Chapter 7: Week I: Preparing for a Death Sentence

It was now the first day of the week before the wedding and Lola was getting more horrified than an actress in a horror movie. She didn't go nowhere away from Matt's bedroom. She claimed this as her santuary. Same for Yarnello. Even though he had to go everywhere with Matthew because he was his pet, he still wished he could stay with Lola in the bedroom.

Meanwhile, on Earth…

Bugs was sitting on a couch, watching tv. He was watching the news. It was about the coverage on Lola since she was held hostage by Matthew.

"Our top story today." The reporter started. "Looney Tune star, Lola Bunny, has been on our coverage for over a week now and ever since that week, we've haven't heard from her yet. Wile E. Coyote, however, knows why she couldn't call our news studio. Somehow, leader of Terrishaw, Matthew, could not let her make anymore phone contacts to Earth. We do have good news. It seems like she was able to at least call our newest superhero quartet, Dragon X. We've just received word from the four dragons that they are on their way to rescue Lola. The reason why is amazing. Matthew's pet kyrri, Yarnello, says that the whole myth about Terrishaw being 'queen-less' is all a lie. It's actually a deadly trap to women that fell for his trap. If Dragon X doesn't rescue her in time of the second week, which is the wedding, then Lola will be next. Let's all hope that Dragon X will rescue her in time." After that, Bugs clicked off the tv and sat back with worry. Seconds later, Sylvester walked in and sat next to the solemn rabbit.

"Hey, Bugsth." The cat greeted.

"Hey, Sylvester." Bugs greeted back.

"Stho, how are ya doin'?"

"Not so swell, doc. Lola's been up in dat whack-ass planet for almost a whole two weeks now and I'm gettin' bored as hell."

"She'll be fine. Besthidesth, I'm a huge fan of Dragon Xth. They'll resthcue her, I justht know it!"

"Tanks for da encouragement, doc. I feel betta now."

"No problem."

Meanwhile, in Wile E.'s lab…

Zokandello was sitting in the very back, watching his sports on tv while Wile E. kept a close watch on Dragon X. Neon was on the big communication screen.

"Wile E., this asteroid field in space quadrant 3 is really messed up. It'll take us forever to get to Terrishaw." Neon complained.

"Just activate the asteroid shield. You'll go right through the rocks without damaging the ship." Wile E. suggested.

"Oh, okay. Thanks." After that statement, he clicked off. Wile E. turned to look at Zokandello. He could tell that he was feeling a little lonely at this point, even though he was watching sports. The brown coyote walked over to the rabbit-like creature and sat next to him.

"Zokandello, are you alright?" He asked with concern. Zokandello didn't make eye contact as he spoke.

"Yeah, I'm okay." He replied solemnly.

"Are you sure? You don't sound too happy to me."

"Actually, you got me. I'm actually feeling a little lovesick."

"Why?"

"Before I got here, my girlfriend, Destiny, dumped me because of me dealing with science and experimentations and whatnot. She thought it was boring and just left me. Without a girl at my side, I feel hopeless."

"So, in order for you show another smile in your life, you need a girlfriend that fits just right for your type?"

"Yeah. I want her to look like me, be as smart as me, and loves experimentations and sciences just as much as I do."

"Well, since we're in the middle of a crisis right now, why don't you hang in there until it's over, huh?"

"Okay. I just wanna let you know now: I might make a perfect assistant for Dragon X. He'll be an additional team member, so instead of 4, we have 5."

"What features will this creature have?"

"He's gonna be another dragon, except he's gonna be the only one with bright purple wings that are made with plasma and can expand out of his back when he needs to. He's also gonna have rabbit ears that are about 11 inches long and has the power of global positioning, radar, and sonar capabilities. He's gonna be called 'D5', a.k.a. Valadale."

"Nice. When are you gonna start working on him?"

"Right… now."

Meanwhile, in the Dragon X shuttle…

"Are we there yet?" Lamborghini asked in an annoyed tone. "My rubber could use a little screechin' shit right about now."

"Hold your gears, Lambo!" Neon exclaimed from the cockpit. "We just got past the asteroid field and…"

"Planet Terrishaw is 2 light years from arrival. Repeat: 2 light years from arrival." The computer finished.

"Thank you." Neon replied as he looked over his shoulder. "Hang on, ya'll! I'm gonna put this shit in hyperdrive!"

"Ohhhhhh, damn." Zakumé swore to himself as he curled into an arch to hang on to Xavier.

"We need one more member." Kayroni-Zero was able to plead before Neon blasted the ship into hyperspace.

"What'd you say, KZ?" Neon yelled.

"We need one more member. One that can pinpoint locations visually."

"Why did you say that, man?"

"So, we won't have to waste our goddamn time looking through the entire motherfuckin' planet for one rabbit!"

"…………oh, yeah. I get your point."

Right on cue, Wile E. appeared in the cockpit communicator screen.

"Did somebody realize that you 4 needed one more member for Dragon X?" Wile E. asked. Neon nodded.

"Yeah. Kayroni-Zero just said that not too long ago." He replied, still dazed.

"Well, he seems to have pleaded at the right time. I'm teleporting him as we speak."

"What's his number and name?"

"He called D5, but we like to call him Valadale."

"Valadale?" Zakumé and Xavier asked in unison.

"It seems suitable for him."

"Anything unusual on him we need to know about?" Kayroni-Zero asked.

"Actually, yeah. He's gonna be the only one in your crew with plasma powered wings that are purple, rabbit ears that are 11 inches long, and has the power of global positioning, radar, and sonar abilities. Does that meet your new member fancy?"

"He's perfect, but one more thing: What color is he?" Neon replied.

"Glad you asked because his coloring his interesting. He's baby blue with purple eyes and lavender lighting bolt style stripes on his legs. He's also about the same size as a bengal tiger cub, so he'll be perfect."

"What about his tail?" Zakumé asked.

"Do you really need to know everything?"

"Yeah."

"Well, his tail is similar to a kinkajou's, so he'll be able to detect people or places in some of his most secretive hiding places where he can't be seen. He can camaflauge, too."

"Okay, okay. That's enough, Wile E." Neon said, looking at all of the curious members of his in an angry, but annoyed way. As soon as he did, Valadale appeared in the teleportation portal and he sat ever so nicely beside Rattlesnake in silence. This made the tan and green dragon's eyes widen with surprise. "See he has great politeness, too."

"This is one dragon you'lll never yell at for mistakes. He's perfect in every possible way and he'll also give you any advice you might need. Good luck."

After that, Wile E. clicked off, leaving all of the dragons, except for Neon, staring at Valadale. He just sat there so calmly as he spoke with a voice they didn't expect him to have.

"It's an honor to be in your team." He spoke in a very deep male voice. They noticed that his eyes were the same color as his bright wings, which didn't show at the moment.

"Honor to have you." Neon replied as he slowed the ship down. "We're here. Now, Valadale, we're lookin' for a rabbit named Lola Jean Bunny. You've heard of her before?"

"Not exactly."

"Kayroni-Zero, hand him a picture of her."

Kayroni nodded in response as he unbuckled himself and walked over to Neon's backpack and pulled out his picture album of printed pictures of the Looney Tunes from the internet. He pulled out one particular picture and held it in his mouth as he walked over to Valadale and laid it gently on the floor in front of him.

"Does this picture ring a bell now?" The purple and black dragon asked. Valadale took a good look at it before he spoke.

"Now, it does." He replied. "She was beautiful."

"She sure was. Anyway, we've been sent to a planet called Terrishaw. That's where Lola's held prisoner. The ruler of the planet, Matthew, says that his planet is 'queen-less', but in reality, it's not. She's just another victim to his trap and if we don't get there in time or find her in time, she's dead. You get it?" Neon explained.

"I understand completely."

"Good. Since you have radar injected inside you, let's see how well you can use it. We're going in for a landing. Hang on."

Later, in Matthew's bedroom…

Lola was scrucnched up with her head against her knees, sitting with fear in her eyes and her heart. She has never been this scared before and it was terrifying her every second. 5 minutes later, Yarnello came back with Matthew following him, holding his leash. Yarnello was able to easily take the collar off while he walked over to the bed and sat down against it. Matthew walked up to the bed as well to talk to Lola for a while. She showed her fear by silent tears, but Matthew never noticed them because they were hidden by her knees.

"You seem parshed, Lola." He guessed as he sat next to her. "Are you okay?"

Lola didn't reply, due to the fact that she was still crying. She just simply nodded slowly. Matthew took the response.

"Don't worry. You'll be fine. This wedding will go by so quick, you won't even notice yourself dying to be my wife."

At the word 'dying', Lola started to whimper softly, making her eyes more and more glossy with immense tears flowing down her cheek like a pair of small waterfalls. Yarnello felt her pain, but held in his tears as he sat there without saying a single word. Matthew still didn't notice her tears as he patted her on the shoulder and walked off to meet his counsel for the wedding preparations. When he was completely out of sight, Yarnello looked up before climbing up to the top of the bed where Lola was still sitting there with fear and sadness in her heart. He walked up to her and sat next to her before he looked up at her with a concerned face.

"Lola, you're really not liking this wedding thing, are you?" He asked in a normal-as-possible voice. Lola looked away from him in anger and sadness at the same time.

"Fuck no!" She replied in anger. "I just wanna get out of this goddamn planet and get back to my Bugsy!"

"Ya know, now that you told Dragon X about this, I'm sure they'll make it here on time… as long as guards don't get in the goddamn way."

"What do you mean?"

"Authorities on this planet are lead by Matthew as well and they don't tolerate poachers trying to save someone who's claimed as the 'queen' of Terrishaw. Those bitches will take massive strategies for trying to stop them. No matter what the amount of those dragons in that team, they… will… be… blocked!"

"Hold on! For one thing, you don't' know Dragon X very well to be saying that shit. Those four dragons, which Zokandello and I created, will break their way through those bastards… even if it has to take intense force! So, unless you wanna escape with me and Dragon X when they get here, I suggest you keep your protesting mouth shut!" After that statement, Lola turned her head away from the kyrri again. This time, Yarnello didn't say a word. He knew that Lola was right. Dragon X was made to be an unstoppable team and that's what they were going to be, no matter what the circumstances.

Meanwhile, at the kingdom entrance…

Dragon X and Lamborghini came out of their ship together and as soon as Lamborghini came to a stop, the dragons, except Rattlesnake, got in as soon as the yellow car opened the doors for them. When they were inside, they all strapped themselves in and got ready.

"A'ight, guys. Remember: we're here for Lola and nothing or nobody else. Understood?" Neon reminded. All of the dragons nodded simultaneously. "Lamborghini, disguise yourself as one of those cars over there, so nobody will get suspicious."

"I'm on it." Lamborghini replied as he scanned one of the cars that drove by without noticing him. 10 seconds after the scan, he lit up to a white flash for 5 minutes before the brightness faded and he was now the excact car he scanned and drove on their way.

"Valadale, can you pinpoint Lola's location from here?" Neon asked, keeping his eyes on the road.

"Pinpointing now." Valadale replied as he just sat there between Kayroni-Zero and Zakumé-Xavier. In his vision, it was like a spy's pinpointer in purple. Beeping was sounding while this was happening. When the beeping stopped, Valadale's eyes went back to normal. "She's inside the palace… upstairs on the second floor… in Matthew's bedroom."

"Precise location is right! Damn!" Kayroni-Zero exclaimed to himself. Zakumé and Xavier just whistled. Neon was also bedazzled by the description of Lola's location.

"Shit! Zokandello's a real genius." He said to himself. "Anyway, thanks. Can you see what she's doing there?"

"She seemed to be crying in the bed with her face against her knees." Valadale replied.

"Crying?" Xavier asked. "She really misses Bugs, huh?"

"Yeah, I guess." Neon agreed. "Don't worry, Lola. We're comin'."

"Hey! Rattlesnake's missing!" Zakumé yelled as he looked to check on the large orange dragon. This made Neon screech to a stop.

"WHAT?" He yelled as he looked in the back. Zakumé pointed out the window and Neon saw about 10 guards holding Rattlesnake while he was going wild and out of control, trying to escape. There were laser ropes around his neck, tail, and all four ankles. All of the dragons rushed out of the car to help their large teammate, but Neon stopped Valadale.

"You go and get Lola for us while he get Rattlesnake." He commanded. Valadale nodded in response before he ran off in the other direction with Lamborghini following. As for Neon, Kayroni-Zero, and Zakumé-Xavier, they had to use their powers to get the guards off Rattlesnake's back. Neon did his famous bright green and blinding flash. It didn't blind the dragons, for they had an opague, but clear covering on their eyes to keep them from getting blinded. As soon as the flash cleared, half of the guards were blinded while the other half was still holding Rattlesnake. They ran up to the rescue. Kayroni-Zero attacked first by firing a pair of lasers at one of the guards. The lasers impacted at his butt and it made him release the rope. This was Xavier's chance. He fired out an icy laser the phased guard and it completely froze him. While this was going on, Neon made a dash for the remaining four guards trying to pull Rattlesnake into the shark pit near the end of their path. He rushed to one of the guards and slammed him against a wall, knocking him out before Rattlesnake finally decided to make a chance for it. He slowly leaned down towards one of the remaining three and carefully bit him on the neck with his fangs. As soon as he injected the venom, the guard went insane and started releasing the giant dragon, making the other unphased guards pissed. Neon clapped as he regained himself from beating up the guard he slammed to the wall.

"Nice work, RS." He congratulated. Rattlesnake blushed as he picked up the last two guards that were nervous and held them up in front of him while he cracked his knuckles.

"Uh-oh." The two guards muttered under their breaths.

"Ya'll are about to get you asses ripped to a million fuckin' pieces!"

Rattlesnake laughed in his growl as he watched his teammate prepare to kill the two guards. He immediately stopped his laughing and his eyes got wide when he froze. This made Neon freeze.

"Rattlesnake, what's wrong?" He asked. Before he could turn around, two new guards shot out a net and it imprisoned him while he collasped to the ground. Rattlesnake just carefully placed the two guards he had down before one of them pulled out a giant metal ball with a chain cuff attached and clipped it on to his tail. When it was clipped, four more chain cuffs came out and clipped onto his ankles. As Neon looked through the net, he saw Zakumé-Xavier chained up the same way as Rattlesnake, except they had the chain connected to each of their necks and their ankles. As for Kayroni-Zero, he was chained up in a cage. Matthew was standing among those guards and chuckled as he walked up to Neon.

"Well, well, well." He started. "If it isn't Neon and his bastard dragons."

"You're gonna wish you hadn't said that shit!" Neon yelled.

"What are you gonna do? All of your dragons are my prisioners now and there's not a piece of bullshit you can do about it."

"Sir, what should we do with these bypassers?" One of the guards asked.

"I'll have them executed after the wedding, since it's only 5 days away. For now, just place them in my prison."

"Yes, sir."

Meanwhile, in Matthew's bedroom…

Lola was watching the action of Dragon X being captured from the window with sorrow in her heart. Yarnello just watched with curosity and his point was proven.

"I told you those guards were tough." He boasted. Lola looked down at him with anger.

"Shut the fuck up!" She muttered under her breath as she headed back to the bed to cry some more. Before she could, a scratch was heard from the door. She froze as she turned to it and looked at it wide eyed.

"What was that?" Yarnello asked as he jumped off the window sill and walked up to the door. He opened his size door and saw Valadale walk in. "Who are you?"

"My name is Valadale." The baby blue rabbit-dragon mix replied. "I'm from Dragon X to rescue Lola."

"Did you say… 'Dragon X'?" Lola asked as she looked at Valadale with an almost happy smile.

"Yes. You must be Lola Bunny."

"That would be me. You must be a new member."

"Yeah. Did you see what happened to the other dragons of Dragon X?"

"Yeah. They were caught by Matthew and his guards. It looks like you have another mission in your hands: rescuing your teammates."

"I guess, if that's how it has to be. I'll rescue them first, then you. What's your name, neopet kyrii?"

"Yarnello." The blue kyrii replied.

"Would you like to escape along with her?"

"Yeah. Matthew is not the best owner to be with and his threatening techniques are getting on my goddamn nerves!"

"Well, concider it done by the time I rescue my teammates. You just wait here with Lola and don't go anywhere. I'll be right back." After that last statement, Valadale ran off to find the dungeon. Since he has pinpointing abilities, he'll be able to find it in no time.

Later…

Valadale was running through the town square with Lamborghini driving behind, still disguised as one of Terrishaw's designed cars.

"So, pinpointin' means that you actually point out the exact location of whichever destination you're going to, right?" Lamborghini asked as Valadale turned invisible when a guard walked by.

"Exactly." Valadale replied. "It makes it easier for me to track down any location without having to ask somebody for directions.

"Damn! That's tight!"

Back on Earth…

Bugs was just waking up from sleeping on tv show and was almost startled when he saw Zokandello sitting next to him.

"Zokandello? What are ya doin' startlin' me like dat?" The tired gray hare asked. Zokandello's claws were closed together as he spoke.

"I've been knowing that you and Lola have a very lovely relationship, so I was wondering: what does it take for a man like myself to handle a woman?" He replied. Bugs scoffed as he continued and sat up.

"Ya do look like a ladies man on da eyes, doc. It's a good ting you asked. If dere ever should be a woman dat looks like ya, dere's a couple of tings ya need to watch out for: her good looks and her poisonality."

"How do I do that?"

"Simple, doc. Take me, for instance. I met Lola for da foist time on da set of Space Jam. When I did, I felt real love from her. It made me feel like she was da one for me. Her posionality tells it all. I don't need to say no more."

"Really? But, how can you tell if a woman like Lola can be trusted not to betray you?"

"I saw it in her beautiful aqua-green eyes. Da bright color of dose eyes told me right dere dat she could be trusted, no matta what."

"Wow. So, is that what I need to look for? That's it?"

"One more ting ya gotta look for…"

"What?"

"……a love… for… lust."

"For… for real? Are you serious?"

"Yeah. Lola loves it when I make love to her. I always make it seem like it's gonna be da last time we'll ever do it and she loves every moment of it."

"Shit! Talk about romance on acid."

"Ya got dat right."

Back in Terrishaw…

Valadale was still running through town. Lamborghini wasn't with him though. He stopped at a pit stop on their way and allowed Valadale to continue on his own. He was in such a rush to get to the dungeon, even though he was only a few feet away, that he crashed into one of the civilans by accident. He sat up slowly after the collision and looked at who he bumped into while rubbing his head. He saw a purple female creature similar to Zokandello with lightning blue eyes and was wearing a periwinkle tunic with brown jeans and a white headband on the top of her head, under her ears. She was sitting up slowly herself, rubbing the pain out of her tail, which she landed on during the collaspe. When she saw Valadale, she smiled.

"Hey, little guy." She said to him in an almost-like-Lola's voice. "What's your name?"

"My name is Valadale. I would tell you what team I'm from, but you might tell Matthew." He replied.

"No, I won't mind… and how do you know Matthew?"

"He's the one that invaded my homeplanet, Earth, and kidnapped the wife of Bugs Bunny, whom I'm here to rescue."

"Lola's been captured by my ex-boyfriend?"

"Matthew's your ex? Aren't you supposed to be dead?"

"I was, but I knew it was coming before he started. The moment I looked at that emerald ring he gave me, I knew something was wrong with that ring and I didn't accept to be his wife."

"Whew! So, what are you saying?"

"I'm saying that since I'm leaving him, I'll escape with Lola with you and whoever else you're rescuing. By the way, which team are you with?"

"I'm with a team called 'Dragon X'. We were all here for a minute before Matthew and his guards came and captured all, but myself. In order to be successful, all of us dragons have to be together."

"Well, I know where the dungeon is and I know a way you can get them without any hesitation at all."

"Really? You'll help me?"

"As long as you let me go back to Earth with you."

"Then it's settled. Lead the way, uh… didn't catch your name."

"Oh! How rude of me! My name is Crystal Parshiini."

"Nice to meet you, Crystal. Now, let's go!"

Later…

It was close to sundown by the time Crystal and Valadale arrived at the dungeon. A few guards were already knocked out by Crystal and her amazing moves of Jujitsu. They made it to the cell with the entire team of Dragon X inside and Kayroni-Zero was the first to see them.

"Hey! Guys, wake up! It's Valadale!" He exclaimed. This woke the rest of the dragons up and they were also relieved to see their new member.

"Valadale, you made it." Neon said softly, due to the fact that he just woke up from a nap. "How did you manage to make through here with all those bastard guards in the front?"

"I helped." Crystal replied. The dragons looked at the purple female version of Zokandello and gasped.

"Damn, girl. What'd you do?" Zakumé exclaimed. "Beat their asses to death?"

"Exactly. You guys might be surprised about this, but Matthew is my ex-boyfriend."

"What?" Xavier screamed.

"Yeah. I was, so far, the only woman that didn't fall for his deadly marrage trap. I'm sure Lola found out, too."

"She sure did. When I tracked her down eariler, she was crying to herself. She must be both scared of this wedding and misses Bugs so much." Valadale replied, pulling out the keys the guards had and unlocking the cell bars. "She is extremely desperate for us to rescue her in time."

Their conversation was interrupted by a tv automatically turning on from the sheriff's office, where the sheriff was knocked out. All of them looked at the screen to see what was happening.

"Attention! Citizens of Terrishaw!" The female announcer on the television started. "It seems we have good news! Matthew has stated that the wedding has been changed from this Wednesday to tomorrow evening! That is all!" After that, the tv clicked off, leaving them wide eyed and surprised.

"FUCK!" Neon screamed at the top of his lungs, slamming the bars open and making a really loud CLING! "He did that on purpose, just to make us feel like we'll give up anytime now! That's just bullshit!"

"It seems that way." Crystal agreed. "We need to get there and get there now!"

"And there's only one form of transportation we can use to get there faster by morning, since this crazy-ass dungeon is a whopping 50 miles away…"

Minutes later…

"HYAH!" Neon yelled as he slapped on Rattlesnake's neck, making him run faster. They were all riding on the back of Rattlesnake, having Lamborghini riding right under him. The rescue was on as they rode into the night towards the palace.

To be continued…