In an instant, Professor Utonium ran towards the group and said, "I saw him! I saw him!" Rebecca held her uncle's arms and said, "You saw the Phantom, Uncle John?" He nodded as he goes through his pocket, "Yes, and I also found your bracelet in the soda stands." Rebecca takes the bracelet and slips it on her wrist, then asks, "You said you saw the Phantom, right?"
Professor Utonium nodded, "I hid before he saw me and he hypnotized Mojo!"
Everyone gasped, "Oh no!"
Rebecca asked, "What did the Phantom hypnotize him to be?"
Professor Utonium said, "A knife thrower. Also, the Phantom took Mojo's wallet." Rebecca said, "We better find Mojo and the real knife thrower." Tammy said, "Marco's gone missing. We better split up and find him." Rebecca went with the Professor and the Girls towards one of the tents, then they froze in their tracks as they saw Marco tied towards some sort of board standing upright.
Also, they see Mojo holding up two knives and hurling them towards Marco. The knives landed on both sides of Marco's ears without harming the man. Mojo announced in a trance, "Now, this trick will be difficult. I'll be throwing the knives backwards with the aid of a mirror." Holding up one mirror and turning around, Mojo threw the two knives over his shoulder with one hand.
The knives landed beside Marco's arms without harming him. Mojo turned and said, "For the big finale, I shall throw these two knives straight towards the target blindfolded." After grabbing two knives and putting them near his belt, Mojo takes out a dark red cloth and ties it over his eyes. Mojo pulled the knives out and began to hurl them, but he gets knocked over by Rebecca.
The knives flew and landed under Marco's legs, which made him terrified. Mojo groaned, "Ugh, what happened? Where am I? Why can't I see anything?" Rebecca helped up Mojo off the ground and said, "You were hypnotized, Mojo." Mojo heard Rebecca and held out his hands, placing them on Rebecca's shoulders. He asked, "Is that you, Rebecca?"
Rebecca kissed Mojo on the lips and took his blindfold off saying, "None other." Filled with relief, Mojo embraces Rebecca in a hug and gives her a big kiss on the cheek. "Ohh, thank you so very much for saving me, Becca Darling! I don't know what in the world came over me back there." Rebecca blushes a little. "You're quite welcome, Sweetie." The professor and the girls smile and sigh at this touching scene, "Awwwwwww!"
Just then, they hear a groan of "Ohhh...help me..." and turn to see Marco, still tied to the board and surrounded by knives. Mojo feels a chill run down his spine. "Ohmigosh, did I...do THAT?!"
Nothing daunted, Rebecca and Mojo quickly hurry over and untie the knife thrower. "Thanks for saving me, you guys." a very grateful Marco says as the two of them gently help him to his feet. "You're quite welcome, sir." Rebecca replies. A guilty expression crosses Mojo's face. "I'm, uhm, very sorry for what I did, Mr. Marco sir. I wasn't myself at the time."
"Think nothing of it," the knife thrower replies graciously. "I gotta say though, that Phantom's really getting on my last nerve!"
"We know just how you feel," Rebecca notes. "Our other friends have been hypnotized by that fiend, too, and have gotten robbed by him."
"Fortunately, however, we have managed to locate Tad, Tomy, Tammy and Liza, as well as some of the animals, and have even been able to recover some of the missing items." Mojo notes. An intrigued look suddenly crosses Marco's face. "You found some of the other performers and animals?"
"Yeah," Blossom replies as she slowly flies toward the three of them. "We found the three tigers and Petunia the elephant, who are safely back at the main tent, and the other performers are with our friends, looking for clues."
Just then, the group hears footsteps behind them and turn to see a tall giraffe with long eyelashes standing over them. "Why, it's Gina!" Marco exclaims happily. "She's found us again!" The giraffe joyfully licks the knife thrower's face. "Ha ha, I'm happy to see you again, too, Gina." he laughs.
"We'd better find the others and bring Gina back to Mr. Friendly." Buttercup observes.
"Good idea." the others reply as they set off toward the main tent.
"Mmn," Rebecca muses. "We've found another performer and another animal, but so far we're no closer to finding the guilty party than before. If only we could track down a few more clues..." As she's contemplating this, Mojo reaches into his pocket. "My wallet! It's missing!"
"Oh dear," says a concerned Rebecca. "The Phantom must have robbed you!" A determined look then crosses her face, "We've got to stop this madman before he causes more trouble!"
Mojo growled, "You're right! This is an outrage and something must be done! We should all come up with a plan to stop this madman and bring him to justice!" Snake said, "Guysss, anyone ssseen Big Billy and the Professor?"
April asked, "They've gone missing?"
Rebecca said, "We better split and find both of them fast!" The group then heads off.
