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Car ride from hell
Daffy was on his way home, he laughed as he remembered their faces when they all tried the cake. For some reason, Julie a 4 year old rabbit had used salt instead of sugar thinking it was the same. Daffy smiled as he remembered Sarah, the owner of the orphanage saved the day when she came in with a premade sponge cake. All in all Daffy had enjoyed the day, in his hands he held the photo of the kids from the orphanage. He smiled as he remembered when this photo was taken. It was during the football day that Cosmo had suggested, everyone was wearing a football uniform or a cheerleading uniform, to pose for the picture, they were all muddy from the games they had played. He smiled as he saw himself in the picture, posing as a cheerleader when he and Sarah had switched costumes for a laugh when she claimed she could play better them him. She did, but they all agreed Daffy made an adorable cheerleader.
Right now Daffy was standing by two tombstones that were covered with fresh flowers. Not a word passed his lips as he arranged the flowers. He didn't need to read who the tombstones belonged to, he already knew. Turning he walked away, he couldn't bring himself to say anything to the tombstones that belonged to his deceased parents. He wasn't even sure why he had come. They only made his life miserable when they were alive.
On his way home Daffy ran through the events of his life, the stuff that he kept out of every autobiography, such as his parents, his training, living on the streets for two years before being put in an orphanage. He stopped as he remembered his training, he was 13 at the time when he learned to fight. He was a master in the martial arts. He had learnt it to defend himself from bullies and his parents, unfortunately, fear had been driven so deep into the young ducklings mind that he never managed to use it against his parents. He remembered the orphanage burning down on his sixteenth, he had lost friends that day, he managed to get some out, he even still has the medal of bravery the mayor awarded him, after that though, there was no where else for him to go. He decided to travel. He had been travelling for two months when the monks found him on deaths door, they nursed him back to health and taught him the art of fighting. He furthered his skills and became adapt at using weapons in fighting, it wasn't long into his training when his master, Senshu taught him the art of chi, the ability to control the atmosphere around him. Through meditation he unlocked the power of telepathy and telekinesis, he was a fast learner as well as the top student.
Daffy sighed, it had been a long time since he last used any of the abilities he had developed thanks to the Monks of knowledge. He reflected as he realized that he hadn't used them since the temple was destroyed, he vaguely remembered turning up for a visit after taking a break from his collage studies to find his home in ruins and his family nothing more but corpses. He cremated 39 bodies that day. To this day he still doesn't know what the cause was, he scowled as a voice snarled in his head "Face it, you're just like your character, you ran away you coward," Daffy shook his head to clear away the thoughts, that was all in the past.
He sighed as he entered his home, locking the door, Daffy saw a beeping light on his answering machine that indicated that he had a message.
"Hey Daff, it's Bugs, we are all excited about dis trip, and will be at mine at 9am and since you have da biggest car you can drive, see ya in two days," the answering machine played, Daffy groaned, "great so much for a nice solo vacation," he thought as he trudged to his room to pack. It was true that he had the biggest car seeing as he often drove the orphans to the outings, he smiled as he placed the photo of their football outing in the suitcase alone with the one from Granny before closing it.
Daffy woke up to the sound of his alarm clock, it was Saturday morning, yesterday had gone by quickly with no more thoughts of the past or of his forgotten birthday. Getting up Daffy took a quick shower, looking to the clock he saw that it was quarter to nine, no time for breakfast. He started packing his suitcase into his car, checking everything was locked and switched off, Daffy grabbed some food and drinks for the journey.
Getting in his car Daffy drove over to bugs' house, he contemplated whether or not just to drive by, but his conscience got the better of him making him pull into Bugs' driveway. Getting out of his car Daffy then began to help the others load up their suitcases, but not before making a mental list of who was coming and where they would be sitting.
Wile E...Daffy
Lola...Bugs
Taz...Sylvester
Elmer...Sam
Foghorn...Porky
Hmm Tweety is small he can sit on Bugs' lap.
Thought Daffy mentally arranging their seats, he was glad that his car was more like a bus then a car, otherwise there would have been a lot of problems.
Once they had set off Daffy could feel himself becoming depressed. He liked his friends, it's just he wanted to spend some time alone, wasn't it enough that he had saved the world with the help of Bugs in that whole blue Monkey Diamond thing, that he had spent time with them, that he didn't care that any of them hadn't remembered his birthday or even once said happy birthday to him since he had known them? Oh he knew they knew when his birthday was, after all he had told them, he always remembered their birthdays. "Calm down Daffy," Daffy thought to himself as he felt his temper rising.
Daffy was becoming annoyed, he was hungry and thirsty as the others had finished off all the food and drink, not saving him any. He had been driving for about 8 hours now, everyone was becoming restless and argumentative, he could feel his temper rising again, "not good for when you have to dive through the mountain pass," thought Daffy as he looked over the edge of the road to the drop next to them.
"She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes..."
"Are we there yet?"
"Me Hungry,"
"Bugs Shut up, your singing is annoying me,"
"And I say I say it's a mighty cold back here,"
"Rabbit stop that singing you no good varmint!"
"I say Mr Wabbit could you pwease be quite I'm twying to sweep,"
"ZZZZZZZZZ"
"We should have turned left down onto the free way,"
"I hope Petunia will be sa-sa-sa ok,"
Daffy could feel the vain on his forehead rise, it's been like this non stop, looking in the mirror he frowned. "Is that car following us?" he thought to himself before he felt someone kick the back of his seat.
"Say Doc... Are we almost there yet?"
"We'll get there when we get there, now be quite," Daffy said in a low dangerous voice letting the others know that he was becoming annoyed.
"Ah Doc what's up?" asked Bugs ignoring the 'what are you doing look' he got from Lola.
"Nothing, I am trying to drive," Daffy growled out.
"Really because you seem mad to me," said Bugs.
"Well I'm not, now shut up, you sthupid rabbit," said Daffy concentrating on the road.
Daffy was becoming worried, he noticed that the car behind them had been following them since they left, he knew it was paranoia, but then again, he just had this feeling.
"Guysth, I think that car isth following usth," Daffy said before Bugs could retort from his last remark.
"You're just being paranoid Daffy," said Wile E looking to the car. "See they're trying to pass us," he said.
"No there not!" screamed Daffy as the car beside them bumped into them, "They're trying to force usth over the edge!" Daffy said looking to the drop. Daffy grabbed the steering wheel and tried to force the other car away. "Hold on!" screamed Daffy as the car jerked and was sent tumbling over the edge.
Daffy cried out in pain as he felt something impale his wing. Fear coursed through him as the windows shattered, looking up he saw Tweety who was thrown from his cage, thinking quickly he grabbed him before he could fall and threw him through his open window.
Tweety watched from high above as the car came to a stop against a tree.
"Is every one alright?" asked Bugs mummers of yes and I'm ok could be heard. As Tweety flew in through the window.
"Qwick you guwys gotta get owut, the car is on fire," he said.
Daffy was slumped over the wheel he vaguely heard what Tweety had said, he was hurt, and struggling to stay awake.
Bugs climbed out through the window, careful of any broken glass before started banging on the door to get it open. After four failed attempts he succeeded, moving out of the way as everyone piled out of the car, all were shaken but relatively fine.
"Qwuickly, we have to get away before the car goes Boom, this way!" screamed Tweety as the others followed behind, none of them managed to spot the weakened body of their friend that they had just left behind in the car.
"Guysth wait for me, help," croaked Daffy, his leg was stuck, crushed between the dashboard top and the floor of the car, a nasty gash on his head, coughing Daffy panicked as he spit out some blood, never in his life had he been more grateful to have been a toon as they are pretty indestructible, otherwise he may well die, but recalling what Tweety had said, he may still die, no toon could survive an explosion, not a real one, a prepared one yes, cartoon ones totally, those were all cartoon stunts, but this was real.
Daffy felt a tear escape his eye.
"Thisth isth it, I'm going to die, alone" he whispered to himself, looking to his side he noticed something, gingerly he reached out to pick it up, it was his photos, the ones from the orphans and the ones of his friends. "Great friendsth," he said bitterly as he put them in his feathers for storage. Cautiously Daffy began moving, trying to set himself free. Ignoring the pain he continued to pull his leg, he cried as it came free, there was a big gash running down his leg.
"This should be far enough from the explosion," said Lola as she sat down to rest.
"Wow, what a vacation," said Bugs as he sat down next to her pulling her into a hug.
"I'm just glad that no one was hurt," said Wile E.
"Yes but why did they push us over the edge?" asked Lola.
"P-p-perhaps it was mistaken identity," suggested Porky.
"I don't think so," said Foghorn.
"Why those no good varmints, if I ever get my hands on em I'll... I'll..."
"Guys, where's Daf," asked Bugs looking around.
"What? Oh no we can't have forgotten him!" cried Lola.
"I didn't see him get out of the car," said Wile E panicking.
"We 'ave to go back der," said Bugs as he stood up only to be blown down from the force of an explosion.
"AHHHHHHH!" they screamed as they realized they had just left their friend behind to die.
Daffy was thrown into the distance from the explosion, he had managed to get out of the car before it blew. He was cut and bleeding, looking to his left wing he gasped as he saw a tree branch impaled through it. Gritting his teeth Daffy gripped it and pulled the branch out and began wrapping the wound, glad that he had grabbed the first aid kit from the boot.
"We...We left him," said Lola as tears fell down her face, she buried her face in Bugs' shoulder and cried, they had left their friend to die. "He was our friend, and we just..." said Lola before she burst into more tears, she looked up as she felt something fall on her head, Bugs was crying, he considered Daffy to be one of his best friends, he had known the duck long before they had joined the entertainment business, he even knew about the ducks past even if Daffy didn't know that he knew.
Daffy shakily made it to his legs before he fell back down with a cry, his leg was hurt, he wasn't going anywhere for a while.
"Great they left me, the star of the show and they left me, it'sth not enough that they forget my birthday and invited themselvesth on my holiday, they have to leave me to die, well I have been too nice to them, if I ever sthee them again humph," said Daffy trying to lighten his mood as he laid on the floor, his consciousness slowly slipping away, unaware of the footsteps that were coming towards him.
