Chapter 38: Disaster Strikes (Part 3)
Rubble had just lifted one section of the tree
"Done here Ryder" Rubble said looking over at Chase
"That's great! Chase it's..." Ryder paused hearing screams come from behind them he quickly spun around
"MARSHALL!" Ryder, Rubble, Chase and Everest screamed together
Seeing a branch half of fire about to land directly on Marshall and his fire truck with Dani in it
"Look out!" Skye yelled out from above the group
Dani quickly jumped off of Marshall's truck, falling on the ground to where Marshall was standing she wrapped her arms around him attempting to roll out the way, as the branch hit the ground with a loud THUD trapping them and Marshall's Fire truck, Dani and Marshall landed on the ground both knocked unconscious
Marshall was the first to wake up, opening his eye's to see Dani on the ground next to him, he looked around the branch was burning in front of them and the forest fire was rapidly approaching them from behind
"Dani?" Marshall sat up wiping his eye's "Dani you ok?" he asked
No answer
"Dani? Come on wake up" Marshall said forcing himself along side her "Dani please" Marshall nudged her
No answer
It wasn't till the third time Marshall tried to wake her up, that she finally opened her eye's
"You alri... al... ACHOOOO! alright?" Marshall asked as Dani looked around
"What? Yeah I'm fine" Dani noticed blood on the ground, she examined herself then looked at Marshall
Marshall sat down on the ground next to her "We have to get away from here"
Dani stood up "You alright Marshall?" she asked then noticed blood leaking out his bandages
"I'm ok, but we need to go" Marshall didn't even know he had torn his surgery stitches
"Marshall your..." She was cut off as the smoke and heat suddenly hit them
Marshall then stood up and "Ruff! Water Canons!" He aimed them at the fire "Spray!" No water came out "Oh this isn't good, I'm out of water"
The smoke was getting to both of them, more so Dani because she was a lot taller then Marshall
"Marshall how are we going to get out?" Dani said worried as the Fire Front continued to rapidly approached them
Marshall looked at his Fire Truck, then the burning branch
"I have an idea, we ca... ca... can... ACHOO!" he fell over backwards
"You alright?" Dani asked noticing Marshall looked sick
"I'm ok, its just a puppy cold. Anyway we can use my truck to smash through the Branch" Marshall suggested
"But Marshall that's dangerous, although it may work" Dani replied helping him up then placing him into the truck
Marshall contacted Ryder
Meanwhile Chase had moved the remaining part of the tree
"Silvera!" Anna smiled helping her out of the hole
"Thanks Paw Patrol" Silvera said brushing dirt of herself
"Are you alright?" Mark asked removing some dirt from her hair
"Yeah you ok?" Zuma asked
"I'm fine" Silvera smiled then looked at the fallen branch
"Marshall and Dani are trapped behind there" Everest pointed
"Oh that's no good" Silvera frowned scratching her face
Just then Ryder's pup pad beeped, he pulled it out of his pocket
"Ryder, Its Marshall" Marshall said into his pup tag
Ryder held onto his pup pad "Marshall are you and Dani alright?"
"We're fine" Marshall responded now sitting in the driver's seat
Dani frowned at him "Marshall let me drive"
Marshall shook his head "No I need to do this"
"Do what?" Everest said over hearing him
"Yeah what is he doing?" Chase asked worried
"Ryder please tell everyone to move out the way" Marshall looked back at the fire front
"What are you going to do?" Ryder questioned him
A blast of thunder exploded overhead as lightning hit a tree several meter's away from Marshall and Dani causing a near by tree to explode into flames
"Marshall's going to slam through the branch" Dani said over Marshall's shoulder
"Yeah its the only way to get out, Ryder please tell the other pups to make sure they all are out the way, Marshall out" Marshall looked at Dani
Dani nodded "be careful, your still injured"
"I know" Marshall smiled looking at the fallen branch
Ryder put his pup pad away, then turned to the others
"Everyone needs to get out of the way" Ryder instructed moving towards one side
"Wait why?" Zuma asked following Ryder
"Yeah what's Marshall going to do?" Rocky asked worried
Jake looked at Ryder with a worried look in his eye's
"Marshall and Dani are going to smash through the branch with his truck" Ryder told them
"We better move then" Michael said as he walked out the way, followed by the other Rangers
"Wait what?" Chase said in a worrying voice
"Marshall's going to do WHAT?" Everest said even more worried then Chase
"That's a dangerous idea!" Jake frowned
"Wyder we can't let them do it" Zuma said with sad eye's
"It's going to be fine, Marshall knows what he is doing" Ryder tried to insure the pups
"I love him! Please be ok Marshall, I don't want to lose him again!" Tears started filling Everest's eye's
Skye landed near Everest, seeing her upset and worried she gave her a hug
"Don't worry Everest, he'll be ok" Skye said still hugging her
"Yeah we trust Marshall's judgement" Rubble added sitting next to Ryder who pulled his pup pad out
"Ok Marshall, we're clear but be careful please" Ryder said looking at the burning branch
"MARSHALL I LOVE YOU!" Everest yelled at the top of her lungs making sure Marshall heard her
Skye jumped back "Thanks, now I'm deaf" She giggled
"Pardon Everest?" Rubble shook his head
"Yeah we didn't hear what you said" Rocky laughed rubbing his ears
"Ha ha Everest I think he heard you" Jake laughed giving her a pat
"Oh sorry pups" Everest blushed feeling embarrassed
Ryder giggled giving her a pat then took out his pup pad
"Ok Marshall go" He said as everyone's eye's turned to the burning branch
Meanwhile Marshall heard what Everest said but before he could answer Ryder hung up
"Wow, she really loves you" Dani smiled "That's incredibly sweet"
Marshall blushed "Ready?" He asked changing the subject
"Yep, lets go!" Dani said buckling the seat belt around her then Marshall
Marshall reversed the truck a bit so he had more room
"Hold on Dani" he said as he slammed his paw against the accelerator
Everyone heard his engine get louder, suddenly the fire truck burst through the branch which was still on fire, causing the front of the truck to lift high in the air resulting in the branch being snapped in half, sparks and wood flew everywhere.
Somehow the impact caused Marshall's good paw to slip off the accelerator, he responded by pressing his injured paw on it not only that but his puppy cold flared up, causing his temperature to go extremely high.
"Marshall!" Everyone cried out as his fire truck went right passed them
"Stop!" Everest called out, lightning lite up the sky
"Ryder sir why isn't he stopping?" Chase asked watching
"Quick pups come with me" Ryder said running to his ATV as the pups got to their vehicle's apart from Skye who stayed with Jake, Katie and the rangers
Meanwhile Marshall was trying to move his paw off the accelerator but the pain wouldn't stop, his head ached and he couldn't stop sneezing
"Slow down!" Dani yelled noticing Marshall's broken paw was on the accelerator, she quickly took her seat belt off and tried to move his paw but it caused him too much pain so she stopped
"Ow! ACHOOO!" Marshall sneezed almost losing control of his truck
"Sorry" Dani frowned as thunder blasted around them
The fire truck was still moving at a high speed, when Marshall noticed a cliff was rapidly approaching them unable to move his paw's he tried to steer the fire truck away
Dani grabbed the steering wheel helping Marshall to steer, sirens were heard behind them they looked back to see Ryder and the rest of the Paw Patrol
"Ryder help!" Marshall screamed out then coughed and sneezed
"Hold on buddy!" Chase said now driving next to his Fire truck, with Ryder on the other side
"Zuma your buoy" Ryder said pointing to Dani
"Ruff! Buoy! Dani catch" Zuma said as his buoy flew through the air
Dani reached out her hands and caught it
"Chase use your net" Ryder ordered "We have to try to help them stop"
Without thinking Everest used her grappling hook from her pup pack, she managed to hook it around Marshall's ladder
"Great thinking!" Chase said using his net which also caught around Marshall's ladder
Pain continued to shoot through Marshall's paw, no matter what he tried he couldn't move it off the accelerator, Marshall began to breathe heavily
Dani tried to calm him "Hey its gonna be ok" she said looking back
"On the count of 3 I want everyone to put your brakes on" Ryder instructed
"Ok Ryder sir!" Chase said putting his paw close to the brake, Everest, and Zuma did the same thing
"1... 2... 3... NOW!" Ryder ordered
Chase, Everest and Zuma pressed on the brake causing Marshall's fire truck to suddenly stop right on the cliff's edge
"AHHHH!" Marshall yelled right before his head collided with steering wheel knocking him out cold
Dani was almost thrown from the truck being not buckled in, she managed to keep herself from falling out, as the truck came to a complete stop but both front tires were leaning over the cliff's edge, with the tire's still spinning and the engine still on Marshall's truck kept trying to go forward
"Pups keep it steady" Ryder said as he pulled up behind the truck
"Careful Ryder" Rubble worried that Ryder might fall off the cliff
"Don't worry pups" Ryder smiled, getting off his ATV then running over to Marshall's truck, he quickly but carefully climbed into the truck's front turning the engine off, he unbuckled Marshall ready to carry the still unconscious pup to safety when suddenly the truck starting leaning forward
Zuma, Chase and Everest's struggled to keep the fire truck from falling
"Oh no!" Rubble yelled out
Chase quickly put his truck in reverse "Pups lets try pull Marshall's truck back"
"On it!" Everest said also pulling her snow blow in reverse followed by Zuma
"Hold on Wyder!" Zuma said
All 3 pups attempting to pull Marshall's truck, but Chase's net snapped sending him backwards he quickly stopped
"Dani please check Marshall" Ryder said looking down at him
"Sure Ryder" She replied leaning over examining Marshall "His puppy cold has gotten worse Ryder it could turn into hypothermia"
"That's not good, we need to figure out how to stop his truck from going over" Ryder said still holding Marshall
A noise was heard behind, everyone turned around to see the Ranger Rescue vehicle 02, and the PAW Patroller pulling up
"Rangers!" Everest cheered as Jake and Katie walked out of the PAW Patroller
"Alright, Mark and Michael use our winch to help pull the truck back. Jake, Katie and Kate please keep an eye on the Forest Fire, and Brad check on this storms stats" Silvera instructed them
Mark quickly pulled out the winch from the front of the Rescue 02 "Michael here"
"Got it" Michael said pulling the winch over to Marshall's truck, he then attached it
"Pups you can let go now" Silvera smiled "We've got this covered"
"Alright thanks" Zuma retracted his buoy
"Please hurry" Everest said as she released her grappling hook
"All good here" Michael gave Mark the thumbs up
Mark then pressed on a button which started the winch motor slowly but surely Marshall's truck was pulled back over the cliff to safety
Anna was ready with her first aid gear
"The fire's changed direction" Katie said watching the fire front head away from them
"Its heading towards Lake Marion" Kate said to Silvera
"Hmm" Silvera paused for a moment "There's not much at the lake it can burn, so hopefully the fire burns itself out"
Brad walked over "It won't need to, the storms redeveloping and looks like its going to bring heavy rain again"
"Yes, that will help put it out!" Kate smiled
Marshall's truck was now pulled away from the cliff, Ryder carried Marshall who was struggling to breathe
Chase transformed the fire truck back to the Ambulance
"Marshall!" Everest ran over to Ryder with tears in her eye's
Anna quickly took an oxygen mask out "Ryder bring him into his Ambulance"
Ryder nodded and followed her in
"Put him down on a bed" Anna said as Dani walked in
Ryder placed him down on a bed as Anna put the oxygen mask over his face
The pups went to follow "Please give us space" Dani asked turning around
"Dani's right" Ryder replied leaving Marshall in the Ranger's hands, he then went to check on the outside of Marshall's truck
Dani restitched then dressed Marshall's surgery wound, and checked his paw. While Anna got Marshall's breathing under control
"All good here mom" Dani said pulling a blanket over him
Anna took the oxygen mask off him because his breathing was under control but frowned "His cold is extremely bad, we need to keep him warm"
"Alright, want me to stay with him?" Dani asked looking down at Marshall, who started to wake up
"I'll stay with him" A voice said from behind
"Oh hi Everest" Anna said smiling at her
"If that's ok?" Everest asked, seeing Marshall flash her a smile
"That's fine, we'll let Ryder know" Anna placed another blanket over Marshall then walked out with Dani closing the Ambulance door's
Everest jumped up on his bed "Marshall how do you feel?"
"Terrible" He answered now sitting up, as dirt fell off him
"Well you need a bath" Everest giggled licking some dirty of his face
Marshall sighed "I did just drove through a burning branch"
Everest giggled then started licking his face more, trying to remove the dirt
"Everest" Marshall said looking into her eye's
"Yes?" Everest managed to say between licks
Marshall pulled his head away "Um, everyone's outside my Ambulance what if they see you licking me again?" Marshall curiously asked
"Don't worry, Anna and Dani told Ryder I'm here" Everest said as she began to lick him "I'll get you all cleaned up as good as new"
Marshall giggled then sneezed, which cause dirt to go on Everest
"Now I need to clean you!" Marshall laughed then started licking her
Anna went to check on Marshall, she opened one of the doors and saw something that made her laugh inside, quickly closing the door again
"Anna! Can we see Marshall?" Skye asked approaching the her
"Yeah how is he anyway?" Rocky asked as he stood next to Skye
"I hope he's ok" Chase said worried
"Please can we see him?" Rubble asked
"I don't think that's a good idea guys" Anna giggled standing in front of the doors
"Why not?" Ryder asked raising an eyebrow
"Lets just say Marshall's preoccupied right now, and he seems to be fine" Anna giggled still standing in front of the doors
"Preoccupied?" Chase asked then noticed Everest was nowhere to be seen
Jake walked over "Anyone seen Everest?"
Silence as all eye's glanced at Anna then the Ambulance doors
"Wyder is Everest in there?" Zuma's question caused Ryder to raise his eyebrow again
"Yes, she's in there" It then hit Ryder, why Anna wouldn't let anyone in
Everyone laughed
"Go Marshall!" Rocky yelled out
"Olala!" Skye giggled
"Marshall you da pup dude!" Zuma laughed so hard he fell over
Inside the Ambulance Marshall stopped cleaning Everest his face turned as red as his fire engine
Marshall sighed
"You alright?" Everest asked as she stopped licking him
"I'm guessing they know" He sighed again, knowing they would tease him
Everest shrugged "Who cares" she smiled
"I do! I already get teased about my clumsiness" Marshall frowned then coughed
"I don't care" She gave him a lick on his cheek "But your still dirty, so sit still"
Without any warning Everest began licking him more, Marshall couldn't stop but lick her back.
Several minutes had passed and Ryder was getting concerned for what they were up to in there, being Marshall was still injured and now sick
"I think its been long enough" Ryder said walking around Anna putting his hands on the door handles
"Oh no" Skye said turning her head away, because she wanted to give them privacy
Chase on the other hand was worried like Ryder
Ryder slowly opened the doors and what they saw caused everyone's mouth to drop, not only was Marshall clean but both he and Everest were fast asleep
"Nawww!" Zuma said smiling
"That's so adorable" Chase smiled then looked at Skye (I wish that were us) he thought
Skye turned around "Awww!"
"Shhh guys, let them sleep" Anna said as Ryder closed the Ambulance's doors
"Ryder are they a couple?" Rocky curiously asked
"Most likely, but let them tell us in time" Ryder smiled
"Naww they're are so cute" Katie said as the wind suddenly picked up
Brad ran out of the Rescue 02 "We need to go"
"What's up mate" Silvera asked walking over to him
"This storm is intensifying and its blowing the Forest Fire away from Lake Marion" Brad answered
"Which way is it heading?" Jake asked looking at the fire in the distance
"Jake, it's heading towards your Mountain" Brad frowned looked at a radar imagine
The Forest Fire was not only just heading towards Jake's Mountain, it had picked up speed which was caused by the storm and the Fire front itself was massive if they didn't stop the Fire it would destroy everything Jake and Everest have worked so hard on, not to mention after Jake's Mountain was Adventure bay.
To Be Continued