The flight to Paris wasn't too long. It took only around three hours. Now that three hours was gone, Ryder only had 45 hours left to find and save Chase. Ryder grabs his small luggage and starts making his way out of the plane.
Though Ryder is busily trying to get to the Paris airport, he keeps an eye on everyone around him, spying for any suspicious behavior.
Ryder gets to the airport where everyone must be checked before entering Paris.
After waiting on the line, it's finally Ryder's turn. A cop starts going through his pockets to check for any weapons.
And sure enough, he finds the pistol and bullets that Ryder is carrying. The cop takes the pistol and bullets. "Young man, what is the purpose for this pistol?" he asks in a light French accent.
"Sir, I assure and promise you that I'm not here to cause any distribution or chaos. I'm only here for one very important purpose and that is saving my German Shepherd. He was pup-napped like a week ago and from the evidence I have, he's in Paris over here.
I'm only carrying this pistol for if the pup-nappers try to harm me and I have to defend myself" Ryder explains.
As Ryder spoke, he spies a man sitting on a chair and reading the newspaper. The man keeps looking Ryder and back at his newspaper, trying to make it look like he isn't looking at Ryder.
"Well young man.... "would you please stop calling me 'young man'. Do I look like a man to you?" Ryder asks. "Sorry, but I'm gonna make something clear to you. If you start causing chaos and using that pistol in the wrong way, you will locked up in prison" the cop sternly says.
"I won't cause any chaos" Ryder says and then walks on. "And don't break any laws while trying to save your pup" the cop calls out.
"Yeah sure, I won't break any laws" Ryder says. Ryder halts at a giant brown vase that contains some fake plants in it. He takes out his pup-pad and acts like he's doing something on it. But really he just wants to study more about the suspicious man who kept staring at him.
Ryder turns his eye a little to see the man pull out his phone from his pocket. The man calls somebody and starts speaking in French.
Ryder immediately puts on the recorder on his pup-pad. When the man finishes on the call, Ryder saves the recording and puts his pup-pad back in his pocket.
He grabs his luggage and wheels it out of the airport.
Ryder waits on the busy sidewalk infront of the airport for a cab. Soon he catches a cab and takes it to the hotel in which he's renting a hotel room in.
The cab pulls over infront of a tall and fancy French hotel. Ryder pays the cab a few bucks and then gets out with his luggage.
He walks through the automatic door and into a fancy long lobby. Ryder takes the elevator to the fifth floor and then walks down a long corridor. He makes a right turn and a few doors down is his hotel room.
Ryder opens the door and walks inside. He takes off his leather jacket and hangs it on the coat-hanger. He goes to his bedroom and puts down his luggage.
"I didn't except for something suspicious to happen the second I came to Paris" Ryder says, as he opens up his luggage.
Ryder takes out his laptop and puts it on the desk in the bedroom. He sits by the desk on a chair and turns on the laptop.
Then he takes out his pup-pad from his pocket and brings up the recording.
Once the laptop turns on, Ryder video calls Francois. "I never thought Francois would come into use one day. And he just came into use on my most important and serious mission" Ryder says.
"Hi Ryder, what makes you call me?" Francois asks in his strong French accent.
"Hey Francois, I need your help with something" Ryder says. "How can I help?" Francois asks. "I'm gonna need you to be my translator on this mission. I'm gonna play this recording that is in French and I need you to translate each and every word clearly" Ryder explains.
"Okay, I'm listening" Francois says. Ryder presses play and puts the pup-pad near the laptop. Francois listens carefully.
When the recording is finished, Ryder looks at Francois and Francois starts translating.
"The man said, 'hi Boss James, I just spied something or perhaps I should say someone suspicious at the airport. The cop was checking the pockets of a young boy and he found a pistol and bullets.
The boy explained that he was not here to cause any distribution or chaos. He was only here for an important matter and that was to save his German Shepherd that had been pup-napped about a week ago.'" Francois translates. "Then the man continues, 'that ship needs to hurry. 45 hours is too long. If it doesn't hurry, this boy is gonna end up finding us, saving his pup, and killing us. And then we're gonna lose that million dollars we are about to make from that German Shepherd's fur.'"
After Ryder hears everything, he thanks Francois and ends the call. "Okay, I need to process all of this information" Ryder says.
"The man said that there is a ship coming. When he said that 45 hours was too long, that means the ship is gonna arrive at Paris in 45 hours. Then the man said that if it doesn't hurry, I'm gonna end up finding them, saving my pup, and killing them.
That means Chase is still alive if I'm gonna be able to end up saving him. And then he said that they were gonna end up losing the million dollars they are about to make from Chase's fur. That tells me that when the ship arrives, they're gonna put Chase on it for I don't know what reason and they're gonna kill him."
After Ryder process and breaks down the information, he feels his body start to panic. "Don't panic Ryder" he tells himself.
He starts inhaling deep breaths and exhaling. "How can I keep calm knowing that I only have 45 hours to save Chase? 45 hours sounds like a lot of time but time flies by fast and what if that ship arrives earlier or what if they decide to kill Chase now!"
Ryder's body starts getting tense and he starts breathing heavily.
Ryder gets up from his chair and walks over to the big window. He opens up the curtains and the windows. A fresh breeze blows by and Ryder closes his eyes, inhaling the fresh air.
"Calm down" he says.
"You can save Chase in 45 hours. Anything is possible, only if you make it possible. Now stop thinking negative and only have positive thoughts.
Are you gonna seize this opportunity to save your pup or are you gonna just let it go to waste without even trying?"
Ryder takes in a deep breath and a light frown comes over his face.
"I will seize this opportunity to save my pup" he says.
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Katie was on her way to the Lookout to the give the pups breakfast. After Ryder had left, the pups had went back to sleep since it was too early to start the day.
Now they were getting up and emerging from their pup-houses. "Katie? What are you doing here?" Marshall asks, as he stretches out his limbs infront of his red pup-house.
"Ryder told me to take care of you pups while he's gone" Katie says. "So I'm here to prepare breakfast." "Breakfast! Who said breakfast?" Rubble appears out of his pup-house with his sleeping blindfold on.
Katie removes it for him.
"Thanks Katie" Rubble says.
"Alright pups, let's go have breakfast" Katie says, as she walks into the Lookout with the pups following.
Katie lines the pups' bowls in the TV room. "I hope Ryder saves Chase" Katie says, as she pours kibble for only five pups, not six.
"I hope so also. I really miss Chase" Skye says. "Me too" Marshall says, sitting down infront of his bowl.
"Without him, life is so different" says Rocky. "I agwee dude" Zuma agrees. "Me too" Rubble says while chewing.
After breakfast, Katie tells the pups that she will be back by the evening to feed them lunch and play with them. For now, she has to go care for Cali and open up her parlor for business. The pups have things of their own they have to tend to.
And that is getting ready for the incoming calls.
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In the kitchen of his hotel room, Ryder was preparing something quick to eat. While he was doing that, he decided to call the pups and check in with them.
So he pulls out his pup-pad from his pocket and gives the pups a ring.
The pups had been playing Pup Pup Boogie when Ryder's call came in on the big screen.
They immediately answer Ryder's call.
"Hi Ryder!" they happily say. "Hey pups! How's everything? Did Katie come?" Ryder asks. "Everything is awesome. Katie came and gave us breakfast. She'll be back during the evening to give us lunch and spend time with us. How's everything with you?" Skye asks.
"Did you arrive at Paris yet?" Marshall questions.
"I made it here safely and now I'm in my hotel room" Ryder says. He starts explaining everything that happened at the airport and all of the information he got.
"Now I just found out that I only have 45 hours to save Chase" Ryder says when he finishes explaining.
"Woah dude, how awe you gonna do it? Pawis is big. How can you find Chase in all of Pawis?" Zuma asks. "I can do it. That's all I can say" Ryder says.
"How's Paris? I know it's a hotspot for tourist" Rocky says. "To be honest, I didn't really look around and observe the city much. I've been busy observing the people around me, that's how I spied that man at the airport staring at me. But the hotel is really nice" Ryder says.
"Can we go on vacation to Paris one day?" Marshall asks.
"Why not?" Ryder says.
"Pups, just to let you know so you don't start worrying, I won't be calling for these upcoming 45 hours. After I'm finished eating this turkey sandwich, I'm going back to the airport to pursue that man because I know he has to know where Chase is. And I can't have you pups calling either because I'm gonna be too busy to talk" Ryder explains.
"No problem Ryder" the pups say. "I gotta go now. I love you all" Ryder says. "We love you more" the pups say. Ryder laughs. "No, I love you pups more than you love me" he says.
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After the call, Ryder eats his turkey sandwich and then starts getting ready. "I have not a second to waste. My time is ticking" he says and opens up his luggage. Ryder makes sure his pistol is loaded with the tiny yellow bullets. The tiny yellow bullets are for if he needs to defend himself from the cruel people he's about to face.
The bullets are too small to kill yet big enough to cause injury and intense pain.
And if the criminals try to kill Ryder, then Ryder is gonna use the bigger bullets to kill back.
He puts on a watch and then combs up his hair to make it stand more straighter and stronger.
Ryder then closes his luggage and locks it away in his closet.
He slips on his leather jacket and then heads out. While walking down the corridor to the elevator, Ryde looks at his watch. "I have 44 hours left" he says.