While Shane, Chilli, and Brandy were away on their fishing trip at Mort's, night time appeared as well at The Heeler's household. Bandit and the girls were the only ones home, and as such he is the only one to watch over them for the night after previously being with Stripe for a while. He was currently working on getting Bluey and Bingo tucked in for bed.
"K. I'm done." Bandit said, when he helped his youngest daughter Bingo get ready for bedtime. "You two want the night lights on, or nah?" Bandit asked the two, Bluey was the first to answer. "Yes dad." Bluey replied to her dad. "Yes please." Bingo replied as well while nodding yes, however something was on her mind that made her worried which Bandit immediately noticed.
"What's wrong, sweetheart?" Bandit proceeded to ask her, kneeling down to her level to talk to her. "Nothing... just worried about Mum, Aunt Brandy, and Shane. They've been gone all day." Bingo answered with a bit of worry and concern while holding onto her plush rabbit. "Ah. No need to worry about them. They'll be back home tomorrow before breakfast." Bandit rest assured her. But it didn't seem to take away the worries as she still felt concerned. "I know..." She responded with a sad expression.
"Hey. Just know that everything will be alright. No matter what, you can be brave. Having worries and concerns is normal, but you gotta keep moving forward. That way things won't be as scary." Bandit said, which she smiled in response. This made her feel a bit better about them not being present as she hugged her dad. "I best head off to bed now." Bandit then got up, heading to the door preparing to turn the lights off and wish them a good night as he gave them both a smile.
"Goodnight. You two." Bandit said one last time before turning the lights off and shutting the door, letting the two drift off to sleep. Bingo rested her head as her eyes were starting to close but then they opened when she heard her sister whispering. "Bingo." Bluey whispered which the young heeler looked and saw Bluey was looking at her from her bed. "Goodnight." She told her. This cheered Bingo up regarding a moment ago, she couldn't help but reply. "Goodnight sis." Bingo said nicely in return and then Bluey turned back around. Bingo hugged her rabbit plush, shut her eyes and fell completely asleep along with Bluey.
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After drifting off to sleep along with Bluey and Bandit. Bingo was transported, flying through some sort of a tunnel with different colors and shapes throughout as she passed by. Where too? No clue. Other than that she found it awesome and was excited this was all thought of in her dream. Eventually Bingo would be taken out of the tunnel and found herself in a dark empty void. It was lonely and quiet, she could barely see anything or anyone. that is... until suddenly the area around her began to crack.
Eventually revealing the other side which after escaping from the void she was in, Bingo found she was now in space with many stars around. The young red heeler realized she was inside of planet earth the whole time and hatched out of it like a chicken hatches out of an egg, now thinking about it... she recognized being here before. "I'm back here again." Bingo said. She remembered being in space and time her mum spoke to her from the sun, but what puzzled her was. Why had she returned here again?
Bingo would question this more, however she saw next to her, the moon was hatching as well, revealing her favorite rabbit plush, Floppy. She quickly went over and hugged it tightly before grabbing a hold of it, so it could never leave her site. Beyond this Bingo was unsure what to do next. "Where do I go?" She thought to herself.
"Bingo, over here!" But then Bingo heard a feminine voice, one she didn't recognize due to them sounding far away. She proceeded to follow it, venturing out along with Floppy in search of the mysterious voice. The young red heeler didn't know where she was going, but could hear the strange voice straight ahead only to finally discover them standing on mars. It was her mum, dad, and Bluey who waved at her to come over to them.
Bingo did so and went over, taking a step on mars before looking at her family with a smile on her face. "Hold on, sis." Bluey said as she grabbed her hand and they began jumping around mars. Oddly, Chilli or Bandit didn't say anything, only just smiling at her and Bluey like they usually do, but it wasn't too much of a concern for the young heeler.
She was having fun, they jumped higher, and higher, and higher, while white flashes were around them, like they were getting their picture taken by photographers. Unfortunately, the fun of jumping on mars would immediately come to an end as they landed back down, but it seemed like this wasn't over just yet, when Bingo saw the planet Saturn from a distance.
"Come on everyone. Let's go check it out." Bandit stated in an excited and adventurous tone, Bingo's hands were grabbed again as they ventured to another planet. Saturn looked about the same, except that the ring was a rainbow which circled around the planet. A small wooden boat then appeared which they all got on and rowed down the ring, Bingo laughed and giggled touching the rainbow with her hand.
Strangely it felt like water from a lake or ocean and the feeling was pretty cold but when she splashed it in the air it dissolved into magic dust. As they continued having fun going in circles, the four of them would then notice something... strange, to Bingo's left was Shane, but he was not in his normal attire.
Instead he wore a black suit and tie while holding hands and slow dancing with somebody the young red heeler didn't know or recognize. They were mainly a shadow, and looked nothing like the heelers, she was very lost as to why she along with the others was being shown this. However, before Bingo could come up with a theory the boat immediately stopped and everyone got off it. Bingo followed her family as they all left Saturn to go on another adventure probably to another planet or to see something new. That's what she thought...
In an instant Chilli, Bandit, and Bluey disappeared out of thin air making Bingo confused as to what was going on. Her vision would go black and she was taken somewhere unlike space. She could only describe this place as empty, being daytime with white clouds around and her feet stepping on what felt like water, she began to walk around. "Where did I end up now?" Bingo asked with sudden confusion, she began searching for a while in wonder as to where her family had gone too.
"Mum!... Dad!... Bluey!" Bingo tried calling out for them, but to no avail. She tried calling for them again. "Mum!!... Dad!!... Bluey!!" Bingo yelled more loudly, her confused expression turned into a worried one. She accepted there was no one there and she's completely alone. She became afraid, hugging Floppy while the young heeler sat down and began to cry, tears streaming down her face, she didn't know what to do or where to go. She was alone in this empty plane of existence.
"Over here sweetie." Her mum spoke in a soft yet chill voice. Bingo searched around for where the disembodied voice was coming from. She thought there was nothing for a moment only to see to the right a large glass like square. Curious, she wiped her tears before getting up and walking over to the square.
Looking at it more clearly she realized it wasn't just a glass square, more like a mirror of sorts as she saw herself and gave a quick wave to see if it would copy her moment to which it did. But the question still remains... Where is her mum? "Bingo." Chilli then said. Bingo could tell her voice was coming from the mirror as the younger red heeler placed her hand on it and with an instant Chilli emerged on the other side.
"Mum?" Bingo asked, wondering if this was really her mother. Chilli nodded her head before suddenly stepping out of the mirror which surprised Bingo. "It is me, in your imagination." Chilli explained, greeting her daughter with joy. "Mum. I'm scared, scared that you won't come back." Bingo told her with a feeling of fear, but Chilli just smiled before giving her some advice.
"Hmm... I recall when you previously came here, to you I was the sun. You were scared, wanting to be a big girl and sleep all by yourself." Chilli said, her voice echoed around the empty space. "I know." Bingo replied. Chilli then continued the advice she wanted to give to her daughter.
"But like I said before, there is nothing to be afraid of. I'm always here if you need me, even if I am a distance away." She told her in a calming tone. "Really?" Bingo asked her mum which she smiled and replied. "Really." Bingo felt so much better about her being gone on a trip, she was now able to come to terms with it. Finally relaxed and drifting off to sleep. But not before giving her mom one final hug. "I love you mum." Bingo said, getting her mother a big hug. Chilli hugged her in return and then said to her daughter.
"I love you too." They hugged for a moment, while they did Bingo changed for a second. She was now tall and older, presumably in her teens before rapidly changing back to a young heeler in an instant. They both let go of each other as the mirror in front of them began glowing, it seemed like it was Chilli's time to leave.
"I have to go. There is much more to learn and new friends you'll meet in the real world. But that is a story for another day." Chilli stated as she walked closer to the mirror, planning to leave back to her realm. However Bingo was confused by what she meant, it's now something on her mind. "What do you mean?" Bingo asked. "Remember, I'll always be here for you, even if you can't see me, because I love you." She only said to her then stepped inside the mirror and disappeared, leaving the young heeler with more questions than answers.
"Wait! I..." Bingo called out for her mother, but she was already gone along with the mirror. "Biscuits." She said to himself. "Hi there." Turns out she wasn't truly alone as Bingo jumped hearing a feminine voice behind her. "Huh?" She slowly turned around and saw a familiar shadow, the same one who was dancing with Shane on Saturn only now seeing them up close.
They wore black leggings, black socks, white sneakers, and lastly a purple t-shirt underneath a black jean jacket with three pins attached on the right side of their jacket. After staring for a second Bingo knew it was definitely not a heeler like her, In fact they looked to be more like a corgi but one Bingo was still not familiar with as she curiously asked. "Who are you?"
Bingo was now fastened asleep in her bed, hugging her plush rabbit while her sister was asleep as well a feet away. Bandit was out like a lightbulb but while all of them were sleeping a small creaking noise could be heard. Within Bandit's office somebody was searching, the window was open and the individual who looked like a bipedal dog wore an all black hoodie, sweatpants, shoes, and finally a black ski mask to hide their identity.
They waved their flashlight around the room, snooping for something specific as before they knew it, their eyes locked onto the very thing. Laying on Bandit's desk was a paper with a paragraph worth of text but more importantly Bandit's own signature. In a quick instant the intruder quietly walked over to the desk before pulling out their phone and immediately snapping a picture of the signature.
Once it was finally completed, they began to pace back to the window while sending the photo of the signature to an unknown phone number before typing out a text. "I've retrieved what you wanted, you got three days to send me the money I'm owed, leaving his place now." He sent the text message and then made an escape out the window, siding the window down and closing it shut.