Chapter 12-Runaway
Marshall's eyes opened and he saw the familiar small buildings of Adventure Bay. The officer stopped by Mr. Porter's restaurant. "Thank you, sir, I appreciate it." The Dalmatian said the officer opened the passenger side door for him as he went out of the car.
The fire pup walked to the restaurant. The doors were open as he walked inside. Tables and chairs were inside the building, as well as outside.
He walked in. He saw someone sitting at a table. "Hey! Jake! Everest!" He ran to them. "Hey! Marshall dude! How are you bruh!" Jake asked. He wore his usual orange vest and beanie. "I'm good," Marshall said. Then, Everest noticed his pup tag was gone.
"Marshall, where's your tag?" Everest asked. "It's a long story..." Marshall said, not wanting to talk about it. Everest nodded. "Okay. How are the others." Everest asked.
"Fine." He said. "I'm so sorry for what happened to Ryder, I hope he gets better, bruh," Jake said. "Thanks..." Marshall said. Sitting down on a chair.
Then, Mr. Porter walked to them. "Hey! Look who it is! It's Marshall!" Mr. Porter said. "Hello," Marshall said, Mr. Porter noticed that he wasn't in his happy goofy mood.
He was sad. "Marshall? What's wrong?" He asked. Marshall sighed. "Well... Chase said something to me back in the hospital." Marshall said, whimpering. Mr. Porter looks at him with sad eyes "What... what did he say?" He asked, kneeling to his level.
"He said that... that I can't do anything right, I had enough so I quit..." Marshall admitted.
"Marshall... yes you can. You're clumsy but you can do things right."
"Oh yeah?" Marshall said, putting his head in his paws. "Like what?" "Well, you're an excellent firefighter. And you're an awesome EMT." He said. Marshall smiled at Mr. Porter.
The man scratched him behind the ear.
Back in Adventure City, Chase was walking by himself. Then Skye caught up with him. "Chase," Skye said. Chase kept walking. "Chase, wait!" She said running to him.
She caught up with him, Chase looked at her. Skye looked at him. "What is with you?! Why would you say that to him?! Sure Marshall is clumsy but... Why would you say that to him! Chase, he may be clumsy. And he may be goofy and crack jokes but you can't say that! You can't say that to someone! Why would you say that, Chase?!" Skye asked.
"Because... because... alright, I was scared! Happy?! Are you happy now Skye!" Skye smiled at him.
"Chase... It's okay to be scared. A lot of heroes are scared... you can't expect yourself to be brave all the time. I'm scared... we're all scared. Ryder's probably scared too... but you have to remember we're right behind you every step of the way." She told her friend. Chase smiled at her. "Thanks, Skye..." Chase said. Walking back with her to the hospital.
Marshall was in Alex's room. Alex was on his bed playing Animal Crossing on his switch, Marshall was watching him play. "Hey, Marshall. Wanna play?" Alex asked setting his switch down. "Sure! But... what?" He asked. "Let's play... ROBLOX!" He said. Marshall smiled.
"Okay, sounds like fun!" The pup said as he hopped off the bed and went towards a desk that Alex sat at.
Meanwhile, Jessica was eating at the cafeteria with her husband, Chris.
The pups were all sitting on the floor also eating. "So Marshall just... ran?" Chris asked, taking a bite out of his salad. Jessica nodded. "Yeah. But Chase did say something pretty nasty to him." Chase whimpered as he heard that statement. Coming from Ryder's parents! Liberty walked up to him. "Chase... are you alright?" Liberty asked. Chase nodded. Then a doctor ran up to them. "Dr. Jessica! Zach is awake!" A male doctor said.
"What?! He's awake?" Chase asked. They all ran to his room. When they opened the door. Chase saw Ryder. The bed was elevated so he can sit comfortably. Ryder has a smile on his face. Chase ran to his owner. "Ryder!" The members of the PAW Patrol said, running up to their leader. Ryder smiled softly as he noticed that someone was missing.
"Uh... guys, where's Marshall?" Ryder asked. They all looked at Chase, the German Shepard pup gulped. Liberty stepped up. "Well... Marshall... is missing." Ryder's smile faded. "Missing?! Where is he?" He asked. The members turned to chase. "Well, ask Chase!" Rocky scoffed. Ryder looked down at his pup.
"Chase, what happened?" He asked. "I... I said something to Marshall and... He ran away back to Adventure Bay..." he said, looking down. Ryder had a relieved look on his face. He was glad he was okay.
