WARNING: there will be spoilers for the next chapter of A Shepherd's backstory in this story. And minor gore.
Rubble watched as the trigger was pulled and the bullet flew towards Sylvia. He couldn't watch. He closed his eyes, heard a yelp and growl, and when he opened them, Sylvia stood in the same place. She hadn't fallen from the pain. To Rubble shook his head, and as Marshall moved, he noticed another body lay on the ground. "Spirts' body" Rubble thought. The pups all gasped. Rubble heard sirens in the background and watched as the man put his gun back in his pocket, smirked, and put his hands in the air. The other men followed. Rubble turned back to Sylvia, who was now sitting next to her father, frozen. He saw tears down her face. Rubble watched as Marshall looked at the shepherd, pain in his eyes for not being able to help.
Rubble heard a sorrowful howl from the sheperd, "d-don't go father! Please!"
He watched as Spirt lifted his head weakly, "Sweetie, I-I love you..." he coughed, blood coming from his mouth, "I w-will be with Bella and Huck. P-please don't cry. I-I'll always be with you." Rubble watched as Spirt grinned, and his head fell to the ground. He heard Sylvia sob as she fell in his fur. The other pups looked at Ryder for what to do. Cop cars came rolling in and took the men, and some dogs. Socks grumbled as he was lifted into a cage. A cop walked over to Ryder and Marble. Marble was under Ryder's legs, afraid of what would happen next.
Rubble overheard the cop talking, "so... these men kept a secret dog fighting pound?" Ryder nodded. The police officer continued, "I understand it was in Ballard, but do you mind sending someone over to fix the place up and stay there until all dogs could be adopted into homes?" Ryder looked at Chase, who just looked down at his paws.
"I-I can stay there..." Bingo barked. Rubble was suprised, she had been so excited to stay with him after he had told everything about his job and stuff to her. "I lived there all my life. I could help the dogs and fix the place up." The cop nodded, and helped Bingo into to front seat of his cop car. The cop walked out to Ryder again, "Thank you sir, we'll be in touch again soon." Ryder nodded and shook the cop's hand. Rubble watched as the cop got in his car, and started driving off. He watched as Bingo jumped up to the window and stuck her tounge out, "I'll see you again soon Rubble!" She barked, and then suddenly the cop car was out of sight. Rubble whimpered, staying outside for a bit. Marshall helped him walked back into the lookout, leaving Sylvia alone. Rubble whimpered climbing up onto the bean bag. He had wished Bingo had stayed, but she left for a good cause. "She'll be back." Rubble thought. Before he knew it, sleep took him over.
"You may have been able to get past this obstacle, but the next one will come worse, now that my dead Spirt will haunt you. I was the one that brought this all on, the dream catcher, the sickness, the lies of having puppies with him." A voice said in his dream. Rubble awoke, remembering what get him into this mess. Piper. The golden retriever that was at the town fair. That dog was dead now, as the voice had said. He carefully and quietly got up, trying not to make a sound to awake the other pups, and snuck outside to his puphouse. He looked in the dark puphouse, and found his dream catcher. He grabbed it off the wall and carried it in front of his puphouse. He quietly got up and made is transform into hit truck. Oh how he missed driving it. He quietly drove over the dream catcher, hearing it crack as he moved forward. He drove off it and carried it to the cliff, throwing it off the side into the ocean. He went back inside and fell asleep, not thinking anything of it.
"The curse is now lifted, for all it has brung. But the new, may come with wrongs and time will become long. For all is right, and the past is still present."
Whispered a voice, in Rubble's dark dream. Then there was a snickered heard, and it all faded.
I thought about keeping this story alive for a bit longer, but I think it's about time I finish it. Now, after reading the first chapter, I had never thought it would've ended this way, as I had thought of something way different in the beginning. I did like the way it turned out though, and loved the way it connected with another story of mine. Anyways, I really hope you enjoyed this story as much as I did, and I'll see you soon!