Post by RaceFanX on Aug 7, 2018 20:27:53 GMT -5
This is likely a bit of non-canon fun but here's an idea I've toyed with for a few years that I figured I should put out in the open. I don't think we ever had a canon "Dakota's Face Heel Turn" fic or story for when he revealed his turn colors after being introduced as a hero so how about a little "Broken Arrow" inspired fun with the idea. Plus Cop Car finally gets a starring role more than a decade after his debut.
(An explosion occurs. Something has gone wrong with the Heartbreakers latest plan and the troop is in retreat.
Things are getting smokey as Diana, Stealth, Rob, and Emma make a mad dash with Lucky, Patch, Cadpig, and Spot in pursuit. Then it happens, Diana gets lost in the smoke and gets captured before her friends notice she's gone.)
Lucky: Oh my gosh, we got her!
(Diana's look of shock turns to one of defiance as she faces Ed Pig's courtroom)
Ed Pig: As punishment for your crimes I sentence you to three human years slash 21 dog years of imprisonment at the Stifle Maximum Security Dog Pound.
(A dark smile roles across her face. Diana knows something Ed does not. The action cuts away to two other pups happily watch a police-themed television show on TV, specifically "Hawaii Five-O." One is a larger pup with a black vest and collar, the other is a brightly-colored pup with red and blue spots, including one blue ear and one red one. These are Dakota and Cop Car, the farm's two police dog wannabes.)
Cop Car: Come on get'em Danno!
Dakota: Danno's good but McGarrett's better.
(On TV McGarrett gets the jump on the crook and catches him, then tosses his partner a set of handcuffs)
"McGarrett": Book'em Danno, murder one.
(Back to the pups)
Cop Car: Right again Dakota.
Dakota: Stick with me bud and I'll show you how it really does.
Cop Car: When will the bad guys learn to just quit while they are ahead before they break the law?
Dakota: Maybe some day but not today...Come on. We've got to get to work.
(Both of them are seen grabbing little gold badges reading "Bark Brigade Security
." Cop Car straps on a vest similar to Dakota's as the two dash over to Lt. Pug's for a briefing.)
Cop Car: There's just something nice about having a real badge to go along with the duty to protect.
I love this job. Doesn't it feel great to have people depending on you to do the right thing and keep them safe?
Narrator: They were the best of friends...
(Pug's base)
Lt. Pug: Luckless and his friends actually caught Diana. This is a simple assignment, I want you two standing guard for her transport to the pound. The truck driver is one of ours, you watch her on the way there and he'll bring you home afterward. Make sure nothing happens.
Dakota: It sounds too easy, why do need both of us. I can take it solo. Give C.C. a night off to go watch SVU or something or help his Yankee brother tune up a Yugo or something.
Lt. Pug: Not this time Dakota. Diana's pulled some wild stunts before. I think she's a flight risk. You never know what the Heartbreakers might pull.
(Dakota gulps. Cop Car doesn't notice it.)
Cop Car: Oh, a tricky one. I like it! This could get cool. Don't worry Pug, Diana isn't going anywhere but behind bars.
(Diana is cuffed as Dakota and Cop Car lead her into the back of the transport truck, an older animal control-spec GMC truck with a window connecting the cab to the animal area.)
Narrator: ...They are about to become the worst of enemies.
(The truck sets off. The pups chat in the back.)
Cop Car (to Diana): Now you remembered to take your last walkies as a free dog before hand right, they are going to be ticked if you go in the truck.
Diana: You have no idea what you got yourself into tonight.
Cop Car: A fun truck ride, the joy of seeing you rot in doggy prison, and a celebration with Lucky, Roxy, my friend Dakota and all those you wronged once I get back?
Diana: Maybe Crockett but you've got a detail wrong. How confident are you in your Tubbs?
(Dakota hangs his head. Cop Car just looks confused)
Diana: Your friend Dakota is really my friend Dakota. In fact, perhaps brother is a better term for it.
Cop Car: We're all siblings now.
Dakota: She means by blood.
Cop Car: Wow, kind of ironic then you'll be slamming the door for her trip to the Gray Bar Motel.
Dakota: No, it isn't.
(Dakota pulls a small can of pepper spray from one of his holsters)
Cop Car: HEY! What do you think you're doing?
(He turns it loose on his friend)
Cop Car: AAAAH!!!
(Cop Car tries to fight back but can barely see, he rips off Dakota's badge grasping at him while Dakota manages to rip off C.C.'s vest before kicking into the side of the truck. Dakota quickly pulls the key to Diana's cuffs from his collar and frees her then hops up to the window to the cab and opens it before spraying the driver with the pepper spray. The driver coughs violently and loses control, crashing the truck and allowing Diana and Dakota the chance to escape into a nearby wood. Cop Car wipes his eyes and now has a look of pure rage on his face. An ambulance arrives for the driver and Cop Car limps home to the farm, tail between his legs.)
Lucky: Dakota what?!
Cop Car: He's rogue. He helped her escape. That son of a...I'm going to catch that dog, lock him up, and throw away the key.
Patriot: Any idea where they are headed.
Cop Car: No, I can't imagine they'd stay in the area. The Heartbreakers probably have some escape set up.
Lucky: Alright everyone, we have a pair of fugitives on the loose. Search patterns ready! Let's go get'em.
Lt. Pug: We'll put roadblocks on every highway and byway from here to Jenkins Junction and check every airplane leaving the area for canine passengers.
Cop Car: Dakota's not an idiot, he'd see us doing that coming a mile away and he'd have alternative transport ready. He's a dirty cop, he's knows every move we plan for situations like this.
Doc: So can we reverse that back on him?
Cop Car (gestures to his head): You bet we can. He knows what we'd do but I know what he'd do. He'd go for something strong, something we wouldn't expect.
(Everyone hears a freight train horn in the distance)
Cop Car (light bulb goes on): A plan he mistakenly thinks we can't derail!
Bro, you got anything that can chase down a train. Off-road ready.
Patriot: Do you really need to ask?
(The 17:15 to Chicago departs from the Grutley train yard with Diana, Dakota, and the Heartbreakers visible in one of the boxcars)
Diana: You did good Dakota.
Dakota: I'm not going to let them hurt you sis.
(Diana smiles, perhaps feeling family pride for the first time in a long time)
Diana: Alright everyone, we're out of here. Anyone up for a little Chi-Town vacation and regrouping before we take the farm?
(Just as the train enters a wooded area Patriot's "Canine Crusher" monster truck bursts out of the woods in pursuit, knocking trees out of the way. He's at the wheel with Cop Car riding shotgun and others in the truck bed. Fittingly the truck somehow has gained a police light bar and siren for this trip which Patriot has flipped on. He gets onto the gravel alongside the tracks and guns it. The Heartbreakers see them coming.)
Patriot: The train is going to pick up speed fast! Get aboard it quick 'cause it is going to outrun me.
(Engineer blows the horn as the train goes through a crossing, the Crusher hot on its tails as it levels the train crossing signals and lights. Cop Car gets on the hood of the truck and leaps across with several of the other pups following the train outruns Patriot's truck and he slows to a stop. Aboard the train as the others go after the other Heartbreakers
as the good cop comes face-to-face with the bad one. Dakota's now wearing his T-1000-like helmet and sunglasses.)
Cop Car: You took an oath. An oath to protect the farm. We both took it when we joined the security team.
Dakota: Blood's thicker than wa...
Cop Car: Don't give that. The law is the law and it should be enforced equally!
Dakota: It's never been like that C.C.! Grow up. This isn't "Hawaii Five-O." The law and how its enforced are always up to those with the badge and if you have to help your REAL friends then you do it. Real cops don't bust other cops.
(Cop Car growls.
Cop Car: I protect and serve everyone.
Dakota: I punish and destroy my enemies.
(They get into a fight)
Dakota (pins Cop Car to the ground while growling): You can't beat me Light Bright. I'm stronger and I know your moves!
(Cop Car pulls a taser out of his collar from behind his badge and zaps him with him)
Cop Car: Oh, I don't know. We've seen some shocking defeats before.
(The rear cars of the train are seen coming loose and derailing. The conclusion will surely be wild.)
Coming Soon: Badge of Honor.
Any thoughts on this one pups? Would you want to see a story like this? Or does this trailer "give away all the good parts" it would have?
(An explosion occurs. Something has gone wrong with the Heartbreakers latest plan and the troop is in retreat.
Things are getting smokey as Diana, Stealth, Rob, and Emma make a mad dash with Lucky, Patch, Cadpig, and Spot in pursuit. Then it happens, Diana gets lost in the smoke and gets captured before her friends notice she's gone.)
Lucky: Oh my gosh, we got her!
(Diana's look of shock turns to one of defiance as she faces Ed Pig's courtroom)
Ed Pig: As punishment for your crimes I sentence you to three human years slash 21 dog years of imprisonment at the Stifle Maximum Security Dog Pound.
(A dark smile roles across her face. Diana knows something Ed does not. The action cuts away to two other pups happily watch a police-themed television show on TV, specifically "Hawaii Five-O." One is a larger pup with a black vest and collar, the other is a brightly-colored pup with red and blue spots, including one blue ear and one red one. These are Dakota and Cop Car, the farm's two police dog wannabes.)
Cop Car: Come on get'em Danno!
Dakota: Danno's good but McGarrett's better.
(On TV McGarrett gets the jump on the crook and catches him, then tosses his partner a set of handcuffs)
"McGarrett": Book'em Danno, murder one.
(Back to the pups)
Cop Car: Right again Dakota.
Dakota: Stick with me bud and I'll show you how it really does.
Cop Car: When will the bad guys learn to just quit while they are ahead before they break the law?
Dakota: Maybe some day but not today...Come on. We've got to get to work.
(Both of them are seen grabbing little gold badges reading "Bark Brigade Security
." Cop Car straps on a vest similar to Dakota's as the two dash over to Lt. Pug's for a briefing.)
Cop Car: There's just something nice about having a real badge to go along with the duty to protect.
I love this job. Doesn't it feel great to have people depending on you to do the right thing and keep them safe?
Narrator: They were the best of friends...
(Pug's base)
Lt. Pug: Luckless and his friends actually caught Diana. This is a simple assignment, I want you two standing guard for her transport to the pound. The truck driver is one of ours, you watch her on the way there and he'll bring you home afterward. Make sure nothing happens.
Dakota: It sounds too easy, why do need both of us. I can take it solo. Give C.C. a night off to go watch SVU or something or help his Yankee brother tune up a Yugo or something.
Lt. Pug: Not this time Dakota. Diana's pulled some wild stunts before. I think she's a flight risk. You never know what the Heartbreakers might pull.
(Dakota gulps. Cop Car doesn't notice it.)
Cop Car: Oh, a tricky one. I like it! This could get cool. Don't worry Pug, Diana isn't going anywhere but behind bars.
(Diana is cuffed as Dakota and Cop Car lead her into the back of the transport truck, an older animal control-spec GMC truck with a window connecting the cab to the animal area.)
Narrator: ...They are about to become the worst of enemies.
(The truck sets off. The pups chat in the back.)
Cop Car (to Diana): Now you remembered to take your last walkies as a free dog before hand right, they are going to be ticked if you go in the truck.
Diana: You have no idea what you got yourself into tonight.
Cop Car: A fun truck ride, the joy of seeing you rot in doggy prison, and a celebration with Lucky, Roxy, my friend Dakota and all those you wronged once I get back?
Diana: Maybe Crockett but you've got a detail wrong. How confident are you in your Tubbs?
(Dakota hangs his head. Cop Car just looks confused)
Diana: Your friend Dakota is really my friend Dakota. In fact, perhaps brother is a better term for it.
Cop Car: We're all siblings now.
Dakota: She means by blood.
Cop Car: Wow, kind of ironic then you'll be slamming the door for her trip to the Gray Bar Motel.
Dakota: No, it isn't.
(Dakota pulls a small can of pepper spray from one of his holsters)
Cop Car: HEY! What do you think you're doing?
(He turns it loose on his friend)
Cop Car: AAAAH!!!
(Cop Car tries to fight back but can barely see, he rips off Dakota's badge grasping at him while Dakota manages to rip off C.C.'s vest before kicking into the side of the truck. Dakota quickly pulls the key to Diana's cuffs from his collar and frees her then hops up to the window to the cab and opens it before spraying the driver with the pepper spray. The driver coughs violently and loses control, crashing the truck and allowing Diana and Dakota the chance to escape into a nearby wood. Cop Car wipes his eyes and now has a look of pure rage on his face. An ambulance arrives for the driver and Cop Car limps home to the farm, tail between his legs.)
Lucky: Dakota what?!
Cop Car: He's rogue. He helped her escape. That son of a...I'm going to catch that dog, lock him up, and throw away the key.
Patriot: Any idea where they are headed.
Cop Car: No, I can't imagine they'd stay in the area. The Heartbreakers probably have some escape set up.
Lucky: Alright everyone, we have a pair of fugitives on the loose. Search patterns ready! Let's go get'em.
Lt. Pug: We'll put roadblocks on every highway and byway from here to Jenkins Junction and check every airplane leaving the area for canine passengers.
Cop Car: Dakota's not an idiot, he'd see us doing that coming a mile away and he'd have alternative transport ready. He's a dirty cop, he's knows every move we plan for situations like this.
Doc: So can we reverse that back on him?
Cop Car (gestures to his head): You bet we can. He knows what we'd do but I know what he'd do. He'd go for something strong, something we wouldn't expect.
(Everyone hears a freight train horn in the distance)
Cop Car (light bulb goes on): A plan he mistakenly thinks we can't derail!
Bro, you got anything that can chase down a train. Off-road ready.
Patriot: Do you really need to ask?
(The 17:15 to Chicago departs from the Grutley train yard with Diana, Dakota, and the Heartbreakers visible in one of the boxcars)
Diana: You did good Dakota.
Dakota: I'm not going to let them hurt you sis.
(Diana smiles, perhaps feeling family pride for the first time in a long time)
Diana: Alright everyone, we're out of here. Anyone up for a little Chi-Town vacation and regrouping before we take the farm?
(Just as the train enters a wooded area Patriot's "Canine Crusher" monster truck bursts out of the woods in pursuit, knocking trees out of the way. He's at the wheel with Cop Car riding shotgun and others in the truck bed. Fittingly the truck somehow has gained a police light bar and siren for this trip which Patriot has flipped on. He gets onto the gravel alongside the tracks and guns it. The Heartbreakers see them coming.)
Patriot: The train is going to pick up speed fast! Get aboard it quick 'cause it is going to outrun me.
(Engineer blows the horn as the train goes through a crossing, the Crusher hot on its tails as it levels the train crossing signals and lights. Cop Car gets on the hood of the truck and leaps across with several of the other pups following the train outruns Patriot's truck and he slows to a stop. Aboard the train as the others go after the other Heartbreakers
as the good cop comes face-to-face with the bad one. Dakota's now wearing his T-1000-like helmet and sunglasses.)
Cop Car: You took an oath. An oath to protect the farm. We both took it when we joined the security team.
Dakota: Blood's thicker than wa...
Cop Car: Don't give that. The law is the law and it should be enforced equally!
Dakota: It's never been like that C.C.! Grow up. This isn't "Hawaii Five-O." The law and how its enforced are always up to those with the badge and if you have to help your REAL friends then you do it. Real cops don't bust other cops.
(Cop Car growls.
Cop Car: I protect and serve everyone.
Dakota: I punish and destroy my enemies.
(They get into a fight)
Dakota (pins Cop Car to the ground while growling): You can't beat me Light Bright. I'm stronger and I know your moves!
(Cop Car pulls a taser out of his collar from behind his badge and zaps him with him)
Cop Car: Oh, I don't know. We've seen some shocking defeats before.
(The rear cars of the train are seen coming loose and derailing. The conclusion will surely be wild.)
Coming Soon: Badge of Honor.
Any thoughts on this one pups? Would you want to see a story like this? Or does this trailer "give away all the good parts" it would have?