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Chapter 2: I was the one who had it all

" C-c-cap'n D-Dodgers! Dinner's r-ready!", Cadet exclaimed.

It was one of those weird days when Dodgers would specifically want a simple but weird meal and not something extravagant as always. Cadet had remembered well, his captain had specifically asked for one weird dish.

Carrot soup, with a slice of wholewheat bread. And that was it.

Normally, Cadet would have been relieved at the simple dish that wouldn't take an entire day to make. But this was different.

Dodgers was just staring at the dish.

" C-C-Cap'n, is everything alright?", Cadet asked

Dodgers snapped out of his stare and turned towards Cadet," Of coursthe I'm fine, Cadet!", he snapped before he began eating.

Cadet sighed and soon dug into his food. He had forgotten to make enough soup for himself as well so he had opted for a grilled cheese sandwich instead, believing that Dodgers wouldn't pay too much mind to the small meal.

A few moments later, Cadet felt eyes burning into his skull. He looked up to see Dodgers staring at him with a foggy look.

" I told ya, Porky. We can eat like kingsth now! No need to starve yoursthelf with menial food that'sth gonna do zero on the sthet tomorrow!", Dodgers ranted.

Confused, Cadet asked," W-What are you t-t-talking about C-Cap'n".

The foggy look in Dodgers' eyes disappeared and his shoulders dropped. Once again, he had nearly forgotten where he was.

" Nothin'", Dodgers muttered quietly before continuing to eat.

He felt trapped between his memories and reality. As the days went by, it became harder not to call anyone he recognised by their names. So many people, so many memories. It was becoming hard for Dodgers to try and balance them out.

" I'm goin' to bed", Dodgers muttered before leaving, not even giving Cadet a chance to stutter a good night.

He collapsed on his bed, rethinking about today's events. X-2 now knows about his brothers, and will probably tell Tyr'ahnee about it, prompting her to question it at the peace ceremony tomorrow with him privately.

Tyr'ahnee... reminded him of a duck he was rather fond of. 'Was' because of circumstances out his control and the factor that everything just goes right back to his brothers.

His anchors. He remembered all their names, their faces, what they actually wanted to do in life and not what they were created to do.

' Cherish them like you cherish money, my lil' duckling, you're going to carry each other far in life', was what his father would always say whenever Daffy had just about enough with their antics.

And they had a good run. Everyone had someone they worked well with. Wile and Road Runner were a top notch duo, if anyone were to see them offscreen together. Foghorn and Barnyard weren't too bad either, but Roadie and Wile were close. Close as in Wile would always know what Roadie wanted if he just looked him in the eye.

Kinda like him and... Bugs.

It felt weird not having Bugs around. Even after the 2 years of being here, the sympathetic Daffy side of him missed the hare. It felt weird not to be woken up by a grown toon jumping on your bed until you got up. It felt weird not to throw anyone off his bed. It felt weird that no one was crawling into his bed in the middle of the night because of a nightmare concerning their father leaving them right after the little brother was created. It felt weird that no one was giving him weird stares whenever he showed the slightest bit of concern for Bugs.

Because Daffy Duck hated Bugs Bunny, right? Not really, he didn't understand why the fans used to think that.

Dodgers closed his eyes. It has been so long since someone had called him Daffy. Everyone knew him as Duck Dodgers, greatest space captain the Protectorate ever had (despite what Star Johnson says), no one knew him as Daffy Duck, legendary actor of Warner Bros. Studio (he wondered if the studio was still around, maybe there's still some memorabilia lying around), one of Tex Avery's most famous creations and the second leader of the Looney Tunes. No one REALLY knew him anymore. He'd be surprised if someone from this time called him Daffy.

" What are the odds of that happening?", Dodgers muttered out loud.

But Dodgers forgot the one rule of every cartoon has ever followed.

If you thought it wouldn't happen, it would happen.

XXX

Dodgers... brothers... how?... unknown past... do we really know the REAL Duck Dodgers?

It was the two of 109,356,667 questions in Commander X-2's head. He wondered if the Cadet knew about it. That young pig seemed to know everything there is to know about Duck Dodgers but what if... X-2 was the only one who knew.

He wanted to tell his Queen his findings, hoping to possibly use it against Dodgers in the future. But then he thought, it seemed much too cruel and troublesome. What were the odds that Dodgers' siblings were exactly like him? Or worse than him. X-2 didn't want to take those risks. What were the odds that Dodgers will hurt him gravely if he were to find one of them in his grasp, especially his younger ones. The duck was violent, despite it being more comical than murderous... but violence was violence and that duck was violent.

A centurion entered the room, gaining X-2's attention.

" Any luck on the information of Dodgers' siblings?", X-2 asked.

" There was no information on the siblings of Duck Dodgers, sir. He claims he is the only child in Psy Q's report", the Centurion said.

X-2 blinked. Was the sibling thing just a ploy to throw him off or was the only child a ploy to throw the Protectorate off his shoulders? What he didn't understand was, why?

" Should we report this to the Queen, Commander?", the Centurion asked.

" No, I'll do it myself", X-2 grumbled.

First, he had to figure out a way to tell her.

XXX

" So this is what we're supposedly looking for"

The ex-genereal of Mars General Z-9 said as he stared at the globe in front of him.

" I hope this isn't a hoax, Darkstar", Z-9 said darkly.

" Not at all, sir. This was apparently one of the most terrifying things that ever roamed the Earth at the time, which was apparently called... ToonTown at the time", Drake Darkstar said in disgust.

Z-9 hummed," I suppose its fitting. Cartoon characters... Toons... ToonTown... it sounds like a place Duck Dodgers should be in", he said with an evil smirk.

" Of course", Drake said with the same smirk," Now, how do we wake him up?".

A giant bottle, trapped in rock due to hundreds of years of erosion, laid still in front of the two villains. In the dead silence, you could hear raspy breathing and the sound of something sloshing around on the inside.

" We don't need to wake him, all we need to do is open the bottle", Z-9 said walking over to its giant cork top," Now help me pry this thing off".

Darkstar sighed before reluctantly walking over to help Z-9 open the bottle.

" Just be lucky I want to destroy Dodgers as much as you do", Drake muttered.

With one final tug, they had finally pried the cork off, allowing the thick black ink that poured out of the bottle the freedom it desired. Drake and Z-9 stepped back in horror as the ink began to take shape into a large muscular figure with horns and acid green eyes. It looked around in confusion before its eyes landed on the two villains clutching each other in fear. When it saw them, a large sinister grin appeared on his face, the same acid that was in his eyes were in his mouth.

" WHy helLoTherE", the monster growled," youlook A lItTle loST".

Z-9 stepped forward, putting on a brave face," We've come here for your assistance... King Shadow Blot... over an enemy of ours. Duck Dodgers... but you may know him as... Daffy Duck", he said.

The Shadow Blot sneered. It couldn't have been possible. Daffy Duck was dead for years... unless...

This was why the mouse sent him here.

A grin appeared on the monster's face, already liking the sound of Z-9's request. However...

The Blot had an agenda of its own.

" I'm listening"

End of Chapter 2

So yes, this is the Shadow Blot of Epic Mickey, will tell ya more soon.

I should probably talk about the timeline of this story, huh. Okay, LTS and as you can tell, the Duck Dodgers series doesn't happen (because Daffy's currently living it). This isn't based on the AU I had planned so don't bring some of the events of 'I was made for him...' into play. Daffy disappeared in 2012, so LTS couldn't have happened because Daffy was too well-known of a Looney Tune not to be placed in the show, which also means Tina wasn't made. Wabbit does however happen, but not New Looney Tunes, again due to Daffy's absence. Daffy knows Bob Givens, June Foray and Martha Sigall are dead (but that's because he's in the 24th Century, of course they're dead, not that they're dead in the 21st century) so that discovery will be traumatizing for the duck alone. Everything else can be covered later on. Remember to Review and I hope you have a great day/night.