Dark Fox and Wonderbun (for Cimar)

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"Chief Bogo! Chief Bogo!"

"Yes, Clawhauser?" the great buffalo asked, standing up as the portly cheetah ran into his office, a strange sound coming from behind.

"Something…" he huffed, paws down on his knees. "Something… Something's happened to our officers!"

"What do you mean, something's happened?" he asked, pausing as his ears turned to hear the sound.

"Y-you'll have to see it for yourself, sir."

Leaping over his desk, the police chief raced outside, leaning over the railing and gasping as he saw his best officers… On the floor… Laughing their tails off. "Stop it! Stop it! That is an order!"

"They can't stop it," Clawhauser cried, as Bogo began to growl.

"This isn't just an ordinary crime or accident," he said, a hoof slamming down onto the railing, cracking it. "This is something much worse. Clawhauser, we're dealing with supervillains here! Which means, we have to call in…" He raced back in, the portly cheetah running after him.

"Oh goody… Oh goody…"

Bogo slid to a stop, unhooking the top of a bust in the office to reveal a button. "-We have to call in Dark Fox and Wonderbun." His finger down on the button, it began.

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Nana nana nana nana Dark Fox!

A red fox, seeing a pawpsicle in his glass fronted frozen-treats freezer light up, raced out, opening a bookcase and sliding down the revealed pole.

Dark Fox…

He slid out into a cave hideout, dressed in black flowing clothes and cape. On he raced, jumping into his car as it turned around on a turntable. Key in the ignition, it lit up with the sound of a jet engine and took off, breaking out into the open air in a cloud of kicked up dust.

-Wonderbun…

Meanwhile, a bunny doe busy helping out on her family's farm stand heard the little bunny-sign's ears ring together, jumping up and racing off within a second. She leapt into an old truck, the whole thing shaking as it rattled off.

-Wonderbun…

Out of sight, it began transforming, the front pair of wheels merging into one and the rear following suit. The vehicle transformed into a sleek, high speed bike, with the bunny revealed to be in a fantabulous costume.

-Wonderbun…

She raced into the city, cutting corners, riding the curve, weaving through traffic and brushing the edges of cars and busses before sliding out in front of precinct one as Dark fox in the Darkfoxmobile slid to a stop as well. Out they leapt, racing in, before seeing the devastation for themselves.

"Dark fox! Wonderbun!" The chief said, relieved as they raced over. "Thank goodness you're okay."

"Of course we are," Judy said, smiling and giving a proud salute. "Always okay to fight crime."

Dark Fox nodded. "This is a terrible crime against laughter, and if we don't solve it soon, clean underwear! Any thoughts or ideas?"

Bogo shook his head. "Clawhauser?"

The cheetah sighed. "No sir. None at all."

The two looked around, observing the writhing mammals on the floor. "This looks like Tickleroo's work," Dark Fox observed, crossing his arms in front of him. "One of his new ticklebots, not doubt."

"Only we put him away last week. Could he be out?"

"Clawhauser, call the prison," he said.

"On it," he replied, going to the desk.

"Look, there's one of them there," Wonderbun said, seeing one of the little robot's scurry over the poor innocent cop.

"Waterproof model too," Dark Fox said bitterly. A dunking wouldn't solve it.

"-I've got news," Clawhauser spoke. "Tickleroo is still behind bars." He gestured up to the telecall screen, Warden Swinton putting her paws up and shrugging. She changed to a picture of the evil kangaroo's cell, only for the screen to start to diffuse.

"Interference," Dark Fox observed. "Someone's trying to…" He broke off as the screen changed, showing a hyena with a white painted face, red lipstick and green fuzzy hair. Sitting on a throne in a flashy purple and green suit and blazer, he laughed for all to hear.

Wonderbun and Darkfox looked at each other in shock, before facing forward to see their new foe. "JOKER!?"

"Hahahahaha… heehehehehe… It's me!" he laughed, smiling as he got up.

"What's the meaning of this?" Wonderbun demanded.

"Yeah," Dark fox added. "Let me guess. You wanted laughter and you finally worked out how 'good' your jokes were?"

Joker scowled. "Oh, you joke, but I've got bigger plans. Simply wire me one million dollars, and your officers get let go."

"Never!" Bogo and the other three shouted.

"Isn't that right men?" the Chief asked, looking back to his tickled troops. They laughed back. "That's right!"

Joker scowled. "Very well then," he said. "I'll give you one hour to decide."

The screen faded, the remaining mammals looking at each other in shock. "One hour!" Clawhauser groaned. "But that just leaves us one last hour until the big game?"

"Big game?" Wonderbun asked.

Chief Bogo nodded. "Precinct one of the ZPD vs Nine of the ZFD. The great battle of the forces!"

The pair looked at each other nervously. "We have to do something," the bunny said, as the fox leant in closer. With a pair of pliers, he pulled out one of the tickle bots and examined it. "I wonder." He raced over to the nearest desk and began inspecting it, dissecting it, making changes before putting it back together.

"Dark Fox? What are you doing?" Bogo demanded, as Nick dropped it onto one of the suffering mammals. In an instant, his laughter stopped, and he collapsed to the floor in exhaustion.

"I reversed the polarity. Now it detects the main tickle and creates an interference tickle, the pair cancelling each other out. It fixes it."

"For now," Wonderbun said. Dark Fox nodded, before going off to work on the others, all while she began drumming her foot. "Hmmm, do mammals bet on the game?"

"Loads," Bogo said.

"Maybe Joker has a bet on the ZFD," she pondered. "And was cancelling you out. If that's the case, he'd be at the game for sure."

Dark Fox, walking past, nodded. "It still doesn't explain how he got Tickleroo's tickle bots, but it's the best lead we have. So that's where we'll be."

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Two hours later, and the pair were at the edge of the big game. Music was sounding out, the two teams facing off, Dark Fox checked his cancellation ticklers were still running and… THE GAME WAS OFF!

Both sides raced forward, yet oddly the ZPD side were running in place. Both pairs watched in shock as the ZFD scooted past them and easily scored a touch down. "Hang on," Wonderbun said, jumping onto the pitch and immediately being carried in the same direction. Dark Fox grabbed her and pulled her back.

"Someone has sabotaged the pitch in the ZFD's favour."

"How dare they!"

"I know, look…" He pointed over to the ZFD, now doing a conversion. The ball sailed up, suddenly getting a boost in the air that took it over the bar.

"Is someone on the ZFD cheating?" she asked.

Dark Fox frowned. "Oh no, but someone is. Look!"

He pointed to a strange set of wires which they ran over to, following them to a nearby hatch and climbing down it. They dropped down into a massive area, turning to face a bunch of goons running about, all led by one mammal in particular.

"THE CHEATER!"

The grinning big cat smiled. "Oh look at you two, here you are to foil our plans."

"Our?" Wonderbun asked.

She was broken off by a bout of laughter as The Joker walked out.

"You two!" Dark Fox growled.

"Well," he said. "I can say the same thing. HA-HA-HA-HA!"

Wonderbun frowned, her nose twitching and fists going to her hips. "I should have known, Cheater. Doing your own villainous plans were never enough, you copied your other villains' evil gadgets."

Cheater nodded. "Yeah!"

"Have you no shame?" she asked.

"No. Goons, get them!"

And, with those words, the goons raced forward.

Getting into fighting stances, Wonderbun and Dark Fox leapt out to meet them.

POW!

Dark Fox gave an uppercut to a pig's jaw, sending him flying backwards. Wonderbun leapt off of him, WOOOOOSH….. bringing her fists to an elephant and giving him a flurry of paw beats.

BUDUDUDUDUDUDUDUDU….

He shook before collapsing down, Wonderbun kicking off of him and sailing over Dark Fox just as he used a super sticky pawpsicle to glue together the tails of half a dozen wolves. He stepped back, saluting to Wonderbun as she grabbed a pole, spinning around and slamming into one of their chests.

ZAP

They stumbled back, collapsing into a heap just as a pair of sheep ran over them and into Dark Fox's fist.

BIFF!

BLAM!

The final goon, an angry tiger ran over, Dark Fox and Wonderbun pairing up to take him down. They grabbed a large metal pipe and swung it down on his head.

BONG…..

He stumbled and fell, the pair dropping their weapon and putting their paws on their hips. "Well," Dark Fox said. "That certainly had a ring to it."

Wonderbun nodded, before looking up. "Give yourselves up, you two!"

The pair glanced at each other and nodded, before Cheater pressed a button. A net dropped down, tangling up Dark Fox and Wonderbun before they had a chance to react.

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"You cheated! We won that fair and square," Wonderbun complained.

"It's what I do," Cheater replied, as Joker laughed and cackled.

"It's no use," Dark Fox said. "They've got us trapped now; in whatever evil plan they have for us. Incidentally, I'm having an odd sense of deja-vu."

The two were stuck in a glass chamber, bolted to the wall and with all sorts of little mechanical arms attached and poking out, ready and waiting. Joker smiled. "This, you two disgraceful distractions, is our laughter-matic. You two will be driven insane via manic laughter, in a devious revenge plot devised by the both of us."

"The whole laughter thing sounds like only you put the effort in," Wonderbun complained.

"Yeah. Cheater copied me," he said, breaking into laughter.

"Have you no shame?" she asked, looking at his partner.

"No," he said, smiling. "Especially as my contribution is also copied from Tickleroo's evil plot from last week."

Darkfox's eyes widened. "Incidentally, I'm having an odd sense of deja-vu."

"And," Joker said, "with my extra strength laughing gas, after five minutes exposure it doesn't matter what you do. You'll be laughing for the rest of your life!"

"You'll pay for this!" Dark Fox warned.

"Good always defeats evil."

Joker laughed, beginning to turn a valve. "There's a joke if I've ever heard one!" He burst into laughter, as did Cheater, as he pressed the on button. Hundreds of little tickling hands, feather dusters, pin wheels and all sorts began their work, the two heroes suddenly writhing with fits of laughter.

"Come now," Cheater said to his partner in crime. "Let's watch the game. I've got a big bet riding on it."

"So do I!" Joker laughed, as the pair of villains left the struggling heroes alone.

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CAN THIS REALLY BE HAPPENING?

DARK FOX FINALLY LAUGHING AT THE JOKER AND WONDERBUN FINDING CHEATING HUMOROUS?

WHAT ON EARTH CAN OUR DYNAMIC DUO DO TO GET OUT OF THIS TICKLY SITUATION?

THIS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER!

STAY IN YOUR SEATS AND NO LOOKING AT OTHER'S WORK UNTIL TOMORROW.

SAME FOX TIME, SAME BUN CHANNEL.