Chapter 2: The bar, the bounty, and the backstabber.
"All systems go. Entering the planet Sirus" The computer said over the intercom. "Now we just got to find this guy," she thought. The mighty blue and white craft entered what appeared to be a city closely resembling the city of Corneria. This didn't bring about any good memories. For it was in a city like this, that Kursed lost something that changed her life forever. "The city of Dresden would like to welcome you and offer a place for landing. Said a small purple toad with a happy smile. "Funny idea to pick a place like this to hide." she thought.
The aircraft gently touched the ground with little sound. A flight of stairs came down from the bottom of the ship as the young female made her way down the steps. She instantly noticed the men in the area all turned their heads and were looking at the new pilot who came down for a landing. "Damn man! That fox is fine as hell" said a wolf who was hanging on the side of a plane with what appeared to be his crew, Kursed walked on. In her mind she knew that the outfit she wore accentuated the curves on her body and she would use this technique to seduce the bounty into a false sense of security.
As she walked down the street, she passed stores and offices with bright flashing lights of every color imaginable. The lights in the city seemed to be in a fierce competition with the sun overhead. Her feet grew tired as the long hours of walking, listening, and watching started to have an affect on her. To her relief, she spotted what appeared to be a small bar with a large green sign that said "The in place" in bright neon red letters. She went inside and immediately thought that the bar must be new. Partially because the hard smell of alcohol hasn't seeped into the building. There were dozens of little round marble tables scattered across the room with either two or three chairs to each one.
To her right was the bar and to her left appeared to be a miniature restaurant. She made her way to one of tables at the far end of the room. Ignoring the hungry and excited stares the men in the bar gave her. A young pig approached her "What will it be today ma'am?" she looked to be in her mid forties. Only reason she thought that is the wrinkles that were prominent around her large pink snout. "Ill have water and the Special" Kursed said with a slight hint of cheer as she closed the menu. "No problem sunshine. It will be out in a few minutes." With a quick tap in her handheld computer she turned around and walked back to the bar.
Just as time was settling in and everything seemed quiet. A young leopard walked closer to the young vixen. "Hey there sexy. Can I sit with you for a moment?" He was tall, well built and with white fur that made the black spots on his coat stand out. " Kursed gave no response and instead just smiled and pulled sunglasses out of her suit. As she put them on the leopard asked, "What would you say if a fine feline like yourself come with me and I show you a good time?" The leopard gave a nasty smile and kursed replied in a calm but stern voice "I don't have time for little things and get to know you crap." "Believe me baby. What I got on me isn't so little" he said with a seductive tone as he slowly moved his hand along the side of her leg towards her waist.
Before she could pull out her blaster and show the over confident leopard a good time. The leopard has knocked 3 feet away by someone in strange clothes. The stranger was wearing what appeared to be boots made of brown leather. The other distinguishing feature was the light brown pants and the long sleeved dark green t-shirt he was wearing. The cape he was tearing was torn near the end and only went as far as waist. There was a strange symbol on the cape and it appeared to be that of a red five-pointed star. The scarf that covered his mouth was a deep navy blue, and besides the shades and the hat, was covering his face so no one could see what he looked like. "Your going to regret that . . ." said the leopard as he spat blood out his mouth. As he charged, the stranger pulled out what appeared to be a sword with strange symbols carved on the blade and dodged his attack as if it were nothing.
But this Leopard wanted to play dirty and pulled out a blaster while the stranger was standing still. Dodge this!" The leopard screamed as he shot at the stranger. Four shots rang out, but what the stranger did next had the entire bar put their hands to their mouths. The blaster had fired four shots directly at the stranger but he disappeared. The smoke cleared and revealed the stranger standing in the same place he was before but had shifted his stance. Kursed, the leopard, and the bar waiters and customers thought is unison. "He Dodged it . . ." "What kind of creature are you?" said the leopard in awe.
"Im something you have never seen" replied the stranger in a calm and collected voice. "Well let's just see how talented you are shall we?" The leopard than turned around and lunged at Kursed with his blaster in hand and a hungry look on his face and yelled "your turn!" "Oh shit!" thought kursed as she reached for her blaster only to feel her hip instead. "It must have fallen out during the fight!" she thought. She closed her eyes but then heard the stranger speak a language she had never heard before. Than a bright light illuminated from the sword and a beam of green light struck the leopard and sent him crashing though the window and flying into the sky where he turned into a tiny speck.
The glow dimmed and the stranger walked toward Kursed. "Let me help you up there" He said in a warm voice. His arm stretched out to show a brown leather glove that had patches of dark colors stitched all over the place. "Thank you" Kursed replied as she gave him her hand. And something happened to her the moment her hand touched his. She had this great and warm feeling that started at her fingertips and coursed through her entire body. His hands felt strange. She thought a fighter like this man would have hands hard as stone, but his were soft and gentle. "What's your name?" Kursed asked with curiosity.
"Ill tell you later, but for now, lets get out of here before we attract any more attention. Sound like a plan?" He asked calmly. Kursed smiled, took his hand, and ran out the bar. She suddenly heard the sirens of police crafts approaching. "Oh shoot." She thought. How are we going to get out of this?" she thought as four black and white hovercrafts stopped in front of them. "Hold on" said the stranger in a serious tone. Without hesitation, Kursed grabbed hold of the strangers waist. "You may feel a little jolt" said the stranger with the slightest hint of humor. He raised his left arm while holding to Kurseds waist with the other. A silver rope shot out from his glove and before the police could start shooting.
The two of them were flying in the air toward the top of a huge skyscraper. A Jolt, was an understatement . . . Kursed felt as if her skeleton had been pulled out her skin. Yet the stranger seemed unharmed. "He must be numb all over his body" she thought to herself as she landed on the building. "Thanks again" she said to the stranger. "No problem and by the looks of things, that panther appears to have taken a great liking to you ship." He said as he looked down the building to where she had parked her craft. "Oh no!" she yelled as she saw her craft explode on the docking bay. "Looks like were going to be traveling together for a bit. Or at least until you get a new ship" Kursed dropped to her knees and the last thing she saw was her ship on fire and the extremely sore panther laughing. Than all went black.