{Toby}

"You're worried about her aren't you?" My Grandmother asked.

We were sitting outside because we were at a family reunion and I asked Emily to come with me and she did. While Emily was off talking to one of my cushions, my Grandmother pulled me off to the side to ask that question.

I gave her a small smile. "Yes I am. She's been having nightmares lately and I can't tell you why though. It's a long story."

Grandma looked like she was getting ready to say something when my younger cousin Maya came up to me and hugged me. "Toby! You're here, I missed you last time! I heard you have a girlfriend now again." She looked around and then whispered into my ear. "I also heard she's hotter than your last one!"

I felt my face turn red and Grandma must've heard what Maya said because she covered her mouth to stifle a laugh.

Emily came over to me and said, "Hey Toby-"

Maya cut her off, "Are you Toby's new girlfriend?"

At first Emily seemed taken aback by this but she composed herself. "Um, yes I am, why?"

Maya squealed and pinched Emily's butt. Emily's face turned red and she looked like she wanted to punch Maya and I don't blame her. But before Emily composed herself enough to take a swing at Maya I stepped in between them. I looked at Maya with an annoyed look. "Um Maya the next time you greet someone you might want to refrain from pinching their butts! Didn't you learn your lesson with Susan?"

Maya snorted. "Apparently not!"

I rolled my eyes. "You know, you can be the most annoying cousin ever sometimes!"

"Yes but I'm also your favorite!" Maya said.

At this point in the conversation Grandma had walked off laughing.

Maya pouted, "Aww come on Toby! My little Button Boy!"

"What did you just call me?" I snarled.

"Button Boy!" Maya said. She smiled and I knew what she was doing. That's why I took a moment to calm myself down even though I wanted to kill her for calling me that nickname. It was a nickname my Grandma gave me when I was six years old and I kept being the butt of a joke because of it.

Maya frowned when she saw my reaction to her teasing. She backed up and put her hands up to show she surrendered. "Okay, okay I'll stop."

That didn't stop me from gritting my teeth. I grabbed Maya's hand and pulled her closer to me and snarled into her ear. "Listen to me, dear cousin. Don't ever call me that again, okay?"

"Alright, alright! I said I'd stop geez let me go!" Maya whined.

I let her go and nodded. "Good, make sure that happens!"

Maya didn't say anything but she walked away in a huff. I looked over at Emily who gave me an amused look. "What?"

"Button Boy? What kind of nickname is that?" Emily asked.

"I don't know, ask my Grandmother about that one," I said.

She chuckled, "Well it's better being called Lizard!"

"No kidding," I said. After that, the family reunion went on without a hitch and once it was finished Emily and I went back to my place for the night.

***

{Dominic}

I couldn't stop laughing when I found out about Toby's nickname, Button Boy! Like seriously, what kind of nickname is that? I don't blame him for getting pissed off every time he gets called that. Honestly, if it were me I'd punch someone every time I heard that name. I heard about it when 32401 went to that family reunion with Toby. It's very obvious to me that she and Toby are going steady and I wonder if there might be a marriage proposal sometime in the near future. Which is why when I capture 32401, I've decided to capture Toby and turn him into a lab rat and give him the same type of status 32401 had and will have again.

I'm not letting 32401 go and I'm not letting the idea of making her the next leader of A-Circle. Most of the people in my inner circle know by now that once I make up my mind there's no changing it even if there's evidence that I should.

Actually, I've already begun testing on Toby and he's not even aware of it. Just like I did with 32401 and that made it so easy to convince her mother to drop her off at A-Circle Labs to get help for her. When I started testing on 32401 before she came to A-Circle I had her mother put a certain medicine in her food that would make her become aggravated for no reason. Of course, 32401's mother had no idea what type of medicine it was.

I somehow managed to have 32401's regular Doctor prescribe the medicine for her. It turns out that 32401's regular Doctor was one of my Dads minions. As I've said before, I spotted 32401 when she was still in Elementary school getting ready to go into Middle School. She was dealing with some bullies who had pushed one too many buttons with her and she kicked their asses right then and there. Then she started to act out and kept getting into fights because the medicine worked so perfectly.

I started testing on Toby by getting Sergeant 22 to pose as a coworker named Susan and she used that name when she posed as his girlfriend for a year. So I had "Susan" put the same medicine in 32401's food in Toby's food. So far I haven't seen much in the changes except for the fact that he seems quick to anger but not angry enough to fight.

So I made sure to up the dosage on the medicine. It was so easy to get that medicine in Toby's food and I started getting 32401's dog named Red to slip some of the medicine in her food again too. All I had to do was wait and see what happened.

***

{Toby}

I had no idea why I've been in such a bad mood lately. My mood seems to be at its worst when I'm at work for some reason. So much so that I retreat into my office for most of the day.

I was in my office trying to focus on paperwork when there was a soft knock on the door. I sighed, "Come in!"

The door opened and Emily came in with a worried look on her face. "Are you okay?"

I shook my head. "Not really. I have no idea why I've been aggravated today. That's why I've been holed up in here all day! I almost took a swing at one of my coworkers in the breakroom for no reason! I don't get it. I really don't…"

Emily came up to me and pulled me into her arms. "Hmmm, it's okay, don't worry I'm here. If you need to talk or anything else, I'm willing of course."

I looked at her and kissed her. She smiled when I let her go. "You know what the best way to deal with being irritated so much with people is?"

I raised an eyebrow. "What?"

She raised an eyebrow and gave me a mischievous smile. "What do you think?"

"Hmm, it's a good thing I made this room soundproof and I don't have cameras in this room…" I said.

She didn't think twice before locking the door and drawing the blinds and pushing me down on the couch that I have in my office. I pulled her pants down just enough to enter her and started thrusting on her. I kept kissing her as I thrusted on her and at that moment I came up with the idea of fucking Emily until she couldn't walk and she'd have to stay in my office for the rest of the day. So that's what I did. I just kept having sex with her until I couldn't do it anymore and she had a hard time getting up just to go to the bathroom after that. Good thing the bathroom's close by.

After she went to the bathroom I made sure to keep her in my office even during lunch. I just ordered out for the day.

***

{Dominic}

"Hmmm, I wonder something," Uncle 42 said.

"What?" I said.

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Uncle 42 and I were standing in one of the labs at A-Circle Labs and Uncle 42 was looking at the test results from the last lab rat that he tested on. He went over to his desk and put the test results in a file and then he brought out 32401's file and placed it on his desk. "I wonder since 32401 and Toby have been going at it a lot lately (and I bet it's thanks to the medicine you've been giving her) I think that sooner or later and maybe sooner 32401 just might wind up getting pregnant."

My eyes went wide. "Seriously?"

Uncle 42 nodded. "I'm dead serious!"

"But how will we be able to figure that out?" I asked.

He shrugged. "I have no idea. But I'm pretty sure you'll figure out a way to."

That got me to start thinking about what I was going to do to figure out if 32401 ever got pregnant. I gave Uncle 42 an evil smile. "Hmm, I already have an idea!"

Uncle 42 laughed, "Of course you do!"

I rolled my eyes and walked away.

***

Sergeant 22's eyes went wide when I told her what Uncle 42 said.

"He said that? Seriously?" She asked while giving me a look of disbelief.

I nodded. "Yes and it seems that because they've going at it and I'm going to assume they are going because they're frustrated, it's possible. But at the same time I don't know if 32401 uses any protection during sex and I know Toby doesn't because I have yet to see him do it."

"Hmm," Sergeant 22 said thoughtfully. "You still have that lab rat posing as 32401's dog, right?"

"Yeah, I was thinking about drugging 32401 when she least expects it and make sure that no one's home so that the lab technicians can go in and draw her blood. But if Toby's there or her friend Anna's there then we'll have to make sure everyone's drugged so they're sleeping at least," I said. "But I'm not going to capture her sooner if she's not pregnant though."

"You think I should keep an eye on her at work just to see if she has some symptoms of pregnancy?" Sergeant 22 asked.

I thought about it and then nodded. "Sounds good to me!"

***

{Red}

I got a call from Dominic and he told me that he wanted to find out if 32401 is pregnant or not. Good thing I have my human clothes in my doghouse that 32401 provided for me. It's also a good thing that Dominic gave me a way to contact him.

When I got the call from Dominic I met him at A-Circle Labs and he gave me the medicine to put in 32401's food. The drug was meant to keep her and whoever is with her in the apartment asleep so that I could let the lab technicians go in and draw 32401's blood and get out as if they weren't there at all.

Today was the day Dominic wanted the test done and I wasn't sure if I could carry things out at first but I managed to pull it off because I had to. I knew if Dominic makes a decision there's no way to change his mind if he has evidence that says he should.

I went inside the house to find Anna, 32401 and Toby sitting at the kitchen table talking about Anna's wedding planning. Apparently, Anna is getting married soon and she's been busy planning things out. I went up to her and sat down beside her and acted like I wanted a treat.

Anna reached down and scratched me behind the ears and said, "What a good boy you are! You look like you want a treat. Do you want a treat boy?"

I barked like a normal dog would and Anna got up from the kitchen table and went over to the cabinet that had the dog treats in it. Once she gave me a treat I took it over to the living room to eat it and I did that because I know Anna and 32401 don't like it when I don't eat my food in the place that they gave me the treat in.

Anna chased after me like I thought she would and I managed to get her outside on the patio. Once she was there, I ran out as fast as I could and locked the door from the outside.

Okay, now she's separated from 32401 and Toby, so it's time for phase two of this plan! I thought.

I went back inside and sat down by the kitchen table by 32401 and barked happily. She frowned at me. "Did you play a prank on Anna again?"

I barked again and wagged my tail. She rolled her eyes. "Of course you would. You know it was funny the first couple of times you did it but it's not funny now."

I whined and 32401 shook her head. "No Red!"

I knew she was going to get up and chase after me in order to punish me so I ran out of the kitchen and she ran after me as I ran into her bedroom and hid underneath the bed as if I was scared of her. As she reached for me underneath the bed, I quickly crawled out and managed to knock over a bookshelf in the room and ran out of the room and locked the door.

I mentally patted myself on the back and then it was me and Toby left in the kitchen.

Toby narrowed his eyes at me when I came to him. "Listen buddy I know you don't like me."

Yeah damn right I don't! I thought.

"Okay here's the deal, I'll give you a treat after you show me where Anna and Emily went," Toby said.

I didn't do anything but sit down and stare at him. At this point it was a staring contest and I turned around and left the room. I had a feeling Toby would chase after me and he did. I managed to get him to chase after me to the living room and I hid underneath the couch as if I were afraid of him. At this point I was having fun and it was as if I were herding sheep. Only I had three sheep to herd and Toby was the last one.

Toby was tricky and I had to wait him out a little bit because he wasn't reaching for me underneath the couch like I thought he would. Hmm, this guy's a little too smart for his own good!

Then I heard 32401 banging on the bedroom door calling out for someone to come and unlock it. When I heard Toby running down the hallway I chased after him. I managed to get in front of him somehow and blocked him from the bedroom door. I growled at him and I heard 32401 call out, "Is that Red? Red stop growling at Toby and let him open the door!"

I didn't listen to her. I just kept growling at Toby and then after a moment or two of our little face off Toby backed away slowly. Toby kept backing away from me and tripped over one of my chew toys and fell flat on his back. The fall that Toby took knocked him out somehow.

I smiled and thought to myself. Perfect! It's a good thing Dominic gave me pills that can be dissolved once they're put in someone's mouth because Toby is knocked out and he can't swallow at the moment.

I went over to the spot where I was keeping the medicine that Dominic gave me and quickly transformed into my human self. I grabbed the medicine and opened the bottle and opened Toby's mouth and popped a pill in it. I waited for two minutes and went over to the patio where Anna was and before I opened the door I made sure to put a couple of chew toys in front of it so that Anna would trip and fall and hopefully knock herself out like Toby did.

I quickly transformed back into a dog after hiding the pill bottle so Anna wouldn't see it. As soon as I opened the door Anna ran out and looked around. When she spotted me she started walking towards me and slipped on one of the chew toys and fell flat on her back. Only this time she didn't get knocked out.

Well fuck! I thought.

When she got up I ran and she chased after me. She glared at me when she thought she had me cornered in the kitchen near my food and water bowls. "Listen here Red, you're not in charge here!"

Oh contrary to your belief, I do I'm the one in charge here! I thought.

I growled at her and she scolded me, "Don't you growl at me Mister!"

I didn't listen to her. I kept growling at her and she started walking towards me. I backed up and when I looked over I saw an opportunity to try and knock her out. There was a frying pan on the counter to the left of me and I ran over to it and Anna chased after me. She stumbled and the frying pan fell on her head knocking her out cold. I quickly transformed back into my human self and turned her over. Once I did that, I grabbed the medicine bottle from where I hid it and after opening it I popped a pill in her mouth. After I did that, I transformed back into a dog.

I waited for a minute and I decided it was time to deal with 32401. At this point the banging on the bedroom door had stopped. I waited for a bit and instead of putting chew toys by the door in order for her to trip over herself, I stood in front of the door and unlocked it. I poked my head inside and looked around for 32401.

"Got ya!" 32401 shouted as she grabbed my dog collar. I struggled to break out of her hold and I forgot how strong she was.

Well shit! Maybe I should just play dumb and let her think she has control? I thought and that's exactly what I did. I stopped struggling under her hold and I pretended that I was submitting to her.

"Now come with me, you're going out back!" 32401 growled.

I whined and she shook her head. "No Red! You've been a bad boy and you'll be punished for it."

As soon as she started dragging me out the door, I broke free from her hold and stumbled backwards. I got behind her and pushed her forward and she fell face first on the ground. Before she hit the ground she managed to hit her head on a nearby wall and knocked herself out.

I rolled my eyes when I saw this. Seriously? This was way too much fun and waaay too easy! Well I guess it just takes getting them while their guards are down!

I transformed into my human self and after I turned her over I popped a pill in her mouth. I grabbed her and carried her back over to the bedroom and then I grabbed Toby and placed him on the couch and I grabbed Anna and placed her on the recliner chair next to the couch.

After that, I found one of the cameras Dominic had placed in 32401's bedroom and gave it a thumbs up sign. As soon as I did that I heard footsteps at the door I walked over and unlocked it.

Behind the door two of Dominic's Elite Agents came in. One the Elite Agents, Elite 46 who was posing as Toby's best friend Jason came in. The other Elite Agent, Elite 52 came in behind him.

"Good job Lab Rat 40441!" Elite 46 said. "Too bad I couldn't have fun knocking these three out. It's bad enough Toby and 32401 didn't recognize me when I posed as Simon Charles to deliver the message that Dominic was watching them!"

Elite 52 shrugged. "Well you win some, you lose some. Now let's get this over with so we can go and get lunch! I'm hungry!"

Elite 46 rolled his eyes. "You're always hungry, Elite 52!" He turned his attention to me. "Where did you place 32401?"

"She's in her bedroom," I said. "Follow me!"

I showed them where 32401's bedroom and Elite 46 knelt down beside the bed. He took out a needle and small testing bottle to draw 32401's blood.

"This test should tell Dominic if 32401's pregnant or not and confirm if she's taking some form of birth control," Elite 46 said.

"So when will he have the results?" Elite 52 asked, "I'm itching to fight them just so I can take them in!"

"Probably by the end of the week," Elite 46 replied.

Elite 52 nodded and when Elite 46 finished drawing 32401's blood Elite 52 used his abilities to heal her and make it look like the needle mark was never there.

Elite 46 nodded at me. "Well, it's time for us to go. I'm not sure how long that medicine is supposed to last and Dominic told us not to stick around. So see you later Lab Rat 40441!"

I nodded and after they left, I grabbed the pill bottle with the medicine Dominic gave me and hid it. Once I made sure everything was taken care of, I transformed into a dog again and waited for 32401, Anna and Toby to wake up.