Chapter 11: Marshall in a coma!
Skye was having trouble flying due to the wind, it was blowing her around everywhere. She finally reached the PAW Patroller first and landed in safely.
Meanwhile back at the others, Ryder was carrying Marshall holding him tightly as he could when..
CRACK! a huge branch broke off a tree and fell just metres away from Zuma and Rubble
"LOOK OUT!" Silvera yelled pushing Zuma and Rubble out of the way, Zuma fell into Rocky who fell into Anna who fell into Ryder who nearly lost his balance
"Ryder!" Everest called out "I got you" She said grabbing Ryder by his ankle and pulled him up
"Thanks Everest!" Ryder said giving her a one handed pat
"Two saves in one day! Go me!" Everest said giggling
"Everyone ok?" Ryder asked looking at Zuma and Rocky who were standing to their feet
"I'm ok Wryder, thanks Silvera" Zuma said giving her a lick
"I'm good too" Rubble said standing to his feet
"Man its getting windy" Jake said looking at Chase in his arms
"Ryder let me check Marshall" Anna said standing next to him
"Alright" Ryder answered pulling the blanket off Marshall
Anna felt Marshall's heart beat then examined his leg, it felt hot
"I need to take a look at his leg but I'll have to take his cast off, well as soon as we get to the PAW Patroller" Anna said looking worried, then covered him with the blanket again "Ryder try keep him warm"
"Ryder Sir, is Marshall going to be ok?" Chase asked looking like he was almost in tears. Jake held Chase tighter and gave him a pat
"I'm sure he's going to be just fine" Ryder said looking at Marshall in his arms who was still unconscious
"Chase I also would like to examine your paw" Anna said walking back to Jake and Chase
"My paw? Its fine, I just twisted it"
"I know, but it could be sprained" Anna said giving him a pat
"Everyone good to go? I don't want to hang around out here anymore then we have too" Silvera said pointing to the clouds that were black
"Yeah we need to go" Ryder said agreeing "Come on pups!"
They were almost at the PAW Patroller when the storm hit! Heavy rain started to fall, flashes of lightning followed by cracks of thunder, and the wind was blowing that strong Zuma and Rubble almost got blown away, until Anna picked both of them up. Finally they reached the PAW Patroller, Skye was waiting there with some towels.
"Thanks Skye" Jake said walking into the PAW Patroller first, putting Chase down, followed by Anna who also put Zuma and Rubble down, Ryder then went in with an unconscious Marshall in his arms, then finally Silvera and Rocky and then Everest all walked in and the door shut behind them
"Eww I'm wet! now I'm going to have the wet pup smell" Rocky sighed
"Here Rocky" Skye giggled giving him a towel
"Thanks Skye" Rocky smiled trying to dry himself with the towel "This isn't working! I'm still wet! no!" He turned around and looked at Anna
"Ryder please place Marshall on this stretcher so I can look at him" Anna asked laying a few blanket on the Stretcher
Ryder carefully placed Marshall on the stretcher, Anna then pressed a button and the stretcher turned into a bed
"Woah! That's awesome!" Everest said "Is he gonna be ok?" she asked looking worried
"Yeah Ryder sir, will he be alright?" Chase asked also looking worried
Skye, Rubble and Rocky also gathered around the bed
"Pups we should give Anna some space" Jake suggested
"I know your all worried but Jake is right, the best thing we can do is let Anna do her job" Ryder smiled "Come here pups, I'll help dry you all off" He said holding a towel
"Yes! Dry me first! Please oh please! I don't like being wet!" Rocky said jumping up and down
"Ha ha Rocky" Jake laughed
Ryder laughed "Come here Rocky"
"Yes!" Rocky cheered as Ryder began to dry him off
"Everest I'll dry you" Jake said holding out a towel
"Thanks Jake" She said giving him a lick, while watching Anna
While Ryder and Jake dried the pups, Anna with Silvera's help examined Marshall. Anna took the cast off his leg.
"I don't like the looks of this leg" Anna used a X-ray screen, it was bigger then the one Marshall has "He has 2 breaks, and 1 fracture"
"How did that happen?" Silvera asked
"I think it happened when he fell in the hole" Chase said limping over
"Oh yes, Chase please come here. I want to look at that paw" Anna added kneeling down
"oh ok" Chase said as he sat down next to Anna, she then took off the old bandage put the X-ray screen over his paw
"Hm, there's nothing broken" Anna smiled "You've just sprained it" She said wrapping his paw with a new bandage "How does that feel?"
"That feels a lot better, but what about Marshall?" He asked with a concerned voice
Silvera looked at Anna who stood up and looked at Marshall
"Marshall's is.." Anna started to say "Marshall is in a coma" she said looking at Ryder
"What does that mean?" Everest asked "Will he wake up?"
"Honestly I don't know, but his brain has shut down, and when he feels safe he'll wake up it may take in a few hours, days, even weeks" She answered
"Oh no poor Marshall" Everest said giving him a lick on his cheek
"All we can really do, is make him feel comfortable and safe" Anna said pulling blankets over Marshall "But there is something else wrong with him"
"Anna? What is it?" Silvera asked
"I'm not sure, I really need to get him back to Ranger HQ to the infirmary" She said
"Well once this storm is over we can" Silvera said walking over to Ryder
All of a sudden there was this howling noise coming from outside, as lightning flashed all around
"Wha... what... is that?" Skye said looking worried
The noise got louder
"AH!" Rubble screamed falling off a chair he was sitting on, he fell right into Skye, she fell into Rocky, who fell into Zuma. Zuma jumped in the air
"Wryder!" He screamed flying in the air, Silvera put her hands out
"I got ya mate" Silvera giggled catching Zuma
"What is that worrible noise? and thanks Silvera, nice catch!" Zuma said as Silvera placed him on the ground
"It sounds like a gho... ghost" Rubble said sounding scared
"Pups relax its just the wind" Ryder said giving Rubble an ear scratch
"Ryder sir" Chase said limping over
"Yes Chase?" Ryder answered sitting on a chair
"What are we gonna do about Marshall?" Chase asked whimpering
Ryder thought for a minute "well why don't we tell him how much we miss him?" Ryder suggested
"That might wake him up" Silvera said walking over, sitting next to Ryder who was sitting on a chair next to Skye
"If Marshall feels safe he should wake up" Anna said covering Marshall with another blanket
"Excuse me Anna" Everest said
"Yes Everest?"
"Can I, um, well can I sit next to Marshall for awhile" She asked being shy
"Of course you can!" Anna said smiling
Silvera noticed Everest being shy so she walked up to her and whispered "You like Marshall don't you?"
"What?" Everest said blushing
"Its ok Everest, no need to be embarrassed" Silvera said giving her a pat
"Well I don't know" Everest answered looking confused "I like Marshall but but but" Anna cut her off
"Here Everest you can sit next to Marshall on this cushion" Anna said putting the cushion next to Marshall
Silvera gave Everest a wink then walked back over to Ryder and the pups, Jake came over with a hot Coffee for Ryder, Silvera and Anna
"Ha here guys, thought I'd make you all a nice hot drink!" Jake said giving a cup to Ryder
"Thanks Jake" Ryder said smiling
"Here's one for you Silvera"
"Thank you mate" Silvera took it off Jake
"And here Anna" He said giving her one
"Ah lovely! Thank you Jake" Anna said smiling
Everest yawned, then gave Marshall a lick on his cheer, she looked over at the others who didn't see it then smiled and drifted off to sleep
Ryder noticed her falling asleep and yawned also, next thing everyone else started yawning
"Ha ha looks like everyone needs a nap" Jake suggested
"I think your right" Ryder said noticing Skye falling asleep, followed by Rubble, and Zuma
Even Silvera started to fall asleep, Anna then put a blanket over them all and gave one too Ryder and Jake, then she went and laid on the floor next to Marshall and Everest, she smiled because Everest was laying right next to Marshall, with her head resting near his.
Ryder smiled and thought to himself (What a great bunch of pups) Chase and Rocky laid next to Ryder so he put a blanket over them aswell. Then fell asleep too.
It was a few hours and the storm had passed the sun was shinning, and everyone just started waking up. Apart from Anna, who only had a little nap and was awake before everyone else, she was checking on Marshall when Everest woke up
"Hi Anna" Everest said while stretching
"Hello there" Anna replied, now listening to Marshall's heart
"Any change?" Everest asked
"No not really" Anna frowned "But its only been a few hours" she said taking Marshall's temperature "Hm, his temperature is a little high, but it could be from these blankets" Anna said removing some blankets from Marshall
Silvera woke up and looked out a window "Looks like the storms cleared" she said turning to Anna
"Hello Silvera" Anna said
"G'day Anna, and Everest" She said walking over to them
Ryder then woke up, yawned and went to check on Marshall
"Hi Ryder" Everest said as he sat down next to Marshall's bed
"Hi Everest, Silvera. Anna, how is he?" Ryder said giving Marshall a pat on the head
'Not much improvement, I'm afraid" Anna said shaking her head "His temperature is slightly up, I need to get him back to Ranger HQ"
"When the others wake up, we'll go" Ryder said watching the pups
Chase woke up in shock (huh how did this happen?) he thought. Skye was sleeping next to him with her chin on his side, he heard someone giggle, it was Zuma
"Aww that's so cute!" Zuma giggled
"Huh? what's cute?" Rocky said waking up
"Um, nothing!" Chase said gently moving away from Skye, this caused Skye's head to fall off him
'I'm up! I'm up!" She gasped not noticing she had slept next to Chase "Um, Chase?"
"Yeah?" he asked not knowing what else to say
"Why is your face red?" she asked giggling "You look as red as Marshall's Fire truck!"
Zuma and Rocky laughed
Ryder laughed walking over to them
"Hi pups, how did you all sleep?" he asked
"FINE!" Chase snapped "Oh sorry Ryder"
"Woah Chase man" Jake said opening his eyes
"Sorry Jake, didn't mean to wake you up" Chase apologized
"Ha ha, its alright" Jake said giving Chase a scratch
"Oh that's the spot! Right there!"
Skye giggled
"NO! Please! Go away!" a voice called
"Huh?" Chase said turning around
"What?" Jake said also turning around
Ryder laughed "Rubble's dreaming"
"AH! Help! Spider!" Rubble screamed
"I got this" Chase said jumping next to Rubble "Ruff Ruff, Megaphone! RUBBLE WAKE UP!"
"WHAT! I'm up!" Rubble said jumping into Ryder's arms
"Rubble relax" Rocky said laughing
"Oh hi Ryder, thanks"
"Your welcome Rubble" he smiled putting Rubble on the ground "Lets go to Ranger HQ, Robo Dog step on it!"
Off they went back to the HQ, with Marshall still in a coma