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QCP: BG-06 That Place By Darrel James Vanwinkle (Writing as Ratseye) 09/15/2007

Chapter 01**

Gerard Prince, who was normally the really nice boy who never got into any horrific trouble, was actually meeting secretly with one of the random trouble makers at school early that morning in an alleyway behind the arcade. The boy was a foul tempered warthog, but even he took notice when Gerard paid him to meet with him early before school started. Therefore, he was intrigued by what Gerard had to say.

"Let me get this straight, Gerard..." the warthog boy said. "You want me to do something really bad in school today, and when I am called into the office, you'll be there, but I act like I don't see or know you. And when Principal Dum fills out the 'That Place' form for me, I distract him to go out in the hallway so I can explain that someone else put me up to the bad thing, knowing that I would do it, which surprisingly will be the truth, and you'll fix it so I don't get sent to 'That Place'?"

Gerard had his arms folded as he smiled and replied, "That's right, Teddy. You have it down perfectly. And if you pull this off just right, there is another fifty dollars in this for you. But if you are sent to 'That Place' anyway, I'll take the heat for you because I was the one who hired you to do whatever the bad thing was in the first place. I can't have Fenwick do this for me because he won't do it once he would learn what I had planned. That is why I turned to you. Word on the street is that you're on your last warning, so you can't even sneeze the wrong way or you go to 'That Place' anyway."

Teddy Wallowson grinned. "And proud to go, too. I sometimes wish I could just live there. It's actually more fun than Pleasure Island is rumored to be, if that tells you anything. I am surprised you're so interested in 'That Place'. But as long as you're going to take the heat for me, I'll help you get there however possible. But you do know that if you get into 'That Place' , you'll miss several days of school, don't you? Minimum stay is three days."

Gerard hummed. "And what is the maximum stay?"

Teddy never stopped grinning. "That depends how mad Principal Dum is when he fills out the form and stamps it. Without the stamp, you can't get into 'That Place'."

Gerard was grinning now himself. "Oh don't worry. I'll get in."

Teddy came over and hugged Gerard. "I wish I would have met you when you first moved in... You're okay, Gerard. Shall we head on over to the school and cause some mayhem?" He winked with a smile.

Gerard chuckled. "Sounds like a plan... partner." He winked back, grinning.

The two then started out toward the school for what would be a day that no one would forget.

End of Chapter 01

Chapter 02

When Gerard heard Principal Dum's voice over the loud speaker asking Teddy Wallowson to go to the Principals office, that was Gerard's cue to head there and get in there first. He left the bathroom where he had been hiding out just waiting for that moment, then he entered Principal Dum's office and sat down.

"Excuse me? Principal Dum?"

Scooby Dum looked across the desk at Gerard and from Dum's expression, he had been extremely upset. Whatever Teddy did, it must have been a doozy this time. "What do you need, Gerard?"

"I just now got to school and I need a tardy slip."

Before Scooby Dum could reply to that, Teddy walked into the office and sat down. "You wanted to see me, Principal Dum?"

Scooby Dum scowled at Teddy. "You pulled your last stunt, Mister Wallowson." And with that, he reached down to the middle drawer on the right and pulled out a 'That Place' form. "You were on your last warning and you still couldn't resist spray painting that eyesore picture of Velma in the bikini all over the school's rooftop. It's caused several airplane accidents already." He wrote Teddy's name and a length of time, 3 days, on the top of the form, and was getting ready to grab the stamping tool.

Teddy quickly said, "Principal Dum! Please, give me a chance to explain! Not in front of him, though... out in the hallway! Please!"

Scooby Dum growled, but then he glanced at Gerard and softened a little. "Okay, you get one chance to explain yourself. And you better make it a good one." And the two headed out of the office and into the hallway, closing the door.

Gerard wasted no time in getting up and opening that middle drawer on the right and pulling out a 'That Place' form. Just as the Fox in Lord Merlion's Circus had told him, this was his only ticket into 'That Place'. He wrote his name at the top of the form, then pondered how long to make his stay. Then he heard Dum's paw on the doorknob, and he quickly wrote down a three, but accidentally struck a one in front of it, before folding the top of the page backwards, and pressing the form down over the top of Teddy's form, so that it would look like Teddy's form. Then Gerard resumed his seat, just in time...

...because Scooby Dum and Teddy re-entered the office and Scooby Dum grabbed the stamp in his hand. "I don't know why you expected me to believe that story, Teddy! You've tried in the past to pin stuff like this off on other people! I gave you a chance and that was it! Good bye, Teddy Wallowson!" And he slammed the stamp down on the form in front of him!

End of Chapter 02

Chapter 03

Gerard's next moment was landing on his naked ass in a nearly sweltering heat of a landscape where a red satyr with a clip board and a golf cap with a tinted visor glanced over at the human and scratched his head, as he began to check his clip board list.

"That's odd... I don't have any real human boys on my list. I was actually expecting Teddy Wallowson, a cartoon warthog. What has he done this time?"

Gerard smiled to himself as he picked himself up. (This must be the infamous 'That Place' that no one would tell me about. And Teddy was right, it's not bad here. In fact, aside from the heat, it's rather nice.) He then slowly walked over to the satyr and looked over his shoulder and the clipboard and was surprised by how many names were actually on the list.

The red satyr looked up at Gerard. "You're not on my list of troublemakers. Who are you?"

Gerard smiled, holding out his hand. "I'm Gerard Prince. I've been wanting to see 'That Place' every since I first heard about it. I made a deal with Teddy Wallowson and through him, and a reliable source, I was able to arrange for myself to get here. And after all the foul hype about this place, it's not that bad."

The red satyr smiled, shaking Gerard's hand. "So you hired Teddy to do something and then got Dum confused and he inadvertently helped to send you here. Am I right?"

Gerard giggled. "There's no fooling you, handsome. You're my first satyr."

The red satyr grinned. "Oh, I am not a satyr, Gerard. I know I look like one, but I am not. Satyrs don't have barbed tails like this." And he then showed his long prehensile red leathery tail with a large barb on the end.

Gerard gulped. "Then you're a devil, aren't you?"

The devil nodded his head. "I am called Dealer. And welcome to Chaosmire*. This is the home of all the cartoon deities, overpowers, and underpowers. Well, you're not on my list, so I can't take you to the tortures section. So what am I to do with you?"

Gerard hummed. "Since I can't be tortured, is there someplace I can go to get some entertainment or maybe a part time job or even a drink of water. This heat is a bit much and my clothes are missing."

Dealer hummed. "You can head to the Rotunda. And don't worry about clothing, Gerard. You're not going to see anyone wearing clothes here in Chaosmire. The Job Taverns is where you can find part time jobs. Ask any mouse for help."

End of Chapter 03

Chapter 04

Gerard soon walked through what he thought was an outer wall's gate that surrounded the city of Rotunda and he immediately saw that the Rotunda was some sort of weird interdimensional mall with every species imaginable coming and going. He continued onward, noting that no one else wore any clothes that he could see, and he soon located the first of many Job Taverns. This one appeared to cater to small semi-morphic hippos. Gerard walked inside and glanced around briefly, before heading forth to what appeared to be a hiring board.

He slowly looked over the list and from the titles and descriptions alone, he knew that these weren't ordinary part time jobs. Most just sounded weird. And the instructions for each was very specific: "to accept this job, push this button."

"Bredder Maker..." he read one job listing. "Job length: 2 RC Hours... pays 25 credits per counted egg. Sit down job. D Rating -8. Yeasting guaranteed." He hummed. "I've made bread before. That doesn't sound too hard. And only 2 hours in length and a sit down job, too. That sounds really easy." And he pushed the button.

The second Gerard pushed that button, in the blink of an eye he was teleported directly into a weird device with only his head sticking out the top in two rows of six weird devices each, and the other devices all had hippo heads sticking out of them. And directly under each device was a conveyor belt that was moving steadily along. And in that self same instant, Gerard felt something shove into his anus hard, making him yelp quite loudly, and then... a mask and tube lowered down from above and attached itself to his face, nose and mouth especially, and began pumping some sort of weird tasting fluid directly down his throat, which made him feel very sick yet fat at the same time... then the fluid would stop, the device would massage his tummy, and moments later... he felt an excruciating pain in his anal hole that lasted a good three to five minutes. Throughout this period, he cried, tears covering his face, then suddenly, there was relief... as a huge egg dropped out the bottom of the weird device on to the conveyor belt.

And then the process started all over again. And it was non-stop, too.

Gerard tried very hard to keep track of the time as he continued to go through this process. He wanted the two hours to end FAST! However, once he realized that two hours had come and gone and he was still in that device, then he started to panic and fought to get out of the device... but he was stuck fast. And the process continued to force him to make eggs.

Gerard was fast HATING this job! He couldn't see how this had anything to do with making bread! And his ass was hurting like Hell!

He lost track of time after the first day ended and the process kept right on going. He soon passed out and after that, he wouldn't know how long he was stuck in the weird device before the job ended about two months later.

End of Chapter 04

Chapter 05

When Gerard woke up fully the very next time, he was seated back in the job tavern with an anthropomorphic hellhound looking right at him.

"I've never seen a human do a hippo job before," said the hellhound. "How do you feel?"

Gerard moans a bit. "My ass hurts like fire. How do you think it feels? I thought a Bredder Maker made bread."

The hellhound says, "Hippos have trouble spelling. In the Hippo Realm, a bredder maker translates into a breeder maker who lays huge eggs. And you get paid per each egg laid."

Gerard sighed. "Now someone tells me... but the job listing said it only lasted two hours. When two hours ended, it was still going."

The hellhound said, "Was the letters R and C behind the 2 in the two hours listing?"

Gerard hummed thinking back. "Yeah, it was."

The hellhound grinned. "Then that means that the job will last two hours of Rotunda City time. Which it did. However, the job didn't take place in Rotunda City... it took place in the Hippo Realm. And there is a time difference between there and here. One hour of RC time is equal to one month of Hippo Realm time."

Gerard face-slapped his forehead. "No wonder I was panicking."

The hellhound smiled. "You'll know next time you look at a Job Tavern advertisement. If you see an RC, then that means there is a time difference where the job occurs. Otherwise, it's the length of time that the job says."

Gerard hummed. "And what is a D Rating... the job said it was a dash eight job."

The hellhound sighed. "There are no dashes in the Danger Rating list. It goes from Negative Ten up to Positive 11 Plus. That job was a Negative Eight job. That means it had the capability of killing you if you had been hippo sized. You got lucky, is what happened to you. For the record, never try to do any job that is under Negative Three. Cleaning the bottom of an outhouse is considered to be a Negative One type job, so you can imagine what the rest are like."

Gerard smiled as he realized how handsome the hellhound was. "I've never seen your species before. You're really handsome."

The hellhound smiled back. "Thank you. You're not bad looking yourself. But I do need to get going now. I have to place a job listing on the hellhound Job Tavern board. We need someone to sit in front of the alpha on all fours for a year."

End of Chapter 05

Chapter 06

Scooby Dum and Teddy Wallowson were still where they were just moments after Gerard had vanished. Teddy's honest reaction that couldn't be faked was, "Where did Gerard Prince go without his clothes?!"

Scooby Dum and Teddy searched the office and looked out in the hallway. Then they both returned to the office. Scooby Dum was looking at his desktop when he directly saw Teddy's 'THAT PLACE' form still sitting there and it wasn't stamped.

Scooby Dum said, "I think I know where Gerard is and I am really worried about him now. Why would he do something like this? He got one of my 'THAT PLACE' forms and wrote his name on the top of it and put it here on top of yours, and when I stamped the form, the power grabbed Gerard and his form and sent both to 'THAT PLACE' , where you were about to be sent. Just tell me please why he would do that."

At that point, Teddy just flat came clean and told the whole truth. "Gerard has been asking around all Summer long about 'THAT PLACE' and no one would tell him anything about it. Then just before school restarted, he encountered a fox who told him that the best way to find the way into 'THAT PLACE' was in your school desk, Principal Dum. So early this morning just before school hours, he calls my house and asks me to meet him behind the arcade and he'd pay me fifty dollars to meet with him. Well, fifty dollars is a lot of money, Principal Dum. So I went to see what he wanted. He hands me the money, then explains his plan to me. He asked me to make some sort of huge trouble at school to force you to call me to this office, and he'd arrange to be here when I arrived. Then when you pulled out a form, he would see where you kept them, and after that... and he didn't tell me that he was going to set up a form for himself at that point, mind you... he would arrange it so I didn't get sent to 'THAT PLACE'. I knew that he wanted to find 'THAT PLACE' , but I didn't know he was going to get himself SENT there. He said that if we pulled this off correctly, he'd pay me another fifty dollars for making it all work out so well. And that's the truth, Principal Dum." Teddy sniffled a little. "And... I was starting to like him, too..."

Scooby Dum sighed. "So you were telling the truth in the hallway before this happened. Gerard hired you to distract me."

Teddy said, "He knew I was on my last warning, Principal Dum. And Gerard figured for the right amount of money, that I wouldn't care about messing up just one last time before getting sent to 'THAT PLACE'. I am really sorry, sir."

Scooby Dum could see that Teddy meant it this time and he ripped up the form and threw it into the trash beside the desk. "I want you to go to the roof with some cans of black paint and paint over that picture you put up there. After that, return to your classes. At the end of the day, I'd like to see you in detention."

Teddy said, "But... I thought you abolished Detention Hall."

Scooby Dum said, with a tear leaking out his eye, "Yeah, but we need to have a meeting and that's a good place to have it."

End of Chapter 06

Chapter 07

Gerard had departed the chibi hippo Job Tavern and was walking down one of the many corridors, when a shop caught his eye. "Pets 'R' U. Maybe the 'S' fell off the sign. But it's a pet shop." Then he walked inside.

He saw a large sign over the main counter, but no proprietor was in sight. "Locate an animal you want, then come back to the counter and ring the bell. Someone will be with you as soon as possible. If you don't know what kind of pet you want or are just window shopping, then don't ring the bell. Thank you."

Gerard smiled. "That is awfully trusting of the shop owner. Let's see what there is." And he walked off down one of the aisles, and about fell down a flight of stairs to the lower level. Almost, that is. He finally reached the lower floor and began to walk down one of the center corridors between enclosures and stalls.

Soon, Gerard reached a far back cul-de-sac of almost secluded enclosures. On one side, he saw a lone buck stag with his head turned toward a thick collection of trees in the back of his enclosure. In the other enclosure, there was what appeared to be an anthro mouse stuck in a large pool of black molasses, struggling to get free.

Gerard carefully entered the enclosure where the mouse lay stuck in the gooey black liquid. The moment he was in the enclosure and took a step toward the mouse, he knew right away that what looked like molasses outside of the enclosure was actually a pool of tar inside the enclosure. He mainly knew this because he had stepped into a shallow portion of the tar and as it covered his foot, he knew what it was. He couldn't stop now, however... he intended to continue over to help the mouse get free.

On Gerard's next step toward the mouse, he sank up to his knee which made him lose his balance and he fell forward into the tar himself. He was then covered up to his neck in tar as he shrugged and continued over to where the mouse was stuck. Gerard figured that as long as he didn't stop moving, he wouldn't get stuck in the tar. When he reached the mouse, he picked the mouse up on his right shoulder, then made a circle and headed back toward the enclosure's edge where he had entered. As he neared the edge, it became more and more shallow, until he was stepping out of the tar and exiting the enclosure.

The mouse then directed Gerard to a shower room in the back of the shop where they could both wash the tar off of their bodies.

Once the tar was completely off of the two of them, Gerard saw that the mouse was actually some sort of devil mouse. "Are you okay?" he asked the mouse.

The devil mouse smiled and hugged Gerard around the neck. "I've been stuck in that pool of ooze for months! I'd still be there if you hadn't come along, human! Because you saved me from a sticky end, I'm willing to grant you any three wishes you want! Just tell me what you want and I'll give it to you, no questions asked! To the best of my ability! When you're ready for the wishes, just call my name and I'll appear! My name is Zecma!" And he was gone in a smoky, stinky poof of smoke!

End of Chapter 07

Chapter 08

After Zecma had departed, Gerard headed back into that cul-de-sac where the two enclosures were. When he got there, he checked the tar enclosure casually and noticed another mouse stuck in the tar in the exact same position Zecma had been stuck in. Now Gerard was very suspicious of Zecma. He was quickly beginning to wonder what the catch to three wishes were.

Instead of helping the new mouse, Gerard turned toward the enclosure with the lone buck stag within it. He cautiously entered the new enclosure and slowly walked over to the deer and touched his side very lightly.

Instantly, the buck stag turned his head directly at Gerard and quickly whispered, "Get out of here, human, before the others show up."

Gerard was sort of taken off guard by the whispered statement, as he quietly replied, "Before who shows up? You and I are the only ones in this enclosure."

The deer looked over Gerard's shoulder, then stuck his nose to the humans nose and whispered, "I don't know what you are talking about, human. You're in the devil buck's herd grounds at the moment. And I have been hiding from the herd buck for a few days now. If he catches us here, you and I both will be mounted and enslaved by the devil buck. Then you'll be stuck for the rest of your life."

Gerard arched an eye, as he glanced over his own shoulder and could clearly see the way he came in. It was obviously still open, but for some reason the deer couldn't see it. "Come with me and I'll hide you from the devil buck in a far better place than this. I promise."

The deer looked directly at Gerard again, not sure if the human had lost his mind or not. "oh lords... now you are in trouble. Never promise anyone anything in Chaosmire. Very well, lead me to a far better hiding place. But if it's not a better place, then I will own you and your services for a whole year."

Gerard grabbed the deer around the neck and backtracked to the enclosure's gate and said, "Leap when I do and don't let go of me. Just do it." And Gerard began his leap through the opening, and the deer leaped with him... and sure enough... both landed in the corridor outside of the enclosure, where Gerard then closed the enclosure gate.

The buck blinked his eyes at the change of surroundings, then he saw Gerard closing the enclosure gate... and just in time, as the Devil Buck chose that moment to emerge from the thick trees in the back looking back and forth, then searching the supposed dead end of his herd grounds. The deer and Gerard both watched the Devil Buck search all over the place, then it growled, "He was just here! I can smell his scent! Where could he have disappeared to so quickly? No one can get away that fast!" Then it sniff around again and lifted it's head. "A human was here, too. I know humans can't teleport in my herd grounds without my permission. Something very fishy is up. Mark my words, Leaper and Human... I will find both of you." Then the Devil Buck turned and headed back through the thick trees.

End of Chapter 08

Chapter 09

Gerard at that moment released a slow sigh of relief, as he turned toward the deer who was apparently named Leaper. "As promised... a far better hiding place."

Leaper also released a heavy sigh of relief. "He looked right at us yet didn't see us at all. What do you call yourself, human?"

Gerard smiled, as he shook Leaper's hoof. "I am Gerard Prince."

Leaper smiled back and pressed his muzzle to Gerard's mouth and kissed the human very deeply.

Gerard was surprised by that action, but he couldn't pull himself out of the kiss, so he just kissed Leaper in return, hoping that the deer let go soon.

When Leaper finally did release the kiss, Gerard knew that something weird was going on. He knew something weird was happening because he was looking at his human body standing in front of himself, pulling away, as if stepping back.

"What's going on?" Gerard asked, his voice coming out of Leaper's muzzle. "What did you do to me? Give me my body back right now!"

Leaper, who was now in Gerard's body, replied, "Are you kidding? I've been waiting for a pure human to come along for a long time... ever since my own body got changed into that shape and teleported into the Devil Buck's herd realm. And in a few seconds, you're going right back in there, Gerard... I MEAN, Leaper!"

And instantly, Gerard found himself back in the enclosure where he had first encountered Leaper! He immediately turned toward the enclosure gate, but now he clearly couldn't see it. That rotten deer had stolen his body and got him stuck in a place he didn't want to be in.

The next word out of Gerard's muzzle was... "ZECMA!"

And instantly, the devilmouse reappeared! "I knew you'd call me and..." Then he saw what was in front of him. "...who are you?"

Gerard sighed. "It's me, Gerard! I saved you from the tar pool! A rotten deer called Leaper switched bodies with me and left me here! I'm stuck!"

Zecma hummed. "It really IS you! Oh boy... a horrible criminal had been sentenced to this realm for a bunch of crimes against the lords and the Rotunda itself! They changed his body into a male deer that smelled like he was in heat! Then they tagged a magical word to his new body and teleported him to this realm and anchored his body and the word to this Realm! Making it so even if he did get back out, all someone would have to do is say the word and he'd be right back in here again!"

Gerard sighed. "I figured that out too late. The word is Leaper. And he has my body."

End of Chapter 09

Chapter 10

Zecma folded his arms over his chest as he floated in midair. "So, is that your first wish? To have your body back?"

Gerard glared at Zecma. "No!" He then sighed... "Please, Zecma... if you get me my body back before the Devil Buck finds me here, then I'll... I'll... I will owe... you... 3 wishes..." He then closed his eyes, letting his tears leak out and hit the ground.

Zecma slowly unfolded his arms. "Oh Gerard... I can't accept a deal like that. I am sorry. You either have to use a wish or make a deal that I can accept."

Gerard sighed, then lifted his muzzle to look at Zecma. "Then reverify that you'll grant my wishes, no questions asked. Correct?"

Zecma said, "Contract Imp!"

And instantly, a floating contract imp appear in mid-air. "Yes Zecma?"

Zecma grinned. "Let it be struck to the record that I will grant any three wishes to Gerard, regardless of form, without question. Starting now." He smirked. "Now, read that back to us."

The contract imp adjusted his reading glasses and recited, "Zecma has declared in a Lord's Realm that he will grant any three wishes to Gerard Prince, regardless of Gerard's form, without question and each wish will be granted immediately upon Gerard's actually usage of the words, 'I WISH'. So it has been stricken to the record. It is now law until after the last wish is made." And with that, the contract imp vanished.

Zecma continued to grin. "See? Just like I said."

It was now Gerard's turn to grin. "I WISH THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS TO ME WHILE I AM IN THIS DEER'S BODY WILL BE DUPLICATED TO ZECMA'S BODY TENFOLD!"

Zecma's eyes went very wide! "WHY DID YOU WISH THAT FOR?!" Then his paws went to his muzzle rapidly!

Gerard shouted, "CONTRACT IMP!"

The contract imp reappeared with a law imp this time.

Gerard exclaimed, "You were just here and you heard what occurred, correct? He questioned my wish. What are the consequences of reneging on a contract made in a Lord's Realm?"

The law imp replied to the question, "The consequences of breaking a contract made in a lord's realm is punishable by the lord himself putting the guilty party in their place. And because the body in question is this deer body..." And instantly, Gerard was suddenly in Zecma's body and Zecma was in the deer's body! "...Zecma must assume your place for the lord."

End of Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Gerard was now looking at his new devilmouse body. "I'll never get my human body back at this rate. At least I am not going to be Devil Buck mounted and molested." Then he sighed, feeling sorry for Zecma. "But I can't just leave him like this, either."

The law imp asked, "Why can't you, Gerard?"

Gerard replied, "Because all of this is Leaper's fault. He has my real body and is getting away with it. I accidentally helped free him and to repay me, he switched bodies with me. Because I let him go, any punishment is mine and mine alone. I made a mistake and now I am paying for it by being stuck in someone else's body. I am nothing but a stupid ass..."

At that moment, the Devil Buck emerged from the trees again and saw the congregation in his realm. "What is going on in here?" He then sniffed the air, sniffing Zecma first, then Gerard... then to Gerard, he said, "You're the human who freed Leaper."

Gerard sighed, nodding his head. "Yes, I am... and now he has my body and I am stuck in his body." He points at Zecma. "If you want to punish someone for making a horrible mistake, then I'll switch bodies with Zecma again and you can mount me and imprison me here forever..."

The Devil Buck turned to whisper to the law imp, who in turn vanished with the contract imp. And instantly, Gerard was back in the deer's body and Zecma was back in his own body.

Zecma says, "I don't get it, Gerard. Why are you accepting this fate? You can contest this and probably win. Don't just flat give up."

Gerard turned and knelt his head down and spread his back legs toward the Devil Buck. "Zecma... if you want to save me from this pool of tar, then go get Leaper and bring him back here so we can switch bodies again. Otherwise... Devil Buck gets to take me down. You have until midnight."

The Devil Buck hummed. "An honorable deal if I ever heard one. I'll abide by that deal. If Zecma isn't here with your real body by midnight, then you will receive Leaper's punishment for him and become one of my omegas in the herd."

Zecma vanished immediately!!!

Gerard sighed. "Tell me about your herd, my friend. We might as well kill some time until midnight. What is your herd like?"

The Devil Buck arched an eye. "If you get your own body back, why would you care about what my herd was like?"

Gerard replied, "Because I will still owe you for even being in your realm in the first place. I stupidly freed Leaper. And because both he and I heard you say the words, 'Mark my words, Leaper and Human... I will find both of you.' And now you have me."

End of Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Detention Hall after school at AniSapien High in Terryville...

Principal Dum was standing at the front of the room. All of the school's troublemakers and former troublemakers and their parents were present. And the Terryville City Council were also present. Scooby Dum sighed, then began his announcement...

"Gerard Prince is stuck in THAT PLACE ," he announced.

There was an immediate near roar of near bedlam and arguing, which was cut short when Oslo Otter whistled very loudly. Then Scooby Dum continued.

"He was not sent there as a punishment. He arranged his own sending to THAT PLACE because no one would tell him about THAT PLACE during the summer. A Pleasure Island fox at Lord Merlion's circus gave Gerard the information he needed for finding THAT PLACE. And now, Gerard is in THAT PLACE and I don't know how long he wrote on his own form. When I stamped the form, he had cleverly folded the top part down behind so I would only see the form for the other boy I was going to punish. But that boy was only going to be punished due to an act he did because Gerard hired him, with pay in advance, to do it... all in preparation for this."

Leon Prince then said, "So how are we going to get my son out of there, Principal Dum? What are the protocols for contacting THAT PLACE when a mistake has been made for someone sent there?"

Scooby Dum shrugged and replied, "I don't know, to be honest. We've never made a mistake before. So I have sent word to an associate principal in Jaded Shadow to ask about this. They have had mistakes made before, so if there is a protocol, then they will know what it is."

"Speaking of mistakes made..." came a voice from the door. And in walked Lex Luthor with Superman in tow. "I had Superman fly me down as soon as I heard what had happened here. I am glad the Terryville City Council is all together in one room, for that makes my visit a little more meaningful..."

Council Member Simba asked, "In what way, Mr. Luthor?"

Superman then said, "Lex told me what he was looking up concerning Terryville. I did some off time checking of my own and I turned over all of my findings to Lex."

Lex smiled in that 'I have won' sort of manner. "And a fine bout of research it was, too." Then he turned to the City Council. "It struck me odd on why the cartoon council of Terryville would suddenly need a real life human to assist them on city council. But the answer has finally been revealed..."

The council members began to look at each other in suspicion.

Lex then continued. "The reason a real life human was needed is..."

To Be Continued...

**End of Chapter 12 End of Episode Six: That Place

Stay tuned for Episode Seven: The Back Way Out**

((*Chaosmire/That Place : While not actually connected to Q.C. Planet, even the truly angelic and horrifically evil beings of interdimensional fame need a place to call their home. The Seven Heavens, Twin Paradises, Elysium, Happy Hunting Grounds, Olympus, Asgard, Limbo, Pandemonium, the Abyss, Tarterus, Hades, Gehenna, the Nine Hells, Acheron, Nirvana, Arcadia, and the Concordant Opposition. Angels, Devils, Demons, Gods, and all of their minions. The most famous place in their realms is a shopping center known as The Rotunda, where all the powers go to purchase their goods. There are also "portals" in The Rotunda granting direct access to all of the planar "job taverns."

Mayor: Lord Rodney Blayze))