A Tale of a Terrier

Chapter two: Wild and Free

Scamp and Devil were walking down the streets of New Haven as they made their way to an alley with Scamp spotting the Pomeranian mix from earlier that day. Devil caught onto Scamp's excited look and whispered to him with confidence. "Make a move Scampy. I'll be right here in case you die."

"But what do I say?" Devil shrugged, and Scamp sighed, going over to the Pomeranian Mix, who was digging out of a trash can, and he dug into the one next to her as his butt was shown from the side. He suddenly released a squeaky steak fart, letting out a small green cloud in the process (pfft). Devil face palmed with Scamp flinching and trying to play it cool as he came out with a banana peel. "Pretty good picking."

The Pomeranian Mix ignored Scamp's fart and decided to play along with his little game. "I can see you know your way around an alley."

"Only way anyone'll be able to survive in these parts of town, am I right?" Scamp responded, glad to see that his cool wasn't blown yet.

"For sure." The mix saw Scamp's collar and decided to mention it in order to make the game more saucy. "This must be your diploma, from the school of hard knocks."

"Uh, yep. Just graduated." Scamp didn't even see it, but the Mix was reading him like a book. "I'm Scamp. And your name is?"

"Angel." Angel walked over to some obstacles, ready to show off her moves to Scamp to see if he could perform them. She caught sight of Devil, who winked to her as she got ready to do her think. "You should be able to do this, right? Any street dog can."

Angel jumped onto a box and then a wooden bin, jumping off of it and landing on the trash can before landing on the ground safely while knocking said can over. Scamp was impressed by the movie and walked over to the course to give it a try. "Slick move. Let me give it a go." Scamp jumped up onto the box and attempted to jump onto the bin, only to miss the height and barely climb up onto his paws. When he jumped again, he ended up landing on the trash lid, making him slip and go into the trash can. This made Angel laugh as Scamp chuckled in response. "Why'd you throw your dog away?"

Angel helped Scamp get up as she commented on his 'skill' as a street dog. "Guess you have your own style, don't ya tenderfoot." Scamp found Angel's nickname surprising, but took a liking to it as Angel gave him a good location. "It's not much, but I live at the town junkyard with a bunch of other grown up dogs. Feel free to stop by." Scamp nodded in response as Angel walked off and looked back at him with a sly grin. "Oh, and feel free to let them fly. (Scamp flinches) Honestly, you should smell mine."

Angel ran off with Devil walking up to Scamp, who had a wide smile on his face as Devil commented on what he was feeling. "I know where the junkyard is. I'll make sure you have privacy when things get serious."

Scamp and Devil walked off as Scamp commented on the fact that Angel seemed way better than most street dogs morality wise. "Angel doesn't seem like the type to be a street dog. Sure is a pleasant surprise to have at that junkyard." Devil nodded in agreement, already being quite familiar with Angel already, and knowing Scamp would get her in the end.

The next day, Lady went outside, oblivious to the fact that Scamp had run away last night. "Scamp! Breakfast is ready, do you-" Lady became shocked when she saw that Scamp was gone, knowing exactly what happened when she saw the unhooked chain. "Oh no. (Runs inside in horror) Tramp! Scamp is gone!" Tramp was surprised to hear this, noticing the despair in Lady's eyes. "I think he ran away." Annette, Collette, and Danielle showed looks of immense concern as Tramp gave a look of determination, knowing they had to find Scamp before it was too late.

Scamp and Devil were walking up to a pipe as Devil explained what the junkyard was like. "Now be warned Scamp. I can play all these guys like a card, but the leader's a bit of a nut job, and by that I mean he probably lost his sanity in a garbage truck one time while rummaging for vengeance." Scamp and Devil arrived at the end of the pipe with Scamp seeing the junkyard dogs and getting Devil excited as he wiggled his fingers (Don't ask how, he just can) "Ooh, this is going to be (Stops wiggling and holds arms out) delightful! (Puts a paw on Scamp's shoulder) Knock em out."

Scamp nodded in response with Angel catching sight of him as he walked over to the others while they were howling. Once he started howling himself though, the others stopped in surprise, while also being glad that he was able to escape his chain. Devil hid in the shadows with Scamp noticing that the others stopped, making him stop himself as they all spoke in glee. "Hey guys, I say we got a new recruit here."

"He doesn't look like much, but then again, Angel and Devil proved their worth."

"Would ya look at that. Ya got off your leash!"

Scamp smiled in response as the Afghan Hound started sniffing his butt, much to his annoyance. "Hey, hey, hey, watch it!"

"Oh, be still my heart." The Afghan Hound started with Scamp being a bit creeped out. "I'm getting a bad case of puppy love."

"And I'M getting a bad case of girl out of my age range hitting on me, but ya don't see ME bragging about it, cause it's creepy." The other junkyard dogs started laughing with Scamp and the Afghan Hound taking notice as the Afghan Hound nodded with respect for his comeback.

Scamp had already taken a liking to the junkyard dogs as the Doberman came up to him and got a good look at his collar. "So. You're this alleged new recruit I just heard Sparky mention." Scamp nodded his head yes with excitement as Buster started taunting him. "Ha! Then what's this badge of respectability, doin around your neck? We don't do newbies here buddy."

"Tch. Then you should run along little doggy. No way you could rank against us, even these chumps ." Buster growled to Scamp, who was a bit surprised as he then continued his statement. "Let me guess. You're their leader."

"In a way!" Devil called from above, and Scamp looked up to see him standing at the top of the pile. "Everyone, your leader, has returned!"

Devil kicked a drawer onto a clear path, jumping into it with Angel jumping in and leading to the two of them arriving at the bottom and in between the group. Scamp was surprised to see everyone looking at him with respect and barking excitedly. "You're their leader?"

"A little trusting, eh Scampy?" Devil teased, though he knew it was for more reason than just one appearance. "You're right, but just because you're living with us now doesn't mean that old noggin of yours can't be put to good use."

Scamp smiled with Buster speaking up, not wanting Scamp to join so easily. "Hold it Devil. Who said he was joining us?"

Devil chuckled in a devilish manner as he gave an answer to Buster's question. "I did. Just now. Don't feel bad if ya missed that Busty, I know you're not the sharpest tool in the shed."

Scamp snickered a bit and made Buster growl, leading to Devil putting his paw up as Angel got up and sat next to Scamp, who smiled upon seeing her do this. "Trust me, that rule addicted family is out of my life now." Scamp walked over to Buster with Angel showing a sign of concern for what he just said. "I wanna be wild, and free! Like you guys."

Buster took a liking to Scamp's words, knowing Scamp could make a good fit here if he tried. "Well. Now you're speakin' my language!"

Angel walked up to Scamp, still worried about what he said before, but putting it aside for now so his task wasn't so easy to pull off. "I know Devil said you're joining us Scamp, but you can't just expect us to all consider you a true junkyard dog on the fly. The rest of us came here for our skills, and assets to the team, and I'd say you still have a little work to do if you wanna be one of us."

Devil liked the sound of that with upbeat music playing as he walked up to Scamp with a devilish look on his face. "You shouldn't have too much trouble adapting to our lifestyle, but just in case, here's a little tune to help you settle in." Devil then started walking around and singing as he showed Scamp the Junkyard Dog way. "You've lived a very boring life with your bossy family. At this point you moving out would feel like charity. (Jumps off of the Junkyard Dogs heads one by one) We don't care for manners nor do we care for rules. (Dashes up to Scamp and holds his jaw with his paw with a devilish grin) The only rule we have is that they're for fools."

Scamp started getting into the song with Devil climbing up to the top of a garbage pile as the Terrier started singing himself. "There were way too many times where I wished they'd just let me be. (Starts climbing the garbage pile) They're so obsessed with rules that it made me insane you see. (Stands right next to Devil) It's almost as if they went out of there way to make me bored."

Devil finished the second phase of rhyming with his own little addition. "Then you're in luck cause we hit fun on every (Sends them flying down the garbage mountain in a drawer) cord!" Scamp and Devil rode in the drawer and hit the bottom with Devil dancing in a carefree and somewhat seductive fashion. "You'll become one of us now, just count right up to three!" Scamp tried to copy Devil's moves with a smile, leading to Devil catching him when he fell. "Although we're not your birth family, you've got plenty friends here like me! (Speaking normally) Well alright, not exactly like me, but still."

Scamp was impressed by what he saw, leaving Devil to continue singing to him as he put a torn up chef's hat on. "Buster provides me with his service, (Buster flinches as Devil appears behind Scamp and jumps up to his shoulders) I'm the boss, the hunk, so hot! (Devil crawls through some kind of tunnel with Scamp behind him) We've got so many ways to move around (Devil and Scamp emerge from the hole) in this lot! (Devil and Scamp slide down a pile of safe to slide down garbage) So what's your V card got for you in terms of fun? (Turns to Scamp with a devilish grin) I really wanna know."

Scamp walked behind Devil with the two of them arriving at the top of a hill. "I think you'll find here fairly quickly that our skills ain't just for show-whoa-oh!"

Scamp and Devil slide down the hill on a drawer and go around the junkyard at a fast pace with Scamp taking a turn to sing. "It sounds awesome to live here now, this is the home for me!"

Scamp and Devil jumped out of the drawer when it stopped. "We're all in the mood, to help ya dude."

"And I'll take on any test I see!" Scamp and Devil danced together with Scamp getting a strange feeling, similar to the one he got with Angel. In fact, it was identical to that feeling. But how was that possible? How could Scamp feel this way for two different beings? He decided to keep it hidden for now, since he was still having a blast with the song, and Devil even started balancing on top of some milk jugs.

Devil continued singing as he balanced on the milk jugs, much to Scamp's enjoyment. "Were you allowed to do this? (Scamp nods his head no as Devil kicks the jugs off of the box they're on) Were you allowed to do that? (Scamp nods his head no again as Devil pulls out a sausage from a hat) Could you pull this...out of a little (Pulls out a giant sausage) haaaaat!?"

Scamp, Angel, and Devil were all sitting together and eating with Angel's stomach growling as they all walked off, leaving Scamp behind her and Devil ahead of them as Angel started singing a bit. "And if you gotta fart then let it (Rips a loud and bassy five second sausage fart while singing, hitting Scamp with a green cloud as her butt vibrated [BRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUP]) rip; we welcome any odor! (Scamp takes a liking to the smell of Angel's farts) You don't have to worry about being proper, (Turns to Scamp after her farts stops and whiffs it a bit) be as proud of it as you like."

Scamp and Angel looked at each other with smiles as Devil continued singing again and catching their attention. "And our only rule, (Devil is shown to be dancing) is that there are no rules, so have as much fun as you waaaaant!" Devil continued singing as he slid down a hill on a garbage lid and went right over Scamp and Angel. "Your home is here with us now, forgive our rule of (Kicks the garbage lid to the side mid air) three!" The trash lid hits a Tv with Devil dancing a bit more as he looks at Scamp. "Although we're not your birth family, you'll never have another friend (Points to himself with his thumb) me!"

Devil danced a little more as the other junkyard dogs continued smashing stuff, leaving Buster to walk through it all as Devil continued singing. "Oh yeah baby!" Buster glared at Devil, who was unfazed as he popped up in front of him with a sly grin. "You'll never have another friend like (Flicks Buster's nose) me."

Buster fell flat on his back with Scamp being amazed by what he just experienced as he walked up to Devil with a great big smile. "That was awesome! I'd never get away with doing any of that stuff at home!"

"Well don't get your hopes up kid." Buster warned Scamp as he stood up, knowing full well how much Devil was downplaying the dangers of the junkyard dog life. "If you wanna be one of us, then you may have to get your own meals every now and then, so prepare for that."

Angel jumped onto a tire and balanced on it as she rode it over to Scamp, Devil, and Buster. "Every day is like a test of survival."

"And a test is just what you need." Devil stated, having the perfect idea in mind for Scamp. "And I think I know a good first test for you to have." Devil rubbed his paws together with delight, getting Scamp excited with how dangerous the test sounded.

Scamp and the Junkyard Dogs were walking up to some kind of fence with Devil looking through a hole with immense delight. He signaled Scamp to head on over to him, which he did, and Devil then started to explain what he wanted him to do. "You see that dog in there?" Scamp looked through the hole and saw a large Bullmastiff, getting a bit worried with Devil stated Scamp's test. "His name's Reggie. I want you to steal that bone from underneath him without waking him up. And don't worry about his fangs either. If he tries to do anything to hurt you in a fatal manor, we'll kill him."

Scamp was relieved to hear that, wiping his forehead as he went into Reggie's lair to get the bone from him. As he creeped over to him, Angel gave Devil a concerned look with Devil assuring Angel that he knew what he was doing. "Don't worry Angel. Like I said, I'll kill Reggie myself if he tries to do so to Scamp. I've done it before to dogs previously for survival, so it's nothing new for me."

Scamp creeped over to Reggie and slowly pulled the bone from his grasp, making sure not to wake him up as he walked off slowly. He suddenly tripped over a can, but was able to stop himself, and when Reggie tried to lick his bone, he woke up, alerting Scamp, who bolted for the door. He came out with the bone, giving Devil a high five before Reggie slammed through the gate to his den. "Well ya didn't say he couldn't wake up AFTER I got the bone."

"Very true." Devil agreed, and then he tackled Reggie when the giant Bullmastiff tried to attack Scamp. "I got this!" Scamp and Angel ran off with the dog catcher hearing the commotion and coming around the corner to find Devil and Buster fighting. He got out of his car to catch them, and Devil saw this, jumping up onto the dog catcher's net and then off of his head. "Farewell moron. I've got a date with anyone but you."

Devil ran off with the dog catcher chasing after him, only for him to vanish right then and there. "Gosh darn it! That one in particular always manages to trick me!" The dog catcher got into his car and saw all of the Junkyard Dogs, aiming in on Scamp and Angel in particular. "You're mine now ya little rascals!"

The dog catcher got Angel, much to Scamp's concern as Angel tried to break out of the net. He jumped up off of the wall of the truck and grabbed onto the net, much to the dog catcher's surprise as Scamp helped Angel out of the net. The two of them avoided the dog catcher's grasp and landed on some boxes, leading to the two of them smiling at each other with Reggie then glaring at them. Scamp wasn't about to let him hurt Angel though, so he stood up and glared back. "You'd best take a hike dude. You can't not know who my leader is."

Reggie scoffed with the dog catcher getting him into a giant net, making him cheer with joy as he drove off. Scamp watched the dog catcher drive off as Angel walked up to Scamp and stood next to him, grateful for the rescue he made for her. "You...saved my life. Thank you."

Scamp smiled and nodded in response, and then he spoke about Reggie and how he was captured. "Hey, shouldn't we rescue that Reggie guy?"

"He's gone off the rails Scampy." Devil stated as he walked up to Scamp. "They'll probably euthanize him before we get to the pound.

"Pathetic!" Buster shouted as he walked past the other Junkyard Dogs. "Here's a little lesson for ya Scamp. We don't look out for anyone other than ourselves. I'm glad you saved Angel, but if you see a dog outside the group being captured, leave them." Buster was barely able to contain hiding his fangs from Scamp, walking over to a fence as he spoke up. "Looks like we're gonna need to give you another test or two so you get how we role."

"Whatever you say dude." Scamp replied, not wanting to make Buster anymore mad than he already was. Buster struggled to open the fence door, leading to him signaling Mooch, the big dog, to do it himself, leading to him ramming into it.

When all of the Junkyard Dogs went through the fence door, Angel looked back and asked him if he was coming. "Ya comin Tenderfoot?"

Scamp smiled and proudly walked forward, only to trip over a board and face plant into a box. He got back up, walking quickly past Angel after she snickered a bit and spoke in a nervous voice. "I hit the, thingy." Scamp walked on ahead, making Angel giggle a bit at how silly he was being.

Scamp was with the Junkyard Dogs in the park with Devil walking up to him with delight over how he saved Angel from the dog catcher. "That was glorious Scamp! I've never seen a newbie jump right in there and save his comrade. It usually takes at least three days to convince them." Scamp smiled before Devil handed him a sausage and the Terrier started eating it as Devil continued. "I don't care what Buster says. I'm makin you an official Junkyard dog right now!"

"Oh, you are now?" Buster walked over to Devil and past the other Junkyard Dog members, glaring into his eyes as he spoke to him. "You may think you make the shots around here Devil, but this pack, is mine."

"So you stereotype yourself as a one dimensional villain with nothing going for them?" Devil snarked, leading to Buster groaning in annoyance as Devil whispered to Scamp. "Don't worry about him. He's too incompetent for his own good."

Scamp snickered a bit as the Irish Wolfhound known as Sparky spoke up about Scamp's bravery in that moment. "Ya know kid, your bravery actually reminds me of a former street dog that's made quite the name for himself out here."

"Ya don't say." Scamp was intrigued to hear this, knowing that any details on the junkyard dogs should be good. "Fire away old timer. I can't wait to hear this."

Sparky gladly started the story as he stood atop of a hill in front of everyone, mentioning a street dog that Scamp didn't expect to learn about. "This is the greatest street dog of all time we're talking about here. The one no one can surpass, even if they try." Scamp was anticipating this reveal with Devil then seeing something similar about Scamp and this particular dog. "This dog...is the Tramp." Scamp was surprised to hear this as flashbacks came along explaining all of the Tramp's deeds. "One time, he was surrounded by twelve dog catchers, and he evaded all of them without even trying!"

The big dog, Mooch, spoke up next, remembering another thing the Tramp did with another flashback playing. "I heard he once stole an entire meat wagon! I usually can't steal more than a few sausages myself."

Ruby then spoke up herself, having a personal favorite memory of her's for Scamp to hear about. "Before he settled down for this Cocker Spaniel, she sounds pretty nice by the way, he was gettin ALL the hoes, both mastering the gardening tool, AND the girls."

Scamp was impressed by what he heard as Buster spoke up about his own feelings regarding Tramp. "He's a backstabbing low-life who abandons his friends whenever he can!" Buster kicked Sparky to the side as he ranted about Tramp, clearly having some jealousy towards him. "And that girl he left us for? Ha! Pathetic. Even her NAME is Lady, (Scamp flinches) can you believe it!?" Buster shook his head a bit, being infuriated by the memory of Tramp. "The day he left, I learned that Buster's trouble, is Buster's trouble."

Scamp scratched himself a bit as he commented on the situation. "Sounds like you've got some real tension growing in there."

"Yeah, I do." Buster then noticed something, walking up to Scamp as he spoke up again. "Now that I think about it, Tramp is also a Terrier. You wouldn't happen to be related to him, would you?"

Scamp saw Buster show his fangs with Angel stepping up to defend him. "Back off Buster. He was as amazed by those feats as the rest of us. If he WAS related to the Tramp don't you think he'd tell us?"

Buster saw Angel's point with Scamp being relieved. "Smart as always. One of the reasons you're my girl."

"I'm NOT your girl. (Walks off) I don't belong to anyone." Angel walked off with Scamp being relieved, until Buster picked up a stick and snapped it, indicating what he would do to Scamp if he WAS related to Tramp. Buster walked off as well, leaving Devil to show concern for Scamp's well being.

Scamp was walking on a train track late at night as he heard Angel's voice coming from a few feet away. "Hey Scamp, wait up!" Scamp saw Angel walking up to him and smiled, stopping so she could catch up to him and they could walk together. "Sorry about that stunt Buster pulled earlier. I can't stand him."

"Yeah, must've been a nasty divorce." Scamp joked with a snicker, making Angel raise an eyebrow at him, which led to him coughing as he changed the topic. "Thanks for backing me up to. I don't know what he was talking about anyway. So I'm the same breed as the Tramp. Big whoop; I never met the guy. And even if I did we probably wouldn't get along now that he lives life as a house pet. Bleh!"

Devil was watching Scamp and Angel from up above as Angel asked what Scamp's life was like before meeting Angel. "What WAS your life before we met? I know we just met yesterday, but we should still get to know each other."

"Nothing special. Just me trying to survive out here in the wild. I'm macho like that, ya know?" Angel laughed a bit with Devil rolling his eyes while smiling, figuring that Scamp would pull some stupid stunt like this sooner or later. He decided to continue watching as the conversation went on, becoming intrigued by what he saw. "It probably would've been a lot better if you were there with me." Angel smiled and blushed, feeling something for Scamp that she never felt for anyone else before.