A/N:
Not really sure of what to say here. But there's a few twists up ahead XD And another quick cameo, lol XD Thanks again for all the support! Onward readers! And sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes in here, it's like 5am here XD
Oh, and when Yakko mentions a 'nothing fight' I highly recommend you look up the comedian Dane Cook and his bit on nothing fights, it's hilarious!
*Yakko's POV*
Plot hole is all set and we're ready to hit the road. Most of us anyway. It looks like kiddo was having a bit of a domestic over there. What's Jar-Head gone and done this time? Don't tell me. No that's not an invite or a cue for me to start making comments and jokes about it because frankly you've heard them all before. And if it's one thing I try to be, it's original. Unlike Jar-Head's hair cut by the way. But anyway, back on track. Me and the sibs just rolled our eyes at the pair bickering just out of earshot.
"What do you think he's said this time?" Dot asked.
"Maybe he's made a statement about her short temper." I offered, smirking ironically, "All false of course."
Wakko snickered, "Uh-huh."
"Well she'd better put that ego out if we're going to make good time, I want that creep caught some time before the sun goes down thank you."
"Yes Ma'am." Wakko scoffed, giving a salute.
"No wonder you and kiddo get along so well." I muttered.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
You've got the temper of a lit TNT stick? "You've both got strong personalities."
"Like an anvil to the head." Wakko nodded.
"Oh dry up!"
"Not interrupting anything am I?"
Kiddo had made her way over to us by this point. She looked a little on the irritable side which is understandable after dealing with that wimp. But her tone was slightly playful but I think that's for our sake more than anything. Further back Jar-Head was looking over his shoulder as if debating coming over or not? Finally the guy made a decision and marched up to us. Kiddo seemed to tense a little in annoyance but didn't look at him. Okay, clearly another storms brewing here and frankly I'd rather not get caught up in it all. Hmm, jump into a plot hole and face a psycho, or stick around here a little longer and listen to a 'nothing fight'. Decisions, decisions…
"Jar-Head not coming?" I asked, arching an eyebrow at the guy.
"No." she said curtly, "And if he wants to do something right then he'll leave us alone."
"Talia, I-"
"I don't want to hear it. You can do what you like, it's none of my business. No sarcasm intended." She added before turning to us, "Ready?"
Ever get those moments where you've missed something? I don't normally but hey, it seems to be a regular thing lately so lets just go along with it for now, "When you are, kiddo."
"I am." She nodded.
Wow, she must be miffed. She didn't even look back before she jumped in. Well it didn't look like any of us were complaining about it. Jar-Heard looked as down as Eeyore on a rough day but again wasn't saying anything. Look's like kiddo's left him speechless, whatever they were talking about. Anyway, to be honest as much as we were a little put of by the sudden change, we were used to being thrown of so why not embrace it?
"Geronimo!" Wakko grinned as he jumped in.
"Incoming!" Dot followed.
My turn, and what else could I say as we left? "Here we go again."
*Talia's POV*
Plot holes were a weird thing to travel through. In fact they hadn't changed much since when I first travelled through one when I first met the Warner's at eight years old. The darkness and the sudden weightlessness, before your hit the ground out of nowhere and the gravity kicked in one again left a twinge in the pit of your stomach. Not that I minded, in fact since I've been able to use one I sometimes take full advantage of it from time to time. However, I didn't want to step on the Warner's toes and let them use it for the most part.
Speaking of which, the three dropped down next to me, Yakko peeling the black circle from the wall and folding it into his pocket. I was expecting the quizzical and slightly amused expressions they gave me at the 'sudden' refusal to let Jack along with us. I didn't know what to say. Well I knew I was going to just coming right out with it anyway, but it felt weird this time like it wasn't my place. It felt like I was spreading gossip that in fairness was Jack's business. But these were the Warner's we were talking about. Privacy and topic avoidance were not part of the equation.
"Just ask." I said, adding a chuckle for good measure.
"Ask what?" they chanted, smirking a little.
"Okay then, don't ask." I challenged, folding my arms good naturedly. Hell I may be terrified beyond belief and feeling a weird bit of sadness that I couldn't really understand; but for the people who mattered I had to keep my chin up, "Let's get going."
"Okay smart-alec!" Dot snapped, folding her arms expectantly, "Why the change of plan?"
"Yeah, what did he do this time?" Wakko added.
"He, uh, well… Do you remember the rosehip oil? And how it can stop the toon part of us?"
"Gee, now that rings a bell, I wonder why…" Yakko deadpanned.
"Fair point." I shrugged, feeling a little foolish for the exposition and wanting to move on, "Well, apparently Jack's been taking it for a while now."
They all widened their eyes a little at that, Yakko folding his arms, "He's toning down the toon?"
"Pretty much. But, you know, it's his choice. His life."
"But he promised." Dot pointed out.
"I know that, but he was just trying to make the rest of us feel better. He shouldn't have done it but… there you go." I shrugged, "If he doesn't want to, he doesn't have to."
"You seem a little put out at that, kiddo." Yakko added with a knowing eyebrow quirk.
Of course I was. I didn't like people breaking promises, but at the same time couldn't stand it when promises were made without thinking things through. Jack shouldn't have made a promise like that because it wasn't fair on him for a choice others made, but he shouldn't have kept breaking it a secret either. I was so confused. And there was a little sense of something else that I couldn't place. Disappointment? Loss? No, I screw it, I didn't know!
"I'm fine. He can do what he wants. Now are we heading to the warehouse or what?"
"That way." Wakko pointed, "Aren't we waiting for anyone?"
"No," I answered, "Jack said the security should be there already and waiting for us to call them in."
"So we're bait." Yakko quipped, "And here's me without my rod."
He's right, we were bait, but when had we ever been anything else? We walked up to the large, deserted looking building and a chilled pang of dread came over me. The memories of burning pain and loss came flooding back with such force that I almost stumbled. But I had to press on. This needed to end. It had been going on for too long. How much more could this lunatic possibly throw at us? Honestly I didn't want to know but it seemed there was no choice in the matter. The Warner's looked like they were treating this as one big adventure game, even going as far as to put on safari helmets. But I think that was to keep me relaxed by the sly looks they kept giving me. I appreciated it.
Inside was just as gloomy looking as the out, darkened corridor reeking with the stale smell of leftover oil, muted and ineffective from the time in the open. At least I hoped it was ineffective. We stuck close to one another, calling out here and there but with no answer. Most rooms were either empty or crumbled beyond repair. And when I said empty, I meant it. All previous equipment had been removed. The straps that had held me in place, needles and even simple chairs had long gone. They'd been taken away. This place was completely empty. No sign of life apart from us at all.
"I think we've missed the welcoming committee." Yakko stated.
"I don't get it! This is were he said he'd meet us, right?" Dot demanded.
"Apparently."
"What did he say again?" Wakko asked.
Yakko cleared his throat as he pulled out a checklist from his pocket, "Somewhere we've been before, we've seen him there, where secrets were involved and also where kiddo had a certain temper tantrum." He counted, giving me a joking wink at that last one.
"Well here we are." I huffed, throat tightening with anxiety. Where was he? If this was another sick game then there'd be hell to pay.
"Is there anywhere else that fits the bill?" Dot asked, "There's got to be someplace."
"There's the town outside the park," Wakko shrugged, "I mean we saw him there, but I didn't see any tantrum."
I froze, exchanging a look with Yakko. No, Wakko and the others didn't see a tantrum, because it wasn't that kind of outburst. It was more like an internal fracture. Shit… Yakko seemed to read exactly what I was thinking and placed his hands on his hips, a confident if slightly irritated scowl on his face.
"Well, well, R.J, very well played."
"What?" Wakko asked.
"Am I missing something?" Dot added curiously.
"We all did." I admitted, "When he was talking about a place full of secrets, he wasn't talking about this place. He was talking about the Town."
Flynn… Poppy…
*Poppy's POV*
"Poppy."
"Poof-Poof!"
I giggled at the purple-eyed baby hovering in front of me, "No, Poppy."
"Poof-Poof!"
"What about Flynn? Is that easier?"
Flynn looked up when I said that, but the baby just shook its rattle, "Poof!"
"Good luck," said the boy in the pink hat, "I've been trying to get him to say Timmy since forever!"
"He's still young, sport," a pink haired toon with wings smiled, "Names are still a challenge to his baby-brain."
"Exactly! Uh…" another winged toon with green hair stopped grinning and tilted his head at the boy, "… Terry was it?"
I chuckled and I'm pretty sure even Flynn gave a bit of a smile as Timmy slumped his shoulders. We were all still at the café place in the playground. I liked it here, and after being here so long we got to see a few new people. Not much though, I don't think many toons knew about this place since it was so close to the edges of the town. But that didn't matter really. At least some did. And if someone told me that I'd be playing with a fairy baby and talking to its fairy parents and their god-child, I'd tell them that they were loopy. Well after seeing a few other things, I wouldn't not believe them, but I'd be unsure. What's more is that I kind of knew what show they were from, and sort of liked it. I hadn't seem much of it. Flynn seemed to know more.
But I liked them. Wanda reminded me a little of Talia, being the one looking after everyone while Cosmo was a little like Wakko because he just really makes me laugh. They'd literally popped out of nowhere a while ago when Timmy apparently wished to escape from some crazy girl. Hey three fairies and a kid with giant teeth just jumped from pink smoke, I wasn't wondering about a crazy girl! They'd been a bit worried when they first saw us two watching. Apparently it was against the rules for fairies to be seen. Actually I wonder why it's okay for the rules to be broken now.
"Hey, Timmy," Flynn started after a while of me trying to get Poof to talk again, "I thought that fairies were meant to be secret or something?"
"Yep."
"Well… no offence but you're not really doing a good job of it.
"And whose faults that?" Cosmo asked, folding his arms knowingly, but then scratching his head, "That's actually a good question."
Wanda rolled her eyes and hovered a little closer and using her want to make a thick book appear in front of her, "Well the rules say that no one can discover a child's fairies, but there're no rules against those who already know about them."
"It's all about the loopholes." Timmy nodded smugly.
"Yeah we know a bit about loopholes." Flynn muttered.
I still didn't really understand loopholes, I mean I knew they were things you can use to get out of stuff, and I think I've used them before; but I didn't really get it. I don't think Cosmo did either so we just shrugged at each other instead. But if no one else was allowed to know about them, what happened if they did? Did they get taken away or something? I'm not sure I want to ask that.
"So," I muttered, taking off a party-hot that Poof had put on my head by shaking his rattle, "even your parents don't know?"
Timmy opened his mouth to answer, but stopped, looking at the ground, "Well uh, no. They kinda, sorta didn't get animated with us so, I guess not."
Oops… "Why not?"
"You see, sweetie, some places only want the main characters animated, it'd be a bit of a handful if they brought out everybody." Wanda answered softly, patting Timmy's shoulder lightly.
Timmy put on a grin, "Yeah, and anyway, who needs parents when I've got these guys around?"
"Yeah, we the best mix of fun and boring ever!" Cosmo nodded, putting an arm around his wife who looked a bit irritated at him at that last comment. He chuckled nervously, "Hehe… Love you, honey-bear!"
Flynn tried to hide a smirk, but Timmy and me were giving one too so he didn't hide it too much and Poof chuckled. I felt bad for Timmy, but I figured he wasn't the only toon kid that this had happened to. I wondered if some of the others we'd met, like Dani or the Gravity Falls twins. Where did they stay when there was no parents? Weird…
Anyway. The four stuck around for a little longer before they had to leave. Apparently they'd only been able to sneak away from their part of the town for so long before anyone would notice. We said our goodbyes and Wanda offered that I could come and play with Poof again if I wanted. And even Flynn got invited to hang out with Timmy and his friends some time. Flynn pretends he's okay with not having many friends, but even he couldn't say no to that.
"They were pretty cool." He said after they vanished into thin air.
"Yeah, and Poof is so cute!"
"Don't let Dot hear you say that."
"No way." I laughed, "When are Dot and the others coming back again? It's been a while."
He looked away, "I… I don't know."
"Should I be worried?" I asked, already feeling it anyway.
"No. No, I'm sure they'll be back soon."
"With R.J caught?"
"Most likely. Come on, let's get back inside. Hungry?"
I shrugged. He didn't say yes or no to my question, so I wouldn't say it to his either. He held out a hand which I took and he started to lead me back to the café. But something didn't feel right here. Not sure what it was, but it wasn't good. Stopping, Flynn paused with me, giving me a questioning look. I looked around, trying to figure it out. Something moved on the other side of the playground. It scared me.
"Flynn." I whispered, holding his hand tighter, "Someone's watching us…"
A/N:
Well what's gonna happen this time? Run kids, and Warner's get back asap! Hope you liked this little twist and stuffs. The cameo at the end was Fairly Odd Parents which I do not own! I hope I got their characters down okay. Thanks for reading and I'll look forward to seeing your reviews and such XD
