For several weeks, Dudley tried to do his job as a TUFF agent and for some reason, somebody always got there before he even showed up. That part he didn't mind, but his fellow agents admiring this newcomer while hardly even noticing him he did. One time, when the Caped Cod tried to once again flood the city, J showed up and left a little note when he was done: "Whoops u missed me". Another time, when a rogue explosives expert tried blowing up a railway, J got there too and left yet another note: "Oops, too slow". By the time Dudley was done at work he was not at all pleased.

"What's J's big idea?", he thought bitterly to himself, "Take my job away? I have worked at TUFF for a long time and no copycat like J is going to get the best of me."

The following day, TUFF received a phone call from General Warhog at the Petropolis Military base. Dudley wanted to get the jump on J this time, so he headed out right away. When he got there, Warhog was waiting for him near a large vault door that had apparently been blown open.

"So what happened?", Dudley asked him eager to get details.

"Somebody broke into our vaults just a few hours ago", Warhog informed.

"And what was stolen?", Dudley asked.

"For some reason, nothing was even touched", Warhog said with a shrug.

Now this was odd. What kind of criminal breaks into a maximum security vault, but takes nothing? Dudley didn't know so he headed back to TUFF with a report, but he had a feeling that a "certain someone" was behind this. At TUFF, Kitty was getting some leadership practice in so she could keep her cool in harsh situations when Dudley came in.

"So what did you find out?", she asked him.

"False alarm", Dudley informed, "Nothing was even touched there."

"Nothing?", Kitty asked completely in surprise.

"I know, but I think this has J written all over it.", Dudley answered in suspicion.

Dudley took out the notes that J left at the scene of his "deeds" and Kitty saw they all were signed by J.

"And get this Dudley", Kitty informed him, "while you were out at the base, J was committing various deeds across Petropolis."

She pulled up some video montage on the big screen which showed the same biker that Dudley encountered saving pedestrians, stopping crime, and then vanishing before anyone could get a better look. Then the screen showed some places that appeared to have been robbed( such as laboratories, power plant, and machine parts department stores. Now Dudley was getting a little bit mad. J was more than just a copycat, he was a glory hog as well.

While all that was happening, 03 and 04 had been investigating on certain pedestrians( such as the mayor, the power plant operators, and the like).

"Some people have no idea-", 03 started.

"That we're around", 04 finished, "And yet we are able to see them-"

"Live and waste their lives away", 03 added.

They had gotten Dudley's entire daily schedule down over the weeks and kept a low profile as instructed by their "boss" and had gotten a new mission briefing. Now they were to keep an eye on certain "targets" and mark them for something else. Their boss never told them what was going on, they just got orders. Not that it mattered anyway, being expert assassins, they were prepared to take on any foe with their agile and sleek mobility. Often using these qualities as a form of ambush, they could slit the throat of anybody before anyone knew they were in the room. Then, their special headphones gave a ring and believe it or not, it was their boss again.

"03, 04. Report!"

"Targets acquired", 03 stated, "and soon-"

"Will be ready", 04 finished.

"Excellent, keep up the good work. My "minor issues" are resolved. All in all, you've done well. If all goes to plan, this world, will be ours for the purifying."

"So shall it be", 03 and 04 answered in unification.

"I'll soon be in for a personal mission. Over and out."

And then their boss hung up, and 03 and 04 went back to their surveillance and note taking objectives all while double checking their arsenal of gadgets and serrated blades( hey you never know when you'll need them).

Dudley had never felt so overwhelmed. First a newcomer takes the spotlight, and now crime was very low. Snaptrap, Bird Brain or the Chameleon had not reported seen in a long time, and these small time crooks were getting kind of old. Just then Kitty walked in and noticed he looked kind of upset so she walked over.

"Hey, what's with you?"

"I don't know Kitty", Dudley sighed heavily, "I just don't feel confident with you away from me. I know those times I messed up were kind of bad, but still."

"Oh yeah, like the time you let your imaginations loose using Keswick's simulation machine. Remember how much trouble that was?"

"And the time I accidentally sent you're e-mail diary to everyone?"

"Oh, I still dream about it. And the time you spent our lunch money on a stupid gold hat?"

"I have a fondness for shiny stuff. Anyway, I may not be the best, but I need you Kitty. Nobody else wants to be near me, I can't do my missions right anymore cause you're not there to scold and correct me", Dudley whined as his eyes got all watery, " I NEED YOU KITTY!"

"Oh, it's okay Dudley", Kitty said trying to calm him, "Listen, after I get some training to be chief done, I'll accompany you on you're next assignment?"

"Alright, Kitty", Dudley sniffled, "I'll keep trying. For you and for me."

"That's all I want to hear", Kitty told him, "Why don't you clean out the vault? Nobody's been there in a while."

Dudley had not been this far in the vault before. Many of inventions Keswick invented that proved to dangerous were often kept in here. As Dudley made his way through, He accidentally tripped on a wire and crashed into a very rusty and dusty file cabinet. After fanning away the dust cloud, He looked into it( although it took some effort to get it open) and found an old file. He pulled it out and then opened it to find yellowed sheets of paper with the writing barely readable. As he turned it a little, something went clang near his foot. He looked and found a flash drive. He put the file back in the cabinet, closed it, and exited the vault with the flash drive. What was it? Is it important? He didn't know. So when he got to his computer, he inserted the flash drive and after loading it's contents, looked over it. It was unbelievable, now on his screen, Dudley found several formula's for strength, speed, regeneration, you name it. Dudley then found one trial experiment and that one made his heart stop. It showed a full scan of dog abilities, but no drawbacks. And for a second, he wondered that if TUFF had this, who knows what they could do. Then Herbert hopped over and landed on his desk.

"Hey Dudley, what are you up to?"

"Chief, look at this", Dudley answered showing Herbert his screen and Herbert then turned pale as though he had seen a ghost.

"Dudley, where did you find this?"

"In the vaults. Why?"

"Dudley, I think you should put that flash drive back and forget about it."

"Forget about it? But chief-"

"No buts Dudley. Put it back before it gets out of hand. I'm not going through with this again.", Herbert stated firmly but then covered his mouth to stop himself, but Dudley had heard every word.

"Again? But chief do you know what this means? For me? For TUFF? For the world?! With this new power, we could end-"

"ABSOLUTY NOT!", Herbert yelled as he unplugged the flash drive and hurling it into the trash can, "We are NOT going to allow this to occur! I know where you're going with this and it is not the answer to our problems. Dudley, listen don't try anything you saw on that drive. Don't do something you'll regret later."

Herbert then turned and hopped away, but Dudley went to the trash can and got the flash drive out.

"Oh chief, why won't you let me try? This could be the thing we need. At least he can't stop me from keeping it safe, right?", Dudley asked himself.

With that, Dudley hid the flash drive in his shirt, and walked back to his desk, pretending that he had forgotten about the flash drive, but now he got curious. That last trial still etched in his mind made him think about himself. Is this super soldier me?

By now Dante had made his way back to the rendezvous point and after checking that he was not being followed, entered the house fast and shut the door. Inside, the Redbone dog was busy putting together a very fancy looking piece of hardware when Dante came near.

"Did you get the stuff?", he asked Dante.

Dante laid out the pieces of machinery he had gathered when Madame Pershaw came near and laid out what she gathered. Then the Redbone turned and inspected everything.

"Tricluse power compacter, Plutonium energized core, several bolts of cast iron, and finally, a newly developed laser drill/frame cutter. Yep first list retrieved."

Madame Pershaw tore off a portion of the list they were given and threw it into the fireplace where it burned away in the flames. While she was doing that, the Redbone set up a special pad of panels and placed the materials onto it. Then he punched in the code on a laptop he plugged into the side and then the panels started to light up and hum loudly.

"Transporting materials now", the Redbone stated as he pressed a button on the keyboard.

Once that happened, there was a flash off light, a fragrance of scorched steel and crude oil, then it was all over and the materials on the panels were no longer there.

"Transport successful", the Redbone declared proudly.

Dante nodded. The first part of their mission was a success. But this wasn't over yet. Since he had been sighted by the locals, Dante began to wonder if they could keep this up. His biker look wouldn't last very long and neither would Madame Pershaw's. They would have to change their looks and soon. Before too much of this "mystery agent" thing got too much attention.