Disclaimer: Same disclaimer as chapter one applies.
A/N: This chapter includes an artifact from the episode "There's Always a Downside" with some references from that episode. Given that Pete is a pretty big ferret, pretend the bag is bigger than in was in the episode. This also includes an artifact that I made up.
Pete jumped into the poorly closed bag. It was dark and musty in there, but from the lights in the aisle that shined through the opening, he was able to see in the dim light. He circled around the little orbs, eying an opaque green striped white marble. For some reason, he really liked the color of that one, as opposed to the translucent and glossy ones. Pete the ferret always thought he had a sense of fashion and color, because when his mom would put on her suits for work, he had his own opinions of what she should wear. He liked her in her plain, colorful street clothes, and not her rigid slacks and intimidating jacket. He thought it made her look more snuggly when she was dressed down. At night, sometimes Myka would take him out of her cage and let him sleep on the open side of her bed. She always wore fleece pajama's, and the ferret always felt safe with her. His favorite color was green, which happened to be the color of that marble.
Thinking back to the matter at hand, Pete nudged the striped marble forward. It bumped into a few things in the bag, rolled out of it, and fell on the floor.
"Uh oh!" Pete the ferret thought to himself. "Momma's not gonna be happy, nor is the big fluffy guy with the caterpillar eyebrows!" He picked that nickname up from his friend Claudia. Then he thought about how Claudia made fun of Artie, and brought out his childish side. The fuzzy animal thought that it was annoying that the humans didn't think he understood a lick of English. Sure, he didn't have good vocal cords, but he could understand them! He especially liked it when Claudia spoke baby talk to him because she was a very comforting person. Pete Jr. jumped at the sound of a clatter coming from his left. So, at that, he jumped off of the shelf, and onto the floor to look for that elusive marble.
"Pete! Come here! Myka misses you!" Claudia yelled. Pete really wanted to come to her, because she would pet him, but he really couldn't leave that marble unattended. Chances are, they wouldn't understand him if he tried to tell her there was a marble missing. So, he ducked under the shelf in the direction the marble rolled.
"Oh Pete! Wherefore art thou Pete?" Claudia summoned. At that moment, the human Pete stuck his head out from the section diagonal to where Claudia was standing.
"What Claudia?!"
"Uhh…Uhh… Did you find… the uh artifact disturbance?" Claudia stuttered. She apparently did not realize how close big Pete was to her, and since he didn't know the ferret's name, she had to cover.
"Yeah, Artie looked it up on the computer. He couldn't remember what went down, so he just looked up artifact disturbances. Turns out, there was this dude, Lane Frost, who was a champion bull rider in the late 1980's. After a very successful eight second ride, the bull went crazy and killed him instantly. They had to sedate the bull after he rampaged through the arena, leaving a mess in it's trail. His hat was to have been said to re-create that fate full moment when touched. We had just recently snagged it, and it was sitting on his desk. Artie thinks that Trailer bumped it, because he was in the room when it went berserk on you guys. So now all we gotta do is find sir fluffy and return him to Myka." Pete said.
"Okay well that's good, I guess." Claudia replied, relieved that she didn't sound suspicious to Pete. The two of them walked down the aisle past where little Pete was located. The ferret felt a little guilty about completely avoiding the two of them, but he had to find that marble. He heard it start to roll again, and he stalked past the freaky looking mask to where the it was located.
"Hmm now that I've found it, I should do something to make it up to Claudia for avoiding her! What has she always wanted… Oh, I know! To make Artie laugh!" He thought. He then decided to make that his mission. Unfortunately, right at that moment, Pete's little grubby paws came in contact to the marble. He then felt a pulsing sensation go through his little self.
"Uh oh!" he squeaked. He had to figure out a way to roll the marble back to his mom, so she could help him. There was pounding in his head, and the fog was rising in his brain. He suddenly felt this insane urge to go find caterpillar man. So, he abandoned his marble in the center of the row, and ran back the way he came. He thought that if he didn't make it, at least they would find the pesky little thing. He realized that it was only a few feet from the entire collection of orbs, so he felt okay. He made his way up the long flight of never ending stairs, and snuck through the open door. He was getting scared because he felt a surge of power course though him, and he thought that it definitely was not natural. The three remaining agents were tearing the place apart even more, looking for him. He squeaked. They did not pay attention. He squeaked again. No change.
"Desperate times call for desperate measures." He thought. So, he snuck up behind Sir Caterpillar and jumped down his shirt.
"Blarghahahhahahahhaeeek!" Artie screamed, and wiggled to an upright position where he proceeded to spazz. HG and Myka snapped around and looked at Artie and laughed at the same time. Pete and Claudia were now entering his office, panicked expressions on their faces. Then, Claudia looked at Myka and started to smile.
"Look's like your plan has backfired Pop's! The ferret found you!" She exclaimed, as she whipped out her cell phone and began recording.
"Oh ahaha heheheheheheeehehehe get it off me oh that tickles!" Artie shrieked.
"This is hilarious!" Pete agreed, as he too took out his cell phone. Ferret Pete stuck his head out of Artie's collar, and Myka caught a glimpse of him.
"Guys, why is his veins pulsing like that?" Myka said, concerned.
"You're right Myks! That looked like what my arm did with Bobby Fischer's marbles! I think the little toad got into the bag of marbles!" Pete replied, full of worry." I'll try to go find it, and neutralize it. Oh, and Artie… you're never gonna live this one down!"
"Thanks, Pete. Hurry!" Myka said. With that, Pete sprinted out of the door.
A/N: There is chapter four! I hope you liked! Chapter five should be out by Wednesday. I have been busier than expected, and I will not have access to a computer from tomorrow afternoon until Monday afternoon... But, more ferret fun will ensue! Thank you for sticking with me! Please Review!