Disclaimer: I own no portion of the material I write about.

Notes: when I refer to "bike", I mean a motorcycle.

"Hello, you are probably wondering who I am and why I'm here? The answer to why I'm here is simple… to tell you the story of Dudley Puppy, or at least part of it. As for who I am, to you I am a shadow in the infinite night."

"It was early in the morning when Dudley woke up, but he was still tired. He's been having nightmares recently, nightmares about a past that he'd long hoped to forget. The only thing that even allowed him to get out of bed in the morning and to live with the things that he'd done, was the love of his life, Kitty Katswell. He loved her and would die for her in a heartbeat and kill just as quick. No hesitation, no regret.

"Now lets start at the beginning."

Dudley hit the alarm clocks snooze button as it went off. "ohhhhhh" Dudley said as he yawned.

"Another sleep less night. Only this time I can't tell if was the nightmares or the fact that I'm going to ask Kitty to out on a date."

"I just hope I can ask her without having a heart attack." Dudley said this realizing that his heart was beating a little too fast this morning.

"well, on the bright side. Not being able to sleep means I haven't been late to work in weeks. Doesn't help me not fall asleep at work though."

Dudley then jumped out of bed and took a shower and brushed his teeth. He then got dressed.(he began to where pants after he met kitty…to look more mature. But there still black like his shirt.)

After that he went downstairs. "bye mom."

" Dudley." His mom said with a bit of shock that he was skipping breakfast. " why are you in such a hurry?"

"what makes you say that?" Dudley said.

His look at him with an old detective style look. "first off, your leaving early. Second, your skipping breakfast. Finally, I can tell when my baby is going to have a heart attack!" she said sternly.

Dudley looked down and said " fine, I'll tell you."

Dudley took the seat acrossed form his mother.

" I'm leaving early to pick up some flowers for a girl at work." Dudley said waiting for his mother to try and get him to tell her more. To his surprise she said only one thing.

"Roses." she said.

"What?" he said confused.

"Roses, every girl loves to get roses…well most." she said taking a drink of coffee from her mug.

Dudley didn't say anything. He just sat there surprised at his mothers calmness.

"Well…are you just going to sit there or are you going to get her those flowers." she said with a slight smirk.

Dudley smiled and hugged his mother. " thanks mom" he said running out the door and jumping on his Triumph Daytona 675 racing bike.(TUFF pays really good when your one of the top agents, Kitty being the only one better than him.)

As Dudley drove to TUFF, he stopped at a little flower shop in town and pick out 12 roses to give to kitty. "Thanks" he told the friendly women tending to the flowers.

Walking out the door he saw someone from his standing acrossed the street and in the blink of an eye he was gone.

Dudley looked around surprised. "This is not good." he said with a slight amount of alarm in his voice and getting back on his bike.

On his way to TUFF, Dudley began to think. "Maybe the stress of the fact that I'm about to ask Kitty out is getting to me."

When he got to TUFF, he parked his bike and went up to the office level. Where he knew Kitty would be.

As usual kitty was there an hour early just like Dudley knew she would be. He snuck up behind her and said "good morning"

"Dudley" she said surprised and shocked, because normally no one could sneak up on her.

"How did you do that?" she asked, turning around to only to find him not there.

"Boo" he said as he dropped down from the ceiling hanging upside down. And then jumped and hit the floor perfectly with no sound.

Kitty was shock that her partner was able so make no sound. She asked again "Dudley How did you do that?"

Dudley Smiled and said " How about I tell you over dinner, Lets say Saturday Night?" and handed Kitty the roses.

Kitty was stunned. She couldn't believe what just happened. Dudley asked here out on a date!

Dudley stood there waiting for an answer.

Kitty looked at him with a smile and said "Ok, but you are going to tell me right?"

Dudley smiled and said "I am a man of my word"

Kitty Smiled and then remembered something.

"Dudley I almost forgot to tell you. The chief gave us a knew case and this is not a typical one." she said.

Dudley let out a small laugh and said "Sense when have we had a typical case."

"This one isn't normal, even for us" she said and that's when Dudley got the message when he heard the tone of her voice. There was slight disgust in it. He knew then, this must have been a really bad case.

Kitty handed him the file of a brutal murder and rape of a young women. Dudley now see why she had that slight disgust in her voice.

"What kind of monster could have done this." Dudley said looking at the pictures of a mangled body that would have made most people vomit. Dudley however has seen a lot worse in his past. But he will never admit it or tell anyone

"I have never had a case like this one. I honestly don't know" Kitty said

"Well, who ever he is, lets nail his hide to the wall!" Dudley said closing the file.

Kitty stood up and smiled. "Nothing would make me happier." she said

"The police sent over every thing they found and but Keswick isn't here yet." Kitty said.

"Well, Maybe we should start running down leads." Dudley said putting the file down and pulling out his keys.

"I take the morgue if you won't to hit the street informants." Kitty said grabbing her keys off her desk.

"Sounds like a plan." said Dudley as they both headed for the parking garage.