Different Horizons-A Paw Patrol Story

Chapter Nine

While everyone was at the celebration, Harold and the Copycat drove towards the Lookout. "So, do you remember where the machine is?" The Copycat asked.

"Of course I do," Harold replied. "Ryder put it in the garage where he keeps his ATV. All we have to do is break open the doors and take it."

"No, we can't do that," The Copycat.

Harold looked at him, puzzled. "What do you mean?"

The Copycat rolled his eyes. "Why do I have to explain everything? Harold, we must ensure that Ryder and the pups don't know what we're up to. We can't have them try to stop us before we are ready."

"Oh, okay," Harold said. "So, how do we get it without them finding out?"

"You're the genius here. You need to come up with a plan."

Harold thought about it. He exited the Mayor Mobile and stopped in front of the garage door. "We will trip the alarm if the cameras see us. We need a way to disable them."

Harold noticed some tools that Ryder must've left out. He raised his hands, and they began to glow a shade of gold. The tools rose off the ground and spun in a circle until they merged into a box with an antenna. Harold's new creation dropped to the ground, where Harold picked it up.

"What is that?" The Copycat asked.

"You don't have to be a genius to know that it's a short-distance electromagnetic pulse dampener," Harold explained. "This will send an electromagnetic field around the tower without short-circuiting the mainframe or activating any backup energy sources, disabling any giving or receiving transmission waves." He looked over at the orange cat, who had a confused look. "It will turn off the tower's power without alerting the Paw Patrol," he simplified. "Now, we need to get this to the highest point on the tower without tripping any alarms."

"Should've said so," The Copycat exclaimed. He grabbed the device in his mouth. His paws glowed blue as he ran up the side of the tower. The Copycat quickly made his way to the and dropped off Harold's invention. He raced down and met with Harold, who was on his computer. "There," he said. "Now what?"

"The device should go off in three . . . two . . . one . . . now." He pointed at the tower. A blue force field covered the tower. The field turned invisible as if nothing was there. "The field around the Lookout is invisible, but it's there."

Harold walked towards the tower as if there wasn't a force field. "See?" He asked rhetorically.

"Nice," The Copycat complimented. "Now, let's get the teleportation machine."

Harold backed the Mayor Mobile to the garage. The Copycat forced the garage door open with his paws glowing yellow. Harold removed the tarp Ryder put over the machine and admired the work. "This is amazing," he exclaimed.

"Harold, let's focus on taking it, please," The Copycat said. "You can admire it after the Paw Patrol is gone."

"Fine," Harold groaned.

The Copycat used Rocky's magnetic powers to lift the machine, put it into the Mayor's Mobile, and secure it. Harold took the cover off beforehand since it didn't close with the meteor.

Harold got into the driver seat and got ready to leave when he noticed that the Copycat was nowhere to be seen. Harold exited the vehicle and found the Copycat looking at the glowing Paw Patrol logo on the tower.

"Copycat," Harold said. "We have to get going. What are you doing?"

"We can't give the Paw Patrol a chance to go against us," the Copycat said. "We need to take the crystals."

"I'm on it," Harold said. He jumped back into the Mayor Mobile and activated the mechanical arms.

Harold used the arms to rip off the logo again and take the crystal. He opened the meteor and took the crystals from within. The tower's glow slowly dissipated until all of the energy left.

The Copycat joined Harold in the Mayor Mobile. "Okay, let's get out of here."

Harold nodded and faced forward. He was about to start driving when an alarm went off on his computer. Harold looked at it, and his eyes opened wide.

"Harold, what's going on?" The Copycat asked.

"The emp device is not working anymore," Harold replied.

"How is that possible?"

"The device must've run on the meteor's power. When we put it on the tower, it used its energy. But now that we have the crystals, the dampener is no longer working. And the cameras are working again, so we must've set off an alarm.

"That's not good," The Copycat said. "Get us out of here! We can't be here when the Paw Patrol shows up."

Harold turned on the Mayor Mobile. "Take us home, Mayor Mobile," Harold told the vehicle. The dashboard lit up and sped off.

The Mayor Mobile raced across the bridge into town. The Copycat looked at Harold in disbelief. "What are you doing?" He asked. "Come drive this thing!"

"It's okay," Harold replied. "I have the autopilot on. I need to connect these crystals to the machine and run some tests before we can use it on the Paw Patrol."

"Oh," The Copycat said, settling down a bit. "How many of the crystals do you plan on using?"

Harold looked at the orange cat and grinned. "All of them."