Everyone turned around in absolute horror when they heard Penelope's outburst. The fact that Sylvester was cause for alarm. It could mean anything from there was an intruder to that he was lost in the mansion. Everybody started to worry for Sylvester's safety. Everyone who had been in the mansion before began to get a sense of Dèjà vu, remembering when the lights went out and when they came back on, Jessica had vanished. That was a moment nobody had forgotten, Jessica especially. The moment when she was being carried off was something she had never forgotten. She was still unsure as to how the Zombie had dropped her. Penelope had fallen into Lola's arms, crying her eyes out. Sylvester Jr. had done the same thing, only falling into Zach's arms. Jessica and Zach looked at each other and at Sylvester Jr. This wasn't like him, but they understood how much he must be worrying about his father. Since Sylvester had split with Sylvia, Sylvester Jr. had only had one parent at a time, two if Penelope counted as a stepmother.
"Penelope, where were you when he disappeared?" Bugs asked. Penelope was able to look up and wipe the tears from her eyes.
"We were outside the bathroom." She replied.
"Then that's where we should go. He couldn't have gone far." Tweety said.
"I don't believe this." Aaooga moaned.
"Neither do I Aaooga, neither do I."
"I hope the little dear's alright." Granny said.
"Granny, if I know Sylvester, he'll be perfectly fine." Tweety replied.
"Either way, we need to, I say, we need to find him." Foghorn added.
"Where is t-t-the bathroom?" Porky asked.
"It's over…" Penelope was about to say before Becky suddenly screaming loudly, interrupting her. She had seemed to be started off by nothing at all. She had obviously inherited her mother's loud voice, as her screaming was deafening everybody. Everybody was covering his or her ears to block out the noise while Aaooga was desperately trying to calm her daughter down. Since she and Tweety were used to this, they didn't need to cover their ears. Aaooga had Becky in her arms and was rocking her slowly, but Becky was still screaming. It was as if something in the air was upsetting her, but nobody could see what it was. Tweety started tickling Becky's chin, but that didn't stop her screaming either. Still covering his ears, Sylvester Jr. thought of something. He went over to the three canaries, suddenly leant into Becky's view and pulled a shocking face. Becky suddenly stopped and giggled. Everyone realised and uncovered their ears. Becky suddenly started screaming again, and for no reason, deafening everyone again. This time Zach went over and surprised Becky with a shocking face. Becky stopped screaming and giggled again. Not wanting her to start up again, Jessica went over and pulled a shocking face of her own. Becky began laughing hysterically. Everybody gave a huge sigh of relief once Becky had stopped screaming.
"That was like Saturday night at the wailing wall." Daffy muttered.
"Daffy!" Tweety snapped.
"Sorry."
"Anyway, where was the bathroom?" Miss. Prissy asked.
"It's over this way." Penelope replied.
"Ok then, let's go." Bugs instructed.
Everyone arrived at the bathroom where Sylvester had disappeared. They could see that the carpet was slightly messed up, presumably from where the three cats had tripped up earlier. There was also a tiny spot of blood from Sylvester Jr's nosebleed. Other than that, there was absolutely no sign as to where Sylvester had gone. Penelope began to get even more worried about Sylvester. She placed both of her hands on her chest and looked around quickly, looking for any sign of Sylvester. Sylvester Jr. was equally worried about his father. He had already lost contact with his mother and he might end up losing his father as well. Unless either of his parents were found, he was in danger of becoming an orphan.
"He's obviously not here right now." Petunia muttered.
"Where could he be?" Penelope asked.
"He could be anywhere in this big old mansion." Tweety replied.
"Let's split up." Lola suggested.
"Just what I was thinking." Daffy exclaimed. Everybody looked at him with a 'yeah, right' look. Daffy just shrugged.
"Same groups?" Miss. Prissy asked. Jessica was whispering into her father's ear. Now that her parent's knew about who she was at night, she wasn't scared to talk to her parents about it. She was careful to ensure that nobody overheard what she was saying. She did this very well and only Bugs knew what she had said.
"We'll search around here." Bugs said.
"Ok then, the rest of us will search this whole mansion." Tweety added. The group then split up and went in separate directions, leaving Bugs, Lola and Jessica outside the bathroom. When everybody was clear, Jessica began tapping on the walls and floors around the bathroom and inside the bathroom.
"Jess, what are you doing?" Lola asked.
"Mum, if I know situations like this, there is bound to be a secret panel somewhere nearby." Jessica replied.
"Are you sure?"
"I am an expert at this."
"Yeah, you're right." Jessica was continually tapping on the walls until she tapped a part of the wall in the bathroom nearest the door. This part of the wall sounded hollow to Jessica's trained hearing. She continued to tap this particular area to be absolutely sure. Her parents came over and had a look at the area she was tapping.
"This section of wall, it's hollow." Jessica said to her parents. Bugs and Lola leaned in closer to the wall and had a listen as well. Jessica tapped the section of wall and they heard that it was hollow as well.
"You were right Jess." Bugs complimented.
"Of course." Jessica replied smugly. The three of them began tapping tiles around the area. Eventually, Bugs found a tile that was loose a little. The tile was just above his head and was only slightly loose.
"Jess, I've found a lose panel." Bugs called out. Jessica looked up at her father and Bugs touched the panel he had found. Jessica also saw that it was loose. She climbed up her father's back and pushed the loose panel. The panel fell off the wall and Jessica could see that there was a tunnel behind the wall. Jessica jumped at the wall and grabbed onto the edge of the hole.
"Jess, what are you doing?" Lola asked.
"I'm going down this tunnel to see what's at the end." Jessica replied.
"Jessica, why?"
"I'm getting a serious case of Dèjà vu right now. I want to see what is at the end of this tunnel. It might be Sylvester."
"Ok, just…be careful."
"Mum, compared to having to infiltrate the looniversity when those terrorists were around, this is nothing." With that, Jessica climbed through the hole and went off exploring down the tunnel, leaving Bugs and Lola in the bathroom. Jessica was going to handle whatever was in the tunnel.
"Do you think she'll be ok?" Lola asked.
"Lo, Jess is going to be ok. She's effectively a grown girl now." Bugs replied.
"I know that, but I can't help but worry."
"All we can do is wait for her."
Tweety and Aaooga had found their way to the Kitchen where they had first met the ghost of Trina's ex. As the mansion hadn't been used for some time, the kitchen hadn't changed much, apart from a couple of mouse holes in the wall. There was also a large collection of dust on the work surfaces. Tweety and Aaooga had expected this but were unsure as to what they would do about it, since they only really used the Mansion for parties. Becky was clinging onto her mother's back. She liked being carried like this, even though she could walk and fly. It made her feel much more comfortable, especially since there was something scaring her. She had no idea of what it was, but she was in a constant feeling of terror. It was this feeling of terror that had made her scream earlier. She had felt a sudden increase in whatever it was that was scaring her. This feeling was also what was preventing her from talking; she was just too scared to talk. The three canaries were looking around the room, searching for any sign of Sylvester. There was no sign of him in the kitchen.
"Aaooga, do you get a bad feeling about all of this?" Tweety asked.
"Yes, I do. This is very similar as to what happened last time." Aaooga replied.
"There are a several similarities, but Sleety can't be behind this."
"You're right, Shirley sealed him into the void."
"Unless our trek back in time somehow resurrected him."
"I hope not." Becky was curious as to who this Sleety was. She had heard her parents mention his name before but she never thought to ask who he was. She put her fear behind her and decided to ask.
"Who is Sleety?" Becky asked. Tweety and Aaooga were quite shocked when Becky spoke, as she had been virtually silent ever since they had entered the mansion, part from her screaming fit earlier. Aaooga turned her head and looked at her daughter.
"Sleety is a very bad man Becky. I dare not say what he has done. It's too shocking."
"Becky, you have been quiet for a very long time." Tweety said. Becky fell silent again, choosing to stare at her father timidly.
"What's wrong?" Aaooga asked. Becky eventually decided to describe as best as she could as to what was bothering her.
"I think…there's something…here." Becky replied.
"What do you mean by that?"
"I don't know."
"Becky, we can't help if you don't know what's bothering you."
"Mum, I feel something." Tweety and Aaooga looked at each other with a look of surprise. They had no idea of what Becky was talking about but they did have a very bad feeling about it.
"What do you feel?" Tweety asked.
"I don't know. It constantly terrifies me."
"How does it terrify you?"
"I keep feeling that something's watching us. I also get the feeling that there's some kind of monster just behind me."
"Bugs gets the feeling that he's being watched fairly often."
"Let's keep our eyes open." Tweety said.
"Ok."
"Mummy, what's that?" Becky asked. She was pointing to something shining near the wall. They couldn't tell what it was from where they were so they walked closer to where the shine was coming from. The shine was coming from a small silver dagger next to the wall. Tweety immediately picked up the dagger, recognising it immediately.
"Isn't this the silver dagger that Egghead Jr. made last time we were here?" Aaooga asked.
"It is. What's it doing here?" Tweety asked.
"I don't know."
"We should hang onto it as a precaution."
"Right."
Sylvester Jr. and Penelope had found their way to an empty bedroom in the upper levels of the mansion. They could tell that it was a bedroom because of the way that the room was shaped. Like most of the bedrooms in the mansion, there was an en suit bathroom. The bathroom had a toilet, a corner bath, a shower, a sink and a medicine cupboard. The medicine cupboard had a mirror on the doors. Sylvester Jr. and Penelope looked around the room with a look of despair. There was no sign of Sylvester anywhere in this room. Both cats were getting extremely worried about his safety. Sylvester Jr. was worried that he might become an orphan if Sylvester wasn't found, since his mother was missing. Penelope loved Sylvester so much that she would not forgive herself if something bad had happened to him.
"Father!" Sylvester Jr. called out.
"Sylvester!" Penelope called out after him. There was absolutely no response.
"He's not in here Penelope."
"Where could he be?"
"I don't know."
"Let's keep looking."
"Penelope?"
"What is it?"
"If something has happened to father, I'd like you to look after me." Penelope knelt down and gave Sylvester Jr. a big hug. She hadn't had a child of her own and always wanted one. She may eventually have Sylvester Jr. as a stepson, if they found Sylvester and he proposed to her. She loved Sylvester Jr. as well. She saw him as a stepson, even though they weren't related. Sylvester Jr. really liked Penelope. She treated him as well as Sylvia did. He saw Penelope as a stepmother. He loved it when she showed him affection, like she was now.
"Sylvester Jr, if we can't find your father, I will look after you." Penelope said.
"Thank you Penelope."
"It's the least I can do."
"Let's see if we can find father."
"Yeah. I love him too much to let anything happen to him." Sylvester Jr. and Penelope turned to leave the room, only to find a white mist blocking their way. A few drops of sweat ran down the backs of both cats. They could tell that it was a ghost, but they couldn't tell whether it was friendly or not.
"Uh oh." Sylvester Jr. quipped.
"A ghost!" Penelope exclaimed.
"Who are you?" The ghost then took on its normal form. Hovering before Sylvester Jr. and Penelope was a figure that they both recognised and were shocked to see.