It dark and peaceful, all the jackrabbits were asleep and dreaming. Another day leads to another night. Echo mine wasn't the best home for jackrabbits, but it was perfect. The mine has been abandoned for years. Miners used to dig for diamonds and come home rich, until no one could find anything. After that, the mine was left worthless and abandoned. Until a group of jackrabbits came and made it their forever home. It was generation after generation of no predators and humans. Until tonight...

Luck Jack was half awake when he heard laughing... evil laughing. There was unfamiliar voices. He listened closely. "Unlce Slim if this is our new hideout, what are we going to do if there are rodents or other animals?" the voice asked. "I guess the best thing is to do is-" Lucky Jack was confused and worried, he couldn't hear what the other voice was saying. "Enough listening I got to see this for myself." Lucky Jack whispered to himself.

He tried to follow the sounds of the voices, even though he couldn't understand much of what they were saying. It was like mumbling. "Tonight we will steal cattle from a ranch, sell it to Mr. Weasley, and once it is bankrupt, I'll dress up in a disguise walk into town and buy the ranch. Depending on how much it cost and how much we earn from stealing the cattle, sign the deed to the ranch and I would now own it. We will keep doing this until I become the richest landbarer in the west." said a voice.

Lucky Jack hopped around looking for the trespassers until he ran into Rebecca, another jackrabbit. She was chestnut brown, wore a pink ribbon around her neck, had white spots on her fur and grey on the tips of her ears. "Howdy Lucky, I see you're investigating too ain't ya?" she whispered. "Why yes I am. I was almost asleep until I heard strange things." Lucky Jack replied in a whisper. "So, why are you up?" he asked. "I was already up, I couldn't sleep so I thought it would be better if I walked around, so I would tire myself out. Then I heard voices." Rebecca explained.

"Wait where's Phil?" one of the voices asked. "I'm over here uncle Slim, look what I found." replied another. Lucky Jack and Rebecca stopped and listened. "Um, Phil, why are you holding a jackrabbit?" "I found it. Can I keep it?" said one of the voices. "No, are there more?" the same voice asked. "I think so." "Gil I believe you were right. All of you, gather some dynamite." one of the voices demanded. Lucky Jack was horrified, what are they gonna do? He thought. "We gotta tell the others and fast!" said Lucky Jack. "What if they don't believe us?" replied Rebecca in a worried tone. "No time for that, now come on!"

The two ran as fast as their legs could carry them. Lucky Jack stopped running, he sniffed the air. It smelled like smoke. "Lucky I think-"

BOOM! There was an explosion! Lucky Jack started to have awful thoughts running through him. Rebecca was shaking. They both knew what happened. BOOM! Another explosion occurred. A group of other jackrabbits ran into them. "Rebecca, Lucky! You're safe!" said a jackrabbit. It was Varn, he was white with black paws and had light brown markings around his eyes. "No time for chit-chat we need to leave now!" said Rebecca. The 2 got with the group, and ran. It was explosion after explosion. The group of jackrabbits was decreasing. Wherever they went, tunnels were blocked due to the rocks falling whenever there was an explosion.

Only 5 rabbits were left, some of them died, but 3 were injured. One of 3 was Lucky Jack himself. "Lucky you're bleeding!" shouted Varn. Lucky Jack looked down. His right foot was covered in blood. "I-I-I c-can't feel a-anything." Lucky Jack stuttered. "We got to keep moving!" Rebecca cried. The group ran, but Lucky Jack and the other 2 injured jackrabbits weren't very fast. BOOM! It was another explosion. Rocks started to fall, blocking other tunnels. "Come on! We're almost near the exit." said Varn. The rabbits could see the exit. BOOM! The explosions were getting worser and worser. Before they could run rocks fell. Before the rocks could land, Lucky Jack escaped. "We made it!" Lucky Jack shouted in happiness. Then he realized no one was there. He turned around looking toward the exit of the mine. It was blocked by rocks. Lucky Jack knew what happened. He felt sorrow and grief. He had not only lost his home, but his friends and family. Lucky Jack had nowhere to go, so he started limping his way to find another home.

Only the wind could take him where he needed to be. Then all of a sudden he passed out.

At Echo mine.

"Well boys I think we finished, but we need to clean up from the explosions. Instead we'll do that tomorrow. We got a heard of cows to steal." "Can I bring the rabbit?" "Phil I told you to get rid of that thing!" "Ok I'll put it outside."

Hello. Did you like the new story? I'm still thinking about ideas for "The Willies story" and I'm sorry if one of the chapters in both stories ends on a cliffhanger. And I wonder who those shady people could be. (I know that you know who they are). And sorry if some parts of this chapter is a little gory. I'll try to write as much as I can. Bye.