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.:Squirrel Tamer:.

:.-Chapter Five-.:

Gawd. She was such a coward. Her sister performs the single most selfless act that was possible and Tootie had just run. No protests. No brave or daring moves. Just running as far and as fast as she could. How utterly horrid.

No. Tootie screeched in her mind. No more. I'm not running anymore. I have to stand up for my sister and myself. She's the only thing I have left. Timmy's gone. My parents are gone. I don't have any friends. Vicky's the only one who would've taken me in. Because we're sisters and because she cares. And even though she's terrible, even though she's cruel, I still love her.

She skidded to a halt.

"Don't worry, Vicky. I'm not running away anymore."

:.-Think About You-.:

"Just wait 'til the Overlord finds out what we managed to snag. We'll be promoted to super dooper double level agents." Vicky snorted as she listened in on her captors' conversation. How on Earth did they manage to sneak up on her and Tootie? And why had Vicky given herself over so easily?

"I know. We'll get raises and everything. They'll probably have statues in honor of us!"

Because you care about the little rat. You've always cared about her, even though she annoyed you to pieces. It's not like you had a choice in the matter anyway. You're sisters. You stick together. No matter what. That's just the way things are.

"Who knows? Maybe the Overlord will even let us rule with him!"

"Yeah!"

What idiots, did they really believe the Overlord would even look at them? If anyone were to rule with the Overlord it would be her. That's what he wanted in the first place after all - to rule the world side by side with Vicky, because she was the only one with enough evil and cunning to find a way to destroy Timmy Turner. Besides that, he found her 'pleasing to the eye' and suitable to bear his children.

Vicky gagged. The Overlord was old and ugly and creepy and she wanted nothing to do with him. Besides, despite how awful she was to Timmy Turner she didn't want him hurt. In fact she wanted quite the opposite. She wanted to see Timmy Turner alive and well and ready to lead the rebellion to victory, because she couldn't. Because they wouldn't follow her no matter what she did. She was a born leader with no followers. It was sad, but there was nothing she could do.

There was another reason she wanted Timmy Turner to go unscathed (a reason that she'd never tell anyone). It was the secret she had harbored for four long years. The secret buried deep inside of her yearning to break free.

She was madly in love with Timmy Turner.

But shhhh don't tell Tootie.

It'd kill whatever friendship the siblings had.

Not too mention Tootie herself.

Not that any of that mattered. Timmy was as good as dead and Tootie was running towards freedom and Vicky would have to refuse the Overlord's offer. She'd refuse and then he'd kill her...or force her to obey him. Her free will would be gone and she'd be an enemy. Who knew, maybe it would even be Timmy who destroyed her in the end as he led the rebels to victory, with Tootie staring at him with adoring eyes.

Tootie. A little girl who dreamed too much. A little girl who had too much optimism. Tootie, the youngest child, the great annoyance, and the biggest opponent in gaining Timmy Turner's heart.

Tootie, Vicky's baby sister.

She was weak and she was scared and she never fought against those who hurt her. She gave in and bowed down and never fought for what she believed in, because she was too afraid that she was wrong. Vicky had never believed that Tootie would be able to do anything, but lately the girl had been proving her wrong. Lately, Vicky had thought that maybe the youngest could handle herself. Lately, Tootie hadn't needed Vicky to protect her. It hurt, because for some foolish reason Vicky enjoyed putting down her sibling and acting like she was weak and stupid, and at the same time Vicky was...well...

Proud.

Too bad she'd never see her again.

"Yah!"

Then again...

Tootie screamed a battle cry as she leapt onto the soldier's back and clutched the blood red fabric of his uniform. He yelped and his gun clattered to the ground as he attempted to throw her off, but she held fast.

"Let go of my sister, you big jerk!"

Idiot girl, Vicky said with a smile as she quickly whirled to face the other soldier and kicked the gun neatly out of his hands, she's going to get herself killed. Stupid kid. Everyone's always dying to play the hero.

Vicky stood directly in front of the soldier whose gun she had kicked away. He pulled back a fist and leapt for her, but she dodged to the side and came back with a harsh blow of her own. It landed neatly on the side of his cheek and he stumbled backwards, spitting blood. She grinned wickedly and held out her hands again, braced for another attack.

Behind her Tootie struggled with her guy. She was determined not to let go until he passed out from oxygen deprivation, but he was shaking with such intensity that she wasn't sure how long she'd be able to keep a hold of him.

He stopped quickly and then in an instant shifted his back to the left quite violently. Tootie was thrown from him and she flew through the air before crashing into a wall. She groaned and rubbed her back.

"Oww..."

He grunted and started after her. She blinked and then quickly jumped to her feet and began to run.

"Eek! Goawaygoawaygoaway!" She screeched as she darted behind one object and then another. The soldier simply kept punching through everything she used as a shield. She scrambled behind a large sheet on a clothesline and quickly picked up a garbage lid and held it up to protect her face. Unable to see that there was a hard, metal garbage lid in her hand, the soldier struck and ended up bashing his knuckles against hard metal. Tootie was pushed back a bit as he yelped and cradled his hand to him. She quickly emerged from behind the sheet and clunked the garbage lid down over his head. He fell to the ground.

Meanwhile Vicky was struggling in her own battle. Her opponent knew quite a few martial arts moves and Vicky's lip was bleeding profusely and her arm hurt like Hades from where he had pounded it hard.

He darted for her and she attempted to dodge, but he caught her with his arm. It hit her square in her stomach and she fell back with an 'oomph' as the air rushed out of her. She lay on the ground gasping for breath as her opponent stood above her, a sly smirk on his face. He lifted her up to look him in the eye.

"Aww is the poor girly gonna cry?" He taunted. "Was I too much for 'ittle Icky Vicky?" Vicky's face flushed. "Don't know what in the world the mighty Overlord would want with a weakling like you...You can't even protect yourself. What a wimp..." Vicky was seething with fury. "Oh well, at least I'm not the one ending up with such an ugly girl." UGLY!

Bam.

In one swift and well-placed kick to the groin, Vicky made the soldier double over in pain. She too fell down as she tried to regain her breath.

"Vicky!" A familiar voice yelled for her. She smiled and waved her sister over. Tootie hurried to bend down and helped her sister to her feet. "Are you okay?" She worried as she allowed Vicky to lean on her.

"Yeah, the bastard just knocked the wind out of me." She wheezed. The sisters began to walk away as quickly as they could from the two beaten soldiers. "What the hell did you come back for, kid?" She asked softly.

"I..." Tootie flushed red. "I didn't want them to hurt you."

"Really? I thought you hated me."

"Me too." Tootie admitted, "But the thing is...we're sisters. And you're the only person I have left. And... I guess I do love you, even though you make me mad and I hate it when you're evil and I'm terrified of you sometimes."

"Yeah well. Love you too, kid...err...Tootie."

Tootie just smiled.

:.-Lonely Where You Are-.:

They had reached the white door.

Tootie waited for her sister to do whatever she needed to do to make it open, but it wasn't happening so she looked around the area instead.

Somehow they had ended up back near where they had started and it seemed as if Vicky had led them around for days simply to mess with anyone who had been following them. The ground was more dirt then grass and it was the last place she'd expected the rebel headquarters to be and it worried her somewhat. Indeed a small white trailer in the middle of a large trailer park hardly seemed like the proper place to hold important meetings where future rebel plans would be decided.

"Look..." Vicky's voice startled Tootie out of her reverie. "These past two days have been...fun. It's been really nice getting to know you, Tootie, but...it ends here."

"What do you mean?" Tootie felt her heart sinking. She had hoped that she'd have a chance to get even closer to her sister. She'd been hoping that they could be actual friends someday.

Vicky looked at her younger sister carefully. It was amazing how much Tootie had changed and matured in just two days. Vicky was proud and sad at the same time.

"In there...I'm the hard ass. I yell and I scream and I fight and I just can't...I can't let them think I'm going soft. They rely on me to be the one to keep her cool at all times. They rely on me to come down hard, because no one else will. So I can't be playing favorites or protecting you. You have to make it without me to an extent. You'll probably end up on my team, but it's not for certain." Vicky grabbed her sister's shoulders. "I might not be able to do this ever again so..." She pulled the youngest child into a sisterly embrace. Tootie could feel tears running down her own cheeks.

"I understand..." Tootie whispered, though she really didn't want to. It was a shame that things had to go back to normal and that she and Vicky had to pretend to be absolute strangers, but people don't always get what they want and she knew that, she had always known that.

Vicky pulled away and smiled gently at her sister.

"Well then..." She said with a grin.

"Welcome to your new home...Tootie."

:.-And I Won't Tell 'Em Your Name-.:

A/N: Five of five. The end of my little mini-saga. Fin.

So what'd you guys think? Good? Bad? Too unbelievable?

I kind of want to do the actual story of what happens when Timmy wakes up and how they defeat the Overlord (anyone know who it's supposed to be?) and so on and so forth, but I doubt I will.

Yes, there were Vicky/Timmy bits. I can't help it. I'm obsessed.

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it. I had fun writing it (Mainly because my internet was down for a week and this was one of the few things I had to entertain myself).

Thanks-oo for reading!

Disclaimer: See chapter one.