[hey everyone, here I am with chapter 2. It's not super lovey at the moment but it will eventually. Thank you for the OC's they have definitely livened the story up. Keep in mind that some will experience death but true to the show they will revive. also fixed the name error i made, how the hell did that happen! Read up and let me know what you think.]
Petunia awoke to her alarm clock and instinctively shut it off. She yawned as she sat up in bed, and looked out her window. She sighed, stood up and went downstairs to her bathroom to take her morning shower. She was a bit more obsessive today than usual thanks to yesterday's news announcement. When Petunia though of radiation she pictures rusty and broken barrels of nuclear waste filling a swamp, she hated thinking that that was going to get on her. She scrubbed extra hard in the shower today as a result. She stepped out, dried off, put on her lotions, sprayed on her perfume, and unwrapped a fresh deodorizer to drape around her neck. Afterwards she headed outside to tend to her garden. There wasn't much wrong with it but she made every effort to make it perfect. The air felt a bit thicker today than usual but she chose to ignore it. As Petunia finished up her yard work Giggles arrived.
"Hey Petunia, how are you doing" Giggles asked happily.
"Oh, I'm doing alright, go'n in to get me some breakfast now" Petunia replied.
Giggles looked around at Petunia's flower arrangement.
"Hey, you didn't notice anything wrong with your plants did you?" giggles asked.
"No, why?" Petunia asked worried.
"Never mind, mind if I join you fro breakfast?" Giggles asked.
"Of course not, come on in" said Petunia.
The two stood up and entered the house after returning Petunia's gardening equipment to their place. Giggles sat in her regular seat while Petunia made shaped pancakes for the two of them. Giggles took a banana from the bowl in the center of the table and began to eat it.
"So Petunia, anyone caught your eye yet?" giggles asked.
"Nope, not yet" Petunia replied not turning her attention away from her cooking.
"Really… you know I kinda though you and handy were cute together when you were hanging out" said Giggles.
"That was for like, a day, he was fun to hang out with but I think he was just being sweet because my arms were gone too, he didn't seem to care to much after I died and got my arms back" said Petunia.
"You gotta be less strict with your dates, you'll never find someone like that. I date to see who I like best, plus it's nice when they carry the bags when you need to go shopping" said Giggles.
Petunia laughed, remembering a time when Giggles brought cuddles along when her and Petunia went shopping.
"So you decided who you like yet?" Petunia asked.
"Cuddles is at the top for now, he's sweet, he's funny, and he's really fun to be around… don't think anyone else really has his charm… but, only when I'm ready will I make my decision" said Giggles.
"I see, I'm just gonna mention this, as a friend, but I think cuddles might have a thing for Flaky too" said Petunia.
"Nah, Flaky's like one of the guys to him, falling in love with her would be like him falling in love with Toothy… hey Petunia, want me to get you a date with Disco" said Giggles with a laugh.
"God no, don't even joke about that!" said Petunia defensively while her friend laughed, making her laugh too. "Besides, I think he learned his lesson last time… actually, scratch that, he never learns"
Giggles laughed again.
"Seriously though, you haven't found anyone you like yet?" Giggles asked.
"Nope, I'm waiting for the one person I can imagine myself spending my life with" said Petunia, bringing the food to the table.
"Well I wish you luck with that" said Giggles.
The two ate their breakfast, exchanging gossip with one another.
Elsewhere Flaky and Lammy wandered about town as Flaky gave Lammy the tour she had not gotten when she arrived. The two turned into the park to take a break from all the walking. They sat on a bench in the park's center, a large area with a water fountain in the middle and benches all around it. The two had brought a picnic basket and had prepared to open it as they noticed someone stinging on a bench behind the fountain. The features they could recognize from a distance revealed it to be a raccoon but not one Flaky recognized. Her color was orange but her face mask and tail markings were blue and she was dressed in a grey hooded sweatshirt.
"Who's that?" Lammy asked.
Flaky stared at the raccoon for a moment.
"I… don't know" said Flaky.
"Hey! Maybe they wanna join us for lunch" Lammy suggested.
"Maybe" replied Flaky.
Flaky stood up as did Lammy and they approached the unknown raccoon.
"Umm… excuse us but umm… we wanted to know if you wanted to have lunch with us?" Flaky asked showing the raccoon the picnic basket.
The raccoon looked up at them and smiled.
"Ok" she said rising to her feet.
Flaky and Lammy looked around for a place to set up now that they had a group.
"How about we set up over there" suggested Lammy pointing to a spot beside a small pond.
"Yea ok" said Flaky.
The three marched over to the pond and pulled a blanket out of the basket to lay onto the ground. They pulled out a few plates, cups, and a carton of juice along with their food which mostly consisted of sandwiches and chips.
"So Miss, have I seen you in town before?" Flaky asked.
"No, I just moved here today, the housing was really cheap and the town looks nice, how could I refuse?" said the raccoon.
"Really! I'm new here too. I'm Lammy, who are you?" Lammy asked.
"I'm Ollie, Nice to meet you Lammy and umm…" said the Raccoon.
"Flaky, it's nice to meet you too" said Flaky.
"You wanna be friends?" Lammy asked.
"Umm… ok" Ollie replied.
"So what were you doing in the park?" Flaky asked.
"Oh, I was out for a jog, with this weather I couldn't help myself" said Ollie.
When Ollie mentioned the weather it reminded Flaky of the radiation. She had grown more comfortable with the thought but was still a bit nervous, at least more nervous than the others in town. Flaky raised her eyes to see a duck fly overhead, she wondered how the wildlife would be affected by the radiation and grew concerned. However a few moments later they heard a gunshot ring out. A puff of feathers formed around the duck as it plummeted to the ground and land hard near them. Flaky was stunned as were Ollie and Lammy. A moment later they watched as a bear wearing a dark blue cammo military outfit and smoking a cigarette Approached the dead duck. He also had messy hair with red highlights, a pair of combat boots, and was carrying a shotgun.
"Good afternoon ladies" he said to the group sitting on the blanket.
His eyes panned over them all but locked onto Flaky who he gave a smile before leaving them. They looked in the direction he was walking and noticed what was likely his vehicle. A black ford pickup truck with a four wheeler tied down in the bed.
"I don't think I wanna eat anymore" said Lammy putting the rest of her sandwich into the basket.
"Umm…" Flaky started feeling a bit queasy but finished her sandwich anyway.
Ollie looked down to realize that she had already finished hers.
"Umm… whadya say we just go then?" Ollie asked.
"Yea good idea" Flaky replied..
They packed up the basket and left the park.
At a nearby convenience store Lumpy worked as the clerk. He had worked diligently, keeping it clean all day and had opened it about an hour ago.
"Hey moose, you forgot to stock about half the freezer here" said a customer.
It was a dark grey dog with a light purple marking between his eyes, similar to Nutty and Giggles. He also had a purple stripe along his thick, fluffy tail. He dressed in a dark red sweatshirt and wore a pair of sunglasses that rested on top of his head.
Lumpy looked in the direction of the dog to see that he was right, he was so intent on cleaning that he forgot to restock the freezer. He promised himself that he'd get it taken care of when next his store was empty.
Another customer entered and turned out to be Nutty spazing his way over to the sweets. He stopped and gawked at the slushie machine he had seen plenty of times before. He though about just gulping it down but remembered the first time he had done that and instead grabbed three of the largest cups he could find and filled them.
When he had finished gathering his load he carried it over to Lumpy to pay for it. He had three bags of sugar, three enormous slushies, and several bags of assorted candies. After completing his purchase he moved over to the door. Just beneath it however he somewhat lost his overburdened grip and ended up squeezing out some of a slushie which shot into a gap in the door mechanics causing a few sparks to fly out. Nutty looked up at it for a moment but kept going and the door shut behind him.
Dubble had finally made his selection, a bottle of ginger ale, and approached Lumpy to pay for it. As he did so, Handy made his way to the shop. Justas he entered the doors slammed on him but his helmet prevented them from crushing him.
"Damnit, Lumpy help me!" Handy shouted
Lumpy gasped a horrified gasp and began to type things into the cash register before he realized that it wouldn't help in any way. He darted his head around franticly trying to find something that could help and found a switch for manual control. He pressed a button and flicked it releasing handy who backed up to take a breath. Dubble gave him a spiteful glare.
"Whew, thanks Lumpy" said Handy with his nubs on his knees as the moose approached to check on him.
As Lumpy neared him the doors slammed shut severing Handy's head from his body as well as a piece of his nub. Lumpy gasped a horrified gasp again as Dubble approached him taking a swig from his ginger ale and stepping over Handy's dismembered body.
"See ya Lumpy" said Dubble just before kicking Handy's head onto a storm drain.
Lumpy ran over to the switch to see what happened and found that automatic had been turned back on. He resolved that and began to clean up Handy's remains.
Dubble made his way down the street towards Happy Tree Diner from a distance he could see the apple of his eye, though he'd never tell her that, Twitchy. She was a squirrel, similar to Nutty in appearance minus the crazy eye. She also had thick white lines extending from the sides of each eye as well as a few blue stripes around her tail.
Twitchy made her way over to the fountain nearby and sat down to enjoy a bag of Candy she had with her. Before Dubble could approach her however, Disco Bear made his way out of the diner and noticed her. He checked his hair, straightened his sleeves, and practiced his smile before going over to Twitchy who was digging in her candy bag. Disco slid up beside her.
"Hey, Twitchy, what's shake'n bacon" he said in his deep voice, regular grin, and relaxed eyes.
"Oh jeez, where did you come from?" Twitchy asked unpleasantly surprised.
"So you busy?" he asked.
"This is the third time this week you asked me that, I'm always busy when you start talking to me so please go" said Twitchy.
"C'mon, can you blame a guy for ask'n for a chance" said Disco.
A moment later he was grabbed by the hair and punched in the face by Dubble. Dubble then grabbed him and slammed his face into the side of the fountain. After he felt disco grow week he shoved his head under the water until the bubbles stopped rising.
"Damn, a bit extreme don't you think?" Twitchy asked.
"Bastard had it coming" said Dubble "so umm… have you eaten already?"
"Not yet, I'm wait'n for Russie to come by cause we's go'n out for sushi!" said Twitchy excitedly.
"What! Who cares about Russell!" Dubble shouted without realizing that he was shouting.
"What's gotten into yo- oh hey Russie, over here otter guy!" Twitchy shouted as Russell came into view.
Russell noticed her and waved to her.
"See you around Dubble" Twitchy said running over to Russell.
Dubble stared at them and crushed his empty soda bottle.
Petunia and Giggles made their way into town aiming to get ice cream. Out of everyone Giggles was the most concerned with the radiation and kept stopping to check on the plants they past.
"You're really worried about this" said Petunia.
Giggles didn't respond, she knew she was being obsessive and hated it but she couldn't help her concern. She kneeled down beside another plant but there revealed to be nothing wrong with it. she suddenly felt an impact from her side and fell over with someone on top of her.
"Whoops, sorry" said the creature.
they stood back up and Giggles looked at her. It was a cat with dark aqua blue fur and black eyes. She also appeared to have the tail of a rabbit which she covered back up with a grass green shirt that was far too large for her as it went down most of her thigh and covered her hands with plenty of extra sleeve to spare.
"What were you doing Rena?" Giggles asked.
"Chase'n a butterfly, even though my shirt is the same color as the grass they never land on me, even when I hide real good. So if I wanna catch em' I gotta chase em'" said the rabbit cat.
"Hey, you're not hurting them are you?" giggles asked getting defensive.
"Of course not" Replied Rena.
"Hey Rena, we were just about to go get ice cream, you wanna come?" Petunia asked.
"Oooh ice cream, yes yes yes!" replied Rena excitedly "wait a minute… I don't think I have any money though…"
"I'll cover it then, c'mon" said Petunia.
The group headed off towards a small ice cream booth and found that Toothy was working there today.
"Hey Toothy, how are you?" Giggles asked.
"Ah still a bit groggy, to bad I ruined the game yesterday, but I signed up to do this today so I can't make it up either" said toothy.
"Well now you get to serve us ice cream" said Petunia.
"Oooh I want chocolate, no, I want chocolate with brownie chunks in it. Yea chocolate with chocolate brownie chunks, and chocolate chips, and chocolate sprinkles" said Rena.
"Ok then umm… I want strawberry sherbet" said Giggles.
"I want vanilla on a sugar cone" said Petunia.
"Sure thing" said Toothy.
They waited for Toothy to make their cones then went to sit down.
"Alright, where do we want to sit?" Giggles asked.
Rena looked around and locked her eyes on a table that already had someone sitting at it. It was a white cat with light brown long hair with bangs. She wore a dark blue t-shirt and a blue denim pleated skirt. She also had a black tip at the end of her tail as well as black in her ears.
"Let's go sit with her" suggested Rena.
Everyone decided to and they moved over to the table. The cat was enjoying a vanilla ice cream cone as they approached her. When she noticed them she looked a bit startled but she recognized them quickly and calmed down.
"Hey, how you do'n Nina?" Giggles asked.
"I-I'm o-o-ok" she said.
"Oh c'mon Nina, we're all friends, no need to be shy around us" said Rena.
"I-I know" Nina replied.
"So where do you guys wanna go after this?" Giggles asked.
"Lake lake lake lake lake lake lake lake" Rena chanted.
"That sounds fun, we'll need to go back to my house so I can get my things though" said Petunia.
"Hey Nina, you wanna come with us?" Rena asked.
"Umm.. N-no tha-that's ok" Nina replied.
"Oh c'mon don't be a party pooper, come hang out with us" Rena pleaded.
"Umm… mmm" Nina wined not wanting to go but not wanting to disappoint them either.
"I'll take that as a yes, yay there's four of us going. We should bring a watermelon" suggested Rena.
Nina tried to speak up but stayed silent and went with it. The group finished their ice cream and made their way to Petunia's house.
In the park n the center of town worked Mime. Mime decided to set up shop here after learning that it was possible to make tips by doing what he loves. He had only made a little bit but was still enjoying himself and almost forgot why he was here in the first place. After a large lack of activity Mime smiled at a pair of approaching customers, a father bear and his son. It was the cub who dragged his father over to watch Mime. Mime immediately recognized them as pop and cub as cub seemed to love watching mime's performances and was a huge fan. He watched for a time as Mime preformed his displays with the bizarre art that was miming. Cub applauded him then turned his attention to a stand of Balloons that Mime had set up. Mime noticed this and smiled. He pulled out a deflated balloon but stopped and thought for a moment. After a moment he returned the balloon for another, larger one. He inflated it to it's full capacity, tied it to a string, and handed it to Cub who happily took it from him.
Pop reached into his pocket and withdrew his wallet to give money to Mime. Just before the transaction was completed Mime mimed a gasp and looked into the air. Pop noticed this and made a real gasp as Cub began to float away.
"Cub! Let go, let go of the balloon" shouted Pop.
Cub had seen this as a ride and laughed, waving to his father, mistaking his hand motions. Mime looked up then smiled with an idea. He motioned himself knocking an arrow onto a bow and motioned pulling it back. He then released it and moments later the balloon popped. Cub began to plummet through the air as Pop ran to catch him. As Pop got beneath him he ran into a light post and fell onto his back. Cub however got impaled on the top of it by his neck. Pop stared in horror as his son choked on his own blood. Mime glanced around, a nervous look on his face. He picked up the money Pop was going to give him and put it into his jar. He slid the jar over a little bit, grabbed his balloon cart, and ran leaving the jar behind for Pop. Just after rounding the corner out of the park he barreled into an unfortunate passerby. He looked down feeling terrible after everything to see that it was a familiar cat.
She was white with a golden tipped tail. She had blonde spiky hair on her forehead and a green and yellow button up t-shirt. She also wore a necklace with a small lightning bolt shaped pendant on it.
"Mime! Who'da thought I'd run into you, Whatchya run'n for?" the cat asked as Mime helped her up.
Mime began to motion blowing up a balloon then giving it to Cub and him floating away, then the arrow, then the impalement, then him running.
"Jeez, again?" she asked.
Mime noticed her face and seen that he had smeared paint on it in the crash. He turned his head to a mirror and frowned as his had been ruined.
"What are yo- oh dear, ha ha" said the cat touching her face and finding paint on it.
Mime handed her a towel which she used to wipe the paint off with.
"Oooh it's nice and soft, can I keep it?" the cat asked.
Mime nodded.
"Yay! Thanks" said the cat happily.
Mime turned and left back towards home as someone else passed him and waved to him. It was a white wolf with a Pixie hair cut. She was dressed in a black tang top, blue jeans, and black combat boots.
"Hey Glitchy how's it go'n? looks like you were talk'n with Mime" said the wolf.
"Alice! Yep I was, it was funny we ran into each other… I mean literally ran into each other. He helped me up and gave me his towel!" said thecat excitedly.
"Ha, good for you… have you told him yet?" the wolf asked.
"umm… well no… but I wanna!" said Glitchy.
"Well you shouldn't wait too long, you don't want someone else beating you to the punch do ya?" Alice asked.
"Oh no no no no no no no no no not at all. But I gotta wait for the right moment. I don't wanna say something dumb and have him think I'm a freak!" Glitchy complained.
"Just ask him out, get to know him a little more, then you'll know what to say. Oh yea, did I tell you that Deric and I are dating?" Alice asked.
"Huh! Really, you are!" Glitchy asked surprised.
"Yep, we started Tuesday, we spent the day at the fair" Alice replied.
"Oooh did you kiss?" Glitchy asked.
"Of course not, you never kiss on the first date in a serious relationship. If they're still interested in you after a few dates, then you kiss, shows you that their interest is legitimate, plus you are much more likely to seal the deal" Alice explained.
Glitchy listened intently absorbing whatever information she could.
"Hope it works out for you! Derek's totally a great guy!" said Glitchy.
After a few side trips Petunia, Giggles, Nina, and Rena made their way to the lake. When they arrived there were already a couple there. They set up their belongings on a clear patch of beach and readied to enter. Giggles sniffed the air and smiled looking over the lake. Rena threw offer her oversized shirt and charged into the lake. Giggles proudly made her way into it as well. Petunia lathered on sun screen and turned to Nina.
"You go'n in?" Petunia asked
"Uh! Umm… no, no tha-that's ok" said Nina, her voice shivering a little.
"Ok, I'll probably be back out in a little bit anyways, so we can chat then" said Petunia.
"O-ok" said Nina.
Petunia turned and entered the water with the others. Nina stayed on shore and observed the others sharing the lake. On a nearby dock sat a bear clad in a dark blue military camo outfit. He was fishing off of a dock. In the water swam a familiar Ferret and rabbit pair. The rabbit was of a baby pink coloration and long white-blonde hair. The ferret was a light turquoise color.
As she watched them she was shadowed by a passerby. She looked up to see who it was and wanted to hide as she had recognized him. Unfortunately for her she was noticed and the creature stopped in it's tracks. He flicked his chin and spun himself around as if to make it look like the flick is what caused him to rotate. The creature was a mix, a fennec fox and peacock. His fur was blue and he had an orange belly. He had numerous, vibrantly colored tail feathers that were quite long. He had a large pair of ears as colorful as his tail with short colorful feathers glimmering from the tips. He had golden blonde hair that was slicked back and a plume of colorful feathers from his for head to she back of the top of his head that he stood up as he turned. The creature approached Nina who just wanted him to go away.
"Hey there cutie, you look like you could use someone to chat with" he said.
Nina slid away from him a little.
"Fortunate that I happened by huh? Is there anyone more fun to talk with than me. Whadya do'n out here anyway?" he asked.
Nina didn't respond.
"Oh, you were wait'n for me to show up so we could swim together weren't ya? well then c'mon and let the master of the sea show you his skills" said the creature.
"Uh- umm n-no that's ok I- I like it better on the beach" she said with a shaky voice as he gently took her hand.
"No no please… no!" she shouted as the fur on her tail flared up and she scratched his hand the quickly returned to her spot, curled up and shaking.
"Whoa kitty take it easy on the fur, my shampoo is expensive I don't need to smell like blood" said the creature calmly and with a slight laugh.
"Jeeze Desmond your as bad as Disco" said Petunia who had gotten out to talk with him.
"Whoa Petunia, look'n as pretty as ever, look'n to spend some time with the D man too?" asked the creature.
"What the hell's the matter with you! Can't you see that she doesn't want to swim!" Petunia asked furiously.
Desmond looked down to the cat.
"W-well y-yea" he replied.
"Did you just come down here to harass everyone again?" Petunia asked.
"Umm… no. I just… had nothing better to do today" said Desmond, his tone changing completely.
"You!" shouted a voice from the water.
Desmond turned his head to see Rena marching towards him.
"Desmond! You're the one who ruined it when I was gonna ask Lumpy out!" Rena shouted.
"I did what now?" Desmond asked.
"Don't play dumb, you remember!" Rena shouted.
Desmond thought to himself just before Rena began to chase him.
"Rena, Rena calm down, I don't know what your talking about" said Desmond as he ran.
Rena reached out her hand and grabbed a handful of his long tail feathers and yanked a couple out. Desmond stopped running.
"Oww, damnit" groaned Desmond spreading out his tail feathers to see the gap that had been made in the display.
"Serves you right" said Rena.
The rabbit and Ferret in the water had seen this and began laughing hysterically. Desmond sighed and sat quietly on a nearby rock.
"Hey giggles, Petunia, Rena, Nina, you guys wanna play us in volley ball?" the Ferret and Rabbit asked.
Nina somewhat retreated but Rena grabbed her by the hand and followed the others over.
The two got out of the water and reached into a duffel bag that they had brought with them. What they pulled out looked like two short metal rods with a net. The ferret grabbed hold of one and the rabbit took hold of the other. They spread out from each other, held up their ends and pressed a button on them. The rods immediately extended and shot into the ground.
"Does everything you guys own have to be so complicated?" Petunia asked.
"Robby made this for us" started the ferret. "and Keni named it the Valiant Vollyball Net 3000. Asha and I will be on one team and umm… let's take Nina too"
Nina's tail flared up again as the ferret dragged her over.
"Jru, you're gonna tell them the rules right" the rabbit asked.
"Yep. Alright here they are. This ball was also designed by Keni and Robby. It reads your moves and serves as an automated referee in conjunction with the net. If you break any set rules like no hitting over three times or no double hits then you will receive an electrical shock. Also the losing team will receive a high voltage shock from the net, how does that sound?" the ferret explained.
Nina who was standing beside him fainted.
"Alright we'll turn it off, we'll replace the shock with a buzzing noise ok" said Asha.
From they water they heard someone else rise. They looked to see a light grey civet with a snorkel and a par of goggles stepping out of the water.
"Hey Andy, when did you show up?" Petunia asked.
"Oh I've been here a while. Did any of you know that there are caves underwater here. Cuddles pointed them out to me, there's tons of em' I haven't even been able to explore a quarter of them yet" said Andy.
"Seriously, awesome! We should all explore them sometime, did you find anything?" Jru asked.
"Nothing yet but I've barely been able to explore them so I might" Andy replied.
"Jru and Asha looked down at Nina who was out cold on the ground.
"Well it looks like we're down a player, wanna join? Asha asked.
"Shoot, why the hell not." said Andy.
Elsewhere Flaky, Lammy, and Ollie approached Happy Tree Diner for Dinner.
"So… Flaky was it? Who was that bear we seen at the park? He seemed to know you." Ollie asked.
"Oh, that was Night. He was a friend a long time ago, we still chat from time to time though" said Flaky before they came across Disco Bear's corpse.
"Oh god, what happened here!" Ollie asked surprised and horrified.
Flaky looked a bit shocked.
"Looks like Disco got on someone's nerves again. That's the second time this week" said Flaky.
"Wait what! Second time!" Otto asked confused.
At that moment Flaky realized that Ollie probably didn't know about the town.
"Oh… you didn't know?" Flaky asked.
"About what?" Ollie asked.
"Well… it's not a secret, I'm sure you've heard that the town was weird. People die here all the time but we always seem to come back soon afterwards. Some other towns are affected a little by it but we get it at its strongest" Flaky explained .
Ollie thought to herself.
"Oh yea, now that you mention it I do remember hearing about something like that. I thought it was just a legend. you know not many people want to come here… now that I think about it I can't imagine why" said Ollie.
Just as she finished her sentence a van swerving wildly appeared around the corner. The group looked through the window to see a pair of raccoons driving it with horrified expressions on their faces. Moments later a green bear clad in military attire with glowing yellow eyes rose up behind them and snapped the driver's neck. The group fled as the van cascaded into a light post which launched the bear and the remaining raccoon out of the window. The bear hit the ground and rolled while the raccoon got his head smashed into a bench. The bear turned his eyes to the girls and approached them maliciously. They screamed a horrified scream and the bear stopped, shaking his head. His eyes returned to normal and he peered around the area.
From another corner came a blue otter laughing manically and running around aimlessly swinging his hooked hand around. He was followed shortly after by a green squirrel.
"Ahh, Russie stop! I told you that blowfish smelled funny, I knew they didn't cut it right. Russie stop!" shouted the squirrel.
The otter continued running around swinging his hook and ended up sticking it into the green bear's eye and tearing it out. The bear wailed in pain as the Otter began to flop around on the ground before dieing.
"Actually… I take that back… I know why no one wants to live here" said Ollie.
"They'll all be ok… later. I hate to see it happen though" said Flaky.
A moment later a blue anteater rounded the same corner that the squirrel and otter had. He was holding some type of flat device connected to a handle and pair of head phones. He stopped briefly and examined the carnage. He shook his head and continued on his way towards the group.
"Hey Sniffles, whatchya do'n with a Geiger counter" the squirrel asked.
Sniffles sighed.
"Checking radiation levels… we are definitely being exposed right now. Hey Twitchy, Flaky, you guys feel any different?" Sniffles asked.
Flaky looked at Twitchy then to Lammy and Ollie. They shook their heads.
"Huh. Guess we're all ok" said Twitchy.
"Hmm… like I thought" said Sniffles.
A moment later someone staggered out of the back of the van.
"Ow" the creature said rubbing her head.
She was a lime green dog who had a forest green patch of fur around her right eye. She was wearing a purple and white striped scarf with a matching pair of gloves and hat.
"Scrap? Are you ok?" Flaky asked hurrying over to her.
"Ow… just peachy Flaky" the dog replied.
"Jeez what happened to you?" Flaky asked.
"Ow… ah… well we were at a museum and Lifty and Shifty wanted to take something from the Egypt exhibit. Flippy was there so I decided to prank him and make him go crazy to create a distraction. Needless to say the plan failed. I'm lucky he didn't end up killing me" Scrap explained.
"Well I'm glad you're ok… you know you'll get in a lot of trouble hanging out with them right?" Flaky asked.
"I know, that's why it's so much fun. I don't care about the stuff they take, I'm not the one taking it" said Scrap.
"Hey umm… is anyone else still hungry?" Ollie asked.
Flaky's stomach growled.
"Umm… yea. Let's just go inside" said Flaky.
Everyone there including the one eyed Flippy entered the diner. Inside there were three workers as well as several patrons. one of the workers was a red hedgehog with purple spines and a dark blue belly. He also had a blue patch of fur half way around his left eye. The one standing in front of the grill was a sapphire blue raccoon with red face mask markings and tail rings. Her belly was pink and she wore a red neckerchief as well as a light blue bow behind her left ear. The final worker who was sitting on a table and painting her nails was a black furred cat with blood red eyes and dressed in a black cat suit.
"Hey Moska we got a group here" said the hedgehog.
"And I trust you and Belle can handle it on your own" said Moska looking at her nails.
"And what are you doing that's so important?" the hedgehog asked.
"Paint'n my nails hun" Moska replied.
"You wear gloves, why do you need your nails painted?" the hedgehog asked.
The cat chuckled to herself.
"Fine, but this counts as your brake or Belle and I will happily split your pay up amongst ourselves" said the hedgehog.
"Hey Remmie!" said Twitchy as she slid up to the desk.
"Hey Twitchy! Umm… didn't you just eat a little while ago?" the hedgehog asked.
"I'm not full. Russie and I had to leave early because he decided to kill himself on a fish roll" said Twitchy pouting.
"Oh, sorry about that. Well what are you ordering?" Remmie asked.
Everyone placed their orders and Remmie delivered their drinks.
"Whoa Flippy what happened to you?" Moska asked noticing his missing eye.
"Russell's hook got stuck in it" said Flippy.
"What did you say happened to Russell?" Belle asked.
We were out eating sushi and he ate a blowfish roll. I knew there was something wrong with it but he insisted that it was fine" said Twitchy.
"Oh" Belle said with a little wine after.
Remmie and Belle finished the food together and Moska finally got around to help serve. They all finished their meals with a little conversation throughout.
"Oh jeez, anyone else feeling tired?" Twitchy asked.
Nobody responded.
"No? huh… well I'm going back home then" said Twitchy.
Flaky and Lammy looked at her.
"Umm… I could walk you back home if you want" Flaky offered.
"If you want?" Twitchy said.
"Hey Belle, Moska, I'm gonna take my brake to walk Twitchy home" said Remmie.
"Ok" said Moska.
"Hope you feel better" said Belle.
Remmie joined Flaky, Lammy, and Ollie in walking Twitchy home. As they walked Twitchy grew more and more exhausted requiring support every now and then.
"Hey Remmie, do you think you could take her? My back is itching like crazy" said Flaky.
"Alright" Remmie replied.
The switched places and Flaky scratched her back. It was difficult getting between her quills but she managed to scratch. For a second she felt some type of pressure in her back and a quill shot out flying into Lammy's heart. Lammy bleated in pain and grabbed hold of the quill. Everyone stopped to see her on the ground struggling to pull the quill out.
"Lammy!" Flaky shouted as she ran to her.
Lammy looked up with painful eyes and fell limp.
"Flaky, what did you do! I didn't even think porcupines could shoot their quills" said Ollie.
"We-we can't… how did…" said Flaky at a loss for words.
"Well, she'll be better right?" Ollie asked.
"Yea… but how did…" said Flaky.
"Well there's nothing we can do now, c'mon let's get Twitchy home" said Remmie.
"O-ok" said Flaky, her stomach gurgling a moment later.
Remmie heard it and his gurgled as well. He somewhat recognized the feeling and grew worried.
They carried Twitchy back to her house, brought her into her room, and put the squirrel to bed. Afterwards they made their way outside. Flaky seemed to be spacing out.
"Still worried about the quill?" Remmie asked.
Flaky nodded.
"Well we should probably get you back home too then" Remmie said before his stomach gurgled again.
"Are you two alright, you're stomachs are really loud" said Ollie.
They didn't say anything as they both began to feel sick. They suddenly felt a large pressure buildup and their bodies expanded as if their allergies were acting up only they didn't have the rash or swollen lips.
"Oh god what's happening to you guys!" said Ollie shocked.
this was worse than any peanut reaction however as there bodies grew even larger to where their limbs seemed to sink into them. Their eyes darted around as Ollie backed away in horror. Their bodies expanded even further until finally they burst in a gory red cloud. Before Ollie could react however her body was impaled by numerous purple and red spikes.
[well there we go. As I said, those who die will return. Let me know how I did, as this is my first romance and all feedback helps. Also xXALICEtheHELLHOUNDXx Deric is also in though he hasn't appeared yet. Anyway I hope you enjoyed it!]