Chapter 3: (Nack's Fight, The Duo's Plan)

It vas a little later ze same night zat I saw Nack again. I vas working on my telescope headgear right after he left. As I finished & vas about to put it on my head, I thought I heard someone say, "Hi Professor! Bye Professor!"

"Guten Tag to you too!" I said as I didn't look.

After I put my telescope on my head, I realized saying, "Vait a minute..."

I zen heard gun fire. I gasped and started to look out. Zer vere no more gunfires, but I did saw Nack again, but zis time vith a girl bat. Zey were punching and kicking ze guards. Zere vere only four left. He told ze guard he was holding, "Take that, you stupid guard!" as he made one unconscious.

I couldn't bare it anymore and shouted, "Auc ta Levan!" from ze tip of my lungs.

Nack turned around and saw me. He dropped ze guard down as he said, "Oh, hey Professor."

"Nack, vhat are you and zat girl doing here?" I exagerated, zen noticed ze hat he didn't vear before, "And vhy are you vearing zat ridiculous hat?"

He looked at 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!" ze girl said.

I protested, "You and zat girl aren't. I told you to get out of-"

"Hey!" ze girl interrupted, "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."

Rouge zen protested, "I want some of the share!"

"What!? Are you crazy?"

"No, I'm not."

I heard ze doors opened just as Nack and Rouge vere about to fight each other. I zen saw ze Panther King coming towards us as we vere surrounded by ze remaining guards not ducked nor unconscious.

He zen said, "Well, well, if it isn't the little troublemaker that caused all of this." zen turned to me saying, "Thank you for the trouble of finding him, Professor."

Rouge gasped and asked, "You planned this?"

Me, plan all zis? How could I? I had nothing to do vith it!

I saw Nack back away from me, very scared, I can tell you. I turned to him and said as I floated to him, "Nack, you have to believe me. I have nothing to do vith zis!"

"Stay out of this!" ze panther yelled.

He zen pushed me out of my chair as I tumbled backwards to ze wall. Ze guards surrounded me as I saw Rouge cry. I looked over at Nack & saw him sheding a few tears. Zen, he became really angry about it. He finally jumped on top of ze Panther King, grabbed him by the collar and looked like he vas going to have revenge. But for vhat?

Nack zen yelled, "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 him in ze face and zen kicked him in ze stomach. As Nack bit his ear & vas going to bite ze Panther King's tail, Rouge came up to him and told him, "Okay, Panther King, if you're so famous, then why do you have to be so mean?!"

She kicked him in ze knee. I got up a little and crawled back to my chair. I then looked at Nack & realized what he vas doing ze whole time: He vas trying to save all of us so we vouldn't have to suffer ze same fate Kyle-da did. I zen saw both Nack and Rouge grabbed by ze necks by ze panther. With ze help of my robotic arm, I quickly crawled back to my chair. I got on, and pressed ze eject button on it. I vent flying towards ze Panther King and just as he vas going to break ze children's necks, I lifted my robotic arm & slashed ze Panther King at the back.

I fell down as ze children did. Nack zen found a metal chair, and with Rouge's help, he lifted it up, and smacked ze backside of ze panther's head which made him unconscious. Both Nack & Rouge neared me as I looked at ze guards zat surrounded us. Nack closed his eyes, probably cause he thought zey vere going to shoot us. But instead I saw Mitch clapping, zen Josh joined in on ze clapping. And as Nack opened his eyes, every veasel guard was cheering for me, Nack, and Rouge.

Ze children helped me back in my chair as Nack told ze guards, "Okay, guys, I know I'm great. But there's a price: I'm probably gonna need 1000 Mobians."

Josh agreed as he vent back downstairs to get ze money. I turned to ze other guards and told zem, "Everyone elze, make sure to tell zat it was only Nack & Rouge that hurted the Panther King. And made sure that zey won't mention me helping them."

Besides, if ze Panther King would've found out I helped him, he vould've had my head.

Ze guards agreed and zey left me. When I turned to Nack, I asked him, "Nack, vhy did you come back?"

"I didn't want any of you suffering like Kyle-da did," he told me, "I wanted to make sure the Panther King payed for what he did to Kyle-da."

"I see, and you came back for me?"

"Yeah, to get you out of this castle. I want you to see what freedom's like."

"No, I cannot go. Even if I do, ze Panther King vould be looking for me too. Zer is one thing I can help you vith on your new job."

I took out my gun from my labcoat, ze one ze future Nack carries around, and showed it to him. He vas really excited about it as I gave it to him. He zen looked at one of ze guards carrying a carton of milk and got an idea.

"Professor," he said to me, "I think I found a way to get rid of that Panther King once and for all, even if it takes a long while."

I looked interested and asked, "Vhat is it?"

"Well, I saw a plan for a monster named Heinrich earlier and I saw the milk carton. I think we should put the egg inside the milk carton."

"But won't ze king suspect zomething?"

"Not if it tastes the same to him. Anyway, I think in order for him to be too distracted about the monster, I think the table that's next to his throne should have one of the legs cut off. Then use an excuse to make him believe that a living thing needs to be fit under the table."

I got concerned a little and asked, "Vait, nothing, not even squirrels don't fit under ze table to keep balance."

"I know that, you know that, the weasel guards & Rouge know that, but does that Panther King know that? No, he doesn't."

"All right zen, I vill make sure zat ze plans succeeds. My Tediz Project I'm working on vill keep him distracted as vell."

"So that's what those teddy bears with stiches were called."

He vas like a grandson I wish I had. I zen floated up to him and hugged him like I was his own grandfather. I zen said softly, "Nack, take care of yourself out zere."

Nack shed a tear a little as he said, "I promise, Professor, that I will come back. And I hope to see you again someday."

Nack zen headed to ze stairs as I head to my room. I watched from upstairs as I saw ze children vith a veasel wearing a black suit & sunglasses vas waiting. I watched as zey smiled vith joy. I zen continued on my Tediz Project when they vere gone.

(Next Chapter, A Deal With the Boss)