HEY WHAT'S UP EVERYBODY! I'M FINALLY BACK WITH ANOTHER CHAPTER… I LIKE HOW I SAY "FINALLY" LIKE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. I MEAN IT'S ONLY BEEN ABOUT 6 MONTHS, THAT'S PRACTICALLY NOTHING RIGHT?
LOL… WHO AM I KIDDING? I'M A TERRIBLE WRITER, THIS STORY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A YEAR AGO. BUT I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT HOW MY LIFE HAS BEEN "COMPLICATED" OR HOW I'VE JUST BEEN "TO BUSY TO WRITE"… BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT THE TRUTH.
THE TRUTH IS I DO HAVE THE TIME, IT'S JUST A SIMPLE MATTER OF HOW I CHOSE TO SPEND IT, AND MOST OF THE TIME UNFORTUNATELY, WRITING JUST ISN'T PART OF IT.
BUT AS OF LATE I'VE DECIDED TO SPEND SOME OF MY FREE TIME WISELY, AND GET THIS NEW CHAPTER OUT, AND ALSO A DECENT AMOUNT OF THE NEXT CHAPTER, SO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT.
ANYWAY I'VE MADE YOU WAIT LONG ENOUGH, SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY…
CHAPTER 11…
"Rue…Rue…wake up sweetie." Whispered Farmer Yumi into the ear of the unconscious pit bull pup as she gently shook her shoulder.
"That's good" said Marshall "she should wake up any second, just keep doing what you're doing" he said as he stepped off the porch after examining her.
"Are you sure she's okay?" Asked Chase.
"Just watch." Said Marshall confidently. "Try it again Farmer Yumi" he said turning to the woman.
"Rue…Rue, please wake up."
Suddenly the pup began to stir. "Miss Yumi?" She mumbled as she started to come to.
"Told ya." Marshall smiled.
"Wow, nice job Marshall" said Chase giving his Dalmatian friend a high paw.
"Yeah, that was totally awesome dude."
"Well, I guess it was pretty good considering I'm not even a certified EMT yet" said Marshall kind of shrugging it off, but inside he was beaming with pride, not because the other pups were giving him praise, but simply because he had successfully examined his first real patient.
"Oh thank goodness your awake" said Yumi with a sigh of relief "you had me really scared for a minute."
"Don't worry" Rue groaned as she sat up "I'm okay. But I had a really crazy dream that Chase was standing on this porch right in front of me, and somehow he knew my name and…Aww it's crazy" she waved her paw.
"Well" Yumi laughed" I wouldn't say it was that crazy."
The Pit Bull's eyes narrowed at the woman's comment "What do you mean?" She asked.
Farmer Yumi just smiled and pointed to the other side of the porch.
Slowly Rue turned her head. And there he was, standing in all of his awesome majestic and divine glorious glory, the leader of the Paw Patrol. And her all time greatest hero, Chase!
"Hello Miss" he said with that oh so intoxicating voice and smile that held such power over her girlish dreams. "Sorry about, you know, making you faint" he chuckled sheepishly. "Are you okay?" he asked sounding truly concerned.
"Am, am I okay?" She stammered almost unable to comprehend the question as she stared into his amazing brown eyes. "Oh ya" she answered and quickly got to her paws without losing eyes contact. "Ya I'm okay, I'm I'm better than okay!"
"Are you sure? You hit your head pretty hard."
"Yeah" she nodded "I'm good! So I'm guessing it wasn't a dream then?" She asked.
"No" Chase shook his head "this is real."
"Oh, well that's, kind of embarrassing isn't it." She said rubbing the back of her neck.
"It's okay" he smiled "let's just try this again, I'm…
"Chase!" She said in awe and excitement.
"Yeah" he hesitated "and this" he gestured to the pups "is…
"Marshall! Rocky! Rubble! And Zuma!" She exclaimed as she hopped off the porch and bounced up and down as if she were on a trampoline "your the PAW Patrol!"
"Yup, that's us" laughed Rocky.
"Wow, I can't believe it" she squealed "you guys are so amazing!"
"Especially you" she said softly turning to Chase who had joined the rest of the pups on the lawn.
"Thanks" he smiled taking a cautious step back "maybe later on we'll all have some time to hangout and get to know each other, but right now we need to start dealing with this problem. So first, let's find those chickens and get them to a safe place."
"You pups don't have to do any of that " said Farmer Yumi "Rue already took care of it."
"She did? He said sounding surprised "all of them?"
"Yup, all of them" she said "it only took her about a minute to get them into the extra shed we have in the back."
"How many chickens do you have?" He asked.
"About forty."
"Wow Rue" said Rocky "you must be a really good at herding."
Rue smiled and shrugged nonchalantly "I'm not great, but I can get the job done."
"I've never heard of a Pit Bull doing herding work before." Said Marshall.
"Well" said Rue felling quite proud of the fact she was able to do something that impressed her heroes "Uhh, before I moved out here I lived on a big farm and my owners needed my help, so I had to learn how to do that kind of stuff."
"Who are your owners?" He asked curiously "where was your farm?"
But as soon as he asked that question, her joyful smile quickly faded, her once perky ears dropped, and her gaze fell to the ground.
After a few seconds of silence she became noticeably depressed, so much so that Marshall felt compelled to apologize for asking too many questions, if she didn't want to tell him, that was her business not his. Especially if it was a touchy subject, and it seemed like for some reason this was to her.
"It's okay" he said slowly "you don't have to tell me if you don't want to, it's no big deal."
"No no" she said apologetically shaking her head "It's okay, it's just, I lived on that farm my whole life and well…let's just say I've been really homesick lately that's all. But anyway, what were you saying Chase?" She asked to quite obviously change the subject.
"Well since the animals are all safe and accounted for, I think we should start taking about what happened here."
"Oh, right." She nodded seriously.
"So let's start right from the beginning" said Chase "what exactly happened?"
For a few seconds Rue said absolutely nothing, she stood as still as statue looking straight faced and vary serious. But as much as she tried she just couldn't remain that way, she couldn't contain her joy.
Chase's eyes narrowed slightly as he watched the Pit Bull pup's serious demeanor crumble.
Suddenly unable to hold it in any longer, she started laughing.
"Sorry but I just can't believe I'm being questioned by you right now, this is So cool!…Sorry" she cleared her throat and took a deep breath "Sorry I'm done now, I'm done, umm okay let's see. She said genuinely serious this time.
"So, this morning I was taking a walk through the woods, and I decided to wander a little farther than I usually do. You know, go somewhere I had never been before, so I followed a few trails and eventually they led me here, and well, I grew up on a farm just like this, so I decided to stop in and say hello on my way through. But as soon as I stepped onto the driveway I noticed something out of the corner of my eye walking into the barn."
"What did this thing look like?" Asked Chase.
"I'm not sure" she shook her head "I didn't really get a good look."
"But you did see it, right?"
"Yeah I definitely saw something" she nodded.
"Do you think you could describe what you saw to our sketch artist?"
"Uhh, I guess I could try. I mean, if you want me to."
"We have a sketch artist?" Asked Rocky.
"Yes we have a sketch artist" Chase quickly replied looking back at him.
"Really, who?"
"You."
"Me? Asked Rocky placing a paw on his chest.
"Yeah you. You are the sketch artist, right?"
"Oh, yeah, me, sketch artist, sure." He said sarcastically like someone who wasn't getting paid enough at work. "No problem" he cleared his throat "Ruff, paper!" He barked, and a little notepad and pencil popped out of his pack.
"Ready" he nodded.
"Okay" said Chase with an exasperated sigh "if you could just describe to Rocky in detail what you saw Miss."
"Well" she stepped forward "it kinda looked like a pup, but it was a lot bigger than any of us, it was black with sort of a bushy tail and pointy ears, and it was in front of the barn walking in through the open door. And, that's all I saw."
"You got that Rocky?" Asked Chase.
Rocky rolled his eyes "Yup" he nodded "almost done, just give me a minute."
Well a minute passed, and then two, then three, and four.
And the pups were quickly becoming restless.
Chase paced back and forth anxiously as Rue and the other pups sat behind Rocky each one at some point straining to look over his shoulder to try and get a glimpse of what he was drawing.
"Uhh" sighed Zuma "dude what are you painting, the Mona Lisa?" He asked sarcastically.
"Good one" said Rocky as he continued to draw. "Keep your collers on everyone I'm almost finished."
"Just hurry up dude, this thing in the barn could have probably dug to China by now."
"Very unlikely" said Rocky who was starting to become vary impatient with everybody. "They ask me to do this, and now I'm apparently taking to long, don't they know you can't rush art" he thought to himself.
"Okay everybody I'm just finishing the final touches on this thing…annnd, done!" He said triumphantly as he scratched the final pencil stroke.
"About time" Chase whispered under his breath.
"And now" said Rocky intending to mess with Chase "it's time for the fun part."
"Fun part?" Chase's eyes narrowed "what fun part?"
Rocky looked up and grinned widely "time to color in" he said as he barked a crayon out of his pack.
"No no no! That won't be necessary" declared Chase "just show us what what you've got."
"Okay fine" said Rocky sounding bummed out as he placed the paper on the ground for everyone to see. "But it would look a lot better in color."
All the pups gathered around to see Rocky's interpretation of the creature they would soon be dealing with. But all they saw was what they were guessing was the barn? It had strange crooked trees around it, some awkward looking clouds and the sun with a smiley face and sunglasses hiding behind one of them. And the creature was nothing more than a stick figure of a pup with a bushy tail standing in front of the barn. "All that time, for this?" They thought to themselves as they turned to look at Rocky. Who was nodding smugly "good stuff huh? I know, Ryder should have made me the artist pup."
"You know what" said Chase trying not to get upset "I'm sorry about that Miss, let's just move on. So what else happened?" He asked.
"Well at first I thought, whatever that was" she pointed to the picture "was just one of the farm animals going into the barn so I didn't pay that much attention to it. But then a second after it went in" she shook her head "boom! it was like a chicken explosion. They all flew out screaming and squawking and running all over the place."
"That's where I came in" said Farmer Yumi stepping off he porch "I was in the kitchen and saw Rue standing in the driveway, and when I went out to talk to her I saw all of my bird's flying out of the barn, running around and going absolutely crazy."
"Did either of you see this thing leave the barn?" Chase asked.
"No" said Farmer Yumi "but none of the chickens or any of the other animals will even go near it, so I'm guessing whatever it is, is still in there somewhere."
"Don't worry about that" said Chase "if whatever it is, is still in there, we'll find it."
"Thanks pups, just be careful."
"We'll be fine" said Chase "Ryder the pups and I have dealt with strange animals before." He said confidently.
"Okay, I'll go inside and leave you pups to do what you need to do, just call me if you need anything." And with that she turned and walked back into the house.
"Okay guys" said Chase "here's the plan, Marshall, you Rocky and I will go in through the front, while Zuma and Rubble stay outside to keep an eye on either side of the barn to make sure it doesn't escape, once we locate the…whatever it is, I'll bag him with my net and we'll haul him out."
"Sounds like a good plan" said Marshall.
"Thanks" said Chase "now let's just hope it works."
"Hey guys, what about me? What do I do?" Rue asked curiously.
"What I need you to do" said Chase turning to her "is to stay right here, out of the way, this thing is big and most likely dangerous, and I don't want any civilians getting hurt."
"But, but I can help" she argued "I won't get hurt, I promise, and besides you're a pup short, I could..
"No" Chase cut in sternly "look, I know you want to help, but it's our job to keep people safe, and I just don't want to risk it." Chase understood she wanted to help, and he felt bad about shutting her down so harshly, but he couldn't just let anybody from off the streets take part in a potentially dangerous mission, no matter how big of a fan she was. "I appreciate the offer but please, for your own safety stay out of the way. I'd hate to see anything bad happen to you."
"Oh, okay I understand" she nodded in disappointment.
"Alright guys" said Chase bringing everyone to attention "no more wasting time, let's move in."
WELL I HOPE EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN READING AND FOLLOWING THIS STORY FROM THE BEGINNING IS STILL INTERESTED, AND IF NOT, I UNDERSTAND AND APOLOGIZE FOR MAKING YOU WAIT THIS LONG, BUT HEY, I DO THE BEST I CAN DO.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THE NEXT CHAPTER OUT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WITH ME, SO JUST IN CASE. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
CHAPTER 12 COMING SOON…
