As you remember last time, our heroes, Rocky, Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody, and Sherman had found out about strange vanishings of animals in Africa and they suspected poachers were behind this. So, they arrived in Africa to solve the mystery of the disappearing animals. Meanwhile, those notorious spies, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale had been working with a partner of Fearless Leader's, who was behind the whole poaching matter.

"You got it." Boris said to the man. "This plan cannot fail."

"Great!" Said Fearless Leader's partner. "I'll meet you by the Savannah in one hour."

"We will be there." Boris manically laughed.

Well, it looks like Boris, Natasha, and Fearless Leader had a real good partner in crime with this whole poaching matter. Meanwhile, Rocky, Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody, Sherman, and Lindsey had made themselves in their new friend, Ursula's treehouse waiting for her husband to come home.

Just then, the ground started shaking like an earthquake.

"EARTHQUAKE! ITS AN EARTHQUAKE!" Sherman yelled.

"Oh no Sherman, that's just my husband, he's on his way." Ursula said.

In front of the treehouse arrived a muscular man with a loin cloth riding on a gray elephant with an ape by his side.

"George!" Ursula said "You're back!"

"Great to be back Ursula." George then noticed our heroes "Who those guys?"

"These are our new friends," Ursula introduced our heroes "Rocky, Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody, Sherman, and Lindsey."

"Nice to meet you." George shook Mr. Peabody's hand and bounced him up and down "Me am George. George of Jungle."

"Yes I can see that." Peabody said.

"Say! You doggy right?" George asked.

"Why yes I am." Peabody said with a snooty smile.

"Good because I have other puppy for you to play with." George took Peabody to the elephant. "This is my doggy, Shep."

"George, for the last time, Shep is an elephant not a dog." Said the ape.

"Yes Shep is doggy!" George said "Big, gray, long nosed, big eared, peanut loving puppy."

"Biggest doggy I've ever seen." Bullwinkle said.

"Nice to meet you Shep." Sherman shook Shep's trunk. "I'm Sherman, Mr. Peabody's boy."

"And I am George's friend, Ape." The ape shook Peabody's hand.

"Nice to meet you Ape." Peabody introduced himself "My name is Peabody and these are my friends Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Lindsey. And this is my boy, Sherman."

"So what brings you here to jungle?" George asked.

"We are on a mission to solve the strange disappearances of the animals in the jungle." Lindsey explained "Since you guys know all about the jungle, maybe you guys could help us."

"Yeah!" Rocky said "You guys are experts. Maybe we could team up and find out what happened to the animals."

"George have better idea, talking squirrel." George said "Why don't we all team up And find out what happen to animals?"

"Couldn't have said it better myself." Rocky rolled his eyes.

George was ready for action and so was Ape. "Well then let's get-"

Just then, a pink bird came flying to George.

"Ook ook tooki tooki!" Said the bird.

"What did he say George?" Ursula asked.

"Tooki Tooki Bird say that there is rhino in trouble." George said "We must help him!"

George grabbed onto a vine and swung from it.

"We'd better follow him gang." Rocky said "This could help us get to the bottom of the mystery."

"Come on." Ape jumped onto Shep "We'll ride Shep there."

They all jumped on Shep and the followed George.

Sherman started to sing "George George George of the Jungle friend to you and-"

Peabody then bopped Sherman on the head "Sherman! That's copyrighted."

"Sorry Mr. Peabody." Sherman apologized.

Finally, our heroes arrived at the place where George was headed. George however, just knocked himself into a tree.

"OH MY GOD!" Lindsey shouted.

"That rhino had been shot!" Rocky exclaimed "We gotta help him!"

"We have to help Mr. Peabody!" Sherman told the dog.

"Indeed we do my boy." Peabody said "Let's go!"

Our heroes met George at the place where the rhino was lying. He was breathing heavily. Being an animal himself, Mr. Peabody, Rocky, Bullwinkle, and Ape could understand the rhino's grunts.

"What'd he say Mr. Peabody?" Sherman asked.

"He said that some poachers shot him at the river." Peabody explained "They were trying to steal his horn."

"The poor thing is suffering." Lindsey hugged the rhino.

Meanwhile, inside a van about shortly away from Rocky and his friends, were none other than those fiendish spies, Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale with Fearless Leader's ally.

"Boris! It is moose, squirrel, dog, and boy!" Natasha pointed to our heroes from the monitor. "And look, they have strange jungle people and talking ape with them."

"I see that Natasha." Boris evilly grinned "Fearless Leader's new ally would kill for talking moose, squirrel, dog, and ape! They are very rare."

"It is no doubt Boris, we must get moose, squirrel, dog, and ape." Natasha said.

In just a flash, those fiendish spies and Fearless Leader's new ally had donned their disguises and stepped right out of the van.

"Greetings explorers." Boris said.

"Who are you?" Sherman asked Boris.

"Please Sherman, let me." Peabody told Sherman. "Who are you?"

"I am William Von Goodenov." Boris lied "And this is my wife, Sarah."

"Pleased to meet you." Natasha said.

"And I am Sloan Melville." Said Fearless Leader's new ally "Founder and owner of Friends of Fur and Feathers. We are environmentalists here studying the vanishing wildlife."

"We are here doing that too." Lindsey said.

"This rhino's been shot." Rocky said "Is he alive?"

"Barely, I probably can save him." Natasha put a stethoscope on the rhino.

Just then, some jeeps arrived. It was the police. They came out to see what was going on.

"Good thing the authorities have arrived." Peabody said.

"You guys gotta help." Rocky said to the officer "Poachers shot this poor creature at the river!"

"Okay." The officer wrote down what Rocky had said.

"We were just at the river and there were no poachers." Sloan said to the cop.

"You've gotta help us." Sherman told the cop.

"Don't worry little boy." The officer said "We'll take this rhino to a sanctuary, you guys give us a call when you find the poachers."

"We will officer thank you." Peabody said.

The cops then took the rhino to the sanctuary and Sloan and the Pottsylvanians drove off. Rocky couldn't help but shake the feeling he saw those guys before.

"That voice, where have I heard that voice before?" Rocky asked. "That guy sounded and looked familiar."

"Probably cause just about all the strange people we meet sound like that." Bullwinkle said.

"But back to the mystery!" Rocky said "We have the figure out what happened to al, the wildlife. George, have you seen any animals lately?"

"Well, me see herd of Sheps heading to Congo." George said "They haven't been captured yet."

"We must head to the Congo and find the elephants." Peabody said. "These hunters could be after them"

"We get there on Shep." George hopped onto the elephant.

And with a dash of lightning, our heroes jumped onto Shep and made their way to the Congo. They had to help the elephants. Who knew what kind of plans Sloan, Boris, and Natasha had in mind for them?

Author's Note:

Looks like Rocky and his friends are on their way to location a herd of elephants. However, Boris and Natashas new ally Sloan wants to Rocky, Bullwinkle, Mr. Peabody, and Ape. Who knows what they have in store for our heroes? Stay tuned for our next chapter, "Walk to the Black Sun" or "A Herd of Danger"!