It was very late at night, and almost time for curfew for a lot of people as most heroes were school students.
"How's that car, Dad?" Eddy asked.
"Almost done, son, now, just a little wipe... And... There we go, all done." Tony said as he finished up.
"Thanks, Dad, you're the best!" Eddy smiled.
"Good as new, now, um, when does your friend come back?" Tony asked his younger son.
"In a couple of days, but don't say anything." Eddy replied.
"Don't worry, son, I won't." Tony promised.
"Thanks, Dad." Eddy smiled.
Tony chuckled as he then patted him on the head and walked off. "Mom made some noodles for dinner," he then said on the way inside. "You want in?"
"Sure, Dad, let me see my friends first." Eddy said.
"All right, son, be careful." Tony warned.
Eddy nodded and went to his friends. "Jo's car is all fix, so we're not going to die." He then told them.
"Look up in the sky!" Ed called out as he pointed to Arceus who was flying towards them. "It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Superman!"
"Ed..." The others mumbled.
"Uh, Double D?" Duncan asked.
Double D looked through his telescope and looked to the others. "It's Arceus, gentlemen." he then told them.
"What's he doing?" Eddy asked.
"He's got some company with him," Double D said as he looked. "It's... Hard Luck Duck and Ding-A-Ling Wolf?"
Arceus soon landed which made everyone go to see him.
"Wheee! That was fun!" Hard Luck beamed. "Can we do that again?"
"Uh, hey, man, what's with the animals?" Eddy asked.
"There's more missing animals..." Arceus sighed as he pulled out a certain hat. "Harley the Gator and Hokey the Wolf. And that's not all, Yoink of the Yukon is missing as well."
"You took him, didn't you?" Eddy glared. "Why else would you have that wolf, dog, whatever he is's hat?"
"Does it look like that I stole him?" Arceus rolled his eyes.
"Yeah!" Eddy said.
"Fine, then where is he?" Arceus glared back.
"Eddy, you know that he's our friend and would never do anything wrong," Double D scolded. "Clearly Yoink's hat is evidence from the detective work he did for Jellystone Park."
"Then why didn't he say so?" Eddy asked.
This caused for everybody, minus Hard Luck and Ding, to anime fall.
"That's true, right?" Double D asked Arceus.
"Yeah, I've been asking as many animals as I could about Yoink's disappearance." Arceus nodded as he took out his notepad.
"Let's discuss this in my room," Eddy suggested. "We can also have dinner too."
The boys nodded and then headed to the Sampson's residence.
Jessica was cooking dinner.
"Uh, Mom, could I have some friends over?" Eddy asked.
"Is it that Mike girl you're so fond of?" Jessica smiled.
"Mom, Mike and I kinda went our separate ways... Uh, anyway, it's just me and the guys." Eddy blushed about his crush on Mike.
"Oh, of course, dear," Jessica then said. "I'll set out more plates."
"Thanks, Mom." Eddy smiled as he then went in his room with the others.
"The old and simple days..." Double D sighed as he held up Eddy's old picture of him and Mike at a school dance with Mike in a red dress with white gloves and black slip-on shoes and Eddy wore his best tux.
Duncan looked at a picture of Eddy as a baby running around naked with his diaper and he laughed.
"Hey!" Eddy glared.
"What?" Duncan smirked innocently.
Eddy took the picture and threw it in the closet before looking to Justin. "All right, so, what did you find out?" he then asked.
"I got as much information as I could from Skippy Squirrel, Boo Boo Bear, and Minerva Mink," Justin said. "Also, Hokey Wolf and Harley Gator were just taken next, so I brought Hard Luck Duck and Ding-A-Ling along for safe keeping."
"Did I ever tell you guys the story of how I first met Harley?" Hard Luck smiled. "I remember it like it was yesterday."
"Ding-A-Ling." Duncan and Eddy snickered to the name.
"Real mature, you two." Trent rolled his eyes.
"Why are you making fun of my name?" Ding frowned. "That's not very nice."
"We're not making fun of your name, we-" Duncan tried to explain.
"You don't want to know," Trent told the younger wolf. "They are just immature."
"I hope that Hokey is okay," Ding began to whimper like a wolf puppy. "This is all my fault, I should've gone with him. I'm a terrible brother!"
"Ding, you couldn't have known that was going to happen, please, don't cry." Justin comforted the younger wolf.
"He told me to go wait in the cave until he would come back, but he never did," Ding cried. "I should've followed him because he might be dead or hurt out there."
"No, don't think like that, you'll make yourself sick if you worry too much, I'll find him and he'll be fine." Justin said.
"Do you promise?" Ding sniffled.
"I promise, nothing will happen to Hokey, or Yoink, or anyone else who gets taken away from the forest." Justin promised the smaller wolf.
"Promise?" Ding asked.
"I promise." Justin said.
"Oh, thank you so much..." Ding said.
"Thank you, guys," Hard Luck smiled. "I know if we all put our heads together we can work something out!"
Ed then knocked his head with Eddy and Double D, making them cry out.
"Ed, why did you do that?" Trent asked.
"Putting our heads together." Ed smiled.
"That's not what he meant, big guy." Trent told him.
"Oh." Ed said.
"Boys, supper's ready!" Jessica's voice called out.
"We'll talk this over at dinner." Eddy told the others on the way downstairs into the kitchen.
"I haven't had anything to eat since lunch." Ding said.
"I'm starvin'." Hard Luck added.
Everyone was soon given bowls of noodles with crackers and biscuits.
"Edwin, you have strange friends sometimes, I don't recognize these two from school." Jessica said about Ding and Hard Luck.
"Actually, Mom, they're... Uh... Um... Never mind..." Eddy said.
"Son, why is there a duck and a wolf in our house?" Tony asked.
"Uhh... Because they're not mine," Eddy said. "They're Trent and Justin's pets."
"Well, just hope they don't shed or molt, otherwise your mother will sneeze horrifically and we'll both be sleeping outside," Tony warned before smirking with a laugh. "She gets that from her mother... Crazy old broad would sneeze at any animals despite being a dog herself if you know what I mean!"
"What did you say, honey?" Jessica asked her husband.
"Erm... Nothing, dear." Tony said nervously.
"That's what I thought..." Jessica hummed sharply.
Tony shivered a little nervously, but shook it off when his wife left in the kitchen again.
The boys then were done eating dinner and went back to Eddy's room.
"Okay, Eddy, why me and Justin?" Trent demanded.
"Well, Duncan already has a dog, we can't trust Ed and Sarah's mom, Double D is allergic to fur, and my mom sneezes constantly from fur, so that just leaves you two." Eddy replied.
"That's the most you've ever made sense anytime." Justin teased.
"Just do it..." Eddy mumbled.
"I can take Hard Luck with me." Trent offered.
"I'll take Ding then," Justin said before warning Duncan and Eddy. "Don't laugh at his name."
Hard Luck soon came into Trent's hands.
"Come on, little guy, you're coming with me." Trent smiled to the small duck as he held him in his hands.
"Oh, boy!" Hard Luck cheered.
Everyone then split up for the night as it was late and they needed to go to bed. They couldn't help but think about the girls though and hoped that they were okay.
"Make it stop! Please! Stop it, please!" Cindy cried out, but she was laughing as she was getting a pedicure. "Sorry, but my foot is ticklish!"
"I'm headed for the sauna, anyone wanna join me?" Justine invited.
"You don't think my nails are girly, do you?" Jo asked as she was given her first manicure and had midnight blue nails.
"No, of course not," Mike smiled. "I used to get my nails done all the time, you should do it more often, it's good and good for you."
"Hm... I guess you're right, all right, Justine, let's hit that sauna." Jo decided.
"Awesome, then maybe later on we can check out the dance club," Justine suggested. "Jo, I'll show you my new dress, you will like it."
"Sweet." Jo smirked eagerly.
Cindy giggled and soon put her feet back down to get her toenails painted as she leaned back. "This is the life..." she smiled. "Nothing could possibly ruin this... Oh, by the way, how did we get these reservations again?"
"Thank Hilda," Mike replied. "She gave me a free coupon."
"Awesome." Cindy said.
The girls who were going then came into the sauna. Cindy smiled to her colorful nails as she felt peaceful for once in her life.