Chapter 8: Under-Estimated
The PAW Patroller was in view, as the group ran towards it. Pedz was now carrying Eclipse and Ryder the other new born pup. Anna gripped Everest in her arms, carrying her tightly
Everest was trying so hard to not give birth, right there. But it wasn't working, she kept getting the urge to push "It h-hurts..." she moans, her grip on Anna tightened
"Hold on love" Marshall looks up at her with worry in his eyes
Chase ran beside Marshall "She'll be alright buddy" he says nudging Marshall's side
"Yeah, we're all here for you both" Rubble smiles from the other-side of Ryder
Ryder looked down at the pup in his arms "Marshall, Everest by the way this one's another girl" he says smiling.
Everest looks over at Ryder, then at Anna. "A-Anna..." her body starts to go all tense again, she feels pain shooting throughout her lower region, and gets the urge to push, she moans in pain, closing her eyes she feels Anna's grip around her tighten as the Medical Ranger pulls her closer, sweat begins to seep from her forehead and soon, she pushes.
Anna quickly stops upon feeling Everest pushing, kneeling down she pulls out a blanket and lays Everest on it
"We're almost there" Everest hears someone say, she's not sure who said it, she pushes again, groaning.
Anna rolls her over on her back gently. "Everest I'm delivering your last pup here"
"But Anna the PAW Patroller is just there" Rocky says looking at the vehicle which is merely 20 metres away "Wouldn't it be better to go in there?"
"No Rocky, not when she's pushing, its dangerous to move her" Anna warns gently spreading Everest's back paws
Marshall's at Everest side within seconds, he looks worried "Anna what about the storm?"
Pedz and Silvera look up at the sky, dark clouds are gathering over head, the storm can see moving in from Jake's Mountain
"Judging how fast those storm clouds are moving, we have about 10 minutes before it's here" Silvera points out, and kneels down placing her hand on Anna's shoulder "You can do this Anna, I have my trust in you"
Pedz looks at the pup in her arms "Ryder, we must get these two pups inside the PAW Patroller"
He nods in agreement then looks at his pups "I want everyone inside, apart from Marshall"
"Buddy it's going to be ok" Chase looks at Marshall and gives him a hug "Oh and you're pups are adorable, don't worry we'll look after them for you" he says with a smile
"Thanks Chase" Marshall hugs him back, but soon lets go when Everest screams
Chase turns around and follows the rest of the pups, including Ryder and Pedz into the PAW Patroller.
Silvera, and her rangers Mark and Michael stay behind to help Anna deliver the last pup
Marshall takes hold of Everest's paw and kisses it "Everest I'm right here" he whispers into her ear, a smile appears on her face but soon fades "You can do this"
Anna pulls a towel out of her medic bag then examines Everest "You have to push a lot harder Everest, or the storm will get here before you give birth"
Everest nods then swallows hard, her body tenses, and muscle's start to contract, closing her eyes she pushes, and pushes hard, so hard it causes her to howl in pain, her grip on Marshall's paw tightens, she feels her lower body twitch with the pain "I-it h-hurts!" she screams pushing hard
"I know Everest, you can do this" Anna places her hand on Everest's belly to feel where the pup is.
Shit, she's got a long way to go
Everest suddenly stops pushing and shakes her head "I-I.. Can't do it, I j-just can't"
"Yes you can" Marshall kisses her deeply, she kisses him back, tears falling from her eyes. So Marshall wipes them away "I love you Everest, I know you're stronger then you think" he licks her cheek before kissing her forehead "Besides we have one more pup to meet,"
Everest softly chuckles at that, opening her eyes she looks into Marshall's eyes "B-but it hurts s-so much"
"I know it does, but I'm here, and I'll always be here, just like you said to me when I was injured" He replies then notice she's pushing but doesn't realize it, Anna nods at him to keep talking to her "Do you remember when we made out in my EMT truck the last time we were at the Park?"
"Yeah, that was romantic and fun" Everest finds herself smiling regardless of the situation
Marshall licks her cheek again "Yes yes it was, and your lips are so soft, i couldn't stop myself from kissing them" he gives a chuckle and lays down beside her, his body pressed up against hers "It was a urge I couldn't fight off, and when i was dying, you gave me a reason to live, even if i didn't know it back then, I loved you, I loved you from the very first time I saw you"
Wow
"Thanks Marshall" Everest smiles and rests her head across his chest, she feels his paw wrap around her belly "And I love yo-" she pauses seeing Anna smiling at her, and almost passes out when she sees what she's holding.
Cries enter hear ears.
"You did it!" Marshall smiles warmly before kissing her deeply, he pulls away and hugs her "See told you, you could do it"
Everest chuckles a little, feeling completely exhausted "Thank you Marshall" she says as he presses his lips to hers, she kisses back. Then both look at Anna
"Congratulations" Anna says wrapping the pup up "Another girl, you have 3 daughters" she turns to Silvera and gives the pup gently to her "Everest I need to move you, I know your in a lot of pain but we can't stay here"
Everest nods, then Anna kneel's down and ever so gently picks her up. She moans from the movement, her lower body throbbing, she has no energy what so ever.
"Come on, lets get inside" Silvera says and leads them towards the PAW Patroller
Marshall watches Everest, as Anna carries her. Then looks at the pup in Silvera's arms, he couldn't help but smile.
I'm a father of three pups
Once inside the PAW Patroller, Ryder closes the door and Everest is gently placed on a pup-bed as Anna examines her lower region, all 3 pups are put beside her and they immediately began feeding from her, Marshall smiles and lays next to her with the pups between their bodies.
Rocky couldn't help but smile, he wished he could go over there and see the newborn pups. But rules are rules.
Stupid rules that is
Sighing he sat down.
"Rocky? Are you ok?" Skye asks and sat beside him
"I'm ok" Rocky half smiles then looks at Everest
Skye smiles "Exciting isn't it?" she asks
"Huh? What is?" Rocky says, Skye rolls her eyes and points to the newborn pups "Oh, nah not really, I'm not allowed anywhere near Marshall"
"So? Doesn't mean you can't go near the pups" Skye replies with a smile
"I don't want to, I mean I do bu-" He's cut off by lightning which erupts above the PAW Patroller
Which shook the PAW Patroller, lighting up the darkened sky outside. Marshall and Everest's pups began to cry so, Anna, Silvera and Pedz each took one so Everest could rest.
"We still need to come up with two names" Marshall says licking Everest's cheek who smiles weakly at him "How are you feeling?" he asks putting his paw around her, and pulled her closer to him.
"I'm fine, tired bu-" She pauses when Marshall pressing his lips against hers, closing her eyes she accepts the kiss and kisses back.
A cough is heard, which causes them to stop kissing. They look up to see Ryder kneeling down, he's holding the 2nd born pup in his arms.
"She's hungry" Ryder smiles giving the pup to Marshall "I'm proud of both of you" he says and decides to sit down beside them
"Thanks Ryder" Everest replies back before Marshall kisses the pups head and places it beside her, the pup instantly begins to feed off her, the pup has blue eyes like Marshall's her fur is white, but she has a small black marking on her head it's the shape of a bell "Siren" she bursts out
Marshall looks at her and smiles "Siren, it is" he plants a kiss on Everest's forehead
"That's a cute name" Ryder smiles patting both Everest and Marshall's head but his smile turns into a frown "I'm sorry" he suddenly says
"Everest it was stupid of me to allow you to come, you should have stayed with Katie and Wendy," he sighs "I knew coming here would be dangerous"
Everest licks Ryder's hand "Ryder it's fine, I came because I couldn't be away from Marshall, and Katie did say I could go into labor early"
"That's the thing Everest, what happened if Anna didn't find you when she did, y-"
"I would have delivered the pups Ryder, I'm your EMT pup remember? Plus I did lessons with Katie" Marshall sits up and licks Ryder's cheek "It's not your fault, besides nothing went wrong, and we have 3 new pups"
Ryder chuckles and kisses Marshall on his head "That reminds me, I have something for your pups"
Everest looks at Marshall who's puzzled
"Can you bring Eclipse and the other girl here?" Ryder asks, Pedz and Anna walk over with the two pups, "Wait here" he instructs them and goes to the front of the PAW Patroller, to return moments later with a white box, that has Marshall's and Everest's symbol on.
"Ryder?" Marshall notices Siren has fallen asleep so he takes her off Everest and places her on the pup-bed beside Everest's bed, then helps Everest sit up.
"Pups" Ryder says looking over at his team "Please come here,"
Rubble, Chase, Skye and Zuma get up and walk over, apart from Rocky.
"Rocky, that includes you" Ryder motions the Mix-Breed to come, which he does.
Silvera, Mark, and Michael stand back, giving Ryder and his pups some space.
"Wyder what is this about?" Zuma questions before sitting down.
Ryder smiles then turns to Marshall "Here, open it"
"Um ok" Marshall takes the box and slowly opens it, but he and Everest's eyes almost pop-out "Wow!" he says, he pulls 3 small collar's out "Thanks Ryder!"
All of the collar's look the same, they're red, with blue pine trees. They have a small pup-tag attached which are pure red
"Sorry they're blank, we didn't know what sex the pups were going to be" Ryder scratches his chin "But they work the same as all of yours" he smiles "Anna, Pedz please bring the pups here"
They nod and kneel down, both pups are asleep just like Siren.
Marshall takes a collar and gently places it around Eclipse's neck, but not before giving her a small kiss on her head.
Anna takes Eclipse and places her next to Siren
Everest smiles as the last born pup is handed to Marshall "I want you to pick a name for her" she says and licks his cheek
"I'm not good with name picking" Marshall sighs, attaching the collar around the pups neck
"Come on buddy, we want to know what your going to call her" Chase says chuckling
Zuma nods with a giggle, "Yeah dude, we totally can't go awound calling her 'pup' all the time"
"I like Elsa" Marshall suddenly blurts out
"You mean like that animation, Frozen? Because that's an adorable name" Rocky says, but gulps when he realizes all the pups eyes are on him.
Shit, I'm not suppose to talk to him
Marshall nods at him "Yeah, I like that movie, plus Elsa reminds me of Everest, both love ice and snow" he smiles at Rocky "And yes I agree Rocky, that name is adorable"
That's new, he smiled at me
"Yeah" Is all Rocky says back, looking away, then noticing Chase's eyes are him "Is something wrong Chase?" he asks nervous
"I been meaning to thank you, for saving me" Chase says back
Before Rocky could process what was happening, Chase hugged him "Um C-Chase?"
"I mean it Rocky, thank you, and I'm sorry for how we treated you" Chase sighs then lets go and looks at him "I can't forget what you did, none of us can, but you saving me has proved you're trying to change, so again thank you"
Rocky blinked, and blinked again
Wait, did he just apologize?
Marshall looks at Everest who is eyeballing Chase, he gently licks her cheek "So, do you like Elsa?"
"Huh?" Everest shakes her head then looks down at the pup in Marshall's grip "Oh," she chuckles "Mhm, I love it"
Rubble's stomach suddenly growls, causing him to blush "I'm hungry"
"No, weally Wubble? I totally thought it was Thundew" Zuma jokes, causing everyone to laugh
Skye finds her head resting on Chase's shoulder "Well I'm tired"
Silvera walks to a window and glances out of it.
"What is it?" Mark questions her and looks where she's looking "Wow! That looks bad"
"It's a rotating Super-Cell" Silvera frowns watching the clouds outside.
The Storm is almost on top of them, it has a shelf cloud which is extremely low to the ground, behind the shelf cloud the clouds have a tint of light green, indicating hail, you can see by the storms structure that it's rotating, meaning the possibility of a Tornado(s).
When it hits, the PAW Patroller sways from the fierce winds, heavy rains hits the windows.
Ryder gets an alert on his pup-pad, Silvera and Pedz also get the same alert.
"Oh no" Pedz says worried
The pups glance up at her "What?" they all say together
"This is dangerous, we can't stay here" Pedz places her phone away "Brother we need to go"
"What's going on?!" Chase raising his voice.
Pedz, Silver and Ryder looks at the pups
Silvera speaks up "There's a-"
"Oh my god! What is that?!" Skye suddenly screams looking out the window "It's coming this way!"
"Tornado"
To be continued