Everyone ready to find that equipment?

(Mike howls.)

Peter: Yes!

Valerie: Let's go!

Micky: You bet!

Davy: Ready!

Lauren: Let’s hurry!

(We open in the corridors of Alex's hide-out under the ghost town. Peter and Mike walk down one of the whitewashed halls. Peter nervously holds his arrow out, ready to shoot.)

Peter: I don't know, Michael. I don't see anyone. (Frowns) It's too quiet. I don't even hear any moans or screams or (gulps) animal noises. :(

(Mike whimpers.)

Peter: (Chuckles) Besides you, Michael. ;)

(Michael grins and nuzzles him.)

Peter: (Stops; Mike stops, too, running into him) What's that sound?

(Mike's ears prick and his large brown eyes raise.)

Peter: I think I hear...footsteps? Or something like them...

(We see the demons who grabbed Honeywell earlier walking down the hall. Peter's eyes widen. Mike grows, but Peter puts his hand on his muzzle to calm him.)

Peter: Michael, no! They'll hear us! (Peter ducks into the first room in the hall he can get into and looks around. The room is dim, but the outlines of several large, vaguely familiar shapes can be seen.) What... (He pulls back) The last time I saw something I shouldn't have, Sheila and Alex tried to... (He shudders)

(Mike, however, runs over to one of the shapes and noses around it. He indicates the shapes, howling as quietly as he can.)

Peter: Michael, I can guess. It's the equipment. (Sighs) Why do I always see the things I shouldn't? At least these don't have auras! (Looks around) I wonder if we should go back to looking for the others...

*Alex suddenly appears in the doorway, flanked by about a half dozen demons.*

Alex: Well, well, well, look who we have here.

Peter: (Raises his bow) Don't you come near me, Alex!

(Mike immediately attacks Alex, making for his rear.)

Alex: *knocks Mike away; sends two demons after him* Now, now, dear Bard. Why the hostility? *evil grin*

Peter: The last time I was in your clutches, you hurt Micky, and Sheila tried to hurt me!

Alex: Ah, yes, good times...

Peter: Not THIS time, Alex! (He holds the bow and arrow again)

(The demons gather Mike in their arms. He struggles and howls.)

Alex: *turns to the four remaining demons* Fellas... *motions for them to get Peter*

(The four demons grab Peter. He struggles as well, but they finally hold him tight and take his bow and arrows.)

Peter: No! Please, don't!

(Mike howls angrily, snapping and biting at the demons.)

Alex: I love to see begging.

Peter: Alex, let us go! :o

Alex: (Turns to the demons holding Mike; makes a face) Shut up, would you? *muzzles the wolf*

Peter: Michael...please, don't hurt Michael! You've done enough to him!

Alex: Are you kidding? I haven't BEGUN yet! *muddles Mike until he whimpers*

Peter: No! He's already confused. You're hurting him! His aura is so pale...

Demon 1: What'll we do wit' them, Mastah?

(Another demon clamps his clawed hand over Peter's mouth. Peter tries to struggle, but the demons hold on to him. One of the demons hands Alex Peter's bow and arrows.)

Demon 2: Here's what he tried to skewer you with. Pretty sorry, I do say.

Alex: Take them to my rooms. I need to think about what I want to do with them.

(The other demons take the horrified Peter and confused Mike away, but one demon remains.)

Demon 2: Master, the group who...um, damaged...some of our kind has descended into the underground area. The spy is in the labs, and Madame Olinsky and her men are ready.

Alex: Well, we knew it wouldn't be long. At least we have the spy. We’ll go to the labs.

Demon 2: Yes, Master. (He follows Alex out)

(Cut back to the hallway. This time, Micky, Lauren, Davy, Daphne, and Valerie are the ones wandering around the hallway with their weapons drawn.)

Valerie: Ok, people, look sharp. We have to find the equipment while keeping an eye out for devils or spies, and we need to find Honeywell.

(Valerie peers into...the very same room Peter had before.)

Valerie: It's safe. No devils or spies.

(She fumbles around for a light switch, and finally finds it...revealing a room filled with all kinds of junk and parts, including the missing equipment!)

Valerie: (Grins at the others) Don't you love an easy mission?

Micky: Seems a little too easy, doesn't it? :P

Valerie: The devils must be distracted elsewhere. That's why we haven't seen them yet.

Daphne: Well, who's gonna send it back to the government?

Micky and Davy: I will. *glare at each other* No, me! *glare again*

Lauren: Guys... *rolls her eyes* :P

Valerie: ONE of you DO it, before the devils show up!

*Micky and Davy concentrate on the equipment. It disappears. They grin at each other, then scowl.*

Micky: I was doing it, Dave!

Davy: I did it, mate!

Lauren: Oh great.

Valerie: Where did you send the equipment, or dare I ask?

Davy: I TRIED to send it back to the government.

Micky: I tried sending it to Headquarters.

Lauren: Two different places? I don't think we want to know the result.

Daphne: If you split top-secret government equipment in half...

Valerie: Well, the equipment's all right, or at least close to all right. Whatever it is or isn't, it's out of our hands now. Let's see if we can find Honeywell until his men show up.

(Valerie leads the others out, but realizes there's one curly head missing. She goes back in the room, annoyed.)

Valerie: Micky? Mick, come on! They could be here any minute!

*Micky is bent over, cheek pressed to one particular piece of equipment...eyes closed...stroking it...*

Valerie: Mick, could you stop making love to the equipment and get moving?

Lauren: *leans in the doorway* Please tell me I didn't just hear you say what I think you said.

Micky: *looks up, lower lip quivering* Can I take it home?

Lauren: No! You don't know where it's been!

Valerie: Besides, Alex would notice.

*Micky sighs, gives the equipment a pat, then finally, grudgingly, leaves.*