Snooky watched them go and smirked at himself as he soon went to go back to where he came from. Mechanikat was seen inventing one of the machines that would help in his plan only to get electrocuted as he crossed the wrong wires. Snooky came in just in time to see that before he put a paw to his mouth and began to snicker at what he just saw.
"Ugh! Stupid new machines." Mechanikat groaned.
"O Most Evil One, I am back and I have gained the full trust of Tripod," Snooky smiled. "Or at least the start of gaining his trust as best friends."
"You did, huh?" Mechanikat asked. "Did Superdog see you while you were there?"
"Nope, I got Tripod away from his new family," Snooky nodded. "We played Tag... It was fun-" his eyes then widened nervously. "I-I mean... It was childish and immature." he then rolled his eyes to make it sound like he was bored with playing games, even if he was a kitten, though in actuality, he did have a lot of fun with the Dalmatian puppy.
"Perfect," Mechanikat smirked. "Keep up the good work."
"Of course, Mechanikat," Snooky nodded. "That puppy is simply putty in my paws and no one is the wiser of what I'm up to."
"Perfect," Mechanikat smirked before groaning. "Now all I have to do is put these machines together without crossing the wrong wires."
"Good luck with that unless you get a test subject." Snooky muttered to himself a bit.
"What did you say?" Mechanikat glared.
"Oh, nothing?" Snooky replied innocently as he went to leave. "I best be off then."
"Now, back to work." Mechanikat said before starting to get back to working on his newest machines.
"This has to be Mechanikat's best evil idea ever," Snooky smiled before frowning softly. "But then why am I suddenly feeling that this is wrong? No way, this isn't wrong; this is a great plan and nothing is going to change." Unknown to him, Snooky would reform to good much later on after spending much time with Tripod.
"What're you yapping about this time?" Delilah asked Snooky.
"None of your business." Snooky mumbled out as he walked away from the adult female cat.
"Well..." Delilah narrowed her eyes slightly.
Kevin was soon shown to be watching cartoons in the living room with Krypto and Tripod as they enjoyed most of the day together, especially since it was the weekend for him and no school.
"These cartoons sure are fun to watch." Tripod said.
"Yep. That's what cartoons are for." Kevin smiled.
"So, what's this one called again?" Tripod asked.
"The Adventures of Golly Gopher and his Friends." Kevin replied.
"Ohh..." Tripod then nodded.
"He kinda reminds me a lot of Mickey Mouse if you ask me." Krypto whispered to Tripod.
"I can see why." Tripod whispered back.
But then the cartoon got interrupted due to a special bulletin. Tripod sighed sharply at the news bulletin.
"It better not be another President's speech." Kevin complained.
"We interrupt this cartoon marathon for a special news bulletin." The newscaster said.
The news soon showed why the cartoon was interrupted as the animals from the zoo were all running wild with someone named The Beast King controlling them. Krypto and Tripod soon shared a look.
"Well, this is something..." Kevin shrugged at himself. "Maybe you guys should help out?"
"We'll see," Krypto said before he winked at Tripod. "If the Justice League doesn't beat us to it."
Meanwhile at the Justice League Watchtower...
"GUYS!" Cherry called out as she ran over, halfway in her Lady Gothika costume, showing the older heroes a news bulletin on her phone. "Did you see this? Can you believe it?!"
The older heroes glanced at her from their table before going back to doing what they were doing.
"All right... Fine... Let animals help other animals... No skin off my nose..." Cherry grumbled as she walked off back to her section with the Toon Force.
Back at the Whitney house...
"Looks like it's go time." Krypto told himself before he began to chase his tail at rapid speed to become Superdog once no one else was watching him and he soon took off right away.
Superdog was soon seen flying to the scene and where soon came Supercat as he flew over next to Superdog to help in any way.
"Alright, let's get these guys back in their cages." Supercat said.
Tripod watched out the window.
"Come on, Tripod, maybe we'll get to see them on TV." Kevin told the Dalmatian puppy.
Tripod shrugged and soon went to watch the broadcast on TV as people were running around and screaming away from the animals.
"Whoever this animal king is, he seems to have the zoo animals in the palms of his hands... Can no one stop this villain?" A newscaster asked.
There were soon two images up in the sky.
"Someone's coming!" A woman cried out.
"This just in: it looks like we're receiving some help right about now!" The newscaster then suddenly announced.
And soon, Superdog and Supercat were on their way down to go and help save the day.
"What do we have here?" The Beast King smirked. "Superdog and Supercat here to save the day, but let's see how they handle all of you."
"I don't know who you think you are, but you're not threatening our city much longer!" Superdog glared at The Beast King.
Soon, Supercat and Superdog were surrounded by various animals.
"Lions, and tigers, and bears... Oh, my!" Supercat said to Superdog.
The lions, tigers, and bears soon piled down on the two super pets.
"Perfect." The Beast King smirked.
"He don't know them very well, do he?" Tripod asked Kevin like Tweety Bird.
"No, I guess he doesn't." Kevin laughed a little.
"Rise, my pets!" The Beast King announced. "Rise and attack these Super Mongrels!"
Superdog and Supercat both soon lifted up the animals that piled on them before getting them off them.
"Attack!" The Beast King ordered.
The rest of the zoo animals soon charged at Superdog and Supercat.
"Guess they wanna do this the hard way." Superdog said.
"Split up and cover more ground?" Super Cat suggested.
"Let's do it." Superdog nodded.
The Beast King continued to laugh as Supercat and Superdog split up, running opposite sides and went to round up the animals while saving the townspeople.
"This kinda stuff never happens on a school day." Kevin said to Tripod.
"Uh-huh..." Tripod nodded as he kept watching the TV, paying more attention to that than the boy right now.
The Beast King kept on laughing until he saw his animal army was now gone and back where they were before. "Huh?" he then asked out of confusion.
"That's enough out of you!" Superdog told the animals as he flew in the air as the animals marched back to where they had come from. "Now, I don't wanna see you guys walking around town without a leash!" he then added as a heroic quip.
"Really?" Supercat asked.
"What? It's my heroic quip." Superdog told him.
"Let's just send the baddie to jail." Supercat said.
"Hmm... Now where'd he go?" Superdog asked as he looked around, seeing that The Beast King had gone missing.
Of course, The Beast King was running away while he still had the chance.
"He's getting away!" Supercat alerted.
"Not for long!" Superdog smirked before he bolted off at super-speed to chase after the Beast King so that he and Supercat could place him in jail where he rightfully belonged.
The Beast King kept running as fast as he could before feeling something or someone lift him up and looked to see who it was and saw Superdog. "Curses!" The villain then groaned.
Superdog began to bark a bit with a small smirk. The police soon showed up and surrounded The Beast King and Superdog and the superhero dog soon dropped the villain down to them.
"Someday, I wanna do something like that," Tripod beamed. "Just call me Tripod the Superdog," he then suddenly felt Kevin picking up off of the floor. "What the-" he then asked out of confusion.
"Here comes Tripod the Superdog." Kevin said like an announcer.
"Oh, very funny," Tripod soon said with a laugh. "Am I going to fly now?"
"But of course," Kevin smiled as he held Tripod out a little bit. "Every good superhero flies in one way or another."
"Fair enough." Tripod smiled back before pretending to fly.
Kevin laughed as he went to make Tripod "fly" around the room like a superhero.
"Super Puppy!" Melanie giggled as she saw what was happening to Tripod.
Tripod began to sing his own superhero theme song. Kevin smiled, happy that he could make the three-legged puppy happy.
"This is so much fun." Tripod smiled.
"And so once again, the day is saved by Superdog and Supercat." The newscaster smiled as the two Super Pets soon flew away in the background after saving the city from The Beast King.
Kevin soon put Tripod back on the floor once the puppy had enough fun pretending to fly. "He should be back home soon." he then told his new pet.
"I really hope I can become a superhero someday," Tripod beamed. "Can you imagine?"
"I only can." Kevin chuckled.
Supercat and Superdog were soon flying back home, both looking slightly tired from such a big mission, but at least it was done and over quick as they changed back to normal.
"See ya, Streaky." Krypto said as he came back inside his home.
"Later, Krypto." Streaky replied as he did the same.
Once he was inside, Krypto was greeted by Tripod as he was excited that he was home.
"I guess someone had a bit of fun while I was gone." Krypto smiled at Tripod.
"Mostly, not as much as Superdog did, though Kevin helped out a little bit." Tripod smiled back.
"Well, that's good." Krypto smiled back before yawning.
"You're tired already?" Tripod asked.
"I'm an old dog, Tripod," Krypto said as he went to the center of the room to get some sleep. "It takes a lot out of you, just imagine what being an old superhero dog could do to you too."
"I guess a lot of hero work does take a lot out on a superhero." Tripod said.
"Yep, it sure does." Krypto yawned before getting some sleep in the center of the room.
"I'm still up for it," Tripod said. "I hope I get to be a superhero someday."
"Maybe sometime," Kevin replied. "It would sure be interesting."
Tripod nodded as he began to think about becoming a superhero someday like Krypto and the other Dog Stars and Supercat. The rest of the day was relaxing for everyone as nothing else seemed to happen.
The Toon Force met together after they saw the news.
"And the day is saved... No thanks to the Justice League, I guess because they're not interested in animals, except for Aquaman." Cherry said to the others.
"Come on, Cherry, don't be like that," Atticus said before smiling hopefully. "I hope that Tripod saw the news though. Must've been cool for the dogs to see Superdog in action like that."
"Oh, it sure was." Patch smiled.
"I think that might be the reason the Justice League didn't save the day this time." Mo said.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever..." Cherry shrugged.
"It was nice, but Superdog's no Ace the Bathound." Lionel smirked.
"We get it, Batman's awesome." Atticus playfully rolled his eyes.
"And Superman is to you too, I'm just sayin'," Lionel shrugged before he came beside Cherry with his arm around her. "Though it seems like we're all sorta Demoted to Extra in this story... Guess it's mostly about the animals like with Superdog and Supercat and whatnot."
"Well, who knows? Maybe we'll get involved with whatever comes next." Thor said.
"Well said, Stormcloud." Lionel smiled as he hugged both him and Cherry at once.
Thor beamed in the hug while Cherry looked indifferent.
"Well, maybe I'll talk with the Dog Stars about maybe recruiting Tripod someday," Patch said to himself from under the table. "Hopefully and I doubt they won't, say yes."
"So what should we do?" Thor asked.
"Video games?" Patch suggested.
"I refuse to lose to a dog in Pong." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"And yet you had no choice last week." Patch smirked.
Cherry blew a raspberry at him in slight mockery.
"But yes, video games does sound like a good idea," Lionel nodded before he snapped his fingers to turn their meeting room into a Rec Room with a big screen TV with plenty of games and game consoles with remote controllers. "Let's kick it, ladies and gents!"
"Oh, yeah!" Thor cheered.
"This is going to be awesome." Atticus smirked.
So the Toon Force spent most of their free time playing their video games.
Isis soon climbed in through a window as she watched the kids at play while the older members in the Justice League were busy. "Hmm... Well, this seems to be a rather quiet day." she remarked to herself.
"What of it?" Cherry asked her aunt's cat once she got hooked onto a game with the others.
"You children and your electronics," Isis sighed and shook her head before she hopped down to go and see the girl. "Even if someone has very important news right in front of you, you'd rather risk your lives in a virtual world rather than experience the real world right in front of you."
"Uh-huh..." Cherry said, not listening to her of course.
"Anyone can say anything they want around you and you won't care." Isis continued.
"Uh-huh..." Cherry nodded.
"Especially if The Joker has taken over Wayne Manor and has killed Bruce and Selina." Isis smirked, hoping that would get her attention then, but alas...
"Uh-huh..." Cherry droned yet again.
"Ugh! This is exactly what I'm talking about." Isis complained.
"Uh-huh..." Cherry continued.
Isis just sighed as she decided to watch the game to see if it would end any time soon, though that seemed impossible.
"You guys notice there's a cat in here?" Cherry asked.
"...What?" Atticus replied, sounding like a zombie.
"Remind me to what?" Cherry replied in the same way.
"I just hope you don't forget how to breathe." Isis muttered dryly.
"Well, at least I'm not being too distracted from video games." Patch said.
"So, do you think you can talk for a minute?" Isis asked him.
"I suppose so." Patch replied.
The adult female cat and young male dog soon jumped down together off of the furniture to go and talk in private.
"Did anyone else hear a door?" Mo asked.
"Must be pizza." Thor guessed.
"Too busy. Must keep playing." Atticus said while playing their video game.
"Must win." Cherry droned.
Patch and Isis rolled their eyes as they went away a bit to talk in private.
"What's up, Cat?" Patch asked the adult female cat.
"Well, I was in the park with Cherry earlier today and I saw Superdog in his civilian form along with that three-legged puppy I've heard her talk about when Atticus invited her over to Superdog's homebase." Isis began.
"Yes, Tripod," Patch nodded. "But what about them?"
"It seems that Tripod, as it were, has made a kitten friend." Isis began to say.
"Oh, that's nice," Patch smiled. "It's good that he's making a friend."
"This kitten seems like any other kitten though..." Isis warned. "He seems to be up to something."
"How so?" Patch asked.
"Well, he definitely wanted your new friend to be alone and I don't mean just to play," Isis explained the best that she could. "He was also a very sneaky kitten."
"Who was it?" Patch asked.
"I didn't get a full look, but I can't ignore my senses around a sneaky kitten," Isis replied. "I was a very sneaky and clever kitten myself when I was much younger before Selina found me."
"Tripod's new friend must be up to something." Patch said.
"Should we tell him?" Isis asked.
"No, if we do that, then he'll think he can't make friends with other animals." Patch said.
"Hmm... Okay... But he should be aware..." Isis said softly.
"Maybe later on?" Patch suggested. "I know you and Selina mean well, Isis, but it's probably better to wait a little bit and like I said, this might crush the poor guy."
"All right," Isis then said calmly. "I understand."
"Thank you," Patch said. "But who knows? Maybe he'll actually be Tripod's true friend in the end."
"We can only hope." Isis shrugged.
"Well, thanks anyway, Isis," Patch replied. "I'll try to do a little bit of detective work for you."
"Might be a good idea," Isis said. "...Whenever Cherry decides to get away from that video game contraption... At least she's a bit happier now these days than she used to be before Selina let her and Lionel come live with us."
"Yeah, things have been rather peaceful for us." Patch said.
"So, what's the kid doing tomorrow?" Isis asked.
"He's joining the Superdog Fan Club." Patch smiled.
"Do you happen to be a member of that?" Isis asked him.
"Yep, and there are other members too." Patch smiled.
"Well, in that case, keep an eye and ear out for me because I doubt I'd be invited." Isis then said to him.
"I sure will." Patch nodded.
"That's all I ask because I doubt they would let me in," Isis said before smirking. "And I'm not that interested in Superdog."
"I understand..." Patch rolled his eyes a bit.
"Very good," Isis nodded before stretching and yawning before curling up. "Now... I'm gonna catch a quick nap until it's time to go home."
"Alright." Patch said.
"Come on... Come on." Thor said while playing the video game with his friends.
"Better you than me..." Patch rolled his eyes as all he could do was watch the others play video games all day.
"You. Are. Dead." Cherry said as she mashed at her buttons.
"Must. Win." Atticus said as he did his best to win in the game.
Patch rolled his eyes a bit as he watched while Isis had fallen asleep.
It was eventually getting late for everyone as more time went by and where soon, Patch had enough as he did the one simple thing to snap Atticus and the others out of their trance from the video game. Atticus blinked before looking around. Patch began to bark suddenly and had a leash in his mouth, acting like a regular dog to get Atticus's attention.
"Phew... It's late, guys," Atticus said to the others. "I gotta take Patch for his walk and get ready for dinner."
"Oh, man. It's that late?" Mo asked.
"Wow. We really kept ourselves busy." Thor said.
"I'll say, Stormcloud," Lionel agreed. "Guess we better call it a night."
"All right then." Thor smiled bashfully.
"Come on, Patch, let's go home." Atticus smiled as he put his dog's leash on around his collar and went to go outside with him.
"Yeah... Let's go home, Isis..." Cherry added as she scooped up her aunt's cat.
"Remember what I said to you!" Isis reminded Patch as the kids decided to go back home away from the Justice League's Watchtower.
"Don't worry; I will!" Patch replied.
Atticus walked Patch outside and where they were going to get home after a nice walk. The kids then went to get back home.
"Boy, I don't doubt it, but I do hope that Kevin had a lot of fun today with Tripod and Krypto." Atticus smiled as he walked Patch.
"You said it," Patch replied. "It was probably the best time ever and nothing could ruin it for them."
"No doubt about that." Atticus smiled.
After a while, they soon got back home and soon went inside.
"Homework?" Patch asked.
"Nope, finished it as soon as I got home." Atticus smirked.
"Sometimes I wish I had that motivation when I was younger." Jessica said from the couch.
"I'm just glad I have some free time before and after dinner." Atticus smiled.
"Yep, that's good." Patch smiled back.
"That's good for both of you," Jessica nodded. "Sounds like you're a bit smarter than I was when I was around your age as a student before I went to Witchright Hall."
"So, uh, Jessica, do you think you'll start going to school in this Realm instead of The Other Realm?" Atticus asked his sister.
"Maybe... I mean, it was an interesting school, I didn't hate it, but I was mostly enrolled as a student since I was with Aunt Delilah longer than we both expected since Mom and Dad both disappeared after you were born." Jessica said.
"Dinner!" Emily called out.
"Wahoo!" Patch cheered.
"Anything good?" Atticus asked Jessica.
"I think Mom said it was chicken tonight," Jessica replied. "Hope you like chicken."
"Chicken's good, not as good as steak, but still good." Atticus nodded as they left the living room to go to the kitchen.
"Mm... Steak." Patch smiled.
Once everyone was at the dinner table, they began to eat.
"So, how was everyone's day?" Patrick asked.
"Probably not as much fun as Kevin's." Atticus chuckled to himself.
"Just another day being at home." Jessica smiled.
Patrick and Emily beamed as they hugged Atticus, Patch, and Jessica fondly.
"I just love our happy little family," Patrick smiled. "And I'm so glad it can be after we got free from our prison in The Gray Area."
"I'm so glad to be out of there," Emily sighed. "It seemed impossible to get out until you kids were able to find us."
"And unlike other families, we have three parents: a mom and two dads," Atticus smiled. "And two grandparents which every other family has."
"...What?" Jessica asked, feeling confused.
"I think he's referring to Clark being his adoptive father since he did adopt Atticus before being reunited with your parents." Patch said.
"Ohh." Jessica smiled.
"I still see them as my family," Atticus said. "That's okay though, right?"
"Of course it is, dear," Emily allowed. "You've known him and his family a bit longer."
"He really loved it whenever his 'Grandma and Grandpa Kent' would visit," Patch beamed. "Best cookies ever~"
"Yeah, Grandma Martha's cookies are the best." Atticus smiled.
"Better than mine?" Emily smirked playfully.
"Oh! Uh, um..." Atticus said nervously.
"Oh, I'm just teasing," Emily giggled before she hugged him. "We're just glad that you're happy and healthy even if we couldn't be there for you."
"Well, for most of my childhood I had to live on my own on most nights," Atticus said. "I did what I could to survive until I got adopted by Clark AKA my second dad."
"And you had some help from your friend." Jessica smiled.
"Yeah, Cherry was a great help with her parents," Atticus nodded before he began to eat his dinner up. "Most of the time, but I couldn't bring myself to live with them."
"I know for a fact that this chicken is better than Witchright Hall's." Jessica whispered with a small smirk.
"Your mother's chicken is always the best." Patrick smiled.
"Diana's was pretty good too," Atticus nodded. "I loved it whenever she'd come over for dinner with us."
"Sounds like a great time." Emily smiled warmly as they began to eat up.
The family continued to eat dinner together as they enjoyed the food as always.
After they were finished with dinner, Emily began to do the dishes with help from Jessica.
"Good thing tomorrow's Sunday, I think I need to sleep all of that dinner off." Atticus smirked.
"I'll probably sleep even longer since I got to have some too." Patch added.
"We all will need plenty of sleep tonight." Patrick said.
"I'm already there..." Atticus nodded sleepily. "I think I did most of my homework."
"Better finish it up before the day after tomorrow." Emily giggled.
"I know, Mom," Atticus smiled. "I'm at the top of my class."
"And that's good." Emily smiled back.
"Yep, sure is." Patch nodded.
"I think I need a nap though..." Atticus said. "I feel so full... I sure hope Kevin's doing all right."
"I'm sure he's having a lot of fun with his two dogs," Jessica beamed. "I know I'd be thrilled if our family had two dogs."
"Yeah, and where one of them is a very unique and cool puppy even with three legs." Atticus smiled.
"I hope that doesn't hurt him." Patch said softly.
"Nah, Patch, some dogs are just born that way like some human kids have to use wheelchairs even if they aren't hurt," Jessica replied. "It's nice of you to look after him though, kinda like his brother."
"Yeah, that's a good point," Patch smiled. "I was close with my brothers and sisters before I ended up in this town after Lucky had another one of his hair-brained schemes." he then rolled his eyes.
"Lucky sure does love to come up with schemes, doesn't he?" Patrick asked.
"Oh, you have no idea." Patch said.
The rest of the family chuckled at that. Patch looked around before smiling at them as he was glad to have his new family.
Eventually, after some sleep, it was the next day, though Tripod was the sleepier one this time before Melanie reached her hands through the bars of her crib as she went to shake the puppy awake since she was already awake. "Huh? What?" he then mumbled as he woke up before yawning.
"M'rnin'." Melanie beamed.
Tripod smiled at her before licking her face and making her giggle. Once everyone else in the house was up, they all began to have breakfast.
"Ooh, today is going to be great; I'm going to be a proud member of the Superdog Fan Club." Tripod beamed.
"Looks like Tripod's excited about something," Mary smiled to herself. "I wonder what he's thinking about?"
"Oh, you know, probably some usual puppy stuff." Kevin said innocently.
"Yes, that's probably right." Mary smiled as she poured Melanie some milk before giving it to her.
Melanie began to drink and enjoy the milk.
"You want me to come with you as Superdog?" Krypto asked Tripod.
"No thanks, Dad; if I want to make some new friends while becoming a new member to the club I want to earn it and have them be my friends because they want to." Tripod said.
"You want your friends to like you for who you are and not just because of who you know?" Krypto asked.
"Yeah," Tripod nodded. "That sounds awesome and all, but if I came in with you as Superdog, they'd probably only wanna be my friend because of that."
"Well, I'm glad that's a lesson you learned on your own," Krypto beamed. "It just goes to show you who your real friends are in times like that."
"Yep." Tripod smiled.
After breakfast, Tripod looked ready to go to the fan club.
"Have a good time, Tripod." Krypto smiled.
"Thanks, Dad," Tripod smiled back before sighing. "I really like how that sounds."
"I do too, buddy." Krypto chuckled.
Tripod soon went off to where the fan club was and where he wasn't the only one heading that way. Patch and the other members were making their way to their clubhouse. The Whitney family went about their day, unaware of what was going on in the outside world away from their house.
"Patch." Tripod smiled.
"Hey, Tripod," Patch smiled back. "How's it going?"
"Pretty great actually," Tripod replied. "I'm so excited!"
"I can tell." Patch smiled.
They soon made their way to the clubhouse which was an abandoned building not too far away from the local neighborhood as the members of the club arrived there.
"A little nervous..." Tripod said as he backed up.
"Don't worry, Tripod," Patch smiled. "I'll be right here and so will your new friend from the park yesterday."
"Right. Right." Tripod smiled back.
They soon walked over to the other members of the club.