Toon Park Part II By Erik McDarby (erikmouse@yahoo.com) The next morning, I got up and went downstairs. I saw my mother in the kitchen and my father in the living room reading the newspaper. "Good Morning, would you like to have some pancakes for breakfast?", my mother said. "Sure", I said. "Here you are, come and get your plate and sit at the table.", my mother said. I came over to where my mother is and got the pancakes. Then, I sat down and ate the pancakes. "That was good", I said to my mother. "Thank you", my mother replied. "I'm going back upstairs and bringing the large plushies that I got from 'Toon Park' and bringing them down to the basement", I said. "Have fun, your father and I have to run out shortly to do some shopping and running around", my mother replied. Then, I went upstairs and got the large plushies. I picked up the eight large plushies and took them downstairs. While I was coming downstairs with them, I ran into my mother and father. "Erik, we are leaving now, be good.", said my mother. "Good Bye", I replied. As they went out the door, I carried the large plushies downstairs to the basement where my playroom is and put the plushies down. Buster Bunny got up and said, "Good Morning, lets talk about how to find and rescue Babs Bunny and the others". "Okay, where should we begin the search?", I asked. Suddenly, I felt a breeze of cool air. "Hey, where did that breeze come from?", said Buster Bunny. "Maybe the window is open again.", I said. I went towards the window while the others got up and saw that the window was closed tight. "I guess that draft didn't come from here. Where could that breeze come from?", I said. Then, Erik Mouse said, "Let me look around and see if I can feel that breeze. He came over to the window and them went around the basement until he stopped by the back wall of the basement. "Hey, I feel the breeze coming from this wall", said Erik Mouse. Then, I came over and felt the breeze and said, "You're right, I never felt the draft down here before." I felt around the wall and looked for a hidden door, but couldn't find a thing. "Okay, maybe it is just a crack somewhere near the ceiling", I said. I walked away and then kicked a Soccer Ball. The Soccer Ball bounched against the other wall and it came back and hit the wall where the breeze came from. While the Soccer Ball bounched away, a small part of the wall where the wall meets the floor slid open. The opening was about two feet by two feet and looked like a crawl space. "Hey, I wonder where that goes!", exclaimed Erik Mouse. "Why don't I get my two flash lights and my Wooden Baseball Bat. And, then we can find out what's in there", I said. "Why your Baseball Bat?", said Buster Bunny. "Because, you never know what might be living in there", I said. "Right, we may run into some creature in there", said Buster Bunny. Then, I went upstairs and found my two flashlights in my room. I came back downstairs and got my Baseball Bat out of my Sport Equipment Box. Then, I came over to the crawl space that I opened with my Soccer Ball and turned on one of the flashlights. I gave the other flashlight to Buster Bunny and he turned it on. Then, we turned the flashlights towarded the crawl space and we saw more floor but more darkness in the crawl space. "Looks like we are going to have to crawl through. I'll go first and you and your friends can follow right behind me, Buster Bunny.", I said. "Okay!", said Buster Bunny. Then, I got down and crawled throught the hole. As I crawled, I came into another room. Then, Buster Bunny, Erik Mouse, Jeffrey Mouse, Hamton Pig, Plucky Duck, Edmond Bunny, Ryan Coyote, Lizi Bunny, and Furrball Cat came through. I took the flashlight and shone it around the room and saw stone stairs going down. As I was looking around with the flashlight, I suddenly saw a Light Brown Bunny that was the size of Buster Bunny wearing blue and white overalls lying on the floor. "Looks like another plush character on the floor, Buster Bunny", I said. "Let me see if he has just gone plush and that he is one of our kind", said Buster Bunny. Then, Buster Bunny walked over and tapped the Light Brown Bunny. The Light Brown Bunny got up and said, "Hello, there. I'm Ivan Bunny. Oh, a young bunny, maybe I can watch her. It isn't safe for her down here in these corridors." Then, I said, "Hello, I'm Erik, and this is Buster Bunny, Erik Mouse, and Plucky Duck. "I'm Edmond Bunny and this is Ryan Coyote and the young bunny is Lizi Bunny", said Edmond Bunny. Then, Hamton Pig said, "Hi, I'm Hamton Pig, and this is Jeffrey Mouse and Furrball Cat". "Glad to meet you, when I first saw the secret door open, I went plush and tried to hide because I thought it was Toon Master's henchmen that descoved the secret door. Please follow me to a big room that is down one level. That is where I have been staying to hide from the evil Toon Master.", said Ivan Bunny. Then, Ivan Bunny turned on his flashlight, got up, and headed over to the open secret door. He said while getting ready to push a square rock in the wall next to the open secret door, "Erik, we can't leave this open because anyone that comes down in your basement will notice the opening, and it wouldn't be a secret anymore". Then, Ivan Bunny pushed the square rock in the wall and the door closed. Suddenly, it was more dark in the hidden room. The only thing that we could see was the light from the flashlights. Then, we saw the light from the flashlight in Ivan Bunny's paw move towards the stone stairs. "Follow me", said Ivan Bunny. Then, we followed Ivan Bunny down the stone stairs to a long hallway. As we followed the hallway, we came to a split where you can go straight, left, or right. Then, I decided to shine my flashlight to the right. While looking down that hallway, I saw a small treasure chest. "Ivan Bunny, do you have any idea what is in that treasure chest?", I asked. "No, I never explored that way, lets check it out.", replied Ivan Bunny. Then, we followed Ivan Bunny to the treasure chest. When we got closer to the treasure chest, I suddenly saw the symbols '500 GC' carved on the front of it. The treasure chest appeared to be a foot high, a foot wide, and two feet long. Then, Ivan Bunny opened the chest and we saw the shining of gold coins in it. Seeing the gold coins, I came over to examine them while shining my flashlight on them. Peering down and looking at the gold coins closer, they appeared be be around the size of half dollars. Remembering the symbols that I saw on the side of the treasure chest, I said, "I think that there is 500 Gold Coins in this treasure chest because the symbols on the side of the chest must stand for 500 Gold Coins". "Lets bring the gold coins with us", said Ivan Bunny. "Good idea! Erik Mouse, do you think you can pick up and carry the treasure chest?", I asked. "I think that I could", Erik Mouse replied. Then, he went over to the treasure chest and bent over to pick it up. Slowly, he picked it up and said, "It is pretty light". "Lets go!", said Ivan Bunny. Then, we followed Ivan Bunny by the light of his flashlight back down the hall. We came back to the split and Ivan Bunny went to the right. I looked to the left with my flashlight, saw the stone stairs going up, and noticed thats the way we came when we first came down here. Then, we followed Ivan Bunny down the hall and came to another split that you can only go right or left. I looked to my left with my flashlight and saw a small wooden box. "Ivan Bunny, do you have any idea what is in that wooden box?", I asked. "No, I never explored that way either, lets check it out.", replied Ivan Bunny. Then, we followed Ivan Bunny to the wooden box. When we got closer to the wooden box, I suddenly saw the number '200' carved on the front of it. The wooden box appeared to be about a foot high, one and a quarter foot wide, and two and a half feet long. Then, Ivan Bunny opened the box and we saw that it had Tennis Balls in it. The tennis balls appeared to be a yellowish color with no symbols on them. Remembering the number that I saw on the side of the box, I think that there is 200 Tennis Balls in this wooden box because the number on the side of the box must stand for 200 Tennis Balls". "Lets bring the Tennis Balls with us", said Ivan Bunny. "Good idea!", I replied. Then, Ivan Bunny gave Edmond Bunny a sack to put the Tennis Balls in. Edmond Bunny took the sack and started to fill it with Tennis Balls. After he put all the Tennis Balls in the sack, he closed the now empty wooden box. "I will carry this sack of Tennis Balls for you, Erik. It has 200 Tennis Balls in it.", Edmond Bunny said. Then, Ivan Bunny said, "Lets go!". We followed Ivan Bunny by the light of his flashlight back down the hall. We came to the split and Ivan Bunny went straight. I looked to the left with my flashlight, and saw the stone stairs going up father away now, and remember that is where we first came from. Then, we followed Ivan Bunny down the hall. Looking to our right, I saw a gray steel door with a barred window. I stopped and shone my flashlight through the window into the room on the other side of the door. And, I saw that the room was empty. Then, I tried to open the door, but it was locked. Since I didn't have a key, I continued down the hall following Ivan Bunny. Then, I noticed another gray steel door with a barred window to our right. I stopped again and shone my flashlight through the window into the room on the other side of the door. And, I saw that the room was empty like the other one I looked into. Then, I tried to open the door, but it was also locked. Since I didn't have a key, I continued down the hall following Ivan Bunny. I came up to where Ivan Bunny has stopped at a gray steel door to our left. Then, I saw Ivan Bunny pull out some keys on a key ring and unlocked the door. Ivan Bunny opened the door and we followed him in. Then, he closed and locked the door behind us, and said, "Erik Mouse, I'm going to unlock the door to the right first. It is an empty room where you can put the treasure chest down." He unlocked and opened the door to the right, and Erik Mouse went in and put the treasure chest down in a corner. "Thank you, I was getting kind of tired of carrying the treasure chest", said Erik Mouse. Erik Mouse came out and Ivan Bunny closed and locked the door behind. He unlocked and opened the door to our left, and we entered a large room. Looking down at the floor, I noticed that there was a blue carpet on the floor instead of the stone floor. Then, I saw Ivan Bunny close and lock the door and said, "Let me light the candles and tourches in this room. He took out a match and scraped it against the stone wall. It lit up and Ivan Bunny lit a tourch. Then, he used the tourch to light up the other tourches and candles in the room. After he lit all the tourches and candles, the room became bright enough to see all around the room without a flashlight. Then, looking back at the wall with the doorway that we came into the room from, I saw an opening with a stone staircase going up to the left of the doorway. And to the left of the opening, I saw a bookself with all kinds of things on it. Then, I turned towarded Ivan Bunny and he said, "Welcome to the big room where I have been staying to hide from the evil Toon Master. This room is where I will watch Lizi Bunny for you since it isn't safe for her further on. Now, what brings you down here?". "We came down here in hopes of finding and freeing Babs Bunny from the evil Toon Master", I replied. To be continued...