you Hey! Caddy! Lars? Where are you? Over here, in our old tree house. Are you crazy? No one's been up there in years. The wood is rotting away. I haven't fallen yet. See? Totally sturdy. Oops. Stop jumping! Oliver Pruitt is already out to get you. Don't make it easier for him. Why weren't you answering my texts?
My parents took away my phone after I got suspended for the whole pack of hungry wolves incident. What's wrong? Can you come over here? On the zip line? That thing is ancient. It'll hold you, trust me. And bring your laptop. If I fall, you're gonna have to scrape me up off the driveway. Deal. Come on! This is crazy! Got you. Whew!
Not so bad. Why are we up here? I came home from the warehouse today and the whole apartment was packed up. We're moving to Cleveland. Moving? Tomorrow. You can't. Tell that to my mom. She said I need to get away from here and make a new start. I can't believe this. I know. It's so wrong. We're supposed to be going to the midsummer dance tonight. And now I'm moving and you're locked in your bedroom. Actually, I'm still going to the dance.
But you were suspended. My mom talked Principal Fagan into letting me go. She's so desperate for me to be normal. You're going by yourself? Not exactly. I'm... I'm going with Aiden Summers. My mom is in a book club with his mom. She wants me to go with someone who's... Not me. Yeah. Pretty much anyone but you. I'm sorry, Mars. You know you're the only person I want to go to the dance with.
Good, because I'm going to be there. You're not allowed. You've been expelled. I'll find a way. I'll find you. I have to get back to my room. Mom's going to expect me to start getting ready for the dance. Leave your laptop. Mine's packed up and I need to get in touch with Lost in London to follow up on all these missing kids. I'll see you with a dance. I promise. Really? Okay, what's the time difference in England? Six hours? Hopefully she'll still be awake.
Sorry, I think I dialed up the wrong address. Who is it you're looking for? I'm trying to talk to a lost in London. She's about my age, 11 or so. Julia, no she's not here. She wasn't aware she had a friend in the States. How exciting! Last... Julia and I were working on something together. She didn't tell me she was going anywhere. She doesn't live here anymore. Where did she go? What happened to her? You appeared concerned, young man. Oh, don't be. It's a good thing. Julia went someplace.
Do you like this dress, JP? You're asking me for fashion advice? The closest I get to formal wear is wearing matching socks. I don't want to look too nice for Aiden, but Mars promised he'd show up. Is he insane? Fagin's going to have the National Guard there keeping him away. He'll find a way. I guess he always does. Not always. He's moving, JP. What do you mean, he's moving?
To Cleveland. Mars' mom decided he needed to start over somewhere else. They're leaving tomorrow morning. What? She can't just take him away. This is his home. How is he going to make it without us? It's going to be hard. For everybody. Come to the dance. This might be the last night we'll all see each other. That's an awful thing to say. How are you feeling? I'm upset. Just like you. No.
I mean feeling. Are you having any bad mojo headaches? Kids all over the world are disappearing. And we're talking about going to a dance? Are you sure it's safe? Caddy? I didn't want to say anything, but my head really hurts. Whether you've signed up for a subscription, used our free educator resources, or simply told your family or friends about our shows, you're making a huge difference.
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Help us out by going to gzmshows.com slash survey and taking a super quick survey to tell us more about yourself and what you like. Once again, that's gzmshows.com slash survey. Thank you. You are awesome. I don't want you to go to Cleveland, Mars. I don't want to go either, toothpick. That's why I'm hiding in your bedroom. Let's just deal with tonight. Show me the map again. These are all the countries where we have confirmation that kids have gone missing.
Hide. It's my parents. What up, playa? Hey, sweetie. Almost dance time. Ah, Beethoven on the stereo. Dope. Seven more minutes, Dad. Seven minutes? Word. You look so cute, Randall. But I don't understand why you didn't ask a nice girl to be your date. I prefer to go solo, Mom. Keeps my options open. That's my dog. Don't encourage that. We'll be back in five minutes. Six and a half. Okay, it's safe, Mars. What the fuck's your dad? He's trying to be cool. He's cool.
Do you see any pattern with the disappearances once we add Lost in London? Shouldn't you be thinking about how you're going to get into the dance? You made Caddy a promise. I'll figure it out once I get there. You like Caddy. Right? She's the best. No, I mean, you like, like her. Because I read this book about women. You read a book about women? Yes. Whenever I don't know something about a subject I'm interested in, I read a book about it.
Then I'm well informed. Okay. What do the books say? Women are complicated creatures, Mars. They don't always say what they mean. Is that supposed to be helpful? I'm just saying. You liked Aurora. Now you're going to sneak into the dance to be with Caddy. But what happens if we find Aurora? When we find Aurora. When we find Aurora. No offense, Mars, but you are not a player. What was that? I should go. Pruitt's still looking for me. I need to keep moving.
I'll meet you at the dance. Time to represent. Okay, Dad. I'm ready to go to the dance. Make the most of this dance, kiddo. I have a feeling you're going to remember this night. for the rest of your life. Ah, the school dance. A time to have fun with your classmates. to move to the music and celebrate life. But for Maz Patel and his friends, the Midsummer Dance is a mixed bag, to say the least. Aurora and Jonas are still missing.
Mars is about to move halfway across the country, and the gang is still on the bad side of billionaire genius Oliver Pruitt. Hold on, you say. You're Oliver Pruitt. And you seem like a wonderful, caring, generous man. You don't think I'm dangerous, do you kids? Do you? Hey, Aurora. Sorry I haven't been checking in as much. I'm here, trying to figure out a way into the dance. It's weird. I always thought it would be you and me. But now... What do you think, Mars?
Crawl through the air vents, up the sewage line. Sewage? Is the dance that important to you? Mr. Q! You know you're not supposed to be here, Mars. I make out of your promise, and I have to keep it. I don't care what you do to me. Tell you what. Make me a promise. Lay low, stay away from the other chaperones, and I'll pretend I never saw you. You'd do that for me? You'd be surprised what I'd do. He's the best. Yeah.
Maybe I was wrong to doubt him. Do you want in or not? Let's go. Oh, I'm still recording. Aurora, I'll talk to you later. Mars, out. The gym is like a dance club. I learned about dance clubs in the book I read about women. Whoa. Caddy's right over there. That's why I said whoa. She looks really... I know. Amazing.
Can't believe she's here with that cock. Right, because he's handsome, buff, popular, has super white teeth. Who'd want to go to a dance with someone like that? What's up, toothache? Hello, Epica. I really like that note you wrote me. There's more where that came from. You want to dance? I'd love to. See you, Mars. What just happened? Chapter 9. Works every time. Wow.
You made it in. JP, I didn't think you were coming. I couldn't miss the show. Is that Epica dancing with toothpick? It is indeed. And I thought a disappearing school was here. So, just wondering. Do you get bit by a snake that causes paralysis or something? No, why? Because it's the only possible reason you're still standing here when Caddy's across the room with some other guy. Alright, okay. I'm gonna go ask her to dance. Okay.
I'm going. I'm walking. I'm going. OMG! What's that? My phone! I know it's your phone. Why is it an OMG? It's from Lost in London. Julia! She's not missing! She's got them! Got what? Her friends! Her missing friends! She tracked them down! She wants to video link me to show me where they are! Really? This might lead us to Jonas and Aurora! Link it!
I don't have enough bars in here. I have to go outside the school to get a stronger signal. But I promised Caddy. Go! I'll explain it to her. We'll meet you out on the parking lot. Go Mars! in London, found her friends, and I'm about to find you. Listen, about the dance, I know I always said I wanted to go with you, but since you've been gone, Caddy and I... What are you doing here? It's me, Caddy. Um, we just found Mars' phone in the parking lot. But he's not here. He's... gone.
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