Jake and his friends quickly converged on the area. They grouped up in an isolated area where hopefully no one would see Jake in his dragon form.
"Ok same plan guys." Jake said, "Spud, keep trying to get a more exact location, the closer we get, the better trace we get on it. Trixie, ground search, I'll fly over the trees. Also Spud, keep calling Rose, I might be able to hear her ring tone."
"I am totally on it dude." Spud said as he started setting up his laptop.
Jake flapped his wings and took off soaring through the air, as he flew over the trees he kept his eyes on the dirt, looking for the light from Rose's screen, listening for anything that sounded like a cellphone, full of hope.
Trixie ran off into the trees, checking in bushes and tall grass, searching in caves, doubtful of finding anything, yet her friendship made her to loyal to quit.
Spud stayed in the small clearing, working hard to get a better position on the cellphone, calling it non-stop, allowing everyone, including himself, to find it easier. For Spud, it wasn't a matter of if he could get a better trace on it, it was a matter of when.
Jake flew the perimeter of the park twice. "Spud, how is that trace coming?" Jake asked.
"Still working on it bro, I'm trying to track my calls to her phone, but it is taking awhile to find where exactly they are going." Spud answered.
"Stay on it, you have the best chances of finding it." Jake replied.
"Yo Jakie!" Trixie called out, "These caves are seriously rank, how much longer we gotta search?"
"Until we find something Trixie, we are too close to give up now." Jake answered.
"Jake, you thought we were close before we even narrowed it down to this part of New York." Trixie countered.
"But now we are, just a little longer." Jake said.
Jake continued is search, listening intensely with his dragon ears, until Spud got a full trace, this was his best chance of finding the phone. As Jake thought of something he was surprised he hadn't thought of until now.
"Spud," Jake said over the radio, "Has anyone picked up the phone any of the times you have called it?"
"Not one dude," Spud answered, "If someone would answer that phone, it would help me get a better trace on it."
Spud continued working on his laptop, accessing a foreign wireless provider's network to trace a phone on the other side of the world was not as easy as it sounded, yet he was confident in his abilities. Spud enjoyed the challenge, it was nice to try an impossible task every now and then, especially when he'd almost completed it.
Trixie was less enthusiastic about her work, crawling through caves was not her ideal Saturday evening. For some reason, the most irritating thing about the caves she was currently crawling through is not a lot of people even know they are there, not even park employees.
Jake was the most devoted. He wouldn't sleep until he had some answers. He didn't care how long he would have to search, he would, and he would find her, he always did.
Spud finally had the news Jake was waiting to here. "Jake! I've almost got an exact triangulation on Rose's phone. Come back to the clearing."
"On my way." Jake said as he flew towards the clearing.
Spud laid down the map. "Ok, we are here," he said as he pointed to the clearing on the map, "And you see this large lake north east of us, the phone is somewhere near it."
"Let's go!" Jake shouted as he flew off, not waiting for anyone else.
Jake started searching the entire area high and low. Flying at some of the fastest speeds he's ever flown. Finally, his search area has been narrowed down to manageable size. Jake flew around the lake multiple times, and then, he heard it.
[AUTHOR'S NOTE: ALL LOCATIONS IN THE STORY ARE REASONABLY ACCURATE, TO FIND THE CLEARING AND LAKE IN THIS CHAPTER, GO TO GOOGLE MAPS, SEARCH FOR LONG POND PARK, STATEN, NEW YORK, NY. SWITCH IT TO SATELLITE VIEW AND GO LEFT OF WHERE IT SAYS "LONG POND PARK" YOU SHOULD SEE AN OPENING IN THE TREES. THIS IS WHERE SPUD IS FOR MOST OF THE CHAPTER. IF YOU GO UP AND TO THE RIGHT, YOU WILL SEE A LARGE LAKE, THIS IS WHERE JAKE IS SEARCHING.]