M: I literally uploaded this at the same time as the prologue, so I don't have much to say.
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Chapter 1: The first case
As Chase woke up, he yawned. He stretched out his paws when he hit something. As he looked to his left, he remembered he hadn't spent the night alone, and he could still smell the musk in the air. He l remembered clearly how Marshall called him and asked to come over. They had been hanging out for the past few months, ever since Chase graduated from the police academy. There had been quite some tension between them, since before the PAW Patrol disbanded. Until last night, when they celebrated Chase's promotion to detective. Last night, Chase finally confessed his feelings towards his best friend. As he looked at the white figure next to him, he had the feeling he could look at that cute face forever. But then Chase's favourite dally woke up. And just like his mate, he yawned and stretched out. Only then he saw Chase watching him.
"Good morning, Chase. Is something wrong?" Marshall asked, immediately worried about his lover.
"No, nothing's wrong. I was just thinking of how lucky I am to have you as a mate" Chase said with a light blush on his face. Chase then moved his face closer to Marshall's, and kissed him. Not just a quick peck on the lips, but a full blown mouth-to-mouth kiss. They both moaned as they kissed, getting more intense by the second. They started rolling around on the bed, first Chase was on top, then Marshall, then Chase again and so on. Both Marshall and Chase felt the heat in their groins intensifying, and they would've had another mating session if it wasn't for Chase's phone to start ringing.
"Beep-beep-beep"
"I'll ignore it" Chase said while continuing to kiss his mate. Marshall (who was on top at the time) broke away from Chase and gave him his phone.
"It's your job, you should answer it" Marshall said after looking who was on the other line.
"Fine, but we will continue this" Chase said. He then answered the phone "Hello, this is Chase"
"Sir, there has been a homicide at the parking lot of the Bon Vivant Hotel" a voice said over the phone
"Copy that, I'll be right there" Chase said as he ended the call "Sorry babe, duty calls"
"Don't worry about it, it's important. Tell you what, I'll make you some dinner when you get back" Marshall said as he got off Chase.
"I'd like that, but I don't know when I'll be off tonight" Chase replied as he too got out of bed.
"I'll figure out a way to handle that, don't you worry" the dally said as he gave Chase a quick peck on the lips.
The both then got dressed, Marshall in his firefighter's uniform. Chase was about to put on his uniform as well when he realised he didn't have to. So instead, he put on jeans, a white shirt and a black jacket. He put his modified Glock 17 in the pup pack on his back, as well as his handcuffs and his badge.
They went downstairs to have a quick breakfast before Chase hurried to the door. As Chase reached the door, Marshall leant in real close before the Sheppard could open it. He and Marshall then shared a small kiss before Chase headed out to work.
When Chase walked to his car, he had the feeling like someone was watching him. He quickly gazed upon the area around him, but nothing was out of the ordinary. The neighbourhood looked just as it always was at that time in the morning, Chase could see two neighbours across the street talking to each other in bathrobes with cups of coffee in their hand, some dogs were walking themselves, others were walking with humans. As usual, there were parked cars on the street, even though every house had a driveway and a garage. Everything seemed normal, so Chase ignored that feeling, and then drove off to work.
As Chase arrived at the Bon Vivant Hotel, almost the entire street was blocked off. There were police cars everywhere, as well as a truck from the morgue. Chase parked his car on the sidewalk and made his way through the crowd up to the yellow police tape. It was Chase's first day as a detective, but this wasn't his first crime scene. As a police officer, it was his task to secure a crime scene and let none of the civilians through the yellow tape. Said task now fell in on the shoulders of another officer, who was standing guard behind the yellow tape. As Chase walked up to the yellow tape, he was stopped by the officer.
"Please stop, sir. No civilians behind this tape!" the officer said as she blocked Chase's path.
"Well, I'm no civilian," Chase looked at her chest and read her nametag "Officer Cara". Chase then barked in a soft yet very specific way which opened his pup pack and revealed his badge.
"Oh, I-I'm sorry sir. I didn't know you were the new detective." Cara said as she tripped over her words. She then pulled up the yellow tape as a gesture Chase could walk through. Chase walked straight for the body covered by a large yellow blanket when he was approached by a golden retriever in a sergeant's uniform.
"Hello sir, I'm sergeant Wu. Are you the new detective?" the retriever asked Chase
"Yes, I'm the new detective. The name's Chase." Chase responded as he kept walking towards the body. "What do we have?"
"Well, when my brothers decided I should learn how to swim…" This made Chase stop in his tracks and look at Wu with a raised eyebrow, but Wu continued nonetheless "They threw me straight into the deep end." Wu had begun walking towards the body again, and Chase had no choice but to walk along.
"And what does this have to do with the case?" Chase asked, still with the raised eyebrow.
Chase then got to see the body, and right at that moment Wu answered his question: "Sorry for throwing you in the deep end, Detective"
Chase had seen quite some dead bodies over the years, but none so brutal. The victim was a labrador, but Chase only saw that from the driver's licence that was lying next to the pup. The entire labrador was covered in blood. At first, Chase thought it came from a nasty gash in his throat, but then he spotted multiple stab wounds all over his body. From potentially fatal wounds to mere paper cuts. As Chase was so focused on the body, he didn't hear another pup approaching.
"That gives a new meaning to the word overkill, don't you think?" Chase heard a voice behind him say. As Chase turned around, he had his first look at his new partner. He recognised him not only from his personnel file but also from the stories about him. He was Detective Silvex Knyght, and he was known as the greatest detective in all of Coastal City. He was the first canine to reach the rank of detective, and rumour has it that he passed up over six offers for becoming captain. According to every story, Silvex loved being a detective. "Hi, I'm Silvex, and I'm guessing you must be Chase?"
"Y-yeah, I'm Chase. Let me just say, it's an honour to be working with you." Chase said
"Well, I've seen your test scores, and you're pretty amazing yourself. Your file said you're an excellent marksman with any kind of ranged weapon, from a bow to a rocket launcher. It also said you're a natural at deductive reasoning, which is a trait that makes a great detective. So, if nothing else, this will be an interesting ride." Silvex proclaimed as he extended his paw to Chase, who shook it.
Silvex then shifted his attention to the reason they were there, the dead pup. "What do you make of this Chase?" Silvex asked
"Well, this doesn't seem like a robbery gone wrong, even though his wallet seems to be empty. He has a Coastal City driver's license, so he is from around here. The murder weapon was clearly a knife, and this doesn't seem professional. Yet, we are standing in a parking lot behind a busy hotel, and judging by the amount of blood, he was killed here." Chase started his observation
"So? Does something seem off to you?" Silvex asked
"Well, if he was stabbed I don't know how many times, then why did no one hear him? Unless the killer slit his throat first, and then made all those cuts to make it seem unprofessional. In that case, we could be dealing with a professional hitman, or even a trained assassin." Chase speculated.
"Like I said, sorry for throwing you in the deep end, Detective" Sergeant Wu said, who had overheard the whole thing.
"There's not much we can do here, let's get back to the precinct. I assume you have your police car?" Silvex asked Chase "And I trust it's not a patrol car?"
"It's the black Mercedes parked on the sidewalk around the corner" Chase replied
Chase and Silvex then walked through the crowd back to Chase's car. Chase instinctively looked at everyone in the crowd. No one stood out, so Chase didn't pay attention to it.
As they reached the car, Chase was about to get in the driver's seat when Silvex stopped him.
"I'm driving" Silvex said as he held out his paw.
Chase didn't even try to protest, as he handed Silvex the car keys. Chase then walked around the car and took a seat in the passenger seat. He put on his seatbelt, as did Silvex. It was a 15 min drive back to the precinct. During this time, Silvex asked some questions about Chase, and Chase asked some back.
"So, Chase, do you have any family?" Silvex asked
"No, not really. I do have an aunt and uncle with two children living overseas, but I never really liked them. My parents and sister died in a terrorist attack six years ago, right before I joined the PAW Patrol" Chase said
"Oh yeah, I read that in your file. You were the police pup in the PAW Patrol weren't you?" Silvex replied. "Did they ever catch the guy who killed your family?"
"They didn't have to, it was a suicide bombing" Chase replied. "How about you, do you have any family?"
"Well, not that I'm aware of. My mother died giving birth to me and my siblings, and my father tried to take care of us as best he could. We were living on the streets back then. But those streets belonged to the Blackstreet Mafia, and my father refused to pay them the 'protection' money they asked for. As a result, they came to our house one day and set it on fire. I was with my father at that time, and he brought me outside to safety. He went back in, but he never came out" Silvex told Chase
"I'm sorry to hear that, Silvex" Chase said
"At least he died quickly, he was shot through the head by some thugs. Those same thugs are currently serving a double life sentence in Iron Heights, same as your old friend Rubble." Silvex said as he looked at Chase to see his reaction.
"Oh trust me, if I ever cross paths with Rubble again, I'll make him pay for what he did to the PAW Patrol name!" Chase growled. Silvex noticed Chase had clenched his fist it looked like there were fires burning in his eyes. After this cheery note, they drove in silence for a while. As Chase looked out the window, his mood turned sad when he saw what had become of his home. There were drug dealers on every corner, prostitutes on every sidewalk, homeless people in every alley, the city really had gone to shit.
"It's sad, how a great city like this became so rotten in the core." Silvex broke the silence
"I still don't get why the police don't do anything about it" Chase said
"You are aware that you're part of the police, right? Anyways, I don't think all the cops want things to change. With the power of the badge to wield, there will be a lot of temptation to switch sides, and some cops will" Silvex said
"You mean there is corruption in the force?!" Chase asked on a louder volume than was normal, Silvex could clearly see that he was really upset by this.
"There might be, but the IA department will take care of it. I hope." Silvex said, clearly ending the conversation. Which was appropriate, seeing as they had just arrived at the parking lot behind the precinct.
As they got out, Chase still felt like he was being watched. He looked around, but the only life were other cops, all doing their own things.
"Yes sir, I'm in the parking lot and I have eyes on Chase. But sir, there is a… complication…" a pup spoke into his phone.
"What is it?" a harsh voice spoke from the other end of the call.
"You see, he's been partnered with Silvex…" the pup said
"WHAT?! How could that happen?!" the voice said
"It seems an unknown player has anticipated our moves, and prevented them." The pup spoke
"Well then, keep an eye on them until further notice." The voice said
"Yes, sir!" the pup said as he ended the call "Well Silvex, you're a pain in the ass, but you do tend to keep things interesting…"
M: I hope to be uploading this as much as I can, and I hope you guys like it so far. See you in the next chapter
