Mojo, Grubber, and Rebecca met up with the Professor near the concession stand. Professor Utonium asked, "Found anything?" Rebecca said, "Mojo saw one of the circus performers who looks like a wolf." Mojo said, "It was bizarre! One of the mirrors was broken and I looked at my reflection, but it was weird. I was all hairy and had missing teeth, as well as a soft head. But I knew it wasn't me when I sneezed and the reflection turned out to be a wolfman."
Rebecca said, "I better find the ticket booth and meet with everyone else." When Rebecca left, the two looked around the concession stands to find clues. Mojo looked through the cotton candy and popcorn, while the Professor looked at the soda stand and pretzel stand. Professor Utonium sees something shiny and picks it up, "That's Becca's bracelet!"
Mojo said, "Aha, we found our culprit! Is it warm?"
Professor Utonium said, "Yes."
In an instant, the Phantom appeared towards Mojo and hypnotized him. The Professor saw this happen and ducked for cover to not be seen. "You are in my power..." the phantom says sinisterly as he stares into Mojo's eyes. The monkey's eyes promptly go blank. "You will now do as I tell you," the phantom elaborates. "And I tell you that you are a knife thrower."
"I am a knife thrower...I am a knife thrower..." Mojo repeats. While he's entranced, the phantom snatches Mojo's wallet out of the pocket of his tunic and silently slips away. The professor looks on, aghast. "Oh dear...I'll have to find Becca and the others!"
Meanwhile, as Rebecca makes her way toward the ticket booth she suddenly spies something shiny on the ground and bends to pick it up. "Arturo's comb! I hope I can find him soon to give this back to him." Just then, she hears a voice call, "Becca!" and turns to see the others approaching her.
"Oh, it's so good to see you, Becca," Bubbles, the owner of the voice notes. "We've come to tell you that we found the missing circus performers."
"Oh, how wonderful!" Rebecca remarks as she observes Mr. Friendly and the other circus folk standing behind them. "Ooh, speaking of finding what's missing, I have a little something for you, Arturo." She then bends down and hands Arturo his comb. "My comb!" Arturo exclaims happily as he takes the aforementioned and puts it in his pocket. "Oh, muchas gracias, Becca!"
"You're quite welcome," she replies. She then turns to the Powerpuffs. "How did you find the missing performers, girls?"
"We found Tad, Tomy, Tammy, and Mr. Friendly tied up in one of the trailers," Blossom replies. "Then we found Liza tied up outside."
"Unfortunately, we then found out that April had been hypnotized to think that she was a tightrope walker," Buttercup elaborates. "And what's more, her earrings had been stolen."
"But Snake then came and rescued me very brave-like." April adds, causing Snake to smile and blush some more.
"We were going to go see the ticket taker," Bubbles states. "Perhaps he might have some clues."
"Good idea, girls," Rebecca replies. "I was going there myself; maybe we can get to the bottom of this soon."
The group then make their way over to the ticket booth where they find the still entranced ticket taker. Rebecca nudges his shoulder ever so gently, bringing him to. "Huh? W-what?"
"You've just been hypnotized, sir." Rebecca replies. "Please tell us, do you remember seeing anything out of the ordinary before this happened?"
"Why, yes," the young man elaborates. "Shortly after I had taken all of you and your friend's tickets earlier, I saw this shadowy figure standing over me. He was wearing a tall silk hat, a long black cloak, and a half black, half white mask that only showed his eyes. The next thing I knew he was staring into my eyes, and...that's all I remember."
"Did he take anything valuable of yoursssss?" Snake inquires. The ticket taker glances down, "Well, he seems to have only gotten my diamond tie pin."
"Curiouser and curiouser." Bubbles muses, rubbing her chin.
