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Nightw2: I suppose it is pretty obvious as to who the leader is right now. Glad you liked Jess's moment with Elmer's ancestor. He'll appear again in a future chapter. Regarding our co-written story, I'm having difficulty with inspiration. I know what will happen but can't seem to put my thoughts into words. Having a ton of other projects (not just FanFiction) doesn't help either. Trust me, I'm working on it.
acosta pèrez josè ramiro: Heh, you're right, Darkwing Duck's line does fit Sleety. Wile E did blunder with explaining the potential danger didn't he? However, something will happen that will make him change his mind, and it starts in this chapter.
Rock Raider: That's if the new mayor is killed, but it is a possibility. I have to admit to not thinking of that scenario.
Marih Dimitri: Thanks.
PurpleCobra247: You'll see how the Dark Alliance fares against all the tunes later on. They seem to have the number advantage but there will be another factor, as described in this chapter.
A discoveryWhile the Dark Alliance were taking over the town, Jessica found herself sitting up in bed unable to sleep. She was in a room on the side closest to the main street of the town. It was a dull room and displayed evidence that the Dark Alliance had killed in this room. Bloodstains were on the floor and walls were ever present. Truthfully, Bugs and Lola were a little worried about leaving her in such a room but they had little option. The whole of the room felt sad and miserable to Jessica. The walls were decorated with patterns of different shapes. Some were flowers, some were animals, some even looked like eyes. Some of the bloodstains that had dried on the wall dried while they were leaving a trail from some of the eye like designs, almost looking like tears of blood, as if it was crying over the loss of all the people that died in the room. It wasn't the bloodstains and the obvious feeling of depression the room gave off that kept Jessica awake; it was her parents asking her to stay out of the fighting. She knew that she was well capable of defending herself and could probably liberate the whole town with Zach's help, but her parents did not know this. In many ways, she had a feeling of powerlessness. She wanted to help fight but knew that if she was found out, she would be in major trouble with everyone and people might guess as to who she really was in the future. Part of the trouble was the fact that she had gotten used to going to sleep late at night and was no longer used to having early nights. She was also worried about the future. She didn't know whether the town would be coping without FoxFang and Cub's protection. Moreover, because they were in a different time period, she couldn't use her Fangwave to contact Plucky or Shirley. After staying awake for a few minutes, she decided to have a walk around the town to see if she could make herself fall asleep, hopefully not in the middle of the street. She went over to the window and forced it open. The window was stiff and reluctant to open so Jessica had to use a lot of her strength to open it. She had a look out of the window and at the drop to the street below. It was about 5 metres. It was a jump she could easily make but she would be left with no way of getting back to her room. She had a look around and eventually saw a ledge just below her. It split the drop about 2.5 metres down. The ledge was only about a foot wide but it stretched out underneath the window. Jessica could easily jump up to the ledge and back into her room so she decided that she would use the ledge to climb back later. She climbed out of her bedroom and dropped safely onto the ledge below. From the ledge, she then climbed down to the street below. As soon as she landed, Jessica noticed a trail of hoof prints in the dirt in the centre of the street. She went over to the prints and had a close examination. There were several prints in the dirt and they led to Jessica's right
"These prints came from a horse, from the looks of things, there were an awful lot of them, and they head towards that direction." Jessica said to herself. She looked to her right and saw roughly 18 horses in black capes standing outside the town hall. It was harder to see them but she could just make them out. Jessica walked closer to the horses to get a better look when one of the horses turned and looked right at her. Jessica's survival instincts told her to keep very still. While watching the horse, she was looking around at all times. She eventually spotted an alleyway to her left hand side. She calmly ignored the horses and went into the alleyway. Once there, she peeped out, keeping herself as hidden as possible and just watched.
"I'll bet those horses belong to the Dark Alliance. I'd better wait and see what happens." Jessica thought to herself. She waited for a few minutes and kept on watching.
After waiting and watching for about 10 minutes, Jessica felt a cold, sharp object touch the back of her neck. Her defensive reflexes kicked in at that moment. She quickly lowered her head and gave a sharp kick backwards. She struck somebody behind her and sent the figure backwards and to the floor. She then turned around to get a better look at her potential assassin. It looked like a Coyote so she assumed that it was Wile E.
"Wile E, don't sneak up on me like that." Jessica whispered.
"You know Wile E?" The figure asked.
"Hey, how do you know Wile E?"
"I found him in the middle of the desert, how do you know him?"
"He and his time machine sent me and my friends back here."
"So you must be one of his friends then."
"Wait, are you with the Dark Alliance?"
"No, what about you?"
"No." The figure climbed to her feet and dusted herself off. She then offered her hand in friendship.
"Wendy Coyote." Jessica very reluctantly took Wendy's hand and they shook.
"Jessica Bunny."
"Sorry for holding a dagger to your neck, I thought you were with the Dark Alliance."
"Apology accepted."
"Jessica, exactly how old are you?"
"Right now, it doesn't matter."
"Well, for someone so small, you have a deadly kick."
"Heh, thanks."
"So, what are you doing here?"
"I couldn't sleep so decided to have a little walk. I saw those horses and decided to investigate."
"Well, those horses belong to the Dark Alliance."
"Just as I thought."
"But what would they be doing at the town hall?"
"Don't…"
Before Jessica could finish, she and Wendy heard the doors of the Town hall swing open. Jessica and Wendy peeped out from the alleyway to get a better look at what was going on. They saw two members of the Dark Alliance, one tall the other stumpy, and a hideous mockery of a human leave the building. When she saw this, Wendy gasped in horror but Jessica quickly clamped her mouth shut.
"Quiet, you'll give us away." Jessica whispered. The two of them heard voices coming from the two members of the Dark Alliance.
"Mugsy, you carry the new guy back to base." The short figure said.
"Oh, ok Boss." Mugsy replied.
"I'm not the boss of this you moron."
"Sorry Rocky."
"Shut up."
"Rocky, any idea what the boss wants with this mutant?"
"No Mugsy, if it was me, I would've killed him."
"But hey, at least now the boss rules the town."
"Sure does, and soon we can accomplish our objective."
"Oh boy, it will be so good to be finally rid of Bugs' family. Who ever thought that we'd be able to kill his ancestor and prevent his birth."
"Shut up!" Rocky and Mugsy climbed onto their horses, with the mutated human on Mugsy's back, and they then rode away, not noticing Jessica or Wendy in the alleyway. Jessica was both shocked and horrified at what she had overheard.
"What's wrong?" Wendy asked.
"Wendy, I know those two members of the Dark Alliance. They were two of the people sent back in time." Jessica replied.
"And they teamed up with the Dark Alliance?"
"I can see their plan. My father has always been outwitting them and teasing them. They're trying to get rid of my dad by killing our ancestors."
"But wouldn't that have an adverse effect on time?" Before Jessica could speak, the doors swung open again. Jessica and Wendy stayed still and listened again. They also had a peep and saw the leader of the Dark Alliance talking to three other members of the Dark Alliance.
"Ok you guys, go back to our hideout and bring as many supplies as you can." The leader instructed.
"Yes sir, huhuhuhuhuhu." One of the other members replied. Jessica immediately recognised the voice and the laugh, Elmer Fudd.
"But how long until we can do what we wanted to do?" Another figure asked. It was another voice that Jessica recognised, Yosemite Sam.
"Don't worry, you will eliminate those you want to very soon." The leader replied.
"We'd better be able to, Earth Creature." The third figure said. Jessica recognised the this voice as well, Marvin the Martian.
"Just go and get the supplies that we need, or you'll end up just like the old mayor." Everyone, including Jessica and Wendy, gulped when they heard this. Wendy then put the facts together and then realised what had just happened. Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and Marvin the Martian then rode off in the direction Rocky and Mugsy went. Jessica and Wendy still hadn't been noticed. The leader then went back inside the town hall. Taking this opportunity, Jessica and Wendy made a beeline for the Inn before anyone realised that they were there.
Jessica and Wendy hid in alleyway next to the Inn. They were both very shaken by what they had just heard and seen. Jessica was the most concerned. Everyone was now in far bigger trouble than they had previously suspected. If they didn't act fast, Bugs and Jessica might just disappear from history altogether.
"I don't believe any of this." Jessica muttered.
"What do you mean?" Wendy asked.
"Those last three members of the Dark Alliance that were talking to their leader."
"Yeah, what about them?"
"They're from my time period as well."
"How do you know?"
"I recognised their voices. They are all enemies of my father."
"And they're all trying to get rid of your ancestor!"
"We have to stop them before they do that!"
"But I'm worried about going against them. The mayor of this town has become another victim."
"What?"
"Remember that mutant human we saw?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, their leader has the power to turn living creatures into those mutants. Nobody's sure on how he or she does it."
"That thing reminded me of something I saw back in my time. A Zombie."
"Zombie?"
"An undead creature."
"Sounds horrible."
"And what's more, the voice of the leader sounded vaguely familiar as well, but I'm not completely sure."
"I'll come to your group and explain what we just saw."
"You explain, I don't want my parents to know that I was out at this time."
"I understand, our little secret."
"Ok, I'm heading back to my room now."
"Will you be ok?"
"I'll be fine, just don't mention this to my parents."
"Ok, I'll pretend you weren't there when I explain what we saw. Where shall I meet you guys tomorrow?"
"Come to the Inn tomorrow morning, you should find us."
"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow."
With that, Wendy quickly left the town so the Dark Alliance didn't find her. While she was leaving, Jessica jumped up to the ledge she had used before and then jumped back to her bedroom window. She quickly climbed back inside and shut the window so nobody would realise that she had been gone. She went over to her bed and sat on it. Her mind was being plagued by what she had just seen. Now that her father's enemies were with the Dark Alliance, she was in even greater danger. She now needed to intervene with things somehow, but she just wasn't sure on what to do at the moment. She was so deep in thought that she didn't notice that Zach was in the corner of the room.
"Are you ok?" Zach asked. Jessica jumped around quickly and was about to panic but then sighed with relief when she saw Zach. She decided that he had to know what she had just seen.
"Zach, we have got to talk urgently." Jessica said.
"What is it?"
"I've just been around the town and have learned some quite horrible things about the Dark Alliance." Zach came over to her and sat on the bed next to her.
"Whatever it is, it doesn't sound good."
"Zach, my father's enemies have joined the Dark Alliance."
"What?"
"Yeah, they're trying to kill my ancestor so that my father would never be born."
"But that would mean that you'd disappear as well."
"I know."
"What will we do about it?"
"I did find another ally while I was out there. She'll explain everything tomorrow."
"Ok."
"But there is something else."
"What?"
"Whoever leads the Dark Alliance, he or she can turn living creatures into Zombies."
"What!"
"Yes, they did it to the mayor of the town just a few minutes ago."
"Which means that they've taken over the town."
"Zach, we have to get involved now. Too much is at stake for us to just stay on the sidelines."
"Right."
"But I'm not sure on what we do."
"I've got an idea. Tomorrow, we'll search the Inn and find some disguises that we can use and then we go and fight."
"Ok, but I'm still nervous though."
"Why?"
"Because it's not just our lives that are at stake, it's the future as well." Zach grabbed Jessica's arms and looked at her in the eyes.
"Jess, everything will be ok, you don't have to worry. We can do this."
"You're right Zach, we can do this." Jessica held onto Zach's arms and pulled him closer. Zach had given her the confidence that she needed to be able to fight. As long as they could both fight, there was a high chance that both the town and the future would be saved. It was dark, but Jessica and Zach could still see each other well enough. Jessica let go of Zach's arms and wrapped her arms around Zach. Zach wrapped his arms around Jessica and they kept on looking at each other. After a few seconds, Zach pulled Jessica closer and the two engaged in a compassionate kiss. They were practically breathing each other's air but didn't stop. They were enjoying the kiss too much. They held onto their kiss and kept at it for as long as possible. Jessica soon forgot about what she had seen earlier, she was happy that Zach would support her in saving everyone. They were going to fight alongside their parents to save the future. During the kiss, Jessica began to wonder what Wile E would think when he learned of what her father's enemies were planning. She soon forgot that thought as she and Zach continued their compassionate kiss. This kiss lasted 25 minutes before they both fell off the bed. When that happened, they broke away and looked at each other.
"Oh well, perhaps we can do that again another night." Jessica muttered.
"Yeah." Zach replied.
"Well, much as I don't want you to leave, you'd better go back to your room."
"Ok Jess, I'll see you tomorrow."
"Goodnight my Prince."
"Goodnight my angel." Jessica and Zach kissed one last time before Zach climbed to his feet and went back to his room. Jessica climbed back into bed and was eventually able to fall asleep.
A/N: So, the plot thickens. The action will begin next chapter. For now, please review.