Meanwhile the real Vic and Matt were still inside the trunk of a car.
The things that happened to them while we were checking back at Calico were:
-Matt woke up at the voices of Vic and Lightning (also because he had a nightmare).
-Matt became afraid of Lightining.
-Vic had to talk with Matt for about half-an-hour before he completely understood who Lightning was.
-Matt introduced himself as a Hollywood stuntman.
-Vic says: "Yeah, right."
-And now…
"Reach into the lower right side of the corner of the farthest end of the opening." Lightning instructed.
"Okay…" Vic replied, barely understanding.
"Now, do you feel a latch?" Lightning asked.
"Uh, yeah. I guess so." Vic went on feeling for one.
"Got hold of it?"
"Er, I think so." Vic told Lightning.
"Turn it to the right." Lightning said, a little louder.
"Okay…" Vic repeated.
"And yank it as hard as you can!" Lightning shouted through his cage.
Vic put both his paws down into the space and pulled with all his might.
They were all surprised as the air around them suddenly became a thrust and light entered their domain. They were in some underground parking lot.
"You did it!" Matt finally said, watching intently.
Vic grinned. "Hey, thank the dog."
Matt didn't ever think that he could do it but: "Thanks." He said with a smile.
Lightning, feeling quite proud of himself walked forward, looking up only to hit the cage he was in. "OW!" he cried.
Surprisingly, the cage door flung open as the car continued to trail forward.
Getting up, Lightning felt dizzy, and surely heard Vic and Matt laughing at him. He clutched his head.
In between the laughter, Vic requested: "Hey, now that you're out, how about getting us out of here?"
A little embarrassed, Lightning said: "Sure." He hopped over to Vic's cage on the slowly moving car and went for a latch at the edge.
But as he was working on it, a mountainous shadow loomed over them.
Looking up from what he was doing, Lightning heard Matt ask: "What is that?"
Soon enough, Vic and Lightning were looking up. Faint barking and animal noises filled the air.
Their eyes widened at what they saw.
Hundreds of cages stacked from floor to ceiling; each with a dog or cat inside. The animals trapped were all crying out for someone to help them, but as the garage door closed behind them, Lightning, Vic and Matt realized that there was no escape.
"What is this place?" Vic looked around.
But soon enough, they all found themselves facing some tall man with blonde hair. He fixed his eye glasses and laughed silently.
"Leandro…" Lightning whispered worriedly.
"Perfect…" he muttered.
And the animals who were in the trunk caught one last glimpse of Leandro, before he knocked them all out.
