Bolt (3)

Chapter 3: Bolt's Superpowers
That night, Penny watched her dad and Bolt go down the stairs to the basement, Dr. Forrester's work space. Penny never knew what was down there, because, it was off limits.

"Dad," Penny called down to Dr. Forester. "Tell Bolt I told him good luck!" Dr. Forrester winked at his little girl.

"He'll be fine, Penny!" Penny's dad reassured her. Dr. Forrester closed the door behind him, and Penny went over to the couch and switched on the TV. Dusty the Wonder Dog was playing on her favorite channel. Penny tried to enjoy it, but, all she could think about was Bolt and how was he doing. He'll be fine, Penny told herself. ''Just wait and see. Any moment now, Dad'll come back with him. ''As Penny watched her show, her eyelids began to droop. Soon, she found herself falling asleep.

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Penny woke up and looked out the window. It was broad daylight. ''Holy smokes! ''Penny thought. ''I must've fallen asleep! ''Something made the girl remember about Bolt and her dad. She raced toward the window. Her dad's truck was gone and so was her mom's car. She remembered that her mom was on a buisness trip to Flordia so she didn't worry. And her dad's truck was in the garage. But, where was he? Penny raced upstairs to see if her dad was in her parents' room. He wasn't. Penny raced into her room and grabbed her phone and started to text her dad.

                                                                                                                        Where r u?

Penny stood there waiting for a reply. There wasn't any reply yet. Suddenly her phone barked (whenever Penny recieves a text, her ringtone is a dog barking). Her dad must've texted her! Penny pulled her arm to her face so she could see the text.

Still in basement with B. Do u want 2 come?

Penny looked at the text. A look of determination crossed her face. She bolted down the stairs and rummaged through one of the kitchen drawers. One of them had spare keys, paper clips, rubber bands and goodness knows what else. She managed to find the basement key and put it in the lock. One it was unlocked, Penny went down the stairs and, once she got down there, she couldn't believe her eyes!