"Detective Smith!" Roxy scratched her head. "Where did he go?"
One of the guards pointed toward the bus.
Roxy flew over. She found the detective hiding behind the bus.
Roxy frowned. "What are you doing? We have to catch Mr. Bubbles!"
Detective Smith bit his lip.
"Don't tell anyone. But I'm afraid of clowns."
Roxy was shocked. "Really?"
"Yes!" Detective Smith said.
"So can you catch Mr. Bubbles on your own?"
Roxy put her hands on her hips.
"I won't tell anyone you're afraid of clowns, Detective.
But you should really face your fear."
Detective Smith sighed. "You're right. You go ahead.
I'll follow in my patrol car and meet you downtown."
"Okay, Detective," Roxy said. "But you'd better be there!"
Roxy flew off.
She soon spotted a tiny clown car speeding through downtown Metro City.
Two police cars chased it.
A clown leaned out of the tiny car's window.
His hair was bright green.
"I'm never going back to that filthy prison!
Do you hear me? Never!"
Roxy fired her eye laser beams. Whiz-hoo!
One of the tiny car's tires popped.
The car skidded to a stop.
The clown with green hair stepped out.
A flower was pinned to his jacket.
Another clown got out of the car.
Then two more clowns got out too.
"How did they all fit in that tiny car?" Roxy thought.
The clown with green hair glared at Roxy. "Rocket Girl!"
"I'm taking you back to prison, Mr. Bubbles!" Roxy shouted.
"And everyone in your gang will be joining you!"
Mr. Bubbles chuckled. "What do you think, boys?
Should we let this little girl take us to prison?"
The other clowns laughed.
"No way, boss!"
"Prison sounds terrible!"
Mr. Bubbles stared at Roxy.
"You heard the clowns. We're not going!"
He pulled a bottle from his pocket and pressed a button.
Liquid sprayed out.
Roxy jumped up, and the liquid hit a mailbox.
The mailbox melted into a puddle.
"Yikes!" Roxy gulped. "This clown really is evil!"
"Ha-ha-ha!" Mr. Bubbles let out an evil laugh and pressed the button again.
But no more liquid came out.
"Ugh! It's empty!" Mr. Bubbles threw the bottle at the ground.
"Don't worry, boss!" Another clown ran back to the tiny car.
"This will take care of Rocket Girl!" He popped open the trunk.
Roxy heard a rumble and some loud squeaks.
Roxy gasped. Big balloon animals leaped from the trunk!