After a while, Atticus and Patch soon left to go to the family who needed protection. Lucky and Strudel gave them a lot of information and the two took note of what they had to do, and where one of the most important things was to not get too emotionally attatched to any of the family members. It would be hard, since dogs were usually full of love and emotional attachment to humans, but Atticus and Patch understood and they agreed upon the rules and regulations. They soon headed off to the house what they didn't know was the same house as where Mo's biological uncle and aunt and cousin were and where she would be staying for a while.

"Good luck, you guys." Lucky called.

"Thanks, see you real soon." Patch smiled to his father figure in the Pound Puppies and then dashed off.

"We'll be back as soon as we can!" Atticus added as he joined Patch.

The others waved the two off as they went to have an adventure together.

"Well, we wanted to spend some time together." Atticus smiled as he walked with Patch.

"Yeah, but I don't think this is what we had in mind." Patch said.

"Oh, well, it's better than nothing." Atticus shrugged.

"Let's go stop... Mr. Tinkles." Patch said seriously before laughing at the name again.

"Whoever gave him that name was not evil." Atticus said.

"I'm sorry, I know this is serious, but I can't help but laugh at that name for a cat." Patch replied.

"Dr. Evil's cat's name is Mr. Bigglesworth." Atticus then smirked.

"Never mind, that's much worse." Patch said.

Atticus and Patch laughed together as they went on their journey.

A while later, Atticus sniffed the ground to see if he could get a scent.

"Your sense of smell should be stronger now." Patch said to Atticus.

"Yep, it is, and I smell different kinds of dogs." Atticus said.

"Good!" Patch smiled.

"This way." Atticus smiled back as he followed the track to where the other dogs led his nose to as one of the dog smells began to lead them to a house.

Patch followed Atticus.

Atticus sniffled slightly and then sneezed. "Hay."

"Hay fever?" Patch smirked teasingly.

"Ha ha, very funny." Atticus smirked back.

The two kept walking and seemed to pass a barnyard.

"That's strange, the scent is going inside this barn." Atticus said.

"There must be other dogs in there, I bet that's where the one puppy Lucky told us about is." Patch replied.

"Should we check it?" Atticus asked.

"Yes, just to be sure." Patch nodded.

Atticus and Patch both soon went into the barn to be sure. They poked their heads inside to see a group of puppies together in the hay.

"Ohh, so that's why you said hay." Patch said.

"Hay is for horses." Atticus smirked.

"Ha, ha." Patch forced out a laugh.

The two of them soon went inside. The puppies were grouped together as the two came inside.

"It'll be hard to find out which one is the one we're looking for." Patch said.

"No offense, but these dogs all look the same to me..." Atticus replied.

"I think I might have found the one we're looking for." Patch said as he saw one of the pups not with the rest.

Atticus smiled to that. Patch came to the lone pup as the others were merged close with each other. The lone pup was starting to drag a sack of oats. The other puppies seemed to be complaining about this. The lone pup then pulled on a rope with his mouth and made a flour sack rise in the barn.

"What are you doing?" Patch asked the lone pup.

"When I pull this rope, the sack will fall on the pitchfork and send me out the window and on the way to freedom, so step back." The lone pup replied and then told his siblings.

"What is it with you?" Another pup scoffed.

"You guys don't want freedom?" Atticus asked.

"Sure, we'd like it, if it wasn't for one of HIS hair-brained schemes." Another puppy mocked.

"Hair-brained schemes?" Patch asked.

"Oh, forget them, I want adventure," The lone pup spoke up for his own beliefs. "Not wait for someone to take me to some boring house."

"You don't know, it might actually become your greatest adventure yet." Patch said.

"What's wrong with a family that loves you?" One pup asked.

"Not to mention, free food, a warm place to sleep." Another pup added.

Another pup turned over from the hay and then stood on all fours. "And you can go to the bathroom wherever you want!"

The other four puppies glorified this like it was the best thing ever.

"You do realize you will have to go to the bathroom outside onto a tree, right?" Patch asked.

The pups then dropped their excitement.

"Schmucks..." Patch grumbled under his breath.

"Don't you wanna do something exciting?" the lone pup asked his siblings with a smile as he craved adventure.

"You remind me of myself of when I was a young pup." Patch smiled down at the lone pup.

"Really?" the lone pup asked with a smile back.

"Oh, totally," Patch replied. "I was just like you when I lived with my brothers and sisters."

"Cool." The lone pup smiled.

"I wanted to be like Thunderbolt," Patch smiled back. "What do you wanna be? Like a police dog?"

"No, something like a Russian space dog!" The lone pup beamed in excitement. "Or sample the Great Bones of Europe!"

The lone pup's brothers didn't seem to be interested in either of those.

"Oh, forget it, see you puppies later." The lone pup said as he pulled on the rope with his mouth and set himself on the pitchfork to get out of this place for good.

Patch soon began to do some calculating at which direction the pitchfork was pointing to.

"Oh, boy, I can't watch." one pup said before closing his eyes and then opening one anyway.

"This oughta be good." another pup added in sarcasm.

"World, here I come!" the lone pup called as he pulled on the rope.

Patch was soon finished with his calculations and where the result was not good. The flour sack landed on the fork and sent the lone pup flying in the air.

"Oh, no! Watch out for that-" Patch tried to warn.

CRASH!

The lone pup had missed the window and fell down from his fail. Patch then groaned and winced.

"That's gotta hurt." Atticus winced.

"Back from your adventure so soon, Scooby Doofus?" one pup smirked.

"You guys aren't being supportive." Atticus said.

The lone pup poked his head out from the hay only for a bucket to land on top of him.

"You okay?" Patch asked the lone pup.

"I guess so..." the lone pup replied softly and sadly in humiliation.

They soon heard something like a chainsaw. They turned to where the sound was coming from and there appeared to be a buzz saw from underneath the wooden floor. The lone pup poked his head out from under the bucket and saw his brothers staring at the floor until a perfect circle was cut and it fell from its standing after the saw had successfully cut it.

"That's interesting." Patch said.

The four other puppies went to check out to see what caused that, but a Doberman rushed out instantly.

"All right! Into the hole!" the Doberman barked orders. "Let's go! Top-secret operation! Into the hole! Double-time! Into the hole!"

Patch and Atticus soon hid the lone pup under the bucket so then the doberman wouldn't see him. The other puppies were forced to move however as the Doberman instructed them to.

"I've seen better hustle on a dashboard Chihuahua," the Doberman called like a sharp drill sergeant and the lone pup watched from under the bucket while Atticus and Patch stayed out of this. "Wag it!"

"We have to make sure the lone pup doesn't get spotted by the Doberman." Atticus whispered.

Patch nodded as he looked nervous around the Doberman.

A mini van was pulling up to the barn as there was a sign that read 'PUPPIES TO A GOOD HOME'. A woman came out and the farmer greeted her as she came across the barnyard as the chickens were gathered together. A familiar teenage girl came out with the woman.

"Howdy, over here!" The farmer called to the two.

"Watch your step, dear." The woman smiled to the teenage girl.

"I'm not afraid to get a little dirty, Auntie." Mo said.

"Of course you aren't." the woman chuckled.

Back in the barn, Atticus and Patch watched as the Doberman let others of his breed out from the hole which made them concerned and curious.

"He does realize that the family need a beagle or a bloodhound, right?" Patch whispered.

"I... I don't know, Patch, I stopped questioning these things a long time ago." Atticus sighed.

The Doberman talked with the puppies like they were soldiers in the army and he was their sergeant.

"Wow..." Patch and Atticus said.

The lone pup looked interested as the adult Doberman told them about their mission and adventure. After they saluted and called back to him, the Doberman went back under the hole while the five pups were lined up liked trained army men.

"These are the cutest beagles you've ever seen." the farmer told the woman and Mo.

"Mo..." Atticus whispered once he saw his girlfriend.

"Looks like we found Mo and her biological aunt." Patch whispered.

"Biological..." Atticus whispered back, he was often very curious of Mo's birth family at times.

"And for Gabriel's sake, don't forget to wag those tails!" the Doberman whispered sharply to his soldiers before he went back into hiding.

"Come on, girl." Mo called down.

Angel came to Mo's side and she sniffed around for fellow puppies.

"What do we do?" Atticus whispered to Patch.

"Stay still..." Patch said, but then noticed Angel was there.

The farmer, woman, and Mo took a look at the Doberman puppies and Angel looked confused which even made her utter out a questioning whimper.

"I thought these were beagle puppies, Aunt Carolyn?" Mo said to the woman in confusion.

"I thought so too." The woman said.

Patch and Atticus soon got an idea as they rushed to the bucket to get it off the lone pup. The farmer and Carolyn knelt down in front of the Doberman puppies at first. Patch soon got the bucket off the lone pup so he would be noticed. The lone pup whimpered and then came over toward Carolyn.

"Ooh, Aunt Carolyn, this one's looking at you." Mo pointed as Angel came to see the lone pup up close.

Angel seemed to have a look as if she knew this one was the one for Mo's cousin. She came close to the lone beagle puppy and then smiled. The lone pup looked nervous, then looked up to Angel, tilting his head at her.

"Hey, it's all right, I don't bite." Angel chuckled.

"That's a relief." The lone pup sighed.

Angel smiled and walked out with the beagle puppy.

"Oh... Hey, you look adorable..." Carolyn cooed as she picked up the beagle puppy and smiled brightly to him.

"What did I just do?" The lone pup asked.

"Hello! You are coming home with me," Carolyn smiled as she hugged the puppy and walked away with him. "Come along, Mo, I'm sure this is the perfect one."

"Come, Angel." Mo whistled for her puppy.

Angel soon came to her before looking to see Atticus and Patch. She tilted her head, wondering if she really saw what she saw.

"Do you think your cousin will love him?" Carolyn smiled to Mo.

"I just know that it'll take some time for him to adjust to him." Mo said.

Angel came closer to the back.

"Angel, come!" Mo warned her puppy.

Angel soon sniffed the back of the barn and where she saw Patch and Atticus who both smiled sheepishly. She then hid a smirk as she recognized them instantly and something inner had told her that the wolf dog was in fact Atticus only transformed.

Mo soon came over to Angel to see what was taking her. "Angel, we don't have time for-" she was about to say.

Angel then snarled as she bit on Mo's pant leg to pull her to the back of the barnyard.

"GIRL!" Mo scolded slightly. "This isn't like you, this-" she then looked to see the pair in the back. "Patch...?"

"Um, hi, Mo, what are you doing here?" Patch smiled nervously.

"I could ask you the same question." Mo smirked as she picked up Angel in her arms who also had a smirk.

"We can explain." Atticus smiled nervously.

"Atticus, that is you..." Mo replied. "I thought I recognized those dreamy blue eyes."

"How did you get turned into that dog form?" Angel asked.

"We'll explain later at Mo's cousin's house." Atticus said.

"Okay, come on, just be careful." Mo warned them as she went to her aunt's car with Angel.

Patch and Atticus followed quietly and carefully.

"Our lives sure are exciting." Angel said.

"You're telling me." Mo chuckled to her puppy.

Angel was put in the back while Atticus and Patch hid there and Mo rode up front with her aunt.

"Do you think Scott will be surprised, Mo?" Carolyn asked.

"I'm sure he will, Auntie." Mo smiled.

They soon put the lone pup into a box.

"Ooh! I know!" Mo said as she then took Angel's ribbon from Elizabeth and decided to tie it around the box to make it look like a real special surprise.

"Perfect." Carolyn smiled.

Mo smiled back as they soon drove back to the house.