Rover led them to the showgirls' dressing room as they passed people playing poker, blackjack, and more.

"Do you think she'd like a traditional red rose or a black rose to fit her gothic nature?" Teller asked his partner as the dogs passed as he had plucked a freshly reddened rose.

"What is with you and that kid?" Penn snorted.

"I don't know, I just wanna..." Teller said before he saw Atlas with a rose and a present and where he had a feeling where he was going.

Penn folded his arms.

"Erm... I'll catch up with you later..." Teller backed up and went off.

Penn rolled his eyes. 'Desperate..." he then smirked to a leather jacketed clad girl who was at a Blackjack table. "Hey, if I could arrange the alphabet, I'd put 'U' and 'I' together."

"Same old Penn." Patch whispered.

There was then a scream and a slap heard.

Patch winced to that. "Ooh, that's gonna leave a mark."

Rover soon got a rose to bring to Connie as her present. They followed the sounds of the Happy Birthday song being sung for the blonde woman. The other showgirls sang Happy Birthday and gave her a cupcake on a plate with a candle on it.

"Thanks you guys." Connie smiled as she took her birthday cupcake.

Atlas took a deep breath before knocking on the door as Atticus and the others were by his side. Connie looked up with the other showgirls.

"I can't believe Rocky isn't here." one showgirl said about the blonde woman's boyfriend.

One of the showgirls soon opened the door to show Atlas and the others as Rover and the pets went inside ahead.

Connie was a little upset that Rocky didn't show up on her birthday, but she then instantly smiled once she saw the others. "Oh, Rover, you wouldn't forget my birthday!"

Rover gave her the rose and licked her with a fond smile.

"Aunt Connie, I have this special gift for you." Darla walked over with a tiny gift-wrapped box in her tiny hands.

"Oh, I wonder what it could be." Connie smiled before opening it.

Darla smiled as she stood back with the others.

Connie then opened up to see a tiny white box and opened up the box to see it was a silver locket with a curly C on it and she opened it up to see a picture of her with Darla when they were younger in it. "Oh, Darla, how thoughtful!"

Darla beamed to that. Connie soon began to try to put it on but had a little difficulty and where this gave Atticus an idea as they pushed him slightly over to Connie to help her get it around her neck.

"Uh, let me help you with that." Atlas said.

"Oh, Atlas, so thoughtful." Connie smiled to him.

Atlas smiled back before helping her get the locket around her neck.

"I'll treasure it always." Connie smiled to her niece.

"I was hoping you'd say that." Darla smiled back to her aunt. She soon opened each gift Atticus and the others had got for her.

Cherry gave Connie some perfume from Victoria's Secret which her sister gave to her, and Mo gave Connie a necklace that Elizabeth didn't quite care for much anymore. Atticus gave Connie the dress he had made.

"You're all so thoughtful." Connie cheered up instantly.

"Anything for you, Aunt Connie," Atticus smiled. "I can call you that too, right?"

"If you would like." Connie allowed.

Atlas's gift was the only one that was left as Connie began to open his present next.

"Um, I have a present for you too." he then said.

"You shouldn't have..." Connie smiled fondly to him. She soon unwrapped it and opened it before gasping as she saw that they were ruby slippers just her size that she could wear where ever she would go.

"Ruby slippers?" Darla smiled.

"Makes me feel like a little girl in Oz." Connie giggled as she then stood up and hugged Atlas.

Atlas blushed a bit before hugging her back. After a little while, they separated and Connie soon tried on her new shoes with the help from Atlas; making her feel like Cinderella. Connie smiled eagerly as she then sat down as Atlas was about to slide on the shoes onto her feet. Rover turned his head at the door, sensing a disturbance, then growled once he saw who was there.

"What's going on in here?" Rocky smirked as he came into the dressing room.

"Uh-oh, this could be trouble." Darla whispered to Atticus.

"Mm-hmm..." Atticus looked disgusted with Rocky.

"Rocky, today's my birthday," Connie told her boyfriend. "Where were you?!"

Eddie whimpered and hid under the chair Connie sat in, feeling uncomfortable around Rocky.

"I was, uh, busy, baby," Rocky smirked to the blonde woman. "Yeah, I was working."

"Oh, yeah, he's a real workaholic," Rover smirked to the others. "Yeah, you mention work and he gets drunk."

This caused Patch, Eddie, Colette, Ellie May, and Maisy to laugh.

"There they fit perfectly." Atlas smiled at Connie as he got the second ruby slipper on Connie's left foot.

"Oh, they're so pretty, Aunt Connie," Darla cooed. "Like something out of Coco Chanel."

"They're perfect, thank you, Atlas." Connie smiled.

"Of course." Atlas smiled back.

Rocky glared as Atlas and Connie seemed to be getting along and sneered to the dogs.

"Um, I think we should go." Darla said.

The others were nervous about that, but they did as suggested.

"Happy Birthday." Cherry said to Connie on the way out.

The pets had the uneasy way for their way out.

"Get out of here, ya mutts..." Rocky grumbled to the animals.

"What she sees in that guy, I'll never know." Rover sighed as they were left outside.

"How's about we go for a little walk?" Patch suggested.

"Stick with me." Rover nodded in agreement.

"You got it." Maisy smiled.

"So, that little blonde girl was Darla, I wondered whatever happened to her." Eddie said as he walked along with them.

"She doesn't like to talk about it." Patch said.

Colette looked curious.

"I'll tell you later." Patch whispered for Darla's sake.

A while later, they soon heard a squeal of tires.

"Road hogs!" Maisy flinched out of fright.

Luckily, they missed the car as it stopped right in the middle of an alley.

"Stupid dogs." a man in an overcoat and briefcase mumbled as he went into a building with another man.

"Hey, let's see what's going on." Rover suggested.

"I agree." Patch said.

Eddie found a bone in a box and decided to take it along with him as they went to spy on the dark looking strangers.

"I think I found a window to a basement." Ellie May said.

The others went that way and poked their heads in. Rocky appeared to be there and the two men came to see him.

"Rocky, you here?" a man's voice asked.

Rocky smirked and lit his cigarette, revealing himself.

"Ain't that Connie's boyfriend?" Eddie asked.

"Rocky." Rover growled.

"I always knew there was something wrong with him." Patch growled.

"You ain't the only one, kid." Rover agreed.

One man with the case then opened up and showed thousands of dollars to Rocky.

"What's going on?" Ellie May asked.

"Shh, listen." Colette said gently.

Ellie May then listened with the other dogs as there appeared to be a scam going on for the money. Patch soon had an idea of how to ruin this scam as he looked at Eddies bone. Eddie gnawed on the bone as he watched the gangsters in action.

"Eddie, let me borrow that bone." Patch said.

"Um, okay." Eddie said, giving him the bone.

Patch took it. "I only got one shot at this..." he then carefully aimed and threw the bone against the lamp.

"The cops!" one gang member called out. "It's a set-up! Let's get out of here!"

"A bone?" Rocky picked up the bone and looked to see the dogs had done that and sent off his mob friends.

"I got the stuff, let's go!" one member told the other.

"Yes!" Patch smiled.

"Hey, wait, it's just a dog!" Rocky tried to keep the gang from leaving, but it was too late. "A stupid dog!"

"Well, that worked just fine if I do say do myself." Patch smiled.

Rocky glared up with a growl to the dogs.

"RUN!" Maisy yelped.

"I agree." Colette added.

Rocky threw the bone at the window which shattered it as the pets started to run off for their dear lives. "ROVER, YOU'RE MINE, I'M GONNA GET YOU!" he roared as the pets went off.

"Quickly, let's rush to the condo." Patch said.

And so they did and it was around time for bed, but the humans were running a little late.

"I love the slippers, Atlas, they're just wonderful." Connie smiled to the man as she carried a sleeping Darla into her arms.

"I thought you might love them." Atlas smiled.

"Where on Earth did you get them?" Connie smiled back.

"I saw someone selling them." Atlas said.

"Well, you stopped at the right place." Connie smiled to him.

"Well, I guess I better get back to my hotel..." Atlas smiled shyly. "Y-You have a good night, Miss."

"The same to you, good sir." Connie smiled shyly back.

Atlas bowed to her and decided to get back to his hotel room. Connie smiled and then unlocked the front door and walked inside with the others as she carried Darla in her other arm while unlocking the door with her free hand.

"Time to get some sleep." Mo yawned.

"Come on then, we've all had a big day, but this was the best birthday I've ever had." Connie smiled sleepily.

They soon went to bed as soon as they got inside and closed the door after them as their pets got inside with them.

Patch yawned and stretched. "Man, I'm bushed."

"You said it." Rover yawned.

They all then went to bed after a big night in town. Rover put on his sunglasses and crawled into his bed, falling fast asleep. The next day was going to be the start of an adventure. Darla was very excited to spend some more time with Connie, but luckily, she managed to fall asleep. Atticus and Mo soon got into bed next. Due to how much fun and excitement of what the night brought, they all instantly fell asleep until the next day. And where the next day would be a surprise, but not in a good way for Rover or his animal friends.