Beep! Beep! Beep!
Ryder jolted awake. Reaching for his beeping Pup Pad like a drunk, he couldn't stop yawning or stretching in very odd ways to somehow make his body reignite faster. His morning voice was raspy and uncoordinated, "Ryder here. How may I help you?"
"Ryder!" It was Mr. Porter, his distressed face bulging out on the screen. His mustache was jumping up and down and beads of sweat dripped down his cheeks, conveying the sense of an urgent problem.
"What's the problem, Mr. Porter?" grumbled Ryder, hoping the restaurant owner did not drive his delivery van into the river or lose a platter of ham sandwiches to a flock of seagulls.
"Ryder, it's Katie's salon. I was just passing with the usual morning deliveries when I saw it. There is something very wrong. The windows are missing but everything inside is fine. But the bad part is ... KATIE IS MISSING!"
Ryder's eyes widened until it rivaled dinner plates. Kidnappers? In Adventure Bay? It was like reading about penguins living with no worries in the North Pole. Adventure Bay was probably one of the cleanest towns in the wholeworld. An act of kidnapping would surely ruin its hard-earned reputation. But on the positive side, it wasn't an "emergency" that only required him, one or two Pups and a basic demonstration of their skills.
"Don't worry, Mr. Porter, we'll be there as soon as possible!" promised Ryder energetically as he shot up and banged on the PAW Patrol emergency button, "No job is too big, no Pup is too small! PAW Patrol, to the Lookout!"
"Ryder, we're right behind you."
The Pups indeed were at attention. They formed a straight attentive line, a professional rescue force made up of a fire Pup, a police Pup, a recycling and engineering Pup, an aviation Pup, a construction Pup and a water Pup. Embarrassingly, Ryder figured out that he had fallen asleep in the command center of the Lookout, probably after correcting an annoying computer glitch the day before. Nevertheless the PAW Patrol leader forced a serious look.
"Ready for action, Ryder sir!" barked out Chase with the discipline of an Army soldier.
"Okay, Pups, we have a hugeemergency this morning. It might be comparable to the fire at the Lookout." said Ryder matter-of-factly.
The Pups gasped with horror. Then nervous chit-chattering surfaced, only to be silenced by a gesture from Ryder.
"What is it?" Rocky spoke up fearfully. A ripple of fear welled up in the Pup's guts, stretching dark fingers out around his chest. Even thinking about the Lookout fire was too much to bear. It had almost wiped out the entire PAW Patrol team, and scarred their fellow police Pup for eternity. Chase's fur was blackened in some areas, he walked with a slight limp and a faint but visible scar ran from his left eye diagonally down to his jaw, degrading his appearance to a lowly villain's.
"Mr. Porter reported to me that Katie's salon has been vandalized. Although the only acts of it was a shattered window, Katie herself is nowhere to be found and is presumed to be kidnapped." The crude yet effective animations on the briefing screen played out the demoralizing scenario.
Again the Pups gasped, but this time with more shock and awe.
"W-W-Who would do this?" stammered Marshall..
"Vandalism and kidnapping in one cwime. This kidnapping dude, or dudes, must be very dangewous!" Zuma stated, unintentionally adding to the fire Pup's fright.
"Zuma is right. We do not know who did it or why it was done. We also do not know where Katie and her kidnapper, or kidnappers, are. This emergency will require all of the PAW Patrol. We will need to search for clues that might answer these questions at the salon. Alright, PAW Patrol is on a roll!"