"Track the ghosts, boy, come on, you can do it." Stacey smiled to Xeno as he sniffed the floor.
"Wanna help, Spuds?" Duncan asked the terrier.
"Sure thing, dude." Spuds nodded before sniffing the floor with Xeno.
"Oh, that's my special bouncing baby boy~" Stacey cooed to her dog. "He's the best Christmas present ever!"
"I still say we should've waited until morning," Bob said. "That way, it's bright and sunny out."
"Well, we're not, okay?" Mike said.
"Aw, man, that sucks." Bob complained.
"Suck it up." Abby told him.
Xeno sniffed something and then barked.
Stacey came to her dog and picked up what he found. "Hey, it's one of that girl's slippers," She then told the others. "We must be getting close."
"That's pretty good," Cindy said. "Soon, we'll rescue Dakota."
The wall was opened and a hand grabbed Cindy and pulled her away from the groups, then the door was closed. Xeno quietly whined.
"Hmm... Anything else?" Spuds wondered as he sniffed with the other dog.
Xeno barked and nodded.
"Awesome." Spuds smiled.
"Uh, what'd he say?" Duncan asked the terrier.
"He said that we're getting close." Spuds translated.
"Isn't that great, Cin?" Sledgehammer asked, but got no answer, so he looked around. "Cindy? Hey, you guys, Cindy is gone!"
"What?!" Everyone else asked only to see that the pink possum was right.
"Where'd she go?" Justine wondered.
"Someone must've taken her." Madeline commented dully.
"Well, there's nothing we can do for her now," Bob said. "Let's go."
"We will find her, and Dakota too." Mike told Bob firmly.
"Aw, man, but that kid is your guys's friend, not ours." Bob defended.
"Not to mention she's a loser." Samantha added.
"I'm not in the mood for this BS." Jo grumbled to the others who refused to help.
"Me either, now, let's go, and I mean everyone!" Mike said.
"I hope that Butler is okay." Jo said.
"You do care about her," Eddy spoke up. "I knew it."
"I just said I'm not in the mood right now." Jo warned Eddy.
"Just sayin'." Eddy shrugged.
Then, both groups, were now searching for Cindy and Dakota.
"We've searched for over two hours, and still no sign of Cindy or Dakota." Eddy commented.
"It's really late," Bob told the others. "It would be easier in the daytime so we can see where we're going."
"No, Cindy and Dakota are our friends, and we're not giving up our friends." Mike told him.
"Then how do you expect us to see in the dark?!" Bob glared at Mike.
Stacey yawned slightly as she continued to walk with Xeno as it was way past her bedtime.
"Easy," Mike said before signaling. "Eddy?"
Eddy grinned and rubbed his hands together and fire appeared in his hands.
"Ah, yes, a firebender." Travis smiled.
"But I'm tired..." Stacey frowned. "I get cranky if I stay up too late."
"Maybe she's right," Sky said. "Maybe we could take a little nap."
"Not a bad idea..." Mike admitted before giving in. "Okay, we can take a nap, but once we wake up; we're going to find Cindy and Dakota."
"Finally, a nap." Bob said tiredly.
"Sorry, sir, but I just need to get some rest so I don't get crabby." Stacey told Mike, very tiredly.
"Get some rest, kid." Mike gently patted her on the head.
Stacey nodded and soon went to a corner and curled up to get some sleep.
"Everyone, let's rest up." Mike proposed.
Everyone then decided to take a nap. Jo and Justin were sitting between Justine, protecting her, making sure nobody gets to her.
"Good night, Dee Dee." Ed said.
"Good night, Ed." Dee Dee replied.
"Good night, Eddy." Ed said.
Eddy didn't say anything.
"Eddy? Eddy!" Ed said, trying to shake Eddy awake.
"Ugh, what?" Eddy complained.
"You forgot to say good night." Ed smiled simply.
"Shut up, Ed." Eddy groaned.
"Good night, Mike." Dee Dee said.
"Dee Dee..." Mike warned.
"Good night, Double D." Ed said.
"Good night, Ed." Double D sighed.
"Good night, June." Dee Dee said.
"Go to sleep!" June groaned.
"Good night, Justin." Ed said.
"All of you go to sleep right now before I get cranky." Madeline demanded.
Everyone then went straight to sleep without another word.
"Perfect~" Madeline smirked and soon slept with the others.
"Mm... I feel like I've eaten one of Mr. Davidson's cookies..." Stacey muttered as she also fell asleep.
As everyone was sleeping, the ghosts appeared with a smirk.
"Well, well, looks like those brats are sleeping~" Herbert said.
"I say we take them with us." Charlotte suggested.
"No, not all of them," Herbert replied before gesturing to Bob and the kids. "We should take them."
"Perfect!" Charlotte nodded.
The ghosts grabbed Bob and the kids and Xeno then disappeared, leaving The Howling Wolves by themselves. Everyone still seemed to be fast asleep, not knowing what Charlotte and Herbert had done.
About two hours later, Mike yawned and rubbed her eyes and looked around only to see that Bob, the kids, and Xeno were all gone. "Bob? Stacey? Travis?" she then looked around for them.
Jo and Justine sat up, waking up next since they were together, though Jo let Justine borrow her hoodie as she felt a little cold.
"Don't worry, Jayna; I'll protect you from the evil Lex Luthor..." Justin muttered in his sleep.
"Justin, wake up." Mike told the boy, shaking him awake.
"Is it morning?" Justin asked.
"No, it's midnight." Mike told him.
Justin got up, rubbing his eyes and looked around. "Hey, where's that fat guy and those kids?" he then asked.
"Justin, that's not very nice," Justine scolded her twin brother about calling Bob 'fat' before looking around in thought. "Hm... Where are they indeed?"
"Evil Tim has struck again, taking them to his hideout so he could suck out their brains!" Ed cried out.
"Shut up, Ed." Eddy rolled his eyes.
"I bet they just took their ride and left us, especially that whiny little Linda." Duncan glared.
"And that bratty Samantha." Ashlyn added.
"And that selfish Bob." Abby said.
"Well, that settles it," Eddy told the others. "They left us. I knew they were no-good people; all they care about are themselves."
"I doubt it..." Mike said. "Anyway, we have to find Dakota and Cindy before it's too late."
"Hey, guys, look at what I found." Trent said as he soon found a collar.
"It's Xeno's collar, so that means..." Brianna said.
"They didn't run away." June said.
"They were captured." Sky added.
"I was sure of it," Mike told the others. "We have to find them and bust these ghosts."
"You guys can; I'm staying right here." Eddy said.
"Are you a man or a mouse?" Justin asked him.
"I'm more of a flea." Eddy said.
"Flea?" Justin asked him.
"Don't mind if I do!" Eddy said before running off.
"Okay, Eddy, you don't have to help our possible new friends, you can just stay here alone in the dark." Mike rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, those ghosts eat pipsqueaks like you." Jo added with a smirk.
Eddy was shaking, underneath his shoes and heard some thumping noises which made him scream and caught up to the group. "Wait up!" he then called out.