Whilst heading home, the young genius thought about potential places to hide the Skelefile. Now let's see. Where around the house could I keep this? The basement? No, no, no, no. That area is part of Dylan's cleaning zone, and seeing the weapon of a serial killer stashed away in the house would definitely give him another heart attack. So it's got to be somewhere outside of that cleaning zone. Perhaps burying it in the backyard? No, Diesel would find it within seconds. The biscuit jar definitely isn't an option either.

  Upon approaching the door and placing one of his tiny, nimble paws on the scanner, his eldest siblings immediately greeted him, with Dylan inquiring with concern, "Dawkins, how did it go? Did you and Pearl sort things out?"

  "Yes," Dawkins answered concisely, but then Dolly quickly spied the pouch on the genius pup's back and asked, "Hey, Dawkins? What's with the patched-up pouch?"

  This question kinda made the freckled younger brother jump a little, but he was still able to turn towards his tomboyish sister and reply, "I, umm... got it from off the streets."

  Fortunately, both of the eldest siblings seem to believe this, as they immediately responded, "Okay."

  With a smile, Dawkins went into the hallway and started pacing around while thinking about a hiding place for the Skelefile, until he finally came up with an idea. If I can't find the right hiding place for the file, I'll make one instead!

  While the plan was still on his brilliant mind, he rushed right into his room, but while doing so, he accidentally tripped over one of his old college-level algebra books (one that he'd finished roughly two months ago). Seeing this immediately gave Dawkins another idea, so he gathered up some scraps of titanium, tempered steel, and microchips (plus a mini sledgehammer and his microchip-handling tools).

  As he started getting to work, some thoughts came to his brilliant young mind: Perhaps it was just his cuts healing, but Alex sure looked a lot better than yesterday... especially in that police vest!

  These thoughts left a faint pink blush dusted onto the genius pup's face, drawing some extra attention to the freckle-spots on his cheeks.