Animaniacs is owned by Warner Bros. I don't claim any of them as mine, same as with any other franchise I use in here, they're not mine either.


In Toontown, 4 PM

"And over to your left, we see our movie theater, showing all the classics from Bugs to Felix to the good ol' mouse himself!" Yakko said with a megaphone, still on top of the van with a megaphone, with Wakko and Dot having joined him. Shannon rolled down the window and looked out at the theater and the surrounding buildings.

"What're they playing in there?" Shannon asked the toons on the top of the van.

"Probably something angsty, or Shrek 4-D." Yakko said without the megaphone.

"They definitely have good food there!" Wakko said with a happy tone, rubbing his belly as he brought out a big jumbo chocolate bar from behind him. "They even let me have their biggest bar!" He added as he took a cute bite out of it.

"But the critics there have the worst taste." Dot huffed.

"I did hear good things about 'Montana Joe and the Last Croissant' however." Yakko added with a slight pompous accent.

Bradley meanwhile smiled and was happy Shannon was enjoying herself, having gotten to see some other places before the theater, like a sports arena where they played something called the "Gag Games", where the funniest set ups and jokes would win. The Warners showed off some of their trophies when they passed it too, some of them gag gifts themselves such as one wobbling around like rubber, another that opened with fake springs inside and so on.

There were a few other toons that were outside as well, such Daffy running from Elmer, Woody Woodpecker flying above them, and Pinky and the Brain carrying what looked like a makeshift remote, being chased by a hungry Tom the cat.

Bradley's mother that was driving of course had to be extra careful of the toon vehicles that went by past her at such a high speed, but thankfully the "TOUR" banner over the van helped somewhat with helping them move. But it didn't stop their speed though, making Mom jump a bit in her seat whenever one of them sped past her.

"Heh, nervous?" Bradley said to Mom, almost jokingly.

"Just a little, I don't think I'll ever get used to driving with other toon-ish cars like this." Mom said with a little sigh.

Bradley understood, thinking more to himself as their tour with Shannon continued. Meanwhile, more thoughts built up in his head. What was that secret thing Mom didn't want to tell him? Did it have anything to do with whoever was capturing the toons?

"Shouldn't there be more toons than this outside though?" Shannon said.

"Hey yeah, good point. Where's the others?" Bradley said as he looked out his front seat window, curious and concerned. Other than the occasional famous toon, there's hardly been any others, even new ones. Not exactly deserted hence the cars and still a good amount of toons, but not as much as the town is used to having. "They're not getting worried about what's been happening, are they?" He mumbled to himself.

"Well that depends." Yakko said as he peeked in through the open window upside down.

"Depends on what?" Bradley asked.

"I dunno, you tell me. Always expecting me to have all the answers." Yakko joked with a "hmph".

Bradley kept looking outside, as if on the lookout for anything more suspicious. After a couple minutes of continued driving through town, he saw something off in front of them. It looked like a van and there were three figures holding a bag and dragging it. Before he could pay it no mind, he saw a head pop out of the bag. It was a toon! "Stop the van!" Bradley screamed, making Shannon jump in her seat and Mom slam on the brakes. The Warners got confused, with Dot leaning in to see what was going on.

"What just happened?" Shannon said with worry.

"What's the hold up, we got an spa appointment to get to!" Dot said with a frown.

"We? I didn't order the Amy Sedaris DIY special last time we were there!" Yakko said with crossed arms.

The captured toon, which looked like a cat, heard those voices and thought he was being rescued, but the suits saw as well. They pushed the toon down into the bag and tossed it into their van. Bradley got out and tried to get them before the suits got in their own van, which looked a little more realistic than the others, but they already started it and drove off before he could reach them. Bradley immediately sprinted back to his own van. "Follow those suits!" He said urgently, getting his seat belt on.

"Why, what's going on now?" Shannon wondered out loud.

"Ooooh, chase time!" Wakko said happily, getting into his seat in the back of the van along with the others.

"Been a while since we weren't the ones getting chased away from something." Yakko said with a bright grin.

"You're about to see one of the things I do in this town." Bradley said to Shannon with a smile, looking back to Mom. "Hit it!"

Mom revved the engine and sped off in the direction of the other black van. While the chase was going on, other toons sprung and bounced out of the way, both cars screeching down the inky roads as Shannon hung on for dear life in her seat. With each tight turn, the Warners cheered and went "woo hoo!" like it was a roller coaster. They kept in view of the van, but that was all they was doing after a minute of driving. "Come on, we're not getting any closer!" Bradley said worriedly.

"Well, you know what they say." Yakko said as he came up to the front of their van in between the humans. "To catch a toon..." He said as he brought out a remote from a pocket. "Ya gotta perform like one." He added with a smirk, pressing a button. Wakko and Dot heard the beeping and got something out of their pockets, heading back to the top of the van to place those objects on it.

Soon after, Yakko pressed the button again. "Now watch THIS trick!" He said with a smirk, acting like he already had this planned out. In a second, the two devices sparked between each other, and the outside of the van started spinning and transforming from its normal appearance to something more wacky and colorful. Instead of subtle curves, there were more points and slants, with interesting decals on the sides. It was still technically a van, but it no longer looked like something a team of humans would build. Inside and outside, it looked way more like a drawing, stretchier and able to navigate the chaotic roads of Toontown much better than a human car.

Mom was in shock and Bradley's eyes widened, with Shannon looking around in awe. "Whooooa, how'd you do that?!" She said with a surprised tone.

"Yeah, I didn't know you could do that! How'd you get those anyway?" Bradley added, just as shocked. Mom was just speechless and lost that her van was now this inked, more obnoxiously designed contraption.

"We'd tell ya, but that's a secret!" Dot teased. "We weren't even supposed to show ya this yet."

"But you know us, we love the new toys we get!" Wakko said with a happy tone, excited that his "new toy" worked exactly like it should've.

Bradley felt a bit uneasy that once again he didn't know about this secret, but put his mind out of it. "Is it enough to catch up to that van?"

Yakko chuckled a bit. "Is it enough..." He mumbled with a smile, then leaned back to his siblings. "Is it?" The two of them shrugged.

"Only one way to see!" Bradley said, looking to Mom and nodding as she slammed on the accelerator.

"But it's got tunes too!" Dot said as she leaned in and turned on the "William Tell Overture" on the radio.

Bradley just chuckled at that, watching as they got closer. That was well and good, but how were they going to stop that black van and the toon that was inside? He thought a moment and used his phone to put in a call with the Toontown police.

Shannon meanwhile was trying to hold on while they were going so fast, feeling and seeing the van twist and turn and bend with each movement. "Wahh! Gaah, jeez!" She screamed out, now more fearful. "I'm not gonna fly out of this thing, am I?!"

"Don't worry, you're fine!" Yakko said to the girl. "Just don't tell it to fling you out."

"What?! It can do that?!" Shannon shouted.

"Yakko, stop stressing her out!" Bradley said, having finished the call. Backup was thankfully on the way, but he still had to get the captured toon out of there. He then got an idea. "You got a grappling hook in here?" He said to the Warners.

"Now that I know we have." Yakko said with assurance, with Wakko and Dot getting the former's gaggy bag out, rifling through. Mom did her best to stay behind the black van despite its efforts of trying to lose them. It took a little getting used to, but Mom settled in and kept going. After bringing out a stack of fine china, a golden mallet, a giant fish and Yakko's book of autographs(which he promptly took back), they found the grappling hook they were looking for.

"Now what're you doing?" Mom said as Bradley rolled down the window.

"I'm gonna grapple to the other van and get that toon out of there, should be easy, right?" Bradley said as the Warners went back up to the top of the van through the sunroof.

"What?! Can't you wait for those toon cops?" Mom shouted.

"We could, but have you seen cops nowadays?" Yakko said as he peeked in upside down at the driver's seat window.

Wakko and Dot grabbed Bradley's hands and helped him up to the top of the van as well. "You're all crazy!" Shannon shouted as she saw what was happening.

"And that's why we get paid to do what we do." Dot said to her with an innocent smile, like it was just another day in a toon's life.

Bradley and the other three siblings held onto the grappling hook and Mom groaned at her son risking himself like this. But she kept the car steady as best she can as they threw it, the hook swinging and locking around the top of the other van. THAT was what got the suits' attention, looking back and seeing that van, now all tooned up, still following them. Shannon kept going on tight to her seat. "You better know what you're doing..." She mumbled.

"Hold it steady, okay?" Bradley said to the Warner sibs. They nodded in response.

"Don't worry, we left our Butterfingers at home." Yakko assured him.

Wakko frowned at that, mainly due to there being no snacks to eat. Bradley looked back to the black van in front of them, then looked down at the speeding ground below them. Each turn and twist down the streets made him shiver and hold onto the van he was standing on. "Ohhh, jeez..." He mumbled to himself, but steeled up and gripped the rope. Keeping his legs up, he started to cross the gap between the vans, keeping his grip as strong as he was able.

The Warners cheered him on like it was a game of Ninja Warrior, the teen continuing until he finally got to the other van. The suits started swerving more, trying to shake Bradley off, making him cling onto the top of it. He winced and kept holding on until he saw one of the suits climb out and move towards him, sleep spray can in hand and pointed at him. Bradley remembered he had pocketed some of their cans in his hammer-space jeans before, bringing one out. "Don't try it bud, I got one too!" He said as a threat.

The suit didn't seem deterred. Bradley ducked and held his breath as the suit sprayed first, poking his head back up and spraying back with his own can. It worked right away, sending the suit right to dreamland. The teen pushed the suit back into the van, laying in the back seat as Bradley opened the rear window once he pocketed his own sleep spray can. There was the bag, rustling alongside another 2 rustling bags. "Jeez, they must've been busy..." He mumbled to himself. He opened one of the bags and saw the trapped toon. "It's alright, I'm gonna get you out." He said in a quieter tone.

The suit in the driver's seat growled and turned that steering wheel hard back and forth. Bradley held on tight to the van with a "WHOA!" while the captured toon whimpered in fear of being shaken around. The human turned around to the Warners. "Alright now, pull! Pull!" He shouted to them.

"Way ahead of ya!" Yakko said, with Wakko having pulled out a rather big fishing line. All three held onto it as they started reeling the van in. "We got us a big one, we're eatin' good tonight!" The older sibling said with a southern accent and happy tone, all three trying their hardest to reel that vehicle in closer.

Meanwhile, Bradley helped the captured cat toon out of the bag, undoing the binds. "Alright, you're gonna have to trust me on this, okay?" He told the scared toon, who nodded as he was placed on the bumper on the van. "One, two, three... Jump!" He said when their own van was close enough, the toon leaping as a little door opened on the front of the van and popped out a baseball catcher's mitt.

Shannon meanwhile couldn't help but watch on, looking impressed at this rescue attempt. "Does he do this all the time?" He asked Bradley's mother.

"I honestly hope he doesn't." Mom said with a frown. "I got enough problems with keeping him safe."

The Warners cheered at the catch, with Bradley going back to the other two bags. He didn't know what was in them, they could be toons or traps in there. He holds his breath just in case, opens one of the bags and there was another toon. Looks like this one, a red-furred dog, was already knocked out by the sleep spray. "Okay now, easy does it..." He mumbled to himself, holding on with one hand as he tried lifting the bag with the other. The swerving didn't help either, but thankfully the Warners kept reeling in the van closer. He tossed the toon into the big mitt to join the other one.

"Two down!" Bradley said as he switched hands to hold on better, seeing the last bag. He wasn't sure if this was a trap, but he wasn't gonna find out because the suit driving had enough. He put the van in a cruise control mode and locked the steering wheel, leaving him free to head to the back and start pulling on the bag as well. "Come on, let go!" The teen shouted, grunting as he tried to pull the bag away. The exchange kept going for another couple of seconds with Bradley unwilling to let go. This was a stalemate, this wasn't going anywhere.

Then he had one more idea. He grunts with effort as he held on, moving his fingers to tug open the string. The suit flew back and fell as the bag opened up, the last toon falling out, which was actually a Looney Tune, the black cat Sylvester. He looked asleep too, likely more sleep spray. The suit groaned and was getting up while Bradley scooped the cat up in his arm. He then saw straight ahead there was a line of Toontown cops they were barreling towards.

"Heh, this is our stop!" Bradley said with a smirk, unhooking the grappling hook from the black van and jumping into the catcher's mitt, joining the other two rescued toons. The sunroof opened and the mitt deposited all them inside, making Shannon yelp in surprise.

"Well, welcome aboard the crazy tour van..." Shannon said, still trying to calm down and keep under control. But that was still difficult as Mom put on the brakes and the van screeched to a halt.

The suit groaned and looked at what he was driving towards, the line of toon officers with a ramp going 90 degrees up. He tried frantically to unlock the steering wheel, but it was too late, his van launched up into the air, leaving him screaming and his friend looking like he was flying. They plunged downward and were about to land on a trampoline, bouncing back up and continuing to bounce on several more in a line before landing in a huge plate of gelatin, trapping the van and suits inside.

The Warners let out happy cheers at that bit of excitement. "Now that was fun!" Yakko said happily.

"Next time we should get a picture!" Wakko added with just as much excitement.

"It's always fun to remember your first catch." Dot said with a little sigh of content.

"And what a whopper it was!" Wakko responded eagerly.

While the Warners talked among themselves, Bradley exited the van and helped Shannon leave too. She couldn't be happier to leave that machine as she just laid on the ground. "Never again..." She mumbled, her head feeling like it was spinning.

"Oof... Not the best reaction we got." Dot said in response to seeing the human girl collapse like that.

"Could be worse though, could've melted into goop like SpongeBob." Yakko responded.

Soon the two suits were in the ol' paddy wagon, the cops thanking Bradley for the call. They even offered to let them follow them to the police station.

"They're connected to this thing, I'm sure of it. We'll head there." Bradley said with a nod as he walked back to their van. He helped Shannon up, the girl looking dazed.

"Is everything not spinning anymore..." Shannon mumbled. "I want my money back for that tour..."

"It's alright, you didn't pay for anything. Come on, we're heading somewhere a bit more calm." Bradley assured her, leading her to her seat and strapping the seat belt in. "Can we turn this back to a normal van now?" He asked the Warners.

"Well let's see!" Yakko said as he got the remote and pressed the button, the transformation reversing itself and changing the van back to a human one. Wakko and Dot plucked the devices off the van as well.

"You gonna tell me what those things were now?" Bradley asked. "The things you put on the van to turn it toony?"

"We cooooooould..." Dot said.

"But we kinda weren't supposed to show them yet anyway." Yakko added.

"It was a lot of fun to try it out though!" Wakko said eagerly. The rescued cat toon that wasn't sleeping still looked frightened at the whole ordeal.

Bradley lightly pet their head a little. "You'll be alright now, I promise." He assured the toon with a softer and more caring tone, lightly sighing and getting back into his seat. "Let's see what they got to say then." He added, with Mom following the last toon officer to the station.

4:30 PM

As they all arrived, the rescued toons were taken somewhere else safe and the rest of them saw the suits, awake and sleeping, in different rooms. "So, what to do with these two..." The human mumbled to himself.

One of the toon officers, tall and looking like a panther, walked up. "Heh, you wanna try first?" He asked the teen.

Bradley shrugged a little. "Might as well, got me some secret weapons." He said with a smirk, looking over to the Warner siblings, to which Wakko was messing with one of the stamps that took your fingerprints.

"Hey, I can't see mine!" Wakko exclaimed.

"Hey, he's your brother." Yakko and Dot said to each other in unison. Bradley just chuckled and brought Wakko over to the rest of them.

"I think it's time for our good cop, annoying cop routine on these guys." Bradley said with a devious little smirk.

The siblings expressions lit up at that idea. "Ooh, which one are we?" Wakko asked.

"Don't you know, we're the ones that hang out at the catering table and read 'Doughnuts of the Month'." Yakko answered as a joke.

Bradley just rolled his eyes and chuckled. "Come on you three." He said as he headed to the room with the suit that was still awake. "Alright Bradley, think..." He thought to himself. "You know the questions, just gotta get him to spill, that's all. how hard could it be?"

Once they were inside, the suit looked over to them and frowned. "Ahh of course, the one he warned us about..." He mumbled.

"Who's this 'he'? Who's telling you to kidnap these toons?" Bradley asked.

"Hmph, like either of us tell you." The suit said, defiant.

"Well, one of you can't cause they're asleep." Bradley said with a little chuckle, crossing his arms. "But if you don't tell us what we need to know, I do have a surefire way to get you to talk." He said with a smirk.

"What can a human possibly do..." The suit said with a grumble.

"Oh... I'M not gonna do a thing. Not one little thing." Bradley said with a smile, an idea forming as he spoke. "Of course, my friends here can't promise that." He added, looking over to the Warners who waved like nothing was going on. But they did catch on to what he was planning.

"And what are your friends gonna do?" The suit said.

Bradley just chuckled, playing it up. "I understand, you can only get away with not knowing once." He said as he paced around, the others watching from outside the two-way mirror. "But if you knew, you'd probably tell right away to spare the annoyance. So I'm gonna give you one chance." He added, leaning in close. "Either tell us, or I'll let you see for yourself."

The suit wouldn't budge, staying silent. Bradley waited about 5 seconds for something, but seeing as how he wasn't gonna talk, he shrugged. "Hm... Alright, you gave your answer there. I warned ya." He said with a little smug smile. "Earmuffs please." He said to Wakko, who pulled a pair out from his hat. The human took them and put them on his head, covering his ears. "Rev up your vocal cords, it's time to give this guy what he deserves." Bradley said, almost in a sinister tone.

The Warners knew that was coming, but that didn't stop them from getting excited for it. The toon officers outside looked worried at seeing Bradley basically take the Warners off the leash. But the human had a little idea to minimize the damage. "Why don't you give this guy a taste of your songs? Like 'Million Shiny Statues'?" Bradley suggested, remembering a moment from one of their video games. "The Great Edgar Hunt".

"Ooh, good idea! Radio edit or 12-inch version?" Dot asked, holding up two CDs with either version on it.

"Hm..." Bradley looked between Dot and the suit that was unable to do anything, taking off the earmuffs for a moment. "Let's give him the 12-inch version to be safe." He said with a smirk.

With that, the Warner sibs set up some speakers from Wakko's gaggy bag and a CD player, humming as they pointed the speakers right at the suit.

"And what are these three gonna do?" The suit said, scowling.

"Oh, just sing you a little song." Bradley said with a shrug and smile.

Yakko pressed "play" and a beat started playing, then a piano right after before the song started playing with all three singing in unison.

"A million shiny statues sitting on a wall

A million shiny statues sitting on a wall

And if one shiny statue should accidentally fall

There'd be 999,999 shiny statues sitting on a wall!"

The suit twinged a little from hearing that big a number. "They're not going to... Sing every number, are they?" He said, a little worried.

Bradley smirked and nodded. "Oh, they are. Every single one, and it's only gonna keep progressing."

The suit looked scared for the first time, being subjected to this song while unable to escape. Bradley put his earmuffs back on, smirking and watching, the song almost silent to him, but the suit was gonna get the full brunt of it. Each verse grew louder and soon the Warners in the room joined in with themselves on the CD. They didn't seem like they're getting tired.

About 5 minutes later

The suit couldn't take much more of their singing, feeling like it was never going to end. By 999,960 shiny statues sitting on the wall, the suit had essentially given up, pleading for the song to stop. Bradley looked down at the suit, now out of the chair and on his knees. "Please, make them stop singing, please!"

"Are you gonna tell us what we need to know?" Bradley said, loud enough to be heard as he read the suit's actions and lips.

"Yes, yes, now please make them stop singing! I beg you!" The suit shouted, the teen catching a few ink droplets coming off the suit's form.

Bradley nods and claps twice, the Warners brothers and sister stopping the song. "Huh, that's the farthest we've gotten in the full version." Wakko said with a smile, feeling proud.

"Yeah, and look, he's already dripping." Bradley said, kneeling down to eye level with the suit. "Now, tell us, who's the one telling you to kidnap all these toons under this corporate lawyer disguise? Where's the other toons you've taken?"

"They're... They're everywhere in other studios in town..." The suit managed to say. "He just wanted playmates..."

"Who's this 'he'?" Bradley said, growing a bit more urgent.

"He's... He's the devil toon..." The suit said. "He just wants more friends, so many friends... He's been forgotten too long..." He added, just unable to say the name.

"What's the name of the one that's doing this?!" Bradley shouted, growing more annoyed.

"I can't say, I'd rather melt than give everything away to you..." The suit said with a grunt. Looks like he won't say any more.

Bradley debated on trying his luck and cranking the "Shiny Statues" song on full blast to get any more clues out of him, but based on seeing the instability of the ink keeping the suit's form together after just 5 minutes of the Warners' loud singing, he opted against it, sparing him before it turned into torture. It's also likely the sleeping suit, once awake, will give the same exact answers.

Bradley scooped up some ink that was on the ground, leaving the room and holding it out to one of the toon cops watching. "Get this stuff looked at, we gotta find out where these suits are being made." Once the cop took the ink and put it in a container, he went back to mom and Shannon.

"Man Bradley, I didn't know you had that side to you. He looked in pain..." Shannon said worriedly.

"Heh, have you seen their show? They do that to lots of people, but only really mean people." Bradley assured her. "Like toon-napping bad. Besides, I still wouldn't go, you know... THAT far."

Mom agreed with a little nod. "Even though I was a little forced into driving that new car by them. I've never driven anything toon-like in my life." She said with crossed arms.

"Hey, first time for lots of things." Bradley said with a shrug.

"It's always fun teaching old humans new tricks!" Wakko said as the Warners popped in by them. Mom was about to say something thinking he called her old, but knew that was a joke, letting out a little "hmph".

"And it'd make for a really awesome Universal ride too if we ever go there again." Yakko added, unrolling a big sheet of paper with an advertisement for that ride, with the same car and with the same people in it.

Bradley chuckles softly as he looked over the big ad. "We'll pitch it and see what happens." He said in response, rolling the paper back up.

Bradley then thought to himself on what he was told. The words "devil toon", "forgotten" and "friends" kept repeating. What did he mean by those? There weren't any devil-like toons in Toontown at all, at least as far as he's seen in the time he's lived there.

"Ohh, he's thinkin', he's thinkin'!" Yakko said excitedly.

"I wish I knew what that felt like." Wakko said with a soft sigh.

"Hm... I think it's time to visit the cat. Maybe he'll have some kind of help." Bradley said. "Without the help of the van being all toony again please?" He added to the Warners before the suggestion was made. The three of them gave a salute in response. "Good." He said as they left to get back in the van.


Author's Note: Alright, writer's block shattered, now this story can keep on going!