And now, after over a year on the backburner, the Sweetie's New Home saga is finally posted. Long I have waited for this. Well... anyways. As usual please enjoy and thanks to Mr. CBear56 for proofreading.
"Chase! Over here!" Sylvia called. Chase came over and noticed a particular pair of goggles on the ground.
"Skye's goggles!" Chase yelled, now angry.
"Well, at least I know they aren't afraid to get their paws dirty." Sweetie quipped. Chase gave her a look. "What? I'm not always going to be on your side. Having pups willing to get their paws dirty will be a boon."
"How heavy is Golde's scent? I can't pick up Skye's scent through this." Chase told Sweetie while wrinkling his nose.
"That is an experimental scent blocker that Geon was working on." Sweetie explained after sniffing the air. She then wrinkled her nose.
"A scent blocker only works if it doesn't have a distinct scent itself." Chase quipped.
"Good point, I'll have to tell him that." Sweetie said.
"Didn't you say you weren't planning anything?" Rubble asked.
"We weren't. We had no plans for it, Geon just wanted to make it. At least, I hope that is what it was." Sweetie told him. "He mentioned there was a specific way to use it, which he never explained to any of us. I am going to call him up."
Meanwhile, the rest of the team were searching in the last place Rocky and Marshall were supposed to be. Quincy revealed that Marcy had agreed to help them with something as a sort of parting gift, but he felt no reason to tell anyone. Aqua began looking around the room carefully.
"There was a scuffle involving water here. Injuries were most likely minor as there is no blood. A dent... oh." She began.
"What happened?" Everest asked.
"Someone was knocked against this wall, and that wall." Aqua explained.
"How can you tell?" Quincy asked.
"Fur." Aqua said simply.
"W-whose fur?" Sadie asked.
"Hold up, I need to look closely." Aqua explained.
"Let me guess, white fur and gray fur." Geon said. Everest held her breath. Aqua seemed to pale.
"I'll look." Zuma said, noticing Aqua's nervousness. He took a closer look. "A few black haiws with the white but this is definately Mawshall's fuw." At that Everest burst into tears.
"...And I see gray fur at this wall." Aqua said shakily.
"Are you saying that you think Marcy did this? I won't believe it until I see it. She doesn't like to fight." Quincy told them.
"She is a citizen of Sweetie's kingdom, I am suwe she would fight if she had to." Zuma replied.
"Maybe she didn't really fight. She was supposed to be helping them with something right Quincy?" Geon began.
"That is correct." Quincy replied, confused.
"Maybe they weren't expecting her to attack when they were here. Maybe she took them by surprise and knocked them out before they could retaliate. It would explain the water." Geon explained.
"...Indeed it would. Are you sure you had no idea about this?" Aqua asked with an angry glare.
"His deduction skills are insane sometimes, other times his ideas make no sense and are wildly inaccurate." Quincy told her. "Considering the evidence I would say he is correct, but it is hard to believe Marcy would be capable of this. She is usually against violence. She is a docter so she probably made sure they were okay afterwards."
"She still attacked Rocky with water, which is unforgivable." Aqua replied, seething. At that they got a message.
"Hey guys, we have tracked them down, they took a prototype flagship from Sweetie and are holed up in it. We are going in the second you get here." Chase told them. "Ryder will send you the location."
"Let's go. Someone is about to see me angry." Aqua murmured.
"I don't think I've seen you angwy." Zuma admitted.
"I understand that I get terrifying when angry." Aqua began. " According to Rocky me angry is a bigger fear to him than water now."
"Oh crap." Sadie whispered to Everest. Everest didn't seem to notice. She had a determined look on her face. Sadie looked at Zuma, who nodded. Quincy and Geon looked at each other.
"Are we missing something?" Geon asked.
"I've heawd stowies of angwy Aqua..." Zuma began.
"I've seen the beginnings of it." Sadie added.
"Of course, that was towards Rocky, I'd never intentionally physically hurt Rocky." Aqua said with a twisted grin. Quincy and Geon gulped.
"Okay, good to know, don't anger the merpup." Geon quipped.
"Does Sweetie really expect us to go against her?" Quincy whispered. "We'll need some sort of training first, I am sure."
Later, the two groups joined together in front of the ship.
"All right you two! Now I'm mad! Let everyone go! We weren't even ever supposed to attack Adventure Bay." Sweetie yelled. Golde stepped out.
"I'm sorry my queen but we can't turn back now." Golde told her.
"All right, out of my way, I am going to save Rocky and no one is going to stop me!" Aqua yelled.
"Wai..." Sweetie began before Chase stopped her. Aqua began walking up to the airship. She attempted to walk past Golde before he ran in front of her.
"You think I'm going to just let you through?" Golde asked.
"You will wish you had." She murmured.
"Golde, if you know what is good for you, you will let her through!" Geon said with worry in his voice.
"I'm not..." Golde began.
"Times up, idiot!" Aqua yelled before rolling towards him and catching his chin with her back paws, knocking him off his paws. Afterwards she kept walking. Everest and Chase followed behind her, Chase going a bit slower, a bit shaken. The rest just stared. Geon eventually broke the silence.
"Quincy and I will get Golde home your highness." He said.
"Er... thanks. You do that." Sweetie said.
"Having second thoughts about going against us?" Ryder asked her jokingly.
"Yes actually, that was terrifying." Sweetie admitted.
"Milady. It is official, we need to go through combat training." Quincy added.
"I'm going in!" Sylvia yelled. Ryder blinked.
"All right PAW Patrol! Move out!" Ryder yelled.
"Let's go Louie." Sweetie said. At that, everyone ran inside.
Meanwhile, Marcy was rethinking her entire life.
"I'm so sorry I ever ended up working for Sweetie, I wish I could go back to when I was much younger. Everything was fine, I had a nice family, I was happy. Then that jerk burned my house down, and I lost everything. I lived by myself for years on the streets picking up medical skills and helping with fire rescues. Even with how much I tried to help I never felt welcome. Louie promised I would be welcome in an up and coming nation and I took it." She said.
"Umm... Are you talking to us?" Skye asked.
"Not particularly." Marcy admitted, blushing slightly. "I tend to reminace about my past out loud when I am stressed."
"Oh okay. All the same, I think your mistake wasn't joining her but agreeing to work with Lilian on this." Skye replied.
"I know, but it wouldn't have happened had I not joined Sweetie. Who knows? I might have to repeat those actions again." Marcy told her.
"All I can say is ask her not to have you do something like that, you seem like a medic first and foremost." Skye replied.
"You seem very forgiving." Marcy told her.
"Oh I am mad but that won't change what has happened. You'll probably get community service. Since you tried to help us I will see what I can do about lightening your sentence but you still went along with her plan, so I won't help much." Skye told her.
"Don't bother, I deserve a large punishment for not telling Sweetie sooner about the plan." Marcy replied.
"Everything YOU have done has been out of loyalty to the one who essentially saved your life." Tracker suddenly said. Everyone turned to face him. "Lilian used your loyalty to Sweetie just as she used me. In my opinion, you did nothing wrong."
"It still hurt being thrown against a wall with a water cannon." Marshall said.
"Yeah and haven't we been over the fact that I'm terrified of water?" Rocky asked.
"You were the one who charged me after I knocked out Marshall. I was going to ask you to come quietly but you were too close by the time I turned around." Marcy told him. "Though admittedly I should have expected you to be that angry. I had just knocked out your friend."
"At least you actually were planning to give Rocky a real option. Golde gave me an option but immediately knocked me out when he had the chance. I would have sent Chase an SOS immediately and he could already have saved us." Skye said.
"I would have immediately have prevented that option without knocking you out." Marcy admitted.
"Shh... do you guys hear that?" Tracker whispered. The sound of water could be heard in the distance.
"That sounds like Lilian's part of the defense system." Marcy told them. "It is supposed to wash out intruders from certain parts of the ship. Sweetie decided this model was a little too dangerous. Sweetie knows where each trap is so I don't expect it to work on anyone, but it is the quickest way to this room from the entrance, she must be desperate." At that, the other four prisoners looked at each other and smiled.
"Sooo Rocky, do you think Aqua can handle it?" Skye asked.
"She may not be able to beat the current but she can probably match it." Rocky replied.
"Yeah she'll be..." Marshall began.
"HEEELP MEEEEEEE!" Lilian yelled as she ran into the room. She quickly let Marcy out. "SHE'S THE ONE WHO HURT ROCKY NOT ME!" She yelled in the direction she came from. Aqua stepped out of the hallway, smiling evily.
"Rocky? Who hurt you?" Aqua asked, droning every word.
"Lilian did." Rocky replied without hesitation. Lilian and Marcy looked at him in shock.
"WHAT? LIAR!" Lilian yelled.
"You'll be missed Lilian." Skye said with a smile.
"No, please, I didn't..." Lilian began before Aqua rolled towards her and kicked her three times, knocking her out.
"Now to hit the one who actually hurt you." She said turning to Marcy. Marcy did a double-take before nodding and holding still, closing her eyes. Aqua walked up to her and hit her on the head gently with a front paw. Marcy's eyes flew open.
"What?" Marcy asked.
"Sweetie told me that you already regretted what you did and that you were locked up too. Though I intend on seeing you do community service to clean up the mess you caused, including the old shack where you knocked Marshall and Rocky out at.
"I would love to." Marcy replied as the others entered. Rubble looked worn out.
"Finally made it." Rubble said before rolling over in exhaustion.
"Yeah, Rubble, please rest, you deserve it." Ryder told him. Marcy looked confused.
"Golde set off his trap and Rubble had to dig through it with just his jackhammer and shovel." Sweetie explained.
"Oh that sucks, to explain to those caprured they were boulders." Marcy explained.
"You ready for cleanup?" Chase asked.
"Oh no! Golde was already brought home." Sweetie yelled. Marcy gave a light smile.
"I'll take care of it, I haven't really suffered a punishment." Marcy commented. "Please take Lilian home, she is going to have a headache when she wakes up, she will need rest.
"I will let her rest, but then she is being put to work on the island like never before." Sweetie told her.
"Good." Marcy responded. Then she turned to Tracker. "Are you ok with that?"
"Just, get her out of my sight!" Tracker replied with a crack in his voice.
"Um, are you going to be ok?" Sylvia asked him.
"I-I think so..." Tracker responded. He smiled slightly. "Thanks for asking Sylvia, you are always there when I need you. Thanks for sticking by me everytime something like this happens."
Sylvia smiled. "You are welcome, but surely everyone else helps as well?" Sylvia asked. The others got a nervous look. "Um... am I wrong?"
"I don't think they know how to approach it. Rubble is the only other one who is single besides me and the others have always had a stable relationship." Tracker explained.
"Ah, and quick question. Did you not recognize her from a couple years ago?" Sylvia continued.
"What do you mean?" Tracker asked.
"Guess not. If I am not mistaken, she is one of your 'admirers' from a couple years back." Sylvia explained. Tracker paled.
"Don't worry Tracker, this story will not get out." Sweetie suddenly said before turning her attention to the entire group. "Thanks again for helping with my insubordination, PAW Patrol!"
"Whenever you have an issue with your ambitious or loyal citizens, just yelp for help!" Ryder replied. "Which reminds me. Sylvia! I made you something while you were all out looking for clues." He said as he revealed a puptag. Sylvia frowned.
"I told you, I am not joining the PAW Patrol!" She told him.
"I know. This puptag is not connected to the mission call button, but since you usually work alone at the farm you don't have a reliable way to contact us if you yourself need help. I want you to have this so that if you need to you can yelp for help." Ryder explained.
"If that is it then I'll take it. Thank you." Sylvia responded.
"All right. Louie and I have to get this idiot back home." Sweetie told them as she and Louie picked Lilian up.
"Just send Marcy over when she is done cleaning up." Louie told them. The PAW Patrol and Sylvia gathered around Marcy.
"Are you sure you are okay doing this by yourself?" Rubble asked.
"I'm cleaning up Adventure Bay, right? That is the easy part. I have the shed and getting this prototype off Adventure Bay and I am already done!" Marcy told them with a slightly crooked smile.
"No there's..." Ryder said before pausing. "Wow, you are right."
"I did mean all that I said, including when I said I felt I deserved a bigger punishment though, so this time I will help with more if you want me to. I just thought I should give you a taste of the trickery I am capable of and show you that we won't always be friendly." Marcy replied.
"No, you just clean up what you need to and head home, you win this time. That was a good show you put on at the end, you seemed to be completely willing to take a heavy load upon yourself even though you weren't the only one to blame." Ryder told her.
"Are you all okay with that?" Marcy asked. The entire PAW Patrol nodded, except for Rocky. "What would you like me to do Rocky?"
"Could you help Marshall and me with what we had thought was a parting gift?" Rocky asked. Marcy nodded with a pleasent smile.
"Sure, that's fair. I'll do it while I am at the shed" Marcy replied. "And don't worry, I won't try anything. I doubt my queen wants to attack right now." She then frowned and looked at Tracker. "Hey, er, Tracker right? Are you going to be okay?"
"If I may ask, what got him pupnapped again?" Sylvia asked.
"Sadie, you can probably say it best." Tracker said.
"Wha... ok then." Sadie began before taking a deep breath. "That bitch Lilian played his heart like a furrrigin fiddle. Wow I have changed."
"No nickname for her?" Ryder asked.
"She lost her nickname when she betrayed Tracker, I need a little time to think of a new one that is clean enough." Sadie explained. "I've already got a new nickname for you." She continued as she turned to Marcy.
"And what is that?" Marcy asked.
"Veil, as you are incredibly good at hiding how you feel about a situation." Sadie replied.
"All right PAW Patrol! We should probably get going home." Ryder suddenly said. Everyone nodded.
"I think I'll hang around the lookout for a while," Sylvia said quietly. "I guess I could use this to let Farmer Al know that I'll be late getting back."
"You never ask for a day off though." Tracker said. "Won't he find it suspicious?"
"All I have to tell him is that your most recent girlfriend was a fraud and that you need company I am sure he would understand." Sylvia replied. "And before you say no, I don't plan on explaining everything."
"A-Alright... I appreciate that." Tracker replied.
Done and done. It may be a while before the next chapter is posted because I still need to write it. I hope you enjoyed.
