Chapter 6: Fort of Comfort

After flailing about for a bit, Chase and the pups got out of the colored parachutes.

"I'm sorry pups," Chase apologized, feeling bad.

"It's okay Chase, it was an accident!" Marshalled replied kindly. Chase smiled before he packed the parachutes up again, then put them all away carefully. Afterwards, he went up to the main room of The Lookout where the pups would get their missions.

"Dang it! I know Skye liked the skydiving, but I got us stuck under the parachutes! Not to mention when I went to put them away! I got to think of something! Valentine's Day is two days away! Tomorrow is my last chance!" Chase told himself as he paced around. He had to do some special alright, but not just special; something personal. Something that would show how much Skye meant to him. If only they could have time to themselves to hang out without being distracted or interrupted.

"Wait a minute! That's it! I'll make a fort and we can have some quiet time. Just us!" Chase stated, now realizing what he had to do.

The next day, Chase got a bunch of pillows, and used them to make his fort, complete with a white sheet on top so nobody would bother them. Now it was time to find Skye! The German Shepherd went into The Lookout and found her stacking some plastic hearts on the wall.

"Hi Skye," Chase greeted as he approached her. She turned around and smiled at him.

"Hi Chase. What's up?" Skye asked curiously. Chase blushed.

"I was wondering if you wanted to join me in fort for some quality time? I know Valentine's Day is tomorrow, but I just wanted to hang out," Chase explained politely.

"Of course!" Skye replied happily. She and Chase then ran outside to his fort. They crawled under the sheet into the pillow fort and saw they had lots of room. They sat down and looked at each other.

"So what did you want to do?" Skye asked kindly.

"I just wanted to hang out for a while. And apologize. I know I've done some things that didn't go so well, but I wanted to make it up to you. I wanted to just enjoy a peaceful afternoon without messing up somehow!" Chase explained calmly.

"I understand Chase, and thank you. This week has been different, but I have enjoyed all the time you tried to do something nice. Like skydiving!" Skye replied. Chase blushed.

I just want to be around you and talk about fun stuff or anything you want to talk about," Chase replied. Skye nuzzled him. They then spent the next few minutes or so talking about their skydiving moment, and why they enjoyed it.

"Even when I tripped and got all the pups under the parachutes?" Chase asked puzzled.

"Hehe. Of course. It was an accident, and kinda cute," Skye responded. Suddenly, the wind picked up!

"Ah Chase? This fort is secure, right?" Skye asked slightly nervous. Chase gulped.

"It should be. I didn't know it was going to be windy!" Chase commented. The wind kept blowing, shaking the fort back and forth, making it seem unstable.

"The forts going to collapse! We need to leave- " Chase said until he was interrupted by the pillow fort collapsing right on top of him and Skye, the bed sheet covering the mess underneath.

"Aaahhhhh! I'm sorry Skye. I didn't think the fort would collapse!" Chase said as he tried to find a way out of the pillows.

"It's okay. At least it was a soft collapse," Skye commented as she too tried to find a way out of the pillows. Eventually, they got out of the pillows, but were now under the white bed sheet.

"Ahhh! No! Not the sheet! Sorry Skye!" Chase said now realizing their unfortunate situation. He flailed about and tried to find a way out.

"No problem Chase," Skye responded as she struggled to get out. Eventually, she found an exit, and got out. Poor Chase however was still under the sheet. Skye giggled at how silly Chase looked under the sheet. He looked like a cute bed sheet ghost.

"Ah! I'm so sorry about the fort collapsing Skye," Chase said despite being covered up under the bed sheet.

"I forgive you Chase. Besides, it was an accident. I'll let you set your fort back up. I need to go finish putting up hearts," Skye replied before giving the sheet covered Chase a hug. She left and Chase was now alone.

"Awwww! Even when I try to get some quality time with Skye, things go bad. Why does this keep happening?!" Chase told himself, feeling down. Then again, he had better get out of the bed sheet first before cleaning up. Chase twisted and flailed, trying to get out, but had a hard time doing so with how tangled he was.

Meanwhile, Ryder and Marshall drove up to The Lookout in Marshall's ambulance, and parked the vehicle.

"Why don't you go see what the other pups are up to?" Ryder suggested. The Dalmatian pup walked over to the side of The Lookout when he heard something.

"Mmmmm! Mmmmm!" came a strange and loud mumble. Someone was in trouble! Marshall immediately ran towards the sound, but got greeted by something he wasn't expecting; a pup shaped, spooky, flailing, white ghost!

"Mmmmmm! Mmmmmmm!" the ghost said as it flailed it's arms around wildly. Marshall got scared as he watched the ghost.

"Hello? G-g-ghost?" Marshall said nervously. The ghost turned and walked towards him.

"Ahhhhhh! Ghost!" Marshall cried out before running away.

"Ryder! Help!" Marshall cried out jumping into his arms.

"Woah! What's wrong Marshall?" Ryder asked.

"There's a ghost! I just saw a ghost when I went exploring behind The Lookout!" Marshall said fearful.

"A ghost? Hmmm. Let's check and make sure this ghost isn't dangerous," Ryder replied before going towards the back of The Lookout. Marshall followed apprehensive about the ghost. They soon arrived at where Marshall had been, and there was indeed a ghost!

"There IS a ghost!" Ryder said in shock. The ghost heard Ryder, and started to walk towards the two friends.

"Ahhhh! The ghost is going to get us!" Marshall exclaimed jumping into Ryder's arms. Ryder hugged the Dalmatian pup as he watched the ghost approach them, mumbling as it did. Then Ryder noticed something.

"Wait a minute. This ghost looks familiar ... Chase? Is that you?" Ryder asked as the ghost got closer.

"Mmmm! Mmmm mmmm!" the ghost mumbled, running forward as it flailed about. Ryder smiled, grabbing the white bed sheet, and unraveling it. As he did, the German Shepherd pup started to come out of the sheet; Chase continued flailing about trying to get free.

"Mmmmm! Ahhhh! Ryder, help! Ahhhh!" Chase cried out before getting completely free from the bed sheet. Once free, he took deep breaths, and got familiar with his surroundings again.

"Chase? Are you okay?" Ryder asked with concern.

"Ryder!" Chase exclaiming running in for a hug.

"Chase, what happened? How did you get stuck under a bed sheet?" Ryder asked concerningly, not breaking away from the hug.

"It was an accident. I made a fort to spent time hanging out with Skye, because I wanted to do something special for Valentine's Day. But the wind blew it over! Skye got free, but I didn't. So I got tangled up under the bed sheet, while trying yo get out," Chase explained. After separating from the hug, Chase looked at Ryder and Marshall.

"I'm sorry for scaring you Marshall and Ryder. I didn't mean for you to think I was a ghost!" Chase apologized. Marshall and Ryder hugged him, smiling.

"We forgive you buddy. Like you said, it was an accident!" Marshall replied.

"Yeah, and you still have time to give Skye a gift," Ryder added before they separated from the hug.

"How Ryder? Valentine's Day is tomorrow!" Chase said before grabbing the sheet.