Chapter 5: An old friend

Lola was sitting in her office siding up documents about the mysterious assault who just happened tonight. She was sure that this could not have been from Sam's rivals, this doesn't fits their M.O., it does however fits perfectly with the other small mysterious assaults, but this is was whole new level.

For now, she had nothing but questions in her head. Who were the attackers? What did they want? Why did they only use non-lethal force? And if wasn't the weapons they were after then what? She was only hoping that the dog-mob could give her some answers. As soon as he wakes up.

"Hey Lola, you wanna talk?" She heard from familiar female voice behind her.

Lola turned around to see an old friend of hers. It was a pretty, young female duck dressed in a reporter suit. She had a yellow plumage, orange hair and green eyes.

Melissa Duck is one of Lola Bunny's closest friends. They were classmates in school were they (along with a third person) made a clique. Under her life in school, she studied how to become a journalist. When she took her exam, she moved out of California to explore the world where she quickly made a reputation as a reporter. She moved to Acme City some years back, when she heard about the admirable development over this decade, looking for opportunities for good stories. It was there she again met Lola. She has lately made documentations about Lola's case on these mysterious assaults.

"Hey Melissa, what you during here?" Lola said a little surprised.

"What? May a girl not visits one of her old friends?" Melissa answered.

"You want an interview, don't you?" Lola said with calm voice and raised eyebrow.

"Come on Lola. It's been a while since we had a little girls night. You wanna go out for a coffee? I'll pay."

Lola looked at the timer in her office. The night was still young.

"All right then. The person I want to interrogate isn't going any were."

"So you trust that this station is unescapable."

"That and he's been knocked unconscious."

"Oh… Another one of these mysterious assaults." Said Melissa calm and with a little smile.

"You knew it, didn't you?"

"I have no idea what you are talking about."

"Detective. Where are you going?" Said the police captain when he noticed that Lola was about to leave with the duck-lady.

"Out on a coffee break." Lola answered.

"Just come back soon!" The captain then said.

"I will, and if that dog-mob is waking up before I come back, then call me over the radio."

Half an hour later Lola and Melissa where going down the streets in the southern part of Acme City. They were just passing a casino who Lola watched at in some time as they walked.

Lola never liked that casino. It's a really huge attraction for gangsters and mobs. Not many knows it, but the secret owner of the building is Yosemite Sam. There was a time where she was ordered to go undercover in the building, looking for Intel among the criminals, she ended up kicked out. Rumors says that Sam I using the casino as a store for smuggling weapons. Comes in handy. Because with this store of weapons, Sam's men could easily put angry customers or cheaters back in place if they had to.

"Do you rather want to play card?" Melissa asked teasing as she noticed Lola looking at the casino.

"Not in that building." Lola said with a low voice as she turned her head forward.

"Hey. How about that one?" Melissa said while pointing at a cafe nearby.

"Jeah. Let's take that one."

A few minutes later, they were sitting at a table outside the casino. Just ordered coffee.

"So. How is things as reporter?" Lola asked.

"As always: intel, writing, intel, writing. I have been wondering about is should try something new." Melissa answered.

"You used to say that you loved your job. And you are also pretty good at if I may say so."

"But I may need to look for a new job, because my boss say, that if I don't fine a good story soon, I'm fired."

"Is that why you have been so curious about my case lately?" Lola said, again with raised eyebrow.

"I'm just looking for at the opportunities I have. I hope it doesn't bother you."

"Just don't push it."

Then a waiter came with their coffee.

"By the way. How is it going with your martial arts training? I've heard that you have been good at it." Melissa then asked while taking a gulp of her coffee.

"Yes. It goes well." Lola said while talking a gulp from her own coffee as well.

"I still don't understand why it was you signed up for this training. I thought you were more to basketball."

"I am. But when I'm on a fight I don't like being dependent of my gun. I also want to learn how to defend myself unarmed."

"Well it seemed to go well you always where good to understand physical training."

While Melissa and Lola where sitting and drinking coffee, two shadowy figures landed at the roof on the café building after jumping from the building next to it. Then they ran along the roof and jumped to the next one. They kept jumping and running from roof to roof until they spotted a third shadowy figure standing on a building close to the casino.

"There he is." One of the two figure said.