A/N : Thanks for the reviews I got for the last chapter. So on with the story.
Marshall just stood there in utter silence after hearing what Rubble had said to him. He was shocked and it was the last thing he would've guessed Rocky was hiding from him. (Why wouldn't he want to tell me he has a girlfriend) Marshall thought to himself. "Rubble!" Rocky shouted as he slammed Rubble's paw with his own. "Ow! Hey!" Rubble shouted after being hit as he jumped up holding his paw. "Why did you tell him?" Rocky asked very upset, "I'm sorry, he was just getting a bit too annoying but I still love you buddy." He said looking at Marshall who was still speechless.
Rocky thought that while Marshall gathered his thoughts and he found a way to explain everything to Marshall properly. "What happened Skye?" He asked looking at the upset cockapoo. Just then Everest walked over sitting down next to Rocky. Rubble walked over and comforted Skye. He hated seeing his cockapoo friend upset. It just made him upset. He always thought of her as a sister and he would always want to make her happy and proud of him ever since he joined the Paw patrol. "Skye everything will be alright." He said nuzzling her, "No, it won't!" She shouted. Rubble was shocked by this, "How can everything be alright when the one pup I've always loved now has someone else!" She shouted as a tear rolled down her eye. "I know how you feel Skye." Everest said looking at Skye. "How could you?" Skye said covering her eyes with her paws. "Now Zuma's with another pup. An alsation even." She said with her paws covering her eyes, "Wait, Skye likes Zuma." Rocky said a bit shocked and dumbfounded. "Wait, wait, an alsation. Was she about your height Skye?" Everest asked, "Yeah, about. Why do you ask?" Skye said moving her paws away from her eyes. "Did she have blue eyes and was wearing a bracelet around her right paw?" Everest asked again. "Well, yeah, after Zuma gave it to her, yes." Skye said now standing up. "That's really odd, because I saw Chase with the exact same girl, in the woods."
"What? Was she wearing an orange dress?", Skye asked a bit shocked. "No, it was blue, but I think were both speaking of the same pup. She could've just changed."
"Come-on pups, I'm sure it was two different pups." Rubble said looking at the two in disbelief, "Wait, what was her name?" Rocky asked, "Eriel." They both answered as the four looked at each-other in utter shock. "That means-" Rocky was cut off, "The two of them are dating the same pup, but they don't know it." Skye and Everest said at the same time. "That's not good, and if they find out, they'll kill each-other." Rubble said worried.
While all of that took place, Marshall finally gathered all his thoughts and was ready now to receive some answers. He walked over to them. "Rocky, why wouldn't you tell me you had a girlfriend?" Marshall first asked a bit upset. "Marshall, its not only you. Rubble was the only one I told.", Rocky said, "But I thought you told all of us and told us to keep it secret from Marshall." Rubble said making Marshall bottle up with rage, "What? You told everyone but me!", Marshall shouted at Rocky. "Rubble, can you not keep your mouth shut!" Rocky shouted at Rubble. "No, its not his fault Rocky. You told everyone but your best buddy. I always told you everything and thought of us as brothers but now I see how things are." Marshall said. "Marshall I just...", Rocky was cut off, "You're embarrased of me." Marshall said as a tear rolled down his eye. "What? No, no, I'd never be embarrased of you. Don't you ever say such things. I ..." Rocky never got to finish. Marshall turned away from him walking away as more tears rolled down his cheeks. (My best buddy is ashamed of me) he thought.
"Marshall! Wait!" Rocky shouted as he walked to Marshall. He moved his paw to touch Marshall's shoulder but got a growl in return, "Don't touch me." Marshall said as rage and anger filled his heart. "But, Marshall, I'd never be embarrased of you. You're my best friend. You always have been and always will be." Rocky said putting his paw on Marshall's shoulder ignoring what he was told. "I said don't touch me!" He shouted as he pounced tackling Rocky to the ground. The rage and anger inside his heart consumed him, due to the thought of his best friend being ashamed of him. Marshall never noticed but as he pounced and tackled Rocky, he let out his claws.
While ontop of Rocky, he growled and snarled at the mixed-breed he loved whole-heartidly as a brother. "Ow, you're hurting me." Rocky winced. Marshall them noticed as he moved his paw from Rocky's chest, a red, crimson colored liquid leaked from his body. Marshall looked with horror in his eyes at the red liquid as it rolled down Rocky's body and eventually touched his paw. "Get off of me!" The mixed breed shouted but Marshall just stood still watching the liquid move more and more onto him. He hurt his best friend and that was something he swore he would never do. "I said, Get Off!" Rocky shouted as he pushed Marshall off of him. Rocky dug his claws into Marshalls chest and paw as he pushed him over.
Marshall winced at this as his best friend snarled and showed his teeth while ontop of him. It was a side of Rocky, Marshall had never seen before. Rocky moved his paw down making the cut deeper. "Ow, get off me!" He shouted as tears came running down his face from the pain. Rocky stood there. "You never listen, not once, would you listen..." Rocky was cut off as Marshall pushed him off. Rocky landed fine as Marshall got up growling and bearing his teeth at Rocky. Rocky did the same in return as the two then started fighting, lashing at each-other with theirs claws and teeth as the two best friends hurt one-another.
The other three watched in horror, "No, guys stop!" Rubble shouted, but the two continued. "Rubble do some... Chase!" Everest shouted seeing Chase walking up the hill. "Zuma!" Skye shouted as she saw Zuma walking up the lookout driveway. The two smiled but soon their smiles disappeared. They saw an horrific site as Marshall and Rocky were going head-to-head fighting and hurting each-other. "Stop them!" Skye and Everest shouted with tears in their eyes.
Chase and Zuma ran over as quickly as they could, Zuma grabbed Marshall while Chase tackled Rocky to the ground stopping the two of them. "Let go of me Zuma!" Marshall shouted as he struggled to get free but Zuma held him in place. Zuma might have been smaller than Marshall, but he wasn't weaker. Zuma would take anyone on and Marshall knew it. "Chase get off me!"Rocky shouted as Chase pinned him down. "No! Why are you two fighting?" Chase shouted at Rocky. "He found out about Emily." Rubble said walking up to the two. (Emily, so that must be Rocky's girlfriend's name). "Oh, so why are you two fighting then?" Zuma asked still holding Marshall. "I'll tell you why." Marshall said as Zuma let go of him.
"That's because Rocky's ashamed of being my friend.", Marshall said as another tear rolled down his eye, "What, who told you that?" Zuma asked walking up to Marshall. Zuma could see that Marshall was hurt and didn't know what to do. Marshall just stood there speechless, "Marshall, Rocky would never be ashamed of being your friend." Zuma said putting his paw on Marshall's shoulder, "Yes, so you two should never fight or even keep secrets from each-other!" Chase shouted in a very serious tone. "Oh yeah, coming from you that golden advice." Rocky said as Chase got off him. "What do you mean?" Chase asked a bit confused, "Its just funny how you're telling us not to fight or keep secrets yet you and Zuma do it all the time. You two fight all the time and probably don't even know you both have the same girlfriend." Rocky said. He then covered his mouth with his paw, looking at Chase. Chase and Zuma just stood there in utter shock. "What?" They both said looking at Rocky.
"Uhm, nothing." He said looking away from the two. "What do you mean, same girlfriend?" Zuma asked. "You mean, my Eriel." Chase said. "Your Eriel, dude she's my Eri..." Zuma stopped as he looked at Chase. The two then realised what had happened. Rage and anger filled Chase's mind as he looked at Zuma, a pup he thought he could trust but everything was lies, "Y-You lying dog!" Chase snapped at Zuma, "How could you?" He said. Zuma's heart raged on as anger became its fuel, he wasn't thinking straight, "Me! Me, how could I do what." He said as he beared his teeth at Chase. "How could you cheat. You knew she was mine, but couldn't accept the fact that I'm just the one she wanted.", Chase said, "What, she was never yours to begin with. I would never ever cheat. How could you think such?" Zuma said feeling heartbroken. The others just stood there, unsure of what to say or do. Soon Chase and Zuma started circling one-another, growling and snarling. "I thought you were my friend, yet you would do such a thing to me." Zuma said looking at Chase who just growled "Rubble..." Skye and Everest shouted. "On it." He said as he ran off.
Rubble ran off toward the lookout looking for Ryder. (I need to hurry. Where could Ryder be?) He thought as he looked around inside the lookout. He looked all over the first floor but couldn't find him. (Man, there are two other floors he could be on). Then a thought shot through his head, "Tuesday's maintenance day!" He shouted as he ran out of the lookout toward the driveway infront of the garage door. He then saw Ryder, tuning his ATV. He stopped being out of breathe from looking all over the lookout for Ryder. "Ry...Ry..Ryder!" He finnaly shouted still out of breath. Ryder moved out from under his ATV shocked from Rubble screaming. "What's wrong Rubble?" He asked. "Chase...Zuma...Hurry." Rubble said still trying to catch his breathe, "Why what's wrong with Chase and Zuma?", "Fight!" Rubble finally shouted as Ryder demeanor suddenly changed. "What?" He asked in a serious tone. "Quickly!" Rubble shouted running as Ryder quickly followed and as they reached the hill, they stopped in horror.
Chase could be seen on one-side with bruises on his chest, and a scratch on his neck, deep, causing blood to flow out. Zuma was seen on the opposite side, cuts on his chest and back. The two were panting while Marshall and Rocky tried to stop them as they lashed at one-another. Skye and Everest stood in horror watching the two best friends hurt each-other. Ryder ran over as quickly as he could over-taking Rubble. He then stopped a few feet from the two, "Chase! Zuma!" He shouted as the two looked at him. They instantly stopped. "Both of you, to the lookout, Now!" He shouted. The two looked at one-another before walking off to the lookout with their heads down. Ryder then followed after saying to the rest of them, "Wait here!" He said in a very serious tone.
The rest just watched as the three walked off toward the lookout. Rocky looked at Marshall who looked back with tears in his eyes. "Marshall, I'm sorr-" he was cut off, "I'm done with you." Marshall said looking at Rocky. "What? What do you mean, you're done with me?" Rocky asked as tears began to build in his eyes. Marshall just looked at him and then walked away. "Marshall." Rocky called out to him but he received no answer. Tears started falling from Rocky's eyes as he turned and ran, ran as quick as he could to his pup-house, entering and shutting the door as the tears ran down his cheeks. (I lost my best buddy. I lost Marshall) Rocky thought as laid there crying. "Its all my fault." He said to himself.
As Marshall walked away, his heart seemed to shatter more and more with every step he took. (What have I done?) He asked himself as he looked over at Rocky's pup-house. He just shrugged off the feeling and walked to his pup-house. He entered closing the door. He laid down as more tears rolled down his face. "Rocky, I failed you as a big brother." He said as he laid down crying himself to sleep.
Chase, Zuma and Ryder entered the lookout. They walked over toward the living room. It was a large room that had a TV, several been bag chairs and pictures of all the pups set on the walls. One picture in particular stood out. It was a large picture frame and on it were two seperate pictures. The one was of Chase and Zuma standing next to each-other smiling with their paws around each-other. The other picture was of Rocky and Marshall, where Rocky was pushing Marshall down with his two front paws as the two smiled at the camera. At the bottom of the picture, stood the words, "Brothers Forever!" And it had all their paw-prints beneath it.
The two sat down next to one-another. Ryder eyed the two of them, "What happened? Why were you two fighting?" He shouted looking at them. "It was all Chase's fault. Stealing my girl." Zuma shouted, "What, no it wasn't. And I never stole your girl, you stole mine." Chase said as he growled at Zuma who growled back. "Okay! You two, sto-" Ryder was cut off, "You know what, I don't have time for this." Chase said as he got up and walked over to the door. "Excuse me, get back here Chase." Ryder said in a very serious and angry tone. Chase just walked and stopped infront of the door before exiting. He looked back at Zuma with tears on his eyes, "I regret going to the beach that day." He said as a tear rolled down his eye. Zuma's heart shattered after he heard this. The tears started rolling down his eyes, "Well, I regret ever coming to Adventure Bay!" Zuma shouted.
Chase just walked out of the room with a broken heart knowing one thing, (I lost my little brother.) He thought as more tears came running down his face. His heart seemed to break more and more as he walked away. He walked out the lookout and looked all around him. Everything he saw brought back amazing, fun memories he had with all his friends, no family. But now it brought sorrow and anger as he had a hol in his heart and had lost his favourite pup in the world. (Zuma what have I done to you?) He thought as he sat down with tears on his eyes looking into the sunset, (What have I done?).
Zuma ran passed Ryder, out the room and out the lookout. He ran through the other entrance to prevent himself from confronting Chase. He had tears coming down his cheeks as he was full-blown crying. He ran to his pup-house. He entered and the first thing he looked at was a picture of him and Chase. The two were in their vehicles and out on a barren landscape the time before Ryder introduced the Paw patroller to them. "Catch ya, next time." It read at the bottom. Zuma grabbed it and held it close to his heart as more tears rolled down his face. His whole world seemed shattered and all it took were a few words. (Chase, I'm sorry) he thought to himself before laying down crying and falling asleep with the picture still in his paws.
Ryder couldn't take it. The tears started coming one by one as he sat down against the wall with his head down between his knees and his hands over his face crying. "Ryder." He heard a voice call out. He saw Rubble standing by the entrance to the living room. Rubble looked in horror as he saw his owner crying infront of him. Ryder noticed and quickly wiped his tears away. "Hey, Rubble, what's up buddy?" He said trying to make everything seem normal for Rubble's sake. Rubble looked at him as tears started rolling down his cheeks. Rubble ran over to Ryder jumping into his hands as Ryder held him close. "Ryder, what's happening to us? Why is all of this happening? I want everything back to normal." Rubble said crying into Ryder's chest. "Shh. Everything will be alright." He said as Rubble looked at him. "It will all be alright." He said as he hugged Rubble again tightly. Skye and Everest stood outside the living room. The two were completely shaken by what had happened.
"What are we going to do Skye?" Everest asked, "I don't know." Skye replied, "I don't know." She said as the two hugged crying over each-other's shoulders.
A/N : Wow, that was a pretty dark chapter and to think, the actual reason for the Chase, Zuma, Rocky and Marshall fighting was actually because of misunderstanding and miscommunication. What will become of the four of them and the Paw patrol as a whole now. Stay tuned. Next chapter will be up by tomorrow. Please PM if you have any questions and please review.
