LOCATION: BEAVER FALLS CONVENTION CENTER, GROUND ZERO OF THE SECOND GREAT MAILMAN WAR.

Mailmen swarmed the complex. The upper levels had been turned into a command center. Among the various officers, a young man named Neville walked. His knowledge of the local pack's Beta Male, Poncho Palmer, had been instrumental in the early victories of the campaign, but he was now beginning to doubt the worthiness of the cause. Standing on the edge of the balcony, he watched as the local police force arrived, escorting the captured catapult. The Beaver Falls government was only to eager to join a campaign against the canine race, having previously attempted to ban dogs from the metro-downtown area. At this very moment, Neville's boss and the Postmaster General were signing a treaty with the Beaver Falls city council. Neville looked over to his display, 'Dealing with a difficult Dog on your route.' It was popular before they had been informed of the plan to invade the surrounding areas. Neville sighed. He kinda liked that little dog, Poncho. He may have scarred him mentally, but there was a grudging admiration. And now he was fighting a war.

"This is a schematic of the Beaver Falls convention center." said Gus. A revolving holographic display of the building floated in the center of the command room. "This is most likely location of the catapult." A red dot marked the location of the suspected holding place. "Any questions?" no one spoke. "Very well. Major Jim?" The Canine Security representative nodded.

"We have stolen a small U.S. postal service helicopter to use to sneak into the convention center." Jim began. "Our strike team will use this code to deactivate the shield surrounding the convention center: TH84H-ALPHA." A murmur rippled through the room. Hudson raised his hand.

"Who is on the strike team?"

"Good question." Jim replied. "Boomer has volunteered to lead the team." All eyes turned to the alpha male. Boomer gave a nervous laugh. "Boomer, would you like to detail your plan?" Boomer laughed again, and tugged on his collar, before standing up. Poncho smirked at his friend's uncomfortableness.

"So, the..uh.. plan.." began Boomer. "Is to land the shuttle here, at landing pad A."

A holographic version of the helicopter landed at the pad. "And that's the plan." There was silence. Jim frowned. Someone coughed. Then, Poncho spoke up.

"That's it?" the small dog said incredulously. "That's the plan?" Boomer smiled nervously and tugged at his collar again.

"We don't have..that much intel about their headquarters. Actually none at all, apart from the floor plan and photos pulled off of a Google search." The entire gathering groaned. Poncho sighed.

"How many do you need?" he asked. Before Boomer could answer, another aide ran into the room. He handed Boomer a slip of paper, before rushing back out again.

"I have j-just…..been i-informed" Boomer began, his voice shaking. "That the Mailmen have acquired the acidic compound." There was some murmuring around the room.

"Well," Jim remarked callously. "It looks like we'll have to move our plans ahead of schedule."

The hangar was once more abuzz with activity. The aircraft from Dyer Bay had landed to be serviced and refueled, and the captured helicopter was to one side. Poo Poo and the squad quietly conferred regarding the plan as Poncho, two human agents, and Boomer approached.

"-omplex's security procedures are extreme." Explained Poo Poo. "Poncho and Boomer will take half of you to infiltrate the vault where we believe the compound is being held, and the other half will follow me to the landing pad where they have allegedly placed the catapult. Two human operatives disguised as mailmen will stay with the chopper should we need to make a hasty escape."

Which is extremely likely. Thought Boomer.

"Are we ready?" Poncho asked.

"Yes" Poo Poo replied. "Everyone's here, and the 'copter is fueled up."

"Then what are we waiting for?" Boomer said with a nervous laugh. "Let's go on this suiide mission.

I haven't updated this story in a while, mostly due to other, bigger fics I've been working on. If anyone actually is interested in this fic review it or something. Otherwise its going on hiatus.