Chapter 2 - Investigation

Director Lou's POV

I asked Skye to locate the mole for me a few hours ago, now I was back in my office, when Butch and Diggs came in. "Umm, Director?", Diggs asked.

"Yes, Agent Diggs?", I asked, "I hope you have good news for me".

"Uhh…", Diggs stammered, "then I guess you don't want to hear this".

I sighed, "great", I muttered, "what is it?".

"We checked out the prison", Butch said.

"And?", I asked, "did you find out how Kitty Galore escaped?".

"She didn't", Butch said, "she was broken out by a white husky and he left no survivors".

"Except for the one that told us what happened", Diggs added, "although, we believe he didn't intentionally leave him alive".

"Where is he?", I asked, "I'd like to ask him a few questions".

Both Butch and Diggs gave me a solemn look, "I see", I said, "but how could one husky do that much damage to the most secure facility in the world?".

"We have no idea, Director", Butch replied.

I nodded, "alright, you look into that", I said, "in the meantime, I have to find someone willing to go to M.E.O.W.S. to act as an ambassador of D.O.G.S. while we're trying to apprehend Mr. Tinkles and Kitty Galore...again".

"I can go, Director", Diggs said, "I went last time, I know that place better than anyone else".

I shook my head, "no, I want you to help Butch find out who exactly that husky is", I said.

"If I may, Director, I know someone that could be helpful", Skye said.

I looked across the room to see Skye standing there, "Skye, when did you get here?", I asked, "I didn't hear you come in".

"I'm sorry, Director", Skye said, "I've trained myself to be stealthy before I was working with D.O.G.S. and now it's become a habit".

"It's alright, Skye", I replied, "now you said that you know someone who could be of use?".

"Yes", Skye answered, "my sister".

"Your sister?", I asked, "I don't recall there being any other huskies in D.O.G.S. other than you".

"She just recently graduated from the Academy", Skye explained, "if I may say so, I believe that being an ambassador to M.E.O.W.S. will be a great experience for my sister".

"I'll check her out myself, Skye", I said, then I booted up my computer and looked at all the agents files. I found one of a Siberian Husky that was added recently and opened it up to show a brown-furred husky, with blue eyes exactly like Skye's, named Ashley. 'Let's see now, top of her class, very agile, extremely intelligent…', I thought to myself, as I examined Ashley's file.

"Your sister's name…", I said, "Ashley, is it?".

"Yes, Director", Skye answered.

"Her transcript is really good", I said, "almost too good".

"Well, she tries her hardest, Director", Skye replied, "I know she won't let you down".

'I'm surprised that I didn't see this file earlier, I guess I must've overlooked it while I was so busy searching for the...mole', I thought to myself, then looked towards Skye, 'no, there's no way that she can be the mole just because her sister's file just mysteriously appeared in the archives'.

"Umm, Director?", Skye asked, "why are you staring at me like that?".

I shook my head, snapping myself out of my trance, "sorry, Skye", I said, "you can tell your sister to meet me in my office here and I'll see what I can do".

"Of course, Director", Skye replied, then left the room. Once I was sure that she was gone, I turned towards Butch and Diggs, "do you mind checking something else out for me as well?", I asked, "I want you to investigate Skye".

"Uhh, yes, Director", Diggs said, "but why?".

I shrugged, "just a hunch", I answered, "one that I hope isn't true".

Skye's POV

I was silently eavesdropping on their conversation and I realized that Director Lou was onto me. 'Damn, he's smarter than I thought', I thought to myself, 'well, it doesn't matter, I have a contingency plan just for this kind of thing and besides, in a few days we'll have what we need and both M.E.O.W.S. and D.O.G.S. will fall'.

I silently walked away until I was sure that I was far enough away that they wouldn't hear me and I headed to Ashley's dorm. Once I got there, I went inside to find Ashley in her bed, laying on her back with her legs in the air. "Ahem", I said, then Ashley turned her head and saw me standing beside her.

"Oh, hi, sis!", Ashley greeted, as she rolled over and sat up on her haunches, "what'd you want?".

"I just came to tell you that Director Lou is expecting you in his office", I said.

"Oh, okay", Ashley replied, "I guess that means that we're...you know?".

I nodded, "get going, Ashley", I said, "you don't want to keep Director Lou waiting".

"Yes, Ma'am", Ashley replied, then started heading towards the door.

"Ashley", I said, getting her attention.

"Yes?", Ashley asked.

"You don't need to call me 'Ma'am', we're sisters", I answered.

"Umm, yes, Skye", Ashley said, then she left.

Ashley's POV

I headed towards Director Lou's office and found him waiting for me, "umm, Director?", I asked, "you wished to see me?".

Director Lou turned in my direction, "you must be Ashley", he said, "please, have a seat".

"Thank you, Director", I replied, then sat in one of the chairs in front of his desk.

"I've been looking through your file and I believe that you're suited to being the ambassador to M.E.O.W.S.", Director Lou said, "congratulations".

"Uhh, thank you, Director", I replied, "but cats and dogs don't generally mix very well".

Director Lou chuckled, "you'll be fine", he said, "if Diggs could do it, then you won't have a problem".

"Of course, Director", I said.

"Now go to the transport hangar, you'll be taken to M.E.O.W.S. from there", Director Lou said, "and by the way, can you send your sister back here, I'd like to talk to her about something".

"Yes, Sir, Director", I replied, then left the room. I came across Skye wandering through the hallways, "hey, Skye, Director Lou wants to talk to you", I said.

"Did he say about what?", Skye asked, slightly worried.

I shook my head, "no", I answered.

"Alright, where are you off to?", Skye asked.

"I'm headed to the transport hangar to be taken to M.E.O.W.S.", I answered, "I'm the ambassador for D.O.G.S.".

"Good", Skye replied, "you know what to do when you get there".

"Yep", I said, then continued on my way to the transport hangar, "see you later, Skye".

Director Lou's POV

I was sitting behind my desk, which seemed to be all I do in D.O.G.S. most of the time, when I saw Skye enter the room. "You wanted to see me, Director?", Skye asked.

"Yes, Skye", I answered, "there's something about Ashley that I wanted to talk to you about".

"Yes, Director?", Skye asked.

"I know you forged Ashley's ID, Skye", I started, but Skye cut me off.

"I-I'm sorry, Director", Skye said, trying not to break down, "it's just Ashley worked so hard in the Academy and became the top of her class, but she ended up not getting into D.O.G.S. for whatever reason, so I-".

"You helped her out with good intentions", I finished, "and that's why, I'm not going to expel you from D.O.G.S.".

"What?", Skye asked, confused.

I smiled, "you were looking out for your family, Skye", I explained, "I can't punish you for that".

"Oh, uhh, thank you, Director", Skye replied.

"Now, that being said…", I continued, "I can't let you off the hook without some sort of punishment, even if what you did had good intentions".

"Of course, Director", Skye said.

"You will have your computer privileges revoked until further notice", I said, "you are dismissed".

"Understood, Director", Skye replied, then she slowly left the room until she reached the door and turned back, "and thank you, Director".

"For what?", I asked.

"For giving Ashley a chance", Skye answered, "instead of...you know".

I nodded in understanding, "you're welcome, Skye", I replied, then she left the room. 'Her reaction was perfect', I thought to myself, 'almost too perfect'.

Mark's POV

I was getting annoyed with Mr. Tinkles' and Kitty Galore's constant bickering and was about ready to just end it and use puppets of themselves instead, at least they wouldn't argue day and night. "You're pet mouse defeated you!", Mr. Tinkles shouted at Kitty Galore, "what kind of a cat are you, that won't eat a mouse and instead make him your pet!".

"Scrumptious was a very loyal accomplice!", Kitty Galore shouted.

"Up until he betrayed you!", Mr. Tinkles shot back.

"Scrumptious and I were much like you and Calico", Kitty Galore said.

"Calico never betrayed me!", Mr. Tinkles shouted.

"You're right, he didn't", Kitty Galore replied, "you betrayed him".

"Would you two just shut up!", I growled, "you're bickering is very annoying!".

"We're cats, it's what we do when we don't like each other", Mr. Tinkles said.

"You know what we canines do when we don't like each other?", I asked, rhetorically, as I stood up and slowly approached them, "we fight each other, sometimes to the death".

"And you're not giving me any reason to not hate you right now", I added, as I stood over them and bared my teeth.

"We're not afraid of you", Mr. Tinkles said.

I raised an eyebrow, since Mr. Tinkles was doing his best not to quiver in fear and was failing. I scoffed, "no wonder that pup beat you", I said, then left to my room.

"He didn't scare me", Mr. Tinkles mumbled.

"Uhh, yes, he did", Kitty Galore replied.

I entered my room and booted up my computer, then started the next stage in the plan.

Butch's POV

Diggs and I weren't entirely sure as to why Director Lou asked us to investigate Skye, but it must've been important or he wouldn't have asked us. We searched through her call history, but didn't find anything out of the ordinary. I was searching through Skye's file while Diggs was taking a short break, "why do you think Director Lou wanted us to investigate Skye?", Diggs asked me.

"I have no idea", I answered, "but we do what the Director asks of us and see if we can find anything out of the ordinary about Skye".

"I don't really like doing this", Diggs commented, "I mean, Skye hasn't done anything out of the ordinary, so why are we investigating her?".

"Director Lou said that he had a hunch that he hopes to be proven wrong", I explained, "we just see if we can find anything out of the ordinary, that's it".

I continued reading Skye's file, while Diggs just laid in the corner of the room doing nothing. "Are you going to help me or what?", I asked, getting slightly annoyed.

"We checked Skye's call logs, we searched her history, we ransacked her office, and now the only thing left is to examine her file", Diggs said, "which you're doing, so what do you need my help for?".

"For the last time", I said, annoyed, "we didn't ransack her office, we searched it, there's a difference".

"Sure seemed like ransacking to me", Diggs replied.

I sighed, "okay fine, you ransacked it, while I searched it", I said.

"No, you were ransacking as well", Diggs said, "if we didn't clean it up, I don't think anyone would've recognized it as an office".

I didn't say anything in the hopes that he would stay quiet, then I noticed something odd in Skye's file. "Hey, look at this", I said, then pointed out a specific section on Skye's file.

Diggs looked at it, "Breed: Siberian Husky, Sex: female, Family…", Diggs said, trailing off, "...unknown?".

I nodded, "either she forgot to fill in that section, or she didn't want us to know who her family is", I stated.

"She could also not know who her family is", Diggs pointed out.

I shook my head, "she knows", I said, "she literally mentioned her sister, Ashley, to Director Lou in front of us".

"Oh, yeah", Diggs mumbled, "what are the chances that she forgot to fill in that section?".

"Very slim", I answered, "Skye never forgets anything".

"So, that would mean…", Diggs started, "...what?".

I sighed in exasperation, "some days you're just completely clueless", I muttered.

"You know you love me", Diggs said.

"What?!", I exclaimed.

"I meant as a partner", Diggs said, "eesh, don't get your tail in a fix".

"Why would Skye not want us to know who her family is?", I asked, even though I wasn't expecting an answer.

"Maybe she just has a weird uncle or something, or she's protecting them", Diggs suggested, "life as a spy can be very dangerous, especially to family members".

"Yes, I know", I replied, remembering when Mr. Tinkles captured the Brody family, so Lou as a pup would bring him the allergenic research in exchange for them.

"Well, I'm officially bummed out", Diggs said, "this is so boring".

I rolled my eyes, "why are we even doing this anyway?", Diggs asked, "like, why aren't we out there looking for Mr. Tinkles and Kitty Galore?".

"We have no idea where they are", I said, "and Calico didn't know either, they gave him the video in the middle of nowhere and didn't tell him where his hideout was".

"I know that", Diggs replied, "it's just that apprehending Mr. Tinkles and Kitty Galore seems to be a bigger priority right now".

Suddenly, the computer beeped and a new message popped up. I read it and turned towards Diggs, "we need to tell Director Lou immediately", I said.