"RYDER!" Yelled Chase running up to him. "You, you okay?"

"Wha… what happened?" Ryder asked confused.

"You don't remember dude?" Asked Zuma.

"No, I don't guys." Ryder started. "I remember us rushing over to Katie's, everything going dark for a few seconds and now I'm on the ground."

"Well, when was the last time you ate anything amigo?" Carlos asked.

"Um…" Ryder stammered. "The night before the fire started."

"RYDER!" Everyone yelled in unison.

"You need to take care of yourself. How could you not eat?" said Rubble.

"I know guys, It's just with everything that's been going on… eating is the last thing on my mind." Ryder retorted.

"You know Marshall wouldn't approve of you doing this to yourself," Skye added flatly.

With Skye mentioning Marshall's name, the group remembered why they were in a rush.

"Wait, Marshall!" Cried Rocky. "We need to get over there!"

"Si, vámonos!" Carlos and Tracker added.

The group proceeded to finish their journey over to Katie's, with Ryder grabbing a bite to eat. When they finally got to Katie's, to their surprise, Everest was waiting outside.

"Everest, how did you beat us here?" Asked Jake.

"After Ryder had his mishap and he was okay, I snuck off ahead of you guys to see Marshall myself…" Everest said blushing in the process.

The group stood there in silence, causing Everest to blush even more. Zuma finally broke the silence.

"Well, is Mawshall okay?" Zuma asked.

Before Everest could answer that question Katie walked out.

"Hey, guys," Katie said in a tired voice. "Come in, I'll explain what's going on."

The group walked inside, once everyone prepared themselves for the worst, Katie began.

"Well, I'll start with the good first." Katie started. "Although I have no idea how Marshall managed it, he only has a few minor burns to his body. There is no internal organ damage or bleeding. The bad news is, he has a broken leg, a few bruised ribs, and unfortunately from all the shock, he went into a coma."

The group sat there in shock, all looking at Katie as if she just gave them death threats.

"But, he will be okay?" Chase shakily asked.

"With time, yes, but it's hard to tell how long he will be in a coma." Replied Katie. "It could be a day or a week or so. But, each of you can go back and see him, one at a time."

"I think that everyone seeing Marshall is okay will help." Started Rocky. "I feel that Ryder should go first."

"I agree." Added Chase.

"Alright then Ryder," Katie started turning to him. "Looks like you're first."

But to Katie's surprise, Ryder was gone.

"Where, where did Ryder go?" Katie asked confused.

The group turned their attention to where Ryder once was, realizing he was gone.

"I'm not sure." Chase replied.

"Yeah, I never heard him leave." Added Tracker.

"I wonder where he ran off to?" Asked Rocky.

"Don't worry guys, I'll find him." Chase said assuringly.

With that Chase went out to find Ryder.

"Well, since Ryder isn't here, who wants to go first?" Katie asked.

"I will." Replied Zuma.

Zuma then followed Katie back to the room where Marshall was resting. He was lying on a large mattress set in the middle of the floor. Zuma noticed the cast on Marshall's left rear leg. Zuma then started to cry, until Katie had noticed.

"It's okay Zuma," Katie said softly. "Marshall is going to be fine. Just remember that he can hear you, but he can't respond."

"Alwight." Zuma replied.

One by one the pups went back to talk to Marshall. The order went Zuma, Rubble, Rocky, Skye, Tracker, Carlos, and Jake. Jake had no sooner went back when Chase and Ryder returned.

"I see you found him." Katie said happily.

"Yeah, I did." Chase said shyly.

"Are you two okay?" Rocky asked. "You both look like you're about ready to burst into tears."

With the mention of crying, both Ryder and Chase started to cry.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey!" Katie said calmly while walking up to the two. "There is no reason to cry, Marshall is alive and safe."

"Yes, yes there is." Retorted Ryder. "It's my fault Marshall is in this situation. I FAILED him as a friend and a leader."

"Ryder, how could you say that?" Jake objected.

"Cause I just sat there and watched the ceiling fall on him," Ryder replied flatly. "I did NOTHING to help him, I should have been the one to get crushed, not Marshall."

"But still though amigo, that whole night was a mess. It could have happened to anyone." Contested Carlos.

As everyone continued to argue over who was to blame for Marshall's injury, Everest found her chance to sneak back to see Marshall. To her surprise, Marshall looked peaceful lying there asleep.

"Oh, Marshall…" Everest whispered. "Of all pups why did this have to happen to you, and of all times now? I was almost comfortable enough to ask you a question, but now there's no point… ah, the heck with it."

Everest then lay down next to Marshall, looking directly at his face.

"You see the truth is Marshall." Everest started. "Ever since Jake brought me to Adventure Bay and I meet you. I have always liked you, more than you know. Now that this has happened, you probably won't see it that way anymore. Maybe one day you will."

Before Everest left the room, she kissed Marshall on the cheek, but as she was leaving she heard a familiar voice.

"Everest?" Marshall said weakly. "Did you just kiss me?"

Everest turned around to see Marshall was now awake looking at her in awe realizing that the love of his life just confessed her feeling for him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Marshall!" Everest cried running back to him. "You're awake."

"Yeah I am," Marshall replied. "I had the weirdest dream. I dreamed that city hall caught fire, and I saved Chase and Ryder by pushing them so they wouldn't get crushed."

Everest chuckled to herself before breaking down into tears.

"What's wrong Everest?" Marshall asked confused.

"That, that wasn't a dream." Replied Everest. "You actually did that, you saved Ryder and Chase."

"Oh," Marshall said flatly. "Then where are the others?"

"They're out in the lobby fighting over who's to blame for this mess." Everest said shaking her head. "Hey how about we go surprise them?"

"I like the way you think Everest." Marshall said with a grin.

Marshall slowly stood up and tried to walk, only then did he realize his leg was broken.

"Ow, that's gonna take some time to get used to…" Marshall huffed.

"Here let me give a paw." Everest replied.

The two slowly made their way out to the lobby. When they finally got to the doorway, they saw that everyone was pointing fingers at each other, yelling about who to blame. Rocky was the first to notice that Marshall had awoken and was standing in the doorway. His only response was to start laughing and crying tears of joy. Rubble and Zuma joined meer seconds later. This caused the arguing to stop and have the remaining members look at the three pups confused.

"What has gotten into you three?" Chase asked perplexed.

The only thing the three of them could do is point at the doorway where Marshall and Everest were standing. Everyone turned around and looked to see a black-spotted pup standing there.

"MARSHALL!" They all cried before running up to him and carefully giving him a great big hug.

"How, how are you awake? Stammered Chase. "You were in a coma."

"Well, I remember there being a really bright white light." Marshall started. "I kept walking towards it, until a voice told me to go no further, and my work wasn't done. Then I heard Everest's voice, followed by her kissing me."

The group looked in awe as both Marshall and Everests' faces turned bright red.

"So Everest kissing you woke you out of your coma?" Skye asked.

"I, I guess so Skye." Marshall said blushing even more.

"Wait so how did you manage to only get a broken leg?" Asked Rubble.

"Yeah, I mean, we saw you get crushed." Added Chase.

"Well you see," Marshall started. "After I pushed you and Ryder out of the way, I knew I had to move quickly. So I rolled over onto my back and barely missed being crushed. However, my leg got caught under the debris that fell and I guess that's how it got broken. Afterward, I limped my way through the remains of the building and found a hole in all of the debris and waited there until you guys found me. At some point I must have lost consciousness, you guys eventually found me and here we are.

The group just looked at Marshall in shock that he managed to survive the impossible.

"Wow Marshall, you really are incredible." Everest said blushing.

"It's nothing, really it isn't. I was just doing what my training taught me." Marshall replied.

"Alright, so now what?" Ryder said finally speaking up.

"Now," Marshall said in a stern voice. "I'm fired up to go find who caused this mess!"

Would you look at that, Marshall is okay, Everest confessed her love to him and everything is back to normal... well almost. Next chapter the villain's motives will be revealed, along with more details on her. I'm still missing a name so please send me ideas. The next chapter comes out Monday, see ya then.
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