When Jake has to leave town for a family thing, the other Animorphs and Ax figure life will pretty much be normal until he gets back. But when Tobias discovers Visser Three's newest feeding place, the kids decide they have to check it out. But there's no assigned leader. Who will be the best one for the job? Being in chare isn't just guts and glory. It's about making decisions that will mean the difference between life...and death.

Stormer sends Bulk and Furno to investigate why their planet can no longer communicate by radio and to find out what happened to Stringer, who sent a warning message from Tranquis VII and then vanished.

The Mystery, Inc. team attend Coolville's Halloween carnival and Shaggy and Scooby go trick or treating, ending at Mr. Gibble's Genuine Magic Shoppe, where they go on an adventure involving a magician, a ghost train, a headless horseman, goblins, and more.