Authors Note: I do not own T.U.F.F Puppy Butch Hartman does, this story contains an Alternative Universe, and the Characters are what I call "tweaked" as they contain slightly different personality's thank you.
The white dog sighed as he put down a box "okay mom, that's the last one" his mother Peg walked in "thank you Dudley, now why don't we take a look around the new neighborhood" he hung his head "sure" he followed her outside.
Dudley had moved to Washington D.C. With his mother only a few days ago, they had left the Petropolis slums, after all the crime and Dudley getting attacked and beaten over and over again, Peg couldn't handle seeing him hurt so she found a new city to live in.
However Dudley wasn't as trilled as she was, because he grow up there, and that's where all his friends were, if you could call them friends, Peg smiled as they saw the bright new neighborhood "look Dudley you can actually see the sun" he honestly felt a bit sick and he didn't know why.
Peg waved to a few of the neighbors "isn't this great Dudley?" he sighed again and Peg was getting annoyed, so she stopped and turned to him "Dudley what's the matter with you?" he stopped and looked at her "nothing." Peg knew better then that however.
"Dudley, I can easily tell something is wrong, so tell me what's on your mind" he finally lifted his head and rolled his eyes "okay fine, you want to know what's wrong, I don't like it here, I have no friends here, and it smells weird!" Peg rolled her eyes back at him.
"For starters, we just moved here barely three days ago, and that so called weird smell is fresh air" Dudley crossed his arms "but why couldn't I stay back in Petropolis?" Peg was getting angry now "we moved here to start over" Dudley kicked a rock into the street.
"I never wanted to start over!" Peg couldn't hold back anymore and slapped him "darn it Dudley! We left that dump because I couldn't stand seeing you come home in a cast everyday, and after what happened to your father!" Dudley hung his head after that last part.
"I-I'm sorry mom, I didn't mean it like that, I'm just not used to this" his father was a sore subject even though he was too young to remember him, and Peg shook her head and rubbed her temple "all I want is for you to have a good life" he nodded "alright, mom I'll try."
They looked around and saw that people were staring at them, so they went home, as soon as they got back Dudley went straight to his room, it was mostly unpacked since he didn't own a lot of stuff, he reach in one box and pulled out a newspaper, it was the last one before the new mayor took over.
Petropolis was always a troubled city, villains from all over would attack, but there was always hope, there was once an organization named the Turbo. Undercover. Fighting. Force. But about two years ago a villain known as Snaptrap stole an ancient relic known as the Kruger Rat.
And once he had that the good guys didn't stand a chance, and he took over Petropolis, luckily he didn't care about world domination so moving away was the best option, after that T.U.F.F disbanded and no one has challenged him since.
He set the old newspaper aside and took out the last of his stuff and one of the things was a picture of him and his father, and the only thing of his father he had left, he sat down on his bed and looked at the picture "I wish you were here dad."
He set the picture on the side table and laid down, he started thinking about what to do with his life "what can I do? I'm not good at most things, other then fighting for my life, I haven't done much" he laid there for awhile until he fell asleep.
When he woke up he felt a strangely tired "that's weird, why do I feel more tired?" he got up and went to the front room, and he saw his mother watching TV "what's going on?" she turned her head to look at him "oh there's been a robbery at the museum, a priceless gem was stolen."
Dudley leaned against the couch and watched the TV "the rare king's blood gem disappeared late last night" Dudley checked the time and noticed that he had been asleep for almost twenty hours "wow I slept in pretty late" Peg nodded "true."
Then she took out a paper and handed it to him "I figure since we're in a new town, why don't you find a job, that will stop you from sleeping in" he nodded "I guess" he took the paper and looked over it "well I better get started" he then headed out the door.
So he went to the first job on the list his mother made for him which was a basic telemarketer job, he noticed all the jobs on the list were the safe and boring type, as he listened to the other people who were getting jobs, he knew he couldn't stay here, so he left.
He looked at the rest and then threw the list away "I think I find a job on my own" after walking a bit he found a fire station and smiled "hey maybe here I can do some good" he went inside and saw a poodle at the front desk "um excuse me" she looked up and smiled.
"Can I help you?" he nodded a bit nervously "um I was hoping I could try and get a job here?" she pulled out an application and handed it over to him then she got back to work, he quickly filled it out and handed it back to her, she was surprised on how fast he was.
She took it and smiled again "thank you Mr. Puppy, he'll see you now" Dudley looked confused "right now?" she nodded "he liked you the moment you walked in" then a slightly older male dalmatian about in his late twenty's, walked in "nice to meet you Mr. Puppy" he said well holding out his hand.
He shook his hand and looked confused "how did you know my name?" the dalmatian laughed "oh I have my ways" Dudley shrugged "oh okay sure" the dalmatian smiled "my name is Cash McBone" then he gestured to the poodle "and this is Fifi Oui Oui, she handles all the assignments for us."
Dudley smiled "so does this mean I'm hired?" Cash nodded "I see a great potential in you" Dudley jumped up "yes, when do I start?" Fifi laughed "immediately I hope" he got a big grin and blushed, and Cash agreed "if your okay with that, then we'll get you started tomorrow."
Dudley nodded "sweet" after awhile he left and started walking home, as he was walking he heard a scream, which made him turned around and saw a guy running towards him holding a purse, out of instinct he held out his arm which clotheslined the thief.
And grabbed the purse before it hit the ground, before the thief could move a cop ran over and grabbed the rat, he looked over at Dudley and smiled "nice one sir" Dudley handed the purse to the lady and left, he looked at his arm confused "I've never been able to do that before, what happened?"
He stopped by a nearby park and saw an old flea playing chess by himself, so he went over to him "mind if I play a game old man?" the old flea smiled "if your ready to lose, then sit down" he sat down and moved a piece.
The old flea moved a black piece "so what's on your mind kid?" Dudley moved another piece "not much, I have a job now and I stopped a thief, I'm feeling pretty good actually" the flea laughed "I remember when I was able to do things like that."
Then he moved a piece "name's Herbert Dumbrowski, and you?" Dudley moved another piece "my name is Dudley Puppy" Herbert thought about it "Puppy huh? I think I heard that somewhere before" Dudley shrugged "I doubt it."
Herbert moved a piece again "so what made you want to talk to an old wash up like me anyway?" Dudley looked confused as he placed another piece "wash up? What do you mean?" Herbert just waved it off "oh it was a life time ago, I was a different person back then."
Dudley moved the last piece "checkmate" Herbert stared at the board in shock "what, how?" Dudley laughed "another round, old man?" Herbert smiled "sure, why not" they set the board up again and Dudley moved the first piece.
"So are you like a war veteran or something?" Herbert thought about it "in a sense, but like I said , that was a life time ago" the flea moved his piece and continued "nowadays I'm just an old man, who people try to avoid."
Dudley looked a bit concerned "jeez, and I thought people were supposed to respect their elders" Herbert laughed "well I'm just glad there are some people who do" they played for another good hour, and Dudley won again "hey I'm pretty good at this."
Herbert crossed his arms "but I'm a pro at this!" Dudley laughed as he got up "thanks for the game old man" Herbert nodded as he left "I'll be here if you need me, which I doubt anyone will" Dudley managed to get home before dark.
"Mom I'm back, you won't believe what happened" Peg was on the couch and she looked bored, but then she heard her son "did you find a job?" He nodded as he put away his coat "I got a job as a firefighter" Peg looked horrified at this news.
"You what!" Dudley cringed as she raised her voice "it's a job right?" Peg got up and glared at him "that you could die from! I won't allow it, your not working a dangerous job!" Dudley tried to say something but his mother interrupted him.
"Do you really want to end up like your father!" Dudley put his foot down "jeez mom every time I want to help people, you shoot it down and say I'll end up like dad, well maybe helping people is in my blood okay, maybe fighting against the bad guys is what I want!"
Peg was shocked at his outburst "don't you realize I'm trying to keep you safe?" Dudley shook his head and walked into his room "forget this" when he got in his room he kicked the wall "darn it! I know I can do something with my life, why can't she see that I'm not a kid anymore?" he was so angry that he just went to bed.