It's been 5 agonizing hours in the plane. DJ had been singing throughout the whole trip. Bugs and Lola were losing their patience. Within their minds they were having a debate. They wanted to shut him up, but then again he did save their lives. But then came the last straw…
"Eres tu! Eres tu! Como el agua de mi fuente!" sang DJ the Mocedades song in a high-pitched voice
Bugs and Lola covered their ears in pain and winced.
"Ehh…" muttered Lola
"If Speedy were here…he'd beat him up for disgracin' his language…" said Bugs as he gritted his teeth
"Then let's do Speedy a favor and put the ol' dog out of his misery…" said Lola
Bugs and Lola climbed out of their seats and stood over DJ's head; DJ was still busy hearing himself sing. They were about to whack him with a mallet, when the Boss appeared on the screen.
"What are you doing?" asked the Boss
DJ looked at the screen then looked above him. Bugs and Lola looked back and chuckled nervously. They jumped back into their respective seats.
"Nothing…" said the Bunnies innocently
"Sure…" said the Boss
"What's going on?" asked DJ "Is something wrong?"
"I'm afraid so," said the Boss, "we did NOT wipe out the Iron Claw."
"What? But we left that place in ruin!"
"You made sure of that," said Lola
"Yeah, dat was overkill, DJ," added Bugs
"We did not get the leader himself, he was not at that facility," said the Boss
"You mean there are more Iron Claw bases?" asked Lola
"Unfortunately, yes," answered the Boss
"Well, what should we do?" asked DJ
"You're going to have to go to that base and destroy it,"
"Well, good luck with that," said Lola
"Huh?" asked the guys
"Look, it's been a long day and I'm tired," she said, "I need to go pick up the kids. I can't leave them with my mother all day."
"Umm...about that…" said the Boss
Lola raised her eyebrows and sat up in her chair. Bugs also grew tense. They waited for him to elaborate on what he meant.
"It's not easy for me to say this…but…they've been kidnapped," he said seriously
"WHAT!" they yelled simultaneously with anger and worry in their voices
"It was the work of the Iron Claw. Your mother called the police and she reported that men in black suits took Sean and Tanya off the premises," said the Boss sternly, "so you see, you have no choice."
"I…can't believe this," said Lola, "not my babies! No!"
"They're not gonna get away with this!" said Bugs as he clenched his fist
"They're going down!" said DJ
"Alright…so…" began the Boss before being cut off by static. The image became blurry and it refocused into the shape of the Boss of the Iron Claw.
"Who are you? And how did you get this frequency?" asked DJ
The shadow let out a chuckle, bearing his teeth as he laughed.
"I am the Leader of the Iron Claw," he said
"You! What have you done with Sean and Tanya!" demanded Lola
"Oh, the little tykes? They're here, with me,"
"Dey better be OK!" said Bugs sternly
"Oh, they are. But for how long is up to you!"
Just then the image changed to that of a holding cell. Behind the energized bars, were two unconscious little rabbits, Tanya and Sean. Bugs and Lola grew even more concerned. The image changed back.
"So you Agent Bunny, arrive to these coordinates which I'm sending now. I'll be waiting…" he said before the image disappeared. Just then their Boss reappeared on the screen.
"What just happened?" said the Boss
"He wants us to find him?" said DJ as he glanced at the coordinates
"Correction, he wants ME to find him," said Lola
"Lola, it's an obvious trap," said Bugs
"I know, but what else can we do?"
"We can go there and blow everything up!" said DJ
"And blow up da kids in da process, I don't tink so!" said Bugs
"So you see we have no choice, but to play by his rules," said Lola
"Excuse me! Last time I checked, I was still the Boss!" said the Boss angrily
"Yeah? So?"
"SO! I say we, the Force, go and stop this evil plot!"
"But what about the kids!"
"What's more important? The fate of the entire world, or your kids?"
"What? What kind of a choice is that?"
"The world comes first!" he said while he gave DJ a secretive look
"I'm not gonna stand here and watch! I'll…" said Lola before she was tied down to her seat by the automated seatbelt, "HEY!"
"Sorry Lola," said DJ as he finished typing his command to his Comp on his arm communicator.
"I'm not going to let you go renegade spy again. You'll cost us the entire mission, just for your womanly instincts!" yelled the Boss before he cut off the transmission.
"Grrr!" she muttered, "let me go!"
"Sorry, but I can't. Orders are orders," said DJ
"How could you let him do that?"
"Look, he has a point. We have to look at the bigger picture! It's for your own good! Tell her, Bugs!"
"I know we have to save da woild! But we also have to save da kids! Aren't dey part of dis world, too?"
"Yeah, but if we let her go, she could jeopardize the mission by being selfish!"
"She would do da right ting!"
"Maybe, maybe not. But I have to obey the orders, alright!"
"Why can't you make decisions for yourself?"
"I'm sorry…" said DJ remaining silent and activating the thrusters.
Tensions were high as they were on their way to the base.
Elsewhere…
The two young bunnies were within the underground holding cell. Unbeknownst to them, they were being held in the foundations of a large, old structure. A structure being used by the last remaining members of the Iron Claw, who were still plotting and conspiring for the domination of the entire globe. Inside the cell, Sean had just woken up.
"Huh? Where am I?" he said rubbing his forehead
His vision focused and he saw the stone walls around him and the energy prison bars that enclosed him in half of the room. "Grandma?" he let out in a whisper. He then looked next to him and saw his sister, Tanya.
"Hey Tanya! Wake up!" he said nudging her shoulder. She stirred. "Are you ok?"
"What? Where are we?" she asked as she came to
"I dunno,"
"What happened? Last thing I remember was being at Chuck E. Cheeses when those weirdoes came up to us,"
"I don't like this at all…" said Sean trailing off in thought
They stood up from the floor. Sean approached the bars and as soon as he touched them, he was thrown back with force to the floor.
"Ow!" he exclaimed.
"I wouldn't try that again if I were you," said a voice from the shadows
Tanya and Sean were silent. Tanya moved over to where Sean was, in part to help him up and in part from fear of the mysterious figure. From the shadows emerged a serious looking fox. He had maroon colored fur and piercing brownish yellowish eyes. He had an impressive figure, that he would have been mistaken for a young man if it were not for the lines on his face that tell the truth of his old age. He was dressed in a sleek business suit. Behind him were two goons, dressed in simple suits.
"Who are you!" demanded Sean
"Such rudeness…" said the fox folding his arms, "I won't tell you unless you ask nicely."
"Why should I?"
"Who has the upper hand?" he said as his goons pointed their guns at the children. They were silent.
"Umm, who are you, mister?" said Tanya trying to be really sweet and keep her calm
"Why, my name is Roadster McFox, little lady. I shall be your host today,"
"Mister McFox, may I ask why have you brought us here?"
"Yes you may,"
"Why have you brought us here?"
"You see, I need to have something valuable; an object of high stakes in order to do business with the top agent of the Force. And I really was fortunate. I have two."
"Object of high stakes? Top agent of the Force? Speak English!" yelled the frustrated Sean
"SILENCE, BRAT!" yelled McFox
Everyone held their breath after McFox's outburst. Then McFox spoke again.
"Agent Bunny is coming here to save you two, her DARLING children. Which is exactly what I want her to do…" he said as he turned around to leave the room
"Mom? A secret agent?" said Sean in wonder
"What are you going to do!" said Tanya becoming angry
"Why, I'm going to set the bait for my little trap," he said starting to laugh sinisterly
He and his goons left the room. The children were astounded.
"Mom's in trouble!" exclaimed Tanya
"But how's it that mom's a secret agent? What's going on?"
"I dunno…" she said shrugging her shoulders "But I think it has something to do with that guy I saw in the house earlier and why mom made us go with grandma today."
"What guy?"
"Some guy that pretended to be dad today,"
"Posers…" muttered Sean
"We have to do something,"
"I still can't believe that mom's a secret agent!" said Sean, still in surprise, "Awesome! She gets to use cool gadgets and other stuff to beat up bad guys!"
Tanya looked at him and rolled her eyes.
"What? You knew?" he asked
"Umm…maybe…" she said looking away
"And you didn't tell me? Why?"
"Cause you're a kid,"
"And what are you!" he said becoming angry
"Older than you!"
"Two minutes older, big deal!"
"Argh! Forget it! We have bigger things to worry about,"
They both calmed down a little.
"What are we gonna do?" he asked becoming serious
"We gotta get out of here!"
"But how?"
"I... I have no idea…" said Tanya in a concerned tone
"I wish mom and dad were here,"
"Me too,"
Meanwhile…
It was getting well into the evening when the armada of jet planes was approaching the coordinates that were unusually provided for them. They led to a secluded place off in the Appalachian Mountains. Oddly enough, in this certain isolated region of the mountains existed a stone castle. It had four towers on the four corners. The outer walls were thick. There was a courtyard that led to the interior structure. The inner fortress had two tall towers and one large tower in the center. It was mounted on a cliff with virtually no way to reach it on foot or ground vehicle. However, it was very vulnerable to an aerial attack. Or so it seemed…
"Alright, execute plan delta!" commanded DJ via his communicator to the others. The planes formed a triangle shape and opened fire. To their surprise, the shots were reflected by an invisible barrier. "What?" exclaimed DJ as he avoided the rebounded shots
Just then from the towers on the outer walls, machine guns appeared from out of their floors. They were shaped like arrow heads, mounted on a swiveling platform. There was a thug manning each of the guns and they began to open fire on the Force. They took evasive maneuvers and tried a counterattack, but they were rebounded once again by the barrier. They were being shot at, with no way of shooting back. DJ was becoming nervous, which was the exact opportunity someone needed…
"Alright computer," whispered Lola, "get me a jetpack and anything else DJ may have in his arsenal. He usually gets the new stuff before I do."
"I can't break through. His Comp is blocking me from his system," answered the computer
"Then execute
program FLIRT,"
Within the system, Computer came up to Comp.
Comp was a green, male face on screen. Computer then began to run the
program.
"Hey there big boy…" she said seductively
Comp saw her and cocked an eyebrow.
"Why don't you and me make sparks fly?"
He smiled a goofy, DJ-type smile. She gave him a kiss and he went haywire.
"Woo hoo!" he cheered
"Whoa, you go girl," whispered Lola
"Thanks," said Computer
The Computer searched for weapons in DJ's inventory. She found two jetpacks, an energy shield, and an interesting new gadget. She appeared on Lola's communicator again.
"This is what he has," she said showing her an image of each of the items, "he has this new jetpack which is faster than your old one."
"Nice,"
"And this arm band forms an energy shield when activated,"
"Sweet,"
"And this interesting little gizmo is an energy field projector. It forms a sphere of energy that can be used to protect yourself from bullets, laser beams, you name it. It only allows air to pass through. It can only be deactivated by the controls on the communicators belonging to the Force. It's also effective as a way to transport captures when you forget your handcuffs,"
"Yeah that always happens to me. I always leave mine in my bedroom…"
"What?"
"Uh, never mind,"
The jets were still having problems with the Iron Claw defenses. DJ was having major difficulty and his wing was hit by a laser. The jet was spinning out of control, the three passengers had to eject in their jet-propelled seats. The jet crashed into the valley of the mountains. As they were heading for the ground, DJ and Bugs were looking around but they couldn't find Lola.
"Where did she go?" asked DJ
"Dere!" pointed Bugs
Lola was flying towards the castle. DJ and Bugs flew after her. She was using her scanner to try to find an opening in the barrier. Little did she know someone was watching her…
From the control room in the upper-most tower, McFox saw Lola heading towards the castle.
"Let her in," he commanded
"Yes sir," answered a goon
"Why are you letting her in? You should just destroy her now and be done with it," said a young fox
"Now where would the fun be in that, Conner?" asked McFox
Conner was a dark orange fox. He had a mesh of red hair on his head and his eyes where light brown. He was dressed in a business suit; however he carried a laser gun on his holster.
"She could be useful for us. But we have to test her metal,"
"But what if she dies?"
"Then she isn't Iron Claw material. Don't worry, either way you'll get your chance to test your skills,"
Then from the door, came a dumb-looking, orange-brown puma.
"Pete Puma! Reporting for duty! A-heeeeee!" he said excitedly
"Pete? What are you doing up here?" said Conner
"I came for my big assignment like you promised me,"
"Assignment?" asked McFox
"Yeah, a special assignment just for you," responded Conner to Pete, giving McFox a wink. Conner put his hand around Pete and began to walk with him out of the control room.
"This time, it isn't getting coffee," began explaining Conner
"How many lumps?" asked Pete
"I said it's NOT getting coffee,"
"Sorry, old habit,"
"You have to go down to the dungeons and guard the prisoners,"
"Really?"
"Really,"
"A-heeee!"
Meanwhile….
"C'mon! C'mon! There's gotta be a way in!" said Lola becoming frustrated
She had to get in there before DJ got to her. She then picked up an open spot on her scanner. She looked for it and it became larger as she came closer and closer to it. She flew safely through it. And as soon as she passed through, it sealed up again.
"Hey! What are you doing?" demanded DJ as he called her on the communicator
"What does it look like? I'm infiltrating this place," answered Lola
"Get back here!"
"I wouldn't even if I could,"
"What!"
"Look out!"
DJ crashed into the barrier and was thrown to the ground. Bugs approached the barrier but stopped before he touched it. Lola approached the barrier as well.
"Lola…" began Bugs
"Bugs…I have to do this," said Lola
"I know, be careful,"
"Always,"
She blew him a kiss before heading towards the castle.
"I'm sorry Boss and you too DJ," she thought, "but I must do this. The Iron Claw dared to mess with my husband and now my kids. Of course they realize this means WAR!"
With that firm conviction, Lola jumped off the slow moving seat and activated her jetpack. She flew towards the main tower, determined to kick some….buttocks.
"Make sure she goes through the front door," commanded McFox to his henchmen
As Lola was flying, a machine gun opened fire at her. Lola used her laser gun to cancel out the shots and to shoot back at the gun. She managed to damage the machine gun enough for it to be useless, she continued towards the tower. Just then a green bubble was heading her way from the ground. She saw it and dodged it, but it came at her again. She flew but it was getting faster and catching up to her. She made a nose dive to the ground to try to give it the slip, but it still followed her. She pulled up and went through the front gate. As she passed through, the bubble stopped at the entrance. It disappeared in a surge of energy and the front gate closed in front of her.
"It wanted me to come here," thought Lola
She looked around the dark corridor. It was suspiciously still and silent. On high guard, she continued walking through.
"Let's see if she really is the top agent of the Force," said McFox activating the trap
The lights turned on suddenly and arrow slits from the walls and ceilings opened up. From them appeared some laser guns. Lola then began running towards the other side. Random patterns of beams were shot at her from all angles. She used her gymnastic skills to avoid the shots. She then saw that the exit she was running towards was sealed. Just then the lasers stopped firing for a second. Lola noted that they were all gathering energy to release one final massive blast at the same time.
"Now!" commanded McFox.
All the guns fired at the same time. A bright green light filled the room, followed by a cloud of smoke.
"Oh well," said McFox believing that he had destroyed her. "They just don't train them like they used to…wait a minute!"
From the smoke a bright blue bubble was shinning. It moved and inside it was Lola Bunny, perfectly unharmed. She walked towards the sealed door, which had been weakened by the blast, and used a high kick to break it down. She deactivated the bubble and continued through the door.
"Wow, not bad," muttered McFox, "She seems to have similar technology to mine."
Conner was not as impressed; he simply humphed at the screen. McFox, on the other hand, was beginning to really like his game.
"Let's see if she handle the next challenge," he said, grinning evilly