Chapter 2: A Mistake Of Bravery
After Ryder had told the pups what happened, he decided to take them all in the PAW Patroller. Marshall sat next to Everest who was laying down taking a nap, he had his head on her belly and softly kissed it.
Rocky sighed and looked out the window, wishing that were him and Wendy. Oh how much he missed his mate, she was the only one who stuck by him after he left the Puppy Boot Camp.
"Ryder sir? does this mean Skye and I can't go out on the date?..." Chase suddenly bit down on his lip, he felt Skye's eyes on him
Skye raised an eyebrow "Who said anything about a date huh?"
Chase swore he almost choked on his spit in his throat
"Olala! Chase scowed a date with Skye! Finally dude!" Zuma teased causing the Shepherd's cheeks to turn a beautiful red color
"What? He did! Chase, we're so proud of you!" Rubble said winking at Skye, who huffed and rolled her eyes
Chase whimpered and jumped behind Everest hiding behind her belly
"Oi! Get your own hiding spot!" Marshall said kicking Chase away "That's my spot"
Chase lowered his head and sat on the floor
Skye jumped down and sat besides him "So you going around telling them we're dating ey?" she asked raising her eyebrow
"N-No..." Chase said whimpering again
"Oh Chase! If you want to be my mate just ask" Skye said standing up and began to walk away she turned her head "You never know your luck I may just say yes to you, handsome Shepherd, then again I could say no" she winked then turned around and shook her rear-end at Chase
Chase let a loud sigh and sat on the floor
Ryder coughed "Chase? Why aren't you in your chair?"
"Um... I fell out?" Chase said blushing red again
Ryder giggled and picked the pup up placing him on his spot "Make sure you all keep the belt's on it could get a bit bouncing up here"
The pups nodded, a part from Rocky who was still staring at the window
"Rocky, that includes you" Ryder said tapping him on his back
Rocky jumped and fell into Ryder's arms "S-Sorry Ryder, you startled me"
"It's alright, but look you might not be a member of the Paw Patrol, but you're still my pup" Ryder said placing him on the seat "So please when I ask you to do something, do it"
Rocky nodded and clipped his belt up
Robo dog barked
"We're approaching the Park, Silvera is suppose to be meeting us" Ryder said as the passed a sign that read
Welcome to Adventure Bay National Park
They drove into the Park, and sure enough there was Head Ranger Silvera waiting for them at a Park Information Board
Robo dog parked before her vehicle
"Alright pups wait here" Ryder ran out of the PAW Patroller
Marshall kissed Everest's neck who moaned in her sleep "I love you my beautiful husky" he said kissing her forehead
"You both are so cute together" Chase said smiling, wishing he had the guts to tell Skye how he felt
"I miss Wendy" Rocky sighed laying on the end of a seat "I don't get why Everest could come but Wendy wasn't allowed to"
Zuma turned and looked at Rocky "Because dude Evewest is a membew, Wendy isn't"
"No need to rub it in my face Zuma" Rocky eyeballed the Lab
"Don't stawt with me Wocky" Zuma snapped back, standing up "Evewyone knows you copied M..."
Rocky felt his blood boil and leaped at Zuma, both falling off the seat "Don't you dare say I copied with getting Wendy pregnant! I can't help the way I feel about Wendy! I love her!" he said pinning Zuma down "Say it again Zuma and I'll..."
"You'll try to kill him? Like you did with me right?" Marshall said sitting up next to Everest who had been woken up
"No.." Rocky let go of Zuma "That was the old me, I won't hurt you again Marshall... Please you have to believe me.."
"Believe you!? Seriously! Look at what you just did to Zuma!" Chase snapped growling
Zuma stood to his paws shaking his body "Welax, I can totally handle myself dude" he said and tensed his paw, then hit Rocky across his face, causing the Mix-Breed to fall over "Twy that again, and it'll be the last thing you do! I'm stwongew then Marshall, wemembew that Wocky"
Rocky whimpered holding his cheek which now had turned red from the impact of Zuma's paw.
Zuma can sure hit hard. Rocky thought to himself, sighing.
Chase looked at Marshall who was be assaulted by Everest's tongue, then glanced at Rocky, he never imagined Rocky of all pups would be going to be a father.
Skye sat there looking at Rocky with symphony in her eyes, she did something no-one else even thought about doing.
"Rocky are you alright?" she asked jumping off the seat, the other pups watched and stared at her.
Maybe it was the fact everyone else seemed to still hate Rocky regardless of what he did, maybe she felt sorry for him deep down. Never the less, when Rocky didn't answer she turned his face and used a tissue to wipe tears from his cheeks
"S-Skye?" Rocky said shocked feeling how gently Skye was removing the tears "W-What are you d-doing?"
Skye smiled and stopped once every last tear was gone, looking Rocky in his eyes she smiled, the smile was heart warming for the Mix-Breed
"Relax Rocky, I'm still your friend," she said putting the tissue down "It must be hard for you, not being able to see the one you love, and more so now we're in the Park away from her, it must hurt" she glanced over at the Shepherd who was listening
Rocky sighed laying down "It does Skye, and no-one seems to care, I can't even go see her because of my punishment"
"What?!" Skye yelled out completely shocked "What type of punishment is that! It's a load of bull! You should be allowed to see her!"
"It's alright Skye, I'm use to it by now, everyone treats me like a piece of shit and no-one thinks I've changed" Rocky was about to walk off, but he was pulled and forced into a hug.
Skye hugged him tightly "I believe you Rocky, even if the others don't" she whispered into his ear gently "Just don't prove me wrong, be that pup we all miss"
Chase watched as Skye and Rocky separated, the Mix-breed crying as Skye smiled and wiped the tears away before they could fall, she never hugged Chase like that before, maybe he should step up his game, and do something to win Skye over.
Skye glanced over at Chase flashing him a smile she jumped up on her seat
Ryder came walking back in "Alright pups, first thing we have to do is rescue some trapped tourists trapped at Red River Canyon"
Marshall flinched upon hearing that name, it brought back memories of when he almost died there
"You ok?" Everest asked licking his cheek "Marshall?"
"Yeah I'm fine" Marshall smiled and helped Everest put the harness around her, because she's pregnant Ryder had installed a harness rather then a buckle "How's that?" he asked her and kissed her cheek
Everest smiled before kissing him back "It's fine, thank you"
Marshall sat next to her and put his own seat belt on
"S-Skye?" Chase said jumping over to her seat "Why did you say that to Rocky? After what he did? Don't you see how depressed Marshall is?"
Skye raised her eyebrow and looked over at the Dalmatian, Everest's head was resting on his shoulder "Actually no Chase I don't see how depressed he is, look at him, he has Everest and will be a father in 2 weeks, sure he's scared of Rocky but does he really look 'depressed' to you?"
Chase sighed "It's because you're not as close to Marshall as I am, Skye he's my brother I see things no-one else sees, yes he may seem happy but Skye after what Rocky did to him, do you really blame him for being scared? If someone tried to kill you more then once would you trust them?"
"I can't answer that Chase, because I don't know the answer" Skye smiled warmly at him, making him feel relaxed "You know, you're cute when your concerned"
That made Chase blush a brilliant red color
"Naw, now that's even more cuter!" Skye said and licked his cheek "Your red cheeks make you look hot"
Chase felt his cheeks turn warm, as sweat started escaping his body "T-t-thanks" he stuttered
Skye smiled and sat beside him "You know we're going to have to cancel tomorrow right?"
Chase nodded with a sigh "I was looking forward to taking you out on a d..."
"Date?" Skye raised an eyebrow causing the Shepherd to blush ever brighter, she chuckled "Come on ask me"
"Whhhhaaaaaa?" Chase stared at her in her beautiful eyes
"I said ask me out" Skye stared back into his eyes "Ask me"
Chase felt a lump develop in his throat "W-will y-you... be m-my m..." he didn't get time to answer as Skye kissed him, he suddenly felt dizzy but closing his eyes, he kissed back
They separated when the pups all said 'Naww' causing both to blush
Skye looked at the Shepherd "Yes Chase I would love to be your mate" she smiled and kissed his cheek
Ryder coughed, all the pups eyes turned to him "I'm happy for you Chase and Skye, but we have a job to do here just remember that"
"Yes Ryder Sir" Chase said blushing, the other pups giggled
"Robo dog, follow Silvera!" Ryder said pointing to the vehicle a head of them, Robo dog barked and the PAW Patroller started moving "Now pups, listen and listen closely I expect you all to work as a team while we're here, apart from you Rocky, you'll sit out"
Rocky sighed "Ryder can't i help?"
"No" Ryder shook his head "You're still on punishment Rocky, you will stay behind in here" He ordered the Mix-breed which caused him to whimper
Chase for some reason felt kind of... err, maybe? a little concerned? No, Chase thought, why should I be concerned about him! After what he did.
Still Chase stared a Rocky for a few minutes, and noticed a tear form in the side of the Mix-Breed's eye, it slowly ...ever... so slowly rolled down his cheek, Chase watched the tear fall on the ground. Shaking his head he turned his attention to his...
Mate
And planted a kiss on her cheek, who kissed his cheek back in return.
Everest had been watching the way Chase was acting, she was happy he was finally mates with Skye, but she noticed something about him. The way he just looked at Rocky, was he starting to forgive the Mix-Breed? She looked at Marshall and smiled
"Everest?" Marshall asked knowing she was thinking about something, or someone "What's on your mind?" he asked her
"Oh nothing Marshall" Everest said rubbing her round belly "I just want you to know, I'll always, ALWAYS stand by you and protect you no matter what, I love you Marshall"
Marshall merely smiled, and licked her neck hitting a spot he knew would cause her to...
Everest let out a soft moan
Marshall chuckled then kissed her on her lips, she kissed back. Once they finished, he looked at her "I know you will always take my side Everest, thank you"
"You're welcome my cute Dalmatian" Everest replied, resting her head once again on his shoulder.
Roughly 10 minutes later, the PAW Patroller stopped at the edge of Red River Canyon
"Come on pups" Ryder said running to the back of the PAW Patroller "Rocky stay here" he opened the side door and walked out
The pups (not including Rocky) followed him out, and lined up outside. With the two couples next to each other
Silvera walked over "G'day pups" She said with a smile which soon faded "There's 5 people trapped in this canyon, after a cliff collapsed due to the quake, the edge is still unstable so we need to be careful"
Chase heard something on the wind, a rumbling noise.
Marshall was the next to hear it and turned to Rubble "Is that your tummy again Rubble?" he questioned causing the pups to giggle
"Shh!" Silvera said hushing them and kneeling down putting an ear on the ground and closed her eyes "Oh no..."
Ryder watched as the Head Ranger stood up "It's not what I think it is, is it?" he asked causing the woman to nod
"Another Earthquake! Crickey, everyone get away from the cliff!" Silvera yelled but it was too late
The ground started to shake, trees fell over, the PAW Patroller swayed, the shaking increased, Ryder and Silvera were forced to the ground. Then the unthinkable happened.
A massive crack began to make it's way from the Canyon's edge and around the group, stopping just before the PAW Patroller, although the ground stopped shaking, it moved under the weight over the 6 pups and 2 human's
"It's going to collapse!" Silvera warned as she picked up and threw Zuma and Rubble on the other side of the crack
Ryder pushed Skye, Chase, Marshall and Everest over the crack, but he didn't get time to move himself neither did Silvera.
With a loud thud, the crack around Ryder and Silvera grew, and soon the once solid ground collapsed into the Canyon, sending the 2 humans down with it.
To be continued