Heya! sorry it took so long with chapter 3, but I had some computer problems... So... here's chapter 3
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Odie howled miserably; he had been trying to break the bars of the cage for hours… but all he had to show for it was nothing but sore paws. He knew he would never really cause damage to it… it was made of a titanium steel.
" Your efforts are pretty useless, Odysuess…Nothing can break that cage." He heard Slade say. Odie shuddered at his true name; He was no longer "Odysuess"… that name was long dead, he was "Odie" now.
Odie growled angrily, and barked viscously at his captor, who merely laughed.
"Perhaps you think your 'friend' will come to your rescue? He doesn't even care about you…"
That was the last straw.
"You're wrong!" Odie yelped, actually surprised that he was talking; he hadn't said a word for 27 years(1). But he quickly regained his nerve. " Garfield does care, and once he knows I'm gone… he'll be looking for me!"
Odie wasn't entirely sure about his last statement, however…
Slade laughed again.
"If he "cares" so much… Why does he always try to get rid of you? I do seem to recall he chased you out of your house…"
Odie countered.
" A camping trip a long time ago… an escaped panther attacked Jon and I. Garfield came to our rescue…he saved us both."(2)
" He merely jumped on the large cat's back… it was the park rangers who shot the dart…"
Odie stared… how did he know that?
" He saved me from 'Happy' Chapman who had a shock collar on me…"(3)
" But he was the one who locked you out of the house in the first place…"
"…" Odie paused… he couldn't think of anything else at the moment. Slade must've sensed his defeat.
"You see, Odysuess… He was merely saving his own skin as well as yours…"
" DON'T CALL ME 'ODYSEUSS'!" Odie yelled, swiping his paw at Slade, who was just out of the enraged mutt's reach. "AND JUST SHUT UP! SHUT UP ABOUT GARFIELD, OKAY! YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM! HE DOES CARE, AND HE IS NICE, DEEP DOWN!"
Odie rattled the bar considerably well enough, enough in fact, that Slade narrowed his eye almost in shock of how must power was packed into the small pooch. Then without another word, Slade left.
Odie kicked the cage bars, but ended up hopping on one foot, growling in pain.
But then he heard a familiar voice, one he hadn't heard in 27 years…
"Odysuess? Honey… is that you?"
Odie turned his gaze behind him and gasped.
"Mom?"
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Oooo another Cliffie!
before I close up I just have to explain 3 references
(1) Garfield and Odie have existed for 27 years when I started the fic
(2) Reference to the Garfield TV special "Garfield in the Rough"
(3) And of course... Reference to "Garfield: The Movie"
Hope you liked it...