Number Two Ch. 3

Chapter 3: Mayhem and Misery


T.U.F.F. Petropolis HQ 10:41 AM

Agent Puppy shooed away any of his colleagues who tried to talk to him. He had been crying into his desk for well over an hour and was still an emotional wreck. His eyes were noticeably red and the fur around his muzzle was wet and clumped up.

Chief Dumbrowski was concerned though, since as of then Dudley was the only available Field Agent the branch had. And it got worse as the alarm went off.

"Agent Puppy, D.O.O.M.'s causing random destruction and mayhem in the city." the chief said hopping onto Dudley's nose.

"Are you serious? What are they making the prison cells out of now, we just arrested them yesterday. And the day before that." Dudley said in an annoyed tone, before pulling himself together enough that he felt he would be okay and headed out.

"Where are they at Keswick?" Dudley asked his colleague as he tried his best to focus on driving.

"First, Snaptrap's attempting to knock over the f-f-f-f-founder's statue in front of City Hall. Second, Larry, Ollie, and Francisco have robbed the Petropolis M-m-m-military Surplus Emporium. Both locations are on opposite ends of Petropolis" the bespectacled inventor replied.

"If Kitty were here we could be at both spots and this wouldn't be a problem. Okay going to City Hall first." Dudley said.


Petropolis City Hall 11: 23 AM

"You know, for having such a short fuse, boss gives the best orders sometimes." Snaptrap said to himself as he lowered the hook of the crane he was driving onto the founder's statue. Then he heard the all too familiar roar of the TUFF-Mobile's engine and turned his attention to picking up Agent Puppy.

Dudley saw this and quickly aimed his blaster at the crane cable, cutting it. "End of the line Snaptrap." he said, subduing the rodent.

"I've broken out of prison twice in three days, do you really think that will do anything? Besides my backup's here." Snaptrap said but nobody showed. "I said 'MY BACKUP'S HERE!'" as Ollie and Francisco remembered their boss's cue and promptly blew the T.U.F.F.-Mobile up with a portable Rocket Launcher, leaving a flaming husk of steel behind.

Dudley instantly realized that Snaptrap had made himself a distraction, somehow knowing he'd go to him first, and that the Surplus Emporium was their real target. "Shame Agent Katswell isn't here, she would've seen this from miles away." Snaptrap said teasingly.

Dudley was speechless, this was a huge screw-up even for him. Even worse was that he knew that the rat was right, Kitty would have seen this coming. Dudley could only sob into the hard pavement, as Snaptrap picked him up by the scruff of his neck and threw him hard enough into the founder's statue to knock him out. He then threw Larry out of a tank and started randomly destroying buildings left and right as they marched to T.U.F.F.


Dr. Billuck's Office, Same Time

Garrett was watching the whole scenario unfold in front of him and had the most delighted look on his duck-billed face. "Under normal circumstances, Snaptrap couldn't find his way out of a paper bag if his life depended on it. However when given the right plan, even a complete imbecile can be made to seem competent. Isn't that right Agent Puppy? Then again, hacking into the Petropolis Prison lock server has become so simple for me that Verminious can be let out when I want him to be.*" he said to himself putting his webbed hind feet up on his console.


Director Pantra's Office, Same Time

Leo had seen enough to affirm what he'd known from the beginning, Agent Katswell is the lynchpin of the Petropolis Branch. He knew it wasn't a matter of whether she was cut out for a command position, it was whether her branch would be able to survive her absence. And to lose a city to D.O.O.M. was never an option for a Director of T.U.F.F..

"Jayston, contact Agent Katswell. I need to speak with her ASAP."