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Rock Raider: Yep, Pepe will be worried about Penelope. Thanks for asking how Sly and Penelope were doing, it gave me an idea to space out this chapter.

acosta pérez josé ramiro: I've never seen 'Toy Soldiers' so if this reminds you of it, it's sheer coincidence. As for your guess of who OxHorn is, you'll have to wait and see. All will be revealed at some point.

Nightw2: Yep, big mouth Daffy strikes again. You'll see the preperations Jess and Zach take in this chapter. I'm glad you liked this chapter and hope you enjoy the rest.

PurpleCobra247: Yep, it's a biggie. The plan will be discussed this chapter and executed next. Considiring who they're up against, Jess and Zach will need luck.

Preperations

Soon after Jessica and Zach escaped from the Looniversity, another police car arrived on the scene. Eric and Lucy, the two police officewrs in charge of arresting FoxFang and Cub arrived on the scene. They walked over to another of the officers, who was standing next to a police car.

"What's the situation?" Eric asked.

"The leader has made his demands." The officer replied.

"And?"

"He wants Bugs Bunny."

"Who is this guy?" Lucy asked.

"He didn't say his name."

"A new member of Al-Qaeda no doubt."

"Persumably." Lucy took Eric away and spoke to him in private.

"Eric, this is the perfect set up. FoxFang will obviously come to the rescue and we'll get him then." Lucy whispered.

"Hang on, do you really think it's right? FoxFang will only be trying to help the city." Eric asked.

"I know, but according to our boss, he's a vigilante and therefore, a criminal."

"Why do we get this assignment and not something else?"

"I don't know, but you know what our boss is like."

"Yep, more ignorant than anyone."

"You know, we could just let FoxFang go free and say that he was too quick."

"That might work but boss would get pretty mad."

"Especialy if someone tells on us."

"So, it's a no win siuation."

"Why?"

"Because if we delibrately let him get away we'll get into trouble and if we get him, we'll be unpopular with the citizens."

"I think being unpopular would be worse."

"Agreed."

Back at the Foxcave, Jessica, Zach, Plucky, Shirley and Egghead Jr. were gathered around the sheet of paper that had been laid out. They had a lot of preperations to make before liberating the Looniversity. The mother computer was showing live coverage of the situation. Nobody was aware that Jessica and Zach had escapeed because of the way they escaped. While this had a couple of upsides, it also produced a couple of problems.

"One thing I do know, people will still think that you two are still in the Looniversity so once you're done, you'll have to appear as yourselves somewhere in the Looniversity." Plucky said.

"You're right, but how do we do that?"Jessica asked.

"Perhaps if, once you're done, you leave as you normally would and then I teleport you back." Shirley suggested.

"Risky, but there's no better option right now." Zach replied.

"But these guys will be tough. For one thing, they have firearms which you guys don't."

"Egghead, can you make some kind of bullet protection?" Egghead nodded and began drawing some plans on his side of the paper.

"Ok, but what about when you're inside the Looniversity?" Plucky asked.

"Swackhammer will be our primary target but I think we should take out the terrorists as well." Jessica replied.

"Reality check Jess, there is no way you two will be able to defeat ALL those guys AND swackhammer." Shirley protested.

"Shirley's right. We need another approach." Zach added.

"Like what?" Jessica asked.

"Perhaps if we could put them to sleep somehow."

"Egghead, can you think of a way to put people to sleep?" Plucky asked. Egghead nodded and continued drawing.

"Is there anything else?" Jessica asked.

"I think you guys could do with a way to get away from the police." Plucky suggested.

"What do you mean by that?"

"I mean things that can create some cover for you to escape if an officer confronts and tries to arrest you."

"Good idea, especially since there are two officers after us."

"What kind of things do you suggests?" Zach asked.

"I'm thinking of stuff like flash bangs and smoke grenades." Plucky replied.

"Egghead, I know you're going to be busy today, but could you make those?" Jessica asked. Egghead nodded confidently.

"Now that's all settles, I think we need to do some training." Jessica said. Everyone nodded in agreement.

"That reminds me, Egghead made a training area for you two." Shirley said.

"Well let's go." Zach said enthusiastically.

Back inside the Looniversity, everyone was still trapped in the rooms they were in when Al-Qaeda arrived. Only Daffy and Tweety were aware of Swackhammer as only they had seen him. Swackhammer had not allowed them to phone anyone. Penelope was trapped in the library along with a few students who were studying when Al-Qaeda arrived. Penelope was cornered in the library reception area by an Al-Qaeda terrorists. The room was full of shelves. The shelves were mostly empty as books that had just been returned were placed there. Some shelves were filled with paperwork that was filled out the day before. The room was covered with reading posters and book adverts. The Al-Qaeda terrorist was questioning Penelope at gunpoint.

"Do you have any idea where Bugs is?" The terrorist asked.

"I already told you, I have no idea." Penelope repllied. She had never been so terrified in her life.

"Quit stalling. Tell me where Bugs is!"

"I don't know." The terrorist aimed the gun at Penelope's head but was stopped by another terrorist.

"Drop it, she obviously doesn't know. Besides, we have to find the two that escaped." The second terrorist said.

"Escaped?" Penelope asked herself.

"Grr fine! I will be back!" The first terroriost said angrily. They both walked off, allowing Penelope to give a hugs sigh of relief.

"That was close." Penelope walked out to where the children were. All of them were cowering under desks in terror. Penelope felt like doing the same but something held her back. She went up to the window and looked out. She saw all the police cars outside. For some reason, the sight filled her with dread. She didn't feel comfortable wih the fact that the police could do nothing.

"I hope Sylvester's ok."

Back at the Foxcave, Jessica and Zach were in a large training room on the middle layer with Shirley. The area had 5 training zones. The first was a screen with several openings in the wall. Targets would appear from these slits which Jessica and Zach had to hit with their Fangdarts. Each sucessful hit would score points depending on how close too the bullseye the dart landed. The second area had several clay pidgeon catapults. These were used as targets for the Fangmerangs, they scored points when they were hit. The third area was a high area with five platforms. There were chandelieurs of varying sizes hanging from the ceiling. This was grapple gun training. Each platform had a button which scored points when pressed. There was a 10 foot drop which ended with a large pool of water at the bottom and a ladder to climb out should someone fall. The fourth area was a cardboard cut out shooting area. A mixture of armed thugs and innocent citizens would pass through. Jessica and Zach had to hit the thugs with whatever they could while avoiding the citizens. Thugs scored points while citizens took points away. The final area was an arena where robotic thugs would come out. They were unarmed and would automatically shut down after taking a certain number of hits. Each robot shut down scored points. The total points were recorded on a scoreboard in the centre of the room. Jessica and Zach looked around the room in awe.

"Wow, nice job." Jessica complimented.

"It's Egghead that you should compliment." Shirley replied.

"I see that it works on a score system."

"Yep."

"What's the maximum score possible?" Zach asked.

"I think it's 1,000."

"Wow, that's 200 for each game"

"But it is nowhere near easy."

"We need as tough a challenge as we can get in order for the upcoming battle." Jessica said.

"Yeah, well good luck. The Fangdarrt range is first." Shirley led Jessica and Zach to the first area. She pressed a button and targets appeared. Jessica and Zach saw a payload of Fangdarts in front of them.

"Ready?" Shirley asked. Jessica and Zach readied themselves. They picked up 1 Fangdart and prepared to throw. Shirley raised a green flag and took out a stopwatch.

"5 minutes, BEGIN!" Shirley started the stopwatch and lowered the flag. Jessica and Zach began throwing Fangdarts at the targets as fast as they could. They both got constant bullseyes or near bullseyes. When 5 minutes were up, Shirley flew her flag again and pressed another button. The targets stopped appearing and a horn sounded.

"Right, let us see how you did." Shirley muttered. Jessica's score appeared on the scoreboard.

"Jessica scored 175." Then Zach's score came up on the board.

"Zach scored 180." Jessica smiled to herself while Zach showed a look of surprise. He didn't expect to beat Jessica in accuracy.

"Nice one, you seem more accurate than me." Jessica complimented.

"Well, you are slightly faster." Zach replied.

"Right, now onto round 2." Shirley interrupted. She led Jessica and Zach to the Fangmerang target arena. There were a pile of Fangmerangs in front of Jessica and Zach, like before.

"Ready?" Shirley asked. Jessica and Zach got into position nd readied a Fangmerang.

"5 minutes, GO!" Shirley pressed a button and the clay pidgeons began firing. Jessica and Zach quickly began throwing Fangmerangs at the targets. By the time the 5 minutes were up, there were several broken clay pidgeons scattered in the arena.

"Now, how well did you do?" Shirley asked. The scores for that round came up.

"Jessica scored 180." Jessica smiled. Then Zach's score came up.

"Zach scored 180 as well. This round is a tie."

"Wow, you are pretty accurate." Jessica complimented.

"I'm quite surprised actually." Zach replied. Shirley read the scoreboard.

"Ok, total scores so far, Jessica has 355 and Zach has 360."

"You're winning at the moment." Jessica commented.

"I don't mind what happens, we need to train." Zach replied.

"Ok, now onto the graaple gun obstacle course." Shirley said. She led Jessica and Zach over to the third challenge. There, they found two grapple guns. They picked them up and climbed into the starting positions.

"Again, 5 minutes, GO!" Shirley said. She pressed a button to sound a horn that signalled the start of the challenge. Jessica and Zach started swinging with the grapple guns from platform to platform, each hitting the target buttons. They nearly collided a couple of times. When the buzzer that signalled the end of the challenge sounded, they both fell into the water below. Shirley tried not to laugh whhen they both fell but instead went off and fetched a couple of towels. Jessica and Zach both surfaced and looked at each other.

"Heh, guess we're both a little tired." Jessica remarked.

"At least this pool is here." Zach added.

"I suppose it could double as a swimming pool."

"Could do." They both began climbing out of the pool, where Shirley was waiting for them with some towels.

"Are you guys ok?" Shirley asked.

"We're fine." Zach replid.

"But I'm anxious to find out how well we did." Jessica added.

"Let's see shall we." Shirley had a look at the scoreboard.

"Jessica scored 190. Then Zach's score came up.

"Zach scored 185. That means you're both tied on 545." Jessica and Zach looked at each other.

"This is getting close." Jessica remarked.

"But there's two more challenges left." Zach replied.

"And the next is the cardboard attack." Shirley added. She led Jessinca and Zach to the target area. They found a mixture of Fangdarts and Fangmerangs there for use.

"Ok, remember that hitting a civillian will deduct points, so be careful, Ready?" Shirley placed her hand over the button to start the contest. Jessica and Zach both picked up some Fangdarts and readied themselves.

"5 minutes, GO!" Shirley got the challenge started. Jessica and Zach began throwing Fangdarts and Fangmerangs at the targets. They were slightly slower in their fire rate as to avoid hitting the wrong targets. However, they did hit a couple of civillians each by accident. After five minutes, Shirley stopped the round and the cut outs stopped appearing.

"I think I hit a couple of wrong targets." Jessica muttered.

"Don't worry, I did too." Zach replied.

"But let's see how well you did." Shirley said. The scores then appeared on the scoreboard.

"Wow, you both scored 185 points. That brings your total to 730."

"Wow, this is close." Zach exclaimed.

"And only one round to go." Jessica added.

"And we'd better start that now." Shirley replied. She led them to the final challenge.

"Remember, robots will keep appearing for five minutes." Shirley said.

"We know." Zach replied.

"So this is the deciding round eh, good luck Zach." Jessica said.

"You too."

"Well, five minutes on the clock, GO!" Shirley pressed a button and robot started coming. Jessica and Zach split up and began pounding the robots. They were indestructible but shuit down after 1-5 hits, depending on where they were hit. Jessica was mostly hitting the robots in the head and chest while Zach aimed for the head and groin (if robots have groins). After 5 minutes the challenge ended. All the de-activated robots re-activated and went back into storage. Jessica and Zach climbed out of the arena. They were both utterly exhausted.

"I am so glad that we have another 5 hours until 6:00." Jessica said.

"So am I, we'll need all the rest we can get." Zach added.

"Guys, you both did extremely well." Shirley complimented.

"Thanks." Both Jessica and Zach said. They both laughed when they realised ythat they had said it at the same time.

"So, who won that?" Jessica asked.

"I'm curious as well." Zach added.

"Well let's find out." Shirley replied. Everyone looked at the scoreboard.

"Jessica scored 195 points." Jessica smiled in satisfaction.

"And Zach scored a perfect 200 points." Both Jessica and Zah gasped at this.

"Which means Jessica has a total of 925 while Zach has a total 930." Jessica and Zach were looking at each other.

"Well, guess you won." Jessica muttered.

"Guess I did." Zach replied. Jessica went over to him and hugged him. They had both regained their breath after their training.

"You did brilliantly."

"So did you."

"Well, I guess this means that we're pretty much ready."

"Guess so." Jessica looked at Zach in the eye lovingly.

"Let's get through this together."

"Let's." They both looked at each other for a moment before kissing each other tenderly.

"Aww, cute." Shirley remarked.

That evening, Jessica and Zach were suiting up ready to liberate the Looniversity. They both had their outfits ready and they had had a hard days worth of trainnig. In total, they had gone through the training arena 3 times, each time both of them getting a higher score. Zach had won twice while Jessica had won once. In all these occasoins, the point difference was only 5.

"Well, it's now or never." Jessica muttered.

"Let's do this." Zach added. They were about to suit up when Shirley stopped threm. She was carrying a bunch of equipment. They included two vests, red and green balls and more Fangdarts. Plucky was with her.

"Guys, here's your equipment." Shirley said.

"Thanks." Jessica replied.

"I see that we have bullet proof vests." Zach said.

"Not just bullet proof, but dagger proof anf it can protect your body from explosions." Plucky replied.

"Nice." Zach muttered. Jessica and Zach took the vests and put it on before the rest of their gear. Plucky interrupted them again and handed them some more Fangdarts. These were different from the others as they were coloured purple.

"Purple Fangdarts, what's different about them?" Jessica asked.

"They're called Tranquiliser Fangs. They have a powerful sleeping drug that will put even a blue whale to sleep." Shirley replied.

"But will it be fatal?"

"No, they only induce sleep. In humans, it should last about 3 weeks. But they only have one dose per dart. After that, they're normal Fangdarts." Plucky then shared out the balls between Jessica and Zach.

"What are these?" Zach asked.

"The red balls are Fang screens, the green ones are fox glares." Plucky replied.

"So, basically smoke grenades and Flash bangs." Jessica muttered.

"Yep."

"Use them to get away from the police if you have to." Shirley added.

"Thanks." Zach replied. Jessica and Zach finished putting on their gear and adding the extras.

"Well, wish us luck." FoxFang muttered. FoxFang and Cub left the Foxcave and headed towards the Looniversity.

(A/N: Hope you enjoyed that. I hope that chapter made eerything up to you Rock Raider. In case anyone's wandering, OxHorn will make another appearance next chapter, though you can probably guess at what's going to happen. Please read and review for now.)