Three hours after witnessing Dulcinea and Kitty Softpaws destroying the living life out of each other in that wrestling match that seemed to be a war zone, a very depressed and worried Puss in Boots was sitting on a chair in the medical room, watching his friend Jose trying and doing his best to help and cure Kitty and Dulcinea from their bruises, hits, damages, small injuries, and wounds they sustained in their fight. Then, Puss sees Jose finishing up his work as he takes off some sweats with his right arm.
"Jose. Are they okay?" said Puss. Jose bends down on one knee as he can see Puss's worry and sad face. He then puts his right hand on his head and rubs it gently, and puts a smile on his face.
"Dulcinea and Kitty's bodies are very hurt. Their chests, arms, and pretty much everything else in their bodies were badly hurt, but not enough to say they are injured, Puss. They will be alright. Let's just wait three hours for them to rest, and after that we leave this nightmare and go to a nearby dessert or some motel so we can locate the last location of the treasure," Jose says. Puss then breathes in relief, grateful that her friends are okay.
"Gracias, Felina," Puss says to his cat-God like figure, as he sits down back in the chair while Jose does the same, and they wait. Wait until Dulcinea and Kitty can wake up, so that they can hand Kitty over to Jonny's goons as part of Kitty losing that fght to Dulcinea.
Two hours after, Puss was getting a sad look on his face.
"Puss. Are you okay?" Jose said, as he sees Puss in his current state of sadness.
"It is just... is just that every single someone from our past comes and ruins our lives, they intend to hurt us, and I am just tire of my friends being the ones paying the price," Puss says, letting his feelings know to Jose and how he has been feeling through their adventures together. Jose took a time to reflect on what Puss said and Puss was right.
"I know Puss. it feels like we are on some Deja Vu vibes lately. Like, asince we've first met, we've been facing personal matters, from Dulcinea and her tulpa powers control, to you and Dulcinea's evil twins on several occasions, and now this with Johnny, the treasure, and how it connects to my father. I wish we just end this whole thing and start adventures that aren't world threatening. And hey, maybe start a family together. I can be a good uncle, hehe," says Jose, trying to lift Puss's spirits up. Puss smiles and looks at Jose.
"Jose. I have been thinking about it. You know, start a family with Dulcinea. And I do not know how she will react to that, or if she does not want that," Puss says, feeling underwhelmed and nervous by those words.
"Hey, Puss. Don't worry. As long as you and Dulcinea stay together, and always be there for one another, there's no telling what fututre you two are gonna have. And I trust Dulcinea, I know she wants to start a family," Jose responds with a smile of trust, which made Puss's heart lift up with big hopes aa he went and hugs Jose. Then, they heard two soft grunting, and they smile.
"Kitty! Dulcinea!" They yell in excitement as they went to their rooms.
"Hey, you two," Dulcinea says as she was slowly getting up, still feeling those effects of the fight, while Kitty smiles as she does the same.
"Easy now, girls. You girls are not at one hundres percent, still," says Puss as Puss holds Dulcinea slowly, while holds Kitty. Both girls grunted in agony, their bodies still bothering them from their past fight.
"Kitty, I..." Dulcinea was stuttering as she was talking to Kitty. Kitty can see her friend's emotions, she can see she's very sorry to put her in the torture room. Then, she went and used her right paw to touch Dulcinea's left shoulder.
"Dulcinea. Don't feel bad for me. We each give it our very best in this fight to earn our freedom. It was gonna end one way or the other. But I was glad that I had this fight with you. You shouldn't be sad about the consequences of our match, rather be happy for the opportunity to have shared the ring with each other, beat the life out of one another, and giving me nothing but your absolute best. I'm happy for you, just promise you will fight to protect the world and your friends, just like you did against me," Kitty says as she smiles at her friend, giving her a sign of trust and respect towards Dulcinea, who gasp in surprise by Kitty's kind and brave words.
"Okay, Kitty. I will. Just be strong out there, please?" Dulcinea says as she hugs Kitty. Kitty embraces that, while smiling. Jose and Puss were dropping a few tears for a moment, knowing that they won't see Kitty for the remainder of the adventure.
"I will," Kitty says as she breaks up the hig with her friend, sharing a few smiles. They were ready to face the dangers of their respective challenges.
"How touching. The friends are getting ready to say their good-byes. How predictable," the voice of Johnny was heard as the team look around, and see him, along with a neutral General Nina and the ruthless Weapon24, and two guards, entering the room from the front door. Johnny was chuckling devilishly, looking right into Jose, who was growling in anger.
"Johnny, what are you up to, now!? says Puss, growling as he puts his right paw onto his sword, in case he needs to take it out, while Weapon24 growl by Puss's threat and unsheathed his claws.
"Now, everyone, we do not want to start a fight you can't win, are we now?" Johnny says, smirking at the direction of Puss, snarling at him like a predator.
"What do you want now, a-hole?" Jose says, with his arms crossed, while Johnny does a villainous humming.
"Nothing, Jose. We just want your Kitty Softpaws to take her to the torture room, or what I like to call it, the Dungeon," says Johnny, pointing his right fingers at Kitty. Dulcinea looks at Kitty, but not with a fearful look, but a brave and determined look, determined to live up to Kitty's promise. Jose and Puss were in their stance, but Kitty got up from her bed, lol limping at their direction.
"Is alright, boys. Don't worry about me. The real adventure is still ahead," Kitty says in her calm voice, convincing them to let down their guards, and come ttonthe reality that Kitty has to go.
"That's the right choice, kitty cat, hehe. Nina, take them away," Johnny says as he snaos his left fingers amd orders Nina, along with the two guards, to grab Kitty and bring her to the Dungeon. Nina puts a disappointing face, like she now knows she's on the wrong side. She grabs Kitty by her right shoulder, but in Nina's right hand, she had a map hidden, and immediately throws it at Dulcinea. Dulcinea senses it and grabs it, then she looks at Nina, hiding a smile as if she knows Dulcinea's abilities. After she grabs the map, she quickly hides it on the back of her armor, preventing Weapon24's high senses, and Johnny's eagle eyes, spoting her and Nina's efforts. After that, they walked Kitty to Johnny's position.
"Sorry for disturbing you three, but is map, like I need it anyways. Oh, and here's my parting gift, so that you will never see me again..." Johnny says as he orders his creation to shred the map to pieces.
"No!" Jose and Puss cries out loud as they see the horror that Weapon24 did. Jose falls to his knees. His only lead to his father's treasure is gone.
"Se ya, chumps!" Johhny chuckles like a monster as he snaps his right fingers, and suddenly the floor falls as Jose, Puss, and Dulcinea fall into a black void.
"No!!!" Kitty screams as she sees her friends falling down, fearing for the worst.
"Take her away, and prepare our troops. We are going to get that treasure, now" Johnny shouts as he waved his left hand, ordering the two soldiers to take her away.
"Ahhhhh!" Jose, Puss, and Dulcinea, scream as they were sliding down, until they went to the back of the building, where their horses are, and landed on them. But thwy were dizzy from the trap, and they decided to take a break.
Meanwhile inside, Johnny was laughing like a maniac as he enjoyed the trap, and tormenting Jose.
"Agent Cattydude, are your men arrived at the house?" Johnny says as he went back to his dark tone. Rival gasps as she was distracted by all the evil she's doing.
"Oh, sorry sir. My men are at the rendezvous point, sir," Nina says.
"Splendid. Give the order now, and destroy the old man," Johnny says as General Rival simply salutes him and goes to her control room, to monitor the events. But then, Johnny smiles a bit as Weapon 24 comes to him.
"Something is wrong with her. If she does something stupid, my dear friend, kill her," he says, ready to betray his number one trusty soldier. Weapon24 simply snarls, like an animal ready to eat its prey.
Way beyond outside the building, and entering the deserts, Puss and Dulcinea were riding on their horses, planning their next move after taking such a huge loss. But Jose wasn't riding with his horse, Rocky, at all. He was crying, that not only he was responsible for Kitty and the map, but also he lost the only memory he had left of his father.
"Puss. He's hurt. I'm gonna talk to him," Dulcinea says. Puss looks at her with a clear look, then he looks at his buddy.
"Okay, Dulcinea. But I don't know how we are gonna get the treasure now," he says.
"Don't worry about. I have a plan. Right now, Jose is more important than some dumb treasure," Dulcinea says as she orders Sweetness to ride to where Jose is. Puss smiles, seeing his mate grown as a leader, and as a friend.
Dulcinea made it to her friend Jose, still crying.
"Jose. Calm down," Dulcinea says as she puts her right paw on his head, trying to calm him down. Jose was sniffing his nose, trying to stop his tears for a moment.
"Dulcinea. Is... is my fault. If it wasn't for me, Kitty would had been saved. The map would still be ours. I'm... I'm sorry I led you all to a trap. I don't know how to live with myself, knowing he killed my parents. I wish... to forget it all, and move on. To start a calmer life, be an uncle or something. It just... I'm so tired dealing with every single demon we face," Jose says, letting his emotions felt, as he slowly cries for a while. Dulcinea can feel he's hurt from inside his heart, while Puss puts a sad face, understanding his pain. Dulcinea lets out a small breath, ready to help her friend out, while Puss slowly makee his way there with Babieca.
"Jose. This is not your fault. Ever since Puss and I met you, you have led us to glorious adventures. And we each had to face our demons, like Puss with Evil Puss, myself with my evil twin sister and my powers when we faced Thanos, and now you with Johnny. But through it all, just like you will do the same, we all sticked together and helped each other out. Jose, I'm sorry this has happened to you, but Puss, Kitty, and I, decided to go to this adventure because we love it. And I know life has been rough on us. Believe me, I want to start a family too, but it's the life of a hero. Jose, I love you, and I'm with you till the end. But I can't do this without you. If we want to save the world again, I need my Lord of Thunder,"
Dulcinea says with such optimism and smile as she takes out the map Nina gave her from the back of her armor. And Puss, especially Jose, were shocked at what Dulcinea has, and Puss was smiling. Jose now was shredding of joy, knowing that his father's map is still with him.
"Thank you, Captain Tulpa!" Jose says as he hugs Dulcinea proudly. Puss smiles, seeing that the trio are back at full strength. Then, Jose breathes for a moment, and lets out a smirk on his face. Then, he reads the map, and sees the last location of the map, where the treasure is. In San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico.
"My birthplace," he says, while his friends looked stunned and in awe.
"So, my friends, ready to get back to adventuring and save the world?" Puss says as he quickly yells at Babieca pridefully and rides. Jose and Dulcinea smiles as they simply yelled at their horses to follow Puss. The three of them ride into the deserts with newfound spirits and strenght, ready to continue their Johnny, and stop Johnny once and for all.