Angelique burst in just then and shouted out "Why don't you tell him the TRUTH, Dominique? You aren't the product of super-scientific research. You are a particularly powerful sorceress's familiar. To be more precise, MY familiar. You have your powers BECAUSE OF ME." as she conjured up a cage around Dominique.
After blasting herself out of the cage, Dominique retorted "You have it backwards, don't you "'mistress'"? YOU have YOUR powers because of ME. Sure you might be able to retain your magic away from me for short periods, but ONLY by staying in contact with me for PROLONGED periods. Sure it might have been because of a few magical artifacts you dug up in Egypt in your amatuer archaeologist days that I gained MY powers in the first place, but MY magic is what gave you YOUR magic." as she conjured up a set of mystic energy bands that wrapped around Angelique tightly enough to construct her movement but NOT so tightly that she would suffocate.
After freeing herself with a burst of mystic energy, Angelique then said "You miserable feline traitor! How DARE you speak out against me?" as she let out a double-lightning bolt blast from her index fingers.
After conjuring up a force-field around herself, Dominique angrily asked "I'M the traitor? YOU were the one who was firing on ME." as she blasted Angelique with a high wind.
Struggling against the winds, Angelique defended "You were in no actual danger. I knew you could conjure up a force field to save yourself if those attacks got too close. I had to make it look convincing." as she could feel her powers slowly fading.
Knowing that Angelique was slowly starting to lose her powers, Dominique retorted "Well, you did TOO good a job at being convincing. Dynomutt put his own LIFE on the line on MY behalf not ONCE, not TWICE, not even THRICE but FOUR TIMES. He might not of known about my powers until two minutes ago, but he DID care enough about me to keep on trying no matter WHAT you threw at us. Speaking of two minutes ago, what you just did was COMPLETELY inexcusable. I've put up with rendering people unconscious, but NOT killing or seriously hurting them. I may have been willing to put up with THEFT, but not MURDER. Just because I'm a criminal DOESN'T mean I'm totally evil.".
Dynomutt, overhearing the entire exchange, looked at Dominique with sad eyes and asked "You mean you were just USING me? Angelique was the mastermind of those mystical robberies all along? You were setting me up to take the fall?".
Realizing that, in her anger toward Angelique, she forgot all about Dynomutt being in the room, Dominique explained truthfully "I'm sorry, Dynomutt, but the truth is we WERE using you; AT FIRST. However, between the end of the SECOND battle and the middle of the FOURTH, I actually started to like you FOR REAL, not LOVE, but LIKE. I know my betrayal is going to hurt for a while and I offer NO EXCUSES; Angelique and I deserve to be punished to the FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. I freely admit that. I just hope that you will someday learn to forgive me." with a look of very sincere regret in her face just as her mystic senses tell the feline that her former mistress was very nearly at the end of her power.
Dynomutt walked up Dominique after she called off the wind she used to pin Angelique to the wall while her power faded and said sincerely "Hey, you saved my mechanical rear just a few minutes ago AND you helped capture your former accomplice, which means I ALREADY forgive you. Not only that, but those two details will ALSO go a VERY long way in getting you a greatly reduced sentence. If you can reveal the location of the loot you and Angelique gathered last night, I think you might even be able to get off with a few years PROBATION.".
Dominique smiled at the thought of possibly getting off with probation while Angelique got 50 years for grand theft and attempted murder. Even if she didn't get off with PROBATION, the feline knew she would STILL be getting out LONG before her former accomplice for her full cooperation. Thus, she quickly agreed to show Dynomutt to the area where Angelique buried the pirate treasure, the gold reserve and the jewelry cabinent.
Dynomutt put in a call on his Falcon communicator while Dominique secured Angelique with very strong magically produced chains. "DW to BF; The mastermind behind the robberies HAS been caught and I have a former accomplice of the mastermind who is willing to show us where the loot is buried." the cybernetic canine crime-fighter replied in his radio message.
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In less than a minute, the Falcon Car was there to pick up the cat and dog. True to her word, Dominique showed the two heroes the very spot that Angelique buried their loot. In fact, the feline sorceress took her cooperation two steps further by not only conjuring up a giant construction shovel out of pure mystic energy and digging up the loot herself but also by conjuring up a giant mystic energy moving platform UNDER the loot to elevate said loot back up to the surface. After the gold reserve jewelry cabinent and the pirate treasure have ALL been returned, Blue Falcon, Dynomutt and Dominique returned to the Big City Auditorium to deliver the still-chained-up Angelique to the police.
"Well, Dominique, you know I'm VERY grateful for your cooperation and, if it were up to me, I'd let you go just to SHOW my gratitude. However, Blue Falcon's the one calling the shots and though I REALLY HATE to turn you in, we DO have to do our duty." Dynomutt explained truthfully and teary-eyed to the feline sorceress before reassuring her "though I give you my solemn word that I'll do all I can to make sure you get off with probation" ALSO very truthfully.
Nodding understandingly, Dominique simply said "Don't worry, Dynomutt. I blame MYSELF for this; not YOU. After all, I'm a criminal and you're just doing your job." kissing the cybernetic canine crime-fighter on his left cheek, which caused the bionic dog super-hero to blush uncontrollably and spin his head around at the speed of a tornado for two full minutes.
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Epilogue: Big City Criminal Court: Three weeks later:
"After careful deliberation, we, the jury, find the FIRST defendant; Angelique LeSleeke; guilty of three counts of grand theft and ONE count of attempted murder. We ALSO find the SECOND defendant; Dominique LeSleeke; guilty of three counts of ACCESSORY to grand theft; which she has CONFESSED to; but NOT of the attempted murder in light of the fact she DID actually SAVE the life of the individual the first defendant tried to kill." the jury foreman replied with no uncertain terms.
"This court sentences Angelique Le Sleeke to 50 years in Big City Maximum Security Prison, but, in light of her former accomplice's full cooperation; as evidenced by the sworn testimonies of both the Blue Falcon AND Dynomutt; I believe we can extend a far more lenient sentence in HER case. I hereby sentence Dominique LeSleeke to FIVE years PROBATION." the judge stated as she slammed down her gavel.
The judge then added "Furthermore, in light of Dynomutt's past repeated service to all of Big City, I thereby see no problem in granting his request to be Dominique LeSleeke's probation officer. Case dismissed".
"This isn't over, you traitor. I'll get you for this. When I get out, I'll have my revenge on you. I put a curse on you, that meddlesome mechanical mutt and ANY of your descendants; ESPECIALLY any descendants you might have TOGETHER, perish the thought. Don't think I'll be too old by then, either, because I only age one year for every CENTURY, so, by the time I get out, I'll have only aged SIX MONTHS." Angelique shouted out at Dominique as the police hauled her away.
As Blue Falcon, Dynomutt and Dominique all left the courthouse, Dynomutt asked "Say, Domino, was Angelique telling the truth about aging only one year for every century?".
"I'm afraid so, my robotic rover Romeo. It was kind of a permanent side-effect of the artifacts and procedure that gave me my magic, including my human intelligence and ability to talk, in the FIRST PLACE ten years ago; both she and I age 100 times more slowly than we did before that point. Not even MY magic is strong enough to override it either." Dominique answered truthfully.
"Thanks for clarifying, Dominique, but please DON'T call me your robotic rover Romeo." Dynomutt replied before whispering in Dominique's ear "at least not in public.".
"Why not?" Dominique asked in a seductive tone before saying "You DO have it pretty bad for me.".
"Indeed, Dog Wonder. Otherwise, why would you VOLUNTEER to be Miss LeSleeke's probation officer?" Blue Falcon asked with an uncharacteristic sly grin.
"Come on; a DOG in love with a CAT? Worse yet, a dog SUPER-HERO in love with a cat CRIMINAL? That's absolutely embarrassing. I only volunteered to be her probation officer to MAKE SURE Domino sticks to the straight and narrow, BF. I'm not the type of crime-fighter who would fall in love with a criminal. Do I LOOK like Darkwing Duck to you?" Dynomutt replied in a pleasantly embarrassed tone.
"Oh, really?" Dominique scolded mockingly as she gave the cybernetic canine crime-fighter THE LOOK, rubbed against him and, finally, kissed him fully on the lips.
Instantly, Dynomutt's Dyno-Jets started up and blasted him high into the Big City skies where he sky-wrote two rather large hearts and an arrow piercing both. As his jets deactivated, the canine super-hero's Dyno-Parachute kicks in and he lowers gently to the ground saying "I only said a dog super-hero falling in love with a cat criminal was EMBARRASSING; I didn't say it wasn't TRUE. At least not OUT-LOUD."
Dominique grinned as Dynomutt touched down on the ground and gently placed his left front leg around Dominique and said "I am the terror that floats in the afternoon." in a decidely wiseacre tone based on a crack he made earlier.
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Note: As I said earlier, this story contained so many references to some many things copyrighted by so many companies that I would be in HUGE trouble if I wanted to make a profit off this story, so I HAD absolutely NO profit motive. I wrote the story purely for entertainment purposes.
After blasting herself out of the cage, Dominique retorted "You have it backwards, don't you "'mistress'"? YOU have YOUR powers because of ME. Sure you might be able to retain your magic away from me for short periods, but ONLY by staying in contact with me for PROLONGED periods. Sure it might have been because of a few magical artifacts you dug up in Egypt in your amatuer archaeologist days that I gained MY powers in the first place, but MY magic is what gave you YOUR magic." as she conjured up a set of mystic energy bands that wrapped around Angelique tightly enough to construct her movement but NOT so tightly that she would suffocate.
After freeing herself with a burst of mystic energy, Angelique then said "You miserable feline traitor! How DARE you speak out against me?" as she let out a double-lightning bolt blast from her index fingers.
After conjuring up a force-field around herself, Dominique angrily asked "I'M the traitor? YOU were the one who was firing on ME." as she blasted Angelique with a high wind.
Struggling against the winds, Angelique defended "You were in no actual danger. I knew you could conjure up a force field to save yourself if those attacks got too close. I had to make it look convincing." as she could feel her powers slowly fading.
Knowing that Angelique was slowly starting to lose her powers, Dominique retorted "Well, you did TOO good a job at being convincing. Dynomutt put his own LIFE on the line on MY behalf not ONCE, not TWICE, not even THRICE but FOUR TIMES. He might not of known about my powers until two minutes ago, but he DID care enough about me to keep on trying no matter WHAT you threw at us. Speaking of two minutes ago, what you just did was COMPLETELY inexcusable. I've put up with rendering people unconscious, but NOT killing or seriously hurting them. I may have been willing to put up with THEFT, but not MURDER. Just because I'm a criminal DOESN'T mean I'm totally evil.".
Dynomutt, overhearing the entire exchange, looked at Dominique with sad eyes and asked "You mean you were just USING me? Angelique was the mastermind of those mystical robberies all along? You were setting me up to take the fall?".
Realizing that, in her anger toward Angelique, she forgot all about Dynomutt being in the room, Dominique explained truthfully "I'm sorry, Dynomutt, but the truth is we WERE using you; AT FIRST. However, between the end of the SECOND battle and the middle of the FOURTH, I actually started to like you FOR REAL, not LOVE, but LIKE. I know my betrayal is going to hurt for a while and I offer NO EXCUSES; Angelique and I deserve to be punished to the FULLEST EXTENT OF THE LAW. I freely admit that. I just hope that you will someday learn to forgive me." with a look of very sincere regret in her face just as her mystic senses tell the feline that her former mistress was very nearly at the end of her power.
Dynomutt walked up Dominique after she called off the wind she used to pin Angelique to the wall while her power faded and said sincerely "Hey, you saved my mechanical rear just a few minutes ago AND you helped capture your former accomplice, which means I ALREADY forgive you. Not only that, but those two details will ALSO go a VERY long way in getting you a greatly reduced sentence. If you can reveal the location of the loot you and Angelique gathered last night, I think you might even be able to get off with a few years PROBATION.".
Dominique smiled at the thought of possibly getting off with probation while Angelique got 50 years for grand theft and attempted murder. Even if she didn't get off with PROBATION, the feline knew she would STILL be getting out LONG before her former accomplice for her full cooperation. Thus, she quickly agreed to show Dynomutt to the area where Angelique buried the pirate treasure, the gold reserve and the jewelry cabinent.
Dynomutt put in a call on his Falcon communicator while Dominique secured Angelique with very strong magically produced chains. "DW to BF; The mastermind behind the robberies HAS been caught and I have a former accomplice of the mastermind who is willing to show us where the loot is buried." the cybernetic canine crime-fighter replied in his radio message.
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In less than a minute, the Falcon Car was there to pick up the cat and dog. True to her word, Dominique showed the two heroes the very spot that Angelique buried their loot. In fact, the feline sorceress took her cooperation two steps further by not only conjuring up a giant construction shovel out of pure mystic energy and digging up the loot herself but also by conjuring up a giant mystic energy moving platform UNDER the loot to elevate said loot back up to the surface. After the gold reserve jewelry cabinent and the pirate treasure have ALL been returned, Blue Falcon, Dynomutt and Dominique returned to the Big City Auditorium to deliver the still-chained-up Angelique to the police.
"Well, Dominique, you know I'm VERY grateful for your cooperation and, if it were up to me, I'd let you go just to SHOW my gratitude. However, Blue Falcon's the one calling the shots and though I REALLY HATE to turn you in, we DO have to do our duty." Dynomutt explained truthfully and teary-eyed to the feline sorceress before reassuring her "though I give you my solemn word that I'll do all I can to make sure you get off with probation" ALSO very truthfully.
Nodding understandingly, Dominique simply said "Don't worry, Dynomutt. I blame MYSELF for this; not YOU. After all, I'm a criminal and you're just doing your job." kissing the cybernetic canine crime-fighter on his left cheek, which caused the bionic dog super-hero to blush uncontrollably and spin his head around at the speed of a tornado for two full minutes.
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Epilogue: Big City Criminal Court: Three weeks later:
"After careful deliberation, we, the jury, find the FIRST defendant; Angelique LeSleeke; guilty of three counts of grand theft and ONE count of attempted murder. We ALSO find the SECOND defendant; Dominique LeSleeke; guilty of three counts of ACCESSORY to grand theft; which she has CONFESSED to; but NOT of the attempted murder in light of the fact she DID actually SAVE the life of the individual the first defendant tried to kill." the jury foreman replied with no uncertain terms.
"This court sentences Angelique Le Sleeke to 50 years in Big City Maximum Security Prison, but, in light of her former accomplice's full cooperation; as evidenced by the sworn testimonies of both the Blue Falcon AND Dynomutt; I believe we can extend a far more lenient sentence in HER case. I hereby sentence Dominique LeSleeke to FIVE years PROBATION." the judge stated as she slammed down her gavel.
The judge then added "Furthermore, in light of Dynomutt's past repeated service to all of Big City, I thereby see no problem in granting his request to be Dominique LeSleeke's probation officer. Case dismissed".
"This isn't over, you traitor. I'll get you for this. When I get out, I'll have my revenge on you. I put a curse on you, that meddlesome mechanical mutt and ANY of your descendants; ESPECIALLY any descendants you might have TOGETHER, perish the thought. Don't think I'll be too old by then, either, because I only age one year for every CENTURY, so, by the time I get out, I'll have only aged SIX MONTHS." Angelique shouted out at Dominique as the police hauled her away.
As Blue Falcon, Dynomutt and Dominique all left the courthouse, Dynomutt asked "Say, Domino, was Angelique telling the truth about aging only one year for every century?".
"I'm afraid so, my robotic rover Romeo. It was kind of a permanent side-effect of the artifacts and procedure that gave me my magic, including my human intelligence and ability to talk, in the FIRST PLACE ten years ago; both she and I age 100 times more slowly than we did before that point. Not even MY magic is strong enough to override it either." Dominique answered truthfully.
"Thanks for clarifying, Dominique, but please DON'T call me your robotic rover Romeo." Dynomutt replied before whispering in Dominique's ear "at least not in public.".
"Why not?" Dominique asked in a seductive tone before saying "You DO have it pretty bad for me.".
"Indeed, Dog Wonder. Otherwise, why would you VOLUNTEER to be Miss LeSleeke's probation officer?" Blue Falcon asked with an uncharacteristic sly grin.
"Come on; a DOG in love with a CAT? Worse yet, a dog SUPER-HERO in love with a cat CRIMINAL? That's absolutely embarrassing. I only volunteered to be her probation officer to MAKE SURE Domino sticks to the straight and narrow, BF. I'm not the type of crime-fighter who would fall in love with a criminal. Do I LOOK like Darkwing Duck to you?" Dynomutt replied in a pleasantly embarrassed tone.
"Oh, really?" Dominique scolded mockingly as she gave the cybernetic canine crime-fighter THE LOOK, rubbed against him and, finally, kissed him fully on the lips.
Instantly, Dynomutt's Dyno-Jets started up and blasted him high into the Big City skies where he sky-wrote two rather large hearts and an arrow piercing both. As his jets deactivated, the canine super-hero's Dyno-Parachute kicks in and he lowers gently to the ground saying "I only said a dog super-hero falling in love with a cat criminal was EMBARRASSING; I didn't say it wasn't TRUE. At least not OUT-LOUD."
Dominique grinned as Dynomutt touched down on the ground and gently placed his left front leg around Dominique and said "I am the terror that floats in the afternoon." in a decidely wiseacre tone based on a crack he made earlier.
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Note: As I said earlier, this story contained so many references to some many things copyrighted by so many companies that I would be in HUGE trouble if I wanted to make a profit off this story, so I HAD absolutely NO profit motive. I wrote the story purely for entertainment purposes.
