Gus sat sadly in his cage in the pound, wondering if anyone would ever want him. He was beginning to think the answer was no. the first family he'd gone to, and spent the five years of his life with, had been barely getting by and were stressed most of the time, taking it out on each other and him. After going back to the pound, another family had come by and taken him. This family had pretty much only brought him for dog fighting. He could get where they were coming from; he was three quarters husky and one quarter wolf, but he had a frail physique and was defeated in the first round by a dog named Diallo. Now he was here again. In this awful place where no one wanted him. He heard faint voices down the corridor. For a moment he got excited then checked himself. It could just be those caretakers come to give him food and water. And, he thought even more ruefully, if it was a human he or she would have two other rooms to look through before getting to him. At least he was only in the third room instead of the fourth. Then he looked up and through the bars of the cage at the door down the hall as it clicked open. A tall man in a black suit walked in. Gus wagged his tail hopefully as he watched the tall man. He had one green eye and one brown eye, as well as a black cat with white stripes on one of his shoulders. He looked rather uninterested in the dogs, but paused to look at the cats every so often. Gus' tail stopped wagging a little; he must be after cats. Gus figured. Then, the man stopped at Gus' cage. Gus looked up hopefully and the man entered. The tall man took a step towards him, it seemed almost like he didn't even register Gus was a living thing. Cocking his head, Gus took a step back. He desperately wanted to be adopted but something about this man gave him an uneasy feeling. The tall man gave the dog caretaker behind him a quizzical look.
"He doesn't seem to have a lot of wolf like behaviour in him." he said.
"He's just a bit timid, give him a chance and he'll rip your arm off, trust me!" the caretaker said as if he was making an effort to sell Gus to whomever this was. The man took a step back respectfully and Gus lifted his snout up. That was a bit better; pet owners have to respect their animals. Gus took a calm step forward. The tall man came forward, a bit more carefully this time and Gus responded by coming closer. The tall man stepped forward swiftly and Gus cocked his head again. Patience was a big thing about this and this man didn't seem to have much. He took another step back and gave the man a hard stare. The man seemed to get it and took a respectful step back. Gus responded by moving closer. He sat down and waited to see what the man would do next. When the man crouched, Gus walked forward again and sat to see what he would do next. The man gingerly stretched out a hand and Gus walked forwards into it, happy to be petted. A person wearing a helmet and dark cloths appeared with a pet carrier and set it down outside Gus' cage. Gus walked into it without protesting and the man shut and locked the door.
Dr. Forrester sat sadly in his chair rather uninterested in the proceedings as Calico and the rest of the people in the room watched the video feed. The only reason he watched any of it at all was to see Bolt score a point for their team. And that was exactly what was going on here. He'd seen one of Calico's henchmen throw a disc bomb onto an oil tanker then drive off. He'd watched as Bolt had easily caught up to it and retrieve the bomb, attaching it to the helicopter following them and smiled with satisfaction as it had exploded. Calico, as always, was extremely angry, which made it all the more satisfying. Puff, a fluffy, Himalayan Colour Point Longhair, hissed at the professor as he noticed he seemed to be enjoying this.
"Get me camera two!" Calico yelled. The camera changed to show Penny zooming down the street on her scooter. Where was Bolt? The footage clearly showed Penny was alone. Just as Dr. Forrester was wondering this he suddenly saw her fall into the trap that Calico had set and his eyes widened in shock.
"Calico! You monster!" Dr. Forrester tugged hard on the chains that attached him to the chair. "Let her go!" Calico just laughed.
"Now why would I do that? I've obviously got your attention now." He said simply and the professor realized he was trapped.
"What do you want Calico?" he asked lowly. Calico snapped his fingers and a henchman holding the pet carrier walked in.
"It's simple." He said pressing the 'unlock' button so Gus could walk out. "I am… at a little disadvantage to say the least. I want you, to turn him into a super dog." He said gesturing to Gus.
"Now why would I do such a thing?" the professor growled at Calico.
"Well let me put it this way; turn him into a super dog, and I, in return… will not kill her." He replied, zooming in on Penny. Then he turned to the professor and smiled, enjoying every minute of watching his horrified face looking at the picture of his captured daughter