Dog Man: Mothering Heights, with Petey and Maddie

Chapter 6: The Play Date

At Cat Jail, Commander Cupcake returned to his Cupcake Center. "Hey, Grampa, I found a battery!" He said. Commander Cupcake climbed down and noticed Grampa was nowhere in sight.

Commander Cupcake found a note that read: "I have escaped, signed, Grampa." Commander Cupcake pouted with his hands on his hips. "Okay, robot, here's your battery."

"Don't tell Grampa," Commander Cupcake said as he placed the battery into his robot. "But I borrowed it from his alarm clock."

"How many times have I told you not to touch my stuff?!" Grampa asked unhappily, as he was in the robot himself. Grampa quickly realized his mistake and greeted Commander Cupcake. "Er, I mean... Beep-boop. Greetings, carbon-based feline."

"It works, it works!" Commander Cupcake said and hugged the robot. "I love you robot! What do you want to do first? Hide-and-seek? Coloring books? Go Fish?"

"No, let's escape!" Grampa said, and tried to fix his mistake. "Er, I mean, let's go  play outside and look for two secret ingredients."

"A treasure hunt?" Commander Cupcake  said with excitement. "Sweet! What shall we look for?"

"Living spray and cannery grow," Grampa answered.

"Why do we need them?" Commander Cupcake asked.

"Umm...hmmm... Because cupcakes are delicious forever?" Grampa tried to make an excuse.

"Makes sense to me," Commander Cupcake said, taking the excuse. He  walked over and pushed the button, causing the Cupcake Exit to open.

"Let's go!" Commander Cupcake said as he took one of the robot's arms as they ran outside.

Meanwhile, Petey, Maddie, Lil' Petey, and 80-HD made it to the lab. "Fix those holes first," Petey said pointing at the holes before at the door. "Then you can fix the door."

Petey took Lil' Petey's hand as he and Maddie walked into the lab. "Let's go, kid, it's time to take your bath," Petey told him.

"But it's daytime," Lil' Petey said.

"Too bad, you need to get cleaned up," Petey said.

"Why?" Lil' Petey asked as Petey poured some soap into the tub.

"I'm gonna be on TV," Petey answered.

"Why?"

"Because Sarah is gonna interview me," Petey said as he placed Lil' Petey into tub.

"Why?"

"Because she's doing a news story about former villains who have transformed their lives."

"Why?"

"Because people like to watch stuff like that!"

"Why?"

"Because it makes feel all warm and fuzzy!"

"Why?"

"Because it triggers dopamine responders in the pea-sized brains of all the gum-chewing simpletons out there who've got nothing better to do than throw their lives away by sitting in front of a screen all day!"

"Look, Papa, I'm Santa Claus," Lil' Petey said. He had a white beard made from the soap he had been playing with. Maddie couldn't help but giggle a bit.

"Were you even listening?" Petey asked.

"No," Lil' Petey said, much to Petey's annoyance.

"Doorbell!" Lil' Petey said once the doorbell was rung. He leaped out of the tub while barking. Two minutes later, while Maddie and Petey were trying to clean up the water that was stained on the floor, Lil' Petey peeked through the door.

"Hey, Papa?" Lil' Petey said.

"What?" Petey asked.

"Can Molly come over and play?" Lil' Petey asked.

"No!" Petey said sternly.

"Sure she can," Maddie gave permission.

"Thanks, Maddie," Lil' Petey said.

"I already told him no," Petey said. "This is my lab, so I give permission."

"Aw, pleeease?" Lil' Petey said. "We'll be good this time."

"I said no!" Petey said. "I don't want any distractions. Sarah is going to be here soon. Besides, that Molly kid is a little strange if you ask me!"

"I am?" Molly showed up in the bathroom with a confused look.

"Why didn't you tell me she was here?" Petey asked Lil' Petey.

"I forgot," Lil' Petey answered.

"Look, I'm sorry I called you strange," Petey apologized to Molly. "But the truth is, you're both a little strange when you play together. Last week, you spent one whole day making up songs about diarrhea!"

"Oh, yeah," Lil' Petey said as he and Molly started laughing. Maddie couldn't help but laugh as well.

"That wasn't strange, that was hilarious!" Molly said.

"Not when you do it for nine hours!" Petey told her, and Lil' Petey and Molly started laughing again.

Petey looked at the clock before looking at Lil' Petey and Maddie. "Alright, look, you can stay and play downstairs," Petey said. "But I don't want to hear a peep out of you kids. Do you hear me? Not a peep."

"Okay, Papa," Lil' Petey said. "Let's go!"

"Bye, Wally," Molly said as she and Lil' Petey walked out of the room. She and Lil' Petey poked their head back in.

"Peep," Molly and Lil' Petey spoke, much to Petey's frustration. Maddie snickered a bit.

"I'm serious!" Petey said sternly. "I don't want you kids messing everything up today!"

"We won't!" Lil' Petey and Molly said as they ran downstairs.

"We're probably going to mess everything up today, aren't we?" Molly asked.

"Yeah, probably," Lil' Petey told her.