Heroes of Flowers: Karmi's Camden Adventure

Chapter 2: Dalmatian Family

Out of all the things DJ expected to happen today, running into his long-lost brother was not one of them. "It's you..." He stared at Domino. "I.. I..."

They instantly hugged. "Oh, I missed you so much brother!" Domino buried his tear-stained muzzle into DJ's chest. "Not a day goes by where I don't think about you!"

"Me neither!" He barked. "Oh, I have a name now. My family calls me DJ."

"DJ?" Domino titled his head, staring at his collar and headset. "I can see why..."

He hummed. "I make music for a living! Play a few gigs, sometimes I make songs for some of my performing siblings." Oh I can't wait to tell Domino what everyone's up to! "It's not just me who's here, there's Dakota, Disco, Doris, Diamond, and a few others!"

"Oh, wow!" Domino barked. "You guys got lucky to get humans who live close to each other!"

DJ could only laugh. "Ah, silly bro. My family doesn't have humans." He gestured to a few of his siblings, Diesel and Dusty were digging, Triple D was practicing singing, and Donna-Maria was playing tug-of-war with Dubaku. "See everyone here? We don't have humans."

"You're part of the weird dalmatian family with no humans?" Domino frowned. "How do you pay taxes or pay the water bills?"

"Mum and Dad do! Or Dawkins fixes stuff himself." DJ reported. "Oh, that reminds me! I was going to head home early to help him and Dolly with cleaning, I just came to the park to help Dylan corral the crowd."

"Dylan? Dolly? Dawkins?" Domino was more puzzled with each name spoken. "Mum and Dad? I don't remember us having a littermate named Dawkins, or a dad!"

The music making pup rolled his eyes. "Dom, you know what adoption is right?" He teased. "It's when someone signs a paper to get a child if they can't make one."

"I know that!" Domino blushed. "But... I don't wanna run off, my humans will worry about me. They're already concerned about hearing that people are gonna bug them because of-" He got cut off by his brother groaning. "Dude!"

"Uhg. Being with humans has turned you into a pet." DJ rolled his eyes. "I can just bring you back to the hotel they're staying at when we're done catching up."

Domino looked hesitant, but he nodded. "Okay, but I'm gonna tell Diggs first."

"Diggs?" DJ raised an eyebrow. "Who's Diggs?"

"The other dog my humans have!" Domino replied. "He helped me settle in when I got adopted, he's more of Karmi's dog than the twins, but I've been bonding with her lately-"

"Who's Karmi?"

"I'll tell you later!"

Diggs didn't expect Domino to come back with one of his littermates, but he was proud that his idea of his fellow canine to try meeting the dalmatian family had gone so well. "I told you so." The german shepherd grinned at him.

"Oh, shut up. He's taking me to his house to hang." Domino replied. "Pass that message onto our humans."

"I'll try, but you know that they aren't the best with charades." He shrugged.

"Karmi's good at charades!"

"I just have one question." DJ was staring at Baymax in awe. "Why is there a giant walking marshmallow?"

"Hello." Baymax waved at the pup.

Diggs snorted at his gaping mouth. "That's Baymax, he's like a robot nurse. Karmi got him after her accident back home."