Alright! All the way to chapter 2! I'm on a roll!

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Chapter 2: Gone

A month went by as the Warners went on with their somewhat normal lives. Everything was going great, until one day.

Yakko sat up in bed and stretched his arms. He glanced at the clock. 4:00 am.

Do I ever get a break?

Yakko hopped out of bed and got dressed in some jeans and a green T-shirt, only knowing he'd have to change into those long brown slacks in an hour for shooting. He went to Wakko's room to wake him up.

He usually woke up Wakko when he got up so he'd have someone to talk to in the morning. He'd tried waking Dot before, but all that got him was a whack from a mallet. He shuddered at the memory. When he reached Wakko's room though, all he found was an empty bed.

Looks like he's already up. Probably in the kitchen eating the fridge... and maybe the food too.

When Yakko reached the kitchen, however, Wakko wasn't eating any food. Wakko was reading the newspaper with a pained look on his face.

"Wakko?"

Wakko didn't answer as he continued to stare as the paper in his hands.

"Earth to Wakko."

Wakko shook his head and looked up at his brother, his eyes filled with fear and sadness.

"Yakko... he's gone." Yakko gave him a confused look.

"What?"

Without warning, Wakko shoved the paper in Yakko's direction. Yakko skimmed over the paper until he found what was making Wakko act so strange. When he found it, his heart sank.

Rabbits Feet aren't so lucky. Buster Bunny, star of Tiny Toons Adventures, has gone missing! For already three weeks now, Buster Bunny has been missing and still no clues were found. Friends and family have informed us that Buster is not the kind to run away. If this is so, where is he?

Yakko didn't even bother to read the rest.

"I thought he was just on vacation or something," Wakko whispered to himself. "I didn't know that he was..."

Yakko pulled Wakko into a hug. They were close friends with Buster, mostly because he was the star of their sister show. They would always see him and the other members of the Tiny Toons crew around the lot, and they had grew fond of the group. Yakko had noticed that Buster had been gone for a while, but he had pushed it aside, figuring that Buster was on a long vacation. Buster had mentioned that he wanted to go on vacation and that Plotz wouldn't let him.

Maybe he decided to go on his own? No, Buster wouldn't run away, would he? Why didn't Babs call me about this? She probably doesn't want to talk to anyone.

Wakko silently sobbed as Yakko held him.

"I knew he wouldn't just run off. That's why Babs hadn't been talking as much. I mean, she would still talk to me, she just seemed sad whenever I saw her," Wakko said as he wiped away his tears.

"Maybe she thought he did run off. We should go see her today. Maybe she can shed some light on all of this," Yakko reassured his brother.

"Good morning!" Yakko and Wakko turned to see their sister happily coming towards them.

When she saw their saddened faces, her smile dropped.

"What's going on?"

"Buster's missing," Yakko said quietly.

"You mean, he's not on vacation?"

"No he never was. At least we think he's not," said Wakko.

"We're going to see Babs today and see if we can get some answers," said Yakko.

Dot swiped at her eyes and nodded.

"What about shooting today?" she asked.

"We'll go see her after we're done."

The day went on and the Warners went to shoot their show like they always do. There was less energy and happiness around the lot though.

"What if she's not home?" asked Dot for the hundredth tine.

"She will be Dot," said Yakko.

"How do you know?"

"I just do."

They arrived at Babs' door and knocked. Luckily, her home wasn't far away from the Warner lot, and the Warner's could just walk there.

"Hello?" came a soft voice as a familiar pink bunny opened the door.

"Hi Babs," said Yakko.

"Hi guys. I suppose you're here for the same reason everyone else had been coming to my door."

"I'm here to listen," said Yakko.

Babs sighed and motioned them inside.

"Alright, first of all I don't want to be pitied," Babs said in a demanding voice.

"We understand," said Yakko. "What do you think happened?"

"Well, I know that Buster would never just leave without a note or without telling me, so when I noticed he was gone I panicked. I didn't want everyone knowing though, so I acted as if nothing happened."

"Why didn't you want people knowing?" asked Wakko. "I mean, if more people knew, more people could look for him, right?"

"I suppose... but I..." Babs broke down into tears. "I panicked, ok! I didn't know what to do but I didn't want to make a big deal out of it! I don't know what happened to him!"

"Nice job," Yakko whispered to Wakko, who now felt guilty for making a girl cry.

"Babs, it's ok. If one of my brothers went missing, I'd panic to. Unless it was Wakko," said Dot, trying to relive Babs with a little comedy. Wakko glared at her, but then looked back to Babs.

"Sorry Babs," He said.

"It's not your fault. I swear though, if his disappearance was caused by someone, that someone will pay." Babs' eyes were filled with fire and anger now as she clenched her fists.

"Well Babs, thanks. We better get going now. It's late," said Yakko, wanting to et away from the furious Babs as quickly as possible.

Whenever Dot was angry, he knew to stay away, and Dot was only six. He could only imagine what Babs would do if he made her angry.

"Alright. Thanks for stopping by guys," said Babs, lowering her anger.

"Well, that explains why Babs was trying to act like nothing happened," said Wakko as they headed back to the lot.

"That's about all it explains," muttered Dot. "We still barely know anything!"

"Well, I say let the professionals handle it. We don't have any info that could really help, so there's nothing we can do," said Yakko as the headed toward their tower.

"I can't believe he's gone. It's been strange not seeing him around the lot, but now it's even weirder," said Dot, more to herself.

"I'm sure Buster will be fine. He can usually get himself out of tough situations," Yakko reassured himself.

"Well sibs, I'm beat. I say we turn in."

"To what?" Yakko smiled as they did their routine joke.

"To sleep," Dot replied. "I'm tired."

"You? You didn't have to sing all the words in the english language today, did you?" asked Yakko, arms crossed.

"No, but I had to sit there and listen to it."

"Right, because doing nothing's completely exhausting," said Wakko as they climbed into the tower.

"You bet it is!"

"Please Wakko?" Dot pleaded as she batted her eyelashes.

"Why can't you just eat cereal?" Wakko asked in annoyance as he poured himself some milk.

"But Wakko, sweet brother of mine..."

Oh brother. Here we go. Why did She have to wake up early. Why did I have to wake up early. She'd bug Yakko if he was awake.

"Pancakes are so much more delicious than cereal. Will you please go to the store and buy me some? Pretty please with chocolate and whipped cream and a big red cherry on top?"

Why didn't I wake up Yakko when I woke up? Oh yeah, he told me not to. Oh no, she's giving me the Bambi eyes. Curse that Disney movie!

"Wakko..."

"Fine!" he snapped. "But I get to eat them first!" With that he grabbed some sparemoney off the counter and stomped out the tower door.

"Thanks big brother!" yelled Dot as he left.

"Whatever," he mumbled.

Curse her cuteness powers. She thinks she's little miss perfect.

It took him about fifteen minutes to walk to the store.

"Pancakes. There they are," he said as he grabbed a box from the freezer section. On the other side he spotted some chocolate ice cream.

I have extra money, he thought, as a goofy smile spread across his face.

As he left the store and started walking back towards his tower, something caught his eye. A man in a long dark coat and a black fedora was quickly walking into an alley, pulling his collar up to hide his face.

A creepy guy wearing a long dark coat in California and lurking around in dark alleys. Well, I'm interested.

Wakko sat his groceries down against the wall of a nearby building and followed the man into the alley, trying to be as quiet as possible. When Wakko noticed that there was nobody else in the alley other than the mysterious stranger and himself, he became confused. Then he became afraid.

The man turned without warning to face Wakko, who was now frozen where he stood. Wakko didn't know why he was scared. The only thing he was afraid of was clowns, but something about this man seemed... off.

"Hello little boy," the man said as he stepped towards Wakko. His voice was low and uninviting.

Run! Why aren't I running!

Wakko, though wanting to flee, was glued to the spot. He could feel himself shaking now. From behind him, he heard footsteps, but before he could see who it was, he felt something come down on his head. The pain was almost instant as he fell to the ground. The last thing he saw before blacking out was a bag being pulled over his head.