TWO:
BRUNO THE MUTT (FALLS FROM THE SKY)
He was falling. Bruno tried to howl as he did but the desperate cry was lost over the roaring wind, which flapped his jowls back and raised every brownish-grey hair on his body to the sky, the black star-spotted sky which was falling behind him fast as he fell from Bonevald to Earth.
His King had done this to him. And not just any King but King Rufus, the tyrannical dog king of Bonevald who imposed fear upon his fellow canines by throwing millions and millions of dogs (and cats, when he could get them) from his kingdom.
So, Bruno wasn't exactly alone as he fell but he felt alone because he was the only one who could accomplish this mission.
He was the only one who could save both Earth and Bonevald from Rufus and nothing was going to stand in his way.
LEELA
"All right guys, spill it," I ordered, knowing that Hermes and the Professor knew something about this whacky weather occurrence whenever the poor animals started to fall from the sky. The evidence was right there on their faces, which both bore knowing grins.
We were all standing outside on the balcony that extended out from the tower that was built onto the Planet Express HQ, watching dogs and cats fall left and right from where we huddled under an enormous umbrella.
"Well, Leela, if my suspicions are correct," the Professor began, and for a moment I turned my eye away from the sky-diving animals to look at him, "this might have something to do with Bonevald."
"Bonevald?" I inquired, trying to ignore the howls of laughter that Bender and Fry were producing.
"Yes, it's the planet that dogs and cats go to when they die," Hermes said.
My mind clicked. All of a sudden I remembered that, back when I was in the orphanage, how the smaller kids used to talk about this mysterious planet called Bonevald, which was where they thought their pets went to when they died, but…since most adults believed that animals had no souls and couldn't possibly go to heaven, the adults that ruled the orphanage banned the subject of Bonevald from discussion, threatening to beat the shit out of anyone who dared to open their mouths about the planet ever again.
"But isn't that a fairy tale?" I asked, frowning.
The Professor shook his head, "Not anymore." He looked up at the animal-filled sky. "Not if this means what I think it means."
"What does it mean, Professor?" Amy looked as if she was enjoying herself.
"My, my, my, it means that King Rufus, who's the evil stinking mutt behind all this, has finally gone completely mad and has ordered all his people to be thrown from the face of the planet."
Amy shuddered. "He sounds like a nice guy," she said. I glared at her. Amy and I weren't exactly on the best of terms and every time she opened her mouth I just wanted to-
"Oh, for goodness's sake, guys, it's not that funny!" I scolded Fry and Bender, who were now rolling on all floors, clutching at each other's stomachs as they both fell over each other, laughing like a couple of idiots.
"There's no point in it, mon," Hermes said, sadly.
I sighed. He was right, of course.
AMY
I didn't know what Leela's problem was but, if she didn't quit staring at me like that I was going to murder her precious Nibbler while he slept.
"Okay, I'm bored with this," Fry announced, crawling out from under Bender, who had had Fry in a head lock while sitting on top of him. "Can we go back inside now?"
"Yes, I'm growing quite tired of standing here myself," the Professor agreed.
Everyone headed back inside while I remained standing.
"Aren't you coming Amy?" Fry poked his head back around the door, making me smile. He never failed to make me do that.
"Sure! I'll be there in just-AAAH!" I screamed as, without warning, one of the dogs that had been in the middle of flight came crashing down on my head, making me fall over backwards. Fry rushed to my side.
"Amy, are you all right?" Fry wanted to know, concern written all over his boyish face. "Jeez, what happened and…what the hell is that thing?!"
He had just noticed the dog that was entangled in my short, black hair and he instantly grabbed for it.
"Ow! You bastard that was my finger! I'm gonna –"
It was easy to guess what had happened but I refrained myself from moving as he made another attempt to remove the dog from my hair.
"Stupid human! I'll rip that jacket off you back if you don't put me down! I hate being touched, dammit!"
At the sound of the voice I rose up, somehow knowing that it could only belong to the dog and, when I saw it in Fry's hands, I gasped.
"Oh, you're so cute!" I cried, whipping the puppy out of Fry's hands, which were bleeding profusely.
The noise that we were making had brought the crew back out. I was annoyed to see that Leela had brought Nibbler with her this time.
"What's going on here?" Hermes shouted. I rushed up to him and shoved the puppy in his face. I could hear Fry following behind me, whining and swearing.
"Lookie, isn't he cute, Hermes?" I cooed, burying my face into the puppy's thick, brown fur. "Can we keep him, Professor?"
"That thing better not have rabies!" Fry shouted, cradling his bloody hands and sucking on them.
"Ugh, Fry don't do that!" Leela roughly took Fry by the arm and steering him back inside. As she did, Nibbler tore himself free from his leash and came charging at me!
Before he could launch himself at me, however, my puppy leaped from my arms and met Nibbler head on, snarling at him.
"If you know what's good for you, rat, you better back off!"
My puppy's warning sent Nibbler into whimpers and I knew then that this was no ordinary talking dog because if he had been, Nibbler would've eaten him whole.
"It looks like he'll be able to keep those giant sewer rats out of my bathroom," the Professor said. I looked up at him hopefully. "So yes, I guess he could stay."
Yes!