Tough Dawgs - Completed

Chapter 8

Duke padded into the room where his mate lay on a bed. He hopped up and began nuzzling her ear. She rolled over and licked his muzzle.

"So get anything useful out of him" said Madam S

"Some" said Duke returning the lick "He doesn't know about her. But it seems there might be a personal connection."

"Oh really" smiled the husky "So sis has a boyfriend. Or shall we say HAD a boyfriend."

"Now Sheba" said Duke "Maybe we can use him against her. Maybe she'll back off if she thinks we'll kill him."

"She didn't back off when I killed her father" said Sheba "If anything she acted like she only cared about bagging another weapons dealer. It's all she ever thinks about. She obsessed."

"And you're not" smiled Duke

Sheba bit into his ear. Duke yelped. "I'm only obsessed with the money I make from these stupid humans. Let them kill each other off, I make money and they can't stop fighting."

Duke rubbed his ear, "I agree. But what do we do with him?"

"We'll keep him for now" Sheba said "Maybe you're right. We'll see. Stick him in a cell. I'm sure they have torn that other place apart by now. You made sure nothing was left that could give our new location away?"

"Positive" said Duke "We swept it clean"

"Foggy Bottom, has a reputation for corruptness" laughed Sheba "Too bad that idiot got obsessed with that pup. Serves him right. Let's just hope he didn't leave any connections to us."

"We swept his tower" said Duke "The only thing missing was a hard drive from the server"

"Why am I just finding this out?" screamed Sheba

"You were so upset about all the weapons Humdinger stole, I didn't want to bother you with it." said Duke.

"You idiot" raged Sheba "If that idiot had any of our information, it could lead them right to us."

"Humdinger was a power hungry pawn" said Duke "We used him until he wasn't useful anymore than let them have him."

"Perhaps you're right" said Sheba calming herself "Still put the guys on alert. And be prepared to move if need be."

"It will be done my mate" said Duke walking toward the door.

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"Your Sister!" yelped Zuma

"Yes" said Shasta hanging her head. "I had been working for the agency for a couple years when I got assigned to track a weapons dealer. She had moved into this area several years ago and started working with a someone you know, Humdinger. We still weren't sure how he was involved, maybe just shipping supplies. We got word that she was providing him weapons when the fiasco that Ghost, um I mean Rocky, help end. We were able to retrieve data from a hard drive he collected. It was passed on by another agency. We were finally able to take her down. We moved in and she killed my father to try and get me to back off. I was removed from the case initially but this is personal now. The agency decided if they could stop me they would use me to get to her."

"So you're Rouge!" asked Daniel

"Not exactly" said Shasta "The agency put me back on the case. They knew they couldn't stop me from finding her. They've given me the resources I need to track her. I tracked her back to Adventure Bay."

"So she's here?" barked Zuma "Let's go get Rocky back!"

"That's the problem" said Shasta "She must have found out that we had found her warehouse. She must have taken Rocky thinking she was taking one of my men, in an effort to slow me down or back me off. As I said I'm not exactly rouge, but I'm not sure if the agency isn't trying to use me as bait."