Cheat: After the Heist: Part One

by sockkitty

According to the Neopedia , Brucey B and Little Timmy were never caught. That is not necessarily true. You see, this was written before the following events occurred.

Nearly a week after the heist, the cheat players came back together for a secret meeting. Nobody knew who organized it, nobody cared, they just came for the free strochals. Upon arriving, Princess Fernypoo came to the front of the room.

"Excuse me," she said, but nobody paid her any attention. "Excuse me," she said again, while the others continued to chatter away. "ATTENTION!!!" she screamed, and finally, the room fell silent. The Princess continued calmly. "Now, we’re all aware of the big heist," (here, Spectre scowled) "but it seemed at the time that nothing could be done about it. Well now, my daddy says we must find him at all costs."

"Why should we?" asked Kalora, who hadn’t expected to win anyway.

"Because my daddy said so!" Princess Fernypoo shouted. At this, everyone got all stirred up at the prospect of catching a felon all on their own. "I see this is quite a controversial issue," the Princess said, "So we’ll take a recess. Be back in an hour."

Everyone wandered off in different directions. Capara headed off to the strochal table and leaned against the wall with a can of Neocola. "It’s a shame, really," she muttered.

"What’s a shame?" asked Chuffer Bob, stuffing his face.

"To have such a skilled player go to waste," replied Capara.

"Well, it’s not like were gonna destroy him," said Bob. Capara nodded in agreement.

"Something about this whole meeting bothers me, though," she said under her breath as she crushed her can and went off to mingle with the crowd.

Kalora was quite intrigued by the whole situation. "Just think," she said to Spectre, "The prospect of taking the law into our own hands and making a good example to the community."

Spectre shrugged. "It’s okay. I just can’t wait to rip the face off the scalleywag that lost me a million Neopoints."

Kalora was disturbed. "We don’t want to hurt him though," she said.

Spectre looked Kalora straight in the eye. "Why not?" he asked grimly.

Meanwhile, darkness began to settle on Neopia. The clock at the Guild Headquarters struck eight. The breadmaster closed up shop for the night. As the Light faerie began to get ready for sleep, the Dark faerie got up for mischief. All about, the air was filled with Korbats. While inside the meeting hall, Capara began to get suspicious. Since they got out for recess, Princess Fernypoo had been discussing with her father, the king. The king was dealing out some very specific instructions, but Fernypoo only seemed to be half listening. She had a sly look in her eye and kept saying, "Yes, daddy. Of course, daddy."

Nearly all the strochals were gone by the time Princess Fernypoo called the meeting back to order.

"Okay," said Fernypoo, "Before we get down to business, my daddy said whoever ate all the strochals is paying for them." (Chuffer Bob whistled innocently). "And also, I’m out of Neoblush...anybody have some?"

"I do," said Capara.

"Thanks," said Fernypoo, fixing herself up. "Now, the issue. I’m certain we all want that two-timing, back-stabbing, rat-faced little thief and his assistant behind bars."

"Yeah!" everyone chorused in agreement.

"And," Fernypoo continued, "I’m sure we’d all have a whole lot of fun seeing to that ourselves."

"Yeah!" everyone shouted again.

"Especially," the Princess said, "If you would be able to take unnecessary amounts of force in doing so."

"Yeah!" screamed Spectre, Branston, and Agent 00 Hog.

"Well," said the Princess, "My daddy and I composed a little game for this manhunt. We’ll each search a certain world, and whoever finds him first will receive the million NPs prize." A great cheer burst from the crowd as Princess Fernypoo continued. "Now, before I give you the rules, I’ll assign you your worlds. I, of course, get Faerieland. Agent 00 Hog, since you’re experienced in this field, you take the Ice Caves and that mysterious, dark hole. Kalora, you take Happy Valley and Terror Mountain. Spectre takes the space station. Chuffer Bob, you get Maraqua. Branston gets Mystery Island. And Capara, think you could do the Haunted Woods?" Capara nodded yes.

"Now," Fernypoo continued, "Here are the rules. Breaking them will result in disqualification from the game. You are to stay in your assigned world and only your assigned world. At least one of you must find the fugitives at all costs. Upon finding the fugitives, you must apprehend them and bring them back, dead or alive."

The room was struck by a dull silence. Nobody had considered destroying Brucey B or Little Timmy. Even Spectre had only planned on harming them with an Attack Fork. The Princess was pleased with this affect, so she twisted her own words, saying "Oh what am I saying, alive. The orders are to destroy them on sight."

To be continued...