A Son of his own Chapter 17: Answer us or become dinner
South Savannah Central, 11:00AM
It didn't take long for Nick and Judy to find Duke Weaselton offering famous movies no one seems to be interested in buying, Nathan and his new tiger friend meanwhile snuck around into an alleyway behind Dukes stall.
Luckily, not many mammals were around so they wouldn't see the savage tiger but luckily Nathan could keep him calm.
The tiger was so tame your want to pet him and cuddle him.
Now that the plan was set, Nick and Judy went in to move onto their target.
"Well hello! Step right up!" Duke called as a female Armadillo walked up to his stall to look at what movies he had on his desk "Anything you need, I got all your favourite movies! I even got movies that haven't been released yet!"
The female Armadillo wasn't interested and started walking away but Duke kept on persuading to get her attention back.
"The movies are 50% off! 20! Make me an offer! C'mon!" Duke said as the Armadillo walked away and Nick and Judy approached the stall.
"Well well, look what we have here, the Duke of Bootleg" Nick said as he and Judy walked up to the stall with serious looks on their faces.
"What's it to you Wilde, shouldn't you be melting down a pawpsicle or something?" Duke said as he stared at Nick and smirked when he saw Judy "Hey! If it isn't Flopsy the Copsy!"
"We both know those weren't moldy onions I caught you stealing, what were you going to do with those Nighthowlers Weselton?" Judy said as she crossed her arms and cut straight to business.
"It's Weasolton, Duke Weaselton" he corrected with annoyance and smirked as he held a toothpick in his fingers "And I ain't talking rabbit, and there's nothing you can do to make me" he continued as he threw the toothpick at Judy's face to prove his point.
Nick and Judy looked and at each other and smirked at Duke.
"What are you two planning?" Duke asked in a serious tone as he noticed the smirks.
"Oh just wait, Nathan!" Nick shouted and Nathan appeared around the corner and waved.
"What, you think I'm scared of a kid?" Duke said as he laughed.
"No, but you might be scared of my friend" Nathan said as he whistled to call his tiger who soon appeared around the corner and growled very aggressively at Duke.
"Ah! Why isn't he attacking you?!" Duke shouted as he screamed like a little girl and nearly knocked over his stall as the tiger slowly closed in on him.
"I tamed him myself, now, my Dad and Judy asked you a simple question, so answer truthfully, else my friend here will have Weasel for dinner tonight" Nathan said as his tiger growled at Duke.
"I would be honest Dukey, I wouldn't want my face to be mauled off now would I?" Nick said as he petted the tiger on his head which he loved.
"He's tame, but he can tell the difference between a good mammal and a bad mammal" Judy said as the tiger walked closer to Duke and placed himself in a pouncing position.
"Ah! Okay okay! I'll talk I'll talk!" Duke screamed and Nathan whistled to call his Tiger back to him and gave him a strawberry sweet for a job well done along with some rubbing which made the tiger purr.
"I stole those Nighthowlers so I could sell them! They offered me what I couldn't refuse, money" Duke said as he breathed fast and panicked slightly at the sight of the tiger.
"And to whom did you sell them?" Judy asked.
"A ram named Doug, we've a drop spot not far from here in an abandoned train station but be careful, Doug is the opposite of friendly, he's unfriendly" Duke said as he warned the group at the end.
After getting the information they needed, Nathan ordered Duke to run away and sell somewhere else before he would command his savage tiger friend to chase him and eat him.
Duke did just that and ran away with his bootleg stall as fast as he could while screaming.
"Nathan, great job!" Nick said as he approached Nathan and his Tiger.
"It was nothing really, it's not that hard when you give him candy" Nathan said as he kept rubbing his Tiger.
"Okay, there is an abandoned train station not far from here so, Nathan, does your Tiger mind if we ride him there?" Judy said as she wrote down on a notepad of what Duke told them.
"Not at all, right buddy?" Nathan said as he rubbed the Tigers front leg which made the Tiger lick Nathan's head.
Nathan giggled as he felt the rough tongue rub against his head and Nick couldn't help but laugh too.
The Tiger then sat down on his hind legs and then his front legs, inviting the trio to sit on his back and ride him.
Nathan got on first, then Nick carefully got on behind him and so did Judy.
Nathan patted the Tiger on the back of his head which made the Tiger stand up and started marching foward.
Luckily no one was on the streets as the citizens were afraid of another savage attack so as long as no one looked out their windows, the group walked in the clear.
The hip and shoulder bones of the Tiger jutted up and down as did the trio riding him which was funny because Nick nearly kept falling off.
Judy meanwhile was thinking about Nathan's statement on Nighthowlers, the very thing that's making predators go savage.
"If I had said that it was because of their biology like the Badger back at Cliffside said, then I would've made things worse for prey and predators" Judy thought as she realised the revelation.
"I, I would've lost...him" Judy whispered under her breath.
She cut that thought out her mind and shut her eyes while biting her lips.
Nick noticed the way Judy was acting and decided to talk to her.
"Hey Judy? You alright?" Nick asked as he faced her.
"I'm fine" Judy said.
"You are not fine, I can tell, what's wrong?" Nick asked.
"It's, it's nothing you need to know" Judy said.
Nick gave her a look of inquisition but decided not to question her further.
Nathan kept rubbing the tigers head to point out which direction to go and it worked.
The Tiger happily purred as it felt it's passengers massage it's back which it enjoyed.
Hard to believe but it's true.
Wandering through many empty streets, our heroes have finally arrived at their destination...
I hope you liked this chapter and I hope you are having a great Christmas and that you get wonderful presents and that you have a nice time with your families! Merry Christmas!