Hunting for the Bandit Kitty Gentleman
Spike is seen sitting at the small table of his shared room looking out the window thinking about something back from the first job they day three days ago, it's something about that trip he couldn't get it out of his mind for a while now.
"Why does my mind keep making me remember that?" Spike asked himself.
"Hey Spike, are you thinking about something?" Sunset asked.
"Hey Sunset, and yeah, I am thinking about something which bothers me for some time." Spike greeted.
"Why don't you try telling me about it, maybe I can help." Sunset offered as she sits next to him.
"I'm not sure if you can." Spike said.
"It's when we took that first request fighting those Timberwolves." Spike mentioned.
"When you showed off your OP attack that destroyed part of the forest, none of us can unseen that." Sunset rolled her eyes.
"Well, it's actually before we fought the Timberwolves. I heard something in the forest." Spike said.
"Heard something, maybe it was those Timberwolves speaking around in the forest." Sunset guessed.
"No, it sounded more musical like a flute. I picked up that sound even though it was only for a little moment, I can still tell it was a flute." Spike explained.
"A flute in the Everfree Forest, and you're saying it happened right before those Timberwolves attacked us?" Sunset asked.
"Yes, it got me concern and as a Dragon Lord, I rarely feel concern that could be troubling." Spike stated.
This got Sunset thinking about connection between the weird flute playing and the Timberwolves attacking, it was strange, yet something was telling her that something is definitely up and probably no good if it's serious.
"Hey Spike, Sunset!" Pinkie popped through the window from the outside spooking Spike and Sunset.
"Pinkie, what are you doing?!" Sunset asked panting.
"I'm here to tell you that Twilight and I found a job and thought you two would like to come with us." Pinkie explained.
"But did you have to do it from outside." Spike asked, looking over Pinkie seeing she is hanging by the strong grip of her fingers.
"Just thought I surprise you. Mission accomplished!" Pinkie grinned.
"Pinkie, just tell us normally." Sunset sighed.
"Not sure what you mean by that, but okay." Pinkie smiled.
"By the Dragon Heart, you're lucky you're cute." Spike exclaimed.
"Aw, thanks. You too." Pinkie said and kissed him on the cheek causing him to blush like crazy.
"Still so cute when you react like that." Pinkie giggled.
"Yeah, cute, whatever." Sunset rolled her eyes, pouting in slight jealousy.
(Wondercolt Guild)
Twilight is seen sitting at a table with the flyer of the request as she is waiting for Pinkie to come back with Spike and Sunset, then she spotted them waling up to her.
"Hey guys, glad you could come." Twilight greeted.
"Let see if this request can bring me a little excitement." Spike said as they sit down.
"Okay, so Pinkie and I were going through the request board to see which job we can do together and that's when we spotted this." Twilight showed the flyer to Spike and Sunset.
"It's a capture quest, on a bandit." Sunset said.
"Kitty Gentleman? Guess we're going after a wanted criminal." Spike surprised.
"According to the flyer, this bandit is known for his deed on stopping cargo deliveries." Twilight mentioned from the flyer.
"Sounds like a big meanie." Pinkie commented.
"Well, being mean is how bandits are though I'm a bit confuse of the word "gentleman" to describe a bandit." Sunset pointed out.
"Says here he is known for always performing good manners when doing the stealing." Spike read that part in the flyer.
"Do you think there's more to him than meets the eye?" Pinkie wondered.
"We can probably ask him once he is capture." Twilight said.
"Then it's decided, we're off to stop a bandit." Spike declared.
(Later)
Spike and the girls are seen in front of a mansion talking to the client, a rich nobleman by the name of Edward Twirlhead.
"So nice of you Adventurers to come accepting my request. I was worried that no one would come." Edward smiled.
"Of course, the Wondercolt is always ready to take any action to help." Sunset nodded.
"Well then, I hope you'll be able to stop that nasty bandit from stealing more of the things I am sending to the next town." Edward said a little upset.
"Don't worry, we'll make sure they deliver right on time." Twilight promised.
"Splendid! Now, just to let you know that I may have added an extra cargo with what supposed to be just six. Can't be too careful, I always say." Edward mentioned.
"Quick question: is there anything you can tell us what you know about the Kitty Gentleman?" Spike asked.
"Oh, not much really though he does like a nice fellow for not hurting anyone during his steal and I even heard helped make a makeshift cast on one man before leaving." Edward mentioned.
"Consider the award on his head, I take it he must be a skilled thief." Twilight said.
"Indeed, they say he is swift like the wind and also there's more to the "Kitty" part in the name because he is a cat beastkin, so he's fierce." Edward explained from what he heard.
"Okay, I think we can handle that." Sunset said.
"Well, if that's all you needed to know then you best get going." Edward said.
Spike and the girls started riding the large wagon heading to the next town while Sir Edward is waving goodbye to them.
The trip getting to the next town is going to be a four-hour drive there which means is going to be quite a long journey getting there, and plenty of road trip games for Pinkie to come up with to play for the others to get down with the case of the boredom.
"Oh, Twilight, tell me what do you think that cloud looks like?" Pinkie asked pointing at one cloud.
"Okay, let me see…" Twilight looked at the cloud trying to guess what it is based on the shape it's forming.
"I'm gonna have to go with… a sunflower." Twilight decided on her guess.
"Oh, that sounds cute. I was thinking that cloud looks more like a lion letting out his mighty roar." Pinkie said before doing her own lion roar.
"Hmm, it appears we just past the halfway point to the next town." Sunset informed Spike, sitting in the front with her.
"And so far, not a sight of that kitty bandit for miles." Spike looked around only to find the giant grassy fields from both sides of the road.
"You think he would have shown up by now." Sunset said.
"Maybe he's having a day off and hitting the spa." Pinkie guessed.
"Pinkie, how would a bandit go to the spa if he is supposed to be a wanted criminal without getting caught?" Spike asked.
"Well, duh, spa places don't care about whether you're a criminal or anything as long as you're there for the relaxation because what would be better to have a great time at the spa than just letting out all the stress you've been feeling melt." Pinkie stated.
"Yeah, I'm… not sure how to respond to that." Sunset puzzled.
"In any case, we should still keep our guards up because you may never know what may happen along the way." Twilight said, being cautious.
"Like a cat showing up on your cart?"
"I'm not sure about that." Twilight said then quickly realize that was a new voice she just heard.
"What the…" Twilight confused and suddenly was shoved aside knocking down onto Pinkie.
The thing that knocked Twilight down blitzed to the front to push Sunset and Spike down, but the Emerald Dragon Lord senses the presence of this newcomer as his tail smack the guy away though he landed on his feet on top of one of the cargos.
"Oh, that's smart." The guy groaned with the pain on his chin.
"Hey, we're not allowing hitch hikers!" Pinkie yelled with one hand raising from under Twilight.
"Pardon me for rudely entering your ride without permission, but I feel the need to take these cargos you are carrying." The man said.
"I take it you're this Kitty Gentleman bandit?" Spike asked with his scepter pointing at the guy.
"That's my title. The name is Capper Dapperpaws, please to meet you." Capper introduced himself.
Capper is a young man as an anthro cat with the fur being moderate gamboge with darker face, ears, paws, and tail and lighter chest fur. He has a dark grayish indigo hair that is in groovy style, and his eyes are light malachite green eyes. He wears a red coat with a single golden button, black pants, and his tail has a purple ribbon tied on it.
"Apologize in advance that I'm going to be taking these cargos elsewhere." Capper said in good manners.
"Huh, guess the gentleman part isn't too fat off." Sunset surprised.
"Sadly, you won't be making any stealing today when you're behind bars." Spike glared at the cat man.
"Is that a fact?" Capper asked with a smirk and a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, because we took the request to capture you." Pinkie mentioned.
"Then I'm afraid you'll be going back empty handed." Capper proclaimed.
"We'll see about that!" Spike swinged his scepter at the cat man.
Capper eyes widen of seeing how fast this guy is swinging the scepter right to the head and reacted quickly as he leans backward narrowly dodging the attack, with only tiny cuts of his fur came off.
"Hey now, you should be careful when swinging that thing." Capper advised chuckling.
Spike jumps into the back while Sunset keeps riding the front making the two horses run faster hoping things won't end in disaster.
Spike throws some punches and scepter swinging like a martial artist with his staff though Capper has been able to dodge all of his strike, the Emerald Dragon Lord unleash a shockwave punch from his fist that send Capper flying back though caught one of the cargos to prevent himself from falling off and back into the wagon.
Pinkie brings out her big pink hammer swinging it around to smack Capper who dodges her strikes and jump over her.
"Surprise!" Pinkie handed a present to a surprised Capper.
"Oh, well, that's thoughtful." Capper said as he opened the little box for Pinkie to somehow pop out of the box with a cupcake in her hand.
"Double Surprise!" Pinkie slammed the cupcake right onto Capper's face making him stumble back.
"Got you!" Twilight fired a magic blast that knocked Capper off the wagon that would send him tumbling painfully onto the ground.
However, that didn't happen as Capper smirks and flip himself backward for his head facing the wagon as he tap his foot that suddenly launch him back into the wagon surprising everyone.
"What the… How did you do that?" Twilight asked shock.
"Simple, my lady. It's a special type of air magic I learned during my younger days." Capper answered.
"Like how you steal from food stance?" Spike blitzed above to punch him in the head.
Bit Capper manages to see that coming and dodges that punch with only a tiny cut on his cheek from that powerful punch Spike threw, which also made a big hole in the wagon.
"Dearest me, that would have seriously hurt if it actually made contact to my skull." Capper surprised.
"You're lucky I'm only holding back to knock you unconscious." Spike stated.
"That was holding back? Must be having a hard time being a gentle to a lady." Capper teased.
Spike swing his magic scepter at Capper again hoping to knock him down, but the cat man bandit suddenly vanished before he could make contact and couldn't find the bandit until he got a tap on the head making Spike look behind to see that Capper is standing on the tip of his scepter.
"I'm always light on my feet." Capper grinned.
Spike growls swinging his scepter to throw him off though Capper already jumped off then what appeared to be he's skipping in thin air like there's invisible path beneath him.
"Oh, he's flying!" Pinkie amazed.
"No Pinkie, he said before it's a type of air magic. He's using the Sky walk!" Twilight realized.
"You got that right, creating tiny burst of wind beneath my feet with the strength of a tornado to carry me around when I don't feel like walking on the ground." Capper explained.
"Oh, so you think the wind is your alley, huh? Prepare to be disappointed." Spike pointed his scepter at Capper as it glows green.
"Air Cannon!" Spike unleashed a powerful wind attack and also causes a backlash shockwave on the wagon too.
Capper dodge it, but the shockwave from that attack made him lose balance which gave Spike the opening he needs to fly toward Capper and threw a downward punch on the head that send him toward the ground.
"(Okay, that punch should knocked him out for a while making this job done.)" Spike thought smirked.
But to the Emerald Dragon Lord's surprise, the cat man bandit didn't land to the ground on his head as he suddenly flip himself back up and ground on his feet causing Spike and the girls to gasp as Sunset made the two horses stop running.
"Heart of the Dragon, he's still in the game!" Pinkie announced shock.
"How are you not unconscious?" Spike demanded to know.
"That punch of yours sure was strong, it's a good thing I always wear my lucky coat." Capper gestured to his coat.
"The coat, that wouldn't happen to be the magic item, Crimson Protector, right?" Spike asked.
"Oh, so you're familiar with this item?" Capper impressed with this dragon guy already knowing what this coat is.
"I've been brushing up on some knowledge of this world since it's similar to my own, but very different. However, it would seem it also possessed a certain magic item such as the Crimson Protector." Spike said.
"How does a color protect someone?" Pinkie confused.
"The Crimson Protector isn't just fashion wear; it protects whoever wears it from any physical attacks making them fine with only taking about 25% of the damage." Twilight explained.
"Not to mention they're also a rare item to come by, not easy to find in any market." Sunset added.
"So, you stole that too?" Spike asked.
"Nope, this one was a gift from a friend a long time ago and I cherish is ever since." Capper answered honestly.
"Well, hope you don't mind getting it dirty!" Sunset unleashed three fireballs at Capper who dodges them.
Pinkie appeared out of nowhere getting a whack on him with her hammer and it exploded in sparkling shine sending Capper flying then was caught in the air by Twilight's magic, then she slams him to the ground and Spike tap the ground with the bottom tip of his scepter. This causes vines to grow and reach towards Capper tying him up.
"Wow, I must say your teamwork is very spectacular to capture me like this. Nice work." Capper complimented.
"Aw, thanks." Pinkie smiled.
"Let see how you'll keep smiling like that since we turn you over to the authorities." Sunset grinned.
"Not while you got dirt in your eye." Capper said.
They party became confused of what he just said when suddenly a big dust cloud erupted in front of them causing them to cough and closing their eyes to rub the dust from their eyes, Spike quickly made the dust cloud go away only to find Capper gone.
"He's gone!" Spike gasped.
"And he took two of the cargos!" Sunset alerted as she saw the wagon.
"Looks like we won't be getting that reward." Pinkie said.
"True, Pinkie, but something tells me this won't be the last time we'll see that Kitty Gentleman." Spike stated as he looks toward the horizon.
(Unknown Location)
The scene shows an old church building and a couple more with people like the adults and children struggling with what little food they have, then they heard a crashing sound as they went out to see two cargo boxes containing food. The children cheer as the nuns pray to the Gods, thanking them for this food.
From afar, on top of a hill, Capper is smiling that he had made another good delivery and walks away while flipping a gold coin.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Spike and the girls tried to capture the Kitty Gentleman known as Capper Dapperpaws, but he escaped at the last second taking two cargos and giving them to the poor. Maybe he's not such a bad guy, after all.
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