All of the pups were tired out from the journey back to the Lookout. They were covered in sweat and sand. The worst part of it all, was the sandstorm.

Ryder saw a big gust of wind carrying sand not very far from them. Uh oh, he thought.

"Hurry pups!" He yelled. Zuma was still in his arms. Ryder never let him go. "Follow me! Quickly!"

The pups were close behind him panting for breath. "I see Mayor Humdinger! I see Mayor Humdinger!" Rocky suddenly exclaimed.

"There's Mayor Goodway! I see her too," Chase said.

Everybody ran towards them. They got together. "Everybody! We need to get away from here. Fast. There's a sandstorm not very far. We have to GO."

As soon as Ryder said that, they all began to run. They spotted the KCC while they ran. "Hurry! Come with us!" The kittens meowed and followed.

"Where's that little medical pup of yours?" Mayor Humdinger asked. He may not be the nicest person ever, but he still could tell when one of the pups was missing.

"She- she's gone..." Ryder choked while he ran.

Mayor Goodway gasped. They still ran. "She- she was a good pup," he said.

They still ran. In silence. "Poor Charm. What happened?" The running pups stayed silent as they continued to run. Ryder gulped. He glanced down at Zuma still asleep in his arms. "She was very sick."

"Poor thing. Where is she now?" Mayor Goodway asked.

Ryder began to cry. Tears blocked his vision. "W-we left her..."

Mayor Goodway's mouth dropped. "Oh dear."

Ryder looked down at Zuma as his tears dripped onto his fur. "I'm sorry," he whispered.

The sandstorm suddenly caught up to them. They tried to run, the pups panting and Ryder, Mayor Humdinger, and Mayor Goodway gasping for air, but the sand caught up to them. They were forced to breathe in the sand.

They coughed and tried to breathe, but the sand was suffocating. Ryder covered Zuma's face with his jacket so he wouldn't breathe in the sand.

The tears on Ryder's face were now covered in sand. His hair was full of it. They all continued to run though. They ran and ran.

Suddenly, Marshall spotted some lights through the sand.

"Hey! I see lights!" Everybody ran towards the lights. There was suddenly a big drop. It sent them plummeting straight down 100 feet.

They screamed at the top of their lungs. As soon as they thought their lives were over, they landed in the water. They slammed into the water hard.

"Eek! Water!" Rocky yelled. He spotted a beach and swam toward it speedy fast. Everybody else followed him immediately.

At the beach, they recognized it as Adventure Bay. The pups were so tired they ran straight to the Lookout. They collapsed in front of their pup houses.

Ryder watched the pups fall asleep immediately. He gave a small smile and with Zuma still in his arms, carried him to his bed. He laid Zuma down carefully, so he wouldn't wake up and walked out of the room quietly. Ryder still couldn't believe Charm was dead, and how he just left her body out there in the desert.

Outside of his room, Ryder suddenly dropped to his knees and cried. "Why did we even DO that stupid surfing contest?"