REVIEW RESPONSE

Rock Raider: I liked what you said about Pepe and Fifi. As for OxHorn being known, it's a maybe. He might enter the public eye. I'll considir your suggestion, thanks.

Nightw2: I have to admit, doing the battle between OxHorn and Miss. Ice was harder than normal. Glad you're liking this.

acosta pérez josé ramiro: Another teamup eh, I'll think about it. To further elaborate what I said last chapter, the key differece between Furball/Rita and Jess/Zach is that both Jess and Zach have the required training, whereas Rita doesn't. That's why Furball didn't want her coming.

PurpleCobra247: Yes, OxHorn retreating was a wise move. And you'll see if Jess is affected by the nightmare in this chapter.

Arrival of a pet

The following morning, Plucky and Shirley were in the Foxcave with Egghead Jr. Egghead Jr. was busy working on the armor suits for Jessica and Zach. Plucky and Shirley were sitting at the mother computer. They were scouring the city for any sign of Miss. Ice. Most of the ice in the city had melted so nothing was coming up, until Shirley checked the sewage plant. The temperature coming from the plant was far colder than anywhere else. Plucky looked at the images with awe.

"So that's her hiding place." Plucky exclaimed.

"But look, the police havee the area surrounded." Shirley said.

"And the outer dome is covered in ice. There's no way in."

"Perhaps the fire guns would get them in."

"True.

"But is there anything we've missed?"

"I think we need to ind a way to distract Miss. Ice during battle."

"What about if someone else attacked her."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Like some kind of attack fox."

"Might work, but what if it gets frozen?"

"Ah, frozen Fox-sickle. Not good."

"Actually, you have given me an idea." Plucky logged into the internet and brought up an online encyclopedia.

"What are you looking for?"

"To see if there are any foxes that could survve extreme temperatures."

"Oh, they may be one." After a few minutes searching, Plucky found the perfect creature.

"Here, an Arctic Fox. Lives in the North Pole. Competes with Polar bears for food."

"That's perfect. They should be able to withstand Miss. Ice's attacks."

"But where do we get one?"

"Don't ask me."

"I've got it." Plucky logged onto the ACME website and began searching for Exotic pets.

"If ACME don't have one, I don't know will." Plucky muttered.

"But how will it get here?" Shirley asked.

"Instant delivery to your house."

"Oh, shows how much I know."

"That surprises me."

"Well, I haven't ordered from ACME internet before." After a few minutes of searching, Plucky found what he was searching for.

"Aha, they have one. 1 trained Arctic Fox. Great pet plus a lethal attack creature and/or hunting partner. Can adjust to climate quickly."

"Perfect, how much is it?"

"$120."

"Wow, that's expensive."

"Too much, I haven't got enough."

"Good thing I have. Charge it to my card."

"Are you sure?"

"I'll be ok."

"Ok, shall we purchase?"

"Hang on, if they saw FoxFang and Cub with an Arctic Fox and they traced the purchase back to us, things might get a bit messy."

"Isee what you mean. In which case, we need to disguise the fox somehow."

"Well, during the day, it can stay around our house as a pet and only be a fighter during the night."

"We still need to disguise it for when he or she's with FoxFang."

"I could do that."

"You could?"

"I made Cub's outfit didn't I?"

"True."

"Anyway, that's that sorted. Once we've got the Fox, I'll make a disguise for it." Plucky continued to the purchasing section. Shirley tapped ni her credit card number and continued to the mailing section. They typed in Shirley's address and selected instant delivery.

"Egghead, we need to go home to get something. We'll be back in a minute." Shilrey said. Egghead looked up, nodded and went back to work. Shirley grabbeed Plucky be the hand and teleported the two opf them to her house.

When they arrived at the house,Plucky and Shirley immediately went to the front door. They went outside and saw a small crate dropping down supported by a parachute. The crate had the ACME stamp on the side and was covered in air holes. The crate landed gently right in front of them, an inch away from Plucky's foot. They both smiled at the delivery.

"Instant delivery, ain't it amazing." Plucky remarked.

"It sure is, now let's get this fox inside." Shirley replied. The two of them picked up the crate and carefully took it inside. When they were inside, they lookked at the crate for a few minutes. They heard a little movement but not much.

"Is he even alive?" Plucky asked.

"I can sense life from the box." Shirley replied. She peered through one of the air holes and saw the Arctic Fox inside. It was a beautiful white-furred fox with bright green eyes. It was slightly smaller than the native foxes but looked exactly like them other than the colour. It was still half-asleep, resting on a bed of snow with it's eyes open. The box was full of snow and ice to keep it cool. Shirley could also see a few other boxes, a leaflet, a booklet and a bowl. Shirley just admired the sgiht of the fox. It was noe of the most beautiful things she had seen. Shirley looked away from the box and back at Plucky.

"How is it?"

"It's just waking up, let's get it out." Shirley used telekinesis to open the box so they could get a good look at the fox. They noticed the fox had a red collar on. There was a name tag as well as some legal documents. The fox looked up and looked at Plucky and Shirley. It didn't make a move for a few minuteswhiile it assessed them. After a while, it walked out of the box and snuggled up to them both, rubbing it's head against their legs.

"Awwwww." Plucky and Shirley said together. Shilrey knelt down and stroked it. The Fox reacted by pressing against her. Plucky went over to the crate and pulled out everything else that was insside. The boxes contained special food for the fox, a dried food with fish. The booklet was on care for the fox and the bowl was for the fod. Plucky pulled out the bowl and opened a box of the food.

"I think he could do with some food from his trip." Plucky suggested.

"Agreed." Shirley replied. The Fox ran up to Plucky and started bouncing like a dog. Plucky poured some food into the bowl and the fox began eating it quite happily.

"I think someone was hungry." Shirley joked. Plucky was looking theough some of the documents. Amongst them was a information sheet about the fox. Plucky began reading this aloud so Shirley coule hear the details.

"Name: King. Gender: Male. Age: 2. Weight: 24lb (10Kg). Height:11in. Length: 1ft7"

"Thanks for all that, now I can work on disguising him." Shirley said.

"Eh,. No problem."

"I'll get to work. You go back to the Foxcave and track Miss. Ice."

"Ok, but I need to get there first."

"I'll take you while King's eating." Shirley walked up to Plucky, grabbed his arm and teleported him to the Foxcave. Once there, they went over to Egghead Jr. who had finished the armor..

"So, everything's ready now?" Plucky asked.

"Once King's disguise is ready." Shirley replied. Egghead looked at them with a puzzled look.

"Oh, King is an Arctic Fox that is joining our side." Shirley explained. Egghead Jr. nodded.

"Well, I'd better work on his outfit." Shirley said.

"I'll see you later then." Plucky replied. He went up to Shirley and wrapped his arms around her. She hugged him and they exchanged a kiss on the lips. Shirley ended the kiss and looked into his eyes.

"I'll be back this evening." With that, Shirley teleported back to her house to make King's disguise. Plucky went back to the oter compuuter.

"Now, is there any new movement?" Plucky looked at the computer and saw no change in the positioning of Miss. Ice.

At Bugs' house, Bugs, Lols and Jessica were sitting on the in the lounge. The only thing on TV was Miss. Ice's rampage throughout the city last night. The three of them were looking at the television with shocked expressions. The TV was showing what Miss. Ice had done to the plane as it landed.

"Man, what a freak!" Lola exclaimed.

""I just hope she doesn't spoil christmas." Jessica mumbled.

"But I'm sure FoxFang would have stopped her." Bugs replied.

"Yeah." The news then went on to the attack at the Diamondo de Francais. They then televised the interview with the two officers that had helped FoxFang and Cub get away. When they had learned that they weren't enough, they all grew very worried. Bugs nearly fell off the sofa.

"WHAT! How could he fail?" Jessica asked.

"If she stopped our hero, I don't know what to do." Bugs muttered.

"Do you think he will try again?"

"I don't know." Lola replied.

"Why?"

"A defeat like that would have affected FoxFang's ego. He may be too embarassed of filure to try again."

"On the other hand, he may want to redeem himself. I know I would." Bugs added.

"I suppose all we can do is wait and see what happens then."

"Please FoxFang, don't give up." Jessica said aloud.

"That's the spirit. Have faith in our hero." Bugs replied.

"Yeah." Lola added. Bugs and Lola stood up and went into the kitchen, leaving Jessica thinking. She began thinking of the nightmare she had. If she failed again, not only would it put her parents in danger, but it would put Zach and christmas in danger as well. She hadn't told her parents and not even dared to. She didn't wantt to make them suspicious but she knew that if she didn't stop Miss. Ice, the consequences wouldn#t bare thinking about. She was interrupted with another news bulletin. The bulletin was saying that the police were surrounding the sewage plant and were planning a raid tonight when reinforcements had arrived. This put a smile opn Jessica's liips.

"I know where she is now." She thought to herself.

Thet night, Bugs and Lola had an early night. They were scared of Miss. Ice and thought the best thing to do would e to sleep and put the owrries out of their minds. This gave Jessica the opportunity she needed to reach the Foxcave. When she arrived, Zach was already there standing next to the computer. Plucky and Shirley were also with him. King was in the cave as well on a lead. He was wearing the disguise that Shirley had made for him. The disguise was a black coat with the FoxFang and Cub logo's. None of the fur was visible but hhis eyes were visible. Jessica walked up to King with a puzzled look. Zach was the first to notice that she was there.

"Hi Jess." Zach greeted. Jessica looked at him. She walked over to him and gave him a hug.

"Hi Zach." Jessica replied. She let go of the hug before turning to Shirley.

"Who's this?" Jessica asked, pointing to king.

"Oh, say hello to king. We brought him to aid in your battle." Shirley replied.

"How could he help?"

"He's an Arctic Fox."

"Ok, he should be useful, but I am worried…"

"We've taken as many precautions as possible. Besides, there are other pets around."

"True. Mostly owned by the humans though."

"Anyway, down to business."

"Miss. Ice is still in that msewage plant." Plucky said.

"Ok, are those ice protection suits ready?"

"Yep." Shirley teleported away and came back with the two suits Egghead Jr. had built. The suits were bright red and everyone could feel the warmth coming from them. Each suit had two guns attached by pipes. The guns were red and had fire markings on the side. Shirley gave one to Jessica and one to Zach.

"Now, which vehicle shall we take?" Zach asked as he put his armor on.

"Well, it will be hard to get close with either vehicle." Jessica replied, putting on her armor.

"But we also need to take King into account."

"Ok, in which case, we'll use the Fangmobile." Jessica and Zach then put their FoxFang and Cub attire on over the armor. They then jumped down into the Fangmobile. King jumped in immediately after them and landed on Cub's lap.

"Ok, here we go. Time to get the city out of this ice age." FoxFang said. The two of them bucked up and then FoxFang drove out of the Foxcave. Plucky and Shirley were looking at where the vehicle had gone.

"Good luck guys." Shirley muttered.

A/N: Hope you like this touch I've added. Please review.