Well, I've become write-happy! On to the next chapter!

Disclaimer: I really, REALLY hate to say this, but I don't own Fangface, just a few OC.

Chapter 13

A Gang Embrightens

Puggsy and Kim looked down at Fangface, surprised at seeing him awake. He had just woken up, and couldn't help but notice that the two teenagers were moving closer to each other, squishing him in the process. "Was I… interrupting something?" Fangface asked, arching an eyebrow but keeping a grin on his face. "Huh? Huh? Was I?"

Puggsy and Kim backed away from each other (and Fangface), blushing with embarrassment. "No/Nope, not really," they replied at the same time.

"Kim, um, why don't you get back to sleep?" Puggsy suggested. "I'll keep watch."

Kim nodded, then scooted away from them and lied down. Willackers! That was awkward… she thought, surprised with herself.

Puggsy sighed, then looked over at Fangface, who grinned at him. "What?" he asked, arching an eyebrow.

"You like her, (grr) don't you?" Fangface asked, snickering.

"What? No!" His voice came out louder than he expected, so he lowered it to a more hushed tone. "C'mon, Fangface, I've just met her! We're barely even friends!"

"Then why were you so close? Huh? So close!"

"Ah, shut up. What would you know-Ow!" Puggsy gripped his stomach again.

Fangface's grin disappeared, and his face turned into a look of concern. "(grr) You okay, Pugs?"

"Just a bruised stomach. It'll pass."

"Is it from that fight? Huh? (snarl) Is it? Is it?"

Puggsy rolled his eyes. "Where did you think I got it? Falling out of a tree?"

Fangface thought about it. "Well, you did fall out of one earlier…"

*Rustle, rustle*

Puggsy froze. "Hey, did you hear that?"

Fangface's ears perked up. "What? What?"

"A sound, coming from over in the bushes." Puggsy stood up, sneaking over to the bushes, but then he stopped, thinking about the last time he tried to sneak up on something behind a shrub. He turned to Fangface. "Climb up that tree and see if you can spot what's sneakifying up on us."

"Sure thing, Pugs!" Fangface let out a short howl and climbed up the tree, sitting on top of a branch and noticing a gray wolf, black wolf, and white wolf crouched behind the bushes. "Just a few wolves (snarl)."

"How many?"

"At least three."

Puggsy backed away from the bushes, pretending that he didn't notice anything. "Snap off a small branch and toss it down to me,"

"One small branch, coming right up!" Fangface grabbed hold of a branch the size of a baseball bat and snapped it off its bough. "Catch!" he tossed it down to Puggsy-

-hitting him in the head in the process. "Ow!" Puggsy rubbed his head, grabbing the branch. "Just wait until he gets back down here…"

"Pugs, what's going on?" Kim asked, sitting up.

"There's three wolves behind that bush, so we'd better- AUGH!" Puggsy jumped five- maybe six- feet as the black wolf leaped out of the bushes, nearly biting his leg off. He swung the tree branch, smacking the wolf on the head.

The gray wolf ran up and snapped its jaws around the club, yanking it out of Puggsy's hand, tossing it away. The white wolf came out last, growling menacingly as the three of them approached the teenagers.

"What's going… Yikes!" Biff gasped, waking up to see the three wolves. Kim and Puggsy backed up, standing beside him.

"Should we run?" Kim asked.

"Nah, that will just provoke them," Puggsy said, then looked up at Fangface. "Hey, Fangface! How about a little help here?"

"Ooh! Ooh! You can count on me, Pugs!" Fangface growled. "I'll take care of 'em!" He howled the 'Charge' signal, then leaped out of the tree, between the three wolves and three teens. "You wolves are no match for a werewolf! (snarl)"

The three wolves lunged at their new threat, and the fight was on. A cloud of dust erupted as they fought, though Biff, Kim, and Puggsy could still see what was going on: The black wolf latched its jaws on Fangface's arm, but the werewolf swung it and slammed it into the gray wolf. The white wolf bit his tail, making him cry out, 'Hey, no cheating!', then he grabbed it by the gruff of its fur and threw it into the other wolves. The gray wolf got up and leaped at him, pinning him to the ground, while the other two wolves circled, waiting to jump if Fangface tried to make a move.

"Hold it, your shoe's untied!" Fangface pointed to the gray wolf's feet. It looked down dumbly, giving Fangface the chance to kick it in the stomach, launching it into the bushes. The black and white wolf snarled, lunging from different sides of him. "Ooh!" He ducked out of the way, causing the two wolves to bash their own heads together. Fangface stood up in front of Kim, Puggsy, and Biff as the wolves shot him a glare. He snarled viciously, and they ran off.

"Thanks, Fangface," Kim said, wrapping her arms around his neck and hugging him. "You really saved us!" She gave him a peck on the cheek in thanks.

The werewolf blushed. "Aw, shucks, (snort) it was nothing."

"Yeah, right. It was nothing," Puggsy said, sneering after watching Kim give Fangface a kiss, watching him blush. And he thinks I like her? Sheesh!

"C'mon, lets get back to town," Biff said. "If we stay in these woods any longer, we'll be food for some other wild animal."

"What about those crooks?" Kim asked.

Biff sighed. "Guys, I hate to say it, but if we don't try to do something about them, we'll never be safe. We'll have to take them on ourselves."

"Are you crazified?" Puggsy snapped.

"Don't worry, I have a plan. Puggsy, is there a place where Snake and all of his gang meet regularly?"

"Just the old gym downtown. The whole gang goes there every night to meet up and report things."

"What time do they meet up?"

"Whenever it gets dark out, is my guess. Of course, they always have someone watching the place during the day."

"How many guys?"

"Maybe one or two- Hey, wait a minute! Why do you want to know all this?"

"Like I said, Puggsy. I have a plan." The light bulb strikes again!

Tony and Steve walked through the park, looking as casual as possible. The sun was sinking down, giving the sky a purple-reddish glow, waiting for the moon to take its place. "Where are we going, again?" Steve asked.

"Ed wants us to search the woods," Tony replied. "He says that werewolf and kids could be hiding there."

"Who the heck would hide in the woods? It's just as dangerous as the city! Wild animals waiting to rip the meat off your bones, not being able to take a stroll unless you have a gun on you, always having the feeling you're being watched…"

"You chickening out on me?"

"No, I just have this thing against being eaten alive, is all."

"Well, keep walking anyway. We're not going to let a few dumb animals ruin our job!" He took out a knife as they neared the woods. Steve couldn't help but notice the cut on his hand.

"How'd you get that scar?"

"What, this?" Tony looked at his hand. "Ah, I just accidentally scraped it on that werewolf's tusk when I punched him."

"Oh, man, Tony! You'd better get some help! You know what happens when werewolves bite people!"

"He didn't bite me! I just said my hand scraped against his fang, is all. There's a difference."

"Fine, but if you start sprouting fur and fangs, I'm outta here!"

Tony rolled his eyes. "You're so superstitious. There is no way I-" He then paused, falling to the ground, flinching. "Ack!"

Steve gasped, watching his partner roll on the ground in pain. "T-Tony? You okay?"

"N-No, I- Augh!" Tony lied on his back, motionless.

Steve kneeled down, examining him. "Tony? What's the matter? …Tony?"

"GAH!" Tony sat up quick, grabbing Steve's shoulders.

"Augh!" Steve toppled back, clutching his chest, feeling his heart race a million miles an hour.

"Ha! Got you, didn't I?"

"Not funny, Tony! Not funny!"

"Are you two kids going to keep searching, or do I have to send you to a Day Care?" A chilling voice asked behind them. They turned around and saw Ed, wearing a dark casual suit, sunglasses, and a wide-rimmed hat.

"Sorry, boss," Tony said, standing up and grinning. "Steve was being paranoid, so I couldn't help myself."

"Just keep searching. I want that werewolf and girl ASAP, otherwise there'll be a certain joker without a head." He then turned away, vanishing into the dark shadows.

"Man, he gives me the creeps, sometimes." Steve said quietly.

"Tell me about it," Tony agreed. "The way he keeps himself covered in sunlight and wears dark clothes, his gaze piercing into yours through those sunglasses... it's like he's a vampire!"

"I heard that!" Ed's voice echoed, startling them both.

"You forgot to add his super-hearing. C'mon, we'd better go get what he wants." Steve said, walking into the woods.

"Yeah, we don't want to make Mr. Impatient mad- Oof!" Tony fell into some bushes, writhing in pain.

"Tony, will you cut that out? It wasn't funny the first time, so it won't be funny the second time!"

"I'm- Augh! -not kidding around this time- Oh!" Tony thrashed in the bushes, rolling around in agony. He felt his muscles bulge, he felt dizzy, he felt… sheer adrenaline!

"C'mon, Tony, you're not fooling anyone." Steve walked over to the bushes, stepping through them. "Now stop- WHAT THE HECK?" He stared at his partner in horror, then turned to run. "That's it! I'm outta here- Ack!" But Tony grabbed him by the foot, grinning viciously.

The sun was down, and the moon was up… and Steve screamed bloody murder at Tony.

"Someone's coming, duck!" Biff whispered, and together the three teens and werewolf ducked behind some bushes at the edge of the forest as two guys walked by. One of them was Kim's stalker. As the two men stepped into the forest, the one they knew took out a knife.

Once they were gone, they ran out of the bushes through the park. "Looks like we got out of there just in time." Kim said. "I'd hate to run into that creep again!"

"Yeah, creep! Creep!" Fangface repeated, snarling.

"So, what's this plan of yours?" Puggsy asked Biff.

"Well, we'll head back to the police station and stay there for the night, all the while telling them about this Ed person, seeing what kind of information they've got on him. Then, tomorrow, we'll go to that old gym, capture whosever on guard, then set a trap for Snake and his gang when they go to meet there that night."

"That's a pretty good- Hide!" They saw a couple of rugged boys, Craig and Jonny, walking toward them. Luckily, they hadn't seen them, giving Biff and Kim a chance to hide behind a couple of trees, while Puggsy and Fangface hid behind a bush.

"Man, these guys are hard to track down!" Craig said, exhausted from searching. "You'd think we'd have found Puggsy by now."

"Or that werewolf." Jonny added, then stopped. "You know what? I bet it's all just a set-up."

Craig stopped and looked at him, curiously. "What do you mean?"

"I mean that Puggsy probably paid a kid to put on a werewolf costume and scare the heck out of us, then asked some other guy he knew to pretend to be some sort of mobster and pay Snake and us to find it!"

"I don't know, Jonny. If it was a costume, it was pretty convincing. …Besides, what about that other boy and girl?"

"They're probably made-up. I bet it's all just a wild goose chase, just so Puggsy could save his skin! …And besides, if that werewolf was supposed to be real, then it wouldn't have been so cheesy-looking."

"Cheesy-looking?" Fangface snarled, offended. He popped out of the bushes, scaring the two boys. "Well, your face is no better! (grr!)"

"See? I told you it was convincing!" Craig stammered, backing away.

"Nice going, nit-wolf," Puggsy snapped at Fangface. "You blew our cover,"

"Puggsy, good to see ya!" Jonny said, feigning happiness. He grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him out of the bushes. "Good news. Snake wants to see ya… and then he's gonna cut you to pieces!"

"Let him go!" Kim yelled, stepping out from behind the tree with Biff.

"Oh, yeah? What will you do if we don't?"

"Erm, Jonny?" Craig stammered. "Have you forgotten that… THEY HAVE A WEREWOLF ON THEIR SIDE?"

"So what? It won't hurt us… as long as I have this on me!" Jonny took a spoon out of his pocket. "That werewolf won't come near me as long as I've got this!"

"Ooh, how frightening!" Puggsy said, sarcastically. "What're you going to do, spoonify him to death?"

Jonny rolled his eyes. "It's a silver spoon, you knucklehead! Everyone knows silver can kill werewolves and- HEY!" Fangface grabbed the spoon out of Jonny's hands and bent it into a pretzel.

"You were saying?" Craig asked nervously.

"You shouldn't believe everything you hear about us werewolves," Fangface snarled. "Not everything is true! (grr) Not everything."

"Now we're in for it!"

"Relax, Craig! We've still got the advantage in numbers," Jonny said, grinning.

"I hate to busterate your bubble, Jonny, but your math is off," Puggsy said. "It's four against two. We've got the advantage."

"Yeah! We've got the advantage! (snort)" Fangface boasted. "Four against two!"

"I wouldn't be so sure, Puggsy," Jonny said, then let out a whistle.

They heard chuckles all around them, and within moments a small gang of kids circled them, holding knives, baseball bats, frying pans… anything hard they could hit them with. "We're ready for you this time, Puggsy," One kid said menacingly.

"Yeah, we're ready to take you and your werewolf down," Another kid snickered.

"Come peacefully, guys," Jonny said. "And we won't hurt you… except for you, Puggsy, we'll be hurting you. And that werewolf, if he gives us any trouble."

Fangface snarled at the kids angrily, eyeing them all as they closed in. Some of them backed away or stopped, but most of them kept closing in. A couple kids held up some rope and, while his back was turned, jumped Fangface, trying to tie him down. A few other kids leaped on top of him to help hold him down. A couple other kids grabbed Kim and Biff, holding them back.

"Leave them alone!" Puggsy yelled. "It's me you want! Keep them outta this!"

"Sorry, Puggsy, but it's Snake's orders." Craig said. "Plus, some other guy is paying us to capture them."

"How do you know he'll pay all of you?" The gang of kids paused, looking at Puggsy curiously. "I mean, did he promise every single one of you a ton of cash? Or did he just promise Snake?" he turned to Jonny. "You once told me not to have doubts in people, right? That they may not always be who you think they are? Well, I hate to sound doubtable, but this guy sounds like a rat. He's probably just taking advantage of you guys just so he can make his own money!"

"Ah, you don't know what you're talking about,"

"I don't know, Craig," Jonny said, rubbing his chin. "Puggsy's got a point. I mean, we don't know this guy, and that other job he wants us to do," he took a glance at Biff. "It's pretty extreme. …And he won't pay all of us, just Snake!"

"Yeah, but Snake'll split the money with us!" One kid piped up. "Won't he?"

"Dude, it's Snake," Another kid scoffed. "He wouldn't split even split a buck with us!"

"So, why are you helping this other guy, then?" Puggsy asked. "For all I know, he could be just as bad as Snake! …Maybe worse!"

"Hey, if you guys hate this Snake kid so much, (grr) then how come you're doing what he says?" Fangface asked. "It doesn't make sense. Doesn't make sense!"

"Fangface, for once, you've got a good point,"

"We don't have a choice!" A kid said. "If we turned against Snake, he'd just come after us!"

"Only if he had a gang on his side." Biff said. "Without one, he'd become beatable."

"Yeah, guys." Puggsy said. "Snake's only a tough guy if he has a bunch of other tough guys working for him! If just one of you guys turned against him-"

"Like you did," Craig added. Jonny nudged him in the ribs.

"- he'd have the rest of the gang after you. But, if all of you stood up to him, he'd have to back down! You guys would have each others' backs."

"That's what a gang does, right?" Kim asked. "You stick together and help each other out."

"Man, I hate it when these sort of things turn into a touching moment," Craig muttered.

"C'mon, guys, let us go." Puggsy said. "You don't have to go through with this. You've got a ton of better things to do… things that won't pin you as criminals, or worse."

"Yeah, let us go!" Fangface growled. "Don't wanna be criminals. (snarl) Don't wanna, oh no."

"But what about those other guys?" Craig asked.

"Just walk away." Puggsy said. "That's all you have to do."

The group of kids looked at one another, silent. Finally, one kid- a scrawny boy with shaggy blonde hair, wearing a brown jacket- walked up with a knife. He knelt by Fangface (who flinched a little). Rather than cutting the werewolf, he cut the rope, pulling it off of him. He then looked at his knife, and tossed it into the pond. He then looked at Puggsy. "I'm not a criminal." he said, then walked away. Puggsy had never seen him before, so he figured the kid was new.

Several others did the same thing, throwing away their knives and lowering their other weapons, then began to disperse. They let go of Biff and Kim, and walked off into the night. "Well, that takes care of them," Kim said. "But what about the rest of those goons?"

"Let's head to the police and find out what they know," Biff said. "That's the only plan I've got." (by golly, did that light bulb dim?)

A/N: Okay, so the ending of this got a bit cheesy, but don't flame me for it! Besides, there's still some action to come, so don't worry! Just review!