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The lock rattled outside, then the door opened. The blonde man dropped a bag unceremoniously on the floor. “Eat up. You're gonna need your strength today. Can you believe they actually deliver? I get this 'rescue' for cheap and don't have to pay more to get him here. You are all gonna get fucked today and this is finally going to start to pay off. Eat." He shut the door as he left and laughed as he locked it.

Rose sat up on the straw bale 'bed' and looked at the small bag of pellet 'food' on the floor. “That was fast."

“So much for a day to ourselves," Cam brushed straw out of his fur as he got up from the floor. “I can't imagine what situation would be so much worse that this would be a rescue."

Trazzy sat up and looked at Neeva still curled up at Cam's feet. “Humans can be horrible."

“They can also be wonderful, but that doesn't help us now." Rose gently pet the side of the small black rabbit still trying to sleep beside her, “but that doesn't help us now."

“We need to help ourselves now." Cam tried to speak sternly without waking the sleeping rabbits.

Trazzy scoffed, “You help yourself any more and you'll break it off."

Cam scowled, “I'm serious. We get between him and the door; we all charge him at once; something is better than just sitting here."

“He's expecting us to try something." The hare waved her arms in frustration. “You saw how he swatted us down last night. I'm bigger than he is, but I was nothing to him."

“Where would you go?" Rose whispered, “As soon as we're gone, he makes a phone call and the next person that sees us sends us right back here or worse."

“Then we will need to kill him, so he can't make that phone call." Cam shook his fist.

“Then they'll kill all of us, wherever they find us." Rose snapped sternly.

Trazzy huffed, “Where was all this last night when you just stood there?"

Cam looked at Neeva on the floor, rubbing her face as she rolled over to look at everyone. “Yesterday, I was dead. Today, I want to live."

“Decided you like sex?" Lawnie spoke up from a corner where she was hugging her legs. “I wish you had figured that out before he forced Arc to fuck till he died. It should have been you instead."

“Lawnie," Rose couldn't think of how to scold the deer and just gave up with a sigh.

“We don't need to stay here and get fucked so he can sell our kids until he gives up and kills us." Cam grumbled.

“I don't think you have anything to worry about." Rose sighed.

“But what about Neeva?" Cam gestured to the black rabbit getting up from the floor.

“She's the safest of all of us." Trazzy sat down dejectedly. “She can probably get pregnant from this new rabbit and keep doing it to stay alive. Assuming this one is a rabbit; and male."

“I don't want to breed for him." Neeva scowled at the hare.

“I know," Trazzy sighed, “but at least you would be alive."

Neeva glared at the hare.

The smaller black rabbit on the bale bed grumbled as her stomach did and curled tighter.

Rose got up and picked up the bag of food, “We should all be happy we're alive. Morphs don't get to be free." She opened the bag and poured some into her bowl then offered it to the small rabbit on her 'bed'. “I grew up much like Farrah here, as a companion for children. My family was wonderful and I loved them," she handed the bag to Cam, “but when all their children grew up, I was sold to another family to take care of their baby. They treated me well, like part of the family, though it was clear I wasn't. When they didn't need me anymore, I was sold to an older couple to clean their house. For them, I was just a worker. I had to remind them that I needed to eat."

“A lot like here," Trazzy held her bowl out as Cam filled hers last.

Rose picked a pellet from her bowl and looked it over then dropped it back in the bowl, “At least it was real food. When they died, I was auctioned off with the rest of their property. The man that bought me… It started as just cleaning. Then he wanted me to do his shopping, but he didn't trust me, so he had me tagged." She brushed back the fur at the base of her ear to show a hole, “There is a tracking chip in my neck and a red tag with his contact info was fixed to my ear. I could tell when he had a bad day at work, because everything I did was wrong... He didn't start out hitting. That came after he decided he didn't need to pay for dates anymore… He didn't care that I was twice his age… I got pregnant once… and he had it aborted... He had me wear no clothes at home except for a shock collar... When I didn't give him enough reasons to punish me, he would use it just to get my attention."

“Yep, humans are horrible." Trazzy chewed on a pellet.

Lawnie looked like she was going to be sick, “How could you say they are wonderful after going through that?"

“My first two families were wonderful. They loved me and I love them. And there was a woman that worked in the bakery at the grocery store. She was very kind and caring and when she noticed things were getting worse for me, she arranged for me to escape." She looked at Cam, then continued, “She met me just after he left for work one day and gave me clothes and food and she had paid for me to be shipped to California. It was a long trip and the further I went, the safer I felt, but before I got there, police scanned my neck and sent me back." She took a deep breath and sighed heavily. “He was concerned and kind until the police left, then he got mad. I thought he was going to kill me, but I passed out while he was beating me and woke up sore and here."

“Oh, Rose," Lawnie put her bowl down and got up to hug the old rabbit.

Rose patted the deer as she hugged back, “A few days later, Arc showed up, followed by each of you. So, escape is pointless and trying can make things worse."

“What could be worse than this?"

Lawnie jumped up, “Weren't you listening, Cam? Beatings, shock collar, there's lots worse!"

Rose put her hand on Lawnie's arm, “And not just for us. I'm certain he replaced me, so now there is another, probably younger morph facing a lifetime of his abuse. As long as we're here, no bunnies are being born into this."

“What about Neeva?"

The black rabbit grabbed Cam's arm and shook her head.

“Well, Farrah, then. She could already be pregnant."

“Then she's pregnant." Rose glared at Cam, “I am not going to end a legacy that Arc died for and if you go near her…"

“What will you do?" Cam stepped closer, “Are you going to kill me, Rose? You're too…"

The old doe stood up quickly and her fist connected with Cam's chin, then she sat back down and watched him hit the floor unconscious, “Sleep it off, Cam."

When he finally awoke, Trazzy and Neeva were talking quietly in a corner and Rose was petting Farrah in her lap as she talked with Lawnie. He got up and walked to the 'bed' as everyone stopped talking to watch him. “I'm sorry, Rose. I didn't mean to threaten you. I'm just so angry about being stuck here… and listening to your story made me madder, but not at you, at… everything! It's all so ugly, I just want to…"

The lock clattered, then the door opened. The blonde man glared warningly at each of them as he walked in, then yanked on a rope and a strange figure stumbled in and dropped to the floor. The man flung a wet rag at Lawnie, “Get cleaned up; you're first. I'll be right back after I settle this. Then it's time to make some money!" He tossed the rope and clapped his hands together as he left, then slammed the door and locked it.

The new morph stood up slowly as he pulled the rope from his neck and everyone stared at where the grey fur stopped. From his belly up was just bare, warped skin. His rabbit ears were tattered and he had no whiskers, but he smiled at them.

Lawnie took a breath and tried to whisper, but it came out loud in the silence, “Cam, that's worse."

“Lawnie," Rose scolded, then smiled at the newcomer, “Welcome, I'm Rose. Do you have a name?"

He chuckled and stepped forward to offer his hand, “My name is Marvin, but everyone calls me Marvel now. Which one of you is Archimedes?"

Everyone looked down and Lawnie started crying.

Marvel stepped back in surprise, “Is something wrong?"

Rose looked up, “Arc died yesterday."

“Oh. I'm sorry to hear that." Marvel looked very solemn as he thought for a moment. “It's disappointing, but it doesn't change our plan here."

Cam stepped closer, “What are you talking about?"

“I'm talking about getting you out of here." Marvel smiled again.

Rose shook her head, “No. We can't."

“They'll bring us back and make it worse!" Lawnie shrieked and cried harder.

Rose pulled the crying deer against her.

Marvel put his hands up, “You're right, they would. That's why you can't escape alone." He reached back to pull something from under his fluffy tail, “but I've got help."

“What is that?" Cam grabbed the small device to look at it.

“It's a tracker and as soon as we're ready to go, I'll turn it on and help will arrive." Marvel smiled confidently.

“Why not just turn it on now?" Cam tried to find the switch.

“I need to know that you're all willing to go. I won't take anybody that will put the rest of us at risk." Marvel held out his hand to Cam.

Cam scoffed, “Believe me, nobody wants to stay here. Let's go."

“I'd like to hear that from everybody, if you don't mind…" Marvel paused for a moment, “What's your name?"

“Cameron."

“Cameron. Cam?" Marvel smiled and took his hand to shake it, then leaned closer, “I look pretty bad, don't I?"

Cam looked over the furless, scarred skin with a disgusted sneer, “Yeah, what happened?"

“Well, I was at a protest a few years back. The Free Morphs movement has been trying to get us some basic rights for a long time. Did you know that there are more laws and regulations protecting the treatment of livestock and wild animals than anthros? Anyway, it seems like any peaceful protest against violence that lasts more than an hour gets treated as hostile. The police charged, the crowd swarmed together, then the explosions started and they panicked. My fur caught fire and I couldn't get it out on my own, finally some people smothered it, but one of them was shot while they carried me out of the street."

Everyone stared in shock until Neeva broke the silence, “That's horrible!"

Marvel nodded, “It was; everyone was surprised I survived, but it gave me an opportunity. Now I'm bait."

“Bait for what?" Trazzy asked.

“Auctions. Looking like this, I'm not very popular for most buyers, which makes me cheap, but since the bottom half still works, I'm tempting for small-time breeders, especially the worst ones. The ones that don't want to put much money or effort in, like for taking care of their morphs. I get in, then we take them apart. But this case is different."

“Different? How?" Cam interjected.

Rose moved Farrah out of her lap. “Why were you looking for Arc?"

“Yes, Arc." Marvel walked toward Rose. “Professor Crane was a silent supporter of the Free Morphs movement. He couldn't do anything public without losing his position, but he did a lot in the background. Getting to know his university-supplied personal assistant, Archimedes, convinced him he had to do something. In his will, Archimedes was to be shipped to California and set free. We were all set to do that, but he disappeared. We figured out who took him, but this guy is a sleaze and kept trying to negotiate a lower price. Unfortunately, it was probably Archimedes death that finally got him to make the deal so I could get in here."

Lawnie sniffled, “Did you know him?"

“No, I never met the professor or Archimedes personally." Marvel knelt in front of the deer, “I heard that he was a really smart rabbit and that he had done enough coursework over the years to earn as many degrees as the professor."

Lawnie laughed and sniffled again, “He was really smart."

“So, how about you; are you ready to get out of here, Lawnie?" Marvel patted her knee and she nodded.

“Where are we going?" Rose rubbed Lawnie's shoulder protectively.

Marvel stood up, “Ultimately, that will be up to you. After a few hours in a van and a moonlight boat ride, we'll have you in Canada, where we will benefit from international bureaucracy. From there, we have connections to get you to California, Australia, or wherever you want to go. You don't have to decide that much right now, just… Are you coming, Rose?"

Rose nodded and fought back tears.

“What about her?" Marvel looked around Rose at the small black furry ball beside her on the 'bed'.

Rose sighed and stroked Farrah soothingly, “She's a bit traumatized. I'll take care of her."

Marvel nodded and turned to point at Trazzy and Neeva, “That leaves you two."

The black rabbit nodded and stood up, ready to go.

Marvel reached to take her hand, “What's your name?"

Cam stepped up protectively, “She's Neeva."

“I see," Marvel smiled and turned to the last morph in the room. “And how about you?"

The hare stared at the odd-looking rabbit, “So this is real. We'll be actually free."

“You will own yourself and can live for yourself." Marvel held his hands open toward her.

“Then what?" Trazzy looked at his empty hands.

“Then, anything. There are programs in Cali and Oz to help former slaves learn how to take care of themselves and you can find things you want to do that you haven't even done yet." He dropped his hands and looked hopefully at the hare. “So, are you staying?"

Trazzy smirked, “Oh, I'm coming, but I want to hear more."

“Perfect. We'll have plenty of time to talk on the trip." Marvel clapped his hands then turned and held one out to the other male.

Cam slapped the tracker into the half-bare rabbit's hand.

Marvel pressed his thumb on one side of the device and it lit up briefly. He smiled at Cam, then looked at each of the others, “So what's the story here? Most small breeders stick to a single species."

Cam laughed, “This guy is an idiot. He thinks we're all rabbits."

“And the sellers didn't tell him he was buying a deer and…" Marvel stopped and turned to the hare, “I'm sorry I didn't get your name."

“Trazzy, and yes, I'm a hare."

“And the seller didn't mention that hares are not compatible with rabbits?" Marvel wondered.

Trazzy shrugged, “I don't know. I wasn't there."

“Probably did, but this guy thinks he knows everything he needs to." Cam leaned against the wall, “He tells us to shut up when we try to say anything."

“Unfortunately, many humans prefer to deny any evidence of morph intelligence. It makes it easier to think of us as property." Marvel looked Cam over. “So, I guess they didn't tell him that you can't breed."

“They mentioned I'm castrated," Cam grumbled, “He thought I was female."

“Seriously?" Marvel chuckled.

Trazzy laughed, “It was awkward when the man insisted that Arc breed 'her'."

“You didn't have to tell him that." Cam pushed off the wall to walk away from the laughing hare.

“Sorry, Cam." Trazzy tried to stifle her laughing.

“So, you don't know the guy's name?" Marvel changed the subject.

The other morphs looked at each other until Lawnie spoke up, “I think I heard it when I got here, but I don't remember."

“It's probably better that you don't know, easier to dismiss him as the monster he is." Marvel continued, “Do you know if he has any other morphs anyplace else?"

Rose gave the others a moment before answering, “I haven't seen anyone else and I have been here the longest."

“Good, our van should fit everyone. Now we just…" The lock rattled and Marvel tossed the tracker into a corner.

The door opened and the man stormed in, slamming it shut behind him, “Deliver the goods, take the money, get the fuck out! What's so hard about that? Glad I didn't pay full price, but you better be worth all this bullshit!" He pointed angrily at Marvel, then lunged in to grab the back of the rabbit's neck and shoved him at Lawnie. “Get to it. I'm not gonna wait another month while you make friends. Just fuck her. Now!"

Lawnie cringed as she looked at Marvel and the man.

Marvel sighed, “I don't think she's in the mood."

“I don't care," he unbuckled his belt and yanked it out of the loops. “Do it before I make you do it."

Rose got up to make room for Lawnie to lay on the 'bed'

Marvel watched the deer reluctantly lie down, then turned to the man, “She's not…"

He smacked the willful rabbit's face with his belt buckle, “Don't make me tell you again."

Trazzy jumped forward, “I'll go first!"

The man pointed the buckle at her, “You'll get your turn. Now get back!"

Marvel waved the hare back then turned to Lawnie. He leaned over her and whispered, “just play along, it'll be okay." He pressed his hips against hers and she gasped. He began humping quickly against her and grunting until a sharp pain struck his butt with a crack and he fell on her in surprise.

“No faking it!" He cracked his belt against Lawnie's leg, “Spread your legs and let him in."

The deer shrieked and spread her legs, “Please don't hurt me."

“I'll hurt you if I want." He smacked his belt on the bottom of her foot and she wrapped her legs around the furry half of the rabbit on top of her and her arms around the bare half. “You're all getting pregnant today or I'm selling you for lunchmeat. Now get to it!" He snapped his belt on the rabbit's balls.

Marvel yelped and started humping slow and hard, making Lawnie grunt as she whimpered.

Cam grabbed Neeva and Trazzy to hold them back as they watched in horror.

“They told me you were full of spunk, so fill her up." The man pulled back to swing his belt again, but the door opened.

A large grey Newfoundland morph wearing all black filled the doorway.

The man gaped in surprise, then turned to face the imposing figure, “Where did you come from?"

The canine smirked, “Detroit."

“What do you want?" The blonde man shook his belt at the dog.

The big dog took a breath and seemed to get bigger, “I'm here to pick up my friends."

The man scowled, “You don't have any friends here. Get out; get off my property!" He snapped his belt in the air threateningly.

The dog stepped into the room and the man hurried backwards until he stepped on Lawnie's bowl of food. A calico cat slipped in, followed by two humans.

The man recognized the woman that had sold him the 'rescue' rabbit, “What are you doing here? I paid you and you left. I don't want any other morphs." He gestured angrily at the dog

She smiled, “That's good to hear, because we plan to make sure you never get another."

“What are you talking about? You can't do that!" He started toward the woman, then remembered the dog. “I can buy as many morphs as I want and do whatever I want with them."

The young man in back spoke up, “That's where you're wrong! Morphs are people too. You can't…"

The woman shushed him.

The blonde man waved his belt, “What I do with my morphs is none of your business!"

The woman smiled, “Actually, what you do to morphs is exactly our business. We shut down anyone that abuses morphs and free them. Marvel isn't a rescued rabbit, he's a rescuer. The scam you pulled with the University got our attention. Archimedes was supposed to go to California, not your garage. Where is he?" She looked around at the morphs in the room.

The man sneered in perverse satisfaction.

Marvel picked up the tracker and handed it to the woman, “Archimedes died yesterday."

The woman fumed and glared at the smirking man, “You killed him?"

The man laughed, “Didn't have to; the worthless throp killed himself."

The young man raged and started to charge, but the cat held him back.

Rose leaned in timidly, “That man forced Arc to have sex repeatedly until his body gave out."

The woman scowled, “Barrier, would you detain him, please."

The dog smirked and put his large, grey-furred hand on the man's chest, pushing him against the wall, then grabbed the belt as the man swung it and took it away from him.

“You can't do this! This is my house and those are my morphs!" The man struggled, but the dog was too strong.

The woman turned to the other morphs, “I assume Marvel has explained things to you, so anyone that wants to leave, let's head out to the van."

Neeva pulled away from Cam and hurried to the door where the cat led her out. Rose started to pick up Farrah, but Cam stepped up to carry her instead.

Trazzy walked up to the man being held against the wall and glared at him.

He glared back, “Where do you think you're going?"

The hare slammed her fist into his crotch twice before Marvel grabbed her and Barrier let the man fall to the floor groaning in pain. She kicked at his face, but missed as she was pulled away growling in rage.

Cam smiled at the scene as he carried Farrah out.

Lawnie timidly walked up to the man on the floor nervously fidgeting with the fur on her chest. “I'm not a rabbit. I'm a deer." She looked up at the big dog and the woman, then back down at her captor, “Arc was a good rabbit… and a good friend, you monster!" The man started to speak, but she stomped on his face.

Barrier caught the doe and led her to the door, sobbing.

“Looks like your morphs didn't like what you were doing with them," the woman smirked.

“Fuck you! You can't get away with this!" The man struggled to his feet and wiped blood from his nose and mouth. “The cops'll catch you and I will own you!"

“Actually, the police should be on their way now." She checked her watch, “It's rather morbidly funny that you can buy and own morphs and force them to have sex all you want, even rape them yourself and it's just a misdemeanor, but if you take pictures of that and sell it, it's a felony."

“What are you talking about?" He found his belt and picked it up.

“Even better, since the new laws passed last month, when they execute that warrant and find tons of catalogued morph porn and your coded sales book, you'll be added to the sex offenders registry and when you get out, they'll still be watching you."

“You planted that shit and stole my morphs!" He snapped his belt angrily.

The woman smirked, “Good luck proving we were here. Looks like your morphs turned against you and escaped."

A young woman poked her head in the door and tapped the frame.

The woman looked back then brushed her hands off symbolically, “Time for us to go. Enjoy the rest of your life."

“You fucking bitch!" The man charged at her with volcanic rage then stopped suddenly and bent over coughing.

Rose's punch had hit his neck and her kick hit his face, knocking him back against the wall where he slumped unconscious on the floor.

The woman laughed in surprise, “Wow, you're a tough old doe."

Rose stared at her former owner contemplating giving him something more for Arc, “He's hurt enough people already."

“Well, he won't be hurting anyone anymore." She gently turned the grey rabbit toward the door, “Let's get you in the van and on your way to freedom, so he can face his future."

They walked out of the room and locked the door behind them. As they walked out toward a waiting van labeled “Happy Kitty Cleaning Services" the young woman stopped the woman in charge to whisper to her.

“In a freezer?" She thought for a moment, then shook off her shock, “We're not prepared to do anything now. We have to get these morphs to safety. We'll let the police find him and encourage the University to claim him as stolen, so we can give him a proper burial. It'll add to the charges. Get Barrier, Marvel, and Steen home. We're headed for lake Erie." She hurried Rose to the van and they got in.

A few blocks down, a couple police cars passed them and the young man driving chuckled, “Now he'll start to get what he deserves. That's for Professor Crane and Archimedes, asshole!"

“Steven, please," the woman groaned with her fingers over her ears.

“What's going on?" Farrah slowly sat up and looked around.

Rose stroked her neck soothingly, “It's just the police arresting that bad man."

The small black doe leaned against the grey rabbit and sighed, “Where's Arc?"

Rose looked up at the woman for a moment then continued stroking Farrah, “He's with the police, making sure the man goes to jail."

Cam stared at Rose until he was pretty sure Farrah had gone back to sleep, then whispered, “How could you tell her that?"

Rose sighed, “It's true. They found him in a freezer"

The other morphs gasped in horror and sat in silence.

When they turned onto the highway and the sounds of the road became monotonous, the woman turned around, “It sounds like Archimedes made quite an impression on all of you."

Lawnie sniffled, “He was wonderful."

“Yeah, he was." Steven interjected, “I was Professor Crane's TA and Archimedes was amazing. Made me feel like an idiot, he was so smart, but he never tried. He was always helpful and supportive and friendly, but not subservient. He just did what needed to be done. Even when some students would be rude to him, talk down to him or worse, he'd just smile and outwit them politely, so they knew he was smarter and better connected than them, but he was never offensive. Not like his namesake who once…" He noticed the woman glaring at him, “um, but what did you like about Archimedes?"

“He was friendly, caring, and supportive right from the beginning." Rose spoke softly, “At first the man just left us alone and told us to 'do what rabbits do and make bunnies.' Arc knew we wouldn't be able to do that, but since the man wouldn't listen, he suggested that we lay together as if we had just finished trying. We would lay like that and he would tell me all sorts of stories and the man was satisfied until he got tired of the pregnancy tests being negative. Arc said he was probably expecting it to happen as fast as little rabbits, but he tested me everyday. He brought someone new in every few days and Arc always did everything he could to make them feel comfortable. When he brought Neeva, the man was tired of waiting, said we were too dumb to breed, but he was going to show us. He grabbed me and Arc stood up to him; half his size and trying to shout the monster down. He took a bad beating for me."

Cam rubbed Rose's shoulder comfortingly, “He took one for me, too."

“Didn't make much difference," Trazzy snorted, “the man always got what he wanted."

“Or so he thought," Cam smirked, “Arc would hump and grunt and put on a show."

“Until the man caught on and beat him for it." Trazzy grumbled.

“Did he get beat a lot?" the woman asked.

“I think at least once for each of us." Rose looked around for confirmation.

“We tried to tell the man I was male, Arc got beaten for it, and still had to hump me." Cam grumbled.

Rose nodded, “He tried to stop the man from raping me, took beatings from the belt, then had to follow along with poor Neeva as the man guided him through raping me."

“That man sounds horrible," Steven commented.

“He beat Arc because I fought back!" Trazzy snapped.

“He beat Arc for trying to tell him I'm not a rabbit, then again when he found out we were faking it!" Lawnie started to cry again, “He didn't wake up until the next day!"

Trazzy patted her leg, “It wasn't your fault."

“But if I was a rabbit, I would be happy to have his bunnies, so he wouldn't die!" the doe sobbed.

Neeva took the deer's hand and nodded, “Me, too."

Cam turned around, “You kept insisting that you didn't want to breed."

“Not for that man. That man is svolach'." Neeva mock spat over her shoulder.

Cam chuckled, “What's that?"

The black rabbit glared at him, “You know what he is."

“Right." Cam nodded and turned around in his seat uncomfortably.

“Arc was wonderful," Rose stroked the rabbit in her lap, “It's a shame Farrah didn't have a chance to get to know him."

“I only met him once," the woman smiled sadly. “He was polite and helpful, just like you describe. I think I would have liked to have known him better."

“The world would definitely be better with more like him," Rose sighed.

“What about Marvel?" Trazzy smiled. “He's pretty amazing."

The woman laughed, “He sure thinks so, but yeah, he's one of the good ones. I just don't think he plans on settling down to have kids."

“Where is he? Why didn't he come with us?" the hare asked as she leaned on the seat in front of her.

“Hopefully sleeping," the woman smirked. “As soon as he recovers from today, he has another job to do."

“I could breed for him."

Cam turned to look at Neeva.

“What? You want to help me raise his bunnies?" the black rabbit grinned.

Cam shrugged dejectedly, “I thought you were happier not breeding and you and I could…"

Neeva softened her smile, “I'm happier not being there. I could be happy with bunnies. I could be happy with you. Most of all, I'm looking forward to being happy. You?"

Cam smiled and nodded then brightened more when Neeva leaned forward to kiss his lips.

Trazzy chuckled then looked to the front, “So what's the job?"

“What?" The woman was surprised by the question.

“The next job Marvel has." Trazzy intentionally ignored the rabbits making out over the back of the seat. “What's he doing? Does he need any help?"

“His next job is already planned out, but if you're interested in joining us, we can talk about that." The woman smiled.

Neeva pulled away from Cam, “We can join? Work with Marvel?"

“We would want to move you to a different area, so you aren't recognized, but there is a chance you could work together again." The woman pulled out her phone, “So, two of you?"

Neeva turned to a disappointed looking Cam, “Let's go dispose of some svolach' together."

Cam looked at her excited face and smiled then turned to the woman, “Three."

Neeva hugged him excitedly, then grabbed his face and resumed kissing his lips.

“Anybody else?"

Lawnie looked terrified, “I don't want to go back."

Rose reached back to comfort her, “It's okay. You don't have to if you don't want to. I'm not going and Farrah isn't going."

The woman sent a message then turned to look at the small black rabbit laying across Rose's lap. “Is she going to be okay?"

Rose sighed as she stroked the black fur, “She spent most of her life in one home, then was sent to a breeding facility to be raped repeatedly until she was sent to us. Arc's kindness put her at ease just before that man forced him to rape her until he died on top of her."

“Arc died while …" Steven glanced back in shock, “her?"

Rose nodded, “If I were in her place, I don't think I would want to wake up either. She'll start to get better when she is safe, but I don't know if she will ever truly feel it."

“How awful," the woman stared at the small rabbit, “Sounds like she will need some good trauma support. There are a bunch in California, but I think the best one is in Harstlein, so I'll get things started to send you both there." She started typing on her phone.

“Can I go, too?" Lawnie pleaded.

“Of course, dear," the woman smiled. “That makes things simple. Once we get across the border and get you all checked out, make sure you're healthy and get rid of any trackers or tags, half of you will head for Ottawa for some training and you three will be on your way to Australia."

Rose rubbed her neck, “What if I do have a tracker? Will we make it or should I get out?"

“Don't worry about that right now." She waved her hand dismissively, “Nobody will be looking for you today and by the time they do, we will be across the water to a private dock in Canada."

Rose was still worried.

“I'm guessing you tried to escape before on your own." She shifted in her seat to look the grey rabbit in the eyes and waited for her to look up. “This time you have help from professionals. We're not alone and neither are you. You're going to be fine now, I promise."

Rose smiled, then her stomach grumbled loudly.

The woman smiled, “I bet you'll feel better with a full stomach. Steven, find us a drive thru with fresh salads."

“On it."

“Something else that might help you feel safer," the woman pointed to their feet, “There should be a couple bags under the seat with a bunch of clothes. There's not much room in here; I was going to wait until we got to the dock, but take a look and see what fits. You've got a whole new life ahead of you."

Cam pulled the bags out and started digging through them.

“I want to see," Lawnie leaned over the back of the seat, then crawled over and landed on the bags.

“Don't step on Farrah," Rose scolded.

Cam tossed some things back to Trazzy then crawled over the seat with a bundle in his arms.

“Watch out, Cam!" Rose pushed his feet away.

He showed his picks to Neeva and she smiled, “We get to stay together." They kissed and moved closer until she climbed into his lap.

Trazzy pulled a shirt over her head then groaned, “Come on guys, we just got away from that."

Neeva smirked and she stroked Cam's head, “Jealous? You're heading back to get your turn with Marvel."

“I am not."

“Do you want a turn with Cam?" She moved on his lap and he moaned.

“No, um…" the hare watched the rabbits moving together beside her.

Lawnie pulled some pants on and tugged a shirt down, then went back to the bags. “I think these will fit Farrah and here are some clothes for you, Rose."

Rose took the small shirt and carefully put it on the rabbit in her lap.

Farrah pushed herself up and looked around as the van pulled off the highway, “Where are we?"

Rose stroked her head, “We're getting some food."

“Real food?"

“Get a dozen of the spring garden salads, six large waters, a number four meal and whatever you want." The woman looked back and smiled at Farrah, “Glad to see you awake."

“Where are we going?" the small rabbit rubbed her face.

“To a boat that will take us to Canada, then you are going to Australia."

“Where is that?"

Rose hugged Farrah, “Safe. It's safe.