I awoke to a gentle nudge on my shoulder.

"Come on. Time ta wake up." I huffed, and opened my eyes. I slowly sat up and twisted and rotated my head until I heard a snap-crackle-popping noise. I unwrapped my self from the blanket and I stood up and yawned I folded the blanket up and handed it to Stranger.

"Thanks for the blanket last night."

He simply nodded his head, and opened one of his pouches. I felt a tickling sensation running up my body and I soon heard purring in my ear. I looked at Bolt, and I smiled. I just remembered my hand and I looked at it. Most of the two large scabs were pealing off, revealing some new, pink flesh, though some of the scab remained in place. I noticed that there were no more red, jagged lines, and there were only a few small zits instead of large boils. Wow, my healing ability is now starting to impress me, considering I almost died already and I'm better in less than 24 hours.

"Damn! Ya hand is almost healed!"

I nodded my head, "yeah. I surprise myself sometimes! " I chuckled.

"I'd wish that I heal like ya." I nodded my head and yawned again. Strange that I slept nicely, or at least I didn't remember any nightmares.

"Well, we'd better get goin' an catch dat dumb ass outlaw."

I chuckled. "Yeah."

"Grrrrwww . . . "

Stranger and Bolt both looked at me.

"Sorry, haven't eaten in quite a while . . . "

Stranger dug around in that bottomless pit bag, and he pulled out a rectangular package, and he handed it to me. I began to examine it, trying to figure out what this was.

"Never saw an energy bar?" I looked up at stranger and he had an eyebrow cocked at me. I blushed and I shook my head. He chuckled.

"Eat it. It's good fer ya." I nodded my head and opened it. A delicious aroma filled my nose, and I took a bite. Oh my god! This was way better than those potato chips! I broke off a decent sized piece and I offered it to bolt. He nearly bit my hand off!

"Owww!" I grumbled.

"Sowwy" he said while spraying crumbs in my face.

"Ugh, swallow first!" I said while wiping my face and shirt off. He nodded his head and finished his hunk I quickly scarfed down mine and I stuffed the wrapper in my pocket.

"Ya gonna keep it?"

I shook my head no. "No, but I don't wanna litter around everywhere." He chuckled at me, and I sighed. "You lead the way."

He adjusted his hat and walked ahead with his boots jingling. My sensitive ears picked up a gun cocking and I followed my ears to the source. An outlaw was high up on a high mineshaft, and a little red lazer was place on Stranger's head. My eyes widened and I threw myself on top of Stranger and we tumbled to the ground just as a gun set off. I sprung myself off of him and he flew into action. He loaded a Fuzzle on his crossbow and he fired it on the outlaw within seconds.

"AH! GET IT OFF! GETITOFFGETITOFF- AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH" then a sickening crunch followed when the outlaw landed on the ground. The Fuzzle was unharmed and it hopped off into the brush.

"Damn! Dat was close!" he ruffled my hair, and I huffed and tried to flatten it.

"You're welcome!" He rumbled with laughter and I giggled. I then saw a upset Bolt huffing with agitation on the ground and I picked him up and held him in my hands.

"Sorry Bolt. If I wouldn't have done that, then he'd be dead!"

Bolt grumbled and he hopped onto my shoulder. I noticed Stranger was on top of a platform leaning against the cliff wall.

"Ya comin'?"

"Hang on!" I ran to the rope that he used and I quickly scurried up it with ease. I stood in front of stranger and shifted my weight to my right leg, waiting for stranger to decide if he's gonna go up the next rope. He pulled himself from the wall and he crawled up the rope. I joined and we both arrived at the top. I looked down to what I figured was the Water Facility. It was crawling with outlaws in a fortress. I swallowed.

"Is this the place?"

"Yup. Now stick close to me." I nodded my head. He hopped down the shallow drop, and he walked down the slope, with me following. He motioned for me to crouch, and we walked into the reeds. We surveyed the area, and there were two guards on top of the two front walls, and there was two on the ground. Stranger loaded up a Chippunk, and he fired it near the reeds. The outlaw came barreling after the Chippunk screaming insults back at it. Stranger fired a rock at the head of the outlaw and he got knocked unconscious.

"YEAH! THAT'S WHAT YA GET YA FATTY!" the Chippunk screamed. He huffed and ran off. I snickered and watched as Stranger did the same with the other. He motioned for me to follow. He watched as the outlaws at the right front wall got out of view, stranger ran on all fours, and I did the same. We both ran around the side, out of the views of all the outlaws. Stranger stopped as soon as we were out of view.

"So you can do that too?" I questioned, referring to running on all fours.

"Yup." We both chuckled. I followed stranger, and he was looking at a way in instead of the wooden front gate.

"Damn! There's no way in!" I spotted one of the tall poles sticking up that had two boards hammered in place, holding it together.

"What about here?" I questioned, pointing to the okey-rigged pole.

"I knew dat." I scoffed and then chuckled. He couldn't even keep a strait face! He walked over to the boards and yanked one off, causing the whole concrete pole to topple over on the wall with a loud crash. I flinched and I froze stiff, waiting for the outlaws to come poring out. Nothing within the structure stirred or went to inspect the noise. I then breathed a sigh of relief. It must have been a normal sound in there!

"Well, I didn't think dat through to well." I was fixing to comment, but I didn't want to offend him. He jumped up on the pole, and he walked up, with me trying to not look down. I finally made it across unharmed. He looked left, and then right. He motioned for me to follow and he jumped over at the boards on the balcony. I scurried right with him. He peeked around the corner.

"What's dat?!" an outlaw grunted. Stranger jerked back behind the edge, and the outlaw poked his head around the corner, and he got socked in the jaw. I heard a sickening crunch and the outlaw passed out cold, and his jaw was definitely broken, if not shattered. Stranger sucked him up in the canister, and my heart was pounding. That was close!

He looked back around the corner, and after a couple seconds he motioned for me to follow. He glanced at me, and he bolted around the corner, with me dashing behind him. He barreled into the outlaw, knocking him unconscious, he dragged him behind a wooden wall, and he sucked him up.

He looked around the edge of the board, and he pulled himself back. He loaded up two round ball like beetles and he positioned himself around the board to shoot, but he was still not very visible from the other side. I heard two thuds as he knocked down the outlaws on each side on the posts that attach to the balcony that we were on. I then heard him shoot some more critters, and I heard some electricity crackle. He then pulled back and gave me a cocky grin. I scoffed and chuckled.

He motioned me to follow him, and he jumped strait down off the balcony, making a loud jingling noise. I sucked up the courage and jumped off. I landed on my feet, and I felt myself shift forward. I steadied myself, and I saw Stranger already sucking up outlaws. I followed him over to the posts as he sucked another outlaw up.

"HEY! WHO'S DAT?!" an outlaw yelled. I heard gun shots, and I looked sharply to the right. I hissed and I blasted toward the outlaw within seconds, dodging the few bullets that he managed to fire before I tackled him to the ground. My nails shot out and I jammed my nails in his chest. I yanked out my claws and I withdrew my nails. I flicked the blood off my nails. I huffed and I looked at stranger. His eyebrows were raised, probably surprised I was that fast.

"Alrighty Stranger! You and ya new pet have ta get past the rest of my boys ta get ta me!" said a rough voice. I looked up at the top of the building in front of us, and there was Looten Duke and two outlaws with rocket launchers on their backs. I growled. I was sure not anyone's pet! He was a lot uglier in person than in paper. Damn he was fat! He was so fat his shirt was skin tight and his belly was sticking out.

"I betcha ya that you and Boilz booty will be catchin up in dat" Stranger spat on the ground "cozy jail cell." Stranger said while swinging his hips in a circular motion.

"AH, NAW! I AIN'T GOIN BACK THERE! I GOT DIGNITY!" he shrieked and he ran back into cover. I snickered at his reaction. He's nothing but a little baby Clakker! The rocket launching outlaws mumbled something and then they launched a rocket at us. I dashed to the right.

BOOM!

I felt myself get flung to the right as soon as the rocket blew up right next to me. I jumped back up and ran behind the building and I heard them direct the rockets at the opposite side.

Oh god, I hope they don't kill him!

I looked around the backside of the building. There were little grooves and cracks that I could use to climb up there. I began to scurry up the building side, jamming my nails into every crack I could. I finally reached the top, and I heaved myself up there. I grew my claws out and I snuck up behind an unsuspecting outlaw. I sliced him in the vertebrates in his neck, severing his spinal cord. He collapsed without a sound.

"JIMMY!" the outlaw screamed. He went to press a button when one of those round beetles came flying out of nowhere and hit him in the head. He collapsed and I hoisted him up and dumped him off of the roof. I threw the dead outlaw off and I hopped off myself and I landed on my feet. I began to look around and I saw Stranger underneath the concrete structure, safe from the outlaws. I sighed and he stepped out from under it and he walked near me.

"Damn i-" I socked the outlaw in the head with my boot, and he fell unconscious once again.

"Damn! Ya are ruthless with dem outlaws!" I snickered and nodded my head. He sucked the outlaws up.

"Alrighty stranger! Ya managed ta get past my boys, now ya 'ave ta get past me!" a machine gun went off, and I jumped out of the way of the bullets. Looten was aiming his bullets at stranger. Stranger was dodging every bullet. I saw some blood spurt up from stranger, and he slowed.

"THAT'S IT YOU BITCH!" I screamed.

SNAP!

CRAAAA-ACK!

I heard my shoulders and bones crack. I felt myself grow taller until I was taller than that fiend. I felt power and rage coursing through my veins. I coiled my legs up, and sprang out at the outlaw. I pounced on that bastard.

"AHHHHH!" he shrieked when I slashed his face with my blades on my hand. I kicked his gun too far away for him to reach, and I wrapped my hands around his fat little neck. I squeezed as he struggled and gasped for air. I felt pleasure while I watched his life evaporate. I growled and barred my teeth. It wouldn't be much of a torture to strangle him. I picked fatty up and I flung him into the building. I pounced on him and I grabbed his head. I brought my face close to his, and I hissed, and showed my long, razor Sharp teeth.

"AHHHH! STOP IT!" he shrieked as I bit into his fat shoulder. I ripped his arm off making a satisfying scream erupt from his mouth. I finally got tired of it, and I snapped his neck. I stood off of him on all fours.

I turned around and I was met with a cross bow loaded with a thud slug and a Bolamite. I whimpered and my ears flattened. I whimpered, not with fear, but with the feeling of betrayal. I felt my self wither and shrink. I was back down at my normal size, and he still held it there. I just stood there, not moving. He slowly took down his cross bow, though left the ammo still on it.

I slowly stood up on two legs and I felt ashamed. I let myself change. I'm probably going to get abandoned, and I'm gonna get lost and I couldn't even show myself in towns, because word would get out that I'm a monster. I will be worth more that anyone could think of. I would go back to Vykker's Lab, and my escape will be a failure.