Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Ty the Tasmainian tiger characters but I do own the Bush rescue kids.

Bush rescue next generation.

Chapter 6: Be a leader.

Ray awoke to the sounds of a cricket coming from the outside world as the moonlight somehow peaked through the dark, stormy clouds that covered the skies. Ray sighed shakily as he looked to his left to see everyone had huddled up together, seeking warmth and comfort to protect them each from the darkness that loomed inside their hearts. The offspring of Ty and Shazza carefully arose from his laying position on the couch with everyone else and crept away so not to disturb anyone.

Ray never felt so alone in his life as he threaded through the floor boards as he forced his asleep legs to move forwards as tears stung his eyes once more and saddened sobs escaped his body as he continued to force himself to walk outside to the balcony in order to get some fresh air into his sob-filled lungs. As he slide opened the transparent doors and wandered on to the wooden balcony and he looked up to the skies to find that the moon was indeed breaking through the cold, dark clouds that was shattering the beauty of the skies that normally lingered in Southern rivers.

The Tazzy dingo finally let the sobs of his grief-stricken body take over and he fell to his knees and sobbed quietly and he closed his eyes in order to allow sleep to take him. But, much to Ray's surprise, a familiar female voice said from behind him "It isn't healthy to be out here, Ray."

Ray quickly snapped his head around to face Tanya who looked sad herself and she had a hit of concern written all over her expression. The Tazzy devil walked towards Ray and gently assisted him in getting him to his feet. Ray looked into Tanya's beautiful cerulean blue eyes that somehow matched the yellow whites that her eyes bore. They gleamed brightly in the moonlight and Ray could look into her eyes for the rest of his life. Tanya asked him as she rested a strong hand on Ray's thin shoulder "So, what are we gunna do?"

Ray turned away from her shamefully as he closed his eyes and allowed his pointed ears to falter as his heart continued to do nothing but fill itself with grief with each beat it took and Ray told her with a voice that held no emotion "What else? Go aftah our folks."

Tanya looked even more quizzical of the hybrid and she cocked her eye ridges in confusion as her tan muzzle but she decided not to speak for the time being just because she didn't want to upset Ray further.

Ray might have been a bit oblivious to everything most of the time but he also was very eccentric and creative when he was happy. Nobody could stop him when he had his heart set upon a goal and this was Ray's best quality. An admirable quality at that.

The dingo-Thylacine hybrid then looked up at the moon and gazed at it with a serious expression and Tanya looked up at it as well and after moments of uncomfortable silence, the female Tazzy devil decided to break it "Ray? Can I ask you something?" She asked, looking at him with the faintest of smiles.

Ray was confused and allowed his ears to falter slightly and he furrowed his brows towards her before saying with a soft, genuine voice "Of course, Tan. What is it?"

Tanya sighed shakily as she rubbed the back of her head as she tried to summon up all her courage to tell him how she felt. Honestly, she admired Ray ever since she was 7 years old and she was always afraid that she would reject him and not want to be her friend anymore if she told him. But, before he was kidnapped, she talked to her father, Ranger Ken, about this matter and he told her to follow her heart.

Ray was all ears but then his attention was stolen when he heard some flapping noise in the distance and he couldn't help but let his curiosity get to him and he looked distantly away into the dark night sky as Tanya was saying "I know that you have a lot on your mind right now but I really would like to try and-" She was silenced when Ray shushed her all of a sudden and he was side glaring at a single bush, that stood aside by lots of similar bushes, at the far corner of the garden that belonged to his uncle and aunt.

Tanya listened also and she heard a strange flapping noise that came from the exact same bush and she was now keen to discover what it was. The teenage Tazzy devil turned her head towards the Dingo/Tasmanian tiger cross and asked him in a hushed whisper "What is it?"

Ray shut his eyes for a moment, keenly listening to the rustling noise the shroud constantly produced as it shook violently in that one spot, the bush being spotlighted by the moonlight that peaked through the dark clouds in the sky and without wasting a second, Ray withdrew one of his dad's boomerangs and held it in his hand menacingly, holding out his arm to the side to block Tanya from coming closer to the rustling rose bush.

Suddenly, something emerged from the rose bush and it turned out to be Maurie! Even though he was panting madly as he was trying to breathe despite the fact that he was covered with scrapes from head to talon. Even his blue T-Shirt was torn in some places.

"Oh my, Maurie!" Exclaimed Tanya as both she and Ray raced towards the old cockatiel whom had collapsed the moment he emerged from the bush and the moonlight continued to shine upon his injured, rather chubby frame as he began to pass out. Ray knelt down and carefully held the bird's head in his gloved hand and examined him and he noticed one piece of vital information of how he got into this state. There was a black, razor sharp claw nail in Maurie's leg and it looked sore as it stuck in the bird's rather swollen, puffy leg.

Ray gently yet quickly took Maurie into his care and held the passed out parrot just like you would hold a newborn infant and his pointed ears twitched wearily as he nodded towards the young female Tasmainian devil before telling her "Go and wake the othah's, Tanya! I'll protect Maurie!"

Tanya hesitantly obeyed and dashed inside to awake everyone else while Ray stood his ground as loud foot steps shook the earth despite that could be heard from just metres away and Ray saw a creature before him. It was large. Purple-Black with glowing marks that were tainted orange. Orange eyes with no pupils. Quite muscular and with a lizard like tail and it had a gluey-texture.

Ray had no idea what this beast was but the claws looked awfully similar to what had scratched up his dad's friend/childhood parental guardian. Without wasting another second, Ray threw his father's boomerang up into the air but it just circled the beast and flew right back in his face, smacking him and forcing an impact so strong in made him fall flat on his back with a thud. Ray never was that good with his dad's boomerangs since he always missed out on his dad lessons.

The boomerang's collision with Ray made it fall to the ground and if Ray didn't act, it would surely be crushed by the monster's massive feet. Ray gently laid Maurie down on the wooden patio before he rushed to retrieve his dad's remaining boomerang before it got stomped on.

The Maize furred Tazzy tiger-dingo did not know what to do as he rushed towards the creatures giant foot and he felt his pulse slow down heavily as he kept his panicking to a minimum but he grabbed the ancient boomerang just before both himself and the piece of wood was crushed in what seemed like slow motion and he just barely managed to escape.

Ray finished his close to death act by doing some expert flips as he slid slightly backwards while looking totally awesome and he blew a raspberry towards the beast, grabbing its attention, before he ran in a circle around the 40 feet tall monster to grab Maurie before he expertly jumped over the wooden fence that protected the home of Sly and Naomi from burglars and led the mysterious giant away from the others and it gave chase.

"C'mon, Chook! Follow me and there might be a prize!" Taunted Ray with a wink and he managed to crack a cheeky, full witted smirk despite the frightening atmosphere as the giant creature gave chase but, to Ray's surprise, Luca joined the fight and he somehow leaped a huge height before landing with a mid-air flip and hard on his feet.

Luca even cringed due to the pain to his feet since he landed that hard and he groaned painfully before Ray inquired if he was alright and the other Tasmainian tiger/dingo hybrid opened one eye and told him with a joking smirk "I-I'm alright..."

Ray rolled his eyes. Luca could be so immature sometimes and it was a bit strange. Ray even sometimes questioned how he and Luca were related. It was that much of a problem but it wasn't serious as Ray normally joked about it.

Luca stood up and the two Tazzy tiger hybrids ran down towards as they ran towards the Southern river docks that stood far from the city of New Barramungee and the creature still chased them which was kind of a good thing. As they ran, the creature slowly caught up.

Soon even Jack joined the party as the three Tazzy tiger hybrids had reached the end of the docks and the creature was just about to close in on them, they all jumped backwards and had been soaring over the monster's head and they all landed simultaneously just at the docks' edge and they panted tiredly as the strange beast was about to turn around but the docks couldn't hold him and it went down into the water with the docks the three tasmainian tigers all watched as the monster sunk down into the deep blue water and after sometime of watching to see if the enormous creature had survived, One-eyed Jack suggested while gesturing towards the unconscious cockatiel that rested within Ray's arms "Why don't we get the old bloke to Dipper? He needs some medical treatment."

Luca nodded and took Maurie from Ray's grasp as he and Jack began to make their trek back up towards Dipper's home at the beach where the others had probably moved but Ray did a double take over his shoulder as he peaked into the deep blue ocean which was still recovering its beautiful ripples from the monster it just taken and couldn't help but think 'What was that thing? Why did it come fer me and tha othah's?'

A/N: What did you think of this chapter, guys? I hope you liked it! Also, in case you didn't figure it out by now, it was a Quinkan who chased Ray and the others. Why, You might ask? You'll discover very soon...

I have edited the last chapter a bit to make it a bit more understandable and cooler to both reviews I have received just after updating this story.

Anyways, reviews would be welcome and so would suggestions! I hope you like this chapter and do you see anything blooming between Ray and Tanya? How would the parents react!?

Hope you liked the new poster!

See you!

-Chloemcg