Chapter 2: Finding a new friend, knowing the enemy.
Ryder, Chase and Skye arrived at the train station, and they were met by policemen investigating the crime scene. They were allowed to pass on the scene and started to look around.
Ryder: All right Chase, go see if you can find anything.
Chase: On it.
Chase started to walk around the pool of blood and used his spy goggles to see if he can find any clues. Meanwhile Ryder asked a policeman if they had any leads of the suspect in hand.
Policeman: Sorry Ryder. This suspect is new and is not on our files but we do believe he is known internationally. We have seen similar cases like these around the world. A high amount of people dying in seconds and all evidence points to this same guy. But as to know of who he is or where did he come from is all a big mystery.
Ryder: Okay thanks for your time officer.
Chase: Ryder! I found something!
Ryder: What you got Chase?
Chase: Some kind of symbol written in blood.
Ryder: Great work Chase. (Ryder took a photo of the symbol.) Now we need to analyze what it means. Skye start searching around, and if you see something comeback immediately. This guy is dangerous.
Skye: You got it Ryder. (Skye flew up in her helicopter and started to look around.) Hhmmm, where are you?
Skye searched for an entire hour and found nothing. She was a bit frustrated at this but also glad she didn't suffered during the search. She returned to Ryder's position and gave the news that there was nothing to be found.
Skye: Sorry Ryder I didn't find anything.
Ryder: Is okay Skye at least you are okay. Let's head back to the Lookout.
With that said they drove off to the Lookout. Meanwhile in the Lookout Zuma was frantic, he went to tell the pups that were sleeping it off waiting for Ryder to return.
Zuma: Guys, guys! I found something! (The pups woke up at Zuma's announcement.)
Marshall: What now Zuma? (He said annoyed.)
Zuma: Get this I was looking at the picture of that video and saw the sword, so I go thwough the book and saw the same sword and I saw that…
Marshall: Ugh not this again. Zuma those stuff aren't real, stop being so childish and act like us normal pups! Your stupid fantasies are just that, fantasies! So do me a favor and shut up!
Zuma: But…
Everest: Grow up will you.
Rocky: You woke us up just to tell us about your stupid books? Nobody cares Zuma.
Rubble: I was having a good dream and you screw it up!
Zuma felt his heart break apart and ran inside his pup house to tell someone who could believe him, Ryder. Ryder, Chase and Skye arrived and parked their vehicle until they turned into their pup houses while Ryder put his ATV on the garage. Chase and Sky walked back to the Lookout greeting their friends, while Ryder instantly saw Zuma on his pup house.
Ryder: Hey Zuma, I thought I said that I didn't want anyone outside.
Zuma: Oh sowwy Wyder. I just didn't want to spend time with them inside. They scweamed at me. But I found something. (Gets the book.) I found the sword that the man was cawwying. (Ryder took the book.)
Ryder: The Red Death. A powerful sword that it only can be wielded by a person who is truly evil and carries great anger and hatred. This sword can grant its wielder the ability to regenerate, recover and cure him/her from any injuries including deadly ones by every kill it makes. The more this weapon kills the more power, speed, strength, and defense will get. This sword can also make a powerful slash attack called "The Reaper's touch." Depends on how big the swing of angle of the sword it will send an invisible deadly wave that cuts through the things in the slash's way. If the user makes a 360 rotation of angle the slash will go all around until it hits its target. The more the wielder kills it makes it more aggressive and deadly. (Ryder got shocked at this but he knew it was a fantasy book.) Well that's bad, but Zuma it's just a book. I mean this weapons don't exist.
Zuma dropped his happiness, did Ryder just said Zuma was exaggerating? Yep he did, is like he was calling Zuma a liar.
Zuma: You don't believe me too wight?
Ryder: Zuma it's just a book. None of it is real. I mean it's a myth and old legend.
Zuma: This is stupid! None of you believe me! (He felt like crying.)
Ryder: Zuma.
Zuma: No! I don't cawe, I'm out of hewe! (Zuma ran away crying.)
Ryder: ZUMA WAIT!
Zuma kept running ignoring Ryder's calling. Ryder felt bad for Zuma, he just talked like Zuma was losing his mind. But that's just an old legend, again Mer-pups were too but nope he just had to call Zuma a liar. Zuma ran from Adventure Bay and kept running way too far, into the forest where things were bad. Zuma then tripped on a rock and injured his paw. He whimpered at the pain, he tried to shake it off and doing so he sprained it more. He continued to limp away in the forest.
(Back at the Lookout.)
Ryder was worried for Zuma, he tried to call on him but got static every time, is like he vanished. Skye walked to Ryder and was also sad after Ryder told them he ran away, the other pups though it was a stupid thing to do just because he believes in fantasy but Skye felt bad for him, after all she also had the experience to be a Mer-pup, if Mer-pups existed there was this scary feeling that this tuff may be real too. Ryder was holding the book on his hands praying he would be fine where ever he is and to hope they find him soon.
Skye: Ryder, I'm worried.
Ryder: I know Skye. I should have at least supported him.
Skye: Ryder we have to find him. I love Zuma.
Ryder: We all do Skye.
Skye: (blushes.) I don't… mean that way. I meant…
Ryder: You… love him. As in you have a crush on him?
Skye: (sighs.) Yeah. I love all my friends and you know that. But with Zuma, I felt really different. I felt closer, more than just friends. We understand each other and he is kind and sweet and very cute. (Blush harder.) If something happens to him I may never have the chance to ask him to be my mate.
Ryder felt a little shock she used the word mate, but he was bound to know, they are growing up more in this times, in fact they were mature almost nearing adulthood. They got slightly bigger and they changed in everything. Marshall is less clumsy than before and made some muscles. Rubble is braver and muscular. Rocky was working on his fear of water and was more focused in creating things that could be of use for self-defense. Skye was getting the body of a female dog, her ears were getting longer and was getting more bigger despite she was the smallest one around and now she was almost as big as Zuma. Everest was also muscular thanks to her breed and was developing the body of a true Husky and her teeth were sharper. And Chase was more muscular and his paws were getting stronger his teeth sharper and his voice was changing more noticeable than the rest. Zuma was getting a little bigger and his body looked athletic due to his liking of surfing and running. His pups were no longer pups, he opened his eyes again and started to see them as dogs getting near their adulthood. They grew up fast but he was glad of it, he raised them well.
Ryder: You know what Skye? You have my permission to be his mate. You are all grown now, you should be free to start a family.
Skye: Really Ryder? Oh wow you are the best! (She stood on her hind legs and jumped to reach Ryder's face, to lick him.)
Ryder: No problem.
(Back with Zuma.)
Zuma was entirely tired and night was falling quickly. He couldn't keep going, his injured leg was getting worst, he hadn't eaten and he was thirsty. He gave out and dropped to the ground and fainted from the tiredness. Deep in the forest there was a cloaked canine form walking around and then noticed a certain Chocolate Lab in the ground, the mysterious canine was a cloaked adult wolf and the wolf approached the dog. He smell the Lab and sensed he was still alive but it was growing weak by the minute. He picked the dog and carried it away to his home. After a while from being fainted, Zuma started to wake up and noticed he was in a cave and in the middle was a fire, he looked at his injured paw and it was bandaged up, he saw next to him a bowl of food and water. He didn't hesitated to eat and drink it. It was delicious though, he finished the bowls and looked around, and he was alone mysteriously in a cave. He tried to stand but he was still weak from not eating well. Then he suddenly heard someone coming but to his surprise he only saw a cloaked white wolf. He tried to stand but couldn't.
The wolf: Please, don't stand. You are too weak. (By the tone he sounded young but kind.)
Zuma kept looking and the wolf removed his cloak revealing the wolf's face and oddly this wolf had blue eyes.
The wolf: I found you in the ground. So I brought you here and treated you. What are you doing here all alone?
Zuma: I ran away from my home. And got in this forest.
The wolf: What's your name?
Zuma: Zuma and I'm one year old, I was a member of the Paw Patrol. I ran because no one listened to me and didn't believe me.
The wolf: That must have been hard.
Zuma: It was. So… who are you?
The wolf: My name is Iki and I'm 2 years old. I was venturing around for a quest I have to complete. You see Zuma, I'm looking a dangerous man he wields a sword called the Red Death.
Zuma: I saw him once, he was here. I saw him at the beach earlier. He was gone then.
Iki: His name is Phantom, he is a cyber ninja and the last member of the Kobura Clan or Cobra Clan. We are from Japan and this guy was a human before but now he became a cyborg. Here's a picture of him. (By the way the cover picture of this story shows Phantom maybe you noticed already.) Not only he has that sword but his wrist armor is developed to take a hidden blade from the top of his arm and that blade can be seen with a red energy coming from the sharp blade. That thing is dark energy, he also can control fire. His mission is to kill those who are related to the ones responsible for the extinction of his clan.
Zuma: So revenge.
Iki: Yeah. Zuma you have a purpose to be here. You coming here is a sign that you are the one that can help me.
Zuma: Help with what?
Iki: To defeat Phantom and save everyone.
Zuma: Wha…
Iki: You will train with me, do you accept?
Zuma gave it a lot of thought but then he remembered he didn't have his friends anymore so he made his choice.
Zuma: I accept.
End of chapter. Leave a review if you like, and if you want to see OCs remember to review as well. Iki is owned by the creators of the Off-White comic series. I liked the series so I put good old Iki here. But again I don't own him so all credits for him goes to his original creators.
