"So where does JoJo live?" the taxi driver asked Casey.

"In the mansion way behind the apartment complexes," Casey replied.

The taxi driver nodded, and then drove towards the mansion Casey was describing.

As soon as they got there the young adults thanked the driver and then started walking towards the mansion.

Casey knocked on the door in a complexed pattern, and then a 16-year-old blue hedgehog opened the door. She was too busy practicing the lines of a play that she was doing to notice who was at the door. "Yes?" she said, not even taking her eyes off the page.

"Where's JoJo, Demi?" Casey asked the girl.

"First آپ have to answer my question," Demi told Casey still not looking at her.

"Shoot," Casey said.

"Why do آپ want to know?" Demi questioned.

"It's grown-up business," Casey explained.

"I'm classified as a grown-up," Demi replied.

"Just tell me where JoJo is," Casey demanded. "Tell me and I'll buy آپ مزید theater stuff."

"Good enough for me," Demi shrugged. "In the back."

Casey, Kyle, Swift, and Swerve marched to the backyard. They saw a young adult, a little younger than Casey, studying the plants in the mansion's garden. She was wearing a قوس قزح tank top, blue capris, and black flip flops. Her hair was filled with multiple colors that resembled skittles.

"JoJo, we need آپ to come with us," Casey said.

JoJo turned her head towards Casey. "Ummmm... I kinda can't. I have to tend the garden."

"You can tend the garden when we get back. My mom and dad, your aunt and uncle- Yeah, they're missing," Casey explained.

"You know I love them, but if I don't tend this garden, I'll fail my exam. And if I fail the exam, I'll get kicked out of college," JoJo replied.

"I'm sure there's other colleges out there," Casey told her, rolling her eyes.

"Not like this one!" JoJo emphasized.

"This is a life یا death situation. You're coming no matter what," Casey .

Casey then went up to JoJo, picked her up, and walked towards the گیراج of the mansion, with Kyle, Swift, and Swerve following.

"Put me down!" JoJo hollered.

Casey ignored her and kept walking.

"What are we doing anyway?" Kyle asked.

"You'll see..." Casey murmured.

As soon as they got there they saw a Range Rover — JoJo's parents' car. Casey opened the trunk, threw JoJo in, and then sat in the driver's نشست of the car.

"Can آپ even drive?" Kyle کہا as he sat in the passenger's seat.

"Nope," Casey replied plainly. "Problem?"

"Not at all..." Kyle muttered.

When تیز رو, سوئفٹ and Swerve sat in the back seats, Casey started up the car, driving like a maniac.

"EEK!!" someone  in shrieked. The noise of the girl came from the back around where تیز رو, سوئفٹ and Swerve were sitting.

"Be quiet, Swift. I need to concentrate," Casey hissed, still keeping her eyes on the road.

"It wasn't me," تیز رو, سوئفٹ announced. "and I'm sure it wasn't Swerve."

"I believe the noise came from under the seats," Swerve suggested.

Then he slowly looked down under the seats. Surprised, he saw Demi and another boy, 14-years-old, that also looks related to Casey.

"Uhhhh..... Hehehehe......." Demi awkwardly chuckled. "Hi?"

Casey turned back, not holding the wheel, but still putting her foot on the gas, and looked to see who was there. "Demi?! Blake?!" she exclaimed angrily. "What are آپ doing here?!"

"Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh..." Kyle panicked. He then grabbed the wheel and tried to steer for Casey, dodging everything that was in the way as he sweated from panicking.

"We just wanted to help آپ find mom and dad," Blake explained.

"We overheard آپ talking about it to JoJo," Demi continued.

"Well we can't turn back now," Casey sighed.

"Who are آپ gonna get now?" Demi asked.

"Dave and Talia," Casey replied.

To be continued...