After leaving the voodoo chamber, Bugs and the others had found their way to the main entrance area, where the party was meant to take place. Everything was just as how they had left it, not touched at all. However, they didn't have time to continue the party. They needed to find Jessica and Zach. Tweety was also determined to put an end to sleety for good. Sylvester still had Cheesy's carcass. They intended to incinerate both bodies so they could never be recovered and revived. The problem that remained was how they would seal the spirits of the two vampires away. There wasn't time to think about these matters.
"Guys, we should split up and search high and low for Jessica and Zach." Bugs said.
"If anything happened to them, I would never forgive myself." Lola added.
"But what if Sleety has caught them?" Daffy asked.
"Daffy, don't be so negative." Granny snapped.
"Tweety, can I ask you something?" Sylvester Jr. asked.
"Certainly, as long as it's quick." Tweety replied.
"How did you defeat Cheesy?"
"I don't really know for certain. As soon as he got close to Becky, he was suddenly paralysed."
"Wasn't she bitten?"
"There are no fang marks."
"I'm sure I saw Sleety and Cheesy close in on Becky and try to bite her before she screamed." Lola said.
"Wait a minute…" Sylvia exclaimed. She went over to Becky, who was in Aaooga's arms. She lifted up the flab of hair that was on her head and had a look. She saw a strange marking on Becky's forehead. It looked like the silver dagger that Tweety had. This sight made Sylvia gasp in disbelief.
"What is it?" Aaooga asked.
"Guys, Becky here was destined to defeat Sleety." Sylvia said.
"WHAT?" Everyone asked.
"She has the birth mark of a silver dagger, exactly like the one that Tweety has." Tweety then took out his silver dagger and examined it. He then had a look at Becky's birthmark and examined it. The dagger and the birthmark looked exactly alike.
"I don't believe it." Tweety exclaimed.
"It's all true, trust me."
"Does that mean she's immune to whatever Sleety and Cheesy could throw at her?" Daffy asked.
"Yes. According to legend, a young female born into any family will be destined to defeat the key evil within that family. They are distinguished by a birthmark in the shape of the evil's weakness, whatever that may be. They born with Psionic power designed to defeat the evil they're destined to defeat."
"How do you kn-kn-know of this legend?" Porky asked.
"I read it in a book on the supernatural. At first I didn't believe it, that is, until now."
"Guys, while this is very interesting and all, we need to find Zach and our daughter." Bugs protested.
"Bugs is right, we've wasted enough time." Daffy added.
"How should we split up?" Miss. Prissy asked.
"Me, Granny and Porky will search the upper levels of the mansion." Petunia said.
"I'll take, I say, I'll take Miss. Prissy and search the east side of the mansion." Foghorn Leghorn added.
"We'll search the bottom levels." Sylvia said.
"We?" Bugs asked.
"Me, Sylvester, Penelope and my son."
"Oh, I see."
"We'll search the west side." Tweety said.
"Which leaves us with everywhere else." Lola concluded.
"I just hope they're ok." Sylvester said.
"So do I sly, so do I." Bugs replied.
"Ok everyone, let's go." Penelope instructed. Deciding not to argue, the group split up and spread around the mansion, trying to find Jessica and Zach. Nobody had any idea of how much danger they were in.
Jessica and Zach were still running in the west side of the mansion, with the Grim Reaper in pursuit. Sleety was flying after the Grim Reaper, looking forward to seeing Jessica and Zach draw their final breaths. However, Jessica and Zach were much faster than both the Grim Reaper and Sleety. They were able to get out of their line of sight and duck for cover in a room on the right hand side. Zach slightly opened the door and kept a look out. To his relief, he saw the Grim Reaper and Sleety shoot straight past the door and continue down the corridor. He closed the door again and sat on the floor, with a huge sigh of relief. Jessica had walked to the other side of the room. For possibly the first time since she had become FoxFang, she was genuinely terrified. She knew that Sleety would go to great lengths to take her life, but she never expected this. It was probably an act of rage because of loosing his son. Why he was taking it out on her and Zach, she wasn't sure. She nearly jumped out of her skin when Zach put a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and gave a look at Zach. She was more frightened than mad but relieved that it was Zach.
"Zach, please don't do that right now." Jessica whispered.
"Sorry." Zach replied. Both rabbits sat down next to each other and embraced in a hug. They were both scared that this would be their last night alive, since the Grim Reaper was after them. The hug lasted about 5 minutes before Jessica pulled away.
"There has to be a way to defeat that Grim Reaper."
"But how? Fighting him is out of the question."
"I know. If he so much as touches us, we're dead."
"I suppose we could trap him somewhere."
"How can we trap something that can travel to the void and to the real world?"
"Oh, right."
"Any other ideas?" Both rabbits sat in deep thought, trying to come up with a way of defeating the Grim Reaper. At first, their minds were running a total blank. It seemed that they were too frightened to think straight. Eventually though, Zach came up with a possible idea.
"Perhaps if Sleety is killed, the Grim Reaper will return to the void."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, he was brought here by Sleety's magic. If Sleety is killed, his magic would no longer be in effect, and thus the Grim Reaper would be sucked into the void."
"I like your thinking, but how do we kill Sleety? He's following the Grim Reaper."
"There's no way of avoiding the Grim Reaper, whatever we try." Just then, a thought came to Jessica. She didn't know much about the Grim Reaper, but it seemed that Zach was quite knowledgeable about him.
"Zach, is the Grim Reaper good or evil?"
"I don't think he's either. His sole purpose is to collect the soles of those that are ready to die."
"Is that why he can be turned good or evil sop quickly?"
"I think so. Sleety must have turned him evil while he was in the void."
"If that's the case, couldn't we undo that?"
"You mean, turn the Grim Reaper neutral again?"
"Would that be possible?"
"I really don't know, but it's worth a shot."
"Zach, this may be our last night alive."
"I know that. If we fail, we die." Jessica began to cry softly. She buried her head onto Zach's chest and began sobbing. Zach put his arms around her to try and comfort her. This was the first time he'd seen Jessica like this, even though it was fully understandable.
"Zach, I don't want to die. There are so many things that I haven't done."
"Jess, nobody wants to die at such a young age. But if we do die, at least we'll be together."
"Together?"
"Together forever Jessica. No matter what." Jessica stopped sobbing and looked into Zach's eyes. She wrapped her arms around Zach and lifted her head so her eyes were in line with his.
"Oh Zach, only you can look on the bright side of such a dire situation. I feel much better." Jessica then pulled Zach into an affectionate hug. If it was to be their last, they might as well make it one to remember. Zach was stroking Jessica's head while hugging her back. If he was going to die, then it would be with the one he loved more than anyone. In fairness, if they were going to die, their only regret was going to be that they could no longer defend the city. All they could do was try and undo what Sleety had done to the Grim Reaper to save their lives. If they succeeded great, if the failed at least they would be together. They leant towards each other and were just about to engage in a compassionate kiss when they heard the door opening. They both turned their head and looked at the door, to see who was entering the room.
In a different part of the west side of the mansion, Tweety, Aaooga and Becky were searching high and low for Jessica and Zach. Tweety held onto the silver dagger in case they ran into Sleety while Aaooga held onto Becky tightly to try and keep her daughter calm. She was still a little shocked at the discovery regarding Becky but it did explain what had happened to Cheesy. Becky must have frozen him with her Psionic power without realising it. Nobody knew when it would show up again. The three had just finished looking around a room that was fairly close to the ballroom and were now walking to the ballroom. They had no idea that Cheesy's spirit was still in the ballroom. When they did enter the ballroom, they immediately noticed he white mist in the room.
"Uh-oh, is that a hostile ghost or a friendly ghost?" Tweety asked.
"I don't know, and I'm not sure that I want to find out." Aaooga replied.
"Either way, we need to check if Jessica and Zach are in here." The canaries entered the room and had a look around. They could see no sign of the two rabbits but as they were about to leave, the mist in the air flew in front of the door and blocked their way. It then took on the form of Cheesy's ghost, making Tweety and Aaooga gasp.
"Cheesy!" Tweety exclaimed.
"Hello again, murderer." Cheesy replied.
"Murderer?"
"You killed me, remember?"
"I had to. It was to save the world."
"The world is already ours. It's not a question of if, but a question of when."
"Where are Jessica and Zach?" Aaooga asked.
"They ran away a few minutes ago. I doubt that they're alive any more."
"What do you mean?"
"My father failed to kill them, so he sent our strongest minion after them."
"Your strongest minion?"
"None other than the Grim Reaper!" Tweety and Aaooga gasped. They had no idea that Jessica and Zach were being chased by the Grim Reaper. They now knew how desperate the situation was. They had to find the two rabbits before they get killed.
"I wouldn't bother trying to find them. I'm sure that they're dead by now." Cheesy said evilly.
"We will find them before Death does!" Tweety shouted.
"If you can get by me."
"Easy. You don't have a body."
"No, I'll just take that of your daughter." Before Tweety and Aaooga could react, Cheesy's ghost flew straight towards Becky. Before the spirit reached her, however, Becky's Psionic power kicked in and blew the spirit away. Becky's head began to bulge with Psionic power, causing her to scream in agony. The scream, combined with her Psionic power, was enough to open a portal to the void. The portal immediately sucked Cheesy's spirit away before he could get away. At that moment, Becky stopped screaming and fainted. The portal closed and cheesy was gone forever.
"BECKY!" Aaooga shouted.
"Aaooga, it's ok. She just fainted." Tweety said reassuringly.
"Ok. But it's amazing that our daughter is the key to defeating Sleety."
"Aaooga, there's not much time. We need to find Jessica and Zach before the Grim Reaper does."
"Right, let's go."
Back in their hiding spot, Jessica and Zach were looking at the open door. Just as they had feared, Sleety was at the door. The vampire was looking at both rabbits evilly. Jessica and Zach climbed to their feet and began retreating to the back of their room, even though there was no way out. There was a window, but the drop was too far for them to make safely.
"So, there you are. You won't get away from your fate this time." Sleety said evilly. He entered the room and was shortly followed by the Grim Reaper. Both rabbits gulped in fear. They were now looking at death right in the face, literally.
"Any last words?" Sleety asked.
"A-a-actually yes." Jessica replied. She swallowed another lump of sweat and then looked sternly at the Grim Reaper, who was now in front of them, preparing to slash them with the Tarantaros (That's the name of the Grim Reaper's weapon, well it's something like that). Jessica had fully thought out how she was going to plead to the Grim Reaper. Whether or not it would work was yet to be seen.
"Death, why are you doing this?" Jessica asked. The grim Reaper did nothing. He didn't even flinch.
"Death, you're not evil. I know that your not evil. Sleety is just not letting you listen to your heart." Jessica continued.
"Fool, Death doesn't have a heart." Sleety shouted.
"Everyone has a heart, even if it isn't physical. The heart tells your mind whether a decision you make is the right decision or not. That is why we know when we do something wrong; our heart tells us. Our heart also tells us when we're about to do something that is wrong. It causes the feeling of guilt. Your heart constantly tells you that what you did was wrong and causes depression. This depression then leads to even worse acts, even more guilt and maybe even suicide. Look into your heart Death. You know this is wrong. You go around and collect the soles of those that are ready to die. Those people welcome your visits. It's the right thing to do; they're fed up with their agony. Every time a life support machine is turned off, you are there to collect the spirit and guide it to their final resting place. It's only those that aren't ready to kneel over and die that fear you. You know that. You also know that what you are about to do is wrong. What is wrong is being enslaved. You are not to be owned by anyone, ever. All this time that you have been at Sleety's command, however long that may be, you have been unable to do your job. Who knows how many people are currently waiting for you to visit them and take them away. They're still waiting for you. Nobody wants to live forever in constant agony. That would be worse than anything. Please Death; don't cross a line you cannot uncross." The Grim Reaper wasn't making any movements but, inside, he was listening. Even though he was the angel of death, he realised that he had been tricked by Sleety. He now knew where his heart was and knew what he had to do now.
"That was a very touching speech, but it will do you no good. You now what to do Grim Reaper." Sleety said evilly. Jessica and Zach immediately thought that they were going to die as the Grim Reaper raised the Tarantaros, ready to make the deadly slice. The two rabbits grabbed hold of each other and pulled each other into a compassionate hug. This display touched the Grim Reaper even more. He had now made up his mind as to what he was going to do. He prepared all his strength ready to swing his weapon, while Jessica and Zach shut their eyes and waited for the deadly blow to be dealt.