Back with the others, they even called the police to help them find Darla and Madeline. Urchin opened up his seashell locket as it showed the mermaids and mermen swimming along the ocean, he then closed it once other people came and he had tears in his eyes as it felt like he would never see Darla again at this rate.
"Don't worry, Urchin, we'll find Darla." Cherry assured him.
"I hope so..." Urchin replied as he hugged his locket close to close it to avoid letting any other bystanders know about Atlantica.
"Man, you really like her." Atticus said to the merboy about his relationship with Darla.
"I love her." Urchin frowned.
"Ew, you love her...?" Cherry asked.
Atticus gave a small glare, then looked soft to Urchin. "I kinda knew that, ever since the Catfish Club."
The police officer was now talking with Miss Clavel and Charlotte.
"Okay, dears, we have to go with the officer to file out missing persons reports," Charlotte told the others. "You wait here with Mrs. Murphy, Cherry, and Atticus."
"Oui, Miss Clavel and Madame Charlotte." The girls replied.
"Yes, ma'am." Urchin nodded to the two adult women.
"Oh, Shirley, I hope you and my little Herman can forgive me for this..." Charlotte whispered before she took out an older photograph of her daughter-in-law dressed in a school girl uniform back when she was an exchange student in Tokyo.
Miss Clavel and Charlotte soon left with the officer. The siren blared as the cruiser drove off to the station, leaving the boarding school.
"They have to find Darla and Madeline, they just gotta!" Amber cried out as she was upset without her best friend.
They soon heard some beeping sound coming from Amber's pocket. The others faced her.
"Pardon moi..." Amber smiled sheepishly before she took out what was beeping from her dress pocket. She soon saw a device that was showing two red dots in the same location that was far away.
"Oh, a tracking device..." Atticus said before gasping. "Dad's hair clip for Darla on her last birthday!"
"He must have given her a spy device." Cherry said.
"That hair clip..." Atticus remembered. "He told her to always wear it if she was taken somewhere far away and she didn't trust whoever brought her there. Amber, what does the location say?"
"Dentelles...?" Amber squinted her eyes. "What's that?"
"That's French for 'laces'." Atticus said.
"Well, they're in a lace shop then." Amber then said.
"A lace shop?" Cherry pondered. "Why would they be there? I thought they were going to a school in Vienna."
"Sounds like we have a stop to make I know just the person to call." Atticus smirked as he brought out his cell phone and dialed down a number.
Amber held the device close. Cherry stood by as she knew where this was going and let Atticus do his thing.
"Hey, Bridget, I need a favor." Atticus said as he talked on his cell phone.
'Where are you?' Bridget asked on the other line.
"Paris, France," Atticus replied. "It's an emergency involving my little sister."
'Who kidnapped Darla?' Bridget asked firmly since Darla was family now and she was protective of her like she would be with Phineas, Ferb, and Candace.
Atticus began to explain what was going on and what the favor was. Bridget nodded and wrote everything down onto a notepad.
"Oh, and tell her that you want a red or yellow lace to match your red dress." Atticus said.
"No problem, Atticus, I've got this all under control, I am a mistress of disguise." Bridget smirked as she already had a plan in mind as she was eager to do anything to make the family happy.
"Great, thanks, Bridget." Atticus smiled.
"Any time, Atticus, any time." Bridget replied.
"Sometimes I love being a Fudo." Atticus smirked to Cherry.
"My sister could kick my butt if she wanted to." Cherry retorted about her special sister who was a lot like her family's equivalent to Bridget.
"Shouldn't we help look for the girls?" Patch asked.
"We'll do what we can, but we'll mostly leave this to Bridget." Atticus said.
Urchin soon frowned, he took the seashell locket and narrowed his eyes with hurt tears and threw it back into the ocean as he nearly gave up all about Darla and trying to find her.
At the same time, Darla's heart seemed to break as though she could sense Urchin's actions and feelings.
"Is everything alright?" Madeline whispered to Darla.
"He... He gave up..." Darla held her broken heart as she felt terribly sad now.
"Who did?" Madeline asked.
"Urchin..." Darla said before bowing her head and holding herself as she felt like she was going to cry. "He was my best friend..."
"Do not vorry, Darla, I know that they will find us." Madeline assured her.
"I hope so..." Darla said as she ran her fingers through her hair, but trying not to hit the hair clip because it was being used to track her down.
Darla thought back to her birthday when she got it.
"Happy Birthday, sweetie." Patrick smiled as he handed his adoptive daughter a gift.
"Thank you," Darla smiled back and then opened the present to see it was a new hair accessory. "Ooh, a hair clip!"
"Not just any hair clip," Patrick told her. "If you ever get lost or separated from any of us, all you have to do is click on the gemstone and we can find wherever you are with the device."
"Cool." Darla smiled.
Patrick and Darla then shared a hug as she wore the hair clip.
Darla tried to settle herself down as she did not like being here one bit. Madeline did her best to keep her cousin calm. Darla and Madeline shared a hug together. They both then held their necklaces, or at least Madeline held what was left of hers.
"What is that?" The black-haired girl asked.
"Maman's necklace..." Madeline replied before showing the bead of a lion. "It was Papa's first gift to her."
"Only one bead?" The black-haired girl asked.
This caused for Darla and Madeline to giggle a bit.
"Non, non..." Madeline shook her head. "It was a necklace, this is the last bead left."
"How sad..." The black-haired girl replied. "You had to sell the rest?"
"No, Madeline dropped them so the others would be able to follow where we are." Darla explained.
"Like Hansel and Gretel?" The black-haired girl asked.
"Exactamo," Madeline nodded. "A trail for the others to follow and find us."
"Who are these others?" The black-haired girl then asked.
"Mes ami: Our very good friends." Madeline smiled.
"You both are so clever and so lucky to have some to come look for you, "The black-haired girl smiled before coughing. "But Madeline, to leave your mother's beads, that must have been hard."
"That's why I kept the last one." Madeline replied as she handed the bead to her new friend.
The black-haired girl took the bead and examined it as it had a lion on it. "The lion... To make you strong?"
"Oui, and for hope that our friends and family will find us." Madeline nodded before taking the bead back.
"Yeah." Darla smiled.
"You are both lucky to be someone..." The black-haired girl replied. "There is no one to find me... No one to look for me..." she then coughed heavier than before.
"After our friends find us, we'll get a doctor to look at that cough of yours." Darla said.
"And we will be your friends for now," Madeline added as she put her arm around the black-haired girl. "You must always have 'ope."
"Yeah... Um... What was your name again?" Darla asked.
"Fifi." The black-haired girl smiled.
"You must always have hope, Fifi." Darla then smiled back.
They soon heard LaCroque and Henri coming back down. Non looked up as he saw the people he was working with. Even though he found the two weak compared to him.
"Why aren't you working?!" LaCroque shook her fist at the girls.
Fifi giggled while coughing hoarsely.
"A giggle?" LaCroque sneered in her direction.
Non nodded, confirming her suspicion.
"Erm... A chuckle perhaps?" Henri shrugged.
"There will be no laughing here!" LaCroque scowled. "Laughter is banished! Smiling is banned! 'Appiness is... Is..."
"Vonportant?" Henri suggested.
"When I need your words, Henri, you will be invited to speak!" LaCroque scolded him.
Non cracked his knuckles as a warning to Henri. This seemed to make the girls giggle. Madame LaCroque then clipped her scissors as a warning to the girls. The girls then quickly went back to work so their hair wouldn't be cut to make lace. Darla did her best to stay quiet.
Meanwhile, back at the boarding school...
The front door was being knocked on.
"I'll get it, Mrs. Murphy!" Atticus called out as he came to the door and opened it to see someone he had been expecting. "Cous!"
"Hey, Atticus." Bridget smiled and hugged him right away.
"Hey, Bridget." Cherry greeted.
"Oh, hello, Cherry." Bridget smiled and handed a package to the perky goth from Teresa.
Cherry smiled and hugged the package.
"Hey." Urchin greeted.
"You must be Urchin." Bridget replied.
"That's me." Urchin nodded as he then bowed as was his nature from being raised by King Triton under the sea.
"I hear you're a merboy..." Bridget whispered to the blonde preteen boy.
"I sure am." Urchin whispered back.
"Nice specimen." Bridget commented.
"Oh, thank you..." Urchin chuckled.
"All right, here's a disguise I bought..." Bridget said to Atticus, taking out a prim and perfect lavender dress with white frills that came with a purple scarf, black boots, sunglasses, and white gloves. "I think it'll make me look like an aristocratic woman."
"Perfect." Atticus smiled.
"It's settled then." Bridget nodded back to her cousin with a smile back.
"Shall we go?" The girls asked.
"Hmm... How to get you out from Mrs. Murphy's..." Bridget pondered.
"May I help?" Pepito asked as he brought out a white mouse that was in a cage.
"That's right, isn't she afraid of mice?" Atticus asked.
"Oui, oui..." The girls remembered.
"It's a cruel trick..." Urchin said before smirking as his inner prankster was unleashed. "I like it."
"Then let's do it." Pepito said.
Urchin snickered as he went with Pepito. Mrs. Murphy was making something in the kitchen, completely unaware of what was going on with the children. The girls put on their coats and hats while Pepito and Urchin released the mouse.
"Go on, little guy." Urchin smiled.
The mouse squeaked and soon scurried across the kitchen floor. And where Mrs. Murphy got scared once she saw the mouse. Everyone then left the school as Mrs. Murphy was distracted.
"Shh!" Danielle shushed everyone. "We must be very quiet..."
"Agreed." Cherry nodded.
They then snuck out of the school and ran past the gate.
Darla was about to eat her bread until she saw a mouse by her feet and then decided to give it some of her crumbs as it looked just as hungry as she and Madeline did.
"Merci." The mouse smiled.
Darla smiled back before looking to Fifi. "He seems close with you guys."
"He is our pet, but don't tell LaCroque." Fifi smiled back.
"Why would we tell LaCroque?" Madeline narrowed her eyes as she was very angry with the woman who held her captive. "She is a monster!"
"Yeah, don't worry, we won't tell LaCroque." Darla promised Fifi.
Fifi giggled as she felt happy for the first time in a long while with her new friends.
"Stop yapping!" Madame LaCroque scolded as she was eating an elegant meal with Henri and Non. "Don't you not want to eat your lovely lunch? Tres bein! It will be taken away!"
"We love stale bread, like no other." The girls recited against their wills.
"But at least we have each other." Madeline whispered to Fifi about her meal time prayer back in school.
"Indeed." Darla also whispered.
"This school of yours, did you have a pet?" Fifi asked Madeline.
"Oui... All of us had Genevieve..." Madeline sighed. "The best dog in Paris. If only I knew she were safe."
"She's with Maisy, she's in good paws." Dalra assured her cousin.
"I guess Maisy is just your pet then?" Fifi asked Darla.
"Yes..." Darla sighed softly. "My first pet... My best friend invited me to help her family move to a farm and their neighbors had kittens, so as a gift, they let me adopt one of them."
"Let me guess, Maisy was zhe lucky one?" Fifi smiled.
"Oh, yes..." Darla sighed with a smile back. "Amber is my best human friend, but if I had to have another best friend, it'd be Maisy..." she then sighed again. "And there's my Nana Charlotte... She's from my biological family and we're really close... I hope she's all right, I really miss her."
"I vonder how they're doing?" Madeline said.
Darla agreed before she shared more crumbs with the mouse.