They even came across a fountain that had a cupid with a bow and arrow. Angel and Scamp shared glances at each other, but looked away when the other would look at one another. Mo even seemed to enjoy Atticus and was messing around with him in a teasing way to show that was how she showed affection. And where Atticus began to show his affection for her. Scamp, Atticus, Angel, and Mo then ran over a small bridge together as fireflies came out to lighten the mood.
And where Scamp then began to fill his mouth with fireflies without swallowing them. Angel giggled and the flies around her appeared to make a necklace for her as she smile fondly at Scamp. Mo was catching some of the flies with Atticus and opened her hands up to let them fly away and decorate the summer atmosphere. The four of them had passed a heart in the sidewalk that had Lady and Tramp's paw-prints in them.
They continued down the path until they came up to a restaurant. Scamp barked and allowed Angel to come too. Atticus and Mo were waiting and wanted food too. The owner of the restaurant Tony looked out and smiled to see the dogs and the kids and gave them a spaghetti dinner for free. Atticus and Mo shared a table and Scamp and Angel shared a table.
Scamp did a move reminiscent of his father and allowed Angel to have one of the meatballs. Mo was eating her spaghetti quietly while Angel dove into hers like a real wild dog with no manners. Atticus did the same thing Scamp did. Scamp and Angel started to lick each other, nuzzle and have their tails wag.
"Mine!" Mo beamed and snatched it and licked her fingertips.
There was a full moon out as Mo and Atticus followed Scamp and Angel as they were chasing a squirrel together in the neighborhood.
"Tonight's been the best night I've ever had." Atticus said to Mo.
"Yeah, me too, tonight was so precious," Mo smiled back, a little bashfully. She then noticed the neighborhood they were going into. "Snob Hill, it seems."
Cherry was coming with James, Lady and Tramp down the sidewalk. Atticus and Scamp saw them coming.
"Oh no." Atticus said.
"We gotta hide." Scamp said.
Atticus and Scamp hid.
"Why, what's wrong?" Angel asked, wanting to meet the family.
"Yeah." Mo joined her.
Atticus and Scamp held the girls back into the bushes to hide with them.
Tramp thought he smelled Scamp, but the bushes let out a bird and he hung his head low.
"Don't worry, we'll find them..." Cherry said to the dog.
"Yeah, you were the best street dog there ever was," Lady told her mate. "We still have faith in old Tramp."
"If only the old Tramp was here right now." the adult male dog said.
James whistled and called for his dogs.
"Come on, we'll find Scamp and Atticus tomorrow." Cherry told the dogs and went inside with them as Scamp and Angel watched in secret.
Atticus and Mo also watched in secret.
"The Tramp is your father?" Angel looked at Scamp.
Scamp tried to explain to Angel, but she and Mo just went up to the Brown's house. Atticus and Scamp joined them. Angel and Mo looked to see the family together by the warm, crackling fire. Elizabeth was trying to settle Junior for bed and James told her the sad news. Lady and Tramp hung their heads. Even the triplets seemed sad, starting to really miss Scamp now, even if they were kidding about missing him earlier.
"Here, buddy..." Cherry cooed and took the Christmas photograph the family took together after she went home after visiting them and gave it to Junior to hold onto.
Angel, Mo, Scamp, and Atticus saw how much they really missed Scamp. Scamp's ears drooped as he saw his family. Angel saw the baby. She and Mo left a home once because of the birth of a baby once, but she saw that Scamp, his sisters, and his parents were allowed to stay in the family even after Junior was born. Cherry turned her head with her arms folded. To Atticus's surprise, Cherry let out a tear rolling down her cheek, he had never seen her cry before, even in very stressful and emotional situations. And where he had never intended on making her cry.
"Gosh, I didn't think they'd miss us that much..." Scamp murmured.
"You didn't think they'd miss you?" Angel gawked at him.
"How could you guys run away from a home and family and friends like that?" Mo nearly snapped.
"You don't know of what it's like having to be in a house with rules." Atticus said.
"No, we don't." Mo grew very angry and followed Angel away from the two.
"Wow, must be so bad to have people who care about you so much!" Angel hissed.
"I'd give anything to have what you have." Scamp said to Angel.
"And I'd give anything to have what you have," Angel told him back. "Come on, Scamp, we can run off together, we don't need them."
Angel's offer was tempting.
"One more test and I'll be a real junkyard dog." Scamp told his possible girlfriend. "That's where I belong."
"No, you and Atticus don't belong here," Angel stated. "That's what I like about you."
"Come on, we better get some rest, there's a big day tomorrow." Mo yawned a bit, sleepily.
"Yeah." Atticus yawned a bit, sleepily.
"Come on, I know a place with beds for us while the dogs lie on the ground." Mo took his hand and led him to a comfortable part of the junkyard where she slept because she was a human and not a canine.
"Cool." Atticus said.
Mo went into the secret place. There was a couple of mattresses with a scratched blanket and a couple of pillows. There was some hints of dog fur and drool though due to Mo sharing a home with junkyard dogs and not living in a place with humans. Mo went and plopped down on her bed and put on an ancient record player with a nearly scratched record, but it could still play some smooth jazz.
"Nice place." Atticus said.
"Thanks, I made it myself." Mo looked at him and put her arms behind her head. "So, are you really an orphan, or were you just saying that for Scamp's sake?"
"I really am an orphan, I lost my family when I was just a baby." Atticus said out of sadness.
"Aw, man,... I'm very sorry... I lost my parents in a car accident when I was five," Mo said softly. "My granny might've been a horrible, child-hating woman, but at least she had that dog... Angel's mother. Granny let me only keep Angel and she sent the rest of the puppies away to other homes, then when she died, we've been sent to three other houses, one house was allergic to dogs, one family moved away because I was too much trouble, and Angel and I felt neglected since this other family had their own kid, we ran away from that home."
"I'm sorry to that." Atticus said.
"It's nothing... Sometimes I wonder where I really belong." Mo held her knees and stared up at the moon.
"We'll find out together." Atticus said as he sat next to her.
Mo looked at him. "Together?"
"Yeah, together." Atticus said as he placed his hand on Mo's hand.
"Oh, what if I can't find a family?" Mo bit her fist.
"Then I'll stay with you." Atticus said.
"Not here, I mean, you should go back to where you belong, Atticus... Isn't there someone you could go with?" Mo asked.
"There's Cherry, but she's not a relative, she's a friend of mine." Atticus said.
"Just friends?" Mo asked as they watched the moon before falling asleep.
"Yeah, Cherry is just a friend." Atticus said he then brought a blanket over to Mo and covered her, except for the head, of course and then kissed her on the cheek and went to one of the closest mattresses to Mo and got out a second blanket and fell asleep on the mattress.
Mo blushed a little from the kiss, but turned over to get some sleep with Atticus. "Good night, kid."
"Good night, Mo." Atticus said before going to sleep.
Even though the two were outside and not in nice warm beds, they slept pretty fine that night. Today was now the day of the carnival for the people and their pets. Even Aunt Sarah seemed to be in a good mood, even though her family was very unhappy because of the loss of Scamp and Atticus. The Siamese cats were trying to eat from the picnic basket since the dogs weren't doing anything. Cherry wasn't even in the mood to stop the cats from eat from the picnic.
"Scamp..." Junior mumbled and lay against Annette, Collette, and Danielle in sadness.
"Oh, come now, Scamp and that August kid will be alright," Sarah told Elizabeth apologizing for their unhappy mood. "But first, let's eat! I won't have my Fourth of July ruined by either of them!"
"Atticus..." Cherry corrected and stared at the juicy chicken.
Buster was overhearing this to find a family to harass and heard Sarah mention Atticus and Scamp. What he didn't know was that Atticus wasn't a part of the Brown family he was just a friend of Cherry's. James was petting Tramp as the dog was very low. Buster looked at him, surprised to see Tramp and with a collar.
He then hid in a bush and saw the dog go to Lady on the picnic blanket and looked from him to look at Scamp scratching himself next to Angel in a far away part from the picnic ground. Buster chuckled darkly as he made the conclusion, Scamp was the son of the Tramp. The human girl was also mentioning Atticus, she was part of the story of what happened to Tramp and how he left the street dog life.
"This is beautiful." Buster whispered darkly.
Atticus and Mo were sitting together and watching the puppies unaware of the Brown family.
"Hey, Scampers and Atticus, come over here!" Buster called out to them.
Scamp stopped scratching and went with Atticus to Buster. Elizabeth and James were trying to get in a better mood as they started to organize the picnic area. But it didn't seem to work.
"See that family?" Buster asked.
Scamp gulped a bit and looked another way to see other people. "Y-You mean that family over there?"
"NO! This family, right here," Buster made them look at, as Scamp and the other dogs put it, Jim Dear and Darling. "Now, as your final tasks, I want you to make way to that family and liberate their chicken..."
Angel came over to see the scene and gasped with Mo.
"You guys don't have to do anything to prove you're worthy to live in a junkyard, guys." Mo told Scamp and Atticus.
"Mo's right, guys." Angel said.
"Hey, why do you care so much!?" Buster yelled at Angel.
"I thought you guys were better than this." Mo defended the boys.
"Pipe down, Angel Cakes and Monique," Buster snapped back. "Come on, kids... You two wanna be wild and free, don't you?"
Atticus began to look at the Brown family and then at the wild dogs.
"All it's gonna cost you is one juicy chicken." Buster tempted. "Yeah, I shoulda known, once a house dog and family boy, always a house dog and family boy."
"I'm no house dog!" Scamp snapped at the Rottweiler.
"And I'm not a family boy I don't even have a family!" Atticus snapped at the Rottweiler.
Scamp growled at Buster, then went to the bushes with Atticus. Sarah's cats Si and Am were coming close to the chicken about to get it for themselves since no one else was going to eat it.
"Okay, follow me." Scamp whispered, then barked like a dangerous dog going across the picnic blanket.
Junior's eyes immediately lit up as he saw Scamp.
"Atticus?" Cherry looked around. She then took off her glasses and rubbed them against her shirt to clean them.
"Quick, get the chicken." Atticus whispered to Scamp.
Scamp barked at the cats, making them screech and rise high above the ground, he then went to get the chicken.
Cherry placed her glasses back on and blinked rapidly.
"Scamp back, Scamp back!" Junior clapped as his mother picked him up.
Then the rest of the junk yard dogs minus Angel and Mo came running in.
"It's chow time, boys!" Buster called as he ran in with the others.
"Stay, girl..." Mo told her puppy, not wanting this to happen or to let them get involved. "Where's that dog-catcher when you really need him? He's always around when you don't!"
Those poor people were having their picnic ruined by the Junkyard Dogs. Scamp then snatched up the chicken. The dog-catcher fell as Scamp and Tramp nearly knocked him down. Scamp then hid in the alley way with Atticus and the chicken. They were safe and had the meat all to themselves.
"Whew, yeah, slick move, Scamp." Atticus said.
"Don't count on it." Tramp found them.
Scamp got scared and tried to get away with Atticus over the fence, but it was difficult. Tramp tried to settle them and he told them that he only wanted to talk and he wouldn't force them to come back home. This caused for Atticus and Scamp to calm down. Tramp asked them how it felt to live on the streets and steal someone else's lunch. He had really matured since Lady took him into the family and had the puppies together.
"Well, we didn't want to steal the chicken, it was part of the last task." Atticus said.
"Yeah, you know all about that, don't you?" Scamp harassed his father. "You did this all the time when you were my age, when you were a street dog!"
"I found something better though," Tramp told his son. "I found love..."
It was then Buster and the other dogs came and saw the father son scene. It was touching to them, but Buster wasn't going for it. Atticus sensed that Buster didn't care about the father son scene. Angel and Mo came to the scene, hidden as Buster came to Tramp in arrogance.
"I see you haven't changed..." Tramp muttered to the Rottweiler.
Atticus and Scamp were silent during this. Tramp mentioned to Scamp and Atticus how he changed since he met Lady. And where the conversation continued. Tramp and Buster argued a bit. Buster then told Atticus and Scamp it was up to them to decide who they would stay with. The life in the junkyard or back in the life of luxury. Atticus didn't like the rules that came with a family, but he also always wanted a family, Atticus was in cross roads. Both Buster and Tramp told them about the decisions they would possibly make. Mo and Angel were hoping the boys would go back with Tramp.
"He doesn't have a choice," Tramp spoke, protecting his son. "I know what's best for him!"
That one hit Scamp.
"Who says that you have to make the decision for scamp?" Atticus asked Tramp.
"I'm his father!" Tramp said in defense.
"I'm not you, Dad!" Scamp went to Buster's side. "I'm a junkyard dog!"
Buster laughed in victory. "That's my boy!"
Angel and Mo sighed, very disappointed.
Atticus was still at a cross road he never had a family but he also didn't like the rules. Tramp was still nice to Scamp and Atticus, even if they refused to go back with the family. He then decided to go along and tell everyone that Atticus and Scamp weren't coming back.
"What'd I tell you, kids?" Buster laughed. "House dog to the end."
Tramp walked off and was able to get the fence open that all the dogs had struggled with and went to find Lady and the triplets. Atticus and Scamp looked at Tramp as he walked off.
Buster saw this and held both of them down. The Rottweiler growled rather aggressively, bit at Scamp's collar and threw it off him. "You're at the top of the heap now! A couple of junkyard residents!"
Scamp couldn't believe it. "I-I'm a junkyard dog..."
"You made it to the pack!" Francisco cheered.
"You're a doll, doll face." Ruby added.
All of them went back to the junkyard. The dogs were celebrating for Scamp and Atticus. Mo and Angel though were far from pleased with the boys. Atticus was happy for Scamp and for himself ,but even though he didn't show it, he did wish to have a family.
"How could you do that?" Angel glared at Scamp as the puppy came flying from a drawer.
"Come on, guys..." Scamp tried to settle them.
"Tramp is Scamp's father and Cherry is your friend, go after them!" Mo started to push Atticus out of the junkyard.
"She's right, both you go after them. You both are good and decant and kind the streets will beat that out of you both if you both stay." Angel said to Scamp.
"But we made it, this is all we ever dreamed of." Scamp said to Angel.
"DREAMED OF WHAT!?" Mo and Angel yelled, kicking a barrel over in anger, much to the dogs' shock.
"You have a home with family and friends that love you, you're not like the rest of us." Mo came close to Atticus, looking into his eyes.
Angel said the same thing to Scamp.
"Let's see, he's uhh... Good and decent," Buster stretched on the couch he was on. "Is that it, Scampy and Atty? You both wanna be widdle house dog and orphaned little boy?"
"No." Scamp and Atticus said in their defense.
"'Cuz you know how I feel about hose dogs and family kids!" Buster continued after they answered.
That was the final straw for Scamp.
"Hey, cut it out, they're the ones who wanna be a house dog and have a family!" Scamp snapped about Angel and Mo, much to their shock.
"Is that true, Angel Baby?" Buster questioned.
Angel looked down, then back at him fiercely. "We don't think a real family's that bad."
This led to the other dogs mocking Angel and Mo about having wishes like that.
"And what's so wrong about having a family!" Atticus exclaimed.
This shocked the junkyard dogs.
"Family's may have rules, but at least you'll be able to have love and a nice warm place to live." Atticus said.
Atticus had finally learned his lesson. Buster was still taunting them and Scamp was starting to think maybe the humans and Angel were right.
"You three ain't junk yard dog or street urchint orphans." Buster said to all three of them.
"That's right, Buster, not anymore." Mo hissed at the dog.
"Yeah, and I'm not your girl." Angel added and started to run away with Mo and Atticus.
"Maybe you do belong here." Atticus said to Scamp while they ran off.
Buster called for Angel and Mo as they were walking away and not going to come to him. But they weren't coming back and neither was Atticus. Angel whimpered up to her owner.
"I don't know where we're going, but we're not staying here." Mo said to her puppy and kept walking out of the Junkyard.
The junkyard dogs all were begging Angel, Mo, and Atticus to come back. Atticus, Angel, and Mo kept walking. But what they didn't know was that later that night as they saw families all warm and happy together, Scamp had been collected by the dastardly dog-catcher.
"Scamp?" Atticus said as soon as they saw Scamp in the dog catcher's truck.
Mo kept walking and turned her head. "What is it?"
Angel looked up at Atticus in worry.
The dog-catcher chuckled as he threw Scamp in the back of his car and drove off to the dog pound.
"The dog-catcher just caught Scamp." Atticus said.
Mo looked over her shoulder and saw the dog-catcher ride away. "That fool!"
"Hey, he wanted to be a street dog..." Angel was still a little sore with what Scamp said at the junkyard.
"Yeah, you're right, but still he doesn't deserve to be at the pound, especially with Reggie there." Atticus said.
This caused all three of them to go wide eye as soon as they remembered that Reggie had been caught by the dog-catcher as well. "REGGIE!" they all screamed.
"We've gotta go and rescue him." Atticus said.
"It's very late, we might get busted." Mo pointed out.
"Right, wait, I know what to do, okay girl, you two run to this address," Atticus said he wrote down the Brown's address and gave it to the girls. "When you see Tramp, tell him to hurry to the pound. I'm going to go and try to help Scamp in the pound as best as I can."
Mo took the address and looked down at Angel. "Come on, girl." she told the puppy.
Angel nodded and rushed with Mo to the Brown house. Atticus began to chase the dog catcher's truck.
"Don't worry, Scamp, help is on the way." Atticus said, while running.
Scamp couldn't hear Atticus, but laid down in the back, nearly whimpering and crying as he was being taken away. Atticus kept chasing the dog catcher's truck until they got to the pound and then atticus hid so the dog catcher couldn't see him.
