Zodiac Chase

[Veggirl]

Hey guys. Sorry I've been away for awhile. School is ending and I need to do a lot of studying for the end of the year finals. But I managed to write this up. Enjoy it!

PROLOGUE

A plane flew through the Toontown sky. The driver was intent on delivering his cargo to their destination, the Museum of Exotic Imports. He must be careful, for there are Sky Pirates about.
Who knows what kind of danger will happen if the pirates get their hands on the cargo! Suddenly, there was a clank. The driver looked out the window. Sky Pirates! The pirates had
thrown a rope at the wings of the plane and had slid down. The plane was trapped. A noise behind the pilot made him look. A wolf leaped down from the ceiling.
"Greetings and salivations fellow aviators! It is I, the panic provoking pirate, Don Karnage!"
The driver leapt up and grabbed a wrench.
"My job is to deliver the imports to the museum, Karnage!" He was about to leap when he found himself face to face with the barrel of a gun. Don Karnage held out his hand.
"The box, if you please."
Fearing for his life, the pilot handed over a small box. The pirates escaped out the open ceiling and into their planes.
"What goes up, must come down!" Don Karnage said as he shot the plane with the hidden guns in his plane. The plane shot down into the ground and the pilot ejected just in time.
"Back to the Iron Vulture, my minions!" Don Karnage shouted. A huge vulture-like flying vehicle appeared through the sky and the pirates flew towards it. After entering into his hideout,
Don Karnage went up to his quarters and placed the box on his table.
"I Don Karnage had succesfully plundered the most valuable riches in the world! Ha-ha! Riches men, riches! With these little talismans, we shall be rich as kings!"
Suddenly from out of the vent, a weasel with a strait jacket, wild eyes and spikey hair jumped down. He grabbed the box.
"Wow! For me? You shouldn't have Captain!" He then raced away.
"Well it was nothing really," Don Karnage started to say, but then realized what had happened.
"STOP THAT WEASEL!!"
The weasel raced into the hall where four other weasels were waiting.
"Way to go Psycho!" The pink suited weasel said. "You got them! Now lets run!"
These were the Toon Patrol. Smart Guy, the leader. Greasy, his second in command. Psycho, the one with the speed. Wheezy, the quick thinker and Stupid, the muscles. The weasels raced down the hall and around a corner.
"Pirate up ahead!" Wheezy said. Psycho raced over to the pirate, who's name was Dumptruck.
"Quick, quick! The captain needs your help!" He said.
Dumptruck took a step toward the Captain's quarters when suddenly, he crashed into Don Karnage. The weasels raced down the stairway.
"We're gonna make it!" Greasy said. Ahead of them was the open door which lead to the air. The weasels stopped at the edge and stared down.
"Fine job Toon Patrol." Don Karnage said coming up behind them. "But it seems like you're in a tiny bit of picallo, yes-no?"
Psycho glared at him. "Well you may get us, but you won't get what's inside this box!" Psycho then opened the box. Little stones were nestled inside, each one of them had a little drawing of an animal. Psycho suddenly dumped them into the air.
"NO!" Smart Guy and Don Karnage shouted.
"Time to bail!" Psycho said happily. The weasels suddenly leapt off from the edge.
"STOP THEM! STOP THEM!" Don Karnage shouted.
The wind whipped around the weasel's faces as they fell down, down, down. Parachutes then came out from their backs. They had been wearing parachute packs all along! Landing safely on
the ground, Smart Guy glared at Psycho.
"Psycho, we need to have a little talk."

"WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL?!" Psycho said later in the kitchen. "I saved the talismans!"
"Oh you saved them all right!" Smart Guy snapped. "But that's the beginning of our problems! Since the talismans are destroyed, their powers shot out from them and they are finding animals to live in! Now the animals have their powers, and the Air Pirates want to get their hands on them!!!"
Realization hit Psycho like a punch.
"AAARRRGGHHHH!" He shouted. "WHAT HAVE I DONE?!!"
"You made all the rats, cows, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, horses, sheep, monkeys, chickens, dogs and pigs in Toontown in danger from Air Pirates!" Smart Guy shouted.
"So what do you want us to do?" Wheezy asked, dragging on a cigarette.
"We gotta go find all of them." Smart Guy said.
"WHAT?!" The weasels said. "But how will we know?!"
"I don't know!" Smart Guy snapped. "Now shut up and lets go!"

[weaselsrock]

Very interesting.Please continue!!!

[julayla]

Looks like an interesting beginning. Oh, please continue!

[Veggirl]

All right, if you insist.

Chapter 1

"How are we going to know who are the zodiac animals?" Stupid asked as the weasels went down Olly-Oxford Street.
"Yeah boss!" Greasy said, pointing at different Toons. "See, there's the White Rabbit. And look, Shere Khan is prowling around! They could be zodiac animals!"
"Look," Smart Guy said. "I don't know how we'll find out! Just keep your eyes open and---"
"Hi guys!"
The weasels looked over at the owner of the voice. A brown lion cub raced over to them.
"Hi Kovu!" Psycho said.
"What are you guys up to?" Kovu asked.
"We're trying to find zodiac animals!" Stupid said.
Smart Guy glared at him. "Ex-nay on the ission-may around the id-kay!"
"A mission!" Kovu said. "Can I come?"
Smart Guy looked at him. "Kovu, this will be very dangerous for a kid like you."
"I'm no kid!" Kovu said, standing straight. "I can take care of myself!"
A police car then came driving up to them. Officer O'Hara got out.
"Toon Patrol, have you've got the talismans?"
Smart Guy shook his head. "No." He glared at Psycho. "SOMEBODY decided to let the talismans be destroyed!"
Officer O'Hara gasped. "Do you know what could happen if---"
"Yeah, yeah, we've heard the story!" Greasy said. "So now we're out trying to find the zodiac animals that could---"
"Hey buddies!"
The weasels groaned when they saw who it was.
"Roger Rabbit!"
Roger raced up to them. "Hi guys!" He said cheerfully. "What'cha doing?"
"On a mission!" Wheezy said. He then stared at Roger's ear. "Uh...Roger? Have you've noticed that you have a black mark on your ear?"
"I do?" Roger said. He grabbed the marked ear and stared at the black marking. "Well look at that! It's shaped like a rabbit!"
"WHAT?!"
Smart Guy grabbed Roger's ear.
"OW!" Roger yelped.
Sure enough, the black marking was shaped like a tiny rabbit.
"Is this a birthmark?!" Smart Guy asked.
"I don't know!" Roger said. "Now can you please let go?"
Smart Guy let go of Roger's ear. "Sorry."
Roger checked his watch. "Well look at the time! My Jessica will be waiting. Gotta run!"
Roger then took off, and to everyone's surprise, he was gone in a flash leaving a cloud of dust.
Officer O'Hara scratched his head in wonder.
The weasels blinked.
"Oh cool!" Kovu said.

[weaselsrock]

Cool, you put Kovu in this! ;DHa ha looks like Roger has super speed!!This is getting more and more interesting.Reminds me a little of the Jackie Chan Adventures.

[julayla]

All right, Kovu's in this! And uh-oh, it looks like Roger has now gained speed. This is gonna be tough for the Toon Patrol.

[Veggirl]

Here's the next chapter.

Chapter 2

The seven Toons stood there for a moment, until they heard a crash behind them. The weasels whirled around, reaching for their weapons when a peg-legged bat stumbled out from the alleyway.
"Fidget?!" The weasels said.
The bat looked up at them. "Yeah, it's me!"
"What are you doing here?" Greasy asked, helping him up.
"Hester has heard about what happened to the talismans." Fidget told them.
Hester was an orange cat and a friend of the weasels. He loved to read and practice a few things he had read from books.
"What does he want?" Greasy groaned.
"He says that he wants you guys to meet him at his office."
"He has an office?" Kovu said. "Does he have a fax machine or something."
"Ha!" Fidget laughed. "Nah, the office is what he calls his secret alleyway."
"So when do we go meet him?"
"Now."

A few minutes later, Hester looked at the weasels in an alleyway. The weasels and Kovu were sitting on overturned cardboard boxes. Fidget was hanging from the rain gutter above.
"So the talismans had been destroyed and now some Toons have their powers, huh?"
"Yeah." Smart Guy said, narrowing his eyes at Psycho.
"Can everyone stop blaming me?!" Psycho said. "I didn't know what would have happened!"
Hester raised a paw. "Okay, okay. No blaming please. Now I have a plan. The Air Pirates will stop at nothing to get these Zodiac Toons, so you guys have to get to them before they do, right?"
"Yeah, how do we know who's a zodiac or not?" Wheezy asked.
Hester grinned. "Lucky for you, I have a book."
Hester raced off into the dark alley. A few minutes later, he came back, pushing a huge red book.
"It shows all the signs of the zodiacs and what their powers are." He said. "I would like to join this mission, for I have a secret spell that can make the Air Pirates run for their mothers!"
He went over to a box and got out a small little bat.
"Hope you didn't killed it!" Fidget said.
Hester frowned at him. "Don't worry, it's a fake bat, but still has some magic in it!"
He looked at the others. "Now, all I have to do is wave this bat in front of the Air Pirates and chant, 'Perros malos, vayan ya'. Which means, 'Bad Dogs, go away!'.
"Does it work?" Stupid asked.
"How should I know?" Hester said. "I haven't tried it out yet."
"Oh that's comforting!" Greasy said, rolling his eyes.
"I can go spy on the pirates and report everything to you guys!" Fidget offered.
"But you can't even fly!" Smart Guy said.
"Yes," Hester agreed. "But still, we need a spy too. Fidget, with a few potion books, I might make this thing for your wing so it can be healed."
Fidget's eyes widened. "Really Hester?"
"Yeah."
"What can I do?" Kovu asked.
"You are staying right at home." Smart Guy said.
"Aw, come on!" Kovu said. "I never get to have any fun."
"Hester, what do you say?" Psycho asked.
Hester studied Kovu for a moment. "Hmm, he seems like some sort of kid who might like a good adventure. If it's okay with his parents."
Kovu frowned sadly. "I don't have parents."
There was silence. Smart Guy felt his heart sink a little. Kovu was a lot like him. Having no parents. He sighed.
"All right kid. You can come with us."
Kovu's eyes lit up. "Really? Great!"
Greasy opened the book and flipped through the pages. He stared. "B-b-boss! Come here!"
Smart Guy went over. "Yeah? What's the matter?"
Greasy pointed to the rabbit picture. Smart Guy stared. It was like the same figure on Roger's ear!
"And look at this!" Greasy yelped. "The power of the rabbit zodiac animal is...super speed!"

[weaselsrock]

I wonder who the next toon to get a power is?

[Veggirl]

Here's the next chapter!

Chapter 3

"So Roger's the rabbit talisman!" Kovu said a few minutes later.
Smart Guy was pacing back and forth while the others watched. Fidget was laying on his back on the ground while Hester smeared pink goop on his injured wing.
"So what do we do?" Stupid asked. "Tell him that he's a talisman?"
"Oh that'll be a nice visit!" Psycho said. " 'Hello Roger! We're sorry, but we have to get you out of the house or else pirates will get you!'"
"Roger will panic if you say that." Hester said. "You better think of something else."
Fidget sniffed his wing. "Ugh, yuck! What is that stuff?"
Hester frowned. "That stuff will make your wing heal faster. Plus you will fly faster."
Fidget bared his teeth and hissed at Hester.
"We gotta find a place to hide Roger." Smart Guy said. "Somewhere where the pirates won't find him. Any ideas?"
"At our hideout?" Stupid said.
"No, that might be the first place they will look." Smart Guy said. "Hester?"
Hester looked up. "I do know of a place where the zodiac animals can go. It's through this cave and leads to a valley where the animals can hide in. It's perfect. The mountains are high up, no pirate will think of flying over it."
"Perfect!" Smart Guy said.
Hester backed away from Fidget. "Good, that'll do." He then went over to a shelf and grabbed a small little plane.
"All right Fidget. In order to fly, you have to learn how to master flying."
"And how is that gonna work?" Greasy asked, folding his arms.
"I'll just show you." Hester said, twirling the plane's propeller. "Just watch."
He raced off with the plane above him.
"There he goes!"
Hester threw the plane out and it went up. Suddenly it turned and went straight down. The weasels, Kovu, Fidget and Hester watched.
"Oh yeah!" Greasy said smirking. "Fidget'll fly all right! Just like a rock!"
The plane crashed into a wall. Greasy, Psycho, Wheezy and Stupid burst out laughing.
"IT WOULD FLIED!!!" Hester snapped. He stalked back towards his office with the weasel's laughter ringing in his ears. He glared back. "Fidget will fly! I know it!"
Smart Guy looked at Fidget who had this shocked/scared look on his face.
"Do you...wanna try flying?"
Fidget silently shook his head and went off.

[julayla]

Yeah, me too, even if he does have a crippled wing. Good chapter, though it's short.

[Cobrawolf]

Wow, Nice Chapter.

[Veggirl]

Here is the other chapter! Eh...sorry if it's short.

Chapter 4

A few minutes later, Smart Guy knocked Roger's front door. Roger answered it.
"Hi Smarty! Did you came to visit?"
"Roger, we need to talk." Smart Guy said.
"About?"
"About your...birthmark."
Roger pulled down his ear close to his eyes and looked at the rabbit marking.
"Yeah, what's there to talk?"
"Look, it's no ordinary birthmark. It's not even a birthmark!"
Roger blinked. "What are you talking about? Of course it's a birthmark! Why would it be in my ear if it wasn't---"
"IT'S NOT A BIRTHMARK!" Smart Guy snapped. "It's a sign!"
"A birthmark sign?"
"NO!" Smart Guy shouted. "IT'S A SIGN THAT YOU ARE A ZODIAC ANIMAL!!!"
Roger stared. "Huh?"
Smart Guy breathed hard. "Look, there were these talismans that each had the Chinese Zodiac animal. They were destroyed and so their powers went into different beings. The rabbit talisman powers went into you. That's why you have super-speed."
Roger stared at him. "Oh. So?"
"So we gotta get you outta here."
"What?! But what about Jessie?"
"She'll understand." Smart Guy said. "There are pirates around here and---"
"I'm not scared of pirates." Roger said. "I'll bet I can outrun them."
"There will be too many of them!" Smart Guy said. "Plus they have planes!"
"I have speed."
Smart Guy had to restrain himself from strangling Roger.
"Okay! Roger...just think about it and give me your answer tomorrow! Unless you want to be kidnapped by pirates!"
He then turned and stormed off. Passing by an alleyway, he heard a crash. Smart Guy looked up.
"Fidget?"
Fidget came out from the alleyway. "Smart Guy, I have been patrolling around the pirate's lair. The news isn't good."

[julayla]

Great, I have a bad feeling about the next chapter. I hope to see more.

[weaselsrock]

To quote an electrified rat that got cancelled: 'I forsee doom.'

[Veggirl]

Hey, that's Megavolt, isn't it? ;D Okay, next chapter.

Chapter 5

"So what is this about?" Greasy asked. They had met up in Hester's office again, waiting for Fidget's bad news. Fidget took a deep breath. "Okay, well, I went over to the pirate's hideout. Off
the outskirts of Toontown, that big huge mountain thing. After climbing up a few ledges and cliffs, I came upon this open window. I crawled in and saw Don Karnage making a huge speech to Mad Dog and Dumptruck. He revealed to them a huge machine that one of their men made. It was Ratchet, I think. Well, this machine looked like a lazer machine! But it wasn't a lazer machine. It was to locate the zodiac animals!"
"WHAT?!" The Toon Patrol yelped.
Fidget nodded.
"So they built a machine?!" Stupid said.
"No, only Ratchet." Fidget said. "With the help of a book called 'Machinary for Dummies'. Well anyway, Ratchet set it up and the pointer then points to the sky and the control started
beeping. I went in closer and could see the screen a bit. It had located the rabbit talisman!"
"The rabbit?!" The weasels yelped.
"That means---"
"Roger is in trouble!"

"Slow down will ya'?!" Smart Guy yelped as the weasels drove down Gingerbread Lane. Wheezy turned the wheel.
"Roger is in trouble and you say slow down?!" He said. The weasels then arrived at Roger's home. The door was slightly open. Were they too late? When they went inside, it answered their question. The room was a wreck. The table was overturned, books and papers were scattered everywhere and dishes had broken.
"We're too late!" Psycho groaned. Wheezy turned his head and noticed a cutlass on the wall with a note. Wheezy took the note and read it.

Dear Weasel Toon Patrol,

This note is from the sweat-breaking, heart-pounding pirate, Don Karnage! I had succesfully captured your little Zodiac rabbit friend, and don't even bother to look for him for I had taken
him to my secret lair! Once I have all the Zodiac animals, I shall plunder the town with my new powers! So I win, you loose!

DON KARNAGE

"Hah!" Wheezy said, ripping it up. "We already know where his secret hideout is!"
"And," Smart Guy said. "We're gonna go so we can do a rescue mission to save Roger!"