Chapter 29: Lost But Not Forgotten
Jake and Everest had no clue they were heading straight for the pack of wolves, Rubble and Rocky were also heading for the wolves but from the other side.
Ryder contacted Zuma
"We found the tourists Zuma, you can go check on Marshall if you want" Ryder suggested
"Sure Wyder" Zuma said turning his hovercraft around
Meanwhile, Jake had picked up some tracks and started following them
"Jake?" Everest said looking worried
"Whats up?" He asked her stopping
"Something doesn't feel right" Everest sniffed the air
"What can you smell?" Jake used his torch to see a head
Everest shook her head "I don't know, but its bad"
"Lets continue, they went this way" Jake said pointing towards some large boulders in the distant
Rubble and Rocky were also closing in, in-fact they almost walked right into the wolves it wasn't till they heard Ryder's voice
"Pups!" Ryder screamed out "Over here, quickly" Ryder waved them over, so Rubble and Rocky ran to him
"Ryder what's happened?" Rocky asked concerned
"Wolves" Chase blurted out "ACHOOO! Excuse me"
"Where's Jake and Everest?" Ryder asked noticing they weren't with Rubble and Rocky
"They were checking the slops" Rubble said hearing the wolves howling
"Oh no!" Skye said from her helicopter "Jake and Everest are walking straight into the wolves!"
Meanwhile back in the kitchen, Katie had almost finished bandaging Marshall's wound when he suddenly released a very disturbing yelp
"Marshall? you alright?" Katie asked feeling his pulse
Marshall never answered he just moaned
"Is he ok?" Kate said walking over
"His pulse is climbing" Katie looked at the watch which measured his heart rate
"It hurts! Make it stop!" Marshall moaned followed by a yelp he pointed to his lungs and wound, as his breathing suddenly got heavy and his heart rate went extremely high, causing the alarm to sound on his Watch
"Katie you have to do something" Kate said concerned for Marshall
Katie turned to oxygen level up on his mask "Marshall I have to get you something for the pain" Katie said giving a pat on his head
"It hurts!" Marshall cried as he flinched
"Easy, try not to move too Marshall we don't want you breaking any stitches" Katie warned before running out of the kitchen
"Your going to be ok" Kate said grabbing an ice pack out a freezer "This will help" she smiled placing it over his bandages
Marshall let out a moan followed by a cough, Kate looked worried
At the tourists Ryder and the pups were keeping a fair distant away so the wolves didn't see or smell them. Skye hovered above the tourists
"Don't worry we'll get you outta here" She called down to them, as the wolves kept trying to jump on the boulders. Skye noticed Everest and Jake "Ryder!"
"I know Skye" Ryder said calling Everest "Everest you and Jake are heading for trouble!"
"Huh?" Everest suddenly stopped causing Jake to almost trip over her "Sorry Jake"
"Ryder what's up dude?" Jake asked through Everest's pup tag
Ryder didn't get a chance to say anything, as one of the wolves picked up Jake and Everest's scent it ran off towards them
Skye watched in shock as this wolf was running straight towards them "Run guys!" She screamed from her helicopter, but she was too high for them to hear her clearly
"What Skye?" Everest began to say, suddenly she picked a smell
"Everest what is it?" Jake asked as she smelt the air
"Wolf!" Everest screamed out, eye's began to glow in Skye's light which was pointed down towards Everest and Jake
Jake began to walk backwards "Man this is not good" the wolf was now in sight, it was crouching down slowly moving towards them
"Jake we have to run" Everest said keeping her eye's fixed on the wolf
"Run where?" Jake asked looking around at scenery, which was mostly tree's. Suddenly the wolf started running
"Oh no! Ryder! Its running straight at them!" Without thinking Skye made her helicopter fly lower in hope it would scare the wolf
"SKYE! What is she doing?!" Chase yelled concerned as he watched Skye fly lower
"Skye be careful" Ryder said watching the other wolves
"Shoo! Shoo! Get away from them!" Skye yelled trying to scare the wolf, but it didn't work the wolf just ran around Skye
Everest jumped in front of Jake and started growling "Everest get out the way!" Jake said watching the wolf come closer, Everest shook her head
Suddenly a bright light, brighter then Skye's lite up the area. It frighten Skye causing her to lose control of her helicopter
"SKYE!" Both Rocky and Rubble screamed out
"She's gonna crash!" Chase yelled watching as she got close to a tree top
"Pull up!" Ryder called out to her, just in time she managed to regain control
The pups sighed relieved
Suddenly the wolf jumped out at Jake but collided with Everest it scratched at her then bit her on the back causing her to yelp, Jake ran over he managed to pull the wolf off Everest only for it to start attacking him, biting his hand.
"Get off of him!" Everest growled jumping on top of the wolf's back, the wolf pushed her off cause her to fall into a tree knocking her out cold
"Everest!" Jake screamed as the wolf now turned to him again, Jake picked up a stick and hit the wolf causing it to back off only to go after the unconscious Everest
Just as the wolf was almost on top of Everest a gun shot was heard, suddenly the wolf yelped then fell to the ground next to her
"Everest!" Jake raced over to her, passed the wolf and picked her up in his arm's "Oh man Everest"
The gun scared the other wolves they took off into the night, leaving the scared tourists. The bright light suddenly turned off as Ranger Rescue Helicopter came into view, Brad was standing at the side door with a gun
Everyone gasps "Don't worry its only a tranquilizer" A voice said behind Ryder, it was Silvera
"We'll take this wolf and move it further into the park" Silvera said, as Anna came up from behind her
"Everest!" The pups all called out running over to her
Anna also ran over to her, kneeling besides Jake she felt Everest's pulse "She's going to be just fine" Anna smiled noticing a small but noticible bump on Everest's head, so she pulled out bandage "But I'd like to get her back to the infirmary, so I can monitor her and also I need to look at your hand Jake" She said noticing a bite mark on his hand
"Wait where's Zuma?" Rocky asked concerned
"Yeah where is he?" Rubble looked even more concerned
"Zuma? its Ryder come in please" He said into his pup pad
No Answer
"Zuma?" Ryder tried again to contact him
No Answer
Mark and Michael landed the Rescue Helicopter and put Everest on a stretcher, and she was taken into the helicopter Jake went in as well, when suddenly the phone Ryder was carrying beeped, he completely forgot about it
"What's that?" Chase asked noticing it flashing a red light
Anna walked over taking the phone off him, she frowned
"What is it?" Ryder asked noticing the frown
She paused "Marshall"
"Ryder, we'll take care of the tourists you better get back to the HQ" Silvera said
"What about Zuma?" Skye asked as she landing her helicopter
"I'll find him" Silvera smiled, turning to the tourists
The Paw Patrol quickly drove off, leaving Silvera with the tourists
"Now" Silvera frowned looking at the family of tourists "What were you guys even doing here? The Park doesn't open till 3 days"
The man apologized and said they were at Jake's mountain when they got lost
"Here's a map, you should be able to find the way out" She pointed to an area "But try to avoid this area"
The tourists thanked her, then walked off into the night she then got into the Ranger 4WD and drove off towards Red River to look for Zuma
Back in the Kitchen, Katie walked back in with a needle
"Marshall your going to feel a little prick" Katie warned walking over to him
Katie just as she pushed the needle into Marshall's side, he moaned then passed out
Silvera was searching for Zuma, she made it to Red River before it goes into the Canyon but Zuma was nowhere to be seen, she continued to drive along the river's bank when she came across Zuma's hovercraft it was wedged between some rocks, she got out of the Ranger 4WD and looked for Zuma but there was no sign of him
"Zuma!?" Silvera called out, while she attached a chain to his hovercraft from her 4WD "Zuma!" She called out again, no answer. Silvera then went into her 4WD and slowly pulled Zuma's hovercraft from the rocks. She got out her communicator
"Mark, Michael come in" She said looking at the screen
"Hi Silvera, its Mark" Mark answered
"G'day Mark, how far away are you guys from Ranger HQ?" Silvera questioned
"About 5 minutes away" Mark said looking at his watch
"Great, because I need your help, I found Zuma's hovercraft at Red River it was wedged between some rocks, but Zuma is'nt here" Silvera frowned looking around
"You mean he's missing?" Mark asked looking in the back of the Helicopter at Anna who was attending to Jake's hand wrapping it in a bandage
"Yes he's missing" Silvera said still searching the area for Zuma
"Have you told Ryder and the Paw Patrol?" Mark asked
"No, I don't want to worry them further, its up to us Rangers to find him" Silvera stated
"Alright, we'll drop off Everest, Anna and Jake then come to your location" Mark informed Michael of the situation, he nodded in agreement
As they were approaching Ranger HQ Everest started to wake up, she had a deep bite mark on her back from the wolf along with some scratch marks, one on her face which was close to her right eye
"Everest?" Jake said noticing her waking up "Anna she's coming too"
Anna kneel'd besides her
Everest slowly opened her eye's, she saw Jake and Anna looking down at her
"Everest can you look at me please" Anna said shinning a light in her eye's
"Where am I?" Everest asked flinching at the light
"We're in the Rescue Helicopter on our way to Ranger HQ" Anna said frowning
"Whats wrong?" Jake asked looking at Everest
"Everest, can you see out of your right eye?" Anna said looking at the scratch mark
Everest nodded "But its blurry"
"Your one lucky pup" Anna smiled placing an ice pack on her head
"Ha Ha and she's also a hero" Jake grinned
"Hero? huh?" Everest said confused, she tried to sit up but flinched "Ow"
"Careful, you need rest" Anna said forcing her to lay back down
"You saved me from the wolf" Jake smiling gently patting her head "I'm very proud of you"
Michael spoke through a speaker "Final approach to HQ, prepare for landing"
Anna strapped Everest in, then sat on a chair next to her along with Jake they both strapped themselves in
"This may be a bumpy landing" Michael warned as the HQ landing pad came into view
Suddenly the Helicopter violently shook side to side
"Woah this is crazy man" Jake said laughing
"Its making me feel dizzy" Everest's face turned blue "I think I'm going to..."
Anna quickly reached for a bag and put it in front of Everest face, just in time
"You alright?" Anna asked as Everest threw up in the bag
"I don't feel well" Everest said looking at the roof of the helicopter which looked like it was spinning
The helicopter landed with a Thud
"Sorry about that!" Michael said through the speakers "We've landed"
Anna and Jake un clipped themselves from seats, Jake opened the Helicopter's side doors as Anna transferred Everest from the Stretcher to a bed, then pushed her out of the helicopter Jake shut the door and helped Anna push the bed
"All clear" Mark said watching Anna and Jake enter the HQ, the helicopter flew off into the air again
Jake noticed "We're are they off too?" He asked Anna as the Landing pad doors shut behind them
"I don't know, but we need to get Everest into the infirmary I need to clean these bite wounds" Anna said as they entered the elevator
"Everest" Jake began to say as the elevator took them down "Thank you" He smiled
"Your welcome Jake" Everest smiled back flinching "My head hurts"
"Its bound to hurt, you took a fair beating from that wolf" Anna said as the elevator stopped and the doors opened "lets get you into the infirmary so I can get a better look"
The infirmary doors opened up as Anna and Jake pushed Everest in, to see Kate waiting
"Hi Kate" Jake said noticing a worried look on her face
"Kate?" Everest asked also noticing the look
"Oh Everest what happened?" A voice said walking out of the operating room
Anna and Jake turned around to see Katie, she had old bandages which were covered in blood
"Katie!" Everest smiled, but her smile turned into a frown "Where's Marshall?"
Katie never spoke she just frowned, walking back into the operating room
"Lets worry about you first" Anna said pushing her into the operating room
Everest's heart stopped seeing Marshall unconscious attached to a heart monitor machine with his oxygen mask on, his breathing was heavy his forehead was soaked in sweat
"I had to bring him back here" Katie frowned again "His pain got extremely bad"
"He's going to be ok right?" Everest asked concerned
"Everest don't worry about him, we need to clean your wounds" Anna said walking over to a sink, then filling a bowl up with warm water she turned to Katie "Can you give me a hand?"
'Sure, what do you need?" Katie asked walking over to Everest, she examined some of the bite marks "Wow, some of these are deep. What are these from?"
"Wolf bite marks" Anna walked back over to Everest with the bowl
"What? A wolf did this too you?" Katie said confused, she took a small cloth and cleaned the a scratch mark near Everest's right eye
Anna nodded, as she started to clean Everest's wound causing her to flinch
"This one looks like its the worst" Anna said examining the bite mark on Everest's back "Its deep" She poured some water over the wound, then wiped it with a cloth
The wound was deep, a bit of the flesh had been removed by the wolf
Katie finished cleaning her wound near her eye she put a small bandage over it, then inspected her injury on her head "What happened here?"
"She was thrown into a tree" Anna said as she finished cleaning the wound
"Wow" Katie gasped at the poor pup
"Just keep some Ice on her head, to keep the swelling down" Anna suggested taking a bandage and wrapping the wound on Everest's back "All done"
Moments later Ryder arrived in the infirmary with the other pups, they were met by Jake and Kate
"Ryder! Pups!" Jake said looking worried
"Jake how's Everest?" Ryder asked walking over
"And Marshall?" Skye added
"Everest's pretty beaten up" Jake said looking at the operating room doors
Kate walked over "Marshall is also in there, Katie is looking after him" she said
"Are they both alright?" Rubble asked as his stomach growled
"You sound hungry" Kate smiled "I'll get you all something to eat"
"Thanks Kate" Ryder said looking down at the pups
Kate walked out of the infirmary
"Ryder can we see them?" Chase asked
"Yeah can we?" Rocky said wagging his tail
"What about Zuma?" Skye said which made everyone go silent
"Where is he anyway?" Rocky asked noticing Zuma wasn't there
"He should be back by now" Rubble added sounding worried
"Silvera is searching for him" Ryder said as Katie walked into the infirmary from the operating room
"Oh hi Ryder" Katie smiled walking over to him
"Katie how are they?" Ryder asked as she gave him a hug which surprised everyone
"Everest's fine, a few bad injuries but they will heal" Katie smiled releasing from the hug
"And Marshall?" Chase asked concerned, the question caused Katie's smile to turn into a frown
"He's, well he's in bad shape" Katie looked as though she was going to cry
"Marshall's going to be alright though?" Rocky questioned
"Only time will tell" She answered kneeling down giving Rocky a ear scratch
Meanwhile at Red River, Silvera was still scouting the area in a despite attempt to find Zuma when the Rescue Helicopter arrived at her location, it landed about 50 meters away from the river in a clearing. The side door opened as Mark followed by Michael got out
"G'day guys" Silvera smiled happy to see them "We need to find Zuma and fast"
"We can use the helicopter's radar" Michael Suggested
"But it only shows moving objects" Mark said looking at Silvera
"True but it will narrow the search down" She smiled walking to the helicopter
"Lets do this!" Michael said as they all got into the back of the helicopter, Mark pressed a symbol for the Radar, a screen opened up
"Hmm, I see multiple objects but this one looks like its small enough to be a pup" Silvera said pointing to a small dot "If that's Zuma, he's heading straight for Lake Marion!"
"Oh no! But that Lake is dangerous, even for us" Michael said worried
"We need to be sure if that is Zuma" Silvera pulled out her communicator
Ryder's pup pad rang "Hello Ryder here" he answered
"G'day Ryder, its Silvera we need to borrow Super-spy Chase" She said
Ryder turned to Chase who was sitting next to Skye
"Chase the Rangers need to borrow you" Ryder smiled
"Yes! I'll help them!" Chase cheered
"Great!" Silvera heard him "Chase can you meet us at Red River please?"
"Super-spy Chase is on the case!" He happily run out of the infirmary
"Silvera?" Ryder asked as he watched Chase disappear through the doors
"Yes Ryder?" Silvera answered
"Any luck with finding Zuma?" Ryder curiously asked
Silvera frowned "That's why we need Chase"
"Please find him, I can't handle another pup being in danger or hurt" Ryder said worried
"Don't worry Ryder the Ranger's will find him, take care of Marshall and Everest" Silvera smiled
With that the call ended
"I really hope we are wrong" Silvera frowned looking at the radar
"Same, because if that's Zuma then he's heading for trouble" Mark said also frowning
Lake Marion is a small isolated salt lake surrounded by forests, its located South-South West of Red River, its edges are so soft that nothing can walk onto the lake without sinking, the lake itself is covered in salty mud that works similar to sinking sand, once an animal or person gets trapped in that lake there is no hope in getting out without help even then you will be lucky to get out of it alive.
To Be Continued
