Special Police HQ…
"What do you mean three culprits you have been chasing for six months are heading for Earth?" Chief Numa asked, looking at the female on the other side of his desk.
"Those three overtook me, before losing consciousness, I heard them saying something about Planet Earth." The female said. She wore a purple uniform and held a gold badge. Her medium length brown hair flowed down her back with a single braid on her right side. Her sharp gold eyes stared right into the avian's eyes as she spoke. "If I go to Earth, I can attempt to stop them again."
"Very well, but I must warn you now that their Chief has taken and unexpected vacation to visit his home world, so he will be unavailable for some time." Numa said.
"Understood, I'll leave immediately." She said, then took her leave.
"I hope she knows what she is doing." Numa thought as he sat back in his chair.
Dekabase of Planet Anubis…
"Rufus, we have an incoming shuttle requesting landing." Kris said, looking over to the dark blue dog.
"Give it to them." He said softly. The death of Tank shook them to the core, and they were struggling to stay together.
"Right." She said, then she passed the word. The return message, saying the 'copy that', also held a more personal message, "Hey, Rufus, they want us to meet them when they land in about half an hour, all four of us."
"Why?" the dark blue dog asks, looking over to Kris.
"They don't say." Kris said while contacting the other two, "but we might as well."
"Yeah, I'll head down there now, you and the other two can meet me down there."
"Sure thing." Kris said.
Rufus got up from the seat he was at, which once belonged to Tank, and headed to the hanger. Because the team was at a loss, they haven't had time to schedule Tank's funeral, for now the body rested in a funeral home. Sitting at one of the benches in the hanger, Rufus closes his eyes.
Twenty-five minutes later Sunt, Kris, and Rose joined him. They all waited for the shuttle to land. Those final five minutes dragged by slowly as they sat there, waiting. They didn't know who was coming, Rufus thought it was Numa, Kris thought of a new chief, Rose was thinking a representative from HQ, while Sunt thought of Doggie.
Finally the hanger bay doors opened, and the shuttle landed. The shuttle was a model that none of the Anubis Seijin was familiar with. The door on the side opened and out came a cheerful sight for the team.
"Doggie!" Kris screamed, and rushed over to give him a hug. The light blue dog quickly returns it, knowing how happy the team was to see him. It wasn't long before the other three joined in, giving him a group hug.
"Hey guys." Doggie said gently, finally prying free from their grasp. "Sorry about not keeping in touch."
"It's alright, tough guy." Rose said, "we figured you were too busy to."
If only you knew. Doggie thought as Swan came out of the Shuttle. "If it's alright with you guys, I brought along a friend of mine."
"It's cool." Rufus said, "Let's go to the Dekaroom to talk." Doggie nodded and let his comrades lead him and Swan to the Dekaroom.
"Hey Doggie, where's that cool looking sword of yours?" Sunt asks as they walk.
Doggie pulled his Master License out and opened it to reveal a hologram image of his Dekasuit. "Right there." He pointed to the sword on the hologram.
"You wear a Dekasuit." Rufus commented, glancing back at it. "Doesn't it hurt your muzzle?"
"No, not really." Doggie says, closing the license and putting it away, "So long as the suit is made correctly, it shouldn't bother your body."
"Cool, but I think we'll remain without the suits." Rufus said.
"That's fine." Doggie said, "Planet Anubis hasn't had villains like what some of the other planets I've visited have."
"What planet has had the worse?" Kris asks, as they enter the Dekaroom.
"Planet Earth three years ago had a really bad year." Doggie said, taking a seat, "Rain Seijin Abrera supported many attacks before he was finally deleted."
"Oh, I heard about that." Rose said, "Earth had been a news highlight, but the newscaster never mentioned any names."
"That's right, I thought I recognized that suit." Sunt said suddenly, "So you were there?"
"Yes, I was." Doggie said, "But what has been happening on Anubis, since we all know the happenings of Earth."
The group entered the dekaroom. "Nothing really, it's been quiet." Rufus said, "the occasional robbery, the rare kidnapping, and the average murder case."
Doggie smiled as the group fell into the normal chatter.
...A Solar Eclipse...
Inside one of the guestrooms later that evening, Swan and Doggie settle in. It almost reminded Swan when she and Doggie first went to Earth and were waiting for the Dekabase to be built. Of course, that was a while back. Swan glanced out the window and saw the sun starting to set.
"Will you be alright by yourself for a bit?" Doggie asks, standing by the door.
"Why?" Swan asks, catching the bag he tossed her.
"I want to talk with the man they have in a holding cell here, since Rufus says they imprisoned him for robbing." He says, opening the door.
"I should be fine." Swan said.
"Alright, I'll be back later tonight." Doggie says, then walks out the door.
Walking down to the prison, Doggie looks for the man. It was the same man he delayed from escaping the police back a few hours before his career started. Back then he was imprisoned for murder. Stopping in front of the cell on the guards told him, he looks in at the lonely figure inside. He was lying on his back staring at the ceiling.
"You want a second chance?" he asks, "I can cut your time in here right now if you do."
"That voice…" the man said, sitting up, "I recognize it from somewhere."
"You were the one asking if I had a death wish." Doggie said.
"You've changed from a street rat I once knew you as." He said, walking over. The brown dog seemed a little antsy.
"Yeah, well, we all change, I think." Doggie said, "Now, will you accept my offer?"
"If you can also find me a job, then yeah."
"The owner of the curry shop still the same person I knew many years ago?" Doggie asked, unlocking the cell door.
" 'Lieve so." He said, stepping out, "Why?"
"He pays well." Doggie said, leading the dog out of the base. "I can probably convince him to let you get a job there, if you're in need of a job and money." Doggie said as they took a walk. "You just have to promise me that you won't cause any more trouble, it's not often someone changes from bad to good in the mortal realm."
"How do you know that?" The anubinoid asked, looking at the light blue dog beside him.
"Don't worry about that." Doggie said as they walked, "You'd just freak out."
"Like I'm not already." He replied, "Name's Rick, by the way."
"Nice to learn you name." Doggie said, "Doggie's mine."
"Doggie? That's a… ridiculously cool name." Rick said.
"Yeah, well, I don't mind it." Doggie said as the two entered the West District Curry Shop. He walks right up to the counter and spots the person he wants' to talk with. "Aleric." He calls gently, and the older dog walks over.
"Can I help you?" he was staring at Rick with a sadden look.
"I want you to give him a job here." Doggie said, "I know he has robbed this place, but he really wants to turn a new leaf."
"Sure thing, Doggie, I think I can handle that." Aleric said, "He can start right away, if he desires."
"Please." Rick said.
"Jasmle, teach Rick the ropes." He called to a female in the back.
"Sure thing." She called happily.
"Curry to go?" Aleric asked, looking at the light blue dog.
"Make it two." Doggie said, "I have someone with me that I left back at the Dekabase."
"It'll be like the olden days, free for you because of your dad's final wishes."
"Thank you." Doggie said as he took the two helpings of curry with him.
It didn't take him long to return to the room he and Swan were sharing. He spotted Swan working on the flaws of his suit as he walked in, the stars outside the window hidden by the rooms lights. He placed one of the helpings of curry next to her as he walked over to the couch and sat down, turning the TV on to SPD news.
"Thank you Doggie." Swan said, taking a break to eat her curry.
"No problem." Doggie said, watching the TV. "How's the suit?"
"Well, I managed to get your sword out, but it looks like the suit needs to be completely redone." Swan said, sitting next to him.
"Well, seeing that we are going to be here a while, you can work on it, right?"
"It'll keep me busy." Swan replied, "This curry's good."
"I still think Earth makes it better for some reason." Doggie said. Swan smiled. Doggie turned the TV off and got up. "Well, I'll see you in the morning." He said before slipping into one of the two beds.
"Goodnight." Swan said, before going to turn the lights out.
...A Solar Eclipse...
Doggie was a little afraid to enter the dekaroom, hearing verbal fighting going on. He wondered what had snapped his friends as he got closer to the door. Swan was right behind him as he got closer, the doors finally detecting his presence and opening. Doggie peaked in and saw Sunt trying to keep the peace while the girls' spaz. Rufus looked completely at a loss.
"Hey, calm down Rose, Kris." Sunt said, trying to separate the two.
They continued to yell at each other, their words meshed together and making no sense.
"HEY!" Doggie barked and all action stopped, the team staring at the light blue dog. Doggie mentally flinched, realizing that he nearly gave out his chief voice. "Since when did you become this uncivilized?"
"Since the stress became to much." Kris said softly. Doggie sighed.
"You guys need to work on those plans, alright, Swan can help you if you need it." Doggie replied gently, walking over, "Rose, Rufus, and I will do a patrol while Sunt and Kris work on the Funeral plans with Swan, maybe we can get some work done this way."
"Alright, I could use some exercise." Rufus said, getting up, "Let's go Rose."
"Okay." She said, then followed the two dogs out of the room.
"Let's get started." Swan said, "You need to decide what Tank would want, I'm just going to help design the whole thing."
"Alright." Sunt said, "I have a feeling that…"
"Who do you see as being a Chief around here?" Doggie asks Rufus and Rose as they walking in the cool spring air.
"What do you mean?" Rufus asked.
"I'm just wondering who you think could lead the Special Police, so Numa O doesn't have to find you a brand new Chief from a foreign planet."
"Sunt would probably say me, but I'm not the type of person to stay behind a desk with the paper work." Rufus said.
"You prefer the field any day, Ruf." Rose teased.
"What about you?" Doggie asked, looking at the purple dog.
"I'm no leader, remember that mission when Rufus was down and Tank asked me to be the leader, we failed big time." Rose said.
"Oh yeah, forgot about that." Doggie said, as the trio sat in the park. "What about either Kris or Sunt, though?"
"Kris… she can get on the sloppy side, and she tends to forget about team meetings." Rufus said truthfully. Sounds like Umeko almost. Doggie thought. "And Sunt… I don't know."
"He'd be a great Chief, he just doesn't see himself as one." Rose said.
"If Numa were to chose him, you think he could handle it?" Doggie asked.
"Probably." They both said. Doggie smiled.
Looks like I have my man, I would've picked Sunt anyway considering how he can handle situations. Doggie thought as he looked at the sky. "Don't let them know I talked about that with you guys, alright." He said.
"Sure, no problem." Rufus said.
"And I should let you know that they guy you imprisoned a few days ago now works at the curry shop he robbed from."
"What? When and how?" Rufus demanded.
"When, last night during sunset, how, I gave him another chance." Doggie said, getting up, "Not often do people want to turn around their life in the mortal realm."
"True." Rose said, "You'd know that better then anyone."
Doggie nodded. "Let's go back." He said, leading the two back to the base.
Back at the base...
"Well, I think we're done." Kris said, collecting the papers.
"That wasn't hard, now was it?" Swan asked, as she saw Sunt turn a TV on to SPD news. The highlight was about three wanted Criminals running around the universe, already approved for delete. "Hmm, didn't see this last night." Swan commented, walking over to the monitor.
"Wonder where they are hiding." Sunt said, "It says here they were last seen on Chiryo."
"Why were they on my home planet?" Swan wondered.
"Who knows, SPD isn't releasing any information." Kris said, "But someone should contact Numa about the date of the funeral."
"I'll do it tonight with Doggie." Swan said.
"That settles that." Sunt said, "Then we'll start getting ready for the whole thing at the end of the week."
"Good." A distant voice called, then the doors opened to the trio who left for patrol, "because as you know, I'm rather busy and have planets to assist." Doggie said.
"Are you neglecting us?" Kris asked, looking at the dog she considers her brother.
"Hell no," Doggie said, "But I'm rather busy, I can't always be here with you guys."
"Well, after this you promise to keep in touch with us?" Sunt asks the question in everyone's mind.
"I can't promise set times, but I'll see what I can do." Doggie says, then puts his arm around Kris, "For now, lets just focus on the funeral and getting past that without forgetting what Tank did for us."
"Yeah, definitely." Rose said, standing in Rufus' grasp as he held her close.
"Sunt, Kris, could I talk with you alone for a few minutes?" Doggie asked. He knew that Rufus and Rose both knew what he was going to talk about.
"Sure." Sunt said, then he and Kris followed Doggie out of the dekaroom. After a walk, Sunt looked at Doggie. "What's this about?"
"I'm just trying to figure out who out of the four of you would be a good person to chose to be the Chief." Doggie said calmly, "I don't think you want Chief Numa O to pick some foreigner from another planet who probably speaks in only the common language."
"Rufus, probably." Sunt said. Just as the team leader thought. Doggie thought to himself.
"Yeah, but Rufus doesn't seem to be that kind of guy." Kris said, looking at Sunt, "Me and Rose just can't keep organized at all."
"Leaving you." Doggie said, looking at his long time friend, "Think you could handle it if given to you?"
"I don't know." Sunt said, looking down, "I just don't see myself there."
Doggie pats Sunt on the shoulder, "But a lot of people do." He said before going back into the Dekaroom to round of Swan to head to their room for the night.
"Do you think I'm really capable?" Sunt asks Kris.
"I do." Kris said, peaking him on the cheek, "just see what it's like if you do get the job."
Sunt smiled, "Alright, but only if I get the job." He said.
Doggie and Swan's room later that night...
Doggie and Swan sat in front of the computer in the guestroom they had, the face on the monitor was Numa O's.
"So the end of the week, correct?" the avian asked to be certain.
"Correct." Swan said.
"And I have a chief for you." Doggie said.
"Who?"
"Sunt Moonrise, the current Dekablue of this planet."
"Ah, I've read his file, he's a good choice." The red-white eagle said, shifting through some papers. "By the way, Kruger, a specialist name Yasu has gone to Earth, I don't know if you have heard the news about Chiryo…"
"I saw the Headlights," Swan cut in, "But no details."
"…I see." Numa said, "Any ways, I'll fill you in a bit. Basically Yasu is after the three culprits that were on Chiryo, there they attacked females about your age, Swan, for reason unknown, Chiryo isn't releasing any footage or pictures."
"Understood, so she's stationed on Earth why?" Doggie asked.
"She heard that those three were going to Earth next, so she wanted to be a step ahead of them."
"I see… well then I guess we'll see you at the end of the week?" Swan asked.
"I'll be there." Numa reassured, then closed the line.
Doggie put his hands on Swan's shoulders, knowing exactly what was going through her head.
That's chapter zero for you, more on the way as i type them out over the days.