Chapter 4: The Return of the Wet Bandits
It was early in the morning. A peaceful and quiet morning for Blaze who happily slept on Ericha's bed.
Meanwhile, the Hames family were getting ready to go out for the day. Tristan, Jesselyn, Shelly, and Geoff were at the door waiting for Ericha who was in the bathroom brushing her hair.
"Would you hurry up Ericha!" Jesselyn yelled.
"I'm coming!" She shouted back as Ericha did one last check on her face in the mirror and darted out of the bathroom.
"Took ya long enough," Tristan said as Ericha grabbed her backpack.
"Where's Blaze?" Geoff asked.
"Blaze is alright," Ericha answered. "He's sleeping in my room."
"Are you sure it okay to leave him here dear?" Shelly asked Geoff looking really worried. "I mean I'm hoping that the food I packed for him won't make him sick."
"Don't worry honey," Geoff replied calmly. "I'm going to lock the door so that he won't wander out."
"Come on let go!" Tristan said impatient as he ran out the door, Ericha and Jesselyn followed as the three were running down the stairs like a pack of hyenas.
"Hold on guys!" Shelly called out as tried to go down the stairs without dropping her bag. Geoff snickered as he locked up the door.
'This is perfect," Geoff mumbled to himself, 'Once we leave that dog alone, he'll show his true self and destroy the whole apartment, Just like in the Lady and the Tramp with those Siamese cats.'
"Honey!" Geoff's thoughts interrupted by her wife's voice.
"Coming sweetie!" Geoff called back as he quickly ran down the stairs.
Blaze slowly awoken from Geoff's footsteps outside the apartment room, and let out a huge yawn. He lazily rolled over on his side, without realizing that he was on the edge of the bed.
THUD!
"Ow!" Blaze groaned as he rubbed his head. "Good morning Ericha."
"..."
When he heard nobody answering him. Blaze walked out of Ericha's room and into the hallway. "Ericha! Tristan! Jesselyn! Anyone!?"
"..."
After a minute of silent, Blaze went into the kitchen/living room to find the place empty. "Where did everyone go?"
Blaze noticed a piece of paper on the kitchen table. He pushed one of the chairs slightly out of the table and jumped on the chair and then on the table.
"Okay," Blaze picked up the paper and began to read it:
Dear Blaze,
Sorry to keep you alone, but the kids have to go to school and we both have some errands to run. Don't worry will be back this afternoon, I put two bowls of chicken in the fridge that you Mizella like, I hope you have a good day.
Sincerely, Shelly
After he finished reading the note, Blaze understood what was going on. He felt like he's was back as his world were he attended to Cimabue training school. He didn't have that many friend there due to his species, but he didn't get bullied too much by the other kids.
Blaze made a big leap off the table and landed on the couch upside down, "Okay, that was not the smartest move."
As he flopped on the couch by falling forward, Blaze noticed something sticking out from under the couch. Curious, he grabbed it by the mouth and pulled it out easily to reveal a remote.
"Hm, what does this thing do?" Blaze asked himself. He pushed one of the buttons on the remotes causing the television behind him to turn on.
"AHHH!"
Blaze jumped when he heard a girl screaming and then a chainsaw engine roaring in the television. Blaze eyes widen as he saw something on the television that was making a gruesome noise.
"Ew!" Blaze gagged as he immediately pressed another button changing the channel. The television showed a certain yellow sponge and a jellyfish dancing to music.
The music began to make Blaze's feet start tapping to beat, and after a couple of minutes of tapping the Houndour started dancing like the two in the television. While he was dancing he accidentally steps on the button causing the television to change into another channel.
This time it showed two girls facing off a weird looking man with white hair. One of the girls had brown short hair wearing a black outfit and the second one had long dark blue hair and wore a white dress.
Black Thunder!
White Thunder!
Blaze watched in silent as black and white lighting came down and struck the two. Blaze covered his eyes hoping that the two were okay, but when he opened his eyes Blaze amazed as the two girls were glowing.
"We sap out the darkness and summon the light!"
"We will bound together and set what's right!"
"Precure Double Twister!" The two shouted as they blasted their color lighting at the man who blocked it with his hands.
"There are only two option!" The weird looking guy yelled trying to push back the beam. "You either win or you lose! Since you are going to lose anyway I suggest you give me the crystal!"
"I don't think I heard the magic words," The short hair girl replied.
"You and your people think you can come to our world and have your way?" The blue haired girl shouted. "I swear you will not get away with this!"
The man just scowled at their remark. "Foolish girls. You'll eventually be sucked down into the darkness."
"Listen, we may not match you with size or strength," The blue hair girl replied. "But we're fighting for the greater good, understand and respect each other. Cure Black and I are going to stop you right here and now!"
Blaze watch in awed as the man in the television disappeared into thin air by the black and white lighting beam. He didn't know what show it was called, and he didn't know much about the characters or what was going on, but that didn't stop him from being amazed by the two girls.
"I wish I could be like those two," Blaze said fantasizing himself fighting a monster. "Saving everyone from the darkness…Ironic how a Dark Type monster like me could do something like that…"
Once the show was finished, Blaze turned off the television and went to the kitchen for a snack. He climbed on the counter and did another leap grabbing the handle by the mouth and opened the refrigerator. He then let go and fell on the floor landing on his feet. He walked up to the opened refrigerate, staring at the contents.
"According to the note they sent me," Blaze said to himself. "The bowl of chicken is somewhere in this fridge."
He looked up to find the bowl of chicken in the second shelf. Blaze sighed in defeat as he used the first shelf as a footstool so he could grab the second shelf. Blaze was able to reach the bowl and was trying to grab the rim of the bowl with his mouth, however, he only tips it causing the bowl to fall.
"Whoa!"
THUD!
"Ow!" Blaze groaned as he sat up after falling off the second shelf of the fridge. He noticed that he had some chicken grease on his face and lick it clean. "Mmm! Fried chicken."
Blaze started cleaning up the mess with his tongue as he licked all the chicken grease on the floor and ate the chicken leaving nothing but bones.
Once he finished up in the kitchen, the little Pokemon began to explore the apartment. He was curious about all the things he never saw before in his world like a toilet that flushed after you've done your business.
He found a giant blue knobby ball in Tristan's room and somehow found himself on top of the ball rolling all around the room until the ball got stuck between the two couches sending him flying into a wall.
Blaze then found a controller in Jesselyn room as he moved the control stick, causing a race car to come out of the closet and right towards Blaze who haven't noticed it until it hit his but. Curiously, Blaze got on the car and moved around the room, using the remote controller. At first, he got the hang of it until he crashed into the closet.
After that, the little puppy stared at a cookie jar on the counter. He used the chairs to climb up on the counter. Blaze slowly put the jar to its side and stuff his head into the jar to find that it was filled with chocolate chip cookies.
"Those look good!" Blaze said in glee as he began to eat every last cookie in the jar. Once he was done, he was about to pull his head out of the jar only to find that it was stuck. He tried countless times to pull it out but it still didn't budge.
"Well, this is a fine mess I've gotten myself into," Blaze mumbled in the jar. He was able to lift the jar off the counter, but he lost balance and fell off the table. Oddly the jar didn't break, instead, it lands back right side up with Blaze upside down.
"Okay I'm no science whiz, but I think that a glass jar like that should of broke by that fall," He said. The puppy Pokemon got on his hind legs as he wandered around the kitchen, banging into things.
"How is thi- Ow! Jar, not broke-Ow!" Blaze was hitting everything in the hallway until he tripped and landed in the bathroom.
At that moment, the door suddenly opened as two men wearing a black outfit entered the house with empty sacks.
"I can't believe we're back to robbing houses," The man with shaggy, brown hair said as he just walked in.
"Would you shut up Marv!" The bald man hissed at him.
"Don't worry Harry," The guy replied calmly. "As you can see there's no one here."
"I know," Harry said walking in behind him. "It's just that, ever since that brat got us arrested twice, I've been a little shaky about kids." He observed the living room which looked messy. "From the looks of it, we have to deal with three kids."
"Relax Harry. Not all kids would act like the one we've dealt with." Marv said.
"Well let's get everything, and get out of here before the parents come home," Harry mumbled as he grabbed a lamp and put it in his sac. Marv went into the kitchen and grinned as he snatched a sandwich and took a bit out of it.
Harry walked in Ericha's room in disgust by the place. He began to open the drawers, and violently flung all the clothes out of it until he came across a plastic jar full of money; loonies, toonies and $5-$50 bills.
"Ho ho ho! Jackpot!" Harry chuckled as he observed the jar full of money for a minute and put the jar in the sac. As he continued to search the drawers, Harry slowly noticed the Easter egg basket full of large egg shells.
"Cute," Harry mumbled to himself, "This kid still celebration Easter in June." Little did he know, Blaze who was fully inside the jar was dragging it out of the bathroom, and into the living room.
Marv was sitting at the kitchen table eating a sandwich from the fridge. He didn't notice the moving jar until it hit the leg of the table getting his attention. Marv suspiciously stared at the jar which stopped. Marv picked up the jar and looked inside, hoping to find a cookie inside.
However, he instead saw two animated eyes staring back at him.
…
"AHHHH!" Marv shrieked as he immediately dropped the jar, which surprisingly still hasn't broken yet from that fall. Harry came in the kitchen with a full sack
"What going on over here?" Harry asked.
"I just saw eyes!" Marv said shakily. "I just saw two cartooney looking eyes in that jar."
Harry stared at the jar which still hasn't move and then right back at Marv, "…You're joking right? Do I look like I'm in the mood for your jokes?"
"I'm not joking! There's something in that jar!" Marc said pointing at the jar.
Looking annoyed, Harry walked over to the jar and picked it up. He looked inside of it an chuckled. "I don't see any eyes, but I do see some delicious double chocolate chip cookies in there."
Harry stuck his hand in the jar to find a cookie inside, "Animated eyes, that just ridiculous! Everybody knows that cartoons don't exist-"
CHOMP!
Harry suddenly froze. He felt like he just had his hand bitten by a bear trap. He tried his best not to make a sound, but...
"EUHHHHHH!"
Marv watch as Harry waved his arms, violently trying to get whoever was biting his hand to let go, "GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT!"
He tried to break the vase by smashing it on the ground, but not even a crack was shown, "What the heck is this jar made of?"
"You look kind of stupid!" Marv laughed.
Harry turned to Marv angrily, "When I get my out of this jar, I'll gonna make you eat those words!"
POP
Finally, the jar pops out off Harry's arm and was sent flying in the air. The jar then crashed in the wall finally broke into millions of pieces, and revealing Blaze on the counter.
"Oh, now it breaks," Blaze groaned while massaging his head. He didn't notice that Marv and Harry's eyes widened in shock by his appearance.
"Whoa!" Harry said in awed.
"That the thing that stared at me!" Marv shouted getting the dog's attention.
"Who are you guys?" Blaze asked still dazed.
"Were robb-OW!" Harry elbowed Marv before he could finish.
"He's Robb and I'm...Dave." Harry fibbed. "We are, um...carpet removers."
"Yeah, we're here to remove...the carpet," Marv explained.
"Really? They never mention to me about a carpet remover," Blaze said look at them suspiciously. "Now that I think about it, I've seen you two on the television yesterday. They said that you two were wanted for something."
Marv and Harry stared at each other and then back at the dog, "What should we do Harry? He knows who we are!"
"Not anymore," He answered with an evil grin on his face. Harry slowly put his hand in his pocket and slowly took out a gun. "We're going to silence him before he gets the chance."
Blaze stared at the gun he was holding, "Um what that?"
"Oh, this?" Harry said pointing to the gun. "This is a gun. We use it to put people and animals to sleep."
"Really?" Blaze asked shocked and amazed.
"Yup," Harry answered as he pointed at Blaze.
"So how long do I sleep for?" Blaze asked. He looked more curious and exciting than intimidating and scared.
Harry grinned evilly. "For a long time,"
BANG!
Blaze fell back and lied motionless when Harry fired the gun. He and Marv turned to each other and then back at the puppy who hasn't said a word.
"Well that was easy," Marv said breaking the silent.
"Yeah, you know we should have done this a long time ago with that kid," Harry said, imagining that kid in his head. "Anyway hurry and get out of here before someone call the cops."
Harry went towards the parent's room while Marv cleaned cabinets by putting everything inside the sac roughly causing some of the plates and bowls to break.
"Hey, Marv!" Harry called out annoyed. "You want to cause more ruckus so we can get caught?"
"Sorry, Harry!" Marv called back as he continued to put the dishes in the sac.
"Something tells me that you two aren't carpeters," Blaze nonchalantly said. He walked towards him looking unphased by the bullet that just hit him.
"Of course were not carpet removers. We're called, The Wet Bandits," Marv replied not paying attention to the puppy beside him. "We just did that to fool you."
"And those things called guns, there aren't for putting people to sleep?" He questioned.
"Nope they're used for killing or injuring people and animals," Marv answered as he put moved to the next cabinet above Blaze, still not paying attention to him.
"So what are you going to do after you're finished robbing this apartment?" Blaze asked.
"Well we use to flood the houses we rob, but this time Harry and I are going to burn down apartment building. That way the policeman wouldn't find us that easily." He explained.
"You still haven't figured out that I'm not dead?"
"Yup,"
"You realized that you're acting very stupid right now. right?"
"Yup,"
"And the fact that I'm going to hit you with this frying pan now."
"Yu- Wait…wha-"
DONG!
Before he could finish his sentence, Blaze smashed the frying into Marv's face.
"…Mommy I'm gonna play on the street now," Marv said as his eyes were cross-eyed. Blaze watched as the dumb burglar fell backward knocked out. The sound of Marv landing on the ground alerted Harry who came out of the room and into the kitchen to find Marv KO'd on the ground and Blaze on the counter holding a frying pan.
"H-How are you still alive?" Harry asked shocked. "Why aren't you shedding blood like a normal dog?"
"Uh, if you haven't noticed by now baldly, I ain't a normal dog!" Blaze answered playfully.
"Why you littl-!" Harry quickly grabbed his gun and began to fire at Blaze who just stood there.
All three bullets hit the Houndour, but they suddenly broke into a thousand pieces like they have been slice by multiple powerful blades. Harry kept firing until his gun ran out of bullets.
"Stupid! Fracking Frack!" Harry cursed.
The angry bugler threw the gun at Blaze who tilted his head to the side as the gun flew past him and hit the wall, "Wow you have a massive temper. No wonder you're bald."
If he was a cartoon, Harry's head would have exploded with molten lava of rage. Blaze immediately drop down on the floor and dashed past the bald angry men who stomped after him, not caring that he was walking all over Marv.
"I'm coming to get you yah furball!" Harry growled. Blaze slid under the big ball that was stuck between two couches. He then turned around, and with a running start, the Houndour pushed the ball which broke free and hit Harry sending him falling back.
Harry struggled to get the giant knobby ball off, while Blaze took the opportunity to run past him.
"That little furry twerp!" Harry cursed as he finally got the ball off of him and he stomps after him. He went into the bathroom and noticed the shower curtain moving. Harry smirked as he took out the frying pan that he magically had in his pocket and tiptoed towards the shower.
When he was close enough, Harry grabbed the curtain and then counted to three in his head.
"GOTCHA!" Harry opened the curtains to find Blaze in the bathtub. Harry was happy that the little guy was finally cornered…
…But he wasn't happy when he found the dog pointing a shower head at him. He also noticed his foot was on the hose building up the pressure of water inside.
"Uh Oh!" Harry stuttered.
Blaze immediately took his foot off of the hose causing it to launch a powerful blast of water at Harry. The blast was so powerful that it pushed Harry down to the ground.
"Whoa!" It also pushed Blaze back as he hit the dial causing the water to turn off. "Ow!"
Blaze stood up feeling dizzy. Harry who was soaked with water noticed this, and quickly grab hold of the Houndour by the neck.
"HAHAHA! Gotcha yah little runt," Harry sneered. He walked towards the living room. "There nowhere to run doggy."
"Please spare me, and whatever you do don't make me swallow fire!" Blaze pleaded. "I don't want to die!"
Harry laughed evilly as he set down the dog on the stove in the kitchen. He turned the stove on and took out a red lighter and flicked it causing flames to come out. Harry grabbed Blaze jaw and force the lighter in his mouth, and quickly close it.
"Cough- Oh no! Cough!" Blaze gasped for air. "I feel my throat is burning up! I think I'm...going too…"
"Going to what?" Harry said looking really excited to see the dog suffering
"I'm...going...to BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP!" Blaze burped so loud it can be heard from miles.
But that wasn't the only thing that happened.
Instead of feeling a nasty sound wave, Harry was meet by a burst of flame scorching his head. "EUHHHHHHH!"
The burp lasts for a couple of minutes until Blaze finally stopped. Harry whole head was burnt into a crisp. Luckily, he was somehow still alive, but his pupil was opened wide in shocked and he stood their still as a pole.
"Excuse me," Blaze said.
"What...the hell was that?" Harry coughed up some smoke.
"Oops," Blaze innocently with a smirk. "I forgot to mention. I'm immune to fire."
"Liar…" Harry coughed as he fell backward unconscious. Blaze overheard footsteps coming from outside of the apartment room and quickly hid in one of the cabinets. The policeman came into the room and pointed their guns at the two unconscious men on the ground.
After a grand time at the Museum, Ericha, Jesselyn, Tristan, and Geoff came home earlier than they expected. They, however, weren't expecting police cars surrounding their apartment.
A policeman came towards them when they got close to the apartment, " Sorry. but you can't go inside."
"What's going on officer?" Geoff asked acting surprised
"Someone called about gunfire at the top floor in the building," He answered. This got the sibling's eyes to widen in shock.
"Hey, that where we live!" Tristan said.
'I hope Blaze is okay,' Ericha mumbled to herself.
"Luckily we caught the two criminals before they can burn the house down," He said. Ericha sighed in relief. The family turned to find the two burglars coming out of the building. The kids stared at the two men oddly. One was being dragged out while the second one was covered in ashes.
"I'm telling you there's a dog inside that house that breathes fire!" Harry shouted. The policeman just rolled his eyes, and shove him down into the police car as he continued. "I saw it with my own two eyes! He sprayed me with water and beat Marv with a frying pan!"
"He right mommy!" Marve happily said sitting beside Harry, "Daddy did some nasty stuff to my body!"
"Shut up Marv or else Daddy will beat the living daylights out of you!" Harry snapped. Ericha watch as the police car with the two burglars drove away.
"We've found the two in the top apartment," The policeman explained. "They had a sack full of clothes, jewelry, cash, and broken plates."
Tristan and Jesselyn just sighed in relief while Geoff froze when he heard about the broken plates. Ericha, however, was grateful that Blaze was okay, and that he stopped the burglars.
To be Continued...
Next Chapter: Friend or Foe.