Standing quietly to remember the time he was referring to, Ding asked, "Are you talking about me Hokey, or Goku?" "No, I'm not talking about you Ding, I meant to say that to Goku." Hokey elaborated, then cleaned up his mess in the room. "What did I do that was so wrong?" Goku addressed, making a face of ridiculous offense. "You don't remember when you bugged me about how 'I should have quit while I was still ahead' during that little conversation with those business people? Yeah, that blew off our cover, and that's how they had the robots sent after us." the taller wolf mentioned as he brought himself out of the bathroom holding something in a bunch of toilet paper. "If I recall, you were about to blow your own cover if you had went on with it, and so it was better on your reputation if I did and you didn't. Plus, those robots were fun to fight. I could have demagnetized them right then and there, but I chose to have fun while you two get away, and you two managed to pull it off with what we got from them so it was a success." Goku defended his position, trying to stand on his tip toes to see what was inside. "Well, when you put it that way, I guess we did get something accomplished, but please don't try to help when I'm in the middle of another con again, like I said to you once before, I have no intentions of working with kids who can't follow instructions." Hokey said upfront, keeping the stuff in his arms out of Goku's reach. "And I told you that no matter how the situation will play out, I'm not going to let you have full control of me. I'm not a puppet for anyone to use and I hate being treated that way. You saying that is like the equivalent of me saying, 'Oh Hokey, if we are going to agree to this, then you will have to submit your whole being to be under my whim to command.' No, I'm not asking you for being 100% compliant with everything I say, I'm saying just bear with certain things that you either have obviously lost control of at any point in time that you may not be able to find again, or give the floor to someone else that might be better in a category you don't specialize in, like fighting." Goku verbalized, looking Hokey in the eyes with determination to prove his point. "What? I'm not asking for you to be a soulless corpse to wander around with me and Ding, I'm just saying I don't want any lip like you're giving me now." the older wolf vocalized, noticing out of the corners of his eyes that this was starting to attract attention and beginning to look like an argument. "Oh, and that's not being compliant with whatever you say? Please, you try to suppress me and Ding whenever we go out in the field with you so you can have the spotlight. Why don't you teach us to do this for ourselves once you're gone or whatever-sentient-being-over-us forbids it that you pass away. That way, Ding can finally get his wish to be like his number one hero, and I can finally have fun using the tricks you would have taught me on those unwary. But noooo, it's all about how you want to make us look almost non-existent while you, the 'adult' get to have the fun out of all of this. This isn't a watch-and-learn thing, it's a hands-on thing. Something both Ding and I, your proteges, should have time to expand in." Goku argued, gradually getting more intense with each word he sent out of his mouth.
"You know what? You probably shouldn't be doing this gig anymore with Ding and I. I see you've gotten too self conscious about this and you'll need some time to yourself. As of right now, Goku boy, you're suspended from doing any little cons I have planned for a while. Cheer up though, it'll give you time to yourself, and we all know you need it." Hokey stated as he walked away after patting the teenager on his head. Though the wolf didn't look look behind him, everyone else was trying to stop the from charging at him, since his body had changed into a scary figure. "Hokey, WE ARE NOT DONE! You don't know how much you've made me mad after walking away from me without even trying to truly defend yourself, nor give me time to explain my problems. Especially when you put it upon yourself to nag everyone in this whole galaxy with your moaning and griping. Come face me like a true wolf." Goku pronounced with his demonic form making a weird echo effect with his already somewhat high pitched sounding voice. Pausing at the front of the door, Hokey turned back to see what was wanting to either chew him out for passing up on him or rip him to shreds, and everyone else pinning the demonic hedgehog from doing the latter. "Fine, since you have me there, but don't-" the older lupine was cut off by Daddy saying, "Hokey, run. This little kid you just offended so badly wants rip you into shreds like a coleslaw shredding house cat." Breathing in deeply, Hokey just sat the bundle of toilet paper on a chair and crossed his arms, raising one eyebrow and tapping his toe while mentioning, "It's fine Doggie. I've dealt with this before. How else do you think I'm still standing?" "Please, everyone, get off of me. I need to settle this because it's been eating away at me from the inside." Goku pleaded, and while his vocal chords still had the demonic effect to them, his eyes grew back to their large oval like size. Provided everyone had their fears of one of their own members taking out another, they didn't want it to happen so early, but as they slightly started to trust their friend who clearly had a bone to pick with, they climbed off of one another to let the teen stand up. Staring up at Hokey like he was looking into his soul with his black sclera and white pupils, yet his aruba iris only glowed brighter now. "What's your problem, Goku boy?" the wolf asked, still tapping his foot reading the new physique of his spiky friend. "I would love to say it's you, but then that would be too harsh and not the exact problem. What it really is, is your mentality, or better yet, your sense of morality when it comes to certain concepts. You just seemed so pig headed in times, not that being stubborn is a bad thing, it's just that when it's done for the wrong cause, it isn't good. You like to do things your way because you generally know that you have control of it that way and you don't have to adjust to anything new. But that's another thing. You don't allow yourself to adjust to the back seat, or even try to let either one of your 'students' get a grip of what we are so inspired by. Teaching us to be back up while you go do all of the fun isn't what we signed up for. Give us a try for once, and don't go 'Oh, you failed this, let's not do this ever again, boys.' because that's not how this works. You keep working at it until you've got it, just like how I did with my electric powers. I never could make a constant electrical force field around me when I was twelve, I had to build up my electricity and experience with it to become the master of lightning you see today. We don't want to be bystanders, Hokey, we want to be con men." Goku spilled out, flapping his hip wings at the end to put emphasis on the word.
"So, you want me to stand in the background and watch you two mess up these things while I could have finished it and got what we wanted? Does that sound very logical to you?" Hokey said, lowering the one eyebrow he had raised to raise the other. "When you put it that way, it seems like you don't have faith in either of us. Plus with people out there nowadays, it's not a matter of logic, mainly because people will be fooled into anything as long as you are consistent with it. The matter is how good we can be at capturing the person's interest, exploiting it, and then taking what we want from it. That is easy to understand, but since not everything appeals to everyone, that's another thing to worry about." Goku told the wolf, who used one of his arms as a rest for the other to hold up his head. "The reason why I don't want you or Ding to go make a fool of yourselves is because I couldn't bear to see either of you fail, and it's like when you see something that you are so good at, but see someone else do it in a more worse way, you just get to critiquing and then I might get you caught in the middle of the con. Con artistry is my passion, Goku boy, and it matters as much to me as you two do. Plus, if I put myself as the one to be the person to do the con, you two won't have people holding grudges and swearing revenge for you two. I care for you two, and I don't like it to see either of you in pain. That's why I suspended you from doing anything with us for a while." Hokey verbalized. "But why treat this like a job when you went into this to keep yourself out of the work life? You hate being bossed around, I know, but you also hate the way jobs have schedules, times, certain expertise, and et cetera. You even said it yourself, 'I view myself as a stunning individual first, then a partner, and then a con wolf.'. Do you view Ding and I in the same light? As equals and people first before friends, and then con men?" Goku pointed out, which got the small wolf to think to. "I went for this way of life not only because it was easy, but because it could probably be the start of something for those who were in the same unfortunate position I was when I was younger. I know it seems like I'm a little uptight at times, but that's because I'll do some things I don't want you two to follow, and there will be things that just horribly backlash beyond my control and so I have to either make a quick getaway or do what I can to fix the issue. And yes! I see you two boys as equals and people first, or else why would be going out with me when I con people? You two are some of the cutest friends I could ever have, and not in the way some people would think with a not-so-clean mind. Hooo boy, I know it may seem like I put you on blast a lot Goku boy, but that's because you're around the age of where you get the idea of making your own decisions and choices, and that is something I have to have a grasp of if we are going to make this work. You understand, right?" Hokey asked, looking at the hedgehog who was having his face meet the floor from below.
"I understand, but please, don't try doing that, because that doesn't make me trust you as much as I would. I don't want a person messing with my head, nor telling me what to do against my better judgement, or even opinionated judgement. I do my best to let you have your opinion, and you should do the same. And one final thing..." the horrifying hedgehog started to say before lifting his head to see he was on the verge of breaking. "Yes, and what would that last thing be?" Hokey questioned, his voice getting softer to accommodate for the kid's relief at this point. "Why do you keep treating both Ding and I as like we are inferior to you because of our age?" Goku wondered, looking at his clawed hand before positioning his head back up at the taller wolf. "Well, uh, heh, you see... Okay, I do that because like everyone else here on this planet around my time grew up with the fact that adults are supposed to do what they feel is best for their children and while Ding is eleven and you're sixteen, you two are still considered 'minors' by the government, so I have to treat you as that." Hokey said, but then everyone saw the orange glow and electricity around the teenager's body grow more prominent and potent. "We live off the grid. We officially have no cable, but due to me, I technically am the cable bill, the internet bill, the phone bill, the electricity bill, anything that deals with electricity, I do it there. Then we defy the government by living off the grid, and we are somewhat 'stealing' from people anyway so why stop at defying the government because me and Ding are considered 'too young' to be adults? Hell, Hokey, you would easily make it on the government's list of wanted felons for the shit you have done without me being there to help you out. We all each contribute to the con, whether we are the source, background, or bait, so don't go around lying to me about how you want to want to continue those old bullshit ass morals that you yourself probably hated when you were young. That might be why you are where you are today, because you couldn't stand your parents so you ran away. I don't know all of the details about your backstory, but I'm pretty sure that was one of the main points that led you to be the wolf you are today. I'm not another Hokey Wolf, and you aren't another Goku Cooper, so don't think I'll be comfortable with everything you say or do. You're not comfortable with everything I say or do, but that isn't the problem, your reason behind why you don't like it may be fine, but I'm not trying to control you. Just advise in some areas, and while I do say it is your choice to do whatever, when I see something is about to happen that you may not catch on because you are too busy, then that means do what I said quickly to save the mission. I'm not trying to manipulate you into not being who you are, but I'm trying to warn you that your time to fluff up stuff is actually up. Ding is a pretty mature person for his age, and so am I. You never even ask us what we really like but you want our input on what you like. No, I get it now, Hokey, you're a narcissist. Ugh, why was I so blind?" Goku worded, trying to see how Hokey would react to the accusation.
"Me, a narcissist? You must be kidding, Goku boy, because I have went out of my way for you two boys in ways you don't even know of! I went back for you all against that Andromeda creep those weeks ago because I didn't want you two going there without help from me, and while two did have everyone else to assist you two and if you all lost, there would be nothing to go back to, my first thought was to help you two out. I care for you boys like I said earlier, mainly because I'm not sure how you two would defend yourselves as someone like Huck, Doggie, Yogi, Snooper, or Quick Draw would. Even with you teaching me some rather stylish new moves Goku, I feel like I don't want any of Ding's or your's last moments be without me not trying to help save you. It would put a wound in my heart if I let you two go be ignorant and oblivious to anything the world has to rear it's ugly, ugly I tell you, UGLY head! That's why I... I feel to have the need to be like a father over you two boys. Sheesh, you got it out of me, now how do you feel?" Hokey said, putting his hands over his eyes as he thought to himself. "Hokey, I feel relieved that you finally expressed to us something you generally don't do in private, and that's how you feel about Ding and I. I'm glad it's not like you want to use us for your own plans that you would know we wouldn't feel comfortable with. I'll say I'm sorry if you will." the hedgehog proposed after taking the weight of the words, still looking more demonic as his skin and fur changed into scales in some places, and his long hair shortened into spikier and smaller quills, plus the additions of his horns and sharp eyebrows were added. He walked closer to the wolf and hugged him, sensing the light brown fur touch his now dark gray muzzle and closing his hip wings back into their trench coat like form. Moving his hands away from his face to see the teen hug him, Hokey blushed a little as he tried to pat the boy on his head, but the horns and hair seemed like an obstacle for him, so he just went on to clue Ding in on the hug, who waddled over to help, and then they completed the action. Everyone was smiling expect three people, who were none other than Harry, Quick Draw, and Ricochet. Even with the midsection Hokey had, that didn't stop them from not hugging because Hokey's tail was starting to circle Ding, and his little tail did the same to Goku, whose hip wings acted for him. "I'm sorry, boys. I guess I haven't been as straight with you as I thought." Hokey said, picking up both of the smaller ones to nuzzle them in their face. "It's alright Hokey, you were doing what you felt was the best for us, and even though your intentions was right, the way in how you sought out those intentions is where Goku, and I felt you went wrong. I didn't want to address it to you Hokey, not after that incident about the sheep, but that's because I was scared. So I told Goku about how I felt to see if he would understand me." Ding explained, and Hokey looked at him, both of their noses were touching but then he split the connection. "Don't be scared of me, Ding. It wasn't right of me to be the way I was to you two boys, so I'll start by making it up to you two first. After we get these other kids out of me, who I really don't mind much anymore." the older lupine stated, then putting the smaller wolf down, he felt something he never had before within himself.
Closing his eyes and squinting real hard, he felt a surge of electricity erupt around his body, so once he opened his eyes, he occasionally saw brown voltage flow around him. "Whoa, I didn't know you could do that, Hokey." Goku expressed, reverting out of his Fallen Angel form and brought up his own electricity to find any similarities. "Yeah, that's all you. It's not me at all. Sorry about what I brought up before." Goku said as he backed up from the wolf, who watched the electricity generate around his body like how Goku's was. "Maybe all that training you gave me rubbed off some of your abilities to me? Though I didn't think of myself as such a shocking person, before this." Hokey grinned, though Ricochet just shook his head in a left and right pattern. "Alright, alright, everyone's cooled down, but we really need to go find this doppelganger before anyone else has to go through anymore of this weird outbreak." Ricochet addressed, though that lead Baba to think of something from what the white rabbit had just mentioned. "Hey, senors, what if this all controlled just to either tamper with our emotions to get us to hate each other?" the burro suggested, thus giving everyone a reason to think for a minute on why this was happening in the first place. "If this is controlled, then that there impostor must really be someone close to us that would know how we think and react to certain situations, though with all of this confusion and other stuff like that there goin' on, it's just plum downright hard to place mah mind on who we know that can move faster than the ordinary speedster. You're here, Ricochet and Goku, and so Ah don't think Sonic would be into this type of goofin' around. Neither would Shadow or Vergil, and Silver and Bronze are out of the question. Probably that Scourge feller that Sonic has some beef with?" Huck proclaimed. "Oh, Anti-Sonic boy? Oh, that would be a sting on my pride if I got beat by him in a contest of speed and power. I whooped his ass without Sonic or Shadow's help, though that wouldn't explain how he is able know any of us if I don't converse with him on a daily basis." Goku ruled out, and so everyone kept thinking until the telephone started ringing. Walking over because of a lack of action happening, Ricochet answered the phone, saying, "Hello? Who is this?" "Ummm, help, Sheriff Ricochet! We got some of those felons you put behind bars a couple of days ago robbing the bank I'm in right now! Oh, there goes one of them running to the candy store!" the masculine voice screamed into the phone and coming out much louder on the rabbit's end. "I'll be right there to help, sir!" Ricochet finished as he hung up the phone, then looking at his deputy to signal that it was time to go. "Wait, we can help out, Ricochet!" Quick Draw brought up, though the rabbit was already kinda fed up with his morning being ruined to drama that he didn't need to be present around. "You all can stay here, though I definitely advise both Quick Draw and Harry to stay behind, because you know, you both look alike. The rest can do what you want. My only burning question is how do these scoundrels keep getting out of prison so fast?" the rabbit said, and with that Harry glared at Droop-a-long to give the idea of not telling him while they were out there.
"I'll go with you guys, since this should help ease the burden you two endure on a daily basis." Goku offered, and just after that, Daddy added with, "I'll go to, just to see how this goes out and get used to movin' around quickly. Can I use that little trick you have as well, second favorite son of mine?" "Dad, wouldn't that be overkill on your appearance? It would make you way more feared than the criminals we have to stop and we don't need anyone getting you angry so you can plan to decimate them." Goku replied, though the canine father frowned at the thought. "Son, I don't use it very often, and I have a feelin' that we'll need it at some point in the future." the older Dachshund prattled, though Augie wanted to come too, saying, "Can I also do the same? I know it's scary and all, but it'd be a good time for me to practice using the wind like that, and that buzzsaw move our house cat taught me." Watching both of the dogs pull a puppy eyed dog moment, Goku cracked under the pressure and said, "Fine, but if anyone gets shredded to pieces or their faces melted, Ricochet and Droop-a-long know who did it." Feeling the victory, the two hoorayed for themselves as Droop at everyone else, who seemed fine where they were. "I guess it's just us five then. This should be loads of fun!" Droop exclaimed in his nasally and Southwestern accent, then stepping outside just to watch Ricochet spring onto a cactus, then a rock, and then more objects as the other three stepped outside. "Whew, Ricochet must have been irritated a lot more by that argument. It really doesn't seem like his upright and sympathetic self. Maybe what you did ticked him off more than what we expected." Daddy whispered to Goku, who nodded at the insight. "I'd say it would be best if you two transformed right now so no one will know who you two are when we get there." Goku advised, and so the dogs initiated the transformation and within a second, they turned into some very terrifying beings. Their sclera had become black like Goku's once was and their iris' were like florescent lighting because like their slick skin, they were glowing a mixture of light orange and brown, or orange and green. Daddy's collar became very spiky and organic looking, while his big ears had jagged edges in them, his hair was short, but spiky, and his body didn't stop showing the humongous bulge he had for his belly, but it did change all of his teeth into canines, and hie claws became more profound, and his tail was straightened. Augie's olive green turtleneck shirt was like the main part of his skin on his torso, and it had a spiky but small collar, the wrists were like under his shirt and not at the same time, so it felt weird to the puppy, but that was where his wings lie. His lower torso and legs were light orange and his little hair grew into horns, with his ears doing the same as his father.
Stunned and not appalled by the looks of his two friends, Droop literally took off his hat while facing the opposite way the sun was at that moment to take into detail how they had changed. "Dang, that's gonna be mighty scary to the folks in the town. It should make the bad guys cower in terror though, so I guess that's a positive." he commented, so he watched as the two ran along the line of Ricochet's trail to keep it from going cold. "Hey Droop, I was wondering, about what you were thinking about when I was with Harry yesterday. Did something happen between you and Quick Draw?" Goku asked, which brought the coyote to perk his ears up before putting his hat on again. "No, nothing happened. Well, yes, as a matter of fact, something did happen yesterday. I tried to get Quick Draw to kiss me, mainly because, I like him. There haven't been many times of when I encountered the feller, but I sure did get a kick out of it when he would goof off and be silly. It's just he doesn't seem to be the person to go beyond the general morality problem. I kinda saw that already, but I wanted to see if he would prove my prediction wrong." Droop explained, sighing as he grabbed a hold of one his arms with his other hand. "Yeah, Quick Draw can be a bit, difficult at times, but for you, Droop, he'd be a good guy if you feel you like him. You're like me, we are very observing of our surroundings, something Quick Draw McGraw isn't so good at. I like him the way you do too, but I guess because of his essential way of beliefs, I kinda let him do his own thing. Keep trying until you succeed or until there is nothing you can do about it, as in he either dies, leaves this continent, or gets a restraining order against you. The best way to get to him is through Baba, though I don't using other people in that way intentionally so I just leave the horse alone. If he truly doesn't want you, he'll do something outrageous to show you how much he doesn't want to be with you in that type of way. Also, you do want me to carry you to there so you won't have to get there at the end of all these things?" Goku posed. "Oh, you're probably right since this is the first time I've told anyone this outside of Ricochet. It was a little trial and error what the two of us went through that put a little scar in our relationship as friends, but then we seem to have gotten over it. I'll keep trying, and if I can't get Quick Draw to be with me, then I'll leave Hoop n' Holler to find someone who will. The de-jure around here is that two different species can't marry under any circumstance because it offends the people who have couple from that circumstance. And sure, I'm fine with it, just don't be too rough with me." Droop accepted as the hedgehog picked the greatly taller but thinner coyote up and ran along the same way the other three did.
Meanwhile, Horseface Harry, Quick Draw, Baba, Hokey, Ding, and Huck were lounging around at the station, with Hokey, Ding, and Baba watching television, Huck and Harry were playing cards, and Quick Draw was still thinking about what happened to him and Droop the night before. Though he got up to walk outside from hearing Harry curse as Huck who was clearly beating him. Leaning on one of the pillars of the station he felt his spur poke his leg, in which he yiped. "Darn spurs! This is why I generally never like wearing spiky things." the sheriff complained as he took them off and flung them in the rocking chair behind him. "Hey, Mr. Quick Draw, I'm sorry about what happened earlier." a voice spoke to the horse, who looked up to see Droop-a-long stand right in front of him. "Oh, it's fine, Droop, just as long as you mean it and don't try to pull that again." the stallion replied, tipping his hat at the canine. "Would you like to talk about it?" Droop raised, and it got Quick Draw to look down at his hooved feet. "Sure, Droopy boy, I mean no disrespect to you, and I like you, you're a food fella. I just don't want to be rushing into an experience I've never been in, because this would be my first relationship. For all of the gals I've saved in my days on this Earth as El Kabong or just plain old me, I never went out with any one of them. I don't want to ruin it for me or you, if it's your first time too." he mentioned, looking at his gun to read how many rounds were in the chamber. "I see, well, my hat keeps the sun out of my eyes, but you get what I mean, and I get what you mean. I'm fine with it if we don't rush this, but just ease into it, so we could start off with what we like about each other, our hobbies, and then go on from there." the coyote dragged on, adjusting his belt and badge. "I'll start first, I like the fact that you're sensitive, so you can tell more about things that I cannot. You are persistent and determined to be in the position where you are with your abilities. You can be kind and careful so you aren't mean to anyone. You also have some good at being a doctor or a nurse, because you do tend to your friends or strangers that you just met without a second thought. That's about it for me." Quick Draw stated, and so Droop took some seconds to let the words sink in. "Okay, and you're courageous for going out into danger without having a plan. You are clumsy, but in a good way, because then I am that way too. You are accepting because you can take some information in and not be phased by it. You are honest and loyal to those you care for. You're also funny for whenever you go into your kiddy fits." Droop laughed as he ended, making Quick Draw say, "I do not act like that!" in his upfront and somewhat goofy voice. "See, this is making you feel more better, isn't it?" Droop submitted, in which Quick Draw replied to him with, "Sure, except for the kiddy fitting part. I'll tell you about my hobbies once I sit down." Walking over to the chair closest to him, Quick Draw started to sit, only for the spurs to nip him this time in his bosom. "YEEOUCH!" he yelled as he held his butt and Droop walked over to place the spurs on the ground away from Quick Draw. "Are you okay out there, Senor Queekstraw?" Baba asked, and the horse in question told him, "I'm fine, Baba boy. Just those spurs I don't like wearing. I need to get me some softer ones." "Like I said, funny and clumsy in a good way. Now what were your hobbies?" Droop-a-long posed, leaning on the pillar the horse was previously leaning on. "I like being a sheriff, because it lets me follow my dreams of being the best cowboy sheriff there ever was. It's a childhood dream of mine. Then I like being able to sing and play my guitar, because I've wanted to be a Western singer. Hmm... That's about it for my hobbies. What are yours, Droopy boy?" Quick Draw wondered out loud, which the stallion didn't noticed it, but Droop was starting to sweat from not knowing what his hobbies were.
"Um, my hobbies are watching romance movies, listening to Western and Country music, learning... new recipes for me to use, and baby sitting." the tall canine mentioned, and made a big grin to show his calmness in the situation. "Oh! I now just thought of something, weren't you, Ricochet, and the others supposed to go stop those varmints up in Hoop n' Holler?" Quick Draw recalled, which brought Droop-a-long even further into sweating. "Uh, I came back because I told them I needed to talk to you first, now I have to go. We'll bring this up again, okay, Mr. Quick Draw?" the coyote inquired, and as he was leaving towards the town, Quick Draw waved back at him. Maybe this relationship thing isn't so bad after all. For now, I'll go inside and see how bad Harry's losing to Huck in cards. I wonder if they're playing poker, spades, or gin rummy? Quick Draw thought to himself as he entered the station, this time with his spurs in his hands and not attached to his body. At the bank, six criminals that Ricochet has faced in his past were robbing the bank of it's capitol and one candy store of it's goods. "Where's all of the civilians? Wouldn't they be hiding in fear or running for their lives now?" Ricochet asked, confused about the scene as the last of the group came halting their speed. "It's probably just the bad guys using them as hostages or something. Although I wouldn't worry about it because we're here to clean the mess they made." Droop punned, inching his way out of Goku's arms as he met with the ground once again. "Well, whatever it is, it shouldn't be any match for us." Ricochet uplifted, searching the grounds for any familiar faces. "Buenos dias, Ricochet Rabbit. It has been a while since we last met." a gruff and low voice erupted from behind a big money bag then it swerved to reveal the person. "A.T. Sam Jose?" the rabbit sheriff gasped, surprised the buff fellow wasn't locked up in the coop anymore. "He's not the only guy you ruined." another person said, and then they started to come out of the waterworks with their weapons drawn. "Uh oh, it's also the Pappy and Sonny Tumbleweed, Bullet Bullard, Slowpoke Salone, and Mr. Ricochet?" Droop yipped, being shot by a bullet that didn't pierce, but instead imploded on him. "Damn... no rest for any of us. That did look like it hurt, Droop." Goku acknowledged, watching the coyote cough and sweep the smoke away with his hand, letting out, "Ooooh, this just isn't my type of day. Oww..." "Hey! I won't let you do that to my friend, and neither will my other friends tolerate it. Just come along quietly and then no one will get hurt." Ricochet warned, with his hands hanging over his pistols as Augie and Daddy finally showed themselves.
"AHHHHHHHH! What even are you two?" the other Ricochet Rabbit screamed, releasing his gun and lowering his ears in fear of the two he was talking to. "Eh, nevermind them, 'Ricochet', we gotta take this money and run for it!" Slowpoke said, who seemingly had gotten his enhanced speed that not only rivaled Ricochet's, but to a degree surpassed it as well. "Let's just shoot them and get this hold up over with. Come on, Sonny! Start blastin'!" Pappy barked, and so the group of felon started their relentless assault of bullets flying everywhere. "Uh oh, guys, that other Ricochet is really a criminal named the Half Pint Kid. I wish he didn't like to ruin my reputation, but when you're well known and all of that jazz, you get some mighty bothersome fans." Ricochet joked as he and Droop dived for cover, while Augie flew into the sky and Daddy just walked toward them. Goku also ran forward to snatch the money from the Ricochet fake, but Salone beat him to it, them giving the hedgehog to chase after him for the money. "Welp, I guess it's us four for now. I'll use one of my Ricochet Revolvers to get the drop on one of those crooks." Ricochet commented as he began to take aim, and when he had the chance, to fire his special bullet. It zipped past the field until floating in front of Sonny from behind, and it opened it's hatch to reveal a ranger's badge like he had before. "Duh, that's something I haven't seen in the longest." he reminisced, taking his eyes off the battle and dropping his gun to look at it. "Dang nab those Ricochet Rabbit bullets! Keep your eyes on the prize, son! You don't want for me to disappoint your grandpappy, do you?" the father bellowed, as Bullet Bullard rushed Doggie. "I don't care what you look like, all I know is that you'll be in the dirt before I have to worry about you." the brute said as he lunged for a right hook, but something was stopping his action from completing. "You're strong, Bullard, but I think it's time for you to take a dirt nap." Daddy one lined, picking up the big bruiser and spinning him around with one hand before throwing him into the hard ground. "Oof, That's pretty funny, coming from a freak of nature that's about to return to where it came from!" he retorted, smacking the dog away from him. Flying a little more farther than he expected from the hit, the dog yawned as he warmed himself up. Above in the sky, Augie was distracting the others with his wind that proved to be very bothersome, so Ricochet and Droop could have a better chance to aim their shots. "Aw, dang." was all Ricochet heard Droop say before looking at him. "What's the matter, Droop?" the rabbit asked, who then saw that the coyote's gun chamber was bent down. "Aw, not again." Ricochet blurted out before the two blew up.
"You see, Droop, this is what happens when you clean our guns your way and not do it the way it's supposed to be done. You get defective weapons that blow up on you in the middle of a gunfight." Ricochet nagged. "I'm awfully sorry, Mr. Ping, Ping, Piiiing, Ricochet. It's just a habit and part of my chores you assigned to me as deputy." Droop-a-long apologized, relying on Ricochet to use his guns to take down the criminals. After shooting some explosive rounds, Ricochet decided it was time to surprise them with another special bullet of his. Watching it pop out of the chamber, the bullet flew and opened it's top to shoot out a lasso to tie up the father and son duo. "Oh, NOT AGAIN! I hate having to go to jail again, especially when I did nothing wrong!" the father wailed out in anger, causing the sheriff to respond with, "Well, the thing you got wrong was thinking of being a criminal in the first place!" Seeing it as his opportunity to swoop in, the puppy flew down towards the nervous impostor of Ricochet and lifted him up from the ground. "Oh, someone please help me! I would definitely take hunting season for all rabbits over this!" the Half Pint Kid squealed in discomfort, though the younger demonic dog had a firm grip on the felon. "Alright, you stop your no good deeds right now or else I'll give you a pleasure so uncomfortable, you'll want to go back to jail as if you wet you pants!" Augie threatened, and though his voice was too cute and high for the effect of his transformation to truly scare anyone, he already had the man in his control once he was looked at. "Sure, I'll do anything! Just please don't drop me and don't end me!" he pleaded. The pup stared below as he saw his still gravid father rough it out with the biggest of the group, Bullet Bullard. Clenching each other's fists, as they were their teeth, the bad guy picked up the older canine off the ground and flung him around like a stuffed doll. "Whooooa! Someone get this big malcontent off of me!" the Dachshund called out, but he was truly just toying with the much bigger and taller man. Finding the floor underneath his feet, he stood his ground and repeated what the human did back to him. "Ah, ah, Ahhhh!" Bullard yelled as he was sent flying into the giant safe they stole the money from and slammed into it front first. "The lesson for today is this; don't do crime, fellas. Heh heh. It never pays. Heh, heh, heh." the Dachshund ended on that note as he dusted his hands off and watched Augie drop the villain from a safe height for his fall. "Now all we need left is Slowpoke Salone. Where is that Goku when you need him?" Ricochet brought up, which was until he finished tying up the captured crew that the person in question would show up with Salone and the money they had stolen.
"Here is the last of the one's at the bank." Goku mentioned as he allowed Ricochet to take the escapee from out of his hands. "Good job, everyone." Ricochet commented, which Daddy Doggie and Augie reverted out of their form because it was still new to them. "I have to say, and if I say so courageously, Goku, do you know about any weird things that come with being a half-demon half dog person now?" Dad wondered, rubbing his tummy. "Um, like, what do you mean?" Goku asked back for his adopted father to reply with, "I, um, am hearing voices in my head. Many voices." "Oh, those are the thoughts of your unborn children that have a mental connection with whoever they are inside. Generally, they'll think around jr. high school age at this point, and you might want to talk to them, verbally. For some reason, it's only a one-way." Goku speculated. "Wait, Dad can talk to them?" Augie wondered, poking his father's stomach where the bumps arose. "Not exactly, little bro. We all can talk to them, but Dad is the only one they can talk to. I guess maybe it was some form of communication back when the demons of my universe were still in the dark ages of their own. What are they telling you, Dad?" Goku questioned, rubbing the canine's enlarged abdomen with his gloved hands. "Uh, lemme see now. They are wanting to know what the environment is like, because it feels like something they would be accustomed to. Whatever that means, anyway." the father answered, which led the hedgehog foster son to say, "Yeah, like I said, they are developed as smart and then they only get smarter, like me! I will tell you now the best way to avoid havoc with any devil like offspring is really, uh, to end them. I'm not saying now, but once this is all over, and I know this is way past your comfort zone, but it's a thing I know you won't fond of. Trust me, I know how much mischief I caused my father when I was only an infant." "Oh, do you now, son? What happened to you not rememberin' anything at all about that old man of yours?" the parent said in a cautious but concerned tone. "When I left again, my grandfather helped me restore my memories, albeit through an unsettling process, but the goal was achieved, and now I remember everything now. I'm lucky those memories didn't get destroyed or something like that, or else I would feel a little more incomplete than I do now. Can I start to hug you more, Dad?" the teen asked, who didn't wait for an response and grabbed the dog anyways. "Heh heh, I'm lucky to have that stuff you gave me, or otherwise I would've been a popped balloon, heh heh!" Daddy joked as he felt the boy loosening his grip to make it easier to bear.
"Hey, what about that one other person? Weren't they spotted in the candy store across the road?" Droop worried, and that brought Ricochet to turn towards the store, which had a person running out of there with a huge spiral lollipop in his mouth and a bag of candy and some money flying out of it. "That's right! We forgot all about that one. It's over Cactus Kid, your partners in crime will doing their time, and so will you!" the rabbit said, blasting his gun with another of his special bullets. This time, the circled around the thief multiple times to make him dizzy, and then flew right into his butt to self destruct. Walking through the heavy cloud of smoke, the sheriff found the criminal still standing and dazed, so he pinched his outfit with one of his hands to keep him still as the other hand balled up unto a fist to knock the guy unconscious. "That wasn't so gentlemanly, Mr. Ricochet." Droop remarked, carrying the rest of the goons in the lasso that Ricochet tied them up in. "Well, I'm not going to take any chances for him to pull a fast one on us. Besides, our work here is done, fellas. Let's go back to the station after we throw these bad boys in jail so we can construct a plan to nab this pest of a problem we have on our hands." Ricochet ordered, and so they all ran with the villains to the nearest jailhouse they could find, and it was then that they noticed Droop was still at the scene, lugging them. "Heh heh, forgive me, Droop. I forgot you aren't as fast or reflexive enough to keep up with my speed." the rabbit observed, carrying the group for him as Goku offered to let him hitch a ride once again. "That's the second time you asked. Are you going to charge me for fare this time?" Droop joked, making the hedgehog roll his eyes and pick him up to sprint off with the others. "You know, I could still teach you how to properly do a Triangle Jump if you want me to." Goku proposed, catching up with the others as Ricochet was bouncing off of any object he could see that would help him get to his destination. "You mean it?! I could be like Mr. Ping, Ping, Piiiing, Ricochet Rabbit if you taught me? Springing from one thing to another zipping all around the place?" the coyote exclaimed, showing his happiness and desire through his face and tone. "Sure, it's something I had to do a long time ago, but that was before I could run up and all over solid objects without falling back to the ground. Now, I do just that, I run on any surface that I can physically touch with my body. It won't cost you a dime." the boy told the adult, who was gleaming with joy. "Oooowe, Now I'll get to be like Mr. Ricochet! I always admired his charm and stunning speed." he uttered, hugging the teen as he was running, so his view was covered the coyote's pink fur. "Droop, I can't see!" Goku yelled ad the two crashed into some structure. "Oh, I'm sorry, little critter. I got so overjoyed, that I forgot we weren't exactly still in one place." the coyote apologized as he rubbed his head, and his back, then his muzzle.
"Here we are, boys. The place where all baddies end up at. The clink, slammer, facility, prison, call it whatever you want, but know that you all will get reacquainted to this place of justice and containment of villainy." Ricochet mouthed off before slinging them into the criminal deposit hatch like one would be seen at a library. "That's awkwardly convenient of them to make that for criminals to be put into." Augie commented, looking at the exterior of it as his father tapped him on the shoulder to tell him it was time to go. "I wonder what the other boys are up to?" Ricochet expressed, then yelling his famous line as he and the other four began returning to the station with their fast speeds. On the way there, Ricochet began criticizing the work he had just done so far for today, and so it brought him down to a few topics. Maybe Droop-a-long was right. I might've been too harsh to those no good crooks. Though if I wasn't, then someone surely could've gotten hurt. The real goal we made today was that no one was hurt, and the stolen goods are back where they belong. Now, that I finished that category, I'll move on to how everyone fared. Doggie Daddy kept his cool, Augie mainly stayed out of harm's way, Droop had no way of helping out with the way in how he keeps washing those guns instead of using a cloth, and Goku, eh, what's the use of evaluating something when you don't even know what happened in that spot, me? Ugh, it's like that boy is always trying to compete with me over something. Oh! We're back at the station, so I guess I should stop for now. Ricochet thought as he saw the building getting closer to him. "All right, is everyone here?" he addressed, looking back to see that the other four were behind him every second of the run. "Oooh, is it going to be great when I show Mr. Ricochet that I can move like him!" Droop whispered out in a very noisy sense, jumping out of the hedgehog's arms and hopping around for his lessons. "Hey, Ricochet, Droop and I will stay out here for a little, since it's still some hours left before it's eleven o'clock. He's been bugging me to do something for him." Goku filled the rabbit in, who replied with, "Okay, just let me know when anything goes haywire, alright?" The two nodded and so the coast was clear for them to begin their training. "Alright, listen here, Droop. The first thing you have to do is take off your hat, so you can get the hang of this without either losing it or having it become a problem."Goku told his coyote friend, who said, "But you know my stance on seeing out in the morning time without my hat. Plus wouldn't that make it harder to adapt to when I have my hat on?" "Not necessarily, what it would do is get your body ready to take on a new added force for it to compensate with. So that way your body will get used to dealing with new situations you haven't been put through at all." Goku elaborated, and watching the tall coyote sigh and take off his beloved hat, he did feel a little bad for saying what he said earlier.
"Okay, the next this is that you need to train yourself on jumping, not only high, but fast, like this." the teen vocalized, jumping up into the air about ten feet before coming back down. "That's how you would do it, because my general way has me curl into a ball as I jump sometimes. It's a good defense tactic that any hedgehog would do when they are provoked. The curling up, that is." he enlightened, now watching the coyote bend his knees to get a good takeoff before hopping a little over 8 feet, mainly because his height took care of that. "Ohhhh, I just can't get as high as you can? Are you making yourself lighter?" Droop asked as he continued hopping up and down until he had to take a breather. "No, I'm currently using my original weight. Just loosen up your legs by popping them. don't dislocate them, but do it to where you don't have bendy knees all of the time. That stuff does serious damage to one's legs, you know." the younger one said as he helped the coyote loosen the pressure put onto his legs. "Ooh!...OW!" Droop cried as his bent ears became straight whenever he felt pain and his eyes closed themselves. "Sorry if that hurt way more than it should, Droop. Though just wait a little before standing up." Goku advised as he also sat down with the older male. Just at that moment Quick Draw came rushing out of the station, to stand behind the two as they shifted their heads towards the horse sheriff. "Droopy boy! You're back! It's been boring here with out you, though Baba kept me company while you were gone. How'd it go, and hey, Goku." he mentioned as he locked the coyote in a hug around the neck, which was causing a little more pain to the fellow's spine. "Oh, it went fine, Mr. Quick Draw. We nabbed the nasty critters down there and dropped them off at the nearest jail. Shucks, I also can't help but notice, but why are you so friendly to me now?" the coyote asked, feeling the horse give him a hoof noogie on his head and pink hair. "Don't play stupid with me, Droop-a-long Coyote, you know we're friends and I like you." the equine stated, pulling the younger male into his reach. "I clearly see this is going to subside this whole session, so I'll leave you two boys to settle things while I go inside and see what's on television. I wonder if they got the new Justice League movie on or something." Goku pointed out as he made his signature salute and went off back inside. "What do you mean, Mr. Quick Draw? Are you really going back on what you told me earlier?" Droop asked, confused by the sudden changed in the horse actions and tone.
"Nope! I'm sticking to my word just like any honest and generous person would do." Quick Draw happily replied, which soon didn't give him the reaction he'd wanted from the coyote. "Then I suppose I'll just mosey on inside and get Goku to come back outside. You can watch if you want." the saddened younger male suggested, then did just that to show he wasn't fooling around. "But Droopy boy! You never told me your age, birthday, favorite food, nor your favorite color!" the cowboy yelled to the other cowboy, who rested his arm on the pillar and said, "My birthday is uh, August the eleventh, 1979, so I'll be thirty-seven this year. My favorite food is uh, well I don't have a favorite food actually. As long as it's tasty and feels good to my taste buds, then I like it. Then my favorite color is pale rose. Now it's time for me to get back to my little plan." he chuckled as he strode inside and eventually walked out with the teenager in his arms this time. "NOOOOO! I want to finish the part I was on! I don't get much time to relax nowadays. Don't be stingy, Droop." the hedgehog sputtered as he was carried away from the station and out in the front. "Don't worry your hairy head, little feller, you'll get another chance sometime, and you offered me this, so that's your fault you didn't get to see it, not mine." the coyote remarked, laughing at the younger boy pouting from not getting enough of what he walked back in for. "Ugh. So you want to continue? I mean, like you seem fine with your legs being fully straight. This training process won't make it to where you have to stand straight forever, it's just to give your body a new experience it would need to reach it's potential." the small instructor said, watching Droop exercise his legs. "That's a relief, because I like my bent knees. It makes me feel like I don't have to be alert all of the time and helps me relax." Droop declared. Now ready to retry the first exercise, Droop jumped along with Goku, trying to sync his jumping with the other's first before going crazy with it. Quick Draw watched from the rocking chair about how they were practicing something about jumping from what he could tell. Leaping repeatedly until Droop started to get higher and higher with each jump, until he began to overlap Goku's jump height with his own. "You're doing great, man! Just keep going until you feel you have the hang of it." Goku applauded and with that, Droop just stopped, still standing straight.
"Oh, you're that confident, huh? Well it take being naive sometimes to break your own limits. Now try heaping to your sides. It doesn't matter if you leap largely or small or zig-zag, just sidestep until it's almost natural. You're building muscle memory for you body so it can make ricocheting possible." the hedgehog established, hopping left and right of his vicinity so the pupil could get a jist of what to do. Imitating the hedgehog's movements for sidestepping, Droop first started off with hopping left and right until it started to tire him out. "It's easier than you would expect. It's like thinking about appearing where you want to be next. Just narrow the distance until you've excelled at it, and then move into a bigger radius with it." Goku instructed, starting to afterimage from his constant moving. "Am I suppose to start making copies of myself like you are?" Droop-a-long asked as he stopped to try and keep his eyes on the real Goku. "Oh! No, you want to make it where you start to go so fast you blur, not afterimage. That's only if you want to confuse your opponents or well, it's a variation of using the blur effect. A slower version than making your whole figure blur completely." Goku answered, speeding himself up to the point where his body wasn't even outlined properly anymore. "I think I'll just stick to the little extra mes and be done with it." the coyote commented, and so the teen slowed down to the afterimageing state again. Concentrating all of his focus into moving left and right in various angles, Droop closed his eyes as he kept hopping around, faster and faster did his feet touch and leave the ground. "That's it, Droop! Now you're starting to create one copy of yourself. Try to make at least five more." the younger of the two cheered, and so Droop opened his eyes to look at his clones look back at him before shaking their heads and turning the way he was facing. "Hey! I'm doing it!" Droop exclaimed, happily watching his movement and agility starting to improve with each copy he had with him. "Now that you know those two things, the final part has come. Use both the increased jumping and sidestepping skills you have to find any solid object to ricochet off of. I would suggest on teaching you how to remain on those objects and defy gravity, but you may not be someone that wants to be like a ninja that badly." Goku stated, and Droop stopped his sidestepping. "I'd like to learn that too. Don't go deciding what you think I would and wouldn't want, because then it would be something that I can do to help catch criminals." he replied, and so the kid started to flex his fingers, then said, "Alright, but you'll need to ricochet in order to use it. So start ricocheting!"
Putting on his hat this time, the coyote gave the teenager a thumbs up and jumped off and onto on of the pillars of the station, then bounced onto the ground to hop into the air and land on the underside of a cliff next to the station, then leaped towards a cactus, and then he repeated the actions until he was satisfied. "Well, it seems you were able to adjust your position of landing before this, but I believe that's because you've been trying this before. If you have the hang of that, then jump onto an object at an angle that seems stupid to try regularly." Goku advised, jumping towards the cliff's underside, then he looked at Droop upside down while crouching. "Ooooh, that might be a little bit too dangerous for me, little feller." the coyote said with a feeling of nervousness. "Come on, Droop! You can do it! It's not the easiest thing in the world, but it's very fun and useful sticking to places like a frog or insect!" he yelled from the seemingly improbable position he was in, and so the coyote breathed in deeply before leaping onto the the cliff's underside with Goku. "Now concentrate your body onto the cliff, making it your new floor to walk on. In other words, just focus on thinking that the cliff is your ground, and then you'll be suspended on here for as long as you want to or that you allow yourself is a better way of saying it." the hedgehog specified, watching the coyote try his hardest not to jump off onto another surface. Crouching like how he would generally stand, Droop took small steps before evolving into running around on the underside, celebrating his success at obtaining his goal. "That's all I have to teach you in this set of lessons, and you have what you wanted, Droop. I'm getting off now." Goku informed the other as he fell off of the cliff to only make the air his surface to dash away from the jagged ground underneath it. "Hold on, little critter! I'm coming too!" the coyote bellowed as he leaped from the underside to the cactus, in which he landed on his feet and the spikes punctured his toes. "Ow! Ouch! Ooooh, maybe this wasn't a good thing to land on without quickly moving off." Droop mentioned to himself as he rolled onto the ground, holding one of his feet at a time. "That's why I wear shoes, to avoid having that happen to me. Will you make it, big guy?" Goku asked, concerned for his friend's feet. "I'll be fine, let's go back inside, so Mr. Quick Draw can stop leaving his jaw open and I can show Ricochet what I just learned." the coyote told his pal, and so they walked up to the porch of the station before Goku stopped himself about something. "Droop, I know how you don't exactly have the best of weapons at your disposal, especially after seeing how your pistol generally produces duds like a popular high schooler gets F's for their report cards, progress reports, whatever they are called. I've been meaning to give this thing to you that I have to go get, not only because we're friends, but because... I like you." Goku said as he had a hard time admitting it, until the older male hugged the kid, wagging his medium long pink tail happily. "Aw, you're a kind and generous little feller, aren't you? Well, you do have qualities I like, so I can work something out. I'm just happy you are being honest and wholehearted with me." Droop stated, though Goku was feeling happy at first, but his smile turned upside down at the scowl Quick Draw was making towards him. "Uh, Droop, I better go. Now." he said, and so the taller of the two let him go so he could go get the gift he was intending to give. Pulling out the Chaos Emerald, he used Chaos Control and vanished from sight, so Droop just was about to wander on in when he saw Quick Draw inhaling and exhaling very very heavily.
"Oh, Mr. Quick Draw, you're not looking so cool. Maybe you need me to make some lemonade for you?" he suggested as the horse stood up and grabbed him by his fur saying, "What was that for, Droop-a-long?! Are you trying to play with my feelings?" Still having the hat cover his eyes, Droop looked as if he had no emotion when he said, "But Mr. Quick Draw, I wasn't doing anything wrong. You said you weren't going back on your word, so I'll abide by that." "That makes no sense at all, and so far, you're starting to make me wonder if you really like me or not." the sheriff prattled, continuing to hold the coyote by his fur. "I really do like you in that kinda way, Mr. Quick Draw, it's just that like you told me earlier, you were sticking to your word." the deputy plainly expressed, and so Quick Draw put the younger male down to clam himself, his bushy and unkempt tail hair swishing around as he tapped his hoof on the flooring. "Alright, Droopy boy, I'll give you one last straw to keep, but if that one breaks, then we're through, you understand?" he posed, watching the coyote bob his head up and down. "Now that we have that clear, I'll accept that offer on the lemonade, please. I swallowed a tumbleweed while you were doing all of that ninja stuff." the horse grinned as he finished, which made the coyote uncomfortable to see that from under his hat. "I'm on it, Mr. Quick Draw." the coyote responded as waddled inside with his usual slow and bent stride. Within seconds, Goku appeared again with something in his arms, begging Quick Draw to ask him what they were. "What is that you have in your hands, Goku? That gift for Droop?" he inquired, causing the hedgehog to answer it with, "Oh, they're sub machine guns. I found these in a factory while I had to save my world from demonic forces planning to envelop the Mortal Plane again. These should be the perfect gift to give someone like Droop!" Eyeing the boy walk inside with the guns hiding behind his back Quick Draw was wondering if Droop was being truthful to him or not when he said they should try being a thing. Some minutes later, Goku was still facing the same direction as he went in coming out along with Droop holding a glass of lemonade for Quick Draw. "Here you go. I made it extra sweet, since I have never met anyone that likes bitter lemonade." Droop joked, and Quick Draw carefully took the glass from the other's hands, saying, "Thank you. Sorry about before. I just didn't want to be feeling rejected." Paying no attention to the sheriff after handing him the drink, Droop walked out to where Goku was standing, and so the hedgehog was dancing to a beat Droop was unfamiliar with.
"Since you are a good friend and all, I decided to give you this as a present from me, an no, it's not an early birthday present." Goku mentioned as he brought the sub machine guns into the coyote's eyesight. "Oh, those are for me? Thank you, Goku. Uh, what are they?" the older male asked as he scratched his side, though once he watched the teen hold them and aim to the side, he caught on. "They're sub machine guns. One of the best portable fully automatic weapons one could ask for in the job of upholding the law. They are rapid fire, consecutive, and they shoot magic bullets that don't need to be reloaded, at all! Though if you want these to shoot the type of explosive rounds like the ones I've seen in this world, you'll have to customize it to do so. Until then, they are deadly, very accurate, and make short work of people. All you have to do is hold down the trigger to keep the bullets coming, and let go to stop. I know they are black and not silver, but they are also newer than your type of guns. Just be careful with those until you get them customized with the explosive feature because they pierce flesh and make people bleed, or die, whichever one you choose. I like these weapons, but now I want to give them to someone who needs them more. You." he finished, viewing the coyote take the firearms and inspect them, he then said, "You can shoot me in the head to see how powerful they are." Surprised the boy would even suggest such a disgusting offer, Droop only stated, "That wouldn't be right, Goku. We have a target practice right behind the station and we can-" before the kid put his index finger on one of Droop's and aimed at he head, only for a bullet to appear and pop him. "See, it's not that bad. I didn't want to argue on it, so I decided to to do it anyway. No, I'm not dead, it's just that I have a hole in my head that'll reform in some seconds. It comes with being a demi-demon thing I have." Goku assured, watching the blood drip down into his eyes and feeling a little drafty until his hole sealed up. "That's something I recommend you not to do again little feller, it could get me arrested for shooting a minor." Droop warned, and so Goku only sighed and said, "Fine, though there may be a time when you have to do it, so at least be desensitized when it comes, okay? I don't want you hesitating to end the life of another because you felt it was somewhat morally wrong. It's worse when they didn't have a life yet, believe me." Goku referenced, recalling what happened the day before. "Well, thank you for the gifts and I'll take good care of them, is that alright with you?" the coyote asked, and with the hedgehog's agreement, they walked back inside.
Quick Draw, who watched and heard it all, was still chilling with his drink until he saw Droop-a-long come back outside, and looking at him. "So Mr. Quick Draw, would you like to follow me to a place I like? I feel it would be something you appreciate, sir." the coyote offered, and so the sheriff got up out of his chair like the ball of a gut he had didn't phase him in the slightest. "Is this going to be like a date?! Why, I'd be downright loco not to say yes!" he exclaimed, allowing the coyote to lead the way. "It's going to be a little dark at first, but once we get to the spot I'm talking about, you're going to love it for the first place of our date, Mr. Quick Draw!" Droop commented, strutting away from the station slow enough for Quick Draw to be right on his tail, literally. "Ow, that hurts, Mr. Quick Draw." he mentioned, as Quick Draw slowed down to say, "My apologies, Droopy boy!" Back inside of the station, Ricochet had a plan to get rid of this impostor bothering them so far. "Gather around, everyone, we need to stop this creep from continuing his lowdown, dirty schemes of what he's been doing so far. We need to keep Droop-a-long protected as much as we can, though we need a group to take out the impostor. From what we know so far, they are fast, they are smart, and they are strong."