Baby Ox's Rescue

## Summary

Baby Ox has been through a lot, from finding out his parents are dead, to "working" with Kamala, to being diagnosed with betaphobia, meeting Nayah and her teammates, and meeting Dexter, Landon, and Shadow. However, when he finds out he must work alone to save Nayah and the team, he must work hard. What'll happen when Lexa and Linda say his real name way too much that he faints and gets captured after saving his teammates?

## Chapter 1: Time For A Rescue!

Baby Ox sat in Snowflake Cave with Dexter, Landon, and Shadow, thinking about how much he had gone through in his life, and that his life hadn't exactly been a walk in the park.

He had lost his parents and his other herd members, due to Xander trapping them in a rocky cave without food or water, he had been diagnosed with ADHD, betaphobia, and autism, and he had been given a special emerald that lit up any time anyone said his real name, which hadn't happened yet.

As he watched Wild Kratts with Shadow, he felt excited. He was finally able to relax with his best friend without any distractions, but suddenly, his emerald lit up, signaling there was trouble.

Sighing, he looked over at Shadow, seeing that his best friend was gone. The calf slowly started to freak out because he wanted to know if his best friend was okay.

"Baby Ox, I have a mission for you." "As you know, Nayah and the others are captured, and it's up to you to save them." Gloria said firmly as Baby Ox started pacing.

"C-Chief.. H-How.. What..What happened?" Baby Ox sputtered. He was confused because this was his very first mission alone and he didn't want to do anything to screw it up. Chief looked at him, her eyes wide with anger and worry.

"Just stay calm." "Don't let Kami and Linda get to you." Gloria said as Baby Ox slowly started to cry. He didn't want to deal with Kamala and Linda, not after what they had done to him. For him, those girls were nothing but dangerous snakes waiting to bite.

He didn't want to deal with them, let alone face them by himself. He couldn't, it was too much. He didn't want to fail or fall. He just wanted to sit in the Cave and think.

"You have until sundown." Xander and the other villains will taunt us if you don't rescue us in time." Gloria said, shuddering.

"No!" "I can't let this happen!" Baby Ox growled, his darling orange eyes full of fierce determination. He wasn't going to let *anyon*e taunt his friends, the friends who had welcomed him into the team with open arms, despite his autism and ADHD.

The same friends who had been by his side since day one, the friends who had made him feel happy when the villains brought him down were in trouble and it was all up to him to save them before sundown.

"I'm coming, Chief." "This ox calf isn't giving up." "I'll save all of you before sundown." Baby Ox murmured.

## Chapter 2: Stealth Mode

Baby Ox strained his ears to try to see if he heard anyone singing, but to his dismay, he didn't hear anything. He activated his stealth mode in order to blend in with his surroundings a bit better. He didn't want to risk getting caught, but when he saw Linda and Xander taunting Nayah in the distance, he could feel his anger boil.

The young calf softly started to growl, as he didn't let *anyone* taunt his teammates, or anyone who was close to him, so seeing Linda and Xander taunt his best friend and mother figure made him a bit upset.

He knew he had to do something, because he couldn't just let the two annoying and mean villains just sit there and taunt his best friend, not after everything she had done for him.

Nayah had stuck up for him multiple times, and now it was his turn to do the same for her. Growling softly, he stormed over to where Linda and Xander were, making sure to use his stealth mode so that the villains didn't see him. He walked over to Nayah first, examining the young fourteen-year-old to make sure she was OK.

Despite the bruises and cuts on her hands and feet due to the cage's metal bars, she seemed fine.

"Baby Ox, you came!" Nayah cheered.

The calf nodded, motioning for her to be quiet so that he could free the rest of the teammates without being caught.

"I understand that you're happy to see me, but I have to free the others first." "Do you have a hairpin that I can pick the rest of the locks with?" Baby Ox asked.

Nayah nodded, digging into her spy backpack to pick out a set of colored hair pins. She handed them to Baby Ox, who smiled, walking over to the other teammate's cages to free them. Once all of them were free, they hugged the calf.

"Woah!" "I still can't believe that you freed us just now." "And you did it just in time, because the Sun is going down." Gloria observed.

"Yay!" "I completed my first rescue mission all by myself." Baby Ox said quietly. He started to do his happy dance, smiling at the teammates, who weren't looking as happy as they were a few minutes ago.

"Baby Ox?" " Lexa and Linda are behind you!" K.C. said as the calf gasped, trying to run, but he failed to notice the huge cage blocking his path.

Quickly, he tried to swerve to dodge it.

As Nayah tried everything she could to make the cage go away, nothing worked.

"Watch out, Baby Ox!" Shadow called.

Because the calf had his headphones on his ears to prevent himself from falling on the ground, he didn't hear his best friend's warning. Lexa and Linda quickly put him in the cage, starting to taunt him.

"I don't get why Nayah befriended you." "You're weak." Linda scoffed, starting to laugh.

"Don't you *dare* taunt my best friend!" "He's the most steadfast teammate on the team." Shadow snarled. Lexa smirked at the ox calf, who struggled hard not to let any tears drop from his eyes. Shadow was right, he *was* tough, but he didn't want Linda or Lexa to push him to his limits.

"You're just a stupid ox calf who can't *sing or spell."* Linda smirked.

"And you're *hideous."* Lexa added. She touched his emerald, which made the calf growl, swatting her hand away.

"Oh, is Baby Ox mad?" "Don't worry, Babe." Lexa smirked as Nayah started screaming, feeling dizzier than usual as Shadow caught her in his arms.

"Cheetah, no!" *"I can't let you get hurt again."* Baby Ox growled, starting to do the same happy dance he had done a few moments earlier, but instead of happiness, he made sure to dance up a flaming storm. Basically, he was *very* angry.

He was very angry, and expressing his anger wouldn't do anything to Lexa or Linda but just make them smirk at him and say his real name again, so he kept dancing up his flaming storm.

The angry dance he was doing made the cage bars break, eventually disintegrating the cage altogether.

"Baby Ox, I *promised* to protect you, and that means facing your fear *and* blacking out for you." "I'm sorry, though." Nayah said apologetically as she started to close her eyes.

The young calf and the other teammates surrounded her, making sure that she was still OK, even though she had just fainted, but they still wanted to make sure that she would be OK when she woke up.

Baby Ox looked right up at Lexa, his darling orange eyes full of fierce anger. Lexa had just said his real name out loud to tease him, and he wasn't going to let her get away with it.

*"You're going down, Linda."* Shadow snarled, charging towards her. He was angry with her for making Nayah faint.

Linda tried to fire lasers at him, but he dodged every single one, due to his flexibility. Sneakily and swiftly, he crept behind her, pushing her into a disgustingly big mud puddle, drenching her clothes in mud.

She tried to get up, but he fired an icy laser at her, trapping her in an inescapable and indestructible icy cage.

He then turned his attention to Lexa, who also smirked at him, but he fired a new fiery laser in her direction, trapping her in a fire-engine red cage.

Linda tried to fire lasers at him, but he dodged every single one, due to his flexibility. Swiftly and sneakily, he crept behind her, pushing her into a second disgustingly big mud puddle, drenching her clothes in mud.

She tried to get up, but he fired an icy laser at her, trapping her in an inescapable and indestructible icy cage.

He then turned his attention to Lexa, who also smirked at him, but he fired a fiery laser in her direction, trapping her in another separate cage, but her cage was hot on the inside and cold on the outside.

"Don't you two *ever* think about messing with me or my team again." "Are we *clear*?" Gloria growled, stepping away from the cages as the cops suddenly showed up.

The girls tried to break out of the cages, but realized that they couldn't because they were inescapable and indestructible.

Sighing, Nayah used her magic to make the cages go away as Linda growled at her, starting to charge towards her, but a female cop suddenly grabbed her by the arm roughly and led her to her police car.

"I'm afraid you ladies will have to come with us." "We have a record for your arrests." Xavia and Xylia said firmly. Xavia and Xylia were twin sisters, and both of them were twenty-one years of age, and they took their job as cops very seriously.

"We'll escape, and when we do, we're coming back for *al*l of you." Lexa growled.

"Actually, that's not going to happen." "You two are being charged with assault and battery, cruelty to animals, harassment, property damage, robbery, and theft."

"Let's go." Xavia growled as she led Lexa and Linda to her police car, while Xylia worked on freeing Baby Ox from the cage that Lexa had put him in.

Once the calf was free, he trotted over to Nayah, starting to cry as the young girl picked him up in her arms, cradling him.

She slowly set him down on the ground, moving her hands from the left to the right.

The calf suddenly realized that his caretaker was trying to tell him to calm down. He took a deep breath and let out a deep sigh.

"I'm sorry, Nayah." "I messed this whole mission up." Baby Ox sighed as Nayah picked him up again.

"You didn't mess this up." "You were pretty brave tonight." "I'm proud of you." Nayah smiled as Edward and Kamala suddenly walked over. Jackie looked at K.C., who sighed deeply.

"Uh-oh!" "We've got *double trouble."* Jackie growled as Nayah started to swirl around and run, not stopping until she got into Snowflake Cave, seeing Xander there, smirking.

The young girl sighed deeply, fear overtaking her. She didn't feel very excited anymore, but she instead just felt mad, and she had to face Xander.

"Hello, babe." Xander smirked as Nayah let out a growl. She had heard that word way too much, and she wasn't gonna let Xander get away with calling her a nickname that she only let Chessie call her.

"Do you think I'm letting you slide with saying the B word?" "You must be *crazy* if you think you can call me babe and get away with it!"

"You're *evil."* Nayah growled as Chester suddenly walked in, ready to help Nyah fight off Xander, even though she seemed like she had everything under control.

Nayah suddenly realized that the young St. Bernard was glaring at her angrily because she hadn't called him to help her face Xander.

Chuckling nervously, she sighed deeply, gazing into his icy blue eyes, smiling softly.

"Chest, I'm sorry." "I know you're gonna chide me later, but right now, I desperately need you to help me fight off Xander." Nayah said gently, smiling. The young St. Bernard nodded firmly, walking towards Xander.

"You have *no* right to taunt my butterfly!" "You're just mad because she doesn't love you, and she *never* will love someone like you!" Chester chided dangerously as Xander smirked at Nayah, walking closer to the young girl, who looked at Chester, moving her hands from the left to the right.

"Hm?" Chester murmured, confused. Nayah moved her hands from the left to the right once more. The young St. Bernard suddenly realized his caretaker wanted to let him know to calm down.

"Calm down." "You're scaring me." Nayah murmured. She suddenly realized Chessie was crying softly, so she glared at Xander.

"Chest, I'm sorry I didn't call you." Nayah apologized. Her best friend gently smiled at her, offering her his paw. Nayah softly smiled, taking his paw in her hand. Together, the two got close to Xander before saying a single sentence.

*"It's over, X." "Time to get chased and tickled." Chesssie and Nayah growled.*

"Don't call me X!" Xander fumed as Nayah started to laugh, smirking. She'd gotten used to Xander being mad at her when she called him X, but that didn't divert her from the fact that he had just called her a nickname she only let her best friend call her.

## Chapter 3: Chase Time

*Baby Ox and Shadow were just relaxing in Snowflake Cave, laughing as they watched Wild Kratts. Baby Ox suddenly realized there was a glowing illumination in the Cave, so he started to run around in circles in the Cave, trying to catch the illuminatingly beautiful light, but Shadow stopped him, pointing to his emerald, which was the source of the illumination.*

"Time for a chase." Baby Ox growled. He slowly got in his wheelchair, watching as Shadow put his harness on him, staying completely still. Landon handed him his special juice.

"You're all set now." Dexter, Landon, and Shadow smiled. The three cats watched the ox calf leave the Cave, following close behind him. Once the four animals got to HQ, Nayah hugged the fur of them.

"Ah." "My cute four animal friends showed up very quickly." "Just for that, I'm not gonna tell you three who you must chase." "You must guess." Nayah chuckled as Baby Ox, Dexter, and Shadow smirked, standing on their heads.

"Mm.. I think I know." Dexter smiled. Baby Ox, Landon, and Shadow gasped, watching the tiger launch an alphabetical flare into the beautiful night sky. The tiger started to count down as Baby Ox, Landon, and Shadow counted down with him.

"Three, two, one!" The animals spoke in perfect unison, making the flare burst into the beautiful night sky, revealing the twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet.

"Oooh." "The letter X." "That's clue number one." "We know that Xavier's not the one we've gotta chase." Shadow said as Baby Ox, Dexter, and Landon nodded.

"Mm.. Nixie can't be our target, either." "She's too nice to break the rule on purpose." "And she promised me she wouldn't say my real name unless she was asked to, so that rules her out as well." Baby Ox frowned.

Suddenly, another flare burst, making all four of them jump. Baby Ox picked up a piece of paper and started to read it.

"To play the game, you must chase the villain with the letter X in his name." Baby Ox read aloud as Shadow placed a paw on his best friend's shoulder.

"I don't like that look in your eye." "Have you figured it out yet?" Shadow asked. The calf nodded slowly, feeling very scared.

Suddenly, one more flare burst, signaling a third and final clue. Dexter picked the paper up and started to read it.

"To continue the game, look for someone who would fuse if you said his nickname." Dexter read. He looked at his friends.

"Are you guys thinking what I'm thinking?" Dexter asked, starting to laugh. Baby Ox, Landon, and Shadow nodded together, smirking.

"Time for Xander to go down!" Baby Ox growled. Shadow nodded, starting to laugh, but then, his sapphire lit up. It was Nayah calling.

"Congratulations, Chasers!" 'You figured out my clues!" "Now, help K.C. take Xander down!" Nayah smiled.

"Don't worry, Cuddles." "Team Chasers is on the chase!" "C'mon!" Shadow smiled as the sapphire clicked.

"I can't do this." "I know we're all together, but I just don't think I can relive a nightmare." Baby Ox sighed. Dexter, Landon, and Shadow smiled, hugging the calf.

"We're all here together." "Xander can't hurt four animals." "Besides, Xavier wouldn't let him get to you, or any of us." Dexter said firmly as Baby Ox smiled, putting on his game face before saying two sentences.

"Let's race, Chasers." "Let's show Xander that he doesn't intimidate us when we're together." Baby Ox growled. Dexter and Shadow looked at one another, smiling.

"I'll sneak up on him and tackle him while you and Baby Ox set up a video of Nayah comforting Chester." "He's jealous that she doesn't love him, and she never will, not after the pure mayhem he put her through." Shadow whispered.

"What if Baby Ox and I try to anger him?" "You know, get under his skin so badly that he says the word that's off limits?" Dexter asked as Baby Ox glared at him.

"Oh, right, that won't work, because I'll get tickled." He frowned, standing on his head. Baby Ox and Shadow started to pace, thinking.

"I have an idea." "What if we dance around, singing the alphabet?" "That'll really annoy him." Dexter smiled as Baby Ox and Shadow smiled.

"Let's do it." Shadow grinned. Baby Ox suddenly spotted Xander walking over with Ursula.

"Oh, man." "B is for bad." Baby Ox whimpered. He started to shake in fear as Dexter smiled at him.

"Are you OK?" "You're shaking." Dexter pointed out. The calf pointed to Xander and Ursula.

"Oooh.. We'd better hide you behind something that's blue." Dexter frowned, but Baby Ox shook his head.

"No." "I have to face the fear, not run from it." Baby Ox growled as he, Dexter, and Shadow walked up to Ursula and Xander as Baby Ox started singing the final verses of Relax, his blue and red headphones on his ears.

"We'll eliminate all four of you." Ursula smirked as Baby Ox frowned. He trotted over to Ursula and tied her hands with a rope, but Xander untied her hands.

"Grr.. Dexter, Shadow, time for a spin cycle!" Baby Ox growled as Dexter and Shadow started to spin Ursula around until she got dizzy and fell. Xander glared at the four, smirking.

'Uh-oh.. We might need backup." Shadow frowned as Baby Ox smiled, watching as Nixie walked over, smiling sympathetically.

"Need a hand?" She asked as the quadruples nodded, motioning to Xander. Nixie growled, spinning around like a top in order to trap him in a cage.

"Nixie, I know you love me, babe." Xander smirked as Nix snarled, catching Baby Ox in her arms. The calf started to cry as he glared at Xander, but his sadness faded, turning into anger.

"No one says my real name and gets away with it!" "You just crossed a line!" Baby Ox growled, watching as Dexter and Shadow started to spin Xander around while he was in his cage.

'Let's make the cage float away." Nix smiled as she used her magic to make the cage holding Xander float away. However, her magic didn't work.

"Crumpets!" "How did the magic fail?" Nix asked as Baby Ox pointed to the cage.

"The cage is way too heavy." "We should make him float away in a bubble." Dexter giggled as Nix smiled, removing the cage. Xander started to fall from the sky, but Nix trapped him in a huge bubble that was pink. However, Xander popped the bubble.

"Oh, no!" "Xander has escaped!" Dexter said frantically as Edwin gently moved Flora into where a huge mud puddle was lying. The robot tiger opened her mouth slowly, prepared to trap him.

"Oh, not the dumb robot." Xander growled, trying to dodge Flora, but it was too late, as the robotic tiger shut her mouth tightly, trapping him inside.

"Pawsome work, Firefly!" Edwin joked, laughing. He smiled, then saw Lexa and Nolan, who were both smirking.

"Oh, no." "Baby Ox, you might want to… *RUN!"* Shadow called frantically.

"How'd you escape, Lexa?" Nixie demanded.

"I just can." Lexa boasted. Nixie scoffed, then realized Nayah was approaching, so Nix launched a flare in the sky for her to tell her friend to run.

"Look up at the sky." Chessie whispered as Nayah looked up, seeing a flare telling her to run. Quickly, she started to run into the direction of Snowflake Cave, sliding into the entrance.

"Hello, babe." Edward smirked as Nayah started to scream loudly as she could, starting to back away. She had made a video when Chief had enforced her new rule, and one of the rules she had said in the video was to never look a villain in their eyes because that made the villain take the chance to trick her.

"You know what?" "I promised a certain group of animals that they wouldn't have to chase anyone for the rest of the night, and now I have to go back on my word." "And it's all because of you!" "Thanks a lot, Edward!" Nayah growled, slapping him.

However, Edward only smirked, switching her water bottle with a glass water bottle, but Felix the firefly was able to give Nayah the water bottle that actually had water in it.

The firefly moved the water bottle closer to her before actually giving it to her.

"Thanks, Felix." "Dealing with villains all night does get me a little thirsty." "And now, I have to go back on my word and break my promise." Nayah sighed, sitting down in the soft snow.

"Hey, hey, hey, it's not your fault." "You didn't say the word that's off limits, so you're fine." "Edward did, and he's going to learn not to do it again once Baby Ox, Dexter, Landon, and Shadow are through with him." "I know that spelling the word that's off limits or writing it down is fine but actually saying it isn't part of the deal." Felix growled.

"Yeah.. Well, now it's time for me to call them and tell them what's wrong." "Can you buy me some time by scolding Edward?" Nayah asked. Felix nodded happily, hugging her.

## Chapter 4: Second Chase

Baby Ox, Dexter, Landon, and Shadow sat in Snowflake Cave, thinking of nothing but positive vibes as they meditated. Dexter suddenly stopped meditating, feeling a bad sensation. He looked at Baby Ox, Landon, and Shadow, his paws shaking with fear. Baby Ox turned to him, feeling kinda worried.

The calf looked at the tiger, who started to sway back and forth.

"What's wrong, Dex?" "Are you OK?" Baby Ox asked.

"No, I'm not." "It's like I can feel this presence that's evil, and I don't know what this person wants, but this person is familiar, we faced them before." Dexter explained.

"Oh, no.. You don't think Xander's after us, do you?" Baby Ox was worried.

"He pwobably is." "Knowing him, he could easily sneak up on us and we wouldn't even know he was thewe." Landon said angrily. A message suddenly appeared on the screen, making the four of them turn to the screen. Xander was smirking.

"Mm, hello, Chasers." "Nayah's been severely injured and she needs your help." "Get to Rocky Cave!" Xander fake panicked.

"Mhm, we know you'we lying, because she's not actually injuwed, she's at home taking a nap." Landon growled.

"Well, Chester's been hurt." Xander lied as the Chasers frowned.

"Xander, stop the lies, you're just saying these things so Nayah can faint, we're not ignorant unlike you." "Stop calling us." Dexter growled.

"Actually, Chasers, I do need you, but you don't have to chase." Nayah whimpered.

"Nayah.. What's up?" Landon asked as Nayah deeply sighed.

"Go to HQ, Chief can tell you better than I can." Nayah said fiercely.

## Chapter 6: The Truth

"Chasers, Nayah has been good to you four since you were all young, yet she hides a secret from you."