Gummy, now made his way over to Rocky’s nest, deciding it shouldn’t be a problem to convince Rocky of a clean break, at least he tried convincing himself of that. He knows how that bird gets, and has heard plenty of stories of Rocky’s disappearing associates.
‘But I’ve been doing work for him for years, he’s got to understand where I’m coming from’ Gummy thought.
After a little while Gummy reached the nest of his feathered friend.
“There you are kid, I was wondering how long I’d wait for the thumbs up that the missions a go. The mission is a go, right?” Before gummy could say anything the hawk flew down from his tree side nest to greet the small gator and await the hopeful ‘It’s all set’ response.
“Of coarse it’s all set, I got Angel to get his guys in position now for the grab. I figured using his tunnels would be our best bet, considering the size of the load.” Gummy knew he didn’t want sit there and chat about another mission, but he had to let the hawk know that all was set and ready to move.
“I knew you’d be able to set this up, kid this is the big one. Once we’ve got that cider in our talons we are set. Listen I’m not gonna keep this from you any longer, I want us to go full partner, with you by my side we can pull off bigger and better heists. I hear about a shipment of high-quality stones coming in from Manehatten, of coarse nothing is official yet, but I think we’d be able to pull off an entire heist this time, no more small change.”
“Wait,” The gator interrupted, he chose his next words as carefully as he chose his business partners. “I can’t do that. I can’t pull off these heists any longer.”
“What in Equestria are you talking about, we could get it done, sure it’d take more horsepower to make it smooth but.”
“That’s not what I mean.” Gummy interrupted again. “I can’t keep doing these heists any longer, I wanna retire, settle down. Maybe find a nice pony who could keep me as a pet” gummy said.
“You wanna be some ponies pet? You wanna be owned like some cat, being fed every so often, and taking shits in the corner.” Rocky replied, dumbfounded by Gummy sudden betrayal.
“Angel’s been telling me its not so bad, he’s been talking about his owner the yellow Pegasus, and how nice and caring she always is.” Gummy responded.
“You mean the Pegasus that owns the animal farm on the edge of the Everfree forest. She runs those creatures like slaves, and never lets them leave. Why would you want to live a life like that?”
“I think your wrong about that Pegasus, I think she takes care of those animals and heals them, and the only reason a lot of them end up staying is because they have such a better life on that ‘farm’ than out here in the wild.” Gummy knew Rocky was becoming more upset and decided to stop arguing, it was time to end it now. “I’m sorry Rocky I really am, but I’ve made up my mind a long time ago, I can’t do this forever, and if I don’t leave now, I might wind up dead. I’m sorry.”
Rocky just stood there as gummy walked away, not sure what was next, but knowing he would at least be safer.
Just then Rocky grabbed a heavy rock in his talons and flew fast above the alligator.
Gummy ignored Rocky as he heard the hawk soar into the sky behind him. But something felt off as gummy felt the rock smash into his head knocking him unconscious.