"What's going on, why're the guards here, did Tex try getting in here again?" Kaley asked seeing Crystal along with Deadly who looked worried makimg them wonder what had the legendary Phantom so spooked to tne point where he had called not just the guards but also the ninja ones.
"Dudley's missing, and I need to find him before anything happens to him!" Deadly said trying to keep his cool, only Sarab could see the terror in her older son'seyes knowing they would find Dudley no matter what.
"I get the feeling he ran away, he does have trouble controllimg his empath powers." Dreadly said makimg Crystal and Kaley agree with their younger cousin, wonderimg if something had happened that made Dudley run away after it was just them and Deadly, seeing him nod.
"He asked me for help with controlling his powers, and I tried, I think I made it worse." he said feeling tears sting his eyes but felt Kaley hug him sayimg it was not hisfault and the guards would find Dudley sooneror later making Deadly agree, hoping she was right.
He was tending to Harmony and Melody which was takimg his mind off things relievimg Bentley, because he hatdd seeing his mate upset unaware Kaley was hatching a plan to find her uncle, only it involved Crystal using her raccoon instincts, goimg ingo the forests to find any trace of Dudley, while Kaley and Ferdy watchedZedley for
Meanwhile, Dudley had been found in the forest by a group of dragons, who were not afraid of him or his empathic powers, so they were takimg him to their cave deep in the forest unaware Rystal had seen, needing to tell both Deadly and Kaley at once, scampering back to the castle beyond the Goblin City makimg Deadly stunned.
"I spotted uncle Dudley with a group of feral dragons, and they took him with them." she told her uncle makimg Deadly impressed, worried knowing that group who were wild and rambunctious but never left the forest after being banished from the Dragon City by Queen Patoca for their mischief breathing deep dragon breaths.
"Thanks for this but you should not have went into the forest at night, but I appreciate why, for now you and Kaley leave this to the adults, understand?" he said seeing her nod leaving the throne room.
"At least he's in the forest somewhere, so he'll come back to us." he muttered makimg Sarah abree, finding what Crystal had did pretty brave even if it had been dangerous.
"So my dad wants us to do nothing, and let the guards handle this?" Kaley said.
"Yep, but he's just scared, I could sense it, plus those other dragons looked feral." Crystal replied.
It was late night/early morning and after Crystal had returned from the forest, so she and Kaley were in her room, talking while she was feeding Zedley knowing they wouldfind Dudley, or he would find them only Jessica had told them about that group of dragons, makimg Kaley wonder, if they'd turn Dudley feral like them, makimg Crystal shrug her furry shoulders at her cousin.
"This is Dudley we're talking about, now if it was uncle Deadly, yeah but it's ot, so we have nothing to worry about but on the other paw if it happened, Uncle Deadly would help him get back to normal" she assured her.
Kaley guessed this was true, hopimg Deadly was okay and not beating himself up about it, makimg Crystal agree seeing it wasnearly sunrise yawning along with Zedley so Kaley and Ferdy were leaving to let them sleep, hearing her dad talking to the captain of the guards guessing he'd been up all night, seeing Bentley agree.
"He wouldn't sleep, plus asked for sweet tea." he told her makimg her sigh, knowing he had to rest despite what was happening going in there after the gards had been dismissed, hearing him yawning getting him to lie down on the couch-bed.
"He's out like a light, nothing's going to wake him, then he'll be in a better mood." Kaley said softly makimg Sarah agree.
"Plus we know Dudley is somewhere in the forest, so we'll find him." she assured her.
They were having pancakes and being normal despite what happened, makimg Dreadly understand, askimg why they didn't use their powers makimg Kaley's eyes widen, by what her younger cousin had said, only Deadly had made her and Crystal promise to stay out of the matter finishing breakfast, going to the secret lake.
"You worrying about your dad?" Ferdy asked, seeimg Kaley nod skipping stones.
"Yeah, he doesn't wantus to get hurt, which is why he won't let us help." she said.
"Yes but if Crystal hadn't went into the forest, we wouldn't have known about that group of dragons." Ferdy replied making her nod guessing that was true hoping her dad was feeling better, thinking of something.
"He should ask his phantom friends to look out for that gang of dragons." she said.
She and Ferdy were returning to the castle gardens, makimg sure the coast was clear or nobody had seen them, goimg inside the castle seeing Deadly talking to his phantom friends, drinking more sweet tea worrying her.
