Ten points if you can guess the song reference! Don't mind any typos, because I was using an ergonomical keyboard and I didn't type this up in Word, so no spellcheck...I also apologize for the shortness. I was in a hurry since I hadn't updated in a while. Hope you like the chapter! Oh, and go see Lie/DYS and Steffi's new profiles in the Characters sticky.

Mary Sue Goes to Carrotus
Chapter Two: Everywhere a Warzone
Written and illustrated by Lie A.

Steffi Rosefur was tired. Her feet ached so badly she was forced to remove her sandals and carry them in the overstuffed pockets of her cargo khakis, and now the bumpy earth of Carrotus was even less merciful. She wondered to herself what had posessed her to come to Carrotus from her home in the Diamondus Warzone, but after Lie had moved and reestablished her territory, Steffi thought it only appropriate.

Today she wore a broad sombrero, green as the grass between her wide toes, shading her from the rays of the sun. Both the rivaling rabbits, Lie and Steffi, disliked the sun, probably one of the few things keeping them from ripping each other's gizzards out.

Steffi had had little other destinations to rest at other than where she was headed ever since she'd arrived on Carrotus: Lie's grove. Yet, she'd made truces with the pale rabbit before, so today wouldn't be too much of a stretch. Perhaps the two could finally come to grips with each other after Steffi stealing all of Lie's Diamondus territory. She winced. Maybe Lie wouldn't be so forgiving. Still, a hope was a hope, and it was there.

Steffi noticed the grove of trees ahead and the shadebasking androgynous female in its midst, and the pink-furred rabbit gradually stepped toward her rival. "I guess this makes our rivalry over, Stef," the grey rabbit muttered. She didn't seem too upset, really, and that took Steffi aback. She just kept that same lazy, slick tone...

"I guess so," Steffi said reluctantly, feeling a little hesitation infect her stomach and grip her liver. Butterflies. "But will you keep the promise and not kill me?"

"My RFs are your RFs, Steffi. Your Electro Blasters are my ELectro Blasters. We share the grove and we share our kills. But we do not share our bounty."

"So, it's clear, then?"

"Pff, clear as mud," Lie breathed sarcastically. Steffi'd known her long enough to know she was joking. She instead smiled and reached out her paw, and the pale, blue-ribboned paw of Lie took the Rosefur's, and they shook firmly. No regrets on the pact, and it was set.

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Handcuff ran out of breath quickly after her sprint for life and collapsed heavily against a huge sunhot boulder. Her ears were pasted against the back of her scalp, but she didn't mind, anyway. That crazy rabbit would probably be hunting her on and off now, but as long as she could hide behind Emcis, it didn't matter. Nothing mattered. Handcuff only wanted to sleep.

"Oh, what the Hell," she spat, heaving a sigh and resting with her back to the rock. "I don't mind, anyway."

She stirred as a rustling of the bushes and a squeaking yell cought her attention, an orange-furred rabbit jogging into her view. His tongue was flying out of his mouth, shedding saliva onto Handcuff's feet, much to her displeasure. His bloodshot green eyes met her own, and he squeakingly cheered and plugged two fingers into his mouth, whistling shrilly.

A yellow female rabbit in purple sweats ran up behind him and patted his shoulder, panting. "Wow, Spaz," she said in between gasps for air, "you're faster than I thought!"

Handcuff cleared her throat loudly and the two siblings looked over at her. The yellow one blushed, stepping back a little from the other female who glared daggers at her. Spaz giggled to himself, skipping around the yellow rabbit obliviously, chanting "Lori" incessantly.

The female rabbit apparently known as Lori blushed and bowed respectfully to Handcuff, speaking hastily, "I'm sorry. I didn't know you were here. I'm Lori Jackrabbit, and this is my brother, Spaz."

Handcuff shrugged. "I'm Handcuff."

Lori apologized for her intrusion several more times and Spaz did likewise, albeit in a garbled and hyperactive fashion, and they left the gothrabbit in her peace. She took the opportunity to sleep, so undisturbed by anything...for now.