"Okay Rubble, go, go, go!" I yowled. Rubble was using his rig to try and stop the train so that Rocky could assess the damage. Chase and Skye were searching for a mysterious shadow.

I rode over to the tracks, noticing footprints. "Chase, come see." I ordered.

Chase drove up behind me and sniffed the footprints. "Smells like nothing…" he trailed off.

Skye came over and sniffed. "I agree."

Then I sniffed. I detected a scent, my nose is wild, and it smelled oddly familiar. "I smell…" I take a deep sniff. "YUCK! Shadow."

"Shadow doesn't have a scent, stupid." Chase snarled.

"Chase, be nice!" Skye yipped.

I sigh. "Well, guess what? Foxes can smell their shadow. It smells like mystery." I growled.

"We're done." Rocky barks from above.

"You and Rubble can go back to Ryder and tell him what happened." I say as I jump on to my scooter and hit the 'jet mode' button. My scooter turned into a jet and I locked the footprints in my sonar.

I flew my jet in the direction of the 'shadow' and eventually found it. Recognition hit me like a wave of fire. I can't believe it! The shadow is Maximus!

"Skye, Chase, come in!" I yelp.

"Skye here, and so is Chase." Sky said.

"Get Ryder to his room and put the Lookout Tower on lockdown! Immediately!" I yowl.

"Mom, why are you so scared?" Scarlet said through my old Pup Tag. She liked it so much that I asked Ryder to make me a new one.

"Because Daddy's in danger." I answered.

Then, I get a signal from Ryder's Puppad. "What's with the code red?" He demands, sounding confused.

"Remember the person who shot you?" I said. "That's 'the shadow'"

Scarlet's POV. Scarlet has taken over as the seizure response pup. The other pup's are scattered in the Apprentice department, meaning that Kittypaw and Ryder haven't decided what their jobs will be.

I sat on Ryder's feet, licking his ankle.

"What are you doing?" Ryder laughed.

"Protecting you!" I let out a low growl and leap onto the couch and attack Ryder's Puppad.

"Hey now, not the Puppad. Here," He takes a toy out of his pocket that I've never seen before and throws it.

I leap after it and sink my teeth in. "Grrrrr" I growl.

I miss mommy, but I'm a brave fox! I won't show my fear. Mommy always tells me and my brothers and sisters to never show our fear. "Ouch!" I bit down a little too hard. My jaw is twisted, and I won't be able to chew anything because it gets stuck in my teeth. Because my teeth are twisted, it's too hard to get anything out of them.

Ryder gets up and trots into the kitchen. I follow him, toy hanging from my mouth, tail wagging. Ryder puts down a bowl of milk for me and gets a bag of spicy doritos for himself. I wrinkle my nose. Kittypaw hates those, so I do too.

Ryder laughs. "Don't worry, your milk is just formula milk."

I dive in, sending drops of milk flying everywhere. Ryder laughs. I finish eating and we walk into the kitchen.

I'm the only pup still drinking milk. Because of the fact that I can't chew.

Ryder calls Kittypaw and asks her when she'll be back.

"I'll be home soon, not that I'll be able to get in for a while. I'll call you back in a minute, I'm gonna call Scarlet." She barks.

A few seconds later, my Pup Tag lights up. I padded back to the kitchen and sat. "Scarlet here." I said, doing my best imitation of Ryder's voice.

Kittypaw looks at me, laughter in her eyes. "Scarlet, I have a special job for you. I need you to grab my diamond and Skye's air patrol gear and come find me."

"But, what about Ryder? He could have a seizure at any moment!" I protest.

"Get a pup to watch him. Marshall can handle that task for a few wags of a fox tail." Kitty told me.

"Okay Mom!" I yipped. "No job is too big, no diamond is too small! Can we call it a ruby?"

"Yes. We can start calling it a ruby. A gem is good too." Kitty said. "Now, hurry!"

I cut the connection and ran to the Puppack storage room. I grab Skye's flight suit, go to Ryder's room, grab the gem, and jump out the window.

The puppack transforms into a jetpack, and I'm off on my very first secret mission! I howl with delight.

Switching back to Kittypaw's POV. (Some of these chapters will be a little of two characters.)

I look around for Maximus and spot her heading towards Town Hall. I sigh. If her plan is to go after Ryder again, she isn't showing it. Scarlet flies to me with the gem in her mouth. She wags her tail. I grab it and snap my teeth down hard.

A small piece comes off and I put it in Scarlets Pup Tag. "There. Now you have one too." I said.

"Thanks Mom!" She yipps, wagging her tail so hard, I thought it was going to fall off.

She flies in the direction of the Lookout. I sigh. Then, I follow Maximus as she pulls something out of her pocket.

"Rouwf! Visor!" Oh, no! A bomb! "Marshall Get your tail here, fast! You too Rocky! Bomb at town hall!"

When they get here, Maximus hides and draws a gun. I wait, in silence. They stop the bomb, but Maximus doesn't shoot. I prick my ears up.

"Dammit! He's too smart! He sent the pups, but not himself!" She stomped her foot. I sigh. So that's what she was doing, trying to draw Ryder out of the Tower. Now I have an excuse to keep him inside longer.

I growl. She isn't gonna hurt Rydie on my watch! "Rouwff! Pull back-inhaler." A pull back inhaler (As I call it,) is an inhaler with steroids, for when my chest hurts. The regular rescue inhaler is for tightness and shortness of breath. Suddenly, my jet's engine fails. "What the fuck?" I screech as I go hurtling towards the ground.

Okay, such a surprise! Maximus is the culprit for Kitty's crash. An explanation will come soon!