The New Arrivals

Chapter 7

The next day was actually quite an interesting one. 

While going out shopping with Alice and Emily, Beethoven actual spotted Regina, Ramona and Floyd leave the market. Knowing that if they were here, Missy had to be to. Beethoven of course tried to follow after them, but he was chained up so he wouldn't leave his owners. 

Ted had taken the puppies out for a walk and was trying to impress a local girl... it didn't work. Ryce had gone out to find Taylor, when she met another boy named Seth who was into motorcycles. And Jacob was helping his mom and Walter with the chores around the cabin. 

That afternoon, the adventure kids were sitting outside on the porch, enjoying the cool breeze while the puppies were interestingly watching George fail to chop wood. 

The kids were soon talking about what their plans were after this for their next adventures. 

"I'm just not so sure I want to go back to Europe this early" Kali told her friends, sounding unsure.  

"Hey, you think that's rough?" David asked. "I have to be ready if Johnny English might have another mission for me any day now" 

"And didn't your dad say he's taking you guys back to see the Mystery Inc gang again after they invited you guys to come to Scotland with them?" Teeders asked Kali. 

The four friends soon sighed. Boy, when you're an adventurer, it really keeps your life busy.  

Just then, the gang's conversation was interrupted when they heard George scream and turned to see that he had knocked off one of the headlights to his car after attempting to chop a plank of wood while the puppies laughed in amusement.

Later, right around dinner, Ryce asked her mom an odd question about liking two guys at one time and knowing how to chose the right one. Relationships are weird the adventure kids and dogs thought. Kali had many boyfriends before, and Teeders relationship with her boyfriend Kennith was an odd one too, considering he kept growing hair so fast and strangely went out at night to howl at the moon like a wolf. 

Later that evening, Ryce and Kali deiced to take their dogs out for a walk. Ryce had some place she really wanted to check out. 

"So, like, where are we going exactly?" Kali asked her friend while they walked their dogs through the forest area. 

The teen girls and their dogs soon heard music playing and came over as they approached upon a house, where a party with teenagers seemed to be going on. 

Beethoven and Lucky immediately tried to pull their owners away, having a bad feeling about this. But Ryce and Kali kept a firm hold on their dogs from leaving. 

"I don't like this, Kali" Lucky said as he sniffed the air from the party. 

"Me neither" Kali whispered to her dog, but knew she couldn't leave Ryce. 

Ryce spotted someone familiar up on the patio deck talking to another girl. Taylor soon turned and noticed Ryce and the others. 

"Ryce?" he asked. "Is that you?" 

"Hi" Ryce greeted with Beethoven, Kali and Lucky by her side. 

"What are you doing here?" Taylor asked them. 

"Uh, we were just taking a walk" Ryce said, looking back to Beethoven.  

"Well, come on up. I'll show ya around" Taylor offered. 

"Uh, no thanks" Kali told him. 

"I don't know. It's kind of late" Ryce added.  

"Come on! Come on!" Taylor begged. How could Ryce say no to that hot face. 

"Okay" Ryce said and she came up to the house, with Kali and Lucky following her. 

"You might wanna tie those fur balls up" Taylor advised the girls, referring to Lucky and Beethoven.  

Ryce and Kali brought their dogs over and chained their leashes around one of the support beams that kept the patio up. 

"I'll be right back" Kali pet her dog, trying to get the dalmatian not to worry then went after Ryce. 

Beethoven and Lucky started whining and barking to their owners as the girls came upstairs to the deck and were greeted by Taylor. 

"Would you like a beer?" Taylor asked the girls. 

Kali suddenly looked shocked to see that these teens were drinking at the party, under age. "Uh, no thanks" she quickly declined. 

"Just water, please" Ryce said. 

"Hey, relax" one guy offered. "Have a beer" 

"No, I don't drink" Ryce politely declined. 

"Neither do I" Kali firmly added.

"How do you know that?" another guy asked them. "I mean, maybe you do drink, but you just don't know it yet"

"Look, they don't wanna drink, they don't wanna drink" Taylor told his friends, telling them to leave the girls alone. 

Kali was starting to feel very uncomfortable at this party, being exposed to the vices of teen culture. And Ryce had to agree. 

"You know, we probably should be getting home pretty soon" Ryce said to Taylor as she and Kali came back over to the edge of the deck and could hear their dogs continuing to bark to them. 

"He'll be fine. I promise" Taylor told Ryce. "Just come upstairs and see the view. Just for a second"

Ryce looked very unsure about this and so did Kali. 

"Come on. Come on" Taylor begged again.

"Okay" Ryce soon gave in. "Just for a second, though"

Kali then watched Taylor take Ryce inside upstairs while she stayed out on the deck, being rather uncomfortable around these immature teens. 

Beethoven and Lucky kept barking when some of the other teens saw them. 

"Hey, look, some dogs" one guy told the rest of his buddies. "You want a beer, big guys?" he asked Beethoven and Lucky. 

Beethoven and Lucky both sternly barked a 'no', but that's not what the party boys heard. 

"They said yes" the teens laughed and started pouring their beer on the dogs, thinking it was cool. 

Kali still felt pretty unconformable, trying to avoid making conversation with anyone when she saw those guys pouring beer on Beethoven and Lucky. 

"Hey! Leave them alone!" Kali glared, trying to get the teens to stop pouring beer on the dogs. 

The teens started messing around with the tomboy, keeping her from interfering while some others continued pouring beer on poor Beethoven and Lucky. 

When finally, Beethoven had enough. The st bernard was stronger than Lucky, but Lucky still helped as both dogs pulled hard on their leashes, detaching them from the support beam and also breaking it off. 

The deck suddenly became unstable since Beethoven and Lucky had broke off one of the support beams. Some teens screamed as they fell off the deck and into the lake. 

Kali was quickly able to get away from the danger and came upstairs, where she found Ryce locked in the bedroom. 

Taylor had fallen out after the wall of the bedroom was destroyed when Beethoven and Lucky took out that support beam, and he went plunging down into the lake. 

Kali was able to bust down the door and free Ryce. They then looked out to see all the wreckage and teens in the lake... and Taylor. 

"Great party, dude!" Kali said sarcastically to Taylor while glaring at him. 

"Hey, Taylor... We're through!" Ryce said sternly while glaring towards him, showing that their relationship was officially over.  

Beethoven and Lucky then barked to their girls, seeing that they were safe and unharmed. 

"Thanks, Beethoven! Thanks, Lucky!" the girls smiled to their dogs as they had saved them. 

The four then headed straight back home, never to see that rat Taylor again.