Chapter 2 - From Outcast to Savior
"Some big sister Briana turned out to be," Ollie crossed his arms. "She's dead to me."
"But Ollie..." Jenny started to say.
"No!" Ollie shouted back at her. "I don't want to hear anything coming out of either you or Marcus! And as far as I'm concerned, you two are dead to me, too!"
The two younger puppies quivered in fear at what Ollie just said, and began to shed tears.
"Yeah, that's right, cry!" Ollie nodded sarcastically as the two younger puppies awashed in tears.
"Ollie," Lois began, getting his attention, "I think you should go, too. We don't need any dogs who are mean to their younger siblings, especially if they're your litter mates. It's no wonder your mother was such a mean fighting dog."
"Liar!" Ollie shouted back, not wanting to believe her.
"It's true, Ollie," Peter sadly agreed with Lois. "Your father told us everything about the dog fighting organization she was in before that jerk kicked her out."
Ollie was shocked, still in disbelief, and like Briana before him, he ran off, crying, this time, to the opposite direction.
"Peter, I didn't think Ollie took this very well," Lois informed her husband. "Now only Jenny and Marcus are left to give away."
Peter sighed, looking at the still-crying remaining puppies. "I guess I should set the box back up."
Ollie removed his collar while he ran, and discarded it. However, nearly out of energy, his running gave way to walking. As he walked, he noticed a redhead baby boy wearing an orange shirt and purple pants walking to the cellar window of a house, opening it, and carrying some bread crumbs and a glass of water, before jumping inside. Ollie followed him.
When he reached the cellar window, he saw that the baby was abusing New Brian, the maroon-kerchiefed gray Border Collie that intended to replace Brian some time ago, and his two Collie daughters. All three dogs were chained up. Ollie couldn't bear to see those dogs in such a predicament. So, while the redhead walked up the staircase to the main part of the house, Ollie opened the window.
"Hey," Ollie addressed New Brian, getting his attention. "Are you three all right?"
"Who are you?" New Brian asked him.
Ollie replied, "Ollie. I'm here to rescue you."
"Rescue us?" New Brian repeated.
"Yeah," Ollie answered. "When a fellow dog is in trouble, I'm not one to turn away."
Ollie jumped in and, after finding the key to the chains, grabbed it to free the Border Collie and his daughters.
"Thanks," New Brian whispered. "Now come on, let's get out of here before Bertram returns."
"Bertram?" Ollie repeated.
"That redhead baby who kidnapped me, and Anna and Bella here."
"Nice to meet you, Ollie," Bella introduced, offering a paw shake.
"No time for congratulations, guys, I gotta get you three out," Ollie shushed. "The pressure is really going on. Now let's go."
As soon as the four dogs got out of the cellar (after making a stairway out with books and a table), Bertram returned to see the empty shackles.
"Damn," Bertram seethed in his Wallace Shawn voice.