Chapter 2
Hearing something outside, a few of the construct bunnies quickly checked the window to see an intruder coming. The bunnies' noses twitched while glaring, looking at each other with a nod before getting the rest of the fluffle.
A silent communication passed through them all before they got ready to tackle the intruder who dared to disturb the family inside and the teen who they were quite fond of.
One bunny construct had one ear up as if telling the fluffle to wait for the leader's signal to take down the intruder once in sight. Once the door slowly opened with Kite Man showing his face...the ear went down in saying 'NOW!'.
Kite Man was taken aback when he was suddenly tackled by several bunnies. "ARGH!" He cried out.
Turns out, the small commotion caught the attention of Plastic Man. He decided to check it out...especially when seeing one of the baby bunnies getting his attention by seeing something. "What's up?" He asked the small creature.
"Get these things off me!" cried a voice. The familiar tone was mixed with frustration, fear...and small laughter?
Plastic Man felt fear fill him. "Kite Man," he said.
His wife woke up. "Honey?" She asked.
"Sweetie, take the baby and hide. Kite Man's here. I'm going to go get Lea."
Fear filled her and she got up, running to her son's room and grabbing him, running to a nearby closet and hiding. Seeing his wife and baby were safe, Plastic Man raced to the living room, stopping in shock to see Kite Man on the floor, buried under a pile of blue bunnies. And there were more than last time. Possibly around more or less than a hundred…and growing.
He blinked. "Wow, guess her ring guards her even when she sleeps," he said to himself, about to scoop Lea up and get her to safety, but one of the rabbits lightly landed on his hand, shaking its head and gesturing to Kite Man. He nodded. "You're right. Take care of the intruder first."
He went up to Kite Man, crossing his arms. "Well, well. Looks like your idea to ambush me failed," he said in amusement.
"Not one...single...word, O'Brian!" Kite Man managed to say, still muffled with a bunch of bunnies on top of his whole body.
"I don't know," Plastic Man said, unable to hide a smile. "I'm almost tempted to record this and send it to the Justice League."
Kite Man growled underneath the giant fluffle pile, as he was really wishing he wasn't trapped by these adorable blue creatures...with more still piling and coming on top of him.
Just then, the front door opened and Woozy Winks, the loyal sidekick of Plastic Man, came running in. "Plastic Man! I'm so glad you're awake," he said, a bit out of breath. "Kite Man is-,"
"It's okay, Woozy," Plastic Man said, smiling. "He's covered."
The petite man turned around and blinked in surprise at seeing the bunny constructs piling on top of Kite Man, who was struggling to get up.
"Whoa! How did that happen?!" Woozy asked, looking down to see a few bunnies staring at him curiously. "And should I be worried or dare ask where did these blue see-through bunnies came from?"
"They came from a special friend," Plastic Man said, not wanting to expose Lea's secret in front of his enemy.
"Special friend?" Woozy asked, still a bit lost here.
"I'll tell you more later," Plastic Man promised.
"Okay. If you say so," Woozy shrugged, seeing a few more bunnies looking at him. "Uh...hello?"
One bunny hopped over to the rotund man, carefully sniffing him until going over to his foot and rubbed itself on it.
He squeaked and giggled. "Um...I think it likes me?"
"I think so, too," Plastic Man said, chuckling.
In response, the bunny nodded and let a few of its friends know that Woozy is safe. This made a small group come over to cuddle around him from below. Even letting the guy carefully hold one of them in his hands and arms.
"Wow, they're so soft," Woozy said, petting the bunny he was holding. "Wonder how they knew Kite Man was an enemy."
"Probably because Kite Man broke in," his friend said.
"Oh, yeah...," Woozy said, only to notice something up with some of the bunnies. "Uh, Plas? Are they supposed to go invisible?"
Confused, Plastic Man saw a few bunnies start to fade away. Which can only mean one thing...Lea is starting to wake up.
"Oh, no," Plastic Man said, stretching his neck over to see the blonde teen slowly getting up drowsily. "Can't let Kite Man escape just yet."
Quickly, the hero grabbed a portable CD player with headphones, turned on a CD of soothing lullabies, and carefully placed the headphones on the teen's ears. After a bit, the teen settled down, going back to sleep, which made more bunnies appear.
"Phew," the hero sighed in relief.
Woozy saw this and he realized the rabbits were coming from the girl. He looked at Plastic Man curiously as the stretchy hero pulled out his phone. "Keep an eye on our prisoner, Woozy. I'm going to call Batman," he said.
"You got it," the petite man said, leaving to do his assignment.
Plastic Man dialed up the Dark Knight's number, relieved when the call went through. "Plastic Man? What's going on?" Batman asked.
"Hey, Bats. Kite Man came back and he broke in, but we've got him subdued and waiting for you," Plastic Man said. "Woozy and I got a bit of help from a friend."
"Are you okay? What about your wife and child?"
"They're safe," the stretchy hero said. "Kite Man wasn't able to do anything after he broke in."
"Why is that?" Batman asked.
"Well...you'll have to come to see for yourself," Plastic Man said. "Trust me, you're not going to believe it until you see it."
"Very well. I'm on my way."
Just then, Kite Man jumped up, freeing himself. "I'll stomp on you all!" He yelled, trying to stomp on the bunny constructs.
The bunnies, as if sensing the danger was now much greater, began to gather together and before everyone's eyes, they began to merge. In mere moments, a giant blue bunny construct was glaring down at Kite Man, who wasn't looking so brave right then.
"Uh...Nice bunny?" Kite Man muttered, chuckling nervously.
In response, the giant bunny tried to chomp on the villain. He dodged in time and started fleeing out of the house...but not for long. The giant bunny construct carefully went out the door without breaking anything and started chasing after that mean man.
Plastic Man and Woozy just stared in shock at what happened.
"Um, did that really happen?" Woozy asked.
"It did," Plastic Man said before going to find his wife, who had come out to see if it was safe.
"What happened?" She asked. "Where's Kite Man?"
"He escaped and our allies are after him," Plastic Man said. "Woozy and I are going to go help. You guys stay here. We'll be back soon."
She kissed him lovingly. "Be careful out there, honey," she said before hugging Woozy. "You be careful too, Woozy."
"We will, ma'am," the petite man said with a nod.
Plastic Man morphed into a car and Woozy got behind the wheel as they took off after Kite Man and the giant bunny construct.
With the heroes out, more blue bunny constructs continued forming by the sleeping Lantern girl and kept the house and residents within protected. Something Ramona noticed with her child cooing at the blue fur balls.
Meanwhile, Kite Man attempted to use his giant Kite feature on his back to fly out. Unfortunately for him, the giant bunny was capable of jumping high enough to tackle and scratch a hole in the kite glider that forced them both to crash.
"Whoa, easy there, big guy!" Plastic Man said. "There are innocents nearby!"
"There's a park not far from here!" Woozy said. "It's more open and safer for you to battle Kite Man!"
The giant blue bunny heard that, nodding to the two as if understanding/agreeing with their suggestions. The bunny then steered Kite Man to the park before tackling him.
"Do you think that construct can defeat Kite Man, Plastic?" Woozy asked.
"Yeah, I think so," Plastic Man said. "A Lantern's constructs are pretty powerful, especially if powered by the one thing the Lantern stands for. Blue means hope, so if we keep being hopeful...,"
"We can give it an energy boost?" His sidekick said, sounding hopeful.
"Something like that," the hero said.
Plastic Man didn't realize that his sidekick was still holding the same bunny he first held in Plastic Man's until looking at him.
"You're still holding on to that bunny, Woozy?" Plastic Man asked.
"Sure am, Plas. It's just so soft, cuddly, and adorable!" Woozy answered, feeling the rabbit snuggle its face near Woozy's.
Plastic Man gave it some thought. "Hey, you can send thoughts and feelings to your companions, right?" He asked, getting an idea.
"Uh, I'm not sure if I can do that, Plas," Woozy answered. "I'm not a telepath."
"Not you, Woozy! I was talking to the bunny you're holding," Plastic Man specified.
"Ohhhhh...That makes much more sense," Woozy replied, looking at the construct bunny. "Can you do that?"
The bunny gave a nod to the question as if saying, 'Yes, that is right.'.
"Okay," Plastic Man said. "Woozy, I want you to focus on this bunny. I bet it would love an ear scratch."
"Uh, sure, Plas. Not sure how that will help, but I was already going to do that anyway," Woozy said, following Plastic Man's instructions.
Plastic Man looked at the small rabbit and smiled. "Who's a good bunny?" He cooed. "Who's going to take down that mean old Kite Man, huh?"
The little bunny melted in Woozy's arms happily. The construct loved the ear scratches/tickles. It even got the bunny to thump on its right foot to show appreciation.
Plastic Man grinned. "Who's a cute bunny?" He asked.
"Who's the most adorable bunny I've seen?" Woozy asked, still keeping up with the gentle ear scratches.
The bunny being scratched/tickled silently giggled. So much so, that the other hundreds of bunnies felt that where a large group of them went to the source.
Plastic and Woozy didn't see them at first, still focused on the bunny Woozy was holding.
Just then, the boys felt a rumble that was getting louder.
"Uhhh...Was that you?" Woozy asked his partner.
"No, not me," Plastic Man said before seeing something out of the corner of his eye and his eyes widened at seeing a large group of construct bunnies looking at them curiously. "Um...I think they may want ear scratches, too."
Woozy blinked in surprise. "Oh, my," he said, pausing in his task of giving the rabbit in his arms an ear scratch.
The construct was curious as to why he stopped and saw its companions. It waved its ears happily, communicating that Woozy and Plastic Man had been very kind to it and giving it ear scratches, which it loved.
Just then, Kite Man was getting annoyed with dealing with this giant blue rabbit. "UGH! You're really getting on my nerves, you mangy furball! The last thing I wanted was some giant ball of fluff ruining my revenge plans! Now, I'm gonna end this!"
"Um…I don't suppose you all want to help us stop Kite Man?" Plastic Man asked the bunnies, overhearing Kite Man's threat. "We'll totally owe you for a job well done."
The construct nodded and Plastic Man looked at Woozy. "Keep that hope up, Woozy. It's time to wrap this up," he said.
"Sure thing, Plas," Woozy replied, keeping the bunny in his arms close.
As Kite Man tried to get up to his feet, Plastic Man quickly wrapped around him, tying him up to keep him from getting away. "I thought I was clear the last time we met up," he said, looking angry. "Stay away from my family, Kite Man."
"As if I'd give up getting revenge on you, Eel O'Brian!" Kite Man argued. "You betrayed me; ruined everything! Once a thief, always a thief! I didn't think you'd stoop this low to have these weird blue things as your ridiculous army!"
The bunny construct roared right then, making Kite Man shrink back and Plastic Man decided to give him a piece of his mind. "No, you betrayed me, Kite Man," he said. "You left me behind. Batman saved me and I got a second chance, one I didn't deserve, but I'm a hero now and I want you to stay away from my family."
He then gestured to the bunny construct. "See, my bunny pal here is very protective of his creator and my family and if you don't heed my warning, then this big guy's going to come after you and chase you all over this Earth until you stop your evil plans."
"Fat chance…," Kite Man snarled in annoyance, as he carefully reached for something from his suit that electrocuted Plastic Man to let go and made the giant rabbit back off. He had a small taser device before switching to a snowflake design that shot a freezing beam at the hero where he froze in place.
"PLAS!" Woozy shouted in horror, holding the rabbit for comfort. "Oh, no…,"
"Scram, you blue fur-ball nuisances! Make one more false move, instead, and I blast Eel to bits!" Kite Man threatened, aiming his portable device at the frozen hero.
The rabbit construct paused and began to shrink down and it looked like some began to flee, which made Kite Man grin, thinking he had won.
Woozy grew worried. "No, we can't give up now," he said, petting the rabbit in his arms and hugging it close. "We're going to win. I just know it."
Kite Man went up to his former friend. "You lose, Eel," he said.
Oh, no! This can't be it, can it? We shall see.
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