Sleety had woken up fully, somehow resurrected after being dead for nearly 9 months. Jessica couldn't believe what she had just seen. Now everybody was in serious danger. Sleety looked around the room he was in as soon as he woke up and smiled. It reminded him of the voodoo room that he had created before. He was completely oblivious of Jessica's presence. He looked at Cheesy and smiled. Cheesy had done what he wanted him to do.
"Thank you son. Now we can restore our desires." Sleety said.
"It is my pleasure father. We can now continue with what you want to do."
"Is Tweety here?"
"Yes, as well as several others."
"What about a small, grey rabbit with a blonde fringe?"
"Yes, there is a rabbit of that description here."
"She is here!"
"What is wrong father?"
"Find her and kill her!" Jessica gasped when she heard this. Sleety wanted her life. She decided to stay hidden and listen for Sleety's reasons for wanting her life.
"Father, she could be considered a future ally, either as a Vampire or a zombie."
"She could also be considered a threat, maybe a bigger threat than Tweety."
"A threat? I can tell just by looking at her that she's only 7 years old"
"Don't make the same mistake I did son. When we last met, I completely underestimated her."
"How strong is she then?"
"I tried to possess her but failed. She has too much willpower for us to cope with. She has to be killed quickly."
"What about the others?"
"We can zombify everybody else. We must ensure that we kill Jessica Diana Bunny first." Sleety raised his hand and a huge army of zombies suddenly rose from the ground. They all looked at Sleety and waited for instructions.
"Find a young grey rabbit with a blonde fringe. When you find her, kill her and bring her body to me." Sleety instructed the zombies. Jessica ran away from the wall when she heard this. She was Sleety primary target, so she was in terrible danger. She had to tell her parents about what she had seen and heard. She also realised that she was probably the only person capable of defeating Sleety. That was why Sleety wants her dead. She had no intention of running away from the mansion, but she had to be very careful. She was also preparing the possibility of having to fight several zombies at once. All the zombies in the chamber left through a hidden door, different to the one that Jessica had used. Sleety began to head towards the wall from where Jessica had been looking. He immediately saw the hole in the wall and figured that someone had been watching. He looked through the hole but couldn't see anyone, as Jessica had long gone. Sleety backed away from the hole and raised a hand. Another group of about 20 zombies suddenly rose up, but they were not human. They were sort of dog shaped, but they all shared the same characteristics of all the other zombies. Cheesy came over to have a look at the zombies that had just appeared. He was slightly confused as to why Sleety had created non-human shaped zombies.
"Father, what are those zombies for?" Cheesy asked.
"They're for catching and killing Jessica." Sleety replied.
"Attack dogs?"
"They're not dogs. What animal do you think rabbits fear more than anything?" Cheesy had a little think before he came up with an answer.
"Foxes?"
"Exactly. So we attack Jessica with zombie foxes. She'll be too scared to do anything, paralysed with terror. She'll die where she stands." Sleety then turned to face the army of Zombie foxes. He then created a black mist in the air, which showed a still picture of Jessica, as she was when he had lasts seen her. It was the still of when Sleety had tried to possess her.
"This is your target. Find her and show no mercy!" Sleety instructed. The passageway that Jessica had been hiding in then opened up and the Foxes ran into the passage. They were much faster than normal zombies, but were still pretty slow. Sleety closed the passage after the last of the foxes had entered the passage.
"Now it's only a matter of time." Sleety said.
Jessica was able to get to the end of the passage and back to the bathroom well before the zombie foxes had entered the tunnel. When she reached the end of the tunnel, she leapt up at the hole at where she had climbed into the tunnel and re-entered the bathroom. Much to her relief, her parents were still in the bathroom. Bugs was still holding onto the tile that went where the hole was. Lola was standing in the doorway, looking down the corridor in both directions. She was looking for any other members of the group. Jessica was actually shocked at what she had just seen, and made no effort to hide her shock. When Bugs saw his daughter, he immediately noticed Jessica's shock. This told him that there was bad news that she had.
"Jess, what's wrong?" Bugs asked. As soon as Lola heard this, she turned around. She was relieved to see her daughter but she could also tell that something had happened. Jessica sat down on the floor and looked at her parents.
"Mum, Dad, I was right, Sylvester was at the end of that tunnel." Jessica said.
"But your expression tells us that there's bad news."
"Yes there is. There's a vampire in this mansion."
"Again! Another vampire!" Lola exclaimed.
"Two. One of them is Sleety's son."
"And the other?" Bugs asked. Jessica took a very deep breath before answering Bugs' question.
"Sleety." Bugs and Lola both gasped in horror.
"I though Shirley sealed his spirit away." Lola said.
"Sleety's son was able to break the seal. He captured Sylvester so he could recover Sleety's body from Sylvester's stomach."
"Then Sylvester must have been taken by one of Sleety Jr's minions."
"Sleety's son is called Cheesy. It's a silly name I know, but I think that he's just as dangerous as his father."
"But you looked like there's something else troubling you. What is it?" Jessica took another deep breath. She had no idea of how her parents would take to knowing that Sleety wanted her neck, but she had to tell them.
"Mum, Dad, Sleety's after me…"
"To turn you into a zombie?"
"No mum. Remember when I was able to foil his possession attempt?"
"Yes, I remember that."
"Well, because of that, he sees me as a threat." Bugs and Lola began to get an idea of the point that Jessica was getting across.
"You mean…"
"Yes mum, he wants to kill me."
"Then why are you worried? You've beaten foes tougher than Sleety." Bugs asked.
"I don't know what lengths Sleety will go to kill me. He could try anything. I know he's sent an army of zombies already."
"Then we should leave this room before they arrive." During this conversation, Jessica's trained hearing alerted her to some rapid footsteps running along the corridor. It sounded like someone was running down the corridor, so she figured that it wasn't a zombie. She went to the doorway and looked outside the corridor. She then saw Zach running down the corridor. He looked like he was searching for somebody. Jessica waited for Zach to run past the door and quickly put her hand on his head to stop him.
"Hey, 18:05 service, don't miss the train station." Jessica joked. Zach turned and looked at Jessica. He looked a little worried but he didn't look scared. Jessica looked at him in the eye with a look of concern. Running aimlessly was not like Zach at all.
"Zach, why are you running? It's not like you." Jessica asked.
"I was looking for you Jess." Zach replied.
"You could have just used the Fangwave."
"I didn't know whether you'd be with anyone like Tweety or not."
"Oh."
"But what's the problem Zach?" Bugs asked.
"Where's Daffy?" Lola asked.
"Gone, along with nearly everybody else." Zach replied. Everybody gasped in horror. The situation was getting very desperate.
"Everybody?"
"I think Tweety and his family are safe."
"What happened?" Jessica asked.
"Ok, me and Daffy had met the rest of the group in the Attic…" Zach began.
Flashback
Daffy and Zach's search had led them into the attic of the mansion. They hadn't had any luck in finding Sylvester but hadn't run into any zombies either. When they reached the attic, they found that the light was on, which caught them somewhat off guard. They decided to look further into the attic. The attic itself was practically empty, as it was not used for any reason. This was because Tweety and Aaooga didn't see a need for it, since they were only going to use the mansion for parties. Daffy and Zach explored deeper into the attic and, to their surprise, they found a bit of a gathering in the attic. They saw Granny, Porky, Petunia, Foghorn Leghorn, Miss. Prissy, Sylvester Jr. and Penelope. They were gathered underneath one of the lights discussing something. Daffy and Zach went over and Daffy, rather rudely, interrupted.
"Hi guys, what's going on?" Everyone turned and glared harshly at Daffy. They were unhappy that he had been so rude, especially considering what they had been talking about.
"Daffy, we were talking about something, I say, something serious. When will you ever learn not to Interrupt delicate, I say delicate discussions?" Foghorn Leghorn began.
"Oh my god." Zach muttered. He walked away so he didn't have to listen to the inevitable lecture.
"I was brought up right. If my mummy and pappy were talking, I didn't, I say, I didn't interrupt them. Pappy always told me that people interrupt have no sense, I say, no sense of decency. They might be discussing things you shouldn't be, I say, you shouldn't be knowing about. You have a tremendous amount, I say, tremendous amount of gall to interrupt this delicate story. Why you can't wait for us to finish is beyond, I say, beyond me. Also, I might also like to add that you were incredibly, I say, incredibly rude just then. You should wait, I say, wait until a discussion is finished before speaking. I was brought up right. It would never happen back in my day." Zach had moved far away so he didn't have to listen to Foghorn Leghorn, even though the lecture wasn't aimed at him. He just didn't like to listen to the Rooster ramble on. He ended up looking through a single box in the corner, out of curiosity. Something had told him that it was empty but he had a look anyway. It was indeed empty but there was not much else to do, until his trained hearing heard a muffling sound and struggling. He immediately turned around and saw that everybody had suddenly gone. There was a mass of fur and feathers where they were standing, but no sign of where they had gone. Zach immediately ran over to where they had been standing to investigate the scene. He couldn't investigate much because he suddenly heard a rather terrifying moan. He looked at where the noise had coming from and saw a lone zombie heading towards him.
"Oh no, not this again." Zach moaned. He waited for the zombie to reach him before giving it a sharp kick in the head. The head was knocked off and the Zombie fell lifeless to the floor. Zach then had another look around the room.
"There's no point in trying to find the others on my own. I need to find Jessica." With that, Zach ran out of the attic and went to search for Jessica.
End FlashbackBugs, Lola and Jessica couldn't believe Zach's story. They knew that Sylvester had fallen prey to the evil that had invaded but it now seemed that almost everybody else had fallen victim. The only people that they were uncertain about were Tweety and his family. Nobody had seen them but Jessica hadn't seen them in the voodoo chamber, so it was assumed that they were safe. Zach was quite shocked about what he had been involved in. Jessica was hugging him to try and help him get over the shock, but she was in shock as well. She did have to tell him about what she had found out, as in her eyes, only they could save everybody. She just wasn't sure on how to do it yet. Bugs and Lola both knelt down to the two rabbits and gently got their attention by tapping them onto their shoulders.
"Jess, don't you have something to say about what you found out?" Bugs asked. Jessica looked up and sighed. She didn't want to tell Zach but she had to, otherwise they wouldn't be able to help much.
"Zach, I made a rather horrifying discovery a couple of minutes ago." Jessica said.
"It sounds like there's something very bad going on." Zach replied.
"Zach…Sleety's back."
"What?" I thought he was gone for good."
"So did I. But he's been resurrected."
"By who?"
"His son. He captured Sylvester so he could extract Sleety's corpse. He then broke the seal that Shirley had placed last year so Sleety could return to his body."
"That means that Tweety is in danger."
"Not just Tweety. Sleety wants someone else's life."
"Whose life…" Zach began to ask but Jessica gave him a look that told him who Sleety was after.
"Why would Sleety be after you?"
"He sees me as a threat because I was able to foil his possession attempt." Zach then had a thought as to where Sleety would slip up in his plan. He would be expecting them to be strong mentally, but wouldn't know about their physical strength.
"Jessica, Sleety might not underestimate your mental strength, but I'm fairly certain that he'll underestimate our physical strength. All the time that we've been growing physically, he's been sealed away."
"Zach's right. You've grown up so much since the last year. Not just physically, but mentally." Lola added. Jessica then gave a deep sigh. Zach and her mother were right, Sleety didn't know of her physical strength. Plus she had Zach with him so everything would be alright. This was the confidence boost that Jessica needed so she could fight.
"Your right, thanks guys." Jessica replied.
"But what do we do now?" Bugs asked.
"Any ideas?" Lola asked. Jessica and Zach weren't listening to them, as they had heard something else. They were looking into the bathroom at the patch of the wall that concealed the passage that Jessica had gone down. They could hear fast-paced footsteps coming from that area. It didn't take Bugs or Lola very long to realise that they were hearing something.
"What is it guys?"
"Dad, I can hear something coming up the passage I just came from." Jessica replied. The four rabbits left the bathroom completely and hid just outside. Jessica then looked out very carefully and waited to see what would come out. She could tell that it would be something that Sleety will have sent to try and kill her. She suspected zombies, but the footsteps she and Zach were hearing were moving much faster than normal zombies. She had no idea of what it could be. All they could do was wait and see.