Felix looked over to Phoenix who still looked upset.
"Look i'm sorry, Phoenix, I didn't mean to make you upset I was just angry" apologised Felix, before he went to the front of the cave to think.
"Luna I can't let the Buddies join the other stray's i'm going to help them" she whispered to Luna.
"I'm going with you no way am I letting my new BF's down" said Luna.
"It's gonna be dangerous I think you should stay".
"Have I ever listened to you before?"
Phoenix smiled at her friend and the two ran back to the camp.
"Sir should we stop them they could get hurt?" Midnight asked Felix.
"No let them go" said Felix before deciding something. "Midnight I've told you the way to Oakfield you know the way well right?"
"Know it of by heart" replied the female cat.
"Good now listen take all of these cats and go back there tell the cat's in the alley that we sent you back to live like them. They wont harm you as you weren't with us when it all happened" instructed Felix. "Hopefully, they will be kind enough to offer a bit of a empathy to you and take you in".
"Are you sure? What about you?"
"Yes that is an order! All cats follow Midnight!" ordered Felix.
As the others scrambled, Felix remained sat with his head down.
Mudbud ran up the rock. "Quick Lily run!" he told the kitten. When Abzak turned around, Lily ran as fast as she could but the tough leader grabbed her and put her at the edge of the rock.
"Dude why are you doing this you know your leader will never come back?" said Mudbud.
"Because this is the only way we can return to our lives as you can already tell we are not pets we have no owners to play with! Phoenix and the other young cats dream of being like normal pets but that won't happen all that matters is my vision!" yelled the enraged Abzak. Mudbud tried arguing with him but Abzak would hear none of it.
"A puppy is also needed for this ritual" remembered Abzak. He began chasing Mudbud around the rock while Lily was at the edge, she was too petrified to move.
Rosebud and Budderball, meanwhile, where being chased by the Drest. He finally caught them near some trees.
"I'v got you cornered!" he praised himself. Suddenly a few apples hit him on the head. It was Luna, she jumped of the tree and joined them.
"Hey BF its time for you pups to go home" she told Rosebud.
"Thanks Luna" smiled Rosebud.
Back on the rock, Abzak charged towards Mudbud but Phoenix got in the way causing her to be scratched by his sharp claws. Loom and Drest ran up to join help Abzak.
"OW!" she shrieked. Abzak backed of a bit.
"Phoenix are you ok?" asked the worried puppy.
"I...i'm fine" she panted. Dark Anthem teleported to a nearby hill and took our his blaster. He shot at the rock causing it to begin cracking. Abzak looked up and saw the silhouette of the shadowy alien.
"Phoenix, you are my greatest student, i'll let you sacrifice these two and you can finally live like a normal pet like you always wanted" Abzak told her.
"I'm sorry, Abzak, but I have already caused too many lives to be lost i'm not going do it again!" she rejected.
"WHAT? TREASON!" screamed the fierce cat. "I'LL DO IT MYSELF!"
Abzak rushed towards Lily and prepared to throw her in. He was unaware that the edge of the rock, where he was standing, was also cracking.
"I need to go help that kitten, Mudbud you stay here in case the rock cracks" instructed Phoenix.
"Wait, dudette, say if the rock cracks your'll fall into the fire" realised Mudbud.
"Either way, at least my conscious will be clear" she replied. Her guilty conscious was beginning effect her.
"But you didn't know what was happening!" he tried convincing her.
"I just want to say one thing" the tiger cat began. "Thank you for showing me how to be a normal pet and I hope you and your siblings make it out".
She ran towards the helpless kitten followed by Abzak. "EXTINCTION TO ALL TRAITORS!" he yelled. Unknown to him, the spy bug which Anthem attached to his spiked collar when he appeared to him, was still active and Anthem was watching. Phoenix protected Lily and Mudbud ran after his friend. Dark Anthem appeared on the hill top above and targeted the rock with his blaster. Firing, his blasts also shot a tree standing nearby which fell and collided with the crumbling rock.
The tree dangled down the edge of the rock and Abzak, Lily and Phoenix were desperately trying to climb up as it began falling. Mudbud quickly ran towards the edge and tried grabbing Phoenix. Lily was being pulled down by Abzak, who grabbed her by the leg. Phoenix began going lower, instead of heading up, to help the poor kitten.
"Hold on, I got you" promised Phoenix, grabbing Lily by her paw.
Abzak and Drest began climbing up, heading right behind them.
"How did this happen?" Abzak asked himself. "But Abcat was supposed to return but did...maybe Anthem was...
Abzak then began thinking that maybe the evil alien was manipulating him all this time and wanted this to happen. For Anthem- Drex's commander, missing in action- he didn't care about the cats or the humans or even how much animals were killed. He just wanted the Air Buddies gone so he could exact his revenge for what they caused by defeating the shadowy phantom in Dino buddies. Realising everything was a lie, Abzak let go of the tree and fell into the flames below.
Drest paid no attention and continued advancing.
"Don't worry, Phoenix I'll help you" Mudbud assured her.
"Mudbud forget about me run the rock is collapsing!" demanded the female cat.
"Dudette have you gone crazy? I can't let you fall!" he disagreed.
"Listen I can never escape from the thought that I caused lots of pain but I can at least try to save you all...let go" Phoenix begged him.
"Phoenix are you crazy, quickly climb up I can get get you out of here!" pleaded Mudbud.
She looked two inches beneath her to see the angry Himalayan cat ready to attack.
"Hold on" she instructed Lily, placing her paw onto the trunk. She then let go and began falling, striking her claws into the evil Drest, who fell down as well.
"Ahhh!" he wailed as he bashed his head against the branches and fell into Loom. Mudbud quickly pulled Lily up.
Dark Anthem teleported to a nearby cliff to watch. Mudbud lay down and watched the poor cat fall into the flames and remembering what he had said to her about being no better than Abzak. Anthem, instead of feeling happy, was shocked at what he was seeing. A few tears came out of Mudbud's guilty eyes and Anthem looked over to the upset puppy.
"Its a pity the puppies are still alive but...I leave knowing at least I achieved some victory" he cackled before vanishing. Mudbud didn't move as the rock was cracking but he could hear the voices of the others. The cats all fled.
"Wheres Mudbud?" asked Molly.
"Ah it scratched my eye!" screamed Syndero.
"Dawg's, there he is on the rock it looks like its breaking!" noticed B-dawg.
"We need to go get him!" panicked Buddy.
"Go on then!" retorted the hound.
"I''ll go save him" offered Blaze.
"Wait for the police!" said Sniffer. "DON'T WORRY MUDBUD WERE COMING!"
The next morning, the Buddies were enjoying themselves playing happily, like puppies should be, in the park. Dennis was, surprisingly, playing with them. Budderball, Buddha, Rosebud and B-dawg were playing football while Spot was talking to Buddy and Molly. It seemed like the Dalmatian and the sports playing dog had decided to mend their severed friendship. As for Blaze, after hearing about what happened, everyone was finally treating him like the hero he always wanted to be. "I told you one day it would happen" he told Syndero.
"Yo check it, Spot and dad are friend's again!" spotted B-dawg.
"Their like BFF'S" laughed Rosebud. "I hope my new BF, Luna, is ok".
"Well who's up for another match?" asked an enthusiastic Dennis. The Buddies barked in excitement and continued playing. Lark and Syndero were standing next to the entrance of the woods. Out of respect for the cats and the stray's that had died there, Deputy Sniffer told all of the animals in Fernfield that the "new area" of the woods was condemned.
"I'm glad this ordeal is finally over" recapped Lark.
"Yeah whatever" ignored the hound.
"Too bad we couldn't help the cats too" sighed the English Mastiff.
"I er...hope they made it back to Oakfield" admitted Syndero. "They deserve to live normally, like us".
Rosebud kicked the football past Budderball and it went in the goal. "GOOOOAAAAALLLL!" she yelled, sliding on the grass. "Huh?"
She then noticed Mudbud laying by himself next to a tree. He looked sad.
"Hey Buddha I think we should go talk to Mudbud, he still seems upset" suggested Rosebud.
"I concur" agreed the Zen pup. They went over to him. Mudbud still had the pretty flower Phoenix gave him in his mouth. He placed it on the rock beside him.
"Hey Mudbud are you still sad about Phoenix?" asked Rosebud, although she already knew the answer. Mudbud didn't reply.
"She had a conscious, like all of us, and when she did something bad she couldn't live with herself but i'm sure she didn't want you to be sad" explained the wise Buddha.
"But she just wanted to be like a normal pet...they all did" sulked the dirty puppy. "She trusted me to help her live like us and I just said a lot of bad things to her that I wish I could take back".
"I know Mudbud don't worry i'm sure they all returned to Oakfield, safely" Rosebud assured him. "Hey I think I see some fresh dirt over by the goal!".
"Yeah come on let's get you back in to your usual self" added Buddha.
After a few seconds, Mudbud got up and replied "Alright dude that sounds like a gnarly idea!"
The three puppies ran to the others and they all played football together, cheering Mudbud up.
On the rock the flower Phoenix gave Mudbud was still there, laying in the position he had placed it and while they were playing the puppies couldn't help but to stare and smile at the gift.
The end
(Yeah I know the ending is kinda sad)