Chapter 12, Putting the Puzzle Back Together

The gang continued to walk through the park, looking for Drew Pickles and Camden Cowhoon.

"Higher! Higher!" Squealed Camden Cowhoon, who was on the swings being pushed by Drew.

"Grandpa's getting tired." Drew muttered to himself.

"There she is!" Kelly shouted, as he spotted Drew and Camden Cowhoon.

Camden Frumkin rushed over to them.

"Uh, we can take her back, thank you for watching her this afternoon grandpa." Said Camden Frumkin.

"No problem princess." Replied Drew, as he handed Camden Cowhoon over to Camden Frumkin.

"Please, grandpa, I'm like, thirteen-years-old now, don't call me princess." Said Camden Frumkin, blushing with embarrassment.

"Now I can go take a nap!" Exclaimed Drew, as he let out a huge yawn, and turned to leave the park.

Camden Cowhoon, started to cry.

"Now calm down pipsqueak, you're gonna get to go home soon, but first, we've got a job for you to do." Said Camden Frumkin, as she carried the crying Camden Cowhoon, back over to the rest of the group.

"Don't cry sis." Said Zabria, who ran up to the two Camdens, and reached out to grab Camden Cowhoon's hand.

Camden Cowhoon stopped crying, and smiled down at her big sister.

"Ok, let's find a place for Camden to sit down, and put together the puzzle." Demanded Camden Frumkin.

"But wait! If I recall, the note said, we're suppose to rebuild the puzzle in the exact same spot where the portal broke." Said Abbigale.

"But where did it break?" George asked.

"Guys, remember how they spotted me playing basketball?" Adam asked.

"Yeah! Upon impact, we spotted you playing basketball." Said Darin Pickles.

"And I remember picking up the note, over near the basketball court." Said Abbigale.

"Then let's head over there." Said Adam, as everybody followed him to the grassy clearing near the basketball court.

Camden Frumkin sat Camden Cowhoon down on the ground.

"Are you ready to put together a puzzle?" Camden Frumkin asked.

Camden Cowhoon nodded.

"Ok, each of us is going to hand you a puzzle piece, and your job, is to lay them down on the grass, and put the pieces together. Can you do that?" Bob asked.

Camden Cowhoon nodded.

Each team pulled themselves together, and went in order by how their teams were made up back at the Java Lava. The first three to hand their puzzle pieces to Camden Cowhoon were Rosemary, George, and Abbigale Albany. Camden Cowhoon took the three pieces from them, and lay them down on the ground. Turns out, their three pieces, made the top row of the puzzle.

The second set of three pieces, came from Darin, Kelly, and Keith Barrow. Camden Cowhoon took their three pieces, and lay them down on the ground, making the second row of the puzzle.

The next three pieces, came from Danielle, Megan, and Benjamin Deville. Camden Cowhoon took their three pieces without hesitation, and lay them down in the grass, beneath the six pieces she already had in place, making the third row of the puzzle.

The next three pieces, came from Charles, Rachel, and Melenda Finster. Again, Camden Cowhoon took their three pieces without hesitation, and lay them down in the grass, making the fourth row of the puzzle.

Then, Darin, Keenan, Adam, and Emily Pickles handed over their four puzzle pieces to Camden Cowhoon. While three of them seem to fit perfectly to make the fifth row of the puzzle, the fourth piece, did not seem to fit, so Camden Cowhoon, placed it into her pocket for safe keeping, till she found a spot for that piece.

Once the fifth row of the puzzle was put together, Abbie, Casey, and Cassi Wehrenberg handed Camden Cowhoon their three pieces, and she put them together in the grass, beneath the five rows of puzzle she had already put together, to make the sixth row of the puzzle.

Once the sixth row was complete, Bob Christianson, and Chris and Patti Butler, handed Camden Cowhoon their three pieces, for her to lay down in the grass, making the seventh row of the puzzle.

Once the seventh row of the puzzle was complete, Camden Frumkin and Zabria handed Camden Cowhoon their two pieces, and Camden Cowhoon, lay them down in the grass, only to notice, there was one spot left, to put one more puzzle piece. Forgetting that she had put the last piece into her pants pocket for safe keeping, Camden Cowhoon started to fear she had lost the last piece, and started to cry.

"Now, don't cry Camden." Said Charles.

"We'll find that last piece." Added Melenda.

"Allow me." Said Darin Pickles, as he came up to his little cousin, and started searching her pockets, where he found the missing puzzle piece.

"Here it is! You had it in your pocket all along!" Said Darin Pickles excitedly, as he pulled the puzzle piece out of Camden Cowhoon's pocket.

But in doing so, the piece slipped out of his hand, and fell into a nearby whole.

"Great, just great." Muttered Charles.

"No worries, I can get it." Said Adam, peering down into the whole, but it was too dark to see.

Luckily, Adam kept a small flashlight keychain on a belt loop of his jeans. He grabbed it, turned it on, and stuck the beam of light, into the whole, where he spotted the puzzle piece, but try as he might, he still couldn't reach it.

"Allow me." Said Bob, who's arms were longer, so while Adam shined the flashlight on the puzzle piece, Bob reached his hand in, and grabbed it out of the whole.

"Here you go Camden, the last piece." Said Bob, handing the last puzzle piece to Camden Cowhoon.

"Thanks for helping me to rescue that puzzle piece Adam." Said Bob.

"No problem." Replied Adam with a smile.

Camden Cowhoon placed the last puzzle piece into the bottom corner, completing the eighth, and final row of the puzzle.

At that very moment, the puzzle started to glow a twinkling bright yellow light, and the sky overhead, opened up, pouring down rain.

"We'd better be going, we're gonna get soaked out here!" Said Rachel.

"Well, goodbye, and thank you." Said Darin Pickles.

"It was our pleasure, and good luck back home in your alternate universe." Said Adam with a smile, giving Darin Pickles a hug.

Everyone went around, and thanked one another for helping them to retrieve the puzzle pieces, giving one another hugs. Two minutes later, the portal had opened up, allowing Rosemary, Melenda, Darin Pickles, Danielle, Abbie, Casey, Keenan, Chris, Kelly, Keith, Zabria, and Camden Cowhoon to pass through into the portal.

They passed through into the large yellow funnel that had formed, causing the portal to close, and Rosemary, Melenda, Darin Pickles, Danielle, Abbie, Casey, Keenan, Chris, Kelly, Keith, Zabria, and Camden Cowhoon, all vanished, into a flash of yellow light.

Meanwhile, back in Midesco, California, Camden Frumkin, Bob, Charles, Megan, Rachel, Benjamin, Adam, Emily, Darin Barrow, Cassi, George, and Abbigale, were all soaking wet from the downpour of rain. So everybody split off in separate directions, running home to their own houses, to change into some dry clothes, and have a relaxing evening, after the big day of adventures they had with their new friends they had made, from this ulternit universe.