"Guys, where do you suppose Belladonna hid that giant whistle?" Itchy asked.

"I have no idea." Patch said.

After a scooter passed when Charlie first opened the manhole cover, he opened it again and let them all out onto the surface.

Patch shivered and shook himself dry from the sewery waters. "Blech!"

Atticus soon came out of the manhole next.

"Don't worry, guys," Patch said to Charlie and Itchy. "We'll think of something."

"Yeah." Atticus said.

"Maybe Sasha will know," Charlie sighed, looking rather depressed. "I'm certainly out of ideas."

Atticus and Patch met up with the others as Anne-Marie was visiting David.

"Maybe Annabelle will know what to do." Patch said.

"I'm not afraid of that demon dog." Atticus scoffed.

"I know." Patch said.

"Surely there's something to help..." Mo said.

"We'll need to find a way to change Carface to good." Atticus said.

Darla walked over with her hands in her pockets with Anne-Marie.

"Hey, girls, have a good visit with David?" Atticus smiled.

"Yeah, his step-mom makes wonderful gingerbread cookies." Darla smiled back, putting her hands together.

"We brought some back for you." Anne-Marie added in as she took out a tin container filled with the cookies now.

"Mm." Patch smiled.

Anne-Marie popped the top of the container off and let the others have some cookies.

"They're really good." Darla encouraged.

"If only there was a way to get Carface to break his deal with Belladonna..." Atticus said as he took his cookie.

"Well, too bad this isn't the Christmas Carol thing," Darla shrugged. "That's how you guys got me to like Christmas last year."

"That's it!" Atticus smiled.

Darla and Anne-Marie gasped in slight surprise of his outburst.

"Darla, that's a 'Dickens' of a plan." Atticus said to his little sister.

"It is...?" Darla asked.

"It is." Atticus nodded.

Darla smiled sheepishly and grinned to herself as she gave her big brother a smart idea.

"We'll do the same idea we used to get Darla to understand Christmas." Atticus said.

"You didn't understand Christmas?" Anne-Marie asked.

"Last year wasn't the best year for me." Darla bit her lip nervously.

"Well, now you understand Christmas." Mo said.

"Yeah..." Darla said. "Guess we just have to make Carface do the same."

"I don't think Mr. Carface has had a Merry Christmas in all his life." Anne-Marie wrinkled her nose in disgust of the pit bull dog.

"Well then, we'll have to figure out why." Mo said.

"Indeed." Annabelle's voice agreed.

"Yeah, whatever you say, Annabelle..." Patch sighed before gulping and doing a double take. "Annabelle?!"

"I see her reflection." Anne-Marie said.

The pink whippet angel smiled to those who could see her. This made the others rush right over to see her.

"Oh, Annabelle, boy, am I glad to see you." Patch pressed his paws against the window as Annabelle was taking the place of an ornament on a Christmas tree on display.

"So you're Annabelle." Atticus smiled.

"That would be me," Annabelle replied. "Oh, Patch was so miserable without you when he was in Heaven before I sent him down with Charles and Itchiford to fetch Gabriel's Horn."

"Well, we've been through a lot together." Atticus smiled.

"I know and I highly admire that," Annabelle smiled. "I haven't seen such a more wonderful boy and dog duo since King Arthur and Dig-A-Lot in the Dark Ages when Puppy Power was first discovered."

"Me and the Pound Puppies and Maisy and the Pound Furies will travel back in time to when people knew about Puppy Power." Patch said.

"Ugh..." Cherry rubbed her head. "All this dog stuff is driving me crazy!"

"Anyway, do you have anything that can help us, Annabelle?" Anne-Mari asked.

"Of course, I am always there to help, especially the daughter of Rosie," Annabelle smiled to the formerly orphaned girl. "I also hope you include Charles and Itchiford in this plan."

"Of course we will, along with Sasha," Atticus said. "Sorry Patch, but you'll have to stay with Timmy while we do this."

"I don't mind anyway," Patch replied. "He's like a little brother, um... How do I get to Timmy though?"

"Want me to go with you?" Colette offered. "I went with Sasha to take Timmy home to his human."

"Yes, please." Patch smiled.

"I would love to..." Colette batted her eyelashes.

Patch hid a blush and chuckled sheepishly. "Of course you would."

Colette soon helped Patch along the way as they went down the same path that led to Timmy's house.

'It's around this way." Colette said as she took the lead for Patch as she then scratched on the front door.

They soon heard the doorknob jiggling.

Patch and Colette backed up a little.

Martha came out and looked around until she saw two older puppies on her doorstop. "Ooh, more dog friends of Timmy's I bet."

Patch nodded before showing his leg that was bandaged.

"Ooh, did you hurt your paw?" Martha cooed.

Patch nodded with a quiet whimper.

"Oh, the poor thing." Martha frowned.

Colette nuzzled against Patch.

"Come on in." Martha allowed them to since they weren't dangerous.

Timmy was lying down by the Christmas tree and the tray that had milk and cookies for Santa and he looked over to see Patch and Colette coming inside. "Patch! Colette! You both came over to see me?" he then asked.

"Of course," Patch smiled to Timmy. "How ya doin', buddy?"

"I'm doing fine." Timmy smiled back.

"Mm... Milk and cookies..." Colette saw.

"Sorry, Ms. Colette, but those are for Santa." Timmy said.

"Aw, not even a crumb?" Colette pretended to look annoyed.

"Nope." Timmy shook his head.

"Oh, okay." Colette said with a small giggle.

"You hurt your paw too?" Timmy asked Patch. "What happened to you?"

"Don't you remember? I told you at the party." Patch reminded him.

"Oh, yeah," Timmy remembered then. "I hope it gets better soon."

"I hope the same for you." Patch soothed.

"Oh, you're both so strong and noble to go through this." Colette cooed.

Meanwhile, Atticus and the others were soon given badges that would give them the ability to become ghosts.

"Thanks, Annabelle." Atticus said.

"Of course, anything for Patch's human family." Annabelle smiled.

"I dunno, guys," Charlie said to the others. "You really think we can turn Carface into a good dog?"

"I hope so..." Anne-Marie pouted. "He was horrible to me before you all found me."

"We'll soon find out." Mo said.

"So, what's the plan, guys?" Sasha walked over as she was going to help them.

"We're going to make Carface a good dog." Atticus and Charlie said.

"Oh, boy..." Sasha sighed about that.

"Who's first?" Darla asked.

"Well, the Ghosts of Christmas Past of course." Atticus replied.

"Ah, ah, I'll go first as Carface's old partner," Charlie spoke up. "I'll warn him about the ghosts. After all, before Carface killed me, we used to work together."

"Okay, but then Itchy and Darla come as the Ghosts of Christmas Past." Atticus said.

"Awesome, I get to be a ghost this time!" Darla cheered.

"You might as well this time, we were all ghosts last time for you." Cherry replied.

"Then Mo and Sasha will be the Ghosts of Christmas Present and last, me and Charlie will be the Ghosts of Christmas Future." Atticus said.

'Hmph..." Cherry folded her arms.

Atticus sighed. "What's wrong?"

"Is there really a point for me anymore?" Cherry asked. "I mean, I don't do much for you anymore."

"You can appear with me for the warning." Charlie said.

"Oh, gee, so thrilling..." Cherry deadpanned.

Atticus came to her side. "I'll let you watch me pummel Drell~..."

Cherry grinned. "DEAL!"

"Wow, that was easy." Mo said.

"Sometimes ya just gotta work with her." Atticus said about Cherry since he knew her better than anyone else.

"True." Mo nodded.

"All right, Cherry, let's get set." Charlie said to the perky goth.

"Just nothing too demeaning to wear." Cherry warned.

"Don't worry." Charlie promised.

"Think I can help too, Charlie?" Anne-Marie asked.

"Uh, sure, Squeaker, whatever you want." Charlie smiled to her.

"Thank you, Charlie." Anne-Marie smiled.

"Hey, I take care of ya, I knew you before I knew David of course." Charlie smiled back.

"Yep." Anne-Mari smiled. She then planted a kiss on the dog's nose.

Charlie grunted in disgust and glanced at the girl.

"What?" Anne-Marie asked.

"Why you always gotta kiss me?" Charlie asked.

"'Cuz you're my friend." Anne-Marie giggled.

"Yeah, I guess we are friends." Charlie smiled.

The others were now setting up for their Dickens of a plan as Carface was getting some sleep for the big heist at midnight while Killer would wait for him so they could carry out Belladonna's plans.

"And the plan is ago." Mo smiled.

"Get into position." Atticus told his best friend and the German Shepherd.

Cherry and Charlie nodded and went to do just that.

Darla wore a snow white gown which covered her feet with gloves and had a white bow and an angel halo above her head with angel wings in the back. "Okay, here's my Ghost of Christmas Past costume." she told the others.

"Amazing." Itchy smiled.

"It'll do..." Atticus sighed.

"Don't you think I look pretty, Atticus?" Darla cooed.

"Yes, I do, I was just expecting something a little scary..." Atticus said. "Oh, well, it can't be worse than Itchy's costume."

"What's wrong with my costume?" Itchy asked as he had a white sheet with a pilot cap and goggles.

"It looks like you are a ghost pilot." Atticus said.

Itchy merely shrugged. "Best I could do on short notice."

"It's better than nothing." Mo said.

"Okay, guys, he's watching TV now," Anne-Marie said while looking down to the others. "You ready, Cherry and Charlie?"

"Ready." the perky goth and German Shepherd replied.

"Time for the Dickens plan to work." Mo said.

"We're on it." Cherry and Charlie said so they could do their part first.