The Favorite Fives: Frenzy of the Fosters
The wind was breezing on a forest near Quiet Country, Ohio. This forest is one of the biggest ones in the world. It is barely populated. There were some rare fruits like starfruit and mangoes there. Green bushes rustled. Frogs hopped to lakes. Trees stood tall. Some footsteps were heard. It was revealed to be Luke and his family traveling in the forest.
"Father, what are you discovering again?" Luke asked his dad.
"We are trying to find the one toothed rabbit," his father replied.
"Based on sightings from the TV this morning, it was spotted around this area," Luke's mom answered.
"What sort of use would you want to involve with it when we encounter it?" Luke asked.
"From what we have heard, we can receive a huge amount of cash when we bring the rabbit to a local zoo nearby!" Luke's sister popped in. She was a 9-year-old girl, having red hair with pigtails. She had freckles, purple eyes, tan skin, and a missing tooth. She wore a blue polo shirt, red jeans, and black shoes.
"You really believe that it is worth the money to bring an animal to an area with limited spaces, Georgia?"
"We need it to replace the roof on our house! It's falling apart!" Georgia shot back.
"After that mess your father made fixing the roof, we need it more than ever," Mrs. Foster brought up.
Luke was still unsure about catching an animal just to pay off the damages from their house. There is possible no harm done with just viewing the animal. It's just that our approach to it would be considered the main problem. After all, me and the rest of the Favorite Fives had some sort of scuffle with one strange animal before and look how that turned out. The boy thought to himself. But to take the animal away from its home and transfer it to limited spaces, that is not right. There must be something else we can do about the rabbit without harming it.
Luke's family stopped moving when they saw a bridge across a river. The water went fast, but the bridge was sturdy enough to hold individuals. Even jumping on the bridge would not break it.
"We should be a step closer on finding that rabbit. Don't lose track!" Luke's dad called out.
Altogether, the family held on to the bridge while crossing it. Luke's sister held out her head to view the rapid water flowing through.
"You sure we can't just swim through, let alone walk through?"
"Sweetie, the water is too fast to travel across. This is our one method to go pass the river." Luke's mother replied.
Georgia noticed some fish in the water. She saw that they were trying to swim on the opposite direction for some reason. She was going to bring up this topic to her family, but it as too late as the fish were suddenly gone. This gave the girl a confused look. What became even more perplexing to her is that some frogs were attempting to cross the river, but even when they landed on nearby lily pads, they crumbled, and the frogs hurried back to land. It was a surprise for them when the hawk on top of a tree swooped over and swallowed a frog whole on its mouth.
"Survival of the fittest," Luke's mother shrugged.
"Georgia! Don't fall behind!" her father said.
The girl was staring at a spiderweb that held various flies. Luke had to grab her hand to get her movie. The girl shook her head to focus before joining the rest of her family on crossing the bridge. Once they got out of the bridge, the four resumed their discovery of the rabbit. It wasn't until Georgia spotted a beaver around the area. The girl walked over to get a closer look of the beaver. "Hey there, little beaver," she said. "Where's the rest of your friends? It seems awfully big around here for you alone."
The only response given to her was the beaver carving some wood with its mouth, turning the wood into a shape of a finger pointer. The beaver aimed it toward another direction, reveling that all the other beavers were on the trees to find some wood.
"I believe they are looking for some wood so that they can build a dam into that river. Do you happen to know the location of the one toothed rabbit? We are trying to discover since it is unique around here." Luke stated.
The beaver nodded to reply to his statement. It scurried over to the trees and started gnawing on wood with his allies. It formed into a shape of a big arrow. The arrow was slightly moved by the force of the beavers. The family smiled because that arrow is now pointing to the location of the rabbit.
"Thanks for the help!" Georgia exclaimed before she and her family resumed their task of finding their objective. She noticed that the forest they were in became darker for some reason. Unaware to the others, some of the trees either have some claw marks or missing branches. She was going to mention this to her brother, but there was no need since he and the parents found out about it as well.
"Ow! Mosquito!" Luke's father complained while swatting his arm. "Those things are the worst!"
"What is going on here?" Luke's mother asked.
"It seems that the area we are going through is making the area darker due to the trees being closer to one another. We can't see the sky if its bright out or not. Our only chance is to get to the location we are pursuing for." Luke's dad answered.
"We should pick up the pace while we are at it. We won't find the animal at this rate." Luke's mother suggested.
As if this didn't motivate the Foster Family to move faster, an explosion from far away did. Georgia had to cover her ears since the explosion almost made her deaf. "Hurry up!" she shouted.
It took a while to reach their destination, but the family finally got there. While panting, Georgia looked up to see a shadow rise from the bushes. She grabbed Luke's hand to direct his eyes at the figure. Once the parents caught on, they were all fascinated by the animal that stood before them. It was revealed to be the legendary one toothed rabbit. It had white fur and ears. Its tail was fluffy and round.
"Aww! He's so adorable!" Georgia exclaimed, before walking slowly to the animal.
The rabbit turned its head towards the girl when it heard her footsteps. It started to slowly hop towards Georgia. The girl was surprised as the animal approached her.
"Don't scare it, Georgia," Luke's mother said.
"It might think there's danger around it," Luke's father commented.
The rabbit heard some noise behind it. It hopped into a tree and started climbing it. This surprised the family.
"What is the rabbit doing?" Georgia asked.
"Perhaps it could be looking for food," Luke suggested.
They were proven wrong, as a roar was heard. The Foster family turned their heads around. A bear was running towards them.
"That bear is one angry creature," Georgia commented.
"Climb that tree!" Luke's dad shouted.
The family wasted no time climbing the tree to avoid being attacked by the bear. As the bear entered the area, it started to sniff around the location. He looked up to see the family and the bunny up the tree. He growled at them.
"What's it doing?" Georgia asked.
"Perhaps he is planning the next move to do," Luke states, while holding on his sister. "Pretty sure bears can't climb up to trees."
Things would soon go bad, because the bear started to move toward the tree and claw it. With each swing, the tree started to become weaker.
"But they can do that!" Georgia screamed.
"Hop to the next tree!" Luke's mother cried.
The family and the rabbit leaped to the nearest tree available. But the bear wasn't planning on leaving them alone. He ended up repeating the process with the next tree that they are in top on.
"There must be a way to make him to get him distracted from chasing us!" Luke said.
"I got it! Look!" Georgia exclaimed while pointing to a beehive to another tree. "Maybe making him eat honey should make him forget about chasing us! I'll get the hive!"
"Be careful, sweetie. Those bees are dangerous!" Luke's mother called out.
The bear took notice of Georgia's movement and followed her. With careful swipes, Georgia hit the branch holding the beehive, therefore making it fall to the bear. As the bear observed the beehive, he saw honey inside. This made the bear happy enough to devour it, forgetting his primary targets. The bear soon walked away from the trees with his collected food, unaware of the angry bees inside. When the bear was out of sight, the family climbed down from the trees.
"That was one dangerous predator," Luke's mother broke the silence.
"Where is the rabbit?" Luke asked.
Before anyone can make a response, a medium sized branch fell from the tree, hitting Georgia. Although she was dizzy, the rabbit was unscathed. It hopped on top of her head.
"Are you ok, Georgia?" Luke asked.
"Yeah, Luke. That branch was a bit hard," Georgia rubbed her bruise. "Where did the rabbit go?"
All the others did was point up. The girl noticed the rabbit. She smiled as she held out her hands. The rabbit landed on them. It sniffed her hands, then scurried to her arm, which made the girl giggle. It sniffed her pants pocket.
"What's it doing?" Luke's mother asked.
The rabbit pulled out a carrot from Georgia's pocket. It started to chew on the food.
"It's eating my carrot. Must be hungry," Georgia commented. "Let's bring it back to Quiet Country!"
"You sure that's a good idea, sis?" Luke asked. "Brining it away from its original habitat might upset it,"
"It could not hurt to try. Perhaps we can find more of its species around some areas like a pet store," Luke's dad suggested.
Luke just kept doubting. "That honestly won't be the best since it won't have the wide-open spaces like here,"
All the rabbit did was just stare at the Foster family. The family started to walk back to their original location. On the way, the other animals took notice of the bunny. They begin to hide away from it, with some hissing including.
"Why are the other animals trying to avoid looking at the rabbit?" Georgia asked.
"Maybe they are just jealous we are bringing it away from the forest," Luke's mother peeped in.
They will soon encounter a fork on the road because the bridge that they used before was suddenly gone.
"How are we going to get across?" Luke asked.
The rabbit suddenly hopped out of Georgia's hands to hop to a nearby tree. Surprisingly, the rabbit started gnawing down it. Logs were formed due to this. This made the family surprised.
"I thought only beavers can do that kind of thing," Luke's mother broke the silence.
"That must be one special rabbit if he can do that," Luke's dad replied.
The rabbit ended up pushing the logs towards the river, forming into a dam. It had stopped the flowing water from one side.
"That is very impressive," Luke commented.
"I'll say," Georgia replied. "I thought those types of animals that can do unexpected things only exist in cartoons."
There were a few seconds of silence occurring as the family walked to the dry part of the land to get to the other side. The claw marks around the trees became more visible, though no one else but Luke noticed. A familiar buzzing can be heard. Georgia was the first to notice the upcoming hazard.
"Are those…" Luke asked but got interrupted quickly.
"Duck!" Luke's mother shouted, as the family dove to the ground for cover.
The bees buzzed around the area and missed the Foster family. However, one bee didn't leave and kept its sight on Georgia. In no time at all, it stabbed its stinger on Georgia's arm.
"OW!" Georgia shouted.
"Georgia, are you alright?" Luke was concerned about his sister.
"That bee was irritating," Georgia complained as she covered her arm. "We should get out of here. This forest is starting to get on my nerves."
The family failed to notice the rabbit's tooth. This somehow scares the bee into hiding. In no time at all, the family managed to get out of the forest. What they didn't expect was the amount of bear traps in front of them.
"That is unexpected," Luke's father commented.
"What's with the bear traps?" Luke asked.
Before a reply was given, some helicopters were landing. Several people came out of them, wearing military gear. They start running to where the Foster family are standing. They aimed their guns at them.
"Drop the animal!" one of the soldiers shouted. "Or we will shoot!"
"What's the big idea?" Luke's mother demanded.
"Ma'am, that bunny your daughter is holding is a hazard. Drop it immediately," another soldier peeked in.
"Don't you think you are overreacting over a bunny?" Luke asked.
Before a reply was given, the rabbit hopped out of Georgia's hands. Georgia was surprised that the rabbit hopped over the bear traps, disabling them. The rest of the family was surprised by this, but what takes the cake is that the rabbit chewed a tree nearby and it fell on a soldier. Everyone's eyes widened when they discovered that the rabbit was actually foaming at the mouth with its sharp tooth.
"That's something you never see much," Luke commented.
The soldiers tried to tranquilize the rabbit, but it was too quick for them. Darts landed all over the place. They hit the trees, some of the soldiers, a few birds, even Georgia got hit by one.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! Are you kidding me right now?!" the girl complained before being knocked out.
The rabbit began to hop to the neighborhood. More darts were shot, but no effort was made to hit the target. With its one tooth, the rabbit chewed through a car.
"That rabbit is going to tear apart the neighborhood!" the first soldier shouted.
"It has to be stopped before Quiet Country gets obliterated," the second soldier replied.
"Won't be living up its name with the destruction that occasionally happens here," Luke's dad muttered.
The general walked up to the Foster family. "You four need to help us take down that rabbit. The more hands we can have, it will increase the chances of catching that creature,"
"We accept. Although, you might only have three hands since my sister is out unconscious," Luke commented while carrying Georgia on his arms.
"Do we get to carry one of the guns?" Luke's father asked.
"Certainly. They are loaded with darts." The first soldier stated as they gave the family some arsenal.
"This is one crazy day for us," Luke muttered.
Everyone rushed back to the neighborhood where the rabbit was hopping to. Several people failed to notice the animal leaping nearby. It wasn't until a boy noticed and picked it up.
"This can make a great pet for me. Maybe I'll ask dad if he will let me keep him," the boy exclaimed.
The rabbit however had other plans. It bit the boy's arm and hopped off him.
"OW! Probably not!"
Before he could walk back home, the military approached him.
"Did you happen to see a crazy rabbit pass by here?" the general of the military asked the boy.
All the boy did was point to the direction behind him.
"Thanks," the general complimented. "Alright, people! Let's catch that bunny!"
Everyone rushed over to chase the animal. The rabbit passed by a dog, which the latter participated to the chase, as well as a cat, mouse, pig, and a crocodile. A chase scene was occurring. A crosswalk was involved with splitting the group up in many directions. Some of them were almost devoured by dogs. Others were clawed by cats. Even the crocodile started to chase everyone, wanting to chomp on them as food. The other animals left the chase since the rabbit started to have rabies.
"Does that rabbit have RABIES?!" Luke's mom shouted in disbelief.
"We need to be aware of its next action!" the general announced.
I'm glad Georgia didn't get infected by the rabies on that thing, Luke thought to himself.
It was only a matter of time before they all got to a dead end. Some buildings were damaged thanks to the rabbit's ability to chew through material.
"This is our chance!" Luke shouted. "We have to restrain that rabbit!"
"Only way to do that is to trap it," a soldier commented. "A basket might not be some use since it can just gnaw through. A cage is not much help since it can squeeze through the bar."
"What is left to offer?" another soldier asked.
In no time at all, Georgia yawned. Everyone looked to see her waking up on Luke's arms. "Hey, what did I miss?" the girl asked.
Before anyone could respond, the general grabbed the young girl and threw her at the rabbit like a barrel. This got the rabbit knocked out. The military cheered. But Luke's family were the only ones that were not pleased.
"What did you do that for?!" Luke shouted.
"What else was I gonna do? He would have hopped away if we didn't act quick," the general defended.
"You could have killed her!"
Later, at a base, the military, general, soldiers, and Luke's family were inside. The rabbit was secured inside a capsule. Georgia was still sleeping on Luke's arms, with a band aid on her head.
"We got the rabbit secured!" the general announced. "There are zero chances of escape for it!"
"What do you propose to do with it?" Luke's father asked.
"Well, considering the actions it has done throughout the day, we might need to keep it here secured in this base," a soldier stated. "We can't really use stuff like needles and scissors since the rabbit can just tear those apart. Plus, it would be cruel to harm the creature with those, which can make a hypocritical organization that claims to protect animals overreact about it."
"So, our next plan is to observe its actions," another soldier explained. "Maybe the behavior of the rabbit can be explained if we supply some objects like a beach ball."
"A beach ball," Luke's mother said in disbelief. "You have all access to Earth's weaponry and the first thing you choose for testing the rabbit is a beach ball."
"Don't blame us. We were on a beach trip to Hawaii," a soldier complained.
"Maybe it is now your chance to tranquilize the rabbit since it's in the capsule. But don't do it to my sister again," Luke said sternly.
The general proceeded to load a tranquilizer gun and aimed at the rabbit. With accuracy, he landed a dart on the rabbit's tail, causing it to fall asleep.
"Great shot, general!" a soldier commented.
"Thank you! All those training sessions really paid off,"
"This has been one heck of a day," Luke's father muttered.
"So, what now?" Luke's mother asked.
"Well, we got the rabbit, we might as keep it here to make sure it can't cause havoc in the neighborhood again," the general stated.
"It would be far too dangerous to bring to the zoo," Luke chimed in. "It would harm the others."
"Since you helped us capture this infestation, you will be paid handsomely as promised," a soldier announced.
After rewarded with the money, the family walked out of the base. It was a long way home. Georgia was still knocked out from earlier.
"That has got to be one crazy day for us," Luke's father broke the silence.
"I'll say," Luke's mother replied. "The amount of rubbish damage caused by that rabbit is catastrophic."
"I just hope we can put this money to good use," Luke said while piggybacking his unconscious sister.
The family passed by some destroyed areas of the neighborhood. Some citizens were harmed by the events of the chase, which led them being sent to the hospital. When the family got back to their house, the first thing the parents did was to call a roofing contractor. With the money paid, the roof was back and better than ever. At night, Georgia woke up on her bed. She walked downstairs to see Luke watching TV in his pajamas. She sat on the couch next to him. "Hey, Luke? What's going on?"
"Oh, I didn't you there, sis. A lot occurred while you were knocked out. I can say there was a lot of destruction in the neighborhood thanks to that rabbit," Luke explained. "It was a while, but the rabbit has been secured. And there's a lesson to be learned about this: looks can be deceiving."
"You got that right," Georgia said as she leaned her head on Luke's shoulder. "That was one big day."
"Although it is not as eventful as the adventures I have with my friends, yeah, it was. You had it rough today."
"Can't argue with that," the girl shrugged her shoulders. "That general guy threw me like I was a ragdoll,"
"No one should treat you like that, whether they are trying to capture a creature or not,"
"You're right," Georgia yawned. "Well, it's time to sleep. We got school in the morning."
Luke nodded while turning off the TV. He carried Georgia while heading to their rooms. After tucking in his sister in the bed, Luke closed the blinds.
"Hope the next time we go out won't be catastrophic as this one was," the red-hair girl commented. "Next time you have an adventure with your friends, I want to tag along."
"We will see about that," Luke kissed his sister's forehead. "Good night, sis."
"Good night, Luke,"
The boy turned off the lights and went back to bed. He can't wait to tell the others about the day he had with his family. It wasn't as big as the adventures he had with his friends, but it is still a fable worth talking about.