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Marih Dimitri: You'll see what Wile E decides regarding whether to fight or not in this chapter. I hope you enjoy the fighting; it all kicks off in this chapter.
Nightw2: It will all dawn on Jessica eventually. The reason that she didn't recognise Sleety's work was because she never saw him create zombies from living creatures. You should receive the second chapter very soon. I actually had a floppy disc error and the chapter got deleted so I had to re-write it.
Rock Raider: I have the Elijah Jones and Sgt. Cortez's cameo appearance figured out in my head. I don't know when it will actually happen though. You'll learn where all the zombies have gone later as well.
acosta pèrez josè ramiro: Just a brief point of correction, Jessica never saw Sleety actually create the zombies from living creatures; nobody did. You're right, as soon as Wile E learns that Bugs' enemies are with the Dark Alliance, he'll have no choice but to fight. And yes, Jess and Zach are going to create a bit of a time paradox in order to save everyone. This time, they won't be saving the town/city, but they'll also be maintaining the stability of the future. All of a sudden, two 7-year-old rabbits are vital protectors of causality.
PurpleCobra247: Yep, while Wile E is dead against changing history, that is the goal of Bugs' enemies. That is worth fighting for. Wait and see what happens when Bugs finds out what's going on.
Ok, before I begin, I must thank everyone for giving suggestions as to the toons skills. In this chapter, I will reveal what I decided on. This will be a long chapter, as there's a lot to do.
Defend the townFor his part in the rebellion, Drake Duck woke up one hour earlier than he would have done. He had no idea that the Dark Alliance had taken over the town during the night. The only people that knew about that were Jessica, Zach and Wendy Coyote. Wendy had agreed to turn up to explain what had happened to the others, while pretending tat Jessica wasn't there. Jessica and Zach were going to pretend that they knew nothing about it. The reason Drake had woken up an hour that he normally would was so he could prepare some weapons for the unavoidable battles. The room he was in was a storage room in the basement of the Inn. There were about 10 crates in the room, mostly filled with food and beverages for the customers. Unfortunately, because of the Dark Alliance, they hadn't had a delivery for a few weeks. If they didn't get a delivery within a week, they might have to shut down. Two of the crates were filled with an assortment of weapons, which had been brought in especially for the time when people would fight the Dark Alliance. Half of the supplies ad been drained from the last rebellion against the Dark Alliance. As Peachy had told Tweety and Aaooga, that rebellion had failed and everyone in the force was killed. When Drake opened one of the crates, he felt a wave of nostalgia as he looked inside the crate. He had provided the weapons for the rebellion but didn't get involved in the fighting. At the time, he was too scared to fight, despite being an ex colonel in the military. This time, he would fight alongside those that would fight, out of respect for his fallen friends. With this in mind, he peered inside the crate he had opened and pulled out several knives, a few whips, some pistols and ammo for them. It took him several trips to bring all the equipment and hide it behind the bar stand in a box. By the time he had finished this, he saw Sylvester coming down the steps from his room.
"Morning Sylvester." Drake greeted.
"Hey Drake."
"Where's your girl?"
"Still asleep. She had a bit of a shock when we arrived now."
"Oh, I won't ask."
"She'll be down in a few minutes."
"What about your kid?"
"Don't know where he is. He usually wakes up before me."
"No doubt we'll see him in a minute." No sooner had he said this, Sylvester Jr. came running down the stairs, screaming in terror. He ran up to his father and latched onto his leg, screaming in utter terror. Sylvester had never seen his son like this before. He reached down, grabbed his son by the scruff, pulled him off his leg and lifted him up to face him.
"Son, what are you doing?" Sylvester Jr. immediately snapped to his senses and looked directly into his father's eyes.
"Father! I just had a horrible dream!"
"What happened?"
"I was in the middle of the town, surrounded by the Dark Alliance, but they…they…they were all vampires." Sylvester Jr. had clearly been traumatised by his dream. His description of his dream was very brief and as soon as he finished, he burst into tears. Sylvester gave his son a tight hug to try and calm him down. He then noticed Zach at the bottom of the steps.
"What's with your son?" Zach asked.
"Zach, he had a bad dream." Sylvester replied.
"A bad dream?"
"I don't think you should know about it."
"Err, ok."
"Is everyone else up yet?"
"I saw Porky a couple of seconds ago."
"Anyone else?"
"Do I count?" Came a voice from behind Zach. Jessica had snuck down behind him. She was teasing Sylvester, just like her father teased people.
"Morning Jess." Sylvester greeted. Jessica then noticed that Sylvester Jr. was crying in Sylvester's arms.
"What's with your son?"
"He had a bad dream."
"Bad dream! You poor kitten."
"This coming from the girl who teased my son when in the face of danger."
"Hey! It's in my blood! Just because I've got the blood of a world famous comedian doesn't mean that I don't have a heart!"
"So touchy for a 7 year old."
"What's going on Sly?" A voice from behind asked. Bugs had come down the stairs and was looking at Sylvester harshly.
"Err, nothing Bugs."
"Dad, all I did was express some concern for sly Jr. and Sly has a go at me." Jessica protested.
"What's this about?" Bugs asked.
"I'll explain, Jess showed some concern for Sylvester Jr. and Sly snapped at her because she had teased Sylvester Jr. in the past." Zach explained. Bugs nodded and went over to Sylvester.
"Look sly, Jess is a lot like me. She likes to tease people but she still cares about them."
"But can you ask her to lessen it a bit?" Sylvester asked.
"Doc, that is like asking us to give up carrots, completely impossible. She's stubborn on things like this."
"I heard that!" Jessica snapped. Bugs giggled to himself.
"Oh ok, I'll drop it." Sylvester replied.
Within an hour, everybody had woken up and were in the main bar eating breakfast. They ranged from classic breakfasts to vegetarian breakfasts, depending on what they were. The Inn hadn't opened yet and it seemed unlikely that it was going to open. While she was eating, Jessica kept eyeing the doorway, waiting for Wendy to come in to the building. She was sitting with her parents, Daffy and Zach. The four rabbits all had vegetarian breakfasts while Daffy had a tuna sandwich. Whenever Bugs or Lola saw Jessica looking towards he doorway, she quickly looked away. Bugs and Lola just passed it off as fear of the Dark Alliance, on the grounds that Drake was looking wearily at the doorway as well. Everybody else was just ignoring the door and eating their food. Wile E was eating half-heartedly. He had a guilty conscious about refusing to help his friends fight, but he knew that it cause irreversible damage to the structure of time if the wrong thing was done. He was the last of the group to finish his breakfast. When everyone had finished, Drake collected all the dishes but before he began washing up, he called everyone to the bar.
"Guys, earlier this morning, I went down to the basement of the store and fished out a bunch of weapons for the unavoidable battles." Drake said.
"Great." Lola replied.
"So…where are they?" Tweety asked. Drake ducked down and was able to drag the box out from behind the bar. It took him a couple of minutes and he was exhausted from the effort.
"Guys…(gasp)…choose your…(gasp)…weapons." Drake was able to gasp out. The rest of the group, other than Jessica, Zach, Sylvester Jr, and Wile E Coyote, virtually dove into the box and began arming themselves. When they eventually came out, Bugs was armed with two pistols and ammo, Lola had a whip, Daffy had a bunch of knives, Porky had also opted for pistols. Tweety had chosen a whip, Sylvester had a set of knives, Penelope and Aaooga had both chosen whips. Drake had recovered from the strain of pulling the box out and took out a pair of pistols and ammo. Sylvester Jr. had not chosen anything on the grounds that he had agreed to stay out of the fighting. Besides, he couldn't do much fighting. Wile E still refused to fight because of the potential damage to the time lines. Jessica and Zach kept back, but looked at each other and winked. They planned to do what they did best when everyone was out fighting, put together some outfits and join in the fighting. But first, they would have to make sure Sylvester Jr. didn't know what they would be up to.
"Ok guys, are we ready to kick some butt?" Daffy asked.
"How many times must I say, don't do it?" Wile E exclaimed.
"Doc, you're not going to stop us." Bugs said.
"We're going to fight whether you like it or not." Tweety added.
"But what about…"
They were interrupted when the doors were suddenly pushed open. Everyone turned around and saw a single member of the Dark Alliance at the door. A hood obscured his face but Jessica suddenly had a thought as to who he was. The member had a shotgun and was aiming it at everyone.
"Alright you guys, give us supplies and you live." The figure said. Everyone immediately recognised the figure's voice; Elmer Fudd.
"ELMER FUDD!" Lola exclaimed. Elmer lifted his hood and revealed his face.
"Hi guys, huhuhuhuhuhu." Elmer replied.
"What are you doing?"
"We're getting revenge, you darn varmints!" A voice from behind shouted. Yosemite Sam marched into the Inn with two pistols armed, ready and waiting to go on a killing fury.
"Yosemite Sam?" Bugs asked.
"That's right, ya varmints!"
"What has gotten into you?"
"It's quite simple earth-creatures." A third voice replied.
"Oh great, not cue-ball head." Daffy muttered. Sure enough, Marvin the Martian entered the Inn, holding a single pistol.
"You see, by eliminating the ancestors of our enemies, we'll be able to rid our lives of the people that have given us so many problems."
"Did I just hear that right?" Wile E asked.
"You did indeed, earth-creature." Wile E jumped to his feet in anger.
"Do you realise the damage that you'll do if you do that?"
"As long as we're rid of that varmint, who cares!" Yosemite Sam replied, pointing to Bugs.
"You're quite happy to wreak havoc with causality for your own selfish desires?"
"Yes, huhuhuhuhuhu." Elmer Fudd replied. When he heard that, Wile E lost it. He ran over to the box of weapons and pulled out the first thing that came to hand, which turned out to be a packet of knives. He quickly opened the pack of knives and threw them at Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and Marvin the Martian. The knives caught them all in the hands, causing them to drop their weapons. Lola quickly took the advantage and gave the three a whipping. Bugs drew one of his pistols and began firing at their feet, forcing them out of the inn.
"Guys, I change my mind. I'm going to help defend causality." Wile E said.
"But now that my enemies are with the Dark Alliance, we have less time." Bugs added.
"Then we need to hurry!" Tweety said.
"Right, to the hideout."
With Drake and Daffy working together to carry the box of weapons, the group headed back to the hideout that had been discovered yesterday. Bugs climbed down into the hideout first, shortly followed by Lola. Drake and Daffy threw the box of weapons down for Bugs and Lola to catch. Lola nearly dropped her half but was able to steady it. All this time, everyone else was looking in all possible directions, keeping an eye out for anyone from the Dark Alliance. As it turned out, they weren't bothered. Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and Marvin the Martian had run away from the Inn to an unknown direction after having their beating. Once the weapons were down, the rest of the group went into the hideout. Jessica was the last to climb down the ladder. Before she climbed down, she had a look around to see if she could see anyone but saw no one. She was looking for Wendy Coyote but, not seeing her, she climbed down into the hideout.
"Tweety, could you peep out and keep watch for us?" Daffy asked.
"Actually duck, that's a good idea." Bugs added."
"Of course."
"Sure thing, I'll let you know if I see anything." Tweety replied. He flew up to the entrance of the hideout and peered out over the top, keeping himself hidden as best as he could, looking out for anyone who got too close to the base.
"Now, we need to figure out what to do now." Bugs began.
"Well for a start, we have to protect your past selves at all costs." Wile E replied.
"But we don't know where they are."
"Actually dad…" Jessica began. Everyone turned and looked at her.
"You met them?"
"Yes. Jess and me found their house. They agreed to fight alongside us." Zach replied. Lola gave her daughter and Zach a very cold stare.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Lola asked.
"You never asked." Jessica replied. Bugs and Lola looked at each other, completely dumbfounded by their daughter's response. She was right; they hadn't asked, as they were too excited at the thought of finally having a base. Bugs was eventually able to crack a smile and Lola was eventually able to laugh.
"Eh, you got us there." Bugs said. Jessica smirked.
"So, where do they…" Lola began to ask but Tweety interrupted.
"Guys, company." Tweety whispered.
"Who?" Bugs asked.
"It looks like Terry pig's coming, but he's bringing a couple of rabbits and a Coyote."
"Wendy?" Wile E asked.
"Barry?" Zach added.
"Becky?" Jessica added.
"Who?" Everyone asked.
"Wendy's my ancestor." Wile E replied.
"Barry and Becky are ours." Jessica added.
"What should I say?" Tweety asked.
"Wile E, is Wendy with the Dark Alliance?" Bugs asked.
"Not that I'm aware of." Wile E replied. Bugs had a think for a few minutes before giving his reply.
"Let them all in."
Tweety allowed the group to come into the hideout, being slightly weary of Wendy Coyote. They climbed down the ladder and joined up with the group. Barry and Becky immediately recognised Jessica and Zach while Wendy Immediately recognised Wile E. She also recognised Jessica but made it look like that she didn't know her. Wendy had a small dagger attached to a strap on her waist. Terry, Barry and Becky were completely unarmed. Terry and Wendy had troubled looks on their faces. Barry and Becky went over to Jessica and Zach, greeting them first.
"Hi there kids." Barry said.
"Erm, hi again." Jessica replied.
"Hi." Zach added.
"And hi to you." Becky replied.
"What's wrong, I say, what's wrong Terry?" Foghorn Leghorn asked.
"Guys, me and Wendy have something very important to say." Terry replied.
"What is it?" Wile E asked.
"Guys, last night, I was in town, watching the Dark Alliance." Wendy began.
"You're fighting against the Dark Alliance?"
"Well, yeah."
"Why?"
"Because I hate seeing people suffer. I was running through here, chasing Desert Burner, and I saw the Dark Alliance here. I saw them massacre a large group of people. When I saw that, my heart was touched. That day onwards, I vowed to get rid of them, no matter what it took."
"Then why, I say, why were you huntin' Indians?" Foghorn asked.
"I hoped that I could get them on my side. If I could get their help, I'd be able to save the town."
"But going back to last night, what did you see?" Drake asked.
"I saw the Dark Alliance at the mayor's building. He has become another victim of their leader." Drake, Barry and Becky gasped in absolute horror.
"NO! Not the mayor!"
"Which means that the Dark Alliance now run this town." Barry reasoned. Wendy nodded sadly.
"What happened to the mayor?" Jessica asked, although she knew what had happened to him.
"He became…a…mutant." Wendy replied.
"NO!" Barry, Becky and Drake exclaimed.
"What do you mean?" Tweety asked.
"Their leader has some kind of strange power. He can transform living people into mutated mockeries of their former selves. Little flesh, no memory and completely loyal to the Dark Alliance." Wendy explained.
"You mean Zombies?" Penelope asked.
"Not Zombies!" Sylvester moaned.
"Any idea who the leader is?" Miss. Prissy asked.
"Nobody knows. All that we know is that he or she is only the size of a canary." Wendy replied.
"A canary?" Sylvester asked.
"All of a sudden, I'm worried." Aaooga muttered.
"What do we do?" Sylvester Jr. asked.
"If we leave the town as it is, anything could happen." Wile E replied.
"So you're suggesting we go out there right now and fight?" Tweety asked.
"The sooner we rid the city of the Dark Alliance, the sooner we can save our ancestors."
"What should we do?" Jessica asked.
"You little ones stay here and keep hidden." Lola replied.
"Wendy, would you keep an eye on them please?" Bugs asked.
"Ok." Wendy replied.
"Barry, Becky, you guys should take a weapon of some sort." Sylvester said.
"We always fight unarmed." Barry replied.
"Ok, if you're sure." Daffy muttered.
"Ok guys, let's go and liberate this town!" Bugs said like a sergeant.
The team climbed out of the hideout, leaving Jessica, Zach, Sylvester Jr. and Wendy behind in the hideout. If things got nasty, Wendy would help defend the hideout. The first place the group went to was the town hall, where the Mayor used to be. When they got there, they saw that at least 20 members were outside. Nearly all of them were on horseback. They were armed with a similar variety of weapons as the Looney Tunes. The group could make out Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and Marvin the Martian at the head of the group. There were also two other figures with them, one tall and the other short, who Lola recognised as Rocky and Mugsy. It looked like that they were giving a speech to the rest of the Dark Alliance. The group began sneaking up on the Dark Alliance, sticking close to the walls of the nearby buildings. Eventually, they were within listening distance.
"Ok everyone, we have to find our targets and eliminate them at all costs." Marvin the Martian began.
"You will be rewarded well for helping us." Rocky added.
"Now, you all know your targets. Find the varmints and give em what for." Yosemite Sam finished. Bugs had heard enough. He pulled out one of his pistols and fired at their heels. The bullet caught Marvin the Martian in the heel. He winced in pain before the five of them turned around.
"Ok docs, that's enough of trying to change history." Bugs said.
"It's you." Rocky scolded.
"Yeah, it's us."
"You've volunteered yourselves to die?" Marvin the Martian asked.
"I'm not letting you change history." Wile E scolded. He pulled out a knife and readied himself. Everyone else readied their weapons and prepared to fight.
"Guys, you know what to do, huhuhuhuhuhu." Elmer Fudd said. The members of the Dark Alliance drew their weapons, triggering a stand off. The two sides stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity, waiting for someone to make the first move. A gust of wine blew a ball of dust past them. Before anyone could make a move, the vigilante that Jessica and Zach had seen suddenly appeared from above them. He jumped down from a building above, whip at the ready, and was ready to attack.
"Who's that?" Bugs asked.
"That's the vigilante I told you guys about." Drake replied.
"You again!" One member of the Dark Alliance scolded. It was one of the four that Bugs, Lola and Jessica had met before they had arrived in the town.
"What do we do?" Another asked.
"Leave him to me." A voice from behind said. The Dark Alliance parted and allowed their leader to approach the vigilante.
"The leader." Bugs whispered.
"Why do I feel that I've seen him before?" Tweety asked.
"You, whoever you are, have caused us so much grief. It is time to end this. If you win, we'll leave, but if I win, you all die." The leader scolded. The vigilante remained silent but nodded. The leader did a quick head count of everybody.
"Perfect, after this, I'll have 13 new members. Time to die!" With tat last line, the leader grabbed his black robe and, in one swift robe, pulled it off and threw it to the side. Most of the Looney Tunes couldn't believe who they saw under the hood.
"No way!" Bugs exclaimed.
"It…can't be!" Tweety added.
"I don't believe it." Lola added.
"Oh no." Aaooga muttered.
"No!" Sylvester squeaked.
"I can't believe this." Penelope added.
"It's…it's…" Daffy began.
A/N: Next chapter, I'll be revealing the identities of both the leader of the Dark Alliance AND the vigilante that's been fighting them. I'll give you a clue as to who the vigilante is: he or she has appeared or has been mentioned in the story up till now. Feel free to guess. Anyway, please review.