A new day was dawning as Lori brought the car to a screeching halt.
"That's it. I'm calling it." she said.
"What do you mean you're calling it?" I asked.
"Lincoln, we've looked all day and all night." said Lori. "There's literally no way we'll find those Dalmatians."
"We have to keep looking!" I said. "Who knows what Cruella will do if we don't find them?"
"Dude, aren't you even a little tired?" asked Luna.
"No!" I said. "And I won't rest until we find those Dalmatians!"
"Well, if you ask me, you had us going on a wild dog chase!" laughed Luan. "Get it? But, seriously, let's just go home."
"Lisa, talk some sense into them!" I pleaded.
"Mm, sorry, Lincoln. But I'm afraid I concur with Luan." said Lisa. "You have, in fact, led us into a wild canine chase."
"That settles it." said Lori. "We're going home."
But I grabbed onto the wheel, saying. "Not until we find those Dalmatians!"
"Lincoln, let go of the wheel!" said Lori, growing annoyed.
"You let go of the wheel!" I said back.
Then all of us fought over the wheel when Lynn noticed a car driving towards us.
"Look out!" she shouted.
We all saw the car and panicked.
Lori pulled our car over as the other drove past us.
"Watch where you're going, you maniac!" shouted Lola.
That got the driver's attention.
She backed up her car to where we were.
"Why don't you watch where you're going?" she said. "Do you wanna get nabbed by the police?"
"Sorry, dudette." said Luna. "It's just that our bro, here..."
As Luna spoke, I knew there was something familiar about that woman; the black and white hair, the fur coat. It was slowly coming together.
"Wait a minute. I know exactly who you are...you're Cruella De Vil!"
Lori took out her phone to find a picture of a black-and-white-haired woman.
We all gasped, realizing that the driver and the picture of the black-and-white-haired woman are the same person.
"Holy schmoly, it really is!" exclaimed Luan.
"You know about me?" asked Cruella.
"Do we know about you?" I said. "Roger warned us about you! We knew you stole Pongo, Perdy and their fifteen Dalmatian puppies. But we're getting them back!"
"No, you are not!" snarled Cruella as she pulled me closer to her. "Those Dalmatians are mine and I'm going to use them to make my fur coat!"
We all gasped after hearing what Cruella said.
"A fur coat?" said Lana.
"Made entirely out of Dalmatians?" added Luan.
Leni gasped. "You can't do that!"
"I can and I will!" sneered Cruella. "And there's nothing you're going to do to stop me!"
She tossed me back into our car and called out to two men aboard a truck. "Jasper! Horace!"
"You called, miss?" asked Jasper.
"Take care of those brats!" ordered Cruella. "They know too much."
Then she drove away, leaving us with Horace and Jasper, who said. "Now, you heard the lady, kiddies. Come out of the car and we'll go easy on ya."
"You'll have to catch us first!" said Lola as she caught a hold of the wheel.
"Lola, no!" hollered Lori.
Before we could stop her, Lola pulled on the lever. But instead of going forward, the car went in reverse, trapping us in a pile of snow.
"Dang it." said Lola.
While we ended getting captured by the Baduns, the Dalmatians got stuck in a snowstorm.
Perdita led the puppies through the snow while Pongo counted how many there were.
"Nighty-three, ninety-four, ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven, ninety-eight..."
He looked up to see Lucky shivering, all alone and far away from the line.
"Come on, Lucky boy." said Pongo as he picked Lucky up. "We can't give up now."
"I'm tired and I'm hungry, and my tail's froze." said Lucky. "And my nose is froze, and my ears are froze, and my toes are froze."
As Pongo continued to walk back to his family, he heard someone barking. It was a collie.
"Pongo! Oh, we'd just about lost hope." he said. "We have shelter for you at the dairy barn across the road."
"Oh, thank goodness." said Pongo, very relieved.
He placed Lucky in the snow and called out to Perdita.
"Perdy! Perdy! This way, Perdy! The dairy barn across the road!"
"Come on, kids." Perdita said to the puppies, who weakly followed her down the hill.
"It's not far." said Pongo. "Come on, this way. Follow the collie!"
The collie led the Dalmatians inside the barn as the dairy cows, Countess, Duchess, Princess and Queenie watched.
"Just look, Queenie." said Princess. "Have you ever seen so many puppies?"
"Aren't they adorable!" exclaimed Queenie.
"Perfectly darling." agreed Duchess.
"The poor little dears." said Princess. "They're completely worn out and half frozen."
"They all here, Pongo?" asked Perdita.
"Yes, dear." replied Pongo. "All ninety-nine accounted for."
"The famous Pongos." said Queenie. "Oh, we were so worried about you."
"Been trying to reach you for hours." added the collie. "'Fraid you'd been captured."
"How did you ever make it all this way?" asked Queenie. "And in such dreadful weather."
"And with all those little ones." added Duchess.
"I'm hungry, Mother." said Rolly. "I'm hungry."
Then all the other Dalmatian puppies said they were hungry too.
But Perdita just said. "I'm sorry, children."
"Do they like warm milk? It's fresh." said Princess.
Perdita let out a sigh of relief. "Oh."
"Where, Mother?" asked Rolly. "Where is it?"
"Where is the milk?" asked one of the puppies.
"Come and get it, kids." said Queenie. "It's on the house."
"This way, children. Around this way." said Perdita. "Now don't crowd. You'll have to take turns."
The puppies went to each cow and drank the milk from their udders while Rolly tried to get in.
"Rolly, wait your turn, dear." said Perdita.
"Don't worry, kids. There's plenty for all." assured Duchess.
As Pongo watched, the collie approached him with some food.
"Pongo, a few scraps I saved for you and the missus." he said.
"Oh, uh, thank you." said Pongo.
"It's not much, but it might hold you as far as Dinsford." said the collie.
"Huh? Uh, Dinsford?" repeated Pongo.
"Yes, there's a Labrador there." said the collie. "His pet is a grocer."
Pongo just yawned. "Oh, I...I'm terribly sorry."
"Oh, quite all right. Quite all right." said the collie as he left the barn. "Now get some rest and don't worry. I'll be standing watch."
"I don't know what we'd have done if..." began Perdita before Queenie said. "Oh, we're very honored to be of service."
"We're only sorry we can't do more." added Princess.
"Anyone who would think of hurting these dear little puppies..." began Duchess before Queenie shushed her. "Duchess!"
"They're so dear." whispered Princess, watching the Dalmatians puppies asleep. "I wish they could stay here with us for always."
"Princess!" shushed Queenie. "Quiet, everyone. Let them sleep, the poor things. They're so exhausted and they still have such a long way to go."
