An Agent's Best Friend
By Sammie Spitz
Chapter 3
"Well, you see" Velvet explained, "I was spotted by a few guards after I got the files to the institute. They happened to have Skyra with them. They gave her the command to attack. But, she didn't. She just stood there. Then, one of the guards went on this swearing tangent at her and she turned around and bit him in the leg. That didn't go over to well with him, obviously. That's why we need to get her out. If we don't, they're going to have her put to sleep."
"So, this is one of their security dogs?" Joanna asked, giving Skyra a suspicious look. This was one of the company's trained security dogs. Why would she suddenly behave the way Velvet said she had? Disobeying orders? Helping an intruder? Biting her handler in the leg? Why would she do it? And why should they trust her?
"Well, after what happened, she WAS one of their dogs."
"I'm not sure about this. She's basiclly the enemy's dog. What would stop her from attacking us once we're low on ammo or not watching her?"
"Please, Jo! We can't leave her here!" Velvet continued on with a frantic speech about how it would be murder to leave the dog behind and the least they could do was try and help and continued to remind her that Skyra was just a pup and was going to be put down. Meanwhile, Skyra seemed to realize what was going on. Joanna noticed her licking her and and trying to get her paw through the cage to try and gain her trust. She sighed a little, thinking this rescue mission was getting harder than it had to be. She'd have to ask about this.
"Alright, relax! I'll have to ask HQ about this, though. This is rather unusual for these missions." She turned her comlink on and said, "Foster, you there?"
As Joanna talked on the comlink, Velvet found a leash and went nervously back to Skyra's cage. All the while thinking, 'We can't leave her here! That would be a death sentence for poor Skyra! They HAVE to let her come! They just HAVE to!'
"Alright, thank you." Joanna finished. She turned to Velvet and said, "We can bring her with us, but watch out."
Velvet couldn't have looked happier, but she noticed her sister's face. It was a mix of emotions. Velvet couldn't even figure out some of them, but she had a good idea od what was happening.
"It's not Willow again, is it?" Velvet asked. Then, for the first time in a few years, she thought she saw Joanna cry a little. Willow was a black and white Cocker Spanial, and had been the sisters' best firend their entire lives. She and Joanna were so close. When Joanna was away at collage, Willow was hit by a car and had to be put down. Since then, Joanna never bothered to get attatched to a dog again. In fact, Velvet had never seen tears in her sister's eyes since...
'Since we buried her in the pet cememtary..oh no.' Velvet thought, 'No, this couldn't have anything to do with Willow. The two dogs are so different.'
"Jo? Are you alright?" She asked. Joanna snapped out of it.
"Yes, it's nothing. Let's go."
'That was weird.' Skyra thought. She'd only been with the CompraRev Security force for a month and things had heated up quick. She may have been a dog, but she understood well enough that some of the stuff this company did wasn't right. Her dad with the police, damnit! She knew the difference between a respectable business and a dirty deal. And that's what started it. The girl, Velvet she said her name was, showed up. Skyra knew what she was after: that poison thing. The guards tracked her down and wanted her to attack. But, she didn't want to attack the girl. She was just a little above a pup in human years, Skyra could smell it.
'And scared out of her mind.' So, to help her get away, Skyra bit the guard. It bought the human some time, but it didn't help Skyra. In fact, it put her on death row. The girl snuck back, though. She took the time to sneak back and said she's come back for her when she had the chance.
When it took about half an hour for Velvet to get back, she was starting to doubt that promise. But, she came back, and with a littermate. And a weird one! She kept giving her this weird look, like she thought she was going to bite her if she wasn't looking. Like her or not, she was Skyra's ticket out. She tried to charm her, a paw, a few licks, she'd get the idea.
Then, after a lot of talking, she finally got good news. She was going with them! But, something else turned up about that sister, Jo.
'She had a lot going on in her.' Skyra mused. She could smell emotions and Jo had a lot of them. One that really took over everything was sadness, especially when someone named Willow was mentioned, 'And who the hell is Willow?'
But, she didn't have time to think about Jo and this Willow thing. They had to back it up and leave.
They all snuck quietly out of the kennels, Velvet keeping a good grip on Skyra's leash. They didn't want to take any chances of the dog running off in the middle of a fire fight. They had to somehow get to the thirtieth floor. Back to the same window and get the pilot to get over there. Then, they had to find a way to get Skyra into the hovercopter.
'We'll worry about that later.' Joanna told herself, 'Right now, we have to actually get to the window.' So far so good. Apparently, at two in the morning, the guards weren't as sharp. And employees weren't as big of a deal. It was a pretty typical mission for Jo. They got into the elevator and pushed the buttons so it would go to the thirtieth floor.
"This should be a cinch." Joanna told them, "We ride this to the office, get to the window and call the pilot." Suddenly, the elevator stopped. It was only on the twenty-ninth floor.
"Uh-oh." Velvet said, "This can't be good." Skyra whinned in agreement.
"Not too much of a set back, though." Joanna reminded them, "We just find the stairs." Then, Joanna stopped.
'That's EXACTLY what they want! They probably have half the security force in the stair well!' She mentally cursed herself. It was so obvious!
She turned to the others and said, "Keep your guard up. We might be in for quite a fire fight."
They carefully made their way down the hall and toward the stair well. This was going to be a rough night. Velvet made sure to keep Skyra behind her, so she wouldn't get hurt.
Skyra knew perfectly well that something wasn't right. The elevator should have been her first clue. But, now, it was dawning on her even more with the fact that no one was in the building. This was too strange. There must be a trap.
He suspitions of a trap were confirmed when Jo got to a double door: The stair well. Jo kicked the door in and immediatly started firing into the stair well, while she and Velvet stayed out of the way. Soon, Jo stopped firing and signaled for them to follow her up the stairs.
As they did, Skyra noticed the bodies of about a half a dozen guards, all of which she didn't know, didn't like, or didn't give a shit about. She also took note of where the shots went, mostly head shots.
'Gotta love the marksmenship.' She thought. They went up the first flight of stairs. As they were, Jo was on that comlink again. Skyra could here pretty good and made out the conversation well enough. Sounded like she was talking to a pilot.
'Our ride out.' She decided. She was finishing it up as they went up the second flight of stairs that would lead to the door to the next level. Suddenly, whent hey were halfway up, Skyra sniffed something out. A guard! But, where was...the window! There was a window nearby in the stair well. In it, she saw a sniper the humans didn't find. And he was aiming at Jo!
Joanna heard Skyra let out a low growl. She looked back at the dog and then at the direction the dog was looking at. She muttered, "What the hell is-OH SHIT!"
A sniper! She quickly pulled out her Falcon 2 and shot him, but not before he took a few crack shots at them. With the sniper gone, Joanna finally had a chance to think. If she hadn't heard Skyra growl...basiclly, the dog saved her ass. But, she didn't have a lot of time. They had to get tot he office and get the hell out.
They rushed out of the stair well and into the hallway. It took Joanna a little bit of time to actually find the office again. But, she found it. And, there, by the window, was the hovercopter. Without thinking, they rushed at the open door, All of them, including Skyra, jumping inside. The pilot closed the door and headed back for home.
Joanna looked at Skyra. The dog had proved herself trustworhty. She'd just saved their lives. And, she couldn't quite get over how much this dog reminded her of old Willow...she pushed the thought aside and patted her on the head, saying, "Thanks, girl."
Upon hearing the 'thank you', Skyra mentally smiled, thinking, 'All in a day's work.' and then licked Joanna.
To Be Continued...
By Sammie Spitz
Chapter 3
"Well, you see" Velvet explained, "I was spotted by a few guards after I got the files to the institute. They happened to have Skyra with them. They gave her the command to attack. But, she didn't. She just stood there. Then, one of the guards went on this swearing tangent at her and she turned around and bit him in the leg. That didn't go over to well with him, obviously. That's why we need to get her out. If we don't, they're going to have her put to sleep."
"So, this is one of their security dogs?" Joanna asked, giving Skyra a suspicious look. This was one of the company's trained security dogs. Why would she suddenly behave the way Velvet said she had? Disobeying orders? Helping an intruder? Biting her handler in the leg? Why would she do it? And why should they trust her?
"Well, after what happened, she WAS one of their dogs."
"I'm not sure about this. She's basiclly the enemy's dog. What would stop her from attacking us once we're low on ammo or not watching her?"
"Please, Jo! We can't leave her here!" Velvet continued on with a frantic speech about how it would be murder to leave the dog behind and the least they could do was try and help and continued to remind her that Skyra was just a pup and was going to be put down. Meanwhile, Skyra seemed to realize what was going on. Joanna noticed her licking her and and trying to get her paw through the cage to try and gain her trust. She sighed a little, thinking this rescue mission was getting harder than it had to be. She'd have to ask about this.
"Alright, relax! I'll have to ask HQ about this, though. This is rather unusual for these missions." She turned her comlink on and said, "Foster, you there?"
As Joanna talked on the comlink, Velvet found a leash and went nervously back to Skyra's cage. All the while thinking, 'We can't leave her here! That would be a death sentence for poor Skyra! They HAVE to let her come! They just HAVE to!'
"Alright, thank you." Joanna finished. She turned to Velvet and said, "We can bring her with us, but watch out."
Velvet couldn't have looked happier, but she noticed her sister's face. It was a mix of emotions. Velvet couldn't even figure out some of them, but she had a good idea od what was happening.
"It's not Willow again, is it?" Velvet asked. Then, for the first time in a few years, she thought she saw Joanna cry a little. Willow was a black and white Cocker Spanial, and had been the sisters' best firend their entire lives. She and Joanna were so close. When Joanna was away at collage, Willow was hit by a car and had to be put down. Since then, Joanna never bothered to get attatched to a dog again. In fact, Velvet had never seen tears in her sister's eyes since...
'Since we buried her in the pet cememtary..oh no.' Velvet thought, 'No, this couldn't have anything to do with Willow. The two dogs are so different.'
"Jo? Are you alright?" She asked. Joanna snapped out of it.
"Yes, it's nothing. Let's go."
'That was weird.' Skyra thought. She'd only been with the CompraRev Security force for a month and things had heated up quick. She may have been a dog, but she understood well enough that some of the stuff this company did wasn't right. Her dad with the police, damnit! She knew the difference between a respectable business and a dirty deal. And that's what started it. The girl, Velvet she said her name was, showed up. Skyra knew what she was after: that poison thing. The guards tracked her down and wanted her to attack. But, she didn't want to attack the girl. She was just a little above a pup in human years, Skyra could smell it.
'And scared out of her mind.' So, to help her get away, Skyra bit the guard. It bought the human some time, but it didn't help Skyra. In fact, it put her on death row. The girl snuck back, though. She took the time to sneak back and said she's come back for her when she had the chance.
When it took about half an hour for Velvet to get back, she was starting to doubt that promise. But, she came back, and with a littermate. And a weird one! She kept giving her this weird look, like she thought she was going to bite her if she wasn't looking. Like her or not, she was Skyra's ticket out. She tried to charm her, a paw, a few licks, she'd get the idea.
Then, after a lot of talking, she finally got good news. She was going with them! But, something else turned up about that sister, Jo.
'She had a lot going on in her.' Skyra mused. She could smell emotions and Jo had a lot of them. One that really took over everything was sadness, especially when someone named Willow was mentioned, 'And who the hell is Willow?'
But, she didn't have time to think about Jo and this Willow thing. They had to back it up and leave.
They all snuck quietly out of the kennels, Velvet keeping a good grip on Skyra's leash. They didn't want to take any chances of the dog running off in the middle of a fire fight. They had to somehow get to the thirtieth floor. Back to the same window and get the pilot to get over there. Then, they had to find a way to get Skyra into the hovercopter.
'We'll worry about that later.' Joanna told herself, 'Right now, we have to actually get to the window.' So far so good. Apparently, at two in the morning, the guards weren't as sharp. And employees weren't as big of a deal. It was a pretty typical mission for Jo. They got into the elevator and pushed the buttons so it would go to the thirtieth floor.
"This should be a cinch." Joanna told them, "We ride this to the office, get to the window and call the pilot." Suddenly, the elevator stopped. It was only on the twenty-ninth floor.
"Uh-oh." Velvet said, "This can't be good." Skyra whinned in agreement.
"Not too much of a set back, though." Joanna reminded them, "We just find the stairs." Then, Joanna stopped.
'That's EXACTLY what they want! They probably have half the security force in the stair well!' She mentally cursed herself. It was so obvious!
She turned to the others and said, "Keep your guard up. We might be in for quite a fire fight."
They carefully made their way down the hall and toward the stair well. This was going to be a rough night. Velvet made sure to keep Skyra behind her, so she wouldn't get hurt.
Skyra knew perfectly well that something wasn't right. The elevator should have been her first clue. But, now, it was dawning on her even more with the fact that no one was in the building. This was too strange. There must be a trap.
He suspitions of a trap were confirmed when Jo got to a double door: The stair well. Jo kicked the door in and immediatly started firing into the stair well, while she and Velvet stayed out of the way. Soon, Jo stopped firing and signaled for them to follow her up the stairs.
As they did, Skyra noticed the bodies of about a half a dozen guards, all of which she didn't know, didn't like, or didn't give a shit about. She also took note of where the shots went, mostly head shots.
'Gotta love the marksmenship.' She thought. They went up the first flight of stairs. As they were, Jo was on that comlink again. Skyra could here pretty good and made out the conversation well enough. Sounded like she was talking to a pilot.
'Our ride out.' She decided. She was finishing it up as they went up the second flight of stairs that would lead to the door to the next level. Suddenly, whent hey were halfway up, Skyra sniffed something out. A guard! But, where was...the window! There was a window nearby in the stair well. In it, she saw a sniper the humans didn't find. And he was aiming at Jo!
Joanna heard Skyra let out a low growl. She looked back at the dog and then at the direction the dog was looking at. She muttered, "What the hell is-OH SHIT!"
A sniper! She quickly pulled out her Falcon 2 and shot him, but not before he took a few crack shots at them. With the sniper gone, Joanna finally had a chance to think. If she hadn't heard Skyra growl...basiclly, the dog saved her ass. But, she didn't have a lot of time. They had to get tot he office and get the hell out.
They rushed out of the stair well and into the hallway. It took Joanna a little bit of time to actually find the office again. But, she found it. And, there, by the window, was the hovercopter. Without thinking, they rushed at the open door, All of them, including Skyra, jumping inside. The pilot closed the door and headed back for home.
Joanna looked at Skyra. The dog had proved herself trustworhty. She'd just saved their lives. And, she couldn't quite get over how much this dog reminded her of old Willow...she pushed the thought aside and patted her on the head, saying, "Thanks, girl."
Upon hearing the 'thank you', Skyra mentally smiled, thinking, 'All in a day's work.' and then licked Joanna.
To Be Continued...