"Halt!" A French bull dog glared as he stood with a gray cat with beady yellow eyes known as a Chartreux.
"It's okay, guys." Patch said as he then gestured to his Pound Puppy tag and Maisy's Pound Furry tag.
"Sacre bleu, they are American members!" the gray cat then said.
"Oui, oui." The bull dog nodded before they saw Patch and Maisy paying attention to Horst, out of curiosity.
"Is there a problem?" the cat asked.
"That man seems suspicious to us..." Maisy replied. "As you know, we animals have an excellent judge of character."
"Come on in." The bull dog invited Patch and Maisy into their headquarters.
Patch and Maisy both followed the bull dog and gray cat. Cats and dogs seemed to work together here which made Patch and Maisy smile.
Patch then came with his DNA sample. "Got this from the man's mustache in question."
"You have your suspicions of him, no?" The bulldog asked Patch
"Yes... No... I mean..." Patch replied before sighing. "Well, I don't trust him."
"Allow me," The bull dog took the sample and put it into a machine. "JACQUES!"
A frisky cat with a red ascot and a black beret came over and worked on the machine.
"We shall know the answer as soon as we can, but it may take a while." The gray cat said.
"Take your time, but please do hurry if you can." Maisy replied.
"I shall try my best." the frisky cat said in a thick accent as he went to work.
"I hope it comes before tomorrow." Maisy frowned.
"We will try our best, mon cherie~" the cat smirked, trying to flirt with Maisy.
"FOCUS!" the bull dog pounded him on the head.
"Was he trying to flirt with me?" Maisy asked.
"I think he was..." Patch replied.
Another cat came in to check on the machine.
"Is it working, Fritz?" the white female cat asked.
"I am trying my best." the frisky cat replied.
"Oh... Bonjour..." the white cat smiled to Maisy and Patch. "You all must be new... I am Mewsette."
"We're actually Patch and Maisy from the American Pound Puppies and Pound Furries." Patch told Mewsette.
"Ah, I see, I thought you seemed different..." Mewsette replied. "You must love Gay Purree~"
"It's nice, but we're just visiting." Maisy smiled.
"Yeah and I have a feeling this visit will be an adventure." Patch said.
"Ah, adventure is nice..." Mewsette nodded.
"I found a match for a man named Henri Durand." Fritz said once his machine finished scanning.
"Henri?" Patch and Maisy wondered as the man they met told them that his name was Horst.
"But the man we met said his name is Horst." Maisy said.
"That man must have lied for a reason." Fritz said.
"Like for Darla's and Madeline's family's inheritance?" Patch asked.
"Oui, and he is working with a woman named Madame LaCroque." Fritz nodded.
"Wait, didn't she used to be a famous stage dancer?" The bull dog asked. "And doesn't she make laces out of hair?"
"I knew about the laces, but I didn't know about the stage dancing." Fritz replied.
"Lace?" Patch and Maisy looked nervous since 'Horst' gave those as gifts to the girls.
"Would her laces also be white?" Patch asked.
"It can be, but it can be other colors, depending on the girl if she gets punished." The bull dog nodded.
"Oh, my..." Patch gulped.
"We'll find out where her store/factory is." Frisk said.
The computer seemed to shut down for the night. This made the French Pound Puppies and Furries flip out.
"Oh, no, this is not good..." Mewsette noticed, then looked to their guests. "I am sorry, but our computer, she has shut down for the evening."
They soon saw mice come out, looking like they needed to rest.
"Oh, the poor dears..." Mewsette pouted.
"Mice?" Patch asked. "You don't work with squirrels?"
"Sure we do, but we also work with mice who run the enter machine." Frisk said.
"You guys go to rest, you've had a long day." The bull dog told them.
"Merci, Pierre." The mice replied as they were exhausted.
"We better get back to our owners." Maisy said.
"Thank you so much for your help." Patch told the others.
"You are most welcome, come back again any time!" Mewsette replied.
"We will." Maisy nodded.
Patch and Maisy then left the Headquarters as it was getting dark and where they soon rushed back to their owners.
Darla and Atticus then hugged their pets. Patch and Maisy could already tell that their owners were wearing some fancy clothes in a way to convince who they thought was Darla and Madeline's uncle to let them stay in Paris and the Fudo family. Atticus then gave a treat to Patch with a smile. Patch then accepted the treat, but luckily for him, he still thought about what he and Maisy had encountered.
"Is this cat nip?" Darla asked her kitten suspiciously.
"That's, uh, not mine." Maisy replied.
"Well, then how did you get some on you?" Darla asked.
"Um..." Maisy hummed while Patch smirked to her. "We made some new friends."
"And I'm guessing one of them must really like cat nip." Darla said.
Maisy chuckled sheepishly. Pepito soon came over since he was close with Madeline. Soon enough, the man they were waiting for had finally arrived.