Ember slowly walked down the hall making sure Chase, Skye, Rubble, Zuma, and Everest could see how happy she was since Everest just exposed Ryder's plan. Even though Everest couldn't see the other pups, she knew they were giving her daggers.
"Way to go Evewest!" Yelled Zuma. "We had one chance, and YOU blew it!"
"Zuma calm down." Skye said as best as she could. "It's not like we know when Ember is around."
"It doesn't MATTER!" Zuma said continuing to yell. "I warned Evewest not to do it, and she still did it anyway."
"Look, Zuma." Chase said finally speaking up. "Ember is always a step or two ahead of us, it wouldn't have made a difference anyway."
Everyone gasped in shock. Chase was always known to be one of the more optimistic of the pups, but now he was out of his mind.
"Chase, did I just hear you correctly?" Rubble asked confused.
"Yes, Rubble, you did hear me correctly. Ember is always ahead, even if she hadn't found out, it wouldn't have made a difference."
"Chase, stop that!" Skye yelled, starting to cry. "This isn't the pup I know and love so much to be thinking like that."
Chase realized what Skye had said to him, "That she knows and loves so much." Does Skye actually actually like him? Has he been blind to it after all of these years?
"Skye, it's just that Ember has been playing mind games with me." Chase sighed.
"What do you mean Chase?" Everest asked.
"I mean, she has been saying things that aren't true, at least I think they aren't." Answered Chase.
"What, what has she been saying?" Skye managed to ask.
"That I'm a screw up for getting captured, I let the power being a police pup go to my head, and so much more." Chase answered before starting to cry himself.
"Chase, Chase. ChaseChaseChaseCHaseCHAseCHASeCHASE!" Skye said with force. "You know that isn't true and so do we. She's just trying to destroy us from within."
Meanwhile at an unknown location
Tuck and Ella were right on the heels of Lady Bird, every time they would catch her, she somehow would escape.
"Stop in the name of the law Lady Bird" Tuck yelled with force.
"No way!" Yelled Lady Bird. "There are too many shiny things for me to add to my reflection collection."
"The only shiny things you'll be seeing is the prison silverware." Yelled Ella.
Just then the communicator lit up on their vehicle's dash, Tuck reached over and pushed a button, causing Ryder to pop up on the screen.
"Tuck, Ella, is this a good time?" Ryder asked.
"Not really." Tuck said, looking at Ella. "But what's up?"
"The PAW Patrol has a big problem, and we need all the help we can get." Replied Ryder.
"What do you say, Ella?" Tuck said looking back at his sister.
"I think it's time to go!" Ella said with a smirk.
With that Tuck and Ella stopped pursuing Lady Bird and started for Adventure Bay. It wasn't long before Lady Bird realized they had stopped chasing her.
"That's a first." Lady Bird said to herself. "They never give up that easily, wonder what's going on?"
Lady Bird remained floating in the sky thinking about what just happened when her cell phone went off.
"Now who would be calling me?" Lady Bird thought to herself as she pulled out her phone.
"Oh it's the Cheetah, what the hell does she want?" Lady Bird said aloud as she answered the phone.
"What is it you want?" Lady Bird said sarcastically.
"Do you know where Tuck and Ella are?" Ember asked.
"Yea, they were just chasing me, now they're gone." Answered Lady Bird. "Why?"
"Don't worry about it, just head to these GPS coordinates I'm sending you." Ember said with a chuckle before hanging up.
Meanwhile back in Adventure Bay
Ryder was down in the lab of the Lookout working hard on a project he needed desperately. Rocky, Marshall, and Tracker were upstairs playing pup-pup boogie trying to keep their minds off the others when they heard a familiar car off in the distance.
"Is that who I think it is?" Rocky said as his tail started to wag in excitement.
"I think so." Marshall said just as excited.
"Who is it?" Tracker said confused.
"The Mighty Twins!" Rocky and Marshall said in unison.
"Who?" Tracker said again, with an even more puzzled look.
"You haven't met them yet have you Tracker?" Rocky asked.
"No, I haven't." Replied Tracker.
"Well, now's your chance amigo." Marshall said with a smile.
"They're here!" Rocky said practically yelling with excitement.
The three pups ran to the door to see Tuck and Ella just coming to a stop in front of the Lookout.
"How long has it been since we've seen them?" Whispered Rocky as they walked out the doors.
"Honestly, I can't remember." Marshall whispered back. "At least a year."
Tuck and Ella jumped out of their vehicle and had a surprised look just as Rocky and Marshall had.
"Wow, it feels good to see you guys again." Tuck said wagging his tail.
"I know right." Rocky added. "How long has it been since we've seen you two?"
"It's probably been close to two years now." Answered Ella. "I don't know where the time has gone honestly."
"Me either." Marshall said. "I can't get over how much you two have grown."
"You're one to talk." Ella said blushing a little. "Whos the other pup?"
"I'm Tracker, nice to meet the two of you." Tracker said happily.
"Nice to meet you too," Ella said with a giggle. "I'm Ella, and this is my twin brother Tuck."
"Hi." Tuck said with a smile.
"Anyways." Ella started. "Where's Ryder, he said it was urgent we came here."
"He's downstairs." Answered Tracker.
"Actually, I'm right here." Ryder said causing the pups to jump. "Tuck, Rocky I need you to come with me downstairs, Marshall and Tracker, think you can fill in Ella on what's been going on in the last week?"
"Sure Ryder." Everyone said back.
Rocky and Tuck followed Ryder downstairs, while Marshall and Tracker wasted no time filling in Ella about what's happened over the last week.
"Damn, that's rough." Ella said in a baffled tone. "And to think I thought Lady Bird was quite the villain."
"Yeah, that damn Lady Bird is nowhere close to Ember." Marshall said growling a little.
"I wonder what Ryder needed Tuck and Rocky for?" Tracker asked.
As if Ryder could hear them, Ryder got on the intercom of the Lookout and asked the others to come downstairs.
"Guess we'll find out." Ella said with a chuckle while looking at Tracker.
The group went down the elevator to find Ryder, Tuck, Tuck, and Rocky waiting for them.
"Ryder, am I seeing double?" Marshall asked.
"Same here." Ella said while blinking her eyes.
"Nope." Both Tucks said in unison.
"Alright, that's creepy." Tracker said while starting to shake.
"It's alright guys." Rocky said. "Question is which Tuck is the real Tuck?"
Ella was the first to walk up and inspect the two look-a-likes. After a while, she gave up.
"I haven't a clue, and he's my brother." Ella said in defeat.
"I know who the fake is." Tracker said proudly.
"Which one is it?" Ryder asked.
"The one on the left." Tracker said pointing to the fake.
"You're right." The real Tuck said while stepping forward.
"How did you know?" Rocky asked.
"By smell, Tuck has a unique smell, and so does Robo-Dog." Said Tracker.
"Wow, you're good." Tuck said with a chuckle.
"That still doesn't answer why there is a copy of my brother." Ella said confused.
"It's all part of the plan Ella," Ryder said while walking back towards the lab. "Last night before everyone went to bed, I told Everest to explain the first part of the plan to everyone Ember has captured so far. I knew Ember wouldn't resist listening to the plan, so now she thinks she's a step ahead of us. However, with Robo-Dog being disguised as Tuck, we're the ones ahead of her."
"That's all well and good Ryder, but how did you know Ember would take Everest?" Asked Marshall.
"Easy, she wants to destroy us from within. What's an easier way than to take the girlfriend of the higher commands. She took Katie, she already had Skye, now she has Everest." Answered Ryder.
"Ah okay." Ella said with a confused look. "But how does Tuck come into the plan?"
"I almost forgot that part." Ryder said while he scratched his head. "Anyways, Tuck comes into the plan by having him hide in Rocky's fur at night so we can track down Ember."
"What about the fake Tuck?" Asked Marshall.
"The fake Tuck is going to sleep in Chase's pup house so Ember thinks he isn't hiding in Rocky's fur.
"Ohhh." Said Marshall, Tracker, and Ella in unison.
"Ryder just needed me to say some voice lines to complete my copy." Tuck said with a grin.
"Speaking of that," Ryder said with a laugh. "We need to finish that."
"What happens once you're done with programming the fake?" Asked Ella.
"Simple." Ryder smoothly said. "We wait for sundown."
I don't have anything to say or add, other than I plan to be quiet for the next few chapters, just to avoid people skipping to the bottom for spoilers and to keep the focus on the story itself. As always, See ya Thursday for the next chapter.
Chunkman128
