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Author's note: I do like Everest a lot. I can relate to her constant need to eat :} There haven't been much fanfics with her as the focus - heck, there aren't many episodes with her as the focus! So, I've decided to make a long, tragic, emotional, action packed fanfic which includes her backstory and everything (Marshall being hurt, physically or ((or and)) emotionally is a trend on fanfiction, it seems; so i may do that too.)

So, here you go! Here is NUMBED.

Everest was adjusting well to her new home.

It had always been cold and lonely up where she came from, but here... While it was still cold alright, Jake gave her a new world of love and light. Meanwhile, as a member of the PAW Patrol, she always enjoyed adventure and rescuing. She also enjoyed seeing Ryder and the pups - from stern, by the book Chase; to inventive Rocky; to goofy Marshall... Everest really liked Marshall. Really. Really liked him...

...

... Anyways, back to the mountain.

Today was exciting all right! She worked on rescuing on the mountain. A climber had lost his little nephew in the snow, and Everest was instantly on it, following the scent of the boy's scarf.

It took a lot of tracking, and Everest knew that each second gone by was a one percent decrease on the toddler's survival. Her boundless energy and iron determination kept her going as it started snowing hard.

Everest found a cave where the child's scent led her. Inside, she was happy to find the child.

Not happy about his condition though.

The poor brunette was shaking violently. All he had was a coat and boots. Everest knew it would be a bad idea to try to take him all the way back to Jake's; too risky with how heavy the snow was falling. She resorted to going just outside and digging through a mound of snow as a makeshift shelter. She led the child into it and pressed her warm fur against the four year old, attempting to keep him warm.

She had done this before, when she first met and rescued Jake. Although, it was odd, she may have never told him - but it was really Jake who saved her. It was Jake who pulled her out of her darkened, bitter, freezing life before. Everest shuddered when she looked back. White, frosted hills with no companions whatsoever - aside the penguins, but they never did much for her - left her isolated, alone, sometimes terrified.

Everest was forced to wait as a storm ragged outside her den. She did her best to keep her toddler warm, pressing against him as he wailed on her shoulder. He wanted to go home.

Everest had to admit, even now she felt down without Jake here. There were only a select few who could keep her head above the icy waters of her secret, haunted, pastlife. Jake and... Marshall.

Everest's eyes lit up, she had no idea what time it was, but... she was able to contact Marshall through her pup pad. The child had fallen asleep under her, and while her weight and fur combined kept him warm, Everest was finally feeling the cold nipping at her skin.

Shuddering, the husky pressed her pup pad, "Marshall?" she whispered, "Marshall?"

Instantly, the sound of... something crashing... came through; followed by a shocked "Ryder needs us!"

Everest couldn't help but chuckle, "No, silly, this is Everest!"

More crashing, although much more muffled, was heard. Marshall, who sounded quite groggy, moaned, "Wh-what time is i-THREE O'CLOCK IN THE BLESSED A.M.!"

Everest had to muffle her collar, as to not awaken the sleeping toddler, "S-sorry, Mars-shal. It's that late, huh?"

A sigh was heard from his side of the comn, "Yeah... It is..."

Before he could say anything else, Everest blurted out the situation, "Marshall, it's storming and I'm stuck in the woods with a toddler, keeping him warm, at three in the morning!"

Marshall's voice now sounded a lot more alert, "Do you need help, Ev?"

Ev was the nickname he'd given her. Everest personally enjoyed it. Everest shivered, "It- it must be arow-ound zero-o degrrr-ees out here. Marshall, y-you are the- m-m-medddical pu-uup... Wh-at d-do-o I-"

"-Don't pani-" another bang was heard. "-Ow! ... - just don't panic." Marshall took a breathe before continuing, "Okay, you have to make sure that kid is warm enough, and that he isn't developing a cold or worse..."

... ... ...

It wasn't another five hours later, a lot of it conversing with Marshall, until Everest woke the surprisingly healthy child up and led him through the woods to Jake's house. Everest was exhausted by the time they reached the skiing hills, Everest was shivering violently. If she was in poor condition, she knew she had to get the child back to the cabin. Luckily, she saw Jake talking to a youth group who came on a field trip. As much as she wanted to race up to him, she kept her composure, "Jake!" she called.

Jake seemed to light up like a Christmas tree, he turned and instantly raced up to her, "Everest! Girl!"

He saw the child and scooped the poor thing up, beaming at his pup, "You saved the child! Good girl!"

Everest, despite her vibrating, managed to stay on her feet as she wobbled to the safety. Everest felt like she was going to faint by the time she got inside. She hubbled over to her pillow and fell on it, quickly drifting away to the sound of Jake taking care of the young boy.

The dreams that plagued Everest's mind were what followed her sound slumber.