Oh well.

Sigh.





The Assassin shook as Copper awoke. Her eyes widened as she read and re-read the co-ordinates. Bolting for the cockpit, she called frantically.

"Wildie! Ducky, someone git in here!"

She pressed a button, feeling the ship leave hyperspace and hearing Ducky come in. She yawned.

"Yeah, CT? Wossa matter? You pulled me outta a good dream. . ."

She yawned again as Copper replied,

"Throw a cupful of cold water on yore face. That oughta solve it. Anyway, the ship's co-ordinates for hyperspace went screwy. We are in unexplored and very. . .I mean very hostile territory. In fact, we're being shot at."

Ducky came fully awake. She stumbled and almost fell over as the ship shuddered in the ferociety of another attack.

"Cummon, Ducky. Lets show these. . .um, aliens, what we can do."

She wheeled her ship and snapped off a shot, scoring an immediate hit. She grinned at her companion and said,

"Well, seems to me that all y'have to do is show these buzzards a bit of resistance and they back off."

She gestured at the retreating ships, not knowing how truly she had spoken. She headed after the fleeing ships until they reached a planet.

"This is Assassin 215, requesting permission to land."

She said, following her usual landing route.

"Rakkachah!Pahmishain grintade, Asrachin tofivvtin. Kahatchaka!"

She landed, and uncertainly got out. The inhabitance seemed to be some sort of bird, looking much like a buzzard or a raven. They seemed to be exeedingly tall, towering above the rabbits and their ship.

An even larger one stalked foreward, it's lethal talons and beak at the ready. It inspected the newcomers intently, made a gesture with it's wing, and seventeen guards appeared, heavily armoured and armed. The leader said carelessly, but in perfect Rabbit speech,

"Ha, rabbit. You would seem to have landed on a planet that could do without you. You are no longer guests here, you shot one of our own precious ships. We will take yours, it is exeedingly. . .ah, shall we say, strange. Capture is inevitable, you are now our prisoners. Guards, take them away."