Chapter 2: (Assult Against the Panther King)
When we reached the top of the stairs, the guards pointed their guns at us. Since I was behind Nack, none of them knew I was there. Nack rushed by an opened door and said as he passed it, "Hi Professor! Bye Professor!"
"Guten Tag to you too!" a voice came from inside.
The guards then started to shoot at us. None of the guards upstairs were anyone I knew, they were the latest guards recruited. Seeing that they might've been the villagers that picked on me, I kicked one of them on the knee as the guard accidentally kept his finger on the trigger, which the guards ducked as the gun was firing. We then started to knock out the guards, but unfortunatly, I don't remember how we did it & dodged the bullets at the same time.
Anyway, Nack managed to knock one of the four remaining guards down when we heard someone saying, "Auc ta Levan!"
We both turned around and saw a strange weasel without legs, floating in a chair, and had his arm & eye roboticised. It looked like Nack reconized him as Nack dropped the guard saying, "Oh, hey Professor."
"Nack, vhat are you and zat girl doing here?" he exagerated, then he noticed his hat continuing, "And vhy are you vearing zat ridiculous hat?"
He looked at his hat, and then pointed to it saying, "Oh, you mean this hat? My new boss gave it to me. And I'm going to be a bounty hunter if I do my job right!"
"Me too!" I said.
The man, who Nack keeps calling 'Professor' protested to him, "You and zat girl aren't. I told you to get out of-"
Getting tired of being called 'Zat girl', I interupted yelling, "Hey! The name's Rouge, not zat girl!"
Nack continued, "My boss told me if I get to steal at least 500 Mobians from this castle, then I become a bounty hunter."
That was his plan along? Dammit, Nack!
I then protested as I looked angry at him, "I want some of the share!"
"What!? Are you crazy?"
"No, I'm not."
We both looked angrily at each other as the three guards surrounded not only me & Nack, but also the Professor. Then all of a sudden, the two doors opened and out came a black panther wearing robes & a crown, with an evil look at Nack. That's when I knew that panther was (you guessed it) the legendary Panther King.
He then said to Nack, "Well, well, if it isn't the little troublemaker that caused all of this," then turning to the Professor, saying to him, "Thank you for the trouble of finding him, Professor."
I was shocked. I then asked the Professor, "You planned this?"
Nack was also shocked about this, not to mentioned scared. The Professor turned to Nack as the purple weasel was backing away from him. He floated to him & said, "Nack, you have to believe me. I have nothing to do vith zis!"
I don't know why Nack was scared, but it made me wonder if there was something wrong & he had to change the problem.
"Stay out of this!" the panther yelled as he pushed the Professor off of his chair.
One of the guards was ready to shoot the Professor as he dropped to the ground. I then cried, even though I wasn't suppose to. I think Nack started to cry & got angry at the same time when he jumped to the Panther King & grabbed him by the collar of his robe. It was then that everyone, including me, were shocked at what Nack was doing.
As we were shocked, Nack yelled in the panther's face, "Okay, you stupid panther! I had it with you! First you made the weasels your slaves, then you tried to kill me, then you killed the only weasel kid I ever made friends with, and now you're about to kill another friend of mine! YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR!!!"
He punched the panther in the face as he looked at me. That's when I knew what he was doing when he bit his ear & tail next: He was helping us. As he was kicking in all places of the panther, I told the king, "Okay, Panther King, if you're so famous, then why do you have to be so mean?!"
I kicked him in the knee as I said that. The Panther King growled in pain. He then grabbed both me and Nack by the throat. I then saw Nack shed a tear as we were about to die. I could only do one thing at that time: I held his hand for a little comfort so we can bravely die together. But our death never came as the Panther King screamed in pain. We both looked behind him and saw the Professor, using his robotic claw to slash the Panther King's back.
We were both dropped onto the floor as Nack took a metal chair. With my help, we swung the chair to the king's head. He then fell unconscious to the floor. We both helped the Professor up as we looked at the guards, including the medevil ones. Nack closed his eyes, thinking they were going to shoot us, but instead, I saw the thin medevil one clapping. Then the fat medevil one joined the clapping, and soon all the guards were cheering for me, Nack, and the Professor.
With my help, Nack helped the Professor back to his floating chair as he told the guards, "Okay, guys, I know I'm great. But there's a price: I'm probably gonna need 1000 Mobians."
One of the guards agreed as he went downstairs to get the cash from the bank. Nack looked at the Professor for a moment before turning to me. He then told me, "Rouge, meet me downstairs, I wanna talk to the Professor for a little while."
I kinda blushed before going downstairs (only halfway though) with half of the guards. And no, it was not a crush blush, just a blush of success.
I waited for a little while before seeing Nack again. We both walked downstairs to collect our pay. Before we left the bank, I said my goodbyes to the only friends I ever had since the orphanage days. We then walked outside, where a weasel wearing a black suit & sunglasses was running up to us.
He said to Nack in a don-type voice, "So, yous got the Mobians I wanted?"
Nack gave him half of the money saying, "Here you are. Just as promised."
I didn't want to let Nack have all the credit since I did half of the work too. So I snatched the money saying, "Gimmie that!"
"Hey!" he yelled.
I then gave it to my boss saying, "Here you are."
He put the money in his pocket saying, "Ahh, thanks a loads, you two. How did the king turned out?"
Nack smirked, "Let's just say he won't be getting out of bed for a long while."
I giggled a bit as the boss said, "Good. And since you both did your job together, I'll let you both be bounty hunters."
I was glad I got that job. Since then, my job completely felt like heaven.
(Next Chapter: Hello, Berri!)
When we reached the top of the stairs, the guards pointed their guns at us. Since I was behind Nack, none of them knew I was there. Nack rushed by an opened door and said as he passed it, "Hi Professor! Bye Professor!"
"Guten Tag to you too!" a voice came from inside.
The guards then started to shoot at us. None of the guards upstairs were anyone I knew, they were the latest guards recruited. Seeing that they might've been the villagers that picked on me, I kicked one of them on the knee as the guard accidentally kept his finger on the trigger, which the guards ducked as the gun was firing. We then started to knock out the guards, but unfortunatly, I don't remember how we did it & dodged the bullets at the same time.
Anyway, Nack managed to knock one of the four remaining guards down when we heard someone saying, "Auc ta Levan!"
We both turned around and saw a strange weasel without legs, floating in a chair, and had his arm & eye roboticised. It looked like Nack reconized him as Nack dropped the guard saying, "Oh, hey Professor."
"Nack, vhat are you and zat girl doing here?" he exagerated, then he noticed his hat continuing, "And vhy are you vearing zat ridiculous hat?"
He looked at his hat, and then pointed to it saying, "Oh, you mean this hat? My new boss gave it to me. And I'm going to be a bounty hunter if I do my job right!"
"Me too!" I said.
The man, who Nack keeps calling 'Professor' protested to him, "You and zat girl aren't. I told you to get out of-"
Getting tired of being called 'Zat girl', I interupted yelling, "Hey! The name's Rouge, not zat girl!"
Nack continued, "My boss told me if I get to steal at least 500 Mobians from this castle, then I become a bounty hunter."
That was his plan along? Dammit, Nack!
I then protested as I looked angry at him, "I want some of the share!"
"What!? Are you crazy?"
"No, I'm not."
We both looked angrily at each other as the three guards surrounded not only me & Nack, but also the Professor. Then all of a sudden, the two doors opened and out came a black panther wearing robes & a crown, with an evil look at Nack. That's when I knew that panther was (you guessed it) the legendary Panther King.
He then said to Nack, "Well, well, if it isn't the little troublemaker that caused all of this," then turning to the Professor, saying to him, "Thank you for the trouble of finding him, Professor."
I was shocked. I then asked the Professor, "You planned this?"
Nack was also shocked about this, not to mentioned scared. The Professor turned to Nack as the purple weasel was backing away from him. He floated to him & said, "Nack, you have to believe me. I have nothing to do vith zis!"
I don't know why Nack was scared, but it made me wonder if there was something wrong & he had to change the problem.
"Stay out of this!" the panther yelled as he pushed the Professor off of his chair.
One of the guards was ready to shoot the Professor as he dropped to the ground. I then cried, even though I wasn't suppose to. I think Nack started to cry & got angry at the same time when he jumped to the Panther King & grabbed him by the collar of his robe. It was then that everyone, including me, were shocked at what Nack was doing.
As we were shocked, Nack yelled in the panther's face, "Okay, you stupid panther! I had it with you! First you made the weasels your slaves, then you tried to kill me, then you killed the only weasel kid I ever made friends with, and now you're about to kill another friend of mine! YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR!!!"
He punched the panther in the face as he looked at me. That's when I knew what he was doing when he bit his ear & tail next: He was helping us. As he was kicking in all places of the panther, I told the king, "Okay, Panther King, if you're so famous, then why do you have to be so mean?!"
I kicked him in the knee as I said that. The Panther King growled in pain. He then grabbed both me and Nack by the throat. I then saw Nack shed a tear as we were about to die. I could only do one thing at that time: I held his hand for a little comfort so we can bravely die together. But our death never came as the Panther King screamed in pain. We both looked behind him and saw the Professor, using his robotic claw to slash the Panther King's back.
We were both dropped onto the floor as Nack took a metal chair. With my help, we swung the chair to the king's head. He then fell unconscious to the floor. We both helped the Professor up as we looked at the guards, including the medevil ones. Nack closed his eyes, thinking they were going to shoot us, but instead, I saw the thin medevil one clapping. Then the fat medevil one joined the clapping, and soon all the guards were cheering for me, Nack, and the Professor.
With my help, Nack helped the Professor back to his floating chair as he told the guards, "Okay, guys, I know I'm great. But there's a price: I'm probably gonna need 1000 Mobians."
One of the guards agreed as he went downstairs to get the cash from the bank. Nack looked at the Professor for a moment before turning to me. He then told me, "Rouge, meet me downstairs, I wanna talk to the Professor for a little while."
I kinda blushed before going downstairs (only halfway though) with half of the guards. And no, it was not a crush blush, just a blush of success.
I waited for a little while before seeing Nack again. We both walked downstairs to collect our pay. Before we left the bank, I said my goodbyes to the only friends I ever had since the orphanage days. We then walked outside, where a weasel wearing a black suit & sunglasses was running up to us.
He said to Nack in a don-type voice, "So, yous got the Mobians I wanted?"
Nack gave him half of the money saying, "Here you are. Just as promised."
I didn't want to let Nack have all the credit since I did half of the work too. So I snatched the money saying, "Gimmie that!"
"Hey!" he yelled.
I then gave it to my boss saying, "Here you are."
He put the money in his pocket saying, "Ahh, thanks a loads, you two. How did the king turned out?"
Nack smirked, "Let's just say he won't be getting out of bed for a long while."
I giggled a bit as the boss said, "Good. And since you both did your job together, I'll let you both be bounty hunters."
I was glad I got that job. Since then, my job completely felt like heaven.
(Next Chapter: Hello, Berri!)