Camping with ourselves

Chapter: 1

"Today's De Day!" Ace and Lexi shout almost in unison when they woke up. This weekend the Loonatics have a Three Day Weekend, compliments of Zadavia. Having been packed all week and living out of their camping bags all week, it was second nature to the two bunnies to unpack what they were going to wear, and get in the teams jet before the rest of them got up.

"Hey Lex ya ready for your foist ever camping trip?" asked the equally hyped and somewhat flustered grey bunny.

"Bet on it chief!" Answered the even more hyped up tan bunny. This was going to be both theirs first ever camping trip to the woods outside of Acmetropolis. Having both grown up in the suburbs, and having extremely controlling families, they never got to go camping fishing or anything outside of the city, before the Comet hit. However today was going to be great, they had all you could bring and more, and were just sitting around in the jet waiting for Tech and the others to get up so they could go.

"Ehhh, wat da ya tink is taking dem so long Lex?" voiced the grey bunny as they were beginning to fidget and get impatient. When who should walk through the motor pool doors but tech, STILL IN HIS PJ'S! When they noticed him finally after what seemed like forever to the coyote, he walked over to their millions of questions and just stood there till they simmered down.

"SO ARE WE GOIN OR WHAT?" yelled Lexi into his ears nearly deafening him in the process. After regaining his composure, he simply told them "it's just gonna be you two on this trip," Catching both bunnies by surprise, they just stood looking dumbfounded till he continued" Rev, Duck, and Slam are sick and someone needs to stay behind and look after them so I thought you guys should go since you have never been camping before and need to see what it's like.

"Tech why don't you and Lex go I'll take care of de guys besides, I can always go campin again some other time." Ace interjected, just cause his team was out didn't mean he had to go and besides neither he nor Lexi knew the first thing about camping. " No chief this is for your own good, besides it will give you guys sometime to work on stuff other than the team and you might just com to like it." Tech hinted. Having noticed how awkward the two had been around each other after their last mission against Black Velvet, he though the two bunnies needed some alone time.

"Oh, ok." Both bunnies said awkwardly, rubbing the backs of their necks and looking sidelong at each other.

Why is she being so weird it's my fault dat were actin so strange, I said Black Velvet was hot and she was standing right next to me? Thought Ace to himself remembering when they got the assignment for Black velvet and the comment he made. Unknown to him Lexi was thinking the same thing, but she wasn't even on the same page, because she was thinking about the time she ran crying over to him when she thought she had lost him.

"Well Tech I guess you're right, but neither of us knows the foirst ting bout campin or even how to ya know set up a tent or whatever it's called." Ace commented, not only did he not know, but neither did Lexi and they were both not even sure what they were supposed to do after they got there.

"Well you can just use my truck," said the coyote to two surprised bunnies, "What I can't own a truck it's nothing major just an old ford," he said. "Well any ways just take my truck and a tarp and you can have a quick travel tent if you clamp it down on the side and over the rack," he said as he began to explain

"Ehh, on second tought, why don't you just write down how to do it and we'll just figure it out from der," Ace said with a toothy grin making Lexi laugh and Tech and Ace look at her a little funny. "What did you see his face after he told you to write down some instructions, that little chipped tooth smile makes me laugh?" stated Lexi, with a little bit of a giggle at their faces.

"Oh ya mean dis one," ace said flashing another smile, that in the process made Lexi laugh uncontrollably. Again the guys looked at her funny but this time with a hint of a smile.

"Oh you guys might want this but i don't know what it is," tech said pulling out an old and pitted pistol.

"Ehhh, wat is it?" Ace asked after examining it. "dis isn't your best woirk Tech ya sure that this is one of your inventions?" Ace asked.

"No it's not one of mine it was in an old box of junk labeled grandpa's stuff," Tech explained, "I'm guessing it's your granddad's Ace." He said handing the gun over to Ace again. After closer inspection the grey bunny found the two letters BB engraved in the side of the barrel of the gun, and then Ace remembered what it was.

-Flash Back-

"Grandpa wats dat over der on de wall?" asked a curious 8 year old Ace bunny.

"What oh dat, dat's your great great great great grandpa Bugs Bunnies old .357 magnum revolver. He used it when he did cartoons and had Yosemite Sam as his costar. You should have seen him when he had on his ass-less chaps and low brimmed cowboy hat" explained Ace's grandfather.

-End Flash Back-

"Ehh, Tech wats a .357 magnum?" asked the still curious bunny. " My grandpa explained wat dis is, but never really elaborated on it even when I asked him a few years ago?"

"Well Ace ,The .357 S&W Magnum, or simply .357 Magnum, is a revolver cartridge created by Elmer Keith, Phillip B. Sharpe, Colonel D. B. Wesson of firearms manufacturer Smith & Wesson, and Winchester. It is based upon Smith & Wesson's earlier .38 Special cartridge. The .357 Magnum cartridge was introduced in 1934, and its use has since become widespread. This cartridge started the "Magnum" era of handgun ammunition. The .357 Magnum cartridge has a positive reputation for stopping power, firing a 9x33mm round." Tech explained.

"Uhh next time Tech just give us the over view," Lexi said with a headache.

"Well you guys better get going if you want to beat the mid-morning traffic, oh and Ace on the way there you might have to stop at a sporting goods store and see if you can get any rounds for that, cause you never know what might happen out there. Also I'm not even sure if there are any rounds in there so make sure you talk to the guy behind the counter about cleaning and clearing it in case there is anything in there that might make the gun jam." Tech said worried, " Ive never seen it out of the box so make sure you get it checked out." And with that last bit of advice, the bunnies were off in an old ford listening to some Classic Rock music on CD, because the F.M. channels it used to pick up no longer work.