Chapter 12

Heart beating fast in panic and lungs breathing heavily, Ryder runs as fast as he could, trying to avoid the flying bullets from the cops behind him. Luke, Blake and Robert were hiding behind some junk at the bottom of the fire-escape, waiting for Ryder to come.The cops are catching up to Ryder fast, so Ryder makes a jump from the third fire-escape which is the third floor of the hotel building. He lands perfectly on his feet and then stands up. Ryder takes a moment to inhale some oxygen before continuing to run. That's when Luke, Blake, and Robert break cover from the junk pile. Before Ryder has time to flee, Luke grabs Ryder's arms.

Ryder struggles to break free. He then makes a quick move. With all his strength, he pulls his arms forward and manages to grab his pistol from his pocket. "He's gonna shoot.....Blake doesn't get to finish was he was gonna say when a loud boom sound splits through the air. Luke falls to the ground and Ryder is free, so he breaks into a run to get away.

"Luke, are you okay?" Robert runs over to Luke and helps him up. There's a deep bullet wound in Luke's stomach and blood stains his white t-shirt. "That boy" Luke groans with bubbling anger in his inside. Ryder disappears from alleyway. "What are you guys doing? Why are you trying to kidnap that boy?" the cops break off pursuit and face the men. "It's none of your business" Blake says and shoots the cop.

The cops start firing back and so do the men. Ryder halts on the sidewalk and grasps his arm. He hadn't even realized the pain from how focused he was on getting away from the cops. But Ryder doesn't have time to focus on the pain when more police cars come from down the road. "Great" Ryder says. He begins running down the sidewalk, shoving people out of his way. Ryder glances at his watch and sees that he only has 37 hours left now. He then looks to the sky and sees that the sun is starting to set.

Suddenly his pup-pad starts ringing as he's running. "I don't have time for whoever is calling" Ryder says. He takes out his pistol and loads it with bigger bullets. He shoots the police car that is driving infront. The car explodes, fire and smoke spread through the air and parts of the car go flying. People start screaming and running. "That boy is a real criminal!" one cop says.

Meanwhile, Luke, Blake and Robert had injured the cops badly allowing them to get in their cars and drive off. Blake calls Boss James. "Boss, we need backup" Blake says. "What's going on?" Boss James asks. "We found the boy but the cops are after him also and I have no idea why. I don't know what Louis and Edward told the cops that they're pursuing the boy nonstop. But whatever they did wasn't good because now it's making it difficult for us to get the boy. The cops keep shooting us and we have to shoot back and that leads to us not being able to keep our eyes on the boy."

"I'll send back up right away and then I'll check in with Louis and Edward" Boss James says. "Okay" Blake says. Luke, Blake and Robert get in their cars to find Ryder again.

By now darkness had taken over the sky and Paris was lit up in hundreds of street lights. During the explosion of the police car, Ryder had managed to escape and now he was walking down an alleyway between two buildings. He had to get back to his hotel room so he could put his awesome plan into action. As he walks through the gloomy alleyway, the pain and exhaustion of today's chaos start hitting Ryder's body.

The pain of the bullet wound on his arm starts to intensify and the exhaustion of running all day was beginning to hit Ryder's body hard. He exhaustedly makes his way out of the alleyway and onto the busy sidewalks of Paris. Ryder keeps his eyes on alert for any cops or the bad guys who want to get him.

During his walk, Ryder's pup-pad starts ringing again. He takes it out of his pocket and sees that it's his pups calling. "Hey pups" he asks in a tired tone. "Hi Ryder, we were trying to call you some time ago but you weren't answering" Skye says. "I was in a serious situation but now I'm heading back to my hotel room. What's up with you pups? And where's Marshall?" Ryder asks."That's why we called" Skye says. "Earlier we got a mission where we had to stop the Ruff Ruff Pack. Marshall led half of the mission but during the pursuit, Gasket put a stone infront of Marshall's way. He bumped into it and went flying out of his motorbike. The Ruff Ruff Pack started saying a lot of mean things to him, like he got some disease with his paws that makes him so clumsy and he's not a good leader and he can't do anything right.

Marshall broke down and ran off. I led the rest of the mission and after the mission, we went looking for Marshall. But we couldn't find him anywhere" Skye explains.

"Did you track his location from his pup-tag?" Ryder asks. "Yes we did, but his location doesn't come up" Skye explains. "We were thinking maybe he was pup-napped also when he ran away" Rocky says. "Where did you guys search for him?" Ryder asks. "We searched everywhere. Town, the desert, the bay, Jake's Mountain, everywhere" Rubble says.

Ryder takes in a deep breath, trying to think of something. "Tomorrow, I want you guys to start searching for Marshall from the exact area he ran off from. From there, you guys can track down his paw-prints or any other hints he might've left behind. And also ask people if they had seen him run by" Ryder explains."That's a great plan. We'll do that tomorrow" Skye says. "How's everything with you Ryder?" Rubble asks. "Everything is fine, just been really chaotic and tiring from the moment I landed in Paris" Ryder explains.

"How's your plan going?" Zuma asks. "Are you closer to getting Chase? You do know that you only have 37 hours left" Rocky says. "My plan is going fine. That's all I can say for now" Ryder says. "What do you mean?" Skye asks. "Everything is going fine. That's all I have to say for now" Ryder repeats. "I can't say that it's going excellent or bad. It's in the middle." "I get you" Rubble says. "I gotta go now. I just made it to the hotel building" Ryder says. "Okay, bye Ryder" the pups says. "Bye pups" says Ryder.

He hangs up the call and puts his pup-pad back in his pocket. He walks into the hotel building but the woman stops him. "Sir, you can no longer rent your room" the woman says. "What do you mean?" Ryder asks."You're a maker of chaos and disruption. And we don't allow people like that in this hotel" the woman says. Ryder didn't really know what to say. He just turns around and walks back into the chilly night of the big city.

He stops infront of the hotel and looks around. Ryder spots a coffee shop and decides to go there. After crossing the street and walking down the sidewalk a little, Ryder pushes open the glass door to the coffee shop.He walks in and finds out that it's busy. People are sitting at tables and chit chatting with each other, some are sipping their coffee and working on their computers.

Ryder walks up to the counter. The woman at the counter looks at Ryder suspiciously when she spots the hole in Ryder's leather jacket and the blood dried around it. Ryder just ignores the woman's suspicions and moves on. "May I have a cup of coffee and a croissant?" Ryder asks. "Sure" the woman says, writing down his order. As Ryder walks away to take a seat, the woman continues staring at him.

Ryder takes a seat by a table to wait for his order. While sitting, he takes out his pup-pad and gets to work.

He presses on Boss James' number he got earlier from the woman in the fur-coat. Before texting him, Ryder gets his thoughts together. He then starts typing up a message.

Ryder: hey there, are you Boss James, the man who makes fur-coats?

Boss James was sitting in the living room speaking with Louis and Edward. "Why would you two tell the cops that he's a criminal? You just made it harder for us to catch the boy because now the cops want to put Luke, Blake and Robert in prison!" Boss James yells. "That wasn't my idea. It was Louis' idea" Edward points to Louis.

"I just thought it would be a good idea" Louis says. Then Boss James' phone dings when Ryder's message comes through.

He opens up WhatsApp and reads the message, but he doesn't know that it's from Ryder because Ryder didn't put his name.

Boss James: yes, I am Boss James, the man who sells fur-coats. Who are you?

Ryder: I'm Mike, and I live in Alaska. I heard you make good fur-coats and I really want to buy some from you for my family, because it's really cold over here.

Boss James: how many coats would you like?

Ryder: four fur-coats.

Boss James: there's only one problem. My ship that delivers coats is coming tomorrow night but it won't be heading to Alaska when it leaves. It's gonna be heading to New York City to sell some coats to some clients who order fur-coats from me. So you might have to come to Paris to get your coats.

Ryder: that's not a problem at all. All I need is your address and I'll come.

Boss James sends the address to Ryder, not knowing that he's actually talking to the boy that he wants to capture and making the biggest mistake of his life.

Ryder: thank you so much. I'll be there when the coats are ready. When will they be ready?

Boss James: in around five days.

When Ryder is finishes texting Boss James, a waiter comes with his coffee and croissant. "Thank you, sir" Ryder says. "Your welcome" the waiter places Ryder's coffee and croissant infront of him.Ryder takes a sip from his steaming coffee and then bites into his croissant. "That was easy. Now all I have to do is take a cab to that address" Ryder says. As Ryder sips his coffee and eats his croissant, he notices some black SUV pull over infront of the coffee shop. "I better get out of here" he says. Luke, Blake, Robert and few other men who Boss James sent for backup get out of the cars and head for the coffee shop.

When they push open the glass door, Ryder feels trapped inside the shop. He frantically looks for an escape way. "There he is!" Blake points out.