Of Punks
And Pets
Disclaimer: I was inspired for this idea a couple of weeks ago by Youtube clips my sister was watching of an 'Animal Planet' show called 'Pitbulls and Parolees'.
Summary: Its another day at the Gulong Animal Shelter for young Oliver Queen.
"I need a shower." Grumbled young 16 year old Oliver 'Ollie' Queen as he, Shado and Mei Gulong made their way back to the Gulong Animal Shelter with a rather rough looking Golden Retriever.
Both girls tried not to smile as the dog seemingly (at least in Oliver's view) snickered at him. "I heard that, Fido."
The dog huffed at him as the girls couldn't help but grin. "Hearing things again, are we, Oliver?" Mei asked with a snicker.
"Guess you must have hit your head when you fell into that hole while chasing after our newest friend here." Teased Shado.
Though a slight hint of worry was present in her words as Oliver scowled at the two sisters. Prior to returning to the Gulong Animal Shelter that Yao Fei Gulong owns and runs after retiring from the Chinese Military and moving to America, Oliver and the girls had been called out to a construction site to bring in a dog that was in danger of being hurt or killed by the construction. As it was, the dog hadn't been bathed in days and was looking rather skinny but despite that, she had certain given Oliver a run for his money. Culminating in him falling into a hole and for Shado and Mei managing to catch the dog while the crew at the site helped get Oliver out of the hole. A hole that had left him quite dirty and muddy for that matter much to his dislike! Oliver himself had been with the Shelter for at least 3 months now after having gotten himself into a bit of trouble with the Law.
Trouble that his parents refused to bail him out of as both were tired of his shenanigans and because of that, Oliver had ended up doing community service with the Gulong Animal Shelter. So far, he was still torn between strongly hating it and mildly liking it and had only violated the stipulations of his time here once thanks to Tommy convincing him to go have fun at one point instead of being there. And once had been more than enough for Oliver as Yao Fei had been allowed to handle the consequences of his actions! "I see you've returned with our newest friend." Commented Yao Fei as he came up to the trio.
"We have, father. She'll need a visit to the Vet however." Shado told him seriously.
A quick look over at the dog made him agree. "Go ahead and take her, I will call to let them know you are coming."
"While you guys handle that, I'M going to go take a shower."
"Why? You have built character now, Oliver." Yao Fei told him with a mischevious glint in his eyes.
Oliver scowled at him. "That's not how I wanted to ever build character, sir." He retorted as the amused sisters made their leave and Oliver was certain he heard snickering from the dog again!
"Give it time, you will prefer it and find it to be a very good thing."
Somehow, young Oliver doubted that very much as he went off for a shower!
Author's Notes: If anyone wants to continue this, let me know!