Chapter 12: Epiphany

205 7 2
                                    

The scene blacks out and changes to Bunnyburrow
where Judy is now in her house in a pink flannel
and jeans. Having tea with her parents.

"So Jude... Jude the Dude. Remember that one?" Stu said.

Then Bonnie gives Stu a look.

"How're we doing?" Stu asked.

"I'm fine" she sighed.

"You are not fine, your ears are droopy."

"Oh mom dad, I messed up pretty bad, Why did I
think I could make a difference?" Judy said.

"Because you're a trier, that's why." Bonnie said.

"You've always been a trier" Stu said.

"Oh, I tried. And I made life so much worse for so
many innocent predators." Judy said.

A van horn sounds and a van pulls up.

"Oh! Not all of them, though. Speak of the devil,
Right on time" Stu said.

The van has the words 'Gideon Grey's Real Good
Baked Stuff with Fresh Produce from Hopps'
Family Farm' and Gideon Grey, grown up, walks
out of his van.

"Is that.... Gideon Grey?" Judy asked surprised.

"Yep! Sure it is. We work with him now." Stu said.

"He's our partner, and we never would have
considered it had you not opened our minds." Bonnie said.

"That's right, I mean Gid's turned into one of the
top pastry chefs in the Tri-Burrows." Stu said.

"That's....... That's really cool, you guys." Judy said.

Gideon takes out pastries, but looks up when he
hears Judy.

"Gideon Grey. I'll be darned." Judy said.

"Hey, Judy. I'd just like to say, I'm sorry for the way
I behaved in my youth, I-I-I had a lot of self-doubt
and it manifested itself in the form of unchecked
rage and aggression, I was a major jerk." Gideon said.

Well, I know a thing or two about being a jerk."
She smiles, Gideon takes out a tray of pies.

"Anyhow, I-I brought y'all these pies."

Stu sees three shouting bunny children running
towards a line of purple flowers.

Hey, kids! Don't you run through that Midnicampum holicithius!" Stu shouts.

One older bunny puts her arms out to stop her two
other siblings.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Then the three bunny children run elsewhere.

"Well, now there's a four-dollar word, Mr. H, my
family always just called them Night howlers"m

Judy looks at Gideon stunned, "I'm sorry, what did
you say?"

"Oh, Gid's talking about those flowers, Judy. I use
'em to keep the bugs off the produce, but I don't
like the little ones going near 'em on account of
what happened to your Uncle Terry." Stu explained.

"Yeah, Terry ate one whole when we were kids and
went completely nuts." Bonnie said.

"He bit the dickens out of your mother." Stu said.

Then just made a realization, "A bunny can go
savage."

"Savage? Well, that's a strong word, but it did hurt
like the devil." Bonnie said.

"Well, sure it did. There's a sizable divot in your
arm. I'd call that savage!" Stu said.

"Night howlers aren't wolves, they're flowers. The
flowers are making the predators go savage. That's
it! That's what I've been missing!" Judy said.

The Bad Guys Justice League: Attack of the Night HowlersWhere stories live. Discover now