Chapter 5: (We Meet Again, Nic & Boss!)
As I returned to Windy, I then remembered the place where the rock creatures hang around, the Rock Solid. So I quickly went over to Poo Mountain, but before I could go inside, I saw what looked like a rocket & Nack inside the ship. I gasped as I found Nack. I tried going over there, but the rocket, with Nack, was launched into space. I then saw a piece of rubble at a place where the bee hive once was.
I looked up & saw the old windmill broken as a squirrel wearing armor was coming down the mountain. I dashed to him, grabbed him by the collar of his armor, and angrily told him, "All right, you nerd-looking geek! What has happened here!? And why did that rocket go off?"
The squirrel answered, "If you would calm down a little, I'll tell you. I didn't see a rocket, but I did see some smoke."
Stubborn, I let him go, and headed up the mountain. I entered the windmill and took the short-cut to the Panther King's castle. I think that squirrel followed behind, but I didn't look back. I headed to the back door of the castle, away from the Federal Reserve. As I headed to the back door, I saw Nic, Nack's sister, waiting at the back. She looked at the direction I was at, and spotted me.
She smirked as she said, "Well, well, come to get your job back, Rouge? I knew you would slip up on your treasure hunt sooner or later."
I then explained, "Nic, I didn't slip up! I just...gave up, that's all."
"Like the bitch you are?"
"How dare you!"
Before we got into a catfight, I heard a familiar voice saying, "Nicollete! Get mes out of here! That thing that came out of the Panther King's gonna eat me if I don't get out!"
It was my old boss. Nic noticed too as she managed to break the back-door. The boss came out leaping into the grass, and panted like something was bothering him. Nic looked at where the boss came out, looked angrily at him, and asked, "All right, where's Berri? Answer me!"
Berri? She took my old job and worked for him!?
The boss looked at Nic saying, "The Panther King wanted the red squirrel & payed me to get him. He then told mes to get rid of 'Dollface'. If I's didn't do what he says, he would've clawed me to death!"
So Berri's dead now, thanks to my old boss? What was I thinking, getting my job back!
The boss then saw me and said, "Ain't yew that Rouge gal thats left me for treasure hunting?"
"Yes," I said softly.
"What is you doing back here anyway?"
I sighed saying, "I came here to get my job back. But if you already found someone to take my place, I understand. I'm leaving."
Before I could go, the boss grabbed me in the arm saying, "What is you talking about, Rouge? Besides, I knews you come back someday. And besides all that, no matter where you go, treasure hunting or not, you're still a bounty hunter."
Nic came up to me & said, "The boss is right, and you can't quit no matter what! Since you were in the treasure hunting business, no one, not even Berri, ever took over your old job!"
She then noticed a tear on my cheek and asked, "What's wrong? You miss the good life?"
"No," I said, "It's just that, well, while I was still Treasure Hunter, I met a black hedgehog named Shadow. I never told him how I really felt about him since he was gone. The same with the vampire named Batula."
"Batula? And Shadow?"
"Yes, I liked them both before they both died. But there was one person I did miss most of all." I took a deep breath as I continued, "And that person is Nack the Weasel."
"Nack?" the boss exclaimed, "I sent him on that space mission to shut off the satallite of this castle."
Before he could tell me more, there was a sound of rumbling. We looked up & saw a rocket going into outer space. I don't know what happened, but I have a feeling that someone sent everyone into space, including Berri's body.
I looked at my boss and asked him, "Boss, tell me what just happened today, all of it!"
(Next Chapter: The Conclusion of Rouge's Tale)
As I returned to Windy, I then remembered the place where the rock creatures hang around, the Rock Solid. So I quickly went over to Poo Mountain, but before I could go inside, I saw what looked like a rocket & Nack inside the ship. I gasped as I found Nack. I tried going over there, but the rocket, with Nack, was launched into space. I then saw a piece of rubble at a place where the bee hive once was.
I looked up & saw the old windmill broken as a squirrel wearing armor was coming down the mountain. I dashed to him, grabbed him by the collar of his armor, and angrily told him, "All right, you nerd-looking geek! What has happened here!? And why did that rocket go off?"
The squirrel answered, "If you would calm down a little, I'll tell you. I didn't see a rocket, but I did see some smoke."
Stubborn, I let him go, and headed up the mountain. I entered the windmill and took the short-cut to the Panther King's castle. I think that squirrel followed behind, but I didn't look back. I headed to the back door of the castle, away from the Federal Reserve. As I headed to the back door, I saw Nic, Nack's sister, waiting at the back. She looked at the direction I was at, and spotted me.
She smirked as she said, "Well, well, come to get your job back, Rouge? I knew you would slip up on your treasure hunt sooner or later."
I then explained, "Nic, I didn't slip up! I just...gave up, that's all."
"Like the bitch you are?"
"How dare you!"
Before we got into a catfight, I heard a familiar voice saying, "Nicollete! Get mes out of here! That thing that came out of the Panther King's gonna eat me if I don't get out!"
It was my old boss. Nic noticed too as she managed to break the back-door. The boss came out leaping into the grass, and panted like something was bothering him. Nic looked at where the boss came out, looked angrily at him, and asked, "All right, where's Berri? Answer me!"
Berri? She took my old job and worked for him!?
The boss looked at Nic saying, "The Panther King wanted the red squirrel & payed me to get him. He then told mes to get rid of 'Dollface'. If I's didn't do what he says, he would've clawed me to death!"
So Berri's dead now, thanks to my old boss? What was I thinking, getting my job back!
The boss then saw me and said, "Ain't yew that Rouge gal thats left me for treasure hunting?"
"Yes," I said softly.
"What is you doing back here anyway?"
I sighed saying, "I came here to get my job back. But if you already found someone to take my place, I understand. I'm leaving."
Before I could go, the boss grabbed me in the arm saying, "What is you talking about, Rouge? Besides, I knews you come back someday. And besides all that, no matter where you go, treasure hunting or not, you're still a bounty hunter."
Nic came up to me & said, "The boss is right, and you can't quit no matter what! Since you were in the treasure hunting business, no one, not even Berri, ever took over your old job!"
She then noticed a tear on my cheek and asked, "What's wrong? You miss the good life?"
"No," I said, "It's just that, well, while I was still Treasure Hunter, I met a black hedgehog named Shadow. I never told him how I really felt about him since he was gone. The same with the vampire named Batula."
"Batula? And Shadow?"
"Yes, I liked them both before they both died. But there was one person I did miss most of all." I took a deep breath as I continued, "And that person is Nack the Weasel."
"Nack?" the boss exclaimed, "I sent him on that space mission to shut off the satallite of this castle."
Before he could tell me more, there was a sound of rumbling. We looked up & saw a rocket going into outer space. I don't know what happened, but I have a feeling that someone sent everyone into space, including Berri's body.
I looked at my boss and asked him, "Boss, tell me what just happened today, all of it!"
(Next Chapter: The Conclusion of Rouge's Tale)