The van screeched to a sudden halt. Rook jumped out of the passenger side and whipped the sliding side door open. A sleek copter, blade circling lazily against the cloudless blue sky awaited 15 feet away. "Climb in!" shouted Rook. The dogs showed no fear nor reluctance, following Tay and her classmates into the cockpit. To their surprise, Rook closed the door behind them then trotted back to the van, leaving the copter's pilot seat unoccupied. "What the...!" gasped Atticus, as the copter engines revved up and they lifted from the ground. The trio watched, amazed, as the controls responded automatically. They wove between the city's skyscrapers then suddenly found themselves over the vast blue-ness of the lake. Tay watched whitecaps whip up on the azure surface, as the wind buffeted their helicopter.