Jazz’s voice snapped him back to reality. “Acid! Help!”
Acid spun around, once again borrowing the unconscious Coppertop’s blaster for his own use. Vaper had sent Spaz reeling with a well-placed knee, and the red rabbit was a few feet away, doubled over and clutching his midriff as he coughed in pain. Now, the Turbulent was advancing on Jazz, whose weapon battery had finally run out, and the green-furred hero was backing away from Vaper.
“‘Ey! Greyscale!” Acid called out. It wasn’t enough to get Vaper’s attention, or to get him to turn his attention away from Jazz, so Acid had to resort to plan B. Firing two shots at the Turbulent’s head, he took a few running strides forward, and leapt into the air, preparing to bring the blaster in his hands crashing down on Vaper’s skull.
As he had expected, Vaper turned around, and his hand came up to wrap around Acid’s wrist, stopping the descent of the blaster. However, the split-second that he had to take to stop Acid’s attack was enough time for Jazz to ready one of his own, and the butt of his laser blaster cracked soundly against the back of Vaper’s head.
The grey-furred rabbit yowled in pain, and turned around again to hurl Acid at Jazz. Acid managed to lay an awkward kick to Vaper’s ribcage before he was thrown, and the two green-furred rabbits went down in a heap as the Turbulent took the opportunity to make his getaway.
However, Iam Canadian had regained his consciousness less than a minute before, and was standing nearby, watching the battle from a short distance away. He quickly sidestepped as Vaper came at him, and threw an arm around his neck in a killer headlock as he rushed by.
Suddenly finding himself immobilized by this rabbit that he had incapacitated himself, Vaper instinctively threw a fist at Canadian’s torso, hoping to knock the wind out of him. The punch was too low, and he only succeeded in hitting Canadian’s waist. He was about to try again when the red rabbit suddenly jerked sideways, and there was a sharp snap, followed by another pained yelp from Vaper, as Canadian violently cracked the Turbulent’s neck, exacting his vengeance against the grey rabbit by viciously turning the tables against him.
Shaking off the intense feeling of dizziness that suddenly came over him, Vaper wrapped his arms around Canadian’s midsection, and strained every muscle in his body as he lifted the red rabbit off his feet. Struggling against the headlock Canadian still kept on him, he planted one foot forward, and sprung up and back, flipping Canadian over his head as he fell backward.
The stolid Canadian slammed into the ground on his back, and his scream of agony lodged in his throat as his mouth flew open in pain and shock. Vaper wrenched open the headlock, sprung to his feet, and made himself scarce, dashing away down the corridor.
Acid quickly made his way over to Canadian as Jazz went to check on his sister, and extended a hand to help him up. “You okay? That was a nice flip you took.”
Canadian groaned as Acid pulled him to his feet. “Yeah, I’m – ow – fine.”
Acid grinned. “Glad to hear you’re ow-fine.”
Jazz was able to bring Lori round, and despite a sore neck from the brutal kick Vaper had delivered, she appeared to be fine. Coppertop was still out like a light, and Acid was compelled to sate his anxiety by checking her pulse again. To his credit, she was still alive, and safely so.
Acid stood up, and made his way back to the others. Lori glanced over at the unconscious mercenary as he approached, and she was obviously uneasy. “Is she… okay?”
Acid nodded. “Vaper gave her a few bad hits, but she’ll pull through. If she was anyone less than who she is, she’d be dead.”
Lori smiled. “She’s lucky she is who she is, then. Obviously, Coppertop’s a lot better off alive than dead. So… what now?”
Acid was about to say something, when a deep, harsh voice interrupted him. “Dun’ think you little pests are going anywhere. Not while I’m still standing.”
All five of them turned toward the source of the voice. They had all been generally sure that they were alone in the darkened corridor since Vaper had made his inglorious exit.
There, standing a short way the corridor and wearing a smug grin on his face, was the only creature that was as devastating, if not more so, than the ruinous Vaper.
Proteus had found them.

I would have had this chapter done a lot earlier than I did, but I'm currently failing two classes for you guys, so if you don't like this chapter I will be forced to kill you.