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Chapter 1: "Begin The Spiral Downwards..."

Several moments passed in silence, aside from Cassidy's laboured breathing.

Duck blinked. "....Why?"

Icy slapped the back of his head. "DUDE! You scared her into labour!"

Mairi jumped up and squealed in excitement. "It's tiiiiiiiime!!!"

With all the new commotion, Cale was wide awake. "Mommy? What's wrong?" She was starting to cry from confusion and drowsiness.

Mairi, seeing this, immediately snatched Cale away from Tech and cuddled, talking to the upset girl sweetly. "Your mummy has to go to the hospital right now, sweetie."

"Why?" Cale questioned, her lime green eyes wide.

"Your baby sister's gonna be born soon." Even though none of the gang knew what the baby was, Mairi wanted the baby to be a girl, simply because Cale wanted a sister.

Ace, Tech, Rev, Slam, Duck, Seth, Quick, Lexi, and Icy all sighed and slapped their foreheads. Now there was no chance of getting Cale to sleep.

Ace looked at Tech. "You guys go ahead. Slam and I'll stay here and watch de twins and Quinton."

Duck raised a hand to join them, but Mairi grabbed that hand and pulled him beside her. "You are coming with me and you will stay at the hospital and help me entertain Cale."

"No."

"You'll do as you're told."

"Why?"

"Because you scared me and I'm mad at you."

.ORANGE TRIANGLE.

"Now, just relax... the doctor will come in a few moments..." The nurse, a light brown-haired young woman, smiled encouragingly at Cassidy before leaving the room.

Cassidy felt Tech squeeze her hand. "I'm okay, Tech." She breathed in, trying to calm her nerves. Cassidy's fear of doctors, hospitals, and needles was very deep-rooted, and there was a good chance she'd never get over it.

Icy gave her freind a light punch in the arm. "Yeah, Tech. She'll be fine."

Cassidy giggled. "Remember how he reacted when I was pregnant with Cale?"

Icy burst out laughing. "Who could forget?!"

(Flashback...)

Duck wandered into the kitchen, only to see Cassidy doubled-over in pain, gasping for breath.

"Cassidy? Are... are you okay?" He asked, slightly worried.

"Duck... It's a contraction..."

"Uh............ huh." Duck muttered, still confused.

Cassidy rolled her eyes. "I'm gonna be having the baby soon."

"GAH!" He gasped. "Ohnoohno! Not this! Anything but this! I'm doomed!!!"

"Duck.."

"Doomed!"

"DUCK!"

Duck froze and stared at Cassidy with wide eyes.

"Get Tech..."

Duck blinked. He stood silent for a moment, before blurting out. "I know! I'll get Tech! Don't worry, I'll save you!"

Cassidy rolled her eyes once more. Less than a minute later, Tech entered the kitchen and ran up to her. "Cass! What's wrong?"

"What does it look like?" Cassidy moaned. "Tech... I think..."

Tech nodded, and continued to nod. For several minutes, actually. Ace walked in to see what the commotion. He pointed at Tech "Is he okay?"

"I think I might have broken his brain." Cassidy sighed, straightening herself.

Tech was still kneeled where Cassidy had been, nodding, staring off into space. Finally, he seemed to snap out of it, and he stood up slowly. "I..........I'm gonna be a father!"

Cassidy gently petted his head. "Yes, you are Tech...." She giggled.

"I.....I..... Ifeeldizzy..." Tech mumbled before collapsing on the ground.

Duck's eyes shot open. "Holy crap! He actually FAINTED! ICY! QUICK! MAZZ! YOU'VE GOTTA COME SEE THIS!" He shouted out, laughing.

(End flashback)

Tech rolled his eyes. "Very funny you two. Do you see me fainting this time around?"

"Not yet." Icy snickered.

"Because this time you're a pro." Cassidy giggled.

Just then, the door opened and a tall, slim lady, around her early fourties or so, walked in, carrying a clipboard. "Hello! How are we doing today?"

Cassidy smiled. She was glad their doctor was this particular lady. Sweet and gentle, she had helped Cassidy deal with her fear. "Good."

The lady smiled back. She had helped deliver Cale, but she and the young coyote went further back...

(Flashback)

Cassidy stared at the young doctor with wide eyes. She felt like she knew her... from where, though?

The doctor returned her look, then glanced at the clipboard in her arms. "Cassidy Coyote..... you were in the hospital about.... four years ago.... the meteor...

Cassidy blinked. "Yes. I was. I remember that."

"Do you remember who was your nurse?"

Cassidy gazed at her for a moment. "My nurse........ was you! Nurse Marilynne!"

The lady smiled. "Now I'm Doctor Marilynne."

"I remember you telling me how you wanted to be a doctor..."

Marilynne nodded. "I was in the middle of my courses for that. And here I am now. And here you are now. You've changed a lot."

Cassidy blushed. "Yeah... But you did help."

"You were such a nervous wreck back then. You didn't trust anyone as far as you could throw them. And the doctors weren't your favourite people in the world...."

(End Flashback..)

.BLUE TRIANGLE. 

Cale snuggled up in Mairi's lap, clutching her school reading book. "Aunty Mairi? Where's Daddy?"

Mairi wrapped her arms around her neice. "He's with your mummy right now."

"Oh..." Cale said. "Can I go in there too?"

"No, Possum.. We have to stay out here. Only daddies and mummies are allowed in the room. But later they'll move your mummy to a different room and then we can visit her. Okay?"

Cale nodded. "Wanna hear me read my story for school?"

Mairi hugged her. "Of course, Princess!!"

"D-dan....huh-had... a... pig. The... pig's.... name... was.....Puh-Pet! Pet...is...a pig. Pet is..... big. Pat.... Pet's...buhhhh... back! Pet... llluh... likes.....pats..... Dan.. pats.... the........pig!"

Duck sat beside Mairi, bored out of his mind. He glanced at the pile of magazines, but there wasn't very much that interested him. He stared up at the ceiling. Hey.. there's a tile with a crack in it. He wondered if it leaked when it rained. Probably not, otherwise they would have fixed it. He then glanced at Mairi, whose full attention was on Cale. He smiled lop-sidedly. He had to admit, the scene was pretty cute. He gazed at Mairi for a few moments.... until she realized that he was staring at her.

Mairi smiled. "Bubbyy!!!" She whispered, not wanting to interrupt Cale's story. She quickly reached out with the arm closest to Duck and wrapped it part around his head and partly around his neck, pulling him into a tight, almost suffocating hug.

Quick, who was sitting next to Duck, giggled. "Bubbbyyy...." She whispered, poking him in the arm. "...muy lindo!"

Duck glared at her before attempting to free himself from Mairi's grasp. It took him a while, as the tall lyre bird was unusually strong. That is, until Duck remembered his powers, and quacked himself out of Mairi's arms.

Seth shifted and settled himself closer to Quick. "I hope Tech's handling this better than he did last time.."

.SILVER TRIANGLE.

Tech bit his lip nervously. It had been a couple of hours already, and nothing had happened yet. 'Relax..' He told himself, 'Mazz told you, this stage could take hours...' But he was still very worried. Cassidy was quickly becoming tired and weak. This was almost completely different than when Cale was born.

Cassidy moaned. This was the worst pain she'd ever been through, this was worse than with Cale. She shoved all thoughts out of her mind and concentrated on her breathing. She felt Tech's hand on her arm. Inside she wanted to smile at him like she usually did, but the pain was too much and a small growl escaped from her.

Tech's eyes widened a bit, and he let go, sitting back in his chair. If only his father were here, but his mother hadn't been feeling good the past couple of days, and Bailey had just finished her college entrance exams, and was no doubt tired from staying up late and studying. Tech closed his eyes and remembered his father's advice....

"What should I do, Dad? I've never seen her like this! She's never been this mad at me!"

"What is happening to Cassidy is something that happens to every woman. I went through the same thing with your mother. I felt the same way as you did. I didn't know what to do."

"But what should I do?"

"Simple. Be there for her."

"I've been trying that! But she just gets even more angry!"

"Cassidy is the kind of girl who doesn't like to be alone, but she can't stand her personal space being invaded... Play it by ear, if what you're doing seems to make things worse, back off a little bit, but still show your support. She'll still be mad, but it's only the pain talking."

.GREEN TRIANGLE.

Hours had passed. The hospital was next to empty. Cale had fallen asleep in Icy's lap. Every few minutes, she'd wake up, move to either another position or another lap, then fall asleep again. Eventually, she had fallen asleep in each of her aunts and uncles' laps at least once.

Icy yawned and leaned her head back against the couch, drowsiness beginning to take over her. Her eyelids dropped, then her body began sliding towards Rev, who was wide-awake.

Quick had fallen asleep in Seth's arms. Seth soon was snoring, as well.

Mairi looked at all of them, then at Duck, who held up his hands in defense. "Don't even."

Mairi pouted. "Fine." She stood up, walked to Rev, who was currently holding Cale in his lap, scooped Cale up, then plopped herself back down beside Duck, and gently cuddled Cale.

Cale yawned, and rubbed her eyes a bit before falling back into sleep once again. Mairi looked at her watch. '10:36 AM' it read. But that was AcmeAustralian time. Even though the others had told her to at least change it, Mairi refused to. She liked it that way, it reminded her of home. Plus, now that she had learned to figure out what time it was in Acmetropolis by her AcmeAustralian watch, she felt really smart.

So, in reality, it was about.... 1 in the morning.

Duck yawned. This was getting contagious. Mairi felt like it. But she didn't want to. However, she soon felt herself getting drowsy. Soon, she had fallen asleep as well, most of her leaning against Duck. But he didn't mind. He was already asleep.

Tech walked into the room to find everyone out like lights. He quickly shook them awake. "Guys...." He couldn't help but smile widely.

Mairi was awake in three seconds. "Is the baby born? How's Cassidy doing?"

Tech placed a finger to his lips, gesturing to Cale. "I need you guys to take Cale home. She needs better sleep than this."

"Dude! Spill it already! Boy or girl?" Icy demanded.

Tech's smile grew. "Girl. A beautiful little girl." But then he frowned. "But Cassidy... she's not okay..."

"What?!" Quick gasped, trying not to wake Cale.

"Cass.. she lost a lot of blood... she's very weak right now..."

(END CHAPTER)

_ *faints from mentioning of blood* O.O

Also, underlined and italicized parts are Ozzie narrating the story and Cale asking questions.

Chapter 3: "Bed Time Story"

Later that day, after a good long rest, the gang headed back to the hospital with Cale, Vanessa, AJ, and Quinton, of course. Little Cale was extremely excited to see her little sister for the first time.

"Hola, Cassidy! We're back!" Quick called out as she came into the hospital room carrying Quinton, followed by Seth, who had Cale on his shoulders, along with Ace, Lexi, Duck, Slam, Mairi, and the twins. Cassidy was sitting up, holding her newborn in her arms. Tech and Rev were sitting in chairs beside the bed.

Cassidy looked up and smiled. "Hey guys."

"Heard you were feelin better, so we decided to come pester you for a while." Seth explained before plopping Cale down on the bed.

"Mommy!!!" Cale squealed as she crawled across the bed to hug Cassidy. "Can I hold baby sis?" She asked, holding out her arms.

"Sure, Rosebud.." Cassidy replied as she helped Cale hold the baby properly. She showed her older daughter how to use her arm to support her baby sister's neck and head.

Cale's smile grew as big as it could and she held the little coyote as close as possible. Cassidy hugged her. "You finally have your baby sister..."

"What's we gonna call her?" Cale asked.

"Yeah! Spit it out! What's the name?" The gang turned around to see Icy standing at the door. She blinked, staring back at them. "What? I crashed for a nap. I've basically been up since one this morning." She shrugged.

Cassidy and Tech gazed at each other for a few moments. Then Cassidy broke the silence. "Felicia."

"Eliza." Tech continued.

"Coyote." The said together.

"Felicity!!!" Cale squealed, recognizing the name she so desperately wanted to name her baby sister.

Mazz let out a near-deafening squeal. "THAT IS THE CUTEST. NAME. EVER!" She then held out her hands. "Let me hold her." She ordered.

Cale giggled and held Felicity out to her aunt, who immediately scooped her up into her arms and began cooing over the coyote pup.

True to Icy's and Tech's predictions, Cassidy made a pretty quick rebound from her ordeal. Ready to go home the next day. Well, in her own opinion she was. According to the doctors she was still too weak to leave. Cassidy pouted for the whole time she was there. Which ended up being a whole week.

About half-way through that week, Tech received an unusual call on his cell phone.

"Daddy?"

"Cale? What's the matter?"

"Can I talk to Mommy please?"

Tech glanced over at Cassidy, who was asleep with Felicity. "Sorry, Princess, but Mommy's asleep. What do you need?"

Cassidy rubbed her eyes. "No, mommy is awake and wants to talk to her oldest daughter."

"But Cass you should be resting, especially if you want-"

"Tech."

"But-"

"Give me the phone."

"Cass-"

"Now."

Tech sighed and handed her the cell phone, smiling a bit. Cassidy held it up to her mouth. "Rosebud? What's the matter honey?"

"Nothin' Mommy!" Cale answered cheerfully. "I just wanna ask you somethin', kay?"

"Okay, Rosebud. What is it?"

"Is it okay if Eric comes to see Felicity? He already asked his daddy and he says that it's okay and he'd really like to see her coz he's never really seen a baby up close and I've been telling him all about Felicity!"

Cassidy giggled. "Of course he can, Rosebud. As long as Aunty Icy's okay with bringing him here."

"Yay!! Aunty Mairi already said it was okay, too!!! I'll be there soon Mommy!!"

"Okay, I'll be waiting. Bye Rosebud!"

"Bye Mommy!"

When Cassidy closed the phone, Tech gave her a curious look. "What did she want to ask?"

"She wanted to know if it was okay that Eric visit."

Tech frowned automatically. "Eric..... Cass, you know-"

Cassidy held up her hand. "I know, I know. You don't trust him."

"Then why did you say yes?"

"Because I do trust him. He's a sweet and innocent little boy. The only reason why you don't is because you are an overprotective father!"

Tech just smirked. They had had this discussion/fight several times and it became shorter and shorter each time.

About ten or so minutes later, Mazz came into the room, holding Cale's hand while Cale held Eric's. "Mommy!! We're here!"

Cassidy smiled before sitting up a bit. "Hi Eric. How are you?"

Eric smiled nervously. "Hi Mrs. Coyote."

"Come on, Eric. Sit up here so you can see her!" Cale said while climbing on to the hospital bed and sitting down at Cassidy's side. Eric nervously followed, sitting in front of Cale. He stared at Felicity, whom Cale was holding at that moment, for several silent moments.

"Do you want to hold her?" Cassidy asked him.

Eric blinked, then nodded. "I never held a baby before."

"I'll show you!!" Cale piped up. She then held Felicity out to Eric and showed him the proper way to hold her baby sister. Eric sat there with Felicity in his arms, staring unblinkingly for several more minutes.

At this point, Felicity was awake, and studying the new face she was being introduced to. She reached out with her hand and grabbe Eric's nose. Eric, surprised by the infant's action and the feeling of fur on his nose, sneezed. Felicity stared at her hand for several minutes trying to figure out what the gooey stuff on her hand was, then panicked, not liking it. "AHAHAHAH!" She squealed, obviously upset.

Cassidy tried to reach for the box of kleenexes that were on the table beside her, but before she could, Mazz already had a disinfectant wipe out and was cleaning Felicity's hand. Cassidy smiled.

So, the week wore on and Cass was still not allowed out of the hospital for two reasons. One, she was running a slight fever. Two, she was not eating normally.

Eventually Tech was able to get the doctors to realize that Cassidy was running a fever because of her fire powers. They keep her body temperature slightly higher than normal. But she wasn't eating because the food they were giving her at the hospital made her sick. Thankfully, Rev was able to sneak her in some special strawberry quick pick me up shakes. The others also brought chocolates and stuff, and sometimes even pizza.

"If it weren't for you guys, I'd die of starvation here." Cassidy said one day after biting into her first peice of pizza since being in the hospital.

Finally Cassidy and Felicity were both released from the hospital. Just in time to go to bed.

Cassidy and Tech kept Felicity in their room, knowing that the pup would be up every couple of hours. They definitately didn't want Cale awake as well.

Just a little past nine that night, Ozzie snuck into Cale's room. He liked to check on her for Tech and Cass, knowing they had enough to worry about being up with Felicty.

The ferret quietly climbed up the sheets on Cale's bed, being careful to not wake the young girl. The past few days had been long and exciting and the little girl must be exhausted. Once he had made it to the top, he paused, studying Cale's face. The room was very dark, and Ozzie could only make out the outline of the young coyote's face. Ozzie yawned before curling himself into a ball, with his tail tucked around his fuzzy body. Just before he could fall asleep, a small voice piped up.

"Mr. Magic Ferret?"

Darn it. She had been awake the whole time. "Yeah, Cale?" Ozzie replied.

"I can't sleep."

"Have you tried counting sheep?"

Cale nodded.

"How about just closing your eyes and thinking about sleeping?"

Cale nodded again. "It doesn't work."

"Hhhhmmm.." Ozzie sat there for a moment, thinking, then said. "Do you want me to read you a story?"

Cale's face brightened up, even though Ozzie could barely see it. "Please Mr. Magic Ferret?"

Ozzie smiled. "Sure, honey." He clambered up to Cale's pillow and plopped himself down. "Let's see..... Once upon a time, there was a girl... Her name was Kayleigh. Kayleigh and her freinds lived in a big house."

"A tower?!" Cale asked.

Ozzie laughed. "Yeah, a tower. One day, something very good happened."

"What?!" Cale gasped, eager to know.

"Kayleigh had a baby. The baby's name was Zoey. Just a few weeks after she was born, something bad happened..."

"Oh no!" Cale gasped again, only this time with a sad face. "What happened?!"

Ozzie lifted his head to face the wall and he paused and began to think about exactly what happened that day....

(Flashback..)

"DUCK! WHERE IS IT?!!!"

"What did I do now?"

"You stole my music blaster! I know it!!" Quick marched up to Duck.

"I didn't steal nothin of yours!" The mallard snapped back at her.

"Well then, where is it?" The mouse crossed her arms and glared at Duck.

"How would I know?" Duck replied.

Tech, who had just walked into the room from his lab, interrupted. "Quick. It's in Cale's room. You left it there last night while you were playing with her."

Quick's eyes went wide. "Oh. Okay...Gracias Tech." She muttered as she ran off to find her missing property. Upon entering her little neice's room, she found Cassidy sitting in a chair, holding three-week-old Cale in her arms. "Hola Cass. I just came in here looking for-" She paused when the coyote held up her music player. "Hehe, thanks!" She was about to run out of the room when she noticed little Cale looking at her with her big, lime green eyes. The mouse bent closer to her niece and smiled sweetly. "Heya nina! You little cutie!"

Cassidy smiled. "Look, Quick... She's starting to grow hair.." She stroke her infant's head, showing the few strands of fire-red hair pushing through her sandy brown fur.

"Your hair and Tech's eyes. Encantadora!"

"Thanks Quick." Cassidy stood up slowly, trying not to wake the sleeping girl as she set her down in her crib. She stayed beside it for a few moments, gazing down softly at her baby. "You know what, Quick?...Tech and I never thought we could have kids...."

"Really?" Quick asked, surprised. "But why?"

"I'm from Sari. I may look a lot like you guys, aside from the obvious, but inside... my genetics are a lot different..... There was a big possibilty it just... wouldn't work.." The coyote's voice was solemn, but her face said otherwise. She was beaming.

Quick smiled. "Aren't you glad it did?!" She said as she hugged her freind.

"Well, honey, they were attacked..."

"Attacked?! By who?!"

CRASH! BANG! SNAP!!!

The girls spun around in surprise. "Dios mio!!" Quick gasped. "What the heck was that?!"

"Let's go find out." Cassidy suggested as the pair ran out of the room and into the main room of HQ, only to see the scene of the roof being torn away, and dozens and dozens of strange, cloaked men jump into the room through the hole they were making.

Well, they looked strange to Icy, Seth, Quick, Mairi, Ozzie, and Dusk.

But not to Cassidy, Tech, Duck, Ace, Lexi, Rev, ad Slam.

Cassidy's eyes narrowed and a loud growl escaped from her throat. "The Starzians..."

(END OF THE FREAKIN' CHAPTER)

Kayleigh and Zoey are actually prototype names that I had considered for Cassidy and Cale. :3

Hey guys! After several weeks, its FINALLY here! THE GRANDE FINALE! Don't ask me why the text is a little screwed up in the one part. At least now it's all in order XD

Chapter 6: "Never Enough"

When the gang was outside of the dark building, Icy spun around and face Ace. "We're obviously not gonna just leave her there, right?"

"Right, but waittt.." Ace replied, seeing Icy ball her fists and roll up invisible sleeves. "I really doubt that they're gonna stick to their end of the bargain. So.. here's the plan..."

"Wait!" Mairi suddenly shrieked. "Where's Ozzie?!"

.BLUE TRIANGLE.
 
"Did they leave Kayleigh there?"
 
"No, of course they didn't! They went right back and rescued her!"

Cassidy sat against the wall, her ears drooped back and eyes partially closed. Suddenly, she felt little paws on her legs. She glanced up to see Ozzie gazing at her in concern. "Ozzie?" She whispered. "What are you doing here?"

Ozzie gave her a soft smile. "I heard a little girl needs help finding her way home..." He noticed the tears on her face. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"What's wrong?" Cassidy gave a forced laugh. "I screwed up, Ozzie... I let myself trust him.... I actually believed that he would keep his word..... Now the others are being hunted down."

"You're not giving up, are you?" Ozzie asked, surprised by the she-coyote's negative mood.

"What else can I do? Neither of us can get out! The bars are electrified. Even with your powers, Ozzie, you'd still get fried trying to slip though. We're stuck here."

"You'll figure a way out." Ozzie reassured her.

"I may be the 'Houdini' of the team, Ozzie, but this time I can't. If I escape they'll only go after Cale even harder. It will just put her in more danger. I can't do that."

"No, you can't. But you can help your freinds take this freak down. It's the only way to stop this." He placed his little paws on her cheeks, trying to lift her head up a little. "Now come on...... Who's gonna escape out of here?"

Cassidy stared at him for a moment. "....Me?"

"Who's gonna help her best freinds in the whole world kick some bad guy butt?"

"Me."

"I can't hear you."

"Me." Cassidy repeated, her eyes suddenly sparking up, her lips turning up into a smile. "And who's gonna be my adorable fuzzy sidekick?"

Ozzie smiled back. "No job too big or too small for the likes of Wonder Ferret!"

"Well then, Mr. Wonderful, let's get out of here."

"Not so fast." Another voice came to their ears. Cassidy and Ozzie glanced to the right ,away from the bad guys.

"Duck!" Cassidy gasped, relieved. "Thank goodness! Help us out! The Starzians are going after the others! They're gonna kill you!"

Duck held up a hand. "Whoa it up there, princess. I-"

"Duck! There's no time for this! We have to go now!"

"No. There's lots of time. Now keep your voice down." Duck glanced around, the room was empty aside from them. For now.

"Duck..."

"No, you listen now. You've gotta stop the drama queen act! Seriously! In case you've forgotten, you're not the only one who could lose someone important to them." It was here he paused. "Tech at this moment is having an internal freak out because of the stunt you pulled!"

"What else was I supposed to do? Let him keep my baby?!"

"Oh, I don't know, maybe WAIT for us so we take it together as a team?"

"No. I couldn't do that. This is my family's problem, Duck. I don't want you guys involved."

"Huh, funny though. The way I remember it, it was you who said that we WERE family to you. So, I guess we NEED to be involved."

Cassidy groaned, getting more angry with the mallard. "Fine. I guess you're right."

Duck folded his arms. He knew the coyote for too long to not know she wasn't truely admitting that he was right. He would just stand there, give her a minute to think about what she'd said. She'd get it right eventually.

Cassidy stared at him for several minutes, and the mallard could see her face softening. Finally, she hung her head in defeat. "You ARE right."

Duck smirked. "So... if you really ARE a part of this team.... Make yourself look the part."

Cassidy returned the smirk and pressed a button on her belt, changing from the cape outfit to her black and blue uniform. Her communicator crackled to life, and from it she heard Ace's voice. "Now get out of there, Kiddo."

Cassidy looked at Duck. "Duck?"

"Yeees?"

".... I... need your help."

"Of course you do." Duck wore a self-satisfied smirk as he walked behind the cage and pulled on a wire. "These bad guys have got to get some better traps."

The cage bars stopped glowing, and with one good kick, Cassidy had the door open. Ozzie jumped on to Cassidy's shoulder as the coyote and duck ran down the long, winding hallways.

The pair came to a sliding halt when their path was suddenly cut off by several Starzian gaurds. Both Cassidy and Duck fired up their powers, ready to lunge if threatened. Ozzie prepared himself by scurring down into one of Cassidy's pockets and hanging on for dear life. Seconds before the gaurds attacked, Duck grabbed Cassidy's arm and the three of them disappeared, materializing again in another hallway, only this one was empty.

Cassidy gave a sharp yelp when she felt someone grab her shoulder. She spun around, nearly punching Ace in the face in the process.

"Easy there, Killer." Ace chuckled. He then gave Duck a thumbs up. Duck nodded and quacked away again.

"So... you guys heard our conversation?" Cassidy asked, her voice low, her face flushing red.

Everyone nodded.

"Look, guys, I'm sorry, I just-"

Ace held up his hand, stopping her. "We know. It's okay. Duck's gone to get Mazz and Cale out of hiding, then we're gonna head home."

Cassidy was about to say something when she suddenly stumbled back a few steps, as if punched in the face.

'Baby Sis!!!' Cassidy could hear Maria's voice in her head.

'Maria?! What's wrong?!'

'We're being attacked! We need help right now!'

Cassidy's eyes snapped up at the team. "Guys, we need to get to the palace right away! Maria and Mother are in trouble!"

The others looked at each other with wide eyes.

Cassidy blinked. "Guys...?"

"Uh, ya see Kiddo.......... The palace is where we sent Mazz and Cale to hide."
 
"And then, they went to catch the bad guy!"

.PEACH TRIANGLE.

"BBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUUBBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mairi screeched, running down the hallway to where Duck had materialized. She pounced on him, squishing him tightly to her chest. "Quick! Do your super-hero stuff!!"

Duck would have blinked, if he hadn't been blinded by Mairi's bright yellow shirt plastered against his face. "Mazz..." He was starting to choke from lack of oxygen. "What are you talking about?"

"It's those scary blokes! They're back!" Mairi then let go of Duck's face. Only then did the mallard see Maria and Rose standing nearby, Rose holding baby Cale in her arms. Believing that the infant was safe, Mairi had released her death grip on the child, letting her be with her grandmother.

"Alright then." Duck straightened himself out, then posed dramatically. "Danger Duck.. To the rescue!"

The group suddenly heard several crashing and banging sounds, and then they realized that they were surrounded. Starzian gaurds stood around them, closing in, their eyes locked on little napping Cale. Rose glared at them and held Cale tighter. She wasn't going to let them have her. If she kept baby Cassidy away from them, she could keep her little granddaughter away too.

"Hey guys!" Duck shouted at them, getting their attention "Anyone up for some eggs?" His hands were covered by a orange aura. He tossed several of his eggs at them, stickying a few of them to the floor.

While Duck had the Starzians distracted, Rose led Maria and Mairi down one of the long hallways. A few of the Starzians chased them, having noticed them running away.

"LOOK OUT BELOOOOOWWW!!!"

Before any of the Starzians could react, two of them were tackled to the ground by a black and purple blur. Rev floated up above, laughing. "I told you to look out!"

"Rev. Shut it." Icy snapped at him, having appeared out of the same corner as Rev and Slam had. Ace jumped out from behind her, drawing out his sword and blasting two lasers at another of the masked Starzians.

The battle commenced. Lasers, brain blasts, ice wads, fire blasts, telekenisis, alchemy, light, magnetism, strength and speed joined together against the Starzians.

Everything was going perfectly as planned, until Seth, battling it out with a sword he transmuted from the ground, misjudged a jump, tripping a little. The man he was fighting took one good swing at him with his sword. The strike was blocked by Seth's sword, but Seth wasn't hanging on to it tight enough, and it went flying from his hands, headed straight for Quick.

"Quick! Look out!" Seth yelped, watching in horror as the sword was sailing closer to the mouse.

Quick gasped, seeing the sword headed for her. She raised her paw, a silvery glow covering it and the sword, halting it in mid-air.

"Seth! Get down!" Icy yelled, leaping at her teamate and pushing him to the floor, blasting the Starzian who was about to cut the coyote's head off with an ice wad, freezing him solid.

Seth sat up, rubbing his head a little. "Thanks Icy."

"You'd better be! That guy nearly took my tail off with that sword of his!" The fox replied, noticing the chunk of fur missing from her fluffy white tail.

"Guys! !" Quick yelped, being held by the neck by one of the Starzians. The man lifted his hand up at the wall, a swirling vortex of energy forming. The other gaurds stopped whatever they were doing and lept at the wormhole, disappearing.

"QUICK!" Seth yelled, running to his girl's rescue. But the Starzian disappeared through the wormhole, taking Quick with him, and leaving Seth with a bump on his head and a broken heart.

.AQUAMARINE TRIANGLE.

"WHAT?! YOU JUST LEFT?!" The Starzian leader yelled, furious. "How DARE you! I TOLD you to either capture or kill everyone of them! Not just ONE!" He paused in his rant and looked at Quick, who was glaring daggers at him. "So, what do you have to say for yourself?"

"Dios mío si yo tuviera un segundo me salto en disembowel usted y usted para tomar a mi sobrina y una de mis mejores freinds. ¿Cómo te atreves a pensar que aún vas a salir con este valor usted mal astuto pedazo de mierda!" Quick spat at him.
 
"How'd they get the bad guy, Mr. Magic Ferret?"
 
"They surprised him! Kayleigh jumped on him and didn't let him go."

".....Sholla." The man replied flatly, kicking her leg a little. He walked back and forth across the floor, deep His train of thought and breathing were suddenly cut off by an arm around his neck, pulling him backwards,until he finally fell to the floor. Whoever his attacker was flipped him on to his stomach and pinned his arms behind his back.

Ace knelt beside him. "Never been pinned down by a girl before, have ya?"

Tech stood nearby arms folded across his chest. "Not fun, is it?"

"You! You.... pests!!!" The man snapped at them. "You have ruined my plans! You-" Suddenly, he was flipped back on to his back, only to come face-to-face with one really, really, really tissed off Cassidy.

"YOU! You killed my brother! You tried to make me believe he was the one who killed Father! And honestly, I wouldn't be hesitant to believe you were the one who killed Father in the first place!" She had him by the collar of his shirt. "Just try... give me ONE REASON why I shouldn't kill you right here."

Seth coughed into his hand. "Hey, Cass... you forgetting something?"

Cassidy flinched. "Oh yeah....I did forget to mention how you crossed the line for the FOURTH time by kidnapping my daughter.....AND one of my best freinds. NeverMIND threatening to kill them!" She paused. "What are we doin with him, Ace?"

"Whatever you think we should do, kiddo." Ace replied. "If you really want to kill him... then go ahead. We're behind you. You can even use my sword." He slid the Gaurian Strike Sword across the ground to her feet.

Cassidy's eye twitched. Her eyebrows furrowed in thought.

The rest of the team waited in ackward silence. She wouldn't REALLY do it, would she?

Cassidy relaxed. "No. Death is too nice of a punishment for you." She glared him down one last time before letting Ace grab his arms and try to handcuff him.

What was left of the Starzians picked up their weapons and went to attack the Loonatics. Little did they know that there was one Loonatic missing from the assembly.
 
"Chill out, dudes!" Icy called from her position above them, foating around on her jetpack. She shot all of them with her ice beams, freezing them solid.
 
Rev gave her a thumbs-up from the ground.
 
Seth knelt beside Quick and untied the ropes holding her still. "Are you okay?" He asked, giving her a peck on the cheek.
 
Quick smiled, a bit of pink showing through her silvery fur. "I am now." She gave Seth a hug.
 
The Starzian leader squirmed and fought against Ace's tight grip. "You fools! You think you've stopped me? Well you're horribly mistaken! I will be back and I will get you next time!"
 
"Yeah yeah. Keep talking, no one's listening." Cassidy rolled her eyes.
 
"I will be king of Sari.. AND Garbulatar!"
 
"WAIT! What about Garbulatar?!"
 
Tech fished out a microphone and recording device from his backpack. "And don't leave out any details."

"What makes you think I won't?"

"We have two very upset ladies who wouldn't mind making sure of that." Seth gestured to Cassidy and Quick, who were glaring daggers at the Starzian leader.
 
The man gulped.
 
"They caught him!"
 
"Yes they did! And then Kayleigh and Zoey were reunited!"
 
.SILVER TRIANGLE.
 
"Cale!" Cassidy yelled as she ran full blast down the long hallways of the palace in search of her family, followed closely by the others, except Ace and Slam, who were escorting the Starzian leader to jail. "Mother! Maria! Duck! Mazz! Where are you guys!" She paused to catch her breath at a corner, wondering where to look next. 'Good greif, this place is like maze.'
 
"Aurora, relax, we're right here." Rose giggled, walking up to them from a hallway they had passed, carrying little Cale in her arms. Beside her was Maria, Duck and Mairi.
 
Cale was wide awake, and hearing her mother's voice, began crying for her. "Maaaa!! Aaaaaaahhh!!!!"
 
"Cale!" Cassidy cried out, running up and taking her baby into her arms. She held the infant close to her chest, then lifted her up and nuzzled her face, causing the pup to giggle.
 
Tech could see tears in Cassidy's brown eyes. He came up behind her and hugged the both of them, giving them each a kiss. He was beyond happy, they were together again.
 
Ozzie meanwhile, had scrambled down off of Cassidy and climbed back on to Icy's shoulder. The fox held out her index finger to the ferret, who slapped his little paw on it.
 
Cassidy kissed Cale's cheeks and forehead. Then she looked up at Mairi. Literally. Up. "Mazz. You were really brave, staying with Cale through all of this. I'm pretty sure that because of you protecting her, she's safe now."

Mairi made the biggest, happiest squishy face imaginable. She then took Cale from Cassidy, handed her to Tech, then gave Cassidy a near bone-crushing boob hug. "Can you just do one thing for me, Cass?"

"Sure Mazz..." The coyote replied, even though her muzzle was being smothered in Mairi's stomach, muffling her words.
 
"Just.....DON'T LET IT HAPPEN EVER AGAIN." The lyre bird squeaked out. "That was the scariest thing that ever happened to me since I left Acmestralia!"
 
"We'll try." Icy snorted, watching her freind, who was almost suffcating in Mairi's shirt.
 
"We're just glad you and Cale are bueno, Mazz." Quick replied.
 
Mairi then let go of Cassidy, who was now coughing from lack of oxygen, and walked towards Icy, who was closest, with wide open arms.
 
Icy's eyes widened and backed away. "No, no! You don't have to! It's okay! I don't do hugs!"
 
Mairi pouted at her for a minute before turning to Quick. Before the mouse could protest, she had a faceful of yellow shirt.
 
Duck laughed. "Now you two know how I feel."
 
Tech smiled down at his little daughter. "Maybe now things can return to normal." He glanced up to see Mairi strangling the life out of Quick in a hug. "Or at least as normal as it can."
 
.BLUE TRIANGLE.
 
"Your Majesty?"
 
A tall, towering man stood up from the chair he had been sitting in, looking out of a window. He was wearing a dark red outfit and matching cape adorned with exotic designs and jewels of all kinds. "Yes?"
 
"There is a group of people who wish to speak with you. They say that is very important." The second man said.
 
There was a moment of silence.
 
"Very well then. Let them in."
 
The second man, a servant or butler probably, nodded and left quickly, returning moments later leading Ace, Lexi, Tech, Rev, Duck, Slam, Cassidy, Icy, Seth, Quick, and Dusk into the room.
 
The first man only recognized Cassidy. "Princess Aurora of Sari? What are you doing here on Garbulatar?"
 
Cassidy motioned to the others. "King Mossi, we are the Loonatics. And you have some explaining to do."
 
"What do you mean?!"
 
Tech pulled out a tape from his pocket. "We have confession linking you to the kidnapping of our daughter and freind, as well as the murders of King Johnathan Coyote and Prince Andrew Johnathan Coyote."
 
"What! Why would I be involved in matters concerning Sarians?" He glared at Cassidy mainly.
 
"Because you wanted my family out of the way. You wanted Sari to yourself as well as Garbulatar!" Cassidy snapped at him.
 
"You have a very wild imagination, young lady. But imagination proves nothing." The king replied.
 
"Oh, did we forget to mention the fact that we have both Sari and Acmetropolis' armies outside to back us up?" Icy replied, crossing her arms over her chest
 
"Hey, if you admit to it instead of us having to totally prove it, that'll give us less work, as well as the judges, make us and the government happy, and maybe they'll go easy on you." Ace added, smirking.
 
"Either way, you're screwed, man." Seth finished, wearing the same air of self-confidence as the rest.
 
The king looked at all of them, thinking. How was he gonna get out of this? Finally, he snapped. "FINE! You want a confession?! You've got one! It's true! I set up the Starzians!"
 
"The leader...??"
 
"He was to give out my orders. In return I would let him marry my daughter. IF he managed to get rid of you..." He paused to give Cassidy a glare. "And your family."
 
Duck quacked himself and Slam behind the king. "Well, I guess he failed. Too bad for him and you."
 
Slam took hold of the king's arms and led him out of the palace and into the awaiting police ship. The others followed him out.
 
Cassidy paused to look at the large palace. Tech glanced at her curiously. "Cass....it's over. The Starzians are stopped. Forever this time."
 
Cassidy suddenly got a weird chill down her spine. "No. I don't think so."
 
(End Flashback...)
 
"Then, Kayleigh and her freinds took Zoey and Mary home, and they all lived happily ever after..." Ozzie finished, smiling at Cale, who clapped happily.
 
"That was a great story, Mr. Magic Ferret!" Cale beamed.
 
"Thank you. Now what are we gonna do?"
 
"Go to sleep." Cale answered.
 
Ozzie smiled. "Good girl." He gave her a little peck on the forehead before curling up on the girl's stomach. "Goodnight Cale."
 
"Goodnight Mr. Magic Ferret." Cale replied, yawning.
 
Cassidy then slipped into the room. Both ferret and child were fast asleep already. Cassidy smiled at the sight of them and bent down to kiss Cale on the forehead. "Goodnight Cale." She whispered. Then she did the same to Ozzie. "Goodnight...Mr. Magic Ferret."
 
The End.

My fingers are finging. X_x *passes out*