Once back inside the office, Dan went to check on Trayaurus, since he was still logged into Minecraft and all.
He looked around the lab.
[Hey buddy, I'm back.]
There was no reply.
No barking of the dogs either.
Dan made his avatar looked around, noticing something wasn't right.
[Trayaurus? Hello?]
He then spotted a journal on the desk and picked it up.
The book opened.
[Hello Dan. It's me, Denton. I told you that I would be back. If you're looking for Trayaurus and those wolves, you won't be finding either of them. Rest assured, I'll take good care of them for Herobrine. Of course, me being a man of science, you can understand I cannot resist some tests…]
Dan stared at the screen in shock as he finished reading the message. "What on- no way, this can't be right?!" he exclaimed.
Alex was resting on the couch snuggling the pugs, sleepily watching the tv when she heard Dan shout something.
Jemma glanced at her. "He's probably recording." She reassured her.
Alex stared at the stairs for a moment before nodding.
Dan glanced around the room and wrote a quick update before heading down to the living room.
Alex heard him coming down and looked over. "I thought you were going to do some recording?" she asked.
Jemma looked over too. She could see the distress in his eyes.
"I was. But I went to check on Trayaurus and found a message from Denton." He explained, now standing in the room.
Alex tilted her head. "Denton?" she asked.
"He's the bad guy in my older videos." He replied, slight frown. "He's back and looks like he's working with Herobrine."
Alex frowned. "That's not good. Was Trayaurus there?"
Dan shook his head. "No… Denton kidnapped him and our dogs.
Her eyes widened and quickly stood up but cried in pain and fell back down. "Wh-what? He kidnapped them?! We have to get them back!" she replied, standing back up, leaning on the couch for support.
"Whoa, Alex!" Dan exclaimed, startled by her reaction. "We will look for them." He replied, hurrying over to her.
"Then I need to get logged in. I want to help." She told him, determination in her eyes.
Dan looked uncertain about this. "I don't know. You're still hurt."
She huffed. "I don't care. Lupis, Grim, and Trayaurus are in trouble and need help. Lupis is my wolf and Trayaurus is part of the team. He's helped me a lot lately. It's my turn to help him." She told him firmly.
Dan glanced at Jemma and back at Alex. "…. Alright." He offered her hand to help her up.
She took it. Jemma stood up. "I'll come up too in case something happens."
Dan nodded. "Ok. Let's go get our friends back." He said before heading back up the stairs with Alex.
Alex nodded as she walked up the stairs with him.
Jemma trailed after them.
Dan helped Alex sit back on the couch and handed her the helmet.
Alex set it up and placed it on. She laid back.
Dan logged out of Minecraft and signed back in. Knowing it probably would be better if they were all in the game but it still didn't make it any safer.
Alex logged in and woke up on the bed in the treasure vault.
She looked around before using her sword as a support until she could find something better.
She headed into the main part of the lab.
Dan appeared on the bed and quickly got up to go look for any clues that Denton might have left behind.
Alex approached him. "Have you found anything?" she asked, concerned.
"I think I have." Dan replied, holding up a piece of broken glass.
There was shattered glass laying on the floor in front of him and a slightly unnoticeable hole in the glass ceiling above them.
Alex glanced up seeing the hole. "That must be how they got in."
Dan nodded, hoping the mobs can't figure out how to get in the same way Denton had.
"Yeah. Besides the broken glass, I can't seem to find anything else."
"That's not really that helpful on finding out where they went…." She looked around, hoping to find something.
Dan took out the book from Denton, it didn't have any hints in where to look but there had to be something that could help them.
Maybe not in this book.
"Hey, where's Jemma?"
"I think she's supervising from outside, just in case."
Dan glanced around and back at the book. "Wait, that's it!" he partially explained. "I know what could help us. Come on."
Alex nodded and followed him as well as she could.
They went deeper inside the vault and reached a room that had a dog house and robotic dog sitting beside it. "Alex, meet Robodog."
She looked at it. "And it can help us?" she asked.
"I sure hope so. We used it a long time ago to help us find Grim by giving it something with his scent." Dan explained.
The robot seemed to reactivate and looked up at the two.
She turned to him. "That's should work great! But I need a better crutch or support on my leg if we are going there."
"We should have something you can use by the front." Dan replied, glancing at the robotic dog. "Come on Robodog."
Robodog stood up and followed him.
Alex nodded and headed back towards the front.
They soon reached the room with several types of tools that were all lined up on the walls. "There should be a staff or something you can use, beside a sword." Dan said, looking around.
She nodded and took a staff off the wall, putting her sword away. "Alright. This should work."
"Great. Now we can begin our search." Dan hold out the book in front of the robot dog. "Here you go boy. This is all we got."
It sniffed at the book then sniffed around the room, heading towards the exit.
"Oh. I forgot how fast he is. Wait for us!" Dan called out, following the robot.
Alex followed them.
It slowed a little and kept leading them through the jungle.
Dan walked with Alex, taking out his sword and clearing some of the greenery out of their path.
Alex looked around as they walked.
After what felt like hours, they saw a building in the distance.
Dan sighed in relief at the sight before them. "Ah, Finally. Now this looks promising."
Alex nodded as the robot stopped in front of it.
She glanced at Dan and approached him.
"We have to be careful. Denton probably has this whole place booby-trap." He told her, quietly.
She nodded in agreement. "Alright." She replied.
"Robodog, wait here." Dan ordered before walking into the building. He cautiously looked around the large room.
Alex followed him inside, glancing around.
It was large and empty. It was dark as well.
Alex tried to stay close to Dan.
"This doesn't look good." He whispered, switching out his sword for a torch.
"There's nothing here."
"At least not in this part of the building..." Alex replied, looking around in the dim light.
Little did they know; hidden cameras were watching their every move.
One zoomed in as Dan walked into the hallway.
"Maybe. Let's go find-Ah!" Dan yelped as he suddenly fell through a trapped door which sealed once he dropped inside.
"Dan!" She cried as he vanished with the only light source before her eyes. She quickly went to the spot and tried to get it open. "Dan?!" Alex cried.
After fighting with the door and not getting a reply, she shakily stood up and glanced around.
A little light turned on, down in the hallway to give her a smidgen of guidance.
The person watching the feeds from the hidden cameras, was no one other than Denton. He smiled when he saw the plan was in motion.
Alex glanced down it, hesitating.
She didn't want to leave Dan but it didn't seem she'd be getting to him by standing here either...
She slowly made her way down the hall.