The gang were all upset about Delilah choosing to leave the gang to follow Shadow, Chance and Sassie back home. All they knew was she hadn't returned and now they had other concerns because they knew someone had learned where they were. Someone had seen Sledge returning from trying to persuade Delilah to stay with the gang and not go running off after Chance.
Riley suddenly heard voices outside the building he and the others lived in. He heard them approaching the building, talking about a report of dogs hanging around the building.
Bando and Spike ran in together shouting "Uh oh the humans are here, Riley hide!"
Both of them hid as best as they could in the room. Stokey was the only one who didn't make any effort to hide, he was too busy scratching himself. The humans used the metal pole to catch him, he didn't even struggle as it fastened round his neck and he was dragged out. The humans took him down to a van that was waiting outside. They kept coming back after each dog was dragged out until it was just Riley left. Riley thought they were going to leave him so he kept very quiet and still, knowing there was nothing he could do to save his friends.
Just as they were on the point of leaving with Bando, they saw Riley hiding because Bando tried to tell him to run. They dragged Bando out, then returned and Riley felt the wire of the metal pole fastening round his neck. He resisted strongly and it took two humans to drag him out and load him into the van.
"Where are they taking us?" Spike panicked in the van during the journey.
The journey was over before any of the others had been able to calm Spike down and answer the question.
Within ten minutes, the humans were dragging each of the dogs out and putting them in kennels.