Danny and Maria waste no time in getting the petrified hedgehog into the house; it takes a few moments, but eventually they get her semi-calm and comfortable in the chair. But before they can begin to find out why she's running, Maria picks up the sound of engines approaching.
"Danny, we got company," she informs.
"Xander!" Danny calls. "Forget lunch; tool up and meet us outside!" Turning to the hedgehog, he calmly assures "We'll get rid of them, no problem."
"Sally Flynn! We know you're around here!" comes a gruff, aggressive call from outside.
"Who's Sally Flynn?" Xander asks as he enters the den from the kitchen; he sees a brief flash of purple ducking behind the chair. "And who's that hiding behind the chair?"
"Someone who needs our protection," Danny answers. "Now let's get out there."
Outside, the trio of Scarves come face to face with three masked strangers on powerful bikes; their outfits hide all traces of their species.
"Hand over the hedgehog!" the leader demands; he was the same who called out Sally's name.
"What hedgehog?" Danny asks calmly.
"Don't play dumb!" the leader spits. "We know she came this way."
"Just us three here," Danny assures. "And we'd appreciate it greatly if you'd leave us to enjoy the rest of the day in peace."
"We ain't leaving without the girl!" the leader snaps; with a signal, he and his companions charge directly at the Scarves. Danny swiftly unsheathes his hanbo and knocks a biker off his steed with one smooth move; the bike continues rider-less into the water. Maria draws her ninjato, raking the tip down the side of the second bike, slicing through an assortment of cables and tubes; the rider is barely able to get his leg out the way of the blade. Xander adopts a more direct approach; he catches the charging bike, sliding back a few feet, before lifting it in the air by the front fork; with a heave, he hurls the bike, biker still mounted, ten feet backwards.
"Like I said," Danny states forcefully. "We'd appreciate it greatly if you'd leave us to enjoy the rest of the day in peace."
With all three bikes disabled, the strangers are forced into hand-to-hand combat; unfortunately for them, they were never issued with weapons. Despite this, they charge the Scarves once more. Danny dispatches his foe with a well-timed hanbo sweep of the legs; as his victim lands flat on his face, Danny follows up with a sharp blow to the back of the neck, sufficient to momentarily paralyse the victim. Maria's opponent fares worse; the lynx's ninjato cuts deep into her victim's arm. And Xander's opponent is met with a tonfa directly in the stomach.
"As you may have guessed, I don't like to repeat myself," Danny barks. "Now, get out of here before we make your stay permanent," he finishes with a growl.
"You'll regret helping that bitch," the leader growls back, his gashed arm bleeding badly. "Boys, we're done here." The three strangers slink away into the distance; the Scarves watch them go.
"Such rudeness!" Maria exclaims once the interlopers are out of earshot. "He made my blade all icky!"
"But on the bright side, you made quite a mess of his arm," Danny complements, sighing with relief.
"Who were they?" Xander asks.
"No idea," Danny replies. "But I think I know who you can ask…"
"Who?" Xander inquires further.
Danny and Maria both fix Xander with a 'did you really just ask that?' expression.
"What did I say?" Xander asks, puzzled.