John Norway is an alcoholic, a double amputee combat veteran, a street beggar with nothing much to live for. But once -- before conscription – he’d been a rally driver. One of the best, at the wheel of Lucky Number 7. Now… Ariel the rat wants to have him drive in a desperate race against death, and the ‘magh. The only question: does Norway want to win that race? And will it solve Fat Fal’s inflatable rattess problem? A Rats, Bats and Vats Short Story.