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"Hurry up fool!" B.A yelled turning the key to the ignition on his beloved van roaring to life.

"I'm comin mudsucker!" Murdock carefully got into the back of the van both his hands holding onto a lump on his stomach.

"You alright Murdock?" Faceman asked noticing Murdock cupping his stomach. "Tummy problems?"

Murdock looked up at him a huge smile on his face. He brought up a finger to his lip telling Face to be quiet. He reached under his flight jacket revealing a clear jar filled with water. Inside Face made out a pretty crimson colored betta fish. "Don't go tellin the big guy, will be our little secret." Murdock said smiling as he leaned closer to Face so he could show off his pet. "Ain't he the just the best thing since a gumball?" He said giggling to himself proudly.

Face could see the love in Murdock's eyes for his new little fishy. "It's a boy?" Face asked grabbing the jar from his friend looking at the fish who stared back at him with small beady black eyes. Almost melted his heart.

"Yes he is, see the girls have short little fins and have less color." Murdock whispered proud of his betta knowledge. "Say hi to Marshmallow."

Face blinked taking in the name. "But he's red." Murdock came up with the strangest names for things.

"Ya, he looks like your big toe when you smash it into a table leg. A bloodly marshmallow. Ya know?"

"Hello Marshmallow." Face told the fish waving, and to his amazement the fish waved his fin back at him. Blinking Face got closer to the jar. "Did you just wave back?" Dear God, was he loosing his mind? Was he hanging out with Murdock to much? He thought as he started to wave at the fish again.

"What you two whispering about back there!"

Murdock and Face both jumped at the sound of B.A's loud rumbling voice. "Why B.A I don't know what you're talkin about. Nobody said a thing." Murdock told the big guy as Face shoved the jar under his suit jacket hiding Marshmallow from sight.

"I know I heard you two back there. What ya'll plannin?"

"B.A. I hate to say this but I think you're hearing things." Face told him his face looking worried for the big man.

"Ya, maybe I'm rubbin off on you big guy!" Murdock said cheerfully leaning in between the front seats smiling as close as he could to B.A. "We could become roomies!" He said cheerfully in a singing voice.

"Get outa my face fool! I ain't nothing like you! Go sit down before you make me crash." B.A told him his face scrunched up angry. "Don't make me hurt you!"

"Behave you two." Hannibal said chewing on his freshly lit cigar.

Murdock took his seat in the back smiling over at Faceman. "That was a close one." He said wiping the back of his hand across his forehead as if he was sweating. "Hows little Marshmallow?"

"He said he was nice and warm." Face told him patting the jar though his jacket.

"Oh goodie, maybe he will take a nap."

"We're here." Hannibal said turning around in his seat. Noticing Face was holding a hand over his stomach. "Tummy problems?"

Face smiled at the older man. "No I'm fine."

"Better not be a bug going around with you two. I don't wanna catch nothin!" Said the big guy as he got out of the van along with the others.

Murdock stopped just before getting out of the back door. "Marshmallow please." He asked his hand out stretched. "I miss him."

Face smiled handing the jar carefully over. Once his friend got his pet back Face felt a little sadness, the fish was growing on him. He could see why Murdock was already attached to him.

"How's my little guy doing?" Murdock whispered to his fish smiling big at the little thing. Marshmallow swam in a circle his fins waving in the warm clear water.

Face couldn't believe how friendly the fish seemed to be, seemed to love the attention.

Face was half way out of the van when loud sirens filled the air making him freeze. Looking behind them about four green cars driving towards them.

"It's a set up! Back in the van!" Hannibal yelled running back to the van.

B.A started the van just as the green cars screeched to a halt behind the van.

Murdock got half way in the van when it suddenly took off causing him to loose his balance his face smacking on the vans hard floor causing him to cry out. The jar falling from his grasp. "Marshmallow." Murdock looked up just in time to see the jar roll towards the open van door. "Nooooo!" He screamed as he threw his body forward arms out trying with all his might to catch his beloved pet. He caught a glimpse of Marshmallows eyes before the jar holding him rolled out the door.

Face jumped from his seat grabbing his yelling friend by the waist pulling Murdock back as he was half way out the door. No way was he going to let Murdock kill himself by jumping out of a fast moving van over a fish.

As they fell backward Murdock let out a howl. "Marshmallow! Nooooooo." Murdock started trying to get loose as Face held on. "Let go face! He was your friend too! Help me save him."

"What's that fool yellin bout? What happened?" B.A asked trying to focus on loosing the MPs.

"Turn around B.A! Stop the van! Man over board!" Murdock said frantic his eyes wide.

"Murdock, stop. Theirs nothing we can do." Face told him trying to sit up while still holding on to Murdock the van bounced hard from all the pot holes in the road.

"But we cant just leave him." Murdock now had tears in his eyes. "We never leave a man 's part of the team. BA stop now!" Tears rolled down Murdock's face as he looked out the still open door. "Please let me go Facey. I need to save him. He needs me."

"Be quiet fool! Now's not the time for one of your crazy delusions!" B.A yelled as he took a sharp turn down a dirt road.

Hannibal turned in his seat looking back at his two men wondering what was going on. He saw Face had his arm around Murdock's waist as Murdock had tears running down his face. He rarely if ever seen him cry. Taking the cigar out of his mouth he asked. "Whats going on?"

"Ah, Murdock's Betta took a tumble out the door." Face said feeling sorry for his friend.

"My poor Marshmallow."

Hannibal reached back giving Murdock's leg a sqeeze. "Don't worry when we loose the MP's we will go back for him."

"Promise?" Murdock's eyes pleaded as he looked over at the older man with his sad brown puppy eyes.

"I promise." He assured the younger man knowing how he got attached to stuff.

"I ain't going back for no stupid marshmallow Hannibal!" B.A said beads of sweat rolling off his forehead from the stress and the heat.

"Now B.A. we all know we don't leave anyone behind. Even Betta's" Hannibal patted B.A on his thick muscled arm.

"I ain't humoring him for a stupid snack. We can just go to the store for a new marshmallow. And what's a Betta?"

"Its a type of fish."

"A fish? You mean to tell me you brought a live fish in my van?!" B.A's anger boiled as he thought about how his van was going to smell just like a fish bowl.

"Now now B.A. calm down. Focus on the road, I think we've almost lost them." He said trying to get B.A. to focus on something else other then getting angry over something so small. And he could tell his words were making Murdock even more upset.

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After B.A lost the MP's he parked his van behind a warehouse.

"I'll be right back." Face said getting out of the van smiling back at Murdock who was looking down at his toes.

A few minutes went by and a sports engine came rolling up stopping next to the van. "Get in Murdock!" Face said sitting in the nice sports car he found sitting a few blocks away.

Murdock looked up his face droopy and sad. "I don't feel like going for a ride Face, sorry."

Face smiled at him. "But Marshmallow needs you to help find him." He said his smile growing as he watched Murdock's sad face turn into an excited one looking like a five year old getting a new puppy.

Murdock jumped into the car bouncing with excitement. "Thank you Face!"

Face felt guilty as he thought about Murdock's happiness being crushed if they couldn't find the fish. Or even worse the broken jar and a dead dried up one. He knew it would crush Murdock and he would mope for days.

They drove for miles while Murdock leaned out the car looking up and down the road they drove by his hopes high. "Marshmallow! Here Marshmallow! Come on boy, say something!" He cried out his hopes starting to get low. "Maybe he can't hear my voice on the other side. Yell out your side face."

Face rolled his eyes. "Alright. Marshmallow." He said calmly feeling silly.

"No louder Facey, its hard to hear through glass. Like this….Marshmallow!" He yelled as loud as he could.

Face once again made a face and rolled his eyes. He saw no reason to scream out for a fish that couldn't talk. But he needed to support his best friend. "Marshmallow!" He yelled from the top of his lungs feeling as stupid as hes ever felt in his life. "Marshmallow! Marshm…." He stopped as he saw two girls walking down the road giving him strange looks. Wow, he could only imagine what was going on in the girls heads. A gown man yelling out for a marshmallow. He giggled as he waved to the two, the response was them laughing at him. He could feel his cheeks getting warm from the embarrassment and shame.

"I don't think were going to find him Murdock."

"Stop!" Murdock yelled smacking his hand on the side of the car with excitement. "I hear him!"

Face was almost stopped as Murdock opened the door and jumped out. "Hey! Wait."

Murdock ran back down the street about fifteen feet and into the grass. Reaching down he grabbed the jar from the grass. Frowning as he looked at the old mason jar that was similar to Marshmallows but not it. "Oh no. But I heard him calling to me." He said as Face walked up behind him.

"I'm sorry Murdock."

"Maybe its his spirit talking to me from the great beyond?" He said frowning once again, his hopes gone like the empty jar he held.

"It will be alright." Face said turning to head back to the car. Across the street he saw something shinning. "No way." He knew that would be one in a million of it being the fish but for Murdock's sake he would go check.

Looking both ways he jogged across the street, looking down at the gold colored lid he got on one knee picking it out of the grass. His eyes widened as he held it at eye level. Looking back at him was the little black beady eyes of Marshmallow. "How…." He was amazed that the jar didn't even have a crack or anything in it. The betta looked perfectly fine. Waving his fins at Face looking as happy as the last time he saw the little guy. "Murdock!"

Murdock looked across the street as Face turned around holding up the jar. "Marshmallow!" Murdock yelled with excitement as he took off across the street not even looking both ways in his excitement.

Tada! I had to stop here because my brain is mean and I was more then tempted to run Murdock over with a bus :)

I hope ya'll liked it please review if so. And I hope you loved the Betta fish, he really is a cutie pie. lol Thanks for reading