Chapter 7-Holidayous

"I hate snow," Claw complained. Ducky rolled her eyes. "I know Claw, you've said it a

million times already. It's not a favorite of mine, either, but you DO want to catch Kroys,

don't you?" "Yeah, yeah, yeah, but why do we have to be captured? It's not like Kroys is

gonna LIKE us or anything." Ducky sighed. She'd already explained it several times, but

Claw still wasn't in favor of the plan. KRSplat saved her. "Look, Claw, we gotta get IN to

the mother ship before we can get at Kroys. Otherwise we're like a bug on a windshield:

we haven't got a chance." Copper snorted. "Well, I wouldn't have put it THAT way, but

you have a point," she choked back laughter. "Bug on a windshield, indeed. Where'dja

hear THAT one, may I ask?" KRSplat shrugged. Ducky rolled her eyes, exasperated.

"Claw, you and Copper stand the best chance, so maybe you should go for Kroys. Ka-"

"IwannagotooIwannagotooIwannagotoo!" Grath and Shinyso were chanting. Wild Angel

arched her eyebrows at the pair, and laughed when Shinyso started jumping up and

down in frustration. "Hey," Coppertop suddenly said, "Try figuring this out. How many

pears in a dozen pair, six or twelve?" Immediately the two rabbits sat and began figuring.

"Uh, six," Grath offered. Copper grinned. "Then I wouldn't ask you to buy pears," she

replied. Shinyso did more figuring. "Then twelve!" Copper's eyes twinkled. "Twelve pairs

of pears? You're sure?" Shinyso nodded. "But that's twenty-four pears," she laughed.

Grath looked perplexed. "Then I'm stumped," he wondered. Suddenly Shinyso stared at

Copper. Then he threw back his head and laughed. "Hah! You couldn't figure it out

either!" Copper looked astonished. "How did you know?" she asked. Shinyso grinned. "Im

a psychic, I can read other people's minds," he grinned. Then he jumped up. "Claw. Is

that the Deep Spacer thingy you were talking about?" Claw looked up in surprise. "Well, I

think we have company," he said. Warships fell from the mother ship, zinging towards

the planet. As they had arranged,the friends acted as if they weren't expecting the

attack, and they fled. Claw and Copper had simply disappeared with the sword Shale's

help, and they followed thier freinds also. "How's Copper going to open the command

room door," Grath gasped. KRSplat answered. "She's got a *gasp* key amulet *gasp*

that allows her to open any door," he shouted. Abruptly the ground seemed to explode

beneath their feet, and all was merciful, merciful blackness.



KRSplat opened his eyes to see bars. He closed his eyes again, than realized that he

was probably ontop of everyone else. He sat up, and saw Copper talking quietly to Claw.

He blinked in surprise. "Hey Copper, did you get blown up too," he asked. Copper

laughed. "No, they didn't find us. We snuck on board ourselves," she explained. "I was

just about to open the doors and let everyone out when you woke up." Beneath him

someone groaned, and he didn't blame them. He jumped off of the pile, and Blacksheep

gratefully followed. As if that signaled a mass wake-up, everyone began sitting up until

the tangle of bodies separated into separate, recognizable rabbits (and other). Grath

rubbed the lump on his head ruefully. "I feel like I got bombed," he said apologetically.

Shinyso rolled his eyes. "Ha ha, very funny," he grumbled. "Ouch. What am I sitting on, a

spike?" "No, just my head," Kazooie mumbled. "Gerroff, you lump of concrete!" Shinyso,

wearing a very injured expression, stood carefully up and glared at Kazooie. "That spike

was my beak," Kazooie growled. Shinyso shrugged apologetically and moved towards the

door just as it swung open and Copper stepped back. Then she moved to each cage and

opened it, until she had a veritable army behind her, armed to the teeth from knocked

out and destroyed guards. "OK, you guys go free the other rabbits and my group will

take Kroys. Get to it!" The freed prisoners willingly began systematically demolishing

guards and opening cages. Claw, who had been on the Deep Spacer before, moved

swiftly through the halls to the front of the ship. Copper shrugged and followed.