Chapter: 6 More murder

We drove to R.K.Maroon's office to talk to him. "Let's forget it, there's nobody here" said Roger. "Is that it or are you scared?" asked Eddie. "Scared? Don't be ridiculous" said Roger who's teeth started chattering out of fear.

'Scaredy cat' I thought. "When you called Maroon, you told him you had the will. But you don't. And when finds out, he's gonna be mad. And might try to kill ya" said Roger. "I can handle a hollywood cream puff" said Eddie.

"(Laughs) Hollywood cream puff, that's a good one" I said. "I don't want the odds to change. If you see or hear anything, beep the horn twice" said Eddie. "Ya, beep the horn twice, cover your back. Boy, I'm ready! Why, nobody gets the drop on Roger Rabbit!" said Roger just as someone hit him over the head with a frying pan. I had to use all the muscles in my body to keep from laughing at that. Me and Eddie crept into Maroon's office quietly so he wouldn't hear us. He yelped when he saw us. "What's up, doc?" asked Eddie.

"Haha, classic" I said. "Valiant and pirate boy, what are you two trying to do? Give me a heart attack" said Maroon. "You need a heart before you can have an attack" said Eddie.

'I oughta tell that to Davy Jones' I thought. "Ya, ya. Hey, you got the will?" asked Maroon. "Ya, I got the will. Question is, do you have a way?" asked Eddie.

"Good one" I said. Then Maroon pulled out a golden gun. "Let me see that will" he said.

"Woah, is that real gold?" I asked. Eddie stood his ground and said nothing. "Let me see that will!" said Maroon grabbing Roger's love note. "'Dear Jessica, how do I love thee, let me count the ways', this supposed to be a joke?" said Maroon. "No, this is" said Eddie, spraying Maroon with soda then punching him and threatening him with the golden gun. "Get up" said Eddie. Maroon whimpered in fear. "Don't hurt me" he begged. "Me and Jack are gonna listen to you tell a story to a bunch of business men...a story of greed, sex, and murder. Now the parts I don't like, I'm gonna edit out" said Eddie as he shoved Maroon's tie into a tape machine. "You and Jack don't understand, I'm a cartoon maker not a murderer" said Maroon. "Everybody's gotta have a hobby" said Eddie as he turned a lever making Maroon's tie go deeper into the tape machine. "Ok, ok. I'll talk. I had a chance to sell my studio, so I asked Acme if he wanted to sell his instead. But the stubborn idiot wouldn't sell. So, I was gonna blackmail him with pictures of him and the rabbit's wife. Blackmail, that's all. I've worked with toon's all my life, I didn't wanna see him destroyed!" said Maroon. "Destroyed? How?" asked Eddie. "I'm a dead man if I tell you guys" said Maroon. "You're a dead man if you don't tell us" said Eddie, impatiently. "If Acme's will doesn't show up by midnight, Toon Town's gonna be given to a-" said Maroon, but we heard bullets before he could finish. Me and Eddie hid behind the couch in his office and after that, we saw Maroon dead hanging from his tie and bullet shots in his back. I tried to say something, but I couldn't find words. We went back outside to see another car driving away. "ROGER!" yelled Eddie.

'Roger, how dare you chicken out on us' I thought. The car was heading straight into Toon Town, Eddie stopped the car and got out.

"Hey, dude. Why'd ya stop? Roger's in that car" I said. Then, Eddie grabbed Maroon's golden gun from his car and continued staring into the Toon Town entrance. Then, he grabbed a bottle of beer from his car and went to a tiny box with a toon gun and toon bullets who were sleeping in it.

"(Chuckle) How cute" I said. "Eddie Valiant?" said one of the toon bullets. "Why, you're a sight for sore eyes" said another toon bullet.

"Never understood what that meant" I said. "I haven't seen you since nine on to five years" said another toon bullet. "Where ya been?" another toon bullet asked. "Drunk. Feeling frisky tonight fellas?" asked Eddie. The bullets said yes and jumped into the toon gun. He bit the cork of the alcohol bottle, spit it out, and was gonna drink it, but was hesitant. "Hey, buddy. If you're not gonna drink that, then give it to me" I said. Eddie handed me the bottle and I drank the whole thing in 5 seconds flat.

"(Sigh)....I love alcohol" I said. We both got back in the car and drove into the tunnel that led into Toon Town.

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