I woke up to movement. I opened my eyes and found that in our sleep, I apparently had rolled onto my side, and Rocky had snuggled into my chest for warmth. Only moments after I opened my eyes, he opened his, staring at me in shock. We quickly rose running to opposite ends of the cave, staring at the wall. I glanced back to see Rocky quickly turn away. He glanced back again and I jerked my head back around. I glanced back again, to see him turned facing me, staring into my eyes. I turned around and did the same. After few moments I rose, walking over to him so I was only inches away from him. Our eyes never moved. I slowly leaned in as did he. I slowly closed my eyes, only centimeters away from him. Suddenly I felt something, but it wasn't his lips. I was lying on the ground with Rocky standing over me, pinning me down. He laughed a laugh I hadn't heard in days.
"You're so easy." he said standing above me.
"Oh really?" I questioned flipping us over, pinning him to the ground. "Because I'm pretty sure I'm the alpha."
"If you're the alpha…" Rocky began, flipping us over. "...then what am I?" I flipped us.
"Beta." He flipped us.
"Isn't the beta supposed to be a female." I flipped us.
"Yeah but your girly enough." He laughed trying to flip us again, only I had him pinned well. He connected our lips. I was unprepared for this and it loosened my pin enough to allow him to flip me over. He broke the kiss laughing his head off. I quickly flipped him over and connected our lips again, this time pushing my tongue into his mouth. He did nothing for a moment but he soon began to kiss back letting out a slow moan. I was in love all over again. One thing came to mind, Marshall! I ripped off of him.
"Marshall! I haven't seen marshall in 2 days, or anyone for that matter. Have you?" Rocky shook his head worriedly.
"We gotta go!" I said Rocky slowly nodded his head sadly. I walked out of the cave and let the sun overwhelm me. Having been in darkness for the past 2 days, made it hard to see at first. Once my eyes adjusted, I saw Rocky a few feet ahead of me turning towards the river. I quickly caught up to him and gave him a small kiss on the side of his muzzle. We walked back to the lookout, only to find all of the cars gone.
"Must be out" I let out a long, graceful howl that could be heard for miles. A calling howl that only the pups of my pack would understand, or attend to. After a few minutes, they drove up the Lookout driveway. They all jumped out of their vehicles and ran towards us. Marshall buried me over in a hug, crying into my shoulder.
"Where were you? Why did you leave me?" he whispered, crying into my shoulder.
"It's okay, I'm here now."
"Don't ever leave me again!" he demanded.
"I won't."
"Promise?"
"Promise." He let go of me and everyone started talking at once! However, Everest just walked up to me, silent as a mouse. She looked me in the eyes for a few moments before; SMACK! I yelped in pain as Everest slapped me and pushed me to the ground. She stood over me in a dominant pose, growling at me. Everyone forze
"Hey!" I heard Rocky say. Everest looked up at him. "Get off him or make a disgrace of your breed!" I smiled feeling proud that Rocky was defending me.
"At least I know my breed, mutt!" Everest shot back. Now I was angry. I flipped her over so i was on top of her, she, however, used her back feet to push me off her. She stood up, and gave me a look that said; we'll talk later! I got up and shook my fur off, as she walked into the lookout. Rocky walked over to me.
"You okay?" He asked, concern in his voice.
"BACK OFF!" I turned to look at Marshall. "I'm the medic pup, NOT YOU!"
"It's okay Marshall" I tried to calm him down
"No it's not okay! I'm the Medical pup, I'll run a proper analysis. Not this sad excuse of a pup."
"At least this 'sad excuse of a pup' can walk straight!" Rocky burned.
"Can I say something?" I asked.
"NO!" they screamed in harmony.
"Well atleast this dally met his parents!" (Rocky had been abandoned as a child)
"Oh! Maybe that's why you're so messed up!" Rocky said back.
"At least I'm actually useful to the team!" Marshall shot back. Marshall was throwing some low blows, but Rocky was definitely smarter than Marshall.
"Yeah I guess falling down ladders, crashing into pups, and having Chase save you every other minute is helpful!"
"At least I'm not gay!" Marshall shot back. That was the last straw for Rocky.
"At least someone loves me!" he sneered. Marshall charged at Rocky, but since he was clumsy and blinded with anger, Rocky just stepped to the side at the last second causing Marshall to fall on his face.
"What do you call that move? Did you learn it from the secret scroll!? It looks very important." Rocky mocked. However, mentioning the scroll was not Rocky's greatest idea. This reminded Marshall of one move that, if done correctly, could cause a lot of damage and even kill. He rose and kicked Rocky in the throat, backflipped and landed with ease. Rocky rose to be met with a kick to the side of the head, throwing him on his side. Marshall picked Rocky up by the throat and slammed him on the ground. He began to throw a variety of hits to the gut causing internal damage. He then he put his move into action. He took a cheap shot to Rocky's member, causing him to barrel over in pain. He then made his muzzle 90 degrees to his throat and jerked it to the left causing his body to spin several times mid air before landing on the ground. I walked over to Rocky who was trying to get up coughing up blood. He collapsed as Marshall gave a small bow. I became a raging inferno, possessed by rage. A low growl escaped my throat. As I whipped my head around making eye contact with Marshall. I slowly crawled towards him emitting a low frequency that seemed to shake the ground.
"C-c-chase?" I tried to talk but all that came out were growls. He coward in fear. I slowly approached as he slowly backed away. He stopped and showed confidence.
"I-I-I'm not afraid of you!" He said boldly stopping for a moment, standing in a dominant stance. Then a voice so dark not even I recognized came out my mouth.
"How unwise, little dally!" I was losing control to my natural savage instincts.
"Now should I kill you quickly and feast on your soul, or perhaps I should play around with you for a little bit." I said, slowly drawing closer. He bumped into the Lookout wall, putting him in a position where escape was impossible. I drew nearer.
"Chase? What wrong with your eyes? They are blood red!"
"They are filled with a hate! A hate for you!" I cried out.
"Die!" I screamed pouncing at him. There was suddenly a flash of purple as I was knocked on the ground with an angry husky slowly approaching. I rose to me feet and began to circle with Everest. We growled and scanned each other for weaknesses. She suddenly pounced at me but I grabbed her by the throat and slammed her to the ground. I grabbed her muzzle and slammed her head into the ground. I then did the same move to her that Marshall had done to Rocky.
"Everest!" I heard behind me. I turned to see Marshall charging at me. I caught him by the throat and slammed him to the ground as well. He cried in pain. I picked him up by the collar and whispered into his ears,
"I'm not done with you yet!" I then threw him into the wall of the Lookout. When I heard someone calling out my name. I turned and Rocky connected our lips. My red eyes turned amber once again, as they slowly closed.
"Calm down." he said breaking the kiss. I opened my eyes seeing the mess I had made. I quickly walked over to Everest and gave her a lick on the cheek. She slowly opened her eyes.
"I'm so sorry!" I apologized. She smiled and slowly rose to her feet. She wobbled a little be reassured me that she was ok. Next was Marshall. We walked over to him to check on him. I gave him a nuzzle in the cheek, feeling the jealous eyes of Rocky stare into my skull. Marshall slowly opened hi eyes.
"Hey buddy, are you ok?"
"Yeah, I'm ok."
"I'm so sorry"
"It's ok." he replied with just a hint of confusion in his voice. I tilted my head in confusion.
"You sure you're ok?"
"Yup, I just have one question; Who are you?" my eyes went wide.
"You don't know who I am?" He shook his head.
"Do you know who I am?" Rocky asked. Marshall nodded sadly.
"You're Rocky, the eco pup of the paw patrol. You were afraid of water until you learned how to swim a few days ago. I'm sorry for hurting you. I can't even remember why I did that?"
"Do you remember me?" Marshall blushed a deep shade of red.
"Y-yeah, your Everest. The pret- I mean, the snow pup of the Paw Patrol."
"But what about me!? Chase! 2nd in command, police pup of the Paw Patrol." Marshall shook his head.
"Okay quick question Marshall. Is it possible to forget about one person in your life and all of your interactions with them, but the rest of your life stays the same?" Rocky asked.
"Well yes. But that person must of done something traumatic in their life. Something that would cause the brain to want to forget about that person."
"Okay." Rocky continued "Is there anyway to gain those memories back?"
"If you bring them to very important places or do things with them that were done frequently then it may spark a realization, or a memory regeneration." Marshall answered.
"Marshall, were going for a walk in the woods." I stated.
"We are?"
"Yes but first I have to have to get a few things." After I grabbed what I needed, we went for a walk. I had asked no one to follow us because I wanted it to be a private meeting. They respected that and stayed put. I led him to our special place.
"Recognize anything?" I asked.
"A little." he replied. I took out a photo from my bag of me and him sitting by the pond. I had taken the photo with a camera Ryder had given me. We were smiling at the camera as he leaned on my shoulder, and I leaned on his head.
"Seems familiar..." He said. I pulled out another photo of him smiling at the camera, covered in mud. He chuckled.
"I look like Zuma." I smiled. "What was our relationship?" I sighed.
"Come here!" I said walking over to him. "Just go along with if you don't remember just go along with it. Okay?" He nodded his head. I grabbed the back of his head and connected our lips in a kiss. I felt his teeth connect with my tongue as i begged for entrance he allowed and our tongues connected as I pushed him down pinning him to the ground. Suddenly, he pushed me off. I looked at him hopefully.
"Remember?" I asked.
"Sort of. I remember those photos. We took the first one after you showed me this place" and the second one after I fell in the mud while we were playing tag." I nodded
"I ended up having to clean you off." he nodded.
"I don't remember anything else though…" I grinned
"That's why I brought this!" I said bringing out my photo album. "It has a copy of every single photo of you and me together." He began to look through the album.
"This is where we saved little hootie." He said, proud that he had remembered. After some time, he was able to remember and recall each and every photo. Then all his memories came flooding back. He crouched low in fear.
"Y-you attacked me!" I hung my head and nodded shamefully. "Why?"
"You were hurting Rocky."
"But I'm your mate. Me! Not him. Is he as important as your mate?"
"Well, (sigh) me and Rocky kind of have a thing ourselves." I looked up at his blank face. I saw him slowly rise to his hind legs as fire entered his eyes.
"I'll kill you!" He charged with his paws swinging faster than a speeding bullet. Thankfully I knew Marshall well and could see exactly what he was about to do before he even did it. I caught the paw as it swung toward my head, lifting it up, causing Marshall to fall on his back on the ground. He cried out in pain and I quickly pinned him down. I looked into his eyes as the fire was replaced by tears.
"How could you..." he cried. I connected our lips, feeling the spark of connection between us. He looked up at me and whispered.
"Get off." I did as I was told.
"You need to choose, me or him." He ran off. I sat there, confused. There was something I needed to do.
