We were down to the last few morons when a burst of light happened in front of us...and a Belgian Malinois lookalike burst through a magic portal. It snarled with war dog ferocity and jumped up with super speed to rip the throat out of a thug right as he was about to open up on Peter from the side. "What the?!" Peter said as the dog killed the thug. I cut the head off another thug and mortally slashed another across the chest to kill him fast. The crime crew was down/dead.
The dog stopped before me and bowed its body and black face. "Great Heir of Almighty Zeus; I am Jack. I am your Wonder Dog. I come in haste; created and sent by the mighty Athena to serve you in your mission as Wonder Woman." I knelt before him smiled and petted him. "Pleased to meet you too Jack." I then took his paw into my hand and shook it. Peter and Pegasus joined us as sirens closed. "Jack - this is Peter my husband and Pegasus." "Pleased to meet you both." "Great," said Pegasus. "Now I have to compete with a talking dog?" Jack gave a small growl. "Watch it horse. I can more than hold my own!" Peter scoffed. "All of this attitude. What are we going to do with ourselves?"
"I honestly didn't think Athena would have created you so soon," I said. "She wanted to surprise you. That's why horse brain here was kept in the dark." "Hey! Remember who's bigger here!" said Pegasus, stamping his hoof into the street before Jack. I stood between them with a hand at each of them to play referee. "Hold it guys. We all might be different members of the animal kingdom-" "Hardy har har," said Peter. "-But we're all part of the same team." "And what team is that?" said Pegasus. "Why the Wonder team of course," said Jack. "Duh." "You really do have a mouth on you don't you?" said Pegasus. "Better than being Groot with his same three words all the time," said Jack. "Now Rocket's my kind of animal." Peter frowned. "Do the Guardians even exist in this reality?" I could only shrug at that.
The responders arrived and secured the scene. They paid us no heed. We'd made their jobs and those of the taxpayers a little easier.
I mounted Pegasus; we prepared to resume to our patrol. "Wait," said Pegasus. "How's bone brain here going to keep up?" "I can fly dummy," said Jack. "Really?" "Yeah; wouldn't be much of wonder dog if I couldn't. I'm a god too remember?" "We're all gods of a kind," I said. I looked at the mister. "Ready?" Peter looked at Pegasus and now Jack. "I guess so..." We were a motley group to be sure but that's what would make this worthwhile.
Pegasus lifted off; Peter swung away below - and Jack the divine sheepdog flew beside us. This association was definitely going to be interesting. At least I couldn't lose them for good. With brother that was the way it had to be. I couldn't afford to lose anymore companions for good. It always hurt too damned much...