Finally Teddy and the hermit arrive at Gimmick's only to find out M.A.V.O.'s guards. They stumble on Fuzz and through him Teddy sends a message to Grubby and Gimmick. Sadly when Grubby and Gimmick make their escape, they are seen by a guard who follows them. Teddy, Grubby and Gimmick are reunited at Wooly's. There the hermit tells what he remembers of his story. Gimmick concludes that the hermit became a victim of the Black Box. When the hermit goes outside to gather firewood, he's been mistaken for Teddy by M.A.V.O.'s goons and is captured. Teddy and his friends realize what had occurred and take the airship in pursuit of the Eclipse and the kidnapped hermit. When the Understander and Eleanor find they have the wrong illiop, they devise a trap for Teddy. Ruxpin arrives at M.A.V.O. and with the help of the Third Crystal becomes invisible. The rescue mission is a failure when Teddy discovers Sludge dressed as the hermit inside one of the cages in the dungeon. Teddy is captured.