The old man tells the kids that he's going to be gone for a while, but that they should keep an eye out for him. He's still senile, and rambles on about his dog, sparky, who died when he was a puppy. The next door neighbor tells the old man that people were beginning to think he'd died. He tells the story of how his family has been engaged in a battle against evil for thousands of years. Now, he says, it's time for them to awaken their bloodline and join him in the fight against evil.