A New Dalmatian on the Block.
An Oliver and Company fanfic, starring Dodger, Oliver, Francis, Tito, Einstein, Rita, Georgette, Jenny and many others.

Chapter 10: Birthday surprises!

After several days of doing nothing while Rita and the others were out and about doing big things, Ryan's birthday finally arrived. It was hard to believe that time flew by real quickly and it certainly was going to be an exciting day. As Dodger looked over at the sleeping Dalmatian from his bed, he thought back at all the good times they've had for the past few weeks or so, from the day he first arrived to today. It certainly was one wild ride for the autistic dog, but he managed to pull himself through somehow. He smiled warmly when Ryan slowly began to wake up. "Happy birthday sleeping beauty!" chuckled Dodger.

"Happy birthday!" said the others, who were already up.

Ryan smiled as he got up and carefully stretch, careful not to cause any pain in his cast covered leg. "Thanks guys. I can't believe I made it this far in life."

"Me too honey bunches" Rita said and gave her boyfriend a kiss on the cheek. "You're now officially 5 years old, from what your friends told me. Now to smooch you 5 times." She started kissing her boyfriend on the lips 5 times, counting them each time she pulled away from her kisses.

The autistic mutt blushed as he was kissed by his sweetheart, before he returned some kisses back and snuggled against the Saluki gently. It was hard to believe that he'd made it so far after all the trouble he'd been. His father being killed in a train wreck, being left alone by his own mother, getting adopted by Little Jack, his old master passing away from a disease, running away from his old neighborhood, moved in with Dodger and the gang, yelled at by Rita, saved from being "put to sleep", dealing with Michael, his henchmen and Estelle, getting himself injured and his mother's recent death. But if he could manage to get through all of those things, he can manage to get through almost anything with help from his friends. He jumped a little when Fagin carefully picked him up and carried him to the scooter.

"Come along everyone, we have a big day for a certain dog" the old man said, giving Ryan a scratch behind the ears as he led the rest of the dogs to the scooter. Because of all of this, Ryan's suspicion came back once more. He wasn't sure what was going on, but he was soon going to find out.

Filled with excited dogs and a confused Dalmatian, the scooter rolled up towards the parking lot at the Locomotive Preservation Society's museum in Brooklyn, which was full of cars, both old and new. Even the Foxworths' limo was parked infront of the museum. Surprisingly, the building was decorated in banners of all sizes, decorated from the rooftop to the old light poles in the parking lot. There was also a large banner hanging on the Brooklyn Bridge above the tracks that read "Happy Birthday" in bright blue letters with a strange puzzle logo that was painted red, yellow, light blue and dark blue. This made Ryan even more confused, until he finally pieced everything together of what was going on. "You didn't!" he said to Rita and the rest of the gang as he was gently placed on the ground.

"May have!" Rita said with a smirk on her face. She and the others have been behind the whole party preparations for the past few days, along with Ryan's friends, both engines and animals. "We're not going to spoiler any surprises, that's for sure."

The gang walked over towards the museum's yard, where Kyle and Buck were waiting near the viewing platforms. They were both given fresh new coats of paint which gleamed in the morning sun and had birthday flags on top. Next to them was Oliver, Georgette, Jenny, the Foxworths and some of Ryan's friends from his old neighborhood.

"Hey Ryan! Happy birthday." Oliver shouted with glee. That morning, the Foxworths received an invitation to the party which they accepted it and even brought Georgette and Oliver down to hangout with their friends. This gave the orange cat sometime to hang with Dodger and the gang. "How's your leg?"

"Thanks kid. It's alright I guess. Still feel some pain here and there whenever I hit something or so, but either way, I'm just lucky to be alive than dead like my father would normally say to me whenever he returns from a trip" chuckled the Dalmatian lightly. He looked at Buck and Kyle, who were both simmering in the sun. "You guys did all of this?"

Buck let out a fake gasp, pretending to be heart. "Me and Kyle? By ourselves?! Why we would never do such thing without Rita and the others. After all, she had thought about throwing this party for you!"

Ryan was surprised and looked at Rita, who began to blush as bright as a stop sign. "You did all of this... just for me?"

Rita nodded as she looked at her boyfriend. "More or less. Obviously I couldn't get the banners up, get all the supplies together, send out invites to guests across the country and stuff, but I thought of the idea of throwing you a big party because... well, you deserve it. After all the troubles you've went through in life, you deserve a big break."

"Wait, guests from across the country? What do you mean by that?"

Rita nodded her head at Buck, who got on the radio with Willoughby, Hannah and Foxworth not far from the museum.

"Guys, it's time" Buck said on the radio.

"Time for what?" asked Ryan with a hint of confusion. His ears twitched when he heard a lot of whistles and horns in the distance. Only 3 were recognizable, while the rest were not. Then came the sound of chuffing that echoed through the buildings and streets nearby as a huge pillar of smoke flew into the sky.

"It's birthday extravaganza!" Buck and Kyle shouted.

Rushing out from under the Brooklyn Bridge came Foxworth, Hannah and Willoughby with a long line of visiting engines behind them on each track. This made Ryan's eyes grew wider than before. The visitors came in a variety of shapes and sizes, both steam and diesel. They ranged from the small Stephenson's Rocket that came from the Henry Ford Museum in Oakwood, Michigan to the massive Old Maude from Baltimore, Maryland. Most of the engines were from the US, while only a few were from Canada. They include Royal Hudson, Sophia and Bois Roussel.

"SWEET MOTHER OF BEEF JERKY!" Ryan said with wonder. The noise was so loud he covered his ears with the rest of his friends.

"they're so loud I can barely hear myself think!" shouted Hyde as the engines rolled by them.

"that's what I was thinking!" Tito shouted back.

"WHAT?!"

As soon as every visiting engine was in the yard, they all stopped. There was a long silence until the visitors blew their horns and whistles loud and long. The noise echoed everywhere.

"SURPRISE!" everyone shouted with glee.

Rita walked over to her stunned boyfriend. "You look surprised. are you surprised?" she said flirtatiously and closed his jaw.

Ryan began to sniffle with tears of joy rolling down his face. "oh... my... god..." he sniffled, "I cannot believe this! You guys invited these engines here just for me?! I'm speechless! Imeanthisisthegreatestthingthat'severhappenedinmylife! Somanycoolenginesherejustformeandallofmyfriendsgatheredhereto..."

His speech was soon stopped by Patrick, who put a claw over his friend's mouth. "We thought you were speechless?"

"Well they weren't the only ones who invited us!" said a Sierra Railway 4-6-0, "The Locomotive Preservation Society's engines managed to convince our owners to allow us to come down here and attend your birthday party. pretty crazy huh?"

Ryan nodded his head violently! "This is amazing!" he exclaimed. Normally his birthday party would have only his friends, his master and his master's friends gather at his party, but this many engines? Not since he was born and living with his mother and father. "I never really thought I would ever have a party like this again. Reminds me of when I was born. Good times, good times."

"Well what are we waiting for?" Rita said and kissed Ryan on the lips, "Let the party begin!"

Everyone cheered and soon the party began.

After having a very good breakfast in the museum's cafeteria, Ryan and all his friends were gathered along the railroad on John Street, a couple of blocks away from the station. They were going to witness the "Great Steam Parade", the very first activity to start Ryan's birthday party. This part of the party was suggested by Buck and was agreed to. The parade would start from the steam locomotives to the diesels. Attracted by the whistles and horns, thousands of visitors have attended too, mostly to snap some pictures and take videos of the parade from trackside and some were standing near the waterfront. This made the police come in and make sure that no one gets in the locomotives' way and to control the crowd. When everyone was ready, the parade began.

The first engine to roll past Ryan and his friends was the Stephenson's Rocket that came from the Henry Ford Museum in Oakwood, Michigan. The engine smiled at Ryan as he trundled past him and his friend, with banners decorated on his smokestack. The second steam engine in the parade was the Baltimore and Ohio's Tom Thumb, a replica built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1927 for their "Fair of the Iron Horse" the same year. The original was saved by the LPS in the 19th Century, but since it was in permanent display at the society's museum in Brooklyn, the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland brought their replica of the Tom Thumb to attend Ryan's birthday. The engine looked strange to Dodger and the others, since they've never seen an engine like Tom Thumb before.

"that thing looks like an oversized coffee pot or someone's chimney" Buddy said, watching the engine roll by.

Ryan laughed, "that's what steamers use to look like back then. they come up with strange designed engines to pull trains in the 19th Century."

Then came John Bull in the parade, another replica built by the Pennsylvania Railroad's Juniata Shops in Altoona, Pennsylvania for the New York World's Fair in 1940. When the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, PA received Ryan's birthday event invite, the museum sent John Bull to Hoboken, via flatcar like most of the old engines that weren't fast enough on mainline tracks these days. The next engine was Sierra, the Sierra Railway #3, with 3 old Sierra Railway coaches and a caboose. The 4-6-0 Ten Wheeler stared in hundreds and hundreds of tv shows and movies, including Petticoat Junction, Little House on the Prairie tv series and many others. She was all dressed up in birthday banners and American flags. She whistled happily as she rolled by Ryan and his friends, making some of them cover their ears.

Next to appear, was Penny the Pennsylvania Railroad 1223. Built by the Juniata Shops in 1905, Penny was set aside for preservation, along with her friend Kaitlin the PRR 8063. She was featured in the 1969 Disney film "Hello Dolly" and had been operating on the Strasburg Railroad since 1965. Like most of the engines, Penny was dressed up in banners and streamers. Following not far behind her was Kaitlin. Originally numbered 8063, the 4-4-2 E7 Atlantic was renumbered to resemble her famous brother Speeder the 7002 when he was undergoing maintenance at the LPS's museum in the late 1930s. Up until 1988, Kaitlin was the "7002" until the LPS requested the Strasburg Railroad to return the 4-4-2 to her original number and they did.

Behind them came Peter, the PRR K4 1361. Built by the Juniata Shops in 1918, Peter was known as "the Pride of Altoona" when he was restored in 1987 after decades of being on display at Horseshoe Curve. Peter's sister Sasha the 3768 was originally planned to be steamed up for the party, but Peter was chosen cause he was heading to York, PA for several excursions, and raced Penny and Kaitlin all the way to Hoboken with Strasburg the Great Western Railway #90, a 2-10-0 Decapod built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1924 for the GWRR in Colorado, who was crawling behind Peter. Sold to the Strasburg Railroad in the 1960s and was originally named Sugar Cane, Strasburg was named after the railroad because she liked the name better than her original name and had been hauling tourist trains since her arrival on the tourist railroad.

The 9th engine in the parade was one of many engines that the dogs had never seen before, Old Maude the B&O 0-6-6-0 Mallet. Built in 1900, Old Maude was America's first articulated steam locomotive, mostly used for switching and freight service. After his retirement, the engine was sold to the Locomotive Preservation Society who kept the engine in good condition until being sold to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. Even though his top speed is 21 mph, Old Maude is still an interesting engine to Ryan and his friends' eyes. Next came Minnie the Baldwin Locomotive Works 26. Owned by the National Park Service, Minnie operates at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, Pennsylvania. This was the first big event she had ever been to since being traded by Jerry Jacobson to the NPS for Canadian National 4-6-0 #1551.

"sheesh" muttered Rita as Millie steamed by her with her bell ringing happily, "that girl looks kinda small compared to the others we've seen so far." She looked over at Ryan who was smiling as big as his own face and his tail thumping against the ground. Smiling warmly, Rita looked back at the parade.

Then came Sophia the Canadian Pacific 1201. Built by the Angus Shops in 1944 for the CPR in Canada, the G5a is owned by the National Museum of Science & Technology in Ottawa, Ontario and has operated several rail tours in Canada including Expo 86 in Vancouver. She also made an appearance in "Odyssey of the Pacific" with Mickey Rooney as her engineer. Traveled all the way from Chattanooga, Tennessee was Dakota the Southern Railway 4501. This 2-8-2 Mikado was built by Baldwin in 1911 and ran on the Southern Railway until 1948. Eventually the Southern leased him from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum for use in their popular steam program which was later handed over to Norfolk Southern when the Southern Railway and the Norfolk & Western merged in 1982. His green paint glistened in the sunlight as he steam past Ryan and his friends with his bell ringing and whistle blowing. His paint was so shiny and clean, you could see your own reflection for crying out loud.

Coming all the way from Fort Wayne, Indiana was Nick the Nickel Plate Road 765. Built by Lima in 1944 for the NKP, Nick is one of several steam excursion stars that still operates today. The engine pulled passenger and freight trains for the Nickel Plate Road, until his retirement in 1958 and eventually was put on display in Fort Wayne as a replacement locomotive for the scrapped 767. His mars light swirled around as he rolled towards the station, with his banners whipping around in the wind and whistle blowing loudly.

Next came General the Western & Atlantic 4-4-0. Built by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor in Paterson, New Jersey in 1855 for the Western & Atlantic Railroad, the locomotive is widely known for being part of the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War when Union spies stole the locomotive in an attempt to cripple the Confederate rail network. Saved for preservation, the old engine was used at countless events across the US, before being purchased by the Chicago Division Railroad in the mid 1970s for tourist excursion.

Behind the old 4-4-0 came Royal Hudson the CPR 2860 who was built by the Montreal Locomotive Works in 1938. Like Foxworth, 2 of Royal Hudson's relatives were used during for the Royal Train in 1939, one hauled the main train, while the other was a pilot engine. Since Royal Hudson deserved a break in Canada, his owners accepted the invite to the party and brought along Sophia and Bois Roussel with him. His paintwork shown brightly in the sun, making everyone cover their eyes from the shiny boiler jacket.

Slowly following Royal Hudson was Bois Roussel, a former London and North Eastern Railway A1 Peppercorn built in Doncaster in October of 1948 for high speed passenger service. Called Bois by most engines, he was the pride of British Railways and hauled all sorts of trains until being withdrawn from service in 1965. When he was retired from service, Bois was sold to a private individual in France and was put on display on the owner's property outside of Paris, France. While staying in France, Bois picked up a French accent and was given great care while on display in the garden. Somewhere in the early 1980s, Bois was sold to an American individual who wanted to use the A1 for a couple of rail tours, one of them includes Expo 86 in Vancouver, British Columbia. After a year long rebuild, Bois headed off to Expo 86 for his public debut with his new accessories such as a bell, air brakes, American couplers, a 3 chime whistle, headlight and cowcatcher. After the Expo, the A1 made a couple of more excursions all over America and Canada.

Next to appear, was Reading the Reading 2102 from Pennsylvania. She was one of 30 4-8-4s that were converted from 30 I-10sa 2-8-0 Consolidation locomotives from 1945 through 1947. Starting in 1945 the Reading took 30 of its 2-8-0s and converted them with a little help from Baldwin Locomotive Works into 30 new 4-8-4 locomotives that were numbered 2100-2129 and classified them as T1s. Reading had quite a career she had after being retired from the Reading Railroad. She had been through a series of makeovers and pulled hundreds of excursions in the northeast, before being sold to Andy Muller's Blue Mountain and Reading in Pennsylvania.

Then came a former Cotton Belt L1 4-8-4 Northern named Joshua, built by the railroad's Pine Bluff Shops in 1937. He was originally numbered 818 but when the SP leased him and some of his other relatives on the El Paso line he was renumbered 4487 and given some SP number indicators, Barco speed recorders and silver smokebox doors. Retired in 1959, Vern and a couple other members of his class were saved from scrap by preservation groups across Texas and Arkansas. Joshua however went to California where he was put on display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. Just a few months ago, Joshua came out of the shops under his own power after a 2 year rebuild in California and this was one of his biggest debuts.

Finally the diesels started to roll in behind Reading, and the first diesel to come was a brand new EMD F59PH, one of the newest locomotives ever built. It was a strange engine to Ryan since he'd never seen an engine like that one before. The engine's Agence métropolitaine de transport paintjob shown brightly in the morning sun as he rolled by, followed closely by a Reading Railroad Alco C630 named Century. Originally built for freight duties on the Reading, Century works with Reading on the Blue Mountain and Reading whenever he visits the BM&R since he's owned by a historical society in Reading, PA.

"Man, how many locomotives are there?" asked Ryan as he watched Century roll by. He looked down and saw 1 more locomotive to come, which was the General Motors FT Demonstrator named Demo who came all the way from St Louis. Being one of the first successful diesel locomotives in America, Demo has been chosen to be preserved because of this and has been kept in good hands ever since he's been donated.

As soon as Demo rolled by everyone, the entire crowd began to head back to the museum, with a very happy Ryan leading the crowd. This was a very good start to his party. So many locomotives attending this party all for him was very flattering in a way. Apparently they knew his father or something.

"Man that was a lot of trains" Oliver muttered to himself, a little deaf from all the whistles and horns.

Ryan chuckled with joy, "There's plenty of more fun where that came from kid! This party boy is more happier than a back pipe guy in his home country! WOO!"

Rita smiled as she followed her boyfriend back to the museum with the others. Her plan was working, and quickly too. "That's my Ryan baby" she said quietly.

For the rest of the morning and mid afternoon, the engines were displayed around the yard so that visitors and guest to the party get a closer look at the engines. The engines told the visitors all sorts of stories and events that they participated in and what they did back in the days when they roamed on their home rails. From time to time, the visiting engines took turns hauling tourist trains up and down the East River with coaches that they brought with them or the ones the LPS owns. It was really exciting to see big mainline locomotives at work hauling passenger trains up and down the river. Sometimes, the engines would double head or triple head the trains to make things more interesting for the guests.

While the party was going on, Ryan and Rita spent some time talking to each other, giving each other loves and so forth as they watched their friends have a great time with others. It certainly was the most happiest moment of the Dalmatian's life. "Rita, I never really thought you would do something like this for me" he said to the Saluki softly.

"Well" shrugged Rita, "I had to make it up for you for not only your loss, but also for all those gifts you gave to me. I was gonna try and convince the Foxworths to have a party at their place, but that would be too boring for you or something, so I thought about all of this and... it all worked out. Pretty crazy huh?"

Ryan nodded in reply. There was something bothering him that he wanted to get off his chest, but he wasn't sure how Rita would react. Taking a deep breath, he finally spoke shyly. "Ummmm... Rita? I was wondering if... well, ever since we started dating, I think our relationship has gone up so high that we outta be a couple... so... would you... bemymate?"

Rita's eyes grew wide with surprise. She was totally caught off guard and was not expecting her boyfriend to ask if she could be his mate. After all these days of dating, snuggling, giving each other hugs and kisses, getting to spend time together out on the streets of New York, Ryan wanted to be with her more than just boyfriend and girlfriend. The thought of actually being mates with someone was totally unbelievable for not only her but for her sweetheart aswell. The Saluki's eyes began to water as she let out a soft smile. This must've been Ryan's way of saying "thank you" to her for throwing him the best birthday party ever.

"Yes!" she shouted with glee and gave Ryan a tight hug! More tears fell down from her face as she closed her eyes softly. "So, having a good birthday so far?"

Ryan chuckled as he kept hugging his mate softly. "You have no idea how much joy is in my body right now, and babe I've got a feeling it's going to get better than President George Washington signing the Constitution in 1787, probably."

"You're so silly honey" Rita cooed. She laid her head on Ryan's shoulder softly and began rubbing his paw with hers. It truly was starting to be a great day for the both of them, and things were going to be greater now that they were mates.

Ryan's smile soon faded away when a thought struck him, "Rita, do you think us being mates will work out?"

The Saluki just smiled. "Honey, if us dating has been working out well, then us being mates will work out well. You're officially my rock and always have been my rock no matter what. Even since I first met you that night, a very tiny part of me felt like I had a crush on you. True we had that fight the night before I saved you, but the point is this; it'll all work out, no matter what. No matter how many punches we get, no matter how high we're up on a mountain or so, us being mates will work out."

Ryan's smile came back as he thought of those kind words. He loved Rita and would never go on without her no matter who he's with. To him, she's like his mother; kind, loyal, sweet, loving, gentle and protective around him. She was his rock and would never trade her away for anything else, not even a very special train or a big dog bone as big as an articulated steamer. "Well then, I'm starting to have very big confidents now thanks to you."

"Hey that's what sweethearts are for. Just think, maybe we might actually start a family together, then you can help carry on your father's legacy someday."

"Indeed we might, this world has plenty of surprises to come!" chuckled Ryan.

The two of them kissed each other before walking back to their friends to have some more fun before the last birthday activities come.

Around 4:30 pm, it was time for the autistic dog to open his presents. A porter came in, pushing a trolley cart full of presents. They were all wrapped in colorful wrapping paper with ribbons and bows on top of them. Limping forward and wincing in pain a little from his cast covered leg, Ryan began to open his presents in front of everyone happily. Rita smiled as she watched him open his gifts he received. She saw Shaun at the corner of her eye, but suddenly disappeared after he gave her a warm smile. The Saluki didn't say a word as she continued watching.

There was all sorts of wrapping paper all over the viewing platform as Ryan opened up his gifts. He barked excitedly when he received an engineer's hat with his name written around the badge above it that had a dog bone in the center of the round badge that was from the Locomotive Preservation Society's security dog team. The Dalmatian received a photograph of his father with Buck, Kyle, Hannah, Willoughby and Foxworth, signed by the LPS' president Steve Lerroey. The next big thing Ryan got was a big photo album of trains that also came from the LPS' president that showed all the trains the museum owns and operates, including visiting engines that they've operated over the years including a CB&Q 2-10-2 that's now in the museum's collection. He was amazed when he gotten himself some ear muffs from Francis, and the stress ball he got from Rita.

When all of the presents were unwrapped, Ryan thought that's all he got, until he felt something slip onto his neck. It was a bright blue collar with a gold license on it that read the Foxworths' address. The license had an interesting train design to it, which made it look really cool. Ryan was speechless! He was adopted by the Foxworths!

"you're now a part of the family, Ryan" Jenny said happily. She was excited to have another dog pet to herself and a new playmate for Oliver and Georgette.

Ryan barked with excitement and licked all over his new master's face with glee. He never really thought he would be living in a fancy mansion like he wanted to and not live in a smelly, creepy, old looking barge he spent the last few weeks in. As much as he loved his friends and his girlfriend Rita, he didn't like living poor and in a place full of disrepair, which was a secret he kept between him and Tito. Rita and the others somehow managed to convinced the Foxworths to adopt him, but he wasn't sure how. But he didn't care.

The last thing was the birthday cake. Though it wasn't what Ryan really had in mind. Instead of a small size cake he often got while growing up on his birthdays, the cake was a medium sized chocolate cake and had a photo of him, Rita, Dodger, Einstein, Francis, Oliver and Tito on it, baked by a local baker in New York City.

"wow" Sierra said in a siding nearby, "that's a pretty cute cake. I want one that has me on it."

Kaitlin chuckled nearby. "but then someone will eat you and you wouldn't be in anymore movies" she joked.

All the engines laughed, but were soon hushed by Nick. Everyone remained quiet as they got ready to sing "Happy Birthday" to Ryan, though this one was different than a usual birthday song. Nick blew his guest whistle first and everyone hummed the same tone the whistle was. Then he blew his actual whistle and everyone hummed the same tone that whistle was and began to sing.

"Happy birthday to you, you live in New York, your father was a legend, you will be one too!" the engines sang.

When Ryan blew out the candles, everyone cheered and the engines blew their horns and whistles.

The Foxworths, Fagin, their dogs, and all the engines' owners and crews soon began to have slices of the chocolate cake happily. Ryan ate almost his entire slice of cake with icing covering his mouth. He snuggled up with Rita on a beautifully restored coach John Bull brought with him to the party. The 2 of them looked at each other and kissed, before snuggling their heads against each other. Everyone was having a good time together.

Sadly the party was over around 7:38 pm and it was time for everyone to go home. Most of the visiting engines like Nick would be staying to haul several excursions for a while until heading home a few days, if not weeks, later. The engines that were owned by the LPS meanwhile began to help clean up all the decorations and mess that was laying around. Ryan was both happy and sad that the party was over, but he knew parties can't last all night unless it was New Years Eve.

Einstein moaned, "Please don't leave us Ryan. We need you."

"Einy, he's not moving away from the city. He's moving in with Oliver remember?" Rita chuckled, knowing what Einstein was thinking about. "Besides, it's for the best. Plus we still get to visit him, like we do with Oliver from time to time."

Ryan nodded his head with a smile. "Yeah Einy, and don't worry, I can come visit you guys too. I maybe a part of the Foxworths now, but we're still a family no matter what, like you said Einstein. We're a family now..." he looked at Rita, "...and we'll always will be."

After the gang said their goodbyes, the Dalmatian hopped into the Foxworths' limo and left the museum with a smile. Ryan wasn't sure, but he thought he saw 2 Dalmatians looking at him as he left the museum.

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