"Let's hope that Deputy Sniffer's nose hasn't lost it's touch." Patch said while following the Buddies.
They all ended up outside the sheriff's office as the bloodhound was fast asleep and they all rushed to him for help.
The Buddies all attempted to wake him up, but he wasn't moving.
"You leave me no choice..." Rosebud sighed, she then went to the old dog's tail and bit on it, but not in a way to make it bleed or bruise.
The bloodhound woke up then. "W-Wide awake..." he muttered. "J-Just resting my head."
"Sure, we'll go with that, Deputy." Patch said.
"Sniffer, this is an emergency." Colette told the older dog.
"Five... More... Minutes..." Sniffer lay back down to keep sleeping.
"Now what?" Patch frowned.
"Sheriff's coffee'll do the trick!" MudBud rushed over to the table, got on top of it, and tipped over a coffee cup to splash on Sniffer.
Sniffer woke up and lapped it up, then looked to the group who came to see him. "Hey, Buddies, Patch, and Collete..." he greeted. "Funny that, I was just dreaming about you all."
"It wasn't a dream, you just fell back to sleep, so we had to use coffee to wake you up, now pay attention, this is an emergency." Patch said.
The Buddies tried to explain, but ended up talking all at once.
"Whoa, whoa, one at a time," Sniffer tried to settle them down. "You're making my head spin! You first, Budderrose."
"They were dognapped by two dognapping dognappers!" Rosebud cried.
"Okay, to make this much easier, Buddy and Molly were dognapped by two men and where they rushed away in a van." Patch explained.
"Any other leads?" Sniffer asked.
"We heard them say somethin' about Innsfield," Budderball informed. "Where is that, Deputy Dude?"
"Innsfield!?" Sniffer stood up instantly. "That's wine country. I know it well. The sheriff here loves his Merlot. I personally prefer toilet water."
"Could you please track them?" Colette asked.
"My sniffer isn't working like it used to," Sniffer replied apologetically. "I couldn't even track a train. You'd be better off without me."
"It's okay, Deputy Sniffer, can you please tell us how to get there?" Patch requested.
"I'm wore out..." Sniffer yawned noisily and fell back asleep.
"Guess the coffee wore out." MudBud commented.
"Sniffer?" Rosebud frowned. "More like Snorer."
"Wait..." MudBud had a scent. "I got an idea! Follow me!" he then led a way away from the sheriff's station.
"I hope that whatever MudBud is planning is going to work." Patch said.
Cherry was in her bedroom, playing her Nintendo on her bed, upside down. "I wonder what society is doing?" she mumbled to herself, unaware of Patch and Colette's secret mission with the Buddies.
"Cerise." Forte said, suddenly appearing in front of her.
"What?" Cherry flatly asked as she continued to play her game.
Forte began to whisper to her about where Buddy and Molly were and what Patch, Colette, and the Buddies were going to do to save them.
"Who took them!?" Cherry looked at him.
"I don't know their names, but they mostly took Air Bud to give to a rich child as a pet..." Forte informed.
"Sounds like a spoiled brat..." Cherry returned to her game.
"Yeah and I'm sure that Patch, Colette, and the Buddies will be alright on their own all alone out there." Forte said.
"Goodbye..." Cherry said as she played. "Why would you tell me this anyway? I'm not a dog person."
"No, but you do care about Atticus, don't you? Well, he cares a lot about Patch and where if anything happens to Patch or Colette or the Buddies, it would break not only his heart, but many others," Forte told her. "Plus you need sometime away from that game."
Cherry continued to play, but she did pause it to think about what he said. "I hate it when you guilt trip me." she deadpanned.
"Yeah, yeah, now come on." Forte said.
"Okay... Hang on..." Cherry started her game back up, then saved it and went to charge it next to her new phone, then took the phone, put it in her pocket and came to his side. "You know, knocking would be nice before entering my room."
"Then where would the fun in that be?" Forte asked. "Now, come on, let's get going."
Cherry followed him.
"Where are your parents?" Forte asked, noticing she was home alone yet again.
"Business meeting out of town, they won't be back until the weekend." Cherry replied.
"Oh, so then, you're all alone in this house?" Forte asked.
"Yeah, I'm too old for a babysitter." Cherry remarked.
"Why didn't you call me?" Forte looked to her. "I could've made you dinner."
"I can take care of myself, I'm not a child anymore." Cherry glanced at him.
"Okay, okay, it's just that it's not safe to be all alone in a house." Forte said.
"I'm fine, I just stay in my room all day until it's dinner time anyhow," Cherry shrugged, shamelessly. "You need a girlfriend or something and stop worrying about me."
"But I can't stop worrying about you and besides, what if someone tried to break into your house?" Forte asked.
"I'd lock myself in my bathroom and call the police..." Cherry glanced at him.
"That... Would be a reasonable response." Forte said.
"Why do you care so much?" Cherry glanced at him.
"I like to think of myself as your guardian angel..." Forte seemed to be making up an excuse. "Can't I help you out?"
Cherry glanced at him and walked further ahead of him. "You are so weird..."
"Whatever, let's just hope that Patch, Colette, and the Buddies haven't gotten too far." Forte said.
Cherry rolled her eyes slightly as they came to the Fudo house.
