104R 39: Forest Ambush.
UK Suffolk
February 24, (2022)
The next morning, in Suffolk, February 24, (2022), Keegan was sleeping in his bedroom, with Copper sleeping in his arms. Someone then placed a hand on the 11 year old, revealed to belong to Candace, who was standing at the bedside, dressed for the outside world.
"(Whispering) Keegan. Wake up, honey." Said Candace.
Keegan opened his eyes, along with Copper, to see his aunt Candace standing at his bedside.
"Good morning." Said Candace.
"Good morning." Said Keegan, smiling at his aunt. "Why are you dressed for the outdoors?"
"Oh, no reason. It's just that i'm heading off somewhere special and i was wondering if you and the puppies would like to join me." Said Candace.
"Oh. Are you heading out already?" Asked Keegan, sitting up in his bed.
"Yup. Bright and early." Said Candace.
"Oh, okay. Sure, we'll come. Just let me get dressed and we'll be right down." Said Keegan.
"Alright." Said Candace as she ruffled up he nephew's long brown hair with her hand. She then kissed the boy on the cheek. Be down stairs in two minutes." She said before walking away from the bed.
"Okay." Said Keegan.
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U.S. Kansas
Back over in America, at the Miller farm, in Kansas, Jason was in his room, lying sound asleep in his bed. As the 12 year old slept, someone placed a hand on him, revealed to belong to Rex, who was standing at his son's bedside, with Molly.
"(Whispering) Jason. Wake up, man." Said Rex.
Jason opened his eyes and saw his father, and Molly, standing at his bedside.
"Good morning." Said Rex.
"Good morning." Said Jason.
Later, after getting dressed, Jason rushed out of the open front door, with Molly at his side, where Bo was waiting, and Gigi was outside. The 12 year old wore a long sleeve, gray plaid button-up shirt that wasn't buttoned up, with a buttoned-up pocket on both the right and left side of the chest part of the shirt, with the buttons on both pockets being white. All of the shirt's buttons were white, he wore a blue short sleeve t-shirt under his unbuttoned gray shirt, blue pants and light brown hiking boots with light brown laces.
"Oh." Said Gigi, dressed in her pink waitress uniform, ready to go to work for the day.
Rex exited the house, closed the door behind him, and headed towards his vehicle.
"Are you guys heading out for London already?" Gigi asked.
"Yup. Bright and early." Said Rex.
Jason opened the right back door to Bo's car, allowing Molly to hop inside before getting inside himself and closing the door.
"I'm gonna head over to work for the day. Fill in for one of the waitresses. Call me when you get to London." Said Gigi.
"Thanks, we will." Said Rex as he walked over to his car.
"Call me if you need anything." Said Gigi.
"We'll be fine." Said Rex.
"You sure?" Gigi asked.
"Absolutely." Said Rex before getting in his car and closing the door.
"Don't worry, Gigi. I'll take care of em." Said Bo.
"Thanks. Be careful." Said Gigi.
"We will." Said Bo before getting in his car and closing the door.
Both vehicles started up and headed down the grass road, bound for the Kansas airport.
After watching her friends and son leave, Gigi hopped into her station wagon, started it up, and headed down the grass road herself, bound for the restaurant she worked at.
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UK Suffolk
(Song: Something's On Your Mind)
Back in UK, Candace drove her white jeep through the countryside of Suffolk, with Keegan and the puppies sitting in the back seat, and Copper sitting in his lap. The boy wore the same cloths he had on yesterday.
Yesterday, any way you made it was just fine
So you turnned you days into night time
Candace soon brought the jeep to a stop and looked out her window and saw missing poster of Keegan stapled to an electric pole. The red haired woman just staired at the poster, thinking about what to do next.
Didn't you know, you can make it without ever even trying?
Candace continued looking at the poster. As she did, she thought about Keegan's father, Jerry, and how worried he must be for his son.
And something's on your mind...isn't it?
Keegan noticed that his aunt was looking out the window at something. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing. Nothing, i just...got turnned around." Said Candace before she resumed driving down the road.
And something's on your mind...isn't it?
As the jeep drove across a bridge, Keegan and Copper poked their heads out the window and looked up at the sky before looking down at the lake that was just below them.
Maybe another day
You wanna feel another way
You can't stop crying
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U.S. Kansas Airport
Back in America, Bo and Rex arrived at the Kansas airport. They got out of their vehicles, along with Jason and Molly and ran inside the building and went up to the ticket counter.
"Excuse me, sir, is there, by any chance, a plane leaving for UK London, England today?" Bo asked.
"Why, yes, as a matter of fact there is. The passengers are boarding it right now." Said the man.
"Where are the passenger's boarding?" Rex asked.
"Through that door over there." Said the man, pointing in a left direction.
Bo, Rex, Jason and Molly looked in the direction that the man was pointing at and saw a line of people going in through a door.
"Good. We'll take it." Said Bo.
"How many?" The man asked.
"Three." Said Bo.
"Okay." Said the man. He got out three tickets and handed them to Rex, Bo and Jason. "There you are, enjoy the flight."
"Thank you." Said Bo before he, Rex, Jason and Molly rushed off to the door that the line of people were going into.
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UK Suffolk
At London City Hall, Jerry drove up onto the property and exited his vehicle.
"Hey, Jerry." Said a british man.
"Morning." Said Jerry.
"Hey, Jerry." Said another british man.
"Hey, Carson. You seen Linda?" Jerry asked.
"Uh, she and the girls, went out to the countryside of Suffolk with the police." Said Carson in a british accent.
"What for?" Jerry asked.
"Something about going hunting." Said Carson.
"Hunting?" Jerry asked.
"I don't know." Said Carson.
"Hunting?" Said Jerry before running inside the City Hall building. He soon made it inside Linda's office and saw that it was empty. He looked around and saw small notebook lying on her office. The front page had writting on it. He picked it up and read the words in blue: Jerry, gonna go bring Keegan home. Adriana. Jerry then placed the notepad back on the desk and headed out of the office.
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Back in Suffolk, Candace's jeep pulled up at the edge of a forest and brought the vehicle to a stop.
Something's on your mind...isn't it?
Something's on your mind
Candace exited the vehicle, follow by Keegan, with Copper in his backpack, and the Miller pups.
"This way!" Said Candace, running on ahead of the others into the forest.
Oh, tell the truth now
Something's on your mind
"Aunt Candace, wait for us." Said Keegan before he and the puppies ran off into the forest after his aunt.
Something's on your mind.
Candace lead the way through the beautiful forest, with Keegan and the Miller pups following close behind her. Later, as they walked through the forest, Keegan gazed in aw at their surroundings.
"I've never seen this part of Suffolk before." Said Keegan.
"I thought you said that you and your parents use to come over here every summer." Said Candace.
"We did, we never came to this part of town." Said Keegan.
"Oh, i see. Well, i guess that explains it, then." Said Candace.
"I guess so." Said Keegan.
Candace's cellphone rang, causing her to stop in her tracks and answer it. "Hello?"
"I told you not to hang up on me." Came the voice on the other line. It was the same person who had called last night.
"What do you want?" Candace asked.
"To talk." Said the voice.
"Well, dial someone else, okay?" Said Candace before hanging up and placing her cell back in her pocket.
"Who was that?" Keegan asked.
"Nobody. Just some guy who dialed the wrong number. Come on." Said Candace before she and the others countinued onward through the forest...unaware that they were being watched by a black coat hooded figure, who was standing behind a tree.
The gang soon came to another part of the forest, where they saw a huge, massive tree with roots around the roof top of a cave.
"Cool." Said Keegan.
"Do you like it?" Candace asked.
"What's not to like?" Keegan asked before looking down at the Miller pups.
"This is pretty cool." Said Mickey.
"Dude, if i could live here, i would." Said Dice.
"Once you get your wild legs, it's not so bad." Said Max.
"Keegan?!" Came two voices.
Everyone looked and saw Isabella and Charlie and Waddlesworth, Chomp, Digger, Drooler, Dottie and Dipstick and Georgette. Charlie was holding firewood, while Isabella was just waving. "Hi!" They both said.
Isabella wore a pink, sleevless, spaghetti strapped top with a buttoned-up neckline with three pink buttons, a white spaghetti strapped top underneath, faded light blue jean shorts that went down to knees, and white sneakers.
Charlie wore a pink, short sleeve t-shirt with white writing written on it over the bluish-purple number 88, pale blue shorts that went down to the calf of his legs, and black sneakers. The white writing on the shirt said Athletic Dept. Sporting The Leauge. League. Co. Est 1973.
"Isabella! Charlie!" Said Keegan before he, Candace and the puppies ran towards their two friends.
Charlie dropped the firewood and he and Isabella and the dogs ran towards Keegan and the other.
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Outside the forest, Jerry screeched up to the edge of the woods in his car and got out and closed the door.
"Keegan?!" Jerry called out.
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Back in the forest, Keegan, Candace, the puppies, Isabella, Charlie and the dogs all ran up to each other and greeted one another.
"Hi, Isabella. Hey, Charlie." Said Keegan.
"Hey, Keegan. Hi, miss Davis." Said Isabella.
"Watcha do...OW!" Charlie was cut off when Isabella elbowed him in the ribs.
"Watcha doin?'" Isabella asked.
"I was just about to ask you guys the same thing. What are you doing way out here in these woods?" Keegan asked.
"Oh, nothing, just camping with our parents, is all. How bout you?" Said Isabella.
"Isabella and Charlie come out here with their parents on the weekends to get away from the big city. Some times i come out here with them and we have a blast together." Said Candace.
"We're not always with our parents. Some times we're with other relatives too. Like my cousin Chloe and her husband, Kevin." Said Isabella to Keegan.
"Or with Roger and Anita, and their two Dalmatians, Pongo and Perdy." Said Charlie.
"You know Roger and Anita Dearly? How?" Keegan asked.
"Easy: Anita's my aunt. And she's me Mum's sister." Answered Charlie.
"Wow, that's amazing! Aunt Candace, you didn't tell me that Charlie was related to Anita Campbell Dearly." Said Keegan.
"You never asked me." Said Candace.
"Right. Sorry." Said Keegan.
Barking was then heard and Isabella and Charlie looked down and saw the Miller puppies standing beside Keegan.
"Oh, sorry, guys. Didn't see you down there." Said Isabella.
"Hi, Dice, hi, Mickey, hi, Max, hi, Olive. It's good to see you again." Said Charlie.
"Same here." Said Max.
"Nice to see you too." Said Mickey.
"Word." Said Dice.
"Hey, where's Copper?" Isabella asked.
"Oh, wait one sec." Said Keegan. The 11 year old took off his backpack and placed it on the ground. He then got down on one knee and opened it up, and Copper poked his head out and jumped out of the backpack.
"Oh, there he is." Said Charlie.
"Yeah, there he is." Said Candace. "Keegan, what was Copper doing in your backpack?"
"I put him there for protection...for both myself and him." Said Keegan.
"Why?" Candace asked.
"Aunt Candace, my stepmother has the whole city of London looking for us. Anyone could easily spot us, if Copper is seen with us, and turn us in. It bad enough that they'll recognize me, but if they catch me with Copper, we're finished." Said Keegan.
"Oh, please. Don't act so overly dramatic." Said Candace.
"Oh, he's not acting overly dramatic. The mayor has missing person posters of Keegan and Copper plastered all over town, on milk cartons and online. She's not gonna give up until she catches you guys." Said Isabella.
"Well, if she wants me, she can come and get me. But i'm not letting her get her hands on Copper just so she can take him away from me again." Said Keegan.
"But she can't get to you out here. We're in Suffolk, the outskirts of London. We're out in the country. No one knows who you are out here or that you're missing." Said Candace.
"That may be so...but i'm not taking any chances. I let my stepmother take Copper away from me once...i'm not making that mistake again." Said Keegan.
"Don't worry, Keegan. She won't do anything to this little guy as long as we're here to help." Said Charlie.
"That's right. Because Copper has you and all of us to protect him." Said Candace.
"I know, i know. And i'll do everything i can to protect Copper...but you heard what Isabella just said: My stepmother has posters of me and Copper all over London, milk cartons and the internet. It's just a matter of time before someone recognizes us and turns us in. What if she comes here to Suffolk?" Said Keegan.
"I wish that witch would. Then i'll have to fly up on her, like this." Said Waddlesworth before flying off of Chomp's back and flapping his wings violently in front of Keegan and the puppies. He then landed on Digger's back. "Yeah, that's how i fly up on folks."
"So, i see." Said Keegan. "Wait a minute."
"What?" Isabella asked.
"Did you guys say that your parents are here with you?" Keegan asked.
"Yeah, why?" Charlie asked.
"Oh, that tears it. Come on, aunt Candace, let's get out of here." Said Keegan.
"Wait, why?" Candace asked.
"Aunt Candace, Isabella and Charlie's parents live in London. Odds are one or both of them have seen the news or the posters or read the online article about me and Copper. As soon as they saw us they'd turn us in." Said Keegan.
"I don't think Isabella and Charlie's parents would do that." Said Candace.
"Neither do i and Charlie. And even if they concider doing it, we'll just explain the situation to them. I'm sure they'll understand once we've explained everything. Right, Charlie?" Said Isabella.
"Right. No problem." Charlie added.
"I guys would do that? For me? And for Copper?" Keegan asked.
"Of course we would." Said Isabella.
"That's what friends are for." Charlie asked.
"Aw, you guys are the best. Group hug?" Said Keegan.
Keegan, Isabella, Charlie and Candace all group hugged together while The dogs and Waddlesworth watched.
Unbeknownst to them, they were being watched by an unseen figure, who was looking through a telliscope that was focused on Copper.
As the humans countinued to hug each other, Copper was struck in the side by a tranquilizer dart, causing him to let out a yip in pain.
Keegan, Candace, Isabella and Charlie all broke away from the hug and they, along with the dogs and Waddlesworth, turnned their attention towards Copper.
"I got him!" Said a british man standing on top of the roof top of the cave, holding a gun with a telliscope on it.
"Sherif?" Said Candace.
"Candace?" Said the british man known as the sherif.
Copper then looked at the sherif and began barking and growling at him, barring his sharp teeth.
One of the sherif's police officer's aimed a riffle at Copper and fired another dart, hitting it's target.
"No! No, wait!" Said Isabella and Charlie.
"Stop!" Candace screamed.
"Get those kids out of here!" Said the sherif.
Other officers arrived at the scene and restrained Candace, Isabella and Charlie, who were all struggling to break free from the cops.
"Don't kill it! Tranqs only!" Said the sherif.
"Sherif, what are you doing?!" Charlie screamed.
"He's not dangerous!" Candace added.
"He's not gonna hurt...Stop!" Said Charlie.
The sherif fired another dart at Copper. "I got him!"
"NO!" Keegan.
One of the police officers fires a netgun at Copper, trapping the seven week old liver-spotted Dalmatian.
"No!" Isabella said.
"Stop!" Said Candace.
One of the officers ran over to the net trapped snarling Copper and picked up the net.
"COPPER!" Keegan screamed.
Copper barked and snarled as he struggled to free himself from the net. After a minute of struggling, the pup managed to break out of the net, freeing himself, and landing on the ground. The seven week old pup got to his feet and growled at the police officers.
"Here we go! Come on, take aim!" Said the sherif.
Several of the officers aimed their guns at Copper, ready to fire more tranqs.
"NO!" Keegan screamed.
As Candace, Isabella and Charlie to free themselves from the officers, who were restraining them, Isabella put her leg behind the cop's and they both went down to the ground.
An angry Keegan picked up a long stick, ran over to the sherif, and attacked him with it while another officer shot Copper with a tranquilizer dart.
"ATTACK!" Said Waddlesworth. The Macaw, the dogs, and the puppies all charged at the officer and began attacking them.
The sherif then grabbed Keegan and held the boy over his shoulder.
"Stop! Copper! RUN!" Keegan said as he struggled to free himself from the sherif's grip.
Copper then began to take off away from the scene.
"Come on!" Said Isabella.
Copper continued running away from the scene.
"Come on! Go! Go!" Said Camdace.
"Copper." Said Keegan, with a smile on his face.
Copper ran as fast as his legs could carry him. And he when he was just about to get away from the scene, everything went in slow motion as the poor puppy slowly fell to the ground as the tranquilizers took effect.
The sherif held Keegan tightly in his grasp.
Copper tried to get up and, but fell back to the ground, barely concsious.
Keegan elbowed the sherif in the ribs and broke free. He ran over to Copper and got down on his knees right beside the barely concsious pup.
Copper's brown eyes slowly closed.
A saddened, teary-eyed Isabella and Charlie just looked on at the scene, with both of their faces tear strained.
Keegan picked Copper up, held him in his arms, and started to sob.
A teary-eyed Candace was heart broken as she looked on at the scene, along with the others.
Just then, Cruella's black and white Panther Deville car drove onto the scene, playing her theme music on the radio, and out stepped Linda and her two daughters, Adriana and Donna.
Linda wore a black suit top, with long sleeves, sharp, pointy shoulders, a black skirt that went down to the calf of her legs, gray stockings and black high heel shoes.
Linda looked on at the scene as a crying Keegan held the unconscious body of Copper in his arms. "Good work, sherif."
Jerry then arrived near by and staired at the scene in shock, follow by Isabella's and Charlie's parents.
"What is going on?" Jerry asked.
"Mum? Dad?" Said Isabella and Charlie.
"Isabella? Charlie?" Said the two sets of parents.
"Linda, what is this?" Jerry asked.
Linda turnned to face her husband. "This...is three crimes rolled into one...and i just solved them."
Jerry and the two sets of parents just staired at the unbelievable scene. Not sure what to make of it.
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DALMATIANS
RETURNS
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