TeaYami: A great story is what I'm going for. The stuff I come up with when I'm supposed to be sleeping.

amante fiel: Creepy huh? I wasn't really trying to make it creepy either, I wonder what would happen if I do?

spongekid A.K.A numbuh33: Fairy tales, looks I better go check that out, it's probably my competition.

Kraven the Hunter: Valerie tries to eat Abby? watches H.O.U.N.D. again well hey that give me an idea.

GoldenFlither: Thank god it is in-character, that's like one of my big issues so it's nice to hear that. TIC as I recall you saying in one of your stories.

Thanks guys for all your reviews, and everybody please review, because it helps me seriously.


To The Dogs

Chapter 2


Abby was woken by the sound of the steel lockdown walls rising. Slowly shemade her wayto the main room. Nigel greeted her as she entered the room.

"How was your night Numbuh 5?" He asked as he poured himself some milk.

"I don't really remember, but I am a little sore." She said plopping down on the couch.

"Okay well, I came in early to work on some files so I should get started on those." He began to walk out.

"Oh Numbuh 1 for once just be a kid and watch Saturday morning cartoons with Numbuh 5." She said patting the cushion next to her. Nigel shrugged and sat next to her. They watched cartoons for about 2 hours before anyone else came. Lazily Numbuh 2 walked out of the elevator.

"I'm going to work on some inventions." He yawned, moving to his room.

"Morning to you too, Numbuh 2."Nigel called asNumbuh 2walked away. Just as they heard Numbuh 2's door shut they heard a scream. Numbuh 1 and 5 jumped up and ran to Numbuh 2's room without thinking. When they got in there, Numbuh 2 was sitting on the floor crying into shredded pieces of paper.

"Numbuh 2 what happened here?" Nigel demanded. Abby took a step back.Seeing this sight triggered her mind.She had remembered what she had done last night. Numbuh 2 turned and faced them.

"Someone destroyed all my blueprints, my good ones too!" He whined.

"Don't worry we will find the culprit. I'll check some of the old mission files to see if we can pin anyone with this." Nigel slammed his fist into his open palm. Abby watched him go, and then realized thats she had torn the files too. She grabbed his arm.

"Maybe you shouldn't." She said restraining him. Nigel raised an eyebrow at her.

"Why not Numbuh 5?" She stood there just blinking. She had no idea what to say. Nigel broke from her grip and made it to his room. After a few seconds of silence, Abby walked in slowly. Nigel stood with a torn file in his hands. He turned to face Abby.

"You," He said softly, but cruelly, "I know this was you, Numbuh 5, maybe you should just take a break, and learn to control yourself." He tried to say calmly. Abby pulled her hat tighter on her head,

"But Numbuh 1..." She started.

"Just leave!" He grumbled at her. She wasn't going to contradict him, instead she gave him a long hard cold stare before walking away. Abby was about to go home when she passed Valerie's house. Without thinking, she moved to the door. When Valerie openedthe doorshe looked surprised to see Abby standing there.

"Abby, what are you…?" She growled, and then stopped, "How was your first night?" She asked in a nicer tone.

"Horrible, Abby ate all her friends hard work, now Numbu…I mean Nigel is mad at me." She replied. Valerie snickered.

"You didn't eat any of Wally's work did you?" She joked, having known from experiencing the devastating powers of Numbuh 4's homework. Abby shook her head.

"What am I going to do?" She asked softly sitting on the steps. Valerie laughed once behind her.

"Get out of town. This is only going to get worse before it gets better."

"How could this possibly get worse?" Abby cried.

"Trust me, I had to go through the same thing when was about 5." Abby turned to her.

"You turned into a Were-Poodle when you were 5?" She asked.

"Well kinda, I first transformed. I was born a Were-Poodle. I had never been in that form until then." Valerie explained.

"Born…how were you born a Were-Poodle?"

"My parents are Were-Poodles; I just got it from genes." She said softly, "But you remember when I attacked you?" She changed subject.

"How could I forget?" Abby joked.

"I said 'The only thing better then good homework is the person who did it.'" Abby shrugged,

"Yeah, so what?"

"So, soon homework won't cut it anymore, soon you'll want more. Plus you will have no control. No control when you transform and no control when you are in form…" She led off. Abby understood and became worried. What if she attacked her friends, then they would never forgive her.

"I gotta go Val, I'll see you around." Abby said getting up and walking away. When she was out of sight she started running. She wasn't sure where she was going but she never stopped. She reached the city limits and stopped to think. Where was she going?

"Let's just go home." She began.

"No because I might become a Were-Poodle tonight and attack my family. Though attacking Creemight be nice, I can't hurt my parents like that." She argued back at herself. She looked to the woods not to far from her.

"I wonder what the team is up to."


Nigel sat in his room. He was guilty for yelling at Abby. He doesn't normally get mad like that, but he has held in his emotions for so long he was bound to explode. Nigel knew he had feelings for Abby, and he knew they went farther then their friendship. They had been friends forever, and had been through thick and thin. He wasn't about to let their friendship die just because of a little fight. He jumped to his computer.Abby had hercommunicatorthat Nigel could track. A blinking dot appeared on the screen showing Abby's moving location.

"Better go get her, Were-Poodle or not, she belongs here." He jumped out his window and activated his jet boots. He flew around for awhile just trying to spot her from air. Finally he figured he would have to land, because the dot had moved into the woods. It had started getting dark and he was becoming worried.

"Why didn'tshe just go home?" He asked himself as he walked through the dark forest. He stopped when he heard a crack. Looking down to the ground he noticed he had stepped on a...a communitcator?

"This has to be Abby's, but why would she just leave it here?" Heasked himself. He searched the area,when he heard a low growl. Nigel whimpered and slowly pulled out a mustard gun. He stood in one spot, but he could hear snapping of sticks. Something was really out there. Nigel's mind was forced blank by fear.

"N-Numbuh 5 is-s that you?" He stuttered. He received a voice that remotely sounded like Numbuh 5's. It was low and gruff, but sounded weak and almost terrified.

"Numbuh 1? Get out of here!" The voice yelled at him. Suddenly a creature jumped through the trees. Nigel fell back and covered himself. When he realized his body was still intact he opened his eyes. He was faced with a large chestnut brown dog, with parts covered by fluffy white fur. It would have been cute, if it wasn't snarling at him, eyes red, and dripping saliva. He could tell it had an extremely powerful body.

"Numbuh 1 leave NOW!" The dog yelled at him again. It was raising its paw up and down over and over. Like it was fighting with its own body on attack him or not.

"Ab-Abby? He questioned now know it was her. Nigel raised his gun at her.

"Back Off Numbuh 5!" He yelled back at her. He shot and hit the on the side of the face. She took her large paw and wiped her face, leaving a small smear of mustard. Then she focused on Nigel and raised the huge paw at him. Thinking quickly he dove back and just missed the sharp claws.

"Abby I know you are trying to fight this, but please…TRY HARDER!" He yelled dodging another slash from her paw. He flipped as he barely missed yet another strike. He slipped when he landed, and felt a sharp strong pain as 3 claws slid through his back. He yelled in agony. Mumbling as he lay on the ground. The beast froze at the sound of Nigel's scream. The human part of the Were-Poodle took over. The scream brought Abby back. Back to when Nigel was attacked by the Delightful Children, and he lost his hair. Abby gained control over the Were-Poodle long enough to chance back to human form. She crawled over Nigel weakly.

"Numbuh 1?" She asked. Nigel didn't respond. "Oh Crud!" She yelled getting on her knees. She tried to put pressure on the scratch marks along Nigel's back. She grabbed a communicator out of one of his pockets. Hers had dropped when she became a Were-Poodle.

"Sector V, come in." No one answered, "Come on guys! It's Numbuh 5!" She yelled into the device. She saw Numbuh 2's face appear on the small screen.

"Numbuh 5, where are you? I saw you this morning but then you were gone." He said.

"Whatever! Numbuh 5 needs medical help in the forest at city limits." She demanded.

"Why are you hurt?" He asked voice filled with concern. Abby looked down to Numbuh 1.

"Not physically." She answered softly, "Look Numbuh 1 was attacked. Just get out here! I'll try to get us out of the woods." She said turning off the communicator.

"Oh Numbuh 1, what have I done?" She asked his unresponsive body." Abby tried to pick Nigel up. He weighed more then her, but she could carry him with small struggle. She didn't feel weak from the transformation anymore. Some small perks to being a Were-Poodle was better hearing, smell, sight, touch, taste, and she even felt stronger. Eventually she made it out of the woods, and she laid Nigel on the grass. She looked at the marks on his back. They weren't very deep, but they were long. She had managed to scratch along his entire back and the back of his right arm. All of which had bled and was now starting to dry. His red shirt looked horrible. It was dirty, ripped, and soaked in blood. Guilt flooded through Abby.

"Oh man, Nigel. If you hate me from now on, Abby'll understand." She bent down next to him and quickly kissed him on the cheek.

"Just in case you do hate me." She reasoned with her as to why she just did that.

"Numbuh 5!" She looked up and saw Numbuh 4 hanging out of the S.C.A.M.P.E.R. They landed 5 feet away from her and Nigel. Numbuh 3 jumped out in her nurse outfit.

"Okey Dokey, let's have a look-see." She walked over to Nigel. When she saw his back she stopped and let out a small cry. Numbuh 4ran up behind her.

"What in Crud's name happened to him?" He yelled at Abby, but she didn't answer. She continued to just stare down at him. Numbuh 2 and 4 picked him up and brought him inside the ship. Abby followed them in slowly. Her mind was reeling. Numbuh 4 was talking to her, but she barely heard him.

"Numbuh 5. 'Ey Numbuh 5!" Numbuh 4 shouted in her face. Abby shook her head shaking away her thoughts.

"Huh?" She mumbled. Numbuh 4 slapped his forehead.

"You're gettin' weirder and weirder everyday Numbuh 5." He exclaimed before walking away.

"I am?" She asked looking at the other operatives. They all nodded.

"You've been acting real strange lately." Numbuh 2 added.

"Yeah, you've been quieter then normal…" Numbuh 3 threw in.

"Plus you were making nice to that mutt, Valerie." Numbuh 4 said.

"She's Not a MUTT!" Numbuh 5 yelled at him. Realized what she had done she sat back and slapped herself mentally. This of course riled Numbuh 4 up.

"Not a Mutt? Numbuh 5 she could have killed you." He said in a softer voice, "It's not like she didn't try."

"I know she did, but…" Abby led off, looking at Nigel. Numbuh 2 noticed this, and instantly assumed,

"Wait, it was Valerie that attacked Nigel wasn't it?" He questioned. Numbuh 4 took a long look at the marks along Nigel's back.

"They do look like the same scratches." He added.

"It wasn't her okay." Abby said calmly.

"But how do you…?" Numbuh 4 started,

"It Wasn't HER!" She growled. Abby got up. Apparently becoming a Were-Poodle screwed with her emotions.

"Numbuh 5, are you okay?" Numbuh 3 asked quietly coming up behind her.

"I've just been having a couple rough days that's all." She replied. Numbuh 3 smiled,

"Or are you just really concerned for Numbuh 1?" She said half-joking. Numbuh 3, of course, was probably the only one to know that Abby has a 'thing' for Nigel. That's what 'Truth or Dare' with two people gets you. Abby smiled back.

"Yeah that too." She chuckled as she spoke. She looked down to her arms. On them were the faint scars of Valerie's scratches. The same scratches that is why Abby has been acting weird, and why Nigel is lying there, passed out from pain and blood loss. Then something hit Abby. She became a Were-Poodle because of scratched wouldn't that mean...Nigel would become one too? Abby freaked, now Nigel would hate her for sure. But she didn't actually become a Were-Poodle until weeks after the attack, would the same go for Nigel? Then something else came to Abby.

"Full moon." She said softly.

"Full moon, Oh that full moon the other night. You saw that? Wasn't it Beautiful?" Numbuh 3 exclaimed. Numbuh 4 mumbled.

"'Ey I bet it was a cruddy Were-Poodle. You know they only come out on full moons. Like the Were-Wolves in those movies." He said. Abby realized that you don't full become a Were-Poodle until the next full moon. Which wouldn't be at least for another month. Just a month until Nigel would know his fate. 'How would that affect our friendship?' Abby thought. Abby has enough to deal with now, with uncontrollable transformations and all, she wasn't sure how much more she could take.


OK that was chapter 2 it took me a while longer than I had wanted, but hey at leastI updated.