Hello everyone. Sorry for the depressing chapter right before Christmas. Hope you all liked it though. Anyway, lets pick up where we left off.

Chapter 5: The Injury

The next morning, Chase had woken up before any of the pups. He looked down and noticed Everest was asleep in his arms. The memories of last night came flooding into his mind. He smiled remembering he had found his long lost friend. He then nuzzled her to wake her up for the new day.

"Good morning" said Chase.

"Morning" replied Everest.

"We should head back before the pups wake up. I don't want them asking questions about last night" said Chase.

Everest then got up and stretched. As the two began to walk away she pulled him into a hug.

A few moments later Chase broke the hug.

"What was that for?"

"I'm just happy to see you again" said Everest.

"I'm happy to see you too" replied Chase.

The two pups then headed back to the lookout.

When they arrived back at the lookout the pups were still asleep in their sleeping bags.

"Hey Eve want to see something funny?" asked Chase.

"Sure. what is it?" answered Everest.

"Watch this" said Chase as he got his pup pack.

"Ruff! Megaphone" said Chase as his puppack put out the megaphone.

He then walked over to the pups.

"RISE AND SHINE PUPS!"

"AHHH!" yelled the startled pups as they became wide awake.

"Damn it Chase. You said you wouldn't use that anymore" said Marshall.

"Yeah what the heck" said Skye.

"Sorry guys. I just wanted to show Everest what our mornings are like. Plus, it's a more efficient way of getting you pups up and awake"

"Well please use it a little farther away from us next time. My ears are starting to ring" said Rubble.

"I'll take that into consideration" said Chase.

The pups then left for breakfast leaving Everest and Chase. When the pups were out of sight Everest burst into laughter.

"Jeez Chase. How much have you tortured them with that thing?" giggled Everest.

"I think close to two years," said Chase.

"Just a heads up if you use that on me I'm breaking it" said Everest as the two went to join the others for breakfast.

"Good morning pups" said Ryder to Everest and Chase.

He then filled up Chase's bowl and an extra bowl for Everest with food.

The pups then ate their breakfast. Everest enjoying it the most.

"Thanks Ryder. I haven't had food like that in a while"

"Your quite welcome Everest" said Ryder.

The two pups then joined the others outside.

"Hey do you guys want to play hide and seek with us?" asked Rocky.

"Sure" said Chase and Everest simultaneously.

"I'll seek and you guys can hide," said Chase.

"Okay cool" said Rocky, "Everyone find a hiding spot"

While everyone went to hide Chase counted.

"Ninety nine, one hundred. Ready or not here I come!" yelled Chase.

He then began to find everyone one by one in easy spots. The only one he had trouble with was Everest. She had real survival skills from being in Antarctica by herself for a long time, so she was able to hide her scent from Chase.

As Chase was walking around in the forest looking for her, she jumped out of her spot and tackled Chase while he was off guard. This led to her unintentionally falling on Chase nose to nose. Both of them began blushing as red as Marshall's firetruck. They stayed like that for a few moments, just starring into each others eyes.

This was interrupted by Ryder calling Chase's pup tag.

"Ryder needs us," said Chase as Everest got off of him.

"What does he need you for?" asked Everest curiously.

"He needs us for a mission," said Chase as the two began running back to the lookout.

Once they got into the elevator Marshall ran in, tripped on a toy, and tumbled into everyone.

"Strike" he yelled as everyone laughed.

The elevator then went up as all the pups got into uniform.

They then jumped out once they arrived at the top of the lookout.

"Ready for action Ryder sir" said Chase.

"Glad you could get here so quick pups. I got a call from Mr. Porter saying his delivery truck got stuck inside a pothole in the street"

"For this mission I'll need Chase. You will get to the scene and direct traffic as well as use your winch to pull the truck out. Marshall. You will need to use your EMT gear to make sure everyone is ok. Rubble. I'll need you to fill in the pothole once the truck is out. Paw Patrol is on a roll!" said Ryder as the pups went down into their cars and drove off to the scene.

The remaining pups were then left to go do what they wanted.

"So what do we do now?" asked Everest

"When we aren't called on a mission we get to do our own thing until they get back," said Skye, "If you want, we can have a girl talk. I want to get to know you better since we're the only girls here"

"Sure" said Everest as the two went to the living room.

"So Everest, how are you liking the lookout so far?" asked Skye.

"It's amazing. I couldn't believe it when Chase told me that Ryder built this by himself" said Everest.

"Speaking about Chase, how do you feel about him? You two have seemed to have gotten closer than anyone else"

"He's easy to get close with. I'm glad that were friends"

"Do you like him maybe more than a friend? I saw you two in the forest and it looked as if you liked him and he liked you."

"What?" asked Everest starting to blush "No I was just embarrassed of falling on top of him is all"

Skye then gave her a look that showed she didn't believe Everest.

"Look the truth is I knew him years ago when we had a different owner. He was thrown out for some circumstances that I wont get into and I never saw him again until now" explained Everest.

"Wow" said Skye, "I've never really heard anything about Chase's past. Anytime one of us asked him about it he would try to change the subject or just say he didn't want to talk about it"

"Huh. He never was to open with things like that"

The two then heard cars pulling up to the lookout. The pups and Ryder were back but something was different. Chase wasn't driving his car and Ryder was carrying him into the Lookout.

The other pups then immediately ran outside to see what happened.

"Oh my gosh. What happened?" asked Rocky.

"When the truck was being pulled out the pothole opened more and Chase fell in and sprained his paw. He'll be out for a few days so that means no missions until his paw is healed"

I think that's a good place to leave off. I'm not trying to make this chapter too long. Also sorry if it seems like I'm rushing things. I'm just trying to get as much out before the break ends. Any way hope you liked it and I'll see you in the next one. Peace.