This story takes place before episode "Chain Reaction". Fung had said that the crocs had given themselves a year to become bandits and that they were "11 months in." This is one of their earlier heists.
The gator was easily noticeable in a quiet forest, muttering to herself as she rolled a pillar-shaped statue down the path. Fung and his new gang became excited when they realized the statue was decorated with an emerald, a ruby, a sapphire, an onyx, a citrine, and a pearl.
Fung evaluated the alligator. She was alone, and with the statue being quite heavy she was sure to grow tired. However, she had two sword scabbards criss-crossed across her back, she could easily reach over her shoulders for either sword. Obviously she was a warrior. Then again, he had a whole gang of armed crocodiles with him.
"Do I have time to pee?" a gharial croc asked as Fung outlined his plan.
"Well, if you hurry," Fung sighed.
The crocs carefully circled around the gator, stopping and laying low whenever she stopped and looked around. She seemed to notice any sound louder than an eye-blink, despite talking to herself. Finally Fung stepped out behind the gator, signalling his men to attack. The gator, Huton, jumped backwards, drawing both swords.
The crocs' larger numbers began to take its toll on Huton; she was pressed further and further away from the statue. Any minute now she knew she would be at the edge of the - yep, there it was, the cliff. The gang was made up of some gharials, another breed she could not identify, and a big mugger. The mugger wore a spiked helmet and was obviously the leader. He ordered for her capture. Huton was too prideful to allow herself to be captured, so she went with her only other option; sheathing one sword, she jumped over the side of the cliff.
The crocs did not dare watch the gator's descent; they did not particularly want to see what smashed allogator looks like. Fung and his men went back to the statue, where two crocs straightened it up. "Where's the emerald?" asked Fung when he noticed an empty hole. No one answered. "Where's the ruby? And the sapphire? And- okay guys, funny joke, now hand me the gems."
A croc named Wall-Eye spoke up, "We don't have 'em. I think I saw the gator take them."
Fung stared at him, "That's great, that you just watched that happen. Next time though," he removed his helmet, "you think you can stop her!?" He slammed the helmet on the ground, "Now get those jewels back!"
Huton had grabbed a branch during her fall. Sheathing her sword, she dropped down onto a ledge lower down, then climbed down to the ground. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out a silken bag with the jewels inside. Knowing the crocs would be after her, she began looking for a place to hide the jewels...and the three money pouches she had grabbed.
Fung suddenly stopped running as he realized what seemed to be missing. Checking his belt, he declared "My money! It's missing!" A gharial named Gah-ri and a deep-voiced croc named Hong also checked for their missing money pouches. When the crocs reached the bottom of the cliff and found no gator there, they ran into the bamboo forest. A croc named Irwin, who had a nervous habit of biting his tail, was the first to spot her. The crocs shouted and began throwing spears and hatchets at the gator. Without looking back, she climbed up a bamboo tree. Three feet away from the top she bent it nearly to the ground, then launched into the air, landing in another tree. Jumping and swinging, she soon was out of sight.
It was dumb luck that they found her, climbing an apple tree and eating apples. Fung whispered to the others to stay out of sight. The gator ate, but her eyes were on a big apple at the top of the tree. She's not really going to try for it, is she? Fung thought to himself. Those branches are way too thin!
Being stubborn, Huton tried to get to the big apple. She did manage to grab it, but the branches snapped under her weight. She landed on her stomach, throwing up the apples she had just eaten. The guys winced, listening to her painful groans. Fung and his crocs stood up and approached; the gator did nothing about them. "Hey, are you okay?" asked Fung.
"Do I look okay?" she answered in a winded voice. Fung ordered the crocs to seize her. Later Huton was tied to a small bamboo. "Listen, you got a job to do, I got a job to do, so why don't you tell us where the jewels and my money are?"
"Or what," she asked sarcastically, "you're gonna play 'Good Croc, Bad Croc'?"
Gahri knocked over a row of hatchets next to Fung, "I'M DONE PLAYING THESE GAMES WITH YOU!-"
Fung shook his head, "Forget it, Gary, she knows."
"Oh, okay, I guess I'll just clean up these weapons...and it's Gahri." Fung shoved him over.
"Alright, we'll do this the hard way!" Fung started, but suddenly the gator kicked him between the legs. "OHHH! DARNIT! Everyone back up, she's got a vicious kick!" he ran in a circle, "Who didn't tie her below the knees? Come on guys," he faced the crocs, his back to Huton, "this is basic stuff! OHHH!" his helmet fell off as she kicked him again. After a few seconds he straightened up, putting his helmet back on. "I'm done going easy on you!" he said sinisterly. The gator merely smirked.
"Listen, my boss is gonna turn me into shoe leather if I don't come back with both the statue and the jewels. So how's this; I'll give you back your money and you let me go with the statue and gems." Unfortunately, Fung was not in a bargaining mood. As he turned to the hatchets, Huton used her tail to pick up a pebble. Without the guys seeing, she tossed it into the forest.
"There's an intruder in the woods!" Fung and the crocs ran to investigate, but Fung stopped behind the gator, "Looks like we're gonna do this the hard way! OW!" her tail whacked him in the side of the head. "Darn it!" he muttered as he followed the others.
Once she was alone, Huton used her legs and tail to slide herself up the bamboo. Sitting on the top, she wriggled her arms to remove the rope, freeing herself. Just as she was rolling the statue away, the crocs returned.
"Okay, show us where the money is," Fung sighed, apparently defeated. The gator was leashed as she led them back towards the place where she had jumped from the cliff, digging next to a tree. Fung ordered two of his crocs to take over the digging, shoving Huton aside. They came up with the three money pouches, but no gems.
"You don't really think I would hide them in the same place, do you?" she smirked. Fung groaned, exasperated. The gator refused to show or tell them where the jewels were hidden. Suddenly, a throwing star knocked off Fung's helmet, and voices called out for the gator to be released and the statue surrendered. Not knowing how many people had them surrounded, Fung and his men had no choice but to comply.
"GAH!" Fung spread his arms out as Huton and her friends left with the statue, "Let's never let this happen again!"