Plan B
"Well, that sure was a waste!" Millhouse sighed as he plopped down on the dusty couch.
"Well, I guess we're back to where we started," Brian mused.
"Not quite."
"What's that Marjorie?"
"After I finished Mindy, I noticed her shoes. There was a note hidden under one of the straps on her stilettos." Marge took the note from her pocket, unfolded it, and read aloud. " 'Jacques knows: 1. Eric is in Dance Horizons dance troupe. 2. Said dance troupe is scheduled to perform next Saturday night at the Halloween Carnival. Burns knows this as well-he bought this information for ten millions dollars two days ago-Mindy'."
"But what can we do? Burns won't be there himself, he's not that stupid."
"But he will send one of his people there. Perhaps we could follow them?"
"I have a better idea, da-foy!" a nasaly voice interrupted. Prof. Frink entered the Simpson's living room. "I have devised this transmitter that can be placed inside Eric's stomach via a small incision, burhey. It will produce a homing signal that can be detected from over thirty miles, forty five kilometers, hoohoo. If you were to let Burns capture the boy, you could then follow the signal to his lair and kill him, nghavit."
"No way I'm letting Burns get my boy!"
"Forget it, Professor!" Marge said.
"Wait…wait…" Alucard said, looking deeply pensive.
"You have an idea, Alucard?"
"Yes. Professor, that transmitter can be placed in a projectile, correct?"
"Why certainly. I developed it from a dart that designed that allows biologists to track-"
"I have a plan. Eric goes to the carnival. Burns' minions will try and capture him. Plan A, we stop them but are able to get a tracking bullet in one of them, and we follow him back to the lair. Plan B, they capture Eric, but we can follow the tracker in him as well as the one in Burns' lackey back to lair."
There was silence while the Hunters weighed the idea.
"Its risky."
"Its our best bet," Robert said. "We're no closer than we were a month ago to knowing where Burns lair is. The only way to save Eric and Maggie is to kill Burns. And to do that, we must find him."