Judy reeled her head back in cover; more so whipped it than reeled as she had risked a glance around the wall to get a gaze on how many intruders she faced. Her curiosity almost caused an end to her life as instinct had her pull her head back. Bullets struck the concrete wall she hid around; causing clouds of dust to puff out and the bunny to cough as she got a face full of air-light debris.

She stood leaning against the door frame to Mr Big's office, a polar bear with her on the opposite side of the door frame. He would occasionally stick his gun out and blindly fire in the direction of the intruders to hold them off, this was only to stall them so that two of the other bears could see Mr Big to safety through a hidden exit. As they vanished through a trap door that was underneath the large wooden desk, Judy looked around and met eyes with the bear opposite her as well as another two that were crouched in cover behind a shelf they had toppled over.

The bear next to her did a final round of blind firing before he tugged uselessly at the trigger of his miniature machine gun, repetitive clicking indicating an empty magazine and he threw the gun to the ground, pulling out a pistol that was holstered at the waist. He looked to the bunny as if to ask her, 'Any ideas?'

Judy thought for a moment, before looking up at the bear and shouting over the incoming fire; "Wait for the firing to die down and while they're reloading I'll lead an assault!"

The bear squinted as if he could both hardly see and hear the bunny, but after a moment he nodded in understanding.

Taking a deep breath after hearing the enemy shots die down; Judy practically rolled around the door frame and began to run down the short passageway that linked a lounging room to the office of Mr Big. The heavy rifle seemed much lighter as her body pumped with adrenaline and she began a technique she learnt back in advanced training.

Knowing well that her opponents would soon again begin firing; Judy sprinted a little father, now near the end of the passageway she found herself hopping against one of the narrow passageway's walls and from there hopping to the opposite one. She began alternating walls and remained in the air as she opened fire down below herself at five tigers who were crouched behind a couch they had moved over as cover. Her aim was not as accurate like this but it sure made her a harder target to hit.

By the time she had emptied her gun, 3 of the tigers had fallen and were lying on the ground; groaning in pain. The last two had finished reloading and were ready to retaliate. Judy continued to dance between the two walls as they opened fire upon her up until she felt a bullet graze her jacket. Too close. Repositioning her body's angle forward she propelled herself at the last two tigers who had almost no time to react. As she came down on them from above; Judy picked one as gravity kicked in and struck him hard in the top of his head with her empty rifle. The shock of the blow rang through her small hands but were served justly for their cause as the tiger immediately went limp.

Landing deftly on the couch, Judy swung around ready to hit the next Tiger. But she was stopped in her tracks as she found the large barrel of a pump-action shotgun aimed right between her eyes.

Swearing at the bunny who was frozen in her tracks; the tiger stood up, cocked his gun and a single shot rang through the air.

Judy stared wide eyed as the tiger dropped his rifle, and he fell limply off to the side. Her face covered in the blood of her would be killer as through the haze of the passageway she had come from, the bear that had stood beside her emerged with his pistol aimed at the ready.

Her breathing was rapid and inconsistent as she thanked the large polar bear.

He shrugged in response, slightly lowering his guard. "You had a plan, it was a stupid one but it worked. I couldn't let you die for it. Mr Big would have my head otherwise." Walking around the couch the bear saw the three moaning tigers and the fourth one that was now starting to stir from unconsciousness.

The small bunny yelled her protest as four more bullets sounded off as the thug killed the tigers. She glared up at the polar bear disapprovingly. With blood running down her face she appeared very intimidating considering her stature.

Not wanting to look threatened the Polar bear shrugged again and stated, "They were sent to kill you, they deserved to die."

"No…" responded Judy meekly as she looked at the blood pooling around their dead bodies, She raised her voice with confidence and continued; "Everyone deserves to live, or at least the chance to redeem their lives." There was a bitter sense of irony and conflict in her words as she immediately thought of both Nick and X at that moment.

But she and the polar bear were pulled from their conversation at the sound of nearby gunfire. Judy's ears twitched into life at the sound and the polar bear growled as he bent to pick up the shot gun that had almost killed Judy. Almost shoving his way passed her; he made his way forward in the direction of the sound.

Judy sighed as she picked up a pistol from the ground and checked to see it had a full magazine. Following behind the bear she caught sight of herself in the mirror and immediately her mind flooded with flashbacks from her time spent being tortured by X. 'It feels good, doesn't it?' she could almost hear the monster saying within her head as she looked down at her now shaky hand that held a gun. Feeling herself going back to that dark place Judy was this time able in shaking it off and remembering her task at hand. Of course the hard liquor was helping her from getting too fixed on the morbid thoughts that now loomed over her mind constantly. If she did live through this; she'd have to personally request a bottle from Mr Big.

Sharp Sue stood from the unconscious chief's bedside; removing her hand from his.

The chief had been tended to by a private doctor and was now getting his first restful sleep since leaving the motel. That was until the first sounds of gun fire, and all staff tending to Bogo had left the room to aid their boss.

Walking away from the side of the large comfortable bed that the chief lay upon she looked back at him; regarding his even darker and sunken eyelids. This once immensely strong animal she looked up to now lay at her mercy and protection.

She stopped just in front of the closed, intricately decorated door of this lavish room. And turned the key; locking it. She could now hear the muffled movement of several very angry animals approaching the room.

Sharp Sue moved to the side of the door and hugged the wall and pulled out two pistols she had holstered at her waist. The seconds seemed to drag before she head shouts right outside the room and someone tugging forcefully at the door. Taking a deep breath; the lioness raised her arms and held both her pistols at her eye level. Taking a step back away from the door's side so she could get a better angle when they eventually burst through; Sue risked a glance at the chief before staring intently at the door that was now being rammed against. For the first time since basic training her hands shook with the guns she held and her breathing was starting to become short and erratic. Hearing more and more animals gathering around the door she could feel her odds going from slim to none.

She stared at the chief once more, but this time in resolute defeat, and thought she saw something.

Calming her breathing and flexing her raised arms she whispered to herself, "Not today."

** The young lioness raised herself from behind the sand bags and fired wildly at the approaching target. Six rounds she let loose and every single one missed. "Focus cadet!" shouted the approaching animal as it mounted the sand bags and toppled over and onto her side. She found herself face to face with the target she should have taken down long before this point. **

The door seemed to heave and groan, like the hull of a wooden vessel being beaten by an ocean storm. And then the door gave way. Wooden splinters and fragments of the once door flew across the floor of the room and the first two mercenary tigers stumbled into her view from the side of the doorway.

Time seemed to slow as her left hand pulled the trigger, followed shortly by her right hand. The two mercenaries fell. Another followed right after; like water seeping through a crack, and seeing his comrades fall he had begun to raise his weapon. That was not before Sue could pull the two triggers of her firearms again. The tiger was struck twice in the chest; his body pulsed backwards with each bullet's entry point before he fell to the floor. Limp and lifeless. At this point her sense of time as a crushing force of reality had come back to her, and she noticed a moment's hesitation before any more tigers came bursting into the room.

Sue held back a curse as she stepped further back, startled; as automatic weapons sounded off through the door way and she saw dust and debris fly off the opposite wall, hitting every angle possible from the other side of the room. A few rounds strayed off to the right corner where the chief lay resting, but all were fortunately well above him. It was still too close for his protector's liking.

Sue would have fired blindly through the wall in the direction of her attackers, except the walls in this place were reinforced concrete, and she frankly didn't have the ammo to spare. She looked at the small handguns she held before flexing her arms once more to relieve the built up tension and she thought to herself while analysing the situations. 'Still sixteen rounds a piece. Plenty.' There was a sense of dry humour in that thought.

The gunfire had stopped for a few moments now, and over the numbing sensation her ears felt of having gunfire discharge so heavily around her she could vaguely make out murmurs and the clicking of metal sliding through metal.

They were reloading and regrouping, and a more planned attack she both could not fight off and would risk the chief's safety. She had to act now.

But before she could finish that thought. The sound of a small object striking the polished wooden floor of the room and the high pitched charging sound of an electric flash grenade made her heart skip a beat.

Knowing that her opponents on the opposite side would be covering their eyes; she seized her opportunity.

Running right in front of the doorway she saw seven more tigers gathered around the door. She opened fire and put four on the ground, one with each shot. By this point the remaining three looked up; startled at their comrade's cries of pain. And from across the room a painfully loud pop occurred and the 3 tigers and lioness were blinded by the flash bang. Sue stumbled back and found her rear end crashing into the bed frame where Chief Bogo lay. She was shaky and disoriented. She felt her fists clench and realised that she had dropped both her guns to shield her eyes from the blinding light. But it was too late for preventing the damage from being done. Sue could feel her eyes blinking, but everything was a murky, red shade and she could only tell where the light was on the ceiling; because when she stared up her vision was a slightly lighter shade of red. She was blind, unarmed and facing three enemies. Sue was in trouble.

** "You're in trouble now cadet!" the young lioness' target shouted out with audible disappointment. Before she could even react, the huge animal she faced had smacked the high pressure paintball gun from her hand, crouched to the ground, picked up a handful of sand and thrust it into her face. She let out a yelp of displeasure and fumbled back as her hands rubbed furiously at her eyes. She tried opening them, but her vision was blurry and it stung to open them. "Now you're weapon-less and visionless." Chuckled her attacker. "But you're not dead yet, fight for it cadet! Fight for your life!" **

Grabbing the end of the bed tightly to reassure herself of her bearings; Sue then released the bed and began to walk forward with her hand outstretched until she felt a wall. She then leaned against it and waited.

"Damn!" Shouted one of the tigers, "I'm blind!" The other two tigers sounded off similar complaints and Sue Breathed a sigh of relief, they were all in the same boat.

Sue's ears flicked as a heavy hand struck the door frame after reaching about wildly to find it. "We have a job to finish!" Shouted the first tiger again as he nearly tripped over his fallen comrades while entering the room. "Keep your weapons low! I don't need to be shot by one of you fools! I saw her drop her weapons, so we won't need ours." The last part was finished with nearly a chuckle.

After hearing the other two stumble into the room, Sue took a few steps back as quietly as she could, her left hand brushing the wall so to keep her balance and orientation. Taking one more step back; her right foot put pressure on a squeaky wooden floor piece and she shuddered as she could almost feel through her blindness; the three tigers' heads snap in the direction of the sound. She put her hands to the floor and started to move to her right, away from the wall as she could barely make out steps moving towards her. As she crawled around she could now hear the loud and nervous breathing of the other blinded animals. And prayed that her own breathing was kept low, she felt as though it was, but adrenaline masks all your sensitive perceptions. Her heart was beating through her chest.

She stopped in where she assumed was in the middle of the room, she stayed in a tense and low squat with both her hands brushing the floor by her feet and her tail all but kept high and close to her body, for fear of knocking something and alerting them to her current position.

Before she knew it, Sue heard a foot hit the floor right next to her as the first tiger now stood on the left of her, right next to her. He must have been waving one arm about to try and find something within grasp because Sue felt the wind of his movements skim through her head hair and that sent a shiver down her spine.

Knowing it was now or never; Sue made her move. With fluid precision she swung her right leg around while in her squat. Her side kick tripping the tiger right next to her. He landed hard onto his back. Crawling on top of the stunned tiger she simultaneously reached for his rifle with one hand and her other hand felt out the location of his face. Before he could recover and start lashing out at the lioness on top of him; Sue had smacked him in the face had with his own gun. Hit body going limp was all she needed to know.

The noise created by the struggle lead to the other to tigers moving hastily in her direction and she knew that she couldn't take them both at once. Readying the rifle as her natural talent with firearms took over; sue listened carefully and located the direction the tigers were approaching from. Not wanting to risk shooting at Bogo; Sue let loose half a magazine in a low horizontal line, hitting both her targets where she intended to. At least she assumed so. The two animals cried out in pain as they fell to the ground giving off loud thuds as both had been shot in their lower legs.

Not waiting for them to respond; Sue stood up and ran forward until she felt one of her feet strike one of the squirming and blinded tigers. She began to kick and stop furiously. For a few moments he cried in pain, but soon enough he stopped. But Sue was in a craze and kept on kicking. She had never felt such a rush, such determination to live. That was until the last tiger had crawled over to the sound of the commotion and had grabbed one of Sue's ankles and pulled her to the floor.

As he began to climb on top of her Sue lashed out, scratching, clawing and punching the unfazed Tiger who made his way further and further over her; simply grunting and ignoring the pain as his body had hit its own round of adrenaline. Sue was suddenly shocked at the feeling of large strong hands around her neck as they began to squeeze. The lioness gasped for air and began trying to claw up at her attackers face, but he was larger than her and she couldn't fully reach.

Sue struggled, kicked and clawed as well as she could, but the tightness on her throat became too much, sounds became distant, and the red tones in her vision started to go grey.

Two loud bangs occurred, but Sue felt as though she heard them from under water. The next thing she knew if felt as though the grip around her neck was loosening. The heaviness of the dead tiger was all she felt as her lungs screamed; filling with air. She took a few deep breaths as her eyes came back to the red, blinded tones , before she fell unconscious, from days of built up exhaustion and probably the toughest battle of her life. She lay resting under the body of her would be killer.

** The young lioness took a beating from her target, before she was thrown to the ground and the wind knocked out of her. She lay in defeat, rubbing her eyes again and this time managing to clear the dirt from her vision. Her target: Commander Bogo reached down to help her to her feet. "When you're out there as a badged officer, every day could be your last. But your actions will decide if your last day is today or not. When you find yourself in a pinch, just remind yourself, convince yourself, not today. " **

Chief Bogo sat with beads of sweat swarming around his brow, his wound hurt like hell but his tired arm held firm; pointing the weapon that Sue had placed in his hand a few minutes ago. Smoke trickling from the barrel; the chief sat back and took deep controlled breaths. Staring out the door with his hand ready to fire the pistol at any more approaching intruders he whispered silently back at the unconscious lioness. "Not today Sue, not today."

Chief Bogo could hear that outside, much of the fighting had only just begun.

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Author's Note: Please understand that I never stopped writing, I plan on seeing this story through to the end. Sometimes life happens and everything else gets put on hold, but I will NEVER leave this incomplete. The people who left reviews (Written in bold above) thank you, you are literally my light in the dark when it comes to writing this. And to everyone who dropped private messages of support, you know who you are, and thank you too.

This here was an action chapter for you sassy adrenaline junkies! You're welcome. I tried to make it as clear as possible, but in case you are wondering what the scenes marked with ** mean; they are supposed to be flash backs ;) I'm open to suggestions if there is a way I can improve upon that.

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