103/104 53: Running Away.

June 21'st, (2024)

The next morning at the Miller residence, the puppies were in their room down stairs sleeping on the floor with the door open. At least three of them were anyway. Dice was the only one of them who was awake.

"Hey. Are you guys awake?" Dice whispered.

Mickey, Max and Olive, however, did not hear their oldest brother and continued sleeping.

"YOU DUDES AWAY?!" Dice shouted, awaking his siblings.

"We are now." Said Mickey.

"What's with all the ruckus?" Max asked.

"Guys,...i've been thinking about this for some time now,...and i'm pretty sure we have to run away." Said Dice.

"WHAT?!" Mickey and Max gasped.

"Run away from home? Why?" Mickey asked.

"Seriously? Did you guys forget what today is?" Dice asked.

"Well...it's not tuesday." Said Max.

"No, Maxie, today is June 21'st. The day of the adoptions." Dice reminded.

"THE ADOPTIONS?!" Mickey and Max gasped.

"Word. And once Gigi wakes up, i predict that the first thing she will do is call the families that they're shipping us off to and tell them to come get us one by one. That is, unless of course, we use this time to our advantage and split while we still can." Said Dice.

"Running away from our troubles won't solve anything." Said Mickey.

"I know, but...at least we'll all be together, right? And besides, i can't go anywhere. Not until i know for a fact that Tommy is safe. And right now something tells me that he isn't." Said Dice.

"What makes you think that?" Mickey asked.

"Because six weeks ago, when we were at the hospital, i followed Tommy when he went to get a water. And i saw him and a member of the Dark 13 named Axel, and they were talking to each other." Said Dice.

"About what?" Max asked.

"I don't know. Something about timelines and a...Plan 4." Said Dice.

"Plan 4? What's that?" Mickey asked.

"I wish i knew. But i do know one thing though. That magic kit that Tommy got the other day wasn't from Helena. It was from the Dark 13. I know because the delivery guy was Axel." Said Dice.

"But why would the Dark 13 give Tommy a magic kit?" Max asked.

"I don't know. All i know is that ever since Tommy got that magic kit, he's been very secretive with it and distant from everyone. Including me. He use to let me in his room all the time. Now he won't even let me in. It's like he doesn't want anyone to see what's inside that magic kit." Said Dice.

"What do you think's in there?" Mickey asked.

"I'm not sure. All i know is that it has something to do with a pale gray canister inside that has the Dark 13 symbol on it." Said Dice.

"What else?" Max asked.

"Sorry, that's all i know. But i can tell you that i heard Tommy say something at the park while he was sitting on the bench alone with his magic kit." Said Dice.

"What did Tommy say?" Max asked.

"He said "If you see something bad, you tell someone...but i can't tell anyone about this." Said Dice.

"Why would Tommy feel like he needed to keep this unknown secret a secret from us? I mean, he knows he can come to us if he has a problem, right?" Said Mickey.

"So, this canister thing. Do you know what it is and what it can do?" Max asked.

"Not a clue." Said Dice.

"Well, maybe if we ask Tommy what it is and what it does, he'll tell us." Said Mickey.

"NO!" Dice shouted.

"Why not?" Max asked.

"Because Tommy doesn't know that i've been spying on him. And if we confront him about what we know so far, he'll shut down completely and we won't be able to help him at all. We're gonna have to help this kid without him knowing it." Said Dice.

"But how do we do that? I mean, Tommy is the one with all of the information. How are we suppose to help him without any information to go on?" Mickey asked.

"I may not have all the facts, but i do know one thing: Whatever made this kid feel like he needed to start this secret magic mystery club of his isn't healthy for him at all. And it's gonna start to hurt other people, unless we can help this kid and somehow do it without him knowing it. Now who's with me?" Said Dice.

"I am." Said Mickey.

"Me too." Said Max.

Olive barked, agreeing with her brothers.

"Good. Now let's get out there and help Tommy." Said Dice.

"But how will we get out of the house?" Max asked.

"Easy, we'll use to doggy door on the back door." Said Dice.

"Sounds like a plan. Let's do it." Said Mickey.

The four Miller puppies then ran out of the room, rushed through the dining room, went into the kitchen, and exited the house through the doggy door that was on the back door.
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