It was a lazy day in the 1980s London. In their sitting room in their pillar box on Baker Street, Danger Mouse was doing his stretching exercises and Penfold was playing with his cards. He was building a house of them.

Then the alarm on the TV screen went off. Penfold's house of cards fell down before he could put the last two on. "Oh, heck. My house of cards have fallen down, Chief."

"We'll sort your house of cards out, Penfold," Danger Mouse said as he got up. "After we deal with Colonel K."

Danger Mouse and Penfold arrived at the screen just in time to see Colonel K in his office.

"Can you hear me, DM?" Colonel K asked.

"Loud and clear, Colonel," Danger Mouse said.

"There have been attacks in Transylvania."

"Attacks, sir?"

"Oh, heck!" Penfold cried. "What kind of attacks are these, Colonel? Is it an insult to a celebrity or has a pizza slice been thrown onto someone?"

"Yes, is it an insult to a celebrity or has a pizza slice been thrown – " Then Danger Mouse realized what he was saying and turned to his assistant. "Penfold, shush!"

"These attacks are gigantic and no one can find out where or who they came from," Colonel K continued. "That's what I want you and Penfold to find out, DM."

"We're on it, sir. Come on, Penfold."

"Good luck," Colonel K said, before the screen turned off.

"What about my house of cards, Chief?" Penfold asked.

"More houses will be in danger if we don't get a move on, Penfold," Danger Mouse said.

"Are these houses made out of cards as well?"

"Penfold, be quiet and let's get to the car."

Danger Mouse and Penfold sat on their settee and it took them down to the Mark III. They drove out onto the London streets. Danger Mouse activated the wings to shoot out and they shot up in the air.

As they flew to Transylvania, Penfold was worried about their upcoming mission. "Chief, what do you know about these mysterious giant attacks?"

"Apart from the fact that they are mysterious and gigantic, nothing, Penfold," Danger Mouse replied.

"So how are we going to solve this mystery if we don't know more about it?"

"We'll figure it out on the mission."

"But, Chief, I still don't –"

"Penfold, shush."

Penfold remained silent until they arrived in Transylvania. They looked down to see if they could find any massive attacks.

"Keep your eyes peeled, Penfold," said Danger Mouse.

They looked below for a long while, but they couldn't find anything.

"Hey, Chief, I found something," Penfold finally said. "To the left!"

Danger Mouse turned the car left and tried to see what Penfold saw. He couldn't find it. "What did you see, Penfold? Not another pink cloud and you thought it was candy floss, was it?"

"Good heavens, Chief, no! Those deep holes look like the bottom of a giant."

"A giant what?"

"A giant's bottom," Penfold laughed. "Get it?"

"Penfold, sh – " Then Danger Mouse stopped himself when he saw how gigantic the holes were. He understood what Penfold was trying to say. He decided to fly down and park the car.

"Stay close, Penfold," Danger Mouse ordered. "We don't know what we're up against."

"How dangerous can two deep holes be?" Penfold asked.

"That's what we're going to find out."

Penfold shook nervously as he followed Danger Mouse.

Danger Mouse and Penfold arrived at the two holes.

"You check this hole out, Penfold," Danger Mouse said. "I'll check the other out."

"Ok, Chief." Penfold started to look at the hole as he walked around it. He couldn't find anything like a stone or a tree root, let alone a single clue to who could have done this hole. He slipped onto loose bit of soil and he fell down the hole.

"Oh, crumbs!" he cried. "Help! Help!"

Then he looked up to see figures at the top. They appeared to be a green duck, a parrot and a hen. And unfriendly.

Danger Mouse searched his hole for ages and found nothing.

"Help, Chief! Help!"

Those cries of help sounded like Penfold. Danger Mouse got up and ran to Penfold's hole. He was shocked to see his sidekick surrounded by a large hen, a parrot and a green duck. "Let my friend go right now!" he ordered.

"Or what?" The green duck turned around.

Danger Mouse was shocked. "Count Duckula?"

"Hey, how do you know my name?" Count Duckula asked. "I don't remember meeting you before in my life. How we met? Did you see my comedy routine act in the New York Square?"

"That was you?" Penfold cried.

"Yes, it was me," Duckula said proudly.

"I don't remember that," Penfold said.

"And it wouldn't be worth remembering anyway," the parrot muttered.

"We met loads of times, Count, and we fought loads of times," Danger Mouse said.

"But not this version," the parrot said.

"And you are?"

"This is Igor, my butler," Duckula said. "And this is my nanny, Nanny."

"How do you do?" Nanny asked.

"This Count Duckula is not the same Duckula you have been fighting in the previous life." Then Igor explained to Danger Mouse and Penfold how a vampire duck could be brought back to life after death when the moon was in the eighth house of Aquarius. When Igor and Nanny tried to bring Duckula back to life, the only thing that went wrong was when they put tomato ketchup instead of bad winged blood.

"So I am a vegetarian vampire duck," Duckula said. "And proud of it."

"So, if you didn't cause this, why are you three here?" Danger Mouse asked.

"I was bored sitting in my gloomy mansion and I wanted to do something exciting. So I came out to see if I could investigate something and I never found these holes before so I thought why not."

"I tried to give him a few reasons not to, but he never listens to me," Igor muttered.

"At least I've brought some sandwiches for the picnic," Nanny said.

Duckula looked at her. "What picnic?"

Then the ground shook and everyone fell down.

"What was that?" Duckula cried.

"Was it an earthquake?" Nanny asked.

"Or is it a rumbling monster?" Penfold asked.

"Everyone, shush!" Danger Mouse yelled. "I think it's that figure over there!"

Everyone looked up to see a giant figure covered by a dark cloak and carrying a giant sack approaching them.

"It's coming here!" Penfold cried.

"Don't just stand there!" Danger Mouse yelled. "Run for cover!"

They ran as fast as they could, but they were all picked up by a giant hand and was thrown into the giant sack that the other giant hand was holding.

"What's happening, Chief?" Penfold asked. "Where are we going?"

"I don't know, Penfold," Danger Mouse said. "All I hope is that it helps us with this mystery."

Nanny got out the sandwiches from her picnic basket. "And we won't go hungry."

Seeing as there was nothing else to do, they started to eat the sandwiches… slowly and not in a polite way.