*Snow blowing in the wind* Wh... Huh? How did you up here? Ugh, no matter. I'm climbing this snowy mountain in search of this chapter you've been waiting for. The reason I've been absent is because, 1. I wanted to have a nice spring break, and 2. I just got back into school and have been really busy. Because of this, chapter 9 was left only half complete... until now! I finished it during my English class, even though I should've started writing my essay that was due almost 5 hours ago, heh heh, heh, oh man, I am so getting a zero for this... Anyway, I just started climbing this mountain, knowing that this chapter is here somewhere. While I'm looking, let's do the recap!

Last time, Danielle discovers Tramp's grave and that was a big emotional blow to her. Anyway, Sam finds her and they arrive back to the lab. Sam explained how the space-time continuum works, and then they find out that it was future Buster who stole the time machine. Their plan now, was to find out how, where and when Buster got the sports almanac. To which Danielle simply said that she will just ask him.

So yeah, you'll find out how her idea will play out in this chapter.

... Hey... what's this? *picks it up out of the snow* I FOUND IT! I FOUND THE CHAPTER! *Distant Rumbling*...Oops...

Well, I'm just going to start this chapter and start running from this... AVALANCHE!

Ready? Sego!

Chapter 9 – About That Book

An old western movie was playing on the large TV, A gunman took his shotgun and shot the hero 3 times, the hero slumped over into the barrels as the gunman looked on with a smug look. The hero then stood up and removed a part of his leather cloak to reveal a steel plate covering his chest. A bulletproof vest.

Buster was sitting in a hot tub with two other female dogs. "Bulletproof vest! Great flic! Great flic! The guy is brilliant!" Buster laughed.

Then suddenly, the TV turned off. "Hey what the-" Buster said in confusion as he turned around. Only to see Danielle, holding the remote. "HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE!?" Shouted Buster as the girls squealed.

"Party's over Buster. Sorry ladies…" Danielle said as she tossed the remote into the water. "How did you get past my security downstairs?" Buster asked, fuming.

"There's a little matter we need to talk about." Said Danielle. "Yeah, money, right? Well forget it!" Shouted Buster. "No, not money… Gray's… Sports… Almanac…" Danielle said slowly.

Buster looked at her with a mixture of shock, realization and anger. "You heard her girls… the party's over."

The double doors opened into what looked like Buster's office. "Start talkin' kid, what else do ya know about that book?" Said Buster as he walked into the room with Danielle right behind him.

"First you tell me how you got it. How, where, and when." Danielle said as she stepped in front of him.

Buster chuckled. "Alright, take a seat." Buster said before turning around and walking around to the other side of his desk.

Danielle just stood there, watching him. When Buster noticed, he got intimidating. "SIT DOWN!" Buster said as he pointed at her. Danielle calmly turned and saw a chair to her right, which she jumped on and took a seat.

Buster then pushed his chair aside. "April 16th, 1911. That was when…" Buster said as he turned around and swung a large portrait of himself open, to reveal a safe hidden behind it.

Danielle immediately remembered that date. "April 16th, 1911? That was the date I went ba-" Danielle quickly stopped herself, she didn't want to tell Buster about the time machine, and quickly thought of something else. "That… was the date of the famous lightning storm." Said Danielle.

Buster looked at her. "You know your history kid… very good…" Said Buster. 'Huh, I never thought I'd hear a complement from Buster like that.' Thought Danielle.

Buster then continued. "I'll never forget that Sunday… I just picked up my car from the shop because I rolled it into a drag race a few days earlier." Buster said as he put in the combination.

Danielle knew Buster was lying about that. "I thought you crashed into a manure truck." Said Danielle in disbelief.

Buster turned to her stunned. "How do you know about that?" Asked Buster shocked. Danielle knew she had to think of something fast. "…My father told me about it." Said Danielle. "Your father?" Buster said in disbelief. Then she remembered. "Before he died…"

"Oh yeah… right." Said Buster quietly. He then opened the safe as he continued. "So, there I was mindin' my own business, this crazy old scarred up dog with an eyepatch shows up. He says he's my distant relative, I don't see any resemblance…" Buster said as he placed a box onto the table.

He then continued, "He says 'How would you like to be rich?' So, I said 'sure!'" Said Buster, he then opened the box and raised a book in a plastic cover. "So he lays this book on me… he says this book will tell me the outcome of every sporting event till the end of next year. All I have to do is bet on the winner, and I'll never lose."

Danielle slowly stood up and reached for it, only for Buster to slowly pull away. Danielle looked at him. "So I say 'What's the catch?'" Asked Buster, before he answered his own question. "He says 'No catch, just keep it a secret.'"

He then slowly placed the book back in it's box and closed it. "After that, he disappeared. I never saw him again…" Buster said as he turned around, heading back towards the safe with the box.

Danielle then notices on a plate that looked like a golden gear with six sharp ends, she saw some matchboxes. She took one and looked at it. When Buster closed the picture, Danielle quickly tucked it away.

Buster then looked at her and pulled his chair back to where it was. "Oh and he told me one more thing… He said that someday, a crazy wild-eyed kid or a puppy may show up, askin' about that book." Buster said as he sat into his chair and opened a drawer in front of him.

He then continued. "… And if that ever happens…" Buster said before raising a small gun and loaded it.

Danielle was immediately unsettled and realized what it was for. Buster quietly laughed as Danielle's eyes widened, she looked back and forth between Buster and the plate next to her. "Funny… I never thought it'd be you…" Buster said as he pointed the gun at her.

Danielle had to act quickly and came up with a risky idea. "Yeah, well Buster you're forgetting one thing. WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT!?" Danielle shouted as she pointed at something behind him.

Buster, not being smart, looked to where she was pointing. Danielle quickly grabbed the plate, Buster quickly turned back after hearing her grab it. Danielle hastily threw the plate like a frisbee, aimed straight at Buster.

He quickly ducked to dodge it. The plate hit the chair and got wedged in there. Danielle then made a break for it as Buster got back up and looked at the damage. He turned around and fired his gun.

Danielle ducked when he did, causing the bullet to hit a wine glass behind her. Danielle kept running. Buster stood fully up and snarled "YOU'RE DEAD YOU LITTLE TWERP!" Buster shouted as Danielle took a big leap over a couch.

He fired again while Danielle was midair and he missed again, hitting an expensive lamp this time. He then hit a button on his desk to alert his security.

Danielle quickly got up and made her way to the stairs. As she climbed, Buster ran into the room, pointed his gun at her and fired. Danielle ducked again and missed the bullet. Buster fired again when she got to the top, again he missed.

As Danielle was opening the doors, Buster fired another shot that failed. Danielle made it into the hall and quickly started looking for an escape route. She then saw an elevator ding, 'Yes!' Danielle thought as she ran for it.

When she wasn't even halfway there, the elevator doors opened to reveal Buster's goons. 'Never mind!' Danielle thought as she quickly stopped and started running in the opposite direction. Buster's friends started chasing her, but they kept on getting caught in each other's paths.

Danielle ran up a few steps of stairs before opening a door, revealing two sets of stairs that are opposite to each other. Danielle went down the stairs that she can access. When she was halfway down the second flight, she climbed over the railing and jumped onto the other set of stairs and started going up.

Buster's bodyguards ran down the same set of stairs that Danielle was on just seconds ago, and they went down, unaware that Danielle had jumped to the other set. Danielle ran up the stairs, climbed over the railing and jumped back to the other set of stairs and ran back up to where she was.

She then saw another flight of stairs and ran up to the door and ran through. Buster burst into the room, looking down the stairs, he then looked at the door that Danielle just went through and saw it slowly closing. The door had a sign next to it that read, 'roof access.'

Danielle ran to the edge of the roof and looked down, it was a straight drop to the ground. She was trapped. 'Oh come on!' Danielle thought as she stomped her front paw on the ledge out of frustration.

Buster then appeared behind her. "Go ahead kid! Jump!" Buster said as Danielle turned around, alerted. "A suicide will be nice and neat!" Said Buster. Danielle then looked over the ledge and looked back.

"What if I don't?" Asked Danielle. Buster then raised his gun. "Lead poisoning!" Buster said evilly. "What about the pound Buster? They're gonna match up the bullet with that gun!" Danielle said as she pointed at him.

"Kid, I OWN the pound!" Buster said angrily, before his face turned into a sinister grin. "Besides… They couldn't match up the bullet the killed you father!" Said Buster trying to hold his laughter.

Danielle was shocked… And she was mad. Danielle was trying so hard not to cry. "You little-" Danielle said before Buster loaded his gun, which made her shut up. Danielle looked over the ledge again as Buster started speaking again.

"I guess it's just poetic justice…" Said Buster. 'Buster, you were LITERALLY firing at me earlier… and now you're monologuing!' I know Danielle, who does that? Anyway… "Two dogs, with the blood of The Tramp, with the same gun!" Buster said as he slowly aimed the gun at her.

Without taking her eyes off him, Danielle climbed onto the ledge and walked off.

Buster recoiled, he was taken aback by it. After a second he started giggling. "Idiot…" Buster said as he slowly started walking toward the ledge. As he was nearing it, he looked down to put away his gun.

While he was turned away, Danielle slowly started rising back into view, she was standing on top of the D.E. with a smug look on her face. When Buster looked up and saw her, he stopped in shock.

"What the?" Buster exclaimed in confusion. He quickly ran to the ledge and looked down. Only for Sam to open the driver's side door and whack him in the face. He flew backward and landed back onto the roof, knocked out.

"Nice shot Sam!" Danielle congratulated him as he closed the door and opened the passenger side door.

While she climbed down onto the window frame of the door and jumped into the passenger seat. Danielle informed Sam of what she learned. "You're not gonna believe this! We gotta go back to 1911!" Said Danielle.

"I don't believe it!" Sam said as he looked at her in shock. Danielle then closed the door and rolled up the window.

After that, the D.E. flew away from the roof and passed in front of the building and darted off into the sky.