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Part 1: Starting off in Space
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Wakko's eyes slowly began to open, he didn't remember what happened all that much. He remembered Dot's screams and getting blasted off, though. As his eyes opened, he noticed an unfamiliar face towering over him.
"Hello!" the creature chortled, "Welcome to the Gateway! Maybe we can tell Mama about you.."
"Gateway..? Where am I? What happened..?" Wakko asked, sounding understandably confused. Mind you, he only remembered being blasted off. He didn't remember landing here. "Gateway to what? What do you mean?"
"Woah, you just woke up and you ask all these questions?" the creature baffled. "Sure, we can answer. First you'll have to catch us!"
"Us? We? Where is the other one then? I only see one!" Wakko seemed more confused than before, this strange bunny was talking to him, there were more? What was a bunny doing out in space anyway? Wait, he was in space?
"There are more than two, silly. Follow me and you'll see!" the creature started hopping off as soon as he cried that out. Making Wakko, more confused.
"Hey! Wait up!" Wakko started running after the bunny, who was strangely faster than him. Where was he? Where was Yakko? Where was Dot? Who, or what, took her? What was happening? Unfortunately, he had no answers to these questions. All he hoped was that his siblings were okay.
The creature stopped in it's tracks as soon as it was in front of two other strange bunnies. The only difference was those bunnies had a yellow pattern on their ear tips, but the bunny Wakko saw had tannish-white. Wakko soon stopped as soon as he spotted them.
"Oh, there are two more." Wakko chuckled, a little uncomfortable. "I was expecting way more."
"Don't worry, there are more! We are just the only three on this planet!" the first yellow bunny said brightly. "Just so things don't get confusing, you can call me Adrian," Adrian began gesturing to the other yellow bunny. "He's Elliot, and he's Preston!" Adrian said pointing to the bunny Wakko had saw earlier finishing his sentence.
"More? How many?" Wakko grumbled, feeling annoyed there were more of these pests around. The least they could do was tell them where his big brother and baby sister was. Speaking of his big brother, he was nowhere to be seen today. All Wakko could do was hope and pray Yakko was alright.
Of course, he hoped Dot was okay too. Despite the fact she was taken away from them.
Elliot snorted, "Don't worry about that, now, we'll explain later. For now, you'll have to catch us!"
Wakko gazed upon them, wanting to ask more questions. Preston kept saying he had to catch them, now he was supposed to do it? Of course it had to be when he had the most questions. Wakko bet he would forget all the questions by time he found them. He thought this was going to be a pain and take all day.
All three bunnies jumped in the air, and spun, suddenly disappearing into a puff of smoke. Wakko winced a bit at that, since when did bunnies spin into a puff of smoke? "Hey, wait up a second! I have- oh brother. This will take a while." He cried and started slumping off.
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Wakko saw a pipe in the distance, thinking it was worth a look, he peeked in. Then, POOF! Adrian had popped out. Wakko had jumped, not really expecting that. Adrian began hopping off, chanting "you can't catch me!" over and over again. After standing there stunned for a moment, Wakko started. Luckily, he started before Adrian had completely gone out of sight.
Wakko used his toonspeed to catch up with Adrian, and when the moment came, he grabbed the bunny, who had begun squirming in his grip. "AGH! You caught me!" Adrian had cried out. After Wakko had let go of him, Adrian transformed into a pudgy star with little beady eyes, which Wakko had not expected.
"Aw man, I knew I should have hidden in the grass!" Adrian grumbled. Wakko, who was annoyed at the fact he still had two bunnies to catch, was happy he had a chance at finding one at the hint. He ran off again, to where a giant patch of grass was.
He began walking around the grass, keeping his eyes peeled for familiar white fur, unsure whether there was gonna be yellow and tan included in there. A rabbit had soon popped out, with yellow ear tips, and started hopping about. Wakko this time had not jumped and had grown a look of seriousness.
Wakko began chasing after the bunny the same as before, and eventually caught Elliot like he did with Adrian. Elliot had squirmed a little more than Adrian, and then cried "Darn it! You caught me!" As soon as Wakko had let go, Elliot turned into the same star Adrian had transformed into. "Aw man, I knew I should have hidden in the crater!" Elliot howled.
Wakko had quickly thanked Elliot, at the same time realizing he hadn't thanked Adrian; he'd do it later. He had dashed to the giant crater, where a coin was floating. He had gulped and jumped in, not at all expecting a bubble to form around him and carry him back to the surface.
Wakko had stared at the bunny, who was Preston, blankly. Not at all surprised he was in there due to the hint Elliot had given him. Wakko got up and began bolting towards the rabbit. Catching up to him, he scooped up the rabbit who was squirming, not as much as Elliot, but a little more than Adrian did. Strange; Adrian did seem the most energetic.
"I can't believe I let myself get caught!" The bunny moaned, who turned into a similar star, only the same color as his ear tips as the only difference. "Maybe we were wrong about you.. maybe you CAN help Mama!"
"Who's this 'Mama'? and can I ask my questions now?" Wakko asked, annoyed because he needed answers to his questions. Desperate to know what happened to Yakko and Dot.
Well, he knew what happened to Dot. But what about Yakko? Did something happen to him too? Would this 'Mama' lady know? He hoped she did; maybe he would worry less.
"You'll see, and, not quite. Maybe Mama will know the answers." Elliot said, appearing behind him. Adrian had chimed in, "Yeah! How are we supposed to know what happened? We just saw you floating in space so we took you here to be prevented from being sucked into a black hole or something."
"So I AM in space?" Wakko asked, mostly befuddled, but at the same time shocked. "How am I even breathing, what?"
"It's toon logic, kid. What do you expect?" Preston laughed. "Look, as soon as Mama gets here, I'm sure sh-" getting cut off by Elliot, Preston stopped.
"Look! She's here, brothers!" Elliot gasped, pointing to a castle-like building thing appearing on the beautiful planet. "Hope those flowers under the castle are okay," Adrian grumbled. "I just planted those."
Wakko looked at the castle, getting weird vibes. How did that happen? Whatever, that didn't matter. He needed the answers to his questions.. who even took Dot? Wakko didn't get a good enough look. He could only make up a black wing, not a strange mask, or anything.
𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯𝘵 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥. 𝘏𝘦'𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵. Wakko thought, feeling greatly sympathetic for his sister if that was the case.
𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥, 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘠𝘢𝘬𝘬𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰? 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮? 𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘵?
𝘐𝘧 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘣𝘰𝘺, 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴...
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥?
𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬.
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳.. 𝘰𝘩 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦..
Wakko snapped out of his thoughts when he felt a slight scratch. He noticed he was being dragged to the castle by Preston, Elliot and Adrian. It was a rock that scratched him - he hoped.
Before he knew it, all four of them were at the top. The three stars disappeared in a puff of smoke, and Wakko looked up to see a slightly familiar figure, glowing a blinding light. He noticed the familiar blonde hair glowing in the light, it belonged to-
The figure turned around, revealing the female both Yakko and Wakko were attracted to..
"HELLOOOOOO, NURSE!" Wakko shouted, happy to see at least ONE face he recognized. What was she doing out in space? And, when did she get a blue dress? Weird, but, thats the least of Wakko's concerns right now. He needed to ask now.
"That's me. Unfortunate to see you out here, Wakko. I am guessing you have quite a bit of questions waiting to be answered, correct?" Nurse replied gracefully, staring down at him with her elegant blue eyes.
"Yeah, LOTS. Most of them are musts." Wakko said back, projecting from sounding as sad and confused as he was. He just had to know, WHO took Dot? Did he hurt her? Did he somehow find and take Yakko as well? Did he hurt him? Where was he? How was he going to get them back?
"Let me guess; at least one of them are where is Yakko and Dot?" Nurse said, sounding a little more sad than she intended. She too missed them, even if they were zany to the max as they stated, it didn't mean she didn't love and miss them.
"That's right.." Wakko drawled, not too taken aback by the fact she guessed it right. He thought it was too obvious for something to be surprised over. Too much, at least. "What happened to them?"
"Well, you and I both know Dot has been kidnapped by God knows what. I have seen that strange creature that took her, it isn't Hybrid-"
𝘖𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘥.
"-but it might be even worse than Hybrid. Despite the fact that it's neutral, according to Elliot's research, but it is mostly bad. It might be holding her hostage for something, we don't know."
"So.. you're saying.. whatever that creature is, it's worse than Hybrid?" Wakko said, appalled that it would not only be a pain to fight, but his poor sister has to put up with it.. he had to save her. He didn't care what got in the way.
"I said MIGHT. Elliot is still doing research on this. You must go on a quest to save her and-"
"What about Yakko?" Wakko asked in a panicked voice, he was worried if his older brother had to put up with this creature too.. one sibling is one more than enough, another one just angers Wakko even more.
"Well.." Nurse sounded a bit hesitant to tell Wakko what she was about to tell him, but she started it off as lightly as she could. "Yakko wasn't home for a little while.. right?"
"Um.. yeah?"
"Elliot believes that weird creature has captured Yakko first, so he couldn't protect you guys so it would be easier to get you. We aren't sure if this is true, but it is a high possibility."
"..No..." Wakko was shocked. He couldn't believe it; both of his siblings needed his help. He couldn't just let them down like that.. could he? No. They needed him. Who knows where the others are. He wouldn't let that nitwit creature take them away from him. Never. He was certain if he was in their position they wouldn't let him down either.
"Wakko? WAKKO!"
Wakko snapped out of it hearing Adrian's loud voice.
"That's your name? Wakko. Has a nice ring to it." Adrian sounded, obviously off topic.
"Um, yeah, thanks. I have a few more questions though.." Wakko said, hoping Adrian would come back to the conversation other than muttering Wakko's name under his breath, over and over.
"Like?" Nurse asked, patiently waiting for his questions. Silently praying she hoped she could answer them.
Wakko hesitated for a moment, but then began asking. "Where am I? How did I get here? How do I get Yakko and Dot back?"
Nurse thought for a moment before giving what she hoped was a suitable answer. "You are in the Gateway of Space, seperating from the space you were just in, to deep deep space. Adrian, Elliot and Preston brought you here. To prevent you from getting sucked in a blackhole."
Nurse continued on, after a small pause. "To get Yakko and Dot back, you have to go through space. We don't have enough power to take you there by ship. You need to help get power in order to take the ship."
"Ship?"
"Ship. We have one, but it doesn't have power. We need the grand star to continue on."
"But... how? How will I go through space alone? How will I get the grand star-"
"Ahem, who said anything about going alone, bub?" Elliot chortled. "All three of us are coming with. I'm the brains, Adrian's the feisty one, and Preston's the powerful one. He can give you a spin ability to help you attack enemies."
"Yeah." Preston chimed in. "Adrian can help you fight, Elliot will let you know about information, and I will help you with your special power."
"There's your answer." Nurse laughed. "Any more questions?"
"Yeah, how will these three travel with me? Will they just be by my side, flying or something?" Wakko inquired. "Do I just need to hold them?"
Adrian dashed under Wakko's hat, and then popped out a moment later. "We will be in here! Preston will most likely not come out at all, if he does, it's rare-"
"Pff. I will." Preston muttered.
Ignoring Preston's muttering, Adrian continued. "-while me and Elliot will probably come out often to tell you information. Don't worry. You won't be alone."
"Oh, okay." Wakko said, beaming. He was obviously satisfied he wasn't going to be alone. Maybe Adrian (and Preston) would help him fight that weird creature. Hell, maybe Elliot knew the monster's name.
"Any more questions, Wak?" Nurse asked patiently, in case he did have another.
Wakko kind of cringed when he heard that. It was the fact Nurse called him 'Wak'. Yakko used to do that..
"Um, no, I think I'm good, Nurse." Wakko said, while smiling as best as he could. Unsure if he was smiling or if it was a big failed smile.
"Okay. Best of luck, you four." Nurse said calmly, and soon after she said that, she rose up and disappeared, this time not in a puff of smoke.
Adrian, Preston and Elliot dashed under Wakko's hat.
Suddenly, Wakko's hands began to glow. He gazed at them curiously, until Preston told him it was just the power he gave him.
"Well, we better get moving if we want to save them." Elliot chanted. "We don't want them waiting, do we?"
"No, we don't."
"Well then let's get moving! Spin at those crystals and it will lead you to our first part of this adventure." Adrian yelled excitedly.
Wakko walked up to those crystals and spun as hard as he could. It took him 2 hits, but he broke them. A moment later, he was staring at a giant orange star.
"That's what we use to travel, just spin near it and it will launch you." Elliot reassured. "It's nothing, don't worry, you always land safely."
Wakko spun. He got launched to the planet with holes, and luckily, landed safely, as Elliot told him.
Wakko looked up, tongue sticking out after what felt like ages.
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺, 𝘠𝘢𝘬𝘬𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘵, 𝘐'𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨..