Chapter 1: Chris' Return

April 9, 3013

In his hideout in Neo-Detroit, Chris was talking with Gerry. He said, "Gerry, I want you to keep the TTC busy, because I will be in the Dark Temple in Cape Town, South Africa. Remember, don't fail me, because if you do, then I will inflict pain on you. Got that?" He unsheathed his sword and pointed it at the frightened raccoon fugitive.

"Well, uh, sure, Boss," stuttered Gerry. "But I want to ask you one thing--why are you going to South Africa?"

Chris replied, "The Temple worships Rayian Fox and his family. I'm going to bring Belladonna, Rayian Fox and Rayian Fox Jr. back, and then I will unleash hell on the TTC and the world. So, if you don't tell them where I am at, then it will be less punishment for you. Do you understand me or not?"

"Sure, Boss--you can count on me."

"I hope I can count on that."

Then Chris began to depart. He said, "Ladies and daughter, let's depart in my Black Jet."

Flame, Strawberry, Buns and Scream followed Chris to the Black Jet and they took off to South Africa. Gerry was left behind, preparing to resume his career name of the Bomb Bandit. He laughed maliciously and said, "Look out, TTC--it's time for my revenge, and the perfect time to strike is during a movie debut! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" He laughed again, before stopping to think. As he walked off, he continued, "Now, who should I strike first? Hmmm...ah, yes, I know!"

Gerry pulled out a picture that was cut out of a newspaper, which showed the Time Toon Cops in their victory pose. In front of them was their favorite team partner--Amberley "Xochitl" Bear (nee Dudley). He grinned evilly and said, "I think I'll start with the half-breed who helped those idiots in the first place!"

The next day, the mailman walked up the steps to the door of Disco Bear's house in Los Angeles, where Xochitl resided with her husband. He knocked on the door and shouted merrily, "Mail!"

As soon as the mailman had gone, Xochitl came out of the door and looked into the mailbox. Inside, she found four envelopes, and she took them with her back in the house. She said, "Look, DB! We've got some new mail today!"

"Who are they from, sugar?" said Disco Bear, as he sipped coffee from a light-blue mug.

Xochitl examined the envelopes, saying, "The first one is from President Raccoon. Wow! Bert Jr.'s birthday is next week! I wonder how old he'll be then. The next one is from Ralph and Melissa--it says here that they have returned to the Time Toon Cops force. I don't know if Ralph will return to the position of vice-president, though, but we'll see about that. And the third one is...oh, my gosh!"

"What is it?"

"It's...from Bentley," whispered Xochitl, excitement rising in her voice. "He sent us a letter involving the future release of the latest Agent R film. The director Maurice LeChien is recently working on that now."

Disco Bear was curious. He asked, "If that was very groovy news, then what's the title?"

Xochitl looked at the letter for a moment, before replying, "The title of the new movie is 'Agent R and the Lumbering Lumberjack'. It's about the secret agent's mission to prevent the trees of the Canadian forest from being cut down by a relentless madman. I have a hunch this film will have a little environmental message inserted into it--and the bonus is that it will be released just in time for Earth Day."

"Why, that's just a few weeks from now! Did he say anything about where it will take place?"

"I don't know, honey. He'll probably tell us when we stop by to visit him."

Then, their eyes fell on the last envelope. Xochitl opened it and found a mysterious note that said:

To Mrs. Bear:

I hope you'll have a blast out of this letter from an old friend of yours.

"I've never seen this letter before," said Xochitl. "I think it might've been from one of my old pen pals from New Chichen Itza. Let's see if I can try to write back..." But before she could do anything else, a tiny robotic voice (which seemed to come from the letter itself) said, "Warning! This message will self-destruct in five seconds. Four...three...two...one..."

Xochitl, stunned, looked up at Disco Bear and muttered, "Um...DB...why is the letter--"

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

There was a huge explosion, engulfing the house (and the tree it was sitting on) in flames. All around them, people started panicking. Soon, the newspaper headlines screamed out the details of the disaster: "House in L.A. Explodes! Investigation Underway!"