"You ready bros?", Grizz asked the other bears.

"Yeah, I think so", Panda said, checking himself to make sure he had everything, namely his phone. Ice Bear simply nodded as confirmation. Thanks to the breakfast they had that morning the pantry, fridge and cabinets took a hit.

"Hey, Nom Nom!", Grizz called to the koala who returned to the living room couch. Said koala could be heard letting out annoyed groan along with the thump of him hopping off the couch. He peeked around the corner to see what the grizzly wanted. "You wanna come with us?", Grizz asked innocently. The koala scoffed.

"Are you nuts?", Nom Nom asked. "The moment I step out there I'll be swarmed. I can't risk it", the koala said more in disappointment than anger.

"Oh. Alright. Then just stay here. We won't be gone to long", Grizz said, realizing how much of a bad idea it was.

Nom Nom nodded and returned to his spot on the couch. Grizz sighed and opened the door.

Nom Nom watched the TV and flicked his ear from the sound of the front door closing. He sighed in contentment that the annoying bears were finally out of the house. At this moment he desired nothing but peace and quiet. The show that was currently on TV did nothing but bore Nom Nom. He picked up the remote and started to once again flip through channels. Each new channel looked as boring or annoying as the last. He landed on one of the local new stations and the headline immediately caught his attention.

'THE NOM NOM HUNT' spelled in big bold letters sat in the corner of the screen. Nom Nom turned the volume up on the report, hoping that it wasn't as bad as he was thinking it was.

"It is pandemonium out here! The fans have decided to take things into their own hands. I'm here downtown as the hunt for Nom Nom begins!", the reporter eagerly said, with cheering and chanting people wearing t-shirts and other accessories of the koala's face plastered all over them. "Sir, what do you have to say about the hunt?" She tipped her microphone towards a big burly man sporting a Nom Nom t-shirt.

"We won't rest until we find Nom Nom! I just know he's out there somewhere. Nom Nom if you're listening, know that we will find you and bring you back where you belong!", the man spoke passionately.

"The last known whereabouts of the world's favorite koala are eye witnesses claiming that he was grabbed and taken out of his own home by a large unidentified assailant. Now people have gathered from far and wide as they believe Nom Nom is in trouble. We will keep you updated as the search continues. Back to you, Chet."

Nom Nom muted the TV and hopped off the couch, taking deep breaths. Now there's a manhunt for me? People think I'm kidnapped? They're crazy! Nom Nom imagined a massive hoard of crazed fans pouring in from every door, every window. Surrounding him on every angle, reaching for him. Grabbing at him. With no escape.

Nom Nom's buckled and he reached his arm out to the couch, holding himself up. He felt lightheaded, but he was hyperventilating and felt on edge. He felt the urge to run, but he had no idea where. He heard a noise that caused him to look frantically back and forth. Was it one of them? Have they found him? Nom Nom bolted for Grizz's bedroom. He hurriedly searched for a place to hide, sure that someone was here to snatch him up at any moment.

"Hey, Nom Nom! We're back!", Grizz called as he and his brothers walked into the kitchen, holding their newly caught grocery bags. "Nom Nom?" Grizz left his two brothers in the kitchen to search for the koala, hoping that he wasn't taken while they were away. He searched the living room and the hallway. In there he noticed that the door to his bedroom was slightly open.

Grizz carefully peeked in, expecting to come face to face with the intruder/kidnapper. But instead the room was just as it was before, except for a pair of small grey legs that stuck out from blanket. Grizz smiled at the realization that Nom Nom hiding under the bed. "Uh, Nom Nom it's only me. We're back from the store."

Nom Nom quickly scrabbled from underneath the bed and cleared his throat. "Oh, of course it is." The koala looked down at the floor in embarrassment that he was seen acting like some scared kid, hiding under a bed of all places. "I was just...uh..."

"It's alright. I get it. I was worried that you were gone", Grizz admitted. "I don't know what I would have done if..." Grizz stopped in his tracks once he looked down at the light blush on Nom Nom's face.

"Well, everything's fine now. Thanks for checking anyways", Nom Nom said quickly, walking past the bear to the living room.

Grizz didn't see it, but Nom Nom frowned and scoffed to himself. Why was he acting like this? Like some kind of cub? If that wasn't bad enough the grizzly had to go and say those...things. Nom Nom sat back on the couch and gave a sigh. As he flipped through the channels once again he found himself wanting to know what Grizz was going to say, even though he had a good idea.