Chapter two: Realizations
Ryder's pup-pad rang, as he set a bowl of water in front of Chase.
"Hi Everest, what's up?" He greeted when he answered.
"We just had the weirdest thing happen to us." Everest told him, her tone still a little surprised. "Look." The camera shifted to the frozen bowl on the floor next to Jake.
"Woah." Ryder commented, as the camera returned to Everest. "But I think I have the answer for you. Chase got blasted by the meteor again, and now all the pups seem to have their superpowers back."
"Woah!" Jake breathed.
"Is Chase ok?" Everest asked, concern crossing her face.
"We're having him rest for a second, but he seems to be alright. We think he just has a bump on the head, but other than that he's ok." Ryder told them.
"Wow, so our superpowers are back?" Everest thought aloud. "Cool!" Her tail wagged excitedly.
"Hahaha, pretty sweet, Everest." Jake laughed, petting her on the head.
"Hey, would it be ok if we come down to play today?" The husky looked back at Ryder through the screen.
"Sure, come on over." Ryder chuckled.
"Wah-hoo!!" Everest howled excitedly. Jake laughed some more with Ryder.
"Haha, well I guess we'll see you soon." Jake smiled.
"Ok Jake, see you then!" Ryder grinned, waving. Jake gave a single nod and hung up. After placing his pup-pad back into his pocket, Ryder knelt down once again.
"How you feeling, Chase?" He asked, with a hand on the German Shepard's head.
"Good. I think I'll be ok." Chase replied earnestly.
"Well that's good." Ryder sighed, happily petting him.
"Can I go play now?" The blue police pup asked.
"Sure." Ryder grinned. "But be careful... just in case."
"Ok." Chase replied, getting up to leave, finishing with... "Chase is on the... case." He stopped and peeked jokingly back at Ryder, who shared a laugh, then he turned back and bounded off into the yard.
Harold Humdinger grumbled quietly to himself. It had been a couple of months since he and the pups lost their superpowers. But since his defeat at the paws of the PAW Patrol, he still remained bitter. Abruptly, the young boy shifted to the large screen of his uncle, Mayor Humdinger's, Lair, and pressed a button bringing up the video feeds of his big robot's attack... and his failure with it.
"Stupid super-powered PAW Patrol." Harold cursed sourly under his breath. Whipping around out of the rolling chair, he strode to his laptop and began typing vigorously. Whatever he was doing came up negatively, signified by the slamming of his fist into the table. Suddenly they took on a yellowish glow. Taking a couple steps back, he inspected his hands, and caught a glimpse of some old machinery on the floor. He gestured to them and, to his astonishment, they came together to create something new. Seeing this, Harold slowly adopted a mischievous grin.
"Yes! My superpowers are back!" He cheered excitedly, studying his hands some more. "But then that must mean those pesky pups have theirs as well." The boy scratched his chin, his tone voicing his distaste for the Adventure Bay rescue team. "Looks like I have another chance a mega-meteor power." He smiled deviously, raising his hands in the air. "But those pups will no doubt be there to stop me. I just need a way to stop the PAW Patrol from stopping me. Well capturing and hiding Ryder didn't work... so how..did they manage to beat me?" Looking up at the big screen he saw the answer, as a speedy streak of blue climbed his robot in seconds and then took off in a very high speed chase. "Of course!" He breathed in realization. Returning to his computer, he began typing again. This time, though, the screen lit up and so did Harold's face.
Everest excitedly howled as her snowcat pulled up to the Lookout, the pups barking and howling as they ran to meet them.
"Hi pups!" Everest greeted. She hopped down from the driver seat, to stand in front of her friends. Both Jake and Everest looked at Chase.
"We heard you got zapped by the space rock." Everest told him.
"You ok, little dude?" Jake wondered.
"Yeah, I'll be ok." Chase shrugged, nodding slowly. "But our superpowers are back." The German Shepard stated, happily wagging his tail.
"We know." Everest smirked. "I accidentally froze my bowl."
"Like seriously frozen, you guys." Jake emphasized. They all shared a laugh at this.
"Well, I guess, we're the Mighty Pups once more." Chase remarked.
"Yeah!" The pups cheered excitedly together, as Ryder came to join them.
"Hey Jake, Everest!" The boy greeted, with a smile. "How's it going?"
"Eh not bad, still can't get over how cool their superpowers are though." Jake shrugged.
"And even more cool now that they're back!" Rubble added.
"Totally!" Everest agreed.
"I'm gonna go check on the space rock." Chase decided. "I think I left it out."
"Well..then, let's all go." Ryder suggested. "I was kinda wondering what had happened to it when you got zapped by it." So as Chase bounded to the elevator, the pups, Ryder, and Jake followed.
The meteor was still right where Chase left it; though it was now steadily glowing along the few cracks along its surface. But as they approached it, it began to grow brighter.
"Woah." They breathed in amazement.
"I wonder why it's glowing like that again?" Marshall thought aloud.
"Maybe it's because Chase got zapped again." Rocky suggested.
"But I thought its power was totally drained because of Harold Humdinger's robot." Rubble pointed out.
"Maybe not." Ryder thought, his hand to his chin thoughtfully. "Maybe its power was so low, that you couldn't use your powers. And since it's had a chance to recover the power is back, giving you pups your superpowers back." Chase noticed a box that was spilled over and went to pick it up, suddenly the meteor's glow went down again. Ryder noticed this instantly, and the boy began to wonder about this.
"Chase, come here again." He told the German Shepard, motioning to him. Chase stared questioningly at him.
"Um, ok." The pup obediently came; and as soon as he got close again, the meteor glowed again.
"Hmm." Ryder thought. Then he took out his pup-pad and pointed it at the meteor. The screen picked up a unique signature that covered the meteor it an orange color shading it entirely. And strangely enough when he pointed the camera at Chase the same thing resulted.
"Wow. The power the meteor is emitting is fully back, it's covered in it..." Ryder remarked in astonishment. "And so are you, Chase."
"Me?" Chase echoed, cocking his head in confusion.
"What do you mean, Ryder?" Rocky asked, coming to look at what Ryder was seeing on the screen.
"Well.. it seems the same power that the meteor holds is now also strongly emanating from Chase too." Ryder explained.
"So... am I making the meteor glow like that?" Chase asked, gesturing to the space rock next to him.
"It seems that way." Ryder confirmed.
"Do you feel any different?" Skye wondered.
"Not really." Chase shook his head. "But then... how do we all have our powers back, but I'm the only one who's making it glow like that?"
"Well we've all been blasted with it once before. So I think that's why our powers are back." Rocky concluded.
"And since you were the only one to get zapped this time..." Skye thought aloud.
"That would explain why this is happening..." Zuma finished, with a smile that faded a moment later. "Right?" He gazed quizzically at Ryder.
"Sounds about right to me." Ryder agreed. "And since Chase seems to be doing alright, I don't think we need to worry about it too much." Then he slowly slid the meteor back into its container and closed the door.
"Well at least our powers are back." Marshall commented as they headed back to the elevator. "And Chase is ok. Looks like we don't have Anything to worry about." But the young fire pup in red didn't know how untrue that statement was... and they would soon find out...
"Well-.. so now that our powers are back..." Chase began slowly. "Who wants to have fun with it?!" He zapped around quickly to look at them. His paws blazing their blueish glow. Then Chase raced around the Lookout, all they could see of him was a circular streak of blue. The pup's blazing speed worked up breeze that blew at them.
"Chase!!" Ryder called, half laughing. "Slow down!!" He said this very loudly and very slowly. When Chase heard him, he screeched to a halt stopping right by them. A big gust of wind nearly blowing them all away.
"Oops, heh heh. Uh, sorry guys." Chase smiled awkwardly.
"That's ok." Ryder chuckled, straightening his hair.
The cement of the walls cracked and crumbled away, as a toothy horn screwed through the wall.
"Hahahaha!!! It worked!! The signal is stronger now!!" Harold cackled, he drove the miner further into the Lookout basement and found what he was looking for.
"Woah did you guys feel that?! I think the ground was vibrating." Rocky asked.
"Yeah and that rumbling noise." Marshall's added. They all froze as the strange sensation repeated itself.
"There it is again!" Chase cried. Looking around, his ear twitching back behind him. He then looked back inside the Lookout, and zapped away. Seeing this the pups looked at each other and bounded after him.
"Chase, wait up!" Marshall called after him.
A gasp escaped all of them, when they arrived back in the basement. Boxes, as well as their shelves lay scattered on the concrete floor and the capsule lay on its side.
"Woah, what a mess!" Rubble remarked in shock.
"What happened down here?" Skye wondered looking from the mess to Ryder. The pups spread out to inspect the damage. Chase sniffed up around the capsule, when suddenly a tingly sensation caught his nose off guard.
"Ahh-choo!" The pup sneezed, grabbing everyone's attention.
"You ok, Chase?" Ryder asked. Chase sniffed again, a sneeze following again, and he shook it off.
"I'm good. But something's not right here." Chase adopted his suspicious look, when he noticed black marks on the floor. Following them with his nose, despite the sneezing, he turned a corner and froze.
"What is it, Chase?" Ryder asked, but as they all turned the corner themselves, they froze as well. There before them, was a very large hole in the wall; it was crumbly around the edges and the tunnel ahead was totally dark. Chase, Rubble, and Zuma climbed onto the pile of rocks in front of the hole and peered into the darkness; another quick sneeze from Chase echoing down it.
Whasup folks! Hope you're still enjoying this story. Now I know some of you were hoping for a new villain for this fic, but unfortunately that wasn't the direction I had in mind. But I hope with what I have planned you'll still like it. Thx!!