courageous (book one of the police dog series)

Longest days

It's been a month now and the people from the bus are getting along better. They are doing these strange courses that look almost like what I have to do. For me they have set up an old looking agility course with patches of sharp wire that I need to avoid and sometimes different things to find. My human has been working with me directing me through my course in a new way each time. Sometimes he shouts new commands that I'm still working on understanding. He is sometimes taking me through the courses he's going through making me copy his movements. He often uses the command "work" to get me focused and ready. I think today we are being 'shipped out' as my human called it. We had to wake up earlier then usual and get on a large metal bird. The strange bird soon took off and my human was brought away to talk with the other humans. I trotted along with him giving the other humans a few glances. They talk with each other for a bit then go and sit back down on little wooden benches lining the walls. They talk and laugh a bit with each other before my humans commander comes in and talks to them and they all start putting large bags on their back. My human picks me up like like he did in training and straps me in a strange pocket in front of him. Then a large door opens in the belly of the bird  and one of my humans companions runs and jumps out followed by another and another. Finally its my humans turn and he jumps out. We start falling quickly the ground growing nearer and nearer. I roll my eyes up to look at my human for a moment hoping that he's not going to get us killed. I feel a sharp jerk upwards  and we begin to glide down. We reach the ground in a few minutes and my human unclips the strange bag thing off his pack. We quickly find the others and start in a direction. My human gives me a simple command of "come" and we follow them. We reach an area and loud shots ring out. I feel my human give me a sharp nudge and I snap into action. My legs hardly touch the ground as I avoid various objects and latch onto the arm of a human. They drop to the ground and my instincts kick in. I lock my jaw on their throat. I shake my head viciously and don't wait around to see the life draining away before im off to the next one.

~a while later (about three years)~

A large den sits in front of us large birds standing in them. Out the window I can see the guards go on high alert as we roll in. I have on my vest a few various pins attached to it. I have a muzzle on the fabric rubbing against my nose. I release a low growl and shake out my fur. I sit up taller my gaze glued to the window. I feel a tug on my leash and follow my human out of the vehicle. We are greeted by a higher up and he ushers my human into the belly of a large bird. We sand in the entrance with the members of our group who all throw their arms around each other's shoulders. I sit near the middle with my human and he motions to crouch and so they all get down to my level my human tells me to come and I sit next to him in the middle. Him and another wrap their hands over my back. I hear the faint click of a camera and let out a howl. The door slowly slides shut and a low rumbling starts. Soon the bird jerks slightly then flattens out. We are going  home.