Authors note: I almost forgot let's give Fern a break from investigating pairs of underwear and give Fern a new adventure.

To Dead Composer April won't appear until much later in this story.

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Sue Ellen and Fern were eating some fire roasted meat on a stick. It was very bland tasting, that both girls could hardly eat it. They managed to stomach it and threw the sticks in, "I don't like this…"

"I don't want to be on the move all the time, this is dangerous," Fern said nervously as she took a bite out of the meat.

"I know…" Sue Ellen replied sadly then made an average statement defending her actions, "We made a commitment; we can't face these guys alone."

One of the handmaidens entered the room, "Girls, you have a guest."

An aardvark man of average height with brown hair, whom was wearing a prehistoric outfit, entered the room.

"What do you want?" Fern asked as she was slightly annoyed.

There was no going pass Fern when she was in this mood, Fern knew very well what she got into, she needed to get out of this before someone she knows or cares about dies.

"I am from the village you both saved; you did a good job but the ending could have been more peaceful…"

Sue Ellen left the room she heard enough of this story; she knew she made some bad choices, and it would be very difficult to fix them if these handmaidens were to be here and they didn't have much of a choice of where to go next.

The leader of the village commented, "What is wrong with her?"

"Moss was mentioning something about keeping an eye on her because she is very close to falling to become a member of the heresy." Fern sighed.

"I will leave you both…" and he left.

"I believe we are done dinner, I am going to talk to Sue Ellen." Fern said calmly.

The handmaiden smiled, "Ok," and she got rid of the metal utensils and put out the fire.

Fern saw Sue Ellen lying on the cot looking up at the ceiling, "So this is our lives…"

Fern interrupted her, "I know you are sad, I can sense it."

Sue Ellen covered her face with her hands, "I know… please help me before I lose it again."

Fern of course listened to the handmaidens plans, "Well, if those bad guys come, we are leaving the planet in a moments notice."

"I am glad you are making the decisions, I can't…"

One of the handmaidens walked in interrupting both girls, "It is essential that you both get an education."

Sue Ellen smiled nervously it wasn't what she expected, it was some of the best news she heard all day, but it was overshadowed that her mom took a teaching job at Lakewood, "You are a teacher?"

"Yes, we are going to do some fifth grade math right now."

"Ok," both girls replied with a sense of satisfaction.

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After school, Mrs. Armstrong, Max and Alanis went to Crosswire motors.

"I don't know if he will hire me…" Alanis stated sadly she of course was in fear of rejection.

"My dad got hired by him," Max replied quietly despite he was upset with what she said earlier.

"…true," she turned to him, "So why can't your family go back?"

"Tigris was loyal to Tyrannous, due to political strife in some areas of the planet, we would probably be killed, my mom and dad's immediate family is coming soon, and they want to escape."

"I see… In any case Earth is not a member of any faction, so rest assured that they don't even know where you are."

Mrs. Armstrong explained the situation to Ed Crosswire, and the poor aardvark woman got hired on the spot, despite some problems that Mrs. Armstrong had with Mr. Crosswire.

"Show up here tomorrow," Mr. Crosswire ordered, and looked in the aardvark woman's eyes, "And wear something sexy."

Mrs. Armstrong glared at Mr. Crosswire, "That is sexual harassment you know."

Mr. Crosswire grumbled, "Fine, wear something casual."

Mr. Clarkson sat at his desk as he saw his son, "Max, you are to baby-sit Arthur's sister tonight, her parents are going to a cocktail party and Arthur is going to Muffy's"

Max of course wasn't impressed with the plan, "Dad, she is mean, greedy, and whines too much."

Mr. Clarkson wasn't too happy, "Max, I will make it up to you; I got cars to sell."

Max trudged off sadly as this wasn't what he wanted to do, Mrs. Armstrong sighed as she looked at him then turned to Reno, "Max doesn't seem to like baby sitting."

"Mrs. Armstrong, Max is a good kid, but truthfully, Mr. and Mrs. Read wanted Max to look after D.W. while the baby sister is at Thora's."

"So is Sue Ellen, I just want her and Fern to come home," Mrs. Armstrong commented sadly, "I want this nonsense to stop."

"I am worried about them too," Alanis replied, "They are wandering around unescorted."

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Max had soon arrived at the Read House; Muffy was there, waiting for Arthur; Mr. and Mrs. Read were wearing their Sunday's best.

They gave Max directions the emergency contacts as they left, Arthur and Muffy left soon after.

"Real good parents…" Max grumbled as he didn't want to be here, he'd rather be well doing stuff with friends..

D.W. was watching TV, "I wish I was on the Mary Moo Cow show, and then I can leave my crummy life behind and be rich."

"That ain't going to happen," Max chimed in as he laughed at D.W.s visions of grandeur.

"Yea it is!" D.W. yelled, "Once I get to the studios where the show is aired you'll see."

Max chuckled it was too funny but truthfully he wanted to lock her outside, "They are not going to put you on the show."

D.W. left as the show ended, she had found a black marker… a water soluble marker but she didn't know that, she had found a wall and she started drawing a word on it… a dirty word in her point of view, she ran into the den where Max was watching TV, "Max I wrote a swear word on the wall!"

Max was shocked as she saw the word in big black letters, "Poppycock?"

"Aren't you going to punish me?"

"That's water soluble!" Max argued, "I will punish you by making you wash the wall." He got a wash bucket full of water and a sponge.

D.W. soaked the sponge and washed the word off the wall, "I hate it here, my parents are always punishing me and Arthur is always mean to me!"

"He is looking out for you," Max replied as he chuckled at the word on the wall.

It was true Arthur was always looking out for D.W. despite the implications about how people treated her 'badly'.

"Well I propose myself to go on Mary Moo Cow…" D.W. stated truthfully, then lost confidence immediately with an almost tearful voice, "…Can you take me to the studio?"

"Forget it," Max replied rudely knowing this plan was going to be very stupid, "You are to stay here and keep out of trouble even if I have to tie you to a wooden chair because I can tie really good knots."

"Fine, then I am going to tell my parents that you hit me," D.W. warned, "Then you won't baby-sit in this town ever again!"

Max chuckled, "If that is the way you want it, then perhaps I will go into the kitchen to get me the slice of cake in the fridge," Max went into the kitchen and opened the fridge, he found a slice of cake left, it was enough for him and a note stating that it was for Max.

He put it on a plate and he started to eat it.

"That was my cake!" D.W. stammered angrily.

Max chuckled, "I am a guest in your house; compliments to your father, he makes an awesome chocolate cake."

"Well guests are like house flies, you can only stand them for a few minutes," D.W. chided the tiger boy.

"Well, I am babysitting you and you can't do much about it," Max said as he finished up the cake.

D.W. sighed she wanted to do something mean to him, so mean he would hopefully never come back she had decided to kick him where the sun don't shine and he fell down in pain almost crying.

Mr. and Mrs. Read had come home; Mrs. Read had a bit too much too to drink and almost had sexual relations with Carlos. Mr. and Mrs. Read had found Max almost crying on the floor; Mr. Read looked at D.W. "D.W. what happened."

"He fell," D.W. lied.

Max struggled to get up and said in a winded voice, "She kicked me…"

"D.W.!" Mr. Read exclaimed, "Go to your room."

D.W. left while Mr. Read led Max into the kitchen, he turned to him, "Need some ice?"

"Sure…"

Mr. Read gave Max an ice pack, "So what happened?"

"D.W. was wanting to be on the Mary Moo Cow show, so I told her it probably wouldn't happen, so after I grabbed a slice of cake, she complained it was her cake and she kicked me, on top of that she wrote a swear word on the wall."

Mrs. Read was shocked and she nearly fainted, probably due to how much she had drunk.

"Don't worry I made her wash it off."

Mr. Read went to investigate, all he said was "Poppycock?"

Max joined him, "Still there?" he had seen a dark outline of the word on the wall, she washed it but it proved to be a stubborn stain.

Mr. Read turned to Max, he knelt down face to face, "About the cake; D.W. probably wasn't informed that the slice of cake was for you for babysitting her…"

"I want to get her back…"

Arthur and Muffy who came back early walked in with an idea they both heard the conversation Max had with Mr. Read, Arthur looked at the wall, and noticed the ice pack "She kicked you down there I take, so how about we guilt trip by telling her you had to go to the hospital and you had to get a gender change because of where she kicked you."

Max smiled deviously at the plan.

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The next day at Crosswire Motors a monkey man in his mid twenties was talking to Ed, "Jimmy, you are going to work with Reno over here, since Reno has some sales experience you both are going to talk to Mr. Freeman about us being the supplier of police cars."

The young looking monkey man who was wearing a fine suit smiled at Reno who was a bit apprehensive of working with someone who didn't seem to have much experience in the car business, they both went to the police station, "Ok we are not going to take no for an answer."

They walked into the police station proper with briefcases in hand and a smile on their faces, they had sat down at the desk of the police chief and he had looked at them both, "How may I help you both?"

Reno started to talk but was interested by Jimmy, "I am Jimmy Crosswire, related to Ed Crosswire and I hear you want some new police cars."

"One or two…" Freeman replied but was interrupted by Jimmy.

"Well sir you're in luck, with our cars you will get to the crime scene quicker."

Mr. Freeman wasn't interested with more than two; he knew it was a lame sales pitch, he was impatient "Get on with it."

"Ok, what happens if there is a problem with most police cars and others are on patrol and you need to get to the crime scene as it happens when some psychopath comes into a room with a chainsaw and he uses it on his victims?" Jimmy asked, and then quickly answered before Freeman said anything, "Nothing because you aren't there to detain him, and what happens when the paramedics come?" he asked, "They walk in and one is like 'Oh My God!' then he sees the new paramedic in the corner throwing up because he sees the mutilated bodies."

"You have to excuse my co-worker, apparently he ate paint chips when he was a child," Reno replied as he was embarrassed by his co-workers irrational behavior, "Jimmy here is very special."

"Ok and what happens when you get your new police cars through us?" the monkey man asked as he, "You get to the psychopath before he kills that family with a chainsaw, and you and your fellow officers show how things should be done, when you beat his ass to the fullest extent of the law because there are no small crimes…they are all justified."

Mr. Freeman was annoyed with them both, "Get out!" and he turned to Jimmy, "Oh and Jimmy have a very 'special' day."

They both walked out of the police station.

"What the hell was that?" Reno asked in shock, this wasn't what he expected; it was far from what the tiger man had expected at all, "I told you just to push the cars Mr. Crosswire sells not make it into some gangster story."

"Well it is true, he will thank us later when your family won't get massacred by some crazy chainsaw wielding maniac."

"I happen to be able to fight anyone off, but one question remains, did you eat paint chips when you were a child? Or put in a special ed class?"

They parted their ways Reno was sick of this guy and his crazy allusions, but Jimmy went into his brown sedan and drove down Main Street.

A decrepit looking aardvark man wearing black armor and carrying a chainsaw in hand was mumbling to himself; "I will kill that cat girl and that poodle girls families, then Cyrax will give me a cut. If he doesn't I will kill him too..."

Jimmy saw the mercenary carrying a chainsaw as he walked across the street, he put the petal to the metal and hit him, causing the merc to crash into the windshield and Jimmy crashing into another car, the mercenary was hurt as was Jimmy, bystanders ran to both their aid as Jimmy was bleeding from cuts to the face when the glass shattered. The mercenary looked at his leg; it was broken.

He stumbled out of the car when the merc pulled out a pistol and fired a shot shattering the side mirror of the sedan, everyone hit the ground, the merc pulled the trigger again but the pistol had jammed, Jimmy ran up to him and they both started fighting, the merc ran away from the monkey man until they ran into a business called Giorgio's pawn shop, the seedy pawn shop owner sneered at them, "Well looks like the spider caught a couple of flies," and he knocked them both out.

TBC