It was late at night in Penny's house. Penny, of course, was asleep. She had Bolt in her arms with Mittens by her side and Rhino, um, asleep on the couch in front of the TV.

Opening his eyes and letting his pupils dilate in the darkness of the room Bolt got up. He whispered: "Ready?"

Mittens rose. "I think you should be asking yourself!" Mittens whispered, almost angrily, before getting off the bed.

Swallowing hard, Bolt took a look at Penny, who was sleeping soundly. Her facial expression in some far away dream.

He sighed, but kept a straight face. "I'm sorry, Penny." Bolt jumped down silently, his paws padding across the carpeted floor.

Mittens was having a hard time getting Rhino to wake up. She tried nudging him, rocking him, rolling him around and turning the TV on…well actually that one worked.

"Are ready or not, Rhino?" she asked in an urgent manner.

"Yeah, I'm ready!" he jumped up on the cushion and squeezed into his hamsterball. Rolling to the door and next to Bolt.

"Ready?"

"Is that all we're going to keep saying tonight?" Mittens remarked at Bolt's sentence.

Bolt half-laughed.

"Okay, here we go guys." Bolt began, running out of the small pet door.

Mittens followed closely behind him.

Rhino looked back to his spot on the couch and whispered: "Goodbye, TV. I'll see you soon. Gotta go save the world…" he gave it a flying kiss.

"RHINO!" Mittens whispered authoritatively.

"Coming!" the hamster scampered out to Mittens and Bolt. He saw them in the front of their lot looking at the world in front of them. The huge world they were going to face yet again.

"Awesome…" Rhino whispered under his breath.

Mustering up his courage, Bolt sprinted into the darkness of night with his two companions tailing him.

Although he looked alright as ever on the outside, Bolt was having a war in his mind.

"I'm leaving Penny again. I'm leaving her to cry in grief over us being gone so suddenly. Am I letting this happen? Will it be all my fault…no. Penny, I'm doing this for a friend. Just let me go, this once."

And they hitched on the nearest truck into the city, with high hopes of finding Lightning.