"Wait, so Buster was the Easter Bunny this whole time?" Anais asked. "And he pawned Plucky off as the Easter Bunny to this Elmyra girl?"
"Exactly." Said Little Beeper, nodding his head. "That's what made Plucky mad at him."
"When I first joined the Just-Us League, me and Hammy started off as parking valets." Said Plucky, walking over. "But ever since we started this journey, the battles we've been fighting in more and more prove that we can be more than that."
Babs smiled. She agreed with Plucky on both counts that they've been great in combat, and how she and him have developed their bonding recently. Buster was too busy sulking to himself to say anything. He was once the cool, calm, and collected between him and Babs, but ever since he's been exposed as the Easter Bunny, the others practically cannot stand being around him. He had to regain their trust whatever the cost.
"Do you guys want me to talk to him?" Anais whispered, taking notice of Buster's sulking.
"You could." Babs whispered back. "But I don't know what good it would do for him or for us."
"Someone has to try." Replied Anais. "Or this whole group could fall apart."
"It probably would if we got into some sort of disagreement that tears our group in half." Said Plucky.
Shirley went to elbow-bump Plucky, only for Babs to stop her.
"You're not doing anything like that to him anymore." She said, sternly.
Shirley, recognising the sternness in Babs' voice, backed down.
Anais walked over to and sat next to Buster. But before she could speak a single syllable, a shadow creature crashed into the windshield, much to the surprise of the others.
"Shadow creatures already?!" Exclaimed Hamton.
"Better get warmed up, everyone." Said Littlr Beeper. "Looks like we've got more fighting on our hands."
"Some of us don't have hands." Said Sweetie.
"You know what I mean!" Replied Little Beeper.
The Tiny Toons quickly donned their Just-Us League attires, and dashed out of the mobile home to encounter, much to their surprise, Peacedeer and Swamp Melody fighting off an army of shadow creatures.
"I was wondering when you'd all show up." Said Peacedeer when he saw the Just-Us League.
"It's surprise to see you here." Said Swamp Melody. "Perhaps you could help us."
"Sonic Blast!" Yelled Peacedeer, blasting away a crowd of shadow creatures before addressing the Just-Us League. "There's a group of supervillains around calling themselves the Proud Rally of Evil Pride."
"Proud Rally of Evil Pride?" Queried Scentana.
"Yeah, P. R. E. P." Said Peacedeer. "It's better than the name I thought of for them: Perfectional Institution of Sinister Secrets."
"Oh, you mean-?" Sneezeam went to ask.
"No time for that!" Yelled Swamp Melody. "Come on, we'll take you to them."
Swamp Melody and Peacedeer lead the Just-Us League deep into the forest. In the middle of the forest was four figures who looked oddly familiar. There was one that looked like Roderick Rat, but with old rags, a creepy mask, and a large sickle. Another looked like Rhubella Rat, but with mostly black clothes, fake claws, and she was using her tail as a whip. Another looked like Danforth Duck, except he had a winter helmet, a thick winter coat, and what looked like a gun. And the forth looked like Margot Mallard, except she was wearing a long green costumes and had matching green eyes.
"This is the P. R. E. P." Said Swamp Melody. "Scarerat, Ratwoman, Captain Quack, and Mallardtress."
"The pleasure's all yours." Smiled Ratwoman. "Why don't you just save yourselves the time and kneel before us?"
"Oh, I think we've got a few good reasons." Said Wonder Babs. "Such as all of us getting together to kick your-"
"As I was saying, you toons are outnumbered by our shadow creature armies!" Interrupted Ratwoman.
"You don't even know what we're capable of!" Growled Scarerat. "I have the correct equipment to make you face your greatest fears! You're not even ready to face your-"
"Can we just stop the monologuing and do this?" SuperBun interrupted, before darting over to punch Scarerat, only to end up frozen solid.
"Chill out, rabbit." Smiled Captain Quack, as Mr. Sleaze (who is the Deer as Mr. Freeze) walked next to him.
"Wait, there's two of you freezers?!" Exclaimed Wonder Babs.
"Don't blame us, rabbit." Said Mr. Sleaze. "Now, what should we do with them, Shoeface?"
Who appeared to be Edgar Elephant walked over. He had a print of a shoe on his left eye. He flipped a coin and caught it with his trunk.
"It's heads." Smiled Shoeface. "That means it's time to unleash the bigger shadow creatures. Mallardtress, if you would please."
"As if you even needed to ask." Smiled Mallardtress.
She summoned various black holes above them where the larger shadow creatures dropped one at a time through the black holes.
"Crap." Sighed Batduck.
"Don't worry." Said Peacedeer. "We got this."
"Shouldn't we unfreeze Superbun first?" Asked Freedom Belle, sensibly.
"Leave zhat to moi." Said Scentana.
She pointed her tail at Superbun, and released her odor which melted the ice.
"How did I get frozen so quickly?" Superbun sulked.
"Chill out, sour face." Said Batduck. "We've got some shadow creatures to fight!"
"Hold it right there!" Boomed a voice.
A small motorcycle rolled over. The rider of the motorcycle appeared to be Lightning Rodriquez, except he was wearing mostly black leather clothing and had white face paint with black around the eyes.
"The name's Lightbo!" He said. "And I'm here to claim the bounty on these chumps."
A dog with the figure of Barky Marky leapt before the group. His attire was half orange, half black. The dog snarled at the group. He was also wearing a collar that read his name:
Dogstroke.
"A bounty on them?" Asked Batduck excitedly, before Wonder Babs gently nudged him.
"Babe, focus." She whispered. "They could also be foes, making this a war on two fronts."
"Y-you're right, babe." Batduck replied.
Dogstroke pulled out two large guns, both of them submachine guns.
"Lookie here." Chuckled Peacedeer, pulling out two large submachine guns himself. "You brought guns to a gunfight."
The two of them fired their guns simultaneously, their bullets ricocheting off the bullets fired by the other toon.
"Peacedeer!" Yelled Swamp Melody. "Use your helmet!"
"You got it!" Replied Peacedeer. "Activated Sonic-"
Lightbo charged into Peacedeer with his motorcycle.
"The bounty is mine, sénior." He said.
"Nobody is claiming any bounty on my- I mean, our watch!" Growled Scarerat, as Ratwoman and Mallardtress looked at him with suspicion. "Shoeface, how should we power up our shadow creature minions."
"Let us see." Smiled Shoeface, flipping a coin with his trunk. "It's tails, that means we call upon our other friends in the Proud Rally of Evil Pride."
These "other friends" consisted of Killer Feathers (Giselle Swan as Killer Frost), Cheater (Isabelle Sean as Cheetah), Livewhiner (Gabrielle Swan as Livewire), Blackflamer (Chantelle Swan as Blackfire), and Killer Crook (one of the big dogs from the football team as Killer Croc). Upon seeing the first four mentioned P. R. E. P members, Hawkloon looked visibly unnerved.
"I'll be there for you." Said Lean Lantern gently.
"Aww, how sweet." Mocked Blackflamer. "The hawk loon cannot confront us without her man."
Hawkloon's hand reacher for her mace. She already had the urge to knock out all four of them, as they each reminded her of the swans who tried to wreck her ballet performance.
"So, who are we supposed to be fighting here?!" Exclaimed Superbun. "We got these PREP villains, and these two bounty hunters!"
"Everyone, fall in." Said Wonder Babs.
The Just-Us League got into a circle.
"We should take down the bounty hunters first." Said Wonder Babs. "Otherwise, they could constantly interfere with our battles with the PREPs."
"How do we proceed with it?" Asked Nighthog.
"I say half of us go for one of them, while the other half goes for the other." Said Wonder Babs.
"Screw that!" Exclaimed Peacedeer. "I wanna fight these bums!"
Wonder Babs rolled her eyes.
"Fine." She sighed. "Okay, so if Peacedeer handles all enemies himself, we should split up to handle the hunters."
"Here's what we could do." Said Superbun. "Me, Nighthog, Hawkloon, Lean Lantern, Little Dasher, Freedom Belle, and Aquamutt can handle Dogstroke."
"Then me, Batduck, Scentana, Sneezeam, Keen Arrow, Swamp Melody, and Pink Canary can handle Lightbo." Said Wonder Babs.
"Excuse me, but I'd like to work with Scentana." Requested Nighthog.
"Just go with the plan!" Said Superbun, before he sighed with exasperation.
"Like, it's okay." Said Hawkloon. "Me and Scentana can swap. I totally know a way I can handle Lightbo."
"How?" Asked Batduck.
"Think about it." Said Hawkloon. "Lightbo is based off Lobo, and Lobo is banned from the afterlife, so Lightbo must be as well. Luckily, I have something for that fer sure."
"Zhat works for moi." Said Scentana, as she ran into Nighthog's arms.
The Just-Us League got into their respective groups, and went to confront the respective bounty hunters while Peacedeer went to face the P. R. E. P by himself.
"Prepare to face peace!" He yelled.
"Peace?" Chuckled Captain Quack.
"You wouldn't know peace if it broke your legs." Smiled Ratwoman.
"Oh yeah?" Challenged Peacedeer. "You'll know peace soon you bunch of mother-"
"Fudge sundaes is what I could go for right now." Said Nighthog.
"Can you not think about food for just a few seconds?!" Snapped Superbun.
"Superbun, what 'as got vou so grumpy?" Asked Scentana.
"Yeah, dude." Said Little Dasher. "Ever since you got found out for being the Easter Bunny, you've been acting like someone urinated in your Corn Flakes."
"Corn Flakes?!" Asked Superbun. "Where did you get Corn Flakes from?!"
"It's just an expression, dude." Little Dasher replied. "Why are you so tense?"
"How ablut the fact that ny entire team practically hates me now?!" Superbun exclaimed. "I could care less about Babs and Plucky getting together, the fact that my friends are thrning in me because of what happened at Spring Break makes me want to brake something in a non-toony fashion!"
Little Dasher began ti feel bad for Superbun. Before he could offer words of inspiration, a bullet that Dogstroke fired zoomed past them. Aquamutt and Dogstroke began growling at one another.
"Them growling at each other isnt going to get us anywhere." Said Lean Lantern. "So, my guess is if we figure out his weakness-"
"No time for that!" Superbun interrupted before freezing Dogstroke with his icy breath. "Now lets put him on a block of ice and send him down a river!"
The other members of the Just-Us League who were there looked at Superbun as if he had just pulled himself inside out like a sock. Before any of them could take any further action, Dogstroke broke himself out of the ice, and pointed one of his guns at Superbun.
"Wanna find his weakness now?" Asked Lean Lantern.
"Screw that!" Yelled Superbun, before he knocked Dogstroke high into the air with a single uppercut.
"Well, that solves the Dogstroke problem, but now there's the problem of the shadow creatures, and the rest if the P. R. E. P." Said Nighthog.
Just then, Shoeface walked over.
"Quite right." He smiled. "Now to flip a coin a decide your fate."
"Tails." Said Superbun before Shoeface. "Which is something of your's I'm gonna kick!"
Superbun grabbed Shoeface by the trunk, twisted it into knots, and then threw him high into the sky to where he disappeared in the clouds. Nighthog, Scentana, Lean Lantern, Aquamutt, Freedom Belle, and Little Dasher all looked with wide-eyed looks of surprise.
"Superbun, zhat was overkill." Said Scentana.
"What do you care?!" Snapped Superbun. "We've gotta crush these jackasses so we can move on!"
The others became visibly unnerved by Superbun's outburst.
"Do you... want to talk, Superbun?" Offered Freedom Belle.
"No, it's fine!" Replied Superbun. "Besides, there's no time! We've still got the hunters, the shadow creatures, and the P. R. E. Ps we have to deal with!"
No sooner had Superbun said that then shadow creatures came from behind the others and grabbed them. Superbun was about to crish all of them in a single punch when Little Dasher kicked one below the belt, Freedom Belle rang her bell loudly in another's ear, Scentana whacked another on the head with her tail then turned it to stone with her magic odor, Lean Lantern used his ring to conjure a hand that flicked anither away, and Nighthog electrocuted another with his electrical staff.
"There's still Dogstroke left." Said Nighthog. "Where could he be."
Nighthog felt a woosh above his head. He looked up to see Dogstroke lunging at him, sword in hand. Scentana used her tail to grab Dogstroke by the ankle and slam him onto his head. Dogstroke fired a shot from a pistol that barely grazed some of the fur on Scentana's arm just before she knocked him into the air with her tail, and flew upwards to continue the attack. But Dogstroke proved to be quicker, and sent Scentana crashing back to the ground with the swing of a large mallet.
"Scentana!" Exclaimed Lean Lantern.
"Aww, isnt that tragic?" Said Cheater in a mocking voice, as she, Livewhiner, Blackflamer, and Killer Feathers came over.
"The friend loon-ser cant fight despite her magic." Mocked Blackflamer.
"Thats my girl youre mocking!" Growled Nighthog.
"You dare insult my girl too?!" Exclaimed Lean Lantern.
"What are you gonna do about it?" Asked Killer Feathers.
Lean Lantern answered not with words, but with his ring. He conjured a bomb with his ring and placed it near the four swans. They looked at the bomb with confusion before it exploded, covering them in soot and knocking them unconscious. Nighthog gave a thumbs up to Lean Lantern
"Merci." Smiled Scentana.
"If you're done with the love fest, there's a bounty hunter whose ass we've gotta kick!" Yelled Superbun.
"We havent even started any love fest." Replied Lean Lantern, not noticing that Dogstroke is loading a bullet into a sniper.
"Forget this!" Yelled Superbun.
He tackled Dogstroke and began viciously pummeling him until Dogstroke couldn't even move.
"Screw you and your healing factor!" Yelled Superbun, burning Dogstroke with his heat vision and throwing him into orbit.
After Dogstroke was defeated, the othet members of the Just-Us League gave looks of visible shock and surprise with a hint of unnerve.
"Don't say a word!" Growled Superbun. "He's defefated now! Let's rendezvous with the others!"
Meanwhile, Wonder Babs, Batduck, Hawkloon, Pink Canary, Keen Arrow, Swamp Melody, and Sneezeam were warding off shadow creatures.
"So, Hawkloon, what is your plan for that Lightbo chump exactly?" Batduck asked.
"Like, you'll find out soon enough." Replied Hawkloon. "Like, look out!"
A big shadow creature was about to drain Batduck's tooniness when Wonder Babs used her lasso to tie it up and throw it into a cliff.
"Nobody is draining the tooniness of my man!" She yelled.
"Thanks, babe." Smiled Batduck.
"You may thank me with affection when we're done." Smiled Wonder Babs, romantically.
"Not in front of the others." Chuckled Batduck.
"Let them look." Replied Wonder Babs.
"Batduck, arent you worried you might get cooties?" Asked Sneezeam.
"There's no such thing as cooties!" Said Wonder Babs, Hawkloon, Swamp Melody, and Pink Canary simultaneously.
"But there is such thing as a bounty hunter!" Said Lightbo, blasting past them on his motorcycle. "Now I'm about to hunt all of ya!"
Lightbo took out a shotgun, and started olacing bullets into it.
"Everyone, I know what to do!" Said Swamp Melody.
After she told them her idea, everyone put it in action. Just as Lightbo readied his shotgun, Pink Canary let out one of her screams directly into his ear, causing Lightbo to drop his shotgun. Batduck then used his grapple gun to grab Lightbo and whip him into a boulder where Wonder Babs used her lasso to tie him to the boulder. Sneezeam then let out an electric sneeze which not only electrocuted Lightbo, but also destroy the boulder and send him flying. Hawkloon then used her mace as a baseball bat to knock Lightbo in the opposite direction where Swamp Melody used a vine to grab Lightbo by the ankle then pull him into a giant flower. To finish off the combo, Keen Arrow fired an explosive arrow into the flower as it opened slightly, resulting in an explosion which just left Lightbo's soul in place.
"You destroyed my body!" Yelled Lightbo. "Now you're all gonna get it, ya bastitches!"
"Like, not if I can help it!" Said Hawkloon.
She took out a crystal ball whoch began sucking in Lightbo's soul. He tried to stop himself being sucked in by digging his hands into the ground, but the crystal ball proved to be stronger and sucked his soul into it.
"The deed is done fer sure." Smiled Hawkloon.
"Should we rendezvous with the others?" Asked Swamp Melody, sensibly.
"We should, but first I'm seeking to be repayed by my boyfriend for earlier." Said Wonder Babs, romantically looking at Batduck.
Batduck, after having approached Wonder Babs first, covered them with his cape. A smooch sound was heard.
Meanwhile, Peacedeer was taking on the P. R. E. P single handidly. He had just been knocked back by Captain Quack.
"Had enough yet, helmet head?" Asked Captain Quack, smugly.
"Helmet head?" Asked Peacedeer. "Jeez, tou fight better than you insult. But here's how you fight! Missile!"
Peacedeer was launched head-first into Captain Quack's gut, launching him into Mr. Sleeze.
"So it's the helmet." Said Mallardtress, observingly. "No matter, I can use my magic to-"
"Activate Sonic Blast!" Yelled Peacedeer.
The resulting attack from the helmet sent Mallardtress, Ratwoman, Scarerat, and Killer Crook in different directions.
"Yeah!" Cheered Peacedeer. "Eat peace, mother-"
A portal spawned by Mallardtress appeared under Peacedeer which sent him to the same location she was.
"I've had it with you and your annoying mouth." She growled. "Perhaps I'll tear out your vocal chords."
She probably would've too if what she hadn't seen caught her off guard. Staring at her was Roderick, Rhubella, Danforth, and Margot.
"Why do you look like me?" Asked Margot.
"Why do YOU look like ME?" Asked Mallardtress.
"Is it wrong that I kind of like where this is going?" Asked Peacedeer.
"Quiet you!" Snarled Danforth.
"Wait, is there other versions of us as well?!" Asked Roderick, sounding astonished.
"You better believe it." Replied Peacedeer.
"Who even are you?!" Demanded Rhubella.
Peacedeer turned to the four Perfecto Prep students, and removed his helmet, revealing himself to be Vinnie the Deer.
"You preppies surprised?" He asked.
The four Perfecto Prep students looked absolutely flabbergasted.
"An ACME Loo-ster as a superhero?!" Exclaimed Danforth. "What?!"
"You're not fit to be a superhero!" Yelled Roderick.
"And you're not fit to be boyfriends to these ladies due to you two cheating on them multiple times." Replied Vinnie.
Roderick and Danforth looked taken aback while Rhubella and Margot looked surprise.
"Before any of you call my bluff, see for yourselves." Said Vinnie.
He showed them various pictures of Roderick and Danforth flirting with various women who are also students of Perfecto Prep.
"T-these are fake!" Lied Roderick.
"How did you even get these?!" Demanded Danforth.
"Don't underestimate a deer who can outsmart anyone." Smiled Vinnie, putting his helmet back on. "Now if you'll excuse me, there are villains whose asses need kicking. Missile!"
As Peacedeer launched himself into Mallardtress, Roderick and Danforth turned to Rhubella and Margot who were both visibly syeaming with incandescent fury.
Meanwhile, the Just-Us League had randezvoused and had all members of the P. R. E. P tied up.
"You didn't see us defeat them because you were following Peacedeer." Wonder Babs explained to the reader.
"Why don't we just freeze them and throw them into orbit?" Suggested Superbun.
"He's been like this all day." Nighthog whispered to Wonder Babs.
"He's just frustrated." Wonder Babs replied. "I'll try to talk to him."
She approached Superbun.
"Hey, what's gotten into you?" Wonder Babs asked. "Nighthog told me about how you've been acting. If you're not careful, you could end up becoming like that Superman in that other universe."
"Oh, why do you care?" Superbun asked. "You guys pretty much don't care about me anymore."
"It's not like that!" Said Wonder Babs. "We just upset with you for what you did during that Spring Break!"
"You were on my side before!" Yelled Superbun.
"Because I didn't know you were the Easter Bunny!" Yelled Wonder Babs.
"If I had told you, you probably would've only wanted me for the eggs!" Yelled Superbun.
Wonder Babs gasped.
"I would not!" She yelled.
"Oh really?" Superbun asked, raising an eyebrow in frustration.
All the while during their argument, the other members of the Just-Us League watched with shock, none of them daring to say anything due to fears of making the situation worse.
"We've been friends our entire lives!" Yelled Wonder Babs. "I know i have a sweet tooth, but your accusation is too much! What about Plucky?! How do you think he felt when he was mistaken as the Easter Bunny by Elmyra, taken by her, and kept from his dream girl?!"
Nighthog looked visibly remorseful after Wonder Babs' words.
"Oh please!" Superbun scoffed. "Plucky gets tormented all the time! What makes this any different?"
Wonder Babs slapped Superbun so hard, that a hand print was left on his face.
"Not to that extent!" She growled. "I never saw this side of you, Buster Bunny, and I do not like it one bit!"
Superbun got up and looked like he was about to burst with rage.
"That's it! I'm done!" He bellowed. "I'm through with this superhero crap! I've lost the repsect of my team and now my own best friend! I hereby step down as leader of the Just-Us League!"
The other members gasped in shocked.
"From now on, I will only be superhero-ing if I feel like it!" Continued Superbun. "You can handle the P. R. E. Ps anyway you like! I'll be in the mobile vehicle being alone!"
Superbun stormed into the mobile home, slamming the door behind him so hard, the vehicle wobbled. There was a moment of silence before Wonder Babs spoke.
"We'll turn them into the police then continue on our way." She said. "But first, it's getting rather late."
"I don't know if I want to sleep in the mobile home tonight." Said Nighthog, weakly.
"He just needs time to cool off." Said Wonder Babs. "He'll be fine."
Suddenly, Roderick and Danforth landed near them, both of them visibly bruised.
"Our girlfriends dumped us." Said a dazed Roderick.
"Do you two need medical help?" Offered Freedom Belle.
"No, we're toons." Said Danforth.
Later, after turning the P. R. E. P into the police, the Just-Us League were approached by Rhubella and Margot.
"We wanna thank your friend for opening our eyes to our scum ex boyfriends." Said Rhubella.
"Dont mention it, ladies." Smiled Peacedeer. "Those guys are real douchebags."
"We're actually thinking of transferring to ACME Loo ourselves." Said Margot.
"Would vou like to, how you say, join us in our road trip?" Offered Scentana.
"Nah, we're gonna head home and sort out our transfers." Said Rhubella. "See you around."
After Margot and Rhubella left, the Just-Us League changed out of their attires and walked into the mobile home to find no sign of Buster.
"Buster?" Asked Mary. "Where are you?"
One of the cabinet doors opened. Buster stuck out his ears and hand to signal where he was, and closed the cabinet. Mary took two steps towards the cabinet before Babs stopped her.
"He needs some time to himself." Whispered Babs. "Let's just call it a night and continue on our way in the morning."
On the next story, the Just-Us League are attacked by Wex Luthor and his new sidekick, Headache Quinn. Wex drains the tooniness from the Just-Us League except for Batduck, Nighthog, Peacedeer, Hawkloon, Keen Arrow, and Lean Lantern. Can these six Just-Us Keague members save the tooniness of their friends and defeat Wex Luthor and Headache Quinn? Find out next time, toonsters.