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Rated: 13+ · Fiction · Action/Adventure · #2346956

Two bunnies, one carrot and someone's guaranteed to have a real bad day

"Oh ok, so you wanna fight huh?" the older gray haired male rabbit stared at his younger counterpart who was leaning, legs crossed against the door at the end of the alleyway.
"Yeah, but not with you." the leaning rabbit returned in a lisping mumble. "Not today, not now. Go back the way you came." The young rabbit pushed away from the door and eased into a simple combat stance, fisted hands held in front of his face. "But leave the bag of produce. That's mine now."

Seeing that Robert was still staring and had taken a step forward, Crugger shifted his feet in a rapid martial dance. Left foot, right foot, left again - all in a blur. "Come get beat. Robert." he spat the last word.

Robert, the gray haired rabbit growled and shot forward with an astonishing speed, the sand dusting the metal floor of the alleyway blew into the air with the rush of his passage. He flew forward covering the handful of feet in the blink of an eye and flipped into a perfectly executed sideways kick. One leg folded beneath him. Striking the younger rabbit right in the chest, Robert accompanied the strike with a curse. "How 'bout them carrots, you dropping!"

Crugger staggered back as he absorbed the force of the kick, then that foot movement again. Another blur and then he surged into a sequence of counter blows, fists impacting all over his opponent's body.
Robert's eyes widened in shock, not having expected the return blows. He grunted and leapt backwards, a snarl coming to his face as he did.
He landed, sand blasting into the air and dusting the stone walls of the alley. "Ok, now we are gonna really dance!" Robert reached over his furred shoulder and pulled an ugly skeletal assault rifle up from its stowage on his back.
The thing was polished blackened metal, ending in a narrowed tubular snout that was pointed unerringly at Crugger.

Robert's snarl creased into a smile and the weapon began to hiss forth a blizzard of anti personnel rounds.

"Dammit Robert!" Crugger was moving again, once more that impossibly fast action, only this time he was not just moving his feet, He was swarming through the air directly at Robert, ears streaming back in the airflow. He swatted Robert's assault rifle to the side and crouched his body slightly, a coiled, furred potential of murder.

That did not stop Robert, he let the rifle drop, his eyes watching the wicked thing crack into the alley wall. Then he executed another martial kick. Only this time from a complete stand still. One moment leaning into his rifle, the next airborne in a picture-perfect side kick. It impacted Crugger's head snapping it back, making the large ears flop about wildly. Still airborne, Robert spun about and sliced his other leg across Crugger's throat. The claws tipping his foot chopped straight through Crugger's neck, severing the head.

Landing, Robert watched Crugger's suddenly uncontrolled body slump to the floor. The head rolled back a few paces and stopped, face up, the eyes slightly squinted as if in concentration.
Robert spat on the floor and grabbed a carrot from the bag of groceries he'd left unattended. He munched on it heavily, picked up the fallen rifle and stamped over to the door. He looked back briefly at the detritus of his fight. "No carrot for you bunny!" He kicked open the door and hopped through.
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