DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Slayers... Hee, but Lokkin is all mine! (n.-)

Episode 011: Killer Assassins!

The Blue Bunnies of Doom?

"Lina." Gourry whined. "Can't we rest already? Zelgadiss weighs a ton."

Lina looked over at Gourry who was lugging the still unconscious chimera on his back. "Well of course he does jelly fish brains; he's made of stone after all!"

"But Lina!" He whined. "I'm hungry!"

The sorceress put a finger to her chin. "Come to think of it I am too. Hey Xelloss!" She called upward towards the forest canopy. "You said we could have lunch! It's been five hours already!"

The violet-haired trickster phased in behind her causing her to jump. "So I did, Miss Lina." He replied cheerfully pulling out the large sack. "Not to worry, we'll stop here by the river and have lunch and dinner."

"FOOD!" Lina, Gourry, and Amelia growled eyeing the sack greedily.

"Hey Gourry." Zelgadiss whispered, awakened by the racket and realizing that the first of the many bodies of water that he had incorporated into his plan was behind him. "Drop me off in the river okay?"

"Huh?" Gourry said turning suddenly causing Zelgadiss to flip off his shoulder and crash head first in the river with a startled yell. "Zelgadiss? Are you awake?"

"Mr. Zelgadiss!" Amelia squealed running over to the river. "Miss Lina! Mr. Gourry! Mr. Zelgadiss needs help!"

"Uhh." Lina sighed, grumbling she turned away from the sack to once again save the water destined chimera.

Meanwhile Gourry had fished the, apparently unconscious, chimera out of the water and he was once again laying on the ground, a worried princess leaning over him concerned.

"Good work Gourry!" Lina said grabbing him by the sleeve. "Now let's let Amelia handle this while we go eat."

"But Miss Lina…" Amelia began but Lina had already retrieved the sack and began tearing into a giant sub sandwich with her blond counterpart. Amelia sighed and closed her eyes once more and prepared to save her true love, whom now had a slight blush coloring his stone cheeks.

"Oh my." Xelloss wondered aloud. "What are the odds that he'd find himself in the same fortunate position, twice in two days?"

Once again the princesses' lips were inches from his own and Zelgadiss was once again inching up to meet them when the princess felt something rather warm and furry ?... brush against her cheek. Curious, Amelia opened her eyes, and then let out a piercing scream.

Zelgadiss eyes snapped open and he pulled out his sword to meet the danger.

"Amelia!" Lina gasped jumping to her feet followed by Gourry who also pulled free his sword. Xelloss opened his eyes to take in the threat as Yade pulled her daggers free from her belt, and Sherrast… well you know. Nothing could prepare them for the horror that was about to meet there gaze.

Lina screamed. "Oh Gods! Make it go away!"

"I've never seen anything so freighting." Xelloss said turning a sick shade of blue. "It's hideous."

Yade pursed her lips and paled slightly, but held her ground.

"Huhhh!" Zelgadiss shuddered pulling the princess away from the monstrosity and holding his sword out to distance them from it.

Sherrast stared serenely at it. "Huh. Well that's new."

Gourry just looked at everyone confused. "Huh? What are you guys going on about? It's just a little bunny?"

And so it was. Although this particular "little bunny" was a bright Robin's Egg Blue, two foot tall, with dark, humanistic eyes and when it smiled it revealed an unnaturally human looking mouthful of teeth. It was, to put it mildly, one of the scariest things Lina Inverse had ever scene, the scariest on the Lesser Beast's list.

"Hey there little guy." Gourry said approaching it with a hand out offering a piece of lettuce he'd pulled off the sub. "Wanna a piece of lettuce."

"Gourry…" Zelgadiss said cautiously. "I am not certain that that is wise…"

But Gourry was already inches from the creature's face. "That's right! Yummy

lettuce...Lettuce for the cute little rabbit…"

"I don't eat lettuce." It said in a scary child-like voice, its grin never faltering.

Lina paled, and bit her lip to keep from letting out another scream.

Xelloss turned even bluer, quite glad he wasn't a creature who had a stomach or things would have gotten a little messy.

Yade shifted her daggers into attack position. If ever a creature need to be silenced…

Zelgadiss raised his sword over his head...This thing, was definitely his enemy.

Amelia seemed unable to compute the situation and just stood there petrified.

And Sherrast...well you know.

The creature grinned up at them, rotating its head to peer at each of them.

"I am Lokkin." It said grinning. "And I am going to kill you now."

There was a horrid tittering chipmunk sound from all around them as they found themselves surrounded by a legion of grinning death.