shoulder and went to the corner of the room.
"I think we all are, to each other." Babs added.
"Come on, let's let Jessica calm down." Plucky said. Everyone was upset about the whole incident. Prince had also seen the whole incident and was with Jessica, licking her face to try and calm her down. Buster, Babs, Plucky and Shirley decided together to leave Jessica alone. Shirley whistled and Prince came running over to her heel. Before they left the room, Shirley turned to Zach.
"Zach, I think you should stay with Jessica to try and calm her down. Only you can do that."
"Ok, I'll try." Zach replied.
"Ok, come on. Let them have their time alone." Bugs said. Everyone else left the room, leaving Zach in the middle of the room and Jessica sulking in the corner. Zach walked over to Jessica and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Jessica?" Jessica looked up and turned her head around. There were tears all over her cheek and from her eyes.
"Zach, did I actually hurt someone?"
"Don't think so. You pinned Buster to the floor though."
"Well he did deserve it, talking to me like that."
"At least he apologised."
"At least." Jessica finally wiped her eyes dry and turned to face Zach. She was now feeling much better. Thanks to her little conversation with Zach. She wrapped her arms around him and looked into his eyes.
"Thank you for cheering me up Zach."
"Jess, I'd do just about anything for you. It hurts me to see you angry with anyone." They looked into each other's eyes for a few seconds. After looking at each other for a few seconds, they came together and kissed. They were holding onto each other as tightly and as close to each other as they could. They also tried to hold their kiss for as long as possible. It eventually lasted for 15 minutes. By which time, they both needed some fresh air so they pulled away and took a breath of air.
"That was the longest kiss we've had yet." Jessica said.
"Yeah, I wish all kisses could be like that." Zach added. Jessica quickly glanced at the door. It was still shut. Jessica began speaking in a whisper.
"Zach, when we get to the Foxcave tonight, I need to hold a little meeting with everyone. I've just had a thought."
"About that incident?"
"It regards Buster and Babs yeah."
"Ok, I'll let Plucky and Shirley know if we get the chance."
"Ok, now where we on that game?"
Back in the living room, Plucky and Shirley were sitting away from the rest of the group. Prince was sitting next to Plucky, eyeing him looking for a bit of attention. Plucky was still affected by what had happened, as was Shirley. Buster and Babs had been their friends for a very long time and the argument they had just had had taken a heavy toll on their mind. They were questioning whether they were really good friends or not. They had made up but they were still unsure about their friendship. They were having a drink trying to take their minds of the incident. While they were doing so, Shirley's sixth sense tickled. She looked up and towards the entrance to the burrow.
"Shirley, are you ok?" Plucky asked.
"Someone's coming." Shirley replied. She continued to look at the entrance and saw a large black rabbit enter the room. He was wearing a flash tux and held a walking stick close to his chest. He took a look around the room and looked at everyone. Jessica and Zach had just come out of Jessica's bedroom to get a drink and saw the rabbit themselves.
"1, who is this guy? And 2, who invited him?" Tweety asked.
"To answer both of those questions, I don't know." Lola replied. The rabbit then looked at Lola.
"Oh, so you're Lola Bunny. You may not know me, but I sure know you, and your father." The rabbit said. Lola gasped in horror but said nothing.
"Who are you?" Bugs asked.
"Oh, forgive me. Brendan Rabbit."
"Ok doc, I don't remember inviting you."
"Oh, did I need an invite to come?"
"Yeah."
"Well tough, I'm here now." Brendan had another look around the room and saw Zach standing near Jessica. He walked over to Zach and examined him.
"You know, you look very familiar." Brendan said.
"Well, you don't ring a bell in my mind." Zach replied. Porky's daughter Catherine became curious about Brendan. She went up to him and began tugging on his leg. Brendan looked down at her and glared harshly.
"Oh get off you annoying pig." Brendan sharply kicked his leg and sent Catherine flying towards Petunia. Catherine hit her mother headfirst and they were both knocked to the floor. Everyone gasped at this sudden act. Jessica stared at the whole situation. A nameless fear had awoken in her heart. She couldn't put her finger on it but she was definitely scared about something. She just wasn't sure what it was. Everyone else was giving Brendan a very evil look, especially Porky.
"WHY YOU…YOU…YOU…YOU…LITTLE…" Porky was trying very hard to watch his language because of all the children around.
"Just who do you think you are?" Sylvester added.
"It's not right to injure anyone, especially children." Tweety added.
"Well, what are you guys going to do about it?" Brendan asked. Jessica was watching this from the sidelines with a growing anger. She was very tempted to get involved but decided against it on the grounds that it might blow her cover, or make people wonder how she got so much strength. She just stayed back and watched, putting on a 'timid child' act and hiding behind the television.
"Ok doc, you've got two minutes to get out of this house" Bugs scolded.
"Who's going to make me?" Brendan asked. There was suddenly a crackling coming from the side of the room. Shirley had now lost her temper and her psychic power had reached a completely new level. Her body was releasing small sparks of blue lightning. Her eyes were glowing bright blue and her hair was rising towards the ceiling. She raised her arm and aimed it at Brendan. She focused briefly and an energy bolt about 2cm in diameter appeared in the palm of her hand. Everyone saw her and backed off.
"Ok! You have 10 seconds to leave these premises! Unless you want to feel severe pain!" Shirley scolded. Brendan just scoffed.
"What are you going to do?" Shirley focused a little more and the energy bolt doubled in size.
"Do as she says. Shirley is dangerous." Babs pleaded.
"Really? I'd like to see that." Shirley threw the energy bolt in her hand right at Brendan's feet. The bolt hit the floor and exploded, causing him to leap back half a foot. Shirley immediately produced another energy bolt.
"That was a warning, next time I won't miss." Shirley threatened.
"Ok you win, I'll go." Brendan angrily walked to the entrance of the burrow and left, leaving everyone very angry.
When Brendan was gone, Shirley calmed down and her psychic power returned to its normal level. Everyone was now gathered around Petunia and her daughter. They had both regained consciousness but they were still feeling a little dizzy. Although she didn't show it, Jessica was being plagued by a nameless fear regarding Catherine. She was standing next to her bedroom door trying not to think about it, but it wasn't easy. She needed to tell someone about it but she wasn't sure whom. Eventually though, Zach noticed that she was on her own ad came over to where she was.
"Jess, are you ok?"
"I don't know."
"What do you mean?"
"That incident, it awoke some kind of fear within me."
"Is it a kind of indescribable fear regarding Catherine?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I have a similar fear."
"Do you?"
"Yeah. I'll explain later."
"But I'm also annoyed about that Brendan. I get a bad feeling about him."
"So do I. He looks a trouble maker."
"And how does he know my mother and her father?"
"Your grand-father, did you know him?"
"No. I never met him, but my mother did tell me about him"
"Is there enough time to say now?"
"No. I'll explain later."
"Ok." Zach put a hand on Jessica's shoulder and looked at her in the eye. Jessica looked back at him with love. She trusted Zach more than anyone. She wrapped her arms around Zach's neck and stared into his eyes. They continued to look into each other's eyes for a few seconds before finally engaging in a compassionate kiss. No one noticed, as they were too busy nursing Petunia and her daughter. Jessica and Zach no longer cared about keeping their love secret. Pretty much everyone knew about their relationship and everyone was happy for them.
A/N: Ok, since I've made a little reference to it, I'll say now. This story is a semi-sequel to "Another Code: Toon Memories". You may now have a clue as to what my Brendan will do. What do you think of him though? Please review.