Back in London, the Twilight Bark was slowly dying down. Only one dog was left barking into the night and Pongo knew who it was.
"What is it, Pongo?" asked Perdita. "What is it?"
"Shh." said Pongo. "It's the Great Dane. He has news for us. He'll meet us at Primrose Hill."
"But how'll we get out?" asked Perdita.
"Uh, the back bedroom window." answered Pongo. "It's always open a wee bit. Come on."
At the same time, I was on my way to the kitchen to get a drink of water when I saw the back doggie door swing back and forth.
That's when I realized Pongo and Perdita are gone.
Thinking fast, I grabbed a pot and banged on it with a wooden spoon.
"Emergency sibling meeting!" I called out. "I call an emergency sibling meeting!"
My sisters were not happy to be woken up in the middle of the night.
"You better have a good reason for waking us up, Lincoln." said Lola.
"Yeah." agreed Lori. "I was literally in the middle of a texting conversation with Bobby."
"Forget that. We have a even bigger problem." I said. "Pongo and Perdy are missing!"
My sisters gasped at that news.
"Dudes, the pooch napper struck again." said Luna.
Lynn gasped. "You don't think Cruella's behind this, do you?"
"Who else could it be?" I said. "We have to find those Dalmatians, save them from Cruella and bring them back home. Lisa, do you have anything that could help us find them?"
"Do I?" said Lisa as she pulled out one of her inventions. "Behold, the Pet Tracker 9000. It was designed specifially for our domesticated animal units if one of them goes missing. I'll just set it to Dalmatian and presto, they are as good as found."
"This is perfect!" I said. "With this thing helping us, there's no way we could lose those Dalmatians. Time to put 'Operation: Find Pongo, Perdy, and All Their Dalmatian Puppies and Save Them from Cruella De Vil and Also Think of a Shorter Name for This Operation' into action. Who's with me?"
"We are!" chanted my sisters.
Meanwhile, Danny was waiting at Primrose Hill when Pongo and Perdita arrived.
"Pongos, you've made it. Good." he said.
"Wha...wha...wha...what's the word? What's the news?" asked Pongo.
"Have they found our puppies?" added Perdita.
"They've been located somewhere north of here," said Danny. "...in, uh, Suffolk."
"Oh, thank heaven." said Perdita, feeling relieved.
"Can you leave tonight?" asked Danny.
"Yes, yes. Of course." replied Pongo.
"We can leave right away." added Perdita.
"Good." said Danny. "I'll go along with you as far as Camden Road and give you instructions."
Once they got to Camden Road, Danny told Pongo and Perdita where they need to go.
"And when you reach Withermarsh, contact old Towser. He'll direct you to the Colonel and the Colonel will lead you to your puppies at the De Vil place."
"De Vil!" repeated a horrified Perdita.
"The De Vil place?" said Pongo.
"Oh, Pongo, it was her!" said Perdita.
"Oh, someone you know?" asked Danny.
"Sorry, sir. There's no time to explain." replied Pongo as he and Perdita rushed inside a nearby tunnel.
"Oh, I hope we're not too late." Perdita said to herself.
As she and Pongo kept on running, they could hear Danny call out to them. "Good luck, Pongos! If you lose your way, contact the barking chain! They'll be standing by!"
The search was on.
Pongo and Perdita were off to find their lost fifteen puppies while my and sisters and I were off to find them.
