Bendy and Boris in The Inky Mystery

Chapter 18: The Mess Left

Notes:

Oh my stars. T-T
The Warners laugh madly. They can't breathe it's so funny.
Well everyone, the vote is in. And it was close.
"It was a tie!" Yakko laughed.
It was broken just before I posted this!
"Y-you." Wakko fights to breathe. "You were looking for a quarter to flip."
Shuddup! It was broken! A choice was made. Geez.
Thank you, everyone that voted and commented. Just like the morons said, it was dead even until just a little while ago. I thought the universe was out to mock me again.
"No just us." Dot smiled.
So, looks like Alice won by the skin of her teeth. It's still not gonna be the chapter anyone is expecting. ;3 But that's the fun of it. Don't worry, everyone that wanted to see Toon Town, we will probably still get there by the end of that chapter...prolly. Don't worry, it's not a huge come in either. It's in honor of chapter three of BATIM coming out next month, so more of a Stan Lee kinda cameo. I am so excited for that next chapter! Meaty is awesome. XD
"How about you go enjoy the chapter. The ghost is gonna go get lost in a fan freak out." Dot rolls her eyes and point down.

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Featherworth groaned, her beak turned toward the ceiling and her feet propped up on the desk. Ringtail sat across from her with her head in her folded arms. Both detectives had dark circles under their eyes. They had spent the night and all morning doing the raid and then trying to find the fleeing boys. They had just returned after discovering the car abandoned in the tree house of a very livid squirrel.

"Oh, come now, you two! You helped bust one of the biggest theft rings of the century. Why in the world are you so low?" Officer Jones demanded as she placed two steaming cups of coffee on the desk.

"We didn't get our men," Ringtail's muffled voice replied.

The old woman scoffed. "That's hardly a reason to be throwing such a fit."

"How did it even get up in that tree? There were no broken branches to suggest it's launched trajectory," Featherworth muttered as she stared up at the ceiling blankly.

"Magic!" Ringtail threw her arms up. "Who cares? The point is they're gone. Again!"

Officer Jones huffed, "You two make the sorest winners I have ever seen."

Featherworth tilted her head down to see Ringtail bristle and flash her fangs. Before the raccoon could do something to get them in trouble Featherworth spoke. "This isn't a victory ma'am." She sat up and pierced the older woman with her gaze. "That is the second time they've slipped past us. They are wanted for murder and we believe they are involved in a case that has been going on for two years now. If we are correct, then the lost lives of over a dozen people can be linked to this case."

The woman raised an eyebrow and her wrinkle framed eyes widened. "But they were a couple of boys! Kids even! They hardly seemed all that dangerous."

"And yet they come smashing out of a warehouse full of stolen property in the middle of an ongoing shoot out." Ringtail swung a hand that matched her sarcastic tone. "Completely innocent, little good doers."

The officer huffed and turned away. She stopped at the door and looked back at them. "The commissioner wants you at the press release this afternoon. Apparently, a journalist has been causing problems and the commissioner wants this handled before anything else is dragged out to the public that isn't under his thumb." She shut the door before either detective could comment.

"Oh for Pete's sake!" Ringtail thunked her head back onto the table. "Can't we get a break for five minutes!"

Featherworth chuckled weakly and sipped her coffee. It was a little too sweet, but would suffice. "You're acting like a rookie after their first full night. Don't you usually have sleeping problems anyway?" She tilted her beak back up to stare at the ceiling again.