Meanwhile, the boys are together again with the animal superheroes/spies...
"Where's the Eds?" Arceus wondered.
Everyone heard screaming and they looked up saw the Eds were being carried by Atom Ant.
"That answers my question." Arceus said softly as Atom Ant soon landed with the Eds.
"Whoo-hoo, that was fun!" Ed cheered. "Let's do it again!"
Eddy and Double D looked at each other and their faces turned green.
"Rough ride?" Arceus asked the Eds.
"I think I'm a little air sick..." Eddy groaned queasily.
"I just know this better not be a trick or else you'll be sent to my Chief." Secret warned.
"Don't worry, it's not a trick, I promise you that," Arceus reassured him before announcing to them why they were all there. "You guys are all in danger. The Eco-Villains want you for their own personal gain."
"That's why Morocco was taken last night." Secret said.
"Yes, any one of you could be next, but luckily, we all thought ahead." Arceus told the animals.
"Ooh, I'll give 'em a taste of a bug's life." Atom Ant glared as he looked ready to fight.
"Since we can't stay at each other's houses, I suggest that we camp out at the forest," Arceus continued. "We'll take turns watching each other's backs."
"That might work, and then we can come up with a plan to rescue the other animals." Secret replied.
"Yes." Arceus nodded.
"Luckily I've kept all my camping materials with me, including a fridge." Secret smirked.
"Good, I'll meet you over there," Arceus said. "I need to do something important real quick."
The others wondered what that could've been, but they let him go anyway.
"He's certainly a strange character." Hong Kong Phooey commented.
"Well, you heard him," Secret told the others. "Let's go to the forest."
Duncan, Trent and Hard Luck got into the agent squirrel's vehicle as Hong Kong Phooey, Lady Dragon, Spot, and Ding got into the Phooey Mobile and drove off. Atom Ant grabbed the Eds again and flew off.
"Not again!" Eddy and Double D cried out.
Arceus looked around powered down to become Justin again and went to have some privacy. "They are looking at me for a plan..." The teen sighed to himself. "This must be how Mike feels, but I don't know what I can do... I just know that I can't fail them."
In the Spa...
The girls were soon eating special foods, but Justine found herself distracted as she could sense her twin brother's depression.
"Excuse me, girls, I'll be right back, I gotta use the bathroom." Justine said before suddenly leaving.
"She's been acting weird lately... You don't think she's cheating on me, do you?" Jo asked.
"Jo, that's silly, Justine could never love anyone like the way she loves you." Abby told the jockette.
"Abby's right," June added. "I mean, she's crazy about you like a hound dog."
"Wow, that's quite a thing to say, but they're right, Jo, she's probably just thinking about her brother." Brianna said.
"Yeah, you're right." Jo admitted.
Justine went into the bathroom and decided to telecommunicate her twin brother.
Justin sighed until his eyes flashed open and he looked around.
"Justin, are you okay, I sense trouble?" Justine asked from her mind into Justin's mind.
"Justine, is that you?" Justin asked.
"Of course it is, silly!" Justine replied.
"What's going on over there?" Justin smiled.
"I wanna know what's going on with you, I sense despair." Justine frowned.
"Oh, uh, it's okay..." Justin softly said. "I'd tell you, but I don't wanna ruin your girls' vacation."
Justine's eyes widened. "How did-"
"I'm your twin, I know everything." Justin smirked.
"Fair point," Justine said. "So, what's up?"
"Well... Those Eco-Villains are trying to take the animals in town and do terrible things to them... Everyone's counting on me since Mike's with you and the other girls, so, what do I do?" Justin frowned.
"You need to believe in yourself," Justine coaxed. "You can do this, I know you can."
"You really think that I can do it?" Justin asked.
"Justin, I know you can, you're my big brother, and I've always believed in you." Justine told her twin.
"Thank you, Justine, I really appreciate this." Justin smiled.
"I love you, Justin." Justine replied.
"I love you too." Justin said.
"Be careful." Justine warned.
Justin blinked and soon returned to focus. "I can do it... I just have to believe in myself..." he then said before standing up. "Please, just give me the strength; I need to help out those innocent animals."
Justine soon came back to the others once Justin was taken care of and Justin went to see the others himself.
"So, you're a secret agent?" Eddy asked Secret.
"Pretty much," Secret replied. "I'm best known as Agent Triple Zero, but I'm best with my partner: Morocco Mole. We've known each other ever since I helped him out against his evil twin brother, Sirocco Mole."
"Doggone it, boy, you've messed up the tent again!" Hong Kong Phooey complained.
"Oops." Ed said.
"What'd I miss?" Justin asked Trent and Duncan.
"Nothing, we're just setting up camp like you said." Trent replied.
"Here, let me get that." Lady Dragon said before trying to set up the tent.
"Oh, careful, don't hurt your thumbs." Hong Kong Phooey cautioned.
"We don't have thumbs, we're dogs." Lady Dragon told him.
"Oh, yeah." Hong Kong Phooey chuckled sheepishly.
Spot just face-pawed at his friend.
"We could be here a while..." Justin muttered.
"Hopefully not too long, who knows when the girls will come back?" Eddy asked.
"In about three days." Justin reminded.
"That's not so bad." Eddy said.
"I'm sure we'll have this all solved and under control before they even get back." Justin smiled.
"I'll bet that you have a plan, don't you, Pretty Boy?" Duncan asked.
"Working on it right now actually, but I feel a lot better than I have before." Justin shrugged.
"Well, I always like a man with a plan, we love that down at the agency." Secret nodded his head.
"We'll take turns watching," Justin said. "I'll be on the first watch."
"You sure about that?" Duncan asked.
"Please, let me take it as my duty to be in charge while Mike is away." Justin said.
"Spoken like a true hero." Trent gave a thumb's up.
"I gotta admit, you'd probably make a better leader than me." Eddy said.
"That means a lot coming from you, Eddy." Double D smiled.
"Don't get used to it." Eddy said.
"My mom said not to pick my belly button." Ed stated.
"Shut up, Ed." Eddy mumbled.
"Who wants hot dogs?" Trent suggested.
Everyone agreed and cooked themselves hot dogs.
"Who wants some hot sauce?" Eddy asked. "I've made it myself."
"Eddy, you know that sauce is too spicy." Double D reminded.
"Aw, come on, it's not that bad." Duncan shrugged.
"I'll try it." Justin said.
"Ooh! Me! Me! Me!" Ed added.
Eddy poured hot sauce on Ed, Duncan, and Justin's hot dogs.
"All right, but don't say I didn't warn you guys, just in case though, I brought some milk." Double D told the others.
"So, who wants to take the first bite?" Duncan challenged.
"I will." Justin said before eating the hot dog with the hot sauce.
"Anything yet?" Eddy asked.
"Not really, I can taste some Tabasco though." Justin shrugged.
"What?! No way!" Duncan said to him.
"Yeah, nothing is happening." Justin shrugged.
"You want some more?" Eddy asked.
"Might as well." Justin shrugged.
Eddy poured hot sauce on his hot dog and Justin ate it.
"Nothing." Justin said.
"I don't get it!" Eddy groaned.
"I guess you just can't handle your hot sauce." Justin smirked.
"I'll eat it and see if it works." Duncan said before he ate his hot dog and then started to sweat.
"It's working." Eddy smirked.
"What's in this hot sauce anyway?!" Duncan coughed and panted.
"Old family recipe," Eddy smirked. "Tabasco, chili sauce, hot peppers, and lots and lots of cumin."
Duncan yelled as his tongue was on fire.
"Can ya feel it, Duncan?" Eddy grinned. "Can ya feel it?"
"You should enter the school bake sale, Eddy, 'cuz this stuff is soft." Justin teased.
"Okay, Mr. Hot Shot, I dare you to drink this jug of hot sauce," Eddy challenged. "I've got more at home."
"Maybe in a little bit." Justin said.
"Oh, okay, if you're chicken..." Eddy shrugged before clucking like a chicken.
Ed then laughed and hugged Eddy.
"Get off of me!" Eddy glared.
"Okie dokie, Eddy!" Ed smiled.
Duncan soon grabbed the milk from Double D's hand and drank it.
"You should drink milk if you feel hot in your mouth," Double D said. "It can soothe your mouth and water will just make it worse."
"You're a walking, talking encyclopedia." Duncan muttered raspily.
After eating dinner and roasting S'Mores, everyone went in their own tents to get some sleep, except for Justin, and of course, he called upon the powers of the Volcano Twins. There was an orange glow and Justin became Arceus.
Arceus looked around and sat down, staring at the fire, seeing images of Dr. Blight's hunters killing Hokey and Ding's parents. He then heard whimpering sounds at one of the tents. "That must be Ding..." Arceus said to himself before going to check it out. And he was right it was Ding who whimpered and shook like a leaf. Arceus sighed before coming down to sit next to Ding.
"Please, leave me alone, I haven't done anything wrong, go away!" Ding cried out in his sleep.
"Ding, Ding! Wake up, you're dreaming." Arceus tried to wake up the wolf.
"Gah!" Ding yelped and sweated anxiously. "I'm sorry to disturb you sir from your duty."
"It's okay, you were only dreaming," Arceus said. "You have to stop worrying, it'll give you nightmares."
"I'm scared." Ding frowned.
"Shh... It's okay," Arceus told him. "Nobody is going to hurt you."
"They got Hokey, my parents are gone, who's next?" Ding frowned.
"I don't know, but worrying isn't going to help, I want you to relax and trust us." Arceus told him.
"Could I stay up with you?" Ding asked.
"Sure thing." Arceus allowed.
Ding smiled and went to stand up with Arceus. Arceus smiled back and took him outside the tent to look out into the night.
"So, what made you choose to become a superhero?" Ding wondered.
"It's kind of a long story," Arceus said, thinking back to the visit to Hanahuna Bay. "There were some problems going on when I went on vacation with my sister and we decided to save the day."
"And that's when you chose to become a superhero?" Ding guessed.
"That's right," Arceus nodded. "To protect everybody that I care about."
"Wow, your parents must be so proud of you." Ding smiled.
"I guess you could say that..." Arceus mumbled slightly about his parents.
"What's wrong?" Ding asked. "Don't you have any parents?"
"Well, I guess you could say that..." Arceus repeated before explaining. "My dad died in a car accident along with my aunt and uncle. My mom didn't care about us for the most part, she mostly just wanted money, so I was then separated from my twin sister. I then decided to run away from our mom so I could be with my sister and take care of her."
"Your mom didn't care about you guys?" Ding asked.
"I don't consider her as my mom sometimes..." Arceus sighed. "I just call her a woman who married my dad. I live with my sister now, but of course now, we have three little brothers she adopted."
"Wow, I'm sorry that that happened to you guys." Ding said.
"I'm sorry what happened to you too, but you can't let it bother you," Arceus advised. "If you never let go of the pain, how can you ever enjoy your own freewill or life?"
The young wolf then had to think about it for a minute. "I wonder if my parents are proud of us," Ding then said. "I mean, Hokey is a con-artist trying to get food for us so that we can survive."
"Um, well, I'm not sure if I'd be too comfortable if I had a con-artist for a son, but I'm sure that your parents are proud of him for looking out for you." Arceus comforted.
"Thank you," Ding said. "I'm sorry if I caused you guys any trouble."
"Why would you think you caused trouble?" Arceus asked. "You called for help, we answered, it's all part of a special cycle."
"Thank you so much for doing all of this stuff for me..." Ding said before he suddenly yawned.
"Hey, it's no problem, it's what we-" Arceus said only to look down and saw that the young wolf had fallen asleep. Arceus then sighed softly before picking up Ding to let him go back to sleep and tucked him in. "Night, little buddy." he smiled before going back to work as a superhero. He then heard rustling in the bushes which made him stand up. He came towards the bushes with a slight glare to see whoever or whatever was in there.
It was a Minerva Mink, but she wasn't wearing her usual outfit, she wore a purple bodysuit and her hair was in a ponytail.
"What in the world...?" Arceus said with wide eyes about Minerva's new makeover. "You'd think she was Lara Croft."
"I wanna help you," Minerva said. "I can't stand thinking about Yoink being in trouble, so I decided to follow you."
"Well, we could use as much help as we can get, though I never took you for the tough girl type." Arceus said to the female mink.
"Well, if they've messed with my boyfriend, I'm gonna open up a can of whoop ass." Minerva threatened.
"Heh, all right then, welcome to the team, Miss Mink." Arceus chuckled.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." Minerva said in relief.
"I'd say no need to thank me, but it sounds to be too late for that." Arceus joked to lighten the mood.
Minerva smiled and got into one of the tents and get a good night's sleep. Everyone then tried to go to sleep that night after a rather long day of helping the animals out.