the arcade at Gus's Games N Grub was a blast for Elroy, Luna, and Lincoln. Dave was sittting outside on one of the benches tables since dogs aren't allowed inside the building, unless he is a seeing eye dog, or a therapeutic pet. Still, being a flat-coated retrievers he was, Dave didn't really mind the cold at all, thanks to his fine, downer coat of fur. Granted it wasn't really like a shield to protect him from the cold like a samoyed, chow-chow, or newfoundland would have, but it still helped him a little.

Although Jeff and Tammy are working on making him a certified therapeutic dog so that Elroy can take him wherever he goes. Whether going on an airplane to the Cote d'Ivoire, or a train to go to the other side of America, nothing would stop Dave from protecting his best friend and owner when he needs the protection

Inside the pizza place, Lincoln, and Artie were having fun playing Alien Zombie Attack with large guns attached to the machine, something that looked a little similar to clone trooper guns from Star Wars, and they were shooting so many alien zombies that were coming towards their players and eat their brains. "Watch out!" Lincoln said to the kid. Elroy blasted a couple of online alien zombies with ribs piercing the skin from the back, and he gunned them down in a few seconds. "Nice shooting, Elroy." he commended the small child

"Thanks, Lincoln." Elroy said. Meanwhile, Luna was keeping servailance over the two boys as they were playing. In the meantime, she had some pizza that tasted really good. After all, what kind of person doesn't really like pizza?

So far, there was no crime to be stopped right now. Yes, it was very peaceful right now in the city with nothing bad erupting right now. It was good for Luna had a little chance to relax and have time for herself with no evil events happening. It brought her joy and happiness in her heart to see kids having fun together in the arcade. One thing that concerned her was if a stronger, more powerful villain will come and terrorize the city.

Granted, she has faced a few powerful supervillains before, but she wondered if there will be a villain not even she can be able to defeat. Even with her new super friends with powers. Even Luna knows that there are certain things that many superheroes cannot overcome. Despite that, she just decided to just carry on with her life and just be happy and not assume the worst. After all, a hero's work is never done. She went outside to check on Dave to see if the dog was not freezing to death out there in the snowy atmosphere, and she smiled to see that the pooch was doing okay, sitting and looking around at his surroundings. The retriever perked his ears up and looked at Luna, wagging his tail happily and giving him a few barks. "Aww, you doin' okay, Dave?"

The dog nodded a yes to her in response and had his tongue out happily.

"Good. Just checkin on you." she brought him a small bowl of water so he wouldn't go thirsty over time. Lincoln and Elroy stopped their match after Lincoln lost at the thirty-third round of this. The more levels there were in this game, the harder and more difficult it is to win, and the zombie aliens become stronger and faster after each round. Still, despite that, both the boys were having fun with and they moved on to the next available game, which was Demon Racer X, a game where a person plays as a racing demon from the Underworld and race against their opponents.

It is a really fun game and Lincoln put in the tokens so that he and his little friend can play together. "I'm gonna beat you, Lincoln!" Elroy said playfully with his tongue out in enthusiasm.

"We'll see about that, Elroy!" Lincoln smiled before the two began their matches. Gus, the owner of the pizza arcade, went up to Luna and he sat on the bench with her.

"You have made so much contributions to Royal Woods, Luna." said Gus.

"Thanks. I know I have, dude. Nothing a superhero like me can't handle." she rested her back on the booth seat, and rested her hands behind her head in relaxation. "Whenever anyone needs my help, they just call my name and I will always answer." she then took another bite of her pizza before adding. "I just need to be on the lookout for any of my enemies that might try and surprise me like at a party. Not the good kind of party either." then she took a sip of her root beer.

Gus made a small laugh, and said: "You are a card, Luna Frost. I will give you credit for that. So is your brother enjoying the games here?"

"Are you kidding me, G? Video games are one of his passions, like music is my passion."

"Or my passion about pizza." Gus added

"Totally! Yep. Lincoln is having fun with little Elroy. And..." she zoomed her mouth closer to his right ear before adding: "the poor kid over there next to my bro has been through a very tough time right now. His parents were mean and abusive to them, but try not to mention it to him. I don't want him to be so sad again."

"Oh no." Gus expressed great sympathy for little Elroy after all that he has been through for a small boy. "No problem, Luna. But does he have a place to stay at least?"

"Totally. His aunt and uncle, who should be the parents and not the kid's biological ones. I just don't know why his own rents would wanna hurt the poor guy."

"Me neither, Luna. He is certainly not the only child in the world that suffers this kind of harsh treatment or abuse. As long as he knows that, then he shouldn't feel like he is the only one."

"True. But hey, his aunt and uncle are taking good care of him."

The manager noticed the dog outside the doors. "What is with that pooch out there?'

"He'' Elroy's dog. He protects him all time in his time of need. Say, can you let him in? He is really attached to Elroy. He even saved him from being injured."

The owner of this arcade had a rsthet skeptical look on his face. He looked Luna, then Dave and he ultimately asked: "is he therapy dog,?"

"Well... no, but the uncle and aunt did say they were working on that. But come on, can you let him in here? He makes Elroy more calm than ever before."

"Oh very well." the owner of this place sighed in defeat, and answered: "very well. He can come in. BUT! I am not cleaning up after him. If he so bad as my bed with broken springs, I would be at the chiropractor for a whole month. Luna smiled and let the door open with Dave bolting inside and be with his friend once more.

Luna went up to young Elroy and said: "well, good news, Elroy! I got dave to come in now."

"Yay!" thr boy clapped his hands uh pure happiness. Suddenly, Luna's phone rang and went to a nearby hallway to see what the problem was.

"Hello?" Luna answered.

'Ah, Luna. Remember us?" said a male voice. it was Elroy's own, deranged dad. "We would like our son back."

"What?" Luna said. "why are you turds even calling us?"

"We have a reason why you and Elroy should come to us alone. Because... we have his aunt and uncle