Public Enemies: The Woman of my Dreams

Story by Castro Talon on SoFurry

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#2 of Public Enemies


The Public Enemies series officially begins now! I hope you'll love it as much as SoaL! In this chapter we learn a bit of the world our gang and all the others live in and you decide if their really criiminals? Or a Robin Hood like gang? Either way enjoy the first Chapter!

(Ralph's view)

You know....if you would have told me that I was going to be one of the most wanted men in the United States I would have said...'Really? When?'.....I know that's not the usual response but I have my reasons for doing what I do. Which by the way, is assisting bank robberies with men who are also wanted like me.

My name is Ralphy....'Butcher Knife' is my title....I will explain why I have that title with my friends...obviously my fellow gangs members know my past......we are an interesting group when you come to think of it.....half humans and half furries.

The world we live in is like a haven for the rich and more like hell for the poor. There was recently a major economic plunge and people are losing their money fast....not just farmers but sometimes average people.....they lose everything and have nothing to keep them from supporting their families.

The streets are filled with laid off workers of both races begging for work of all things! But if someone is generous to hand out free money they sure as hell won't turn it down! Of course that could lead to some unwanted attention....one hand out and the next thing you know you'll probably have your door busted down for others who need money.....and sometimes its good hard working people who resort to this......and it sickens me.

We live in a world with furries.....I don't know where they came from, they have always been here and quite frankly are equal as any human in my eyes. I wish my other 'fellow human beings' thought like I did, in their eyes furries are disgusting and good for cheap hard labor.....I know its strange to say this but......I have a great hate for most of my kind....humans.

I have more reasons to hate them besides that but I really don't want to think about that.....it is.....just too painful. Furries here are treated like second class citizens even though by law and decree the are suppose to be equals to us but the rich and wealthy couldn't care. More saving money for them if we treat them poorly and make them work for less money.

The banks are now unsafe for the working class and middle class, if there is even a middle class left now. The gap between rich and poor increases every day and no one stops it. The rich of course stuff all their money into it because if the bank tries to do anything with their money they sue them and get even more money. God I hate this world we live in.

I don't know how I fell into this gang but now that I'm in it...I feel....like I'm actually doing something for the poor. Our gang is called the Johnny 'Makarov' Gang, were becoming famous all over the world for robbing the banks and giving most of it back to the poor. Johnny 'Makarov' Dillinger is our leader obviously, he said we had to win the support of the public in order to continue our good we do for our kinds and fellow poor people.

I agreed almost right away when he said that, many of us did. But Henry Bullsworth or 'Iron Fist' as we called him said 'he robbed the banks and he deserved the money!' This was quickly settled when he found out everyone would get a share of the loot and they were free to do whatever they wanted with it. I think Johnny gives 90% of his take back to the poor while I give 80%. Most of gang gives back about 75% of their take and we keep the rest.

Despite us being criminals of fame and the public is now starting to look at us like heroes we still need money for food, gas, and guns. The average dollar is now 5 times their worth once used to be, as in 1$ is equal to $5 now.

But like any criminal their is always cops and 'do gooders' there to stop you. The cops are angry at us for stealing probably right now the equivalent of $200,000 dollars or $1,000,000 in todays worth. We feel more honored then scared when they put bounties on our heads. It made us popular and when we gave out money the crowd would cheer and talk about us highly saying things like 'Those boys are the only thing fixing the economy right now!' and 'Its because of them my family can eat!'

So here we are famous criminals on the run and now driving into our next job. The Illinoise State Bank, rumor has it a rich figure is putting alot of money into it and we should.....pay a visit. Were in a city now Chicago to be exact and I love looking at the tall buildings. It made me feel small in the world again.

We would usually have only 6 of our members commit a robbery while the other 2 waited and guarded the safehouse we planned to meet in. We have to change safehouses everyday of course but it was a small price to pay. I was in the robbery, there was also Johnny, Kelly, Henry, Caleb, Myself, and the new kid Nicky. This was his second robbery now and he still had some nerves to kill, we promised him nothing would go wrong.

Caleb parked about two blocks away ,as always, so not to arouze suspicion. We all had long busniess coats on to hide our weapons as we walked the remaining two blocks to the bank. We would now time ourselves for a little fun. Johnny leaned back into the car and said confidently.

"3 minutes"

Caleb nodded and put the vehicle in park and waited to start the timer. As soon as we entered the front door he would begin the timer. The streets were littered with the homeless and poor. We didn't have much money ourselves at the moment so their was nothing we could do for them.

We crossed the two blocks unnoticed and almost like ghosts despite us standing out a bit. Kelly waited outside the banks doors to push away anyone who tried to enter when the rest of us would rob the bank.

In unison we went up the stairs with the same speed and we seperated. 2 to the left banktellers and 2 to the right. We noticed an security guard walking around and we all nodded at Henry to let him do his passion.....beat up people.

Henry approached the guard and looked at the newspaper on a table in the middle of the bank. The guard didn't suspect a thing. Suddenly Henry hit him in the gut with his butt of his shotgun causing the wind to be knocked out of the man. Henry then was behind and and quickly forced his head into the table hitting it with a loud thud.

The man dropped to the ground in intense pain and Henry quickly took his handcuffs and put them on both his hands. That was probably only 5 seconds that passed when he did that. Suddenly the banktellers screamed and looked ready to faint. Johnny stood in the middle of the room reassuring the banktellers.

"Don't worry Ladies and Gentlemen your being robbed by the Johnny Makarov Gang! The best their is! Why ruin the hot topic of your day trying to be a hero?! Besides! It's not like this money is yours!" Johnny said charismatically

Nicky and I were already taking all the money the banktellers could give us as we stuffed out bags full. Then Nicky and I went into the center and let Johnny and Henry take the rest, guarding them to make sure none of the banktellers tried to be a hero....and end up dead.

But sadly for us I saw a lady press something underneath her table and knew it was the alarm for the cops. There was no time to punish the girl, besides we got all the money we could. Me and Henry went into the bankteller area and grabbed two hostages we would use as cover.

I already heard the cops coming. I saw out of the corner of my eye that Kelly pretended to be some bystander reading a paper. We saw the first cop car arrive right in front of the bank and both cops got out. One was a furry while the other was a human. The furry stayed behind the cop car using it as cover while he covered his partner with his pistol already drawn. The human was yelling at Kelly thinking he was really a bystander.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" The officer said going up the steps

"What for?" Kelly asked calmly.

The cop was about 5 ft away from Kelly before he stopped and looked at his partner again. Thinking maybe they arrived at the wrong bank or something....which they didn't. Kelly suddenly used his Sig Submachine gun butt and hit the human cop in the face stunning him. He used one of his arms and was holding on to the human by the neck using him as a human shield against the other cop.

Kelly suddenly started firing at the other cop. Of course not aiming for him...but his tires....Johnny said that the public doesn't like killing and if we killed a cop....a man trying just to due his job we would lose public support. The furry cop was shocked at the power of Kelly's weapon and couldn't fire back for fear of hitting his comrade.

The rest of us exited the bank and went down the stairs with our two hostages. One of which was the girl who alarmed the cops in the first placed. We saw Calab drive right next to us and stopped waiting for us to enter. At the same time we saw 2 more cop cars about a block away and 4 more officers were taking aim at us.

Johnny and I unloaded our Tommy guns at them, clearly stunning them and making any firefight back immposible. There were clanks and clings of our bullets hit their cars. Thankfully we didn't hear any shouts or yells in pain. If we did....that would mean we hit a cop and that would be bad. but the cars were littered with bullet holes and looked like they were producing black smoke from the hood of the cars. They probably couldn't be started now.

We all entered the getaway car with the two hostages in the bank. Kelly took the gun from the cop and threw it far away from him so he couldn't stop back once Kelly released him. We heard the tires squell and they took off racing at speeds of 60 miles an hours....in todays cars that was almost race car like.

We all sighed a breath of relief but I was looking outside again this time for any pursueing cops.....thankfully there wasn't....Henry looked at the hostages who were clearly shaken wondering if we were going to kill them.

"You know....your in a movie right? This a nice action scene right?" Kelly said putting his arm around the girl who alarmed the cops.

"R-Really?" She said amazed actually believing what he said.

Our entire gang laughed at the irony. We drove out of Chicago the surrounding forests that provided alot of cover for our other getaway car. We put blindfolds on the hostages and told them to walk forward and wait several moments before they could take them off.

They did, and when they were doing that we took out all the money we earned and went into the forest and found the second getaway we hid before he even started this job. Nicky asked us

"Will those people be alright? What if they get lost?" He said entering the car.

"Don't worry...there's a gas station with a phone only a mile away...they'll find it and be fine." Johnny said entering the car as well.

Here we were driving again....this time looking at the country side.....I never said anything during the whole robbery...in fact I have never said a thing really since I joined the gang.

"Hey Ralph? When are you ever going to lighten up? I haven't heard you talk in awhile." Caleb said looking in the front mirror.

I continued my daydreaming and Nicky started to defend me.

"He talked to me yesterday...he asked me if I was okay for this job...and...thats it" Nicky said realizing that wouldn't help much.

"He doesn't like talking...I got no problem with that...he carries his own weight and gets the job done...so what if he doesn't talk?" Henry said to everyone

"Henry's right....he doesn't like talking but that doesn't mean he's mad right?" Kelly said looking at me.

I removed my hand from my mouth which I always did when I daydreamed and said to them all.

"I ain't mad.....I just don't like talking." I said calmly in my angel like voice.

The gang was amazed by the tone of my voice and got back to business as usual.

"So how much you think we got Johnny?" Nicky asked as if he was 10 again.

"Rumor had it that there was a rich guy giving $100,000 in the bank. I think we must have at least $80,000 of it" Johnny said looking for the safehouse.

I continued my daydreaming thinking about my future....I like these guys don't get me wrong....but I felt somewhat....lonely at the same time.....We all knew we couldn't live in the US after this...we would have to move to Europe or something.

But the thing I wanted most.....was a girl....not just some ordinary girl.....the girl of my dreams....the problem is....I didn't know who she is or where she's at. The others have tried to get me with a girl but.....I know how soft this sounds but.....I want my soulmate....I want to experience love at first sight......I want....the girl of my dreams.

We arrived at the safehouse which was an abandoned farm cabin. Tom and Jack exit the house and looked dress up. We stopped the car just short of them and he gave us a smile.

"You boys ready to go partying?!" He said happily entering the car to.

"Drinks are on us!" Johnny said.

"Hey just to let you guys know....My Anne allowed us to stay in a nearby hotel. There are only four rooms but you guys have to learn how to share!" Jack said also entering the car.

"Where we going?" Nicky asked also lost in the happiness

"To the Jazz Swing." Tom said strangley calmly towards Nicky giving him a kind smile. Nicky smiled and looked a bit embarrassed.

(Jamie's View)

"Phew! Another day another dollar!" I said entering the apartment building looking tired like crazy. I took off my shoes and laided down on the couch face first exhausted from the rush at the diner. I worked two jobs one as a waiter at the diner and one as cleaning maid for a hotel.

I sat there for maybe only a few minutes before I heard miss Swanson come down the stairs slowly.

"Don't make me begin the 'Oh back in my day things were tougher' speech!" She said in her old but yeting soft and caring tone.

Miss Swanson owns this apartment and let me live here with her ever since.....I don't want to think about it.

"Hmmm just five more hours" I said grabbing a pillow from the couch and burying my face into it again.

"Oh no you don't missy! Guess what your doing today!" Miss Swanson said grabbing my feet and pulling me off the couch.

I was giggling the whole way trying my best to stay on the couch but she was tough and strong for an old fox!

"Please don't tell me more work." I said rubbing my eyes

"The exact opposite! Your going to a club with some of your friends and getting some fun you deserve!" She said almost demanding it.

" But I have to-"

"Don't give me that 'I have to work hard for you Ma'am' talk. I called your hotel and told them you needed the day off and they understood!" She said running back upstairs for some reason.

"Why would you do that?! We need the money now more then ever! Besides I don't have any good clothes!" I said about ready to argue with her.

"Thats why your going to wear this!" Miss Swanson said throwing me and elegant red dress. It looked hardly ever used and was the brightest and shinest red you could ever imagine!

I felt its silk and purred at the feel of it....when did we ever get this?!

"Please don't tell me you spent our savings on this miss Swanson?" I asked hoping I was wrong.

"Fiddlesticks! Do you think I'm that stupid?! Never! This dress use to be mine in my younger days! I tell you men everywhere were lining up to be mine! That's why I think its your turn to have men gawking at you!" She said pushing me to my bedroom pretty much demanding I would change into it.

I smiled and giggled at her determination. I entered my bedroom and put the dress on and walked back outside twirling around for Miss Swanson. Her eyes were in awe and tears were in eyes.

"Oh my!.....Its like looking into the past!....you look so beautiful Jamie!" She said hugging me

I felt the tender moment too and I hugged back.

"Thank you Miss Swanson" I said faintly.

The moment was interupted when we heard a honk of a car outside knowing it was my friends she invited even if I said no before.

"Goodbye Miss Swanson!" I said running out the door.

"Good luck girl......and bring back a man!" she teased as we drove off.

(Ralph's view)

Wow this bar was wild! I think there must be at least 300 people here! Both furries and humans dancing to the live music, drinking the expensive wine and drinks, and eating the delicious food! Most of my gang went off doing their thing. Our table was in the ballroom where most of the dancing was taking place.

Right now it was the swing jazz music and I felt lost in the good time despite being almost alone. Jack, Johnny, Caleb and Myself were all sitting the table eating our steaks we ordered and talking about stories of the past and having a good time.

I felt someone touch my shoulder and looked up to see Nicky looking around before looking at me.

"Hey Ralph?! Have you seen Tommy?!" He said over the loud music.

"Yeah he's right there!" I said over the music pointing to the bar.

Tom was drinking a cocktail before he turned to us and gave Nicky a nod and a smile. He rubbed the stool next ot him as a clear sign to join him.

"Thanks Ralph!" Nicky said to me before walking over to Tom and sitting next to him.

"Those two seem inseperable these days" Caleb said with his mouth full of steak.

"There just good friends." Jack said wiping his mouth with a napkin.

"Well I've got to try some of the drinks here fellas! You know to make sure there not poison or something!" Johnny said walking to the bar.

"The hell your going in there in alone Johnny! I'm coming with you!" Caleb said refering to movie scenes he watched

They both headed off to the bar and I noticed out of the corner of my eye Henry dancing with a female bull. He think he was the head bull on the dance floor....his face said it all.

Kelly was flirting with some lion chicks in the corner while smoking a cigar, clearly having a 'fun' time. Jack noticed everyone having a good time and looked at me.

"Come on Ralph! Join in on the fun!" He said motioning his arms to everything around him.

"Well what are you doing?" I asked noticing he was doing the same thing I was.

"I'm waiting for my Anne to find me! You know that! We've been going steady after 6 months and man....I thinks shes the one!" Jack said with a dreamlike look.

"Remember the rule.....women are trouble." I said with a smile

Jack noticed Anne and stood up.

"And don't you forget the most important thing in life....Have fun!" He said walking over to Anne and taking her hand.

Here I was left alone again watching the others have happy times. I wanted to join! But I wasn't a drinker or much of a ladies man. And I'm sure as hell not dancing alone! I looked around the bar thinking there was nothing to do except wait for one of my gang to come back to me.

I know there right! I should just lighten up and have fun but...I just don't want to have something fun for a single day thinking it will last forever and have it end the next day! Besides none of these girls looked cute! I mean sure their dresses up and over fashioned but I wanted a sweet girl! One that would knock this nontalkive behavior out of me!

Over the years I have found.....both species attractive......human girls look at me and think I'm a model while the furries think I'm an actor. I didn't mind either way......but strangley I have had a preference to furries....I don't know why....maybe its because of my past! Maybe because my parents-.....No....not here.....I don't want to think about that.

I was about to get up before I noticed the door open and I saw a bunch of more furry girls enter. 4 of them, 2 tigers 1 panther, and 1-.........my heart stopped......I looked at the undescribable beauty before me.....she was a fox...her fur was bright orange and her dress......red and bright like the sudden passion and desire I had for her. She had an excellent slim figure but not to slim for me to like. She wasn't wearing any fancy jewellery or anything just her and her natural beauty....she couldn't have been any older then me!

I gave my full attention to her as she walked pass so many other boring people and sat down with her friends. I saw one by one her friends her taken by other men to dance until she alone was sitting. How can anyone ignore that goddess?!?!? Its a crime that no one asked her to dance! I saw her look down and somewhat sad no one asked her to dance. Her eyes were Glacier blue and stopped my heart at the sight of them. I think at this rate I would die of a heart attack by just looking at her!

I didn't even know her name or what her voice sounded like but I knew what I found. I shallowed my pride and took one last drink of my water and walked over to her bumping into people that didn't interest me whatsoever. I never took my eyes off her and before I knew it I was right next to her, looking at her with my eyes as if they were in heaven.

She looked up and gave my a smile that melted me like butter and I felt helpless against her. Even though I was more taller then her. I noticed her soft looking but elegant tail fluttering around at the sight of me. Her breasts were the perfect size for me, not to large but not to small. I knew I had to have her.

"Yes can I help you sir?" She asked her sweet angel like voice.

I froze and knew what she was too me but my mouth was struggling with the right words on how to place it. It felt like hours past but in the matter of seconds I said the words that were on my mind. I used my best accent to enchant her.

"Where have you been all my life?.....the Woman of my Dreams."

Awwww Puppy love! X3 Well there is my first part to my series! I hoped you liked it! And just to let you know I will explain the characters histories as the parts go on. And also I'm not doing the part 1, part 2 thing with this....each part is going to have its own title and don't worry they'll be in order! So Ralph finds the woman of his dreams but what will Jamie think of him? What awaits our starstruck lovers in the next part? See You later! ^_^