Meanwhile with Snow White and the others...
The police soon put yellow tape everywhere to block the way that they were going.
"This isn't right." Snow White said somberly.
"Look." Rapunzel said as she pointed out to see a couple of police officers on duty.
"This is bad." Drell said.
"Great, now my confidence has dropped if Drell's worried." Cherry groaned.
"Cops never bother Iron John," Snow White scoffed. "Something must be going on."
Jack and Jill began to look scared.
"It's Red." Cinderella guessed.
"We don't know that." Sleeping Beauty said.
"We have to be sure." Jill replied in worry before Jack took her hand and gently squeezed it to soothe her.
"They look weak," Rapunzel smirked at the police officers at work. "Let's take 'em."
The others looked at Snow White to see if that was a good idea or not.
"Alright... You heard the woman." Snow White smirked in approval.
"Alright, then let's do it." Cherry smirked.
They soon went in behind the fence to go and see the police officers who guarded the area.
"This place creeps me out, man." One officer said to the other.
"Come on," The other officer scoffed before taking out a cigarette, looking ready to light it. "What do you think they're gonna do with Iron John and his boys?"
"Who cares?" The first officer sighed with a shrug.
The second officer began to try and flick the lighter he had on.
The first officer shivered. "It got cold all of a sudden." he then said in worry.
The second officer's lighter even turned to solid ice, making him drop it right on the ground. Rapunzel then lashed out her hair to grab the first officer and gagged his mouth as she used her hair to go around his mouth and to pull him back like some rope. And where he began to try and breathe, but with his mouth gagged he couldn't as he passed out.
Sleeping Beauty soon came to the other officer to knock him out instantly with her power. "Nighty-night~" she then said with a smirk.
The smoking officer then suddenly dropped to the floor as he passed out.
"All right, so what do we do now?" Patch asked.
"We look for whatever those cops were guarding." Snow White replied as they took a look around.
"Since the police answer to Rumplestiltskin, these two were most likely guarding Red." Drell said.
Suddenly, a man rushed over and Sleeping Beauty felt startled, so she let loose her power which made the man fall in the middle of the ground. A crowd soon roared as they came to stop the princesses, but they were getting ready to fight back as Rapunzel twirled her hair like a lasso.
"Hold them back!" Snow White told the others.
"You got it." The adventure group said.
Everybody soon used their special abilities to their advantage against the roaring crowd.
"I can hold them off." Cinderella said.
"This, I gotta see," Sabrina commented as Cinderella went into position. "Cinderella was always my favorite fairy tale when I was a little kid."
"Mine too." Atticus said.
Cinderella soon made the drabs come down before her princess powers began to change them into a metal fence.
"Yeesh!" Mo winced a bit. "They seem more feral than human."
"I could say the same thing." Zelda agreed.
"This is bad," Snow White said as she realized what was happening. "He's mobilizing his army. We have to assume he has the fragment and he's preparing an attack. He probably has stocked piles like this all over the city. We're gonna have to give up searching for Red," she then suggested. "Time's up."
"We can't give up now, Your Majesty," Jack frowned. "Not when Rumplestiltskin is still in this realm."
"I'm sorry, children, but it might be for the best." Snow White replied.
"If Rumplestiltskin has found Red, then why hasn't he used the mirror fragment yet?" Atticus asked.
Snow White went silent as that was a good question.
"It's because he doesn't have it; Red does." Cinderella answered.
"Correct." Atticus said.
"Her again." Sleeping Beauty scoffed.
"Oh, I've had just about enough of you!" Cherry glared, about to go after her, but Hilda and Zelda held her back. "Lemme at her! Lemme at her!"
"You may not think she's worth anything, but I'm not giving up on her." Cinderella firmly told the blonde princess.
"No life is worth a kingdom." Snow White shook her head.
"And he has the mirror, what is her life worth then?" Cinderella then asked as she approached Sleeping Beauty.
"Well, uh, maybe she actually doesn't have it." Sabrina spoke up with a shrug.
"I'm with Blondie on this one." Sleeping Beauty agreed.
"I saw it." Cinderella told them.
"We still have no idea where she is." Rapunzel said.
Snow White soon had an idea of how to find out where Red would be as she looked at a policeman who was feral. "Let's ask him." she then said as she referred to the black policeman.
Sleeping Beauty rolled her eyes before putting the police officer to sleep so that they could question him properly.
"I'll handle the questions." Drell glared as he cracked his knuckles.
"Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, you don't have to scare him straight!" Mo yelped.
"It's the best way," Drell narrowed his eyes. "You're mine, you feral scum."
"Would Red be considered someone who would cause trouble enough to be sent to jail?" Thor asked the princesses.
"She is a bit of a rebel sometimes," Rapunzel nodded. "Why do you ask?"
"Then I think I know where she is." Thor replied.
"Wow, Thor, that actually sounds smart of you." Cherry commented.
"I can be smart, Cherry." Thor narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Yeah, but I thought that was just about sandwiches and keeping your secret safe from, uh, mortals." Cherry shrugged.
"Anyway, if she's a bit of a rebel, then she's most likely in jail," Thor said. "Especially with of how The Police Force is answering to Rumplestiltskin."
Meanwhile with Red as she was placed in a jail cell...
"Really messed up, John," The officer who locked up Red smirked as he looked at Iron John in his own cell. "You're making a lot of noise, you and your men. The Mayor is a little upset you've been squatting on city property without coming to pay tribute."
"Tribute for what?" Iron John sneered as he sat up in his cell to glare at the officer from the bars. "My men were working on that site until the mayor shut it down. They lost their livelihood! All I've done to keep them together... Someone's gotta keep that order."
"It's too late now," The officer smirked before facing the girl in the other cell. "And you, Little Red Bitch, I've got some questions for you. You and me are going down the hall to the den!" he told her before leaving the scene. "Boys down there are asking hard."
Red soon moved her mouth to show a key there as she took it out of her mouth and unlocked her door once he was gone and opened it up before locking it back and smirked at Iron John as she held the key out his reach. "I didn't kill your men, and I didn't kill you when I had the chance," she then smirked as she kept holding out the key for him as he tried to get it, but she kept swiping it away from him before tossing it over her shoulder. "Whoops!" she then smirked as she walked away while pulling up her hood over her head.
"You bitch! Come back, you bitch! Come back, you bitch! You bitch!" Iron John glared.
Meanwhile with the princesses, Drell, Hilda, Zelda, and the adventure group...
"Is he awake yet?" Mo asked.
"He's waking up right now." Cinderella replied.
The cop they had captured groaned a bit as he stirred around.
"Is he back to normal?" Snow White asked.
"Almost." Cinderella replied.
"Someone give me a smelly shoe," Cherry remarked. "I'll wake him up."
"I don't think that will be required." Drell said.
The police officer soon woke up. "Where am I?" he groaned as he woke up before gasping as he saw the feral men behind the fence before facing the group. "What's going on?"
"We need to have a little talk." Hilda replied sharply.
"Or you can go back in there with them." Zelda added with a sinister smirk.
"No, please!" The police officer begged fearfully.
"Where is Red Riding Hood?" Cinderella then demanded.
"Who?" The police officer replied. "Look, I'm just a rookie."
"He doesn't know anything." Sleeping Beauty said.
"Well, he better know something." Rapunzel replied.
"We gotta gut him like a fish," Cherry glared. "He's sweating like a vampire under the sun."
"Look! It was join or die," The rookie told them. "They put me with Ernst so he could keep an eye on me. I didn't know what he was planning, and then it was too late. He's taking people."
"You don't say." Mo replied as Atticus took notes in a notepad.
"Vagrants... Runaways... I couldn't figure out what he was doing with them," The rookie continued. "Now I know."
"He's not who you think he is." Rapunzel told him.
"No kidding." The rookie said.
"We've already seen him ruin one world." Rapunzel said.
"We need to find someone before the Mayor does," Snow White added sternly. "We tracked her this far, we've hit a dead-end."
"The police have her," The rookie said softly as he knew who she meant. "There's only one place she'll be."
"Jail?" Thor guessed.
"The den." The rookie informed.
"Damn!" Drell glared before he punched a wall in frustration.
"Of all places she had to be, it had to be the den." Thor groaned.
"How far is the den from here?" Atticus asked the rookie.
"About 10 miles away from here," The rookie said nervously. "Can I go now?"
"You're free to go for another day," Atticus allowed. "Thank you for your time."
The rookie soon took off, running free from being feral.
"Alright, let's start making our way to the den." Drell said.
They soon got into their cars and drove to the den.
"Uh, Drell?" Cherry spoke up a bit shyly. "Do you think we'll find Red?"
"Cherry, are you scared?" Drell hid a small smirk as he gripped the steering wheel. "I thought Batman's little helper wasn't afraid of anything. Guess you're a bit shook up without your Dark Knight in Shining Armor to protect you."
"Drell!" Cherry whined at the teasing.
"Ah, relax, will ya?" Drell replied. "Everything's going to be okay. I promise."
"Fine." Cherry groaned.
"Besides, we've faced worse then this." Atticus shrugged.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Cherry rolled her eyes.
"Watch that tone." Zelda firmly said, almost sounding like a mother.
They continued to drive off and soon stopped and parked once they reached the den.
"I guess this is it," Jack said. "Hopefully we can find Red."
"I just really hope we can find a good home and be safe away from people like Rumplestiltskin and the Hatter." Jill frowned to her brother.
"Once Rumplestiltskin is gone, you two will get a good home." Drell assured them.
"That's right." Hilda nodded.
"You really think so?" Jill asked.
"I happen to know so, now let's just hope things go all according to plan." Drell smiled.
Jack and Jill began to look hopeful of their futures together.
They soon came into the building and began to search among the corridors. As they continued to search, they soon were encountered by a police officer until Sleeping Beauty put him to sleep.
"Nighty night." Thor smirked.
The police officer suddenly fell to the floor as they began to continue down the corridors.
"It's quiet," Cherry said. "Too quiet."
"That's almost never a good sign." Mo commented.
"It's never a good sign." Drell said.
A police officer was seen about to get a generator started back up.
"Yeah, tell me about it." Cherry rolled her eyes before glancing over.
The police officer looked ready until he was suddenly pinned against the wall.
"Where is Little Red Riding Hood?!" Cherry snapped as she had done that.
"Impressive..." Drell smirked. "Nice to know you aren't as spineless as a jellyfish."
"I don't know!" The police officer told her nervously.
A police officer was seen coming down to the cells of the den. "What hell is all that noise? Shut the hell up!" he then called down before seeing Red's cell was open and she wasn't in it. This was not good news for him as this would not bode well for Rumplestiltskin. He soon began to panic once he saw the girl was absent. "No, no, no, no, no, no! Where is she?! Where the hell is she?!" he then panicked instantly.
Iron John just laughed at the situation and how panicky the police officer was.
"Everybody to the den!" The police officer said on his radio urgently. "Get SWAT there! Now, now!"
"Looks like we found our answer," Cherry narrowed her eyes as she punched the police officer she had right in the face. "Let's go now!"
They soon heard Iron John's laughter echoing around the den.
"Okay, I didn't know The Joker was locked up here." Cherry rolled her eyes from the laughter.
"Whoever is laughing must find the police situation funny." Drell said.
The lights soon went off.
"What's going on?" Sleeping Beauty asked.
"SWAT." Snow White growled as she had a very good idea.
The SWAT team soon swarmed in and looked ready to attack anyone who would stand in their way.
"We've got a prisoner loose in the den," One told the others in his group. "Fan out."
The group soon split up to look for any intruders.
"Lethal Force is authorized," The leader continued. "It's your lucky day, boys. I'm gonna kill me a princess!"
"I think now would be a good time for your special power." Sabrina suggested to Rapunzel.
"I couldn't agree more." Rapunzel nodded.
The SWAT team soon separated as one of them soon continued going forward. One member soon ran down one hallway only to get tripped from Rapunzel's hair and was suddenly right on the floor. Rapunzel then continued to attack with her hair from where she stood.
"Contact!" Another officer called before Rapunzel attacked him too and one member was about to shoot her.
Snow White then struck that officer down with an icicle. Two officers came towards Jack and Jill who joined hands before glowing.
"Shape of rhino!" Jill called out before she soon transformed and charged towards the officer.
"And form of a tidal wave!" Jack added before splashing the two officers right in the middle of the floor and flooded them before they could stand up.
"Hold up!" An officer called out about to go into another room as he pulled the pin off a grenade before Sleeping Beauty used her princess to put him to sleep and where the grenade fell out of his hand and rolled under the feet of another police officer.
"What the-?" The officer asked before seeing the grenade close to his feet. "Aw sh-"
KABOOM! Drell nodded as he looked very proud of the adventure team helping out and had come along way since their training with the Justice League, not to mention the adult members being like family to them, especially with Superman for Atticus and Batman for Cherry.
"She's not here," Snow White said as they regrouped. "We have to go!"
A new officer soon showed up just then as Thor got a Thunderball ready, but he didn't have to use it as an arrow suddenly zoomed by which made him fall to the ground.
"Well, that was either Green Arrow or..." Thor said to his friends.
"Red Riding Hood!" The others replied.
Indeed, Red had shown up as she approached the group. "Looks like you found your queen." she then said to them.
"Alright, we found Red and now let's get back to Snow White's place." Thor said.
"Agreed." The adventure group said.
"Are we gonna spend the night?" Patch asked.
"Most likely." Atticus replied.
"All right," Cherry said as she brought out her phone. "I better tell Aunt Selina so she doesn't worry."
"Sleepover!" Thor gushed in excitement.
"I better tell my parents too." Atticus said as he took out his cell phone.
"Should I tell my parents?" Thor asked his uncle.
"Nah," Drell replied. "I knew this would be a long night, so I left a note for your parents, telling them where'd you be."
"Whew." Thor smiled.
"I better inform my aunt and uncle about this too." Mo said as she brought out her cell phone.
"That's a great idea," Atticus smiled. "...You always have such great ideas, Mo."
Mo smiled back before the both of them seemed to blush at each other's smiles.
"You just better not share a sleeping bag." Zelda told them like a protective mother.
After a few rings, Cherry, Atticus, and Mo each soon got an answer from their respective guardians.
"Hey, Aunt Selina, I'm going to be sleeping over with the others tonight; I hope that's alright." Cherry said on her cell phone.
"Hey, Dad." Atticus said to Clark on his cell phone.
"Hmm... I suppose that would be okay," Selina replied. "I trust you and your friends."
"I know ya do." Cherry beamed slightly.
"Dad, it's alright if I spend the night with my friends, right?" Atticus asked. "I already took out the trash before I did my homework."
"Well... Okay," Clark replied on the other line. "I just hope you don't miss school with your friends."
"I promise I'll be on my best behavior and I won't be irresponsible," Mo said to her aunt and uncle on the phone. "Just make sure you tell Gloriosa and Timber too."
"You never were much of a troublemaker," Carolyn had to admit. "I'm just not sure about a sleepover on a school night."
"I promise, I'll make it to school on time with my friends and I won't let you down." Mo promised.
Drell seemed to be secretly doing something while they were on the phone. Atticus, Mo, and Cherry each soon hung up their cell phones.
"Alright, now let's get to Snow White's place." Patch smiled.
They soon went and went to get some sleep for the night.
"I'll take you ladies back home until we can meet up tomorrow," Drell said to Hilda and Zelda. "I don't mind walking you home."
"Sure you don't just wanna teleport back home?" Zelda smirked, crossing her arms.
"You can teleport home, I'm going to walk with him." Hilda suggested.
"Eh, sure, why not?" Zelda smirked as she teleported back home leaving Hilda alone with Drell.
"Well, that was easy." Drell said.
Hilda looked bashful about being alone with Drell before they began to walk off together.
"Uh, good night!" Sabrina called out, trying to get their attention.
"Oh, uh, good night, Sabrina," Hilda smiled bashfully as she walked off with her boyfriend. "You and your friends have fun. Salem, keep an eye on her."
"I'm a world-renowned warlock, I shouldn't have to be babysitting a teenager." Salem scoffed.
"I'll give you a delicious piece of salmon." Sabrina smiled.
"I'd be happy to watch over you." Salem smiled back.
Sabrina giggled as she hugged him. "That's a good cursed warlock turned into a cat~" she then cooed.
"And don't ya forget it!" Salem smirked.
Soon, everybody got settled for the night as they tried to sleep peacefully, though Jack and Jill still felt scared about Rumplestiltskin being out there to try and take them. Patch could understand that because a crazy woman crazy for fur had tried to get him and his siblings to make them into a fur coat, but thankfully she was behind bars. He soon decided to go over to Jack and Jill to try and calm their nerves. Jack and Jill looked over.
"It's going to be okay," Patch told him as he sat between the siblings. "I know how you feel."
"You do?" Jill asked.
"Yes," Patch nodded. "Before I met Atticus, my brothers and sisters had to avoid a crazy woman who wanted to skin us for our fur to make coats with," he then told them. "If that Rumplestiltskin guy tries to hurt you if I'm around, I'll give him a good talking with my teeth..." he then said before bearing his teeth like a big, strong dog.
Hearing Patch doing his best to sound like a big, strong dog made Jill giggle a little.
"Thanks, Patch." Jack smiled.
"No problem," Patch smiled back before yawning. "Let's get some sleep now."
Jack and Jill beamed before they fell asleep with the Dalmatian sitting between them for comfort.
"Good dog." Atticus whispered at that before he also fell asleep.