"Remember when Maximus kidnapped Ryder?" I ask. "Yeah! We were on point! You should call the shots more often Kittypaw!" Rocky answers. "That's what I don't like about it." I began slowly, thinking back. "What do you mean?" asks Rubble. "You want us to be unprepared and unsuccessful on a job to rescue Ryder? I knew it! You don't really want to help!" Chase snaps. "No, It's not like that!" I snap in return. Me and Chase don't really get along. "Where's your logic in that though?" Skye questions. "Yeah," Zuma responds. I sigh. This is going to be tough. They all look around at each other confused, while I think up my next response. "That's my point, that's my logic. We were prepared and there wasn't a struggle. When does that ever happen? All the adventures you guys have been on, how many have gone exactly right? How many have gone off without a hitch and had no problems?" I question the pups. Chase, Skyee, Rubble, and Rocky all look at each other in confusion and disbelief. "Even Ryder can't get a plan right on his first try!" I add. "What are you suggesting?" Chase snaps yet again. "That she let us have him, that she let Ryder go…" I trail off "Why the heck would she do that? It doesn't make sense!" Rubble says. "I don't know. I'm going to go check on Ryder though, if he's awake I'll see what he thinks." I exited the repair room and headed to Ryder's bedroom. He's still sleeping. I think He's okay. Not long after, with the pups still working, an alarm sound blares on. I go to investigate.

"What the…" Chase says. "It's a perimeter alarm!" Kaya yells. "Check the cameras!" Chase says. Kaya clicks on the control console and the camera screens all blink to life. Nothing is shown on them. "Must be a malfunction with the alarm, I don't see anything." Kaya says. "Still, I better check it out. For Ryder's safety." He says glaring at me. Chase grabs his vest and helmet. The vest spawns a flashlight on a small arm, and his helmet has an integrated camera. As he runs down the hall to the place the alarm fires, Kaya keeps watch on his helmet cam and talks to him via the commlink. "I'm receiving great visuals and comms are up. Do you see anything?" Kaya says. "Not yet. Almost there." Chase says over the radio. Kaya watches as Chase rounds the hallway corner where the alarm sounded. Nothing. No one's there, but Chase notices something peculiar about the door. "I don't see anything... Wait! The door lock!" Chase looks closely at the door lock. It's been burned, by something that emits intense heat. "Kaya, are you seeing this? It looks melted." Chase says. "I see it. Who or what did that?" Just then Chase heard a noise behind him. "I don't know, but someone or something... What's that?!" Kaya watching from the monitor observes Chase spin around to see what made the noise behind him, only for his camera and comms to go out immediately. She now only sees and hears static. "Chase?! Chase respond! Chase?" Kaya screams, panicking. "Good riddance!" I mutter under my breath. I'm hearing all of this on Ryder's extra Puppad. Wasting no time Kaya looks for the master switch to raise all alarms and notify the rest of the team. As he find the button to press and puts her paw on it, *BOOM*! An intense explosion rocks the Lookout.

The ground shakes, the sounds make all their ears ring, and all power goes out. There's multiple fires raging in different areas of the Lookout and certain walls have become unstable. Kaya climbs to her feet. "Oh man... What button did I press?!" Kaya rasps. "It's Kittypaw!" I say into the comm link. I backed up and the natural command instinct took over. "Everyone, report in, get your Pup Packs, and help me. We need to evacuate! Marshall, put these fires out!" I yell. "I'm here, I'm launching to assess the damage and report findings." Skye says. "I'm here, still in maintenance, but Chase…" Kaya trails off. "Is everyone okay? Is anyone injured? Is Ryder still stable?" Marshall asks. "I think he's okay, his bedroom is underground, it probably wasn't hit hard!" I say. "Kaya, say that again about Chase!" Marshall says. "Something got him. He went to check a perimeter alarm, and his camera went blank." Kaya responds. "Where was this? Send me his last known location!" Marshall says. "Hallway seven, by the exit. He said a door had been breached." Kaya responds. "Marshall, go find him!" I instruct. "On it!" Marshall yells. Marshall begins running to the location. "Everyone else, get these fires under control!" I say. "Kittypaw, I've found footprints that are too big to be Ryder's!" Marshall tells me over the comm links. "And I've found Chase. He's alive. I'm taking him to his Pup House." Marshall explains. "Excellent! I'll meet you there once I get Ryder." I respond.

The exterior of the Lookout is in trouble. A wall has caved in showing a clear impact zone, and several fires burn on. I lead the team as they use their packs to put out the fires. Skye can be seen dropping water from buckets, Rubble can be seen heaving crane-fulls of dirt onto the flames and smothering them. After some intense work, the fires out and the building salvaged, although it's going to need extensive repair. "Excellent everyone! If all this cost us was some repairs and Chase's black eye, I'd say we're very lucky!" Kaya says. As she's talking I go in to check up on Ryder. "We're not lucky!" I say starting to panic "What's wrong this time?" Marshall asks. "Ryder's gone!" I shriek. "What?!" Marshall, Kaya, Zuma, and Skye all say in unison. "He's gone. Maximus took him while we were saving the Lookout! It's all my fault! If I had gone to check on him this would never have happened!" I wail. "How do you know who took him?" Kaya asks. "She left a note. It's addressed to me! Should I read it?" I ask as the pups all rush into Ryder's room. The team enters Ryder's bedroom. Chase comes in. He is fully awake and crying. "Are you alright Chase?" Rocky asks. "I'll be fine, that's the last time she gets the drop on me!" Chase cries. "I found this where Ryder was laying!" I shout. Bringing back the important subject. I hold up a note with the signature symbol of Maximus on the envelope. Inside there was a note with a written heading "To Kittypaw" I unfold the note and read it aloud to the team.

"To Kittypaw,

You thought you saved him, but saving him has brought PAW Patrol down! I have him, he's mine, and at the center of the maze he will stay! Make no attempts for rescue, or he's gone. From this day forward the Paw Patrol has been disbanded! You'll no longer operate, for if you do he's gone! Live a long normal life, and so shall he, in the maze. Defy me, and the walls will close in around him until he's gone! The PAW Patrol is finished, heed my warning!"

I finished reading. They all stand in silence and disbelief. Skye, Chase, and Kaya all begin to cry. "Now what do we do?" Marshall asks me. I stand straight, my resolve as strong and confident as ever. I crumble the note and let it fall on the floor among the struggle scene. "WE WILL FIND RYDER! We are PAW Patrol! We decide when we stop, if ever! Everyone suits up! We have a maze to find!"

Switches POV

I snuggle close to my blanket. I'm exhausted. Kitty comes in to check on me. "Are you okay?" She asks, starting to sniff me over. "I'm okay, I just want to sleep." Then all of a sudden, *BOOM!* "Whoa!" I yell. My arm slips out from under me and I half fall half slide off the bed. Kitty catches me, and pushes me back on the bed. I sigh. That was close! "I'd better go see what that was!" Kitty says as she dashes out. Finally! Maybe now I'll get some peace and quiet. The fox is nice and all, But I can't sleep with her coming in to sniff me every five minutes. I turned over so my back was towards the door. I was just starting to drift into sleep when all of a sudden, The door was kicked open! I turn around and immediately wish I didn't! Maximus grabs my shirt and puts her hand over my mouth, Then she tries to pull me out of bed. I hold on to the bedframe and don't let go. She got tired of it, "Let go, OR ELSE!" She pulls out her knife. I let go, she threw me to the ground. "What do you want?" I ask, shaking. "That's for me to know, and you to find out!" She pulls me up off of the floor and ties my hands behind my back. I'm really scared now! For once, I'm hoping Kitty will come and check on me. Flash forward, she doesn't! "Help!" I cry as she drags me out of my room. She threw me into the back of her van and made sure I couldn't get away. She put cloth over my mouth so I couldn't scream for help. I start to cry. Just then I realized she had bombed the lookout! It didn't affect my bedroom, because it's underground. I cry harder. Wait, my Puppad! It's in my pocket with my epipen! If only I could get to it. I try to wiggle my way free of the rope. All that did was hurt! I can't bite through it with this cloth tied around my head. I shake my head vigorously. Maybe that will loosen it. Whoa! Head rush! Nevermind! I feel helpless! I try moving my legs a certain way to get it to fall out of my pocket. YES! It worked! I use my toes to try and push the button that connects to the pup's comm links. But my luck ran out. Maximus turned around. "Be still. Don't move." She pulls out her knife again. I hold my breath. I'm trying so hard to be still, but I'm so shaky! She takes my Puppad, AND my epipen! Oh, no! I didn't realize that it fell out with my Puppad! I try to pull myself out of the ropes. Maximus grabs something metal and hits me on the head, hard! I go limp and drop back. I can't move! Everything starts to go dark. Maximus ties my feet up and goes back to driving. My head hurts so bad I feel like I'm about to throw up. I start to cry again. She parks the van. I feel my heart thumping in my chest. I can't hold on much longer! Everything goes black.

I wake up to find that Maximus has me pinned to the wall of what looks like a maze. My wrists and ankles are really sore, and my head hurts really bad. She pulls out her knife. "Tell me, Why do you have an epipen? Because of an allergy?" I nod. I have to cooperate or… I don't want to think of it! I swallow. She pulls the cloth off of my face. "What's your allergy?" She snarls. Uh, oh! Now what? "WHAT is your allergy?'' She repeated. Drawing her knife back. "Oranges! Please don't hurt me!" I scream. She laughs. I really wish I lied about my allergy. Now she's going to use it against me! "Do you really think I'm going to let you go UNHARMED?" She asks. "N-n-n-no," I squeak. "Good. Because I'm not!" She snarls. I'm so shaky, "HELP! SOME- MMHMMM'' I try to say as she puts the cloth back on my mouth. "Shut up!" She says. "I'll be back. I expect you to be in the same spot! And if you aren't…" She pulls out her knife yet again! "You will get it!" She walks away looking at some sort of a map. I have to get out of here! She has my Puppad, AND MY EPIPEN! AND SHE KNOWS MY ALLERGY! I start to cry again. This isn't going to work out! My face is soaking wet in tears by now. I can't wipe them away, I'm pinned up for heaven's sake! She comes back. "You won't be rescued. Trust me! If they even try to, you're dead! So you better hope they don't!" I flinch as she pulls out her knife. I try to get out, but I'm pinned up tight! "Stop struggling or I'll make it hurt worse!" She says. I stop. My anxiety is getting so bad, it's hard to breathe. The cloth isn't helping either. She tied it tight.

"MMMM!" I try to say stop, but I can't! She brings her knife down on my arm. Oh, the pain! "That's your warning! Beware!" She yells. I try to pull my other arm free. It didn't work! "Didn't I tell you not to move?" She draws her knife again. Oh, please someone help me! I try once more to pull myself free of the rope. All it does is hurts my wrists and ankles. Maximus brings her knife down on my other arm. "MMMM" I try to say stop, but yet again, it doesn't get me anywhere. She turns around and leaves. Finally! I can try to escape! I wish the real Kittypaw was still around. She'd stop this mess! I try to pull out of the restraints again. Still doesn't work. My wrists and ankles are seriously hurting now. I let my head fall back. I can't believe it! I can't get free. I'm losing hope. Wait, why is the sky purple and sparkly? I must be losing my mind as well as my hope! I start to cry harder. I'm more afraid than I have ever been in my entire life! Then I got an idea! If I get the cloth off my mouth, I can try to bite through the rope! But then again, if I shake my head too much I'll get a headache. But I would rather have the worst migraine ever, then be stuck here! I try again to shake my head. Whoa, there's two of everything! I don't care, I have to get out of here! I continue shaking my head. It still doesn't work. I get a sinking feeling that she's too smart for me to compete with. What if Maximus is right? What if no one comes to rescue me? What If I'm stuck here for the rest of my life? What if I die here? What did I do to deserve this? Oh, why does this have to be me? Maximus comes back. "If you move, whine, struggle, or anything I don't want you to do, then you are going to eat this," She says, pulling an orange out of her bag. I gasp. She's going to make my allergies act up! If I go anywhere near an orange my throat closes up completely. That's why I have to carry around an epipen. If my throat closes up, and I don't have my epipen on me ready to use, then I die.

Switches POV

I get the pups back together after a training session. "We probably don't have any time to spare. I was pushing it with the five minute training session. I know that the note said he would 'be gone' if we 'made any attempt to rescue,' but I'm willing to take that risk! You know why? Because we won't let him 'be gone!' Who's with me?" Every pup and fox start to howl. "This could get a little sticky! Handle' this battle could be tricky! But I know the best way for us, let me lead!" I sing. "Oh, no! This is my crew! This is my squad! This is my turf!" Chase interrupts. I sigh. "Oh, my gosh! Look guys, When having a bad time, put your differences aside, because right now we're on the same side!" Kaya says. "Until the night falls, everyone will stay together 'till the battle is won!" As I finish singing, the sky literally turns purple and gets glittery! After the pups see that, I get most of them up and howling again. "Skye, It's Operation Rescue Ryder time!" I say. She hops into her copter and takes off. I jump in my vehicle and press the Ultimate Rescue button. I go down and watch in awe as my vehicle gets upgraded. Before I drive away, I get red and blue paint and paint a capital O and two capital R's. That stands for Operation Rescue Ryder. I follow Skye after the remaining pups get in my vehicle. "Do you think farmer Al's corn maze is the maze we are looking for?" Skye asks me over the radio. "Maybe. We should send in Chase to look." I say, adding Chases comm link into the conversation. "Why do I have to?" Chase complains. "You want Ryder back, then you'll go!" I growl back. "Fine." Chase says, glaring at me.

"No sign of Ryder." Chase reports after going into the maze. "Let's try the maze that's right outside of town!" I say, while I start to drive towards the outskirts of town. As we near the maze, I notice that Maximus's van is parked outside of the maze. "That's the one all right." Kaya announces before I can point out the van. I hop out of my vehicle and run into the maze. "Kittypaw wait!" Kaya and Skye shout behind me. I ignore them. I can barely feel my front paws. I know Ryder is in big trouble, and if I don't get there fast, I can't think about this! I run faster. Oh, no! Dead end! I walk back. This maze is complicated. Luckily for me, I picked up Ryder's scent. I follow his fear scent and eventually I walk forward until I am sure that I am in the middle of the maze. I hear footsteps and taste the air for scent. Right on target. It's Ryder and Maximus! "My hands are searching for you, my arms are outstretched towards you, I feel you on my fingertips, my tongue dances behind my lips for you," I start to sing. "I thought I told you not to attempt a rescue!" Maximus shouts. Grabbing something from her bag and taking the cloth from Ryder's mouth. Wait, is that an orange? Oh, no! "There's fire risin' through my being, burning I'm not used to seeing you! I'm alive! I'm alive!" I sing. "K-Kittypaw?" Ryder says. Maximus pushes his head against the wall. She's going to force feed him! "I can feel you all around me, thickening the air I'm breathing," My diamond lights up. I start to rise. "Holding on to what I'm feeling," I start to transform back. "savoring this heart that's healing!" I fall back to the ground. Shoot! I must try again! "Kittypaw! Help...me!" Ryder stammers, looking terrified. "My hands float up above me," I try again. It's not working. Ryder closes his mouth. "Open your mouth. Now!" Maximus says. "And you whisper you love me," It still doesn't work. I try harder. She's trying to force open his mouth! "And I began to fade into our secret place!" As I say this, my diamond lights up again, the light shining from the crack in my Pup Tag. "The music makes me sway, The angels singing say, "We are alone with you, I am alone and they are too, with you!" I start to transform again. "I'm alive! I'm alive!" Ryder looks scared. He starts to pull against the restraints, wide eyed. "I can feel you all around me, thickening the air I'm breathing! Holding on to what I'm feeling, savoring this heart that's healing!" I fall down again. Ouch! This isn't working! Maximus is trying harder. Ryder wimpers. "And so I cry, ooh, the love is why, ooh, And I see you, you, you!" I'm going to try one more time. She gets his mouth open and makes him eat it!

I have to act fast! If I can change back I can get him his epipen! "I'm alive! I'm alive! I can feel you all around me thickening the air I'm breathing!" I start to rise, "Holding on to what I'm feeling, savoring this heart that's healing!" I start to transform, It's working! "Take my hand and give it to you, Now you want me all I am," The magic is pulsing through my veins. "You said you would never leave me," He coughs hard, looking sick. "I believe you, I believe! I can feel you all around me thickening the air I'm breathing, holding on to what I'm feeling, savoring this heart that's healing!" I transformed back into my human form, then I pulled her away from him, threw her to the side, grabbed his epipen, and gave him the shot. Then I untied the restraints. As he gets down, he falls over. I catch him before he can get close to the ground. He's still gasping for breath. I pull him into a hug. "K-K-Kittypaw...y-y-you...c-came...b-b-b-b-back!" He stammers, still gasping for breath. "Ryder, I never left your side. I was the one who led the team in rescuing you the first time! I was the one that kept coming to check up on you. When everyone else lost faith that you would survive, I was the one who didn't lose faith in you. I love you." I give him a few minutes to catch his breath. "Let's get you home. Your arms, wrists, and ankles need to be looked at." I say.

Switches POV

"K-K-Kittypaw...y-y-you...c-came...b-b-b-b-back!" I try to say, stuttering, and still gasping for breath. "Ryder, I never left your side. I was the one who led the team in rescuing you the first time! I was the one that kept coming to check up on you. When everyone else lost faith that you would survive, I was the one who didn't lose faith in you. I love you." Kittypaw tells me. "Let's get you home. Your arms, wrists, and ankles need to be looked at." She says. I sigh. I can barely walk! This is so embarrassing! I try to take a step forward. I would have fallen if Kittypaw wasn't there. I look down at my sore feet. "Careful. Maybe I should just carry you. It would be easier for the both of us. She picks me up. I'm literally shaking. I hope she doesn't notice. "Man, you're so shaky! Everything is fine, you're okay." She tries to reassure me. I'm not so sure. I think back to the time that I met Kittypaw. I was taking a walk on the beach.

My depression was high that day, so I brought my diamond. It was supposed to have magical powers, but I couldn't quite access it. As I was walking, it started to glow. I looked at it funny, because it wasn't doing anything. But then as I passed Captain Turbots flounder, I noticed that someone was able to access the magic. I looked on, not sure what to do. Then she realised she was in the air, and took one look at the ground and said, "What the-" I decided to see if there was a limit on the distance in which the magic worked. So I left. From what I heard is that she was pretty freaked out. A few weeks later I was on my way to pick up dog food when the same thing happened. All I remember was she was singing COPYCAT, by Billie Eirish. The diamond lit up and she rose into the air. She immediately screeched "I told you so!" There was a fox sitting on the ground in front of her. "I wonder why this is happening?" The fox asks her. I walked in before I knew what I was doing. "I-I think I know…" I said. "Go on," Kittypaw says to me. "It's my diamond! It is supposed to have magical powers! I've never been able to access them, and apparently you have!" I said. "Wow, that's a lot to take in at once…" She responds. I honestly don't know why I did this, but am glad I did. I took the diamond out of my pocket. "Maybe you should have it. It was given to me so that the magic stored inside of it would be used. Not to sit and do nothing. I-I'm not sure how to use the magic, and you obviously have some sort of connection with it. Here." I sigh as the memory reminds me of an Important lesson.

"I'm going to have to put you down now. Where." Kittypaw says breaking into my thoughts. She puts me down and Marshall starts checking me over. "I'm going to need a new epipen I guess." I say to Marshall. He looks at me with a look of dismay on his face. "You used it?" He asks. "Umm, isn't that what he implied?" Kitty says to Marshall before I could say anything. "Well ye- Kittypaw! You're back! This is great!" Marshall yells. Kittypaw rolls her eyes. I sit down. My legs feel as if they can't support my weight. I am in the grass with my back against Kittypaw's leg. I feel exhausted! I didn't realize My allergy would affect me like this. I hear footsteps behind me. Marshall's eyes widened. Kittypaw picks me back up and starts walking towards her vehicle. I wonder how she's going to fit in there now. She puts me in the back and turns around. "By the way, you've been uninvited, 'Cause all you say, are all the same things I did! Copycat, tryna cop my manner! Watch your back when you can't watch mine! Copycat, tryna cop my glamour! Why so sad, bunny? Can't have mine! Copycat, tryna cop my manner! Watch your back when you can't watch mine! Copycat, tryna cop my glamour! Why so sad, bunny? Can't have mine! Mine!" She turns back into a fox, Gets into the vehicle like that happens every day, and drives off. I can't help it, I start to laugh! Kittypaw looks back at me with a concerned look on her face that makes me laugh harder! We got back and they were still trying to rebuild the side of the Lookout Tower. "You might need the blueprint..." I start to say. "Where is it?" Kittypaw asked. "In my room somewhere." I say. We get to my room and Kittypaw gets me comfortable. Then she grabs the blueprint and trots out of the room. I sigh. As I drift into a deep sleep I manage to mutter a quick thanks to The Lord.