Chapter 2
"WHERE IS HE?!"
"I don't know!!"
"Wrong answer!"
Gaucho punched Dragon in the gut hard, causing him to double over. "Try again, Dragon."
Dragon coughed. "In jail, okay?"
Faust laughed. "Looks like the Bane got caught!"
Rascal growled. "Then we gotta get him out."
Gaucho frowned. "How? It's a penatentary. You run, they shoot, you die!"
Rascal laughed. "Forgetting one thing, Gaucho, everyone FEARS me!"
Faust shook his head. "Not everyone."
Rascal growled deaply. "Who doesn't fear me?"
Dragon coughed again. "Your old man? Your dead mother? Rogue?"
Rascal's eyes seemed to glow as he kicked Dragon hard in the stomache. "You shut up about my family!"
Dragon groaned in pain, then passed out. Faust dropped him, then looked at Rascal. "He's right, you know. Rogue doens't fear you. And neither does Dark Star. Or Dark Heart."
Rascal frowned. "That's a point... We still break the Bane out." He turned, walking away from them, heading to the mouth of the alley only to fly off.
Faust looked at Dragon. "Should we help him?"
Gaucho shook his head. "Not unless you want Rascal making you into a meal. Come on." He left the alley, followed closely by Faust.
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Inca watched Faust and Gaucho leave the alley. She didn't like the inhabitants of this concreate jungle. Especially these ones, that took the same role as the jaguar. She dropped down into the alley the two ponies had come out of, looking around. She saw Dragon, going over.
Dragon groaned, opening an eye. He looked up and saw the incan pony, eyes widening. Taking one look at the spear in her hoof, he tried crawling away. "D-d-don't hurt me..."
Inca laughed. "Hurt you? Why would I hurt you? I have no reason. Now, do you want some help?"
Dragon sighed in relief, then nodded slowly, as he was in pain. "Yes, please, I need help... And a healer, I think they broke several things..."
Inca smiled a bit, then whistled. Her jaguar came out of the shadows. "It helps to have eyes in dark alleys." She stroked the blue cat, saying something to him in the incan language.
Dragon gulped. "Don't big, wild cats EAT guys like me?" He watched the jaguar, a bit afraid of it.
Inca smiled. "No, not Jaguarundee. He's rather tame. He trusts ponies now and then. You'll know if he acts like a house cat towards you." She looked at Jaguarundee. "You know what to do."
The curelean jaguar took off, dodging between ponies who couldn't help but stare on his way to getting a healer.
Dragon coughed a bit, spitting up blood.
"I think they punctured a lung, boy."
Dragon simply nodded, hopeing the cat would hurry.
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Halbred stared down at a snarling stray dog. He didn't bother it, why was it snarling? Then he saw the foaming at its mouth, backing up. "I guess you don't want to be friends?" The dog stepped closer, matching Halbred's pace. Halbred shrugged, then turned and ran, the dog chasing after him. If he had been wearing his usual outfit of an egyptian wrap, he'd get some odd looks. But, he was in public, so he wore normal clothes, like pants and a shirt. Though he got the fealing he'd have a hole in his pants soon, if the dog got him. He ran into an alley, jumping for a ladder and grabbing it. The dog jumped, snapping it's jaws at Halbred's hooves. The dog missed, to Halbred's relief.
Climbing up the ladder to the building roof, Halbred escaped the dog. He had a more important problem. Inca was somewhere in the city, and he had to find her. Why was this important? One, she was ALONE in the city, something Khopesh had said she shouldn't be. Two, someone would send a letter to her father and tell him that Halbred had lost her to the city, and the pony would have Halbred's head. He almost DID have Halbred's head when he started to refuse to marry Inca, buut, with the choice of marry her and live, or don't marry her and have his head on a wall....
Something tugged on his shirt. He looked and saw Jaguarundee, Inca's jaguar. He rubbed the odd cat between the ears. "Hey, budy, you seen Inca?" The jaguar rubbed against Halbred, purring. Then the cat started tugging Halbred's shirt, pulling him towards the south side of the city, as if trying to tell him someting. "What is it, budy? Something up?" The jaguar ran at the edge of the building, jumping to the next roof top, then looked at Halbred, as if beconing him to follow. Shrugging, Halbred followed, managing to keep up with the cat.
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Dragon groaned. He slowly closed his eyes, ready to pass out. He wondered what was takiong the cat so long to get there. Where had it gone, the other side of town? He opened his eyes when he heard a growl. He saw, at the end of the alley, a dog that had foam around it's mouth. Dragon wimpered.
Inca stood up, watching the dog. It stepped closer, then launched itself at Inca. She smacked it with her spear. "Bad dog!" The dog yelped, then got up again. Someone dropped down onto the dog, followed by Jaguarundee. Inca looked at who it was. She frowned a bit, looking at her jaguar. "I said get a healer, not." She bent down and rubbed his ears. "My husband."
Halbred frowned. "Oh, I see how I rate." He crossed his arms, then saw Dragon. "What happened to him?"
Inca looked up. "Rascal, Gaucho, and Faust beat him up."
Halbred rubbed the back of his neck, then got up and went over to Dragon. "Come on, Dragon, let's get you to Amano."
Inca couldn't help but laugh. "It's Amani, not Amano...."
"Oh, ha ha." He picked up Dragon carefully.
Dragon winced. "Oww...."
Halbred walked towards the alley end. Dragon wondered why he was going out carying him like that. Everyone got out of the way, seeing the hurry he was in. He called a taxi, and one pulled right up.
Inca walked over, and everyone stared. Well, the guys did. They got dark looks from Halbred. Inca got into the taxi after Halbred, then waited with the door open until Jaguarundee got in. The driver looked at the cat odd. "Is that a jaguar?" Inca simply nodded. The driver gulped, then asked, "Where to?"
Halbred looked up. "To the hospital! And it better be fast!"
The driver nodded, getting the taxi into gear, getting to the hospital as the sun was going down. Looking out the door of the hospital, Inca saw Gaucho and Faust walking by. She looked at Halbred, who was watching the doors to the E.R. Inca silently slipped out, making her way across the streat. Hiding in an alley, she waited for the two ponies to get to the mouth, then darted out, standing in front of them.
Gaucho stared, hypnotized by the look of the Incan pony. Faust saw the spear, gulping. "Gaucho..."
"Yeah?"
"I don't think she's in a good mood...."
"Why do you say that?"
Faust pointed at the spear. Gaucho took one look and backed up.
Inca stepped closer, spear pointed at them. "You will go to Dragon and apolagise to him."
Faust nodded. "Y-yes ma'am!"
Gaucho looked behind Inca, smirking a bit. "No, I don't think we will.
Inca growled, poking Gaucho in the belly. He winced. She growled again. "Yes, you will."
Rascal walked up behind her. "No, they won't."
Inca wirled around, ready to hurt him. Rascal took her spear, breaking the head off and pocketting it. He didn't see Halbred until he felt another blade poking him in the back. He turned around with a growl, then meeped when he saw the larger pony. Halbred growled. "You will apologise, to both Dragon and Inca. Give her back the head of her spear." Rascal hesitated. Halbred had a dark look on his face. "NOW!" Rascal yelped, giving Inca the head of her spear back. "Alright, I'll apologise! Just don't hurt me!!"
"Good, now say you're sorry to Inca for breaking her spear."
Rascal gulped, then looked at Inca. "Sorry for breaking your spear."
"Good boy, now you can all march into that hospital and apologise to Dragon for what you did."
All three nodded, looking rather scared. Each getting a poke in the back, they started walking, going across the streat to the hospital. Amani was standing in the waiting room, arms crossed. She gave the three younge ponies a death look, then led them to Dragon's room to apologise.
"WHERE IS HE?!"
"I don't know!!"
"Wrong answer!"
Gaucho punched Dragon in the gut hard, causing him to double over. "Try again, Dragon."
Dragon coughed. "In jail, okay?"
Faust laughed. "Looks like the Bane got caught!"
Rascal growled. "Then we gotta get him out."
Gaucho frowned. "How? It's a penatentary. You run, they shoot, you die!"
Rascal laughed. "Forgetting one thing, Gaucho, everyone FEARS me!"
Faust shook his head. "Not everyone."
Rascal growled deaply. "Who doesn't fear me?"
Dragon coughed again. "Your old man? Your dead mother? Rogue?"
Rascal's eyes seemed to glow as he kicked Dragon hard in the stomache. "You shut up about my family!"
Dragon groaned in pain, then passed out. Faust dropped him, then looked at Rascal. "He's right, you know. Rogue doens't fear you. And neither does Dark Star. Or Dark Heart."
Rascal frowned. "That's a point... We still break the Bane out." He turned, walking away from them, heading to the mouth of the alley only to fly off.
Faust looked at Dragon. "Should we help him?"
Gaucho shook his head. "Not unless you want Rascal making you into a meal. Come on." He left the alley, followed closely by Faust.
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Inca watched Faust and Gaucho leave the alley. She didn't like the inhabitants of this concreate jungle. Especially these ones, that took the same role as the jaguar. She dropped down into the alley the two ponies had come out of, looking around. She saw Dragon, going over.
Dragon groaned, opening an eye. He looked up and saw the incan pony, eyes widening. Taking one look at the spear in her hoof, he tried crawling away. "D-d-don't hurt me..."
Inca laughed. "Hurt you? Why would I hurt you? I have no reason. Now, do you want some help?"
Dragon sighed in relief, then nodded slowly, as he was in pain. "Yes, please, I need help... And a healer, I think they broke several things..."
Inca smiled a bit, then whistled. Her jaguar came out of the shadows. "It helps to have eyes in dark alleys." She stroked the blue cat, saying something to him in the incan language.
Dragon gulped. "Don't big, wild cats EAT guys like me?" He watched the jaguar, a bit afraid of it.
Inca smiled. "No, not Jaguarundee. He's rather tame. He trusts ponies now and then. You'll know if he acts like a house cat towards you." She looked at Jaguarundee. "You know what to do."
The curelean jaguar took off, dodging between ponies who couldn't help but stare on his way to getting a healer.
Dragon coughed a bit, spitting up blood.
"I think they punctured a lung, boy."
Dragon simply nodded, hopeing the cat would hurry.
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Halbred stared down at a snarling stray dog. He didn't bother it, why was it snarling? Then he saw the foaming at its mouth, backing up. "I guess you don't want to be friends?" The dog stepped closer, matching Halbred's pace. Halbred shrugged, then turned and ran, the dog chasing after him. If he had been wearing his usual outfit of an egyptian wrap, he'd get some odd looks. But, he was in public, so he wore normal clothes, like pants and a shirt. Though he got the fealing he'd have a hole in his pants soon, if the dog got him. He ran into an alley, jumping for a ladder and grabbing it. The dog jumped, snapping it's jaws at Halbred's hooves. The dog missed, to Halbred's relief.
Climbing up the ladder to the building roof, Halbred escaped the dog. He had a more important problem. Inca was somewhere in the city, and he had to find her. Why was this important? One, she was ALONE in the city, something Khopesh had said she shouldn't be. Two, someone would send a letter to her father and tell him that Halbred had lost her to the city, and the pony would have Halbred's head. He almost DID have Halbred's head when he started to refuse to marry Inca, buut, with the choice of marry her and live, or don't marry her and have his head on a wall....
Something tugged on his shirt. He looked and saw Jaguarundee, Inca's jaguar. He rubbed the odd cat between the ears. "Hey, budy, you seen Inca?" The jaguar rubbed against Halbred, purring. Then the cat started tugging Halbred's shirt, pulling him towards the south side of the city, as if trying to tell him someting. "What is it, budy? Something up?" The jaguar ran at the edge of the building, jumping to the next roof top, then looked at Halbred, as if beconing him to follow. Shrugging, Halbred followed, managing to keep up with the cat.
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Dragon groaned. He slowly closed his eyes, ready to pass out. He wondered what was takiong the cat so long to get there. Where had it gone, the other side of town? He opened his eyes when he heard a growl. He saw, at the end of the alley, a dog that had foam around it's mouth. Dragon wimpered.
Inca stood up, watching the dog. It stepped closer, then launched itself at Inca. She smacked it with her spear. "Bad dog!" The dog yelped, then got up again. Someone dropped down onto the dog, followed by Jaguarundee. Inca looked at who it was. She frowned a bit, looking at her jaguar. "I said get a healer, not." She bent down and rubbed his ears. "My husband."
Halbred frowned. "Oh, I see how I rate." He crossed his arms, then saw Dragon. "What happened to him?"
Inca looked up. "Rascal, Gaucho, and Faust beat him up."
Halbred rubbed the back of his neck, then got up and went over to Dragon. "Come on, Dragon, let's get you to Amano."
Inca couldn't help but laugh. "It's Amani, not Amano...."
"Oh, ha ha." He picked up Dragon carefully.
Dragon winced. "Oww...."
Halbred walked towards the alley end. Dragon wondered why he was going out carying him like that. Everyone got out of the way, seeing the hurry he was in. He called a taxi, and one pulled right up.
Inca walked over, and everyone stared. Well, the guys did. They got dark looks from Halbred. Inca got into the taxi after Halbred, then waited with the door open until Jaguarundee got in. The driver looked at the cat odd. "Is that a jaguar?" Inca simply nodded. The driver gulped, then asked, "Where to?"
Halbred looked up. "To the hospital! And it better be fast!"
The driver nodded, getting the taxi into gear, getting to the hospital as the sun was going down. Looking out the door of the hospital, Inca saw Gaucho and Faust walking by. She looked at Halbred, who was watching the doors to the E.R. Inca silently slipped out, making her way across the streat. Hiding in an alley, she waited for the two ponies to get to the mouth, then darted out, standing in front of them.
Gaucho stared, hypnotized by the look of the Incan pony. Faust saw the spear, gulping. "Gaucho..."
"Yeah?"
"I don't think she's in a good mood...."
"Why do you say that?"
Faust pointed at the spear. Gaucho took one look and backed up.
Inca stepped closer, spear pointed at them. "You will go to Dragon and apolagise to him."
Faust nodded. "Y-yes ma'am!"
Gaucho looked behind Inca, smirking a bit. "No, I don't think we will.
Inca growled, poking Gaucho in the belly. He winced. She growled again. "Yes, you will."
Rascal walked up behind her. "No, they won't."
Inca wirled around, ready to hurt him. Rascal took her spear, breaking the head off and pocketting it. He didn't see Halbred until he felt another blade poking him in the back. He turned around with a growl, then meeped when he saw the larger pony. Halbred growled. "You will apologise, to both Dragon and Inca. Give her back the head of her spear." Rascal hesitated. Halbred had a dark look on his face. "NOW!" Rascal yelped, giving Inca the head of her spear back. "Alright, I'll apologise! Just don't hurt me!!"
"Good, now say you're sorry to Inca for breaking her spear."
Rascal gulped, then looked at Inca. "Sorry for breaking your spear."
"Good boy, now you can all march into that hospital and apologise to Dragon for what you did."
All three nodded, looking rather scared. Each getting a poke in the back, they started walking, going across the streat to the hospital. Amani was standing in the waiting room, arms crossed. She gave the three younge ponies a death look, then led them to Dragon's room to apologise.
