“Hey Cindy, ready for the switch?” Hugo asked the small newly arrived rabbit as he slowly lowered himself by his tail until he was face to face with her. They were under the cover small, dense tree.

“Yep, see anything interesting?” She asked back.

“Not really. I don’t know what they expect to find here. You’d think they’d know if Cal got outta the house so early in the loop, there would be nothing there to find,” Hugo responded. After Scrump and Sleek’s return with Harold from the newest gateway, they took another to Earth and made a new, very small gateway deep in the woods near Cal’s childhood home.

The hope had been that if it were small enough, it would go undetected. The downside was the size of the creature that could fit through it, luckily, the void house had a few subjects perfect for the job. Cindy Hopper and Hugo were now trading off on reconnaissance missions.

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“Wait, what’s going on now?” Cindy asked as the agents in front of the house started moving around frantically, as one of them was shouting into a phone. “Sounds like Cal’s raid went off perfectly. Whoever is on the other side of the phone is warning them to be careful and talking about possibly pulling away from the house entirely.”

“Interesting, guess I should hang out for a little bit longer and take all this info back as well,” Hugo said.

“Guess you should,” Cindy agreed, glad for a little company. She hadn’t been looking forward to a few days alone spent spying and hiding, but Bug said they were the reason Ethel wasn’t here, so she’d do whatever it took to help rescue her.