Collab chap. 3

Isaac's P.O.V.

"Ahhhhhh..."

I sipped at the mango-papaya smoothie I was clutching, and sighed contentedly. Everything was going just perfectly!

Usually, I let William wander off on his little rants and just hang out by myself. It's just the kind of rest and relaxation any bodyguard needs!

I looked at the watch. 4:53. It should be around another hour before I have to get William in for dinner. Typically, by then, he would have calmed down, and I can wrangle him without any problem and take him back to the luxury condo. My boss didn't care what I did with William, as long as he was back safe and sound by the deadlines, so quite a bit of the time I was getting paid to sip smoothies at a little cafe right next to a bookstore. I'd buy a good book, order the usual, and plop down for some R&R!

I just needed to remember to drop by the pokemon center and pick up Will's pokemon too.

"Another smoothie, sir?" A fine-clad waiter politely asked, taking away the 3 empty glasses lying on the table.

"Sure!" One more smoothie, then time to head back. Pulling out my phone, I casually glanced at the gps app just to make sure William was ok.

Unknown to the teen, his clothes were equipped with quite a few nanoscale tracking devices, enabling me to pinpoint his location down to the centimeter. It was a foolproof system, always sending out it's never-ending signal, never failing even in the toughest sleet, rain, snow, and hail.

Then, why was there not a little red dot that has a particularly annoying beep flashing on the screen?!

The device could only be down if...

There could only be two possibilities: Either William was in serious trouble, or he was running around naked in the city.

Judging by the teen' s normally proper, sophisticated manner, I assumed it was not the latter.

I was on full alert now. I pressed the emergency dial button on my phone, instinctively typed in the 7-digit password. . . and was placed on hold.

After 5 strenous minutes of waiting, I finally got my boss's secretary.

"Yes, Isaac?" She muttered into the phone half-heartedly. She wasn't really too eager on the job. One reason being she earned about a quarter of my salary.

"CODE RED! CODE RED! WILLIAM'S DEVICE IS OFFLINE! I bellowed into the phone, earning multiple discerning looks from bystanders.

The secretary's demeanor changed immeadiately. "What?"

"I just checked. There's no signal, no anything!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes!"

"Alerting security. Should have a team there asap."

I double-checked the phone, making one-hundred percent positive that there was no signal.

It was emptier than my 3rd glass of smoothie.

The secretary hung up, and I immeadiately got down to business. "Rachelle, tell me the last known cordinates of subject."

I admit it. I may have named my phone.

"calculating..." the built-in voice cooed monotoningly, happily oblivious to the current crisis occuring at the moment.

A blip flashes onto the screen with a cheerful ding! Hmm. The signal's last known pinpointed location before it fuzzed out was way out in the woods.

I hesitate for a second. Should I search for him now, or do I wait for backup in case there is a dangerous situation?

It only takes a few seconds to decide. Whipping out my pokeball, I release my pokemon, a mightyena called Razor and an Arcanine named Max.

"Razor, sniff him out!" I yelled out to my mightyena. With an excited yelp, he bounded off into the deep, dark forest, hot on the trail. I lept onto Max and urged him onwards, pursuing the pokemon that was now just a speck before disappearing behind a tree.

Max dutifully obeyed and bounded off towards the woods, following the still barking mightyena into the forest. For the first time in my job of bodyguarding, I was nervous.

I was nervous for two reasons: First, whatever perils await me when I arrive, for no everyday criminal or animal can make the son of one of the most nefarious crime lords in the area suddenly dissappear like that.

Second, what his father would do if something ever happened to William. The punishment would be extreme. Dairus is known for exacting revenge on those who fail him.

I spurn Max on with greater urgency. I had to find William alive and well. I had to bring him back safe and sound.

For if William was dead, so was I.

Sorry if this chapter is a little short. I just didn't feel like putting anything after this.