Hey everyone, welcome to Chapter 10 and BOY is a lot going to happen but before we do there's something I need to clarify.

A recent review I got from last chapter pointed out how I kind of just threw in superheroes and why I didn't build them up. Well, there's are some reasons for that: For one, the heroes that Rocky 'moved' to the empty void were never necessary going to be in this story, yet I always planned to put Big in this story since Chapter 3. Why I even mentioned them was due to the fact that I set Big's story in the world of the 'Justice League' series back in my very first story over a decade ago (although, technically it's the 'Justice League Unlimited' series). Since then, a lot has happened on both sides which resulted in Big cutting ties with them (I'll get more into that in a future story even though this has more to do with learning Minerva's secret and the Toons vs Rocky fight scene).

Another reason was that while I was working on this story, I was also working on Big's stories (Chapter 3 was released right after NGE vs Family Guy, Chapter 4 was released after 'Swords of the Dog Demon General' which was also a lead in to the events of Chapter 5 as was the end of Chapter 4, and then you guys know that I was working on 'The Rider/Sentai Dilemma' at the same time as Chapters 6 and 7 in a desperate attempt to bring Big into this story), so when the two sets of stories eventually intersected, something had to happen to bring the characters together.

Anyway, there's a lot that's bound to happen in this chapter, so prepare yourselves because the countdown begins now for the final showdown.

Enjoy.

Chapter 10: Prelude to Battle

"NOOOOO" Minerva screamed, as Foghorn was forced to throw her over his shoulder and carry her into the studio grounds.

"Can someone please shut her up?" Scrooge asked, getting a headache from Minerva's constant screaming before Daffy turned to the Warners and asked "Well? Which one of you has a sock to put in her mouth? Or ducktape? Either one will do."

In response, the Warners simply looked away from Daffy, Yakko especially upset while wearing a band-aid on his head, who had taken the time to tie them up.

If you were to ask how, he wouldn't be able to tell you without a year's vacation to the Bahamas.

Or Pain Killers.

Or Candy.

Or pictures of supermodels (which, to Daffy's surprise, didn't work on Yakko).

Or simply a mallet to the head (which did).

Long story short, Daffy had managed to get the Warners under control (against their will).

As for Skippy and Slappy, as they were dragged along in a similar situation as the Warners, Slappy couldn't help but point out "This seems rather ridiculous. Why bring us directly to the studio if you know Rocky's waiting for us?"

Scrooge, having a headache from Minerva's screaming, finally turned to her and shouted "BE QUIET YOU NINNY" which shocked her enough to quiet her down. Then, stopping to face Slappy, he replied "Because he won't be expecting us to come to him, which gives us the advantage." Turning to Foghorn, he announced "Mr. Leghorn, take them to the medical center and strap that mink down on an operating table. We must be quick about it before Plotz finds out."

"Finds out what, exactly?" Slappy asked, yet Scrooge did not bother turning to face her. Instead, he simply muttered "You'll find out."

"You stupid jerk" Slappy announced as she was yanked forward by Sylvester who simply muttered "Ah, be quiet granny."

Opening the security gate, Yosemite and Elmer Fudd had their guns out and pointing forward as Elmer turned towards the group and said "The coast is clear, hahahaha."

"Good" Scrooge said, yet narrowed his eyes as he stated "Mr. Fudd, Mr. Sam, keep your eyes open at all times. We're on enemy territory, so stay alert."

They both nodded as the toons went into the studio.

Meanwhile, back at the hole from the last chapter, the ground began to rumble if not for more than a few seconds.

Then, suddenly bursting from the ground, a blue spinning tornado emerged as it began to stop just as quickly as it appeared, the last of the toon ropes and chains flying off as it spun.

Once coming to a full stop, Big dusted the dirt off of him without noticing his shirt and jeans now had more rips showing.

Big, however, was more focused on something else. Ignoring the attempt on his life, he recalled something Scrooge had said.

"Ms. Mink, it's time for you to face toon justice. You and your unborn child."

"He wouldn't" Big muttered, the anger beginning to build inside him, yet it seemed, judging Scrooge's tone, that he would do something unthinkable.

"He would" Big finally conclude, closing his left hand into a fist yet his right hand removed something from inside his shirt. Something he was luckily grateful was undamaged. Something that meant everything to him.

Pulling it out, Big held onto a chain with 2 small items on them.

One was a small locket, inside a picture of him and his kids on their first Christmas together.

The other was a wedding ring, a small yet powerful reminder of his late wife and unborn child.

Closing his right hand with both inside them, Big closed his eyes as he muttered "I couldn't protect them, and that's my cross to carry." Putting the items away back in his shirt, however, Big soon opened his eyes as he said "However, I will NOT let that happen to Minerva or her child."

Big soon flew off, knowing exactly where they were heading: The Warner Brothers Studios.

Once inside the medical center, Yosemite and Elmer locked the front doors and had their guns at the ready.

As for Minerva, once they found a suitable surgical room, she was immediately strapped down while a gag was placed over her mouth to keep her quiet. In the next room over, Scrooge and the other toons watched on through a see-through window.

"Oh thank heavens" Scrooge finally muttered yet Yakko finally decided to speak.

"Why are you doing this?"

Raising an eyebrow, Scrooge finally turned to him and asked "Oh, you decided to talk, did you?"

"Yea, I wanna know" Yakko replied, before trying to rush towards Scrooge only to be restrained by Daffy and Foghorn while he shouted "I WANNA KNOW WHY! WHY ALL OF THIS? WHY?"

"Because it's for your own good lad" Scrooge replied, simply tapping the cane on the floor as Yakko was held back onto the wall while Scrooge stated "There are some things that you've been kept in the dark about. Take the young lady for example." Turning over to the restrained Minerva, Scrooge continued "Isn't it a bit odd that she's still able to make money despite no longer having a contract with Warner Brothers? There's a good reason for that."

"What are you talking about?" Dot finally decided to pipe in, asking "She's one of us, so why would you say that?"

Scrooge, however, did not bother to face Dot as he exclaimed "No, she isn't. She hasn't been for quite some time. Then again…." Now turning to Dot, Scrooge simply glared at her as he asked "…You've known for a while, haven't you?"

"What, me?" Dot said, yet slowly began to let out a nervous laugh as she added "I don't know what you're talking about."

Scrooge, however, wasn't buying it as he said "Oh yes you do. In fact, that's how this little 'relationship'…" he stopped, using his fingers to exclaim the word 'relationship', before continuing "…began with your brother and Minerva, but it didn't just begin with any interest one had for the other. It all began with a little push and some blackmail."

At that moment, Wakko began to turn towards Dot while Yakko seemed a bit shocked.

"Aunt Slappy, what's going on?" Skippy asked his aunt, who just seemed annoyed before replying "My best guess is either this is the part of the story where something important to a main character is revealed, or the writer gave up and is padding the story out." Turning to the audience, Slappy simply stated "You decide folks. Meanwhile, I suggest getting yourselves comfy."

Meanwhile, ignoring them, Scrooge began "After your movie came out, a majority of characters from Animaniacs either had their contracts terminated due to cost expenses or were kept under contract only to keep them from appearing in other works without letting them do anything else. You three lads were an exception, since you technically are property of Warner Brothers. Thus, any thoughts you might have had for lives of your own were never gonna happen."

"As for Minerva…" Scrooge added "…she was one of the many whose contracts were terminated immediately after the film, the same with Slappy and her nephew."

"YOU JERK" Slappy suddenly screamed, adding "YOU COULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING TO…."

Silencing her, Scrooge held up one hand as he stated "No, I couldn't. This was a Warner Brothers affair, not Disney. Speaking of which, a few years ago I noticed Ms. Mink suddenly starting receiving an income. Since she wasn't under contract at the time, it wasn't my business to get involved but I was a bit curious: If she wasn't working on cartoons, what was she doing?"

In the case of Minerva, as she struggled to try and get out, she could hear the entire conversation and began to tear up. "No…" she thought to herself, continuing to struggle yet beginning to stop, knowing it was useless as her thoughts continued "….Please don't tell him. It'll break his heart."

"So I called up an old friend and decided to look into it. The results were rather surprising." Ending his statement, if only for the moment, Scrooge took out a few pictures as he asked Yakko "Would you like to see what feeds her income, lad?"

"No, don't show him" Minerva thought, beginning to struggle once again, yet it was all in vain.

Yakko, looking at Scrooge, replied "I don't believe you."

Bringing the photos closer to him, Scrooge told him "You can disbelieve me if you want to lad, but aren't you the least bit curious as to what she's been hiding from you? Did she ever tell exactly what she did for a job?"

Yakko wanted to speak, but didn't. Instead, he bit his lip.

"She never did, did she?" Scrooge asked. Again, Yakko couldn't answer as Scrooge forcefully placed the photos in his hands before telling him "Look for yourselves."

"YAKKO, NO" Minerva screamed in her mind, continuing to try and force her way out to no avail.

For her, it was too late, as Yakko slowly but surely began to look at the photos.

The first photo made his eyes go wide in shock.

The second caused him to gasp.

The third finally broke him as Yakko finally collapsed to his knees while dropping the photos onto the floor, as he covered his face while tears fell from his eyes.

Concerned, Wakko began to look down yet Dot told him "Don't. Just don't."

Wakko didn't listen as he finally saw the photos for himself. His reaction was as such.

"HELLO NAUGHTY NURSE!"

Dot and Scrooge could only look down and shake their heads in disappointment "Boys/Kids, go figure" they both muttered at the same time.

Scrooge then turned to Yakko and told him "I am sorry, lad, but you needed to know. Minerva hasn't been a pure toon in quite some time."

Looking up and staring at Minerva, who's eyes were also teary, Yakko just said nothing as Scrooge muttered "She's a toon escort."

Noticing the mood in the room, Scrooge turned to Foghorn and told him "We're going to need Dr. Scratchansniff to perform the surgery. Foghorn, can you handle it?"

Foghorn gave out a fake laugh before replying "Of course I can-I say of course I can, Scrooge. I'll be in the main office and back with the doc in no time."

Foghorn soon left as Scrooge turned to Daffy, who had apparently fallen asleep again the wall and gave his left knee a small kick to wake him up.

"Huh-what-what happened? I didn't fall asleep" Daffy muttered, yet Scrooge told him "Be quiet already and listen. Get Donald and Goofy, and any other toon aside from Yosemite and Fudd, and take care of Rocky and Plotz once and for all. The sooner they're captured, the quicker this nightmare ends."

Daffy, however, crossed his arms as he said "You're not the boss of me, Mcduck. I answer to Warner Brothers." Having to get his point across, Scrooge simply smacked him over the head with his cane as he told him "Get going now."

Holding his head, Daffy muttered "Yea, I'm going you old goat" while he left the room.

Scrooge groaned before turning to the Warners and Squirrels before stating "Now then, let's get to where Dot fits in this story, shall we?"

Flying into the grounds of the studio, Big landed on the rooftop of a warehouse and began looking around the lot. Taking a deep breathe, Big tried to sense something, anything at all.

"They're here somewhere" Big thought to himself, as he closed his eyes while continuing his trail of thought. "I'm not sure if I can actually sense the presence of toons, but I do know this: Right now, the lives of millions are in danger, as well as every member of the Justice League and Minerva's child. The question that's bothering me though is why do they want me dead?"

However, he could only feel one being in particular. Something that almost felt like a toon, but different.

"Is that Rocky I can sense?" Big thought to himself, yet was a bit confused as he added "Somehow, I can't sense the other toons, but for some reason I can sort-of feel Rocky's presence. Why is that?"

Opening his eyes, Big crossed his arms yet sighed.

"Hey hey, look at this boys. Coo!"

"Oh, no. Not more toons." Big thought to himself, yet looked around and saw nothing.

"Over here, moron."

This time, a different voice spoke. Turning to the sound of the direction, Big saw 3 pigeons.

3 Goodfeathers, to be precise, as they flew closer until they landed right in front of him as Bobby turned to Pesto and told him "Show some respect. We've got one of them supers here, and it's a bird no less."

"Yea yea, whatever" Pesto moaned as he crossed his wings while rolling his eyes.

Raising an eyebrow, Big was simply confused as Squat asked "Excuse me Mr. Bird, but what are you doing all the way here in Burbank anyway?" Before Big could answer, Pesto turned to Squat and replied "What are you, stupid? He's here after Rocky, obviously."

"I'm just asking a legitimate question" Squat pointed out before asking "Besides, it's better to be informed than blind."

"Oh, so now you're saying I'm dumb?" Pesto asked, as Bobby facepalmed while he muttered "Not this again."

"Are you saying that I'm uneducated? That I can't figure out what the square root of pie is even with a calculator? Are you saying I am unable to comprehend books past a pre-school's reading level, or that I can't understand the difference between amateur or pro wrestling? Is that what you are saying?" Pesto ranted while Squat simply shook his arms and replied "No, that's not what I'm saying at all."

"Good" Pesto said, yet snorted.

"Oh god, stop it" Big thought to himself, as he rubbed his temples and hoped they were done.

Unfortunately, Squat had to open his beak.

"I'm just saying it's better to have all the facts than just assume" Squat stated.

Pesto, turning around to not face him, simply asked "So I'm just assuming things, is that it?"

"Exactly" Squat replied.

Pesto took a deep breath before turning back towards Squat and shouting "THAT'S IT" and jumped towards Squat, beginning to hit him once more while the two were covered in a cartoonish layer of dust. "Every time" Booby muttered, not removing his face from his hands.

Big, however, was more than annoyed as he shouted "ENOUGH", causing Pesto to stop his attack on Squat while also shocking Bobby at the same time.

"I have had enough" Big told all three of the Goodfeathers as the three huddled together before Big stated "Now listen here: a lot of people are in danger, and yes I'm here to stop Rocky, but right now something terrible is about to happen and that is my first concern so I am going to ask you three just one question."

The Goodfeathers shook in fear and held each other, not sure what to expect Big would ask them.

"Where's the medical center?" Big then asked, as Bobby simply asked "That's it?" Big nodded as the three let go of each other while Bobby then stated "Well then, why didn't you say so? We'll take you straight there."

The Goodfeathers soon began to fly off, as Big flew behind them.

However, on their way there, he couldn't help but notice a gathering of toons heading towards a single direction.

Towards Rocky.

"You should probably go hide now" Rocky suddenly said to Plotz, apparently sitting on Plotz's chair while looking at a newspaper.

Plotz, who had recently re-entered the room after leaving to go to the bathroom, raised an eyebrow before Rocky added "We have company."

Not even bothering to turn around, Plotz walked backwards towards the door and awkwardly exited the room. As for Rocky, he simply kept reading the newspaper while hearing marching outside. "Now who could that be?" Rocky asked sarcastically, as he simply threw the newspaper aside who muttering "I sure hope they aren't here to waste my time."

"We'll keep it simple then."

Looking out the window, Rocky sees a very unusual site: Daffy in a green costume while wearing a red cape and jetpack.

"Let me guess…" Rocky began, rolling his eyes while asking "Superduck?"

Making a heroic pose, Daffy narrowed his eyes before announcing "No you ignoramus. I am DUCK DODGERS, FROM THE 24TH AND A HALF…."

Daffy never finished that sentence, as half a second later he found himself being squished into the building wall behind him, the object in question a large wrecking ball attached to an outstretched arm as it began to withdraw back towards Rocky, the ball itself beginning to decrease it's size before reforming itself as Rocky's left hand while he muttered "Looks like I've gotten a bit better at that" before getting up and walking towards the window.

As for Daffy, he simply muttered "You're despicable" before slowly beginning to unstick to the wall and fall onto the ground, a large SPLAT sound heard.

As for Rocky, looking out the window he noticed Donald and Goofy walk up to Daffy, who simply muttered "Ok, go get him."

Looking up, Donald noticed Rocky's right hand becoming a wrecking ball again as he pointed his staff towards him and shouted "FIRE", shooting a fireball towards Rocky. In turn, Rocky jumped down as the fireball struck the remnants of the window, shattering glass onto all three of them while Rocky threw his right arm down, gravity doing the rest, and slammed it into all 3 of them while landing on top of his makeshift wrecking ball.

Hearing the faintest sound of grunting, however, Rocky comically brought an ear closer to the wrecking ball and announced "Sorry, can't hear you. You'll have to speak up."

From under it, it appeared Goofy had brought his shield up and was barely able to block it, yet it seemed the weight was quickly becoming a problem as his knees were beginning to buckle. "Um, fellas, a little help here. I can't hold on much longer." Having needed to fall onto the ground gut-first in an attempt to keep from getting squashed, Donald muttered "Alright already" before pointing his staff up and shouting "THUNDER!"

Hearing storm clouds above him, Rocky looked up as he saw thunderbolts beginning to drop down towards him. Rolling his eyes, Rocky's left hand entered his toon space and retrieved Bugs' mallet, surprisingly hitting the thunderbolts aside one by one, as they instead began hitting different buildings and abandoned security carts. Stomping down on the wrecking ball, Rocky shouted "IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?"

"Oh, brother" Donald could only mutter as Goofy's legs began to shake harder while he stated "I can't hold him anymore. We need some help." Turning towards Daffy, Donald told him "Get up and help us out already." Daffy, however, through the rips of his costume, told him "No thanks, I'm out" while still laying on the ground.

Rocky, however, as he began stomping on the wrecking ball further, suddenly felt a rope being tied to his neck. "Huh, what the…?" Rocky muttered, as he turned around to find Sylvester and Porky Pig holding onto the other side of that rope, pulling back as Sylvester shouted "Alright everyone, start tying him up."

The next thing Rocky knew, a small brown tornado began spinning it's way towards him, seemingly growling, as it spun around Rocky and tied him up in different types of ropes and chains. Rocky could only growl as the spinning tornado stopped and revealed itself as the Tasmanian Devil, sticking his tongue out towards Rocky before spinning off once more, apparently heading towards the bottom of the wrecking ball.

"You've got to be kidding me" Rocky muttered, as the wrecking ball soon finally touched the floor.

As for Taz, he stopped not more than a foot away, dropping Donald, Goofy and Daffy in front of him. "Gee, thanks fuzzball" Daffy muttered, getting up and dusting himself off while Donald and Goofy got to their feet and narrowed their eyes, Donald complaining "He sure knows how to be ungrateful" as he quickly ran towards Rocky and shouted "BLIZZARD", beginning to freeze Rocky's body.

Yet, as he did, while Rocky's body began to find itself trapped in ice, chains, and rope, no one noticed Rocky simply smiling.

At the same time, sneaking into the office of Dr. Scratchansniff, Foghorn noticed how the interior of the building featured overthrown computers, chairs, and printing paper thrown all over the floor. "Doc-I say-Doc, where are ya?" he called out, entering the doctor's office yet finding it just as ruined with his chairs overthrown and the curtains ripped.

"Doc, where ya at?" Foghorn asked, adding "We need an emergency toon abortion done at the medical clinic and we need it stat."

For a moment, he heard nothing.

"I guess he ain't here" Foghorn soon said, as he finally began to notice all the damage and scratched his chin, stating "Looks like either they've been redecorating or there was a fight."

"Oh, hello Foghorn."

Foghorn soon heard the voice of Dr. Scratchansniff somewhere in his office, yet as he called out "Doc, you there?" Foghorn failed to notice something rather off about Scratchansniff.

Something rather ominous.

"Someone is in need of surgery, you say?" Foghorn heard him ask, as Foghorn replied "Yea doc, so we need to go now."

"Well, in that case I had better get my equipment ready."

Looking at his right wrist, Foghorn peeled his feathers back to look at his watch as he said "Well then doc, let's get-I say-let's get going then. We need to get there quickly while…."

Sadly for Foghorn, he never finished that sentence.

Somehow, stabbing him in the back was a rather large injector filled with black ooze. Foghorn was left speechless as his feathers began to turn black while Scratchansniff began to stick his head out of the shadows, his skin having turned as white as snow while his glasses were now gone, his eyes instead covered in large black pupils.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I did not catch that. You were saying something about an abortion that was needed?"

Falling to his knees, Foghorn couldn't make so much as a sound as Scratchansniff began to slowly walk out of the darkness while stating "I suppose it's time to make a house call."

"It's getting pretty quiet out there, isn't it?" Yosemite asked, pacing back and forth at the front door.

Elmer, a bit nervous, fiddled with his rifle before a sound was heard.

The sound of a single footstep.

Fidgeting, Elmer quickly pointed his rifle at the door as Yosemite shouted "ALRIGHT VARMIT, WHOEVER YOU ARE, COME ON OUT!"

Yet, no one responded. Only the sound of footsteps in the dark.

"I'M NOT KIDDING VARMIT!" Yosemite screamed once more, yet no response was given.

Instead, the sound of footsteps started getting louder with each clank of nails touching the floor.

"YOU'D BETTER COME ON…" Yosemite never finished.

In the next second, a blue hand had grabbed him from behind and dragged him into the darkness.

In horror, Elmer began waving his rifle around, hoping to find who-or-whatever the being was. Yet, the clanking had stopped. Whatever it was, the thing had become silent.

"Hello?" Elmer asked, shaking as he looked around to find just where Yosemite was.

Where the other one was.

"Come out, come out, where ever you are" Elmer pleaded, yet heard nothing.

The only thing Elmer heard was the sound of his own yelp as he was grabbed from behind and dragged into the darkness.

Within the next second, the guns of Yosemite and Elmer were thrown out of the darkness and into the empty room.

The next second after that, Big suddenly exited the darkness, dusting his hands before cranking his neck as he muttered "Who knew those pigeons were actually helpful."

Afterwards, turning towards a hallway, Big narrowed his eyes and he muttered "And now, time for a little payback" as he began to walk forwards towards the remaining toons inside.

More importantly, towards a confrontation with Scrooge.

Meanwhile, outside, the Goodfeathers simply listened in as Big silenced the sounds of Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd before everything went quiet.

"He sure works quietly" Squat whispered towards Bobby, who simply said "He's good, but now we gotta do our part." Beginning to fly up, Squat and Pesto just stood as the latter asked "And what exactly are we supposed to do Bobby?" In case you haven't noticed, we ain't exactly superheroes. We're just pigeons."

"No, we're Goodfeathers" Bobby replied, adding "And more importantly than that, we're Animaniacs, so it's time to gather the troops."

"Oh yea" Squat exclaimed, as he added "If we get everyone together, we can help save Burbank."

Squat soon flew up and joined Bobby, however Pesto simply crossed his feathers as he said "Then count me out. Best thing we can do is fly outta Burbank until this whole thing blows over." Squat, however, surprised, asked "And let those humans die? What about the other toons and Big who are helping us out?" Adding to it, Bobby stated "Rather you like it or not Pesto, we are toons and Burbank is our home. If we don't stand up to Plotz and Rocky, no one will."

And with that, Bobby and Squat took off while Pesto stayed behind while he yelled "THEN YOU GUYS ARE ON YOUR OWN" and turned around.

However, less than 30 seconds later he turned back around and flew after Bobby and Squat, yelling "HEY, WAIT FOR ME!"

Meanwhile, back in Miami….

Dropping two bags and a large purple rifle with green stripes in front of Little, Carlos ripped the brace from his left arm and shoulder before Little asked "You're not serious about this, are you?" Carlos said nothing in turn, instead attempting to strap his sword to his left.

"Carlos, you're not 100%" Little continued on, adding "And we have no idea what's waiting for us in Burbank. As far as we know, Rocky will have a trap ready the moment we step foot…" Little stopped, noticing Carlos gripping Big's phone as he said without turning to her "My son is there, your brother. That's what's waiting for us." Pocketing Big's phone, Carlos finally turned to her and said "We've lost too much in the last year. Deliah and the kids, then our friends from Tokyo-3, but no more. I will not let one more family member die, I swear it." Growling his teeth, he finally announced "Today is not the day humanity falls. Today is the day Rocky dies and we save the world!" Staring Little dead in the eyes, Carlos soon asked "Are you with me, Little?"

Little closed her eyes while crossing her arms, taking a deep breath as she did.

Less than a moment later, she opened her eyes and replied "Your damn right I'm in."

Grabbing 2 of the bags, Little watched as Carlos strapped his rifle to his back while grabbing the other rifle as Little soon looked at it and asked "What exactly is that?" Carlos gave off a sad smile, as he replied "I'll tell you when we're all gath…." He stopped, suddenly feeling as if wind was suddenly entering the room.

Soldiers left and right soon began to back away as a large ball made of a strange continuous black rope started to faze into the main control room.

"What is that?" Little asked, yet Carlos said nothing as the ball soon stopped spinning.

Within that next moment, Carlos saw the appearance of Sara and another individual he did not recognize: A man, wearing what appeared to be a light black robe with a scarf around his neck and a large book in his hand. Looking around, Sara was shocked as she said "Wow! Talk about fast teleportation."

"Sara?" Carlos and Little asked as she simply smiled before replying "Yep, that's me." The two quickly walked towards her, Carlos placing his hands on her shoulders before she placed a hand on his cheek and whispered "It's me, I swear."

"Oh god, kiss him already." Carlos and Sara turned towards Little, as she crossed her arms and muttered "You're both married." Not saying anything, Carlos was shocked as Little muttered "I'm not stupid. I've known for a while, but you're both lucky Big hasn't figured it out yet."

The man with the scarf, however, cleared his throat, attracting their attention as he said "So I see you are the Hero's family. Excellent, then the time draws closer. We must leave now if we are to witness history unfold before us." Raising an eyebrow, Carlos looked at Sara yet all she said was "I don't know who he is. He just said he was an old friend of Big's." The man with the scarf simply nodded as he stated "I am not so much a friend as I am an acquittance, for I am Woz, servant of the future Demon King of space and time, Oma Zi-O, and I have come to witness Big's advent."

Carlos, Little and Sara soon found themselves and their stuff being surrounded by Woz's scarf as it began to spin around all four of them while Woz announced "Now let us make haste, for the battle with Rocky draws near."

Within moments, they all disappeared into the wind and towards Burbank.

"Tell me Dot" Scrooge began, unaware of the door quietly opening "Do you go out for strolls in the dark?"

"Of course not" Dot replied, beginning to play with her dress as she replied "I need my cutie sleep, after all."

"Liar" Scrooge thought at the same time as their unknown visitor.

"So, at no point did you ever go out for a stroll, catch sight of Minerva in one of her nightly activities, and then blackmail her into dating your older brother?" Scrooge then asked, as Dot crossed her arms behind her back and said "Nope, don't seem to recall that at all."

"Oh just get it over with already" Slappy soon demanded, as she added "We'd like to end this chapter at some point."

"Alright already, just keep your quilt on" Scrooge groaned, as he turned his attention back to Dot before stating "You might as well fess up lad. There's no point in…."

"You're not good at the detective game."

Scrooge, if he were made of flesh and blood instead of paper and ink, would have felt his skin turn pale as he slowly began to turn around in the hopes he heard wrong.

Sadly, he was wrong, for right then and there, leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, was a very angry and very alive Big.

"Oh sweetheart" Dot stated, as she playfully chuckled before stating "You're alive. Who didn't see that coming except the entire audience reading this?"

"Told ya" Slappy muttered, adding "He's a toon" before being shushed by Skippy.

"I think we can all pierce together everything by now since you've spilled it all out" Big said, yet not taking his eyes off Scrooge as he began "A majority of toons from their show….um, what was it again?" In response, Slappy replied "Animaniacs" as Big nodded to her while continuing on "Yes, Animaniacs….anyway, a majority of toon from that show were released from their contracts in the year 1999 following a little movie called 'Wakko's Wish', Minerva Mink as well as Slappy and her nephew included. As a result, they were forced to take on new jobs in order to take care of their homes and families."

"How'd you find that out?" Wakko asked, shoving a handful of popcorn into his mouth (where he got it from, no one asked) as Big replied "Simple deduction and common sense. Fact is, a majority of you were released from your contracts, so it makes sense that Minerva, for example, would have to find a new line of work. Problem is you didn't like her new line of work so that's why she couldn't get a new role."

Turning back towards Scrooge, Big made it clear "The fact of the matter is: you knew long ago about her new job and you made damn sure she was cut off, but you failed. You know why?"

Big soon smiled as he motioned towards Yakko, who sat on the floor dejected and replied "Because of love. When Dot blackmailed her into dating her brother, the seeds of love were long already set. They just needed to be watered and nurtured." Big shrugged a bit by muttering "Maybe not by deceit, but love was always possible. It just needed a push."

Taking note of Yakko's dejected form, however, made Big realize Scrooge did something unforgiveable, thus placing a scorn on his face.

Scrooge, at the same time, was unimpressed as Big soon asked "That being said, where is Minerva?"

"She'll be dealt with as soon as Foghorn arrives with the doctor. Speaking of which, just how exactly are you alive?" Scrooge soon asked, as Big began to walk towards him while he replied "I'm not as easy to kill as everyone thinks." Scrooge began to bring his cane up, yet Big easily slapped his cane to the ground before grabbing Scrooge by his throat and slamming him into the wall.

"Let me be clear" Big growled as he further pressed Scrooge into the wall while he continued "A bunch of toons trying to tie me down and hit me with lightning bolts and gravity magic are NOTHING compared to the monsters I've battled throughout the years, or the threats I've been dealing with recently that have broken through the barriers of space and time. So, if you think killing me, let alone outsmarting me, is possible then THINK AGAIN!"

Big soon looked dead into Scrooge's eyes and said "And just for the record, understand this: I don't care who or what you are, but this planet and it's people are under my protection." Scrooge, in an attempt to free himself, attempted to punch and kick Big's arm yet he felt nothing as Big asked once more "Where. Is. Minerva?"

Noticing the see-through mirror, Big soon threw Scrooge through it as it shattered while Big finally saw Minerva strapped onto the table. Turning towards Wakko and Dot, Big told them "Unstrap her. I need the operating table."

When Dot and Wakko didn't move, Big screamed at them "NOW!"

Meanwhile, as the toons began to drag Rocky's frozen body into a truck, chains being wrapped around it for extra protection, Daffy dusted his hands as the body was strapped to the wall while he announced "Ok boys, as soon as we're done here we can wrap things up once and for all."

Donald, who wiped some sweat off his forehead, muttered "At least we actually did something" before suddenly asking "Wait, what about the humans trapped in the pocket dimensions?" Daffy shrugged before replying "We'll figure it out eventually. After all, Rocky over there is the only one who can bring them back and he's in no position to bargain."

Little did Daffy know, but inside the truck, the ice encasing Rocky began to crack as tentacles began to escape through them.

"What about Mickey?" Donald suddenly asked, concern evident in his face as he added "Or Bugs? Aren't you concerned about them?" Daffy huffed as he turned around towards the front of the truck and began walking towards it while replying "Oh please, they're not going anywhere. Besides, all we have to is get Rocky to free them. What could possibly go wrong?"

The sound of metal crunching soon began as Daffy stopped and looked at the truck, noticing the wall beginning to rip.

"Oh, poo…" Daffy began, yet was cut off as black tentacles suddenly ripped through and grabbed Daffy, enveloping him as Donald shouted "HE'S OU…" yet was too late as he was just as easily caught by the tentacles and enveloped.

Exiting the truck through the hole, Rocky cranked his neck as he began to notice Goofy, Taz, and Sylvester running towards him. Giving off a wicked smile, Rocky pulled out Bug's Mallet from his toon space as he said "Oh goodie: more volunteers" before jumping towards them and swinging his mallet down, creating a shockwave that tripped the toons just before Rocky's tentacles caught them.

"LET ME OUT YOU BLASTED HOOLIGAN!" Scrooge shouted as Big strapped him into the operating table, having released Minerva moments ago. Big, ignoring him, soon turned to Wakko and asked "Do you have any duck tape? I'd like to shut him up."

Wakko raised a finger before replying "Let me check" pulling out his gag bag and beginning to look through it, pulling out a random mallet, a case of Doritos, a fully cooked turkey dinner which caused Big to raise an eyebrow before Wakko muttered "I have a high metabolism" before Big shrugged and said "Proceed" as Wakko opened his mouth wide and shoved the whole thing into his mouth, then pulled out from the bag a toy Spider-Man, a set of car keys, Yakko's X-Box 360 which caused him to chuckle as he muttered "Oops, forgot to return this" before putting it back inside the bag, and the entire VHS set of Star Trex: The Next Generation.

Throwing each of them aside, Wakko proceeds to tell Big "I might need to dig a little deeper" as Big shrugs once more before telling him "Take your time then" as he turns to Scrooge and says "He's not going anywhere."

"I WARN YOU ONE LAST TIME" Scrooge shouted, further infuriating Big as he demanded "LET ME OUT OR…."

Luckily for us all, a sock was shoved into Scrooge's mouth as Slappy, in the most sarcastic tone she could use, said "Oh no, I wonder where that sock came from." Turning to Scrooge, she gave the sarcastic sentence "Sorry about that, my hand must have slipped."

"Finally" Big whispered to himself as Wakko continued looking for duct tape.

Walking out of the room and shutting the door, Big soon asked the toons "How's everyone holding up?" as Slappy replied "Well, we've been given a few shocks from Mcduck over there, but otherwise fine." Turning to Yakko, however, as Minerva cautiously walked towards him, Big asked "What exactly happened to them?" In turn, Slappy replied "It's a long story. Like I said: a few shocks."

The rumbling of the ground soon silenced the mood inside the room as Big's eyes went wide before he thought to himself "Was that Rocky, and did he suddenly get stronger?"

Meanwhile, at the entrance of the medical ward, there once laid two holes in the wall, each used to temporarily imprison Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd.

Unfortunately, the arrival of the mutated Dr. Scratchansniff and Foghorn not only saw to their freedom but their mutation as well as the four walked into the dark towards a confrontation with Big and the other toons.

At the same time, just outside was a gust of wind that was followed by a ball made of a continuously spinning black scarf with four very familiar individuals and their belongings falling onto the ground. As it began to slow down, Little and Sara looked around as Carlos seemed…starstruck…for some reason.

"So this is Burbank" Little muttered before crossing her arms and adding "Looks like a ghost town."

"I'd prefer that over this" Sara stated, as she began to sniff the air around them before asking "Ink? Why does just about everything smell like ink?" Little shrugged before replying "Probably because this is a city made for toons." Turning to Woz, Little soon asked "Say Woz, what exactly-huh?"

It seemed in that moment that they began to look around, Woz has suddenly vanished leaving a throbbing vein on Little's forehead as she said "Oh great, now he's gone. What's next?"

"OH MY GOD THIS IS BURBANK" Carlos began shouting out loud while ecstatic as he continued "THIS IS WHERE THEY FILMED TINY TOONS AND ANIMANIACS AND ALL THOSE OTHER WARNER BROTHERS CARTOONS AND…."

As Carlos went on, both Sara and Little facepalmed as Little asked "When you married him, did you know this would eventually happen?" In response, Sara muttered "What, that his fanboy side would rear it's ugly head or he would forget…" Cupping her hands over her mouth, Sara soon shouted towards him "…THAT OUR SON IS STILL MISSING?"

At that moment, Carlos stopped and turned towards Sara and Little, frowning at his lack of focus as he muttered "Sorry."

"Found him" Little suddenly said, as she turned towards the medical ward's front doors and said "I can sense my brother in there." Sara nodded as she said "Good, now let's go…"

Little, however, cut her off by stating "I can also sense something else farther ahead of here." Narrowing her eyes, she muttered "Something rather…. unusual yet familiar."

Beginning to walk towards the medical ward, Little began to crack her hands as she announced "You two stay here, I'm going to get my brother" before walking through the doors and into the darkness.

To Be Continued….

Extra Scene

Outside of Burbank, surrounding the entire city were military vehicles and reporters with television vans as a series of news and military choppers began to fly into the city.

Somewhere behind a yellow taped line were a series of reporters speaking of the recent danger as one of them reported "We are here live at Burbank, California where it has been 4 hours since the being known as Rocky has revealed the existence of toons living amongst us residents of Earth. Thus far, we've had reports from Metropolis, Gotham, Go City, and several other cities of looting and violence as the entire Justice League was sent to, as Rocky described it, an empty space. In addition, every Disney park across the world are still unaccounted for. The world can only watch as no one knows how many other heroes are left to save the world."

Meanwhile, watching this from a TV in a small apartment all the way back in Miami was a small cat girl with light brown fur and hair, blue eyes, and wearing pink pajamas while clutching a teddy bear as she sat on the floor. She and her mother had left their home planet not more than a month ago in search for a better life, yet here they were now facing the possibility of death.

And yet, despite the disappearance of the hero of Miami, there was no report of him missing as she came to one conclusion and whispered "Mr. Big, please save us."

"Suzy, come help mommy check the doors" her mom called out to her. A much taller cat lady, also with light brown fur, yet with red hair, green eyes, and wearing blue jeans and a loose white shirt, she walked of the kitchen while dusting her hands while Suzy stood and ran to the front doors. As for the mother, biting one of her fingernails, she frowned while telling herself "Much as I don't like his kind, he's all this planet has left." The mother soon turned her attention to the TV, as she muttered "If I didn't know better, though, I'd bet he's already there."

And this chapter's a wrap. Sorry if it took so long to work on, but basically I had writer's block and decided to work on some different projects before managing to finish this one.

Hopefully, this chapter at least turned out ok, but if you don't like it I do understand and apologize.

Also, for those wondering, Woz is from the Japanese tokusatsu series "Kamen Rider Zi-O", which celebrates 20 years of the Heisei-era rider series. As for the two characters in the extra scene, they're not technically important to this story but they'll set up the events for my next story.

Anyway, the stage is set for the next chapter as the following will occur:

Big's family meets the Warners (and Big learns his father is a fan)….

The secret of why the toons went into hiding from humans is revealed…

And, at last, Yakko's nightmare becomes a reality as Big and Rocky finally begin their battle.

Until next time, everyone.