American Dragon: Haley Long (Season One)
Chapter/Episode 17: The Bone Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree
Sun Park stood on the Island of Draco, her arms crossed and an angry look on her face. She couldn't believe that Lu Dog had done this. She had trusted her! She had tried to help her! Well, this was what she got for trusting a trouble-making thief. Sun was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard footsteps; looking up from the ground, Sun could see the dragon form of Councilor Ulixes standing in front of her, a dedicated smile on her face. "The Council has decided to send me out to find the American Dragon..." Ulixes reported, a maddened glint in her eyes.
Sun didn't know what to say; she could only nod.
"However..." Ulixes added, walking over to the wall Sun stood against. "The Council has also decided..." As she spoke, Ulixes used one of her claws to carve into the wall; it took Sun only a moment to realize that Ulixes was carving in the outline of a dog. "...That you are to come with me, seeing as you got to know that criminal. You might know of a place where she might take her two captives..."
Sun finally found her voice. "Not really, Councilor..."
"Well..." Ulixes grinned again. "...I'm sure there will plenty of time for you to think. After all, we're counting on you, Master Park. We can't just wait for the American Dragon to escape. And then, when we finally catch that dog..." Ulixes then dug her claws into the wall, ripping the dog carving out of the wall. "...I will crush her..." Ulixes then clenched her fist, the carving of the dog crumbling to pieces.
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The rain had stopped coming down the next morning, and now Haley was walking alongside Lu and Fu Dog in human form. "So, where exactly were you when you were attacked by those two dogs?" Fu was asking.
"I'm not entirely sure..." Lu answered. "I just stayed down until I was found..."
"Well, where was your mother?" Haley asked, finally speaking up. "Do you think she could have gone out looking for you?"
"Oh, no..." Lu Dog answered, shaking her head. "She's very sick, and she has trouble standing. We decided that we would just take care of her there, and keep her company...until..."
"I understand, Lu..." Haley told her, cutting her off before the dog could say what she was going to say. "We'll find them..."
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The three had walked for quite a while, and just now, Lu had decided to let them have a rest. "Why don't you sit down and take a rest?" the young golden asked. "I'll see if I can find some kind of food..."
"Good!" Fu replied. "Because I'm starving!" Then, he added when he saw Haley glaring at him: "What? I am!"
"You don't have to be rude about it..." Haley muttered.
"I'm not being rude..." Fu barked. "I'm telling the truth. The puppy is offering to go find us some food..." Then, both dog and dragon watched as Lu Dog turned and left the alley, on a mission to find some food. As soon as Lu was gone, the shar-pei turned to Haley. "Can we leave her?" he asked.
"I thought you would never ask..." Haley quickly stood up. "I mean, normally, I would think that what we're doing is wrong, but she kidnapped us. I'm sure she'll be able to find her family on her own..."
"You took the words right out of my mouth, kid..." Fu commented. "Come on, we're only holding her back. Only she knows where her mom would be."
"Exactly." Haley agreed, the two turning and starting to walk down the alley.
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Haley and Fu Dog had been wandering around the alleys, never finding the way to a road. Each turn they made only took them down another alley; it was like a maze. "Sheesh..." Fu shrugged. "No wonder the puppy didn't know where to go..."
"Fu..." Haley finally had the courage to bring up what had been on her mind for several minutes now. "Maybe it was wrong for us to abandon Lu. Maybe we should go back..."
"Nah, she'll be fi..." Fu Dog started, but he abruptly stopped speaking, and his ear twitched. "Shh..." Fu added. "I hear something. It's coming from over there..." Fu then turned and pointed one of his paws to the closest building.
Haley looked at the building for a moment; it was old, but it was obviously more sturdy than the other buildings around the alley, and at the bottom, there was a window, which led down to a basement or a boiling room. Haley walked over to it, lying down onto her stomach and looking through the window and into the room.
Fortunately, the lights were on inside, and Haley could see everything. Inside, Haley could see a large pile of very large bones, much large than regular ones that a dog could finish in about a day. Haley continued to search around the room, until her eyes finally found a conveyer belt with large bones on it, coming out of a furnace. But that wasn't what shocked Haley, it was who was at the conveyer belt that surprised Haley; Haley's eyes widened in shock as she recognized the operator as Lu's brother...Stu Dog. Stu had a black collar around his neck, and as he put his front paws on the second conveyer belt which sent the bones into the furnace, Haley could see that there were black straps around his paws as well.
Haley's eyes darted from the captive dog to the other side of the room when she heard the sound of the door open, and she could see the shepherd dog, Little Rover, enter with his Border collie, Growler, and his pit-bull, Biter.
"Ear of the dragon!" Haley commanded, and she could feel her ear transform. Once she was certain the transformation was complete, Haley put her ear to the glass, while continuing to stare at the sight in front of her inside the warehouse.
"Well done, Stu Dog!" Little Rover smiled as he looked down at the large bones dropping down onto the floor from the conveyer belt. "You are doing an excellent job! Biter! Growler!" He suddenly called, turning to his lackeys. "Make yourselves useful and carry those bones up to that level up there..." He motioned to something Haley's couldn't see. "..."While Stu takes his well-deserved break..."
"Yes, sir!" Biter and Growler both said in unison, walking over to the bones while Little Rover looked at Stu.
"Well, you heard me..." Little Rover said. "You can take a five minute break."
"Thank you, sir..." came Stu's simple reply as he turned and walked to the exit.
After watching Stu Dog leave the room, Haley turned her attention to Fu, who was now at her side and was simply staring at her. "We need to go back to Lu..." Haley finally said. "I just found her brother. Well, one of them..."
"What's he doing in there?" Fu asked.
"I'll tell you on the way back to Lu Dog..." Haley promised, starting to part her head away from the window, only to gasp as she found that her ear would not leave the pane; it must have been the heat from inside the room. Trying to hold back panic, Haley placed her hands on the ground and slowly pushed herself away, before coming back, then yanking away, ripping off the piece of glass from the window. As Haley stood up, she was clutching her ear, but nonetheless, she commanded: "Let's go!"
Back inside the room, Little Rover was just about to leave the room when he heard the sound at the window. Narrowing his eyes, Little Rover turned back to face his two lackeys. "Did you hear that?" he demanded.
"Hear what?" Growler asked.
"We didn't hear anything..." Biter added.
His eyes narrowing even more, Little Biter spoke again. "I heard something..." Then, he added: "You two hurry those up and then follow me. We're going to get to the bottom of this."
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Flapping could be hear throughout a dark alley as two pairs of dragon feet landed on the cold ground. Folding her wings behind, Councilor Ulixes turned her head towards Sun after taking a deep breath.
"What?" Sun asked.
"I can smell it..." Ulixes grinned. "The dog's been here..."
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Outside the boiler room, Little Rover stood behind Biter and Growler as the two lackeys sniffed at the ground. When both of the dogs were done, they lifted their heads.
"Well?" Little Rover growled. "What do you smell?"
"There was someone here..." Biter said. "We can smell it..."
"It smells like another dog..." Growler added. "Another dog...and a dragon."
Little Rover seemed to take this in for a moment before he growled with anger. "You idiots!" he growled. "I don't care what they were! Someone saw us! That's all that matters! What we're doing is illegal, and if someone reports it to the Dragon Council, we will all be going away for a very long time!"
"What do we do?" Biter asked.
"You imbecile!" Little Rover barked, bringing his left paw up and smacking Biter across the head with it. "What do I usually have you do? We're going to find them...and kill them..."
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Lu Dog looked around, trying to see if she was in the all clear before she made her way over to the small creak that she had used to bring her mother water. However, it was not until Lu Dog had reached the water that she realized that she did not have anything to put the water in so she could deliver it to Fu and Haley.
After a moment, Lu Dog sighed and turned, trotting away and turning, leading to another alley that was littered with garbage cans and trash. Lu didn't waste any time; the young golden trotted into the alley and started to sniff around the trash areas, but not finding anything of interest, the golden turned and moved to the other side of the alley, just as something inside one of the trashcans behind her started to shake, rattling the can.
Lu Dog was completely oblivious to this; the dog continued to sniff for something to carry the water from the creak in. As the garbage can behind her rattled once more, Lu's eyes widened as she found something; the young golden retriever put her paw in-between two rather large trashcans, using her paw to fish for the object.
Finally, the young golden managed to catch hold of the handle with her paw, and the pulled with all her might. The two cans fell sideways, making loud noises as they hit the ground, and Lu Dog grinned with accomplishment as she looked down at her prize: a plastic bucket used for sand castles at the beach, which had a hole in it. Lu Dog didn't care, though. It could still hold water. Lu Dog reached down and bit her teeth down on the handle, just as she heard a femal voice calling from not very far away:
"Lu Dog?" the voice called.
"Haley?" Lu dropped the bucket from her mouth, and the next thing she knew, both Fu Dog and Haley turned around the corner and rushed over to her.
"Lu Dog!" Haley reported as she and the shar-pei stopped in front of her. "Lu Dog, we found your brother!"
"What?" Lu asked, her eyes widening. Unfortunately, before Haley could repeat her words, there was a flash, and the next thing Haley knew, something had slammed into Lu, knocking her off of her feet and onto her back.
As Lu Dog yelped with terror, her eyes squeezed shut, Haley transformed into her dragon form and slammed her tail into Lu's attacker, slamming him into the wall. The attacker grunter and fell down, crashing against the two fallen trashcans. Haley bent down and slowly helped Lu Dog up, and as soon as the young golden had stopped panting and shaking, she looked at her attacker and gasped.
"Ru?" she demanded, and Haley's eyes widened. At the moment of Lu Dog's attack, she couldn't recognize the dog from her dream, but now she could. The attacker had the exact same skinned tail and the exact same fur color.
Ru Dog slowly looked up from the ground, and he turned his head to the dog that he had attacked, blinking repeatedly. Then, Ru Dog gasped as well. "Lu Dog?" he asked as his sister approached him. "How can it be? How can you still be alive?"
"I just got lucky..." was all Lu said before she changed the subject. "Where's Stu Dog?"
To Lu's surprise, she found that her brother was answering by shaking his head. Finally, Ru spoke; "You weren't there, so of course you didn't see what happened to him..."
"What happened to him?" Haley asked from behind Lu.
Once again, Ru shook his head. "Lu, please know that I would never abandon you..." he tried to explain. "I came right back...but by then, it was too late..."
"Just tell me what happened..." Lu Dog ordered softly.
"Alright..." Ru sighed as he caved in. "Well, I came back from my hiding place almost immediately..."
Ru Dog was walking away from the alley that he had hidden in, immediately stopping and hiding behind a wall as he peaked into the alley that he had just ran out of. In the alley, Little Rover growled with rage as he rammed into Stu Dog's side. Stu grunted with pain as he slid to the ground.
"You fool!" Little Rover growled as he started to pace around the fallen dog. "How could you two be so careless?"
"We...We didn't know..." Stu struggled to say. "...That...our sister followed us..."
"Well, now because of your carelessness, your sister is dead, rotting in the garbage somewhere!" Little Rover stopped circling, hitting the other dog in the stomach with his front paw. "That was beyond stupid, my friend. Do you know what your sister could have done? She could have gone to some higher authority! Then, we all would be sentenced to a cold cell for the rest of our lives!"
"Hey boss!" Little Rover turned his attention from the dog on the ground to his two lackeys, who were now walking back into the alley. Biter continued: "That dog is dead..."
"Good..." Little Rover replied, turning from Stu and walking over to Biter and Growler, rejoining them before he turned back to Stu, who was struggling to stand up. "Oh, and Stu Dog..." Little Rover added with a cruel grin. "I know you must be angry at me for having your precious little sister killed; angry enough to want to turn me in to the Dragon Council. To make sure you never do that, I'm going to never let you out of my sight, and one of these days, I'll go after that cowardly brothers of yours. Biter! Growler! Take him to the boiler room and put him to work!"
From his hiding place, Ru Dog watched as Biter and Growler went to either side of Stu, keeping him up on his feet as they walked him to the window at the bottom of the window.
Ru Dog looked down at the ground as he finished telling his sister, the pink dragon and the shar-pei about what had become of Stu. Lu Dog's eyes widened with fear, and she let out a saddened whimper. "We have to save him..." she finally managed to make out.
"And we will..." Haley spoke up, stepping forward with her claws extended; the American Dragon wanted nothing more than to pet the dog, to calm her down. "It won't be easy, but we'll do it..." Haley continued.
"Well, I'd help you..." Ru stated. "But I can't..."
"What do you mean you can't?" Lu Dog's eyes narrowed, and she snarled. "Are you trying to tell me that you are just going to abandon your brother? I put myself through so much trouble to get back to my family...and you tell me that you're just going to abandon Stu? How can you do that to him?"
"I don't want to abandon him..." Ru pouted. "But I don't have a choice. Mom's sick, and she's not going to last much longer. She will probably be gone within the week..."
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"What do you smell?" Sun Park asked, crossing her arms. She and Councilor Ulixes had landed on the roof of one of the buildings, which gave them an excellent view of the alleys, which crossed like a big maze.
"I am not smelling for anything..." Ulixes snarled back. "I'm not a dog! I'm trying to see if I can catch a sight of them..."
"Well, do you see anything?" Sun sighed.
"Master Park, you are acting quite calm despite the situation..." Ulixes raised an eyebrow. "Why would that be?"
"To be perfectly honest, Councilor..." Sun replied after taking a breath. "I do not think that Haley and Fu Dog are in mortal danger. First of all, I know Lu Dog does not have it in her to commit a homicide. Second of all, Haley and Fu can take her..."
"Really?" Ulixes rolled her eyes. "It didn't look that way to me. To me, it looked like the dog posed enough of a threat to make them go with her..."
That was it. Sun had had enough of the Dragon councilor. Growling, Sun got right up in Ulixes' face. "Councilor, I don't think you get it..." Sun growled. "I think you are overreacting. Lu Dog did something incredibly stupid, I know that. However, she means no harm to my pupil and dog. This is without a doubt just some stupid stunt that she has pulled off in order for her to run away from the duties you have forced on her."
Councilor Ulixes did not seem threatened by Sun's outburst; on the contrary, she grinned. "Now Master Park, don't lose your temper with me..." Ulixes lectured. "After all, I have more authority than you. What you say may or may not be true, but the rest of the Council and I do not care. That dog is going to pay..."
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Little Rover stood in back of Biter and Growler, who were sniffing around a very familiar alley. Growler moved across the alley until he stood right behind a plastic toy bucket. Growler put his nose to the bucket and took a big whiff, inhaling everything. Biter stopped scrounging, and he looked at his fellow lackey. "Hey boss, I think Growler found something!" he yelled at his boss.
Both Biter and Little Rover walked over to Border collie, who looked up from the bucket. "What do you smell?" Little Rover demanded, and his eyes widened when he saw the fear in Growler's eyes. "What's wrong with you?"
"It can't be..." was all Growler could say.
"What can't be?" Biter asked, sensing his comrade's fear.
"The sister..." Growler managed to make out. After those two words, the Border collie said no more, but it was enough for Little Rover.
Growling with rage, Little Rover jumped up, only standing on his hind legs as he brought his front paws down on Growler. Growler grunted, and he found himself falling onto the ground on his belly. "Unless you two mess-ups want to meet your ends, you're going to follow her scent and take me to that canine..." Little Rover growled.
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"So Mom's alive?" Lu Dog asked her brother, joy in her eyes. She and Ru were walking side-by-side down the dark alleys while Haley and Fu were walking behind.
"For now..." Ru Dog said softly, and Haley could hear both fear and sadness in the older male dog's tone. "Lu, I can't even tell you how happy I am to see that you're alive. Mom is going to be happy, too."
Lu Dog ignored what her brother just said, and instead asked: "Are we almost there?"
"Almost..." Ru confirmed. "We have maybe about another five minutes to walk..."
"So..." Haley finally decided to join the conversation. "Do you mind telling me what you were doing hiding out in the trash and attacking us?"
"Oh..." Ru startled Haley with his reply. "I guess I should apologize for that. Well, I know that Little Rover wants me dead, but I also know that Mom needs me to get her food and water. Basically, every time I go out to get food or water, I hide out on the way there, and on the way back. I was just on my way to the creek when I found my sister..."
Haley was about to ask another question, but she was stopped when they came to another turn, and Ru spoke again: "Here we are..." Then asked: "Are you ready to see Mom again, Lu?"
"Of course..." Lu replied.
"Alright..." Ru Dog said, starting to walk into the alley so that Haley and Fu could not see him as he spoke. "You three stay here while I tell her you're all here. Alright?"
Lu Dog was the only one to respond: with a big nod. Ru said nothing more for another moment or two, and the next thing Haley knew, she could hear him calling: "You can come here now!"
Haley and Fu Dog turned around the corner right after Lu did, and they could hear her gasp after only a minute. Right away, they could see why. On its stomach on the ground was a very frail and old looking dog, who looked too weak to even lift her head.
"Mom..." Lu gasped.
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"Mom..." Lu repeated, and in the blink of an eye, the young golden retriever scampered over to her mother and sat down, licking at her mother's fur with tears in her eyes. "Mom, I'm here!" Lu exclaimed. "I'm sorry I've been gone, but I couldn't escape the Dragon Council! I'm here now, Mom!"
Haley watched as Lu's mother slowly opened her eyes, glancing over to her daughter. "My baby..." Lu's mother managed to make out. "My baby..."
"You never told me that you were with the Dragon Council..." Ru spoke up.
"It's not something I'm proud of..." Lu Dog looked up from her mother to look at her brother, before looking back down at her mother. "Mom, I'm here, and I'm here to stay. I'm not going anywhere..."
"That's good to know, my angel..." her mother said slowly, and it was clear to Haley that she was in a lot of pain. Ru had said that she would be gone within the week. Haley knew just by looking at Lu Dog's mother that Ru was wrong; their mother would be gone by morning.
"I'm going to take care of you..." Lu was saying. "Everything is going to be okay..."
"Oh, is it now?" Haley suddenly gasped and whirled around at the sound of a new, cruel voice behind her. Who she saw behind her made her gasp; standing in front of her was Little Rover, Biter and Growler at his side.
"How did you find us?" Haley turned back around as the three new dogs walked passed her, and Haley could see Ru standing right beside his sister and ill mother. "How did you find us?' Ru repeated.
"Oh, it was easy..." Little Rover started to gloat. "You see, everything is easy when I have two dogs that can track down pests such as you, Ru...And now...both you and your sister shall lose your lives..."
Both Lu and Ru Dog looked both speechless and terrified, and they could only stand there as the three dog dealers took a step toward them. "No..." came a very weak voice, and the next thing Haley knew, Lu Dog's mother shook as she slowly stood, taking her sweet time to make her way over to her two children.
Even though she was deathly ill, when she reached her children, blocking them from the three dangerous dogs, she stared up at Little Rover with a determined fire in her eyes. "You have already taken a child from me..." her voice shook with weakness, but at the same time, it was also very strong. "...I will not let you claim my last two..."
Little Rover just stared at then old, ailing dog for a moment. Then, before Haley's very own eyes, the dog snarled, opening his mouth and biting down on the older dog's throat. Lu's mother yelped in pain, and her leg's gave way, Lu's mother falling onto her belly and the rolling over onto her side. That was when Little Rover let go of the older dog. "Biter! Growler!" He commanded. "Kill these two!"
"Yes, sir!" Both dogs complied, and they leapt from their feet.
"No!" Haley shouted, and without thinking about it, she lifted off her feet and flew over to the Border collie and the pit bull, wrapping her tail and round both of their necks before they could touch either Lu or Ru. As the two lackey dogs yelped in pain, Haley flew higher up into the air, spinning her tail around, making the dogs yell. Finally, Haley let go, and both Biter and Growler went shooting up into the air; Haley looked up as the two dogs started to come down, and Haley followed the sight as, miles away, the two dogs came crashing back down, and even though it was far away, Haley could hear a screeching cat from where they landed.
From below Haley, Little Rover growled with rage, and jumped up, biting Haley in the back of her left wing. Haley roared in pain, and she came crashing down to the ground, Little Rover on top of her. "Lu Dog! Ru!" Haley called back to the two goldens. "Save yourselves! I'll be fine!"
Ru Dog nodded, and he turned, but before he could run, Lu rushed passed him and stopped him. "We can't just leave her..." Lu Dog glanced at Haley, who made eye contact.
"No, go!" Haley tried again, just as Little Rover snarled, biting down at her throat. Haley's eyes widened and she let out a gasp, but despite the sharp teeth threatening to puncture her, she managed to make out: "I'll be...fine..."
Lu stared right at the trapped pink dragon for a moment before she nodded, she and her brother turning and running out of the alley. With Lu Dog and her brother gone, Haley brought her gaze up, looking into the sky, just as she saw a flash of grey fur, and Haley felt free from the teeth around her throat. Even as she sat up, she knew what had happened before she saw the scene right in front of her; Fu had tackled Little Rover off of her, saving her life.
Haley could see that Little Rover was now viciously attacking the shar-pei; Fu Dog let out a howl of pain as Little Rover rammed into his side, making him fall over onto the ground. Little Rover wasted no time, and bit down on Fu's throat, hoisting him up off of the ground. "NO!" Haley shouted, searching frantically for something to help her. Fortunately, as she glanced at the piles of trash at the wall, Haley found a length of chains in the pile of the trash.
Wasting no time, Haley reached out and grabbed them, flying into the air and slamming her tail down on Little Rover's back, making him drop Fu as he uncharacteristically yelped in pain, dropping onto his belly. Haley reacted quickly, and she wrapped the chains around Little Rover's neck before he could react, creating a makeshift leash. Little Rover was then pulled to his feet as Haley dragged him over to the dumpster; Haley put a hole in the wall of the dumpster, and she slid the chains in, wrapping them around the hole and tying them in place using her dragon strength.
"Hey, kid..." Haley turned away from the now secured criminal dog when she her Fu's solemn voice. Fu Dog was standing beside Lu Dog's mother, who had gotten up, and as Haley walked over to the ill, fallen dog, she knew exactly why. Lu's mother was struggling to breathe, and there was a large wet spot on her neck where Little Rover had bitten her. "Dragon..." Lu's mother made out, and Haley unconsciously found herself kneeling down to the dog. "...You have taken care of my daughter..." Lu's mother smiled softly. "...You kept her safe for me..."
"I tried my best..." Haley said; although she didn't know if it was true, she still felt obligated to say something.
"...Thank you, dragon..." Lu's mother replied. "But...I must ask you one last thing...Save my children. Find them..." As soon as her request was made known, Lu Dog's mother let out a sigh, her body relaxed, and her eyes fluttered shut. As she sat next to the dog, no words were needed from Haley nor Fu. They both knew it; Lu's mother was gone.
Haley looked up from the dog on the ground, when she heard the chain pulling against the dumpster. Haley shot up, and she turned to Little Rover, rage evident in her eyes. "You monster!" Haley shouted. "How could you do such a thing? Why...I have almost half a mind to destroy you myself!"
"Then why don't you..." Little Rover growled. "I'd rather be destroyed than handed over to the dragons..."
Hearing this, Haley's face softened, but she still felt furious. "If that's what you want..." Haley finally growled. "Then fine, but that doesn't mean I have to dirty my claws. Let's see how long you can last chained to a dumpster out here with no food. Come on, Fu Dog..."
Haley then turned around, allowing Fu Dog to jump on her back as she lifted off of the ground and flew away.
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Meanwhile, Ulixes and Sun still stood on the roof, looking down into the alleys. "Why aren't we going down there to look for them?" Sun asked in an annoyed tone. What really annoyed Sun was that Councilor Ulixes seemed like one dragon that did not stick to her goals.
"I'm waiting for signs..." Ulixes replied after a moment, a smirk on her face. But then, her smile faded, and she pointed down into one of the alleys. "Look!" Sun walked over to the councilor, and she too could see Lu Dog and her brother running into one of the alleys; the two just froze for a moment, looking around before they turned to one of the buildings, walking over to it and disappearing from sight. Sun turned her head from the alley and looked at Ulixes as the councilor started to laugh. "We have her now! Come, Master Park!"
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Lu Dog and Ru panted as the passed through the small window at the ground, landing in the middle of a warm boiler room. While Ru looked up to make sure that they were not being followed, Lu looked around the boiler room, finding two conveyer belts, gasping as she saw who was working behind it.
"Stu!" Lu cried happily, making the dog at the conveyer belt turn his head just as Ru rejoined Lu's side. "Oh my..." Stu muttered after blinking a few times. "Lu Dog? is that really you? But...they told me you were dead..."
"They didn't finish the job..." Lu couldn't help but smile as Stu made his way over to his two siblings with wide eyes. "I made it...and I've come back, and I'm here to stay..."
Stu could feel a smile of his own creeping across his face. "I'm glad that's true..." He said as he started to walk over to his siblings, but before he could fully get to them, an explosion came from up above, and part of the ceiling came crashing down, two dragons landing on the floor.
"Hello, criminal dog..." Ulixes grinned as she took a step toward the three dogs. "i hope you now see just how foolish you were to did what you did. And now, there is nowhere to turn or run. I think your best option is to just surrender." As Lu Dog looked down at the ground in shame, Stu and Ru looked at each other before they walked in front of their sister, blocking Ulixes from her. Ulixes, however, grinned at this sight. "That's okay..." she said. "I'll arrest you two mutts as well; assisting a dangerous criminal..." Another step toward the three dogs...
Just as Ulixes was about to be right in front of the three dogs, a loud crash came from the lower window, and Haley and Fu Dog flew in, landing on the ground. As Fu slid off of Haley's back, Haley spoke up. "Fu and I aren't going to let you take these three dogs!"
Now, Ulixes' grin had completely faded, and she now looked furious. "Dragon Long..." Ulixes stammered. "Do you have any idea what you're doing? You are assisting an offender of the Magical World!"
"Does it look like I care?" Haley shot back.
Ulixes was now shaking with rage. "Master Park, control your student before she gets herself into irreversible trouble!"
Sun just stared at Ulixes for a moment before she frowned, walking passed her and over to Haley and the others. Crossing her arms, Sun spoke: "No, Councilor. I'm not going to let you keep doing this. You're corrupt. Just let this dog be with her family..."
Ulixes now looked like she had steam coming out of her ears. "I expected this from that shar-pei, but now from you, Master Park!" she roared. "Now, you leave me no choice! HIYAH!" Ulixes then leapt from her feet, her claws ready to strike. Haley reacted quickly, and she flew up into the air as Ulixes slammed her tail into Fu and Sun, sending them flying sideways onto the floor.
As Ulixes landed right in front of the three goldens, Haley reached into the catwalk that she was beside, grabbing hold of a large bone. "HIYAH!" Haley shouted as she whirled, letting go of the large bone, sending it on a collision course for Ulixes' head. Just as Ulixes raised her claws, the bone struck her in the side of the head; Ulixes' eyes bulged out of their sockets and she gasped, her claws lowering as she fell sideways, onto the floor with a thud.
The three goldens just stared at the motionless Dragon Council member on the floor as Haley lowered to the ground, walking over to the three dogs. Haley kneeled down and smiled as the three golden retrievers looked at her. "I can't believe you just did that..." Lu Dog was in shock. "You're going to be in so much trouble..."
Haley found her smile widening as she added: "I think I'll be just fine. What really matters, though, is that you're home now, Lu Dog. You're home, and there is no force on this planet that can take you away from them again..."
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Councilor Ulixes groaned as she forced her eyes open. As her vision cleared, and the pounding pain in her head started to fade, she found that she knew exactly where she was, she just didn't know how she had gotten here. Ulixes groaned as she slowly sat up, not surprised to see Haley sitting next to her in her human form. "Dragon Long..." Ulixes could only ask. "How did I get here? What happened?"
"You saved us..." Haley sat up. "You saved Fu, Sun and I from a maniac. You were hurt, and we managed to bring you back here. You're going to be alright. Oh..." Haley added as if she had forgotten something, and she reached over to the counter, holding out a tray of Styrofoam cups. "As a token of our appreciation, Sun had Fu cook up these drinks for you..."
LINE BREAK
The sun was starting to go down as Haley walked up to the roof of Canal Street Electronics. Closing the door behind her, Haley walked over to the ledge, where Fu Dog and a dragon Sun were looking over. Fu seemed to sense Haley's presence, and he turned around. "Well?" Fu asked. "How did it go?"
"I gave the memory potion to Councilor Ulixes, and I gave her the rest of the potions for the rest of the Council..." Haley sighed as she sat in-between her master and shar-pei. "It felt wrong..."
"Sometimes, kid..." Fu replied. "You have to go against authority figures to do what is right..."
"Fu Dog is right, Haley..." Sun replied, looking at her pupil. "We couldn't let Ulixes take Lu Dog away from her family again. It was wrong of the Council to force her to do that in the first place. You have made that dog very happy, Haley..."
LINE BREAK
Lu Dog was at the creak, along with her two brothers. All three were looking down at the water, and all three looked sad. "We're all together again..." Stu sighed. "Yet Mother is gone..."
"We only have each other..." Ru agreed.
"So, what do we do now?" Lu asked, turning her head to her brothers.
"We keep going, Lu..." Ru answered. "We look out for each other. Maybe, we can look for a family..." As he said this, both her and Stu turned and started to walk away from the creak.
However, Lu Dog stayed, looking down at the water as if in a trance. "Hey Lu, are you coming?" Stu Dog asked, making Lu turn her head from the water, and to her brothers, who were standing quite far away, just looking at her, seeing if she was going to stay there or come with them.
"Yeah..." Lu said softly. "I'm coming..."
Lu then turned, and sprinted over to her brothers. She was finally home.
BLACKOUT; END EPISODE
A/N: So, there it is. What did you think? I really appreciate any feedback and I can get, so please review.