Yes, I think he deserved it



Gosh, I didn't mean to let the baddie escape again, but I did! Oh well, more time to write.



Chapter Eleven (still)



"Blast it! Not again!" Copper growled, once the fire had died back down. Kovu tightened his grip on his sword, Kroys' insult still in his mind. Carrotus scum. . . Claw seemed just as angry, his red eyes seeming to glow softly in the dimness. Copper looked resigned. "The Conquerer, huh? Well, we'll just have to go pay Kroys a little visit. We did last time, and it nearly worked. This time. . ." she trailed off. "Let's get back to the ship."



"You MET and FOUGHT Kroys AGAIN and you didn't call us?!?" Wild Angel blurted out when they returned. "I told you, we didn't fight him," Kovu explained wearily. "He must have spelled you, then," she determined, and Copper cautiously nodded. "But I thought you said that he was nearly dead, Wildie," she queried. "How could've he gotten so strong?" Shinyso spoke up. "Was there anybody with you that was strong, magically?" Copper and Claw traded looks, and Kovu caught on. "Ducky!" "She returned about ten minutes ago, looking like death warmed over," Emerald informed them. "I think she's asleep." "Who's asleep?" Ducky plodded into the room, looking indeed like 'death warmed over.' "Not me." Copper was shocked by the way Ducky looked. "What happened?" "Um, I think he stole some of my power," she offered. Copper almost, almost gasped. "That's how he did it, then. Can you take it back?" "With Wild Angel's help," Ducky agreed, and the two of them headed for the next room. Meanwhile, Copper explained her 'plan' to the others. "I need Angel to block his spells and transporting. She can probably draw off of Ducky or Shinyso. Claw and I, and if you want to, Kovu can help fight him, and Grath gets ready to warp. Kaz, KRSplat and Blacksheep can keep Kroys' minions at bay, while Emerald gets the Assassin ready to go in case we got to escape. Sounds like a plan?" Kaz nodded thoughtfully. "Just one little prob. Where the heck is this Conquerer thing?"



The next morning, when the nurse came in, Alpha was gone. The lock on the door was missing, and it looked like the red rabbit had used her blaster on it. Her sword was missing from the armory, and the door to outside was gone. Only a few singed splinters hanging from the broken hinges showed that there ever had been a door there. A ship was missing from the shipyard, and the officials remembered a red rabbit leaving. But by the afternoon, the hospital staff had all but forgotten the rabbit.