PAW Patrol: Monkey Business

Chapter one: Hanging Around

"Alright pups, it's all set up?" Ryder called. The PAW Patrol pups bounded up to the their leader, howling all the while.

"This obstacle course is gonna be perfect for the race in a couple weeks." Chase gushed.

"Yeah!! Can't wait to start training for it!!" Rocky agreed excitedly.

"Well you're in luck, because today we start training!" Ryder said grandly.

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Clattering rails and whirring wheels squealed against one another, as the train rattled into the station; boxes and bags bumped and jump along with it. One of these boxes fell and hit the ground, as the door of the train car jolted open. A pair of eyes, curiously peered out at the slit of light peeking into the, now open, train car. A hand touching the edge of the crate, as a low snickering ooka rose up in the silence.

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"Don't worry pups." Chase decided confidently. "I'll get us ready for the competition on time."

"Thank you, Chase!" Ryder sang proudly.

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Tail swinging, hands gripping, air wisping. Nothing but soft snickering carrying through the air.

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"You can do it, Skye!!" Marshall called excitedly, the pups all cheering the Cockapoo on, as she climbed the rock wall to the other side. Chase caught sight of something in the bushes far to his right. Too curious to ignore this, he wandered toward it. He looked to where he'd seen the movement, but saw nothing. A fast moving wisp, came and went ahead of him on the opposite side of the path. He looked up at it and raced after it. This repeated several times and he followed it even quicker every time.

"Ok. Zuma, you're up." Ryder said, after Rubble came off his attempt at the wall. "Then Rocky, Marshall and-... Chase?" The boy searched around for his German Shepard pup in blue, but suddenly found no trace of him. The pups also searched for their fellow pup, now realizing his strange absence.

"Where'd he go?" Skye asked openly.

"Maybe he wandered off for some reason?" Rubble guessed.

"That doesn't sound like Chase." Rocky thought aloud, glancing at Zuma; who shook his head in agreement.

"Don't worry guys. I'll go look for him." Marshall offered, taking off toward the path through the forest. "He can't have gone too far."

"Ok, but try not to get lost on your way back." Ryder called after him. "We don't wanna lose anyone else."

"Ok!" Marshall called over his shoulder.

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"Chase, Chase!" Marshall called into the trees. All that came back was silence; and occasional birds scattering from all his yelling.

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Chase stepped on for a while, the movement diminishing as he went. The scent he'd picked up, also fading faster than he was moving.

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"Chase!" Marshall called, racing around another bend. He stopped as soon as he saw the brown figure of the pup in question far to his right. "Chase! There you are!" He gasped, both from the relief of finding his friend, and from all the running to find him. "Why did you wander off? We were wondering where you went."

"Huh? Oh..uh..sorry." Chase sighed, turning around to walk back toward him. "I thought I saw something... but I guess it was nothing. Come on; let's get back to Ryder and the pups." Chase jogged by Marshall and they both set off together, heading back the way they'd come until the clearing finally appeared.

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"Where'd you go, dude?" Zuma asked, when the pups arrived to gather around them.

"Yeah, why'd you run off on us like that?" Rocky questioned innocently.

"Sorry guys." Chase apologized sheepishly. "I thought saw something, but it's gone now."

"Well at least you're back." Ryder said. "It's your turn you know."

"Oh, um ok." Chase headed over to the wall and stood ready.

"Ready.." Rocky said. "Set.. green means go!" Chase took of and spider leaped up onto the wall. Climbing was no issue, and he made it to the top rather quickly. But as he pulled himself over the top, a fast moving objected launched itself at him and they went tumbling into some nearby bushes.

"Chase!" They cried rushing over to him. Chase groaned, as he rose up from the brush.

"Are you ok?" Marshall asked. "What was that?!"

"I don't know I-" Chase looked down at something with a blank confused stare. Little ookas and big terrified eyes stared back at him, cowering in fear. It scooched closer to him, taking his leg and wrapped its arms around it.

"What is it, Chase?" Ryder's voice startled them both and they looked up. The little creature immediately bounced out of the bush and retreated toward the forest once more.

"Wait! Come back!!" Chase called hopping out after it. He stood there watching it until it dove into the brush; then tore after it.

"Chase wait!" Rocky cried.

"Was that monkey?" Marshall asked, shooting a quizzical look at Skye. The pups bounded off into the forest after the German Shepard.

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Chase raced on, ducking under branches and dodging rocks.

"Monkey! Come back here!" He called. He screeched to a halt in a small clearing, when he caught sight of the little brown animal cowering against a tree trunk. Chase quietly approached it, as not to startle it. It looked up at him with deeply fearful eyes when he got close to it. He was afraid it would run off again; but instead it leapt at him to latch his arms around his neck. Swinging his legs between Chase's front ones and gripped him; wrapping his tail up over the pup's back. His held onto him for dear life, as though it were never gonna let go.

"Chase!! Where are you?!" Ryder's voice calling his name made the baby monkey drop off of the German Shepard and take off again. Chase hopped on a log to follow, but slipped and fell flat on top of it; as the PAW Patrol caught up to him.

"Chase, are you ok?" Ryder asked.

"Did you catch up to the monkey?" Zuma wondered

"I did.. but he ran away again." Chase sighed, getting up to turn toward them. The German Shepard walked back over to them; his head hung in defeat.

"Don't worry, Chase." Ryder reassured him confidently. "We'll find that baby monkey and find out where it came from." He pulled out his button. "PAW Patrol, to the PAW Patroller!"

The pups howled as they raced for the giant semi. Marshall hopped over the first swinging log and tripped over the second one; swinging around with it. Then was launched onto a barrel and ran on top of it as it rolled about under him; crashing into the other pups, leaving them all in a heap inside the PAW Patroller.

"How 'bout that Monkey Business." Marshall joked, igniting laughter amongst the group, as they untangled themselves to grab their gear.

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"PAW Patrol ready for action Ryder sir!" Chase declared formally, from his spot on the bench.

"Good cause we've gotta a strange one, pups." Ryder said, pressing a button on his pup-pad. "Chase found a baby monkey in the woods and then it ran off again." He said, as the screen animated what he was saying. "We've gotta find it before something bad happens to it; and find out where it came from. So Chase..." Ryder selected the police pup's icon. "I'll need you to use your spy gear and tracking skills to find that monkey."

"Chase is on the case!" The pup responded determinedly.

"And Skye.." Ryder said, switching icons. "I'll need you to search from the air."

"This puppy's gotta fly!!" The Cockapoo cheered, backflipping like usual.

"PAW Patrol is on a roll!" Ryder called racing for his ATV.

Launching their vehicles, they sped off to find the monkey.

Hi guys!!! How's it hanging!! Get it? Lol! Anyway, this story was just s a fun little story I wanted to write. Pretty much for the fun of it. Basically it'll be kinda like Paracute Pups, Small Talk or Irritations. Where the pups are kinda just having fun, when their introduced with a small problem that they can solve quite slowly; and in kind of a relaxed manner. Kinda just being creative at this point. ;D Hope you guys enjoy!! Thx!!!