Chapter 8

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Doom was not flat dead. He was actually still moving. He had stretchy limbs and stood up, completely unharmed. No human could have possibly survived that. Unless... Doom wasn't a human! He stood himself up, a little wobbly, but he was alive and well! "Holy smoke, he's a Toon!" Eddie gasped. "Surprised?" Doom grinned at his enemies. "Not really" Eddie retorted. "That lame brain freeway idea could only be cooked up by a Toon." "Not just any Toon!" Doom said in a frightening, sing-song voice. He went to a helium tank and began to inhale it to make himself no longer flat. He popped back to normal and his hat popped off. His eye balls fell out of his head to reveal burning red eyes and a crazed grin on his face. Eddie and the girls looked scared. They memorized that the Toon that killed Eddie's brother was exactly like that. "Remember me, Eddie?" Doom asked with his voice getting high and squeaky. "When I killed your brother, I TALKED JUST... LIKE... THIIIIS!" Eddie, Maki, and Nico froze with fear. Doom's eyes turned into knives to kill them like he did to Teddy Valiant. The trio ran for their lives. Doom chased after them with springs on his feet and grabbed Eddie. Nico tripped with Maki and they backed up, nervous and scared. Doom threw Eddie down with them painfully and turned the machine back on to finally get rid of Roger and Jessica. The human group stood up and Doom removed his glued glove to show a golden anvil on it and smashed them clear on the face, pushing them back and slide on the floor in pain. Doom turned his hand into a buzz-saw and went to slice them all up. Doom showed how powerful his saw was and cut a metal chain to scare them straight and come toward them with that wicked grin.

Maki and Nico shivered with fear and Eddie glanced to see a Toon mallet, grabbed the kids and rolled over to the mallet as Doom struck the saw to the floor, missing them. Doom kept trying to strike them, but he kept missing. Eddie used the mallet to use the boxing glove, which Doom ducked under and it turned a valve to spray and squirt him with Dip. Talk about karma. Doom screamed as he was being killed and melted and was now finally dead. The dip was close to getting rid of Jessica and Roger, but it had ran out before hitting them and they settled themselves down. "Oh, I think I'm gonna faint..." Jessica wheezed, looking pale as her husband's fur. "Guys, do something!" Roger cried as the machine was finally making its way to the wall to break it down. The humans dashed over. Eddie found the controller, but tried to stop the machine before it would hit the wall, but it was too late. The machine was going and going, but a Toontown train speed over and ran it over to never be dealt with ever again. Toontown was still happy and cheery as it always was. Maki and Nico smiled at it, seeing all those Toons in harmony and happiness.

"Guys, there's dip everywhere. How are we gonna get down?" Roger asked, still hovering with Jessica. Eddie went to the fire hydrant valve and spun it hard as water gushed over to wash away the poison Dip. More fire hydrants sprayed the water and all the dip went down the drain, allowing the Toons to safely walk about. Eddie lowered Jessica and Roger and untied them. The girls went over happily too. "Jeepers, guys! That was a close shave!" Roger said. "I thought for sure our goose was cooked." Jessica was relieved to be put down. She glanced at Eddie and Roger. "My hero!" Eddie smiled sheepishly at her, but his smile disappeared as Jessica went to her husband. "Oh, honey bunny!" Jessica coddled Roger. "Oh, love cup!" Roger sighed as his face was covered in kisses. Benny rode in with the police officers. "Sister Mary Francis!" Benny exclaimed, seeing Doom's remains. "What the hell happened here? I've been a cab for 37 years, and I've never seen a mess like this." "What is that, a rubber mask?" Dolores asked, coming to see the mess with an investigator. "Yeah, and this is the rope from the safe that was dropped on Acme. I think your lab boys will find that paint's a perfect match." Eddie clarified, tossing the rope. "Judge Doom killed Marvin Acme and RK Maroon." the inspector couldn't believe it as he caught the rope. "And my brother." Eddie added. The inspector and Dolores glanced at Eddie. Dolores took Eddie's hand, squeezing it gently.

Then everyone turned to see the several Toons flooding out from the wall and caused a serious commotion. "See? Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse." Maki pointed to the mouse and bunny as they came at the same time. "I wouldn't trust them if you need a spare parachute." Eddie inside joked to her. "Gosh, uh, I wonder who he really was." Mickey observed with the others. "I'll tell you one thing, Doc, he weren't no rabbit." Bugs said. "Or a duck!" Daffy said. "Or a dog." Goofy said. "Or a little wooden boy." Pinocchio said. "Or a sheep!" the big bad wolf in his sheep disguise said. "Or a woodpecker!" Woody laughed. "Or a pussy!" Sylvester sputtered. "What's that?" Dolores looked at Eddie's jacket. There was ink from the Ink and Paint Club night. "It's ink" Eddie said, noticing the stain. "That goof Acme squirted me with some the other night. Why it's comin' now out, I dunno." Roger scattered through a box and came to Eddie with a bottle. "Here's your answer, Eddie. Acme's Disappearing/Reappearing Ink. Boy, that Acme, what a genius!" "Applesauce!" Baby Herman scoffed, coming toward them. "If he was such a genius, why didn't he leave his will where we could find it?"

Eddie dug into his pocket, taking out the love letter. He wondered if Acme wrote it in his infamous ink and opened up the letter written in Jessica's lipstick. "Roger, that love letter you wrote to your wife in the Ink and Paint club? Why don't you read it to her now?" he handed the letter to the rabbit. "Sure, Eddie." Roger happily took it. Herman rolled his eyes and shoved his cigar in his mouth. "'Dear Jessica, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways'" Roger began to read, then stumbled into other words written within his letter. "'I, Marvin Acme, of sound mind and body'- IT'S THE WILL!" Everyone looked excited now. "Keep reading." Jessica urged her husband. "'Do hereby bequeath in perpetuity the property known as Toontown to those lovable characters, the Toons and whoever they wish to make the future cartoonist in their lives as my foster son/daughter'!" Roger finished reading, as everyone cheered. "Hey, Eddie!" Roger pulled the professional detective. "That was a pretty funny dance you did for those weasels. Do you think your days of bein' a sourpuss are over?" "Only time will tell." Eddie shrugged. "Yeah, well, put it there, pal." Roger held out his hand. "Yeah." Eddie smiled and shook his hand, only to get jolted again by the hand buzzer. Eddie had a very furious look on his face and disposed his hand, glaring at Roger which worried everyone. Even Baby Herman looked startled. Roger gulped. "Don't tell me you lost your sense of humor already..." Eddie gripped Roger and held him up to his face. "Does this answer your question?" Then he forced a kiss onto Roger. The rabbit had a goofy, disgusted face and wiped his lips. Everyone laughed and cheered for that reaction. "Come on, Roger, let's go home," Jessica held Roger in her arms. "I'll bake you a carrot cake." Roger cooed as he was placed down. "Wait!" Maki called before everyone could leave. Everyone's eyes were on her and Nico. "If we're gonna celebrate this, Nico and I would like to perform for you all" said Maki. "But you're not Toons" Roger pointed out. "Who said anything about having to be Toons?" Nico asked. She and Maki smirked at each other as they took everyone to the nearest stage in Toontown. The girls got dressed up and they performed their duet song 'Zurui yo Magnetic today'. 

When it was over, everyone cheered. "Th-Th-That's all folks!" Porky Pig ended the show. Then Tinkerbell from Disney's Peter Pan flew up and ended the story in a pixie blast of light.

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