Scene 1
Patches: (yawns) Good morning new day! (stretches and leaves Gina's room)
Gina's mom: (sitting at the table) Good morning Patches! Now that you're up, I guess I should go get Gina. (puts down bowl) Here's your breakfast. (leaves)
Gina: (comes in a few minutes later) Hi Patches... (yawns and gets a bowl of cereal)
Gina's mom: Okay Gina. The bus will be here in thirty minutes.
Gina: Okay mom. (finishes eating) I'm going to get dressed.
Gina's mom: Alright honey! I'm going to pack your lunchbox!
Patches: (eats last bits of kibble) I wish this was steak... Oh well...
Gina: (comes out with backpack) I'm ready to go mom!
Gina's mom: Great! (grabs lunchbox and hands it to Gina) And here comes the bus! Remember, I'm not going to be home this afternoon, but Dad will be here. Have a great day!
Gina: (hugs her mom) Bye mom! (pats Patches) Bye boy! (dashes outside)
Gina's mom: Okay Patches. Now you be a good dog. I'm off to work! (grabs keys and purse; heads outside)
Patches: (looks around to make sure no one is watching; runs outside and disappears into doghouse) I've got to get to work too!
Scene 2
Patches: (hums to song) It's been a long night here, and a long night there...
Rusty: (walks up and is followed by two other dogs, Arrow and Pudge) Hey! Punk!
Patches: (takes out ear buds) Ugh... What do you want? I beat you fair and square!
Arrow: (is a slender grey dog) He wants revenge... For what you did to his reputation...
Pudge: (is fat brown and black dog; slobbers) Yeah! Wait, what are we talking about?
Patches: (ignores Pudge) Oh yeah? Well bring it on!
Rusty: (smirks) Well if you say so...
(Rusty and Arrow attack Patches on both sides while Pudge tries to sit on him. Patches dodges Pudge and bites his back. Pudge yelps and rolls over- he can't get up.)
Patches: (growls) One down! Two to go!
(Arrow bites Patches on the tail while Rusty attacks up front. Arrow pushes Patches over, but Patches throws him off, sending him flying. He land on top of Pudge.)
Rusty: You can't beat me!
(Rusty bites Patches on the back of the neck and holds him down.)
Rusty: Spring on him guys! (Arrow and Pudge get up) This is a lesson you'll never forget!
(Arrow goes for Patches's chest while Pudge once again tries to sit on him. Patches clonks both Arrow and Pudge in the head at the same time, while still being held down by Rusty. The two dogs fall back. Patches springs up and bites Rusty right in the face, drawing blood. A huge gash runs down his muzzle and he falls back.)
Patches: (snarls) Ha! That's what you get for messing with me!
(Rusty and his friends get up and run off without a word)
Patches: (notices there is a huge crowd of dogs surrounding him) Uh...
Crowd: Woooo! Go Patches! (they flail around, shouting and chanting)
Lucky: (pushes through the crowd) Alright! Move along! Everybody outta the way!
Patches: (basking in glory) Hey Lucky! Come to see the champ?
Lucky: (sighs angrily) I've come to see Patches...
Patches: Aw, come on Lucky! I beat that ididog, not once, but twice! And this time it was three against one!
Lucky: Patches, you're going to get hurt...
Patches: Hey, he started it! I just fought along!
(Cupcake, Rebound and five other pups come up to Patches)
Cupcake: Can you teach us to fight like that Patches?
Rebound: Please? We really want to know how!
Patches: Well... I never had any professional training of my own...
Other pups: Aww come on!
Patches: Well alright!
All pups: Yaaaay!
Scene 3
Patches: (is sitting in front of seven pups) Okay... So one of the best trick to defeating the enemy, is to go for their underside, or neck. You just open your jaws as wide as possible, and aim! Okay! Who want to go first?
Goldie: (is a golden retriever) Ooh! Me!
Patches: Okay Goldie. (pulls out life-sized dog plushie covered in rips and stains) You can practice on this. I found it outside near some garbage cans.
Goldie: (crouches down) I will get you!
Patches: Make sure your weight is spread out evenly!
(Goldie gets low, opens her mouth, and springs! She hits the stuffed animal right in the neck.)
Patches: Good! Very good! You just need to do it a bit quicker. But that will come with practice! Okay... Who's next?
Lucky: (watches) This is not good.
Cookie: (surprised) Hey! What's wrong about teaching pups a little self defense? Patches is teaching just as I would!
Lucky: (sighs) I don't want all the pups to be fighting... They could get hurt!
Cookie: I'm sure Patches will explain to them when to attack. I'll talk to him and make sure he does. Anyway, Patches didn't start these fights with Rusty!
Lucky: I guess you're right...
Scene 4
(pups are sitting in in front of him)
Patches: So that just about finishes our lesson for today! Great job guys! See you tomorrow!
(pups disperse)
Cookie: (comes onto platform) Hey Patches.
Patches: Oh hey Cookie.
Cookie: Do you want a tip from an old fighter like me?
Patches: Sure!
Cookie: Well you need to know the right times to attack. It someone threatens you or attacks you first, then definitely start fighting! Make sure to explain that to your class! Oh, and I think this is a great thing you're doing. The pups are really enjoying it!
Patches: Thank Cookie! I'll make sure to tell them tomorrow! Oh and I'm glad you think my class is good. I know Lucky doesn't... (trots off)
Cookie: (sighs) What to do...?
Scene 5
Patches: (is teaching again) Class, today is your final exam! You will each fight with me! If you last for more than ten minutes, you pass! This time, I have an order... First on the list is... Blue?
Blue: (waves paw) Here!
Patches: Okay! Come on up!
Blue: (comes up) Okay...
Patches: Start... in three... two... one... Fight!
Lucky: (watches nervously) I hope he doesn't hurt him...
Cookie: He won't. He's got the pups trained well!
Squirt: Yeah... I mean come on Luck! He defeated Rusty and his posse! By himself!
Strudel: (studies the fight) You can see the talent in both of them... Good fighters!
Niblet: I need some popcorn!
Cookie: Are you saying that cause it's a good show, or just because you're hungry?
Niblet: Just because I'm hungry!
Cookie: (shakes head) I shouldn't have asked...