Sorry for da wait, folks! I had issues to deal with. Acosta, I have been reading your reviews and I know your guess is Wile E. I just wanted everyone to give their 'final answer' for the question. So without further ado, I present chapter nine!

Who is Dark Rider?

We last left our hero Bugs as he headed back to Sherrock to warn Lola of the Freedom Fighter's plans. Bugs was within range of Sherrock at this time. He then saw the smoke and rode faster to town, as his intricate sense of danger was telling him something bad was happening. Copper galloped as fast as he could.

"What's going on?" he wondered

He followed the smoke and found the source. The inn was ablaze!

"Lola!" he called. He quickly dismounted and ran into the burning building (Please don't try this at home!). He searched but couldn't find anyone on the first floor. He tried to go upstairs but a part of the stairs broke under his weight. He pulled himself up and continued upstairs.

"Help!" came a voice

"Lola! Where are you?" he called

"I'm locked in a room down the hall!"

Bugs made it past a few flames and found the barricaded door. He pushed the furniture aside and tried the door.

"Lola?"

"Bugs!" she called

"Stand back!" He stepped back and kicked the door open. He found Lola and Pa in the room. They were ok, so to speak.

"Sam set a trap!" said Lola

"We need to get out!" said Bugs

Bugs carried Pa on his shoulder and led Lola out the room. They dodged the falling debris, and dashed carefully past the flames. As they climbed down the stairs, the rest of it collapsed. They fell to the first floor. They were down. The roof was caving in on them. Bugs and Lola recovered from the fall and helped each other carry Pa out the door. As soon as they made it outside, the second floor collapsed. The inn was completely destroyed.

They set Pa down on the ground. They kneeled beside him. Lola picked his head up.

"Pa? Can you hear me?" said Lola

He was slowly gaining consciousness. But then…

"AHH!" screamed Bugs. Someone threw a rope around Bugs' neck and pulled it, causing him to fall backwards. It was Canasta! Soon all of Sam's men revealed themselves. They surrounded the trio.

"I knew I would catch a rat in my trap!" said Sam. His men tied and gagged Bugs up and threw him in a cart.

"Bugs Bunny! You are arrested for treason! You will be tried…no scratch that…you WILL be hanged!" said Sam

"No!" cried Lola "let him go!"

"I'm afraid not doll, say bye to your boyfriend cause it's the last you'll ever see him," said Sam

"What should we do with them?" asked Smith referring to Lola and Pa

"We'll deal with them later. They served their purpose, for now," answered Sam

Sam and his men marched to the town square with their capture.

"I can't lose him too…" whispered Lola when she and Bugs looked at each other as they carried him away

"I have to stop them," mumbled Pa, "I have to stop Sam even if it's the last thing I do!"

The procession paraded their way to the town square, where a hangman's post was waiting. Curious townspeople have left their homes to see what was happening. They gathered around the square. Sam had taken his sweet time to intimidate the town. He made the cart encircle the crowd so everyone can see his catch.

"You see!" he shouted, "This is what happens to people who oppose me!"

They stopped in front of the hangman's post. They shoved Bugs out of the cart. They pushed him around a bit, making fun of him.

"This flea bitten varmint tried to kill me! Your beloved mayor!" continued Sam, "We don't take kindly to assassins! We'll show this Yankee how we do justice out here in the west!"

Then someone from the crowd yelled, "LET'S GO YANKEES!"

Everyone looked at him. Criquets chirped. Chirp, chirp. He put away his Yankee apparel and ran away before someone shot him.

Anyways….

They were about to push Bugs up the stairs, when…. BANG BANG! Someone shot the men that were pushing Bugs along. They fell to the ground. Everyone looked around, and then in the middle of Main Street was the Dark Rider!

He fired his gun again and more of Sam's men fell to the ground. The townspeople panicked and ran away. Bugs jumped down and took cover behind the hangman's post. He pulled out a pocketknife from his back pocket and cut his ropes. He then untied the gag. Meanwhile, Dark Rider rode towards Sam.

"Not this time…" said Sam. He lashed out his six shooters and shot at Dark Rider. Sam missed Dark Rider, but hit his black horse. The horse fell to the ground; Dark Rider fell with him. Dark Rider tended to his horse. But Sam took aim at him. Dark Rider got wise to him and shot at Sam in the blink of an eye. Sam moved back and shot at Dark Rider. They both took cover.

Sam took cover behind some barrels, while Dark Rider took cover behind the hangman's post. He found Bugs there.

"Dark Rider," said Bugs, "thanks for the help."

Dark Rider nodded. He then signaled Bugs to go around that way while he went the other way. Bugs did so. When Dark Rider ran at amazing speeds from his hiding place, Sam shot at him. They both fired at each other, but they weren't hit. Sam ran out of ammunition, as did Dark Rider. Sam then came out of his hiding place.

"Let's fight like men!" shouted Sam, "If you defeat me, then I'll leave this town. But If I win, you die."

Dark Rider was listening.

"Look! I'm putting my guns down!" said Sam as he threw them away. Dark Rider came from his hiding place and dropped his guns on the ground. He stepped out to meet Sam at the center of the town square. They stared each other down.

Sam was the first to move, he dashed at Dark Rider. Dark Rider just stepped out of the way. Sam crashed into the ground. When he got up, Dark Rider was yawning. Sam grew enraged and pounced at him again, Dark Rider just moved out of the way. Sam tried and tried, but Dark Rider kept dodging him like it was nothing. Sam then made another attempt. This time Dark Rider swooped kicked Sam. Sam tripped over and fell on his face. Sam came again and threw punches. Dark Rider grabbed his arms and kicked Sam into the air. Sam was getting angrier and angrier. He was giving it his all while Dark Rider wasn't even breaking a sweat. He decided to try something different.

"I'll ask you again, if you join me you can become a powerful man,"

Dark Rider glared.

Sam casually strolled to Dark Rider.

"If you don't, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to kill you,"

Dark Rider made no response.

Unbeknownst to him, Canasta had hidden away on the scene. He was on the second floor of a house. Sam gave him a signal. Canasta took out his gun and aimed at Dark Rider. He was about to fire when Bugs appeared and rushed to karate chop his hand. He then punched him again to put his lights out. Dark Rider saw this happen and then looked at Sam. Sam chuckled nervously. Dark Rider then charged towards Sam. He kicked him up in the air then punched him back down. Sam hit the ground hard. He seemed to be out, so Dark Rider started to walk triumphantly away from him. He looked at Bugs and gave the thumbs up. It seemed as though victory was theirs.

However, Sam was moving. He pulled reached for a gun that was on the holster of a fallen man that was near him. He aimed at Dark Rider.

"Look out!" said Bugs

Dark Rider turned around to see Sam with the gun. He fired at him; Dark Rider tried to dodge. But it zoomed passed his shoulder, stinging him a little. He held his shoulder in pain and looked at his shoulder, which started to bleed, but then Sam came at him. He jabbed him in the gut, knocking the wind out of Dark Rider. He fell to the ground. Then Sam kicked him in the face, which made him fall over on his back. Dark Rider rolled on the ground and was face down on the ground. Sam then locked onto his neck. Just then Bugs came and kicked Sam off. But Smith appeared suddenly and grabbed Bugs. He twisted his arms behind his back. Bugs struggled but he couldn't get free. Then Sam got up and jabbed Bugs in his gut.

"Keep out of this!" yelled Sam as he gave him another punch

Bugs gritted his teeth as he endured the second hit. Sam then went over to Dark Rider, who hadn't moved an inch.

"Now to see who this pest is once and for all!"

He turned Dark Rider over. He pulled off his hat and mask and revealed someone he never expected to see. No one expected to see this person.

"I can't believe this!" yelled Sam "It was you all this time!"

"How could it be? This doesn't make any sense!" said Smith

"No way!" said Bugs

"LOLA!" they all said

It was indeed Lola (I bet a lot of you guys are confused right now!). She couldn't respond; she was out cold. Sam was angry that all this time, it was a girl who was beating the crap out of him. Just then whoever was left of Sam's men came forward.

"Men! Lock her up! She will be hanged tomorrow sunrise!" commanded Sam. They carried her away, Bugs tried to get free to save her but he couldn't. Sam looked at Bugs before getting on his horse.

"I'll kill you later," he said as he rode back to his office. Then he was out of sight.

"Or I'll do ya the favor of killing you right now," said Smith reaching for his gun and pointing it at Bugs' head

Just then someone came from behind and knocked Smith out. Smith released his grip on Bugs. Bugs turned around and saw Sylvester.

"Sylvester!" said Bugs

"You took too long, so I came to see if you needed help," said Sylvester

"Lola needs our help! We have to save her!"

"Why? What happened to her?"

"She's Dark Rider!"

"WHAT! BUT HOW?"

"I have no idea, ask J.C.! But we got to do something!"

"But we can't just barge in there! Sam is gonna have that place locked up tight!"

"We need action!"

"We need a plan!"

Bugs finally came to his senses. He calmed down a little.

"Let's go back to Hamota and plan an attack," said Sylvester

Bugs nodded and they both got on their horses and headed back to Hamota.

J.C. the Wabbit: O.K. I bet you guys want an explanation, eh? Well, that's what chapter 10 is gonna do. Meanwhile…goes to hide in bomb shelter in fear of angry reviewers