THE SPY DOGS

1: Welcome to HQ

"Hey, pups! Welcome to the pound!" A large, grey mutt gabbled, "The name's Dolt and we're the Spy Dogs."

"The Spy Dogs?" A young pup asked doubtfully.

"Yeah. That's Kindle," He pointed to a black and grey-mottled dog, that looked somewhere between a darkened sheepdog and a husky. "He can breathe fire!"

"Really?"

"No. But we like to pretend." He paused for a brief second before adding, "but I'm the smart one."

"I can tell you like pretending." The other pups giggled.

"You bet I do!"

"Come on now, Dolt, I'm sure the pups would like a proper introduction," The black dog spoke wisely, subtly positioning himself as to show off the brown-orange highlights in his fur, "I'm Kindle. These are my friends, Dolt, Snowy, River and Storm. And he's my younger brother, Isaac."

"Aw. Your brother's so cute" The pups spoke in unison, looking at the month-old Isaac.

"Yes, isn't he just?" Kindle glanced over to his brother in admiration, "Anyway, we're the Spy Dogs and today we're going to find you a home."

"But Kindle. We already had a home." One of the pups squealed,

"Yeah. But… but then they got rid of us," another one mumbled, "and I don't think we want homes anymore."

"No," the first one added, "We want to stay together forever."

"Hey, pups," Kindle smiled, "Don't worry, we can find a home you can live in together, with a person who really loves you and cares for you."

"You can?"

"Of course we can," Snowy butted in, "It's our job to make sure pups are safe, and that includes getting them in a nice home."

"Awesome!"

"Awesome indeed," Kindle nodded, "Now come downstairs, we knew you were coming and so did our homework."

"Wait a minute," Dolt interrupted, "But I didn't do my homework. Does that mean I'm going to get into trouble? Because I don't like trouble Kindle."

"No, Dolt. No trouble."

"Hooray!"

"So," River spoke, "These are your people."

"Aw! They look perfect!"

"Yes they do," River continued, "And they're one big happy family too, so you'll get to stay together."

"When do we get to meet them?"

"They're coming to meet you here tomorrow!"

"But we don't want to wait that long."

"I'm sorry pups," Kindle sympathized, "But that's the earliest they could make it."

"OK. Fine. But could you tell us a story."

"I- Uh-"

"I mean, you are the Spy Dogs. Surely you have some epic adventure to tell us about, don't you?"

"Um. Well, I guess-"

"C'mon Kindle," spoke one pup, then in unison, "ppllleeaaassseeee"

"Ugh, fine. Here were go…

It was a stormy night in the city, and we received reports of a stray pup being carried away by the wind. They gave us the co-ordinates, and River punched them into the GPS. Snowy, Storm and I then set out for the location, which turned out to be right next to the edge of a cliff. We saw the pup, whose name we later found out to be Pebble, clinging to a lamp post. Storm went to grab onto him, when the wind blew and he fell just over the edge-"

"Oh no! Wha- what happened to him? Did he survive Kindle? Did he?"

"Don't worry pups. He survived. Anyway, Snowy, who was closest to the edge dived after him and caught him in her mouth. I quickly lent over the edge and caught Snowy's tail so she didn't fall either. Then, with some help from Storm, I admit, we pulled them back over the edge and to safety. Once we brought him back to the HQ, we found Pebble his perfect person, and dropped him with them the next day."

"Wow, Kindle! That sounds awesome. I sure hope I get to be a Spy Dog one day."

"Yeah! Me too!"

"Now settle down, pups. I'm sure you do, but for now you're too young, and we've got work to do. Dolt, keep an eye on the pups."

"Will do, Kindle!" Dolt called as the other Spy Dogs turned and left.

"Say, Kindle," Snowy said, "I don't quite remember it being that way."

"Now, c'mon, they're pups, we've got to big it up a little."

"Big it up a little? Yeah, it was stormy, but he was literally right outside the entrance to HQ."

"Yeah, yeah. I know. I let my imagination run wild sometimes. Anyway, the pups enjoyed it so that's fine by me."

"And me."

"And me too."

"And me three!", River paused, "So, did you just admit that Storm was stronger than you?"

"What? No- I never! I was stuck, and my legs were at a bad angle and-"

"I'll take that as a yes."

LE FIN

The Spy Dogs is an original, definitely not copyright-infringing series created and written by Oliver Simpson