"All right!" Max smiled as he stood up on top of a box. "This meeting of the Superdog Fan Club has now come to order!"
The other puppies barked and howled in excitement.
"But... Before we begin," Max said as he looked over. "The clubhouse recognizes a new member."
"Uh... Hi..." Tripod smiled shyly to the other puppies.
"Everyone, this is our new member, Tripod," Max told the other clubhouse members. "I met him yesterday and I hope that we can all be friends with him."
"Oh, we sure can." A female golden retriever puppy smiled.
"Yeah." A male golden retriever puppy added as he also smiled.
"Are you two related?" Tripod asked the two, unable to resist asking as they were the same breed.
"Yep, we sure are." The golden retriever pups smiled.
"That's Zack and Zoe." Max introduced.
"Well, hello, Zack and Zoe," Tripod smiled at the golden retriever puppies. "Do you know Air Bud? I've heard some stories about him."
"No, I don't think so," Zoe smiled back. "But we're glad to meet you."
"Yeah, this is gonna be the best meeting ever," Zack beamed. "We love making new friends."
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Tripod," A female Bernese smiled to Tripod. "My name is Esmeralda."
"Esmeralda... What a lovely name." Tripod smiled back.
"And as you know, I'm Patch and that's Max." Patch then added.
"Yes, I know you two very well." Tripod nodded at them.
"And finally, Jack and Rose." Max introduced as he showed a bulldog puppy and a Rottweiler puppy.
"Hi, Jack and Rose." Tripod smiled.
"Hi, Tripod." Jack and Rose replied.
"And with that, let's bring this meeting of the Superdog Fan Club into order," Max soon told the other puppies in excitement. "No relation to the Supercat Fan Club."
"Wahoo! Time for the Superdog Fan Club salute!" Zoe cheered.
"Superdog Fan Club salute?" Tripod asked curiously. "Sounds interesting. How do you do it?"
"We'll show you." Max smiled.
"Okay." Tripod said, interested.
"Patch, why don't you start off?" Max prompted.
"All right," Patch nodded before he came in front of Tripod and showed him how to start off with. "Shake paws, give me some fur, paws up, paws down, and shake that booty!"
Tripod laughed as he did what Patch did, doing very well so far.
"And now for the pledge that every Superdog fan must know." Max then prompted as a framed picture of the white Lab superhero dog was shown on the wall.
Max and the rest of the fan club members were soon in a line in front of the framed picture.
"Superdog, Superdog, O Superdog, we pledge our love for you!" The puppies soon recited together with their right front paws on their chests and their front left paws out like they were doing a school pledge together while Tripod watched. "You are the best, oh Superdog, yes, our loyalty is true! S-U-P-E-R-D-O-G! Goooo, Superdog!" they then spelled and cheered like a bunch of cheerleaders.
"Catchy," Tripod chuckled. "I'll be sure to memorize that when I get back home."
"Alright, now as the founding member of the Superdog Fan Club, I call this meeting to order." Max smiled.
"This is gonna be a lot of fun." Tripod beamed.
Patch smiled as he looked really excited for his new friend.
Meanwhile, Snooky was wandering around, groaning to himself. "Leave it to Mechanikat to make me go and look for the Superdog secret fan club meeting place," he sulked in annoyance. "How am I supposed to find a place like that and without getting caught at that? As soon as one of them smells car fur, I'm toast!"
"Alright, so first off for the Superdog Fan Club is about Superdog's latest win from yesterday." Max's voice said.
"Huh?" Snooky asked before following the voice to an abandoned building.
"Did anyone get a chance to see the news?" Max asked the others.
Snooky came closer and went to find a way to look into the window from outside without anyone seeing him.
"Yeah, some guy called The Beast King or Animal King made those humans go crazy." Zoe spoke up.
"Yeah, especially since he was able to control the zoo animals and when Superdog and Supercat came to save, the day he didn't stop." Zack said.
"Oh, wouldn't it be amazing to meet him in person?" Esmeralda smiled.
"Yeah... It'd be great..." Tripod added softly.
"But it's not like we ever could," Rose spoke up. "The odds are like... A zillion to one!"
"True, but if it could happen that would be a dream come true." Zack smiled.
"Yeah, I would feel so lucky to be saved by Superdog or even to meet him in person." Zoe smiled.
"Heh, I would too..." Tripod said bashfully.
The others soon looked at him.
"Not that I would know," Tripod said nervously. "Right, Patch?"
Patch just shrugged and smiled innocently.
"Kiddie animals and their superhero idols," Snooky rolled his eyes from outside, trying to act like he didn't care. "It's like those pesky kittens and Supercat all over again."
Tripod tried to his best to not tell the others about Superdog being his adoptive father before getting an idea of only telling them that Superdog had saved him but while also telling of "Superdog" had "helped" the Whitney family adopt him without telling them about meeting the Dog Stars.
"Hmm... Interesting..." Snooky smirked to himself from outside.
Patch did his best to be quiet during the story while the others looked amazed and impressed.
"Is that true?" Zack asked.
"Every word of it," Tripod reassured. "I'm not one to be a liar."
"I'll believe that when I see it." Jack smirked.
"Ahem." A familiar voice soon cleared their throat.
Max and the other soon looked outside the window and where they saw Superdog.
"Whoa! It's Superdog!" Max smiled.
Unknown to them, Snooky had sneaked inside after finding a hole in the building where the members wouldn't see him right away.
"Huh? What's he doing here?" Tripod wondered to himself.
Patch just shrugged before they went with the other puppies to see what's going on.
"Pardon the interruption, but, uh, I was just on patrol and I thought I'd stop by." Superdog said as the young puppies surrounded him in awestruck.
"It's no trouble at all." Jack smiled.
"Hey there, Tripod; how are you doing?" Superdog smiled to the three-legged puppy.
"I'm doing great, Superdog." Tripod said.
"That's good," Superdog nodded. "Are you enjoying that family you found?"
"I really am," Tripod beamed. "I really feel like I finally found a place where I really and truly belong and can be happy for the rest of my life."
"I'm happy to hear that; anyway, I better get back to my patrol." Superdog told Tripod and the pups.
"Aww!" The pups frowned.
"Sorry, but a superhero's work is never done," Superdog smiled. "Just remember to be good little pups and stay on the path of good and away from the path of evil."
"We sure will!" The pups smiled back and promised him.
"Ruff, ruff, and away!" Superdog proclaimed before flying off to continue his patrol.
"That was so amazing!" Rose beamed.
"Hm... Not bad." Jack smirked.
"Yeah, I suppose that's pretty cool." Zack smirked back with a chuckle.
"Wow! Superdog knows you!" Max beamed at Tripod. "This is really the best club meeting ever now!"
Tripod smiled, happy to hear that.
"Alright, next up is snacks." Max smiled.
"I could go for some snacks." Tripod said.
"Hope you like Kanine Krunchies because I snuck some over," Patch said to the others. "The official food of Thunderbolt."
"Patch and his Thunderbolt fandom." Esmeralda teased.
"Mm... Kanine Krunchies. Always the best." Tripod smiled.
"Alright, let's dig into the food we have." Max smiled to the others.
The puppies soon sat down and ate their snacks together.
"Yep... A lot like Supercat's fan club..." Snooky said to himself from the outside. "Big deal." He then suddenly heard his stomach growl, causing him to blush out of embarrassment.
"Did someone hear something?" Esmeralda asked while eating.
"All I hear is my mouth meeting this delicious food." Zack chuckled.
"It sounded like it came from outside." Tripod said to the others.
Snooky held onto his stomach and panicked as he tried to hide. Luckily for him, Tripod was the only that came out to check to see what the growling noise was. "Oh, hey, Tripod. What brings you here?" he asked with a nervous smile.
"I'm having a Superdog fan club meeting." Tripod explained.
"Oh, that sounds like fun," Snooky smiled as he backed away. "Well, I won't bother you... I'll leave you to it."
"Why don't you join us though?" Tripod asked as he came beside the kitten. "I'm sure it'll be fun and interesting to have a cat around who's a fan of Superdog too."
"Oh. Um, well, I was just coming by because I was interested in what was going on over here, well, that, and-" Snooky said before his stomach growled again.
"You must be hungry." Tripod said.
"Yeah. Just a little." Snooky admitted.
"Well, come on inside, get something to eat." Tripod offered.
"Oh, uh, that's okay, I can find myself some food on my own," Snooky smiled nervously as he backed up. "It's okay, really."
"Come on. I'm sure the others won't mind." Tripod smiled.
"Um, well-" Snooky smiled back nervously.
"What's wrong, Snooky?" Tripod asked out of concern.
"I-I think I have to go now." Snooky said nervously.
"Hey, Tripod, what's keepin' ya?" Patch's voice asked.
Tripod looked between his first friend and then looked over to the fan club. As much as Snooky didn't want any pups who might recognize to see him, something inside him was telling him to go with Tripod and be a good friend.
"I guess I could stay for some food, even if I am a fan of Supercat I can't resist good food." Snooky said.
"That's the spirit!" Tripod beamed as he pulled Snooky inside suddenly.
"Whoa!" Snooky yelped as he was suddenly yanked in.
"Guys, I hope you don't mind, but I just brought in a very good friend of mine." Tripod said as Snooky hid behind him at first.
"Any friend of yours is a friend of ours." Max smiled.
'If I know who it is, I better act like I don't know him and not act out.' Patch thought to himself.
"Come on out, buddy." Tripod told the kitten behind him.
Snooky gulped nervously and soon stepped out to meet the Superdog Fan Club with a nervous grin on his face.
"Everyone, I'd like you to meet Snooky and Snooky, these are the members of the Superdog Fan Club members: Max, Patch, Esmeralda, Rose, Jack, Zack, and Zoe." Tripod introduced.
"Um, hello." Snooky smiled nervously.
Patch glanced at Snooky curiously.
"Hello, Snooky." The others greeted as they didn't seem to know him.
"Are you hungry, Snooky?" Max asked the kitten. "We were just about to have snack time."
"I could literally eat anything." Snooky said as he nearly passed out in the middle of the ground.
"When was the last time you ate?" Zoe asked Snooky.
"It's been a while." Snooky said.
"Well, we have dog treats," Max said. "I hope that's okay."
Snooky didn't hesitate and soon began to eat up right away once he saw the food since he felt so hungry.
"I'm guessing that he doesn't mind if it's dog treats." Jack said.
"Don't your owners feed you?" Rose asked Snooky.
Snooky kept eating before stopping to swallow.
"...Well?" Jack asked.
"Uh, well, um..." Snooky stammered. "...Gosh, this food is so good."
"You're dodging the question." Rose told him.
"It's so good, I hope I didn't eat all of it." Snooky smiled bashfully.
"Snooky, are things not okay at your house?" Tripod asked softly.
Snooky gulped as he had to think of something so they wouldn't know about the plan before he remembered his old life with his parents and brother and knew a perfect lie to tell them.
"Actually, no, things aren't okay at home." Snooky said softly.
"Oh?" Tripod asked.
"We're running dangerously low on food..." Snooky began. "We need a lot of help... And now that I think about it, I'm not... Feeling well..." he then added in a hoarse voice before coughing.
"You seemed fine when I saw you at the park?" Tripod frowned in concern.
"I was just trying to stay strong," Snooky explained softly. "I didn't want you to worry too much. My dad's out hunting for food almost every night, we have to live like feral cats, practically in the alley with no outside help!"
Patch could tell the dishonesty in Snooky's eyes.
"Well, we'd be more than happy to help," Tripod smiled softly. "After all, what are friends for?"
"Right," Snooky smiled back. "So I can stay even though I'm not a puppy?"
"Of course." Max replied.
"Hmm..." Patch hummed to himself suspiciously, but didn't say anything yet.
"This is going to be so much fun." Tripod beamed as he wrapped his paw around Snooky in excitement.
"Yep, so much fun." Snooky said.
The rest of them began to continue to enjoy their snacks. Patch glanced over at Snooky before he just decided to eat up with the others. While they hung out, Patch could see Snooky was having a great time even if he didn't want to admit it truthfully.
"Any questions?" Max asked Snooky.
"Uh, there don't happen to be any secret headquarters, are there?" Snooky asked. "Like does Superdog have anything like that?"
"Yes, but we're not supposed to show anyone where it is." Patch replied, bit firmly.
"Oh, uh, good," Snooky said softly as he found himself unable to keep his promise to Mechanikat. "We wouldn't want any secrets to be let out, even if I'm a new honorary member of the fan club."
"Yeah, but I'm confused as to why you wouldn't be a member of the Supercat Fan Club." Zack said to Snooky.
"Well, uh, I'm kind of a fan of Superdog and Supercat since they both work together to fight off enemies." Snooky answered with a nervous smile.
The puppies all shared a look with each other.
"Sure, Snooky, whatever you say," Patch replied. "You can hang out with us for a little while, I guess."
"Thanks." Snooky said.
"No problem." Tripod smiled.
Patch just gave Snooky a look while everyone else would have fun with him. So the Superdog Fan Club members continued to have their fun together and while Patch had his fun, he was still sure that Snooky was up to something because he knew that the kitten worked for Mechanikat.
After a while, the fan club meeting was over as the puppies and kitten came out of the abandoned house.
"That was fun." Snooky smiled.
"It sure was." Rose smiled back.
"Do we do it again soon?" Snooky asked.
"Yeah, how does this work?" Tripod added as he was a new member after all.
"Same time next week," Max replied. "Just don't be late, but I'll come by again next week just to make sure you know where to go until you memorize where to go the next time."
"You got it." Tripod smiled.
"Dismissed." Max smiled back as he made a salute with his paw.
And so, the puppies and kitten split up until the next time they would have a fan club meeting.
"That was actually a whole lot of fun." Snooky said to himself.
"Snooky?" A male kitten's voice asked.
"Oh, no..." Snooky said before looking to see Squeaky.
"Hello there, Snooky..." Squeaky, who was the nephew of Streaky, greeted. "Long time no see..."
"Oh, hey, uh, Squeaky, what are you doing out alone?" Snooky asked.
"I was just about to head back to Uncle Streaky," Squeaky said. "What about you? Doing another one of Mechanikat's plans?"
"Uh, no, no, no; I, uh, actually just came back from the Superdog Fan Club there food was delicious," Snooky said. "I got to hang out with a new friend of mine and some more new friends."
"Oh... Really... How... Interesting..." Squeaky said as he narrowed his eyes.
"I'm telling you the truth!" Snooky defended.
"Oh, yeah? Like how you were with me, Nikki, Puff, and Ramone with The Supercat Fan Club?" Squeaky asked firmly.
"That was in the past!" Snooky told him. "I actually had a really great time with those puppies!"
"Hmm... Well, okay." Squeaky said.
"Anyway, I better get going." Snooky said.
"Okay," Squeaky said as he narrowed his eyes. "I'm watching you though, Snooky Wookums."
Snooky gulped nervously from that and he soon went off on his own after doing his little job for Mechanikat.
Tripod was seen making his way back to his home with his adoptive family.
"I don't know what Snooky's plan is this time, but he can't be trusted." Patch said to himself as he went to go and find the Fudos.
Tripod soon came back home, stretching and yawning a little bit, though he was excited as Kevin and Melanie watched cartoons in the living room, but the cartoon was soon interrupted as there was some commotion going on in Metropolis.
"Looks like it's time for Superdog to get to work." Kevin said to himself.
"This just in, three new Super Pets have been sighted in Metropolis, only they don't seem to be using their powers for good." The newscaster said.
"What?!" Kevin gasped.
Melanie giggled since she didn't know any better.
"Three new Super Pets?" Tripod repeated curiously as he looked at the screen with Kevin and Melanie.
The three new Super Pets were shown as three dogs as they were doing lots of damage to the city.
"Where's Krypto right now?" Tripod asked Kevin.
"I think he was seeing the Dog Stars, but I'm not sure," Kevin shrugged. "I'm sure they'll be coming soon though. Those guys look anything but friendly."
"You're telling me." Tripod nodded in agreement.
People who were in the city at the time began to scream, freak out, and run away as the three new Super Pets began to attack. The biggest and strongest of the three Super Pets was soon seen destroying some cars with his heat vision before making an earthquake with his tail.
"The biggest question is... WILL ANYBODY SAVE US?!" The newscaster cried out.
At the Justice League Watchtower...
"Guys, there's three super pets attacking downtown Metropolis," Cherry said as she poked her head in to see Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, The Flash, and Wonder Woman sitting together. "Are we game or no?"
The three adult heroes glanced at her and went back to doing what they were doing.
"...You guys suck." Cherry stuck her tongue out as she went back to where she came from.
Eventually, Superdog was on his way to save downtown Metropolis so that the people could stop worrying.
"Ah, Krypto. You certainly have aged well." The female Super Pet smirked.
"You remember us, don't you?" The first male Super Pet smirked.
"Yes, I suppose it's been a while," Superdog narrowed his eyes at the trio. "Dom, Vilea, and Tronk."
"Seems like he does remember." The female Super Pet smirked.
"What're you doing back?" Superdog glared. "I thought I got rid of you guys a long time ago."
"Oh, now, why would you want to do that, handsome?" Vilea smirked as she got up close to Superdog's face.
'Good. Let him lower his guard.' Dom thought to himself.
"This town doesn't have room for evil and that means you," Superdog glared at her. "This is your final warning."
"Who are those dogs, Kevin?" Tripod asked as this was being shown on the news. "I don't think I've seen them before."
"Those are Dom, Vilea, and Tronk; they one tried to take over the Earth, but Krypto and Supercat stopped them, but looks like they found a way back." Kevin explained.
"Oh, must you be so serious, Krypto?" Vilea smirked seductively as she gave Superdog a lick on the nose to weaken him like how a woman weakened a man seductively.
Superdog let out a small whimper with wide eyes before glaring. "Cut that out!"
"My, my, you hurt me sometimes," Vilea sighed and pouted before smirking. "But I'll get over it~"
"What is your plan?" Superdog narrowed his eyes. "Whatever it is, the Dog Stars and I will put a stop to it and get you out of my city before you hurt someone important."
"Oh, we can handle your Dog Stars; after all, we have your powers and can take them on," Dom smirked. "By the way, Tronk wants to play."
Superdog soon yelped as Tronk grabbed him by the tail and started to spin him around before throwing him at and crashing onto the wall of a building.
"Oh, no!" Tripod gasped.
Melanie put her hands to her mouth in worry.
"Don't worry, you guys, Superdog can handle this," Kevin told them before whispering to himself nervously. "I hope."
Tronk started wagging his tail while smirking as it began to cause a gust of wind to begin.
"Man. Tronk sure knows how to throw now." Superdog groaned before getting off the wall and then flew towards the three Kryptonian dogs.
"Where are the other Dog Stars?!" Tripod panicked. "They should be helping Superdog!"
"Don't worry, they'll be there soon," Kevin assured before looking over to Tripod only to see him missing. "Uh, where's Tripod?" he then asked before he soon got an idea where Tripod ran off to. "Oh, no... He wouldn't." The young boy then started to worry.
Melanie looked up at her big brother, whimpering a little bit.
"Uh, it's okay, Melanie," Kevin said as he hugged his little sister. "I'm sure Superdog's going to be just fine."
"Kippo..." Melanie pouted in worry.
Tripod was seen running to where his adoptive superhero father was, even if he was a puppy, he couldn't just wait for help to arrive any longer. As he was running, Tripod came across something glowing green and where he had a feeling it might help and where he was right as it was a piece of Kryptonite. Once he picked it up, Tripod took off to where the battle was and where soon he got a ride to the battle on a bus as the driver was unaware of the battle. The bus driver looked around before shrugging as he kept on driving.
"I'm coming, Dad!" Tripod proclaimed before groaning. "Whoa... I feel kinda funny... Must be that Kryptonite that was just lying around..."
Superdog kept doing his best against the three Super Pets before Supercat arrived.
"I'm here to help, Superdog; the Dog Stars kinda have their paws full with a mission in space with some meteors." Supercat explained as he attacked Vilea.
"Hello there, Kitty!" Vilea smirked with a grunt.
"Hi, bad dog." Supercat glared as he attacked her with all his might.
Superdog and Supercat did their best to fight the three Kryptonian dogs.
"Such a shame you don't have any other help coming." Dom smirked at Superdog.
Unknown to them, Tripod arrived once he got off the bus with the Kryptonite. The bus driver soon looked up and looked wide-eyed and nervous and soon closed the bus doors and drove away from the city as fast as possible.
"What is your plan?!" Superdog demanded. "We might be outnumbered, but there's no way you three are going to win that easily!"
"We shall see about that, Krypto." Dom smirked, ready to strike.
Supercat kept fighting Vilea before seeing Tripod coming over with Kryptonite and knew what the three legged-puppy had in mind.
"I'm not sure how to use this... But I guess I'll find out if anything changes..." Tripod said as he kept the Kryptonite close to him.
"No matter what, we will never-" Superdog started towards Dom.
Supercat soon gave Superdog a sign, telling him to look at what he saw. And where the Dog of Steel saw Tripod coming over with Kryptonite. And knew exactly what the two of them had to do.
"On second thought, you win." Superdog told Dom before flying off to get a good distance from the three Kryptonian dogs so they wouldn't get affected by the Kryptonite.
"That's what I thought." Dom smirked.
The three Kryptonian dogs were ready to continue to attack the city only for them to start looking green as Tripod got closer to them with the Kryptonite.
"All right... Get out of here... And leave Superdog and Supercat and all of Metropolis alone." Tripod glowered.
"Where did that come from?" Supercat asked.
"He has a name, Streaky." Superdog whispered.
"Not the pup, the Kryptonite!" Supercat told him.
"Ohh! ...I-I don't know..." Superdog replied. "I just wonder how he even got here so fast with that."
"I think that might be our answer." Supercat said while pointing down at a bus.
The three Kryptonian dogs soon began to groan as they began to turn green while feeling weak from the Kryptonite.
"Thanks, Streaky." Superdog muttered in slight deadpan.
"Leave Superdog and Supercat alone!" Tripod glared at the three Kryptonian dogs. "No one wants you here!"
"For an Earth puppy, you sure are brave for coming here, but also quite foolish." Dom groaned out of pain.
"Indeed." Vilea added.
"My name is Tripod and I won't let you hurt anyone ever." Tripod glared before he soon saw Brainy Barker and the rest of the Dog Stars arriving by teleportation.
"Uh, did, we miss a big battle or something?" Mammoth Mutt asked.
"You kinda missed a lot actually." Superdog said.
"Did you take on those three by yourselves?" Brainy Barker asked him and Supercat.
"I'd love to take the credit," Supercat smirked before sighing. "But alas, I cannot."
"Yes, our special little friend actually had something to do with that." Superdog replied.
Brainy Barker and the Dog Star soon looked over to see Tripod smiling bashfully before Tronk grunted out of pain and weakly used his super-breath to blow Tripod and the Kryptonite away, but was unsuccessful with the glowing green rock, but not with Tripod.
"Seriously, where did that come from?" Superdog wondered about the Kryptonite.
The other Dog Stars looked curious before a certain warlock was shown in the crowd before walking off before anyone else would see him.
"Very impressive, Tripod." Brainy Barker remarked to the young Dalmatian puppy.
"Thanks, Brainy." Tripod said as he got up from the super-breath.
"You okay, kid?" Mammoth Mutt asked.
"Yeah, just a lot of excitement," Tripod replied. "I don't think I've seen those three around before though."
"That's because they were sent out into space on their spaceship, but apparently they somehow woke up from their stasis." Superdog told him as the Dog Stars handled the three evil Kryptonian dogs with the Kryptonite.
"Smart thinkin', kid." Supercat said.
"Thanks, Supercat." Tripod said.
"You'd make a great member of the team someday." Brainy Barker smiled as she patted Tripod on the head.
Tripod smiled back.
"Although, I think your adoptive father will want to have a word with you when I take you home." Superdog said, a little firm.
"Right." Tripod smiled sheepishly.
"So run along back home," Superdog said. "Do you remember the way back?"
"I do," Tripod nodded. "I don't suppose you could drop me off there though?"
"I'll probably have to talk with the Dog Stars about that first." Superdog said with a small smirk.
Tripod sighed a bit before he soon went to head back home while the older animals would talk things over.
"Go ahead, we can take these three away and keep them locked up for a long time." Brainy Barker told Superdog.
"Yeah. They're not going anywhere." Hot Dog nodded.
"Let's do it then." Superdog nodded in firm agreement.
"Let's." Brainy Barker agreed.
And so, the Dog Stars went to take care of the invading Superpets while they still had the chance.
"Oh, you know, all in a day's work." Supercat smirked innocently and boastfully.
Superdog soon picked up Tripod before flying off back to the Whitney house.
'I have a feeling Tripod's gonna get a talking to.' Kevin thought to himself.
The news broadcast soon ended as the cartoon marathon came back on the TV. Melanie cooed and laughed in excitement once she saw her favorite cartoons were back on.
"Kids... So easily distracted." Kevin teased his little sister even though he was a kid himself.
"Something tells me Krypto's gonna give Tripod a stern talking to even if he did come to help with Kryptonite at hand." Patch said.
"You just might be right." Atticus nodded.
And where they were both right as Superdog soon arrived at the Whitney backyard before placing Tripod on the ground gently before changing back to Krypto. Tripod soon looked up at his adopted father with a nervous smile only to see Krypto look firm with him causing the three-legged puppy to sigh as he frowned.
"All right," Tripod said to Krypto. "What did I do wrong?"
"Tripod, what were you thinking? You could have gotten hurt today." Krypto told his adoptive son.
"Dad, I was only trying to help." Tripod frowned.
"We could've handled it fine," Krypto told Tripod. "You're just a puppy."
"But you were outnumbered and alone, I couldn't just stay home." Tripod said softly.
"But instead you came and you could've gotten hurt," Krypto said firmly. "You may be strong for your age and size, but you're not strong or capable enough to fight villains like the bigger dogs in The Dog Star Patrol do."
"But I'm not only strong, I used my brain too; that's why when I found that Kryptonite I brought it with me so then it would weaken those three." Tripod told his adoptive father firmly.
"That may be true, but we could have handled them a little bit longer until The Dog Star Patrol would come and help us handle them and send to a prison that they will never escape from," Krypto said firmly. "Now promise me that you won't go out and try that again."
"I promise..." Tripod said softly.
"Good," Krypto nodded sharply. "Now... I think you need some quiet time in the doghouse."
Tripod flinched as he looked wide-eyed and a bit sad from that.
"We can talk when you come out." Krypto then said as he decided to leave Tripod alone in the backyard.
"Ugh!" Tripod groaned before going into the doghouse, not facing the Whitney house as he laid down. "It's so unfair, I helped and he just thinks I'm just a puppy. I mean, I know I'm a puppy, but still."
Krypto soon went back inside.
"So, uh, how's Tripod doing?" Kevin asked the white Lab.
"He's going to be spending some time alone to think about what just happened today." Krypto replied firmly.
"So you just basically grounded him," Kevin sighed. "He was only trying to help."
"I know, but he could have gotten seriously hurt," Krypto said. "As his adoptive father, it's my responsibility to keep him safe."
"Well, yeah, but you didn't have to ground him." Kevin said softly.
"I think I know what's best for Tripod, Kevin," Krypto said, a bit firmly as he walked off. "I think I'm gonna try to relax inside the house right now though. Tripod needs to spend some time alone."
Kevin simply sighed as he had never seen this side of Krypto before, but it was probably just because he was new at being a father.
Tripod sighed as he stayed in the doghouse and didn't look like he wanted to do anything at the moment except to exercise while in the doghouse. Krypto soon laid down in front of the TV to have some alone time as Melanie watched her cartoons.
"So Krypto just basically grounded Tripod?" Atticus asked on the phone as Kevin went up to his room to have some privacy.
"More or less, yeah," Kevin replied. "I've never seen this side of him."
"Well, if you have a kid, you gotta know when to put your foot down," Atticus advised. "It can't be fun and games all the time."
"Yeah, I guess, but Tripod was just trying to help." Kevin said.
"I know, but he's Krypto's responsibility since he is Tripod's adoptive father." Atticus told him.
"I suppose that makes sense." Kevin said softly.
"Heh, just hope that he doesn't rebel or even try to act like a cocky little punk around Krypto," Atticus chuckled wearily. "I found that out the hard way when Clark raised me as his son before we found my birth parents."
"I'm sure Tripod won't do that." Kevin smiled.
"Yeah, you're right; I mean after all, he's such a good pup and he can make friends with anyone," Atticus said. "At at least ones that like him whether he has four legs or not."
"I guess so," Kevin said. "I just got worried."
"It's all apart of being a parent," Atticus reassured. "You'll probably understand someday when you're older or maybe if you take a high school Health Class and took after an egg for a couple of weeks."
"That's rather specific." Kevin said.
"I'm in high school, remember?" Atticus reminded.
"I guess that's just another big kid thing I'm too young to understand." Kevin shrugged nonchalantly.