104 54: Departure.

The burnt Ford Transit vehicle, and Stacy's pink (1950's) convertable, drove up to the Paris, Texas train station property, where Cruella's red and black Panther Deville was parked, along with Diane's purple (1937) Dodge Coupe Street Rod car and Vivian's black (1930's) Lincoln car, with all three De ViL women standing beside their vehicle, plus Ivy. Le Pelt and Mr. Skinner were also there as well, standing by Skinner's black hearse. Horace, Jasper, Kim, Paul and Joanne exited the Ford Transit, while Stacy exited her vehicle, and walked over to Cruella and her family.

"Well?" Cruella asked.

"Where are they?" Diane added.

"Where are the puppies?" Vivian finished.

"Well, good afternoon to you too, miss De ViLs." Said Stacy sarcasticly before looking at Horace and Jasper. "Get the dogs."

"Right." Said Horace. He and Jasper walked over to the back of the truck and opened it, only to be greeted by an angry, growling adult Dalmatian, Moose. The mad dog lunged at Jasper, but he dodged and the dog jumped on Horace and started attacking him, scaring the four De ViLs, as well as everyone else as they watched Horace get attacked by the adult Dalmatian.

"Open the crate! Get the crate!" Said Horace while being attacked by Moose.

Jasper and Paul pulled the crate out from inside the truck that contained the four Dalmatian puppies, their mother, Molly, and the bound, gagged and heavily sedated 10 year old boy, Jason Miller. The two men opened the crate as the continued watching the fight between Horace and the Dalmatian.

Seeing that both the men were distracted by the fight, Olive decided to take advantage of the situation. The six week old limon spotted Dalmatian jumped out of the crate and hit under the Ford Transit truck, without anyone noticing.

Horace made his way over to Jasper and Paul while Moose was still attacking him, and placed the adult Dalmatian inside with his mate, puppies and 10 year old unconscious owner and placed the top back on the crate, trapping the now five Dalmatians, and the boy, inside.

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Rex, Lassie, Jake, Foster and Beethoven lead the three vehicles to an old spooky house and Rex got out of his and followed the dogs up to the porach of the house.

Beethoven opened the door with his mouth and he and the other four dogs ran inside, with Rex following them.

"Miller!" Rex called out. "Gigi, where are you?"

The dogs lead Rex over to a door that had a chair pushed up against it and Foster started scratching at the door and barking.

Rex rushed over to the door, moved the chair away, opened the door, and rushed down the stairs with the dogs. When they reached the bottom, they saw Gigi lying down on the floor on her back, unconscious.

"Gigi!" Said Rex as he and the dogs ran to Gigi's side, and Rex got down on his knees. "Oh my gosh, Gigi, are you okay?! Hey! What happened?" Rex got no response. He placed his fingers on Gigi's neck, trying to find a pulse...but sadly, however...there wasn't one. "Can you hear me? Wake up! Wake up!"

"Bryson! Where are you?!" Came the voice of Bo from up stairs.

"We're down here, Bo!" Rex shouted. "Come on, Gigi, you need to wake up. Tell me what happened. Did you fall?" He asked as Bo and John rushed down stairs into the basement.

When Bo and John reached the bottom, they saw Rex kneeling over the unconscious body of Gigi Miller.

"Bryson, what happened?" Bo asked.

"That's what i'm trying to figure out. Gigi! Gigi! Why won't you wake up? Why won't you wake up?!" Said Rex as Beethoven went over to a running generator and spotted a hole in the right side of it. The Saint Benard smelled the hole and then barked, getting everyone else's attention.

"What is it? Did you find something, boy?" Bo asked.

Beethoven barked again and Bo, John and Rex ran over to the generator while the other four dogs stayed right at Gigi's side.

Bo, Rex and John surrounded the generator and they were instantly greeted by a horrible, foul smell.

"What on Earth?" Said Rex, wondering what that smell was. He soon got his answer when he, John and Bo looked at a yellow sign above the hole that read WARNING! CONTAINS CARBON MONOXIDE. When they saw that...Rex just fell back on his bottom on the floor and looked back at Gigi's lifeless body. He saw that the other four dogs were all gathered around her and whimpering in sadness. Carbon Monoxide? That was poison. A poison that would kill any living thing if it were exposed to it. Be it human or animal. Rex quickly got to his feet and went back over to Gigi. "Okay, Gigi, you're gonna be fine. Alright, you're gonna wake up, you're gonna be fine. Okay?" He said as he picked Gigi up in his arms and carried her up the stairs, with Bo, John and the five dogs following him. "Um...alright, i'm gonna have to take you to the hospital myself, we don't have time for the ambulance. You're gonna be fine, we're gonna get Jason and your dogs back, and everything's gonna be fine."

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Back at the Paris, Texas train station, Olive remained hidden under the Ford Transit truck as she listened in on the enemy's conversation.

"Oh, Paul, you and the others have outdone yourselves." Said Cruella.

"Thank you, my love, but i cannot harbor all of the credit. You have Horace, Jasper and Kim to thank as well." Said Paul.

"Congratulations, you guys, on a job well done. This is a blissful turn of events. I was only planning to get the puppies and the mate, but now i have Moose too. One of the original 103 Dalmatians. Number 103. The one that got away." Said Cruella.

"Along with 102 other Dalmatians." Ivy said.

"Don't push it, Ivy." Said Cruella.

"So this is it? You finally have what you want? All 104 Dalmatians?" Stacy asked.

"Yes. Yes, it is and yes, i do." Said Cruella.

"Well, that was a royal easy task." Said Kim.

"Maybe for you. I haven't slept a wink since we started doing this." Said Stacy.

"Really? Is that so? Well, maybe this will change that. Ivy, would you please?" Said Cruella.

"Yes, ma'am." Said Ivy before walking up to Stacy, carrying the same rapped gift she had at the Love Civic Center. "Here you go, miss Stacy." She said, offering the present to Stacy once more.

And this time Stacy accepted the gift, knowing what was inside it. But just to be sure, the 29 year old blond haired Vegas girl opened the present and saw a small book and a piece of folded up paper. She got the paper out, unfolded it and examined it for herself. Sure enough, it was the paper containing her dark secret. She then looked back inside the box and saw that the book was indeed her diary, because it had words written on it that said Stacy's Diary. Stacy had gone a whole month without either one of these and was now glad to finally have them back in her possession. "My Diary. My secret. Oh, thank you! Thank you so much!"

"That's not all that's in there." Said Cruella.

"What?" Stacy asked.

"Look underneath your diary." Said Cruella.

Stacy refolded the paper and placed it back inside the gift box. She picked up her diary and saw an orange train ticket. The Vegas girl put the small book back inside the box and picked up the ticket. "What is this?"

"That, my friend, is a train ticket to Australia. I figured that now that this whole thing is officially over, maybe you would like to come with us to be on the safe side. You know, just in case everything goes south and you need protection from the Texas police." Said Cruella.

"Thanks, but i don't need protection from the police. I have my secret and my diary back. You guys are going to Australia and the secret's going with you. So i'm in the clear. It's over, my secret is safe." Said Stacy.

"I see. Well, if that is your decision...then we shall abide by it. Come on, everyone, let's go." Said Cruella.

"Wait, what about your black and white Panther Deville car? Where is it?" Kim asked.

"Oh, that? I had it flown back to my house in UK London, England." Said Cruella.

"Why?" Stacy asked.

"Easy: To avoid being I.D'd. by police in case everything goes south. I came here to this country in my black and white car, with blond hair. The police could question the train station workers and easily put two and two together if i left the same way i came. This way, with my red and black car, and with my black and white hair, nobody here will recognize me." Said Cruella.

"Good point." Said Stacy.

Just then, another black hearse drove up to the train station and out stepped Stacy's friend, the masked figure.

"What took you so long? We've been waiting here for you for over 15 minutes. Where were you?" Stacy asked.

"It wasn't my fault. We had a snitch." Said the masked figure.

"A mole? Who would be foolish enough to cross us?" Diane asked.

"Schyler 'Do the right thing' James, that's who. He showed us where the puppies were, and we managed to snag all four of them, but then he got cold feet and backed out on us in an attempt to run off and tell Gigi the truth because he couldn't do what we asked him to do next." Said Kim.

"Next? What do you mean next?" Vivian asked.

"Well...while we were stealing the puppies...Gigi's son, Jason caught us in the act and attacked Paul with a bat and...Well, see for yourself." Kim looked at Jasper. "Lift the top off the crate."

Jasper did as he was told and lifted the top off of the crate and Cruella, Diane, Vivian, Ivy, Le Pelt and Mr. Skinner walked over to the crate and saw a familier unconscious 10 year old boy inside with the five Dalmatians, bound gagged and blindfolded.

"(Gasps) Oh my gosh!" Said Cruella and the others as they backed away from the crate.

"What the what?!" Ivy said.

"You mean who the who! Oh my gosh!" Le Pelt gasped.

"Who is that?" Diane asked.

"I don't know, but that is not a puppy!" Said Vivian.

"Oh my gosh, i know him!" Said Cruella.

"You do?" Le Pelt asked.

"Yes, this is Jason Miller, Gigi's 10 year old son." Cruella looked at Horace, Jasper, Paul and Kim. "Jasper, darling, close the crate."

Jasper placed the top back on the crate.

"What's the big idea here? I thought i told you to steal the puppies, not kidnap someone's child!" Said Cruella.

"We appologize for this sudden goof up, ma'am, but during the process of stealing the last four puppies, this little boy came down stairs and caught us in the act of doing it." Said Horace.

"And he saw our faces, which makes him a threat to all of us as long as he's in town...or the country. More-so me and Stacy, than anyone of you because you'll all be on the other side of the world, Stacy and i will still be here in town." Said Kim.

"So what do you suggest we do then?" Cruella asked.

"Well...since you have the last Texas Dalmatians to add to your collection, and Jason is already inside the crate with them...we figured that you would...you know...take him to Australia with you." Said Kim.

"What?! Are you nuts, that kidnapping!" Said Cruella.

"Are you hearing what you're saying right now?" Diane asked.

"Don't think of it as kidnapping. Think of it as...as...as...i got nothin." Said Kim.

"Don't worry, i do. I know exactly what to do about this little problem." Said the masked figure.

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At the Paris Regional Medical Center, Rex ran in through the double glass doors, carrying Gigi in his arms, with Rex, Lassie, Jake and Foster following him. After getting Gigi out of the house, Rex decided to take her to the hospital while Bo and John stayed to alert police and search the second crime scene.

"Help, help, help! Help! My friend's hurt! Help!" Said Rex as he carried Gigi over to a nearby hospital gurney and placed her onto it.

"What happened?" Asked a male doctor.

"I found her in a basement 20 minutes ago. There was a generator leaking, um, i think it was Carbon Monoxide." Said Rex.

"How long has she been unconscious?" Asked the male doctor.

"I don't know, i just found her like this." Said Rex.

"Okay, let's move it." Said the doctor before he and the nurses began wheeling Gigi down the hall.

"Okay, do you know what's wrong? What's going on?" Rex asked as he and the dogs persued the doctor and the nurses.

"We'll let you know as soon as we find out." The doctor.

Rex and the dogs stopped in their tracks and just watched as the doctor and nurses wheeled Gigi into a room. They had managed rescue Gigi and get her here to the hospital. They only hopped that they hadn't gotton to her too late.

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Back at the Paris, Texas train station, the train station workers were now loading Cruella's red and black car onto the train, along with the vehicles of Diane, Vivian, Horace and Jasper, and Mr. Skinner. While they were doing that, Cruella was finishing up her conversation with Stacy.

"Well...i guess this is finally it. Goodbye, Stacy and Kim. It's been a pleasure of doing business with you." Said Cruella.

"The pleasure was all your's." Said Stacy sarcasticly.

"Hahahaha. Funny. Come on, everyone, let's go." Said Cruella. She, Diane, Vivian and Ivy walked off towards the passenger train and got on board, along with Horace and Jasper, Mr. Skinner, Le Pelt and Paul.

Now hidding behind the train station building, Olive poked her head out and saw Stacy and Kim watch as Cruella and her gang boarded the train with the other passengers. She also saw a male train station worker dragging the crate behind him on a roller. She knew that it was the same crate that she was in earlier with her family and 10 year old owner because she could hear the Dalmatians barking from within.

The limon spotted Dalmatian puppy watched as the worker dragged the crate over to the last cart of the train, where Cruella's car had been placed, and two other men picked up the crate and carried it inside the cart. Olive watched as the man closed the door to the train cart and locked it with a key. The train then began to whistle and the chimney released smoke as it began to move down the tracks. Knowing that the train was now departing, and that her family was on board, the orange spotted six week old Dalmatian ran around to the other side of the station, ran out of hidding and onto the tracks.

With the train a few feet ahead of her, Olive waisted no time and took off running down the tracks in hot persuit of the train. As she ran as she could, she soon caught up with the back of the train, and was now close enough to jump onto the back of the last cart. After a few short more minutes of running, the orange spotted puppy leeped and onto the cart and attempted to pull herself up. However, she lost her grip and fell onto the tracks and the train continued on ahead without her. Olive got back and resumed chasing after the train. Now running as fast as a Cheeta, the little puppy soon caught up with the train again and attempted to hop onto the back of the last cart. This time, she succeeded, for when she jumped into the air, she landed on the back of the last cart. Olive was now on the train. Now all she had to do was just let the train take her to wherever it was going, and then, once there, she could figure out what her next move was to save her family.

"BYE! GOODBYE, EVERYONE! HAPPY TO SEE YOU GO!" Said Kim as she waved while she and Stacy watched as the train departed from the train station, leaving the town of Paris, Texas, and America, behind.

"Did that...did that just...did that just happen? Did Cruella really just give me my secret back and leave the U.S. for good? Did that really just happen?" Stacy asked.

"Yes. Yes, it did. Cruella's gone and the secret is gone with her." Said Kim.

"Is she gone? Is she really gone?" Stacy asked. She had to ask herself this question because everytime she thought Cruella was gone, she would always appear out of nowhere days later.

"Yes...yes, she is." Said Kim.

"It's...it's over. It...it's really over?" Stacy asked in disbelief.

"Looks that way." Said Kim.

"I can't believe it. It's over. It's finally over." Said Stacy.

Stacy just looked at the train, which was now miles ahead of the train station, as it continued onward. On the morning of February 16'th of this year, less than a month ago, Cruella was blackmailing Stacy with her dark secret into helping her steal Dalmatians from the state of Texas. For days, Stacy had been on the edge for weeks, worried that Cruella was going to go public with what she knew about her or tell Rex, or worse, that Cruella was going to get caught and that she and her men would all get caught and would be facing criminal charges...including Stacy herself. And now, after all these weeks...in less than a month...it was over. It was finally over. Cruella got her 104 Dalmatians, Stacy got her dark secret back, and the only other person who knew about it was now headed off to Australia...another country on the other side of the world...a nation that was 9,238 miles from here. Cruella was gone and the secret was gone with her. She couldn't believe it. Stacy could believe that it was finally all over.

"YEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAA! I can't believe it, it's over! It's finally over! Now i can focus on more important matters. Like marrying Rex!" Said Stacy before she and Kim started screaming and cheering. The joyful noise was suddenly interupted by a ringing noise. "That's my phone. It must be Rex calling to see if i have any news about Jason." Stacy got her phone out of her purse and answered it. "Did you find Jason?"

"No, i didn't...but i found Gigi. We're at the hospital." Said Rex.

"At the hospital? Why?" Stacy asked.

"It's Gigi. Just come, Stacy, please. Come quick." Said Rex.

"I'm on my way." Said Stacy before ending the call.

"What's wrong?" Kim asked.

"Rex found Gigi and they had to go to the hospital." Said Stacy.

"The hospital? What on Earth for?" Kim asked.

"I don't know, let's find out." Said Stacy before she and Kim head for Stacy's car.

The Vegas girls got inside the vehicle and drove off for the hospital to meet up with Rex. While they were riding in the car, the radio news came on and they began to listen to it.

FEMALE VOICE: "In the aftermath of the Dalmatians' disappearances..."

Not wanting to hear anymore about Dalmatians, Stacy turnned the radio switch, changing the station.

MALE VOICE: "In less than a month, 104 percent of the state of Texas' Dalmatian population has simply vanished without a trace."

Stacy changed the station again.

FEMALE VOICE: "From Austin, Houston, Dallas and as far away as all over the state of Texas. All under the exact same circumstances. Reports of the missing Dalmatians continue to trickle in."

Stacy changed the station once more.

MALE VOICE: "Reports keep coming from all over the state, claiming it as true. To say that the state of Texas is in a state of shock right now would be to understate the situation. The event seems to have taken place all over the state of Texas in less than a month. Suddenly, and without warning, literally 104 Dalmatians just disappeared. A few eyewitness acounts of these disappearances have not been clear, but one thing is certainly sure. Hundreds of Dalmatians, who were living in this state just two months ago, are not here now. Speculation is running high that some alien force from outside our system has declaired war on our planet."

Stacy changed the station yet again.

MALE VOICE: "While the state of Texas morns, we're left with only one question...Where are our Dalmatians?"

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