Hired Bounty

Chapter 1: Katz's Hired Hunter

Katz, one of Courage the Cowardly Dog's adversaries had failed into implementing his revenge against Courage time and time again. So instead, Katz has decided to call upon one of the full most experienced bounty hunters to track down the so-called stupid dog which has always out manages to out smart him.

"This is quite hard for me to tell you" said Katz to Skulker whom he hired to hunt Courage who was in his private room, "but I need your help."

"And why should I be the one to help you?" asked Skulker, "What's in it for me?"

"You'd get this load of suitcase cash I have" replied Katz as he showed Skulker the suitcase with the money inside.

"Hmm, sounds like we have a deal" replied Skulker as he shook Katz's hand.

"Now here's the location of where you can find that dreadful dog" said Katz.

The scene then switches to where Courage is sleeping outside the farm house on the front porch with Muriel on her rocking chair knitting some clothes, along with Eustace fixing up his truck.

"Isn't it such a lovely day?" asked Muriel to Courage who was still fast asleep but not so much to hear her speak which he then nodded as a yes with a reply.

"Yea, I guess it's okay" added Eustace as he was still quite busy fixing his truck.

"I'm going to head back inside to get some more tea" said Muriel, "you and Eustace can stay outside."

As Muriel went inside the house, Courage was sleeping quite peacefully and very content. He didn't notice that Skulker was hovering just above the house trying to figure out what to do on how to dispose of Courage.

"Hmm" thought Skulker as his high-tech gear began to zoom on where Courage was sleeping, "there's that dog I was hired to get. I wonder what sort of devices I should use to dispose him. None of my ghost hunting weapons may not be of any sort of use. Perhaps I should really give him a signal that I'm here to hunt him first."

While Skulker was trying to find a way how to hunt Courage, Eustace was finished fixing up his truck.

"I'm heading back inside to rest" said Eustace, "don't let anything happen to my truck you stupid dog."

As Eustace went back into the house, Skulker then thought of an idea on how to get Courage's attention so first he floated right down toward here Courage was still sleeping. He then propped up some sort of loud speaker from his high-tech armor and then began to sound it off quite loud which scared Courage waking him up to see some sort of ghostly hunter in front of him.

"Now that I got your attention dog" said Skulker, "I'm going to ensure that you would be hunted down for good. But first, a little of this!"

Courage then cowered behind the pillow trying to hide thinking that Skulker was going to aim his laser at him. Instead, he aimed his advance laser weapon at Eustace's truck and fired right at it turning the truck into nothing more than scrap metal.

"See you later dog" said Skulker as he laughed by disappearing.

"What's all the racket?" asked Muriel as she quickly came into the scene with Eustace.

"Say, where the heck did my truck go?!" cried Eustace as he noticed his truck was totally destroyed then Eustace's anger then began to focus on Courage and began to grab him by the neck, "You stupid dog, you did this!"

"Eustace, stop it!" cried Muriel as she then took the frying pan she held in her hand and smashed it right on Eustace's head.

"What did I do?!" cried Eustace.

"Come now Eustace, Courage couldn't have been behind destroying your truck" said Muriel.

"You're taking sides with that stupid dog?!" cried Eustace.

As Muriel and Eustace began to argue who was responsible for the destruction of the truck, Skulker was secretly overseeing everything while still invisible.

"This is very entertaining" laughed Skulker, "people hitting people and also hitting my target. Maybe I should use this sort of strategy to get that dog in trouble and the dumb farmer would probably do my job for me."

Meanwhile, back inside the house, Eustace was still quite angry and he wanted to try to call a repair man to try to be able to rebuild his truck the way it use to be.

"I'm going to call a repairman" said Eustace, "I'm probably sure he can fix my truck to look as good as new."

"I'm sorry Eustace" said Muriel, "but I don't think that no repairman can repair anything like that. You would have to get a new truck."

"New truck, but where the heck am I going to get a new truck?" cried Eustace as he began to also form tears in his eyes, "I want my old truck back! That stupid dog did this, I just know it!"

But as Eustace began to keep on crying, Skulker was also screening his progress to Katz who just also happen to be currently a car dealer in No Where who was watching this.

"Are you getting all of this?" asked Skulker to Katz on the other line, "I just sent some of my probes to spy on the occupants of the house."

"Yes, yes" said Katz as he began to form an evil grin on his face, "you may have not taken out my target with one blow, but I think I can work with this plan of yours. I also happen to have the right sort of vehicle that can mimic the old form of the farmer's old truck which is really a high-tech decoy where you can tap yourself right into it. The farmer would soon follow through being our little useful idiot."

"You got that right" laughed Skulker who was enjoying Eustace's rants against Courage and Muriel hitting his head with a frying pan.

Meanwhile, Courage was still worried that the ghost hunter might come back for him.

"I know I wasn't the one behind the destruction of Eustace's truck" said Courage, "or my name isn't Crazy Larry and it's not."