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Bush rescue next generation.
Chapter 2:Life in New Barramundge.
In the city of New Barramundge, where the sun was shining and everyone was happy, you could hear some calm breathing inside a tree.
Of course whoever was inside you couldn't see but you could see the fact that whoever it was, he had dark green eyes.
The figure sighed as he stayed hidden in the trees' masking leafs' and he looked left and then right before he jumped out of the bushes and revealed himself in daylight.
He was a Tasmainian tiger with maize coloured fur but he had pointed ears and he had 3 spikes of hair on his head, he wore a brown hoodie along with matching brown shorts and a short light brown cloak. On his hands he wore brown gloves, each with a chain bracelet which had a circular shape in the middle and it had a 'R' on each of them.
This was Ray, son of Ty the Tasmainian tiger and Shazza the Dingo, as a Teenager.
Ray looked to see if there were any signs of the police anywhere but was relieved to find no traces of the police on his tail. He had stolen a basket carrying mint chocolate muffins from someone a few moments ago and really hated being caught out by the police and getting lectures from his parents.
The Tasmainian tiger/dingo hybrid secretively wandered through town, trying his best not to be seen. Ray always loved to break the rules but this crime he commited for a good reason. For his father.
Ray may seem all bite and no bark on the outside but on the inside, he had a heart of pure gold.
Suddenly police siren's blared through the air and the pointy-eared tasmainian tiger rolled his eyes. He really hated getting caught by the police. Everytime he would hear the word "officer" or "police", it would make him annoyed and grouchy for the whole day.
Ray bolted for the town centre as fast as he could but when he stopped by an alley way to take a breath, he felt a gloved hand take a tight grip of his wrist before pulling him into the alley and the police cars drove right passed them.
Ray looked to see whom his savior was before seeing a black tasmainian tiger whom wore a silvery-black long sleeved shirt which was rather ripped at the bottom with some grey shorts. He had one purple eye while the other one was Cybernetic. He wore a red headband proudly on his head while the ribbons flew limplessly in the wind. He had a large red nose on the end of his muzzle along with one sharp tooth pointing upwards sticking out from his lower jaw out of his mouth. He also had tape wrapped on his hands. But the one thing that made him different was that he had an actual lizard's tail instead of a regular Tasmainian tiger's pointy tail.
This was Jack. Son of Ridge the Tasmainian tiger and Fluffy the Thorny Devil Lizard or, as he's commanly known as; One-eyed Jack (A/N: If you haven't watched the ending scene of the third game of TY The Tasmainian Tiger: Fluffy apparently survived the explosion, or her tail did anyway).
One-eyed Jack smiled at his distant relative before greeting Ray in a low whisper "G'day, Rover." (A/N: Rover is Jack's nickname for Ray).
Ray smiled "G'day, One-eyed Jack."
Jack asked as he leaned on one of the walls of the Alley and allowing his abnormal lizard tail to flick from side to side "So, Mate. What 'ave ya gotten yourself inta this time?"
Ray gave a thumbs up with a smile "Nothin much. Just got a gift fer ya." he passed One-eyed Jack the green , bamboo-made basket containing the mint chocolate muffins and Jack took a muffin with a smile before shoving one inside his mouth and chewing it to small peices until finally gulping and licking his lips.
The Thylacine/Dingo hybrid knew that Jack enjoyed this muffin so much and let him have the muffins and Ray said humbly with a smile "Go and take 'em to ya parents because they are probably a little hungry and think of it as a gift from the one and only!" Ray bowed in a gentle man kind of way before One-eyed Jack gave a nod and he said as he began to turn to leave "Thanks, Ray. I owe youse one."
Ray nodded with a kind smile. He loved helping out his friends and poor Jack was facing it tough with his family actually starving. They traveled a lot and were currently living in the big city of Cassopolis where they had gone to fight evil and poor Jack was acting like a messenger to them to bring his family food and he had to stay home and take his mother and father's place when actions around.
One-eyed Jack ran towards the bin before leaping upon it and jumping over the brick walls of the alley, leaving Ray to stare in awe. Ray always wanted to be just like his mother and father. To help the innocent and to know what it's like to be a Hero.
But the Tasmainian Dingo looked to the floor and shook his head. He was nothing more then a common everyday theif. There was no way a dream like that could come true.
Ray walked out of the alley way as he faced the ground sadly. He had to face the fact that this is what he is and all he ever will be; a theif who wants nothing more then peace. Kind of like Robin Hood, really.
But Ray forgotten about something important; The police.
It turns out that they were waiting for him and Ray quickly avoided and dodged the officers' as the lundged to grab him but the 15 year old wouldn't give up so he ran as fast as his feet could carry him but unfortunately, he didn't get very far because when he was turning a path, he didn't see a barbed wire fence and luckily jumped over it in time but his hood got stuck in the wire and Ray could do nothing, no matter how hard he struggled.
'Oh great...My mom and dad are gonna kill me.' thought Ray as he was tangled up and the police were surrounding him.
Ty and Shazza were in the house, cleaning it up while Ray was supposedly at school. Ty and Shazza had grown up quite a lot and Ty was still doing daily tasks for Bush rescue while Shazza had retired to look after Ray but she was more then happy to drive Ty to places on the new and improved Forbie.
Shazza and Ty were having a lot of trouble with their son lately because the hybrid kept on doing bad stuff instead of good and it usually ended up with the police catching him and bringing him back home.
The troubled parents were truly stumped but the boy had something special about him which neither Ty or Shazza could place their fingers on.
Suddenly, both of them heard a few knocks on the front door and it sounded quite impatient.
Ty opened his mouth to say to his wife that he'd go get the door but Shazza said, seemingly knowing what he was about to say "No worries, Possum. I've got it."
Before she left, the blonde haired dingo planted a small, passionate kiss upon the Tasmainian tiger's large, red nose and she then left to awnser the door, leaving a love-struck Ty to stare after his wife in a lovingly manner.
Shazza walked out of the living room and towards the front door which was in the main halls and when she opened the door, she gasped in shock. The gasp was so loud that Ty heard it and ran to see what his wife was also shocked about what he saw.
3 police officer Tasmainian devils' held a very grumpy looking Ray. One was by Ray's right, holding his right arm to keep him from running. Another was holding Ray's left arm. The last one held tightly onto Ray's hood.
One of the Tasmainian devil's flung Ray into the house and said with an evil growl "Ty. Hero or not. That boy is this-" he made both his fingers about a very, very small inch close to each other "close to being put behind bars and I will have to talk to youse about him."
Ty made a face of slight anger at the police officers. Police or not, they shouldn't throw a 15 year old into their own home with that much furousity. Especially not in front of him.
But Ty nodded before he carefully helped his son up to his feet and whispered into his ear to go upstairs to his room which Ray relcutantly obeyed before Ty gave the Tasmainian devil's that same stern look as he walked towards the officers. Ready to talk to them, along with Shazza.
Ray couldn't hear much of the conversation coming from downstairs but he could hear certain words from his mother and father like "He didn't mean it." or "He's just 15." but one comment from the police stabbed him in the heart and tore it into a million peices.
"That boy should have never been your son!"
Ray felt his heart break and his feeling get hurt. The Tasmainian dingo layed down on the floor and sighed sadly, too ashamed to do anything else.
Ray never meant to be such a nuisence to his parents. He was forced to take that muffin basket from a bully at school because he made fun of his father and called him names. Ray would never let anyone make fun of his family.
The Tasmainian Dingo looked up, with tears pricking at his clover green eyes, at a picture frame with a picture of his mother and father and himself, as a 7 year old. His dad was giving him a piggy back ride while his mother was smiling as she and the Tasmainian tiger gazed at each other with kind smiles.
Ray got to his feet and traced the picture frame with one finger and he sat down on his bed as he sadly looked at the picture.
Ty had just slammed the front door in the police officers' faces and stormed into the living room whilst muttering some words which were bearly audible as he slumped down on the sofa and Shazza sat down next to him as she placed a hand on her husband's shoulder in order to comfort him.
The Tasmainian tiger just got furious with the officer's due to their hurtful comment about his and Shazza's son and threw his boomerangs in a flurry to chase them all out. Just goes to show that not even 3 Tasmainian devils can take him down.
Ty hung his head and said with a depressed sigh as he face palmed his own forehead "I dunno what ta do with 'im, Shazza."
The female dingo replied simply as she eyed the Tasmainian tiger "Go talk ta him, Possom."
Ty looked to the Blonde haired dingo as if she was crazy and exclaimed "Shaz! Our talks nevah' go well!"
The Tazzy tiger found himself staring into his wife's baby blue eyes. He found them so enchanting. Especially at night. Not even the rising and setting sun would compare to Shazza's amazing eyes to Ty.
Finally, after a gentle stare down from his wife, Ty sighed in defeat and said as he began to walk up the stairs "Ok. I'm goin."
Shazza smirked after her husband. The female dingo could be very persuading when she wanted to and the Thylacine found it a little annoying but he secretly found it cute.
Ty soon found himself standing at his son's door way, talking to himself and thinking about what to say to his son.
The Tazzy tiger always hated to be the one to scold Ray but it was for the boy's own good. He loved Ray afterall but ever since he began to take a liking to breaking the rules, Ty was been the one to blame because they all thought that the Tazzy tiger brought Ray on missions and the violence had corrupted him.
Ty had brought Ray on the occasional missions as a young boy but Ray always learned for the good of the Barramungee townie's and Ty had made sure that he understood all the good things.
The Tasmainian tiger slowy pushed the door as it creaked open but he saw the most de-heartening sight. He saw Ray, sat on the edge of his bed as he traced his finger upon the edges of a picture frame.
Ray, of course, didn't seem to notice his father come in since he was totally absorbed in the picture he was staring at but he did hear his breathing. "Come in." said the Tasmainian tiger/dingo hybrid with his Aussie accented-voice sounding emotionally wounded and greatly depressed as he remained to be absorbed into the picture frame.
Ty did come in and asked while sounding emotionally hurt himself "...Why?..."
Ray didn't look away from the picture. He couldn't bear to look at the hurt and dissapointment in his father's eyes since it stabbed his soul if he did. "I dunno..." was all the Tasmainian dingo could reply.
Ty swallowed a hard lump which formed in his throat. His son had never spoke like this before. He sounded greatly hurt and tearful but he had a great way of hiding it because he wasn't even shedding a single tear.
The Tazzy tiger's facial expression suddenly turned into a mix of disapointment and anger and he took the picture from his son and placed it upon the window cill where it belonged before sitting beside his son and asked him while looking deep into his son's eyes "Why in dinkum's name do youse do these things, Ray?"
Ray looked away from his father's penetrating glare. He didn't want to look into his father's stern, disapointed eyes. He always got lectured like this and the Tasmainian dingo was always seen as a good for nothing thief and he was always shunned by the Barrmungee townies. Except for his friends and family. He always felt like a shadow to the world and nobody hardly noticed him but he always heard them mutter the words "Good for nothing" or "Theif" and this was a dark life for anyone to live.
Ray tried to face his father but he just couldn't and Ty pleaded with a slight comforting tone of voice "C'mon, Ray. Look at me."
Ray took a breath before finally summoning up the courage to look his father in the eyes and he was certain he could see disapointment inside those green orbs.
The Tazzy tiger sighed and shook his head before he asked his son firmly "Why do ya do these things, Ray?"
Ray once again turned away from his father with slight anger burning in his clover green orbs. His father didn't know what his life was like. He would never know.
The Tasmainian dingo folded his arms before he growled under his breath before he felt tears leak out of his eyes and threaten to fall and roll down his face. The Tazzy tiger would never know how much Ray was ignored over the years.
The Tasmainian dingo sharply turned his head to face his father and almost yelled "Ya don't know what it's like to be ignored for ya whole life!"
Ty winced at the pitch of his son's yelling. He didn't say anything, sensing his son needed silence.
"Ever since I was a cub slash pup, I was ignored by the townsfolk for some reason. I never did anything wrong, Dad."
Ray scowled at his father and his ears lowered "I steal 'cause I wanna be noticed!"
Ty shot back, his own scowl invading his facial features "Ya will be noticed! If ya do somethin' good instead of bad!"
Ray shook his head viciously before he growled and said muttered under his breath "Ya wouldn't understand."
Ty recoiled for a moment, grief suddenly striking him. Ray's deadly scowl was penetrating enough and judging by the sound of his voice, he was hurt really bad.
Without another word, the Tasmainian dingo stood up before yanking his hood over the top of his head and storming out of his bedroom door. Ty sighed before he shook his head sadly. He was truly troubled by his son's actions and Shazza was too.
Ty looked on the pillow and looked at the picture his son was holding just a few moments ago. His emerald green eyes began to water as he remembered Ray as a boy. He was so sweet. So innocent. So fluffy.
But now...Ty was experiencing one of those rare moments where he was truly stumped at what to do. The orange-furred Tazzy tiger looked to the door where the cream furred Dingo/Tasmainian tiger hybrid had just stormed out.
But, as Ty was spaced out, something was underneath the window sill of Ray's window. It was a strange, stuck on disc which had a red blinking light in the centre with the words: Karlos Koala's companies stuck on the top.
The Tasmainian tiger family had been tracked!
Did you like this chapter guys? Sorry if I took so long to update. I'm just stuck on my other stories right now which you are all welcome to read. In the next chapter, you will meet the other Next Gen kids.
But Poor Ray. He doesn't mean to do bad things yet he wants to be noticed...It's as if he has some kind of bad luck (Wink, Wink. Hint, hint).
Anyways, Who is trying to track Ty and his family? Will this effect the other Barramungee townies?
Stay tuned and find out!