"Oh no!" Dulcinea gasped and ran over to Puss's unconscious body,
"Puss! Puss! Puss wake up!" She pleaded, an evil crackle turned her attention to El Moco,
"You're a monster!" She shouted,
"No! I just simply want Puss to do something for me! If you never interfered this wouldn't have happened!" El Moco laughed,
"Now why don't you go run along now be something else happens!" El Moco threated, Dulcinea gulped, and looked at Puss then El Moco.
"Fine!" She said and stood up and ran off. El Moco smirked, then demanded a few thieves to follow her,
"In case she tries anything funny!" He laughed, and looked up at Kitty sitting in her cage above the ground, looking worried as ever,
"What do you want with me? You could have used Dulcinea!" She shouted,
"At least she is his girlfriend!" Kitty said more quietly and sighed sadly,
"No, no, no that isn't why I want you! It's because your more of a threat if you got away!" El Moco chuckled, Kitty hissed at him furiously.
"Aww! Don't be feisty now little Kitty!" El Moco mocked.
"You two bring her down!" He snapped pointing at a few thieves,
"And take her to the dungeons!" He laughed looking at Kitty. The thieves grabbed Kitty so roughly she tripped and fell next to Puss, they just laughed. Kitty moved closer to Puss and wisped in his ear,
"I'll get help! Don't worry!" She wisped softly so only he could hear, Puss waking up, smiled softly at her, and held her paw, Kitty froze a bit, shocked, he gave her a small smirk, and pulled her in close.
"Your sly! Real sly!" Puss wisped into her eye, knowing she hid her dagger in her boot.
"No communicating with other prisoners!" shouted a thief grabbing Kitty and pulling her away from Puss. As Kitty was walked into the prisons, she shoved into a cell which had a small window that let a little light in.
"Enjoy! It's now your new home! For now!" a thief shouted and laughed. As soon as they were gone Kitty jumped onto the window seal and pulled her dagger out. She suddenly heard footsteps as she was about to smash the glass. She quickly jumped down from the window seal and hid her dagger in her boot again.
"Now watch your step!" laughed El Moco before pushing Puss into the cell next to Kitty.
"Now you two behave yourselves! I'll be back!" El Moco sneered and walked off. Puss got up and dusted himself off.
"Kitty?" Puss asked, Kitty nodded and walked to the bars that separated them.
"I found a way out!" Kitty smiled,
"How?" Puss asked, Kitty jumped onto her window seal again and held out her dagger,
"Easy! I smash the glass and we escape!" Kitty smiled,
"Ok great plan… but how do I get to your side?" Puss asked,
"Well! Kitty smiled and jumped down and walked over to Puss,
"We would need a key to unlock the-" Kitty grinned holding out a key, before being cut off,
"Why you sly! - what am I going to do with you!" Puss laughed pulling Kitty close,
"Sly or smart?" Kitty asked giving Puss the key, Puss chuckled,
"Whatever happened to us?" Puss flirted, holding Kitty close,
"Hmm let me think about that!" Kitty laughed dryly,
"You left me to go save another female cat then you followed back to her town, broke the spell and from that day on you have needed to stay and protect the town, meaning you never came back to see me! And is now dating her?" Kitty said, Puss laughed nervously and look down to avoid Kitty's stair,
"Now if you don't mind, I'd prefer to escape this prison cell why I still can!" Kitty, pulling away from Puss's grasp. Just as Kitty jumped up onto the window seal Puss shouted to her, Kitty looked over and heard loud footsteps entering.
"Kitty you have to go now!" Puss wisped loudly,
"I'm not leaving without you!" Kitty shouted, Puss gave her a smirk, Kitty blushed a little.
"Kitty you have too! Go back to San Lorenzo and tell Dulcinea, she'll know what to do!" Puss shouted just as the thieves started to enter.
"Hey! Someone, stop her!" El Moco shouted, Kitty looked over to Puss in panic, Puss gave her an assuring nod before Kitty smashed the window and jumped out. Just as El Moco lunged forward to grab her. Too late. Kitty had jumped at the right moment. If it had been a second longer, and Kitty would have been caught. Kitty landing roughly and tumbled on the dry dirt giving her bruises, a few broken shards of glass gave her cuts. She looked up and saw that she had just jumped from a small house above ground.
'So, the whole lair must be underground!' Kitty though. As she started walking around, she found that the house was on top of a cliff and a high drop off into the woods. From the top, Kitty could make out San Lorenzo in the distance.
'So that's where I need to go… how do I get there?' she though looking at the looming drop off. As Kitty walked along the edge, she saw long vines that grew up the side of the cliff. Kitty walked over to them and held on tightly.
"I really hope this works!" Kitty prayed, and she stepped away from the edge and slid down the vine. Kitty jumped to ground from the vine and looked around. There was a cave entrance. Suddenly Kitty remember the place.
"T-this is where Puss and I first saw the thieves! This is where I got knocked out!" Kitty gasped, now knowing where she really was, she quickly rushed of through the woods. Kitty panted as she finally made it to San Lorenzo. She stopped at the entrance and looked in,
'I can't really go back in there! They'll throw me out again!' Kitty thought, she sighed as she thought of Puss being held captured.
'I could always go back and rescue him myself! I don't need help!' She thought but remembered how she was greatly outnumbered by the thieves. Suddenly a dark shadow flew over her, and a great beast landed in front of the entrance to San Lorenzo. Kitty looked at it terrified, it was a large cat the size of a wagon! And had great eagle like wings, it looked like a
"Sphinx!" Kitty gasped under breath, remember seeing such creatures in mythology books.
"If you want to enter you must first answer this riddle!" The sphinx demanded.
"O-ok," Kitty stuttered.
"They come out at night without being called but are lost during the day without being stolen. What are they?" The sphinx asked, grinning with herself. Kitty thought about it, but then snapped at the answer,
"Easy! The answer is stars!" Kitty grinned, the sphinx looked a little shocked, never has anyone got the riddles right.
"What- b-but how?" She demanded, before Kitty could answer, a familiar voice called out from behind the Sphinx,
"Kitty?" The voice called, the Sphinx stepped away and let Kitty enter.
"Kitty? What are you doing here?" The voice asked again. Kitty walked slowly up to the voice.
"What happened to you? Why are you all bruised and cut!" he called.
"Wait! Hang on! You know Kitty?" Dulcinea asked walking over.
"He's my uncle!" Kitty sighed. Dulcinea's face was shocked.
"El Guante Blanco… Is your UNCLE!?" Dulcinea gasped, El Guante Blanco smiled and nodded,
"How do you know her Dulcinea?" He asked. Dulcinea looked at Kitty then El Guante Blanco,
'They both got the same blue eyes, both black and white, both have a belt and a sword! Well Kitty has a dagger!' Dulcinea thought.
"Oh right! Um Kitty turned up, maybe about a few weeks ago," Dulcinea said, still looking a little surprised,
"Really?" He asked also surprised, and looked at Kitty with curiosity,
"Well… I um… You know Puss, right?" Kitty asked, El Guante Blanco nodded,
"Of course! I trained him to fight!" El Guante Blanco smiled, this time it was Kitty's turn to be shocked,
"Wait you did?" She asked, and looked at him surprised,
"Really?" She amazed,
"Just go on with the story Kitty!" Her uncle said, rolling his eyes,
"Well… Puss… is my… um… Ex-Boyfriend," Kitty said, and took a step back knowing her uncle would be shocked,
"What?" He shouted,
"You and Puss dated?" He asked,
"My niece and my own student I trained! Dated!" he asked, Kitty nodded, a little nervous,
"What else did you do?" He demanded,
"Well… we just… kissed?" Kitty laughed nervously,
"On the cheek?" Her uncle asked,
"Um… no… actually kiss," Kitty smiled shyly,
"When I see Puss again! We are going to talk!" He snapped.
"Wait! Where is Puss?" El Guante Blanco asked,
"That's what I wanted to tell you!" Kitty said rolling her eyes,
"Puss is captured, I managed to escape, he said to come back and-" Kitty said,
"So, we can re-group!" Dulcinea said cutting Kitty off,
"El Guante Blanco, I think we might need your help!" Dulcinea asked, he nodded. Dulcinea ran inside to grab her sword, leaving Kitty and her uncle outside.
"Please leave Puss alone!" Kitty sighed, looking up at her uncle.
"He's with- "Kitty said,
"With Dulcinea, I know," He sighed, and she looked down.
"That's why I need to talk to him!" He said, Kitty gazed up at him,
"Because he or you!" He snapped looking directly at Kitty who wished she could just disappear,
"Never told me!" He said,
"Well I didn't really know you were my uncle or that you trained Puss, did I?" She snapped back.
"Ok let's go!" Dulcinea called, holding the reins of three horses behind her.
"It'll be much faster if we ride!" She smiled. Just as they were about to exit San Lorenzo, a group of thieves appeared, smirking and sneering at them.
"And where do you think you're going?" A thief laughed,
"El Moco knew you'd be up to know good!" Another sneered,
"Let's go!" Kitty shouted charging at the thieves, who ducked out of the way at the last second, Dulcinea and El Guante followed, knocking over the thieves as they tried to get up.
"I know were the main entrance is! We can go in through there!" Dulcinea called out,
"No! that would be guarded with thieves just waiting to get us!" Kitty shouted,
"I know another way in! Puss might even be there!" Kitty said, turning their direction towards the cliff.
"So, Puss, your little lady friend got away!" El Moco said, Puss smiled a little,
"But! I sent a few thieves to follow the other one! So, when she meets up with the over, they'll both be caught!" El Moco smiled, pleased with his plan. Puss's eyes flashed and glared at him.
"Aw don't be sad know!" El Moco mocked,
"You'll be with them soon!" he laughed,
"And if you steal my ruby! I'll think about setting you all free!" He chuckled,
"Why me? Why don't you just steal the ruby yourself?" Puss asked,
"Well first you're the only one with the key to San Lorenzo's treasure house, second you embarrassed and destroyed my reputation in front of all of my thieves! So, in return I'll destroy your by forcing you to betray the town you sworn to protect!" El Moco grinned evilly, Puss hissed at him. What El Moco didn't know was that Puss was purposely stalling by keeping El Moco talking while he picked the lock with his claws. At that very second Puss sprang at El Moco knocking him down, and he ran for the exit. He turned to sharp and slid on the floor crashing into the dungeons and landing into a cell. When El Moco had caught up, he saw Puss sitting in a dungeon cell,
"Ha! Escaping won't be that easy!" Laughed El Moco and marched out with his thieves. Puss simply smiled as they left. He knew what he was doing.