Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire

Road Rover Mission Control. The Rovers have gathered in the briefing room for another mission.

"Listen up Rovers. One of our operatives obtained information that Parvo is going to attack various SPCA buildings to build his army. You must stop him from doing that."

"Where is he going to stike Master?" says Hunter

The main screen comes on and a dot in Oklahoma appears.

"Here. Tulsa Oklahoma. Go and stop him Rovers!"

"Right! Let's hit the road, Rovers!"

The Rover howl in unison. Tulsa, Oklahoma. The local SPCA building, we find a volunteer inside a dog run. He is wearing a plaid shirt, blue jeans and sneakers. This is Greg Willis. Greg looks up when he hears a loud rumbling; suddenly the entire roof disapears. And there hovering over the building is Parvo's bulldog ship. Beams of light start to pick up the dogs, including Greg. He soon finds himself in the ships cargo hold. He hides behind some crates and watches as several Cano-Mutants round up the dogs and take them away.

"This is too wierd!" mutters Greg "I gotta get ahold of someone!"

He goes to the door and looks both ways before going down a corridor. He soon finds himself inside a room containing a Cano-Mutator. Curiosity gets the better of him and he goes inside. He steps up to the entrance of it and looks inside its featureless interior. He walks into it and the door slams shut.

"Hey! Open up!"

Smoke pours into the machine

"W-what's going on? Ow! What the...?"

The machines comes to full life as agonized screaming is heard from inside. After several seconds the door opens again and a heap falls to the floor. Greg gets up onto his hands and knees shuddering.

"Oh, that hurt! What happened?"

He see's his arm has grown fur and he crosses his eyes to his nose has elongated; in fact it's a muzzle now. He spots a mirror nearby and goes to it. He doesn't like what he see's

"Oh great! You really did it to yourself now!"

He has reddish fur with a lighter red highlights and looks a lot like Hunter. In this form he will be known as Outlaw. Running footstep can be heard and Outlaw hightails it out of the room and down another corridor. He stop at a room marked "Radio Room" and goes inside. He starts to fiddle with the machinery.

"Can anyone hear me? Do you copy? Hello? Is anyone out there?"

The TurboJet Rover. The Rovers pick up the transmission.

"We're here lad?" says Colleen "Who are you?"

"My name is Greg Willis! I'm a volunteer at the local SPCA! It's General Parvo, he's taken all the dogs! I've been transformed into one myself."

"Were on our way lad. Hang in there. Let's move it Huntie!"

"You got it." says Hunter

"He said he was transformedski into one himself." says Exile "This is not goodski. Another life turned upsidedownski."

"Ja. Real shame." says Blitz

Back inside the radio room Outlaw is jolted from his seat to the floor. He tries to get back up and another jolt hits the ship. He grabs the mircophone.

"Hey! What's going on out there?!"

"We're knocking out the engine's." says Colleen "I suggest you brace yourself, it's going down."

Outlaw scrambles underneath the table just as a bone jarring crash sends everything flying. Silence, then weapons fire. The door begins to heat up and then melts. Exile and Blitz are standing in the doorway.

"You Greg Williski?" says Exile

"That's Willis. Yes."

"Come on!" says Blitz

About an hour later Outlaw is sitting next to a tree and looking at himself in a mirror. All the dogs have been rounded up and tied to another tree. Not too far away Parvo's ship is a smoking ruin. Hunter and the others walk up to him.

"Well, Parvo got away again. But we managed to save all the dogs thanks to you."

"Thanks. What happens to me now?"

"Come with us to Mission Control." says Colleen "I'm sure we can put you to good use."

"I hope your right." says Outlaw "I'll never be able to lead a normal life now."

Road Rover Mission Control sick bay. Outlaw, Hubert and Master are there.

"Incredible." says Hubert "All the scents and hairs from all the dogs you touched combined to form....you. Your the ultimate mongrel."

"Interesting." says Master

"There's also something else about you that I can't pinpoint at the moment but that can wait."

"So what happens to me now?" says Outlaw

"You can always work for us." says Master

Outlaw thinks for a minute.

"Sure, why not."

"So have you come up with a new name for yourself?"

"Outlaw. A Shepherd mix I knew some time ago."

"Then Outlaw it is." says Master "A whole new adventure is waiting for you."

"Hmm. I can't wait."

THE END