Pepper behind. They find a shortcut, leading Two Bits under the track, and into town. Pepper is too big for the shortcut, so he must wait. Meanwhile, the search crew bust down the shack, finding nothing suspicious. Two Bits follows Zike, Spider, and Tyler to a bridge, blocking them just as they cross it. Spider does not run over him, citing car concerns. Tyler is crying at this point. Spider jumps out of the car, grabbing a pistol. He messes with it, not pulling the trigger. Soon, Two Bits makes him flinch, leading him to accidentally fire a shot at him. Tyler is horrified as he falls to the ground. Zike does not take too kindly of the act, letting Tyler pass by and cry with Two Bits as he's dying. The search crew's helicopter narrows in on the scene. Spider fires multiple shots at it, turning the car around with Zike inside. They survive multiple shots from the helicopter, stopping and taking off on foot. Suddenly, Pepper bursts back into the scene, slamming into Zike and Spider. Spider falls into the river and Zike falls onto the hilltop. This leads to Zike's arrest. The police arrive at Two Bits and Tyler, leading to a large reunion with Roger, Carla, and everybody else. The search crew captures Spider in a net, arresting him. A few hours later, in a veterinary hospital, Two Bits is undergoing surgery. He survives the gunshot in the end. A few weeks later, Tyler and Katie are riding on Pepper, when Two Bits arrives behind them. They ride into the sunshine, while the screen goes black. The closing credits are then shown. Legacy Although the film did not fare well at the box office, it was among the first in a new trend of movie-style in the late 1990s, where an animal was kidnapped or injured by a set of two male antagonists, and it is up to the protagonist (usually a girl) to save it. This film was different, in where the protagonist was kidnapped and the animal had to save it. This was common in direct-to-video family films in the late 1990s, specifically ones released by Walt Disney Home Video. Movies like this included Gordy, The Air Bud Franchise, and Soccer Dog, which was released by Columbia Pictures in 1999. This was rather common in its time, citing an absence in new animation and