The following morning, Leon and Nicole got up early and left the house so they could make it to the airport on time for their flight. Upon checking-in at the airport is when Leon and Nicole grabbed themselves breakfast and found a table near the boarding gate to sit at since they had about an hour and a half before their flight was set to depart. Realizing that Nicole needed to use the bathroom, Leon walked her to the entrance of the nearby restroom and waited on her. While he was waiting for Nicole, Leon took this opportunity to send a message to Bret that he was on his way to Calgary today and told him what time approximately the flight should get there. Then Leon got a response back from Bret stating, "That's good to hear, Leon. Hopefully I might stop by once you guys land and everything." That put a smile on Leon's face before he proceeded to turn off his cell phone and noticed that Nicole was out of the bathroom. "Attention all passengers. We are beginning to board on flight number 6534 which is non-stop service from Detroit to Calgary, Alberta, Canada." The airport's intercom stated as soon as Leon and Nicole made it back to the table where they had breakfast.
"Daddy, is that our flight they just announced?" Nicole asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, sweetie. Come along let's get in line." Leon answered as held onto Nicole's hand.
Once Leon and Nicole handed their ticket information to the stewardess and were cleared to be boarded is when they got on the airplane. After taking their seats and listening to the flight safety protocol, the plane was ready for takeoff and by the time it was in high altitude Leon could notice the happiness in Nicole's face. "Nicole is really enjoying this flight considering this is her first time on an airplane. Well it will be a couple of hours before we get to Calgary, so I'll try to squeeze in a nap." Leon thought to himself before he closed his eyes.
An hour and forty-five minutes had passed before Leon woke up from his nap and noticed that Nicole was looking directly at him.
"We're almost to our destination, Daddy. You want to know something?" Nicole said with a smile on her face.
"Yes, what is it, sweetie?" Leon asked out of curiosity.
"The view from up here is beautiful and it feels like its straight out of a storybook. That is why I've been looking out for most of the flight, Daddy." Nicole said with a smile on her face.
"I knew that you would love it, sweetie. But once we get into the spots of Calgary that are noteworthy I know you are going to admire the scenery of a different land." Leon said with a smile on his face.
Upon finishing that statement, Leon heard the airplane's wheels going down on a runway indicating that he and Nicole have landed in Calgary. After getting off the airplane in Calgary, Leon and Nicole had to go to the Customs office to get a stamp on their passports before heading down to baggage claim. Once they got their bags, Leon and Nicole were trying to flag down a shuttle to take them to a hotel, but no luck came. That is until a familiar face showed up in a car pulling up right in front of Leon and Nicole.
"No luck with the shuttle connections, Leon. Hi, Nicole. Here let me put your guys suitcases in the back of my car." Bret Hart stated as he got out of his car.
"Hi, Mr. Hart." Nicole said in response after getting into Bret's car.
"Yes, Bret. Unfortunately, that's one thing about mid-day life in Calgary that never changes if you're traveling from that airport." Leon said with a sigh under his breath.
"When did you have your father's memorial service, Leon?" Bret asked out of curiosity.
"Yesterday and I tried to give a eulogy before breaking down but after the burial it was one of those days where I just needed moral support the most in which I think Nicole is doing a good job at that." Leon said in a calm tone before seeing that Nicole was taking a nap in Bret's car.
"I understand completely, Leon. So, what are you planning on doing while you guys are down here?" Bret asked out of curiosity.
"I was planning on showing Nicole the areas where I began my wrestling training you know from an outside view and the Saddledome where we had that one big pay-per-view to reflect the legacy your family made. Also, the next thing I am going to say you probably know where this might be going." Leon responded in a calm manner.
"You're going to visit Owen's gravesite, Leon. I knew that you had been very close friends with Owen until the very end and despite if our opinions differ from what happened in Montreal. But you were loyal just like Owen was and that was why when looking back at your career I've always seen that you were finishing up the work that he wanted to do." Bret said in an honest tone.
"Yes, Bret. It was the way my career had been defined for many years. But not a day goes by when I miss your brother and think about him because other than you and your father, Owen was the one that saw the greatest potential in me back when you guys we were training me." Leon said in a calm tone.
Then Bret turned at a hotel which was nearby the famed Hart House and parked his car so he could drop off Leon and Nicole there. Leon then proceeded to carry Nicole on his right shoulder while wheeling his suitcase and Bret carried Nicole's suitcase into the hotel. Upon checking into the hotel is when Leon and Bret parted ways. So, Leon put Nicole on a chair in the hotel's front lobby in a attempt to wake her up.
"You awake, sweetie?" Leon asked out of curiosity.
"Hmm-hmm. Where we at Daddy?" Nicole answered back with a question of her own.
"We're at the hotel, now. Just got us checked in. So, if you want to finish taking that nap once we get to the hotel room, I'll let you." Leon said with a smile on his face.
Nicole nodded her head once she grabbed her suitcase and followed her father into the direction of their hotel room which was situated on the third floor. Upon entering the room and setting their suitcases on the sides of the beds that they wanted; Nicole went back to taking a nap while Leon decided to turn on his phone and pull out his phone charger. "Hmm...a couple of missed calls from Rita. Oh boy. I wonder what this is all about." Leon thought to himself before heading into the bathroom and started to call Rita.
"Hi, Sis. Sorry if I missed your call. Me and Nicole just landed at our destination about a hour ago and got situated in the hotel. Is something wrong?" Leon asked once the call went through.
"Earlier this morning when me and Lynn were going to wake the kids up well we didn't hear anything from them. So, we investigated their bedrooms and they were gone. Oh, Leon, I'm worried about them." Rita responded in a frantic voice.
"Ok, take a deep breath, Sis. Did you guys try contacting the local authorities?" Leon asked out of concern.
"Yes, Leon. They told us to remain vigilant and that they should be back with something very soon." Rita said in a gloomy voice.
"Let's hope for that, Sis. Ok. Besides it's not like they ran off and did something that we didn't know about. Listen to me, you guys try to get some rest and if I hear anything I will report it to you ok." Leon said in a calm tone.
"Ok, thank you, Leon." Rita said before hanging up the phone.
Once Leon got out of the bathroom, he noticed that Nicole had gotten up from her nap and had a curious look on her face. That was when Leon told Nicole about what had transpired in the phone conversation. Nicole was shocked to hear the news, but Leon told her to remain calm and be faithful that her cousins will be found again. Then Leon pointed the window out to Nicole so she could see the close-up of the scenery that Calgary had to offer.
A couple of hours had passed once Leon decided to call up a nearby Chinese place that had delivery service to the hotel and ordered dinner for both him and Nicole. While waiting for the food to arrive, Nicole looked at Leon with a curious look.
"Daddy, what made you come to this place?" Nicole asked with a smile on her face.
"Well, sweetie. I had started to watch wrestling when I was about your age and there was this group from Texas called the Von Erichs. Well their father had been trained by a man named Stu Hart who is the father of the one you call Mr. Hart. You see Stu had ran a territory in this very town and lived here mostly all his life. So, that was when I figured why not be trained in the same style as the people I used to watch on TV everyday as a little kid." Leon answered honestly while rubbing Nicole's head.
"Does the territory that you're talking about exist, Daddy?" Nicole asked.
"No, I'm afraid not sweetie. Even though there have been attempts to revive it over the years since it got sold. However, the place where Stu and even some of his children including Mr. Hart trained me is still standing. Oh yes, that is one of the places in Calgary that I am going to show you tomorrow, sweetie." Leon replied in a calm tone.
"Really?" Nicole said in a calm manner.
"Of course, Nicole. You see they turned it into a museum because one of the reasons why is that Mr. Hart's family is one of the most revered families in this city. Oh, it looks like our food is here." Leon stated before he heard a knock on the door.
Once Leon opened the door to see that the food was bagged up on the ground. However, before he could pick it up Leon noticed two sets of hands stacked on top of his own and looked up to see that one set was Bret's while the other belonged to a gentleman with short blonde hair.
"Bruce?! Is that you?" Leon said upon realizing who the other set of hands belonged to.
"Yeah, Leon. It's me. Bret told me that you were here in Calgary. So, we told the food deliver that we would hand this to you. Do you mind if we come in?" Bruce Hart asked in a calm tone.
"Of course. Oh, Bruce, this is my daughter Nicole. Nicole this is one of Bret's older brothers, Bruce Hart, another person that helped me out in my training as a wrestler." Leon stated once both Bruce and Bret entered the hotel room.
Nicole waved at Bruce before Leon handed her dinner and something to drink. Then Leon sat on the bed while Bruce and Bret stood on the side of the bed where the lamp switch was.
"Bret was explaining to me the places you plan on seeing while you're up here, Leon. As you are aware that the family home/the Dungeon had been turned into a hotel but is still protected by the city as of a few years ago. However, fans still turn up to see it as tourist attraction. Regarding the last place you plan on doing, be wary of what you say in case if you bump into his widow and kids." Bruce said in a calm manner.
"Look Bruce I've always known for almost twenty years to watch my mouth around Martha and the kids. Don't you think I've forgotten about what she tried to do right after your brother died. It was because of that for a few years until the company let Bret in the Hall of Fame and after that your father, I had been a scapegoat due to me being the mediator while Bret and Owen were still in the company. That's why I had to fabricate parts of my Hall of Fame speech was not to only save my butt but do it in honor of the very family that trained the inner workings and traditions of the business." Leon quietly said in front of Bruce and Bret.
"We were just reminding you in case if you do bump into them is all, Leon. However, I knew there was something a bit off with your Hall of Fame speech since you know that Hunter and Shawn were trying to put you over big time after I left the company despite knowing how I felt about that group. If they had given you more time with the speech and been like how mine was then yeah the fans would have eaten it up." Bret said in a honest tone.
"Yeah, Bret. Now that you think about it they could have." Leon said with a smile on his face.
Then Nicole who was completely focused on eating her dinner had finished up and put her tray in the garbage before grabbing the remote. However, Leon noticed something blinking on the back of Nicole's shirt. Before Nicole could sit down, Leon grabbed the remote from her and had Bruce turn Nicole around.
"Uhh...Daddy. What's going on?" Nicole asked anxiously.
"Just stay still, sweetie." Leon answered as he removed the blinking chip from the back of Nicole's shirt.
"Hmm...It looks like one of them tracking chips." Bret said upon seeing the chip on the bed.
"It certainly does. Do you want us to call the authorities, Leon?" Bruce asked out of curiosity.
"Not yet, Bruce. First things first, I have seen a chip like this before but where." Leon answered while analyzing the chip.
"Umm...Daddy. I have an idea where the chip might have come from." Nicole said in a hesitant voice.
"You do, sweetie? Tell me." Leon said in a calm manner.
"Ok. Here it goes." Nicole answered right before whispering into Leon's ear that the night before Leon's niece Lisa Loud had slipped a tracking chip into her shirt while she was visiting with her and her siblings at the memorial service.
Upon hearing the truth from Nicole, Leon hugged his daughter before putting his food in the fridge. Now feeling a bit distraught, Leon was beginning to leave the hotel room before turning around.
"Daddy, aren't you forgetting something?" Nicole said while handing Leon his cell phone.
"Thank you, sweetie. Listen to me, can you be a good girl for Mr. Hart while I do an important errand. I'll be back, I promise." Leon answered while putting his phone in his pocket while Bret nodded to his request.
Then Bruce proceeded to follow Leon out of the hotel room.
"Leon, where do you want to me take you?" Bruce said once Leon got inside Bruce's car.
"The airport." Leon answered in a calm tone.
"So, what was it that your daughter told you about the chip, Leon?" Bruce asked out of curiosity.
"Well, supposedly one of my younger nieces who's a prodigy had placed that tracking chip in Nicole's shirt yesterday. If my hunch is right, my nieces and nephew are GOING to be in a HUGE world of trouble once they see me." Leon replied in an honest tone.
"Why would you say that?" Bruce asked.
"I had gotten a few missed calls from my sister after I checked my phone upon arriving here. So, I gave her a call and she end up telling me that early this morning that my nieces and nephew were gone. This led me to asking if she contacted the authorities and you probably know where this is going, Bruce." Leon answered honestly.
"Yes, Leon. That usual oh they could show back up in a couple of days routine." Bruce said with a sigh.
It was in that moment when they showed up at the airport, Leon signaled Bruce to drive around in order to avoid getting a parking ticket after he got out of the car. Then Leon entered the airport and asked one of the ticket counters where the American customs office was located at. By the time he had reached the customs office, Leon noticed that one of the rooms was heavily occupied and proceeded to walk up to the front desk.
"Excuse me, miss. Do you know what is going on in that middle room over there?" Leon asked the person at the front desk.
"Well, there are 11 children in there who got on an international flight without adult supervision from Detroit to here just about forty-five minutes ago. Airport security caught them once they landed here. Here is proof of one their ticket stubs." The lady at the front desk showed Leon one the airplane tickets.
"Have you tried contacting their family to notify them about what they did?" Leon answered after handing the ticket.
"Umm...not yet, sir." The lady responded in a hesitant voice.
"I believe you just now have contacted someone that is family to them, me. Now tell whoever is guarding that room to let me inside so I can have a word with them. Do you know the Brute, the wrestler that trained up here for a few years and if they don't heed by that then I will come back with one of my mentors, Bruce Hart? Got it." Leon said in a snarling voice.
Then the lady at the front desk contacted the guard in the middle room to open the door and the request was granted after a friendly have a nice day greeting was perceived to Leon. Once he got to the door, Leon saw the faces that were in the room and they were indeed his nieces and nephew-the Loud Children. Before entering the room, Leon whispered something into the guard's ear. Leon's mood became bitter once walking into the middle of the room and the Loud Children knew something was wrong right away.
"Putting a tracking chip in your cousin's shirt, stowing away on an international flight. Where do I even begin with all of the trouble you guys just caused today?" Leon said in a very stern voice while pacing around voice.
"Uncle Leon...we didn't.." Luna said before getting nudged at by Lori.
"Didn't do what? Cause a lot of worry for not only your mom and dad but to your cousin as well? I had to listen for a few minutes straight of your mother panicking and worrying about where you guys were. That had hurt me a bit and you guys should be ashamed of yourselves for doing such a despicable act." Leon said in a snarling tone before walking out of the room.
Then Leon decided to call Rita after taking a few deep breaths from scolding his nieces and nephew.
"Hi, Sis. I got some good news for you. I found your children." Leon said once the call went through.
"Where were they, Leon?" Rita asked.
"It seems that your children got on a plane and followed me to my destination. I figured it out after discovering a tracking chip like the one I seen inside your house was found on my daughter's shirt." Leon answered honestly.
"Oh, they are so going to be..." Rita said.
"You don't have to worry about scolding them, Sis. Because I already gave them a lecture. Also, you can worry about grounding them once they come back home but while they're with me I know a punishment or to that comes in mind." Leon said in a calm manner.
"Oh, you didn't have to do that, Leon. But it was nice of you though. How about this if your punishment ends up being harsher than the one I'm planning on doing than I'll accept it as their overall punishment? Deal." Rita said.
"Deal, Sis. Have a good night and tell the authorities to call off the search because you know how persistent they can be." Leon said before hanging up the phone.
After putting his phone away is when Leon went back into the room and saw that his nieces and nephew had apologetic looks on their faces.
"We're very sorry for what we have done, Uncle Leon." The Loud Children said in unison.
"I do accept your guys apology. However, I'm still going to have to punish you." Leon said with a sigh on his breath.
Then Leon walked out of the room with his nieces and nephew right behind him. Once they got outside of the airport is when Leon looked at his nieces and nephew.
"Your guys punishment is to walk right where you are to the hotel that me and your cousin are staying at which is that far bright place you can see straight in front of you." Leon said before walking off.
Once Leon started to head towards the parking lot to see that Bruce was there waiting on him. Then Leon got in Bruce's car and they started to head back to the hotel, but Leon noticed through his window that his nieces and nephew were taking the left walking path to the hotel.
"So, Leon how did your search go?" Bruce asked out of curiosity.
"I found them and believe me they were not pleased to see me once I set the record straight. Oh, you got me a can of the good stuff. Thanks, Bruce." Leon replied before opening a can of soda.
"So, what did you do to straighten them out?" Bruce asked in a calm manner.
"Well, I told my nieces and nephew that for a punishment for causing all of that trouble is to walk all the way from the airport entrance to the hotel. Figured that's fair enough. Just like how you and your old man used to do it to some of us trainees if we didn't toughen up down there at the Dungeon on that hill." Leon answered with honestly before taking a sip of his drink.
"Yeah, you never did forget that part of your training, Leon." Bruce said with a small chuckle.
Then Bruce and Leon had made it back to the hotel. Upon entering the hotel, Leon saw Bret and Nicole who was in her pajamas walking around the front lobby. Before anyone could say anything, Bruce handed Leon his drink that he left in the car before heading back outside. Leon then told Bret about what had transpired at the airport and he was surprised to hear what happened. Once that conversation was over is when Bret left the hotel to meet up Bruce but not before saying goodbye to both Leon and Nicole.
"Daddy, I hope you're not mad at me, but we didn't know how much longer you were going to be, so I brought down your dinner here with me." Nicole said with a puppy dog look on her face.
"No, sweetie. Of course, I wouldn't be mad at you for doing that. So, did you find a microwave that can be used?" Leon asked out of curiosity.
"Yes, Daddy. Right behind you on your right." Nicole answered while pointing out the microwave in question and proceeded to heat up Leon's dinner.
"So, thanks to that our little detective work with that chip, your cousins were found, and it turns out that they followed us here, sweetie. Don't worry, I really notified your Aunt Rita about the situation." Leon said with a calm manner.
"That's great, Daddy. But still that's wrong of them to put something like that in my shirt." Nicole said in a natural tone.
"I know it is, sweetie. But they are dealing with the consequences right now." Leon said with a sigh under his breath.
Then the microwave beeped indicating that Leon's dinner was done, and he began to eat it. Nicole then noticed familiar footsteps on the steep hill way and had a smile on her face. Leon who had just taken the last bite of his dinner by that point noticed Nicole's facial expression. This prompted Leon to turn around and saw that the Loud Children were getting closer to the hotel.
Leon got up from the chair and proceeded to step outside while Nicole dumped the tray. By the time the Loud Children reached the hotel entranceway is when Leon pulled them aside for a moment.
"So, did you learn anything from this punishment?" Leon asked out of honesty.
"Yes, we learn not cause any major troubles for our family and not put anything in somebody's belongings." Luna said on behalf of the other Loud siblings.
"Alright, then. I think there's one more person you guys have to apologize to before I can convince the receptionist to check you guys in under my tab." Leon said with a smile on his face while signaling for Nicole to come outside.
"Nicole, we're very sorry for putting that chip in your shirt. We promise to never mess with your belongings unless you ask. Will you forgive us?" Lori said in a sympathetic tone.
"Hmm-hmm." Nicole replied before hugging all her cousins.
Then Leon went back inside and successfully convinced the receptionist his nieces and nephew rooms under his tab. Just before everyone could head into their prospective hotel rooms, Leon pulled Lori aside.
"Yeah, Uncle Leon. What is it?" Lori asked out of curiosity.
"Can you make sure to text your mom that you're here in the hotel and that she doesn't have to worry about paying fees for it? Tell your sisters and brother to text her as well at least once. I know she'll appreciate it that you guys are safe and well coming from you too other than myself." Leon said his request before heading back to his hotel room.
"You can count on me to do that, literally." Lori said with a smile on her face.
Then Leon headed back up to the hotel room and saw that Nicole was steadfast asleep. "Now this trip will be an unforgettable one. Well since Nicole has been the only one who is fascinated by my wrestling tales. It's going to be a whirlwind explaining this not only to hear but to my nieces and nephew. This is a grand return to the site that started it all for me. However, I am thankful that I saw Bruce and he reminded me about what to do when the time comes for my visit to Owen's gravesite." Leon thought to himself before he fell asleep.