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Chapter 12: Failed escape and evil plan
A blonde girl wearing man's clothes, and a hat was unlocking the door of a hideout, and finally breaking free from her captors. She had outsmarted the five men by knocking them out in their sleep. Finally the lock clicked open and a grin crept on the girl's face.
It was early dawn and she could finally feel the cool air touch her cheeks. It had been days being locked inside that place, and she was glad she was out of there. She started to walk through the shadows avoiding getting any unwanted attention because the last thing she wanted was that monkey man finding out she escaped.
Now more than ever Bubbles needed to get to townsville to warn her people about what she heard from monkey face and the other bandits. The whole town was in danger, and they needed to know.
1 Day ago
Bubbles was sitting down on a chair her hands and legs tied down with a rope because she had tried to escape for the thousandth time and Mojo had gotten tired of it. Even if she was isolated in a room Bubbles could still hear what her captors talked about.
"Man I'm tired of babysitting that blue eyed brat" Arturo said annoyed
"I know she just keeps trying to escape" snake said hissing
"Boss why don't we abandon her in the desert, and just blow up that puny town" Big billy asked Ace but Mojo answered this question,
"Because HIM wants to get that town isolated without much effort, and the only way is to pressure their silly mayor and grandfather ofthe blonde brat", Mojo pointed out obviously.
"Besides we don't want unwanted attention from the government, or don't you think they will notice we blew up that little town to oblivion? Mojo pointed out.
"Well you're right we don't want those annoying authorities coming here and arresting us", Billy reasoned
"Yeah and HIM, and that Fuzzy Lumpkins guy wouldn't like to get found involved in this being the business men they are" Ace reasoned.
"Yeah that's true but we already know those fools think Lex will get back the girl and that's why they aren't vacating the town",Arturo said.
"That's true but they don't know that Lex is dead so once they know they will have no other choice" Mojo said laughing.
"Wait did they said fuzzy lumpkins isn't her almost father-in law?"Bubbles thought disbelieving.
"What if the people refuse to leave the town anyways" Snake who hadn't said much asked.
"Then we will blow up the place with whoever is inside because that's what we'll do any ways doesn't matter if there's people or not" Mojo said laughing maniacally
end of flashback
Bubbles shook her head she really needed to warn everyone about this, and get help from the capital to capture those criminals. With a new found determination the blonde headed towards the train station not noticing someone observing her until it was too late .she only felt everything starting to fade as she began to slowly loss consciousness
Minutes later
Bubbles could hear Mojo's scolding voice far away. She could guess he was talking to the gang green gang.
"How could you idiots be outsmarted by a girl?"Mojo said angry.
"She knocked us out while asleep", Billy replied .
"and who sleeps in the middle of the day and with a hostage. I swear I'm surrounded by idiots", Mojo murmured.
"Hey, hey no need to offend us" Ace defended which ended up in an argument with Mojo until their bicker was interrupted by one of Mojo's men.
"Mojo", the man said panting
"What is it? Don't you see I'm busy here?" Mojo replied nodding over to Ace.
"Sorry boss but I-i s-s-saw him. He's still alive ",the man said catching his breath.
"What are talking about? and who's alive? and would you please settle down and talk right", Mojo said grumpily. The man finally took a deep breath and started to talk.
"Okay, here it is. I was walking downtown because I went to get those fresh bananas like you said boss because I always do my job and…",the man started to go off topic which made Mojo angry.
"Okay ,okay just say it already",Mojo replied annoyed.
"Okay well then I went to the post office to send a letter to Townsville, and there I saw him boss" the man said.
"who?" Ace asked.
"Lex the bounty hunter",the man said simply
"What?", Ace replied surprised.
Mojo's expectant face turned sour and then red in anger.
"Yes the lad is alive, and also that red headed girl too",the man pointed out.
"Oh god this is not good now what will we do? he probably knows the girl is here",Ace started to panic.
"Shut up! We will just have to take the brat somewhere else that's it", Mojo said
"We will have to tell HIM about this so he can take care of that nuisance" Mojo told Ace then turned towards the man.
"And you get the horses ready we need to leave this city pronto" Mojo spat and the man nodded disappearing through the door.
Bubbles ignored the rest of the conversation between her captors she was just glad Buttercup was still alive, and that meant there was still hope now she only needed to escape these men before it is too late.
No ones pov
A man wearing an elegant wine red suit and slacks of the same color was sitting in a luxurious desk in an expensive leather chair. He was surrounded by an elegant looking room where various models of trains stood in a shelf. There was also a self portrait of the man sitting in chair crossed legged with a creepy smile on his face. The sound of people's voices ,and music from downstairs could be heard all the way up this office and after all he was the owner of Megaville's most famous Saloon. The activities downstairs didn't distract the man though because he was too absorbed looking at an old map of a supposed gold mine in the middle of nowhere to pay much attention.
His concentration was lost though once a familiar angry voice could be heard just outside his office door.
"What do you mean I cant talk to him? this is important information I need to discuss" the angry man said.
"I'm sorry sir but Mr. H is currently busy, and said he couldn't talk with anyone" one of HIM's employees said.
"So? move out of the way",the man said shoving the poor employee away, and then slammed the door open rather violently.
"Oh Mojo, Hello what brought you here to visit me", the elegant bearded man said.
"Stop the formalities HIM. I need to tell you there's a change of plans",Mojo stated.
"huh?",Him said with a confused face.
"yes me and the gang are leaving along with the brat",Mojo said taking a seat.
"That idiot boy lex is alive, and apparently isn't alone" Mojo said placing his feet on HIM's desk.
"Some of my man have been observing Lex since he arrived this morning ,and found that he is with Boomer Davies and his sister Redfox, and also some other unknown guy.",Mojo said playing with his hat.
Him remained silent for a long time a million things running through his mind. Even if he never met that famous Lex in his life and according to Mojo the guy was a total pain, Him knew one thing; no one will get in the way of getting that gold not even that bounty hunter. An idea suddenly crossed the man's mind. This gave HIM the perfect opportunity to get rid of Lex ,and his friends, and also of that new sheriff sent from the capital that kept snooping around his business.
The new sheriff had arrived a month ago, and was sent from the capital to replace the old sheriff who well was too old to do his job properly anymore. This was great for HIM since the old sheriff never seemed to suspect anything about HIM's business. The old man was too busy incarcerating drunk men, looking for bandits or cattle thieves.
The new sheriff though was a complete different story. The young man couldnt be older than 25, but was smart and persevering. Ever since he first became a sheriff a month ago the jailhouse had been full to the top, and HIM even had to pay to get some of his men out of there for starting a fight. HIM could sense the new sheriff disliked him, and had suspicions of his illegal business. That's why he needed to get rid of that sheriff, and the arrival of the bounty hunter and his friends gave him the perfect opportunity. The sheriff being the man he is would go after the bounty hunter thief friends, and will be too busy to pursue after his business for a while. It was a perfect plan. Now he only needed to the sheriff's and bounty hunter's attention and had a perfect plan to do so. HIM finally decided to speak to the expectant man infront.
"Then we will give the man what he wants" Him said getting up and shoving Mojo's feet of fhis precious desk while he walked towards his window and looked outside towards the busy streets of Megaville.
"What do you mean?",Mojo asked curious.
"I said that we will let Lex know where his precious little friend is" Him said simply humming a song.
"What are you crazy? We need to leave this town, and you need to get rid of that Lex once and for all", Mojo said flabbergasted.
"Oh dear Mojo you always react before knowing",Him said turning around to look at Mojo with a grin.
"What I mean is that we will make Lex believe he has us. While you and the others leave towards the capital with the girl I will stay here and trap the heroe along with his friends with a little help of my dear friend the sheriff" Him said with a smile.
"and how will you do that? Lex is not easy to fool, and the sheriff seems to be going after you like hound dog" Mojo asked with doubt.
"Leave everything to me. Right now what you need to do is leave with the others ,and the girl towards the capital, and stay in my house over there" Him said turning around facing the window again.
"Then I guess I will be going now before evening comes" Mojo said putting on his hat ready to leave.
"And Mojo don't forget to inform me when you arrive at the capital" Him said before Mojo left shutting the door behind him.
To be continued…
Okay so here is chapter 11 finally sorry for the long wait.
This time I tried to make the chapter a little different and see what the villains are doing, but don't worry next time we will be back with Buttercup and the others.
What will Him do now that he knows Buttercup is in Megaville? We'll see in next chapter.
See ya until next chapter then.