Note before I continue: This story has a bit of Nack X Rouge in it, so be nice, please.

Part 4 (Breaking in the Castle, Nack meets Rouge)

I didn't look back as my eyes were full of tears. My mind kept rushing to my head with Kyle-da's death. I only made friends with him one day, and got himself killed the same day. I was too full of sorrow to look back on this.

I then bumped into someone. I said, "Sorry, mister."

I wiped my tears off and looked at who I bumped into. He was a fat brown weasel, wearing a mafia-type suit with sunglasses, holding onto a magazine that's meant for adults. I asked him, "Excuse me, uh, isn't it late to be wearing sunglasses?"

He then told me in a don-type voice, "I just like it this way. You'll get use to it."

He then looked surprised as he said, "A purple weasel? I never saw one of these things before." He then looked at me asking, "What's your name, kid?"

I said, as my tears were gone and my left sleeve was soaked from the tears, "My name's Nack. And...I just lost my friend, Kyle-da, to that stupid Panther King."

I know I wasn't suppose to be talking to strangers, but he didn't seem very strange to me. He looked real shocked at me and started to back away a little.

"Boy, are you crazy?" He said in a not-so mafia voice, "Yous saw the Panther King? He would've clawed you to death!"

I chuckled, "That stupid panther? Ha!" I got up as I continued, "He's just a jerk in cat's clothing!"

He then looked like he got an idea. He looked at me and said back in his don-type voice, "Yous have got a lot of moxie, kid. I was wantings to find a new bounty hunter since all my others was fired and taking a big deep breath."

"Like drowning?"

"Don't but in, Nack. Anyways, I would have the privelage to have you as an official bounty hunter, if yous pass a test."

I didn't know what he meant by that that day, but I was glad he looked like he cared for me alot.

So I said, "Cool, what do I have to do?"

He then said, pointing to the castle I was in, "In that castle you was in is the Federal Reserve National Bank."

I then remembered the Panther King and started to back off. I was in a fear like mood when I said, "Wait, what if that stupid panther reconizes me?"

He chuckled as he said, "He won't, when you're wearing this."

He pulled out what looked like to be a hat (the one I usually wear since that day) from his black jacket. It looked really cool and nice. I jumped for joy as I said, "All right! Cool hat!"

He continued as he put the hat on me, "This is your personal lucky charm. Use it wisely, bounty hunter."

I knew what those last two words meant, cause I would soon become a bounty hunter like him. I started to go off, but then I told him, "Thanks. By the way, I didn't catch your name."

"Just call me Boss. Now remembers that you have to give me at least 500 Mobians from the bank, but go under an alias before yous do."

"Cool! And thanks!"

I dashed back to the castle, not only to do what he said, but also avenge my friend's death. When I reached the bank, none of them reconized me. So I went inside calmly, and then just as I was turning around to the stairway, next to the elevator, I bumped into somebody else. We both looked at each other, and I noticed that she was both a girl and a white bat, wearing a pink dress.

She then said rudely, "Watch where you're going!"

"Sorry," I said sarcastically.

One of the guards, who is unarmed comes to me and says, "Hmmm..that boy looks familiar. What's your name, kid?"

If I would've told him what my name was, I would've been full of bullet holes like Kyle-da. So I quickly thought and remembered Boss' words, 'This is your personal lucky charm'

I then calmly and slyly told him, "The name's Janova!"

I know it's a stupid name, but it was the only name I could think of that time. The other guard who was with her said, "Janova? What kind of name is that?"

The girl looked at me saying suspiciously, "Are you faking it?"

"Nah!" I lied, "It's just a name."

I then looked in my hat and found what looked like to be a hangranade. I looked at the guards & the girl and pulled the pin. I warned the girl, "Get down!" as the granade exploded.

The smoke appeared after the granade exploded and all the guards were knocked out. Only me & the girl were the only ones awake. I started to walk to the elevator as the bat girl said, "Tell me, Janova, if that is your real name-"

I interupted her saying, "Hey! My real name is Nack. Plus I'm here on a mission for my new boss, so I can prove I'm a bounty hunter."

I didn't want her to know the whole truth, so I kept the rest of my sad tale to myself.

She curiously said, "A bounty hunter? That's really interesting."

I smirked, "You wanna help? Then make sure that you find the Professor, protect him, and stay out of the battle between me and the Panther King."

"Panther King? Isn't he the one who runs this place?"

"Just shut up and do as I say!" I yelled as we headed to the stairs.

She then curiously asked, "Can I become a bounty hunter after you suceed?"

I then told her, while ignoring her question, "Yeah, yeah. Come on, let's go and make sure the Professor's out of here!"

"Nack, is the Professor your friend?"

"Yeah, why?"

She smiled, "Just wondering. By the way, I'm Rouge. Mind if I tag along?"

I then did what I never did before, I blushed in front of a girl. It's like I'm about to fall in love for her, but I shook it out of my head, sighing, and saying, "Okay, you can come."

We then continued up the stairway.

(Next Chapter, Nack's Fight with the Panther King, The Plan)