(A/N: Okay, "Hot Dog" is on its way! Let's see how it goes when you throw the kids into the mix. Here it is!)
It was snowing in Petropolis, and Wolf Spitzer was freezing his tail off at the Petropolis Dog Show. The city's most perfect pooch would win their very own mailman.
At T.U.F.F., Keswick asked Kitty and the children, "What kind of self-absorbed doofus would enter a d-d-dog show?"
Just then, the elevator doors opened, and Dudley was there, but he looked... different. Dudley had long, blond hair, and he also wore a sash that said "pretty" on it.
"Don't look now, but your dad is that self-absorbed doofus." Atin whispered to the triplets.
"HEY!" the triplets yelled, not amused.
"You heard what Keswick said." Atin reminded them.
"But Dad's not a doofus. We love him." Summer said.
"Guess who's entering the dog show?" Dudley asked.
"You've gotta be kidding me." Kitty responded, not impressed. Dudley just got back from the groomer's, and all he had to do was keep that 'perfect' look until that night, and he'd be chasing his own mailman! Looking at his reflection in a mirror, he asked, "Am I hot, or what?"
"I'm hot, too." the Chief said as he walked by the mirror. The part that showed his reflection cracked, and Keswick said that while he wouldn't go that far, the Chief was looking better ever since he joined that tiny gym. But the Chief meant that it was getting warm in there.
Kitty and the children looked out the window, and the snow melted. But it wasn't supposed to be spring yet, as Agent Groundhog saw his shadow the other day. Agent Groundhog said that something was terribly wrong.
Keswick found out that the temperature was 86 degrees and rising. And the heatwave was coming from the Chameleon's house! The Chief wanted a direct line to the Chameleon. He'd call himself, but he was out of minutes, as he'd been chatting up the ladies he met in his tiny spinning class.
Kitty pressed a button, but they got the Chameleon's answering machine. The machine turned into the Chameleon, and he explained that he was using a giant magnifying glass to super-heat Petropolis to 151 degrees!
"You'll melt all the ice cream!" the Chief exclaimed.
"And we'll never have another snow day again!" Dudley added.
"Want me to throttle that freakish lizard with my Chaos powers?" Atin asked the other children.
"Please do!" the other children replied, hoping Atin could stop the stupid Chameleon. However, Keswick told everyone that they seemed to be missing the big picture. They paid attention as he told them that if the temperature was 151 degrees, everyone would be fried! But the Chameleon wasn't going to fry, 'cause he was cold-blooded, and he was tired of being cold all the time, paying outrageous heating bills.
"Look at this! $34.19! What am I, made of money?" the Chameleon asked.
"If he wants to be warm, he needs a 'Heat Surge fireplace'." George muttered.
Keswick wondered why the Chameleon didn't put on a sweater if he was cold. The Chameleon didn't think it was diabolical.
"WHAT A SISSY!" the children shouted at the Chameleon. But the Chameleon wasn't listening.
The Chief said that it was up to Dudley and Kitty to stop the Chameleon, but Dudley said it was up to Kitty, as his groomer told him to stay out of the sun. But maybe the groomer was supposed to stay out of the sun, being a vampire bat. Kitty threw a tennis ball, and Dudley followed it out to the T.U.F.F. Mobile. Then they were on their way.
"The Chameleon's turning the city into a desert!" Kitty exclaimed.
"Great, now we're going to live in Death Valley!" Molly groaned.
"I'll keep ya cool, sweetie." Max said, using a small fan on himself and Molly.
Right now, Dudley was reading his winning speech to Kitty and the children, but when he said what 'winner' was defined as, he looked up 'weiner' instead. He even rented a full-length bun!
"Dad..." the triplets facepalmed as Dudley found that he had a hair out of place. He sprayed his hair, but Kitty couldn't see. Atin knew what to do. He used Chaos Control to get him and the other kids out of the vehicle and on the ground. But now everyone had to travel to the Chameleon's house on foot. Dudley left the water back at T.U.F.F., but the kids had water bottles in the backpacks they were wearing, along with sunscreen, and portable, battery-powered fans (with extra batteries). They were determined to stay cool and avoid sunburn (they were also wearing sun-hats).
Kitty was mad at Dudley for being obsessed with his fur, as it was jeopardizing the mission. Still, Dudley never won anything before, except for a pass that the Chief made up, but Kitty told Dudley that the had to stop the Chameleon, and then he could go win the dog show. Dudley agreed to it, and Kitty hugged him. Then Dudley pushed her away, saying, "Watch the fur!"
"Be nice to Kitty!" Annabeth said.
"You tell him, sweetie!" George said, high-fiving his girlfriend.
Later, Kitty couldn't take much more of that heat, and she looked in the survival kit for emergency supplies. But the only supplies Kitty found were for Dudley's new look. The kids were slathering sunscreen all over themselves, really wanting to avoid sunburn.
Kitty was reading a manual, and it said that the best way to survive that heat was to shave your fur. The kids were still applying sunscreen, and while it helped them, Dudley wanted to know the second-best way to keep cool.
"We have to shave!" Kitty said, referring to herself and Dudley, since the children were keeping themselves cool. Then Kitty shaved off her fur. When she was done, she was wearing a one-piece swimsuit made of (her) fur (her tail also still had fur). George didn't recognize his mom after she shaved, and he wolf-whistled at her. Molly and Summer yelled, "MY EYES!" Then they ran off. Seeing this, the other kids followed them.
"What's with you?" George asked his sisters when the kids were far enough away.
"George, you saw her, didn't you?" Molly asked.
"You're talking about that pretty lady in the swimsuit, right?" George asked.
"That pretty lady was MOM!" Summer cried.
"And the swimsuit is made of her fur!" Molly added.
"WAIT! Are you telling me that Mom's running around in her birthday suit, and that I wolf-whistled at her again?!" George asked, sounding horrified. To make matters worse for George, his sisters nodded yes.
"I'm such an idiot!" George facepalmed. Annabeth hugged him and said, "It's okay, George. You're my idiot."
"Thanks, babe." George said, making Annabeth blush a little.
Meanwhile, Dudley refused to shave, and as a result, he was hallucinating. Kitty was mad, and she left the razor with him, should he come to his senses and shave. Then she went to take on the Chameleon.
When the kids got back to where Dudley was, he was sitting on a toilet, talking to a cactus wearing the bun he rented.
"He's gone nuts!" the children exclaimed, shocked.
By now, Kitty found the Chameleon, and he snatched her blaster with his tongue and blasted one of the anchors off his anchor tree. The anchor hit Kitty on the head and knocked her out! (A/N: Poor Kitty!)
When Kitty awoke, the Chameleon had her all tied up, and he was going to barbecue her! However, his lighter wouldn't make a flame, and he wasn't happy. Kitty called for help!
Dudley was still out of it, singing "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" bad. He told the cactus (whom he called Andy) that he'd sing that song for the talent portion of the dog show. Just then, Dudley and the kids heard Kitty's scared voice calling, "DUDLEY! HELP ME!"
"MOM!" the triplets exclaimed at the sound of their mother's voice. Dudley snapped to attention when he heard Kitty, and he could tell that she was in trouble. He would have to shave his fur, even though the dog show was important to him.
"Dad, if you don't save Mom, you can kiss us good-bye." the triplets said, making this easier for him.
Back with Kitty and the Chameleon, the Chameleon couldn't get a light. Finally, it worked, but before he could light the charcoal, something blew out the flame, and there was Dudley, who finally shaved. He shaved really badly, but he'd shaved.
The kids weren't really looking, because they didn't really wanna see Dudley and Kitty naked. However, they really wanted to see Dudley get that lousy Chameleon (A/N: Although they would've done him in themselves if they were given the chance.). Before long, Dudley beat the Chameleon and shattered the giant magnifying glass. And then he saved Kitty, and the cold weather came back. The kids put their winter clothes on while the Chameleon froze.
Kitty apologized to Dudley, as he had to give up the dog show. Dudley said he was already over it. Then he cried as he hugged Kitty and said, "NO, I'M NOT!" When Kitty hugged back, Dudley told her that she was way softer than Andy, and Kitty looked startled.
Back at T.U.F.F., Dudley got an award for giving up the dog show to save Petropolis. He even got his very own mailman. While he chased the mailman, Kitty (who now had her fur back) asked the Chief if he made up the award Dudley just got, and he did.
"I feel like a weiner!" Dudley said as he held the mailman over his head. Then he wanted to thank Andy, but hugging the cactus hurt Dudley, and so he had to stop hugging Andy.
The End
Next up is "Disobedience School". Stay tuned!
