HOW DO I LIVE WITHOUT YOU? by DICKONFAN RATED FRC

A Personal Note from SkyWench to Dickonfan: Thank you so very much for this beautiful homage to my dearly departed Peanut, one of the former mascots of Tracy Island Writers Forum. It is very much appreciated!

How do I live without you?

Why did he have to die? He hadn't even been in my life for very long, and now he's gone. How will I ever want another to care about and to care for?

These were the thoughts and feelings running through my mind when the call came through for International Rescue's services at a fire in a top secret laboratory where work on developing biological warfare agents and remedies took place. Hoping I would find momentary relief from my pain, I threw myself into the rescue, working with the Tracy brothers to save not only laboratory personnel but as many of the laboratory subjects as possible.

As the boys were packing up to return to Base once the crisis was over, I lingered near the area where some of the lab personnel and subjects were being administered to by various emergency medical personnel. And there I saw him, drawn to him as to no other before. He was beautiful, perfect in every way. I couldn't bear to be parted from him and so found a way to sneak him on board Thunderbird Two, to have him with me always.

When all were asleep that night, I whisked him to my bedroom, to share my love once again with a most-beloved life. He didn't know that the cage in which I put him had so recently belonged to another. He just went right to the wheel, got in, and started running to his heart's content.

Life without a precious hamster is just not worth living.