Chapter 10

This Ends Today

ABBY'S POV.

The suns rays hit my face through my window. I opened my eyes to find myself naked and pressed against Tennessee's naked body, with his arms around me, and his tail wrapped around my waist. I sighed happily and snuggled my face into his chest.

He stirred and opened his eyes, then smiled down at me.

"Morning beautiful." he said sleepily.

"Morning Tennessee." I said back just as tired.

He kissed me square on the lips. I kissed back with equal passion, then pulled back.

"As much as I would love to just stay in bed like this all day, we should get up. We still need to stop Toothpick." I said, as I got up and picked up my clothes.

He did the same and we were soon both dressed. I made sure Sonia was taken care of before we left, without being spotted.

We soon made it back to the hideout and were filled in on the plan. We were going to use the train whistles, to get Toothpick.

"Alright it's time." Bentley said.

"It's good to see you two worked things out." Sly said, as we headed to the tracks.

I looked at Tennessee and blushed as he smirked.

"Yep, we really worked things out." he said.

I nudged him to shut him up, but still smiled at him. We headed out with the others. We were going to stop Toothpick today…

"Yowch! That hurts mah ears! Who turned on them blasted whistles?!" We heard Toothpick shout.

A few minutes later, we saw something blast out of the whistles and came sailing towards us.

"Yeeeeeeowwwww!"

The train screamed. As it got closer we saw it was Toothpick who was fried to a crisp,

"Oh, my ear holes, ouch." Toothpick groaned.

"Why don't you bring your runt self down here and take your whoopin like a man sheriff." Tennessee exclaimed.

Toothpick turned around with steam practically pouring out of his ears.

"Blast you, Tennessee Kid Cooper! I'm going to lock you in the deepest darkest hole, and throw away the key!" he stated chuckling. I rolled my eyes.

"Give it up Toothpick, the fat lady has sung and you are done!" Tennessee stated.

I smirked and stood ready to fight, when all of a sudden I felt someone grab me. I immediately elbow them in the gut and pulled out my gun, shooting the longhorn quicker than a bolt of lightning. Tennessee looked back at me and smirked.

"Remind me never to get back on your bad side." he said.

"You better not." I said smirking at him.

But just then two mice in weird suits came and knocked Tennessee's gun out of his hand.

"My gun! No!" he exclaimed and was shoved harshly to the ground.

"Ha ha ha! Thanks Kid Le Paradox sends his regards. Adios idiot!" Toothpick stated. Just then Sly came over.

"Relax pal, I'll take care of this." he stated, then went after Toothpick.

I helped Tennessee up, and we continued to help the others, hoping Sly would get Tennessee's cane back.

I had been helping shoot off the last of the longhorns when I heard a wail.

"Yeeeeoooowch!" Toothpick wailed as he sailed out of the train's smoke stack and landed near a recovered Tennessee, burnt to a crisp. Tennessee grabbed Toothpick.

"Well lookie what the cat drug in." Tennessee said.

"Uh…ohh." Toothpick groaned.

"Look's like this here's our stop." Tennessee said, literally kicking Toothpick off the train. Then he wrapped an arm around my waist and jumping off with me.

I smirked coyly at him, "And I see you got the criminal for a change."

We had Toothpick tied up, when we noticed that the others were heading straight for the cliff.

"What in tarnation are they doing?" Tennessee said, scratching his head.

Just then the sack of gold came down in front of us.

"And I was just wondering where that gold got too." Tennessee said as he walked on Toothpick and grabbed it.

We saw the van go over the edge.

"Do you think that they're okay?" I asked Tennessee.

"Yeah. They're okay." he said.

"How do you know?" I asked.

"Sly's a Cooper. He made it with the others. Plus, I don't know about you but I didn't here a crash." Tennessee said.

That was true. If something like that had fallen, we would have heard it crash. Just to be sure, I headed to the edge and checked. There was nothing there except for the train. They had made it. I went back to Tennessee and told him. He smiled and we headed back to town hand in hand.

I'm worried about Tennessee's well being after having his gun stolen. If I'm so attached to something like my necklace my parents got me, I can't imagine how Kid must be feeling.

One day, after the persisting of my students, I went to check on Tennessee.

"Kid… are you okay?"

Sadly, Kid shook his head, "Not really, Abby…I just don't feel the same without my shootin' iron." He sighed and hung his head lower,

"…I wish there was a way to get my gun back."

'Oh Tennessee.' I thought

I sat next him placing on hand on his and rubbed his back with the other. That gun was his legacy… it's not like he can get another one. I wish there was a way.

"Don't worry, Kid." I comforted him as best as I could, "Things will work out…some how…"

Tennessee placed his hand on top of mine and smiled softly, "Thanks Abby…"

To perk him up a bit I leaned in to kiss his cheek….of course he saw it coming and turned his head so I could get his lips. I didn't mind, that's what I was aiming for anyway.

After pulling away we cuddled on the small bed. I rested my head on his chest, and sighed contently, getting comfortable. Tennessee's large, bushy grayish-brown tail snaked it's way over to mine and wrapped around it; he brought me a little closer due to the small nudge his tail gave me, which made me giggle a bit. Tennessee smiled and kisses the top of my head. This wasn't so bad…until a disturbing white/blue light appeared out of no where all of a sudden. I knew it was the others, it was the same light that had appeared the first time they came here. Bentley appeared and in a frantic voice, he told us that Sly was in trouble as well as the Cooper line and he needed all of Sly's ancestors to come with him to reclaim their canes, including Tennessee's gun, to restore history!

Naturally Tennessee jumped at the chance and with one swift long kiss that left me dazed, he hopped into the white light and vanished…leaving me standing there wondering what I would do until he got back, I could only hope he came back safely...

I was never really one to wait around for long. Right when I was about to walk out the door, Tennessee reappeared behind me in a white light again, hooting and hollering waving his precious gun around like a toy. It made me laugh quietly.

"Uh-huh! The Kid is back! Yee-haw!"

"So I recon' it went well?"

Tennessee stopped his dancing and shifted his hat a bit embarrassed, making me giggle.

"Well…not entirely sure. I disappeared before any of the real action started, but it was rippin' good time seeing all my ancestors. One was hairy and one talked funnier than a two-headed jackalope, but it was-".

I placed a finger on his lips to shut him up. I'm sure that if I let him go on about it, I would get no sleep.

"Why don't you tell me in the morning?"

"You sure? Cause it's quite the story! You can tell Sonia-"

I silenced him with a long kiss. Sometimes, he was just too much…but he's the only thief who can match me. And I was the only sheriff who would and had caught him...

OKAY, I HOPE YOU ALL LIKED. SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE, BUT I HAVE HAD SCHOOL, CHOIR PERFORMANCES, TRYING TO GET READY FOR HALLOWEEN, AND I LOST MY PHONE. I'M GETTING NEW ONE BUT STILL. I HAVE ANOTHER CHAPTER AFTER THINS ONE THEN MAYBE AN EPILOGUE, BUT I MAY JUST DO ONLY THE ONE AND END THE STORY. I MIGHT HAVE SOME SPIN OFFS FOR THIS STORY. PEACE OUT!