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A storm picked up as if to underline the already desperate situation that Judy had found herself in. The wind was rushing through the trees who seemed to groan under the pressure of the air that started to bend them to its will. The sky had darkened and the downpour was so strong that she had trouble even seeing where she was going, let alone hear the things around her.

And yet she was sprinting through the woods at breakneck speed in an attempt to avoid her natural enemy.

The lynx however seemed to be just as desperate as she was. It kept chasing her through the rain like a madmammal.

Judy had no idea where she was at this point and ducked under a big root in an attempt to bring more distance between her an the predator. Thanks to her 270 degree field of vision though she was able to see that she had miscalculated as the lynx easily jumped over the obstacle without loosing any speed.

Who would have thought that lynxes could jump like that?

Well Judy certainly had not, which meant that instead of getting more distance between them she had actually decreased the distance.

She passed another tree and tried to cut a corner and circle the tree in order to run back in the direction that she came from. However with the ground being at wet as it was, she found herself sliding sideways instead.

After a second of sliding though her paws found purchase in the wet muddy ground and she launched herself forward as fast as she could while the lynx was now basically breathing down her neck.

Judy was in panic. She was getting tired and she was loosing the chase.

Was this how her life was going to end?

No it couldn't be!

She was the fastest runner in her warren!

She could outrun a lynx!

With renewed spirit she darted to the right down into a ditch while the lynx was still hot on her heels.

The path was now linear and the ditch was filling up with water.

What was she thinking?

How was this a good idea?

This was the worst!

But she pressed on and saw her way out just a few paces ahead of her.

At the side of the trench there was a rock, a rock that served her well as a stepping stone.

Yes it was slippery but she managed to make it out of the ditch somehow.

The lynx seemed surprised by this move and thus she was actually able to gain a few paces back on the predator.

Still her heavy breath and her screaming muscles told her that this hunt would soon be over, one way or another.

And so it was only natural that she redoubled her efforts.

Judy mobilized her last bit of energy to put more distance between them.

The storm had meanwhile turned into a full blown thunderstorm.

She could hear rolling thunder in the distance and the dark forest was now lit up by lightning every now and then.

The trees made way for grass and she found herself on a clearing that she had never seen before.

She really was in a part of the forest that she had never seen before.

Which meant that she was a long way from home.

But being out in the open was suicide right now which meant that she had to make her way back into the woods.

With burning muscles she passed the clearing without even noticing that she was unwillingly slowing down. Her vision was now tunneled as she could only think about one thing.

DO NOT STOP RUNNING!

And she wouldn't, she would keep running forever and the lynx would tire and leave her alone.

Her fantasy abruptly ended when her left hind leg felt like it was being torn apart.

She lost her footing and fell. The rest of her momentum carried her over the slippery grass and made her crash into a tree.

Her mind was still in flight mode and she tried to get up right away but her left hind leg would not allow her to walk. The pain was intense whenever she tried to put her weight on it.

But this would not stop her, she would not die here, there was no way.

Her only option was limping and so that was what she did.

The lynx had stopped sprinting and was now catching its breath while she was limping towards salvation.

Salvation in this case was a big root under which she wanted to hide from the predator.

The fact that the predator could smell her blood and the fact that she was in plain sight of said predator escaped her panicked mind completely.

When she finally reached the root she collapsed in exhaustion. There was no bit of energy left in her entire body. She was so done in fact that she could not even stand back up again when she saw the lynx make its way over to her while the wind caused the rain to go almost completely sideways.

Lightning lit up the sky and the scene seemed too surreal for her to be happening.

Yeah that was right, maybe this was all a bad dream and she would wake up in the burrow and everything would be okay.

Meanwhile the predator had closed the distance and was now standing in front of the root that she was 'hiding' under.

The lynx was panting as it still had not recovered from the chase and started speaking with a voice that was distinctly male,"wow, little rabbit you got some spirit in you. You know, I just wanted to pounce you and kill you quickly. But no, you botched it. Because of YOU, I had to run through all this rain."

The lynx was now leaning down so that he could see under the root. His muzzle was so close that she could feel his ragged breath and another surge of fear went through her as the reality of the situation hit her right on the head.

The lynx noticed this and seemed rather pleased,"see that it what I want to see. But too little too late my dear meal."

He grabbed her with his paw and pulled her out into the open.

Judy instinctively let out a high pitched squeak and started thrashing around. But with how worn out she was it proved to be non effective against the large predator.

"You see, I would have killed you mercifully, rabbit. But since you made me suffer, now, I will make you suffer."

She looked up at the lynx how was now raising his paw as if to strike her. And she readied herself for the pain and closed her eyes.

But then something happened, through the rain there was a loud cracking sound and she opened her eyes only to see the lynx look upwards.

The tree above them had been struck by lightning and parts of the tree were now raining down onto the ground.

One of these pieces was a rather large branch which hit the lynx square on the head, accompanied by another cracking sound as his spine gave in.

Judy had no real time to process this though as the lynx collapsed onto her.

With half her body now buried under the dead lynx and the branch there was no way for her to get away.

Not that she would have gotten far anyways, she was injured after all.

And so she accepted her fate and finally started crying.

Time passed and the weather cleared up.

Which meant that at the very least it was not raining anymore. Which left Judy stuck, wet and hurt. But at least she had the little bit of body heat that the lynx corpse still had to warm her up.

She wondered how long it would take for her to die here.

Would she starve?

Would she freeze to death?

Or would her wounds claim her first?

None of the options seemed really enticing to her, not that death was enticing at all.

But at this point she had to wonder which option would be best.

And she could not come to a conclusion.

It didn't matter anyways, since it would probably be a combination of all three.

And so more time passed.

Judy was actually getting really sleepy. And she would probably have dozed off.

If not for the voice that caused her to be wide awake,"well, well, well, what do we have here?"

Asked the silky male voice from behind. She tried to turn her head to see but the lynx was blocking her view.

But she would not have to wait long as the mammal was coming closer,"If it isn't Bobby the bobcat, slain by the storm."

Judy was actually pretty happy, if this mammal was able to remove 'Bobby' from her then she might be able to survive after all.

She was just about to call out to the unknown mammal when an auburn paw entered her field of vision and caused the words to get stuck in her throat.

"And if that isn't a cutesy little rabbit buried under there, I will be damned!"

Shortly after the paw the rest of the fox came into focus and the spark of hope in her heart died a violent death.

Why of all mammals that could stumble upon her?

Why this one?

Why a fox?

The fox smirked and just continued,"well my little rabbit. You got my attention! I need to know how this happened."

He was now standing next to her. And for the first time in her life she was able to examine a fox from this distance.

He had a very slender and yet powerful body with a cream colored underbelly. Bunnies usually stayed as far away from foxes as possible. Because of the whole being eaten by them thing. And because of this she never had the chance to actually notice all these details about them. He was a lot like in the stories that the elders told the kits in the burrow. She could see his sharp white teeth when he was talking. And his ears that were so much more pointy than those of a rabbit. But the thing that stood out most about him were his leaf green eyes.

"Don't want to talk to me?" He seemed a little annoyed and lazily placed his paw on the dead lynxes shoulder before pressing down. She felt the pressure and squeaked when she felt the pain in her leg when her wound was pressed upon.

"Fine, we can talk later. For now I will be contend with the next best thing."

This confused her, what was the next best thing?

She immediately regretted even asking herself as she heard the wet sound of flesh being torn apart when the fox started eating the lynx.

After the first bite he smirked and his muzzle and his teeth were red with blood.

"So this is what bobcat tastes like, not bad."

And after that he continued.

The sound was like torture to Judy at first. She could not help but imagine herself being the one that was torn apart whenever she heard the sound. And she had the urge to throw up.

But she never did and she slowly got a little less effected by the sound.

She was still freaked out and the sound still made her feel sick, but at the very least she did not feel like throwing up.

Though she was sure that if she were able to see the actual act of flesh being eaten, then this might change back pretty quickly.

After a short while, that seemed like an eternity to her, the fox suddenly stopped.

And he released the pressure from the corpse and thus her, before walking in front of her and sitting down.

Once he sat down he started licking the blood of his teeth and then continued with his muzzle before speaking.

"So little rabbit, mind to tell me what happened here and extend your life a little more?"

For a moment she actually considered telling the story to the fox, she had nothing to loose after all.

However after thinking about it for a while, she did have nothing to loose.

And so she chose to be strong in the face of death.

"Why would I tell you this? FOX!" She empathized the last word so that he could feel her disgust.

"You will eat me regardless, so why would I tell anything?"

The fox smirked and switched position. He was now laying down with his paws crossed over one another while his eyes were trained of hers.

And for some reason this made her feel really anxious.

"Well, little rabbit." He paused for a moment before he continued,"the way I see it that is very true."

She knew it!

Of course she would die here. The corpse of a lynx was not enough for the greedy fox and so she would have to serve as desert.

"I am very interested in your story though. Since me and Bobby were, if not friends, at least rivals."

This made Judy smirk,"well you might never know what killed your rival, sorry foxy."

The words were out before she even knew it. She was mad at herself for saying what she had said though, just surprised that she was able to talk back to the fox like she did.

And then an idea hit her.

"Unless you were to let me go.", she said in a somewhat flirty voice that, once more, surprised herself.

The fox meanwhile started laughing and answered with a grin, "oh dear, if I made an exception for every mammal that tried to argue with me, then I would probably starve to death."

That was the answer that she had expected. What she had not expected was what followed.

The fox now laid his head on his crossed paws which almost brought him down to her head level.

"However I am willing to make a deal."


Authors Note:

Boy, here I go again! Making Judy's life miserable.
So I was writing the next chapter for When Future meets Past and I came up with this scene(not finished yet).
And I had to write it!
So I did.
And maybe I will just go and write the second chapter(to finish this scene) and then stop.
Or not we will see.
As always! This is a oneshot until I say otherwise.
[Disclaimer: This is not actually a oneshot as you can tell from the note above. But this is a joke I made with each and everyone of my stories when they were only one chapter long so I am doing it here as well. ( And this disclaimer is here because of random guest number 453 over on AO3)]