With a huge fighting bark, Colleen jumped right off the slab and rammed right into Groomer, knocking her halfway across the room! As soon as she jumped off the slab, I could see what caused the machine to stop so suddenly. The cord that plugged the machine in was tangled up on her hind leg! "WHA.." Blight said, bending down to untangle the cord. "Hold still ya little…I don't know HOW you did this, but.." with a growl..that sounded oddly like a kiai cry, she bounded right into Blight, knocking her right into the machine!

"Soldiers rise up!" Groomer said. Immidiately the Cano Mutants stood up and grabbed their weapons. Colleen began ducking and dodging them, and jumping up and knocking QUIT a few right down!

"Run, Colleen, run!" I screamed at her. "Run, Colleen, run! Go, baby, go get out of here!!"

"Catch her, you fools!!" Groomer yelled, running after her.

"Run, Colleen, run! Run. Colleen, run!" I cried. Those mutants were NOT going to hurt my dog..not again! I didn't care what they might do to me..but I wanted Colleen out of there. I see now she's far too valuable to stay imprisoned here. She's not only valuable to me…she's valuable to the entire world! She CAN'T stay here!! Oh, Colleen, run, GET OUT!!!

"Stop her, stop her!!!" Groomer yelled. "Get after her, stop her. Oh, Parvo will NOT be happy with me!" Those were the nicest words that I had heard all day! Blight recovered and lunged aftr Collen, only to have Colleen easily skirt out of her way! "Will you at least TRY to do something?!" Groomer yelled.

"I AM doing something!!" Blight cried out, standing u and jumping after Colleen again. Colleen ducked out her way, once again leaving her spawling. Colleen than proceeded to jump up and knock into the machine, causing sparks to fly. "MY MACHINE!!!!!" Blight cried out running to it. "My machine…my beautiful machine!!! Damn that horrid canine!!"

"Never mind that now, help me get her!!! Soldiers, do your JOBS!"
"You know how long it's gonna take to fix this?!"

"Do I look like I care! We don't chain her up it's both of our heads!"

"Oh, good girl! Good girl, Colleen! Get out, run, Colleen!" To put it plainly what happened next…pandemonium! My dog was racing around the room, barking and slamming bodies all around. "Go, Colleen, run!" She raced to a nearby window. "Go, Sweetheart, jump!" She leapt out the window. The Mutants fired all sorts of weapons at her, but she managed to dodge them all and race out. I almost cried with pride. "She got away!" I cheered. "She got away!!"

"Oh, which is a LOT more than YOU will!" Grooer cried out. "Blast you and your dog, ya BOTH been more trouble to me than you're worth!"

"My machine, oh my machine, just LOOK at it!" Blight said, leaning over to pick up the pieces. Her backside is REALLY not her best! "Damn that dog we should have used another.!"

"Oh man, Parvo will NOT be happy with this!!! Look at this mess…and she got away!"

"Vicious Bitch, she is!" Blight said. She turned to me. "You ust be so proud!"

'As a matter of fact, I couldn't be prouder!!"

"Oh, shut up!"

"You lost, admit it. She's gonna come back with the authorities so you may as well forget anything you have planned."

'She's right, let;s get out of here!" Blight said.

"Now, hold it, hold it..let's not be too hasty! "Groomer said slowly. "After all,she ain't no ordinary dog..you saw it yourself! Let's wait for her to come back!"

"Huh?"

"Ya saw that picture in the paper! She doesn't work alone. There are 5 others that work with her. And knowing her she;s gonna be bringing them all back with her. Won't it b nice to electrocute all the Road Rovers, all at the exact same time?!"

Blight's eyes widened. "That's a good idea!"

"Of cours it's a good idea! Why, Parvo might evn reward both of us!"

"Ya think h might do that?!"

"Possibly, possibly. Now hurry up and fix that machine, we're having guests!"

I had to laugh at this. "Oh right, you couldn't even take care of my own dog when she's JUST a dog, you think you can take care of five dog warriors! "

"Oh, button it. "Groomer grabbed me roughly. "As for you, I'm gonna shut you up until we take care of this and tham ransom you off. In fact, while I'm waiting for the Rovers to come here I'll be preparing a very nice ransom note for ya! In the meantime," she dragged me to another room. "You make yourself nice and cozy IN HER!" She opened th door and flung me s hard as I could into a hard metal floor, banging my knee in the process. I whirled around and the door slammed shut before me.