Rightiho. Sorry for not updating sooner but this was a long, hard chapter.

Hope you guys like it :D

Lexi waited until midnight before slowly slipping out into the cold night. She looked to her sides and saw no people who could make her presence known. She was dressed in her Loonatics uniform and held a black piece of fabric around her shoulders. The more she could hide who she was, the better.

Lexi shivered lightly and hugged herself against the cold as she looked up into HQ, somewhere in the base there was a light on. Lexi cursed under her breath, she needed to be more careful.

If she went back now, she wouldn't get another chance to escape. More lights turned on in HQ and Lexi heard her name being shouted. She saw no other way of escape. She ran.

"Lexi!" Tech shouted. His eyes widened and awake in panic and worry.

Rev zipped in, a curious look on his face, his eyes a mixture of hatred and panic.

"I-can't-find-her-anywhere-Tech-I-checked-her-room-the-lab-the-kitchen-theres-no-sign-of-her!"

Tech sighed in frustration and bowed his head. "If Matthew had come back, the alarms would have sounded, right?"

Rev also sighed "But what if he dismantled them?"

Tech shook his head, "Negative, the only way he could have dismantled the alarms is from the lab, and I've been in there all night."

Duck ran in, his arms flailing drastically. He handed a hologram card to Tech; he was out of breath, breathing heavily.

"I found it in Lexi's room. It was just there on her dressing table." Duck said quickly.

Tech put the card into a slot on the large table in the middle of the room and Lexi's hologram shimmered up into existence.

"Hey guys, sorry for not saying goodbye but you'll probably see me again. When you see me again is the real question. You guys are the best, you always were, but this is one thing I need to do alone." Tech looked around at the worried and sad faces that surrounded him.

"I've been thinking about the things that matter to me. Tech, yesterday I told you something. You know what I mean, but the others have no idea. Duck, Tech, Slam, Rev, it was an honour fighting by your sides. But we've been missing someone recently, someone really special. You know who I'm talking about. Now, I don't want to get you guys hurt, but I can't let Ace get hurt either. You might be thinking 'why am I so much more worried than the rest of you' but the truth is, I love Ace, and now I'm not afraid to say it. I hope you guys understand. That's why I need him back here. I'll try and see you guys again, but to be honest. Matthew makes that decision. Not me."

Lexi's hologram waved her goodbyes, a single tear running helplessly down her face. The hologram faded and there was silence.

Rev looked over at Tech through the silence. "So-what-do-we-do?"

Tech turned to Rev, his eyes cold as steel. "We get Matthew before Lexi gets herself killed."

Lexi turned round a corner and pressed herself against a wall, hiding her shadow. She saw a man with black hair turn and walk through the doors of the prison. She'd seen way too much of this prison lately.

Lexi heard Matthews's footsteps echo through the corridors and as soon as she could no longer hear him, she slipped through the doors.

Lexi ran down the corridors, she didn't care who heard or even saw her. She only had one person on her mind right now.

Lexi turned a corner and slammed into what she first thought to be a wall. She shook her head and looked up, she gasped as Matthew stood looming over her.

"Damn!" She said.

"Ha, is that really all you've got to say for yourself, that's pretty impressive. You've come alone, eh? You must be pretty mad to leave your little friends."

"I'm warning you now, if you try anything smart, I will hurt you. And if I go home at the end of this. Well, that a bonus."

Matthew smiled broadly, "So, you're in a vendetta kind of mood then?"

Lexi raised an eyebrow, "You're incredibly slow for a villain of your status, aren't you?"

Matthew looked at her quizzically. Lexi looked over his shoulder and winked. She saw Ace stood behind Matthew, silent.

Matthew spun and Ace hit him under his chin. Matthew dropped unconscious to the ground and groaned. Lexi looked up at Ace, he was covered in cuts and his left eye was black with bruises. Ace stepped over Matthews crumpled body and grabbed hold of Lexi's shoulders.

"What are you doing, Lex?" He said quietly. "You're gonna get yourself killed."

His tone of voice stuck in Lexi's head, she'd never heard him be so...let down.

Lexi looked away from Ace's gaze. "I came here to save you," She said solemnly.

"Save yourself Lex. Not me." Ace's mind drifted away from him. His voice was slow, his words slurred.

There was movement behind them as Matthew stirred. Ace suddenly snapped back to his old self.

"Move!" He ordered.

Both bunnies turned and ran down an adjacent corridor. Their feet echoed on the cold floor. They looked back to see Matthew, running to catch them up.

"Doesn't this guy ever give up?" Ace sighed.

"Speaking of not giving up, how on earth did you escape?" Lexi questioned. She smiled widely, unable to contain her happiness.

Ace spied a door and bolted through it, dragging Lexi with him. He heard Matthews's footsteps getting closer. Lexi tried to speak, but Ace placed a finger over her lips.

"Shush," He insisted. Lexi nodded.

Matthews's footsteps stopped outside the door and Ace put his arm around Lexi's waist, ready to run as soon as Matthew opened the door. Matthew's footsteps became quieter as he walked away from the door. There was silence.

"I think he's gone," Lexi whispered, her voice soft.

Ace relaxed and smiled at Lexi, she put her arms around his neck and pulled him close to her.

"I thought I'd lost you," She said. Her voice was light and Ace could feel her tears on his shoulder.

Ace put his arms around her, "Lex, dis is real, isn't it?"

Lexi smiled, "of course it is, Ace."

Ace's eyes began to water, "Every night, Lex. Every night that I was here, I had nightmares. I thought you were dead Lexi. That's why I didn't fight, dat's the reason I give up. I wouldn't be able to live wit' myself knowing I'd hurt you," Ace looked deep into Lexi's eyes. "I love you Lex."

Lexi's heart skipped a beat. "I don't care about anything that's happened over the last week or two, it's not your fault and don't even think about blaming yourself. The truth is I love you too Ace, but I was afraid to tell you. This isn't your fault but Matthews still out there. Okay?" Lexi put her hand on Ace's cheek.

The two bunnies shared a moment, the atmosphere shattered as a knock was heard on the door of the room they were stood in.

Ace pushed Lexi behind him and backed away from the door.

"Ace, Lexi. You guys there?" Duck's voice was a relief to both bunnies. Ace ran forward and flung open the door to see the four remaining Loonatics. He smiled and Lexi ran up behind him. Ace and Lexi wrapped their arms around their friends.

"Man, I missed you guys." Ace smiled.

"Yeah, yeah. Let go! If there's one thing I hate, it's a soppy reunion." Duck pushed away from the others.

Ace pulled away from the group and smiled widely, he felt alive again. But Lexi was right. Matthew was still out there.

To the Loonatics unknowing dismay. Matthew was watching them right now.

He stood down the corridor from the Loonatics, they were so busy with their little reunion, and they never even noticed him.

He pulled a plasma gun from beneath his black jacket; he saw Ace stood with his back to him.

This would be his real revenge.

Matthew thumbed back the hammer of the weapon and aimed it at point blank of Ace's back.

Anger, frustration, determination. This was the moment Matthew had been waiting for.

Lexi heard Matthew as he pulled the trigger; she turned and saw the bullet flying towards an unaware Ace. She didn't think.

"Ace!" She shouted as she bolted towards him, she pushed him to the floor and the bullet hit her. Electricity crackled through her as she dropped to the floor, she wrapped her arms over her eyes as the electricity spread across her body.

Matthew tried to escape, but Duck threw an 'egg' at him. The egg exploded and Matthew was knocked down. There was a crack and Matthew clutched his broken leg and screamed in pain. Duck nodded, slightly amused by his enemies pain.

Lexi lay silent on the cold floor of the prison, her body shook and tears lined her face. Pain overflowed through her as her heartbeat slowed. Her breathing became heavy.

Tech scanned her with a small device. "There's five thousand volts of electricity running through her. I- I don't know what to do." Tech helplessly kneeled down next to Lexi and whispered to her.

"Lexi. You need to hold on okay? I know it hurts but you have to listen to me." Tech's words shook.

Ace reached a hand out to Lexi, his face contorted with pain and anger. Tech grabbed Ace's wrist.

"You can't touch her; if you do the electricity will kill you." Ace dropped onto his knees next to her, saw the helplessness in her eyes.

"It's gonna be okay Lex, I'm not gonna let this happen to you. Just hold on, please Lexi."

Lexi shook her head, "I can't..." She muttered.

"You have to. Why did you do that Lex, you should have stayed back." The other Loonatics watched as Lexi struggled. There was nothing they could do.

"I couldn't let him hurt you." She strained to say. "You might think your worthless Ace, but you're not to me. I was an honour saving you, Ace."

Lexi's body went limp and the electricity subsided. Ace placed a hand on her cheek, his eyes filled with pain and anger. It could've been him.

Ace stood and walked briskly over to Matthews's helpless form on the ground. Ace heard sirens from outside as he grabbed Matthews's gun from his hand.

Ace aimed the gun at point blank on Matthews's chest.

"You've caused so much pain." Ace sighed.

Matthew smiled. "And it was all worth it." Those words grabbed at Ace's heart. Matthew wasn't a normal villain, he was worse. So sinister, so cruel.

Ace pulled back the hammer of the gun. The other Loonatics stared.

Ace threw the gun down onto the floor in one swift movement, the clatter of its fall echoing through the hallways of the prison.

"I wouldn't. That's what makes me so much better than you. You hear me? I wouldn't!" Ace's eyes formed tears that flowed down his face. He turned on his heels and walked back towards to Loonatics. He clenched his fists, trying to contain himself.

He kneeled down next to Lexi again. The electricity had stopped crackling, but he could still see the pain she had been through. He pushed her hair off her face and looked down at the floor.

The Loonatics saw it best to let Ace do what he needed to do. They'd never seen their leader filled with so much fury.

Tech finally spoke up. "We need to get her back to HQ." He ordered.

Ace nodded slowly and picked Lexi's unconscious form off the floor. He heard the police round the corner and Duck and Rev went to meet them.

Once back at HQ, Ace lay Lexi carefully on one of the beds in the medical facility. Her breathing was slow and barely noticeable, but she was alive, that was what mattered.

"Get well soon bunny, I'll miss ya." Ace kissed her cheek and walked out of the medical facility.

THIS IS NOT THE END !

I was a little teary eyed writing this.

I tried to make this really dramatic and I hope it worked. Stayed tuned for chapter nine...