//------------------------------// // The Needy Nerdy Plan // Story: 404: Signal not found // by Royale With Cheese //------------------------------// Josh then turned into an alleyway with Applejack right behind him. He then turned another corner in the alleyway and slipped a little which led Applejack have some time to try and capture He continued running, there was a tall chain link fence up ahead Applejack then also saw what was ahead "Ah okay buddy, you stop now or you get trapped" Applejack said as she ran Josh then quickly jumped and climbed the fence and got to the other said and saw Applejack trying to do the same thing but not succeeding. "Not today, not ever" Josh said then ran off Applejack then got off her walkie talkie "Yall have sight on him, I lost him" She said "No... Not really...nope.." Were the responses she got, Applejack then hoof punched the fence and walked off Josh was in a taxi cab, he told the driver what was going on and the driver was just going to drive him around for a while. Josh then phoned O'Connell "Hello?" O'Connell said "O'Connell, this is Josh, I almost got caught" "Almost caught? At least you didn't get caught" O'Connell replied "I was actually about to call you. I want you to go to the Union Square Cafe, I have people who you want to so hi to" "Alright" Josh replied then got off the phone "Union Square Cafe" he said to the cab driver, the driver nodded and drove him to his destination He looked around before getting out of the car and going into the cafe He was looking around and saw his Mom, dad and his sister, Savannah and ran up to them "Oh honey, we miss you" His mom said as the family group hugged him Then they sat down "So, how are things holding up?" His mom said "Good, I almost got caught, I outran a pony" Josh said "Could I go home? I think it'll be a good hiding spot" "Not really" Savannah replied "There's like these guard ponies who keep an eye on our house, they somehow know where we live, and they all also somehow knew, that we we're in New York" Josh sighed "I need to get that website back and running, I don't know or what has that high tech computer" Savannah quickly replied "Ryder Shore! He's the biggest nerd in our school, he obviously might have one of those computers" A few seconds later a woman came up to them and said "Ryder Shore? I'm his mom, Lilian Shore, he does have a high tech computer, it costed thousands of dollars, if you need help, here's my address" She printed her address on a napkin and have it to Josh "Give Ryder my number and tell him to text me so we can make a plan, thank you" Josh said "You're welcome, I gotta head out, I bet I'll see you later" Lilian replied and went out of the cafe Josh talked to his family more before hugging and kissing goodbye. He then went back to the motel, an hour and a half later, he got a text "Hey, Ryder here, 3rd floor of the New York Library, let's meet there at 2PM" Josh felt relieved, this almost was over -10:00PM at Ground Zero- "How did you lose him?!" Dash said "Ah tried mah best! He went over some big fence, ah don't have fingers! Or some hooves with a check mark on them!" Applejack shot back "Quiet!" Twilight shouted "That was the first time one of us chased him and almost got him, were always not lucky on our firsts"