The Protector of Toon

[julayla]

Oh boy...looks like they're stuck with Roger now. I hope they find them soon and stop Darksin.

[Veggirl]

Here is the next chapter for you all.

Chapter 16. Trog attack

Randall clutched his head as they spun down the tunnel with Roger. If they ever got out of this alive, he's gonna strangle Roger! The hyenas were crouched on the floor, groaning. Roger meanwhile, was having a grand time trying to drive. Out of the tunnel, he stopped.
"Benny! Is that you?"
Randall slouched down in the seat, trying to calm his heart. Turning invisible, he poked his head out. Benny had crashed into the lamppost with melted tires.
"No, it's Shirley Temple!" Benny snapped.
He stood on his hind tires and started to walk toward them, groaning with pain.
"Jumping jeepers!" Roger said. "What happened?"
"Doom grabbed your wife and Valiant and took them to the Acme factory!"
"The Acme factory!" Roger said. "I know where that is! Get in!"
Benny scooted next to Roger. "Move over Rog. You've done enough driving for one night!"
He turned on his headlights and drove. Randall unblended himself and had the guts to ask one question.
"Were the weasels with them?"
Benny suddenly turned his head so Randall was under the lights.
"You!" Benny snapped. "You were with---"
"ROAD!" Shenzi shouted.
Benny turned the wheel almost colliding with another car.
"Watch where you're going!" The driver of the other car shouted.
"HEY, WE'RE DRIVING HERE, BUSTER!" Benny shouted back.
"Do you have to insult all the time?" Randall sighed.
"I'm a cab!" Benny said. "We cabs are like that."
"Better watch out for the stoplights." Banzai said.
Red lights shone in front of them. Randall squinted.
"Hey wait a minute, those aren't lights. Those are Trogs!"
"Trogs?" Roger said. "What are those?"
Randall shrugged. "I have no idea. All I know is that they're evil."
Roger yelped. "That's not good!" He then grabbed on to Ed.
Ed growled with annoyance.
"Well, we are not gonna let a bunch of Trogs ruin our drive." Benny said. "Hold on!"
The car suddenly lunged forward. Randall had to hold on for dear life as Trogs leaped out of the way. Four or three Trogs leaped in the car and lunged at the Toons. Roger screamed as he fought off one Trog. Shenzi leaped on one Trog and sank her fangs in the skin. Randall punched and threw the Trogs off. Benny pushed the pedal harder and they drove off with the Trogs after them.
"There's the creaky bridge up ahead!" Banzai yelped.
"Well, we're gonna try to drive across it!" Benny said.
"Are you crazy?!" Shenzi said. "It'll break!"
"Shut your mouth and let the driver drive!" Benny shouted. "Here we go!"
Randall shut his eyes tight as the car drove across the bridge. The Trogs followed, but the weight of an army of them was too much for the bridge. When the Toons got to the other side safely, the bridge broke and sent the Trogs falling into the river. Benny stopped so they could watch the Trogs be carried away.
Ed grinned and laughed.
"What did he say?" Randall asked.
"He said that it was fun." Banzai said.
Benny started off. "Come on, time might be running out!"

[julayla]

Very nice battle sequence. Let's hope the guys aren't too late at saving Toon Town or the weasels.

[Veggirl]

Sorry this took so long, but I finally managed to type it up.

Chapter 17. At the Acme Factory

They finally arrived at the Acme factory a few minutes later. Randall and the hyenas leaped out.
Randall turned to Roger. "Come on Roger, time's running out!"
Roger nodded, got out a gun then turned to Benny. His hand was shaking as he told Benny instruction.
"Benny, you go to the cops, I'm gonna save my wife!"
Benny flinched from the shaking gun. "Be careful with that gun! This ain't no cartoon you know!"
Roger got out from the car as Benny drove away.
"This is no way to make a living!" He grumbled to himself.
Randall crawled up the wall of the building, trying to find a way in. He crawled back down to where the hyenas were waiting.
"Where's Roger?"
Shenzi nodded over to Roger who was trying to open a window.
"Whouldn't you know?" Roger said. "Locked."
He leaned against the window and fell in.
"Well that takes care of him." Shenzi said. "Found a way in?"
Randall shook his head. "No, but I think Roger found our way in. We'll just have to squeeze in. Now I'll go first."
Taking a deep breath, Randall squeezed through the window and into the bathroom. Shenzi came in next then Banzai and Ed. They all landed with a crash.
"Quiet!" Randall hissed.
Shenzi glared up at him. "Sorry, but we don't have reflexis like you!"
Randall went to the door and opened it. A hallway led down to two doors. Randall slunk over to the doors and listened.
"Okay! Nobody move! All right weasels! Grab some sky or let the Judge have it! You heard me, I said drop it!"
It sounded a bunch like Roger. Then another voice joined in.
"Roger Darling!"
"Yes it's me, my dearest! I love to embrace you but first, I have to satisfy my sense of moral outrage!"
Randall entered the room as Judge Doom spoke.
"Put the gun down you buck-toothed fool!"
"Thats it Doom!" Roger snarled. "Give me another excuse to pump you full of lead!"
While Roger was making a huge speech over Toon justice, Randall looked up. Greasy was on Toon bricks and had a switchblade out. Randall watched as Greasy cut the rope, and BAM! Down came a pile of bricks on Roger. The weasels burst out laughing. Randall then felt a coldness sweep over him.
"Almost time to take their powers." A voice hissed.
Randall yelped when he rememberd Darksin's words. Near midnight, the weasels would die.
Frantically, Randall looked up at Psycho who was climbing on a ladder.
"Psycho!" Randall hissed. "What time is it?"
"Time to kill the rabbit!" Psycho giggled.
Randall covered his eyes and groaned.
The weasels had tied up Roger and Jessica to a crane and the crane lifted them up. The weasels started up the Dip machine.
"Roger darling," Jessica said. "I want you to know that I had loved you. I loved you any woman has ever loved a rabbit."
Randall looked the other way and saw Judge Doom with Eddie Valiant.
"It's over Mr. Valiant." Judge Doom said.
He started to walk off, but slipped on some fake eyeballs, making him crash to the ground. The weasels burst out laughing. Eddie Valiant reached for Smart Guy's gun.
"Look out you fool!" Judge Doom shouted.
Smart Guy turned and pointed the gun at Valiant. "Not so fast."
Doom stood up. Randall noticed he was covering one eye.
"One of these days," Doom shouted, "you idiots are going to laugh yourselves to death!"
Randall saw something change over Valiant's face.
"Shall I repose of them right now boss?" Smart Guy asked.
"Let him watch his Toon friends get dipped, then shoot him." Judge Doom said, walking away.
"With pleasure." Smart Guy said slyly.
I gotta get them out of here! Randall thought. He started to slink over to Stupid.
"Everything's funny to you, ain't it needle nose?" Valiant said.
Smart Guy leaned forward. "You got a problem with that, Valiant?"
"No." Valiant said, backing away. "I just want you to know something about the guy you're gonna dip!"
Eddie pulled a lever down. Randall blinked in astonishment on what happened next.

[julayla]

Uh oh! It'll be too late in the next chapter. Oh, I'm gonna cry when that happens.

[Veggirl]

Here is the next chapter. NOT the final one. It is sad for every weasel lover here.

Chapter 18. They’re gone!

A music machine started to playing a Toon song called, “The Merry Go Round Broke Down.”
Smart Guy laughed nervously as he backed away. The hyenas entered the room and watched as
Valiant performed a little act.

“Now Roger is his name, laughter is his game.
Come on you dopes, untie his ropes
and watch him go insane!”

Valiant stepped on a rake, making it hit his face. He turned and stepped on it again, making him
somersault forward.
Randall closed his eyes. Oh please guys, don’t start laughing!
Smart Guy burst out laughing and the other weasels followed. Randall turned to the hyenas and to his dismay, they were laughing too! Meanwhile Eddie continued and got some bowling balls.

“This singing ain’t my lines.
It’s tough to make a rhyme!
If I get stuck, I’m out of luck,
I’m...”

“I’m running out of time!” Jessica said.
“Thanks!” Eddie said.
Juggling the bowling balls, they bounced off his head. Randall raced over to the hyenas.
“Look guys!” He said.
The hyenas kept on laughing.
“GUYS!!” Randall shouted.
The hyenas kept on laughing.
Sighing, Randall slapped each one of them in the face.
Shenzi glared at him. “Hey! What gives?!”
“Look!” Randall shouted. “It’s almost midnight and the weasels are gonna die by laughing! Darksin is gonna take their so called powers if we don’t stop them!!!”
“Well, what do you want us to do?” Banzai said.
They suddenly heard a scream. Looking up, they saw Valiant with his head in the lights. Stupid fell off the ladder, laughing hysterically. Suddenly, he jerked up and placed a flower over his chest. A Stupid spirit came out and started toward heaven.
“NO!” Randall cried.
Looking up, he saw the Trog on top of some boxes, waiting to pounce.
Randall turned to the hyenas. “Look, go help Stupid’s spirit while I try to get the others!”
The hyenas nodded and raced toward the pile of boxes where the Trog was. Huffing and puffing, they climbed up.
“How tall is this?!” Banzai wheezed.
"I don't know!" Shenzi snapped. "Just keep going!"
Ed scrambled on top of another box which said,
DIP REPELLENCE: BOUNCES TOONS OFF WHEN THEY FALL IN DIP.
Scrambling on the box, Ed accidentally kicked a bottle of Dip Repellence into the tub of Dip.
The Dip started to bubble and groan.

Randall raced over to Wheezy who’s spirit was just getting out.
“Wheezy!” Randall cried. “Hold on to your spirit! Don’t let go!” Taking Randall’s advice, Wheezy started to pull back
his spirit in. Darksin appeared suddenly, raised a staff and pointed it at Wheezy. Wheezy stopped struggling and fell. Wheezy’s spirit floated off toward the heavens.
“No!” Randall whispered, watching Wheezy fly off. Looking up, he was a bit satisfied to see the hyenas battling some Trogs who were supposed to grab the weasel’s spirits.
“Stop fighting you fools and get the weasel’s spirits!” Darksin shouted. Valiant meanwhile kept on singing.

“I’m through with taking falls!
I’m bouncing off the walls!
Without that gun, I’d have some fun,
I’d kick you in the—”

A vase crashed on his head.
“Nose!” Roger Rabbit finished.
“Nose?!” Smart Guy snapped. “That don’t rhyme with walls!” Valiant stood up. “No, but this does!”
He then kicked Smart Guy in the place that doesn’t rhyme with “walls”. Smart Guy yelled in pain as he went sailing
toward the tub of Dip. Randall stood there, shocked. But it wouldn’t have made a difference anyway. Smart Guy landed in the tub of Dip. Psycho and Greasy for some reason thought this
was wildly funny and began to laugh even harder. Randall raced toward to where Greasy was.
Grabbing the door, he yanked it open, but it was too late. Greasy gagged and fell dead. His spirit rose up to heaven.
“Greasy!” Randall cried. “Come back!”
Psycho meanwhile was dancing in a fit of laughter, accidentally turning on the Dip shooter. A stream of Dip shot out.
Roger and Jessica cried out in terror, trying to avoid the Dip. Randall raced over to Psycho.
“Psycho! Stop laughing! You’ve got to stop!”
Psycho grabbed on to the lever, still laughing.
Randall climbed up the Dip machine.
“Just hold on! I’ll get you!”
He suddenly heard a small scream from Psycho. Randall gasped with horror as Psycho fell into the brush of Dip. Psycho’s spirit came out and began to fly toward heaven.
“Psycho, no!” Randall cried.
Psycho looked down at Randall and did a small smile at him.
“Bye-bye!”
That was the last thing he said before pushing the lever and then going right up to heaven.
Randall stood there as he watched Psycho fly off. He then collapsed to the ground with shock, exhaustion and most surprisingly...grief. It was too late. The weasels had died and Randall was too late to save them. Randall’s great friends are gone. Laughed too much and died.
The weasels were gone.

[nauticusvergil]

Nooo!! He was completely powerless to prevent it!

[julayla]

Noooo!!! *crying* Why? Why? Why did they have to go!? *realizes* Wait, it isn't over yet...maybe there's still hope...hopefully Darksin won't get all their powers.

[FlameTheCharmander]

*Psycho theme plays*NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Their gone! Their all gone! What's gonna happen next?!

[Veggirl]

Here's the next chapter up. Hopefully, there is some hope.

Chapter 19. A demon from Smart Guy’s past

Randall didn’t know how long he laid there, but it was awhile before he heard someone cough.
“Boy, couldn’t Doom create a better tasting Dip?”
Randall looked up. Smart Guy was standing in front of him, wiping Dip off his suit. Randall leaped up and without even thinking, gave Smart Guy a huge hug like they were two old buddies that haven’t seen each other for years.
“Smart Guy! You’re alive!”
Smart Guy backed away. “Yeah, yeah, I’m alive.”
“But what happened?” Randall said, staring at him. “You were thrown in dip!”
Smart Guy shrugged. “I don’t know. All I remember is in the Dip, thinking, ‘I’m gonna die’, then it spat me out somehow.” Randall looked over at one of the boxes and noticed Acme’s
Dip Repellence. He got the bottle.
“We have to thank Acme for it. Looks like it makes Dip somehow spit out Toons that accidentally fell in Dip.”
Smart Guy looked around. “So..where are the other guys?”
Randall felt a pang of grief. “They all died. I’m sorry.”
Smart Guy sighed and Randall could see sadness in his features.
“You tried.” Smart Guy mumbled.
Suddenly, they heard Valiant’s shocked cry.
“Holy Smokes! He’s a Toon!”
Randall and Smart Guy turned to look. A flattened Judge Doom stood up.
“Surprised?”
“Not really.” Valiant said. “That lame-brained freeway idea could be only cooked up by a Toon."
“Not just any Toon.” Judge Doom said.
He then went over to a oxygen tank and started to blow oxygen in him. When he turned, Randall yelped at the sight of evil red swirling eyes.
Smart Guy gasped with horror.
“Remember me Eddie?” Doom spoke in a rasing high-pitched voice. “When I killed your brother? I talked just like this!”
Doom’s eyes turned into daggers. Randall looked up at the hyenas who were still on the boxes with the Trogs underneath their paws. They too were watching.
“Quick,” Randall told Smart Guy. “We gotta get up to the hyenas.” Smart Guy didn’t say anything. Randall looked at him. Smart Guy was staring at Judge Doom’s Toon eyes. Staring and remembering.
He remembered his mother and father melting from the Dip. He remembered the Toon watching them, laughing
with the high squeaky voice, and the eyes. That is one thing he’ll remember, the eyes. Randall
gave him a slight push. “Smart Guy! Come on!”
Smart Guy suddenly did a small whimper.
“Mama? Daddy?”
Randall had never heard Smart Guy like this. He sounded, small, alone...and scared.
He looked over at the battle. Eddie Valiant had the mallet out and was pointing it at the lever of the Dip machine. Randall grabbed Smart Guy by the scruff of the neck and dragged him to the pile of boxes. Throwing him on the boxes, he leaped up and landed next to him. Valiant fired and hit the lever right on. Dip shot out from the Dip machine. Doom started to scream as he melted. Randall was confused. I thought it made Toons bounce back. He looked at the bottle.
DOES NOT WORK ON EVIL TOONS.
“Oh.” Randall mumbled. Doom meanwhile was screaming and melting. Randall, Smart Guy and the hyenas
watched until he was gone. Randall smiled at Smart Guy.
“Well, your boss is dead.”
“He killed them.” Smart Guy murmured. “He killed my parents.”
Randall looked at him for a moment. Smart Guy was still staring at Doom’s mask, eyes filled with sadness.
“But he’s dead.” Randall said. “You’re free of him.”
“That makes it worse.” Smart Guy said. “I don’t think I’ll ever be free of him. Not with the memories I have.”
Randall looked at Smart Guy and patted his back. Smart Guy stiffened then calmed at the touch of his friend.

[julayla]

Awww...poor Smarty! *hugs him* At least Doom's gone. That's good to know...I hope the other weasels come back too.

[Veggirl]

Next chapter which will involve some hope.

Chapter 20. Hope?

When the police came and the Toons gathered around Doom's mask, Ed stood up. Shenzi pushed him down.
"Sit down you idiot. We're not out of danger yet."
Randall and Smart Guy climbed up the boxes.
"You guys okay?" Randall asked.
Shenzi nodded. "So, how long are we gonna stay here?"
"Until they're gone." Randall said, nodding to the group of Toons. The group waited and listened as Roger found Marvin Acme's will and read outloud that Marvin had given Toontown to the Toons. The Toons cheered with happiness. The hyenas yipped with happiness as well. Randall turned to Smart Guy to see his expression, but Smart Guy just stared off into the distance with sadness. Shenzi frowned at Smart Guy.
"What's the matter with him? Toontown belongs to us, and Doom is long gone."
"He's thinking about his parents." Randall said. "Be easy on him."
Smart Guy meanwhile, was thinking.
How can all this happen? First I lost my parents when I was six, now the guys are gone. My only friends I ever had! They're all gone.
"They are not gone."
Smart Guy looked up. A beautiful female human with a flowing blue dress and a bright glow.
"They are still alive, but Darksin is after them. They may be dead, but that will not stop him from trying to get them. You must go back to Toontown with their bodies and help them." Penumbra disappeared. Smart Guy looked at Randall who was watching the Toons sing, "Smile Darn ya' Smile."
"Hey, Randall?"
Randall looked at him. "Yeah, what?"
"Look, call me crazy, but I think I saw a human who said we should go back to Toontown to stop Darksin. Plus, we gotta bring the gang's bodies." Randall nodded. "Okay, if it involves stopping Darksin, I'll do anything." Randall turned to the hyenas. "Okay guys, here's the plan, you three each get one body. Shenzi, you get Wheezy's body. Banzai, you help Ed with Stupid's body. Smart Guy, you'll get Greasy. I'll get Psycho."
When the last Toon went into Toontown, the monster, hyenas and weasel climbed down and went to get the bodies. Randall found Psycho laying on the hard cement floor, a twisted little grin still on his face. Randall lifted the body and stared sadly at his friend's face. He remembered the first time he met him. He thought that they would never be friends but now...he guessed they were friends, sorta. He went over to the others who had the bodies of the other weasels.
"Ready?" Randall said.
"Ready." Everyone replied.
Randall nodded. "Lets go."

Dragging bodies into Toontown was a lot harder than anyone expected. The bodies kept on getting stuck in roots, they were heavy to drag and Shenzi complained that she was getting sick of having the taste of smoke in her mouth.
"I'm sure it can't be far." Randall told him, dragging Psycho's body. Ed raced up a hill, looked back and made little hyena barks.
"Ed's found the spirits of the weasels!" Banzai said. Then he looked confused. "And he also looks a bit panicked."
They all found out why he was panicking. Getting to the top of the hill, they saw the spirits of the weasels on top of a tree, staring down at Trogs who were climbing up the tree, closer and closer.

[julayla]

There is hope after all! Oh man, Darksin is still after them! This is not good! Hopefully they'll be able to fight them off.

[nauticusvergil]

Hah! Getting stuck on roots ^_^

But yes...hope.

[Veggirl]

All right, here's the next chapter. I hope this will satisfy you all.

Chapter 21. The final battle

"We gotta help them!" Smart Guy said. Randall looked at Smart Guy then at the weasel's spirits. They were staring at the Trogs with fear in their eyes. Randall turned to the others.
"Right, we're gonna go and fight them!"
The Toons and monster leaped up and raced down, charging at the Trogs. The Trogs leaped up at them, gnashing their teeth and striking with their claws. The hyenas leaped on the Trogs, biting and clawing at them. Randall leaped on the nearest Trog and started to punch it. Smart Guy got out his gun and started to fire at the Trogs. For awhile, the battle continued with Trogs running off. The last Trog raced off, the hyenas, monster and weasel turned to Darksin. Darksin had his dark staff raised.
"The bodies are not needed." He was telling himself. "All I need are their spirits!"
The staff started to glow. Psycho's spirit started to be sucked in like a vacuum was sucking him in. Psycho desperately tried to cling on to the branches, but it was no use. Suddenly, Penumbra appeared in the clouds and raised a light blue staff. Randall turned to Smart Guy and was surprised to see his eyes turn glowing bright blue. The spirits of the weasel's eyes turned exactly the same color. Darksin staggered, like someone took a punch at him.
"What's going on?!" Shenzi yelped.
"I have no idea." Randall said.
Darksin took a step forward. The weasel's eyes narrowed and Darksin took two steps back. Then to Randall's surprise, a portal opened and sucked Darksin in. The portal suddenly sealed and Darksin was gone. Smart Guy's eyes suddenly turned normal, and he collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath like he had run a marathon.
"What happened to you?" Randall asked.
Smart Guy shrugged. "I don't know. All I know is that, something inside of me started burning. I started thinking that I couldn't let him destroy my friends, I couldn't let him get their spirits. Then my eyes started to get hotter and hotter, and the portal opened!"
"That was your power, Smart Guy." Penumbra said, floating down.
"That was it?" Banzai said. "No punching down walls? No lazer eyes? No flying around in a supercape or anything?"
Penumbra shook her head. "I will explain everything later. But first, get the bodies."
They went back to where they dumped the bodies and dragged them to the tree. The spirits of the weasels flew up into the air then dived into their rightful bodies.
A while later, they opened their eyes and shakily stood up.
Smart Guy smiled. "Hi guys."