Chapter Six
While the brat's away, the mice will play.
With Duchess gone, the house seemed to be the thriving torrent of color and life that it had once been before she had been there.
Eduardo was braver than ever and Wilt was making the best three throws in his personal record. Coco was on the verge of regaining her sanity, even! Mac and Bloo were spending their time playing video games and Frankie's burden was lessened greatly. Herriman was on his paperwork with no trouble at all.
Meanwhile, back on the plane where Duchess was, the crew was hearing pounding as though it were coming from some enraged beast. When the crew members had gone to check the cargo hold, they saw that it was the crate with Duchess inside of it that had been pounding. In fear of it being some evil beast, the crew dumped it out smack into the nearest port of call…in a country of peasants! Duchess was thus knocked out for a good few hours.
Meanwhile, miles away, Madame Foster awoke from her sleep, to say "I sense a disturbance in the Force!" and then dozed off.
It's finally happened. Duchess may finally be gone for good!