Pete, The Superhero Dog!

Well, this one's been a long time coming. I didn't make it earlier because I honestly didn't know how to start it, but now that I do, it's time to tell Pete's tale, baby!!

## Chapter 1

Hello!

I am Pete the bulldog, and I am happy!

Why? Because my master's coming home, that's why!

Who's my master?

Jack's my master!

He's also a scien- schien- sein- a very important human!

Jack is often away for most of the day, and I'm very happy when he comes home, because then I get to see him!!

I also get scratches and belly rubs!

I *love*scratches and belly rubs!!

I then hear footsteps and someone opening the door.

It's Jack! Yay!!!

I don't know what he's saying, but he looks happy, too, if tired!

I move to the side as Jack comes inside the house. I follow him as he pours food into my dish and scratches me behind the ear. Then, after he leaves to go to the room with many papers in it, I eat my dinner.

Yep. It's just a normal, happy day for me!

Then I hear a *Boom!,* and then a scream.

It's Jack's scream.

## Chapter 2

I race into the room with many papers in it to find Jack lying on the ground, bleeding.

Jack!? What's wrong, Jack!? Are you okay!?

It's only when the man pointing something at Jack speaks that I notice him. He seems focused only on Jack right now, and I can sense that he's bad.

I begin to bark and snap at him. What does he want!? Leave my master alone!!

I manage to bite the bad man's free hand. The bad man yells in pain and points the thing in his other hand at me.

I don't care about the thing, though! My master is in danger, and this bad man put him there!!

Jack seems to care about the thing, though. He also has a needle in his hand now? Why-

OW!!

I look at my shoulder and see the needle deep inside it. A second later, Jack takes it out.

The bad man points his gun at Jack again, starting to yell at him, and I feel a strange energy in my body.

I feel stronger, more powerful.

I growl at the bad man.

I will not let this bad man hurt Jack more than he already has!!

Without thinking, I leap and charge into the bad man and knock me and him through one of the walls of my home. I try to bite his leg afterward, but I am unable to move from my lying place on the ground. The bad man is lying on the ground, too.

"Heh. Killed by a dog. My colleagues-" The bad man began to say, but then quickly becomes unconscious.

Wait.

I know what humans are saying now!?

I can't focus on that longer, though, because then everything turns dark.

## Chapter 3

I wake up in the pound, my vision obscured by the bars of the cage I'm in.

Wait.

The pound!?

But I belong to Jack!!

Where *is*Jack!? Did he d-

No, of course he didn't! He's not allowed to die! Not under my watch, anyway!!

...I need to see Jack.

I need to see if he's still alive!

Without thinking again, I run out of the cage I'm in at top speed, and I run out the pound door just as fast.

As I'm running, I try not to think about Jack's possible death and keep my focus on getting to him. For some reason, though, the issue continues to pop up, much to my horror-

OW, MY THROAT AND CHEST!

Suddenly, my throat and chest feel like they're both on fire. As I stop running and howl and whimper in pain, I eventually start to hear a nearby human voice.

"Ow, ow, ow!" The voice exclaims, it being deep, masculine, and rough. "Make it stop already!!"

The pain slowly dying down, I look around wildly, trying to see who the voice belongs to. It's then that I see a human with a yellow badge and a blue uniform looking at me with wide eyes and a dropped jaw.

"...Did you just- Did you just TALK!?" He exclaims, pointing at me.