Chapter 19:
A new way
As Max rounded the corner he saw that Kelly and Calvin where actually here. 'I knew it.' Max thought. 'She can sense others.'
"Hey Max come over here please." Phoenix said. "Come on they have good news." She added.
Max looked over at Calvin. Is it true?" he asked.
"Yes it is." Kelly said before Calvin could open his muzzle.
Max pranced over to Phoenix. "What is it?" he asked.
"Ask my brother he found it out." Kelly said.
"I just simply asked, and I don't think it matters who I ask." Max said.
"Hey, is that anyway to treat someone with good info?" Phoenix asked.
"No I guess not." Max sighed. "Sorry." He apologized. "I guess I am just a little impatient."
"Phoenix, Kelly, and Max stared at Calvin waiting for the good news, but none came.
Phoenix giggled.
"What is so funny?" Max asked.
"Nothing really just something that Calvin was thinking." She answered.
"But it's true." Calvin said.
Phoenix's smile faded away. "Wait your not joking are you?"
"Not one bit." Kelly said.
"What is it?" Max asked impatiently.
Phoenix turned to Max "I'm not going to like this."
"What!?" Max asked getting agitated.
"We have to go back to P.E.T.A." Phoenix said with her tail between her hind legs.
"You don't have to if you don't want to." Max said.
"She has to go." Calvin said.
"Why?" Phoenix complained.
"You have to read Benji's mind." Calvin said.
"What do you mean?" Max asked.
"The house collapse didn't kill Benji. No he headed through the door back to the lab." Calvin explained.
"Why read his mind?" Max questioned.
"The information that is required to open the door has been wiped away from her mind, and that door can no longer be opened by her paw. The information now belongs to Benji." Calvin said.
"So it has to be done." Kelly added.
Max looked at Phoenix "Feel like knocking at deaths door on this fine moonlit night?" he asked jokingly.
"Only because you're my brother and I promised to help." Phoenix replied.