This coronavirus situation is really putting a stint on my education. But oh well, at least I can get this chapter out.

Thank you to those who waited patiently for this and the previous chapter. I know slow updates are annoying but I'm trying my real best here. Thank you for the concern though. Now onto the chapter!

Chapter 14: Dinner discussions

Being a toon was hard, being a famous toon was even harder.

Being a toon meant multitude of secrets. Deep, dark secrets no one will spill in case there is a mole in the system.

In the case of the Looney Tunes, they had a mountain of secrets, of things they didn't want people to know. The humans especially.

The only people who truly stood with them was the artists of the animation department. They truly knew what was up. They were probably the only humans toons would remotely trust.

Bugs sat in his bedroom and stared at the photographs he kept hidden in a safe behind a still life painting. He held two particular photos, one in each hand.

The first picture was of three toon children of indeterminate species sitting on the main star seats, turning in their seats to grin happily at the camera. In the corner was the printing '1994' slightly faded out.

' First episode done! Wish you were here with us. We miss you Dadoo' -Y, W and D.

The second photograph had again featured the three toon kids but this time, they were much younger and were in the company of someone new. A female cat toon had the kids in her arms as she winked at the camera. Behind them, a decorated tree shone brightly, casting a halo-like aura around the cat. The year on the corner of the photograph was 1989.

' Looking forward to spending the rest of the holidays with you and the boys. I love you', O.A

Bugs smiled sadly as his thumb traced over the second photograph almost fondly. A small tear slipped onto the picture.

And no one will ever know

" DINNER'S READY!", Honey yelled.

It was a feast, that was what X-2 had thought when he entered the dining room of the rather lavish burrow. It was surprisingly large enough to house all of them.

Tyr'ahnee sat down calmly between the commander and Penelope, who held her stomach strangely. The food looked and smelled divine and the queen couldn't wait to try out the different cuisines.

" I'm not sure what you honies from the future eats, but I hope this will do", Honey said as she placed the gravy boat down.

" This is quite good, ma'am", IQ said respectively.

" I'm glad you think so", Honey said sweetly," 'Cause if ya didn't, I wouldn't have hesitated to shove that potato salad down ya pompous futuristic throat, got that?", she hissed.

The future gang gulped," Yes ma'am", they squeaked.

" Mum, don't threaten the guests", Bugs said grinning as he walked into the room and sat at the head of the table between Daffy and a strangely empty seat.

It was something Cadet noticed by accident. There would be odd empty seats in certain places where it would not really make much sense, like the empty seat opposite Dodgers and the other two empty seats beside Miss Honey.

It was like Lola was hearing his thoughts because she leaned over towards him and whispered," Porky usually sits opposite Bugs and it's sort of a habit to leave his seat open", she explained.

" D-D-Does everyone have a-a-assigned seats?", Cadet asked.

Lola shrugged," Not really assigned, just preferred", she said before sitting back properly.

" So Daff, why don't you tell us some stories about the future? Anything interesting happen?", Prissy asked curiously.

" Yeah. Did Wile finally get his own planet named after him?", Bugs asked with a snicker as Wile glared at him playfully.

Daffy shrugged at their questions. He had wanted to avoid more personal questions that concerned the family's mortality status until he was emotionally ready to tell them no one from their time survived. It would make them worry unnecessarily at the true horror of the knowledge he possessed of what he called 'The Great Fading'.

Not even Mickey Mouse of all toons had survived that.

" We got the fact that you were an agent of some protection service but we wanna know more", Penelope said

The corner of Daffy's lips raised slightly at the sound of her voice, he was still not quite used to Penelope actually speaking.

" Eh, sth'pretty boring", Daffy said simply," Had to fly around to make sthure there were no invasthions and sthuff. Be there for peace treatiesth and all that jazz".

Tyr'ahnee noted he left out the fact most of the invasion attempts came from Mars.

" Sounds boring now that you said it", Wile signed with Roadie agreeing next tp him.

" If anything, sounds like a normal day at Warner Bros", Bugs added.

" So onto more juicier things: How'd ya meet Tyr'ahnee?", Tweety asked wiggling his eyebrows.

Tyr'ahnee looked a bit embarrassed at the small insinuation the canary made. Daffy mainly rolled his eyes and threw a pea at the bird, who caught the veggie in his mouth before eating it.

" I met her on one of my first few days out of cryogenic sleep", Daffy stated.

Now the protectorate agents looked confused. They had all been under the impression that the first time Dodgers met Tyr'ahnee was at the duck's trial, not beforehand. And Cadet decided to voice his confusion.

" I thought you met each other at the trial", Cadet said.

" Well, I didn't know she was the Queen of Mars. I just knew she was a Martian", Daffy said as he continued to eat.

Day 3 of eternal loneliness and Daff- no Duck Dodgers was already losing his mind.

Dr IQ High, or as the duck referred to him as Lightbulb, had been checking his strength and vitals for the past days and frankly Dodgers was going crazy.

He needed to get out of this sterilized room. It reminded him too much of memories he's trying to suppress and forget.

When IQ finally left the room, Dodgers didn't hesitate to break out one of his portable hole and escape the hellhole he called his bedroom for the last 3 days.

The hole ended up taking him to the country side of all places. It was funny because Dodger's didn't believe there was such a thing as a countryside on this Earth anymore but alas here he was, soaking in the starry night.

He sat down and took a deep breath. This is what he so desperately needed. Time alone without any weird doctors breathing down his neck.

Unfortunately that got disturbed much quicker than he had hoped.

It was the sound of lasers destroying everything in its owner's path that had put Dodgers on edge. Suppressing the urge to take out his mallet, the duck grabbed the largest stick and held it in a defensive position. He braced himself for a rage-filled psychotic villain.

But was instead met with a fuming, weird-looking but still quite drop-dead-gorgeous woman who by the looks of the running pink mascara has been crying for a while.

She stumbled and fell to her knees, looking to be grieving as she cried.

Dodgers felt a small bit of empathy for the woman, who he internally admitted looked quite beautiful. He knew all too well what grief felt like.

" You alright there, kid?", Dodgers asked.

The woman recoiled with a shock, snow white hair moving from her face to show the most stunning eyes he'd ever seen on a female since Mel- you know who.

" How long have you been there?!", she asked, thoroughly mortified.

" Longer than you, that'sth for sthure", Dodgers said nonchalantly," Name'sth Daf- uh Duck Dodgersth. Care to give me a name to that sthunning face of yoursth, darlin'?".

Dodgers winced inwardly, he hoped he didn't come off too much. He didn't want to scare her away.

But it seemed 'Sthunning' didn't pay too much mind to his tone.

" Tyr'ahnee. My name is Tyr'ahnee"

Dodgers was oddly quiet and deep in thought. It made Tyr'ahnee wonder what he was thinking about.

" Since Tyr'ahnee was mentioned, I've been meaning to ask something of ya, sugar", Honey said warmly.

If the Looney Tunes noticed how relaxed Tyr'ahnee became when Honey spoke so motherly to her, they made no reaction.

" Yes, Miss Honey?", Tyr'ahnee asked a bit nervously.

Honey smiled reassuringly at her," I've been thinking of takin' ya out to the town tomorrow. Y'know, to show ya around and all that since I'm sure Daffy ain't gonna be leavin' anytime soon", she said.

Tyr'ahnee looked quite interested at the offer but X-2 was having none of that.

" Miss Honey, with all due respect, I do not feel comfortable leaving her Highness in a new land by herself", X-2 said tightly.

" She won't be alone dear, I'll be with her", Honey said, resisting the urge to grit her teeth in annoyance," But if you're so worried for her safety, I don't mind you tagging along for the ride".

" Wile and I can give you a lift if needed, Mother. We'll be heading to town to go collect some scrap from Pete in Disney Village. We can drop you all off at the plaza and pick you up again before lunch", Marvin said politely.

" Thank you, Marvin dumplin'. We could use the ride", Honey said sweetly.

" So what will the rest of ya be doing for tomorrow?", Honey asked.

" Eh, probably nap", Daffy said shrugging.

" A nap sounds good right about now too, doc", Bugs said with a yawn.

" We need to sort out the extra room at our house", Pepe explained," You might not see us for the rest of tomorrow".

" You expecting someone, Pepe?", Bugs asked.

" We're expecting something alright", Penelope mumbled under her breath.

" Just a small guest. Nothing exciting", Pepe said waving his older brother off, deciding to drop hints instead of flat out telling everyone the news," Now if you'll excuse us, we best be going home now".

" Bye Pepe! Bye Penelope", everyone said as they waved the two out.

" I'm gonna hit the hay too. Anyone who doesn't live with me has to leave", Bugs said.

Daffy gasped," You're just kicking me out to the dark woods like that! When did my little brother become so cruel-hearted?!", he said dramatically.

Bugs snorted," You live in a luxury lake house. You should have the least complaints", he said rolling his eyes.

Daffy chuckled at his brother's exasperation.

" C-C-Cap'n Dodgers?", Cadet called.

" Comin' Cadet", Daffy replied as he turned away from Bugs to leave.

" Daffy?"

The black duck turned around to face Bugs, who looked down at his feet.

" Yeah?"

" When I wake up tomorrow morning...you'll still be here, right?", Bugs asked weakly," This isn't just some lucid dream I've been having the entire day, right?".

Daffy stepped forward and calmly yanked Bugs' whiskers.

" Yeouch! What was that for?!", Bugs growled.

" You're feeling pain, so you can't be dreaming this", Daffy said with a sad chuckle," I'm also really afraid this has all been one really good dream. But I promise that now whatever bastard decides to take me away, whether it's future, past or a different dimension altogether, I'll always find my way back to ya. And I WILL still be here tomorrow", he said reassuringly," I'll fight to stay here because I don't want to leave you guys again".

He saw the hug coming and openly accepted it. If Daffy noticed Bugs crying, he didn't say anything.

" I love ya, Daff",

" Love you too, Kit", Daffy muttered softly.

End of Chapter 14

Time for some clarifications:

• In all of my stories where the Looney Tunes exist, 'Kit' is a nickname Daffy has for Bugs. Only used in cases where extreme affection is shown when surrounded by strangers (usually only because of a minor slip-up).

• Tyr'ahnee's side of the meeting will be explored much later in the story. And it will be ANGSTY.

• Two chapters until we meet the Warner siblings folks! Surprising revelations will follow suite

That's it for this chapter. Hope you guys enjoy this and I hope y'all are all safe during this pandemic. Take care everyone!