Exploration
Arden and Olivia were packing water canteens, thinking about what was about to happen to them. They wore camouflage pants, short sleeved black shirts which were so short, it showed their belly buttons, and they drew thick, black rectangular lines one there cheeks. They, Hunter, and their friend, Alana was going on an exploration of Ratigan's old hideout. They knew it was the same one he had during the Flaversham Case. The door knocked and Arden answered it. It was Hunter and Alana. Alana was dressed the same way. Hunter was dressed in old clothes he never really cared for anymore. Arden was kind of excited, nervous, a little worried, but she accepted all of these emotions though...reluctantly.
"We're ready to go," said Hunter.
"What I don't know is where we are going," replied Alana.
"Didn't you pay attention?" asked Arden.
"No..." replied Alana. Arden glared.
"We're gonna go explore Ratigan's old hideout," she said.
"Oh, good gravy," replied Alana.
"Oh come one, now that school's out, it's time we do things our own way, you know, and besides, if Ratigan ever shows up, I'll have to call him a very, very long word meaning 'twit'," explained Arden.
Afterwards, the four snuck out of the house and started a careful walk. The hid as they passed by an object until the saw a door. Not only was Arden was familiar with the door, but also was Hunter. They both knew that was the door they came out of in "Arden's First Love" when they were trying to escape in Chapter 11.
"My friends, this is the door Arden and I passed through a while back. Do you remember where to go, Arden?" asked Hunter.
"How can I forget?" asked Arden.
"Care to do the honors?" asked Hunter. Arden blushed.
"I'll do it with pleasure," replied Arden. Arden opened the door and there was the sewer, just as Arden and Hunter remember it.
"It's some sort of smelly place," said Alana.
"It isn't just a smelly place, this is the sewer," replied Arden. "Follow me."
Everyone followed Arden. After going through twists and turns, Arden spoke.
"I remember Hunter and I being down here? Do you remember being down here, Hunter?" asked Arden.
"I certainly do," replied Hunter.
After remembering, they finally reached the lair and all they saw was nothing.
"Come on guys, let's go," whispered Arden. They looked until they saw something quite strange. They saw the trap Ratigan used to kill Basil and Dawson in the movie. Hunter took a long look at the trap while the other three looked around. After an hour, they heard sounds. They saw a shadow and hid. They actually saw Professor Ratigan and Fidget there.
"Twit," whispered Arden. Olivia shushed her.
"It's good to be back here," hissed the professor. Arden clenched her paws into a fist. Hunter held her paws down.
"Control your anger, Arden," he whispered. Arden released her fists and pulled out a whoopee cushion. Alana noticed.
"Oh, Arden, please no, don't blow up that thing. At least don't blow it up now!" she whispered. Arden shot a mean look at her.
"Listen, Alana, I'm gonna get that Professor and I'm going to start by humiliating him and messing with his head," she replied harshly.
Arden silently started blowing it up.
Fidget started to hear the blowing sounds.
"Do you hear that?" he asked.
