Gheb the schmexy here! Bringing you another exciting episode of this crazy adventure. I would like to thank my loyal readers who continue to view this crazy story! I hope you enjoy this chapter!

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With a potential form of transportation out of the picture, Arthur heads towards the southern side of Elwood. Our aardvark hero arrives at the china town district, he thought that Buster might be their looking for food. He walks in the streets of the oriental-styled neighborhood, aromas of various chinese dishes filled his nose. He tries asking around, but everyone either ignores him or has no idea where his friend might be -because they haven't seen him, of course. Arthur's luck then turned around when he asked some fat chinese kid regarding Buster's whereabouts. "Oh, yes. White labbit on colnel of this stleet," said the boy in broken english.

Following the helpful, chinese guy's directions, Arthur rushed to the corner of the street. To his surprise, he did see a white rabbit without any shirt or pants on -just as he left when he broke out of his window, when he ate the brownies. Arthur was relieved to have finally found his friend, he approached him from behind an set a hand on his friend's shoulder. "Buster! Buddy, I'm glad I finally found you! Now we need to go to Brain's-" was all Arthur could say before looking at the rabbit's face. "Whoa, pal! Hands off. I'm not this 'Buster' guy. My name is Tricks, you might now me for my cereal 'Trix'," said the bunny. "No, I can't say I have ever heard of you..." Arthur said with a disturbed look on his face. "What? Do I have something on my face or what, kid?" Tricks said, noticing the glare he was getting by the clothed aardvark. "Oh, uh, no. It's just- I mean, do you always walk around in public like that? All anthropomorphic animals wear clothes around here." Arthur said confusedly, he could understand that Buster, being under the influence of drugs, would not be conscious enough to keep clothes on - Tricks, however, was sober and walking around in such a manner. "I like how the breeze feels down there, that's all. I've always done my commercials like this and no one's ever given me sh*t for it!" The white rabbit exclaimed. The two fellows then scratched the back of their heads, an awkward silence filled the street.

After a few moments, Tricks finally spoke "So... you say you have never heard of me before? I sell yogurt too. Lucky for you I have some on me... What do you say? Would you like to taste it?" Tricks said creepily. "Hmmm... I don't know, I don't have any cash on me." Arthur said, being suspicious of the rabbit's offer. "Oh, don't you worry! This one's on the house. Think of it as a... free sample... Yeah! That's it! A tasty initiation into the world of Trix products." Tricks replied, with yogurt in hand, he extended his arm, insisting that Arthur accept. "Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt... Ok! Sure. It is a free sample after all." Arthur said, the tone of doubt that could be heard in his voice throughout the conversation, quickly converted to one of trust.

Arthur received the yogurt, he took his spoon and shoveled it into the dairy snack. As he raised the spoon towards his mouth, Tricks couldn't help but make a devilish grin on his face. Arthur ignored the rabbit's knavish facial expressions and savored the yogurt all over his taste buds -between his palate and tounge. A sweet and sour sensation filled his mouth, for this was a kiwi-strawberry flavored one. The aardvark finally swallowed. "So... what do you think?" Tricks asked anxiously and excitedly. "I think it was pretty darn good actually!" Arthur confessed. Tricks jumped with joy, pumping his fist into the air. Suddenly Arthur couldn't feel his body. He began to panic and wonder if this had anything to do with what he had just consumed. "What... did you... do to my yog-" Arthur tried to complain before passing out. Soon everything turned dark and the last thing he could hear were hysterical laughs -coming from the direction where Tricks stood.

"Ugh... where am I? Where did that white rabbit go?" Arthur asked himself as he awoke in a dark room. He then realized he was laying down on his back on an operating table -what's more, he was tied. All of a sudden, a light was flashed onto Arthur, making it hard for him to see. A shadowy figure with rabbit ears was revealed, he was standing in a spot of the room that was not lit, making it hard to see his face. "Tricks? Is that you?" Arthur asked, he was a bit scared. The unidentified character let out a diabolic laugh -this only increased Arthur's sense of unease.

The mysterious being then approached Arthur. Walking into the light revealed it was a purple—furred rabbit wearing surgeon's clothing. "Hello there! My name is dr. Rabbit, the world's only rabbit doctor!" The purple rabbit said. "Um, I'm pretty sure you aren't the only one in the world. I know like three others," Arthur corrected. "Oh, shut up!" Dr. Rabbit replied. He then calmed down and said "I see you are enjoying your life, but those organs aren't doing you any favors." Arthur paused for a moment, then he replied "Excuse me?" Dr. Rabbit then took out a scalpel, the blade briefly shined when he held it under the light. "I think they would be happier if we shipped them to Africaaaaa!" The purple rabbit exclaimed. "What!?" Arthur yelled shockingly.

Just then Tricks came into the operating room. "Ah, I see you have met our surgeon, Dr. Rabbit. Quiet a joyful fellow, wouldn't you agree?" Tricks said in a calm voice. "What is going on here?!" Arthur demanded to know. "Boy, you sure are dense. Don't you see, we steal organs and sell them illegally to other countries. We are also human traffickers." The evil bunny explained, well the white one, both are evil. Suddenly, one of the guards they hired to patrol their secret hideout entered the room. "Boss! The radar has detected an intruder within our base. Various other guards have been found dead through out the facility." Stated the subordinate. "What?! But who is even capable of infiltrating this base?! Tell the others to arm themselves and block all exits immediately!" Tricks ordered. The guard nodded saying "Yes, sir," he then exited the room.

"Dr. Rabbit, shall we continue?" Tricks asked, now focusing on the task he had before the bad news. "Yes, my dear boy!" They then both laughed feverishly. Dr. Rabbit then slowly approached Arthur's chest, where the heart is, with the scalpel. Before he could actually touch the aardvark, a black and white blur fell from the ceiling and landed on Dr. Rabbit. It was a panda. "Skadoosh!" Said the panda. "W-what?! Who are you? How did you get in here-" Tricks said before a green ogre swung on rope and kicked him in the jaw. Tricks landed on the other side of the room. The white bunny got up. As he was rubbing his jaw to ease the pain, he called out for some guards.

Suddenly, 20 rabbit soldiers armed with swords surrounded the ogre and panda. "Ready to knock them out, Shrek?" The panda asked the ogre. The ogre replied saying "Better out than in, I always say, Po," on that remark they sprang into action. Po jumped into the air and kicked a guard with his heel, the kick was so strong it knocked down two other guards to his right. Shrek grabbed a guard by the legs and struck a soldier that ran towards him with the other guard. Three other soldiers surrounded Shrek, the ogre spun the guard he held in his hands as a melee weapon, all three guards were knocked back against the walls, before falling to the ground, when Shrek hit them. "Thank you, thank you very much. I'll be here 'til thursday. Try the veal," the ogre said, taunting his opponents. Po saw a guard rushing towards Shrek while he was focusing on the enemies in front of him, the panda ran towards the guard and round house kicked him "Waataah!" Po yelled as he struck the guard in the back of the head. "Thanks, buddy," said Po. I've got your back, Shreky!" Po replied. Po and Shrek were a dangerous duo. They were so deadly, in fact, that the remaining enemies went blind from over-exposure to pure awesomeness, including all other soldiers in the base that weren't fighting in the operating room.

With all the guards either dead or blind, the two then approached Tricks, who was still agonizing in pain on the ground. "All your base are belong to us!" Po remarked. He then karate chopped Tricks, ending his life. "That takes care of that! Now let's release all of the prisoners," Shrek said. The two then walked towards Arthur and untied him. "Th-thank you both! How could I ever repay you two?!" Arthur yelled with much gratitude, they saved him from a gruesome death, after all. Both martial artists let out a warm laugh, then Po said "There is no charge for awesomeness... or attractiveness." Arthur blushed, he then said "Thank you..." he then let out a sigh of relief.

"Where are we anyway?" Arthur asked. "We are in the space colony ark," Shrek said. "Whoa! The same one from Sonic Adventure Battle 2 and Shadow the hedgehog?" Arthur asked in amazement. "Yes, the very same. This strategic hiding spot has allowed this group of criminals to sell many organs illegally without ever being caught, but we wont have to worry about them anymore," Po commented. "Alright! Now let's go home, boys!" Shrek said striking a very kawaii pose and doing a peace sign with his right hand.

The three then went all around space colony ark, releasing the rest of the prisoners from their cells. Po then put on his scouter and contacted someone "ok, Fox. Mission complete. Bring forth the Great Fox to board the hostages. We are going home!" Po said. "Roger!" Fox replied. They then stationed the Great Fox in the ark's dock. Once they boarded the Great Fox, they flew off! "Next stop: Planet Earth," R.O.B. 64 said.

All the passengers cheered, they were all saved from a tragic fate. Arthur gazed out a window into space, he noticed a lot of scrap metal and all sorts of aircraft debris. "Hmmm... it seems there was a fierce battle out here," Arthur said to himself. Po walked into the room he was in that moment. "Indeed, there was. Fox and the rest of the Star Fox team wiped out the enemy pilots guarding the base. It was pure awesome!" Po explained.

Arthur then sighed and once again was thinking about where to find his friend. Po saw the worried look on his face, he made a gentle smile, then he put a hand on one of the concerned aardvark's shoulder. "Hey, kid. My scouter tells me your friendship levels are over 9,000!" Po told Arthur. The aardvark chuckled and said "Yeah, I was thinking about my best friend, I haven't seen him since he ate a drug-loaded brownie, I just hope he is ok.." Po laughed heartily "My boy, the bonds you share with your friends are truly unbreakable. I know that together you can shift the tides of destiny. That alone tells me your power levels are over 9,000 for sure," the experienced panda told our young hero. Both anthropomorphic animals laughed, they then looked out the window in the direction of the ark. Their eyes widened in awe as they admired the vast, infinite, beautiful frontier known as space, all it's stars, planets, and other celestial marvels were a truly remarkable sight to behold, indeed.

After they flew a bit further away from the ark, explosives that were placed on it by the Star Fox team prior to their departure, set off, causing a huge explosive that was even visible from Earth. The ark exploded into smithereens, pieces of the spacial craft flew in all directions, streaks of fire were seen. The flames changed into various colors: red, blue, green, yellow, purple and orange. It was an extraordinary spectacle. "Heh, looks like we are just in time to see the fireworks! Awesome," Po said. Both were amazed by the show. Arthur then closed is eyes and whispered to himself "Space.. Colony... Ark..." Silence soon filled the room for the rest of the trip.

Minutes later, the Great Fox finally entered the Earth's atmosphere. " Now landing in Elwood city. All passengers who will leave the ship here, please do so through the main entrance on the first floor. "Here is my stop..." Arthur said. "Allow me to walk you to the exit," Po suggested. Arthur accepted his offer. They then entered an elevator and proceeded to the first floor.

At the exit, Arthur's eyes began to water. "W-will this be the last time I'll ever see you guys?" Arthur said in between sobs. Po just patted him on the back and said "Don't cry ,little budy. As brief as our time together may have been, it feels like I've known you forever... but you are needed here on Earth. Go now and fulfill your destiny," Po told the sad aardvark. Arthur then hugged Po and Shrek and thanked them one last time. Po then looked Arthur in the eye's and gave him his last words of wisdom "Don't hesitate, when the time comes, just act." Arthur, still crying, nodded in agreement, he then walked out of the ship and waved goodbye to his new friends. The ship then flew off so fast it left the brief appearance of a star. As Arthur witnessed this, in his mind said "Po.. Shrek... Fox... my friends... Thank you for everything..." One last tear ran down Arthur's cheek, it glittered under the moonlight before falling to the ground.

It was 8:00pm, Arthur was just in time for dinner. He entered his house , he was going to have a hearty meal, take a hot bath, and get a good night's sleep. A well deserved rest after a crazy day, tomorrow he would continue his journey...