REVIEW RESPONSE

Nightw2: Nice bit of detective work there. The motive will be a little obscure at the moment but you may guess when you finish this chapter. I liked how you ruled out some suspects as well. Thanks for the review and I'm glad you liked the chapter.

Rock Raider: I have to admit, I did like your idea but it would go against the direction of the story I had in mind. I thought this up a while ago and, to be honest, I've got all of the chapters written but I'm just posting them one at a time to give you guys a chance to review. Thanks for the ideas anyway.

acosta pèrez josè ramiro: If Buster and Babs are brought on board the team, it probably won't be until the next story. I'll explain where Sylvester Jr. was in a later chapter. To be honest, I didn't think that chapter had much action, but I made up for that in this chapter.

PurpleCobra247: Brendan's motives will be made clear in a future chapter. Glad you like my romantic scenes. I actually find those the hardest parts to write. I don't know why exactly. Glad you like the story so far.

Memory lapse

Soon after Jessica and Zach's romantic moment, the Fangwave sounded. It alerted the team to a break in at the national bank in the centre of town. A small gang of about 5 safecrackers had broken into the bank and were busy planting explosive putty at the safe door. They were all masked figures dressed in black. One of them was wiring one end to a detonator while another was placing the fuse in the explosive putty. The remaining three were keeping their distance. One of them was holding a briefcase and was ready to open it when he was given the signal. They were completely unaware that FoxFang, Cub and King were looking down on them from the skylight. They had taken the FoxChopper and had landed on the roof. They were carefully watching the group's actions. Cub was holding onto King to prevent him from jumping down.

"FoxFang, I have a plan." Cub said.

"Go on."

"We cut the fuse just before they detonate it and attack them while they're wondering why it didn't detonate."

"Good plan. Let's do it." They carefully opened the skylight and lowered themselves down into the area. The group of safecrackers were too busy ensuring that the fuse was connected to the detonator correctly. While they were distracted, King bit through the fuse and FoxFang separated the two ends. They then hid behind one of the desks that were around and watched carefully.

"Ok, everything's set. Now let's watch the fireworks." One of the figures said. Another pressed down on the plunger and everyone covered their ears. They waited for an explosion but it never came. Eventually, one of the safecrackers uncovered his ears and had a look around.

"Guys, where's the explosion?" He asked. The others looked up and realised that there was no explosion.

"I don't understand. Everything was perfect." Another protested.

"Guys, come and look." A third said. He had had a look at the fuse and had found where King had bitten it. The other's came over and had a look.

"Looks like someone cut the fuse." One of them said.

"Cut? This is a bite mark." Another protested.

"But who around here could bite through this?" A third asked.

"How about we answer that question for you?" Came a voice. The safecrackers turned to where the voice came from and saw that FoxFang and Cub had leapt out from their hiding space and were standing on the desk, both armed with Fangmerangs. King was standing next to the desk, ready to pounce at any moment.

"Oh great, why did they have to show up?" One of the safecrackers asked.

"You think you can avoid our notice? That is an impossibility." FoxFang replied.

"Now are you going to come quietly or do we have to get rough?" Cub asked.

"Look, once we defeat you, we'll be the most feared criminals in the city!" One of the safecrackers gloated.

"You? Beat us? That's a laugh."

"Oh yeah, we'll soon see about that."

The group of safecrackers attempted to rush at FoxFang and Cub. They waited until the last moment before jumping out of the way while King dashed away. The group ended up crashing into the desk that FoxFang and Cub were standing near. FoxFang and Cub landed behind them and leapt right at them, landing their feet in the back of two of the goons, smashing their faces into the desks and knocking them out. The remaining three recovered and turned around. FoxFang, Cub and King were behind them again.

"Ok, We're giving you guys a chance to give up. If you don't want a beating it would be a wise idea." FoxFang said.

"Look, we don't give up whoever the opponent." One of the thugs said.

"Very well, your choice."

"King!" Cub instructed. King leapt at the thugs and pinned one of them. He began snarling deeply and terrifying the pinned thug. Before the others could help him, FoxFang and Cub tackled them. Now the three were pinned to the floor. FoxFang and Cub cuffed the two that they were pinning while they had the chance. They didn't realise that the two that had been knocked out before had regained consciousness. They quickly charged FoxFang and Cub. Before they could react, FoxFang and Cub had been tackled. The thug that King was pinning was now covered in blood from bite marks. He wasn't dead but he was too weak to even stand. The blow to the head received when they had hit the floor had knocked out FoxFang and Cub.

"Heh, looks like the tables have turned against you fox." The thug pinning FoxFang gloated.

"Hey, how about we have a little peek." The other suggested.

"You mean…"

"Just think, we'll be famous. The villains who unmask the city's most notorious crime fighters."

"Hmm, I like that."

"Well then, let's have a look." They reached for the hoods but the defence devices kicked in and gave them a very nasty electric shock. The sudden jolt caused both thugs to leap off FoxFang and Cub. Their masks were still intact and the thugs were fuming. The electrical noises made by the defence system had caused FoxFang and Cub to wake up.

"What? They have defences?"

"Is that fair?"

"I don't…" Before he could finish, King, who had seen that his masters were in trouble and had leapt to their defence, attacked the thug that was talking. FoxFang and Cub recovered and climbed to their feet. Cub leapt at the last remaining thug while FoxFang cuffed the thug that King had wounded previously. She then went and helped King take down the last thug. Within a few seconds, all the safecrackers had been cuffed and were completely immobilised.

"Phew, good thing about our defence system." Cub muttered.

"I never thought we'd need it. That'll teach us for letting our guard down." FoxFang replied. They then heard the sound of police sirens approaching

"That's our cue." Cub held onto King and he and FoxFang used their grapple guns to climb back to the roof. Once their, they quickly boarded the FoxChopper and escaped the scene. They didn't quite reach mach 1 but were fast enough to be gone before the police got there. Officers Richard and Rebecca Yang were two of the officers that had arrived at the scene. When they arrived, they found the safecrackers cuffed and completely immobilised.

"Looks like he beat us again." Rebecca muttered.

"Rebecca, look at these bite marks over these safecrackers." Richard said. Rebecca came over and had a look.

"Any idea what caused them?"

"If I know my animals, these were caused by some kind of Fox."

"Makes sense. After all, what kind of pets would FoxFang have?"

"True, but we didn't see one when we met him earlier."

"Doesn't mean he doesn't have one."

"Point."

"Well, we now have a lead. Tomorrow, we'll interview everyone in the city who has a pet fox."

"Ok, but firstly, we take these safecrackers in."

Cub was piloting the FoxChopper back to the Foxcave while FoxFang sat in the passenger side with King sitting next to her. While they were heading back to base, FoxFang's Fangwave sounded. Shirley was contacting them. FoxFang grabbed her portable Fangwave and answered it.

"What did you need?"

"I just wanted to know how it went."

"You're sounding like my mother." FoxFang heard Shirley laughing over the other side of the Fangwave but she quickly stopped.

"Sorry."

"Anyway, we actually needed that mask defence that was installed."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"What happened?"

"Well, we had pinned…"

"Sorry but I need to interrupt. There's some good news."

"What is it?"

"The computer's just located Sylvester."

"Where is he?"

"It looks like he's near that old run-down mansion on the edge of the city."

"Ok, we'll go there and fetch him. You guys get out of the Foxcave before we get there."

"Ok." Shirley closed the communications and FoxFang turned on the FoxChopper's navigation system.

"What's the beef?" Cub asked.

"They've found Sylvester."

"Where is he then?"

"Near some run down mansion on the edge of the city. I've brought it up on the navigator."

"Ok, let's get there and find him." Cub altered course and headed to the area indicated on the navigation system.

The mansion in question was extremely run down. It had fallen into a state of disrepair and was completely abandoned. It was the mansion Tweety, Aaooga, Sylvester and Penelope had been trapped in quite some time ago. When the FoxChopper landed, the whole area seemed completely deserted. There were only a few wild animals around the area. FoxFang and Cub climbed out of the FoxChopper and began walking around the mansion. They eventually found Sylvester round the back of the mansion. He was unconscious and very bruised. FoxFang gently rubbed Sylvester on the shoulder and he eventually woke up. He looked up and when he saw FoxFang, he nearly freaked. It wasn't long before he actually realised who it was.

"Are you ok?" FoxFang asked.

"Where am I?" Sylvester asked.

"You're next to some mansion on the edge of the city." Sylvester had a quick look around the area. He immediately recognised the area.

"Oh not this area."

"Huh?"

"I had a bad experience here in the past."

"Oh. Come on."

"Where are you going to take me?"

"Back to our base. We need to know what happened."

"Ok."

"There's a separate area for you to sit in our transport vehicle." Cub said.

"One thing." FoxFang said. She pulled out a blindfold and wrapped it around Sylvester's eyes.

"Sorry but we have to keep our secret."

"I understand." Sylvester replied. FoxFang and Cub led him to the FoxChopper and helped him inside. King was a little nervous but he didn't do anything. FoxFang climbed into the pilot side while Cub was in the passenger side, with King next to him. Sylvester was in a separate compartment behind FoxFang and Cub's seats. When everyone was safely in, FoxFang piloted the FoxChopper back to the Foxcave.

The Foxcave had been pretty much deserted by everyone else that was there. When FoxFang and Cub arrived with Sylvester, they were the only people there. Shirley had teleported everyone to her house and was waiting for FoxFang's signal to re-enter. FoxFang and Cub kept Sylvester in the area where the FoxChopper was kept. Sylvester was allowed to sit on the passenger seat while FoxFang and Cub interrogated him.

"Ok, what do you remember about the incident?" Cub asked.

"Well, I remember sitting in my house watching a movie and then hearing someone entering the house." Sylvester replied.

"Go on."

"When I turned around, I saw a black rabbit standing in front of me. He then clubbed me on the head and I black out."

"Then what do you remember?"

"The last thing I remember was waking up to you guys. I have no memory of what happened while I was out but I must have been unconscious for a few hours."

"Were you able to recognise the rabbit that took you?" FoxFang asked, although she and Cub both had a pretty good idea of who it was.

"He did seem a little familiar…" Sylvester's facial expression suddenly changed into a shocked expression.

"Are you ok?"

"I suddenly seem to remember owing a large amount of money to a rabbit called Brendan for no reason."

"Perhaps you suffered some kind of amnesia." Cub suggested.

"Well, we'd better take you back to your home so you can rest." FoxFang said.

"Well ok. I am rather tired." Sylvester replied.

"One last thing, where's your son? Was he with you when this happened?"

"No, he was with Sylvia."

"Good, at least he's safe."

FoxFang and Cub went on a little trip to take Sylvester back to his home, making sure Sylvester had no idea where the base was, and came back to the Foxcave within a few minutes. Egghead Jr, Plucky and Shirley had returned to the cave to hear what Jessica and Zach had learned from Sylvester. They were all sitting near the main computer all looking at Jessica and Zach.

"So, what's the beef?" Plucky asked.

"We're pretty sure that he was taken by that Brendan rabbit." Zach replied.

"I should have guessed. I received some very bad karma from him when he was at the party." Shirley muttered.

"But the weird thing is that Sylvester suddenly remembered owing a large amount of money to him for no reason."

"Any ideas what happened?" Plucky asked.

"No idea."

"It's as if his memory was re-written." Shirley suggested.

"Hang on, is that even possible?" Zach asked.

"Don't know."

"Then what actually happened?" Jessica then had a sudden thought about what could have happened. She seemed to remember the story that her mother had told her when she came down with a fever.

"Another!" Jessica muttered.

"What?" Plucky asked.

"I just remembered a story that my mother told me. Her father worked on a device called another.

"And what does another do?" Zach asked.

"It can create false memories."

"Wow, care to tell us?"

"Maybe tomorrow. I'm pretty tired."

"Ok, you heading to bed then?"

"Yeah." Zach turned to Jessica and wrapped his arms around her. She was expecting him to do so and as soon as he did, she wrapped her arms around him. Everyone stood up and backed away. Jessica and Zach looked into each other's eyes for a few seconds before coming together and exchanging a very passionate kiss. They held onto each other tightly and kept on kissing. It lasted for less time than their last kiss, as they were both tired. They nearly fell asleep in each other's arms once their kiss had finished but were ale to stop themselves. When their kiss ended, they looked into each other's eyes for another brief moment before finally letting go and heading down the passages that led to their houses.