The next morning, Patricia stood in the small kitchen, stirring a pot of steaming milk as the scent of chocolate filled the air. She glanced over her shoulder to see Melony lounging on the couch, her legs sprawled out and her green skin catching the soft morning sunlight streaming through the window.

"You're awfully quiet today," Patricia called out, pouring the melted chocolate into two mugs. "Still upset about your bath last night?"

Melony grinned, tapping her fingers against the couch's armrest. "Nah, I've moved on. It wasn't that bad. But if you tell anyone I said that, I'll deny it."

Patricia chuckled, walking over with the mugs in hand. "Your secret's safe with me. For now. Here," she said, handing one of the mugs to Melony.

Melony reached out carefully, her hand brushing the mug until she grabbed it firmly. She sniffed it, her nose wrinkling. "What is this? It smells... sweet."

"Hot chocolate," Patricia replied, sitting down beside her. "Thought you could use something warm after last night's ordeal."

Melony raised an eyebrow, her fingers tracing the edge of the mug. "You're spoiling me. Next thing I know, you'll be buying me blankets and singing me lullabies."

Patricia laughed, blowing on her own drink. "Don't tempt me. Now try it. You'll love it."

Melony hesitated, then took a cautious sip. Her lips curled into a smile as the rich, sweet liquid coated her tongue. "Okay, I'll admit—this is good. Maybe baths and hot chocolate aren't so bad after all."

Patricia leaned back, a satisfied grin on her face. "See? I told you. Sometimes it's the little things that make life better."

Melony took another sip, nodding slowly. "Yeah. Maybe you're onto something, Pat. But don't push it."

"Wouldn't dream of it," Patricia teased. "Now, finish your chocolate before it gets cold, hero."

Emma woke up and sees her brothers meet up with the other cosmic buddies.

" Sorry that Emma has the chicken pox" Emila says.

" She'll get better for sure" Alem tuber says.

" I wish Melony would try to come to school" Savannah says.

" Delta skipped the whole school thing I wanted to but my dad convinced me" Chrissy says.

" She said something about bugulars" Angry Luigi says.

" It's just a normal burglary nothing too special about that" Bill says.

" unless it's a ghost burglar" Jason teases.

" I wonder if they have good fries again" Angry Luigi says.

" Maybe so" Jack says as Reily tries to read the crystal ball as Keith looks at some recordings of the cosmic buddies fighting begmax.

" You guys are amazing" Keith says.

" Thanks" Savannah says.

"Amazing at blowing stuff up" Cool Josh says as Alem tuber growled

Meanwhile

Emma woke up and groaned feeling warm.

She gets up and tries punching and kicking but fell.

She gets a call.

" They didn't believe me twice" Alex says.

" I'm sorry about that... wait hold on this sounds bad" Emma says.

" they didn't steal anything it's like they're after something" Alex says.

Emma ran downstairs.

" Can I please stay with Alex we're both suffering from the chicken pox" Emma says.

" All right" Skylia says.

" thank you" Emma says.

After school Alem tuber smirked and turns super sayain as Cool Josh shoots ice at Alem tuber who dodged and smirked as he punches Cool Josh in the face.

Cool Josh was knocked back and smirked as he makes snowmen shoot at Alem tuber who dodged as Angry Luigi watches worried.

Alem tuber blasts the snowmen melting them as Cool Josh punches him and smirked as Alem tuber grunts skidding across the ice and slipped and fell.

" Weak" Cool Josh says before Absoulte Zero walked up.

" Copycat" He says and leaped for him as Cool Josh screamed as he punched Cool Josh.

"Here he comes" Chrissy says and hits her ommitrix

Charcoal covers Chrissy's body as she smirked and unleashes flames.

" heatblast!" She says and leaps for Absoulte Zero

Meanwhile

" Seems your friends are fighting" Patrica says.

" I don't do snow" Melony says.

Meanwhile Emma ran up to Alex.

" hey Alex, so what's going on?" Emma asked.

"Emma glad your here... you'd believe me when I say some weird guys have been trying to do something only thing is what?" Alex asked.

" I believe you" Emma says " Seems like this calls for the cosmic buddies... but they're busy"

" Hey I think if we team up we can solve this mystery" Alex says.

" Yeah" Emma says

At dinner.

" Thanks Mrs Pruitt" Emma says.

" Your quite welcome" She says " How are your brothers?"

" They're ok" Emma says.

" You gonna feed your girlfriend?" Stan teased.

" ok that's a forced one" Molly says.

Emma nods.

The next day.

Emma and Alex get the idea to use a toy car.

They install a camera on it.

" Great idea" Emma says.

" Thanks" Alex says.

A week had nearly finished since they'd set up base in the neighborhood. Breaking into homes, one after another, they should've been closer to finding the chip by now, but Alice comprehended this to imply that they'd wasted five long days on the field without gathering any real results. There was nothing to report back to their client, nothing to brag about. It pissed her off.

So far, Alice counted twelve houses cleared of suspicion. That left two houses to search, two houses they should've broken into much earlier if not for their unbelievable streak of bad luck. The old lady, a certain Greta Hess, clearly didn't have the toy car. They found the emptied Parisian bag in her closet but that was that. In the first place, what use could a senile hag without any living relatives or grandchildren have for a remote control truck? Even for a brand new toy, none whatsoever. Therefore, she must have given it to some kid within the vicinity. At such a juncture, Alice deduced, the most logical course of action would be to hit the house with the most children: Alcotts or Pruitts, five runts or three. Alice didn't need Jernigan to do the math. Today, they'd woken early to strike the Alcott house.

To complicate things, however, Alice couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched. Twice they'd had to withdraw on account of the cops blaring onto the scene; twice they'd narrowly avoided capture. No alarms had been tripped. It made no sense to attribute it to chance. If indeed some overzealous citizen was observing their movements, she needed extra precautions. For that purpose, she'd brought a baby stroller on the morning surveillance along with a doll wrapped snugly in blankets as if a real child. None would suspect a "mother" out for a walk with her "baby" of anything criminal. The prop made for an excellent disguise. Moreover, she traded in her usual ensemble for a slinky black Lycra jogging suit, combat boots, and a red nylon vest – not the kind of outfit people would associate with a burglar. By all accounts, she was prepared. Such were her thoughts as she made to cross a road, nearly getting herself run over by a speeding Ford Taurus.

" Woah that was a close one" Emma says spying.

" Yeah I know" Alex says

The car got grabbed by some of them but Emma grabs the control and goes presses harder and got the car back to the house.

Later " Dang it they got the tape" Alex says.

" yeah but at least we know what we're up against" Emma says.

" your right" Alex says.

End of chapter