I stared at what this woman was showing me, but at the same time unable to believe I was actually seeing it. There, on the front page was my dog…my own dog, posing with 4 others...but they..all of the dogs.. looked different! I mean..this couldn't be her! To begin with, she was standing on her hind legs! It didn't look like a trick those trainers do on TV at all…in fact, it looked like she had perfect balance! Almost….like a human being would!
Wait a minute…what HAPPENED to her body? It was no longer dog-like and filled to the brim with fur! The fur was spread out..and her backbone was nice and straight. Were those hands instead of her paws?! She was wearing body armor that resembled a cross between midevil knights and battle uniforms. She was assuming a karate stance, like she was about to place a few kicks like The Karate Kid! She looked more HUMAN in fact, than a dog! In fact the only parts of this picture that looked like my Colleen was her head and her tail in the back of this human body! I just looked at Groomer who was grinning triumphantly at me. "This is a joke, right?" I asked her. She stood there shocked. "What ARE you trying to prove? "
"Whatever do you mean, oh Mrs. Prime Minister?"
"Oh, cut this out immediately! You obviously altered this picture to put the head and tail of my dog on the body of this woman! You probably did that to all of these other dogs as well. I don't know how you got a picture of her.."
"WHAT?! Now, Mrs. Blair, do you REALLY think I'D do a thing like that?"
"All things considered, yes."
"Oh come off it! Wake up, LOOK at this picture! Open your eyes! "
"Oh YOU open YOURS! I don't know WHY you think I could ever believe this to be my dog, rather than a picture you doctored.."
"Does it LOOK like we cut out the head and tail? Look close, there is NO marking around anywhere ON this picture!"
"So you used a computer to Doctor it, what point are you trying to make?"
"The point I'm making, YOU are without a shade of a doubt confirming..which is that YOU do NOT know ANYTHING about your own pet! This photo was NOT Doctored! Your dog, along with these other dogs, are members of a c rime, fighting team called Road Rovers! These dogs repeatedly foil the plans of Genral Parvo for complete world domination every time!"
"Probably an easy feat to defat that nut!" Groomers face grew red.
"Please let ME do the talking. Don't you DARE critizise the most amazing man ever lived!" (I had my own opinion on that!) "I am telling you the honest and absolute truth. Your dog is going around behind your back, getting in our way, foiling our plans, destroying any chance we might have of ruling this world! "
I looked at her innocently. "Now, you make that sound like a bad thing!" I knew that would get her riled up, which it did. "Now, listen to me, why would I not know of something like this?! My husband is the Prime Minister of England. If there are these "Road Rovers" who are helping the country, why would we not be aware of their help?"
"Maybe because Shepard would think you'd love your dog so much you'd forbid her to go out and put her life in danger?"
"Well..wait, how do you know who gave Colleen to us? How do you know his name?"
"Because he MADE her!!! He created the Transdogmafier to turn her from THAT," (she pointed to my dog) to THIS! (she waved the paper in my face.) And she's not the only one! Look carefully at these others in this picture. Don't THEY look familiar to you?!" She wavd the paper in my face again. I did what she said ad looked. Truth be known they DID look familiar. My mind drifted to Camp David (I was there because Tony had an appointment to go to) That one in front..he looked like Bill's dog! That gray one…I think he's the Russian President's! Was that Doberman the German Chancellors?! That huge white one looked almost exactly like the Swiss President's…but they couldn't be! No….this is impossible! She's trying to mess with my mind like she's going to mess with Colleen's any minute! I looked at this horrid woman.
"I don't know what you're doing or who you think you are, and I don't know why you doctored these pic tures..
Groomer threw the paper down in frustration. "You STILL don't believe me?!"
"Why should I? Even if what you're saying should happen to be true, give me one good reason to believe it! "
Groomer gazed upon the huge metal phone booth like things that were lining the back wall. "Give ya proof, huh? OK, if you MUST see before you believe, so be it! Oh, Parvo?" she asked in a singsong voice.
Parvo turned around from where he was talking to Blight. "Yes?"
"Would ya mind if I made a few tweaks to the Cano-Mutator?"
"What kind of 'Tweaks"?
"To turn it into a Transdogmafier, a full fledged one like Shepards!"
"Why? Why turn my dogs into a bunch of goody-goody's?"
She jerked her thumb in my direction. "SHE doesn't believe me when I tell her of her little doggie's secret. In fact, she wants full fledged proof!"
"Parvo looked at us for a long, long time. He looked at me…gazed at Colleen who growled at him. He then turned to Groomer. "Go ahead. But when you're done, reset it." Groomer nodded and moved to one of the metal booths. She pressed some buttons, and flipped switches. I watched the entire time wondering what on Earth she was doing! Also wondering if I even wanted to know!
"Ok, now it's time!" She looked at me. "You want your proof…well you're gonna get it!" She glared at Colleen. "All right, you, IN!" She unchained and uncuffed Colleen. She grabbed the chain before Collen could run away. My dog was NOT foolish, she was struggling and barking hard. "HUSH up! Come on, now. It's not right to lie and decieve your Mummy! Time for the truth! Go in!"
"Wat's going on here?" Blight asked, coming forward.
"Dr, you are about to witness a special invention I just happened upon that I "borrowed" from someone else. The transdogmifier. Turns ordinary dogs into human-like fithing machines.!"
"Ya mean this thing is gonna turn that dog into somethuing human-like?"
"Not for very long, but yes."
"This I gotta see!" she said, moving back.
Colleen was putting up quite a fuss that Groomer took a gun and aimed it at me! "Put it this way..YOU GET IN THAT TRANDOGMAFIER NOW..OR YOUR MUMMY GET HER FACE BLOWN OFF!!" Colleen barked quickly and went into the booth.
"WHAT is going on here?!" I said. "Groomer, what are you going to do?!"
"Oh nothing that hasn't already been done half a million times! Oh, don't be afraid, it won't hurt her. Watch the window!" I looked at the clear door of the contraption. It started to fill with smoke so I couldn't see my Colleen..just her silluette. But at the same time I couldn't believe what I was seeing! It looked like she was slowly standing up! Oh my God….her body was changing..turning..WHAT'S going on?! Finally the smoke stopped,. "Tada! Behold your precious dog..now a full fledged Road Rover from London!" She opened the door with a grand florish…and I couldn't believe what stepped out! Slowly…the figure from the paper stepped out,. Her head and tail looked like my Colleen…but she was in armor..on hind legs…with hands! My mouth staid open. I could see Blight's mouth was as well.
"Colleen? Honey?" I asked.
The figure looked down. She answred in a Cokney accent. "Yes."
"I am NOT believing this!' Blight said,.
"Colleen? You…you can..talk?"