Chapter 18: Friend or Foe (Part 2)
Rocky was stuck in the middle of the bridge, he couldn't move fear, pain, sadness pulsed through his body, he gripped onto the side of the bridge closing his puffy red eyes, tears kept falling. "if I only listened to him, and didn't argue this wouldn't have happened." he cried glances at the unconscious dalmatian, "I'm so sorry Marshall didn't mean to hurt you." He muttered to himself, the only answer he got back was the wind howling through the canyon beneath him.
"Rocky!" Ryder yells finally appearing on the scene, his eyes fall on Marshall. "Chase What happpened?" He asks quickly kneeling beside Marshall.
"That bastard! He did it again! Ryder sir, he tried to kill him!" Chase says in a tone Ryder hadn't hurt before, wiping the tears from his cheeks he stands up, his eyes on Rocky. "I'll kill him!"
"No you won't, right now you need to look after Marshall until my sister arrives with Everest and Anna," Ryder puts his hand on the scratch mark on the side of Marshall's face, it was deep and dangeriously close to his eye, pulling out a cloth which he folds and placing over the injury. "Chase, can you hold this please? Put pressure on it." When Chase didn't answer, Ryder yelled. "CHASE! Snap out of it!"
Chase turns around tears in his eyes, "Right, sorry Ryder sir, yes Ryder sir I can do that." He watches as Ryder lifts his hand from Marshall's face, Chase then places his paw over it. "Will he be ok Ryder?"
Ryder closes his eyes, not believing that Rocky would try to harm Marshall again. Taking a deep breath he shakes his head, "I don't know Chase, only Anna will know when she arrives."
"Ryder!? Help!" Rocky's voice travels with the wind.
"Rocky why!? Why did you do this! I thought you were getting over it! Why Rocky!" Ryder falls to his knees, "I-I've failed as a leader."
A hand is put on Ryder's shoulder he turns his head to see Pedz standing there with John, "You have not failed my brother, you are a fantastic leader and-"
"Pedz look at my team, my pups, how can I be called a great leader when they're ready to kill each other?" He asks, Pedz grins he tilts his heads.
She helps him to his feet, "Because my brother, Ryder the Leader of the PAW Patrol would never, EVER give up on them, I believe in you Ryder, I believe in your pups so must you."
Ryder nods, knowing she's right. "What do we do?"
"Save Rocky for starters," Pedz puts her hands on both of his shoulders, "You can do this,"
Before Ryder has a chance to speak, Everest's screams has everyone turning around. "MARSHALL!" she screams running over to him, "Chase? W-what-"
"Rocky." Is all Chase says.
Everest's once blue eyes, turn to nothing but rage, anger, hurt, and full of revenge. "I will kill him!"
"Get in line, I'm first." Chase is shocked when Everest suddenly with all of her strength pushes him over and stands on top of him.
"Don't tell me to get in line! He tried to kill my mate again! MY MATE CHASE! You get in line, but I can promise you once I'm finished with Rocky he will be nothing! NOTHING CHASE! HE WON'T BE ALIVE!" Everest growls, but quickly gets off him when she gets pain in her lower regions.
Anna runs over, kneeling beside her with her medical back pack. "Easy girl, I did tell you, you need rest." She says pulling out a needle, but Everest pushes it away. "You need this pain relief."
"No, I'm fine." Everest half smiles, "Please you have to check on Marshall."
"I will but first you need to take it easy, Everest you're still recovering from giving birth to pups." Anna makes Everest sit down, before turning her attention to Marshall. "Now let's see," She mumbles pulling the cloth away from Marshall's face, "I'll need to stitch this,"
"Will he be ok?" Everest asks, when Anna nods with a smile, she feels relief wash over her body. "Good because now I can kill Rocky knowing my mate will be fine."
Anna shakes her head as she begins to stitch Marshall's face, "You need to rest Everest,"
Everest huffs, rolling her eyes she whispers to Chase. "If I can't have revenge, promise me you'll kill him."
"I promise," Chase says hugging her, he sees Skye running over. "Hey Skye,"
"Oh don't hey Skye me! I know what you're planning to do to Rocky," Skye says harshly, she continues. "If you go ahead with your plan," She lowers her head, "I-I can't be mates with a murderer."
"Excuse me!? Rocky is the murderer!" Chase growls at her.
Skye whimpers, "And killing him doesn't make you the same? You can't kill Rocky and expect me to still want to be with you Chase,"
"Skye I love Marshall, he's like a brother to me, Rocky just proved he will never change s-"
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT ROCKY! I CARE ABOUT YOU CHASE!" Skye raises her voice getting right in his face, "I love you Chase, but if you do this you'll lose me forever." turning her face she walks away.
Chase is left shocked, "Skye wait, you love me?"
Skye stops, removing a tear from the corner of her eye. She turns and looks at him. "Yes Chase I love you, but you're going down a path I can't follow." With that she runs over to the Rangers.
"She loves me Everest!" Chase smiles but his smile vanishes when he sees the broken Husky, "Everest?"
"I shouldn't ask you to kill Rocky, Chase I can see how much she cares for you. Do you really want to lose her?" Everest's question hits Chase right in his heart.
He looks over his shoulder at the Mix-breed standing on the bridge, "If ending Rocky's miserable life means the possibility of losing Skye, I'll do it. I'll do it for Marshall."
Rocky in the meantime couldn't hear anything anyone was saying, he tries to hang onto the bridge, but the the unthinkable happens. A support pole snaps, resulting in the bridge tipping on it's side, Rocky screams as his paw gets caught in the rope.
"HELP!" He yells out in agony, pain bursts through his body which is dangling above the canyon.
Another support pole begins to break.
"We have to do something!" Michael yelled from behind the pups
Chase shook his head "No! Rocky deserves this! He passed that stupid Boot Camp when he should have failed it!"
"Chase is right" Everest said still sitting besides an unconscious Marshall "What he did to Marshall, he deserves to die"
Ryder turned around, his eyes narrowed at his pups "Yes what Rocky did was wrong, but we are the Paw Patrol, Chase, do you remember what you did when I recruited you, when I recruited each one of you?"
"We took an oath Ryder" Rubble said causing the pups to look at each other
"Tell me, do you all remember what that oath was?" Ryder questioned the pups
Silvera, Pedz, John, Michael and Rach stood there watching
"No job is too big, no pup is too small, we the Paw Patrol will rescue both great and small, through night and day, sun and rain, no matter the job, we are the Paw Patrol, rescuer's of Adventure Bay" The pups, including Chase and Everest all yelled together
Ryder nodded "Good you all remember, so even though Rocky is not a member, he's in trouble and needs to be rescued"
"Then lets rescue him" Skye grinned standing up
"I'm totally in!" Zuma said standing besides Skye, Rubble joined them
Chase looked back at his best friend, the Dalmatian who was unconscious after a fight erupted between him and Rocky, he sighed but stood up "I'll help, but for Marshall, not for Rocky, because if Marshall were awake he would rescue Rocky"
"Good pup, Everest stay with Marshall" Ryder turned back to the bridge which was swaying in the strong wind across River Canyon "Rocky! Don't worry we're coming!"
Silvera approached Ryder and stood next to him "Tell us where you need me and my team, the Rangers of Adventure Bay National Park are under your command"
Ryder smiled putting his hand on the Head Ranger's shoulder "Thank you Silvera, alright pups! Paw Patrol is on a roll!"
"Now that is my brother, he's leading a fantastic team don't you say John?" Pedz said smiling
"Quite right My Lady" John replied "This will be very exciting to watch"
Pedz giggled "Indeed John, the Paw Patrol are once again a team"
"Tea? My Lady?" John asked holding a kettle
Pedz burst out laughing "Oh John, wonderful!" she said watching her brother, Ryder with a smile on his face.
Natalie in the meantime, sighed. "This does not look good at all, I can sense Chase is carrying anger and bitter, his thirst for revenge is worrying."
"You have to try stop Chase from killing Rocky, we need him." A voice said in Natalie's ear
Natalie huffed, "I refuse to help you,"
"You don't have a choice Natalie, you will carry out our orders and get us that Mix-breed, and this Park."
"No! I will not! they trust me." Natalie rips out the tiny communication device in her ear. "I will not betray them," With that she drops the device on the ground then steps on it, shattering it to a million pieces then runs, rather limps over to Ryder. "Is there anything I can help with Ryder?"
Ryder smiles and nods, "Yes, we need to get Rocky off the bridge before it collapses."
"Then tell me where you need me." Natalie says then looks at Chase, "I am sorry I was not there to protect Marshall, but there is something you should know about R-"
Ryder cuts her off, "Alright, Skye I need you from the air use your harness in-case Rocky should fall, Chase get ready with your zip-line we can use it as extra support for the bridge, Zuma can you get down to the river and be on standby should Rocky fall off you can use your buoy to catch him before he hits the water, Rubble you're with me, we need to help stabilize the last support pole." he turns to Natalie, "And Natalie, I'd like you to go with Skye in her harness."
The pups all nod, and go to work.
Pedz's phone rings, she answers it. "Hello?... Oh... I see... Hmm... Yes keep all communication lines open, and track that call."
"My Lady? Who was that?" John asks lifting a brow.
"We picked up a call from the FBI regarding Rocky, it would seem Natalie is still working for them, I will be keeping a close eye on her." Pedz replies watching as Natalie gets taken up with Skye in her Copter, "The FBI are up to something, we must find out what they want with Rocky and this Park."
Chase uses his Zip-line as extra support for the bridge, "I'll kill you Rocky, if it's the last thing I do," his eyes meet Rocky's who stares at him. "This is the last time you'll ever hurt Marshall."
Rocky knows what the look Chase is giving him means, he'll want revenge for Marshall. "I didn't mean to hurt him, but I refuse to let you try to hurt me for something I didn't do!" He mumbles to himself, a gust of wind blows the bridge, he stares at Chase who's smirking.
To be continued