"This is never going to work." Atticus said.
"Come on, Mr. Itchy, talk Charlie out if this." Patch agreed.
"Hey, ya never know." Itchy shrugged.
"I just know this isn't going to work." Atticus sighed.
"Wouldn't surprise me..." Patch muttered about Charlie's hair brain schemes.
"Well, here goes nothing." Atticus said.
Patch nodded while hiding an eye roll.
The three dogs and human boy were sneaking into Carface and Killer's hideout as the two selfish dogs were counting their goods they had taken from the others. As the two counted, there was a knocking at their door.
'Maybe these disguises will work.' Atticus thought to himself.
Carface and Killer chuckled to the disguises and tried to seem innocent.
"Oh, hi there, we're here to read the meter." Itchy said.
"At 9:00 on Christmas Eve?" Carface asked.
"Yeah, special holiday service, sir, now, uh, just point us to the meter, sir." Itchy replied.
"Right here, sirs." Carface smirked as he let them inside.
"Oh, thank you." Atticus said with a disguised voice.
Carface led them to at the top of the stairs. Itchy was leading Charlie quietly under his breath.
"Where is he leading us?" Patch whispered while under Atticus's coat.
"At the top of the stairs, I hope, you holding up okay down there, buddy?" Atticus whispered back.
"You are so lucky I am strong as you are, otherwise I would call PETA!" Patch replied sharply.
"PETA?" Atticus whispered, confused.
"You know," Patch grunted. "That animal rights group."
"Ohh, right." Atticus whispered.
Carface pushed a button and made the four intruders fall and end up in a dumpster. "Nice try! And a Merry Humbug!" he laughed at their misfortune and slammed the trick door shut.
"Maybe we should've tried a wig." Charlie said.
"That wouldn't have worked either." Patch glared.
"What's plan B?" Atticus asked.
"Plan B is going through the chimney." Charlie suggested.
"Sure, but you and Mr. Itchy are going first." Patch said.
"Eh, suit yourself, kid." Charlie shrugged.
The dauschand and German Shepherd then went ahead.
"I know this is gonna fail." Patch said to Atticus.
"Same here." Atticus said back.
"I dunno know about this, Charlie," Itchy said to his best friend. "I mean a chimney?"
"Hey, it works for Santa, right?" Charlie retorted as he hopped into the chimney first.
Itchy shrugged, then climbed in after Charlie.
"Shall we count down from five?" Atticus asked.
Patch nodded. The two counted down from five until a firework exploded from the chimney which exploded Charlie and Itchy straight out.
"Charlie's going to be really angry when he gets back to the ground." Atticus said.
"Mm-hmm~" Patch nodded in agreement.
And where they were right as the four of them were now about to use a tree.
"Drop me in the trash, huh?" Charlie growled. "Shoot me up a chimney, huh? Okay, that's it, now we're gonna deck this hall!"
"Alright, this one is going to work," Patch said. "CHARGE!"
Killer opened the door as the four of them charged right over and they ended up crashing.
"Told ya we'd get in..." Charlie said dizzily.
"We got in alright." Atticus said.
Carface and Killer walked over to the fallen four just then.
"Okay, Carface!" Itchy spat out some pine needles. "Give back Timmy's dough!"
"Yeah!" Patch growled while staying off his broken paw.
"You can't just come into our party and take our stuff!" Atticus glared.
"Sure I can, I've got this, remember?" Carface laughed at them, showing the whistle at hand.
"Yeah, but you forget that humans are immune to it." Atticus glared.
"Ooh, I know, but maybe you should tell my boss." Carface replied.
"Boss?" Charlie scoffed. "You don't have a boss!"
"Forget about me already, Chucky?" a voice asked from the fireplace.
"Who said that?" Atticus asked.
There came a gray-colored whippet who had a black vest, spiked collar, large bat-like wings, and appeared to be like an evil version of Annabelle.
"Belladonna!" Charlie and Itchy gasped.
Patch even screamed as he had heard terrible stories about the evil dog and ended up in Charlie's arms, scared.
"That's my name, don't wear it out." Belladonna laughed wickedly.
"Never heard of ya." Atticus said.
"Of course you haven't, you're just a dumb human!" Belladonna glared.
"Now see here, ma'am!" Atticus glared back.
"Don't talk to her, Atticus!" Patch panicked. "She's evil, nasty, and bad!"
"So? I've faced worse things than her." Atticus said.
"But she rules..." Patch gulped. "H-E-L-L."
"At least I'm more fun than my goody-two shoes cousin," Belladonna said before using her dark and hellish magic. "Ooh, look at me, Little Miss Perfect, Head Angel, Queen of the Clouds, watch me make it snow for the kiddies~"
"Wow, my uncle King Sombra may be evil, but at least he doesn't mock his enemies." Atticus said.
"Is that right?" Belladonna scowled at Atticus, she then snatched the whistle from Carface. "Gimme that!"
"So, what's this hotsy-totsy plan of yours, huh?" Charlie asked, trying to be brave since Patch was obviously afraid of Belladonna.
"Killer, do the honors." Belladonna replied/instructed.
"By any chance, are you going to use a bigger version of that whistle?" Patch asked, scared.
"Oh, you'll just have to wait and see, kiddo," Killer laughed. "Anyway, at midnight, when every kid in town is tucked into bed, we're gonna blow a magic whistle!" he then tried to make a whistle sound, but sputtered and failed, so he decided to continue on without that. "Well, then all those little darling boys and girls will get that zombie look... Give... Give... Give..." he then pretended to beg like the dogs did at the party earlier.
Carface laughed with him. "Give!"
"We'll stop you." Atticus glared.
"I would like to see you try." Belladonna sneered.
"We'll destroy it." Patch said.
Belladonna growled at him.
Patch yelped and shivered as he huddled closer to Atticus. "I don't like the Boogie Dog, Atticus."
"I'm not scared," Atticus glared to Carface and Killer. "Tell us where this giant whistle is and I mean now!" Crystal spikes started to appear.
Patch looked even more nervous. "Oh, boy, now they've done it..."
"Hm." Belladonna smirked.
Atticus firmly glared to Belladonna.
"Atticus, please calm down." Patch begged.
"Not until she stops making me mad." Atticus growled.
"Oh, you better be leaving unless you wanna handle my fire imps!" Belladonna threatened.
"I agree with Patch, come on, let's go, guys." Itchy said nervously.
"Fire imps?" Atticus scoffed. "What are fire imps?"
"These are fire imps!" Belladonna waved her paw around the fireplace which made the flames grow and tiny red evil creatures with beady yellow eyes and white fangs popped out and ran towards the others.
Charlie and Itchy already rushed off while Patch hopped out of Atticus's arms to catch up with them.
"Oh, so those are fire imps." Atticus said, unimpressed before he blew the tiny red evil creatures away.
"HOW DARE YOU?!" Belladonna snarled.
"Whatever." Atticus said as he went after Patch and the others.
"I have a bone to pick with that human..." Belladonna narrowed her eyes which seemed to frighten Carface and Killer slightly.
Atticus soon dived down into the same water that Patch, Charlie, and Itchy dove into. They ended up going through the sewers. They soon got out of the sewers and into the city.