Alright, I'm sorry for not getting this chapter out last week, but work got in the way and I didn't have time to think about how I wanted the chapter to go, let alone type it. Anyway, here is chapter 19.

Marshall sat in the room looking at his soon to be demise until he heard a bunch of familiar voices.

"Quit shoving me." Shouted Everest.

"Hey, you started it." Retorted Rocky.

"What's the point anyway." Added Skye.

"I agree, we're all doomed." Bawled Chase.

"Hey, where are you guys?" Marshall questioned as he started to look around the room.

"Was that Marshall? Questioned Rubble.

"Uh, yeah, the one and only. Answered Marshall still looking around. "Where are you guys?"

"Up here." Answered Zuma, Skye, and Rocky.

Marshall looked up to see a large cage that was suspended from the ceiling.

"What are you guys doing up there?" Questioned Marshall.

"Easy, they're here to watch your death." Answered Ember as she laughed.

Ember proceeded to walk over to a control panel and pushed a button causing a red light to start flashing and the cage to descend to the floor. Once the cage was on the floor, Marshall was greeted with a not so pleasant sight. Every pup looked like they went through what Marshall had two years ago. Each one was completely filthy, malnourished, and looked like they hadn't slept in days. Chase was the worst of all, followed by Rubble and Skye.

"I'm so sorry guys." Marshall quietly said as tears started to flow from his eyes.

"Don't be." Skye sympathetically said. "We're at fault for not trying to escape once we all got here.

"Skye is right." Added Chase. "It is… isn't just your fault Marshall."

"Si amigo," Carlos said, causing everyone to turn to him and Jake.

"Jake!" Everest said as she walked over to the side of the cage. "How long have you been sitting there?"

"Honestly, not sure. Long enough to see Katie throw her fit."

Once Marshall and the others heard that name, their blood ran cold.

"K… Katie?" Rocky questioned. "That voice was Katie's?"

"I'm afraid so." Answered Jake shaking his head.

"Allow me to help fill in the blanks," Ember said while still over at the control panel. "Once I took Katie from her shop and brought her here, I had her locked up in a cell just like all of the pups. But with so much left to do, and neither Harold or Humdinger wants to help, I used the next best thing, Katie. So I made her a necklace that has a mind control chip in it, and now she works for me."

"Damn you!" Growled Chase.

"You have quite the nerve." Added Rocky.

"You don't know the half of it." Laughed Ember as she walked over to a desk and picked up the phone. "Harold, go get Ryder, it's time.

Meanwhile:

Ryder sat in his cell thinking of what he could do to escape. After throwing every object in the room at the mirrored glass, trying to pick the door, and even throwing himself into the glass, nothing would work.

"This is bad," Ryder said aloud as he paced the room. "How am I supposed to save my pups if I can't even save myself?"

Ryder continued to pace the room, unaware that Harold and Humdinger were walking down the hall to get him.

"This whole thing is stupid." Spat Harold.

"Don't go there." Humdinger said, shaking his head. "The sooner we get Ryder the sooner he can get this done"

The duo finally reached Ryder's cell and opened the door to see Ryder pacing the room talking in gibberish.

"Uh, what do we do?" Harold asked as he looked at Humdinger.

"You just put the cuffs on him and I'll do the rest.

The pair waited until Ryder had his back towards them before Humdinger charged Ryder and forced him into the wall.

"GAH!" Ryder screamed as he was pushed to the wall.

"Cuffs!" Cried Humdinger as Ryder started to fight back.

Harold quickly ran over and stuck the cuffs on Ryder's wrists, but Ryder still managed to get a punch on Humdinger.

"You'll pay for that one Ryder." Spat Humdinger as he rubbed his arm.

"So will you." Ryder spat back.

"Come on." Humdinger said as he pushed Ryder towards the door. "Ember is waiting.

Harold and Humdinger slowly walked Ryder down the hall where the double doors waited. Ryder could feel his stomach sinking more and more as they approached doors. After what felt like an eternity, they were at the doors.

"You ready for your surprise?" Chortled Harold.

Ryder's only answer was to scowl at Harold.

"Guess so," Harold said sarcastically before opening the door.

Ryder hesitantly walked into the room to see Ember over at a computer screen, Jake and Carlos still sitting on the floor looking sad as ever, all of his pups in a cage next to Jake and Carlos but most of all, a black-spotted pup looking up at him.

"I'm sorry," Ryder said as he put his head down

"Don't be," Marshall said back.

"Alright, reunions over." Humdinger growled before pushing Ryder over towards Jake and Carlos.

Once Ryder was next to Jake, Humdinger forced him to sit on the floor before walking over to Ember.

"Pssst, Chase… Pssst," Ryder whispered.

"Yes, Ryder?" Chase answered as he looked over to him.

"Here," Ryder said as he threw a paper clip at the cage. "Pick the lock but don't open the door until I say to.

Chase nodded his head in agreement and got to work. Ryder then turned his attention to Ember and Humdinger who were still talking over by the computer where Ember was working. Ryder was just about to ask Marshall what's going on when Ember started to walk towards Marshall.

"Alright, the time has come." Ember smoothly said while looking at Ryder. "I'm sure you're wondering why I took all of your pups and friends, and the answer is simple. Remember two years ago when you thought that you'd watched Marshall die in that river?"

Ryder felt his skin go cold as he remembered that awful event.

"Anyways," Continued Ember as she reached down and picked up Marshall and started towards the tube. "You are all here to watch me succeed in killing the most famous pup on this side of the globe. Now I'm not one to see an animal or person suffer while they die so I chose the quickest way I know, vaporization."

Ryder and the others gasp in shock.

"I figured it would only be fair for the entire PAW Patrol to witness the death, so you get the picture."

Humdinger pressed a button causing the tube to lift up and Ember placed a now shaking Marshall on the metal stand. Ryder knew it was now or never, he glanced to his right to see Chase and the others were ready, and right as Humdinger was about to close the tube on Marshall, Ryder stood up and yelled,

"ATTACK!"

Chase and the other pups ran out of the cage and charged Ember and Humdinger. Harold ran out the door to return with the KCC. As the brawl continued, Ryder worked on freeing Jake and Carlos from their cuffs. Once free, they joined in on the battle on saving Marshall.

The battle went on as neither force could overpower the other completely. Harold eventually overpowered Carlos and seeing his chance, snuck around to the controls for the glass tube and pushed the buttons to close the tube and fire the laser.

"HELP!" Screamed Marshall as everyone stopped to look at the laser and tube starting to glow.

"Quick, someone break the glass!" Barked Chase in a panic.

"No don't!" Ryder yelled if that glass breaks now we're all dead.

The laser continued to power up as the room started to shake.

"UGH! Damn her!" Screeched Ember. "She screwed up, Humdinger, let's go."

Ember and her posse ran out the door leaving just Ryder and the others in the room.

"Looks like this is it," Marshall said as he started to cry.

"No! IT IS NOT!" Bellowed Ryder as he ran towards the controls.

Ryder frantically started pushing every button to stop the laser from firing. As Ryder continued to try and stop it a voice could be heard.

"Powerup complete, firing in FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, O…"

Right as the voice started to say one, Ryder pushed the right button, stopping the laser. Before Ryder could open the tube he heard a voice that made his heart melt.

"Ryder, is that you?" Questioned Katie as she peeked her head through the door.

"Katie, it's me, I've come to save you." Answered Ryder as his face turned red.

"I knew you would." Katie said with a smile before running towards Ryder.

Before Ryder could say anything else, Katie dove in and kissed Ryder right on the lips. Jake and the others started yelling that Katie is working for Ember and it's a trap but Ryder was so zoned out and in heaven from Katie kissing him he never heard.

"How was that?" Katie asked with a smirk.

"Wonderful." Ryder answered with his face turning deep red.

"Good, enjoy this!"

Katie then backhanded Ryder on the head causing him to stumble to the ground before pushing the button to fire the laser and to override it so it can't be stopped. Ryder picked himself up just in time to see Katie give him a scowl before running out the door.

"Laser override active!" Boomed the intercom.

"SHIT!" Screamed Ryder as he ran back over to the controls.

"Laser firing in TEN…"

"Don't worry Marshall!" Cried, Ryder.

"NINE!"

"I'll save you!"

"EIGHT!"

Ryder continued to frantically push buttons trying to stop it.

"SEVEN!"

"Save yourself!" Marshall yelled as tears flowed down his face.

"SIX!"

"No, if you're dying so am I!" Ryder yelled as he stood in front of the laser.

"FIVE!"

"RYDER MOVE!" Yelled Chase.

"COME ON RYDER!" Yelled Jake.

"FOUR!"

"No, I'm NOT MOVING!" Screamed Ryder.

"Come on!" Yelled Rocky as he ran towards Ryder.

"THREE!"

"Come on Carlos!" Jake yelled as he ran over to Ryder.

Carlos, Jake, and Rocky used all of their strength to pull Ryder away from the tube. After giving fighting chance, Ryder gave up and ran over to the others.

"TWO!"

Chase looked over and saw that while Ryder was struggling with Jake, Carlos, and Rocky, his bag ripped open and lying on the floor was his pup tag. Chase had his mind already made up, if the time ever came to where Marshall was on death's step, he would either sacrifice himself for Marshall, or they die together.

"ONE!"

"Looks like this is it." Thought Chase

In one quick motion, Chase bolted out from the group, grabbed his pup tag in his mouth and jumped up onto the metal stand the glass was sitting on.

The others started yelling at Chase to get away but he just ignored them. Ryder tried to run and sacrifice himself as well but Jake stopped him.

"What are you doing?" Marshall questioned Chase as tears flowed down his face.

Chase looked at Marshall, with tears in his eyes and said, "BROTHERS FOREVER!"

"ZERO!"

The room was then filled with a blinding light for a moment and everything went dark. After a few moments, the lights came back on, but Ryder and the others were still seeing spots. After a few seconds went by, everyone's vision had cleared and Ryder made a sprint for the laser.

Ryder was the first one over to the laser followed by the others. Skye was the first to have a breakdown, followed by Everest and Ryder. None of them were prepared for what they were looking at.

There were no signs of Chase or Marshall except for two slightly burnt pup tags, one with a yellow star, and the other with red and orange flames.