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Kitty walked out of the hospital still weak from the knife wounds from the Chameleon, and Dudley was there waiting for her "Hey Kitty!" she rolled her eyes "What do you want?" Dudley's smile went away fast "Well, I wanted to talk to you about Tuff" she raised an eyebrow in confusion "Why do you care so much about that dump?" Dudley scratched the back of his head obviously nervous. "Well I was thinking you might want to come with us, we're going to try and rebuild Tuff, and start here" he got right in Kitty's face and she pushed him away "Us? What do you mean us?" Dudley nodded "Yeah, me and the other ten with Keswick and Dumbrowski are going to reform Tuff, and we could use you as the top Agent, what do you think?" Kitty growled at him and unsheathed her claws.
But she breathed in and calmed herself then sheathed her claws "Forget it, I'm never going back there" she began to walk away when he got in front of her "But your the best fighter I've ever seen, we need you" She growled at him again "Get someone else, I'm after the Chameleon now, and nothing is going to get in my way, not even you!" however he stood his ground. "Come on Kitty, this is the best chance of putting law and order back into the world!" law, that word rang through her head like a bell "Law...Law!" she grabbed him by his throat and unsheathed her claws just enough to barely draw blood "Law murdered thirteen innocent children!" she dug her claws deeper and Dudley managed to kick her a few steps back.
And he rubbed his neck *Gasp* "But without law...there is only chaos, and more children will suffer!" Kitty felt even more anger "Your nothing more then a hopeless fool who thinks he can change the world, what can an idiotic freak of nature do to save anyone!" Dudley stood up and shook his head. "I know I'm not perfect, I mess up from time to time, but at least I keep my head up and keep trying, you just gave up on everything you held dear, your family, your friends, you even gave up on yourself, maybe your not the hero I thought you were!" Kitty had it with him "Back off!, you have no idea of the things I saw, you talk about law and order, but you've never seen the so called justice system at work!" Dudley growled at her and felt like she needed a good punch.
"Why are you so stubborn! I'm trying to help you!" Kitty grabbed him again but this time by his shirt "Who asked you! I'm just fine and I don't need help with anything!" Dudley sighed "Kitty, we can still help each other, I want to be your friend" she let go of him and turned away "I don't need friends, I'm leaving to Petropolis to hunt the Chameleon down and kill him" Dudley put a hand on her shoulder. "But what if you get killed?" Kitty almost laughed "That would be just fine, I don't care about my life, and thanks to Tuff, nobody else cares, I'm out of here" she started to walk away when Dudley spoke "I care" she stopped but didn't turn around "What did you say?" he smiled "I care, I don't want you to get hurt, can't we be friends?" Kitty didn't know what to do with that.
"Friends? I'm no hero, I lost everything except for vengeance a year ago, all I live for is killing villains now" Dudley went up to her again "But you don't have to be a killing machine, give me a little time and I bet I can find the girl from two years ago" Kitty turned to face him "Look Dudley, I don't want anything to do with you or those freaks, so leave me alone!" however Dudley was stubborn and wasn't about to give up. "Come on Kitty, you can't hold it back anymore, it's killing you, I can tell" Kitty growled at him "I said leave me alone!" he shook his head "I can't let you hurt yourself anymore!" She drew her claws out and slashed at him but he backed up in just in time to avoid it "Then I'll bloody hurt you!" Dudley dodge rolled to the side as she came at him and slashed again.
"Kitty, stop!" she pounced at him and tackled him to the ground "You know nothing about me freak! I'd rather watch the world burn before I see another criminal walk free! And if you stand in my way, so help me!" Dudley shook his head "You don't mean that, don't you see what all that hatred is doing, your turning into the very thing you hate!" Kitty's eyes widened in shock as those words touched her ears. She got off of him and backed up "No...it's not true..." Dudley stood up and dusted himself off "Kitty, look at yourself, you bottle up all that pain, trust me, I've been there and it's too much for one person to handle" She turned away from him and held herself "I don't need anybody" Dudley sighed "Alright, you might not need help...but it's not your fault" Kitty's ears twitched.
"Your wrong...I was the one responsible for the children being murdered, if only I had stopped him earlier..." Dudley could see that what he said hit the right spot "Kitty...it's not your fault" she shook her head "Stop it..." Dudley wasn't about to stop however "It's okay Kitty...it's not your fault" Kitty fell to her knees and held herself tighter. "It is my fault!" Dudley went over to her and put a hand on her shoulder "No it's not, you only did what you believed was right. You wanted to see justice brought to those responsible. And taking the law into your own hands and killing all those criminals was the only way you knew how to stop them. You felt like it was your duty because you believed you failed those kids, and you wanted so desperately to see that monsters wrong righted. But when everything you believed in let you down you abandoned it. You felt all alone in a world that seemed like it didn't care, but your wrong. Because I do care."
Kitty turned her head to look at him not saying a word, tears started to form in her eyes and she bit he bottom lip trying to hold it back "Kitty, just let it out" Kitty covered her face with her hands and she couldn't hold the tears back "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHHAHHH!" she cries hard and Dudley hugs her. They were like that for almost a full hour until Kitty finally stopped and she wiped away her tears "Feeling any better?" Dudley asked as he let go of her, she stood up and walked off "...I'm going home..." Dudley didn't know what else to to do, so he let her go, he could tell she needed time to think, later Kitty walked in the door and Peg jumped up when she saw her.
"Oh Kitty, Dudley told me all about how you were attacked at college, are you okay?" Kitty hid her face and walked up stairs "I'm fine" Peg looked worried "Do you want some soup?" Kitty yelled from upstairs "No thank you!" Kitty closed her door and almost threw herself on her bed then she started to cry with her face buried in her pillow. A couple hours later Dudley walked in the house "Hey mom, is Kitty here?" Peg nodded "she's upstairs" but before Dudley could go to stairs Kitty walked down holding a bag over her shoulder "Kitty, what are you doing?" Kitty smiled "I'm leaving Dudley, your words really got to me, so I'm going to find my old partner Jack Rabbit and doing what I should have done a long time ago" Dudley took a moment to take in what she just said.
"What you should have done? What do you mean?" Kitty surprised him with a sudden hug "Thanks Dudley...I needed that..." she let go of him and start walking towards the door "Wait!" she stopped and turned back "I want to come with you!" Kitty gave him a strange look "What?" Dudley nodded "Yeah, I want to come with you so we can take back Tuff HQ!" Kitty sighed. "I guess I don't mind, But don't you need to take care of your mother?" Dudley laughed a bit "No, not really, I can't stay here, I'm an action dog, I need to fight against evil, just like you, please let me come with you" Peg overheard them and stepped in "Dudley...can we talk?" Dudley started to sweat "Um...okay mom" they went into another room and Peg cleared her throat.
"I've had it with your sense of adventure Dudley, your going to get yourself killed...but that's just who you are, it's in your blood, your father was just like that when he was your age, so go with her and live your life the way you want...just remember to call me every now and then so I know your okay." Dudley smiled and hugged his mom. "Thanks mom" she smiled as he ran back to Kitty "Okay Kitty, let's go, oh and I'll call the others on the way" Kitty looked at him confused "Others?" he nodded "Yeah, Keswick, the old flea guy, and the other nine, we all want Tuff back to the way it was" Kitty and shook her head "I'm not going to Petropolis yet Dudley, I still have to find Jack and besides, how can you trust those freak shows?" they walked out the door and Dudley looked at her concerned.
"Still not will to trust others huh?" Kitty nodded "Sorry Dudley, I like you, but we both don't know those others, and Dumbrowski was the reason I left Tuff in the first place, and Keswick is a okay, a little short of a full stack but still okay" Dudley sighed "We still should help them...look well you were in the hospital, the ten of us started having these dreams of a strange training area somewhere in Petropolis, that's why we want to go there" Kitty thought about it and nodded again. "Alright, I'll help them if you insist, but first things first, I heard that Jack was last scene in Petsburg, so we need to go there and get Jack, then we stop Snaptrap once and for all and then find out more about your freaky friends" Dudley smiled as they walked down the street "Dudley...did you really mean all that stuff back at the hospital?" Kitty said looking at her feet.
Dudley nodded "Of course I did, I meant every word...your not a bad person Kitty, and we're friends!" Kitty hid a tear "Friends huh?" they continued to walk and Dudley played with Kitty's Petpad and saw some pictures of her and other things she had taken pictures of "Hey there is a lot of nice pics here, I really like your Tuff uniform" Kitty rolled her eyes. "Well I threw that thing away so you'll never see it" Dudley smiled "At least not yet, We'll get Tuff back, just watch!" Kitty couldn't help but feel that he was right somehow "Maybe your right Dudley, but let's just concentrate on finding Jack now okay?" he nodded "From what You've told me, he sounds like a really great guy" Kitty smiled with a slight blush.
"He is great, we caught so many bad guys together, and boy did we have fun!" Dudley looked at her with a smile "So you were a fun girl back then?" Kitty laughed a bit "hehe, I used to be, but I haven't had any fun for a long time now" Dudley really liked seeing a happy smile on her, she also seemed like a huge wight lifted off her shoulders. "Well I'll be sure to change that, we are going to be such an awesome team!" Kitty was kind of annoyed at his enthusiasm but she let it go, it was just who he was after all, Dudley checked the Petpad again "Okay I sent the message to the others, they'll meet us at the airport" Kitty nodded "Then we better get moving" they hurried down the street towards the airport.