"What's up, Doc?"

Martin opened his eyes and looked around. He was lying in a bed at Brockhall. Bugs was standing over him, and Gonff was sitting on a bed next to him, with a cast on his leg.

"So, you're awake, mate," said Gonff. "The healer mice from Loamhedge said it'd be sometime today."

"How did your leg get broken?" Martin asked.

"It's a long story."

Bugs broke in. "We beat 'em, Doc! We won!" he cried. "Mossflower is safe."

More woodlanders came in.

"Look, Martin's awake now!" said Amber.

"My, my, doesn't he look well!" said Goody Stickle.

"Urr, loively as pepper 'n' strong as ale," said Billum the mole.

"Hola, amigo!" said Speedy.

"Ha-ha, ahoy there, shipmate," said Skipper.

"Well, how do you feel, Champion of Mossflower?" Bella chuckled happily.

Martin gazed about him at the friendly faces and smiled through the tears falling from his eyes.

"Good to be alive, Bella!"

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A few days later, Martin was up on his feet again. Mossflower was at peace now. Tsarmina was dead, and Martin had been told that the surviving vermin and aliens had all been banished from the woodlands. Now, he and Speedy Gonzales were standing at the edge of the lake where Kotir had once been.

"You know, Martin, I've been thinking," said Speedy.

"About what?"

"While you were unconscious, I did some exploring over by Gingivere's farm. I found a big quarry nearby, full of rocas rojas, red stones."

"That's probably where they got the stones to build Kotir," Martin said.

"Right. I was thinking maybe we could collect some stones from there and use them to build another big castle where we could all live together. It could be like Loamhedge, but even better."

Martin smiled. "Sounds good to me."

And so that's just what they did. It took many seasons to build the castle, but finally they finished it, and they called it Redwall Abbey. Martin became the first Abbey Warrior, and Speedy was the first Abbot. And Gonff got married to Columbine, and Bugs got married to Lola, and he went back to Salamandastron with her and the other hares. But Martin never forgot his awesome, wacky, wild American friend, Bugs Bunny.

THE END