Chapter 7-a familiar face

Ryder got off his exercise bike. He paused his music. Which was Route 24 & 25 by Geeek — Pokémon Lo-Fi. Ryder saw his water bottle sitting on the floor and he drank some.

Once he was done, Ryder took his iPhone and his water and went out the door. He walked downstairs. "Hey, guys," Ryder said. "Hey! You're feeling better." Chase said. Ryder smiled. "Yep!"

It's been a month since he got captured and Ryder was starting to feel better.

A lot better actually. Marshall checked him yesterday and he's one hundred percent fine and ready to get back to work. But, calls have been slow today. He's eager to get back to it. He decided to Livestream on TikTok so that's what he did. With Marshall's permission, he agreed to it.

The leader of the PAW Patrol walked inside his room and went to take a shower.


After his shower. He brushed his teeth and gelled his hair, then he walked out of his bathroom. He looked up. The sun coming in through the skylight in the ceiling. White puffy clouds hung in the sky.

The sun shone brightly through it making the bedroom warm Ryder went to his closet and pulled out clothes. He pulled out jeans. His PAW Patrol jacket and a black t-shirt. Once he got changed. He sat on his gaming chair by his desk and logged on to his laptop to play ROBLOX.

Ryder went on his TikTok, looking through his FYP and finding videos of people opening Pokémon twenty-fifth anniversary packs and Elite Trainer Boxes, Ryder decided to go LIVE. With over 1.2 Million followers and 2.84 million likes, and even verified on TikTok. He pressed the white plus button in the middle and slid to the third one that said Go LIVE. The number of people seeing it was 1.4 million.

The leader of the PAW Patrol pressed the red button. The countdown started. 3... 2... 1... He then put the front camera to his face and set his iPhone down onto his iPhone stand.

"Hi, guys!" People started coming in. "What's up?" He asked as he put on some music on his laptop. "So... I have some booster packs for you guys. I bought these before I moved here, so I was still living in Adventure Bay at the time when I bought these Generations Pokémon card packs. Let's see what I get and when I'm done. We can talk for a bit." He said as he went behind where his shelf was and started plucking the box off it. It was sealed too. "Hold on guys."

He said as he grabbed a pair of scissors from his desk drawer.

"Okay. I grabbed a pair of scissors and I'm cutting open the plastic wrap. I have no nails. So-"He laughed. "Yeah-" Ryder cut the box as he looked at his comments. "Jordan gave me six TikToks! Let's goooo! Thank you, Jordan! thank you for the TikToks!"

"Ayyyyy! We got. Chase1929 coming in with the fire! Thanks, man!" He smiles. "How are you... how are you holding up in Adventure City?" He read the question from one of his followers. "I'm doing good in Adventure City bro."

"Are you verified?" Ryder read the next question as he put the stuff to the side of his desk. "Yeah. I am if you click on my profile or just look at my name on the bottom. I'm verified on TikTok! You can follow me back. It's cool. I'm okay with that." He said as he opened his cards. Then someone came on, he was shocked when he read the comment.

"Hold up... I NEVER heard that name in a long time... yoyoyoyoyoyoyo! I'm tripping right now man. Only my mom. calls me-'' he got cut off. He ran his hand through his hair. "Oh jeez..." Ryder said awkwardly, pausing. "Holy... bruuuuh!" Ryder said. "Um... Hi Jessica." He said nervously. Then he got another comment. "Are you still living in Adventure Bay, and how is the PAW Patrol?"

"They're good. And to answer your question, no We moved in August." He said, getting off track. "Okay, I'm getting off track. We're here to open some packs."


Ryder ended the LIVE an hour later. Then. The user who commented on his LIVE. DMd him on his Instagram. He checked it. It said his name on top of his DMs Zach_Ryder_10 and he had the same blue verified check next to his name. It said Requests (20) he clicked on it and saw the name Jessica Ryder but her account wasn't verified.

He breathed in and out and clicked on her name, the message said; Hello, Ryder. It's been a while! How are you and the pups doing? The message in gray said.

A picture of a brown-haired woman was seen. Ryder messaged her back; Hey! You were on my TikTok live! What's up? I haven't seen you since I left Adventure City and started my team. How are dad and Ashley?

His parents work as rescuers too. His mother works for the Adventure City hospital and his father works for the fire department in the city. Ashley is Ryder's nine-year-old sister. She goes to school in Adventure City while he doesn't —since he has to deal with all the rescues in Adventure Bay at the time. Ryder smiled as he scrolled up and went on his phone app. The dark screen displayed as he went through his contacts and found her.

He pressed her contact and pressed the blue call button with a phone above it. Then it rang. "Hello?" A voice said. "Mom?"

"Zach?!" She asked in disbelief. Ryder smiles. Then he pressed the camera and under the picture, it said FaceTime he pressed it. It was redesigned to fit the new update. Since it was on IOS 15. Ryder saw her.

She had the same brown hair as him. She wore blue scrubs. "Mom..." he said. Jessica smiles. "Hey, it's been a while." She said, "Yeah... it has. So what's up? How's work at the hospital?" He asked. "Oh, it's good. How's your team?"

"The PAW Patrol are doing fine. Hold on." He picked up the phone, Jessica could see his face and the door opened. Jessica saw that he was going down a hallway then a set of stairs down to the briefing room.

The sun shone brightly throughout the headquarters. He heard music. The pups were probably pup-pup boogie. But To his surprise, they were playing Pokémon Sword.

"Marshall! Use Pyro Ball!" Rocky said. As he watched him use the joy-cons for Ryder's Nintendo Switch. The switch was hooked up to the monitor. Chase was watching him play against the gym leader, Milo.

"Haaaaa! He's getting SMOKED!" Marshall said. His team consisted of Fire and electric type Pokémon. The pups laughed at the pun.

"Someone get Yakko's pun gun." Liberty laughed. They all laughed again. They hear Ryder's footsteps come in. "Hey, Ryder." They said, "Hi, guys." He said. He then walked up to everyone.

"Guys. I would like you to meet someone. Oh, mom. I forgot to mention that we have a new member on our team." He said walking. "Hey Liberty, come here for a second." He said. "What's up, Ryder?" She walked over. "Liberty, I would like you to meet my mom, Jessica."

"Hi, Jessica!" Liberty said. "Hello! I heard that you're a new member of the PAW Patrol now." She smiles. "Yep! And it's so cool! I love working as a member!" She said, her tail wagging as she spoke. "SHEEEESH!" Ryder laughed at that.

"I'm glad that you're having fun, Ryder. Keep up the good work." Jessica said "Okay. Bye, mom. Love you." He said as he hung up. He put his phone back in his pocket and stood there. Marshall was still playing Pokémon.

"Um... Marshall?" Ryder asked. The pup still played Pokémon "yeah?" He asked his owner.

"Marshall... you're playing as a fire type." Ryder said. "And you're going to be battling in a water-type gym. Marshall, that's a bad idea." Ryder said.

"But he has electric-type Pokémon on his team," Rocky said. "Awesome!"

Then he beat the gym. "Oh, yeah!" Marshall said as he did a victory dance. Everyone laughed as they ran over to Marshall as he played another gym.

"Marshall, you should maybe battle your Pokémon to get them to higher levels," Chase said. "That's what I'm doing now," Marshall said. "Ohhh, okay. Cool."


Later, Ryder was making a TikTok. "Okay, guys. So I live in Adventure City now. And... it's great. But recently... I was live with you guys and... someone was on it. I found out that my freakin mom was in the LIVE! Like... HOW?! how did she-" Ryder lost his train of thought. He breathed in through his nose. Then he pressed the button to stop recording then he started back up. "Okay... but seriously. Do I have her on my TikTok or what? Cause... I'm low-key scared. Like my mom... Is it on TikTok?! That's terrifying." Ryder admitted. "Bruh! So um... laters!" He said as he posted the video.


It was one in the morning. On the other side of Adventure City, Jessica worked an eighteen-hour shift so she worked from eight A.M this morning.

Jessica was very tired. She was driving home in her white Tesla. She still had her blue scrubs on. Her Apple Music was playing on her radio. Jessica went into a gated neighborhood in Adventure City. She parked next to another Tesla in the driveway.

Jessica got out of the car. She grabbed her backpack Which held her laptop and iPad. She got out of the car. Went to the door and opened it with her keys. Jessica walked in and went to the hallway and went into a room. Her husband was fast asleep on the other side. Jessica changed into her PJs then went to sleep.


The next day. In the headquarters. Ryder put on Only Wanna Be With You by Post Malone — but the Pokémon 25 version.

You and me, we come from different worlds

You like to laugh at me when I look at other girls

Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why

I'm such a baby 'cause the Cowboys make me cry

Chase smiles as he walked downstairs. He was in a good mood since this song was playing. Ryder was in the kitchen toasting a bagel. "Hey, Ryder!" Chase said. Ryder smiled. "Hey, Chase! What doin!" He said. Chase laughed at that.

"But there's nothin' I can do

I've been lookin' for a girl like you!"

Ryder sang the song. Marshall got up "hey, Marshall." Chase said. "Hi." He said, yawning. "Oh! Is this Post Malone's new song?!" He asked. "Yeah, it is!" Ryder said as he saw the consent playing in the background for Pokémon 25.

"Oh, I love this song!" Skye yipped as she did her backflip.

"You look at me, you got nothin' left to say

I'm gonna pout at you until I get my way

I won't dance and you won't sing

I just wanna love you but you wanna wear my ring

But there's nothin' I can do"

Then, everyone else joined in shortly after.

"I only wanna be with you

You can call me your fool

I only wanna be with you

Put on a little Dylan, sittin' on a fence

I say that line is great, you asked me what it meant by"

The pups sang. Ryder did some Fortnite dances. "Let's go, Ryder!" Rubble said smiling. All the others laughed at their leader's actions.

"Said I shot a man named Gray, took his wife to Italy

She inherited a million bucks and when she died, it came to me"

The pups sang again

"I can't help it if I'm lucky

I only wanna be with you

Ain't Bobby so cool?

I only wanna be with you"

"Air guitar!" Ryder announces as he played the imaginary instrument

"Yeah, I'm tangled up in blue

I only wanna be with you

You can call me your fool

I only wanna be with you"

Ryder sang. Then Rocky took over.

"Sometimes I wonder if it'll ever end

You get so mad at me when I go out with my friends"

Marshall took over.

"Sometimes you're crazy and you wonder why

I'm such a baby, yeah, the Cowboys make me cry

But there's nothin' I can do"

"I only wanna be with you

You can call me your fool

I only wanna be with you

Yeah, I'm tangled up in blue

I only wanna be with you

(I only wanna be with you)

I only wanna be with you

I only wanna be with you"

The PAW Patrol finished. They all laughed and it went to the next song. But he paused it on the T.V and went to his phone and put on another song. The song was titled; Telepatía by Kali Uchis. It was another TikTok song. Ryder had a lot of them on his Apple Music.