Hello my lovely flowers & welcome to chapter 7... again.
I don't know what happened. Half of the chapter deleted itself before.
Hopefully itself and will stay there.
Hope you enjoy ^^
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"Boy, did you see that? Nobody takes a wallop like Goofy. What timing, what finesse! What a genius!" Roger laughed at the big movie screen before Eddie grabbed him by the ears and yanked him into his row of seats. After a reunion with Benny the taxi and a wild police chase with a mix of weasel, the three ended up at a movie theater. They were supposed to be hiding and here's this dumbass bunny, laughing his furry tail off.

"We're supposed to be hiding. What's wrong with you?" Eddie smacked Roger upside his head.

"What wrong with you? You and y/n are the only ones in this theater that aren't laughing. Is their nothing that can permeate your impervious puss?" Roger replied while also spitting in Eddie's face.

"Hey, Eddie!" Roger attempted to make Eddie laugh or at least crack a smile but it was hopeless. Eddie just stared at the bunny with an everlasting bitch face. He tried the same with y/n but that only ended up with her harshly flicking his nose and going back to what she was doing.

"Whatcha got there anyways?" Roger asked, rubbing his nose.

"U-uh, nothing! It's nothing Rog, just go back to watching Douchey." Y/n replied quickly shoving whatever she had back in her pocket.

"Goofy."

"Whatever."

"Jeepers. What could have possibly happened in your lives that turned you both into such a sourpuss?" Roger asked and y/n looked back at him from her seat in the row in front of both of them.

"You wanna know? I'll tell you. You remember my sister Ivy don't you?"

Roger nodded.

"Yeah, where is Ivy anyways. Haven't seen her since the week before the wedding."

"She's dead, Roger. So is his brother..." Y/n trailed off. Shock took on Rogers face hearing this. He looked at Eddie and all the sourpuss did was look away.

"A toon killed them." Eddie said.

"We were investigating a robbery at the First National Bank of Toontown. Back in those days, Teddy and I liked working in Toontown. Thought it was a lot of laughs." Eddie pulled out his flask of alcohol.

"Ivy liked jobs in Toontown, too. She always thought it was fun when we got paired up for jobs together but I wasn't there for this investigation because my wedding was the next day. Ivy offered to work both of our shifts for that night so I could mentally prepare myself for the big day and promised to be there on time, since she was my maid of honor." Y/n said with a solemn look on her face.

"From what I'm told, this guy got away with a zillion simoleons. Eddie, Teddy, and Ivy trailed him to a little dive down on Yockster Street, that right?" She asked Eddie who nodded.

"We went in, only he got the drop on us, literally. Dropped a piano on us from 15 stories. I broke my arm, Teddy never made it, and I assume Ivy didn't either. Her body was never found." He said which always had questions arising in y/n mind. She hated thinking about this drastic event in her life, but all these questions without answers would continue to haunt her till the end of her days.

Her sister was a human. There was no way she could have survived a piano dropping on her head from 15 stories up. There was no trace of her at the crime scene. No blood or anything. It was like she disappeared out of thin air.

"I never did find out who that guy was. All I remember was him standing over me laughing with those burning red eyes and high squeaky voice. He disappeared into Toontown after that." Eddie said.

Y/n looked at her partner in sympathy. She too wanted nothing more than to bring their sibling's murderers to justice. A sigh left her lips.

"It was maybe 3 in the morning when I got that phone call saying Eddie was in the hospital and both Teddy and Ivy were dead. Ivy was the most perplexing case they've ever had. A dead body just doesn't get up and walk away. They've kept the case opened in hopes that maybe they'd find something that clarified that Ivy was alive, but when nothing came up after a few months; the case was closed."

Roger was crying by the time the tragic story ended. He used his ears to wipe his tears.

"No wonder you hate me and you left. If a toon killed my brother and sister, I'd hate me too!" He sobbed. Eddie rolled his eyes.

"C'mon, don't cry. We don't hate you." he said putting his flask away.

"Yes, you do." Roger cried.

"Rog, why would I hate you for something you had nothing to do with? I didn't leave because of you. If anything, I left for you. I don't want anyone to get hurt anymore." Y/n said, trying to calm the rabbit down.

"If you two didn't hate me, you wouldn't have yanked my ears so many times or criticized me." Roger replied sniffling.

"We're sorry we yanked your ears and criticized you." Y/n apologized for both she and Eddie.

"All the times you've yanked my ears and criticized me?" Roger asked, fluttering his eyelids trying to look innocent.

"All the times we've yanked your ears and criticized you." Y/n sighed.

"Apology accepted! Put 'er there, pals! I feel bet-" Roger stopped his violent handshake with y/n and Eddie before he was distracted by the music build up on the big screen. He was hoping for another cartoon but was disappointed when it was just the news.

Roger hated the news.

As Roger was sulking in his dismay, Dolores walked into the movie theater and took a seat next to Eddie.

"Did you get all my stuff?" He asked in a hushed voice.

"Yes. It's all packed up in the car outside. Would of been here right after you called, but I had to shake the weasels." Dolores replied.

"Yeah... I'm sorry about the trouble in the bar." Eddie apologized earning a sigh from Dolores.

"Well, it's nothing I haven't been able to handle." She said. Eddie stared at her with a look that not many people have seen coming from him.

"Dolores..."

The brunette looked at him.

"You outta find yourself a good man." Eddie said. A soft smile grazed Dolores's red painted lips.

"But I already have a good man."

The two started to lean in for that sweet moment everyone wishes that could last forever, but like in every other romantic scene in every movie, the moment was ruined. Eddie and Dolores stopped when they heard a whistling melody of Fly Love.

'Wasn't really thinkin', wasn't lookin' , wasn't searching for an answer'

They looked to see y/n "setting the mood" with her voice and Roger looking at them all lovey dovey with his ears in the shape of a heart, along with his eyes.

'In the moonlight. When I saw your face'

"P-p-please, don't mind us.~" The white rabbit cooed. The exasperated looks on both human's faces made y/n laugh and stop her little serenade.

"C'mon, we should probably get going." She said as she and Roger rose from their seats. Roger ran ahead but y/n was kind enough to wait for her partner and his special lady. She let them go first and was about to go herself when the newsreel playing caught her attention. 

"Birman, you coming?" Eddie asked but was silenced when y/n held up her index finger.

"A near miss. But this miss says, that's as good as a smile. California Cloverleaf, has successfully bought the Pacific Red Car trolley line with plans of a brand new future. The venerated Maroon Cartoon Studios and Cloverleaf's bankers and executives are seen together, finalizing one of the biggest real estate deals ever in California history."

The news film showed R.K. Maroon shaking hands with one of Cloverleaf's bankers while holding a big fat check of three-and-a-half million dollars.

"That's it!" Eddie exclaimed running up next to y/n.

"That's the connection!"

"C'mon!" Y/n yelled, running passed Dolores and grabbing Roger before running out of the theater and quite literally diving into the driver's seat of the car's open window. Roger yelped as he was thrown into the back seat as Eddie was quick to get climb into the passengers seat.

"Wait! We're are you going?" Dolores asked when she reached the drivers window.

"To Maroon Studios. Find somewhere safe, Dolores." And with that, y/n started the car's engine and sped off to Maroon Studios.

The pieces to this case have finally come together.

~Time Skip~

"Let's forget it. There's nobody here!" Roger whimpered as y/n pulled into the main entrance of Maroon Studios. The place was closed and surely everyone was gone for the night but there was no doubt in anyone's mind that Maroon was still there. Especially not after Eddie told Maroon he and y/n had the will.

"Is that it, or are you scared?" Eddie asked as he and y/n got out of the car.

"P-p-please, me scared? Don't be ridiculous!" Roger climbed out of the car after Eddie shaking like a leaf and his teeth chattering.

"When you called Maroon, you told him you guys had the will, but you don't. When he finds out he's gonna be mad. Might try to kill ya." Roger's voice wavered as he backed himself against the wall next to the stairs leading into the studio. 

"Rog, even if it comes to that I'm sure I'll be fine. Can't say the same for Eddie, though. He doesn't have nine lives." Y/n said making Eddie roll his eyes. She jogged up the stairs, entering the studio.   

"Besides, we can handle some Hollywood cream puff. I just don't want the odds to change. You cover our backs. You hear or see anything, beep the horn twice." Eddie said before following after y/n.  

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Maroon switched on the lamp in his office. It was more than safe to say the man was completely on edge. His nerves were going haywire, cold sweat dripped down his face, and he was even armed with a heater.  

His back was turned towards his office door, so he didn't notice it slowly open until Eddie poked his shoulder making him yelp and spin around in a panic.  

"What's up, doc?" Eddie said. 

"What are you two tryin' to do, give me a heart attack?!" Maroon exclaimed as his heart was practically beating out of his chest.  

"You need a heart before you can have an attack." Eddie said stepping into the office. 

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. You got the will?" Maroon asked waving him off.  

"Sure..." Eddie trailed off to show sign of a piece of paper from his coat. 

"I got the will. The question is, do you have the way." He carried on, walking towards the many arrangements of alcohol set on the private bar Maroon had in his office.  

"Cause I can tell you now, it ain't gonna come cheap." 

"You've got a lot of brass coming out here by yourselves." Maroon stated sharply. 

"Who says I'm here by myself? I'm sure my partner wouldn't have much trouble taking ya." Eddie pointed his thumb behind him as he poured himself a drink. R.K. Maroon whirled around to see y/n sitting on his desk with one leg crossed over the other and her tail swaying slowly behind her. She waved her clawed fingers at him and gave a mocking smile. 

"How ya doin', Mr. Maroon?" 

The human man stared at her panting slightly, trying to calm his nerves before turning back towards Eddie. That sly smile y/n had on her face was immediately wiped off when she saw he had a gun. 

"Lemme see that will." Maroon ordered pointing the gun at Eddie. 

"I told you I got it." Eddie went to take a swig of his drink but he was forcibly turned around and the drink was slapped out of his hand.  

"I wanna see it now!" Maroon growled and grabbed the piece of paper from Eddie's jacket. A look of confusion appeared on Maroon's face as he read the paper and y/n slowly crept up behind him. 

The "will" was actually Roger's letter to Jessie. 

"This supposed to be a joke?" Maroon sneered stuffing the paper back into Eddie's jacket. Y/n grabbed the man with her hands gripping his shoulders. 

"No. This is." Y/n headbutted Maroon making him fall to the ground, groaning in pain. His eyes widened when he saw the barrel of his own gun pointed at him and in Eddie's hand.  

"Get up." Eddie ordered and grabbed R.K. by the knot of his tie and hauled him to his feet. 

"W-what are you two gonna do to me." Maroon stuttered.  

"We're gonna listen to you spin the Cloverleaf scenario. A story of greed, sex, and murder. And the parts that we don't like..." Eddie trailed off and dragged Maroon towards the moviola in the corner.  

"We're gonna edit out.~" 

"You two got it all wrong. I'm a cartoon maker, not a murderer." Maroon choked out.  

"Everybody's got a hobby, Maroon." Y/n said as she watched Eddie shove the end of the cartoonist's tie in the moviola's gears and stepped on the foot pedal. The gear pulled the tie in and it was slowly taking Maroon with it.  

"Stop it, stop it, stop it!" The man choked. 

"The truth is, I had a chance to sell my studio. But Cloverleaf wouldn't buy my property unless Acme's wife sold em' theirs. The stubborn bitch wouldn't sell, so I was gonna blackmail Minerva with pictures of her and the rabbit's brother." Maroon confessed. 

Y/n smirked with satisfaction hearing this bird sing but also that her Honey Bunny was telling the truth.  

"Blackmail, that's all. I've been around toons all my life. I didn't want to see em' destroyed!" Maroon cried making y/n and Eddie share a look.  

"Toons destroyed? Why?" Y/n asked. 

"If I tell ya, I'm a dead man." Maroon said. 

"You're a dead man if you don't tell us." Eddie growled and stepped on the moviola's foot pedal again, making the machine eat Maroon's tie faster. As Maroon kept talking, y/n saw something gleam out of the corner of her eye.  

She looked and her e/c eyes widened when she saw the reflection of a barrel of a gun peaking through the office window of the 'Pistol Packin Possum' poster hanging on the wall. She looked at the window to see the gun pointed straight for Eddie.  

"Eddie, look out!!" Y/n yelled tackling her partner behind some furniture. Gun shots rang out in the room and it wasn't until they stopped that y/n and Eddie peaked out from behind the furniture. The first thing they saw was the three bullet holes in R.K. Maroon's back.  

He was dead. 

Both detectives got up and ran to the window. They peaked through the blinds only to see Jessie running down an alley way with an intersection. He looked both ways before he disappeared to the left.  

Y/n stared in disbelief. And here she thought he was innocent!! 

"C'mon!" Eddie grabbed y/n's arm and pulled her out of the office and ran down to their car. Roger was nowhere to be seen when they got there.  

"Roger!!" Eddie yelled as Jessie's yellow car sped off. Y/n jumped over the stair's railing and ran after the car. 

"Jessie, you shithead!!" She screamed throwing her shoe at the car, successfully breaking the rear view window. Y/n growled before jumping into her car, this time in the passengers seat and sped off after the yellow car with Eddie in the driver's. 

'He is so not getting any for a whole year!!' 
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And done. Hopefully it's fixed.
Hope you all enjoyed and see you in the next update.
Stay chill my Black Roses.
Bye bye ^^

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