Episode 30: MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER PUPS RESCUE FORCE, PART 2

"EVERYONE SPLIT UP!" Ben shouted as he put his motorcycle back into turbo mode.

The pups ran off in different directions, with Ben, Chase, and Marshall running to the other side of the street. "MARSHALL! What are you doing!?" Chase screamed.

"I'm your backup pup!" The dalmatian answered, grinning and wagging his tail.

Then, a net shot out at the three of them. Marshall lacked the speed to dodge it, and he ended up getting captured! "MARSHALL, NO!" Ben cried out in horror, seeing him in Harold's clutches and swinging around in that net.

Launching a pup treat, Harold was easily able to trick Rubble into lowering his guard. "A pup treat delivered on a zipline!? Awesome!" Rubble giggled, biting into it as Chase raced towards his friend.

A mechanical arm leapt out and grabbed Rubble, lifting him into the air and squeezing him tightly. The poor bulldog started to gasp and wheeze for breath, the robot's hand making it difficult for him to get air. Twin nets caught both Everest and Zuma, picking them up and dangling them above the ground.

"ZUMA!" Chase shrieked.

"EVEREST!" Ben wailed.

Rocky was the last one to get nabbed by Harold's nets. "Not Rocky too! Some leaders we are… we couldn't stop our own team from being captured!" Chase exclaimed.

"It's up to us Chase!" Ben reminded the German Shepherd, starting his Motorcycle and Chase running right by its side.

However, a missile shot out from the Mighty Mayor Megazord, blowing the Dragon Cycle that Ben was riding and rendering it inoperable. Chase was also caught in the blast, getting sent flying and lying on the beach, groaning in pain. "CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSE!" Ben howled in agony. Turning to Harold and glaring at the blonde boy with murderous intent. "YOU MONSTER! I'LL… I'LL! I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THIS!" Ben roared in anger, running forward and drawing his sword from his belt.

He hacked and slashed at the robot's legs, but all that did was leave some scratch marks on the feet of the robot. Harold kicked Ben and sent him tumbling into the street, cracking his helmet's visor and revealing his face. "You and your seven mighty pups have been beaten, Allen! I studied all of their powers. They can't break my hold on them, overheat the net or my robot, freeze it, or anything! Now which one of them do you want to say goodbye to first?" Harold sneered.

Hold on a minute… Did he just say… seven mighty pups? That meant… that meant not everyone was captured!

Ben staggered back on his feet, and began to laugh as the ground around them started shaking. Humongous vines erupted from the ground as well as a flower platform beneath Ben elevating him to eye level with Harold. Grinning visibly through his helmet now, Ben let out a laugh. "What!? What's going on!? What's so funny!?" Harold demanded.

"You fool… THERE ARE ELEVENMIGHTY MORPHIN PUPS!" Ben exclaimed as he jumped forward, slashing open the nets and cutting the pups free.

The vines disabled the claw that was holding Rubble down, and the pups regrouped. Rubble was still catching his breath, so he wouldn't be able to do much. However, they would let out a triumphant battle cry.

Marshall raised his front paws into the air and lit them on fire. "The Blazing Heart, Mighty Pup Red!" Marshall howled.

Chase darted in a circle around the kittens before taking a spot next to his dalmatian brother. "The Fleet Footed Justice, Mighty Pup Blue!" Chase stated.

Rubble put his paws together and grinned as he felt a shockwave emanate from the pushing of his paws together. "The Smashing Hammer, Mighty Pup Yellow!" Rubble roared.

Rocky smiled as he summoned a wrench and screwdriver, crossing them over his head as his paws glowed. "The Creative Mind, Mighty Pup Green!" Rocky declared.

Zuma stood up on his hind legs and spread his two paws out like a human surfer would ride a surfboard. "The Swirling Ocean, Mighty Pup Orange!" Zuma cheered.

Skye twirled around and did a backflip before landing on all four paws. "The Tempestuous Gale, Mighty Pup Pink!" Skye yipped.

Ice spread across the ground at Everest's feet as she raised her head. "The Freezing Blizzard, Mighty Pup Cyan!" Everest barked.

Tracker pressed his paws to the lawn and caused flowers to sprout up around him. "The Lush Jungle, Mighty Pup Emerald!" Tracker yowled.

Tuck performed a few spinning jump kicks and shrunk before growing back to normal size. "The Smallest Hope, Mighty Pup Silver!" Tuck yelled.

Ella rocketed in size and stomped a paw on the ground, causing it to shake before she turned back to normal size. "The Gentlest Giant, Mighty Pup Gold!" Ella confidently bellowed.

Alex let out a startling war cry as electricity crackled around him. "The Blinding Thunderbolt, Mighty Pup Purple!" Alex howled.

"FIGHTING TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT AND SAVE THE FUTURE! MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER PUPS ARE READY TO GO, GO, GO!" All eleven of the pups shouted out together in unison.

"Ryder says a good leader never gives up, so neither will I! Everest, Zuma, create a frozen lake for our good pal Harold. Marshall, give him some fire power!" Chase commanded.

The husky and chocolate lab breathed ice and shot a stream of water at the Megazord's feet, while Marshall unleashed a fire blast from his mouth at the legs. The ice water lake melted, and Harold stamped his foot, sending a shockwave that stunned the three of them. "Tracker, Alex, show them what you can do! Bind the robot and give him a taste of some thunder power!" Chase ordered.

Tracker slammed his paws on the ground, the vines now wrapping around Harold's mecha as the teen struggled to get himself free. Alex leapt up into the air and sent several bolts of lightning at the water puddle, electrocuting the circuits and nearly overloading them. In retaliation, Harold shot a missile at the potcake and the wolf cub, forcing Rocky to leap in and generate a green force field to protect them. The resulting explosion would incapacitate the trio for several minutes.

"We won't let you terrorize Adventure Bay any longer, monster!" Ella declared as she bulked up in size, growing until she was towering over Harold's mech. Getting a lift from Skye's whirlwind, Tuck shrunk down into the robot and began to damage the wires and circuits from inside before leaping out. The controls were now useless. After seeing that Tuck was safe, Ella picked up the Megazord in her mouth and tossed it away, the rockets suddenly activating and sending it to the Lookout.

To the team's horror, the robot locked its arms and legs around the floating Lookout tower. Both the tower and the robot started to ascend! "We have to stop Harold from taking the Lookout out of the atmosphere, or else Ryder will suffocate!" Ben gasped in horror.

"How do we get up there though!? Skye's the only one of us who can fly!" Marshall pointed out.

"Rocky! Use your energy constructs to make a tool belt!" Chase quickly suggested.

There were only ten slots, so it was agreed upon that the two Golden Retrievers would stay behind. Shrinking and growing wouldn't help them stop the robot from lifting the Lookout into space. "Tuck, Ella, be ready to act at a moment's notice! We may need you when the Lookout comes back down!" Chase told the twins as he and the rest of the group leapt into the tool belt slots.

Skye used her whirlwind and started flying them up to the tower. "LET'S ROCKET!" Skye declared as she soared up into the bright blue sky.

They quickly got onto the small patch of land that the Lookout tower was attached to, and leapt off of Rocky's tool belt. "Come on, we have to disable the rockets. There's no point in finding Ryder if we all suffocate after breaching the atmosphere!" Ben yelled.

By Ben's estimate, they were already past the thermosphere. "Marshall, bubble blaster!" Chase shouted.

The spotted pup barked out his bubble blaster from his Mighty Pup Pack and began to attack the rockets with a barrage of bubbles. The Megazord, however, simply used its turbo boosters to overpower the onslaught of bubbles, and continued to rocket upwards. "Zuma, Everest, add some ice to the mix!" Chase urgently ordered. They shot their water and ice beams at the rockets, but the rockets seemed to go into OVERDRIVE and break the ice. "THIS ISN'T WORKING!" Chase yelped, cowering in fear.

"We don't have a choice, we have to hit it with everything we've got! Alex, lightning! Tracker, vine attacks! Zuma, Marshall, water, bubbles and fire breath! Rubble, pummel it with your superstrength!" Ben ordered.

The pups unleashed every ounce of power they had, with Tracker slamming it with his vines, Rubble punching the robot in the chest, Marshall breathing fire and shooting bubbles, Zuma pouring water at it, Everest breathing ice, Skye attacking it with her whirlwind, and Chase striking it with his super speed. However, the robot remained resilient, unfazed by their attacks. "IF I'M GOING DOWN, THEN I'M TAKING THE REST OF YOU MISERABLE PAW PATROL WITH ME!" Harold maniacally laughed as they continued to soar higher.

The air was becoming really thin, and it was affecting all of them. They could see the edge of outer space. "WE CAN'T GIVE UP NOW, PAW PATROL! EARTH'S DEFENDERS NEVER SURRENDER!" Chase reminded the team, even though it seemed hopeless.

All of a sudden, Ben had a last ditch idea. "EVERYONE JOIN PAWS WITH MY HAND! This is our final hope!" Ben cried out. Everyone looked at him like he was crazy. "DO IT FOR RYDER! FOR ADVENTURE BAY! THIS IS WHY WE'RE FIGHTING. NOT TO GET THE BETTER OF HAROLD OR HIS UNCLE, BUT TO SAVE OUR TOWN… OUR FRIEND!" Ben insisted.

"FOR RYDER!" Chase barked in agreement, putting his paw in Ben's hand. "FOR RYDER!" Everest, Tracker, Alex, Zuma, Skye, Rocky, Rubble, and Marshall agreed as they joined paws with Ben's hand. The suited teen was holding the sword which he had taken from the pirate ship during their treasure hunt.

Memories of all the wonderful times he had with Ryder and the other pups flowed through his mind as the paws of the pups glowed. Chartreuse, red, yellow, blue, purple, orange, pink, cyan, and emerald energy flowed through the sword that Ben held. "PAW PATROL FOREVER!" Ben yelled as he leapt into the air and brought the sword down on the backpack-like compartment on the back of Harold's robot. It was cleaved in two and fell apart, with the meteor, and the Lookout, plummeting down to Adventure Bay.

Ben gasped as the group began to rapidly descend back into the atmosphere. "Rocky, we need a plane. NOW!" Ben shouted in terror. Rocky focused all of his power into creating a giant plane for the pups to hop on. "Skye, we have to slow the descent of the lookout down, or else it's going to burn up in the atmosphere and kill Ryder!" Ben hurriedly said.

The puppy nodded as she dove underneath the falling island, using her whirlwind to kill the momentum and to stop it from destroying the city. The atmosphere reentry was successful- they didn't get burnt up! Skye groaned as her whirlwind faltered for a minute, causing the speed to pick up again. "We're on the ground, Ben! What do we need to do?" Chase asked.

"Chase. Your superspeed is exactly what we need! Run around in a circle as fast as you can to create a tornado. The force of the tornado that you generate will counter the rapid falling! Ella, grow as large as you can! We might need you to grab the lookout!" Ben suggested.

Chase started to whirl around in a circle, faster than he had ever gone before. His body felt like it was on fire as he continued to run around in that circular fashion. All of a sudden, the Lookout stopped falling as Ella caught it, standing on her back legs and gently setting the Lookout back down where it belonged, on the top of the hill.

Ben then used his sword to cut off the arms of the robot and push it over, before punching the glass and grabbing Harold. Surprisingly, the blond haired rival had a few cuts and bruises, but otherwise was unharmed. "GO. Get the hell out of Adventure Bay." Ben snarled, pointing his sword at Harold.

The blond teen looked frightened before he tore off as fast as his metal hide could take him. All of a sudden, Ben felt a wave of exhaustion. The pups all looked like they had been hit by a sack of bricks and lost their energy. The Mighty Meteor glowed in front of the garage before blinking out. "RYDER!? RYDER!" Chase called out. Through the dust and dirt that the lookout's landing had produced, they saw their leader walk out of the tower with a grin on his face.

"RYDER!" All eleven pups screamed happily as they ran towards their master and tackled the seventeen year old in a puppy pile.

"Thanks everyone! You all did a mighty good job! Without my guidance, you managed to defeat Harold and his giant robot, save Adventure Bay, and save me!" Ryder gratefully said.

"Especially… Chase." Ben panted as he removed his helmet, stumbling over to the German Shepherd and face planting in front of him. Chase licked him and slobbered all over his hair. "Chase, you did a damn good job leading alongside me." Ben chuckled.

"Happy to help, Benjamin, sir!" Chase replied.

The rest of the pups glanced down at their paws. Ella grunted, and Tuck growled, but nothing happened. "Oh no…" Tuck whimpered.

"Our powers are gone!" Ella finished for him.

"Dudes, I think all our powers aren't around anymore!" Zuma exclaimed.

"Something tells me that they'll be back… and just when we need them!" Ryder mused.

Tuck and Ella lowered their heads and started walking away. "¿A dónde vas? Why are you two walking away?" Tracker asked.

The potcake ran up to Tuck and Ella, stopping them from leaving. "We don't have any powers!" Tuck whined.

"So!?" Everest countered.

"So that means we're useless to you guys!" Ella added.

"Heck no, you're not useless to us. We fought a freaking MEGAZORD together! Superpowers or no superpowers, you two are members of the Paw Patrol now! You're living with us, your home is here!" Ben protested.

"But what will we do?" Ella asked.

"We aren't trained in rescues at all!" Tuck pointed out.

Later that day…

"Tuck and Ella. Do you promise to help Adventure Bay whenever its citizens call upon you?" Ben solemnly inquired.

"We do!" The Golden Retriever twins replied.

"Do you promise to help everyone, even if you don't like them?" Ryder asked.

"We do!" The twins answered.

"Do you promise to put your lives on the line to help save others?" Ben questioned.

"We promise to put our lives on the line to save others!" Tuck and Ella said together in unison.

"Then I'm proud to christen you Paw Patrol Gold and Silver! Get in Gear, because you're now officially members of the Reserve Team!" Ben cheered, giving the two blank pup tags for the time being.

"We'll work out your rescue profession and start training you later. You've all been such good pups! Let's go and play!" Ryder shouted enthusiastically as he started to play fetch with the duo. With his Ranger armor, Ben picked up the meteor and began to take it to the basement of the Lookout.

There, Ethan James was waiting. "I had a feeling I'd bump into you again sooner or later. You're not getting this meteor. I don't care if you're with Lightspeed or Space Patrol Delta or any organization. This meteor and its powers belong to the Paw Patrol. I just fought Harold's knockoff Megazord. I'm pretty sure that even without my powers, I can handle you." Ben sighed, grabbing his sword from his belt after setting the meteor down.

"Calm down, dude. I'm not here to take the meteor. I'm instead offering a proposal. SPD and Lightspeed both want to study the meteor. However, since you and Ryder, as well as those pups, are the ones who harnessed the cosmic energies of the Morphin Grid contained within the meteor, we have agreed that removing the meteor and taking it away from Adventure Bay may prove hazardous to you, as seen when past power sources were separated from their users." Ethan James spoke.

"Then what are you proposing?" Ben wearily asked.

"We're proposing that we work together. You and Ryder obviously possess technical genius that is unlike most youths we've seen. You two are obviously material for our agencies. Together, we could use the meteor to revolutionize science and create all sorts of new inventions." Ethan suggested.

"I don't think I'm going to like the alternative, so I'm going to just skip over hearing what you'll do to us if we don't agree. Fine. We'll work together. But you'll have to contact us before coming over and doing any sort of experimentations or scans on the meteor." Ben grumbled, placing the meteor into a special containment chamber.

"Of course. You and your team are the newest team of Rangers. We are excited to be working with you." Ethan earnestly replied.

"Okay okay, I get it. You're happy that I accepted your offer. Now please, go back to your home or whatever. I have stuff to do." Ben sighed. Ethan nodded before taking the elevator up to the lookout exit.

Ben walked through the streets of Adventure Bay, picking up his ruined Dragon Cycle and sighing. He noticed a small glowing stone, bending down to pick it up. He could feel the familiar green energy surging through him. This could be the key to his morpher problem! Using his powers to fix up the Dragon Cycle, he hurried back home. The exhaustion he had felt was no longer as prevalent as he inserted the meteor fragment into the morpher he had worked on. The meteor piece was already in a coin like shape, the perfect size and form for his transformation device.

Yelling out the phrase, he was shocked as the armor compartmentalized itself inside the morpher. Grinning as he clipped the gadget to his belt, he undressed, took a shower, and then Alex came in and laid at the foot of his bed as he flopped into it. Today had been one of the most liveliest days of his existence… he tossed and turned around for a little while in bed, wondering what could come next, before he fell asleep into a dreamless drifting world.

Ryder laughed as Chase, Everest, Rocky, Zuma, Skye, Marshall, Rubble, Tracker, Tuck, and Ella all played together. "So Ryder, are you jealous of not getting super powers like us and becoming Rangers?" Chase wondered as he cuddled with his owner.

Ryder smiled softly. "Nope, not at all! I am upset that Harold ruined my armor, but that's replaceable. You pups? Definitely aren't replaceable." Ryder giggled.

"Thanks Ryder!" Chase happily said, tail starting to wag.

That evening, Skye gazed out at the moon. "Skye, what are you still doing up?" Ella asked groggily.

"I'm just thinking…" The cockapoo sighed.

"About what?" Ella whispered.

"My owner… my old life before the Paw Patrol. I used to belong to a pilot named Ace." Skye told her.

"Ace… She sounds really nice." Ella remarked.

"She was the best! But then her mom left me behind at an airport, and that's how I met Ryder, Ben, Chase, and Marshall. Nights like these make me wonder how she's doing." Skye answered.

Marshall tossed and turned in his sleeping bag. He was wondering what he would do to change everyone's minds. Being the first pup of the group captured by Harold certainly hadn't helped with changing the idea of him being the clumsy dork in the group. He wanted to impress the others. He wanted to be more than just that clumsy canine everyone saw him as. He wanted to be their hero.

And Tuck growled and kicked as he dreamt. Would the other pups like him and his sister? What if the group drove a wedge between them? What if he or his sis fell in love with another member of the group? Would the other twin still accept them? He didn't know what to do… being with more pups felt so confusing and foreign. It had always been just him and Ella. He had vowed to protect his sister no matter what, so that was what he was going to do.

His thoughts wandered to Wild, his feline friend. Would Wild be upset that they had joined the Paw Patrol before him? Would Wild want to be their friend anymore? Or would Wild accept them and join the group as well? The kitten was like a brother to Tuck. They were working on their audition vehicle together! He sighed as his dreams turned more peaceful. He was reassured by the fact that Wild and Ella would always be there for him, in mind, body, and spirit.

Thank you all for reading this far. This is the end of the first season!

But by no means is the story anywhere near over! The second season has already been written, and it will be releasing soon!

You can expect to see the relationships between Paw Patrol members blossom, as I'm rescinding my promise and adding a bit of romance. Won't say who yet, heh heh.

Tuck and Ella are here to stay, they are going to assist with rescues from now as they decide on what their profession/rescue specialization will be.