Galaril was just taking a breather after that experience. Galaril had gone through almost a ton of inspection to make sure that Petropolis was still under Zero's sway. Now he was plotting his next move.

"Perhaps I should pay 01 a little visit.", he thought to himself.

Using his nightmare ability, Galaril projected into Dudley's mind again. This time, Dudley was awake and Galaril decided a new tactic was in order. Seeing that Dudley was talking with Jeremiah, Galaril hid his illusion in the shadows and watched in wait. Clearly Jeremiah was giving directions to spread out across the abandoned ruins in search of OMEGA activity( just like he orchestrated). Shortly after they left, Dudley wandered close.

"Alright, just a little look over here and I'll report anything.", Dudley said to himself oblivious to Galaril's projected image nearby.

"Oh, Dudley.", Galaril purred.

Dudley turned to see Galaril( in his horse form) leaning against a pile of rubble. Dudley pulled his blaster out, but Galaril kept his cool.

"Who are you?",Dudley asked cautiously.

"I'm Galaril. Nothing more, nothing less.", Galaril answered with his usual tone.

Dudley kept his blaster out, but now that he had Galaril's attention, a conversation was in order.

"What do you want?"

"Funny you should ask.", Galaril grinned, "I just thought I'd let you in on how your little deal with Zero can be shall we say, rendered null and void."

Dudley's eyes widened in awe. A way to break his deal with Zero? That would help.

"Okay, how do I break my deal?", Dudley asked Galaril.

"I'll only say this.", Galaril told him giving a knowing smile, "The answer you seek, is in the reason you went to Zero."

"What's that mean?", Dudley asked.

Galaril said nothing. He just waved his hand and vanished.

"No, wait!", Dudley called, but Galaril was already gone.

Now what did Galaril mean? Dudley didn't know, but Galaril was going to get a majorly rude awakening when he got back. Just as he was being comforted by his herd after his little visit, Zero's voice rang out like a thunder crack.

"GALARIL!"

Now as you might have guessed, Byron and Glacia Gemini had reported Galaril to Zero( as well as what they discovered on their deployment). Zero was in his throne with one weasel on each side and man did he look mad when Galaril showed up. And that crimson color on his coat? Priceless. Galaril could tell he was in trouble.

"Galaril", Zero sneered, "do you know why I called you here?"

Galaril shook his head.

"Well, I just received a little intel that you have told a certain someone about the loop hole in MY CONTRACT!"

The skies outside flashed with jagged lightning as Zero continued.

"Not only did you manipulate your post, you IMPERSONATE me, you scheme AGAINST me, and on top of that", Zero screamed pointing a dagger like finger Galaril's way, "you helped the ENEMY!"

Byron and Glacia put their hands over their ears just to muffle the noise. And Zero was far from done. Before Galaril could move, Zero snapped his fingers and steel chains came out of nowhere and bound Galril tightly.

"03, 04", Zero instructed, "escort this usurper to...the incinerator."

Galaril started to talk, but Zero snapped his fingers once more and a steel muzzle covered Galaril's mouth preventing speech of any kind. As the Gemini twins escorted Galaril away, Zero stormed over to his power stone and after turning it on and getting a location of his target, Zero turned it off.

"If you want something done right, you need to do it personally.", he muttered to himself.

Well, that went well. Just then, Zero got a phone call on his power stone. Zero answered immediately.

"This better be important."

"Actually sir, I want to call in and see how my little test run with the Tuffmobile implant went", said the voice on the other end.

Please keep in mind that the power stone was pitch black and not showing anything, but Zero knew who it was.

"I'll say this 07, your little gadget was effective, but sadly it failed to impress me."

"Pity, I have a major upgraded one ready to be dispatched when you're ready."

"Keep it there.", Zero instructed, "I got something else in mind for it. Get those factory assembly lines up and running while your at it."

"Copy that. 07 out."

After securing their areas, Dudley met up with Jeremiah and while the others did final sweeps, Jeremiah gave Dudley a few pointers starting with the face mask( Dudley chose this one).

"So what's the face mask for?", Dudley asked.

"That's for disguise measures. Helps go the extra mile", Jeremiah explained, "It works with the Fabricizor device here, in my belt buckle( he pointed to it). By having these two things work together, the rest goes to me. I'll give a demonstration."

Jeremiah took the face mask from Dudley and put it over his face. Dudley watched in awe as it slowly turned clear. It looked like Jeremiah wasn't wearing anything on his face at all. Jeremiah then activated the device on his belt which displayed a screen with clothes options on it( each option had an illustration by it). After making his decision, Jeremiah's sneaking suit shifted into his biker look and his fur sported the malamute coat pattern.

"Whoa, does the face mask make facial hair too?"

"Mostly,", Jeremiah answered, "By straining certain muscles in my face, the face mask develops hair to those areas and gives the look I'm straining for."

Jeremiah strained his face and his biker goatee, sideburns, and mustache burst onto his face.

"Now you're in disguise?", Dudley asked.

"Not yet. Getting into the look is just the start. Now, you have to walk the walk. Remember, bikers respect tough guys so pretend you just had a rumble."

Jeremiah showed what he ment. His walk was strong, proud, and even had a bit of a swing on it.

"Then what?"

Jeremiah spun around fast.

"You talking to me punk?!", he snarled.

Dudley jumped, and Jeremiah turned the expression off.

"What was that?", Dudley asked.

"That was the third part: talk the talk.", Jeremiah told him, "Remember this is only one disguise. Never have just one."

Dudley then had a realization. Jeremiah was the malamute he met that day? Now he was certain. Jeremiah shifted back into himself and removed the face mask. Then Dudley felt a little uneasy.

"Jeremiah, there's something I need to tell you."

Dudley explained everything to Jeremiah starting with the first time he met 01 in his dreams. Then he went to the second time as well as the encounter he had with Galaril. Jeremiah listened carefully.

"Why didn't you just tell me that 01 was trying to take over you again?", Jeremiah asked Dudley when he finished.

"I was scared that you'd reject me and I'd lose my job."

Jeremiah put his arm around Dudley's shoulder.

"By the look of things, 01 was probably trying to scare you into submission and fill you with doubt. Looks like Zero isn't going to take this lying down. He's already taken over most of the world by now."

"So soon?!", Dudley asked, "Why did I even go to Zero in the first place?"

That one got Jeremiah's attention.

"Dark Wolf already told me what occurred between you and I. But those times I was stealing your glory wasn't my doing."

Dudley was interested.

"So those times you rubbed your success in my face wasn't you?", he asked.

"Not at all.", Jeremiah told him, "I may do a bunch of mean things to get you motivated, but showing off is one thing I don't do to prove how much better I am."

Dudley felt better knowing Jeremiah wasn't the reason he turned to Zero. But who was? AS he was about to answer, Jeremiah's communicator went off. Jeremiah answered to find out it was Jack.

"Hey, just thought I'd call and say our work is done here."

"Copy that", Jeremiah reported, "meet us at the drop off point."

Soon, the agents were regrouped and filing their findings. Kitty however was curious about what Jeremiah and Dudley were doing for the last hour.

"Just giving Dudley here a few tips", Jeremiah told her.

After getting back into their seats, the Tuffmobile and Jeremiah's Ultracycle(as he called it) were on the way back to HQ with a full report. Dudley could hardly believe this. From what started out as a bickering duo had blossomed into a wonderful friendship. All those harsh words and painful exercises Jeremiah put him through just to make him better seemed more like a bad memory than an actual event.

"Jeremiah", he thought to himself, "I never should have misjudged you like I did. I'm sorry for accusing you of everything."

Now what happened then? I'll tell you right now. Zero was getting his wings out when he noticed the contract Dudley signed was beginning to spark and shake violently.

"What in the- What's going on?!", he asked angrily and then he knew.

Dudley had originally came to Zero to get back at Jeremiah and for his personal gain as the chief of TUFF. Now that Dudley had dropped his grudge, part of the deal was now expired. Zero shook his head in a huff.

"This is very bad!", he muttered.

Then he turned to behind him.

"03, 04!", he yelled.

Byron and Glacia were there in a jiffy.

"You called?", they asked.

Zero's sneer quieted them instantly.

"We're going on a trip. By the way, is Galaril burning?"

"Even as we speak.", the Gemini twins answered.

That calmed Zero down a bit, but don't hold your breath because he was still pretty upset. That's when he made an important phone call back to 07.

"I'll deploy the advanced mode immediately.", 07 answered before hanging up.

Now this was going well, which is more than I'll say for 01. He heard every word Dudley said and still winded from his last dream infiltration, he saw he was becoming transparent. Then Zero(the real one) showed up and looked down on him and 01 noticed.

"Master, Dudley he-"

"I KNOW!",Zero yelled, "Now pay attention, we have some sights to weave."

Using infernal magic, Zero refueled 01 and soon they were sending whispers into Dudley's mind. Even though Zero didn't posses enough influence to force Dudley and 01 to switch places, he could still install fear and despair.

"You don't believe all that do you? After what he made you go through?"

As Zero and 01 spoke images projected into Dudley's sight and when Kitty asked if he was alright, Dudley told her that his mind was in flux. Then Galaril appeared alongside them and that really got Zero mad.

"What are YOU doing here?!", Zero sneered.

Galaril looked pleased even though he was burning.

"You're too late Zero. He's dropping his goal of being the chief of TUFF even as we speak."

Galaril was telling the truth. 01 was becoming more transparent by the moment. Galaril laughed wickedly and vanished out of there( he could escape his burning temporarily). Finally, Dudley's voice rang out from all around.

"You know Jeremiah, I don't mind that I'm not going to be the new chief of TUFF anymore. I just want to be with you now."

That did the job. 01's eyes went wide and before anything else could happen, 01 vanished completely and Zero looked at Dudley's contract which sparked and burst into flames leaving nothing but ash. With an angry screech, Zero snapped his fingers and disappeared.

Now as this was going on, Dudley and Jeremiah were doing a little driving in. Hey, the way back was long and Jeremiah wanted to see how Dudley did when he was behind the wheel. Kitty gave directions and helped him pilot while Iris assisted Jeremiah. Jack was following on his jet pack with a score pad and was taking notes( he's the neutral party okay?). So far, Dudley was proving quite the formidable adversary, but Jeremiah was no push over either. Those two vehicles were really pulling out the heavy maneuvers. This was going pretty well til they got a rude awakening. Mostly due to the detected target closing in followed by a few others. Jack cut his scoring down and rejoined the others just in time to see several battle robots show up. Now please keep in mind these looked a lot like the Iron Mutt suit that Dudley wore one time although they were not piloted by people and had visors which scanned them.

"Analysis. Subject: Enemy agents. Threat! Destroy at will."

The robots assaulted as soon as they finished. This was getting good. Instead of the frozen yogurt dispenser, they were equipped with massive triple lasers, electric shock wave gloves, and (this one's the best one) several cable length wiring that lashed out at all targets nearby. Even though the fight was five against three, the fight was even. The robot had seemed to get a hold of how Dudley and Jeremiah fought and the others as well. And what's more, whenever one was split apart, it just reformed itself and came at them again.

"This is unbelievable!", Dudley said in shock.

"Just keep fighting. We got this", Jeremiah instructed.

That rule may apply to Jeremiah, but Dudley was wearing out and fast. Even with Kitty keeping his back checked, and Jack helping, his malamute stamina had never been this strained. In all the confusion, Dudley noticed a patch of crimson fly by through the clouds. It was too hazy to see, but whatever it was, it vanished fast. Now this fighting went on for about a couple hours and still the robots kept coming. Just when Dudley was about to give up, the robots suddenly shifted into flying mode and zoomed off. After catching their breath, Dudley collapsed in the back seat of his car.

"You okay Dudley?", Jeremiah asked sounding winded himself.

"Yeah. Sure thing. Just a little bushed. What were those things?"

"Zero's exterminator robots. This is a new model. Zero must have some new tech in his arsenal."

It was then they noticed that someone wasn't here. Jeremiah, Dudley, Kitty, Iris and...Jack? They looked around, but Jack was nowhere to be seen. Had to have been during the fight. And what about that crimson figure. Now it was getting weird all over again. Dudley and Jeremiah both knew they had to tell Dark Wolf, and fast.