NOTE: this fanfic is a retelling of the 2nd Half of the original film with an alternate ending. Everything's exactly the same until the part where Jenny spends time with Oliver.

Chapter 1: Words Aimed At The Heart

While Dodger and the gang create a plan to retrieve Oliver, the kitty spends time with Jenny. Piano lesson, boat rides, taking a walk at Central Park, eating ice cream and horse riding. Jenny then buys Oliver a colar with his name on it. They return home and then go to sleep.

Suddenly, Roscoe and DeSoto bump into Dodger and his friends late at night. The group was waiting outside Jenny's house, ready to execute the plan the next day. While DeSoto sniffs around the place, Roscoe talks with the gang.

Roscoe: "Well, well...look who we have here uptown, DeSoto. Fagin's stray dogs."

Dodger: "What are you two doing here, Roscoe?"

Roscoe (with a grin on his face): "Nothing, really. There were just some...business Sykes had to take care of".

Tito (almost ready to charge at him): "What? He asked you two to attack more people? Because they didn't pay your boss?"

Roscoe: "Well, that's our job, after all. To make sure everyone pay what they owe. No cheater goes unpunished."

Dodger: "Seriously, Roscoe. How can you and DeSoto sleep peacefully at night? Don't you ever feel any regret for all bad things you do? For hurting people?"

Roscoe: "Why should we? Sykes rewards us quite well for our service and loyalty."

Francis: "So you two are loyal to him only because he rewards you?"

Einstein: "To keep your privileges?"

Rita: "You both should be ashamed, Roscoe. This is not what a human-pet relationship should be."

Dodger: "Yeah. What are you and DeSoto gonna do when these privileges are over? When Sykes thinks you're no longer useful to him?"

Einstein: "You need to think about that, because it could happen."

Tito: "You know what's gonna happen?"

Francis: "He will simply dispose of you two. Animal shelter, abandonment...maybe something even worse."

Rita: "Relationship between pets and humans should be based on love, trust and friendship. Does Sykes demonstrate any of these emotions to you two?"

Dodger: "Because to me, you both are nothing more than his henchmen, his enforcers. Sykes probably thinks that too."

Roscoe, feeling insulted, gets ready to attack him, only to back off for a moment.

Tito: "Fagin is our master. He may be poor, clumsy, whatever. But he really cares for us."

Francis: "He cares and takes care of us."

Einstein: "And we all feel the same about him."

Rita: "We are all family to each other."

Dodger: "If you could spend some time with him and us, you would understand."

Roscoe: "Ha, nonsense. There's no way any of this will ever happen."

Watching all the dogs from afar was Sykes inside his car. He then grabs a radio.

Sykes: "Hello there. Yeah, it's me. Yeah, I need you to investigate something for me".

After a few minutes of talking on his radio, he presses the car's honk.

Roscoe: "Come on, DeSoto. We gotta get home."

DeSoto: "This scent...I recognize it...Yeah, it is definitely him."

Roscoe: "DeSoto, what's wrong?"

DeSoto: "That cat that scratched my nose is inside this house."

Roscoe: "What? Really? Oh, so that's why you are all out here. You're waiting to barge in. Ha Ha Ha Ha. You waste too much of your time with him. Instead of, you know, doing something useful. Like helping Fagin get money to repay our boss."

Dodger and the gang growls at both Dobermans.

Roscoe: "But no matter. Let's see where all of this will lead you."

DeSoto: "How I wish I could stay here to make that cat pay for what he did."

Tito: "Come on, man. Haven't you already learned that you should never corner a cat? Unless you want to get scratched? You know, you should learn to keep your...nose out of things."

DeSoto gets ready to attack Tito, but Roscoe steps in.

Roscoe: "Leave him, DeSoto. He's provoking you. Let's go. We'll make that cat pay in due time. I assure you."

Roscoe and DeSoto then both walk away.

Dodger: "We'll never be able to make them change their minds, will we?"

Rita: "I guess not. It seems their minds are already made up."

Francis: "It's not even worth trying again."

Einstein: "That's too bad for them."

Tito: "Yeah, they're completely oblivious to the truth."

Dodger: "Come on, gang. We need to get some sleep for tomorrow. We'll bring the kid back home, no matter what."

As Roscoe and DeSoto were back at their own home, the gang's words started to echo in Roscoe's head. "Trust, friendship and love", in particular, somehow made him thinkative for a few minutes. DeSoto noticed how worried his friend and partner was.

DeSoto: "Is something wrong, Roscoe?"

Roscoe: "Huh? No...no..."

DeSoto: "You're not thinking about what Dodger and his friends said, are you? You know that they were all lying, trying to trick us."

Roscoe (smiling): "Yeah, it's true. Sykes does care about us."

Both dogs then fall asleep.

Chapter 2: Subtle Change Of Plans

In the following morning, Sykes wakes up both Dobermans.

Sykes: "Come on, boys. We have work to do."

During their time with Sykes, neither Roscoe nor DeSoto had ever failed him with anything. They both performed quite well when it comes to intimidations and death threats to those who couldn't pay Sykes. In that same morning, dozens of people have managed to repay the loan Shark, one way or another.

As they corner another victim (a man who also owned Sykes money, way more than Fagin did), the man manages to fend off their attacks. Due to Oliver scratching DeSoto on the nose recently, and the wound still recovering, DeSoto was vulnerable, got attacked on the nose and ended up letting the man go during the struggle. Surprisingly, the man even managed to outrrun Roscoe and get to his car in time.

Man: "I'm done with this, Sykes. You're insane. You're going to prison today."

He planned to reveal Sykes's ilegal activities and all of his crimes to the cops, since they've known each other for a while. But Sykes was not stupid. As the man prepared to leave, Sykes pulls out a remote control and presses a button. The car explodes, killing the man inside. As the flames erupted, Sykes tells his dogs that he planted a bomb in the car earlier.

However, before all three left the scene:

Sykes: "Roscoe, DeSoto. Come here for a minute."

As both dogs approach Sykes, he touches their necklaces and says that he will buy them a new one. But first, they will have to return home.

As Roscoe and DeSoto waited a few hours for their boss to return, he finally did. Sykes removes their old necklaces and puts new ones on them. Same style, same design, same colors. He says that these new necklaces are more modern and then tells them to meet him in the warehouse at night.

Arriving at the warehouse, Sykes meets his contact from the radio and tells him to reveal everything he found out regarding the investigation. The contact's name? Gary, another loan Shark who entered in a partnership with Sykes recently. He's known for being ruthless, bloodlust and extremely sadistic. Gary tells Sykes of the Foxworths's family fortune and that the house he saw belonged to them. They were away on business, but their daughter Jenny lived there with the family's butler Winston. Sykes then proposes to Gary that they kidnap Jenny to use her as a ransom for money, later sharing the prize. Gary agrees without a second thought.

Jenny was at school at the time this happened. Finally, her class has snack break. She goes to the bathroom to wash her hands. As the bathroom is a bit far from the courtyard and all of her classmates were already there, Gary grabs Jenny from behind as soon as she leaves the bathroom, covers her mouth and eyes and drags her to his car, without making a single noise. They get to the car and he drives her to Sykes's warehouse, but not before making a brief stop at Jenny's house and putting a note on the door's mail, asking for a ransom money in exchange for Jenny's life.

Right after he leaves, Dodger and his friends rescue Oliver. As they prepare to leave, Tito finds the note on the door. The gang reads it and are shocked with its content. Georgette immediately grabs the note and delivers it to Winston. He also gets shocked with the threat and leaves the living room to contact Jenny's parents. He also contacts the TV News to try to find her.

Oliver, Dodger and the gang leave the house and run through New York City to try to track her. They searched for hours. Suddenly, they all spot Roscoe and DeSoto. The gang quietly follows them, since they most likely knew where Sykes's warehouse was.

As night approached, Roscoe and DeSoto head to the warehouse to await new orders. Arriving at the office, they find Jenny tied to a chair, crying. Both are surprised to see a child being the latest victim of Sykes's wrath. So far, all of Sykes's enemies have been adults. They wondered if all of that felt right.

As everybody finally arrived at the place, Oliver sees Jenny through the window and tries to get to her, but both the door and the windows are locked. DeSoto spots him and charges at him, furious at the cat for the wound received.

DeSoto: "You...why, you little brat. This time, I'm gonna eat you for real."

Oliver tries to run away, but DeSoto pounces him. Before he can continue, Dodger and company arrived just in time.

Dodger: "Let him go, DeSoto."

DeSoto: "Not a chance. This time, we'll settle the score."

Roscoe arrives.

Roscoe: "Hey, you got him, DeSoto. Nice job. Shall we?"

Chapter 3: Nightmarish Truths Revealed

Before any side can attack, Sykes leaves the room Jenny is locked in, with Gary at his side. Roscoe and DeSoto get confused, as neither of them recognize the man.

Fagin arrives at the warehouse to discuss with Sykes how he intends to repay him, but Sykes cuts him short.

Sykes: "Your debt is history, Fagin. I have found something much more valuable...or someone, to say. Heh, heh, heh, heh..."

Fagin: "W-W-What do you mean?"

Sykes opens the door and shows Jenny to everybody present outside.

Georgette: "Jenny! Oh, Jenny!"

Fagin: "Sykes, what is this? What are you doing?"

Sykes: "I'm afraid that is not of your concern, Fagin. Now Gary, get him out of here."

Gary: "With pleasure."

Fagin: "Sykes, stop it. She's just a child. How far are you willing to go for money?"

Sykes: "As far as it takes. You know what? You've seen too much. Gary, eliminate him. Permanently."

Dodger: "Roscoe, DeSoto, now you two see? This man has no standards at all. He's willing to hurt even children to get what he wants."

Oliver, taking his chance, escapes DeSoto and hides behind Dodger. Meanwhile, Gary takes Fagin outside to kill him. Tito, Einstein and Francis chase Gary, while Rita and Georgette quietly enter the room and help Jenny.

Oliver then notices something flashing on both Roscoe and DeSoto's necklaces.

Oliver: "There's something flashing on your necks."

DeSoto: "Huh? What do you mean, brat?"

Roscoe: "Don't listen to him, DeSoto. He's stalling us."

Dodger: "No, no, no. He's right. There's something wrong with your necklaces."

As the four of them start hearing a beeping noise, Sykes revealed his true colors and dark sick nature.

Sykes: "Roscoe, DeSoto. You're no longer of use to me. DeSoto, how could you let yourself be scratched by a cat? An animal smaller than you? This wound in your nose has caused me a huge money loss. And Roscoe, I thought you were better and faster. You two couldn't even catch that man that owed me money and I had to kill him, so he wouldn't leak my secrets. You should know better that I can't stand failures. Not even one. Not even from you two, my former loyal slaves. Those who work for me mustn't have any weaknesses. Your lives end here. I can't let you two just go after everything you've seen and done for me. But don't worry. You won't be alone."

Sykes then grabs a bag in his office and drops it to the ground, revealing literally dozens of Dobermans shaped skulls.

Sykes: "You two know what is this? These were all my previous dogs who have also failed me. All of them Dobermans, too. Now, you can join them here, eternally."

He lets out a maniacal and sadistic laughter. His perfecctionist and demented personality finally revealed.

As Roscoe and DeSoto both looked shocked and terrified that Sykes not only betrayed and simply intended to dispose of them, seeing them as nothing more than slaves, but also the true monster that their former master is, the countdown for the mini-bomb implanted in their necklaces begins as soon as Sykes presses the button on his control.

Rita and Georgette, having freed Jenny, attack Sykes from behind after hearing of his cruelty.

Oliver and Dodger take this chance and decide to help both Dobermans. Not even their worst enemies deserved such a horrible life and fate. Oliver uses his claws, while Dodger uses his fangs to try to tear off the necklaces before the countdown ends. Having successfully removed those items, Oliver and Dodger throw it inside the office where Jenny was being held captive. The necklaces then explode, destroying all of Sykes's decades of work. He witnesses the explosion and screams in rage out of all his work and money being gone. He grabs his gun and tries to shoot Oliver, Dodger, Rita and Georgette. However, Roscoe and DeSoto, both extremely furious at Sykes, charge at him, which makes Sykes drop his gun and hit his head on a pillar, leaving him quite dizzy. They decide to join Oliver, Dodger and the gang out of gratitude for saving their lives and leaves to reunite with the others to escape the warehouse.

Even though Gary was a quite skilled fighter, the combined strength and teamwork of Francis, Tito and Einstein prove to be too much for him. They successfully save Fagin. With all the heroes reunited, they board Fagin's scooter and flee.

Sykes's body is very resilient. He got dizzy only for very few minutes. Seeing his chance of ransom at risk, he snaps, calls Gary to his car and chase our heroes, all the way to the subway.

Sykes bumps his car in Fagin's scooter, knocking over Jenny just like in the film). He grabs Jenny and says he has a new plan: if he can't get his money, he's just gonna kill her. He pulls out a knife and prepares to attack, but Dodger and Oliver jump to the car to defend her. Sykes easily overpowers them both and also pulls out his gun, determined to kill all three of them. But Roscoe and DeSoto arrive to help the trio.

DeSoto: "Dodger, we'll handle things here. Grab the girl and the cat and return to Fagin."

Dodger: "But DeSoto, you and Roscoe will..."

Roscoe: "Go, now!"

Dodger heeds their request. However, the sound of the train could just be heard...

While Roscoe and DeSoto attacked Sykes viciously and mercilessly, Gary tried to shoot Fagin. Due to both vehicles being moving at high speed and because they were at a subway track, however, Gary kept missing all his shots. Sykes, while fighting off his former dogs, grabs a gun and tries to shoot them, but DeSoto knocked it out of his hand with a bite to the wrist. The gun drops on the tracks, and the impact of the gun with the car's tires causes Gary to be pulled out of the car and almost fall to the river below the bridge. He's managed to tie a rope on one of the pillars and was kept hanging there. When Sykes resorts to using his knife, Roscoe was faster than him and uses it to stab Sykes a couple of times. Roscoe didn't target vital points, but he left Sykes heavily bleeding and extremely weak due to blood loss. The two Dobermans then manage to return to Fagin's scooter safely, with the help of Fagin, Jenny, Oliver and Dodger. Tito saved everybody's lives by jumping to a rail.

Unable to move due to his injuries, Sykes could only watch as the train runs over his car and kills him. While the heroes were safe and sound, all was not over yet. Gary awaited them (at that same place in the movie where Jenny thought Oliver died), determined to carry out his deceased partner's wishes. Suddenly, a TV News helicopter appeared and started broadcasting everything live. As the conflict was still happening, Jenny's parents were watching it all on TV. Gary knew that, if he was caught, he would certainly be executed. With his chance of a ransom money now gone, and realizing he had nothing to lose anymore, Gary grabs another gun and tries to shoot Jenny. Roscoe and DeSoto's quick reactions allowed them to save the girl just in time. They jumped in front of Jenny to protect her, but they got severily injured. Moved by the Doberman's courage, Oliver and Dodger attacked Gary. During the struggle, he ends up accidentally shooting himself in the heart and falls off the bridge.

The gang quickly rushes to the animal hospital, where both Roscoe and DeSoto underwent surgery and received treatment. A few hours pass. Outside the surgery room, Jenny cries endlessly, worried that they might not survive. Fortunately, the surgeon leaves the room. Their operations were a success. He tells her and her friends that the dogs will be fine. Somehow, miraculously, the wounds were not too deep. The bullets only affected their paws, one from each of them. Regardless, recovery is totally likely. Their chances of survival are sky high.

With the help of the TV News people, who broadcasted not only the conflict on the bridge, but also the gang's way to the hospital, Jenny's parents arrive there. Worried sick about her, they tell her that they saw everything on TV. Jenny introduces her new friends to her parents and the doctor says they can all visit Roscoe and DeSoto in their room. As a thanks for saving their daughter's life, the Foxworths decide to adopt both Roscoe and DeSoto, making them their bodyguards, watch dogs, but MOST IMPORTANTLY, part of the family. Both Dobermans cry of happiness when they hear it.

They also offer Fagin a new place to live.

Final Chapter: A New Life, A New Beggining

Two days later, it's Jenny's birthday and Roscoe and DeSoto finally went to their new home. They're still resting and getting treated, however. Just like Oliver, they both sleep in Jenny's room, ending their rivalry once and for all. While everybody enjoyed the party, Oliver approaches Roscoe and DeSoto.

Oliver: "So, how are you two feeling?"

DeSoto: "Great. It seems we're recovering fast enough."

Oliver: "Really? That's good to hear. Ummmmm...may I say a few things to you?"

DeSoto: "Sure, kid. Go ahead."

Oliver: "First of all, I would like to apologize myself for scratching you. It's just...I was cornered and just wanted a way out."

DeSoto: "Hey, no big deal. Believe it or not, that wound did a lot more good than harm. Thanks to you, we indirectly got to know what kind of disgusting monster Sykes truly was. Besides, I should have known better to not corner cats. So yeah, thank you...I guess.

Oliver: "Oh, yeah. Speaking of which, here's the second thing: thank you. For saving Dodger's life and mine, but more importantly, for saving Jenny's life."

Roscoe: "Come on now, kid. You and Dodger saved our lives by removing those necklaces. We would be dead now, if not for you two."

DeSoto: "Yeah, we owe you two a lot, you know?"

Dodger arrives.

Dodger: "Hey, you three. What are you talking about?"

Roscoe: "You were right, Dodger. All those words you and the others said were true and valid. I didn't want to say it back then, but our talk got me thinking a lot."

Dodger: "Wait, our words actually reached you two? Wow. I feel so helpful."

Oliver: "Huh? What are you two talking about?"

DeSoto: "I will tell you later, kid."

Fagin is ready to leave with his dogs, but not before Roscoe and DeSoto happily bark at him, thankful for his help in taking them to the hospital in time. Fagin and his gang honestly believe Oliver is in better care with Jenny and her family, but assured the cat that they would forever remain friends. While Fagin says bye to the Foxworth family, Roscoe and DeSoto took this opportunity to deeply and sincerely apologize themselves to Dodger and his friends for the many times they antagonized them and for literally, everything bad that happened between them. The gang could tell that both Dobermans really had a change of heart and told them that it's alright and that they both were their friends now, too.

And so, a new tale for the redeemed villains begins. One that involves love, friendship and trust.