2 weeks have past by and it was starting to get strange at the lookout and it all had to do with the dalmatian Marshall. His agility was sharper then his increase of hearing and he had a craving for alot of bacon. Another storm had occurred that was clearing up and the pups turned in for bed in their pup houses and Ryder went to his room. The sky was clearing up from the rain into the starie night sky. When the clouds disappeared, a full moon shined it's light on the lookout. Everyone was was already sleep to notice until the moon light hit a red pup house.
The dally shot his eyes open and walked outside, almost as he was attracted to the moonlight and walked forward. As he walked, he started changing. His fur went from white to dark grey and his spots turned red. His eyes had a bit of yellow and red in it, his teeth were sharper, two specific teeth on his far left and right grew longer and sharper then the rest that the hanged out his mouth, and his tail curled up.
Marshall stopped dead in his tracks and howled a deadly howl before he disappeared. What he didn't know was that that howl woke everyone up in the lookout. Ryder ran outside to his pups to check on them as they came and confront him.
"What was that Ryder?" Rubble asked, fearfully clinging on his leg
"I don't know Rubble but bare you pups ok" Ryder said as he picked up the bulldog
"We're fine Ryder, just a little spooked by the howl" Chase answered
"Maybe it was just the wind, we'll investigate tommorow morning. Goodnight everybody" Ryder said as he put Rubble down and they all went back to bed.
'Morning'
Chase had woke up early as usual and did his duties around the lookout before he woke up the pups. While everyone was awake, Chase had still to wake up Marshall. He walked to the red pup house and saw his best friend snuggled in a ball, snoring lightly. A smile want gently painted on Chase face as he walked closer.
'He looks so adorable and cute when he's sleeping. What the heck?! I can't start thinking like that! He's my best friend, but I can't help it. He just looks so adorable.' Chase thought and nuzzle Marshall to wake up.
"Marshall, buddy, it's time to wake up." Chase said softly
Marshall groaned and rolled over "5 more minutes Chase."
"C'mon buddy, it's time for breakfast" Chase tried to reason with Marshall
"Well, when you put it that way. I am a bit hungry anyway" Marshall said and walked out his pup house and stretched.
"Good. Let's go, Ryder's making bacon" Chase said and they walked in together.
"Actually, I don't want bacon this time" Marshall said and walked up to Ryder, leaving a confused Chase following him.
Ryder was watching the other pups eat and saw his two older pups walking to him and greeted them.
"Morning Marshall, Chase" Ryder smiled
"Morning Ryder" They both said
"Hey Ryder, can I have some tomato soup?" Marshall asked
All of the pups, including Chase, and Ryder looked at the dalmatian like he had two heads.
"Uh, are you feeling ok Marshall?" Rocky asked
"Yeah dude, why do you want tomato soup?" Zuma added
Marshall turned to them and shrugged "I just have a feeling for it all of the sudden. So can I Ryder?"
"Sure Marshall, be right back" Ryder said slowly and walked in the kitchen
Chase put a paw on Marshall head to see if he was sick while Marshall looked at him curiously and confused while a bit of blush appeared lightly on the sides of his muzzle.
"You don't have a temperature so your not sick, are you feeling ok?" Chase asked worriedly
Marshall slowly removed Chase's paw from his head and smiled with his mouth closed. Neither of the two noticed but the others did, Chase's paw was on top of Marshall's.
"I'm fine Chase, really. You don't need to worry about me today" Marshall said and nuzzled him before he walked in the kitchen to Ryder.
Chase stared after him, a small blush on his face and he looked down at the paw that was holding Marshall's paw. It felt warm when he touched it and Chase felt his heart pump faster the normal.
"So, Chase. Still don't like Marshall like that?" Skye asked with a smirk
Chase shook his head "N-No, he's my best friend and besides, I think he needs our help. Didn't you guys notice how weird he was acting?"
"No, maybe he just really wanted that tomato soup" Rocky said
Before Chase could argue, Ryder and Marshall walked back in. Ryder had an amazed expression writen all over his face, something the pups hadn't seen since they completely did something surprising or after a mission. Marshall walked next to him, not being fazed by the way Ryder looked amd licked his lips.
"Wow Marshall, I didn't know you liked tomato soup that much" Ryder said surprised
"Me neither" Marshall shrugged
"What do you mean by that Ryder, how many can of tomato soup did Marshall eat?" Rubble asked as all the pups looked at Marshall with curiousity.
"Lets just say he almost beated your high score in eating Rubble" Ryder confirmed
The pups jaw dropped when they gasped and turned to the blue eyed dally. Marshall gave them a look 'Its not that surprising, stop looking at me like that' but they didn't seem to get it.
"Woah, dude, that's particularly impossible. How did you do that?" Zuma asked, still in shock
"I don't know. It just looked tasty" Marshall replied, licking his lips again making the pups and Ryder laugh.
"Well have fun today pups, I'm going to go to Katie's then the store for some more tomato soup" Ryder said and walked out
Chase turned to Marshall who was looking dead at him with his shining bright blue eyes. Chase couldn't help but blush at the attention he was getting from his best friend. Marshall smiled at this but also blushed as well. The pups looked in between the two of them and smirked at each other.
"Hey Marshall? Can you go get that rope in my pup house? We're gonna play jump rope" Chase asked quietly, still blushing.
"Sure, be right back" Marshall said and zoomed out
Chase looked at the other pups and they had a shocked look on their faces.
"See! I'm really worried now. He's moving faster then usual and he doesn't even like tomato soup!"
"I do now"
All of the pups yelp in surprise and looked behind them to see Marshall with a jump rope under one of his paws. He pushed the rope infront of Zuma and Skye and walked up to Chase.
"Chase, I told you. I'm fine, trust me" Marshall pleaded
There was only three things Chase hated most. One, the dentist, two, seeing his best friend cry, and three, seeing his best friend beg. Marshall looked so irrestable whem he begged that it hurt Chase's heart, all he want to do was pounce on the dally and kiss him so he can shut up.
Chase grunted, looking away while blushing "Ok ok, I'll stop. But if you notice something wrong-"
"You'll be the first pup I go to. Thanks Chasey" Marshall said happily and skipped outside
Chase was beat red at the nickname that Marshall just called him causing him to blush more. The others were smirking his way even when he turned back to them.
"Ok, maybe you guys are a little right about my feelings for Marshall but should this really be the time-" Chase was again interrupted when an agonizing pain came from his paw causing him to yelp in pain
He looked down and saw that he stepped on a sharp piece of the rope and small bits of blood was dripping from his paw.
"Chase!" He heard Marshall call his name and he looked up to see Marshall's concerned face. His nose was right against Chase's causing him to blush.
"Are you ok?" Marshall asked
"Yeah, just hurt my paw a bit. Can you help?" Chase said as he held up his bloody paw
Marshall stared at the blood and he had a sudden urge to lick the blood off of Chase's paw. His eyes were changing into the same colors as last night but he shook his head and they went back to normal.
"Sure thing, be right back" Marshall said and quickly ran out of the lookout and came back with a band-aid
"This should do it" He said and put the band-aid on Chase's paw
Chase looked down at his paw then at his best friend and smiled, blushing a light shade of pink "Thanks Marshall."
Marshall blinked and turned away, rubbing hisbforearm as he blushed"N-No problem Chase."
"If you two are done flirting with each other, we all want to play you know, like today!" Rocky said
Marshall and Chase looked at each other and blushed even deeper then looked at their friends.
"Let's go, meet you guys out back" Marshall said and speeded out
"Ok, that was definitely weird. Did you see how he was looking at Chase's blood?" Skye said
"Yeah, it almost looked like he wanted to drink it. Oh no, maybe he's a vampire!" Rubble said in horror
"Don't be widiculous Wubble dude, vampiwes can't be in the sun and Mawshall is playing in the sun" Zuma countered
"Whatever it is, we all have to keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't hurt or kill himself. Rocky, can you look up Marshall's symptoms later afternoon?" Chase said
"Sure, if it'll give us a clue what's going on" Rocky shrugged and they all joined Marshall outside
"Hey guys! Wanna play catch?" Marshall said and threw the frisbee extra hard, almost cutting off all the pups heads
"Hey! Watch it!" Rubble yelled in defense
"Sorry about that. I guess I don't know my own strength" Marshall said and laughed sheepishly
Everyone saw the two sharp teeth on Marshall's left and right conor mouth and gasped. Marshall stopped laughing and looked at them worried.
"What? What is it?"
"Uh nothing Marshall, let's play soccer instead" Chase lied. He hated lying to his friend but he had to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
"Ok!" Marshall said happily and they all ran and set up the soccer field
Team A were Chase, Marshall and Zuma. Team B we're Rubble, Skye and Rocky. Zuma passed the ball to Chase and he ran to the other teams goal. Rubble, who was blocking their goal, got ready until his teammate Skye stole the ball from Chase and kicked it far to Marshall who was blocking his team goal. Time started to go slow for Marshall as he kept his eyes on the black and white ball. Without warning, he jumped up and kicked the ball while upside down. Time resumed and the ball was flying so fast that Rubble had to duck when it came his way into the goal.
"Gooooooal!" Marshall cheered while jumping up and down
No one cheered causing Marshall to stop cheering and look at them in confusion.
"Why are you guys staring at me like that? Did I do something wrong?" Marshall asked
Chase walked up close to Marshall and put a paw on his shoulder "Marshall, we think we know why your acting like this but we need to do some tests to make sure we're all not going crazy."
"Really? Tell me because I was just about to tell you I'm starting to notice why you all are concerned about me. I feel weird when I see blood and tomato soup taste like blood, I'm super fast now and I think I'm stronger then Rubble" Marshall explained
Before anyone could reply to Marshall, all of their pups tags glowed and they looked down towards them, knowing what it meant.
"Pups, to the lookout!"