Requested file: S9-513 - "Dog Joins 'Yon' Force"
Dog Joins "Yon" Force


While strolling round the NAARO base, Ricard MacDuffe heard a little yelp. Turning round he saw movement in the trees behind him. He immediately ran over to find, cowering in the bushes, a little dog. It had a mighty resemblelance to his little Shetland Sheepdog he had when he was a little tike in Scotland that many years ago except that it was about the size of a half grown Great Dane. He sat down on a nearby rock holding the little dog and petted it. It soon started to lick Ricard's face. "You're a cute wee tike." Ricard said then set it down and went off to get some berries of a nearby bush. When he returned to give the dog the berries, he managed to see a little metal object sticking out of its skin. He pulled it out to find on it, "[]/~[[{]'\|" Just before he could think of something, the dog yelped again. Ricard immediately yelped back using his knack for impersonating and the dog started to lick his face. He then dropped the minute metal object in the bush not realising he had done so and got his faced washed in the progress. He decided to make a little hut for the dog and so built one out of branches and leaves and put the dog there for the night.
Next morning he immediately ran to the little hut to find the little dog sleeping quite snugly. He asked himself, "I need to teel somewoon aboot this wee tike noo, but who?" while thinking to himself, the little dog woke up and made a little yelp. It suddenly occured to Ricard that if aliens were near enough, they would come to investigate and find the NAARO camp. He was about to run to Major Stephen Davies to tell him about the dog, but just as he was about to set the dog down, it pissed on Ricard. "Ye dosy wee shity pillock ye bloody doog!" Ricard shouted out loud. Stephen thinking Ricard was playing a practical joke decided for once to go and investigate this unexpected reaction from a person who usually didn't swear. On his arrival he saw Ricard shouting more abuse at the little dog. When Ricard realised Stephen was watching he immediately swiveled round, and shouted Sir. While doing this, the dog had climbed on to rock and was poised to jump on Ricard.

"Ricard, why on earth are you shouting abuse at this poor dog, it's trying to survive you know"

"Sorry Sir, but the dammed thing pissed on me."

  "Oh right, by the way, where did you find this dog?"

  "Cooering in yon bush sir."

  "Right"

  "And sir, I found a metal oobject in its skin, I poot it in my....... oh sorry sir, I must have drapped it."

  "A little metal object?"

  "Yes and it had some sort of squiggly linnes oon it Sir."  

"Squiggly Lines!?"  

"Yes sir"  

"Do you remember where you might have dropped it?!"  

"Proobably in a bush, sir."  

"Find that metal object, and dispose of it, is that clear!!!"  

"Yoor noot treing tooo sey.."

At this point, the little dog jumped on Ricard, clung on, and started licking his face. "Get oof of me, ye wee shite!" Ricard screamed. The dog immediately jumped off, dived in the bushes and retrieved the little metal object. It dropped it at Ricard's feet and Ricard picked it up and gave it to Stephen. Stephen immediately broke it in to two pieces and chucked it in the trees.

"Ricard, if you ever, EVER, see one of those, you are to immedaitely do what I just did, OK.?"  

"Yes sir."  

"And as for the dog..."  

Ricard interupted, "What about yon doog?"  

"Well um, it can stay with the main force so whenever you come back from a fight, with my permission, you can see it."  

"Thanks Sir"  

"I never thought that you were a softie."  

"Weel Sir, I do have a soft spot for yon wee pets."  

"Right then, see you then."  

"Yes Sir."  

So then Ricard picked up the dog and it started licking him in the face, and then Ricard said,  

"Yee wee doog, I'm at war ye noow, so I'll have to leave you when I go oof taa a battle, OK?"  

"Woof"  

"Right ye wee mucker, came with me."  

And then the little dog followed him into camp and Ricard shared his breakfast with it. After a while, the dog became very loyal to Ricard becoming obediant and protective making sure he was safe and following him nearly every where. Whenever Ricard went on a mission, it stayed in camp until the return of Ricard. "y'know mucker, if you become vicious enuough, I might just take ye oon a mission, but Davies and Wright won't let me I suppose, ah well."

Created May 12th 1999 by Andrew McKendry, AKA Ricard MacDuffe