It was nighttime at the Len modules' house. Ashley was still awake, though. She was currently looking at a picture frame. The picture had everyone in it. "Ice Fog, Fan Dance, Terekakushi, it's been a few years since you disappeared. We all missed you." said Ashley. She put the picture frame back on her bedside table and went to sleep.
Meanwhile, outside of the house, shadows were moving quickly to the entrance. Almost all of the shadows were cats. One of them was human. The human opened the door with a lock pick. "Alright, my pets. You know who to go for. Go for it. But don't wake anyone up. Leave the girl to me." said the human. The cats split up and went in different rooms.
Jersey was currently sleeping comfortably in his bed. But suddenly, his emerald necklace started to glow. Jersey woke up because of the bright light. "Why are you glowing?" asked Jersey in his head. Suddenly, the door opened and one of the cat shadows threw a sleeping dart at Jersey, knocking him out almost instantly. The cat went over to Jersey and put him on its back and walked away.
White Edge was also sleeping. His necklace started glowing, too. White Edge woke up. "Why are you glowing now?" he asked in his head. Suddenly, the door opened and a different colored cat came in. "What are you?" asked White Edge. The cat threw a dart at him, making him fall unconscious.
Append was sleeping as well. A different colored cat burst the door open. Append woke up at the sound. "Ashley! We have an intruder!" cried Append. But he was pretty sure that Ashley would be asleep at the time. The cat threw a dart at Append's neck, knocking him out.
Starmine was currently awake, taking care of Amanda, who was crying earlier. Suddenly, the door burst open and yet another cat came in. Starmine put the baby back in her crib. "You'll be safe here." The cat then started to glow brown. Starmine didn't know what to do. So he ran towards the cat and knocked it down just enough to run to Ashley's room.
"Ashley, wake up. We have intruders." said Starmine. Ashley woke up and saw her boyfriend.
"Starmine, what are you doing up this late?"
"We have intruders." he said again. Ashley got out of bed.
"Where?"
"I don't know. Probably all over the house." Suddenly, Starmine gasped in pain. Ashley looked at his neck. There was a dart. Starmine fell unconscious.
"What are you?" Ashley asked to the person who threw the dart.
"Don't bother getting up, Ashley. It's just an old friend that came by to say hello." said a voice. Ashley could tell the voice was feminine. Suddenly, Ashley gasped in pain. There was a dart in her neck, too. Ashley was slowly losing consciousness. She could see the figure picking up Starmine off the ground.
"No. Leave him alone." said Ashley weakly.
"You're not in the place to speak. I'll leave you something to remember me by. Ta ta." said the voice. The last thing Ashley heard was the figure laughing at her face and Starmine in the figure's arms.
Ashley woke up with a scream. It was now morning. "Oh. What a terrible nightmare." said Ashley.
"It wasn't a nightmare. It was reality." said a voice. Ashley saw Heat Haze, Crane's girlfriend, beside her.
"Heat Haze? What are you doing here?"
"Ashley, all of the Len modules have been kidnapped."
"What?!" Ashley got out of bed and got dressed in some clothes.
"The Len modules' girlfriends and sisters are also here. They heard about the news. I'm just up here to check on you and see if you got kidnapped, too." said Heat Haze.
"Are you serious? Every Len module has been kidnapped?"
"Yeah. I think I heard Trad saying that the kidnappers went in the direction of the forest. That must be their hideout."
"Well, let's get downstairs." Heat Haze nodded and the 2 girls went downstairs. Ashley saw Rin Append, Black Star, Panda, Sunflower, Transmitter, Resonance, Stylish R, Yukata Rin, Sakura, Asymmetry R, Trad, Cheerful, Cute, School Wear Rin, Reactor, Scissors, Suou, Ame, Melancholy, Ni-No Butterfly, Faker, Apprentice, and Fairy Dress.
"We heard about the news. And we want to help you get them back." said Transmitter.
"Alright. It's going to be dangerous, but we can do this."
"Hey, Ashley. It looks like the intruders left this behind." said Fairy Dress as she handed Ashley an envelope. Ashley opened the envelope to find a map of the hideout of the intruders. Everyone looked over at Ashley's shoulder.
"It's a map. Whoever these intruders are, they're not very bright." said Suou.
"Isn't that in the forest?" asked Ame.
"Yeah." said Ashley.
"We're going back to the house to tell Allison where we're going, but we'll be back soon." said Faker. The Rin modules left the house. Ashley went back upstairs. Suddenly, she heard a baby crying. Ashley went in Starmine's room and saw Amanda in her crib crying. Ashley went over to Amanda and held her close.
"Hey, it's okay, little girl. Ssh." said Ashley as she patted Amanda's back. Ashley put the baby back in the crib.
"I probably need to hire a babysitter." said Ashley. She went back downstairs and called Miku.
"Miku? This is Ashley. Yes. Hey, can you come over and watch Amanda while I'm gone? Nowhere important. Just going for a trip with some of the Rin modules. Yes. Thank you, Miku. Okay, see you soon." Ashley hung up the phone.
She then went back upstairs to see if the rooms were damaged. She went in Trickster's room, even though she was not supposed to. She saw something glowing on the floor. Ashley picked up something. There were different-colored necklaces, like Ashley gave to every Len module the year before. There were 28 necklaces altogether. Ashley put the necklaces in her pocket and went back downstairs. She then saw the Rin modules come back.
"Ready to go?" asked Melancholy.
"Yeah. Just had to call Miku to watch the baby. Oh, wait, guys. I went upstairs in Trickster's room and found these on the floor." said Ashley as she grabbed the necklaces.
"What are those?" asked Heat Haze.
"They kinda look like the necklaces you gave to all of the Len modules, Ashley." said Ame.
"I think they are. Everyone gets one." said Ashley as she gave an orange one to Rin Append, Panda, and Black Star, a purple one to Transmitter, a pink one to Heat Haze and Asymmetry R, a white one to Yukata Rin and Fairy Dress, a green one to Reactor, Sakura, Cheerful, and Cute, a brown one to School Wear Rin and Suou, a red one to Scissors and Trad, a yellow one to Melancholy, a blue one to Faker and Ni-No Butterfly, a black one to Sunflower and Apprentice, a gray one to Resonance and Stylish R, and a sky blue one to Ame. The girls started to wear them around their necks.
"Okay, let's get going." said Reactor. Everyone left the house and went towards the forest.
"Well, this is it." said Ashley as she looked at the map. The hideout was pretty big, probably bigger than a mansion.
"What are we waiting on? Let's go in." said Trad as she went on in.
"Wait, Trad! Stop!" said Cheerful. Suddenly, Trad fell in a hole in front of the entrance.
"Trad! Are you okay?" asked Sunflower.
"Yeah. I'm fine."
"We'll pull you up." said Ashley as she and Black Star helped Trad get out of the hole.
"It was probably a trap, set by the kidnappers. Let's go in." said Ashley. Everyone went inside the hideout. What they saw made them sweatdrop. The hideout was a maze.