Editor's Note: There are scenes in flashbacks from "It Came From Beneath the SeaDuck", "Plunder and Lightning Part Two and Three" and from "Mommy for a Day". Those episodes were written by Don Rosa, Len Uhley, Alan Burnett and Libby Hinson. The flashback involving Molly's depressed state by Kit leaving Higher for Hire for Daring Dan in "Stormy Weather" was my idea.

While it appeared that Kit Cloudkicker was giving up; a certain detective wasn't about to. However; he needed help (and premission) from his boss, Arnold Zwicker. He gave premission to Gregory Skywinds to help find his brother and figured that Arnold would give him the premission as well. He appeared in Arnold's office as Arnold was sitting in his desk shuffling his paper looking quite annoyed at Derek's presence.

"Yes Mr. Thursday;" Arnold asked looking quite impatient with the presence of some two-bit gumshoe detective; " what is it?"

"Yes Chief.." Derek said without any fear from his boss; he was afraid of what the world might do to Molly; "..I would like to discuss..."

"You want to file a missing persons report now..." Arnold interrupts him knowing exactly what he wants which causes Derek to jump slightly.

"Please understand Chief.." Derek said sounding concerned as Arnold's eyes were getting sharper; "..this is an eight.."

"Well; that's _her_ problem!" Arnold snaps at Derek like a beartrap; " Two years ago; the Windia Police tainted our reputation as the swords of God. They committed gross misconduct beyond anything that is considered just. Police forces everywhere have been under fire and cannot afford more misconduct." Derek was flustered even though he should have known better. There was no way that Arnold was going to allow even a good friend to file such a report. The laws had changed since the Windia Police Force was found for corruption; and many laws that didn't even apply to the corruption were changed. Derek still didn't think that the law for not filing missing reports after 24 hours was right. It was like sending Molly to her execution.

"An eight year old girl is missing and Rebecca's friends won't be enough.." Derek said with his face looking like a steamroller had flatten him; "..I need to file that report at once!"

"Forget it! We are doing things by the law now!"; Arnold snaps back yelling in his face and having enough of Derek's attempt to change his mind even though Arnold knew that Derek had a great point; " Besides; it serves Rebecca right anyway! Single mothers still don't get it...!" Derek was simply flushed white hot with rage after he heard that. It was one thing to say that you couldn't allow someone to file a missing persons report because of rules and regulations was one thing; but to imply that Molly Cunningham, through no fault of her own needed to be punished because Rebecca refused to marry after Stephen Cunningham died was taking it way too far.

"TAKE THAT BACK!!" Derek screams right back in Arnold's face. Arnold cannot even respond to that and was completely stunned. He wanted to just say to Derek that he was fired; but something told him that if he was to fire Derek; it would only prove that Arnold was a cold-blooded furry. He simply looked at Derek sharply.

"I'll let this go once.." Arnold finally spoke firmly; "..but if you ever yell again; I'll fire your hide!"

"Can I look for her on my own time?" Derek asked trying to convince Arnold to let him off duty so he could check on Molly himself. It was at least give Rebecca one more furry to search for Molly. However; Arnold simply shook his head no. He needed Derek on another matter of importance even if Derek didn't quite see how important it was compared to what was happening with Molly.

"No. You are needed elsewhere." Arnold said;" Now leave my office at once!"

"Chief...I.." Derek attempts to respond but it was too late. Arnold has spoken and wasn't going to put up with Derek anymore.

"NOW!!" Arnold shouted out loud in a rage of his own. Derek realized that there was no point in fighting his boss to prove that he was right. The law is the law and Arnold had no interest in breaking it; and Derek should have realized that it was good reasons. Derek just puts his head down in shame.

"Yes sir..." Derek said quietly; almosted muted as he turns around and walks out of Arnold's office. As Derek closes the doors; Arnold gets up and stares directly at the door, shaking his head as he felt quite ashamed himself.

"Poor girl....but if we violate our rules there will be no police force left.." Arnold said as he turned around and looked at his title on his own wooden desk;" ..Criminals can run wild....I'm not calling her a criminal; however, Miss Cunningham should have foreseen this problem. A stable family requires a mom and a dad. There's no law againest marrying another male after the husband has died. Why is her church so blind to see that? Derek; I would understand your situation; however, reality is very _cold_ and it shows otherwise...." Arnold sits back down and resumes his work on the latest police reports from the force outside. Arnold's ture colors arised from the ashes; he was deeply concern with the laws; but he realized that it would take willing politicans who were elected to the positions to serve the people to change such laws. Maybe Molly's death in his own mind would be the thing that changes those rules. Arnold sadly had a point about single motherhood; he felt that Molly would be best served with a mother and a father. Rebecca was a believer in the principal that when they say death do us part; it meant that both parents must part from the plane of mortality; meaning that she couldn't marry after the fact. Still; that was little comfront to Derek Thursday as he returned to his office and slammed the door behind him in a fit of rage. He sits down on his desk chair and slams his fist down on a stack of papers.

"My boss will regret this.." Derek shouted which could probably heard from miles around; "..If she dies the blood is on _HIS_ _HANDS_..." Apparently someone clearly heard the slamming door because the door opens and Officer Glenn Marlarky enters the office looking quite annoyed.

"..and if he allows the report then the blood is on everyone's hands and then it's goodbye police.." Glenn said with a cross look at Derek for sounding unprofessional; "..hello martial law!"

"You stay out of my affairs!" Derek snaps back not even listening to reason as he puts his head down on the desk;" What you are speaking of is streching the facts..."

"Think about it.." Glenn explained sounding like the most rational person out there; "..Konvent fooled us for six years. The Windia Police is just getting back on its feet...One more screwup for us and the concept of law and order is gone...The public will call in the army which equal to war and there are few rules of wars and none that protect rights.." Glenn then saw Derek lying his head on the desk and realized right there that he shouldn't have yelled at him; "...Derek? You're upset about something else aren't ya mate?"

"Yes I am. Arnold insulted my martial status.." Derek said as his voice cracked;"..and Rebecca's too."

"If I'm not mistaken Derek;" Glenn said; "... that can be misconduct...although he's right about the report."

"That girl won't last an hour in this curel world." Derek said as he shook his head. Glenn approches Derek to comfront him even though it was clear that Derek wanted nothing of it.

"If it would help you; I may have gotten a lead." Glen states as he places a piece of paper on his desk which causes Derek's face to light up in some hope. There were at least several people who were upset with the law as well; " Some furries called in and saw a little blonde beargirl wearing a Dangerwoman-type outfit was riding on a black car..."

"That's Molly all right!" Derek said firmly as he rose his head up and felt like the hope was returning to his soul; " She was obessed mostly with that bad influence of a show! But...Glenn; how much time do I have left?"

"Aye; judging by the last call to Rebecca.." Glenn states as he checks his gold-plated watch; "..fourteen hours to file..."

"Darn it!" Derek shouts again as he slammed his fist onto the desk again; making Glenn jump. Then Glenn suddenly got an idea; as there was someone who could help. Gregory Skywinds was officially free if Decto Mental Hospital would allow him to leave. Derek has always stated that Gregory was behaving quite well and his brother was starting to become a lot more civil. Maybe there was a chance that he could help them once again. However; Glenn was never told exactly what happened to Gregory Skywinds.

"Why not call Mr. Skywinds?" Glenn asked sounding more cheerful; " He was helpful the last time and he's not binded by the police anymore..."

"Decto won't let him leave..." Derek said drifting off. He hasn't heard from Gregory since he checked into the hospital. He assumed that Decto wouldn't allow him to leave.

"I thought that Gregory was cleared." Glenn responded acting puzzled.

"You don't understand.." Derek proclaims and decides to admit that Gregory wasn't the same furry that he used to be; "..Craig Skywinds is _IN_ Gregory....Nercomancer magic..." Glenn eyebrows raised in semi-shock as he was hearing the truth about the dual-soul furry. He was a believer in the White Phoenix and such magic was disallowed; thus condemning Gregory and Craig to the firepit where he and Craig's souls would die completely. It was a creepy thought to say the least.

"Well; I'm going to phone them anyway. It cannot hurt.." Glenn states as he turns around; shrugging off the whole statement from Derek; "..Derek? Don't worry; your friends will find her....Kit's friends, parents, Sara,....." Glenn couldn't say anymore as he cleared a lump from his throat. He left the office and gently closed the door behind him. Derek stood up and looked directly at his water cooler with a sad look on his face. He knew that without the police force on full search; Molly was dead and even one hour was too long in his mind.

"Usland's main island is bigger than anything in the entire country. I wonder where Rebecca is now?" Derek asks himself as he sees the reflection of his own face looking like the devil now;" ...Why am I a criminal now?!" He shook his head as he returned to his desk and prepared himself for whatever orders he was going to get from Arnold. One thing was for certain; they won't be to find a missing girl. Where was Molly's savior now should have been the real question?

***

As Derek Thursday continues to wonder about why the world was againest the police force in general; Higher For Hire was almost empty except for WildCat who was sitting in front of the radio talking to someone. For some reason; he was doing a fine job of keeping himself together in the maelstorm that was the disappaerance of Molly Cunningham. Kit was still in his room and the quiet sobbing had in fact stopped much to the relief of WildCat.

"Anything to say Sara?" WildCat asked as his voice was beginning to tremble a little bit.

"We haven't found her yet Frank..." Sara responded gently and sounding quite sad. WildCat's composure was starting to wear pretty thin now.

"I'm...just choking up like a clogged sewer pipe.." WildCat said putting his hands around his throat to simulate the clogged pipes and falling out of his seat; "..the sewage just flows and it kills ya...."

"You loved Molly very much..." Sara said with a hint of compassion in her voice and was choking up herself in sorrow as well as she couldn't finish her sentance.

"Yeah...I did...We played a lot together. She was so cute and cheerful...Now..she's mad about something. She thinks Kit killed her Dad."

"Dear God.." Sara shrieked; "..that's terrible..."

"I know.." WildCat said shedding a tear;"..I liked the old Mollykat better..."

"I can see why.." Sara said in agreement as WildCat wipes the tear from his eye; "..I'll leave you to the radio now ok?"

"Very well....thank you..." WildCat said with a weak smile as Sara signs off; but his smile would turn to sorrow as his voice drifts off; "..Mollykat..." He turns the knobs on the radio as the scene shifts to Kit's bedroom where Kit was now standing up beside the door. He had stopped crying and was trying to overhear WildCat talking. However; his face was in a deep shame as the time was passing. Molly was still not found and in his own mind; he was responsible for not only Molly's disappearance; but also her father's death as well. As far as he was concerned; he couldn't save Stephen and he couldn't explain to Molly what happened.

"Wildcat isn't giving up.." Kit said shaking his head and looking down at his own feet; "..but I've done nothing to earn anyone's respect." Kit felt that he was safe to express his own mind; however, the forces from within him were starting to resonate again. The same ones that created the images of Stephen's graphic body were not pleased with Kit this time.

*YOU STUPID KID!* Someone screamed out into his mind which shocked Kit. The pain of the scream in his mind forced Kit to hold onto his head and he began to whince.

"What's happening?" Kit screamed out to no one as the pain was increasing. There were no images this time for Kit to see.

*You couldn't save me! That's in the past.... let it go now....!* That voice screamed out into his mind once again as Kit was whincing in pain.

"Leave me alone..." Kit screamed again; but he was running short of breath quickly. Kit sits down againest the door continuing to hold his head in pain.

*You said that you would never let another furry being die on your watch!* the voice screams into Kit's mind again and for Kit Cloudkicker; this was starting to become more annoying by the minute. Even though Kit had problems trying to hear whom was trying to scream in his mind; the voice sounded very familiar and for some reason; he had met this furry somewhere before.

"What's the point?" Kit asked as he was yelling at no one; sounding like he was becoming insane; " Many furries die on my watch.....my words are worthless!"

*They weren't worthless when you told Baloo he was the best!* the voice responded lowering his voice.

"That was different.." Kit responded shaking his head feeling like he was being tortured in his own mind.

*I don't see _ANY_ difference!* the voice raises his voice again *Your words spoke volumes. It made _you_ what _YOU_ are...Now prove to me that you are not hypocritical and get your mindset into finding her....Now!* The voice was now becoming so much of a torment to Kit that he couldn't take it anymore. He just wanted to scream his problems away.

"ALL RIGHT; I'LL LOOK FOR HER...!" Kit screamed so loud that WildCat could hear him from outside the bedroom. WildCat gets up for second to look up towards the bedroom door and sighs in a sad tone.

"Kit?" WildCat said shaking his head as he looked up the door leading to Kit's bedroom; "Poor guy..." Kit holds his face into his head and was about to cry until he realized something as if it was earth-shaking to him. Kit never gave up on his life; the whole experience of seeing Stephen being Rebecca's wife was something that Kit wasn't going to let him go down with. He made another promise before he did with Oniz and Gustove; a promise that he would never let another furry die on his watch. He was through seeing people die just because someone didn't care. This was the higher calling for him and he couldn't just back away from it. Molly needs Kit to tell her what really happened before Molly is forced to face the heavenly judge way too soon for her age. There were zero sure things in heaven.

"Whomever is telling me this...is right.." Kit said looking towards the bedroom window and sounding like his old savior self; "..If I stay here then I'd be betraying my own words. That would be the worse offense." Kit then became a little somber and because he was a realist; he needed something that he could use to start looking for his surrogate sister; " Still; how do I find her? I need a lead..." Kit walks back and forth as WildCat was getting a transmission from someone...Hopefully; this would be the answer Kit was waiting for.

"This is WildCat calling over..." WildCat spoke over the radio as he was hoping for someone to tell him that Molly was found or at least even spotted at this point.

"Hello WildCat; How are you doing?" a shrill southern female voice beckons over the radio. Kit noticed the voice right away. It was Airplane Jane; a hippo pilot who has always given Baloo a hard time. They met for the first time near Walla-Walla-Bing-Bang where Baloo was supposed to deliever paperweights to Queen Gwace for her assention to the throne. It ended with Baloo and Jane giving Gwace the Wuby Wings; a heirloom to her assention to the throne according to tradition. Jane also defeated Baloo in a contest with unusual tactics which Baloo has yet to live down completely because Baloo didn't think of it first.

"I've been better Airplane Jane." WildCat responds looking quite surprised to hear her voice since it has been a long time; " This thing is hitting me like a striaght-down punch from Dumptruck...Yeah; it is..."

"The feeling is quite mutal.." Jane said feeling WildCat's pain; "..Anyway; I've been out on the town tonight and I found something quite bizzare."

"Bizzare?" WildCat asked looking puzzled as was Kit which was thinking that this has to be the lead he's been looking for.

"It's unbelievable that's for sure.."; Jane explained as Kit places his ear next to the door to hear Jane's voice was was slightly muffled; but was loud enough to hear; "..Some were in the entertainment district and saw a little golden bearcub in a Dangerwoman-type costume hanging on a black car."

"Mollykat!" WildCat let out a yelp as Kit slowly opens the door and exits the bedroom as he has heard the thing that he needed to start his search; " Do you know where that car is headed?"

"According to eyewitnesses.." Jane explained as Kit went down the stairs quietly in order for WildCat not to hear his footsteps as he needed to get past him; "..to Saint Peterdora; I think..."

"Thank you.." WildCat spoke as Kit gets behind WildCat and opens his collapsed airfoil; "..I'll contact the SeaDuck at once..."

"I'll do that for you WildCat.." Jane stated to show her support to the search for Molly; "..You still need to contact Derek after the 24 hours are up. All right?...Over and out.." The radio goes dead as WildCat puts the mircophone down and breathes a sigh of relief.

"Oh; WildCat?" Kit asked acting pretty smug as he sets up for the windup with his airfoil pulled back.

"Hey Kit; you feeling better?" WildCat asked as he makes a big mistake by turning around to see if Kit was there. That was the opening Kit needed as he jumps into the air and whacks WildCat in the kisser with his airfoil with extreme force before WildCat can even respond. The force of the blow knocked WildCat silly as he falls down flat on his face and then turns to his back seeing stars and was completely knocked out. Kit breathes heavily as he looks at the fallen WildCat slightly frightened that he might have killed him; however, WildCat was clearly breathing so he was alive. Kit then turns his back on WildCat and walks towards Rebecca's desk.

"Forgive me WildCat....but I cannot stand here and watch Molly suffering any longer...." Kit said as he sits in Rebecca's chair and opens the top right drawer. Kit proceeds to grab a fountain pen and a notebook; and would put those two items on the desk. He then takes out the broken photograph of Rebecca and Stephen which he broke last night and looks at it; "Mr. Cunningham? I know my role now. Thank you for making me see the truth. I am the messenger!!" Kit knew who was screaming into his mind. It was Stephen Cunningham all along. Kit realized that Rebecca wasn't joking after all; that a boy messanger would meet Rebecca and tell her the story of her slained husband and that boy was Kit Cloudkicker. Kit's role had played out according to Stephen's wishes and now Kit knew that his next role was to find Molly and tell her the truth; that Kit tried to save him....

Kit proceeds to write something with his printing skills as he looked at the photograph once again talking into it;"...and now I know where to look. Molly; I'm back to save you....Again!!" Kit continues to write as the clouds continue to increase in numbers. A storm was about to brew; both physically and spiritually.....

***

As Kit was writing his final swan song; back inside Detective Thursday was reading through a large black book with white letters entitled "New Rules of Police and Detective Conduct & Ethics Version 12.2"; shuffling through the pages in order to find a loophole in which would give him the justification to find Molly Cunningham right now. However; the book would give him no miracles whatsoever. He just continues to maintain his temper as the book continued to deny him proper recourse. The Windia Police Force's corruption was so acute that nearly every law was adjusted; even those that had nothing to do with the corruption in the first place. It was like the laws were designed to protect criminals and evil-doers instead of the citizens and was declaring the police to be incapable of making proper judgement or call for proper duty.

"Thanks a lot Konvent!" he shouted as he slammed the book down onto the desk looking flustered; " Thanks to your police force, there is no way that I can conduct an independent search without getting myself fired; not to mention bring down the entire police force. Six years of corruption and an entire clean up has destroyed all emergency checks and balances that might have has Molly home safely...Rebecca.." Derek proceeded to put his hands onto his head feeling a headache coming on; "..what did you do....?" he asked himself as Glenn re-enters the office looking quite concerned as he heard the slamming of the ethics book. He walks towards Derek as Derek looks up for a moment.

"Mate?" Glenn asked shaking his head in a show of agreement with him; "You seem distaught..."

"Why am I even trying?" Derek proclaimed in a defeated tone as he looks down at the book which he would curse forever; " Gregory Skywinds might have gotten justice and rightfully so...However; I betcha he has no idea that his justice has created worse problems then ever before. I guess we were better off..." Glenn could only nod his head in agreement; however, in a way he couldn't blame Mr. Skywinds for this. Someone was going to spill the beans on the dark side of the police and it was going to happen even if Gregory had done nothing. Glenn knew that it was Konvent and his squad for betraying the trust of the police principals and condoning the action of the criminals known as the Air Pirates. Sure; Gregory Skywinds' actions shouldn't be condoned either; however, Glenn still couldn't help but think that without Gregory's information and cooperation, the Air Pirates would have poisoned the police force completely and it would be a lot worse than it originally is now. The police force was stuck with these rules and had no one but themselves to blame.

"I talk to Decto's Mental Health Chief.." Glenn told Derek trying to break the news gently as this wasn't good news either; "..They want to release him; but Mr. Skywinds won't allow that."

"What?!" Derek asked with his face lighting up with shock as he thought that this was going to be good news; " Greg planned this?"

"Aye mate.." Glenn responded as Derek laid his head into his head feeling an acute case of pain in his mind; "..Greg think Criag is not ready yet."

"Eighteen months.." Derek said sounding very upset as his best hope was seemly fighting his own demons long after they combined together; "..I need his help and he said he cannot control himself... That's just swell..." Derek then decided to ask the question as he had lost track of time once again; looking through that book for a long time now; " How much more time?"

"12 hours left sir.." Glenn responded shaking his head as if he was already proclaiming Molly dead before it even started as he replaces his police officer hat and decides to leave Derek to his own thoughts;"..I'm returning to full duty now..I'll see you later.." Derek raised his head and nods to him for good luck as Glenn opens up the door and walks out of the office to leave Derek alone. As the door closes; Derek stands up and looks towards his water cooler wondering if he will be blamed for Molly's death now. He knows how angry Rebecca can become when anything goes wrong. He was shuttering himself to thinking how angry Rebecca could be if Molly was found dead....Derek realized that if Molly dies; that book of ethics would become the downfall of the police force rather than the savior that the Cape Suzette government thinks it is.

"Rebecca.." Derek said quietly as he was looking at his reflection on the mirrored glass of the water cooler; "..I cannot do anything now.." As Derek was deep into his reflection; the phone suddenly begins to ring off the hook causing Derek to frown and grumble sliently..What now?" he asked as he walks quickly to the phone and picks it up; " Hello?"

"Derek?" asked a female voice which sounded exactly like Sara Mandate; " Can you assist us?"

"I'm sorry Ms. Mandate;" Derek exclaimed sadly as he confirmed the person calling as Sara Mandate; Ernie's mother; "... but I cannot forsake my duties or the law."

"Why?" Sara asked with a surprise tone in her voice; " Is this the consequences of the Windia Police Force....?"

"I'm afraid so." Derek responded; shaking his head sadly.

"This is a disgrace!!" Sara shouted out bitterly as Derek nods his head in agreement; " I came to call you that I got a phonecall."

"A phonecall?" Derek asked sounding quite interested. Normally; Sara doesn't get phonecalls late at night and she was usually asleep at this point.

"Yeah; It was for Ernie and Ernie looked like a ghost after the call." Sara responds as Derek's face was showing signs of shock since Ernie wasn't supposed to be even up at night; " He said it was from Kit.."

"Kit?" Derek asked sounding extermely suprised and realizing without any thinking that something was wrong at Higher for Hire if Kit was calling in the middle of the night; " What did he say?"

"Kit said that he wouldn't be able to attend Jungle Ace meetings anymore and then he said goodbye forever.." Sara said sounding quite panicky in her voice now and was sounding like she was ready to cry; "...I think Kit's run away."

"That is just great." Derek snarled as he slapped himself on the side of the head in disgust and frustration; " Now I've got two missing kids now!" This was the last thing Derek Thursday needed. He had heard Kit's story plastered on the airwaves on how he rany away from the orphanage. His thoughts started to ask the question: ~ What did Rebecca say to that kid? Doesn't she know that Kit might run away from this?~ He was at this point trying to keep his composure.

"I've tried to call WildCat;" Sara said looking quite upset in her own right; " but he won't respond."

"I'll contact Miss Cunningham about this, all right?" Derek said trying to calm down Sara's hysteria. Sara calmed down rather quickly.

"Okay.." Sara spoke quietly; "..I'm going to bed now."

"You and Ernie do that.." Derek said trying to get the proper words across and having limited success; "...We don't need more kids lost tonight; don't we?"

"Thank you.." Sara said sounding like she was feeling somewhat relieved; "..bye for now...." Derek said goodbye in unison and then replaces the phone back to its original spot and then something managed to hit him in the head. It was as if the obvious was starting to come back to him. He started to feel a certain amount of relief return to his own soul.

"You know something.." Derek said smiling and realizing that he should have known Kit a lot better than he was giving credit to; "..I think Kit ran away to find Molly himself and if that is ture than Molly's chances to live have been enhanced. Kit's been on the streets before and judging by his instincts he can find anyone quickly. My only hope is that he hasn't lost those instincts from his days at Higher for Hire. I fear that he is going to revert to that old self...to save her...." However; as quickly as he said that the depression and worry started to settle back into his mind; this time towards Rebecca; "How do I break this to her?" he could only ask as he was left wondering to how this whole situation was breaking down before his very eyes. He knew that time was going to run out for Kit if he doesn't find Molly quickly. Derek just shook his head in sorrow again as he stands up and walks out of his office. He needed to talk to someone....and keep his own words; not to mention his own soul which was miles apart from his body at this point.....

***

As Derek was pondering; action was taking place at Louie's main docks. The place was pretty quiet now mainly because the majority of pilots were on search for Molly apparently. Louie Lamount was pretty annoyed as Rebecca seemed distaught and was ready to snap. Louie had told her that they couldn't find her anywhere in his place or on any of the planes. Rebecca didn't buy it since Molly was a first class sneak and was better at hiding away from people. Baloo just looked like he was unable to control anything and sounded like the most mature furry in the group here. Baloo had no flight plan and the SeaDuck's gas tank was quite low. This was one of the few times where Rebecca and Baloo agreed that going to Louie's was a good idea. Sadly; it wasn't in happy times though....

"I tried to tell her Louie;" Baloo whined as they walked back towards the SeaDuck; " but she wouldn't listen..If.."

"Hey buster!" Rebecca snapped back sounding raspy now; " Molly could have hid in the cargo hold and no one would have noticed."

"Look Miss Cunningham because of _standards_ all cargo is checked." Louie responded as he was starting to sound irrated; " My attendents would have found her by now and we would have called you."

"Come on Rebecca.." Baloo said as he looks at Rebecca's eyes and he didn't like the look of that face; "..let's get going."

"Louie.." Rebecca said attempting to sound like she wasn't blaming him for anything; "..If you do manage to find her can you please contact us..."

"Of course.." Louie said as he folded his arms and looked angry; "..but only because Baloo loves her."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Rebecca growled back hating that insult. However; before she could do anything; Baloo came in between them. The last thing that was needed was for these two to be fighting and wasting valuable time. Louie decides to back off as he knew how powerful Baloo Waladaze was.

"Beckey?" Baloo asked calmly; " Please go into the SeaDuck..."

"But Baloo.." Rebecca protested but Baloo holds up his hand to calm her down. Rebecca felt absolutely insulted by that act considering that she was Baloo's boss.

"Let me talk to my best friend okay..." Baloo said nodding his head. Rebecca started to calm down and realized that arguing with Baloo was a waste of time and that she was acting exactly like him during this time. She was seeing a different Baloo; a more mature Baloo that wasn't apparent during his time at Higher For Hire.

"All right..." Rebecca said as her words drifted off. She opens the SeaDuck front door and steps right in and then slams the door behind her. Louie only got more cross as a result of this.

"Cuz; she could've ruined your doors.." Louie said with his arm folded as Baloo just shook his head in sorrow for his boss; "..Baloo; I think that it's time that Rebecca gave you back Higher for Hire." Baloo's jaw simply dropped as he knew Rebecca wouldn't do that. Sure; Baloo was going to buy the SeaDuck from Rebecca; but as far as the actual company is concerned, Rebecca owns Baloo's Air Service and she can keep it.

"What are you talking about?" Baloo asked looking stunned.

"Rebecca's got a daughter and she's missing." Louie responded sounding very serious as Baloo's face was turning into anger with every word Louie was saying; " Beckey's letting this business get in the way of her parenting duties. She's the poster lady for why single families shouldn't have children..."

"Let me tell you something you so-called expert!" Baloo growled bitterly as he was shouting directly into Louie's face as he was fed up with everyone pouring on Rebecca; " Since when do you ever take care of children? For your information Louie Lamount; Molly's dad died two years ago at the hands of Don Karnage. Beckey's had to tred lightly in order not to break her heart. Now Molly believes that Kit killed her dad and I don't know what to say to her.." Baloo's voice was breaking as he wasn't really thinking about anyone but Rebecca's reputation; "..But I'll say this: If Beckey didn't come around; I would be grounded and dead for good!" That last statement was an absolute shock to Louie Lamount; that Baloo of all furries out there who was come to Rebecca's defense. For years; Baloo has hated what Rebecca has done; even though in the end it was for the best. Louie couldn't say anything as Rebecca was watching in the SeaDuck sitting in Kit's navigator chair. She was watching her action towards having resposiability for her own daughter's development.

"Baloo...I've never seen him like this since the Lightning Gun battle.." Rebecca said looking down at her feet as the two friends argue with weither or not Rebecca was a good mother or not; " ..I forgotten all about him.." As Rebecca tilts her head up she was realizing that she couldn't hide from the reality of her situation. She wasn't keeping her word about spending her time with Molly Cunningham; that promise that she made when Molly got a strange pet from the Valley of Yenerka where a bounty hunter nearly drove a magical creature to its own distruction; "..Louie has finally exposed what I've been lacking all along. What have I been doing all this time...?"

"I have no idea;" a southern female voice beckons on the radio; " but at least you manage to keep that tub of lard in line." Rebecca grabs the transmitter as speaks into it looking quite surprised. She had heard of this voice before.

"Airplane Jane?" Rebecca said looking quite surprised; " What in limbo dance are you here for?"

"Oh come on!" Jane protested; " A fine refined girl like ya shouldn't be using that dialogue sugar."

"Hey.." Rebecca snapped back harshly; "..I'm trying to find my daughter. Can I help it if I'm desparate?"

"I guess not.." Jane responded believing that the desparation was a blessing; "..Anyway; I think that I have a lead on Molly..."

"You do?" Rebecca asked as her eyes light up with hope.

"Uh huh.." Jane explained as Rebecca looks outside the SeaDuck and sees Baloo and Louie resuming their debate on her parenthood; "..I've heard from the grapevine that a little girl bearcub in overalls wearing a cape and a colinder on her head was spotted in the Entertainment District of Cape Suzette."

"That's Molly all right.." Rebecca said as she realized that it had to be her; "..Where is she?"

"I cannot pinpoint her location.." Jane responded firmly; "..however; she was on a black car headed on the road to Saint Peterdora.."

"You don't know how thankful I am.." Rebecca said as she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Considering that Baloo has continued to claim that I cheated in a stupid flying race;" Jane responded with a joke in her voice; " the feeling of respect for you is noted."

"I see..." Rebecca said as her eyes were pinpoint on the debate going on between Baloo and Louie. They were not stopping at this point.

"I'm just saying that Rebecca should concerate raising her daughter and let you prove that you can be responsible for her Air Service." Louie explained his case as Baloo refuses to heed him; " Beckey's livelihood depends on it now."

"Beckey would never accept this." Baloo protested knowing Rebecca's mindset; " This was supposed to be an experiment for the empowerment of woman in this line of work..."

"...and she has succeeded in that." Louie snaps back with a hint of compassion in his voice; " However; her singleness is burrying her Cuz. I'm only saying that Beckey actually...." 

"Baloo?!" Rebecca shouts out as she opens the SeaDuck and her head pops out of the plane; " Airplane Jane was on the radio..."

"Now how did she get my radio frequency?" Baloo asked shrugging his shoulders again and looking quite annoyed. He hated Jane because she continues to rub it into the fact that Baloo lost an air race to her because she was innovative and Baloo still thought she was cheating.

"Forget that!" Rebecca shouts out again; " Jane just told me that someone might have seen Molly in the Cape Suzette entertainment district..."

"Button Nose is still inside the city somewhere..." Baloo said as his eyebrows rose up. Molly hasn't hitchhiked onto a seaplane yet; and she was spotted somewhere in the city. They have been looking in the wrong place all this time.

"Jane also said that she was on a car headed to Saint Peterdora.." Rebecca continued; "..This is our first lead Baloo! We must return to Cape Suzette at once!"

"Saint Peterdora's small compared to Cape Suzette." Louie said wiping the sweat from his forehead and feeling much calmer now;" Plus; there is a landing strip down there. Boy; Beckey...you got a lucky break there."

"I'll take what I can get." Rebecca responded. It was a small break for her; but a much needed one. Prehaps there was a furry watch on tap in that area to spot Molly Cunningham and they must have either called the police or the pilots in that area. There was hope left for her; even if it was slight. Baloo was ready to take his leave as he steps inside the SeaDuck and closes the door. Rebecca returns to the navigator's chair and Baloo sits down onto his chair as he starts the engines. The Superflight 100's roared like a lion on drugs as Louie gets out of the way in order to prevent himself being blown away by the power of the engines.

"Beckers loves her..." Louie said shaking his head realizing just how right Baloo was; "..Cuz is right on one thing. Rebecca loves her and I'm no child expert..." It was a truce to be sure as the SeaDuck starts to leave from the docks. It glides onto the water for a while as it gains speed and then it rises high up into the sky. Louie watches the SeaDuck as it flies out of sight and out of mind on a quest to find a small little girl bearcub. Louie turns around and notices that one of his grease monkey's was standing there wiping his hands on a white towel with was partly covered in oil. He was just under five feet tall and was wearing white overalls and a orange shirt. Louie then started to realize something wasn't exactly right here.

"Louie?" Grease Monkey said as Louie looks at him and has a sharp look on his kisser;" Wiley Pole's on the radio..."

"Wait a minute!" Louie shouts out as he approches the Grease Monkey;" Weren't you supposed to be filling up the SeaDuck?"

"Sorry Louie; but the radio was on and I had to answer it." Grease Monkey said looking a bit firghtened; " I never got the chance to look at the SeaDuck." Louie was ticked off now. The SeaDuck's tank was barely one eighth full and Baloo stated that he needed the gas tank filled. Louie's face was flush hot with rage now.

"Baloo said to fill the tank...it was near empty." Louie shouted out as he was now pulling onto Grease Monkey's overalls and lifting him up into the air and then forces GreaseMonkey down hard on his seat; " He's going to make it to Saint Peterdora and he'll be lucky to even make it to Cape Suzette!"

"That's not the worst of it." Grease Monkey said looking worried as well; trying to get onto his feet again.

"What did you say?" Louie asked sounding angry beyond belief for his own standards anyway.

"Wiley said there are massive stormclouds between Cape Suzette and Saint Peterdora." Grease Monkey proclaimed as he pointed up towards the sky as there were more clouds in the night sky than usual around here; " The conditions are almost unflyable there."

"Just great.. " Louie said as he threw his straw hat down on the boardwalk dock; "..Baloo is sunk. No thank to you!!" He ended his rage by pointing directing at Grease Monkey who did manage to get up to his feet. Nothing seemly was going right for anyone tonight and for Baloo the worst was yet to come...and sounded like Louie wasn't just blaming Grease Monkey for this madness....

***

Back inside the offices of Higher for Hire; WildCat was starting to finally wake up after getting hit from behind by Kit Cloudkicker. He manages to get onto his feet; still feeling a bit dizzy as he tries to get his bearings back. That was something that was quite hard for him considering his condition.

"What happened?" WildCat asked himself as he walked around in a dizzy state; only it just wasn't that funny; " That hit was harder than a bunch of bowling balls on pins.." WildCat looked around as his eyes began to refocus again and notices that the door was flung wide open and Kit was nowhere to be found; "..Kit? Where are you? Kit?! Don't tell me that squid came back to eat ya? Kit?!" WildCat calls out again as he goes to Rebecca's desk and notices that Kit had indeeded left a note. WildCat picks up the vanilla note with a pencil printing written by Kit and reads it carefully. His jaw would simply jaw as if something was considered earth-shaking;" Uh Oh?!" WildCat wasted no time as he runs to the radio; adjusts the mircophone and operates the radio. He adjusts the frequency to the one that responds to the SeaDuck's two-way radio and he beckons out a message; " Baloo? Come in Baloo?"

"Wildcat? I see that you're here." Baloo's shrill voice beckoned over the radio which gave WildCat a certain amount of relief and he figured it could've been worse. It could be Rebecca screaming right now for him; " I was calling ya twice on the radio. Why didn't you respond quickly?"

"Ummm..Baloo.." WildCat attempted to explain; "..we have a problem..."

"Well; our problems been solved." Baloo responded thinking that WildCat's only problem was keeping track of time; " Mollykat's been sighted going to Saint Peterdora. Beckey and I are going there..."

"Baloo.." WildCat said taking a very deep breath before letting the truth out; "..Kit's gone..." Those two words were the noise that someone in the SeaDuck clearly didn't want to hear....

"NO! KIT! WHY?!" Rebecca screamed at the top of her lungs which caused Baloo to hold his ears to muffle the volume of those vocal cords; forcing him to let go of the transmitter.

"Owww!" WildCat whinced as he was holding his ears in agony; " My eardrums are popping like party balloons."

"Wildcat?!" Rebecca shrieked uncontrollably as she now had the transmitter in her hand and was squeezing it harshly; " How could ya let him go run off like this?"

"He smacked me with that airfoil of his..." WildCat tries to explain but Rebecca instantly cuts him off in mid-stream.

"I should strangle you for that!!" Rebecca snaps back at WildCat as she was unfit to hear any excuses at this point.

"Beckey;" Baloo said grabbing the transmitter out of her hands; "... please calm down."

"SHUT UP!" Rebecca screams right into Baloo's face and just simply let her feelings out without any thought at all; " I can't take this!! If you want Higher for Hire you can have it!!"

"Rebecca...I.." Baloo said shocked at what he was hearing. Before he could go any further he talks into the transmitter; " ..Excuse me Wildcat."

"Baloo..." WildCat tries to ask what was going on; however, Baloo turns off the radio and it goes slient. He then replaces the transmitter back into it's holder. He wanted to handle Rebecca on his own; even though he wasn't an expert on trumatic experiences either. Something was eating Rebecca's heart alive; otherwise she would never give up Higher for Hire back to him. After all; it was Baloo laziness that caused Baloo's Air Service to become Higher For Hire in the first place; and as far as Baloo was concerned; she can keep it that way.

"What's wrong with ya Boss Lady?!" Baloo asked with a worried look that was pure; " I've never...."

"I love him!!" Rebecca snapped back at him like a snapdragon ready to eat insects, but with compassion; " I don't want him to die!"

"Little Britches has been on the streets before...." Baloo states but Baloo should've known that those statement in front of Rebecca would cause more pain to her. Kit's sad song was playing out in Rebecca's head once again. She had completely changed. Her shrewdness was completely gone and what was left was a soul who didn't want to see Kit leave her. This is what Baloo originally feared when he knew that Kit would never accept adoption. Not because Kit didn't want to be Rebecca's son; but because Kit's childhood was officially dead in the water. It would be best to leave Kit as he is now....

"How can you be so calm...so.." Rebecca wails as she was crying hard now, frailing her arms in a level of helplessnes that was typical of Rebecca; "..thoughtless..."

"Beckey.. "Baloo said shaking his head at the sight of Rebecca, prehaps Louie was right after all; "..Kit left because he wants to find Molly...because I know that Kit Cloudkicker would never give up on her.." Rebecca looks up and stops crying; "..like you wouldn't either."

"Baloo.." Rebecca said drying her tears and realizing that Kit was going to do this from the start; "..I know where he's going..."

"Saint Peterdora....." Baloo said as his voice drifts off. There was no more to be said as the SeaDuck continues to fly at its own top speed towards Cape Suzette. However; it was still at least another half-hour away. Kit would be long gone by then.....

***

Kit Cloudkicker knew that time was not on his side and the world was bigger than he was. Luck was going to have to play a role in finding Molly and even he feared that it was going to run out soon. Kit was now inside the Harbour District side of the city and was seeing hundreds of planes dotted along the harbour side. There were various fish and grocery markets lined along the area as well; however, they were unimportant to Kit. Kit stops for a moment and tries to get his bearings; hoping no one will see him.

"I've got to find a plane that I can hang to Saint Peterdora....." Kit said under his breath as Kit looks around and tries not to be seen. He knew that he was a mascot now that everyone knows him as the grand son of diplomat Maxim and the son of the famous pilot Gregory. Not to mention that Baloo has probably started to realize that he was gone and got the search party ready for him. Luckly for Kit; no one seemed to care. It was just like old times; only this time it was helping him in a sense. Kit looks towards the harbour hoping to find a seaplane that he could hitchhike on and would allow him to go to Saint Peterdora. He walked along the boardwalk until Kit was at a place called the Swicker Docks ;which was a popular place for pilots who were flying solo. Kit saw four seaplanes lined side by side along the dock. Right in front of Kit was a large square wooden building called the Potluck Cafe where the pilots hanged out before going on their marry way. Kit runs there and tries to look around; but he sees a large white sign close by that read: CLOSED UNTIL 8 AM!. Kit was not happy at these events. His plan was to find a pilot that didn't know him and talk him into giving him a ride to Saint Peterdora because Molly was missing. Those plans were shattered.

"Oh great!" Kit whinced as he kicked the ground with his foot; "It's closed! How am I..?" Kit was then interrupted by the sounds of a familiar engine. It sounded like a bunch of Phoenix T-100 engines; made by a competitor of the Superflight team that made Baloo's plane. Kit turns around and sees a blue/orange splash scheme seaplane which looked brand new. Kit noticed the style had to be a Teyold model T-1 plane because it was in production in the last few years. Kit walks towards the seaplane and starts to wonder...

"Should I....?" Kit questioned himself as he pondered for a brief moment about the ethics of hitchhiking; however, the plane slowly began to move and Kit's decision was made for him as always in these moments; "No time...." Before Kit could catch his breath; he was running and made a huge leap of faith and landed right on the plane's back wing as the seaplane gained more speed and altitude. Kit is feeling quite giddy that he was still able to pull that stunt off after the last couple years of not having to fight for his life on the streets. Kit hangs on the plane for dear life as he crawls up towards the center of the seaplane and squirms around as the seaplane flies away. The question was only one: Did he choose the right plane?

***

As Kit ponders his fate; the rain was starting to fall down as the black antique car drives on a windy road outside the city limits. Molly was hanging on for dear life as the black car was heading for the junction. The surrounding areas was filled with mixed stands of forests and various flowers. The road was completely muddy and the mud was threathening to throw up into the air and hit Molly Cunningham. Molly was shivering and sneezes once with the cold air getting into her lungs.

"Are you okay Lucy?" Molly asked as she looked at her doll and starts to get angry without a hint of prokovation;" Why are you looking at me like that?! HOW CAN YOU LOVE KIT?!!" she was screaming at the top of her lungs as in a fit of rage; she throws her doll Lucy away with a mighty throw as Lucy plops down to the muddy road. Molly's minds starts to wonder as she continues to scream loudly; " Everyone's againest me! What's happening to me?!" Suddenly; Molly's eyes begin to close and she was starting to see black and white flashblacks pounded into her mind. Molly could see herself free-falling out of the sky which continues to haunt her to this very day. It was at a time when Kit and Molly were babysitting and Molly caused all sorts of troubles including getting Kit late and in trouble with Rebecca. However; the biggest trouble was that she was being attacked by a gaint squid with loves her favorite icecream; Frosty Pep. Kit defeated the squid by giving the squid the Frosty Pep filled with hot red pepper. However; Molly became selfish and took the Frosty Pep away and got caught by the squid who ate her icecream and threw Molly off the SeaDuck. Kit persued after her.

* I gotcha Molly..* Kit yelled out as he and Molly hold on to each other and Kit gets upright*..hang on!* Kit then proceeds to reach underneath his sweater and grabs his airfoil. With a flick of the wrist; he opens the airfoil to create a fan-like shape and places it under his feet as Molly's frightened state changed to glee because it was the first time she was able to ride with Kit. Kit glides his airfoil gently down onto the water and Molly squeals with glee. When Kit hits the water; he brakes to a complete stop and both kids dismount off the airfoil and fall into the ocean safely. Kit treads waters with Molly in tow as they grab the airfoil and use it as a floation device.

* As soon as Baloo picks us up..* Kit said looking quite concerned as both kids would be soaked and probably catch cold quickly *..I'll take ya home.*

*Awww.. do we have to?* Molly squeaks smiling from ear to ear as she was enjoying herself* Let's do that again.*

*[Always' the troublemaker...]* Kit wispered to himself as Molly was hugging him and Kit could only groan in pain as the real Molly was holding her head in pain. She couldn't believe the images that she was seeing as they were all putting Kit into a good light instead for the light she wanted to see which was that he was a murderer.

"Get out of my head!" Molly screamed out as another black & white scene was playing her head; this time they were in Rebecca's apartment family room where Kit was on all fours and Molly looked happy as she was on top of Kit. Rebecca Cunningham and Baloo Waladaze were watching the two and smiling in unison. It was when Molly reunited with Rebecca after the squid battle and Kit was given another chance to babysit Molly.

*Come on kiddo..* Kit said as he crawls towards the bedroom *..I'll put ya in bed and read you a story.*

*Oh goodie...Kit?* Molly asked looking quite smug as she was testing Kit's patience again * Will you klonk your head on the chairs for me again?!*

*Ah no....* Kit said looking annoyed at first; however, he couldn't keep his ture feelings as he started to crack a smile.

*Oh yes you will!* Baloo and Rebecca said at the same time as they burst into laugher; with Molly starting to giggle as Kit was blushing in acute embrassment. The real Molly Cunningham however; wasn't impressed as her head was casting positive images of Kit.

"This is a lie!" Molly screamed in acute denial; even though those events turely happened;" This is nothing but a lie!" This ordeal of images was starting to give Molly headaches. However; there was another image to beckon on the poor girl as the next scene took her to a forest somewhere as Kit and Molly hid behind a large rock. To the west there was a large river while there was thick forest to the east. Behind the rock was a large grey dog wearing a black coat and pants with a black cowboy hat handling a musket loaded with bullets ready to shoot to kill. Molly was scared as she was holding a grey buffalo with wing which was known as an Yenkara which Molly named Henry. This was when Kit and Molly escaped with Henry from a bounty hunter who was bringing Henry to a zoo. Molly manage to beheld the strange beast and had him as a pet. Kit and Molly recluently agree to bring Henry to his real home despite the fact that it could separate Molly from her mother forever. The crazy, insane bounty hunter was known as Vincent MacKnee; a resident of Windia who was making up crazy stories about mystical beast and was persuing the Yenkara to prove his point that mystical beast walk among them.

*Don't worry..* Kit said as he and Molly held hands together and Kit looks forward breathing heavily * ..He won't find us.* Vincent looks around and getting more impatient by the second.

*Hey kids! I know you're out there!* Vincent yells out sounding insane * Come out into the open!* Molly of course; being a little kid who didn't understand that Vincent was smelling blood decides to pop up from the rock as Vincent's back was turned.

*Not a chance creepface!* Molly squeaks as Kit pull her down and cover her mouth harshly. The last thing Kit wanted was for her to be spotted because that would be the end of Henry the Yenekara.

*Would you be quiet?!* Kit said quietly so that Vincent couldn't hear. Vincent turns around towards the rock and sees absolutely nothing.

*I haven't got all day!* Vincent shouts out as he looks around once again. Kit Cloudkicker had to think fast because their cover was very close to being blown. He then had an idea; which was of course to risk his life to protect both a young girl which came within an eyelash of being shot by Vincent MacKnee and a mystical beast.

*Listen Molly..* Kit speaks into Molly's ear as Molly nods her head. Since Kit was experienced in being a bodyguard and babysitter; Molly wasn't about to disobey him *..You run to the river...I'll cover you.* MacKnee is still looking around as Kit springs into action to fool MacKnee into thinking that Molly had run off deeper into the forest and instead of running towards the river and making Henry big again since Henry becomes 12 feet long when he was wet with water. As Kit reveals himself; Vincent turns around and sees Kit who was in a panic state right next to the huge rock.

*Hey! There she goes!* Kit shouts out as he points towards the east; deep into the forest. Vincent turns to the east and walks forward; looking around the general area away from Molly who at the same time runs to the river as fast as her little legs could carry her. She manages to make it to the river in time so that MacKnee couldn't even see her now. Vincent looks around a little bit more but he sees nothing and realizes that he was probably had by the bearcub. He turns around and decides to corner Kit; looking quite angry.

*BLAST YOU BOY!* Vincent screamed as he looks cold towards Kit as he backs up againest the rock *There's nothing there!*

*[Here Henry;]* Molly wispers to Henry as she prepares to put Henry into the water knowing that Kit was in trouble with Vincent *[Let's get you into the river. Kit needs our help...]* Henry nods in agreement as if he could understand her.

*If you're lying boy...* Vincent said as he looks sharp into Kit's eyes and was licking his chops to make Kit feel afraid of him and confess that he lied to him. However; Kit's fear instantly changed to a smile as he snaps his fingers and looks at him with a tremendous bravado.

*Now I remember!!* Kit said with bravado as Molly places Henry into the river. Kit's plan had worked to perfection; all he had to do is have Henry grab him and MacKnee was defeated *She dried up and shrunk!* Kit then changes to a controlled state of agressiveness as he shoves the evil MacKnee backwards causing MacKnee to stagger a bit; however, before Kit could run off, Vincent regains his composure and grabs Kit by the collar.

*I've had enough! YOU'RE DEAD CLOUDKICKER!* Vincent screams into Kit's face as he grabs his silver colt pistol and points it at Kit's head. However; that was exactly what Kit wanted MacKnee to do because Henry had soaked himself with enough water to grow back up to 12 feet and he flies towards Kit and grabs him by the midsection with Molly Cunningham sitting on his back. That raised MacKnee off his feet and up into the air which causes MacKnee to lose both his musket and pistol as he was helpless in the sky *WHAT?! LET ME GO!* he screams as Kit and MacKnee struggle with each other. Kit finally had enough and he shoves MacKnee again and gives enough force to dislodge himself from MacKnee and that causes Vincent to fall into the river before and it was running out of sight and out of Kit's mind. Kit breathes a sigh of relief.

*What do you think of me now?* Molly asked Kit looking cocky as Kit could only smile and look at his savior; even though it was his plan to begin with.

*Pretty good for a kid.* Kit admitted with a smile as Henry flies up into the sky and goes to its destination. The scene fades to black as Molly was continuing to fight the images which she considers a lie and nothing more.

"Why are you...?" Molly asked herself as the pain was starting to subside. She was trying to think of an image that would prove that Kit did in fact kill her dad and she might have one in mind as another image was starting to show itself as Molly was playing with a somber look in her face inside Rebecca's apartment with a brown kitten who was about Kit's age who was wearing white overalls, blue shirt and black shoes. They were inside the family room as her name was Jerry Knitenbottom and she looked very concern not only for Molly but also for Kit Cloudkicker because she had heard that he was going to become a stuntfurry for Dan's flying circus and that she was replacing Molly as her new babysitter. It was almost the evening as the sky was growing dark; as Rebecca Cunningham finally enters the apartment wearing her purple coat. She goes towards the coat hanger and she places her coth on there as Jerry approches Rebecca,

*Ah; Miss Cunningham!* Jerry said acting very nice * Thank you for the job. It was a pleasure to babysit Molly.*

*So you didn't have any problems with Molly?* Rebecca asked as she notices that Molly was looking somber or bored or both. Things haven't been the same since Kit Cloudkicker left Higher For Hire.

*Well; she hasn't been her cheerful self lately..* Jerry said looking at Molly as Molly refuses to look at her. Rebecca notices this and her smile disappeared quickly.

*Maybe I should talk to her.* Rebecca said as she shakes hands with Jerry * I've been having bad luck this week myself.*

*Thank you..* Jerry said as she walks out of the apartment and waves goodbye as Molly stands up *..I'll take my payment at the end of the week. Take care...* Rebecca nods as Jerry closes the door behind her. Rebecca goes towards Molly and gently picks Molly up.

*What's wrong pumpkin? Why so glum?* Rebecca asked looking somber as she strokes her hair.

*Where's Kit?* Molly squeaked out * Kit's supposed to be babysitting me!*

*I'm sorry honey..* Rebecca said not changing her tone at all *..I'm afraid Kit's having a tough time...*

*Why?* Molly asked looking quite upset right now.

*Kit decided to leave us for a while..* Rebecca said struggling to explain that Kit wanted to become someone else other than the navigator and future pilot of Higher For Hire *..He thinks that he is cut out for more than just cargo...and wants to be a stuntman.* The image finally fades to black as Molly was shedding tears and looked very angry. This was all the evidence she wanted to see; or prove that Kit was evil and no good for the world. She couldn't understand that Kit Cloudkicker was merely trying to prove himself that he was more than just a sidekick and he didn't understand that Rebecca was planning to have him become the future pilot of Higher For Hire once Kit reaches sixteen.

"He only cares about himself. Just like Baloo..Just like Mommy." Molly screamed as she started to sob lightly and the sound was slowly becoming louder "..I'll avenge you Dad! Oh Dad!!"

"Who's talking out there?!" the driver asked as the sound was beginning to annoy him now.

"I'm not going to check the thief.." the female passenger protested; "..you do that."

"I'll do it at Saint Peterdora Tourism, ok?" the driver asked as he didn't want to go out into the rain just yet.

"Very well...." the female passenger responded bitterly as the black car continues to drive towards the new destination; with Molly continuing to cry. As that was happening; the scene returns to Lucy who was thrown away by her only friend Molly Cunningham because for goodness knows what reason. The rain was coming down harder as the doll gets soaked and caked with mud. Three bicycles stop next to the doll and it turns out to be those three bullies again as Boris, Dustin and Salet dismount off their bicycles properly and place the bikes right next to the trees. Boris walks towards the muddy doll of Molly's and picks up Lucy.

"Feh.." Dustin speaks with a giggle in his voice; "..it's that cute girl's doll."

"Yeah;" Salet said looking at Dustin; " that girl is pretty careless with her processions."

"Shut up you two!!" Boris screams out looking quite cross at his train's stupidity; " I don't care about worthless dolls...I want the girl herself.."

"Wait a minute boss." Salet said as he points towards the direction where the black car was headed; " If I'm correct, the car's heading to Saint Peterdora.."

"You're dumber than stone Salet!" Dustin said as he gently knocked onto Salet's head which completely annoys Salet; " The path breaks into three paths at the Junction Checkpoint: Saint Peterdora, Pazuza and Wejerek. Honestly; you are..."

"...smarter than Dustin; that's for sure." Boris said as he slaps Dustin silly which makes Dustin whince in pain; " Pazuza and Wejerek's gates are closed at dusk to prevent us from entering. But Saint Peterdora's wide open..."

"Yeah; and that's our base of operations." Salet said laughing out loud which was annoying Boris now; " This will be easier than I thought..."

"Yeah right!" Boris snaps back as he slaps Salet silly and he now whinces in pain; " We still have to get past the Junction Checkpoint. If Pierce doesn't blow a gasket; they will. Let's go." Salet and Dustin clear the cobwebs out of their dumb minds as Boris, Dustin and Salet go back to the trees and remount onto their bikes. Boris has Lucy in his hands as they rode towards the Junction Checkpoint; the place where the path converge. Molly was still in trouble and there was no one to protect her; not that she wanted protection at this point....and who was Pierce anyway?

***

As Kit finally manages to stand up after a long time of crawling to the centre of the plane where he would walk onto his feet now; he looked around to get his bearing. He took out his yellow plastic compass and pointed it towards the sky and noticed that the direction that the plane was taking him was south of Cape Suzette; which was completely away from his original destination of Saint Peterdora. The closest city to the south was Jadd; which was near a cold climate area just west of the Outback. Kit was getting very frustrated once again as he clearly picked the wrong plane to hitchhike on. He could feel the reality setting in as prehaps his luck was finally running on empty.

"Oh shoot!" Kit shouted out without a second thought as he took his foot and kicked it in the air which in turn caused him to fall backwards onto his seat. The impact caused enough pain to make him grit his teeth and he was pretty upset that little was going right for him; " This plane's not headed to the landing strip....I'll have to wait..." However; his voice was clearly too loud because he started to hear someone grumbling inside.

"Someone's on top of my plane!" a familiar voice which was northern in tone; but as shrill as a southern; " Someone's hitchhiking..."

"Uh oh!" Kit said with a clutch of panic; lowering his voice to a dull roar as he attempted to look for a place to hide and couldn't find anywhere;" Oh great! I'm stuck!" Kit shouted out before turning to wispering as he notices that there was a hatch that swings up when opened and allows for a temporary hiding spot. The hatch seemed big enough for Kit to hide from as Kit got into the proper position; " [I'll sneak behind and....]" As Kit expected the hatch swinged open and Kit was able to hide behind the door completely out of sight. What came out of that was a familiar yellow armidillo who was barely over five feet tall and was wearing a grey leather jacket and brown scarf. He looks around and he sees absolutely nothing.

"I swore that I heard a little boy's voice.." the armidillo exclaimed wondering if the hitchhiker actually killed himself. He then makes the mistake of turning around to look at the front of the plane as Kit instantly jumps up and grab onto Dillo from behind by the neck and he squeezes him tightly as the armidillo struggles quite a bit; "..What the devil?!" he shouted as he struggled and then he stopped because he noticed those warm medium siena-brown bearcub's hands right away and started to smirk; " Wait a blasted country minute!! Kit?!"

Kit was instantly stunned as he had grabbed someone he clearly knew;"Dillo Vane?" Dillo Vane; the person who gave him the airplane flight away from the Wesdon Orphanage to Dover Downs; the start of the five years of a nightmare which ended with him joining the Air Pirates. It was a somber; yet happy reunion for them.

"Well blast my button shell...You're okay!" Dillo said as he gently grabs him and sets Kit down onto the steel plane and Dillo was giggling a little bit "But honestly child; did you have to hug me so hard?!"

"Sorry..." Kit said as his words drifted off because he was looking quite sheepish.

"If you wanted a ride son.." Dillo exclaimed holding his hands on his hips seriously;"..then you could've asked..."

"You took off before I could..." Kit responded looking serious back which took Dillo off guard a little bit. It was hard for him to realize that Kit always dealt with adults on an adult basis.

"Oh yeah kid.." Dillo said laughing; "..I forgot..."

"Speaking of taking off;" Kit asked looking quite worried for seemly no reason; "... who's supposed to be flying here?!"

"I am...why?!" Dillo said looking puzzled.

"Then we're dead.." Kit shouted as he jumps into the plane itself; "..Look!" Dillo looks forwards more closely and sees that a huge mountain was right in front of him and was within 100 metres from making contact and causing a crash. Dillo started to panic...

"Oh dear lord...! Get my bloody body in there!!" Dillo screamed as he pops right down into the seaplane quickly where the storage room was. The storage room was filled with bottles of applesauce stacked on top of one another. Dillo runs towards the seaplane cockpit and notices that there was the steel crowbar was directly onto the floor. Pilots did this as standard practice as an auto-pilot. Dillo was about to panic; but he then turns his head towards the left and sees Kit kneeling on the pilot's seat handling the steering control of the seaplane.

"Why is the...?" Dillo gasped loudly as Kit sturggles with the controls to pull the plane up;" Kit? Kit!" The seaplane was approching the mountain at a pretty quick rate as the seaplane was only 50 metres away from crashing now and Dillo was in a clutch of panic. The last thing he wanted to see was a teenage boy with apparently no formal experience in flying at all handling a plane that was in big trouble now. However; for some reason, Dillo couldn't even get close to Kit as if Dillo had realized that Kit did in fact know what he was doing....

"Come on body.." Kit shouted out putting all his weight and his might to pull the seaplane up and away from the mountain range as the seaplane was now only about 20 metres away from crashing; "..Pull this plane up!" Kit continues to pull up and he finally hears a click from the steering wheel as the the nose of the plane was starting to point upwards and the seaplane would in the end go up into the air missing the mountain range by just a matter of metres;" Good...now..." Kit then decides to show what he has learned over the years of seeing both Baloo and other pilots that he bonded with by flinging the controls to the left and pushes down on the stick to fall into a familiar corkscrew; only he was doing it with a much shallow grade from the original. He was doing Baloo's famous Baloo Corkscrew before Dillo's very eyes and Dillo jaw simply dropped upon impact. He was seeing Kit Cloudkicker as a real pilot and he was doing one awesome trick. Dillo's face was dropping with sweat; not because of his safety but because he's never seem anyone other than Baloo ever do that stunt before.

"What?! There's only one other furry who knows that move..." Dillo speaks looking quite stunned that a young boy would even remember the exact moves of a move that only the legendary pilot Baloo could do. Kit then pulls the control steady in order to release the seaplane from it's corkscrew dive and allows the seaplane to fly away from the mountain range ; missing the range by just a few feet. Kit was breathing a sigh of relief as Dillo just stands there looking stunned beyond belief; "...Kit?!"

"I...did...it.." Kit said looking absolutely stunned. Years ago he promised to do one of those over Thembria during an air show and he needed Baloo to bail him out. While Baloo wasn't here to see this; he then realized that he finally did it and starts to screams and cheer like he had just won the lottery;"..I FINALLY DID IT! YAHOO! I did the Baloo Corkscrew! YAHOO!.." Kit then looks at Dillo who looked quite cross and had his arms folded; he was losing his own words very quickly right now; ".. Dillo...I...Okay.." Kit looked ashamed as he decided to jump out of the pilot's chair and sits right back onto the navigator's chair as he usually does; "..I'll return to the co-pilot seat...." Dillo instantly returns to his seat and look with a sharp glance at Kit Cloudkicker before he finally brusts into laugher; which was quite annoying to hear. Kit was quite startled and he wasn't very happy to hear him laughing at the fact that they could've been killed. ~Could he be...? Did that pilot Baloo take him in?~ Dillo thought wondering....

"What's so funny?!" Kit asked harshly thinking that nearly getting their lives killed by Dillo's carelessness wasn't all that funny at all.

"You son of a witch.." Dillo said as he stopped laughing as he sits down onto his pilot's seat and regains control of the seaplane; "..GOOD SHOW!! You're a better pilot than I could ever dream of."

"Then why are you cross at me?" Kit asked not buying it. He was acting like that old adult soul that has haunted him for so long.

"Well; if anyone were to see you flying;" Dillo said honestly; " both of our lives as free spirits would be toast...For now; let the legit pilot do his thing okay..." Kit now crosses his arms and looked sharp into his eyes. Dillo could only shaked his head as he knew that it was Kit's quick thinking that saved him and his seaplane.

"...Thanks kid." Dillo said honestly; " I still have much to learn."

Kit was smiling at first and then he bursts into laugher; "Contact!" Dillo was simply smiling as Kit was making him look bad out there.

"Boy...you _are_ something else." Dillo said holding his head like he was ashamed of being outclassed by a teenager; " It's been too long already!" As he said that Kit stopped laughing and gives Dillo a thumbs up for approval as Dillo returns in kind. The seaplane flies around the mountain and returns to it's original flight path. Kit was feeling all right; but he knew that he couldn't stay with Dillo for too long, there was still a little girl left to find.....

***

The SeaDuck was flying high into the sky making good time as it approches Cape Suzette. The skies were starting to get more infested with storm clouds; however, Baloo wasn't worried. The SeaDuck has handled many of a storm before without incident. Rebecca was still sitting in the co-pilot seat looking distaught as usual. Two children were gone and it was all because she was more concerned about her business than Kit and Molly. In Kit's case it was understandable because Kit wasn't techinally her son; but it wasn't excuseable in Molly's case. The consquences were becoming graver now that Kit has run off to find Molly apparently. It was also too quiet and Rebecca was becoming nervous.

"Saint Peterdora is only a half-hour ride now.." Baloo said as Rebecca looks at Baloo with glaring eyes.

"Baloo.." Rebecca attempted to ask; "..can you use the overdrive?" Rebecca was pretty desparate now since she knew that the overdrive motor could get them to Saint Peterdora within minutes. However; she forgot about something; that Baloo's overdrive motors were nearly finished the last time she saw Baloo used them.

"Sorry Beckers.." Baloo said shaking his head for Rebecca was sounding quite desparate; "..but it was dead..."

"How could you.." Rebecca attempted to shout until she realized that those overdrive motors were used to save Kit from a ten-thousand foot fall from the Iron Vulture. Her voice simply drop into deep despair; "..I'm sorry Baloo"

"I swear Beckey;" Baloo said looking serious; " Molly and Kit will be found."

"You wanted Kit to leave!" Rebecca snaps directly into Baloo's face which makes him jumpy; " Can't you see that Kit's luck is going to run out! He's going to kill himself...and....I..." she could only shake her head as a tear was coming out of her eye; "..just don't want to see Kit die like Stephen did."

"Rebecca?" Baloo asked sounding concerned; " Is there something eating ya?"

"Baloo..This is none of your.." Rebecca said as the tear streamed down her cheek as she realized that she couldn't step away from this matter; "..All right.....I'll explain...It happened a week after my husband died..." Rebecca looked outside the SeaDuck as she wondered if her decision to leave her father's business was the right thing to do.....

~

, 1936 - One Week after Stephen was killed by Don Karnage

It was about a week after Stephen Cunningham was murdered by Don Karnage and his body had been thrown into the sea. Rebecca was just finishing the arrangement for the private furneal to begin the very next day. She was lonely since Molly wasn't around. Molly was at her grandmother's house and she had yet to even tell her about what happened to her father. It was a painful week for her to say the least; but at least she was having company to comfront her as Patty Pauldine and Dalton Pauldine- her mother and father were visiting her to prepare for the furneal so that part was going to be quite painless. Dalton and Patty were both lightly brown colored bears with Patty being about a few inches taller than Dalton. Dalton was wearing a brown shirt with black pants while Patty was wearing a green blouse with a navy blue shirt. They both had a sweet look on their face with Dalton being the more serious of the two. While Dalton was a businessman; he was a caring one at that and was willing to give Rebecca something big tonight apparently; so this visit was more than just a sympathy visit.They were currently in the dining room eating their supper together for the first time since Rebecca left to walk in her father's footsteps as a business woman. They were eating Rebecca's old favorite cuisine: Baked Salmon with Dill; Macroni Cesar Salad using Spinach and Cream of Red Onion Soup. Patty decided to cook the special for Rebecca while Dalton and Rebecca would prepare the costs of the furneal. The dining room of the former Cunninghams house (before she moved to the waterfall apartment in Cape Suzette) was fairly large (about 20 feet X 15 feet) circular room with a dark varnished wooden floor and it was the main room in the house. The walls were made of a vanilla stucko which had black & white photos of Stephen Cunningham, Molly and Rebecca doing various things including playing horsey; hide & sneak and having a picnic with her dolls. There was also a colored painting of the family with Rebecca playing rabbit ears to Molly in a funny moment. The Pauldine's sat as an english-style wooden table made of honey-polished wood. Most of the food was gone and the family was finished eating as Dalton saw Rebecca feeling much better now that she had some time to express her feeling with her dad which was something that was diffcult to do since he worked like a horse at his company. He had to say something and prepare for Rebecca's future since Stephen's death has affected his business as much as their personal lives in general.

"My dear;" Dalton asked as he wiped his mouth with a napkin; " I wish to talk to you about something.."

"I thought that you invited me here in order to help me mourn the death of my husband." Rebecca responded sounding quite surprised; but she never thought of her Dad as being insenstive to her husband.

"We did my child..but you have to go on.." Dalton responded nodding his head to let Rebecca know that she could count on his support as a caring father; "..What we wanted to talk about was your future..."

"My future..?" Rebecca asked with her face acting like she was in absolute shock; " Dad?!"

"I've been thinking about what you are going to do now that Stephen is gone.." Dalton explained as he looked striaght into Rebecca's eyes just like any business man would do; "..I have an offer for you."

"You do?" Rebecca asked still in shock.

"Yes pumpkin.." Dalton said excusing himself for a moment in order to clear his throat; "..My offer is for you to become my vice president of my main company business; Pauldine Widgets Inc." Rebecca's eyes just simply lit up as this was a ground breaker for her. There has been zero females in the entire private sector that have ever been offered such a position. Sure; there were a few woman who have gained those positions in the public sector, but this was a real eye-opener for her.

"Vice-President?" Patty exclaimed as she unintentionally spits out water that she was drinking while he was speaking; " Honey; that's the toughest position in the company."

"That's right honey." Dalton said without a hint of delay in his voice; " However; noticing your work for Pauldine Shipping Company for the past number of years I am quite impressed."

"You are?" Rebecca asked again; thinking that this was a joke, but the seriousness of Dalton's voice was killing that possiability almost instantly.

"Sure Rebecca..." Patty said as she and Rebecca hold hands together as Dalton continued to state his terms and the duties of Rebecca's new job. She had worked as a shipping manager and on accounts for Pauldine's Shipping Company which was a sub-company of Pauldine Widgets Inc. which was third in power only to Miniversal and Khan Industries. Neither of them had a woman in the position of vice-president before.

"Here's what I've been planning for your duties as vice president of my company." Dalton explained as he went through the duties as if he had scripted the entire process himself; " Some of the duties include the usual that you were doing as the main branch ladylord of my service company. However; it goes even further than that...Some of the duties include being a chairperson to the finance and business committees of the company."

"You mean;" Rebecca said attempted to get her words back to express herself; " I can bring input to this company."

"Ummm...yeah; I guess. There are other duties like business meetings, seminars, trade shows and basically lots of travel around the world.." Dalton said as Rebecca's eyes light up even more; "..and you will be paid the same salary as I am! Plus ten percent of the profits and other benefits to your name. You'll never face hardship ever again."

"Wow! Rebecca?" Patty said as she sounded very excited; " This _is_ a big deal. What do you say?"

"I don't know....what...to...say.." Rebecca said sounding stunned and overwhelmed by the whole thing; she couldn't just say yes without letting it sink in considering that she was still in mourning of her husband; "..Can I think about it?! This is so overwhelming to me..."

"I'll give you five days to decide.." Dalton said seriously as he was shaking his head; "..Remember this Miss Cunningham-Pauldine; this is the best offer in the world. No one else can give you this."

"Thanks Dad.. " Rebecca said smiling weakly as not to be rude to her own father as she stands up; "..Can I be excused?!"

"Certainly honey.." Patty said noding her head with approval; "..you need your time."

"Thank you.." Rebecca said as she walks away from the table; exits the dining room and head for the family room which was a small walk away in the hallway; "..I'll see you later."

Patty looks at Dalton as her smile is erased and a growing concern beckons on her kisser; "Honey?!"

"I hope she makes the right choice." Dalton said as he turns around and looks at the hallway.

"If only she knew what the right choice was." Patty said shaking her head wondering if Dalton was putting her daughter into a situation that was new to females; let alone her. Dalton turns around and they start to talk to each other; leaving Rebecca to her thoughts. Rebecca was walking down that hallway so slowly that it was like it was taking forever to get to the family room. Her head was cluttering with thoughts; some of them were a cause of concern for her. She had never been asked to fill a position that she wasn't experienced in before. She wasn't much of a leader at this point; although her work as a manager would state otherwise. She was like her father in that she was afraid of failure and there was no way that she can say that she was assured that she wouldn't fail in this position.

"I've been thrown a huge screwball here." Rebecca said quietly so Dalton couldn't hear her; " Dad wants me in a top position; but I don't know. Vice President requires three times the workload; I just don't know..." Luckly for her; the hallway was ending and the family room was showing itself. The living room was slightly smaller than the dining room and it was square in shape (17 feet X 17 feet) with the same polished wood floor as the dining room; but the walls were made of yellow painted drywall. In the middle of the room there were two blue cotton love seats and a comfy green sofa. On the back wall there was a stone fireplace and on the top of the firplace was a cukoo-clock that read 4:59 PM. As Rebecca took one step into the family room; the clock finally stuck five o'clock and the small bird came out from it's house and chimed its tune five times as it was designed to do so. However; just a split second after the bird chimed it's fifth ring a flash of white light would consume the entire family room which in turn caused Rebecca to cover her eyes in instinct. The flash only lasted for a split-second as the white light faded and Rebecca would open her eyes. At first; she thought she was dead as well; however, she noticed that she was still in the room alive and well. However; there was one major difference; a golden bear wearing the same leather jacket and white pants that Stephen was wearing was sitting on the sofa looking into Rebecca's eyes. Rebecca noticed the face and realized that it was the late Stephen Cunningham. He was an angel now and that was proof that Stephen had indeed gone to heaven. Rebecca looked excited.

"What in heaven?" Rebecca could only say as she approches the faded bear; " Stephen?!"

"My ture love..." Stephen said in kind as he stood up and embraced his wife like he promised to do. Despite the fact that death due to murder he forced them apart physically; spiritually, they were still together under the laws of heavenly marriage. The embrace lasted for nearly five minutes or so; they didn't keep count, it could have gone for an hour for all we know. They finally separated and Rebecca began to speak.

"You're an.." Rebecca started with a huge loss for words to see that God would allow Stephen to visit her after all this.

"...angel?" Stephen said giggling as if it were some kind of joke; "Yes I am."

"Thank the lord you are in heaven." Rebecca said kindly as she knew that Stephen wasn't going to be here for long. Her happiness was tempered by sorrow; knowing that this may be the last time she will ever see him in any form.

"I'm sorry that I cannot stay long my dear;" Stephen explained; " but the purpose of my visit from the heavens is to inform you of your future."

"My future?" Rebecca asked as she was surprised again since her father was already planning for her future; " Honey...I...."

"Miss Cunningham; as you know.." Stephen said as he was now acting serious; "..I was killed by the Air Pirates and Don Karnage's hand."

"I know..." Rebecca said as she shedded a tear. Stephen take his finger and wipes the tear out of her eye and looked at her with a sense of determination.

"I have heard that you have been given a better position at your father's company.." Stephen admitted as he placed his hand on Rebecca's face; "..Well; if you want to presue that path; I will not stop you. However; I do have a preposal for you which would enrich your life further."

"Come again?" Rebecca asked as she was feeling quite surprised that he was preposing something that her father wouldn't give since her father believed that not even Stephen could provide him with the best deal. However; Stephen was now in heaven under God's heavenly hand and God knows the world better than her father ever could. Rebecca just had to listen to Stephen; just like she had to when he was her husband.

"In a matter of time; you will meet a boy seeking redeempation for the sins of those who killed me." Stephen said in a preachy tone as Rebecca was afraid now beacuse Stephen never explained who the boy's name was; " This boy saw me die..right there. He tried to save me; but it was in vain as fate precribed. He is troubled; he is without family, a role model..."

"What must I do?" Rebecca said as she shaked her head in sorrow. A little boy was out there seeing acts of violence that shouldn't be done by adults; let alone a little kid; " I'll do anything for you honey."

"Do you remember the share of inhertiance money from your late grandfather?" Stephen asked as he remembered that Dalton had given Rebecca a 12% share of the money when her grandfather died in 1924. Rebecca refused to touch that money unless it was needed for important things. Apparently; Stephen had found a real use for it. Rebecca had a real puzzled look on her kisser now.

"Yes I do.." Rebecca asked with her eyes still looking directly at her husband;"..why?"

"Use it Rebecca.." Stephen said firmly as he lets go of Rebecca's face and looks down at the ground; "...Use it to enrich your life...Use it to buy yourself a new business...away from this life."

"Honey.." Rebecca said acting like she was in shock. To actually follow her husband would be acting dishonorable to her own family if she decided to leave the family business that her father built for so long; "..you mean that I should..."

"Rebecca.." Stephen said as he reconcerated his sharp look at Rebecca once again; "..Oniz has already empowered the world of females with her work on the Great War and recently as the leader of Usland's official opposition. Her public service is legendary. It's time Rebecca...destiny awaits."

Rebecca didn't know what to say; it was too overwhelming for her and she didn't want to make a snap decision and then regret it later;"Can I think about it?"

"Certainly me love...You don't have to do this.." Stephen admitted as he shrugged his shoulder. Rebecca took it as a sign that he was dissapointed and probably was the wrong choice at this point; "..There is more than _one_ path. Before I leave; can you please tell our duaghter that I'm all right and that I love her."

"I'll.." Rebecca said looking distaught as she didn't want to tell her daughter that her dad was dead mainly because they got into an arguement; "..tell her..." 

"I understand that you are having a hard time trying not to hurt her." Stephen said kindly; understanding that there was potiental harm in telling Molly too early right now." Remember that she must know where I am.. " Stephen rises up from the floor as he was apparently being called back up to heaven again; "..I'll see you in heaven, my love." The last thing Rebecca would see is Stephen's bright smile as another flash of bright white light would consume the scene again; forcing Rebecca to close her eyes again for a second. Rebecca refocuses and sees that Stephen was finally gone as the scene returns to normal. She walked around the family searching for Stephen as Dalton and Patty Pauldine (who apparently heard something) enter the family room and watch a female bear simply acting like she had lost everything without the screaming and crying that went with it.

"Rebecca?" Dalton asked as Rebecca was looking around for her husband; but found nothing.

"Are you all right my dear?" Patty asked as well. Rebecca decides to give up looking and slumps onto one of the blue loveseats. She stared at her feet for quite a while; and then as Dalton sits down on the other loveseat opposite to Rebecca, Rebecca stares into Dalton's eyes and decided that she had finally made her decision.

"Daddy..I have made my decision..." Rebecca said as the scene faded to black. Her decision was to presue the dream that Stephen Cunningham laid for her. While Dalton was dissapointed in her decision; he was very supportive and for some reason he probably figured that Rebecca was going to be a successful business person after all. Although he warned Rebecca of having massive hardships in attempting this Rebecca was not going to be denied of her destiny. In the months that followed; Rebecca would go to night school and get her Business Major Plus credit and waited for the moment to buy a failing business in order to turn it around.....On September 10th, 1936; the bank called Rebecca and informed her that Baloo's Air Service can be bought now because of the failure of it's owner to pay the bills. She had no idea what memories she was going to have in that wooden art-deco building. She had no idea until Kit Cloudkicker himself told her that he was an Air Pirate himself and that was the first sign that maybe Kit was the kid Stephen was talking about. Years later; the story was proven ture and now Kit knows exactly who he is: Christopher AeroStar; son of pilot hero Gregory AeroStar, grandson of diplomatic hero Maxim AeroStar; friends of the opposition leader Oniz Mecha and the messenger of the late Stephen Cunningham.....

~

Rebecca was standing up in the SeaDuck as she was looking at the city below her wishing that she had better vision to see if Molly was down there; but alas her prayers would not be answered. She felt quite helpless as fate was clearly againest her at this point. A fate that she clearly created on her own terms.

"So you decided...?" Baloo asked knowing the answer even before Rebecca could say it.

"..to use the money to finance my further schooling as a Business Major and then after that I waited for a call for a failing business." Rebecca responded.

"...and that was Baloo's Air Service." Baloo finished her statement as Rebecca looked at Baloo again.

"Yes." Rebecca said directly.

"I guess you're still waiting for those riches; huh?" Baloo asked wondering if Rebecca was going to be angry with him; but Rebecca was wiping the tears off her face and started to crack a refreshing smile.

"The money riches..yes.." Rebecca said smiling weakly as the SeaDuck flies past the city; "..but those other riches? I have seen them all.." However; Rebecca was also seeing the problems of her decision to be a single mother....and the SeaDuck was suffering from a problem of its very own. It was basically running on fumes as the storm clouds got thicker and thicker. The rain was soon going to pour down and the real trouble for Rebecca was going to start.

***

As for Kit; he was pretty safe at the moment inside Dillo Vane's seaplane. He was looking worried right now as he sat on the navigator's chair with his left leg propped up and his right leg was loose which was a clear sign of insecurity on his part. As much as he was grateful that he picked a plane in which he knew the pilot and above all; knew that the pilot wouldn't turn him into the orphanage or worse; to the police. Wesdon was still pretty sore about Air Pirates in general and Kit's past was a liability to him at this point. However; his real mission to find Molly was basically on hold because Dillo was going to Jadd instead of Saint Peterdora.

"Molly...." Kit said as his word drifted off as Dillo was on the radio. Kit knew better not to bother a pilot who was on the radio unless he needed to. Dillo was apparently contacting his contractor in Jadd.

"Breaker, Breaker.." Dillo spoke on the radio; "..come in Cherry Doublo." Cherry was a regular dealer for Dillo Vane on this route as he would be delivering various bottles of applesauce to him from Kanata; which was a popular sauce for certain meats. He had a Hawkeyish-accent and was a believer in the same faith. Cherry and Dillo were good friends since Dillo was a freelance cargo pilot at best. However; Cherry was prudent when it comes to time. Although Dillo hasn't been late once for Cherry; he does get a little irrated when Dillo would come very close (within 2 minutes by Cherry's standards) to becoming late.

"Come in Dillo, I hear you." Cherry responded in a monotone.

"Cherry.." Dillo said as he pointed to Kit; "..I'll bringing a guest to your home in Jadd."

"Fine by me.." Cherry said without hesitation as he was often alone since his wife perished a decade ago to illness; "..just make sure he behaves."

"As you wish." Dillo responded with a smile. Kit smiled in unison; but he knew that he couldn't accept Dillo's request. Molly was still out there and if he doesn't find her soon; Rebecca will probably find her dead and then who knows?

"I'll see you at midnight sharp.." Cherry said; "..10-4"

"Of course." Dillo responded as he puts the mircophone down and that allows Kit to speak up right away.

"Dillo," Kit said shaking his head to refuse the invitation; " I cannot accept coming with you.."

"I would like to know, how you got to this point?" Dillo asked as he looked directly in Kit's eyes. He wanted to catch up with Kit's adventures since they last met. " It's been nearly seven years since I last saw you...You said Molly.." Kit looked surprised that Dillo would noticed how he drifted off into despair like that; which Dillo didn't exactly like; "..why is she so important to you?"

"She's Molly Cunningham and she's run away from her family." Kit said as Dillo's eyes lit up. Even though Rebecca was only a single parent; to find any sort of family after what he went through for son long was amazing. Dillo was in shock as he knew that he was in the presence of the boy who had nothing and now he had the most important part of his life. A home to call his own.

"You found a family?!" Dillo said gasping for air in disbelief; " That's unbelievable!"

"Yeah; I guess it is.." Kit said blushing a bit from the truth; "..Anyway; I'll make my story short."

"Good idea kid. Gory details don't impress me. I'll tell you what kid.." Dillo said with a wide smile; "..I'll land on Jadd and try to find a job involving the location at Saint Peterdora. Ok?"

"All right.." Kit said as he turned himself around and sits on the edge of the co-pilot's seat and looks as Dillo sharply as if he was being tough again much to the relief of Dillo; "..After I left Dover Downs; I was on my own. I slept in doorways, small hangers, under docks even. I was forced to eat whatever I could salvage. I was miserable for the most part; although I never experienced the really sick acts of furry kind until I was 11."

"Did you have any adventures?" Dillo asked wondering off key.

"Yeah; I thought that I finally started to make friends at that time too.." Kit said looking somewhat distaught; "..However; they either betrayed me or died because I was a burden to them."

"A burden?! Blast you!" Dillo shouted out looking quite cross and somewhat threatening as he hated furries who acted like they were hopeless; " If you were ever a burden to me,; I'd kill you where you stand!"

"Sorry if ever I considered you the rule." Kit responded looking stunned at Dillo as he rarely showed anger towards him and it was for pretty good reason; " Anyway; the last year on the streets were the roughest. I was in Pazuza at the time and I saw nothing but murder, beatings...things that Badwin stated that would happen."

"Badwin.." Dillo snapped off as he hated Badwin with a passion as he was reponsible for destroying the intsution of the orphange which was supposed to help children who had no parents; "..scum of the earth!"

"I've been associated with many of scum.." Kit responded back getting almost as angry as Dillo was; these people were considered unredeemable to many; "..Klang.....Borleas....Don Karnage..."

"Don Karnage?! That poor sap! The prince of pirates?! And the others.." Dillo said frailing his arm in disbelief; "..your name stained forever stained by them! Kit?! I'm surprised that you are still standing!"

"I was surprised too.." Kit said as he explained why he could see one of them as redeemable; "..Surprised that the scum was the one that saved my life..." Dillo listened with interest as Kit was beginning to recall his darkest hour; that hour inside a dark area of Pazuza that would be signalled the end of his life if it wasn't for the biggest scumbag of them all....

~

September 11th, 1935 - One year before meeting Baloo

It was a clear night inside a dark alleyway somewhere in Pazuza. The stars were beautiful tonight as Kit (who didn't know his last name nor his real name) was shivering in the cold as he was sleeping on the cold hard concreate. His sweater which was dusty and dirty simply wasn't protecting him. The boy's face wasn't happy at all; a sad despair was found his kisser. He had witnessed a gang beating and a couple of assults over the last three days. Finding food was becoming increasely diffcult as the climate of Pazuza wasn't very warm. He slept opposite to a couple of boxes. Suddenly; as if a gun shot went off within Kit's ears, a large bang was heard as the stacked wooden boxes topple to the ground all over the place. A tall golden bear who was about 25 years old and was wearning a red suit with brown pants and a white cape appeared inside the alleyway next to Kit. He appeared white hot with rage and he had an urge to murder someone at this point. He was carrying a shotgun which had a long thin swordblade on the end of it in his left hand. Kit was beginning to stir as the golden bear lifts Kit up by the sweater and pulls him off the ground. The bounty hunter proceeds to put what many called the BladeGun down onto the ground.

"On your feet boy!!" The golden bear screamed into Kit's face as Kit wakes up and notices that he was looking face to face with one angry bear. However; Kit showed absolutely no fear as he had seen this act play before again and again. He had been beaten up and tormented for various reasons before and this was just other one of those days. Kit decided to play cool on this guy.

"How can I be on my feet if you are dangling me like that Buster Phoenix!" Kit said revealing the bear's name. It was clear that they had met before. Buster Phoenix was a bounty hunter who lived on the edge and didn't play by the laws of the land. While the police force at first depended on bounty hunters to catch criminals that couldn't be caught otherwise in the early 1920's; the Windia Police Force fiasco (which caused massive reforms in police forces everywhere) was also extended into the banning of the police force to use of bounty hunters all together and then the bounty hunters was restricted for military purposes in Usland. However; a few bounty hunters saw this as being soft on crime and became vigilantes as a result. Buster happened to one of them; and was considered the most brutal of them all. He would snap on criminals on the most trivial of things.

"Don't play cutesy with me boy!" Buster screamed again into Kit's face; " You stole my watch! Give it to me!!"

"I didn't steal anything you moron!" Kit snapped back even louder hoping someone would hear him. There was no one within a hundred feet of him to even care about. Just like it has always been. Apparently; Kit stole a watch from Buster Phoenix and Kit was seeing how brutal Buster could be. Buster didn't buy it at all and he slaps Kit hard with his right hand causing Kit's face to recoil on impact.

"Liar!" Buster screamed into Kit's face to give him the message as if Kit was deaf instead of defiant; " Where is my watch?!"

"I don't have it!.." Kit snapped right back making Buster even more angry; "..and wouldn't tell you anyway!"

"You stupid, immoral kid!" Buster shouted again as his temper and voice was becoming much colder now as he thought of seeing the sight of Kit screaming in pain; " I'll torture you beyond your wildest dreams!"

"Whatever.." Kit said as he matched Buster voice just to tick him off; "..Like that's going to wash.."

"Your mouth is so filthy!" Buster screamed as he slapped Kit in the face again and this time Kit's mouth was bleeding slightly as he unintentionally cut his own lip with his teeth. The blood trickled from his mouth; " I should wash it with your blood!"

"Blood?! You don't deserve anything.." Kit said suddenly sounding quite self-rightous and preachy; something that Kit often did and couldn't explain it himself. Many people considered that a sign of the divine within his soul; "..because you're a pagan; loner and dishonable to the swords of God!" Kit simply looked confused (Read: He shrugged as his face looked puzzled for a moment) for a moment because that's not what he wanted to say to Buster. He shook his head and finally got out the words to express his disgust to Buster like so many evil people that he came across; "Your nothing but a lowlife piece of sincrud!" That was all Buster needed to confirm that this kid wasn't just a criminal; he simply insulted him. Buster hated being insulted and calling someone sincrud was the second worst thing you can call someone; calling someone the devil himself was the worst. Buster; in his fit of rage forgot all about the watch and all civilized behavior for that matter; threw Kit hard onto the ground back first. He had hoped that the impact would kill Kit; but Kit was struggling to get up. Buster grabs his BladeGun instantly as Kit struggle to get to his knees.

"You pitaful piece of junior garbage!!" Buster screamed as there was no stopping him. Kit had pushed the personal button and had taken a furry's emotion way too far. Now Kit must face his fate of death as he realized that one day; he was going to stop suffering. Only it was going to end in death. Buster takes the BladeGun and points it at Kit who has now managed to get up to his knees; " Your going straight to the Fire Pit!" Buster presses a button on the side of the trigger which opened up the BladeGun's swordblade and reveals the gun's launcher; " SAY GOODBYE!!" Kit manages to look at the barrel of the rife and simply closes his eyes and doesn't move a muscle. He was finally going to die; however, would he go to Heaven, Limbo/Spiritual Disconnectness or the Fire Pit? He didn't care anymore; it couldn't be any worse than what he was already suffering. ~I guess I'll be going up now...~ he thought as he believed that it could be his last on this mortal coil. Buster's finger was now on the trigger and he was in such close range that there would be no escape from death for the little bearcub. However; as it always seens to happen with him; something unusual suddenly happened as Buster starts to feel an acute pain in his chest just as his finger was able to pull the trigger. His expression changed to shock and then to utter panic as he looked down towards his chest and he sees the one thing that all bounty hunters seem to fear the most as the tip of a sword was showing protruding out of his own body. Red blood came pouring out of the wound as he had been clearly stabbed in the heart by someone. Was it the wraith of God; who is supposed to be merciful? It didn't matter to Buster as his signs of life were beginning to be snuffed out.

"UUUU...GGGGGGG.....HHHHHHH.." Buster screamed in a blood-crudled scream as he was in pain as his body was completely shutting itself down for good; "..GOD......HELP ME!......" He could say no more as the eyes completely went white indicating that he was in the final stages of death physically. As that was happening; the cutlass was pulled out of his body as Buster slumps to the ground flat on his midsection and the last signs of life were gone. Buster was officially dead as the blood continued to pour slowly from his body. As Kit slowly started to open his eyes he noticed that a fox/wolf hybrid wearning a navy uniform was licking the cutlass of his sword and replacing it in the holder was standing right in front of Buster Phoenix as a bulldog and a ferret came behind the furry swordmaster and carried Buster away in such a matter that Kit wouldn't have noticed that Buster was killed by the swordmaster's hand. Kit stood there in absolute awe and wondered what was going to happen next. Why was it always him that people were after?

"Who are you?" Kit asked looking quite puzzled. One minute he was chanting his own death and the next minute he was alive and looking at a wolf who was pretty puzzled at him. The wolf simply looked surprised and acted in such a pancahe matter.

"What is this? You do not know the fearless, most feared, panic-prevoking pirate Don Karnage?!" Don Karnage stated his name as Kit whinced and closes his eyes again; fearing that he was about to kill him. However; Don Karnage just simply kneels down and looks at him; ""But do not worry my child of the rat.....I was trying to stop that terrible hunter-type person from making you chrip those cute golden harps..No hard feelings..Yesno?" There was no doubt now that it was Don Karnage; the feared Prince of Pirates and those two furries were his posse; Dumptruck and Mad Dog. This was their first meeting together and Kit had no idea what was in store for him.

"Thanks.." Kit said blushing a bit; "..but why?"

"My boy it is unfair for someone with intellegence such as yours to be in a fight that you could die from." Don Karnage said quite honestly. He was such an expert in sounding honest even though Kit had no idea that he was pretty evil.

"I...better be going..." Kit said as he stood up and was about to turn around; however, Don stands up and turns around to face Kit in the opposite direction. He had a crimson red book with the black letters: Standard Flight Manual. Apparently; Kit dropped it unintentionally while running from Buster Phoenix. Kit stopped and was looking at Don who was looking quite innocent and not the usual evilness from within.

"Wait a minuet!" Don said as he give Kit the book; " You dropped this.."

"Why that's my dream.." Kit said with excitement as he thought he had lost it forever; "..Thank you for finding it."

"So you want to be a pilot?" Don asked as Kit checked the book to see if it was damaged. Luckly it was not.

"More then just _a_ pilot." Kit said as his eyes were still in that book which gave Don an idea as his eyes grew sharp; " The _best_ pilot in all of Earthia!"

"Such lofty goals for such a young lad.." Don said with a type bravado that was so dramatic that it sounded like a whopper of a lie; "..Say; why not join me group? I'll even teach you how to fly."

"You would?" Kit asked as he turns around to see Don and his eyes light up with excitement; " Really?!"

"Anything for you my son." Don said as he put his paw in Kit's shoulder; " Not only can I make you the greatest pilot in the world...I'll teach you skills beyond your wildest dreams...You will move Earthia beyond it's mortal coil. What do you say my protogee?"

"I...get...to be your partner?" Kit asked as his sub-consicence was seemly telling him not too. He has had many relations and almost all of them had betrayed his own trust. He wasn't sure if he should trust another adult again even though Don Karnage did in fact save his own life; " I...I don't know. I've met many people who made that offer before."

"Oh.." Don asked looking quite puzzled; "..You don't trust people like me anymore?"

"Yeah; but there are some who died..." Kit said looking down at the ground.

"Do not worry my child of discontent. My crew makes sure that no one does me in.." Don explained as Rachect approches Don Karnage from the side with Buster Phoenix's BladeGun and Don notices him right away and looked a bit annoyed; " ..Yes? What is it Rachect?"

"I found this with the murderer and I got this interesting idea." Rachect said as he showed the BladeGun to Don.

"Can't you see I'm trying to make a deal with the boy here." Don snaps back as he thought about slapping Rachect silly; but since Kit was around he didn't want to give him the wrong idea before joining him so he restraint himself beforehand and allowed his creator and mechanic to explain himself.

"But boss.." Rachect said as he point to the swordedge of the BladeGun; "..we could replace the bullets with a grappling hook and create a new useful device for our cause."

"Okay...okay.." Don said acting quite cool under pressure; "..do what you can with the new toy..but leave this boy to me."

"Of course boss." Rachect said as he left Don Karnage to handle Kit walking away from the scene. Kit thought about what he saw and realized that considering that another person could kill him if he stayed on the streets. He had nothing to lose and everything to gain by trusting Don Karnage. Plus; he couldn't say no because Don did save his life from a bounty hunter gone out of control.

"You sound honest.." Kit said as he finally made his decision; "..Okay; I'll join you."

"Thank you kid...You won't regret it.." Don Karnage said with approval as they shook hands and sealed the deal; "..Who _do_ people call you anyway?"

"They call me Kit......" Kit drifted off as Kit and Don walked side by side away from the alleyway. This was the beginning of Kit's life as an Air Pirate. He had no idea that he was going to become a criminal and probably a terrorist at the age of 11. However; he never saw the action that he wanted; apparently because Don made sure of that. The cloud came rolling in as Kit walked into Buster's own blood.....

~ 

We return to the seaplane and Dillo slammed his fist on the console. He knew Buster Phoenix and he didn't like him one bit. Dillo hated bounty hunters because they often went too far on the most trivial manners. Their unbinded powers allowed them to kill furries without even a just cause for something like stealing a watch.

"Buster.." Dillo shouted as he looked right at Kit to let him know how angry he was; "..That idoit! As much as I hate those pirates. Buster was nothing more than a thug!"

"Anyway; I stayed with Don for a year. However; six months in, I started to have my doubts about him. I was bored." Kit continued without a second thought as Dillo was a little surprised that Kit wouldn't respond to him anger. Dillo was seeing Kit being a ture adult right in front of his eyes; " That was until one day; Don summoned me to his _torture chamber_ and was tormenting and assaulting a golden bear with a whip."

"What happened then?" Dillo asked wondering even more as he was picturing Kit watching a grown man tormented and he didn't like the result.

"When I saw that golden bear chained inside cell number seven with Don using a whip to beat him up. I was appalled until Don called me and handed me a dagger.." Kit paused for a moment to regain his breath and put what Don wanted him to do to the letter, sounding cold-blooded; "..and ordered to kill him."

"That disgusting fiend!" Dillo screamed loudly causing Kit to cover his ears for a moment; " Using children as murderers!"

"I refused to do so and turned my back on him. I paid the price for that move.." Kit said shaking his head and feeling quite bad. The memories were still a painful reminder of the evil of Earthia; "..as the bear was killed by Don and I was beaten up."

"Good lord!" Dillo gasped in horror as he couldn't believe what he was hearing. He thought that Kit experience with Badwin with the punishment was bad enough. However; for Don Karnage to tie him by the ears and beat him to a pulp just made him feel Kit's blood-curdling screams even though he didn't scream at all because he was knocked out. The story was becoming a swan song of dispair for Dillo as he never felt anything like this.

"I met Karneaux Pierre-Bossuard after I came to. He trained me in many arts...however, he was killed by Don because I was used to flush out a traitor." Kit said shaking his head wondering if he was doing the right thing; but Dillo nodded his head to show him support; " I decided to leave the first chance I got. Don Karnage had returned to the Iron Vulture after stealing a powerful stone from Shere Khan. I decided to make my move and I took the stone from him!"

"Boy; you are either brave or foolish or both!" Dillo responded shaking his head in disbelief. No one makes a fool of the Prince of Pirates and yet Kit Cloudkicker was managing to do that and wasn't showing signs of regret as a result.

Kit continued on with his story without thinking about how he was foolish in attempting to stand up to Don Karnage; "I hid from Don by staying with a pilot named Baloo..."

"No kidding.." Dillo said slapping himself gently; "..he was the most notable pilot in the world. He's not the best role model in the world either; but at least he's a lot better than Karnage ever was."

"I had many adventures with Poppa Bear.. " Kit said cracking a weak smile to show some respect for his mentor; "..I lived in Cape Suzette for the last couple of years; safe from the streets. Baloo was forced to work after he was late on one too many payments and Rebecca took over the business. We were like family....However..."

"However what?" Dillo asked looking quite puzzled; " I don't understand.."

"I found out last night that the golden bear that was killed by Don was Stephen Cunningham, Rebecca's husband." Kit said looking quite sad; " I was ashamed of myself; I didn't know what to do. I wanted to run away; but I couldn't. I couldn't believe that she wanted me back so badly. I basically failed her. I betrayed her trust once already to save her and her daughter."

"So why didn't you?" Dillo asked.

"She loved me.." Kit responded; "..she wants to adopt me."

"Seriously?!" Dillo said as his eyebrows rose with interest; " You realize that you will be a child instead of an adult...and your childhood is dead. So why are you running off now?"

"Molly; Rebecca's duaghter has run away..she thinks I killed her father." Kit responded; " I'm trying to show that I didn't, so I'm looking for her."

"Son; I don't understand why." Dillo said shaking his head thinking Kit has been punished and tormented enough; " Kid; let the police handle this. You're only putting yourself in more dispair.."

"The police won't help us." Kit responded in monotone.

"What?!" Dillo said loudly as Kit jumped in shock. Dillo wasn't liking what he was hearing right now.

"Derek Thursday said because of what happened with the Windia Police; they were forced into new laws." Kit said looking into Dillo's eyes to show that he was telling the truth; " They cannot file a missing persons report for 24 hours and therefore cannot conduct a proper search & rescue because of legal issues from the reforms of the police...." Dillo then slammed his fist on the console again; looking quite angry now. He had clearly heard enough. If there was one thing he hated is that the traditional instutions were not being respected by the very people who worked with them. The police force was one of the few which he felt a lot of respect for them; now it was gone...It was time to help Kit; as he needed it right now without delay.

"That's it! I'm turning this plane around!" Dillo shouted as he places his hands on the stick with a look of determination; " Kit?! I'm taking you to Saint Peterdora!"

"You mean it?!" Kit said as his eyes light up with disbelief; but then he realized that Dillo was risking his job doing this knowing how Baloo would do stuff like this without any reason; " But...won't you get..."

"Fired?! I don't care!" Dillo screamed as he turns the stick to the right and down to make a seaplane turn around on a 45 degree angle; " I am not letting another instution kill anymore furries!"

"Thanks Dillo." Kit said as he smiled. He got want he wanted and all he had to do was tell the truth about the police force. Dillo smiled back.

"Anything for my favorite kid..." Dillo responded as the seaplane finally turned around enough to fly in the opposite direction. It was back to the storm cloud skies again; however, Kit wasn't about to let those storm clouds get to him. Now the only question was; how much time would be needed to get to Saint Peterdora as they were three hours away from Cape Suzette at least. Molly would still need to tough it out then and she was still in anger over the death of her father....At least something was turning around...

***

However; Molly Cunningham had not changed a bit as the black antique car in which Molly Cunningham was sitting on the trunk of the car. The black car was finally at the main intersection which was 10 feet away from a huge concreate wall. This was known as the Junction Checkpoint, which was a large concreate wall extending in three directions shaped like an upside down Y. The wall was 20 metres wide and 100 feet high. The wall was made of vanilla concreate and it was cracked in several places. About 30 feet on the eastern wall; there was a blue scumbag message spraypainted. The muddy road was to intersect into two directions; with the left road going 25 degrees to the west. That route goes towards Wejerek and Pazuza while the right road went towards Saint Peterdora; which the black car takes. The black car drives towards a huge gate which was made of concreate about 100 feet high X 30 feet wide by 25 feet long. This was the same on the western gate as each gate had a small guard building made of wood and brick. The wood trim was painted white with the wooden roof painted red which was the standard for locked gates. The gates were designed due to Cape Suzette's lackluster laws which basically allowed criminals to run wild in the city. The black car approches the gate and then comes to a complete stop as Molly was hanging on.

"Lucy?! Where are you?!.." Molly shouted as she looked around and then realized that she threw her away because she disagreed with her doll on Kit; "..Oh...I threw her away.." Molly then quickly jumps off the car and hides behind the car as a tall, male, middle-aged black panthar wearing a biege uniform and a brown beret which was the standard clothing of the Junction Gate Security Force. He was known as LePrince Fortan who was a lonely guard. As that was happening; the driver of the black car opened its doors and finally came out to reveal himself as an average height orange cat wearing a white suit, white pants and a white hood. He looked like a champion fencer; although his epee wasn't present with him. He was a champion fencer known as Cecil Saint-Pierre who was famous for winning a gold in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Animea a year ago. The two furries couldn't see Molly Cunningham; so she felt safe for now as Molly was able to get a good look at the guard.

"[He's creepy....!]" Molly wispered as LePrince approches Cecil. The black car was apparently going to be inspected for dangerous materials and/or criminal gangsters which was a large problem in Saint Peterdora judging by the added security.

"Hello Mr. Fortan." Cecil said waving his hand at LePrince.

"How are you doing?" LePrince asked as they shook hands. Apparently; they knew each other pretty well.

"I've seen better days." Cecil admitted feeling quite somber; " Gunshots in Cape Suzette."

"There's some brave souls in that city." LePrince responded gently as the passenger side of the car finally opened and out popped the female passenger inside who was a short, blond cat wearing the same fencer clothing as Cecil was and was slightly older than Cecil. She was Leslie Saint-Pierre; the wife of the champion fencer. They were out on an outing to Cape Suzette at the Fencing Regali that was taking place this evening. She looked pretty cross at the two.

"More like immoral souls to me!" Leslie protested bitterly; " I'm never coming back to that city."

"LePrince; can you help me with something?" Cecil explained; " I think we have a stowaway on our Bendz."

"Yeah;" Leslie said without any concerned, treating it as an annoyance; "...it was sobbing and screaming while we were driving."

"Well; if it's a stowaway; I doubt it's one of Pierce's henchman." LePrince chuckled slightly; " I still need to check your trunk though; so you two can check the car while I check the trunk. All right?"

"All right...." Cecil proclaimed as Molly gasped slightly. Unless she found a way to move it without being seen; she was going to be caught for sure.

"[I'd better move...Mommy could have called that officer....]" Molly wispered as her opening was suddenly coming to light as Leslie approched Cecil on the other side of the car. That allowed the opening Molly needed as she ran on the right side as fast as her legs could carry her towards the guardhouse as Cecil and Leslie walk behind LePrince as he approches the trunk. Molly hides behind the guardhouse and starts huffing quietly "[Now how am I....I wish Lucy were here.]" LePrince finally makes it to the trunk and opens it as Cecil and Leslie check the black car from every possible position. There was no little girl in sight.

"I don't see anything illegal or unusual." LePrince said as he closes the trunks after seeing that there was nothing special; just the epees that he used during the Fencing Regali which were checked on the other side of the gate.

"Darn it!" Cecil swears off; " I cannot find anyone around here. She must have jumped off!"

"If it's a she then it is doubtful that it could be a henchman of the Street Pirates anyway." LePrince said as Cecil breathes a sigh of relief.

"[Huh? Street Pirates?]" Molly gasped softly as she was confused once again. Now she was wondering just how safe was Saint Peterdora was? She decided to shrug it off. In her own mind it couldn't be any worse than being in Cape Szuette right now...where Kit was.

"I guess I imagined it.." Cecil said shrugging his shoulders.

"It's good that you checked with me." LePrince said nodding his head; " I mean it would be a sad day in your life if the police arrested you for aiding a criminal."

"Yeah; it probably would." Leslie said blushing a bit at the though of being referenced with Pierce; " Can we pass now?"

"Of course.." LePrince said as he runs into the guardhouse quickly; "..I'll open the gate..."

"Thank you.." Cecil nodded; "..I guess that is that."

"That was turely a waste of our time." Leslie protested bitterly as she opens the passenger side door and hops inside; " If Cape Suzette wasn't such a moral sewer; then we wouldn't need this foresaken gate."

"I hope that Oniz Mecha becomes prime minister of Usland." Cecil said as he opens the driver side of the car and hops inside as the couple closes the doors quickly; " She's tough on crime."

"She's friends with the group which history shows that they are soft on kids committing crimes. " Leslie protested bitterly; "What about that relationship with that bearcub who was an Air Pirate?"

"What does that have to do with anything?" Cecil asked as he started the engines.

"Everything...Face it honey.." Leslie protested bitterly as the engines began to roar; "..That kid's a criminal; like it or not..." Leslie was a furry who believed that criminals regardless of age had no redeeming value whatsoever; while her husband thought that kids should be accountable; but not punished like adult since it was often the adults who brainwash kids into criminal behaviour. It was a moral/legal crossroads as the concreate gate slowly started to slide parallel to the concreate wall to allow just enough space for the black car to pass through. The black car slowly crosses the gate as Molly Cunningham finds another opening and runs quickly past the gate as the gate closes behind her. Molly then hops right into the trunk of the black car and sits down.

"[That....was....close...]" Molly wispered under her breath as she was huffing and puffing as Leslie was sounding cross again.

"I hear something huffing and puffing again." Leslie said bitterly.

"I'm not checking again!" Cecil protested as the black car drives off into the open forest path towards Saint Peterdora. Meanwhile; back at the gate guardhouse which the concreate gate was completely closed; three bicycles were riding towards the gate which were cycled by three furries wearing full suit burkas which covered them from head to toe. They looked like servents from the Cardinal religion; but they were actually Boris, Dustin and Salet in disguise as they were attempting to get back into Saint Peterdora without them being seen or caught. The bicycles come to a complete stop.

"Now what brings you here?" LePrince asked as he runs out of the guardhouse and looks at who he is dealing with. The good news for Boris was that LePrince was quite a bit dense so LePrince didn't have a clue that the Street Pirates were disguised. Hopefully for Boris; no one will be able to screw up this routine.

"We were about two hours late from a gathering..." Boris starts sounding like a woman; but the sound was closer to a girly man's voice. Luckly for him; LePrince couldn't tell the difference.

"Uh yeah;" Salet said in a normal voice; " we had to talk to a...."

"Forgive me.." Boris responded smacking Salet in the head lightly to correct him; "..he has a bad cold."

"Ah yeah; I've heard of it.." LePrince said nodding his head; "..It inflicts on female voices and make them sound like a man."

"Yeah..:" Dustin said in his normal voice; "..that's what we have.." Boris smacks him lightly on the head to correct him as well; "..Bad cold..." LePrince decides to look around the bicycle area to make sure that there was no funny business which was ordained in his contract when he took this job; but didn't see anything unusal either.

"I don't see anything troublesome." LePrince said seriously as he ran into the guardhouse; " I'll open the gate..."

"Why thank you kind sir.." Boris said as he grinned at the ease of making it through the gate to Saint Peterdora; "..You've been very helpful indeed." Boris was giggling softly as the concreat slowly opens as Dustin, Boris and Salet remount on their bicycles and ride past the gate without incident. LePrince comes out of the guardhouse and looks at his watch as the gate slowly closes.

"Well; that was a quiet evening." LePrince said as he heard a yawn beckoning; " Ah! Sleepyeyes got up on time for a change. Time for the graveyard shift Yeo." A male, tall, black jaguar furry named Yeo Pearlow exits the guardhouse yawning a bit as he approches LePrince. He was wearing the same uniform as LePrince was; however, he is not loved by LePrince because he talks in what LePrince believes is a dishonest and a disrespectful way.

"Very funny dude." Yeo said shruggin the yawn off.

"I hate that pop-culture talk." LePrince grumbled.

"You are a real no funguy at all.." Yeo snaps back; "..so what happened?"

"Nothing exciting.." LePrince said shrugging his shoulders; "..just a bunch of Cardinal priests who had cold which made their voices sound like men."

"Man; you are so dense." Yeo giggled.

"Are you calling me stupid?!" LePrince asked looking cross.

"Yeah; first of all;" Yeo explained; " the Cardinal religion doesn't allow women to be priests and most husbands of that religion do not allow their wives to be out at night."

"Are you some kind of racist bigot?!" LePrince said sounding very angry at Yeo's dialogue. LePrince didn't like racism as well and that was uncommon among people; although those thoughts were rising.

"Second...there's no such cold that magically turns ladies voices into men voices." Yeo chuckled more loudly this time; " Honestly; your intellegence is so low that I actually saw a little blonde bearcub girl wearning a makeshift Dangerwoman outfit....Honestly...you are so d-"

"Isn't that girl who ran away from her single mother?" LePrince asked as the description sounded very familiar to him; "...Shouldn't we be calling them...?"

"Nah.." Yeo said sounding cocky; "..You wanted to teach these people about the importance of marriage, so..."

"I'm calling the police in Saint Peterdora to be on the lookout for a runaway girl." LePrince said bitterly as he enters the guardhouse; looking for the phone; " I may not like single mothers; but to ignore this is a lack of compassion..."

"More like a lack of morals if you ask me dude." Yeo said looking serious.

"STOP CALLING ME DUDE!" LePrince screams out which was so loud that it was hurting Yeo's eardrums. It seemed that even with the progress made by Oniz and Rebecca; there were still some who believe that the past was the right path to take towards the promised land....

***

We go beyond the Gate Junction towards Saint Peterdora on the path. The rain was still coming down; but it wasn't coming down as hard as the rain was before the arrival at the Gate Junction. The ground was still very muddy as the three biycles continue to ride on the muddy path. Boris, Dustin and Salet has just ditched their burkas and threw them away in a nearby ditch to get rid of the evidence. Boris; however, was really upset now as the whole cover was very close to being blown as a result of their bad girly voice acting.

"You two almost ruined everything." Boris protested; " I'd kill you right now if I had gun power right now."

"But boss;" Salet responded as he was ignoring Boris and concerating on the road; "...it was your idea to kidnap her."

"I'd pistol whip you again if I wasn't biking.." Boris protested again as he pumped his fist towards Salet; "..For too long I've been waiting for action. To destroy the lives of all who destroyed mine. My mother was one great furry who was killed by my father's drug habit. I joined a gang because the drugs were from a rich kid's foundation."

"Umm...boss?" Dustin asked as his voice sounded frightful because that wasn't what Boris told him; " I thought the reason you joined Pirece because your mom refused to let you eat a lollipop because it was encouraging naughty acts on."

"Wait a minute.." Salet chimed in as even that wasn't what Boris stated; "..Didn't the boss say that he couldn't make the Deans list and his mom kicked him out." Boris was looking even crosser than usual; despite the fact that he's been lying about the fact that he himself was into drugs and the overall drug trade.

"How dare you make fun of my mother?!" Boris screamed violently as his bicycle almost started to slide off the ditch; " She may have kicked me out of her life because I was into drugs and acted like a psychopath. However; this has been the best arrangement I've ever had. Pierce has been a father to me and I will not dishonor him."

"But boss.." Dustin points out; "..I thought that Borleas Icebolt was your father?"

"He is nothing more than snot.." Boris exclaimed violently as he didn't want to be reminded that he was the son of a famous gangster; "..He is not my father and he can rot in limbo for all I care." Borleas Icebolt was a famous gangster who Kit Cloudkicker knew all too well as he met him in his travel and then saw right through his evil and left him.

"I know how that feels." Salet said acting sad as he remembered his life as a terrible waste before meeting Boris; " My dad drunk himself to a death sleep."

"My dad was pretty normal." Dustin chimed in kind even though he really didn't have any good excuse to be involved in crime; " I drank myself to sleep."

"...and that's why we joined the Pierce Street Pirates." Boris exclaimed; " We wanted freedom from our troubles and the sins of the fathers."

"The police will never understand our pain." Dustin chimed in.

"They are designed to punish those they don't understand.." Salet said in kind as Boris looked even more irrated then before; "..Bunch of fools..."

"...just like you two suckups!!" Boris screamed as Dustin and Salet stop their bicycles almost instantly; as if something was forcing them to stop; " Let's just get there and when I do; I'll make sure Pirece blast your hides!!" Boris look behind him and noticed that Salet and Dustin had stopped and looked very scared.

"What's wrong with you two?!" Boris protested in a defensive tone; " That was figurally speaking of course."

"HALT!" a male voice beckoned as Dustin and Salet are frightened even more.

"That's not why we stopped." Dustin and Salet said pointing their fingers forward as Boris turns around and sees a white and black police car with it's emergency headlights on; but there was no siern. Boris faces a clutch of panic as he stops his bicycle and it slides on its side and stops just inches short of the police car. Boris dismounts off his bicycle and grabs onto it to use it as a weapon.

"What do you want copper?!" Boris asked in a tough guy voice which frightens Dustin and Salet even more as the wind was starting to get stronger and the wind was whipping around. For safety sake; Dustin and Salet dismount off their bicycles and approch Boris to restrain him again.

"Boss?" Dustin exclaimed; " I don't think that's a good idea."

"I don't want to go to prison." Salet said looking frightened as Boris throws his bicycle onto the police car which just slides off the police car and there was little damage present. This causes Boris to become frightened as he steps back a couple of metres.

"I'll defend thee honor againest thee fiends of freedom." Boris screams as he grabs his pistol and points it at the police car forgetting that he had no bullets to swoon anyone.

"But boss;" Dustin said as he tries to restrain Boris away; "...there are no bullets in that gun." Boris then realizes that he was right as he grabs the front end of his pistol; ready to use it to pistolwhip the police officer as the driver side door of the police car finally opens and there was a short, male, grey beaver furry who looked about 20 years old wearing a blue police officer uniform and had a black nightstick in his right hand which causes even Boris to shake in fear. He was a two-bit coward; that was for sure as his lack of firepower was going to finally bury him forever.

"Is there anything wrong officer?!" Boris asked as he was shaking as the police officer approches him and frisks him a bit to frighten him even more. Then he suddenly bursts into laughter.

"You are so gulliable." the police officer chuckled violently as Salet and Dustin suddenly breathe a sigh of relief since that violent laugh was done by none other than a scouter for the Pierce Street Pirates. He was known to the beat as Toval Zero; a scouter for the section leading to Saint Peterdora.

"Hey; it's Tova!" Salet proclaimed as he lets go of Dustin.

"Why so he is?!" Dustin chuckled as he dusts himself off of Salet's germs; " He's cool!"

"It's Toval you freaks!" Toval protested as he hated that pet name. Even evil hates pet names like Rebecca Cunningham openly does. Toval lets go of Boris right away.

"You are a sight for sore eyes." Boris proclaimed as the fright was out of his system and he brushes his clothes off from the frisking that he suffered.

"Why are you here?" Toval asked look sharp and Boris gluped slightly.

"Well you see;" Boris attempted to explain; "... our sector is running low on weapon power and we need to see our overlord."

"You were told to stay in your sector and lay low if supplies are low. The last thing that our overlord needs is for you to blow our cover." Toval barked violently which caused Boris to jump slightly. However; Toval pauses for a moment and then decides to return to the police car and opens the back doors of the car; " Get in here! I'll take you to our overlord...but I will not be held accountable for what happens to you." Dustin, Boris and Salet felt a sigh of relief as Dustin, Boris and Salet guide their bicycles towards the police car as Toval walks to the back of the police car and opens up the trunk.

"So; how did you get that police car?" Salet asked wondering since this was pretty surprising that someone from the Street Pirates was able to find a police car.

"Can you believe it?" Toval responded shrugging his shoulders; " An officer left his keys in the car, along with his uniforms yesterday."

"What a careless copper?!" Dustin chuckled strongly.

"I call that a helpful cop." Salet responded in kind as Boris, Salet and Dustin put their bicycles into the trunk and quickly close the trunk door. Toval proceeds to open the passenger side of the front door as Boris apporches Toval.

"I know...not to mention that I have seven colt pistols and a machine gun." Toval said with absolute glee as Boris' face lights up thinking that Toval could give him some weapon power now and they didn't have to see Pierce; " Along with flares and other tools....and no Boris; you cannot have any." Boris' smile turned into a frown and he starts to grumble as he, Dustin and Salet jump into the police car with Dustin and Salet entering in the back seat of the car where the criminal sit after being arrested and they were looking as excited as little kids on Christmas morning.

"Did you see a little girl on a black car?" Boris asked as he continues to grumble.

"This is so cool!" Dustin exclaimed smiling from ear-to-ear.

"We're like criminals and we aren't even arrested!" Salet responded reflecting on the irony of all of this as Toval opens the door to the driver seat and hops into the police car.

"Yes I did.." Toval responded as he closes the door; "..why?"

"She looked like that girl who was kidnapped by Convington...." Boris explains as the police car makes a U-turn and drive away towards Saint Peterdora. The rain then started to come down much harder now as Molly Cunningham was in trouble now......If only Kit can convince Molly that he wasn't the one who killed Stephen Cunningham....However; this was Earthia and nothing is what it always seemed....

***

The SeaDuck had flown past Cape Suzette and was approching Saint Peterdora which was just an hour away. However; there was a storm that was increasing in strength as Baloo was flying right into the intense storm as the wind was very strong; looking like hurricane force, the rain was coming down very hard and the cloud were gathering around and looked like a very thick fog present. However; Baloo was not afraid as the SeaDuck has flown in such weather before. However; Rebecca wasn't so sure as there was no point in killing each other since Molly was in Saint Peterdora. However; Baloo knew that the real world was an ugly place at times and Molly was in trouble either way...

"Baloo.." Rebecca said looking worried as she looked out of the window; "..I think this weather is looking bad."

"Don't worry Beckers!" Baloo exclaimed looking serious; " The SeaDuck's been through worse..."

However; the radio starts to fizzle out as a familiar elder's voice beckons on the radio; "16-Seaduck come in....over!"

"Wiley this is Baloo over?" Baloo said as he picked up the transmitter to answer to Wiley Pole who was leading the search for Molly Cunningham with the main pilots; " Have you found Molly?"

"Negative Baloo.." Wiley answered with a hint of panic in his voice; "..however; we have bigger problems now."

"How so?" Baloo asked as he felt that Wiley Pole was sounding like a coward.

"The entire area of Saint Peterdora is covered with thick cloud and very strong winds..." Wiley explained as the SeaDuck was finally starting to have some minor problems handling the wind; but it wasn't something that Baloo couldn't handle; ".... hurricane force according to weather reports. You got to turn back!"

"Sorry; but a little girl is in that storm.." Baloo responded seriously as Rebecca's eyebrow lit up at something and made her feel worried as she was reading the fuel gauge and it was at empty; or was very close to being empty ; "..I cannot abandon her."

"You're insane Baloo!" Wiley protested; " The conditions are unflyable."

"Baloo;" Rebecca responded tugging at Baloo's hand; ".... we have got to land right now." Rebecca looked frightened as she knew that the SeaDuck was in trouble. ~I thought Louie said that his GreaseMonkey filled up the tank.~ she thought with fear as Baloo looked at her calmly to reassure her that the SeaDuck could handle the hurricane very well.

"Beckey.." Baloo said as he comfronts her; "...I thought that you wanted to find Molly. The SeaDuck can handle a class-five hurricane."

"Baloo.. " Rebecca explained trying to convince Baloo to land; "..there is no point in killing each other....Besides we have a bigger problem."

"You should listen to her Baloo..." Wiley responds in kind as Baloo looks angry.

"Come on Wiley." Baloo asked looking cross; " What could be a big problem then Molly running away?" As Baloo said that the SeaDuck finally started to cough violently and the engines finally cut completely dead as the SeaDuck was in mid-air; " What was that?!"

"We are out of gas." Rebecca said in monotone as Baloo realized that Louie's GreaseMonkey did in fact forget to fill the tank of the SeaDuck and he felt that clutch of panic.

"Oh baby!" Baloo said in fear; " That is a _BIG_ problem!" The SeaDuck was in complete and total of mercy of the hurricane as the strong force wind forces the SeaDuck to ride uncontrollably in the wind by itself as Baloo attempts to regain control; but it was no good as the engines were dead and there was no power in the steering of thr SeaDuck "ARRGH!"

The SeaDuck then does a number of barrel rolls as Rebecca falls right out of her seat and land on the steel floor of the SeaDuck with a thud as her seatbelt came lose; "BALOO?! STOP ROCKING THE DUCK!" she screamed bitterly as Baloo tries to turn on the SeaDuck again; but the engines were dead due to a lack of gas and the SeaDuck continues to be at the mercy of the hurricance. When the SeaDuck was at full power; even class five hurricane can be ridden out with no problems; which gave the SeaDuck its legendary status. However; without power; it was nothing to a hurricane.

"My baby's completely shut down.." Baloo shouted as he was on the radio with Wiley Pole as the SeaDuck continues to be bashed around in the hurricane; "..Mayday! Mayday!"

"What's happening?!" Rebecca said as she struggles to get up and she sees a bright white light consume the entire SeaDuck; which blinded both bears completely; " Are we going to die?!"

Meanwhile; Wiley Pole, who was a 65 year old blond lion who was wearing a red coat with red shirt and brown pants who lived in Cape Suzette. Wiley was sitting inside his Gorman Goose XS-11 seaplane which was green/lime in color and was called the Mountain Few by several of his known friends; Baloo included. Wiley attempts to gain contact from the SeaDuck and growing more frustrated by the second. "Baloo?! Come in! BALOO?! REBECCA?! CURSES! When will that bear ever listen?!" Wiley said acting very upset as he sees that the radio to the SeaDuck had fizzled out and was dead. Wiley was afraid as he adjusts his radio and calls out the red-alert to any airplane in a large sweep; " Mayday! Calling all pilots within 100 mile radius!! I need help! The Conwing L-16SE SeaDuck has been caught in a class five hurricane!...Please come in! I beg of ya....! The SeaDuck is in peril...." This was a very serious matter as Molly was missing now; and if the SeaDuck is dead; then the whole operation is pretty much dead as well. Wiley Pole continues to call his Mayday and prays that someone will answer the call.....

***

As the SeaDuck was in the process of being ripped apart; Dillo Vane's seaplane was approching Cape Suzette and was about a half-hour away from the storm's location. Dillo was flying the airplane as Kit Cloudkicker was sitting in the navigational seat looking quite concerned as he felt that he was being rude. He hadn't said how thankful he was to Dillo and was feeling pretty bad that he was about to cost Dillo Vane his cargo job. However; Dillo decided his own fate and he wasn't going to make any excuses for Kit on his own decision. It would be a betrayal of trust to Kit to say otherwise. Still; the whole airplane cockpit was too quiet for Kit to stand any longer. He needed to say something....quickly.....

"Dillo?" Kit asked as Dillo notices that he was talking; apparently wanting to thank him for listening to him and help him search for Molly. However; Dillo saw this whole exercise to prove that he was heartless like so much of the world was acting like in the last decade.

"Kid...I'm doing this because I seems too many instutions fail before my eyes." Dillo explain looking serious into Kit's eyes; " The Usland government used the War Measures Act without consent from the entire collective; used the orphanage to bring in an order of abuse and the opposition has offered little to give them a reason to change..."

"I'm a friend of the leader of the opposition; Oniz Mecha.." Kit responded shrugging his shoulders wondering why Dillo was so bitter since he had a real life; "..Why are you so bitter?! Forgive me if I sound uncaring; but you already have a secure job and a family if I remember from the last time I met. I had no family; no home; a life on the run and was considered a criminal...I should be the one being bitter and acting hopeless..."

"So why aren't you?" Dillo asked wondering why Kit would be saying this.

"Because I had a dream...I had a reason to trust adults and instutions." Kit explained as Dillo looked at Kit in shock for even remotely defending the instutions that he believed caused all the problems in the social fabric and then turn around and claim that they are the foundations of the social fabric; " They are the people who can teach me how to fly and get my licence to fly. Since I didn't give up on my hopes; I found a family and I have a home to go to..."

"Kit; I just remember. You're only half-right now." Dillo said as he looked down at the instruments as he was admitting that there was another instution that he didn't like anymore and it was the most sacred of them all...marriage; " I used to have a wife...We divorced six months ago. She wanted to move to Reno; I said it was too costly and I didn't like the people there since they are too snobish!" Kit just looked at him and shook his head in sorrow that someone would leave just because someone felt that they were spending beyond the means of the marriage. Kit was starting to understand how Dillo was feeling. He had seen many instutions falter for him before his very eyes; but never imagined that marriage was failing the social fabric as well. Kit then started to hear the radio start to fizzle and a familiar male elder's voice beckoned.

"Mayday! Mayday!" Wiley Pole shouted as Dillo instantly grabbed the transmitter; " I need help!

"This is the Abagail Mark III over..." Dillo said over the transmitter as Kit was pondering the name of the airplane as he remembered his first unintended meeting with Dillo. ~That's his wife's name.~ he thought sadly as the voice was sounding so familiar he had to shout out something.

"Wiley?!" Kit shouted out within earshot of Dillo; " Is that you?!"

"Kit! You're all right!" Wiley responded as he heard Kit's voice loud and clear; " Rebecca started to panic when you left...Molly's in Saint Peterdora."

"I know.." Kit said blushing waiting for Wiley Pole to snap on him for not obeying Rebecca earlier; "..I heard it on the radio at Higher For Hire."

"Well; I'm glad that you're searching for your little sister." Wiley responded kindly which gave Kit a sigh of relief; " I thought the rumors were ture."

"Gossip is a death wish.." Kit admitted as his word drifted off and he said something else under his breath in unison; "..[and she's not my sister!]"

"Enough!" Dillo protested as he sounded quite upset that this mayday was sounding nothing but a reunion instead of an emergency; " What in limbo dance is your emergency? Over!"

"A Conwing L-16SE yellow seaplane is caught in a class five hurricane.." Wiley Pole said sounding serious; "..and we've lost complete contact!"

"That's the SeaDuck!! Baloo!..." Kit protested as he looked at Dillo with a clutch of panic; " "Dillo? We must..."

"I'm not flying into a hurricane son!" Dillo protested as Kit looked very upset now. Baloo was in big trouble and he was going to die if nothing is done as Kit is now sitting on the navigator's chair arm.

"But BALOO...." Kit shouted loudly.

"There's nothing we can do.." Wiley Pole interrupts him sounding very sharp; "..If the SeaDuck cannot handle this hurricane; then our planes would tear up one hundred fold."

"He's right.." Dillo responded in kind looking at Kit sharply as Kit returns to his seat looking very concerned for Baloo safety right now; "..and judging from our position we're still a good five minutes away."

"Well; what do you know?" a southern female voice beckons on the radio; " The kid is all right sugar!"

"Airplane Jane!" Kit exclaimed in shock as the voice was all too familiar to him. Jane had already contacted Rebecca to inform her that Molly was heading to Saint Peterdora.

"Man;" Dillo exclaimed in disbelief as both Wiley Pole and Airplane Jane were close firends to Dillo and Kit had never met them on their first meeting; "... you have made great friends Kit!"

"Wiley.." Airplane Jane said sounding serious over the radio; "..I'm overlooking the southern sphere of the hurricane. Look up Wiley! You won't believe this!"

"I'm looking up.." Wiley Pole said as he looked up in his plane and he noticed that the stormclouds were not moving at all; but they were disappearing right before his very eyes; "..Oh my God!" he shrieked in horror; " The clouds...they're vanishing."

"WHAT?!" Dillo and Kit shouted back in unison and in total disbelief. Kit knew a lot about weather as a navigator and he knew that clouds don't disappear that quickly and not until the storm starts to die off; but it was too strong to disappear right now. Something was very wrong going on here and it was becoming apparent that this was no ordinary storm.

"Yeah sugar!" Airplane Jane responded in kind; " The clouds are disappearing.."

"This must be some sort of trick!" Dillo protested; refusing to believe this; " It must be those pirates again!"

"I doubt it.. " Kit said remembering that the Air Pirates were defeated by him and Amber Bossuard a couple of months ago when he met Oniz Mecha for the first time; "..Don Karnage is in prison. I put the Air Pirates out of business for good."

"What?! Don Karnage is facing justice.." Dillo responded in disbelief as he was seeing Kit Cloudkicker once again seen as a hero; "..Good show boy!"

"Dillo;" Airplane Jane explained as apparently Dillo hates the newspaper as well; ".... you need to read the paper again..."

"Lay off _Sugar_!" Dillo snapped back as he looked to his right and found his telescope placed on hinges. He grabs it and tosses it to Kit which Kit grabs perfectly; " Anyway; I'm now on the tail-end of the storm. Use your skills Kit. What do you see?!" Dillo demanded as Kit nodded without question and looks right into the telescope. He then began to see exactly what Airplane Jane was talking about as the storm clouds were fading way too quickly for any type of storm. Kit was in shock as well.

"Oh my gosh!" Kit said fumbling his words slightly; " Jane's right; the clouds aren't moving; they are fading quickly."

"Give me the telescope!" Dillo demanded as Kit tosses the telescope and he uses it to look forward into the sky. He then sees the very scene Kit saw as the black clouds were not moving; but they were fading away way too quickly for a class five hurricane as he began to shout in fear; " Oh my lord! The clouds are fading too quicky...What is going on?!" he could only say and then it happened again. In one split second; another flash of bright white light consumes the airplane and the surrounding area as Dillo swears out; " What the devil....?"

"That light.." Kit said covering his eye with his arm as the bright light finally stops and the scene returns to its normal state. Kit lets go of his arm and then he sees something shocking as the black storm clouds were completely gone as if the storm never existed at all. The skies were completely clear as Kit saw Wiley Pole's Gorman Goose flying on the northeast side. Kit's jaw dropped as he was almost ready to shed tears on the death of his friend; "....The storm...it's gone! BALOO!" he could only scream out as Dillo's jaw was dropping as well.

"My...God!!" Dillo could only say in absolute disbelief as Airplane Jane's pink Gorman Goose XS-13 seaplane appears in view from the northwest; " This wasn't a pirate's trick!"

"I almost fought it was for a minute there." Wiley said responding as he could only sigh.

"Now there is nothing we can do.." Airplane Jane responded looking down and praying. She was a grey hippo was was very big and a foot shorter than Baloo. She wore a brown leather jacket, leather goggles and brown pants. She was normally a cocky little lady; but that was the time nor place for it as she was feeling Kit's pain of losing Baloo as well.

"Kit.." Dillo said feeling ashamed as Kit was looking at the window of the clear sky in front of him and for some odd reason he couldn't cry anymore; "..I'm sorry..."

"Baloo.." Kit said as he felt like he was being hit by a piano and the pain was becoming a problem for him as his voice started to rise to shouting status; "..Can someone PLEASE give me a weather status report?!"

"Sure son.." Wiley Pole said as there was a slight pause before Wiley Pole responded once again; "..I've just been informed that the storm is completely gone. I have no idea what has happened to Baloo now. I cannot even see him."

"Oh that is just great!" Dillo protested as he smashed his fist on the console again which made Kit twitch quite a bit in fear; " How can the SeaDuck disappear like that?"

"Baloo..." Kit could only say as that clear sky was clearly haunting him. He felt like he had thrusted Baloo into a storm; however, he couldn't show Dillo that he was blaming himself for this entire mess; considering what kind of man Dillo was. He was a lot like Rebecca in one way; he didn't like people feeling sorry for stuff they didn't do.

"Kit? I'm sorry.." Dillo said as he looked at Kit sharply trying to make him snap out of his funk; "..but you've got to find Molly..."

"Why?" Kit asked still unable to take his eyes away from the window as Dillo puts his paw on Kit's shoulder.

"Because that's all you can do now...." Dillo said as Kit finally started to look at Dillo straight into the eye. Kit realized that Dillo was right. Baloo and Rebecca may be dead now and there would be nothing that Kit could do to save them. However; Molly Cunningham was still pretty much alive and well. She still has a chance to be found safe and sound. Kit also knew that only he could convince Molly Cunningham that he didn't kill her father either even though Molly's mind wasn't sound of judgement anymore. Kit then nodded his head and looked at him with determination.

"Then let's go.....!" Kit shouted out as Dillo's seaplane flies right past Wiley Pole and Airplane Jane and heads directly to Saint Peterdora. Hopefully; Molly Cunningham hasn't been harmed just yet...However; Molly's luck was pretty much ready to be running out very soon.

***

Now; the truth behind Saint Peterdora; unknown to the denizens of Saint Peterdora was showing itself inside a dark office somewhere inside the city. The office had a few candlelights lighting the room. Sitting down on a chair on the backwall was a male, tall, young, iguana furry wearing a brown suit, brown shoes and brown fedora hat. He was the mob leader of the Street Pirates #2 known as the dreaded and hated Pirece Iguana; who was sitting down in a pratically empty room. He was currently being fanned by two cat furries (one was black, the other was blonde) wearing red bikini's which cover all their bodies expect their heads and their legs; and a crystal tiara. They looked quite dirty as Pierce was looking straight at a short, fat, yellow canary furry wearing a black and white checked suit, black shoes and a black fedora hat who was tied up to a chair. Pierce looked extremely meance at one of his hitmen known as Motiaf Bulgrade who was apparently being punished for failing him. Pierce looks at him for a while before finally deciding to stand up and the two girls stop fanning him on cue.

"All right SSugar & SSpice.." Pierce said with a clear snake-hissing like lisp looking at his crew; "..you can take five..."

"Of course my love." Sugar and Spice proclaimed as Pierce places a 20 dollar bill inside each of their bikinis. Sugar & Spice respond by blowing kisses at him which make him blush. For information sake; Sugar is the blond cat while Spice is the black cat; they are not twins either. Anyhow; Pierce walks towards Mortiaf who is sqruiming and sweating bullets at Pierce; but he couldn't escape as Pierce looks at him in a meance look and tone. Mortiaf was a failure in Pierce's eyes and failure was even worse than a zero tolerance policy.

"Now you little weed whacker.." Pierce asked with a meance tone; "..Why did ya ssquealed?"

"I didn't.." Mortiaf squeaked in such a high c-pitch tone that it sounded like he had inhaled helium; "..I never squealed."

"YOU DID!" Pierce protested loudly pointing his finger directly at Mortiaf to scare him even more.

"I didn't.." Mortiaf squeaked whining out loud in a high pitch that caused Pierce to cover his ears; "..I would never squeal."

"Your whining is ssick!" Pierce threatened; " You are going to ssing! Ssing like a canary."

"But I am a canary boss!" Mortiaf squeaked again looking so scared that he was ready to cry.

"You are right.." Pierce said smacking his own head; "..I am ssuch a sscrewup!" He then looks towards his female fanners.

"SSugar?! SSpice?!" Pierce asked as he point directly at a small wooden door and threathens Mortiaf again; " SShow him the sshoot closset!"

"Nooo!" Mortiaf protested in fear as Sugar and Spice grab the tied up hitman and they drag him towards that closet door. Pierce opens the door and blows two more kisses at Sugar and Spice as they throw Mortiaf into the small closet. Sugar and Spice enter the closet and Pierce quickly close the door as Pierce giggle softly; "I didn't squeal.." Mortiaf screamed in a high pitch; "..I beg you!" Pierce giggles as he look into the keyhole; " AAAAHHHHHHHHH!" That would prove to be Mortiaf's last words as Pierce steps back and two loud bangs were heard muffled inside the Shoot Closet. The whole room goes quiet as Sugar & Spice open the door and walk outside holding two pistols (Read: hidden in their bikinis) as Pierce claps his hands in glee as he looks inside the Shoot Closet and see Mortiaf on his back with two bullet holes in his midsection and a small amount of blood coming out of it. Mortiaf was officially dead; killed by a gun. This was the terror that Pierce Iguana would provide and his lack of conscience wouldn't stop killing his own kind for failing to live up to his lofty standards.

"You two are sso naughty!" Pierce said with glee as Sugar and Spice put their pistols in their bikinis as they apporch Pierce; " Lookss like he'll never ssing like a canary anytime ssoon." Pierce was laughing out loud as Sugar and Spice blow kisses at Pierce once again ;"I'm the naughty boyss! Where'ss Borleass?" Pierce asked himself out loud as he looks at another door which was the exit out of his dark office as it opens and an octopus furry arrives. He was tall and fat red octopus wearing a black fedora hat, white suit, white boots and white pants. He was known as Borleas Icebolt; the illegit father of Boris; and the second in command of the Pierce Street Pirates #2. He was a famous gangster who had all the power many years ago. However; he lost all of his control on the world when Kit Cloudkicker was on the streets and the young boy exposed Borleas' syndicate to the police force. Borleas escaped; but not before his empire crumbled to the ground. Now he was forced to play second fiddle to a cocky Pierce who was basically repeating the same mistakes that he committed.

"Yes my lord..." Borleas asked looking very annoyed.

"I've losst another hitman.." Pierce said pretending to act sad; "..The sshoot closset hass claimed it'ss one thoussand life."

"Why not us sir?" Sugar asked blowing a kiss to Pierce.

"Yeah boss.." Spice responded in kind "..We have the pistols to spare..."

"I'd love to give you the job.." Pierce laughed violently much to the annoyance of Borleas; "..but I'll have to whack ssomeone to make it official honeysspices!"

"OHHHH SHOOT!" Sugar and Spice said poupting as Borleas looks very annoyed at the thought of all of this stupid activies. Borleas had no remorse or compassion; but at least he realized what zero compassion can do to an empire...make it crumble to the ground.

"You summoned me..." Borleas asked looking annoyed as Pierce continued to laugh even harder.

"I didn't ssummon you for anything.." Pierce chuckled violently; "..I just to wanted to ssee if you can grab my attention."

"Of course my lord." Borleas said looking very annoyed again. That word lord started to get under his skin as Pierce stopped laughing and started to look mean once again.

"My...lord?!" Pierce said sounding very angry; " I'm not ssome God! I am the bossss."

"I'm sorry boss!" Borleas said covering himself; " Please don't whack me!"

"Why would I want to whack you?" Pierce asked with an arrogant tone; " I hate ssusshi..." Then the fireworks were about to start as the door flings open without warning and a grey, fat peacock entering the dark room walking backwards. He was wearing a grey suit, grey shoes, grey pants and a grey fedora hat. He was known to Pierce as Jose Visions who was the mob's main cleark who was responsible for finances and recruiting. He was sounding pretty angry as he was walking backwards as Boris, Salet, Dustin and Toval all entered the dark room as Borleas annyonce quickly turned to anger as he hated to see Boris reappear again after being a failure in his own two eyes.

"Hey!" Jose protested; " You punks aren't allowed in here..."

"Move over clutz!" Toval said shoving Jose hard and it almost made Jose fall down flat on his back; " We have business with da boss."

"That's it.." Jose shouted out as he pulls out his pistol; "..you clowns need to be whacked big time in the shoot closet...!" He was about to shoot them; but Pierce quickly grabs the gun and whacks Jose with it right on the back of the head "NOOOOO!" he screamed out as Jose falls onto his belly and is knocked out cold as everyone looks at Pierce with a loaded gun shudder in fear.

"Sso.." Pierce asked pointing the pistol at Boris; "..You have bussinesss with me?"

"What kind of grunts are you?!" Borleas protested bitterly; " Aren't you supposed to be guarding your sector?!"

"Sshut your mouth PIKE!" Pierce screams as he points the pistol at Borleas' head as he looks into Boris' eyes with an ice cold look that would freeze anyone to death; " Sso Boriss, I ssee that you have left your posst...you musst explain why...or I'll ssend you to the sshoot closset!"

"Shoot Closet! Shoot Closet!" Sugar and Spice dance a cheerleading jig; " RA..RA...RA....!"

"Well boss; we ran out of bullets." Boris explained as he gluped in fear; " You see; we are chasing this little girl who we want to kidnap and use as ransom...."

"That's it?!" Borleas protested bitterly as he slaps Boris in the face; " If you wanted supplies you could have gone to Sector Crimson Blood in West Cape Suzette...and what kind of grunt are you to kidnap a trivial little..." Before he can finished his statement Pierce shoves Borleas aside and he falls to his knees looking quite angry. He has never been treated this way by his boss before.

"Who'ss thiss little girl?.." Pierce asked as he spat into Boris' face to scare him even further; "..TALK!"

"Well; she's a golden girl bearcub wearing a colinder on her head, a blue cape, pink shirt, blue overalls and blue ribbons tied around her ears...." Boris said as Pierce turns around and walks back to his chair and sits down. Boris feels somewhat relieved as Pirece looks toward the left side of his chair and grabs a newspaper and read it. He flips to page three of the page and folds the page in a way so that anyone could see it.

"Did it look like thiss?" Pierce asked as Boris approches Pirece and he shoves the page right into Boris' face. Boris' relieved face turned into shock as if he saw a ghost. He saw a picture of Molly and Kit hugging each other about 18 months ago. The headline read as followed: Young boy save a baby girl from an Insane Bounty Hunter. That was the story which happened with Vincent MacKnee as Boris just lost any way of expressing himself; "What'ss wrong?"

"That's the girl..." Boris shouted out in fear as he then points to the picture of Kit Cloudkicker; "..and that boy....we've seen him before!"

"What do you mean you've seen this kid?!" Borleas protested again as he got up and slapped Boris in the fact again; " You have been told time and time again to report all incidents to us at once!"

"Kit Cloudkicker..?" Pierce asked himself pondering about this young bearcub; " Hmmmm.... ssounds like a challenge to me....Thiss boy of AeroSStar ssounds like a threat."

"He's nothing boss!" Boris said with glee assuring that there was nothing to worry about; much to the fear that Borleas was expressing; " We kicked him like a wounded dog.." Boris brusted into laughter as he remembered that time when Kit was in their territory and destroyed him like they were his witch; "..We smashed his steel board to dust."

"You idoits!" Borleas shouted bitterly slapping Boris in the face once again; " That kid ruined my mob business years ago!" Borleas looks at Pierce and acts very concerned as the fear was present on his own kisser; " Boss? With all due respect; we should tell all members to lay low..."

"What's wrong with him?!" Dustin asked giggling; " We gave that kid a black eye!"

"Yeah!" Salet chimed in as Borleas goes over to the group and strikes Salet in the face as he was burning it up with anger over the entire crew who was underestimating this young bearcub.

"You...just.." Borleas screams as he then proceeds to slap Dustin's face; "..don't.." he then slaps Boris' face once again as Boris' face was getting really red now; "..get....it!" Pierce apporches him as Borleas turns around to slap Pirece in the face to snap him out of it; however, Pierce smacks him in the face before Borleas can react;" OUCH!" Borleas screamed as they all held their faces in pain.

"Thiss iss a time to make a sstatement to Earthia.." Pirece said beaming up at the dark ceiling and sounding really serious now; "..We are the Sstreet Pirates! Our command iss abssolute!"

"How are we going to do this boss?" Boris asked as he removes the hands from his read face.

"Thiss Molly Cunningham that hass run away will be our bait.." Pierce said as he grabs Lucy which was right inside the pocket of Boris and he looks at it with an evil look on his kisser; "...and you will be the pre-bait." Pierce bursted into laughter once again as Jose was beginning to stir; " Molly will be our ticket to global domination."

Jose finally starts to wake up and looks around in a daze asking; "What's going on?" Pierce notice him right away and is acting very cheerful.

"Oh Ssugar?! SSpice?!" Pierce asked motioning to the two fanners.

"Oui boss?" Sugar and Spice asked each blowing a kiss at Pirece with made him giggle slightly.

"Would you pleasse sspeak to Josse.." Pierce asked as he goes from being lightheart to serious as he points to the Shoot Closet again; "..in the Sshoot Closset!" Apparently; Jose's actions were beyond forgiveness and Jose must pay the deadly price as Sugar and Spice quickly grab Jose before Jose knows who got him.

"No.." Jose screamed as he had snapped out of it too late as they drag Jose towards the closet and they throw him into the Shoot Closet hard right on top of Mortiaf which was still open to plain view; "..not that!" Sugar and Spice then enter the closet and close the door as Pierce claps for joy.

"Lookss like I got my two new recruitss after all.." Pierce laughed as he puts his shoulder on Boris; "..Now; let'ss go to the war room...The sstatement sshall be made..." Boris, Dustin, Pierce, Toval and Salet all exit the office quickly as they were cheering and laughing together; closing the door leaving Borleas alone in the room to hear Jose scream loudly.

"NOOOOOOO!" Jose screamed as that would be his last words; which two more loud bangs beckoned the entire dark room which starled Borleas. They have lost so many men now within Saint Peterdora that the recruiting process was becoming more diffcult for the cause to be justifed anymore. ~We're losing men this way. Pierce is going to fail...I know it!~ Borleas thought as he knew that this was the same thing that happened to him when Kit exposed his empire. History was repeating itself as he looked at the newspaper photo of Kit and Molly hugging each other and slowly walks away towards the door. There was evil in the air....and it was going to get surreal now....

***

In a odd location there was nothingness; a black void. It was completely empty; except for two round balls of light. One of them was blue in color which is the sign of the Alpha; which is the beginning of time and the second ball of light is read in color which is the sign of Omega are spinning around looking below at the chaos sphere of howling wind which was coming from the hurricane it seemed. Something crazy was going on and the spiritual balls of light knew it.

"Another rift in the fabric of reality." Alpha said as they runs rings around the large chaotic sphere.

"We must act quickly.." Omega said in kind both sounding very unemotional; "..God would purify us if we fail."

"I hate abominations!" Alpha said without showing any sign of furry traits. Apparently; these two spirit balls are the keepers of time and reality and seemly have a job created by the almighty himself. The secrets of the world of Earthia were getting stranger and stranger with each mistake within the grand design being exposed. How can this be possible since God according to many who believe him was in fact perfect? Maybe Spirit Valk was right about God's power waning after all....

"Agreed..." Omega responded as the balls of light drop down into the sky below them; apparently ready to fix a great big mess below them. Meanwhile inside the SeaDuck; Baloo and Rebecca slowly start to stir and wake up as the grey skies were around the airplane. Baloo is rubbing his head in pain.

"Oh; my aching head....can someone get the number of that hurricane.." Baloo said grumbling; as Rebecca struggles to her feet;"..Beckey?!"

"Oh...Baloo...what happened?" Rebecca asked with a clutch of panic as she looks around; " Are we dead?"

"Doesn't feel like it.." Baloo said pinching himself and feeling it; "..Oh...baby.." he looks right out of the cockpit window and sees a sight that could be described as horrible; "..What is going on?!"

"What are you pointing at?" Rebeeca asked as she looks directly outside of the cockpit window and sees that the SeaDuck was still in the air as if the plane was still flying; but the engines were still dead as a doornail; " Oh my goodness!" her kisser looked in horror as as she sank down to her knees on the navigator's seat where Kit would sit right now if Rebecca would have allowed him to come along; " The SeaDuck is floating!"

"It looks like time has stopped.." Baloo asked as Rebecca looked scared right now; "..Where are we?"

"I don't know Baloo.." Rebecca cried out as tears rolled down her cheeks; "..and I don't like it one bit!"

"Well; the good news is that we are still in the air." Baloo said as Rebecca started to sob louder.

"So what?" Rebecca sobbed loudly; " Molly is somewhere out there and we're not sure where we even are....and...I don't like this..."

"Why not?" Baloo asked as the wind starts to blow around again and time has officially resumed and that means the SeDuck is about to fall again as Rebecca stops crying; "Uh oh!"

"We are still out of gas.." Rebecca states folding her arms as she then starts to scream as the SeaDuck goes directly into a tailspin; "...WAHHHHH!"

"The controls are stuck," Baloo screamed as he tries in vain to get the nose up by pushing on the controls; forgetting that the without gas power; the SeaDuck is unable to do anything and it is basically dead as a doornail; " I can't pull up!" Baloo and Rebecca close their eyes as they await for their death from the crash of the SeaDuck if it could find the bottom ground. The SeaDuck was taking a nosedive into the clouds of death. However; a miracle of sorts was about to occur as two shark-like seaplanes appear from the clouds above and descend down towards the SeaDuck. The first seaplane (a purple striped green splash) was driven by a female brown cat. The name of her was apparently on the side of the plane in yellow letters: Miff-Cat Seinor Commander Lord. She was fairly young and looked like Mad Dog; but there was no nasel-like whining present from her. She was wearing similar clothes to Mad Dog; but was also wearing black pants which clashed with the rebellous clothing. The second seaplane (a blue striped yellow splash) was driven by a female grey poodle who was as large as Dumptruck. Her name on the side of the seaplane in green letters: Mini-Van Seinor General Lord. He's wearning the same clothes as Dumptruck does. Those seaplane fly into position and they fire grappling hooks from the cannons preched from the sides of the seaplane. The rope attach themselves to the wings of the SeaDuck as the two female sky pilots were talking on their radios.

"The bird's been caught Captain." Minivan states on the radio transmitter.

"Tres Bein Sky Pirate!" a colorful female voice beckoned as they confirm themselves as Air Pirates; " Get the plane secured and fly it to the Sky Shark...I need that plane..."

"Yes Captain dear..." Miff Cat responded cheerfully. How could this be? Don Karnage is the only Air Pirates Organization around Earthia...and they were arrested a couple of months ago. Something was a wash here as the voice on the radio was sounding awfully bitter.

"If you call me that one more time.." the female voice responded changing her voice into some loud angry tone which sounded cold; "..I'LL KELHUL YOU! Understood?!"

"Yes Captain!" Miff Cat gulped at the thought of death from this Air Pirate Captain. Baloo and Rebecca have no idea what has happened right now. It's like they are in some sort of altered world or something....

"Good.." the female voice stated as she finished her statement; "..OUT!" The radio finally went dead as Miff Cat and Mini-Van breathe a sigh of relief as they switched the radio fequenecy to someone else.

"Jobber? Wrenches?" Mini-Van calls out on the radio; " The bird is caught! Catch the nose!"

"RUDY!!" Two more female voices exclaimed. One of the voices was sounding like a female version of Rachect and the another one sounded quiet; although it was a lot louder than Gibber was. This was getting really strange since Rodger was the standard call of response to obey orders. Miff Cat and Minivan proceed further by placing their seaplanes directly under the wings to keep the SeaDuck afloat. As this was happening Baloo and Rebecca stop shaking as slowly open their eyes to notice that the clouds were completely gone and it was clear night skies from here. There were lots of stars present in the sky as they start to wonder again.

"Baloo?" Rebecca asked him as he looks at her pilot worker; " We should've crashed by now."

"Yeah; something's jamming our wings.." Baloo said as he looked forward at the nose of the plane and he sees two more shark seaplanes towards the SeaDuck at greatneck speed; "..I still cannot control the plane. Oh No! AIR PIRATES!!" The seaplanes fly in opposite directions as Rebecca is in complete shock.

"This cannot be happening...The Air Pirates were caught!" Rebecca screamed out in horror as she looked at Baloo in a panic state; " They look like...women! What kind of world would let women be so corrupted?" Rebecca asked as she shook Baloo harshly.

"I have no idea." Baloo asked himself as the two seaplanes manages to nudge againest the SeaDuck's nose. They were same type of seaplane as Miff Cat and Minivan with the shark-like noses. The one that was on the left side of the SeaDuck's nose was a grey dog wearing the same clothes that Gibber was wearning and was a bit taller than the quiet one. The name was on the side of the red striped, purple splash in white letters: Jobber Wacky. The seaplane on the right of the SeaDuck's nose was a brown wolf who was wearing Rachect's clothing and was fairly tall. The name was on the blue-striped, red splash seaplane in black letters: Wrenches Kora. Like the other pirates; they were on the radio as another shark-nosed seaplane which was yellow-green splash color lands right on top of the SeaDuck...

"Rudy back.." Jobber said on the radio; "..the bird is caught."

"This is going to be fun." Wrenches responds cheerfully; " This is one unusal seaplane..."

"It makes me want to sing our song of terror and death...." Miff Cat sounded off as the four Air Pirates both began to sing and for some reason their chant was both great and horrible at the same time.....

~

Die, Die, Die, Die
Die, Die, Die, Die
Die, Die, Die, Die
Die, Die, Die, Die!
 
We are the Pirates of Doom
Thy powers promote thy gloom
To dreams thy days are swoon
Our chaos shall fully bloom
 
Die, Die, Die, Die
To all that shall attack us;
We are the Sky Sharks
Pirates of enternal death
You will be forever spent..
 
To serve our queen...
The power of freedom
The speed of thought
The magic of chaos
The spirit of life....
 
Die, Die, Die, Die
Die, Die, Die, Die
Die, Die, Die, Die
Die. Die. Die. Die!
 
Die & Be Slient!
Die & Be Slient!
Our queen is absolute!
Die & be slient....

~

The singing continues as Baloo listens in shock; "What are they doing?"

"They're singing about the gloification of death!" Rebecca protested in horror; " What women ever talks about that; let alone sings it?"

"I have a bad feeling that we're not on Earthia anymore..." Baloo said as Rebecca's eyes light up as she remembered listening to the famous Gregory AeroStar referring to this same situation about ten years ago at Icicle Island Ski Resort.....

** I've had belief that there are five sphere in the creation of God: Length...Width.... Depth....Time...and reality. Most say that there are only four spheres in the world. However; I have been involved in worlds which don't exist in this reality. Robots, Androids, Women who are men.....** Gregory explained.

"I've heard that story before." Rebecca said in response; " Gregory Aerostar has always claimed that the creator of the universe..God....created an infinite number of realities; all based on the choices his creations make..."

"Where are these gals taking us?" Baloo protested bitterly as he grabs the transmitter; " Hello? Anyone who flies; can you hear me?!"

"What a gas I hear?!" Miff Cat said laughing out loud A man flying a plane."

"Our queen Diana will be interested." Minivan giggled back in response as Baloo is in shock.

"What are you talking about?!" Baloo asked shrugging it off; " Most pilot on Earthia are men."

"Earthia?! Lady; this pilot's delluisonal." Jobber said laughing quietly; " This is Gaiaria you fool!" It was now official; they weren't in Earthia and the rift of God's time has happened again; just like Gregory had thought it did. Why wasn't this in the bible?

"This is a gas!!" Wrenches responds sounding quite goofy; " And your oxygen will fall to absolute zero!" Baloo wasn't believing any of this. However; the problem was about to get worse as Baloo looks forward again and begins to gasp as the last thing he wanted to see was slowly coming towards them. A very large airship about one mile long and one mile wide and 355 feet in height was commencing towards the SeaDuck with it's mouth open. It looked like a whale and something was very strange as the whale-like structure was made of the skin of an actual whale; although it didn't appear to be an actual whale as there were clearly some steel beams attached to the material. On the backside; there were two sharks fin propelling the airship. It was twice as large as the Iron Vulture. Rebecca began to gasp in horror as well.

"Oh my God.." Baloo could only say in disbelief; "..Look at the size of that airship!"

"Show your proper respects to Gaia; the creator of this planet." Miff Cat protested; " Anyway; welcome to the Sky Shark; the place where no women sleeps and lives to gossip for it."

"Heh. Heh, Heh, welcome to your deathbed!" Jobber giggles softly; " HAHAHAHAHA!"

"The ship looks twice as big as the Iron Vulture!" Baloo expressed in horror.

"It looks like a.." Rebecca screamed in horror as well; "..REAL WHALE FLYING!"

"Excuse me; but are you a pilot in distress?" a shrill female voice beckons on the radio; " Come in?!"

"This is the SeaDuck, Conwing L-16SE, Baloo Waladaze, over.." Baloo shouts out on the transmitter; "..Please help us!"

"This is the AirWolf; Celica L-16SE; Jaloo Gaiadoze; we have you within our sights.." Jaloo responds ; "..WOW! I hear a male pilot on the radio!. Male pilots are non-existant on Gaiaria...."

"Baloo?" Rebecca said as she looks directly at the backdoor heading into the cargo hold was getting some knocks on the door; " Something tells me that this wacky trip isn't going to be over anytime soon...." The SeaDuck door is kicked off its own hinges and enters a young siena-brown female bearcue who was wearing a green sweater, multi-pocketed black pants and a baseball cap. She was barely Kit's age and size; yet she was able to hold a raiper-like sword with ease. Another difference was her brown hair was over one of her eyes. Rebecca suddenly had a double-take as the young bearcub was pointing the sword straight at Rebecca's nose.

"Stop...right...there..." the sweet young voice squeaked.

"Mid? Mid Gaiamoon?" Jaloo asked on the radio as apparently she knew about this air pirate; " Is that you?"

"You just don't quit Mommabear!" Mid shouted out loud as Mid goes to the transmitter within a split-second and cuts the wire clean off the transmitter and the radio goes dead; " You're trying to call for help you infidel!"

"I cannot believe that I'm being taken in by a pony-tailed girl." Baloo grumbled as he attempted to get into position to catch Mid and take her sword. However; Mid was ready for Baloo as she jumped into the air and take out an oval silver piece of metal which looked exactly like Kit's Airfoil. She then in one motion whacks Baloo right in the face with it; causing Baloo to slump to the ground with a thud. Mid then lands on her feet and starts to giggle loudly as Rebecca gets another double take. Mid replaces the airfoil into her shirt as she looked at Rebecca again.

"Lovely..." Mid giggled as Rebecca was angry now about some child upstaging an adult like that. Even worse so then Kit could ever do....

"How dare you?!" Rebecca shouted in anger as the SeaDuck was within 100 feet of the Sky Shark. Mid wasn't impressed as she takes out her pistol and points it at Rebecca which in turn forces Rebecca back.

"How dare who?!" Mid said with a wicked smile that would make even Kit blush; "Hee...Hee... Hee... you some mouth Miss...Miss...."

"Rebecca Cunningham.." Rebecca responded still looking defiant; "..and you would never be like Kit."

"Who's this Kit?" Mid asked not looking amused; " Where is he?!"

"He's a pilot in training 14 year old.." Rebecca responds with bravado; but then turns somber to realize that he wasn't asked to come here; "..and he's not here." At this point; Rebecca was figuring out that maybe not bringing Kit on this mission to find Molly wasn't a good idea after all. He would put this child in her place indeed; at least that was in Rebecca's mind.

"You act like some big Momma.." Mid said giggling softly; "..My queen would be happy to see you."

"Who's this queen?!" Rebecca asked looking quite annoyed and her fist was pumped; " I would love to give her a piece of my mind..." Rebecca then looks to her side and realized that she was about to get her chance as the SeaDuck goes right into the Sky Shark. This was even scarier than going into the Iron Vulture.

"Here's your chance big mouth!" Mid said as Rebecca just gulped; " I thought so..." Mid continues to laugh out loud as the SeaDuck was fully inside the Sky Shark and the lights inside the SeaDuck go completely out. The Sky Shark's mouth closes completely and locks the SeaDuck inside. The Sky Shark flies slowly in the night sky. About five miles east of the airship was a medium-sized seaplane which looked very similar to the SeaDuck. It was mostly green with a red nose; but it was the same model as the SeaDuck; except for the triangle nose. It held 35 passengers; or 2000 pounds of cargo. That was the Air Wolf; the Celica L-16SE seaplane (as it was called). Inside the AirWolf there were three furries. The pilot flying the plane was Jaloo Gaiadoze; a tall, fat grey bear who was wearing a green pocketed shirt, red pants and a red pilot's hat which looked ver similar to Baloo's pilot cap. The second was a male black panther known as Bahgeera Winningham; who was a average size and height wearing a blue sweater, white shirt and green pants...looking very similar to Rebecca Cunningham. The third furry was a six year old black panther named Jolly Winningham who was the father's young son. Less than three feet tall and was wearing red overalls, a blue shirt and a fake yellow rose pinned in his hair. Unlike Molly Cunningham; he seemed very quiet and concerned. There was a hush inside the AirWolf as Jaloo was still on the radio praying that the SeaDuck's radio was still working. But it was all for not...

"Mid?....MID!!" Jaloo screamed into the transmitter continuing to click the button for a response;" Come in...!"

"Save your breath Jaloo." Bahgeera said shaking his head in sadness; " Their radio is dead." Jaloo replaces the transmitter back into the holder as she admitted to herself that the radio is dead.

"Jaloo?" Jolly said in kind; " Mid's a bad girl now...She'll never..."

"You don't understand..." Jaloo protested as she slammed her fist on the console harshly. Jaloo was a lot like Baloo; a big temper and a large frame to boot.

"Hey; don't damage my plane!" Bahgeera shouted in protest and was breathing heavily as he attempted to act calm in the face of this ordeal; "Jaloo? There is nothing we can do for Mid."

"I'm going in!" Jaloo said as her emotions were running her already for some odd reason. It was like Mid was some sort of friend of hers. However; Bahgeera looked very cross as he had a contract to keep.

"No we are not!" Bahgeera protested as he grabbed Jaloo by the shoulder; " We don't stand a chance againest Diana...."

"That distressed plane doesn't stand a chance; but I do.." Jaloo explained as she looked directly at a photo of her with Mid which was taken a couple of years ago; "..and...because I'm the one who drove Mid to join this evil and violent gang."

"I promised that the cargo would..." Bahgeera began to speak; however, he looked at his son Jolly who was looking at his father with a look that was visually moralistic.

"Father?!" Jolly asked as he looked at his father with wide eyes; " Would denying the chance for Jaloo to apoligize be as wrong as Jaloo mistreating Mid?"

"Jaloo..." Bahgeera said shaking his head as he admitted that there was no way to change Jaloo's mind and that Jaloo must be given the chance for redeepmation; "..I cannot believe I'm doing this...All right Jaloo...I guess we better save this Baloo..."

"All right Daddy!" Jolly said in glee pumping his fist in the air.

"But if they as much as scratch my property then it's coming out of your hide.." Bahgeera said seriously as he pointed his finger striaght at Jaloo causing her to back off quite a bit; "..Understand?!"

"Crystal, Baggy..." Jaloo responded as Bahgeera sounded quite irrated hearing that pet name.

"It's Bahgeera, not Baggy!" Bahgeera shouted right into Jaloo's face as she gulped in fear. Even though this new world looked like it was run by females instead of males; they still experienced pretty much the same problems and the same type of arrogance that was present in a world run by males. That pretty much proves that furry beings are all the same when given half a chance.

***

The SeaDuck was now at the mercy of the Sky Shark's Pirates inside the massive organic whale. The insides was litterally like a gaint whale. While there were steel beams and a steel floor on the launchpad. Otherwise; this was exactly like the Iron Vulture; but was much larger. There were dozens of shark-nosed seaplanes lining the sides of the launchpad. This was like being caught by Don Karnage all over again. Inside the SeaDuck; Mid Gaiamoon still had Rebecca breathing heavily as her raiper was pointed directly at her. Baloo was slowly starting to stir as the SeaDuck was about to land.

"I'd better get going to ground level.." Mid giggles softly as she finally turns her back at Rebecca; "..The queen might get mad at me if I don't land my plane on the floor this time..."

"You...have...a...plane? You're a pilot?!" Rebecca shierked in shock looking quite stunned; " But...children aren't supposed to fly!"

"Lady; your boy pilot is going to be jealous now isn't he?" Mid giggles loudly as she finally walks out the door as Baloo finally starts to wake up; " I'll see you on landing...Don't move!"

"Ow! My aching cranium!" Baloo said as he got to his feet rubbing his head in agony; " Someone get me the number on that...airfoil?" Now even Baloo was starting to get a double take that they were not on Earthia anymore...At least for now...

"Baloo? I think we're in worse trouble now...LOOK!" Rebecca shouted as she pointed to the cockpit. Baloo looks out and sees that the SeaDuck was being forced to land onto the steel floor due to the shark-nosed seaplanes that would controlling them. As that was happening Mid was on stop of the SeaDuck as she jumps into her own seaplane and started the engines. The seaplanes finally landed as six more female pirate furries walked towards them. They were just as meancing as the first four. One of them was a black cat who looked exactly like the Air Pirate Hal and dressed like Hal. She was somewhat tall and very fat and looked Dull; so she was called Dull Bladetal. She also housed a swordblade that was very tall. The second pirate looked exactly like a female version of the Air Pirate Sadie and dressed like Sadie; except that she was 20 pounds heavier than he ever was and didn't have a beard. She was called Badie mainly because she was the only female pirate in existance who was bald. The third pirate was a biege ferret who was dressed like Hacksaw completely right down to the dynamite she wore around her chest. She was taller than Hacksaw (more than seven feet tall). She was known as a buzzsaw; so she was called Buzzsaw Doggin. The fourth female pirate was a relevately short white cardinal who wore a orange robe like dress with a red headband on his forehead. She is apparently the religious part of the organization and is known as Tillo Cole. The fifth pirate looked like a fairly tall; female black dog who was dressed in armor like a knight; known as Witchis. The final pirate was a taller silver hawk wearing a black ninja suit and was known as Poindextro. Back at the SeaDuck; Miff Cat enters the SeaDuck with her pistol drawn at the two prisoners as the shark-nosed seaplanes finally come to a stop and the engines are cut off. Mid flies her plane off the SeaDuck and does a number of barrel rolls right in front of Baloo and Rebecca as they stare in absolute shock. The seaplane lands onto the deck perfectly on the far side of the Sky Shark's launchpad.

"I...I...don't.." Baloo said losing his words; "..she just flew."

"Why are you surprised?" Miff Cat said giggling as she approches Rebecca; " 12 year olds are allowed to fly...." Miff Cat then quickly grabs Rebecca by the hair and she screeches in pain.

"OUCH!" Rebecca screamed violently as Miff Cat was grabbing the hair literally by the roots; " Let go of my perm!"

"Then get out of the plane!" Miff Cat shouted back into Rebecca's face as Miff Cat goes towards the back of the cockpit and throws Rebecca violently towards the open cargo door. Rebecca slides out of the cargo door with the momentum. Baloo is ticked off now as he walks towards Miff Cat as she turns around laughing.

"Hey you.." Baloo said clenching his fist violently; "..Keep your grubby paws off my boss!" Baloo tries to punch Miff Cat's lights out; but Miff Cat grabs Baloo's fist before he can connect and crushes it a bit causing Baloo to whince in pain; " Wha?"

"You violent fat bear!" Miff Cat shouted in his face as she opens the navigator's side window of the SeaDuck and throws Baloo with one hand into the open window. However; Baloo was clearly too fat so he couldn't fit through the window and was stuck between the window. Miff Cat backed up a bit and pointed her finger directly at him in glee; "HAHA!"

"Now that's why I told you to lose some weight you big lug!" Rebecca protested as she gets up and notices Baloo was stuck on the navigator's side window.

"Hey; who's side are ya on?!" Baloo snapped back in protest as Mid jumps out of her plane and walks towards a large entrance leading into the bowels of the ship. Those doors open as a female orange fox/wolf hybrid appears from the top of the deck. She was about the same size and height as Don Karnage and she dressed exactly like Don Karnage. However; there was one major physical difference; she was wearing a patch on her left eye; and her ear was intact.

"Hello Queen Diana Carnage!" Mid said addressing the clear leader of the Sky Shark Pirates as Diana jumps down from the top of the deck which was about 20 feet above the launchpad and she sticks the landing perfectly without even hurting herself. Rebecca and Baloo were scared stiff now.

"Queen Diana?!" they could only respond as Mini-Van and Jobber grab Rebecca's arms and put them to their back. Wrenches stands to the side to cut off the escape route and Miff Cat gets off the SeaDuck and jumps down to ground level. Mid apporches Diana as they look at each other with evil thoughts running through their heads on what to do with their captives.

"My queen.." Mid said saluting her without question; "..we bring you the plane just as you ordered."

"Good job mais aime; you're flying is top-notch...as usual." Diana responded looking as coy as Don Karnage was. However; her cockyness instantly turned to coldness towards Rebecca who was struggling to get free. Diana unleashes her yellow claymore-type which was half as big as she was and points it directly as Rebecca; " You struggle..You..DIE! QUE?!"

"Que.." Rebecca responds with a gulp as Diana turns back to being coy as she giggles out loud. She was completely in charge in the situation and no one was going to control her at this point.

"Welcome to the Sky Shark;" Diana responds laughing out loud; "... which shall be the last thing you'll ever see!"

"This lady's got a boy pilot in training.." Mid said as the entire Sky Shark Pirates group brust into laughter. Rebecca looks shameful as Mid was smearing her navigator's good name again. Luckly for her; Kit was not here to hear this.

"A male pilot?!" Wrenches said as he was giggling; " That's a laugh!" Every bad gal was laughing out loud....except for Diana Carnage.

"I don't CARE!!" Diana shouted out as everyone stops laughing and shakes in fear; " It can be an experienced female or a unexperienced male pilot for all I care...None shall stand before me!" Diana walks around and sees the SeaDuck. She jumps up and enters into the SeaDuck quickly. She looks around and acts quite surprised at what she sees; " So this is the plane that you captured?! Wow; this may not be the Animeaux DeAvion; but it is close.." Diana walks into the cockpit and notices Baloo's behind which he was stuck inside the window. She sticks out her tongue in disgust of seeing the bare bum before addressing him; "..Who're the creators of this beautiful plane?"

"Mr. Conwing.." Baloo responded bitterly; "..if that means anything.." Diana growlled instantly as she was angry at the response. she takes her left foot and kick's Baloo in the bum so hard that he pops out of the window like a cork and flops right down onto the steel floor with an sickening thud; "..OUCH!"

"Don't lie to me mon fountaine!" Diana shouted in protest; " There's no such person!" Diana opens the door and jumps right out of the SeaDuck and lands on her feet once again as she kicks Baloo on the butt once again; even harder this time; " And no one can create such a plane except for the air marshalls of the government!"

"What's this Animeaux DeAvion anything?" Rebecca asked in confusion.

"What?! You don't know?" Mid said with a cocky tone in her voice; " For a big mouth Momma you certainly are dumb!"

"...and you have a really smart-aleck mouth to boot." Rebecca snapped back not realizing that this was Diana domain and she had no right to speak. Diana rage was white-hot now as she decided to walk away from Baloo. Baloo struggles to get up as Miff Cat, Wrenches and Dull grab him by the arms and force them to the back.

"ENOUGH!!" Diana screamed coldly as she looked at Rebecca with stinging eyes; " The Animeaux DeAvion is a top-notch spyplane made by the governments of Themland and Usbria. It is one of the biggest threats that I have ever faced.." Diana..You should know that since the government explained it to YOU!"

"We don't work for the government!" Baloo protested back.

"Don't play thy game of thyme mon aime.." Diana hissed bitterly as she pointed her claymore at Baloo in denial; "..you are disqualified..You are trying to set me up! You are all spies!"

"We are not spies!" Rebecca whinced in disbelief at this delluisional woman would ever think of them of being spies since this world shouldn't really exist; " We are just trying to find our daughter Molly; she's..." The moment she said that Diana Carnage drops her claymore on onto the ground and everyone qivers in fear as Diana's rage was approching beyond that of white-hot. A painful memories was touching her nerve as she looked so angry; as if Molly Cunningham was a threat. She looked absolutely paranoid now.

"That proves it! You are spies!" Diana screamed in pain as she ordered her crew to Minivan?! MiffCat?! Take them to the brig....NOW!!"

"Yes Captainess!" Miff Cat responded as he took a large mace-like object and nails Baloo with it on the back of the head. Baloo does a dumb face before falling down to his knees completely knocked out cold. Miff Cat, Wrenches and Dull grab Baloo and take them to the entrance leading downstairs.

"BALOO!" Rebecca screamed in pain; " WHY YOU...?!"

"What is this problem with this Molly....?" Mid asked looking confused as she looked at Diana looking for an answer from her. However; Diana turns away from Mid and approches Rebecca.

"I don't want to talk about this.." Diana shouted right at Mid's face and Mid looks stunned as Diana was usually open to her about matters; "..Take the prisoners to Cell #19..Let them resign to their fates as they shall be stilled by morning! Spies shall face their execution!" Diana looks straight into Rebecca's stinging eyes as Mini-Van and Jobber grab her and stand her up; "Now my dear; admit that you are a spy and I might spare you!"

"If Baloo dies then I would rather die with him!" Rebecca snaps back directly in Diana's face.

"You have some spunk girl.." Diana said smiling weakly before looking angry once again; "..But you are a fool to take orders from a weak man!" Diana then slaps Rebecca with her backhand right into her face in a act of defiance; " WEAKLING!" Mini-Van and Jobber take Rebecca away as she struggles. Baloo and Rebecca are dragged away as they were forced to enter the doorway leading to the prison cell. This was a lot more violent than being involved in the Iron Vulture with Don Karnage and these Sky Shark Pirates were not bumbling idoits like the Air Pirates were.

"Okay troops! Our queen demands the best.." Diana said turning to all the Sky Shark Pirates;"..so march into your assigned security formation...NOW!!"

"Yes my queen!" The rest of the crew responds as they exit the launchpad in different directions towards their assigned positions. Mid was the exception of course as she just stood there and still looked awfully confused as she and Diana were alone.

"My queen;" Mid asked; " why are you upset about this Molly...?"

"I told you that I don't want to talk about it!" Diana shouts at Mid again as she jumps up onto the top of the deck and lands on it with ease; " Just leave me alone!" Diana looking very amazing that she was able to jump up to such height; like a superhero could. Diana enters into the hallway leading up to her quarters as Mid looked concerned for her teacher and basically her mother.

"I don't understand.," Mid said shaking her head; "..She's _never_ like this before." Mid then shrugs if off thinking that Molly was unimportant anyway as she giggles loudly; " Well; never mind! I'll go downstairs and taunt the prisoners before they die. That'll impress my queen." She looked mighty evil as she walked towards the entrance leading to the dungeon. However; Mid had no idea of the pain of this Molly which clearly haunted Diana to this very day. Nothing was making sense here for some odd reason and it was going to get even stranger now....

***

As Baloo and Rebecca were being forced to walk the face of death and Diana had everything under control; the Sky Shark was about to get an unwanted vistor as Jaloo's AirWolf seaplane manages to fly above the organic shark-like structure without anyone noticing and lands right on top of the shark which had a portal hole placed about 25 feet away from the seaplane as it stops with little problem. Apparently; the organic sturture didn't have the slippery properties of a shark. The skies were getting clearer with the orange sky; however there was a lot of wind whipping around; apparently some strength that was left in the hurricane.

"That was easy." Jaloo chuckled as she cuts off the engines of the AirWolf as Bahgeera looks pretty mad right now.

"Stop acting like this is a given." Bahgeera hissed at Jaloo; " No one has ever saved an airplane from the Sky Shark."

"Then we shall become the first." Jaloo declared as she stands up and pumps her fist in the air; " I must tell Mid how sorry I am."

"I understand..." Bahgeera said shaking his head thinking that his business was about to go up in smoke as a result of this dangerous act.

""Bahgeera; I want you to stay here.." Jaloo said as he walks out of the cockpit; "..I don't want Jolly involved in this."

"But I want to come too!" Jolly protested as he hugged his father.

"Sorry my dear;" Bahgeera said kindly as Jolly whinced in response; " but it's better this way!"

"One furry has a better chance to find them than three without being caught." Jaloo said as he opens the side door of the AirWolf and jumps out; " Wish me luck!" He waves at Bahgeera.

"Right Jaloo..." Jolly responses with a big thumbs up as Jaloo crawls onto the steel floor looking for the entrance and finds the pop-up hatch which was 25 feet in front of her. She crawls towards the pop-hatch and opens it. She then proceeds to jump down below and closes up the hatch; leaving Bahgeera and Jolly behind. Bahgeera then looks extermely serious as he unbuckles his seatbelt.

"If Jaloo thinks that she's going to hog all the glory then she is mistaken.." Bahgeera said; "..Come on Jolly; we have work to do..."

"But Daddy.." Jolly said grabbing Bahgeera by the hips; "..Jaloo said..."

"If we get lucky;" Bahgeera said ignoring him completely for a moment; "... we can disable this airship and end the reign of the Sky Shark Pirates!"

"Isn't it wrong to disobey a command?" Jolly asked with his arms folded and looking very cross at his father as Bahgeera turns around. Bahgeera needed a good excuse for his son since his own ideas had usually become failures.

"Honey; it is wrong to allow such criminal terrorist to run wild." Bahgeera explained as he gently grabbed his son by the hips and looked at him sharply; " The Sky Shark Pirates have kidnapped, tortured, assulted and killed hundreds of thousands of furries; regardless of who they are. These criminal cause terror to all. Countless police officers, bounty hunters, soliders, and others have tried to stop this group and got absolutely slaughtered. My wife was killed by them...and is not coming back!" Jolly was shedding a tear; remembering the pain and suffering that his dad had suffered a long time ago; " Jolly? This is our one and only chance to end this terror and become heroes.....martyrs...."

"But we don't know how..." Jolly said shrugging his shoulder wondering how you defeat a terrorist cell that has never been stopped by police or the air force even.

"I have an idea..." Bahgeera started before Jolly shook his head and looked pretty mad as his arms were folded again. Jolly wasn't liking this idea at all.

"Oh no...we're not doing it!" Jolly protested; " You're going to get us killed."

"Don't worry.." Bahgeera said in a defensive tone; thinking that his idea would work; "..I'm not going to get us killed."

"Like your plans ever work.. " Jolly said reminding himself of the many crazy ideas that his dad always came up with; "..Remember your crazy idea of delivering cream by making it out of milk inside the plane being done by kangeroos...The joint smelled like stink for weeks on end. The health inspector of Cape Samette almost put me in a foster home; remember?" Jolly ends with sneering at his dad as Bahgeera began to blush in embrassment since those event did in fact happen. Even in an alternative world; there were really stupid and crazy ideas out of the best of businessmen.

"Okay; so the whole idea was a wash and it almost cost us everything.." Bahgeera stated as he looked at Jolly once again to make his point that this was a public duty to preform this act of selflessness; "..but Jolly; remember what I told you years ago about the death of your mother and my wife after she was slaughter by Diana?"

"Yeah; you did...so?" Jolly asked shedding a tear remembering the long and tough he had with Bahgeera. Bahgeera was seemly different in the parenting style compared to Rebecca; whom he wasn't afraid to tell the truth to his son no matter how much it hurts.

"Well; I made a dreadful mistake.. "; Bahgeera admitted shaking his head in sadness; knowing that his beliefs about this alternative were in fact wrong after all ; "..You see; I assumed that the military and the Themland police air force would crush the Sky Shark Pirates and bring the scum of Gaia; Diana Carnage to justice. I made a mistake in judgement because of international laws preventing Themland from presuing these terrorists; Diana has gone unabaited. This may be the last chance for Gaia to ever stop this group..." Bahgeera sheds a tear as he was feeling very bad about telling his son the hard truth about this world; again it was a complete difference between him and Rebecca.

"...and we should be the ones doing it? " Jolly asked as he realize that there was nothing that was going to stop Bahgeera now and decides to shrug it off and support his father; "All right Daddy; if you say so. I cannot dishonor my father or my late mother."

"Thank you honeybear!" Bahgeera proclaimed as he and Jolly embrace each other; " Now here's what we are going to do...." Bahgeera then whispers into Jolly's ear as he begins to hatch the plan to show the world that the Sky Shark Pirates can be defeated....If only they had listened to Jaloo; she might be a bumbling little idiot, but she was smart when she needed to......

***

Diana Carnage was sitting down on her bone-made throne pondering about her life up to this point. The word Molly was still pounded into her brain so heavily that it was like she had a spliting headache. The throne room of Diana Carnage was not like a king's place at all; a constant reminder of her belief of riches being a danger apparently; a strange belief for a criminal. It was made completely of shark bone studs; shark flesh and skin. It was completely organic; similar to the Sky Shark airship. The floor was made of steel with a clash of lined red/blue striped carpet made of cotton and nylon. There were several crystal mirrors framed with bone on the side of the throne and she was looking at her reflection for some odd reason. The room is 60 feet square and 12 feet in height. The ceiling is made of bone studs and shark fins. In the centre of the room was a large wooden table and on that table were several navigational maps. There were two main doors; with the first being a set of double 10 inch metal doors in front of Diana's throne; while the second is behind Diana's throne which leads to her bedroom. Diana's heart was beating at rapid pace as she was breathing heavily. The word wasn't going away and it was becoming more painful by the second.

"Molly..." Diana said drifting off as she was trying hard to separate her mind from her words; ~ Everytime I hear that word; my blood runs cold....~ she thought bitterly as Diana shakes her head and stands up instantly.

"Operation Molly occured so long ago; and it almost killed me as a result!" Diana responded bitterly as she walked towards the wooden table and looks down at the location on the navigational charts. The navigational charts show the world of Gaiaria which looked very similar to the real world today. For reference; Earthia (which is the world of Baloo and Rebecca) is similar to the real world 65 million years ago. She stares down at a small island which looked like the shape of the piece of rice in the middle of the navigational maps In black letter the name was causing acute pain on the kisser of Diana: Pilaugh Rice Isle. " Mid?! The less you know about this operation; the better. It was a few years before you were born that I was leading my troops towards the island to extend my empire to rule all of Gaiaria with an iron fist. The attack was to infilitrate the hanger and release the airship known to intellegence as MollyGagging. Little did I know...." she said. Her anger and laughter was gone and it was showing a woman who real ordeals were so serious that even she felt terror; which was different considering that she was considered a terrorist herself...It was like she was feeling the pain of those who suffered under her wrath....

~

The map suddenly becomes real and the island formally known as Pilaugh Rice Isle. The island itself was about 12 km square in area and was shaped like a short grain of rice; very similar to the navigational maps. The island was mostly jungle; except fot a small beach to the east. Seven CA-11's spiral down towards the island. Leading the charge was Diana Carnage who looked more like a teenager than a middle-aged woman and was wearing the same clothes as she was wearing right now. She was piloting a red/blue splash color shark-type seaplane. The other six seaplanes were yellow/green splash shark-type seaplanes. All seven seaplanes land perfectly onto the island with Diana landing about six feet from the jungle. Diana and her crew cut the engines and instantly dismount off of the seaplanes. All of the pirates that Diana had were from an ally organization called the Mesa Pirates. Mesa Tainbomb was a friend of her's and considered to her to be a realible ally in times of trouble. Or so she originally thought. Mesa had over 200 crew members; all females. The first Mesa Pirate was a female black snake known as Salenoose who was Mesa's second in command. She wore a white shirt, green pants and a red cape. The second Mesa Pirate was the offensive sniper known as Dillighte who was a female white snake. She wore a black shirt, red pants and a blue cape. The third Mesa Pirate was the navigator major of the organization known as FiveSpice (Read: She is named for her love of five spices: Ginger, Pepper, Cloves, Cinnamon and Fennel Seed.) who is a grey squid. She wore a blue sweater, blue pants and a white undershirt underneath. The four Mesa Pirate was known as the bodyguard of the group known as Jacell Tea; a green mantis (Read: Her Pirate Swords are built in to her hands.) who wears a red sweater, red pants and a white undershirt. Jacell has a small scar on his forehead in the shape of a teacup. The fifth Mesa Pirate was a tall green sparna who is the main mechanic of the group known as Muserunt. She had no scars present and wore a red tunic, black pants and white boots. The final Mesa Pirate was a female silver hawk "Jill-Of-All-Trades" known as Sabrevalk who wore a Green Tunic, Brown Pants and White Boot. She was the slient type of the Mesa Pirates; similar to Gibber of the Air Pirates on Earthia. The pirate crew awaits for Diana's order as she turns around and addresses the crew with a strong moral leadership tone.

"All right train. Our most vital mission is now upon us. Our conquest to rule the whole world.." The young Diana said barking out and looking quite meancing to the crew; "..We need a second airship in order to create a backwater group to aid in our recruiting. However; I have a warning...if you pirates so much as screw up the plans; then there will be vast _executions_! Understood?!"

"RUDY!!" The Pirates responded saluting her; " You can count on us Captain!"

"Excellent! Now...here is the plan." Diana said nodding her head as she went to her seaplane and grabs a blue piece of paper and places it on the nose of her seaplane; " Gather around!"

"RUDY!" All of them respond as they gather around with Diana as she unfolded the blueprints. The foot-square blueprint show a secret base map with eight different rooms with the largest room being in the dead centre; and the scale was shown on the bottom right stating that one inch equals four feet.

"The largest square in the centre of this building is where the secret airship known as the MollyGagging; according to my intellegence reports from the Mesa Pirates. Now there are three major points of entry. The reports suggest that as many as ten soliders on each of the entrances. Now; I don't want you to defeat them since you'll be easily killed.." Diana explains pointing to the blueprints on the map as the gang nodded their heads in approval of their role; "...Now; I want SabreValk and Muserat to take the west entrance; Jacell and Fivespice will take the eastern entrance while the rest of us will assult the front. Now; I want you to incite them and let them chase you around the island. If you must kill them; do it only in self-defense. We need to conserve firepower here. Once I penratrate inside the centre; I'll open the shell onto the top of the base and gly our newly aquired airship...and then I'll pick you all up at the beach here. If you need to use the planes; use it only to escape in case the plan goes sour. Understood?"

"Yes; Captain Carnage!" All of the pirates responded; saluting her without question.

"Good.." Diana snapped back strongly; "..Now no mistakes!....Go now..."

"RUDY!!" All of the pirates said as they all entered the jungle and went into diffrent directions; except for Dillighte and Salenoose who were the one who would help Diana with the main assult team. So far; so good for the young captain as nothing as gone wrong....yet.

"Salenoose? Dillighte?" Diana asked looking at the two female furries directly now that everyone else has left to take their positions in the heist; " I'm counting on you to blow a direct path into the base..."

"No problem!" Salenoose responds with an evil smirk as she takes out her bazooka out of her seaplane which looked almost as big as the seaplane itself; " This weapons has enough to blow through fifteen-foot tick metal in two seconds flat."

"I'll spray them their death wish!" Dillighte responds with an evil smirk in kind as she takes out a machine-gun from her seaplane which was next to Salenoose. Both furries could smell blood. However; Diana wasn't exactly intrested in killing people on a whim. Sure; she would if they threaten her; but not for sport. She looked a bit cross and wanted her train to calm down as this was a kind of mission where there was turely no room for error given the amount of resistance that was apparent from the Mesa Pirates' Intellegence Core.

"Just be careful.." Diana said looking a little bit bitter; "..I cannot afford to lose bodies at this point. Let's go..."

"RUDY!" Salenoose and Dillighte said saluting her. They then turn around and enter into the steamy jungle to prepare for the massive operation.

"This is going to be rough...." Diana could only say as she unleashed her Claymore sword and runs close behind them as the scene fades to black.....

** The plan was going so smoothly that I had no idea just how much of a sucker that I turned out to be...** Diana voiced over as the scene now shifted to the front entrance of the MollyGaggle Secret Base. It was over 3000 metres square in size and almost 1000 feet in height and made of solid steel with no windows whatsoever. The roof was completely flat; except for a cone shaped area which was shaped like a turtle-shell (and was probably made of turtle shell too. That was the size of an airship. The front entrance was guarded by three guards surrounding a 15-foot iron set of double doors. This was not part of the intellgence that Diana gathered for some odd reason. Not to mention that the three soldiers were dozing off as if nothing was going to happen. All three soldiers were wearing red suits, red helmets and black boots carrying machine guns. The first soldier was a female silver cat and was the smallest of the group. She looked quite ugly though with several scars on her face. The second soldier was a female silver dog who was of average height and weight. She sported no scars and had a slightly high pitch voice. The third soldier was a tall, female silver hawk wo had a very deep voice to match it. Diana could only think as she was behind the bushes around 10-15 feet from the base that this was starting to look too easy. However; she couldn't think that, there was a mission to complete and she must take on all comers to spread her terror to the rest of Gaiaria.

"So..." Soldier #1 said deciding to kill off time and start a conversation; "..how does those Maldina Bluesox win all these years?"

"You know.." Soldier #2 responded off hand which got the attention of Soldier #3 who looked shocked; "..I was thinking about this for a long time and I think there's a curse on them."

"Get out of town!" Soldier #3 protested bitterly; " Lady; the moment someone states that some curse is on something; it boils my blood."

"If you are so smart;" Soldier #1 chuckled; "... then why do you always believe in the tooth elf?!"

"I've always denounced the tooth elf!" Soldier #3 sneered bitterly; " Where in limbo's dance did ya get that idea from?"

"Your husband stated that during a baazar last year.." Soldier #2 responded giggling out loud; "..He was cute!"

"What?! It was a joke! Honest!!" Soldier #3 sneered at his comrades; " Anyway; the Bluesox spend millions of dollar every year to outbid the other teams in the race to get the best players. They basically buy every World Series."

"Then explain to me why the Maltiese Cardinals spend up to twice as much as the Bluesox do and lose a hundered games five of the last six seasons." Soldier #2 lamented; " Sounds like a curse to me...and it's ruining baseball."

"Wise management will always..." Soldier #3 responded as a large bang sounds off. All three soldiers look confused until a large bazooka rocket flies towards the soldiers and lands right on contact with the iron double doors. There is a large explosion to follow and the concussion forces the soldiers to fly in many directions and smoke and fire was to follow; "...UUGGGHHHHH! " Soldier #3 screams as the three soldiers drop onto the ground harshly. There were massive wounds on Soldier #1 and #2 with blood flowing freely. They were dead instantly as the smoke clears in the mists. Diana, Salenoose and Dilligthe enter the scene as Salenoose shows off her bazooka.

"[Shoot!..]" Soldier #3 said under his breath as she struggle to get up. He manages to get the least of the blast; but he still had some big injuries in her own right; "[..Got to get up!]"

"Now that was perfect.." Diana giggles as she looks at the door as the blast created a massive hole in the thick 15 foot double iron doors. Soldier #3 struggle to get to his feet; "..I guess the Mesa Pirates wanted me to be fully alert..."

"Hey; I missed one.." Salenoose said as she notices Soldier #3 getting up right away;".. Dillighte! Take out your machine gun. I wouldn't want to be called a liar."

"Rudy! Time to spray the bloody spray...." Dillighte said taking her machine gun out and points it at Soldier #3. However; Diana notices this and for some unknown reason she actually punches Dillighte in the face causing hr to drop her machine gun and she was holding her jaw in pain; "What did you do that for?!"

"Didn't I already say not to waste ammo in this fight?!" Diana protested bitterly as she goes towards Soldier #3 and punches her hard into the midsection; causing her to slump to the ground. Diana turns the Soldier around on her back and searches her pockets. A moment later; she finds what she was looking for: a small credit-card like key in her left pocket; "Besides; I don't want access to the airship to be damaged since this card-key might come in handy." Diana then looked at Dillighte with a very mean look on her kisser as Salenoose came to Dillighte's aid.

"Oh; we almost forgot!" Salenoose said as she shurgged her shoulders and helps Dillighte up to her feet right away.

"Sorry Captain!" Dillighte said bitterly as she struggles onto his vertical base. Diana looked pretty angry about this. While she was routing the forces of good with the two terrorists; Diana was acting a bit soft on them. Although Diana was acting soft; she wasn't interested in blood; she was interested in stealing an airship away and with the upcoming forces left to come. She was going to need as much ammo as possible left in the tank to win.

"You better thank Gaia that I didn't kill you both from where you stand!" Diana protested bitterly as Salenoose and Dillighte gulped in fear which sounded a little false. However; Diana didn't notice it in her anger; " Understand?!"

"Rudy!" Salenoose and Dillighte saluted her without question as Diana continues to ponder. Dillighte grabs her machine gun and looks a little bitter.

~Looks like this might be too easy!~ Diana thought looking quite confused. Her intellegence stated that there would be hundreds of soldiers defending this airship. What kind of country would ever create such a paper tiger defense such as this? Diana still couldn't think of that as she and her crew ran into the base quickly as she screamed ;"Let's go!" As Diana and her crack crew managed to get out of sight from the soldiers view; even though they were clearly dead. Somehow; Soldier #3 manages to open her eyes and struggles to speak. The blast didn't completely kill her; but she was nearly dead now and losing function in her body quickly.

"The...Molly's....been....gagged.." Soldier #3 gags; "..We....have....won....the...UUGGGGGH!!" Soldier #3 closes her eyes and dies as her eyes turn white. The gunfire and blood-crudling screams continue as Diana and her crew advance deep into the base without incident. Now Diana was one hallway away from hitting paydirt as they were walking towards the main doors and making it towards the airship. However; between the airship and Diana's dreams were four more soliders each wearing green suits, a green helmets and black boots. Interestly enough; the last soldier who looked like the biggest was wearning a white mask; apparently to protect its head from gunfire. It also masked it's gender as well. The remaining three soldiers were female; the first being a tall golden bearess, the second solider was a shorter golden cat while the third soldier was a rare breed; shortest golden hawk. All were carrying machine guns and apparently; Diana and company were trying to make them run out of ammo from the start because they exposed themselves (no nudity by the way) to the protectors of the airship right away. Solider #4 pressed a red button instantly and looked concerned since none of the remaining soldiers were coming to their poisition. The sercuity was breeched to no return so this was the last stand for them.

"Intruders!" Soldier #4 screams out as the red lights flash around and the sirens blare out;" HALT!!" The four soldiers take their machine guns and fire them at Diana and company. Diana hides behind the left corner while Salenoose and Dillighte to dodge the bullets coming from the machine gun. Salenoose was becoming impatient.

"So; can I use my bazooka again?" Salenoose asked Diana.

"NO! You'll damage the airship.." Diana shouted back ;"..It's too powerful!"

"So how do we....?" Dillighte asked as Diana bites her lip. She had enough of this foolishness. She was the ultimate terrorist in the eyes of the nations.

"Leave....it...to....me." Diana said slowly as she grabs a gerende from her pocket; pulls the pin and throws it at the soldiers feet; "EAT ON THIS!" The gerende falls at the soldiers and it explodes; releasing a mass of knockout gas at the soldiers causing them to slump down to the steel floor. Even Soldier #7 who had his mask on was apparently knocked out as well. It probably didn't adjust it's mask properly as the gas clears. The gas clears completely as Diana and the group laughs it up. They move to the steel doors.

"Well;" Salenoose said with glee; "... this will be the easiest spoils to date...."

"Yeah; and our intellegence state that there were supposed to be dozens of soliders here." Dillighte responded in kind; " This was not a challenge at all." However; Diana wasn't so sure... This was way too easy; as if they wanted her to steal the airship for some odd reason. Then again; a conscience always seems to play the caution card all too much. It is a struggle between the body which wants to take risks (and sometimes rightfully so) and the conscience which wants to play it safe (and sometimes rightfully so). Balance is a huge problem when the temptations of one side clash with the temptations of the other side.

"Yeah.." Diana pondered to no one in particular as Salenoose looked confused; "..way too easy..."

"Are you all right?!" Salenoose asked.

"Yes I am.." Diana responded shrugging off the notion that she was weak and that she was having second thoughts at getting what she wanted; "..Now let's get our airship and get out of here. Both of you watch my back."

"Rudy!" Dillighte said as she and Salenoose both salute her without question. Diana heads to the door and sees to her right the control panel where there was a slot where a card key could be used. There were a couple of button on the side of that very same control panel. Diana places the cardkey's edge into a slot and slides it across. The red alarm light actually grinded to a halt as Diana then proceeds to press the yellow button which in turn stopped the siren. Diana was pleased and her smile was getting wider and wider as her greed was clearly showing at this point. She then proceed to push the green button and that button struck a jackpot as the 12-foot thick steel doors finally slided open. Diana suddenly bursted into laugher as she realized that she has finally done it. Her dreams were about to come true after all.

"At last! The keys to my future and to finally create my divine empire has finally commenced. Behind these open doors will stand the end of Gaiaria as a world of three hundred separate nations.." Diana laughed out loud as she entered the large room; "..and the beginning of a brand new world order." A criminal terrorist greatest dream; take over the world and create it into a place where everyone around the world feared you....It showed that regardless of gender; anyone with evil and the knowhow and guts to use it will spread that seed of evil and terror to all. Gaiaria was just like Earthia in all senses; except for the changes of gender.

"[Remember the plan....]" Salenoose said under his breath as she ribs Dillighte a little bit.

"[Right!]" Dillighte said under her breath giggling softly as they decide to join Diana after a split-moment of heisitation. For some odd reason; they seemed to have an actual pla of their own.

** I was about to grow up before my very eyes...and this was the reason why my dear sweet Mid should never know about this very day....** Diana voiced over as Diana was now inside the large storage area where the airship was supposed to be located. The room was almost 600 metres sqaure in size and surrounded by 12-foot thick steel walls and a 16-foot thick steel ceiling. In front of Diana was a large object overed by a larger blue cover. It looked more like a blimp than an actual airship as Diana advances forward as Salenoose and Dillighte enter the room following close behind acting like they were watching Diana's back. Diana looked around smiling at the results.

"Wait; something is wrong here!" Diana said out loud as she inspected the area and her smile and glee instantly turn to a frown and suspicion. That object clearly didn't look like a ship.

"Yeah; you're absolutely right.." Salenoose said offhand and unemotional which caught Diana off guard a little bit as Dillighte approches Diana from behind apparently watching her back litterally. Something was wrong here; "..There is something wrong here..."

"YOU!" Dilligthe screamed loudly as she laid a paw on Diana and that really irrated her. Although the irratation was on the assumpation that it was only a joke; which sadly would be proven otherwise.

"What the..." Diana asked looking shocked as she made the fatal mistake of turning around. Dillighte uncorks her right hand and straight-punches Diana right into her face. The force of the blow caused Diana to slump to her knees onto the iron floor as a trickle of blood ran down her nose and she looked stunned and woozy as a result; "...Why?!" That was all she could say as the pain of the punch was irrating. Then Soldier #7 enters the site which indicated that the mask that he was wearning on his face was in fact a mask which protected him from the sleeping gas. It was official; Diana was set up and she knew it. Even though she had no idea why this crew has betrayed her.

"I knew your greed would bring you here.." said Soldier #7 with glee as he took his mask off to reveal his true self; "..Welcome to your grave!" Diana's jaw dropped in horror as she was looking eye to eye with a red chipmunk face wearing army gear. It was Mesa Taninbomb; the father of the Mesa Air Pirates Organization. He has a large scar on his left cheek; a sort of memento from an incident long ago that no one remembers.

"Captain Mesa!" Diana protested looking very woozy as she manages to see Mesa and looked quite bitter now; " You set me up! I thought that...."

"The Mesa Pirates aren't a pirate organization at all. We are a splinter cell for the government of international waters!.." Mesa giggled loudly looking at the woozy Diana; "...and for your information; you set yourself up for this you greedy little terrorist!"

"Since international law prevents Themland from asserting its power without full-scale war;" Salenoose said smiling; "... they have to use bounty hunters."

"That's right!" Dillighte said laughing as the rest of Diana's crew enters and they instantly side with Mesa; thus completing the backstab treason on Diana Carnage; " Besides; I owed you one for punching me in the face you little witch!"

"What is this?! You were all into this from the start?!" Diana shouted as she attempted to grab a grenade from her pocket; but Salenoose and Dillighte grabs her and wrap her arms behind her back. Mesa checks her gently and takes out all her weapons. (Read: six gernades; a knife and her Claymore sword.) Diana was outraged now at the betrayal; " You filithy rats! You.." Before she could say anymore; she looked around and noticed that there was no one to save her now. She had made the fatal mistake that many evildoers had warned her and never listened to. Diana's time was up and she knew it. She had no choice but to resign to her fate and hope that her crew could fight back againest them now; "...I guess; I'm finished...The law has finally reached me and it's time to face the judge...." The moment she had said that; everyone began to laugh; causing Diana to become confused. However; she should have seen this coming considering what Themland was now becoming...

"Okay....enough!" Mesa screams in order to make the Splinter Cell group stop laughing; " So; you think that you'll be going to Themland to court to face justice...Well; you are _DEAD_ WRONG!!"

"WHAT?!" Diana gasped in shock. This was in her eyes a sense of injustice. She figured that if she was found by Themland police; then she should face her accusers. There was no way that she was going to be found innocent anyway and she probably would face death anyhow.

"Since international waters are considered the equalivant of martial law;" Mesa stated giggling loudly; " we are going to administer justice here."

"You are insane!" Diana protested bitterly; " Only a jury and judge should determine my fate...It's not like I'm going to be found not gulity anyway...Not to mention that I'm probably going to face death."

"You should have thought of that before you _decided_ to hide from us you terrorist! Once we kill you from where you stand; your crew shall be caught and killed.." Mesa responded laughing out loud; "..The world will finally be safe from infidels like you....GOTCHA! SabreValk?! Show Miss Carnage her death reward!"

~That idiot! This proves that their so-called freedom and democracy is such a crock!~ Diana thought bitterly as she realized that she was going to die now. Even though she was a criminal; she respected the concepts for equality and justice and that if she was ever found and faces justice; she would accept her fate. Now she saw the real truth; it was all a lie. Although she should have known that this was coming. Themland had no power outside its own waters to bring her the justice thanks to what they considered International Free Zone of Gaiaria. So; they decided to bring bounty hunters who were trained to kill those who destroy within their borders outside as a way to teach the United Nations of Furries a lesson in the use of crime-coddling laws.

"Rudy!" SabreValk said as she walked towards the blue cover and pulls the cover off the surprise. Diana is turned around so she was forced to watch the unveiling and her jaw simply dropped in horror as she sees that her airship was not an airship at all. It wasn't even a blimp for that matter; as it was a five-tonne canister shaped like a blimp. On the middle of the canister; it read in white letters: DANGER! HYDROBOMB V1.0. CONTAINS HIGH CHARGE EXPLOSIVE! Diana gasps in horror as she was had. The whole thing was proven to be a setup; although she figured that out when Dillighte nailed her in the face with her fist.

"That's....A HYDROGEN BOMB!" Diana screamed in horror and her gut sank;"..GOOD GAIA..IT'S HUGE!"

"You got that right terrorist.." Mesa laughing out loud as she looked square into Diana's eyes; "...It is filled with three tones of exploding power; just enough to blow this island, plus an extra mile radius in all directions...Not only will this island be ripped off the face of Gaiaria; it will also create the first ever man-made volcano in the history of the world!"

Dillighte chimes in with a giggle of his own;"...and it will kill you of course!"

"You are a fool Mesa!" Diana responded giggling like a wolf on laughing gas; " You honestly think that my death will destroy terrorism?! You think that your vigilante justice will stop the demigaia's of the world?! Thanks to your plan; I will go to heaven as the terrorists whom shall replace me continue to wreck havoc on international waters....Gaia is so great after all!" That statement was the last straw for Mesa as it was the ultimate insult which was to use Gaia (or God depending on which earth you are on) as a terrorist tool. Mesa face was flush white hot with anger and rage.

"ENOUGH!!" Mesa screamed bitterly as the whole place went silent and Diana glups in fear for the first time in her life; " It doesn't matter to me....I'm killing you this way because it is so ironic...You destroyed Mindia with a hydro-water laser cannon and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of furries in your sick game...and since hydrogen is two parts in water.." Mesa continued to giggle softly increasing the volume with every word; "..HAHAHAHAHA! Dillighte?! Salenoose?! Tie Diana to the bomb at once!"

"Rudy!" Salenoose and Dilighte responded without question as they tie Diana tightly againest the bomb with chain and thick ropes in the curifixation position. Mesa was laughing louder and louder now and it was annoying Diana; but she couldn't do anything about it.

"Well; isn't that swell?!" Fivespice giggles softly as Salenoose and Dilighte walk back to Mesa as he is laughing out loud now. Diana tries to struggle; but the ropes were too tough to break. Mesa was clearly ready for her.

"Now it is time for the execution! May your soul be cursed by Gaia and placed in the fire pit; left to burn in flames!! You have _TEN_ minutes to cheat death!!" Mesa said as he takes a small device and pressed a small button. The hydrogen bomb turns on as Mesa's Splinter Cell group leaves at once; except for FiveSpice " Now Diana....let's see you get out of this one you Terrorist infidel wolf! Fivespice?! Throw your sleep powder at her and make it a little more challenging.." Mesa giggles loudly; "..HAHA!" Diana grits her teeth is horror as her chances of escaping was about to become absolute zero now.

"Rudy!" FiveSpice states as she takes out a container and throws it at Diana's feet. " Cover your face Mesa!" The container breaks and both Mesa and FiveSpice run out of the area; closing the door behind them for the last time.

"Goodbye TERROR CELL #666!" Mesa laughed out loud as the orange sand covers the entire area; engulfing Diana's senses to no end. Diana attempted to struggle to get free; but to no avial. Diana was finished and she knew it. Diana realized that she could only resign to her fate as she was going to be vaporized.

"You....are....the...terrorists...!" Diana squeaked out as Diana closed her eyes and falls to sleep.

** I didn't remember anything after that....until I woke up....ALIVE!!** Diana voiced over as Diana's eyes slowly start to open. She was expecting to be in the firepit with the Devil Queen. However; she woke up to see Miff Cat, Mini Van and Wrenches standing in front of her as she was in her throne room; sitting in the bone throne. She looked surprised.

"Are you all right Captain?" Miff Cat asked.

"Goodness?!" Diana asked looking around in shock; " Am I dead?!"

"No Captain..." Mini-Van said shaking her head to confirm that she was safe and well.

"How on Gaia's green world did I get free?" Diana asked as she stood up violently which caused Mini Van and Miff Cat attempt to calm her down; " I was tied up next to the hydrogen bomb and it was locked from the inside..."

"I'll explain...We managed to caputre one of the government splinter cell members and made him talk.." Wrenches stated as Diana stops and looks at herself to realize that she came within moments of being killed; "..She stated that the whole intellegence report was designed to lure you into a trap. Miff Cat and your train raced there and managed to kill the Mesa Pirates Splinter Cell group before it managed to escape. We found you inside the base with about five minutes to go before the bomb blew up. The rest is history of course."

"So what this is the intellegence report called?" Diana demanded bitterly.

"Operation Molly Captain.." Miff Cat said as she pointed out a large window; "..and look outside. You're not going to like this!"

Diana walks slowly towards the window still weary from the sleeping gas and takes a peep outside. Her calmness turns into a scream as she saw something earth shattering and a moment which shows Diana something that stayed with her for the rest of her life."OH MY GAIA! THAT'S......!" Her eyes were open so wide that some wonder if she would ever sleep again. She has seen the very terrorism done to her like she had done to them....

~

Before anyone could see the awful scene that changed her life forever; the scene return to the throne room of the present day as Diana was gritting her teeth. She for all those years would never forget; nor forgive. Still she understood who she really was in the eyes of the allies and they would do anything to stop her now.

"It was a setup that changed my ways. It showed that the victims of terrorism are willing to use those tactics to protect themselves;" Diana stated with a tear in her eye as she went towards a wall where a large painting with golden trim showed what was left of Pilaugh Rice Isle. The island was nothing more than a crater which was 15 km in diameter and ocean seawater falls from the ocean. Diana shook her head in fear; "If Miff Cat wasn't there to kill the Mesa Pirates and find me quickly; the Sky Shark Pirates would be no more....Greed is a curel minister my sweet dear Mid; and I can never let that happen to you or anyone else ever again." Diana said as she turned her back on the painting and return to the throne room. However; little did she realize that her decision to hide this would prove to be even more fatal to her cause.

To God; the White Phoenix and the beings that step on God's green earth....
Give us strength and selfless sarcifice to thwart the evils of the flesh...
And the demon who tempt the minds of furrykind....
As the swords of God; we shall not fail in our resolve to destroy evil....
And help furrykind retain the balance of peace as ordained by the White Phoenix...
The son of God; the holy ghost and the holy spirit of the devine and ever loving truth.
Amen...