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**Meta-Star City - Q.C. Planet

QCP: BJ-07 Daisy's White Christmas By Darrel James Vanwinkle (Writing as Ratseye) 05/12/2012

Chapter 01**

Lance was at the training studio for the Road Rovers getting some personal lessons from the leader, Hunter, and Wayne "Chinook" Deering (a Cano-Sapien malamute.) The keyed in transformation ability enabled Lance to be in his former human form but his base form was currently Cano-Sapien. Meaning that if he went to sleep in his human form, he would wake up in his Road Rover form. It was something he had gotten used to along with getting used to wearing an anti flea and tick collar like all the other Road Rovers did.

"You know, Lance," said Hunter. "You really need to come up with a real Road Rover sounding name. There's nothing wrong with your real name when you are human, but your base form is this really nice looking German Shepherd stud that even makes Blitz pant and beg for."

Chinook commented, "Give him some time, T-Ball. I didn't have my Road Rover name for a while after my initial transformation. But my first appearance was taken well. Colleen was really happy when I brought the party favors."

"She is too easy to please."

Lance chuckled as he bench pressed the bar with 400 pounds on it. "Strange, but the barbells seem to be getting lighter each time I press them, Hunter. Are you sure you put 400 pounds on it this time?"

The Road Rover leader grinned. "Actually... I put 800 pounds on it and just told you it was 400. Your super strength has been increasing with each day."

"First one to call me Muscle Mutt gets power punched in the groin," replied the German Shepherd like Road Rover as he set the barbell back into its holder. "I can't get over how light weight that feels. Why is my strength increasing like that?"

The malamute replied, "The Master and Donatello are still sorting that one out, Lance. It actually puzzles them since it should not be happening."

Meanwhile over at Champion Pony's ranch in Pony Land, Champion was watching Morgan pitching hay in his barn. He had recently hired the boy when Samuel started having full time roles on the Boys Ranch series that Champion usually starred in. "You're doing really good, Morgan."

Blushing and sweating a bit, he turned to look at the male pony and replied, "I am really glad you and Samuel are letting me work here, Champion. I occasionally get to see Samuel and its a really nice job. Honest work for a very handsome and nice pony boy."

The male pony star smiled dreamily as he rolled his eyes slightly. "With Samuel off working on the show full time, I needed another boy around here to help out and for those times when I feel alone. And since you were key in helping to close down the pony trapper next door, you were the natural choice on who to hire. Plus, I like you."

Morgan blushed even more to hear the boy pony admit that he LIKED him that much. But something about being close to Champion was making the boy more erect than usual. In fact, he couldn't make his hard on go away. And it always flared up whenever Champion Pony came around. "Um, Champion... are you trying out a new shower soap or cologne or something?"

"They give out free samples to actors on the set. This week I am trying out a body wash called Pounce. It cleans my body a lot better than my usual toon soap and it has this great scent that I really like. How did you know I was using something new?"

Morgan carefully put the pitchfork aside and he slowly undone his pants and showed the pony the problem. "...and every time you came out to check on me, this would happen and... it is distracting me from working properly in the barn. I don't know what to do about it."

Champion smiled and licked said problem. "I can think of something we can do about it. Have you ever gotten a fellatio from a pony before?"

"A what?"

The pony grinned slyly. "A blowjob. Here... let me help you... I promise not to bite."

End of Chapter 01

Chapter 02

"Ma ma?"

Everyone in the Williams household was instantly alert when they heard the baby of the family talking!

"I'm here, Daisy," said Mrs. Williams as she picked up her daughter. "I'm ma ma."

Daisy made a happy sound then she said a word that made everyone cringe. "Snow."

"BRAWK! No way!" exclaimed Teriaki. "No Snow! Brawk!"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Needless to say, Teriaki's perched ended up on the front porch after that.

Trooper glanced up at the family parrot. "You just had to say something to Daisy, didn't you?"

Teriaki replied, "After the horrendous weather patterns we had this year, I do NOT want neck deep snow all over Q.C. Planet."

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Trooper said, "There is no way I am going to put up with listening to that for the next 5 months."

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Terriaki replied, "Do you think I want to?"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Trooper asked, "Where is Joey today?"

Both the German Shepherd and the family parrot looked around at that point.

Back inside, Mrs. Williams was saying, "Its okay, Daisy! We'll MAKE it SNOW! I promise!"

"S-s-snow?" came the timid female reply.

"Yes honey, all the snow you want."

"Snow."

Mrs. Williams held Daisy close to her breast as she mouthed toward all of Joey's hero friends, 'Find a way to get my daughter what she wants or else.'

Every male and female superhero in the household scrambled immediately and departed the house to work on the solution!

"See, honey? The Protectors are going to get you some snow." I hope...

End of Chapter 02

Chapter 03

Back in the real world in Washington D.C., Supermouse, Overcat, and Lord Albert were meeting with Pentagon General Sloan Osric who had called them with another emergency. And this time, it actually sounded like a real cry for help. When they arrived in the office, the door was in several pieces, there was a gaping hole in the back wall, the desk was broken in half, and the general himself had a cast on one arm. "Thank god you came!"

"What exactly happened here, sir?" asked the human-sized mouse of steel.

"Some months ago," he started. "...two hikers in northern Georgia came across a moss covered metal door in the side of a hill. With little effort, they opened the door and stepped inside to investigate their find. They were never seen again. A forest ranger who was out checking government survey markers came across the opening about a day later. Luckily he radio'ed in his find to his superiors, but then... he stupidly stepped inside and... he was never seen again as well. The parents of the hikers had called the police a few days later to report their teenagers as missing and the government was about to step in to investigate the forest ranger's disappearance. Luckily, we found the opening and we restricted the area while our lab boys sent a robot probe into the opening. Everything was fine about part way into the chamber. There were old tables, dusty shelves, and various old notations on the floor."

"But then, the robot fell off the edge of a hole in the back of the chamber. The lab boys were recording the fall and wisely activated the robot's ultraviolet light as it fell and that is when we saw on the screen... seconds before the robot splash landed into the stuff at the bottom... what looked like mishapen toons trying to climb out of the white pool of sticky stuff at the bottom. Once the robot hit the pool, we instantly lost contact with it. After that, we extremely carefully got the primary chamber geared up with electrical lighting and that is when the gaping hole in the floor in the back of the chamber became very noticeable. It was obvious what had happened to the others who went into the chamber. They couldn't see the hole and fell. Our lab boys used several attempts to get a sample of the stuff at the bottom. But they finally succeeded. And what we found there... we should have reported to you immediately."

Lord Albert sighed. "But once you knew what you were looking at... greed took over. I know what you people found. But continue your story."

General Osric sighed as well. "Yes, we found your old labs from back when you had the Quad Counties on Earth. And we were looking at a pool of Toonium that you had apparently forgotten about. But it wasn't like any Toonium you ever described on QC Planet. Our lab boys worked day and night to decipher the notes found in your old lab and to try to reverse engineer the Toonium so we could learn how you made it. And the lab boys finally succeeded. In that instant, we knew that Toonium was not a product of QC Planet. You had lied to the US Courts on Earth regarding Toonium. And once we knew this, we got the idea to make our own Toonium based superheroes. That way, we wouldn't ever have to try to come after Joseph Williams ever again. But we lacked one key element to duplicate the Super Toonium effect that had changed Joey into Supermouse."

Supermouse was starting to growl as he figured it out. "...and that's what you got from me back when you asked me and my team to rescue those people in the middle east. You somehow acquired a sample of Supermouse's DNA so you could get at Joey's Toonium based blood type. Don't lie to me, General Osric. This is serious business."

He nodded his head. "Yes, we needed your DNA. But we found that there was no way to pierce your body while you were Supermouse. So we arranged for you to donate a sample... through a saliva sample. During the rescue mission, we got lucky when you asked for a drink of water. The glass we handed you at the time was handled with sterilized gloves. After you had your fill, you and your team returned to QC Planet. We took the glass and the boys got what they needed out of the sample you provided and they were able to mass produce it so we had a good supply of it. At that point, we had the elements we needed. Our own Toonium supply, your Toonium DNA sample, and the ordinary horse leather turpentine."

Overcat closed his eyes and shook his head. "How did things go wrong after that?"

General Osric replied, "I am getting to that. We had many agents and soldiers all volunteering to be test subjects for the superhero program. But then the lab boys dropped the bombshell in my lap. They discovered through a preliminary test that unless the test subjects had your blood type, they wouldn't gain any super powers... they would just become a toon and lose their memories. That stopped us for a long time as we weeded out the volunteers trying to find the ones who matched your blood type. We finally had the list pared down to six volunteers. Four males and two females. But then, the lab boys reported in to me that one of the rejected volunteers had broken into the labs and injected himself with one of the Alpha Serums that the lab boys thought were too dangerous to use. He started changing immediately and he was screaming. You never mentioned during that press conference that your primary transformation hurt."

"What part of I almost died wasn't clear to you?" growled Supermouse, clearly upset.

Overcat then added, "We found out later that Minos' shooting Supermouse with that Catniptonite Ray Gun of his stablized Joey's Toonium physiology and without it, he would have exploded and died."

End of Chapter 03

Chapter 04

General Osric looked the heroes in the eyes. "Saying I'm sorry at this stage is rather pointless. The reject somehow stablized himself with water. Ordinary water. We weren't sure why that seemed to work. But then he escaped and we lost contact sighting with him. We waited a week before deciding to go ahead with the program. The day we were to inject the volunteers, the Reject returned and... he stole the Final Release Serums. All six of them. He said he had far better test subjects lined up who could survive what would be done to them. Then he disappeared again. That's when we realized that he had kidnapped six teenagers who all had your blood type, Joey. And worse, we didn't know where he was holding them."

Overcat said, "So the Reject became a supervillain with warped reasoning."

"Yes, that is what happened. We spent every second trying to find where he had the kids held. Then we got lucky. A firefighter in nearby Hareford had seen someone who looked like a mishapen toon entering a warehouse window. He called the F.B.I. and then... we had the building surrounded. He raided his lair but it was too late... he had already injected the serums into the teenagers and had been watching them scream for help. I recalled that water seemed to stablize his Toonium condition before so... I shot the main water main overhead and flooded the chamber. While he was weakened, I pulled out my emergency bottle of turpentine... and before I could use it on him, he... broke my arm."

"Then what happened?" asked the cat lord impatiently.

"He tried to use that shadow teleportation power of his but I was right there with my grasp on him with my good hand and we crashed landed through my door here and broke the desk from the landing. As I lay there, he thought he had me where he wanted me, but then my secretary surprised him as she shot him with a bazooka filling with not only a heavy duty missile, but... a load of turpentine. And that's what caused the hole in the wall. Surprisingly, he got up and said he was going to flood the Earth with Toonium. And he was gone again. At that point, my lab boys had all six teenagers back in the labs, but we couldn't stop what was happening to them. At that point, I swallowed my pride and placed the emergency call to QC Planet. We were in over our heads. Please, heroes... you have to help us. I admit it; we made a BAD mistake. But please... show that you're better than us by helping us to fix this situation. I'm begging you."

Lord Albert turned to look at Supermouse and Overcat. "Go after the reject, Overcat. And get Minos to help you. Supermouse, I want you to come with me... we need to work on saving those six teenagers. If its not too late."

In the Pentagon Labs, the guards almost stopped them from entering, but one look from Supermouse's eyes told them to get out of the way or volunteer for flash-fry.

Supermouse exclaimed, "I don't believe it! They are all my school chums from Georgia!"

And in that very instant of ultra rage over seeing what had happened to his friends... Supermouse fluidly transformed into Super Rat.

And perhaps worse, the stupid Reject chose that moment to raid the labs... as he skidded to an immediate stop when he saw the visage of Super Rat and those sharp teeth and the eyes so red you couldn't even see the pupils anymore. "Uh oh."

And that was the day the Pentagon experienced the Flash Fry power of Super Rat as the Reject was caught in the blast and... literally blown away into a wall. But Super Rat wasn't about to let the scum go that easily. He fished him out of the shadows and intensified the Flash Fry vision directly into the man's eyes as he screamed with pain that he had never felt before. And just when it looked dire and bleak indeed... Overcat was there with a hand on Super Rat's left wrist.

"Joey never went too far and I am not going to let you commit this in his place."

Super Rat's Flash Fry vision suddenly turned off as the pupils returned to normal. He was shaking as if he was an emotional wreck. Overcat's words had the desired effect. Thankfully.

The Reject villain dropped on the floor as the guards placed him into a straitjacket.

Overcat glanced at Super Rat. "Joey? My god... what has happened to you?"

Super Rat had tears running down his face. He was Joey. He was in trouble.

End of Chapter 04

Chapter 05

At the Insanitarium, Lance was speaking to Lord Albert while the doctors tried to work with the school chums and Joey. "Thanks for agreeing to listen to my idea, Mr. Atticus."

The cat lord nodded his muzzle slightly. "So what is your idea for helping Joseph."

"Since Joey doesn't want to be Super Rat, and since the Rat shouldn't just be thrown away... he has saved lives before, same as Supermouse... split Joey into two people. Have the real Joey, the one we all know and love, retain the Supermouse identity; the second 'Joey' should be given a new name and he should be given Super Rat."

"What civilian name would we give the second 'Joey'?"

"I have already thought of that, too, Mr. Atticus. We can call him Valiance Sawyer, a descendent of Tom Sawyer. Is my idea good?" asked Lance as he rubbed his German Shepherd neck fur.

Lord Albert rolled the name around a bit. "Valiance Sawyer also known as Super Rat. I can see that. And he should have different colored hair and different colored eyes so he doesn't get Joey in trouble later."

"Good thinking, sir," said Lance smiling. "Can you and your team make this happen correctly?"

The cat lord nodded his head. "Yes we can. I'll take personal position to help Joseph back to the point of normalcy. This may be a trying process but you may watch, Lance. Let's see what we can do."

The next hour or so was spent in a special operating room where Lord Albert personally led the splitting operation on Super Rat/Joseph Williams. It was a hard trying process and the cat lord was not about to give up on Joey since Lance's idea seemed like the best one available. And both Super Rat and Supermouse would survive albeit separately. Then the actual splitting occurred as Lord Albert made damned sure Joseph remained on one table while Super Rat arrived on the other table.

Slowly... Joseph opened his eyes as he saw Lance the German Shepherd Cano-Sapien smiling down at him. It was a recovery room elsewhere in the hospital. "What... what happened, Lance?"

"I convinced Lord Albert to separate Super Rat from Supermouse," he replied. "You, Joey, only have to deal with Supermouse now. Super Rat got his own life now."

Joseph closed his eyes and smiled. "There really is a God. Thank the heavens... and thank Lord Albert and you for getting this sorted out. What about my school chums?"

Lance straightened up and stepped back. "They were able to save their minds, Joey. But... they are in the same boat you are in. They'll need training in how to use their new powers. I've offered to make costumes for them. Lord Albert is trying to arrange it so they also get the transformation power, since their powers stem from the same strain as yours. Sadly... I am still stuck in this form."

Joseph sighed. "At least they didn't lose themselves when they changed. They are my school chums. My friends. They didn't deserve to have that happen to them."

Lance came back over and petted on Joseph's head. "You'll be there for them. I overheard them earlier talking about whether they should form their own team. I get the feeling they would appreciate your help, but I don't think they want to be part of the New Protectors."

Joseph nodded his head. "When will I be allowed out of bed, Lance?"

"Right now, if you want," he replied. "Lord Albert asked me to make sure you could still change into Supermouse and back. You still have your show to tape episodes for."

Joseph smiled as he sat up and got out of bed slowly. "Being in bed for too long makes me think back to when I was sick and mom almost killed me by accident. Anyway, let's see about changing into Supermouse. I sure hope Lord Albert got this mess straightened out. I know Virus liked the Rat, but I don't like the Rat at all. He creeps me out. Okay, let's do this, Lance." He struck his stance and his sparkled as he focused on causing the transformation, not realizing that something different was about to occur. His human body glowed with power as he transformed into his humanoid muscular mouse form although instead of his usual Supermouse costume he found himself wearing a Secret Agent Mouse Systems Battle Armor, still in red, white, and blue. And all shiny reflective reflec space tech material. "What in the world? What happened to my usual costume? Not that I mind the upgrade. This is really cool."

End of Chapter 05

Chapter 06

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

Teriaki and Trooper couldn't stand it any longer. They were both all the way out in the stables where the Williams' horses were housed at.

Thunderfire said, "What is that horrible racket?"

"Daisy wants the 'S' word," replied Trooper.

"Rhymes with 'Go' and its cold," added Teriaki.

The horse shook his head as he starting singing loudly. "WHERE OH WHERE HAS MY SUPERMOUSE GONE! WHERE OH WHERE CAN HE BE? WHERE OH WHERE HAS MY SUPERMOUSE GONE! WHERE OH WHERE CAN HE BE?"

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!"

All the animals joined in on the song now. "WHERE OH WHERE HAS MY SUPERMOUSE GONE! WHERE OH WHERE CAN HE BE? WHERE OH WHERE HAS MY SUPERMOUSE GONE! WHERE OH WHERE CAN HE BE?"

Joseph turned to Lance as they were emerging from the Insanitarium. "You aren't going to believe this, but I can hear every animal at the horse farm singing the Underdog song but using my name."

Lance sighed. "I can save you the trip, Joey... Daisy started talking while you were gone and the first thing she asked for was the 'white stuff'. You know..."

Joseph sighed, then he looked Lance in the eye. "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer lives in Terryville. Let's go talk to him about this and see if he can arrange some snow for the farm. I don't want blanket the whole region or else Albert might forget that he's a gentleman."

Soon at the home of Krypto and Rudolph in Terryville, Joseph and Lance were seated inside having hot tea and Christmas cookies. Strangely, all of Terryville was snow covered, while Meta-Star City had been as dry as a bone.

"So what brings you nice boys to our home," asked Rudolph with a smile.

Joseph replied, "My baby sister Daisy started talking recently and she has a request that Meta-Star City doesn't seem to be getting any of. Daisy wants snow. And every day that it doesn't snow, she's been wailing like an emergency siren. All of my hero friends fled the house when they couldn't take it anymore and now the animals are begging us to do something. Could you maybe make it snow on the farm like its doing here in Terryville and only on the farm and no where else in Meta-Star City? We just need to please Daisy so she will shut up for a while."

Rudolph giggled. "Surely it isn't that bad, is it?"

Lance remarked, "Go out and take a short flight over the Williams horse farm. We'll stay here and wait for you to get back."

After Rudolph departed, Joseph looked at Lance and asked, "Why did you tell him to do that for?"

"The moment he hears that wail," replied Lance. "he will either crash land or come running back here fast."

At that moment, Krypto and Ace the Bat Hound came in from outside and stopped when they saw the boys. "What are you two doing in my house?" asked the white Kryptonian canine.

"Rudolph let us in before he went to check out my baby sister and her request for snow," said Joseph with a smile. "And how was your day, Krypto?"

He made a face in reply. "You can't fool me for a second. Daisy's loud mouth is all I've heard from this morning on."

End of Chapter 06

Chapter 07

Joey's eyes then turned blood red without warning. He wasn't even in Supermouse form. "My day wasn't exactly the best, Krypto. So can it."

Both Super Dog and Bat Hound took a step back with worried looks on their muzzles when they saw this. Although Ace acted quickly and held up a mirror and aimed it at Joey so he could see what he was doing for himself.

Joey's eyes blinked back to normal as his breath caught in his throat. "Lance... call Albert... something's wrong with my powers."

The family friend proceeded to do just that while Ace placed a paw on Joey's shoulder.

"Tampering with forms is not an exact procedure," said the Bat Hound. "You're lucky we were both here to see you do that, Joseph. Having your eyes light up like that in your human form is never a good sign. Especially since most of us know about your flash frying power. Keep in mind; it isn't heat vision as you first thought. It is more of a molecular microwave like ray that can flash boil or flash freeze your targets. That's why you were able to use what you thought was cold vision that one time. It is a variation of your flash frying power."

Krypto padded over to the fireplace and then turned around to face his guests once again. "I would say that your repeated encounters with Toonium is constantly altering both your powers and your form. Your first encounter with Toonium occurred when you were exposed point blank in that explosion. That's what made the scrawny version of Supermouse. Your next encounter with Toonium was when Minos emptied the Catniptonite Ray gun into your body. Catniptonite Toonium. He made that ray to have an effect on Overcat. But since you were the opposite species, it had the reverse effect; you ended up as muscular as Overcat. Even more powerful than Overcat. Your next bout with Toonium occurred when you dove into that mutated pool to save Remington's life. That time, the exact effect apparently fooled Doctor Warner into thinking that it did nothing to you. But it had done something. And with Super Rat removed from your body, you are now learning what it did to you. Sad as this will sound, but you will need another bath in Catniptonite Toonium Radiation or else you will probably explode. And then no more Supermouse AND no more Joey."

Lord Albert was there at that moment along with the rarely seen Lord Paul and they immediately took charge of the situation.

After a few minutes, Lord Paul made a remark rarely heard. "You really screwed this up, Albert. He's lucky he didn't die because of your tampering."

"Separating Super Rat from Supermouse wasn't all that easy, Paul," replied the cat lord. "He wanted to be separate from Super Rat yet still retain Supermouse."

Lance then added, "He didn't end up with his orignal costume, Lord Albert, sir. He ended up with some new armor that was strangely futuristic."

The next few hours were spent working on straightening out the mess that Albert had unintentionally caused with the hero of the age, Joseph Williams aka Supermouse. Finally, Lord Paul and Lord Albert went outside the house and looked up toward the sky. Their expressions didn't look that promising.

Krypto asked, "Um... he's going to make it, isn't he?"

Lord Paul sighed. "He needs a super blood transfusion. And no one we know is compatible with his specific type. Not even Super Rat. Unless Joey gets this blood, he's finished."

Ace then asked, "What blood type is it, sir?"

Lord Albert sighed as well. "It's X-Chromosome AB-Negative. We can't use normal AB-Negative or else it will kill him. It has to be from the super powered X-Chromosome type and according to the records on QC Planet... only Joey has this blood type. He's as good as history."

Ace then glanced at Krypto and back at the two lords. "Perhaps not, sirs. I know how we can make that blood type. It was done once before by accident. Right Krypto?"

Krypto then recalled what Ace was talking about. "I almost forgot all about that one time! Overcat and I collided so hard that it drew blood from both of us! And the combined blood was that type!"

Lord Paul sharply turned to Lord Albert. "Let's get Overcat in here fast! This is an emergency!"

End of Chapter 07

Chapter 08

With Overcat on hand and Krypto willing to provide blood, Lord Paul and Lord Albert began the blood melding process. Surprisingly, the two blood types which were nothing alike mixed perfectly to create the blood type that Supermouse needed badly. Removing Super Rat had nearly killed Joey; now this operation was his only hope of surviving. As Lord Paul worked, he could see that Krypto's blood had particular markers that could have an affect on both Joey and Supermouse later on. But he left them alone because this was an extreme emergency. They needed this blood.

Somehow, Ninja had learned what was going down and she had shown up at the home to show her support, although Lance held her at bay since there was nothing she could do in this situation.

"I should have kept a closer eye on him," wailed Barbra as the German Shepherd Road Rover held her in his arms. "This probably would never have happened if I had been there with him instead of being entranced by Remington muscles and hot body."

Lance slapped Ninja's face at that point. "When you slept with Remington, you made your choice where Joey is concerned. Had you stayed pure, he might have been interested in you. But as he said from day one... you are overbearing and pushy. He doesn't like women like that, Barbra. Besides, my nose doesn't lie: you're pregnant. And its obvious that Joey isn't the father."

Ninja blushed darkly when she realized that Lance knew and then she backed off and sat down. "Yeah... I was weak and Remington was willing. But I still like Joey, dammit."

"Then be his friend first; he won't be interested in you otherwise," said Lance. "And from day one, you literally threw yourself at him. And that set off his red 'TRAP' alert flags. He's been wary about the old Protectors since then. He doesn't want the New Protectors to end up like that. He isn't looking for a lover right now. So you still have time. But stop going overboard."

Ninja nodded her head slowly as she glanced toward the back sound-proof, peep-proof room where the Lords were working on Joey. "He's got to make it."

It was late in the night when Lord Albert emerged from the back room. His fur was damp and he looked exhausted. "We're done. He just needs to rest now. Absolutely no visitation nor heroics for 24 hours. I mean it. Leave him alone." And then he departed slowly. He almost missed the door. Almost.

Lance and Ninja peered into the back room from the door, since they had orders not to go in. Lord Paul was overseeing the resting trio. Overcat and Krypto were on two upper stretchers with tubes coiling down from their legs and connecting to Joey's leg on the central most bed. Lord Paul glanced over at the two and mouthed, 'Get out.' The two nodded and backed out, closing the door.

"Now it's the waiting game," said Lance. "I need to call the Williams household so Mr. Williams doesn't send out the calvary." And he pulled out his cellphone.

Ninja departed for Japanopolis to report in to Remington on Cousin Joey's condition.

The next morning at the Williams household, Daisy wasn't wailing for a change. The reason: it had started snowing all over the horse farm. But only there. "Snow. Ma ma. Snow."

Yes, silence was golden. Or in this case... white.

Out in the barn, Trooper was asking Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, "Okay... how did you do it? We are all very thankful, but I still want to know how you pulled this off."

The reindeer with the red nose smiled. "I requested a temporary writ from the Hero/Villain Union to make the Williams horse farm be part of Terryville for a month. And because it's snowing in the Terryville region right now, and the Williams farm is part of Terryville for a month... the horse farm gets snow as if it was in the parent region."

Teriaki smiled. "And when the month ends in January, everything goes back to normal. You are a genius, Rudolph. Er... you don't stink; you're a god send."

Trooper and Thunderfire smiled as the horse said, "First time in history she hasn't said that a toon stinks."

The parrot ruffled her feathers. "That's because the snow stinks. It's toon snow."

Everyone just laughed.

End of Chapter 08

Chapter 09

By the following night, Ace and Streaky arrived at Krypto's house with meals and drinks for the patients. Lance was still there as was Sonic the Hedgehog, Donatello, and Allo from the Dinosaucers. Lord Paul had the back door open continuing to monitor Overcat, Krypto, and Joey/Supermouse since none of them were awake as yet. But then a slow grin formed on the Super Dog's muzzle as his nose started detecting his favorite food. "Some of that better be for me..."

Streaky smirked. "It is, Krypto. I doubt the others could stomach the stuff."

"You know me too well. Can I get up yet, Lord Paul?" Krypto asked as he opened his eyes.

Lord Paul was monitoring Joey's vitals at that moment. "In a moment... the time limit is almost up. If you got up too soon, you could accidentally hurt Joseph."

At that moment, Overcat opened his eyes. "Ugh... I feel as if I am about to power down. I have a transformation limit, Lord Paul."

"Hang on as long as you can, Overcat. This is important. Joseph isn't awake yet."

"I'll try, sir... but I can feel the signs of it approaching."

Finally, there came a voice from the central stretcher, "mom... may I use the bathroom...? please?"

Lord Paul smiled down at the awakening human young man. "Okay guys. Let's get you boys unhooked. I'll help the hero of the hour reach the bathroom."

One hour later, a showered and dried Joseph Williams joined the others in the dining room where he sat down to get something to eat. "Thank you for helping me. I don't know how to repay you."

Lord Paul was currently checking out Lance's condition to see if it was possible to set up a transformation trigger on the boy so he could regain his human form. "I've been too hands off with happenings on Q.C. Planet, Joseph. From now on, I am going to work on fixing whatever needs fixed. And yes, Lance... it appears we can set you up with a special kind of trigger. However... unlike Joseph's transformation ability, yours will be more like a Were-German Shepherd. You would have a human form, a Road Rover anthropomorphic form and, a posture problematic form, like Krypto and Ace. They can help you with that part. However, that alone doesn't make you much of a hero, so... as per Supermouse's TV show suggested, you will be a Time Trooper. A law dog from the future." He then glanced back at Joseph. "I will get to work on the rest of your family after I finish with Lance."

Krypto asked, "Do you think all these Toonium encounters are coincidence or deliberate, sir?"

"In all honesty, after reviewing the facts, I think they have been deliberate, but not on the Williams' behalf," he replied. "They are law enforcement through and through. They would have known to steer clear of the stuff. Yet they continued to get into situations where Toonium exposure was almost always present. That's what happened with Gerard Prince's family a few years ago."

Joseph arched an eye. "So you're telling me that this isn't the first time this has happened?"

"That's right, Joseph. The Prince family were the first real life family permitted to live on Q.C. Planet. Their son ended up a Lord of Chaosmire. Their daughter is married to a cartoon jackal named Spike and they now live together in San Franciscolt as jackals. The father was a councilman, but he is currently a pleasure island donkey and is mated to Lampwick's chief recruiter. And the mother is currently a white rabbit who is married to the White Rabbit's brother in Wonderland. The entire family was literally torn apart by Toonium exposure. The second family permitted to live on Q.C. Planet was the Kornels of the Montropolis region. Their son ended getting digitized and is constantly merging together with Sonic's son, Sony, to become a digimon known as Selixmon. The daughter got her voice back and appears normal, although she and Ahab, the family sheepdog, are currently dating. The other son is currently an anthropomorphic anime Meerkat who is in a clean Warthog's gang. The parents are unaffected, so far. Mrs. Kornel has the original eyes that can give 'the look that no one wants to get'. And the third real person permitted to live on Q.C. Planet is still human, at the moment, and is living in Coolsville. You guys are the fourth family permitted here and you already know what you've been through. The fifth family are cousins to the original Prince family and so far, all of them are still human, but we are monitoring them just in case."

Joseph hummed. "So the Toonium Exposure is some sort of plot. But by whom?"

End of Chapter 09

Chapter 10

At that moment, Night the Superdog flew in and hovered in the room. "Hey Ace! Do you think you and Krypto are up for a patrol outing with me?"

Ace got up with a grin. "You rarely ever ask for me for patrols. What's the occasion?"

"Hyena's Jackals were spotted in the Gotham-Metro part of Meta-Star City," he said looking serious.

Ace then released a dirty string of syllables. "They are supposed to be off duty tonight." He then looked at his Union Schedule. "Whoops. That was last night. I forgot that I stayed here to watch over you guys. Looks like I'm on duty tonight."

Krypto got up and stretched each part of his body. "Sure, I'm game. I need some exercise. Laying in a bed for 24 hours isn't my idea of a good time."

Lord Paul stepped back. "I'll head up to the Williams' household and see who all would like a free restoration or powers alteration. And yes, I will speak to Valeria, Samuel, and your school chums as well." And then he vanished in the twinkling of an eye.

Joseph stood up. "In that case, I want to do an outing myself, guys. Laying in bed always reminds me of when my mom almost killed me with chicken noodle soup. But first, I need to suit up."

As he stood in the capital letter 'A' stance with his fists pointed down to his sides, the view around suddenly took on the appearance of both a revolving door and window blinds as a light erupted from the center of where he stood. "Of Mice and Men!" And then the revolving door effect swung around causing Joseph to vanish from view. "A hero again!" then the door swung back around causing Supermouse to come into view as the light around him slowly flared off in a brilliant display. He now wore a navy blue uniform like outfit with bright red stripes on the right and shiny silver stars along the left. He had a black leather belt with a golden buckle and black boots. Wrapped around his neck was what appeared to be a cape like dark red cloak with a lowered hood. On the back of the cloak was the an 'S' insignia with a generic mouse's ahead beneath it. He also had a communication headset on his head and he wore a shiny silver mask over his eyes. "Supermouse! Stealth Mode!"

Rapid close-ups then occurred showing off Supermouse's all new costume and ensemble before finally stopping on a pull back sweep to reveal his full appearance.

"How many damned costumes do I have?" he asked as he checked out his new costume.

"Impressive," said Ace slowly walking around Supermouse, checking out the all-new look. "I really like this."

Night grinned as he admired Supermouse's new look. "Very snazzy, Joseph. You have a good tailor."

Lance suddenly leaped into view as the bands of the time stream rocketed past him in the background. "Time For! Time Troop!" The streams of time them passed over him causing his futuristic uniform to appear with each pass. Until finally, he did a mid air flip and landed in black leather boots in a battle stance. His uniform appeared to be that of a Road Rover from the future, along with a nameplate on his left chest which read: Time Trooper - Trigger. His uniform was all black except for his golden metallic buttons, cufflinks, belt buckle, and his Time Phaser pistol. Then he leaped out of the time stream through a glowing time portal and landed in the open wearing crystal like time armor over his chest, arms and legs. "Time Trooper! Trigger!"

Rapid close-ups then occurred showing off Trigger's all new costume and ensemble before finally stopping on a pull back sweep to reveal his full appearance.

"Looks like I can be in more than one of your TV episodes, Supermouse," he said with a grin and a wink.

"Not quite the dynamic duo, but I like it!" exclaimed the mousy hero with a smile. "Can you fly?"

"Let's find out," Trigger replied as he activated his powers and he lifted off the floor of the room in what could only be explained as the ripple effect in water, but in the air instead. "I think I understand this now, Supermouse. I 'fly' by displacing small amounts of time around me which causes lift and propulsion. Coming to a stop may take some practice, but they say there is nowhere better to test than the field, right?" He winked with a smile.

Night smiled. "Let's get this patrol underway, guys. Look out Gotham-Metro; Here comes Supermouse and Trigger the Time Trooper."

End of Chapter 10

Chapter 11

"Boy, that was about as funny as things get," stated Lance as he sat at a restaurant table with Joseph, Krypto, Streaky, Ace, and Night. "The look of fright when they realized that Captain Flash Fry was standing right behind them."

Joseph giggled as he hugged Ace. "When Bat Hound suggested I get behind the Hyenas, it was just classic. And my eyes glowing like that in the darkness... do you think they are over their diarrhea yet?"

Ace chuckled. "When you turned invisible with the hood up, I don't think anyone was expecting that."

"Duplicating our voices like that while invisible definitely made them think that Ace had doubled," said Krypto laughing. "I've never seen them trying to get out of there so fast."

Streaky lapped on his bowl of cream. "I'm just glad he's on our side, guys."

Joseph then said, "Speaking of sides... I have an appointment with city hall tomorrow. Since I don't have Super Rat inside me anymore, I have to re-register myself."

"That reminds me, Joey..." remarked the black super dog. "...here on Q.C. Planet, toons over the age of 13 are regarded as adults, yet you are still living with your parents. Have you been giving it any thought about your own home?"

He hummed. It obviously had not crossed his mind. He turned to look at Lance and the other nodded his head in return. "I think Lance and I would prefer to live together if we were on our own. And we definitely have a place in mind, too. We're good old boys in our hearts. We would like to have our own horse farm and fields for planting. We would also need rooms for the New Protectors, since they are my team. But I don't want the place anywhere near my parents' farm. And I have to bring Thunderfire with me. He is my responsibility. I raised him from a colt."

Lance then suggested, "And maybe we can have our own studios out of the farm so we can film episodes there without leaving home. The commute is actually Hell, you know."

Krypto hummed at that moment. "Studios in your home... that's a great idea. I know that would save tons of time when you have to film special on set sequences."

Ace said, "We have something like that at MIT. But in the home... I'd be willing to donate equipment and set props, if you need them."

Night smiled. "I'm willing to do any back breaking work in your fields, Joseph. I was human once, so I know what you're going through."

Joseph smiled too as he brought out a map of Meta-Star City's region. "The Williams family horse farm is... there." He pointed to one location. "The farm Lance and I have been looking at is..." He pointed to a place north of Comita-Gotham. "...there. In fact, there are several ranches out that way and for some reason, most are vacant."

Ace and Krypto glanced at the map, then the Bat Hound said, "You were sick with a cold at the time, Joseph, but during Roo Flu, those ranches were overrun with the infected kangaroos. With Athame's assistance, we detoxed that entire region, but the owners never returned. We are assuming they are toon kangaroos back in Aussieland. That is why those ranches are vacant now. And since Roo Flu only hits once ever four years, if you wanted one of those ranches and you got the perimeter defenses built up for the next time, you and your friends could easily claim the area as your own."

Lance said, "Well, informing your father is a must so he doesn't send out the cavalry... again. And Christopher will likely want to help since the Ranches are closer to both Athame's labs and the Meta-Star City Transportal. He has friends in Barnherd and he befriended Kangaroo King and Joey Boy during Roo Flu. Even Lampwick said that he was a real hero to the donkeys for saving them from that Ice Equine villain."

Joseph hummed. "I wonder if Lord Paul is still running around and what he did to the rest of the family. We haven't heard a peep out of the cellphone, you know."

Night snapped his paw-fingers. "I just remembered something, guys. In all the excitement... since we were all so busy saving lives and fighting crime and stuff... today is Christmas Eve. And I still need to do some shopping for Jonas and James. I almost forgot all about it. And I have to go pick up Dalis' surprise and the other presents, too."

Joseph grimaced. "Then I need to get my registration handled today. City Hall will be closed tomorrow. And I have to buy presents, too... except... I'm broke."

Lance nodded his head. "I feel your pain, Joey. I am too."

End of Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Christmas eve.

Joseph and Lance were seated on the front porch of their newly acquired ranch spread with Thunderfire nibbling on some grass nearby. The two boys looked as depressed as depression could get. They had to get a loan just to purchase the ranch with an agreement to pay off the loan in one year. After that, they had only enough money to purchase feed and hay for Thunderfire and the other ranch animals. Now they sat there feeling empty and sad because they couldn't afford to even get Daisy a five cent candy cane.

"I suck," sobbed Joseph finally as Lance held his friend close to him.

"No you don't, Joey. I'm here for you," whispered Lance in return as he gently petted his friend gently on the back.

Just then, Rudolph came flying in hard and fast. He had his harness and bells on. "There you guys are! I need your help fast!" Then he saw how the two looked. "What's wrong?"

Lance honestly told him the truth. "So you see... we both feel miserable because we're stuck. We don't even have furniture, food, or anything else for comfort."

Rudolph said, "I am so sorry guys, but I know Santa would help you. But I really need your help right away. All eight of my uncles are injured and the Christmas eve launch is on hold unless I can put together a new team of eight on the fly. They don't have to be reindeer, guys. I was hoping you knew eight fliers, you know... superheroes... who will help us out. I'll be there to lead in my position, but we need eight others. If we're not in the air by ten, we'll have to cancel Christmas."

Joseph slowly stood up. "Most of the New Protectors went home to spend Christmas with their families. But there may be an emergency crew on hand. Feel up to pulling a sleigh, Lance?"

Lance stood up. "We'll need to suit up."

"Then let's do this," said the sad young Williams boy. "For Santa and all the good boys and girls."

Joseph stood in the capital letter 'A' stance with his fists pointed down to his sides, the view around suddenly took on the appearance of both a revolving door and window blinds as a light erupted from the center of where he stood. "Of Mice and Men!" And then the revolving door effect swung around causing Joseph to vanish from view. "A hero again!" then the door swung back around causing Supermouse to come into view as the light around him slowly flared off in a brilliant display. He now wore a snow white uniform like outfit with bright red stripes on the right and shiny blue sapphire stars along the left. He had a black leather belt with a golden buckle and black boots. Wrapped around his neck was what appeared to be a cape like dark blue cloak with a lowered hood. On the back of the cloak was the an 'S' insignia with a generic mouse's ahead beneath it. He also had a communication headset on his head and he wore a shiny silver mask over his eyes. "Supermouse! Rescue Mode!"

Supermouse hrmed. "Yet another costume? This is getting monotonous."

Lance suddenly leaped into view as the bands of the time stream rocketed past him in the background transforming him from human to German Shepherd. "Time For! Time Troop!" The streams of time them passed over him causing his futuristic uniform to appear with each pass. Until finally, he did a mid air flip and landed in black leather boots in a battle stance. His uniform appeared to be that of a Road Rover from the future, along with a nameplate on his left chest which read: Time Trooper - Trigger. His uniform was all black except for his golden metallic buttons, cufflinks, belt buckle, and his Time Phaser pistol. Then he leaped out of the time stream through a glowing time portal and landed in the open wearing crystal like time armor over his chest, arms and legs. "Time Trooper! Trigger!"

Trigger smiled. "From beyond time and space. Justice will prevail."

Just then, Krypto, Night, and Streaky flew into view. "Good!" exclaimed Krypto. "You found them! Let's go!"

Moments later, they were joined by Wonder Dog and Overcat. And as they got close to the North Pole, they were joined by Power Penguin, Overcat's younger buddy. Finally they arrived at the sleigh and they saw what the problem was. The launch tube was covered in a sheet of ice. Krypto and Overcat used their heat vision on that and it was gone. Then Santa was quickly helping everyone into the harnesses.

"Thank you boys for doing this. I will reward you all greatly for your help. Now let's take off; we're already late. Ho, ho, ho." Santa got into the sleigh and shouted, "Role Call!"

"Supermouse! Trigger! Night! Wonder Dog! Overcat! Power Penguin! Streaky! Krypto! Rudolph!" And off they went into the night to deliver all the presents.

**End of Chapter 12 End of Episode Seven: Daisy's White Christmas

Stay tuned for Episode Eight: Christopher's Bad Hare Day**