Chapter 13: Changes of the Heart
In the Present
Katie had checked over Marshall, and restitched then redressed his side wound. She was shocked to see Marshall's Guardian Angel, however Katie always kept an opened mind she was one of the few who knew there was no way Marshall would lie about such things.
"How's he doing Katie?" Ryder asked the girl as she walked out from her back room
"He'll be fine Ryder, however shouldn't he keep walking on that broken paw of his, he could make it worse, but he just need rest so I'd like to keep him here so I can keep an eye on him" Katie replied writing something down on a note pad "His Guardian Angel is indeed very lovely and kind, I asked him to help me take care of Marshall"
Ryder nodded "And Everest?"
"Everest is fine too, she had some minor injures which I dressed" Katie smiled looking into Ryder's eyes "What is it Ryder?" she asked him
Ryder sighed and sat down on a chair "It's Chase"
"Oh? I was wondering where he got to" Katie said sitting besides him "Where is he anyway?"
Ryder shrugged "That's the thing, Everest says after they met Marshall's Angel Chase ran off, and apparently the Angel cursed him, because he didn't believe any of this is real" he said and sighed again
"That's Chase for you" Katie placed her hand on Ryder's shoulder, he pushed it off "Hey, what else is it?"
Ryder looked into Katie's eyes then looked away
"Come on you can tell me" Katie said smiling
"It's nothing Katie" Ryder stood up "Just call me if Chase turns up here"
Katie nodded "Will do" as Ryder turned away Katie swore she saw a tear roll down his cheek "Ryder? are you alright?" she asked grabbing the boys hand
Ryder instantly turned around, tears falling down his cheeks, he shook his head
"Oh Ryder, it's alright" Katie instantly hugged him, tightly "What's wrong?"
Ryder hugged the girl back, wondering if he should tell her about his feelings, just when he went to speak his pup-pad rung
Katie let go off Ryder as he answered the call
"Hello R.." Ryder paused seeing Chase's face which was full of tears "Chase? Where are you? What's wrong?"
Chase tried to speak, but the tears wouldn't stop they were endless "..." he ended the call
"We have to find him" Ryder looked at Katie "Please take care of Marshall"
Katie nodded and smiled "Of course I will Ryder" she said and kissed his cheek
Ryder blushed running out of Katie's shop
"He likes you" Everest chuckled behind Katie "You know that right?"
Katie smiled "Oh Everest I always have known, just waiting for him to make the first move" she giggled "Guess I'll be waiting awhile huh?"
Everest grinned "Yep you will"
"You should be resting" Katie said picking her up "Come on, you need to rest and I'd like to do an Ultrasound later to take a look at your pups you're carrying"
Everest nodded "Alright Katie"
Somewhere in the forest...
Skye had run off to search for her mate, but there was no sign of Chase
"Please be ok Chase" She said searching for any clues where he was, that's when she heard it, a growl from behind her "Uh oh..." she turned around to see two dogs staring at her, luckily for her she was in her pup pack "Ruff! Wings!" she barked and took off but the dogs followed her "Get away!" she yelled flying above the trees, she was now safe out of their reach
"SKYE!" came a yell
There, on a Mountain cliff side stood Chase, he was a mess his brown fur had scratches with patches of the fur missing, blood dripped from his tail
"Oh my god! Chase!" Skye screamed flying closer to him, tears falling down her cheeks she knew what ever reason Chase gave her, she wouldn't believe it due to the curse which hurt her, badly.
Chase started to back away from Skye when she landed just in front of him "Skye leave me alone"
"No" Skye said walking closer "You are my mate Chase I'm not leaving you"
"But Skye, I don't deserve you or to even be apart of the Paw Patrol" Chase said ripping his puptag off his neck and throw it on the ground in front of her
Skye looked shocked, her heart sank "Chase what are you saying?"
"I quit" Chase said firmly
"I don't believe you" Skye shook her head "My Chase would never quit the team"
"Yeah well I just did" Chase walked up to her and kissed her forehead "Tell the others I'm sorry, and tell Marshall I'm sorry for what I said to him, he was my brother"
Skye stood there, tears forming in her eyes "Chase please you can't do this, not now"
"You can blame Marshall's stupid Angel! It's his fault!" Chase snapped and turned around "I'm going solo, bye Skye" with that, he left her standing there as he disappeared from her sight, he broke down in tears
Skye blinked looking at the blue puptag in front of her "Oh Chase" she said bending down and picked his puptag up "Why Chase? Why can't you just believe Marshall" she turned away and flew off "What happened to the Chase I fell in love with?" she sighed
"Because Skye, it's ridiculous" Chase said to himself watching her fly off
1 week earlier
Marshall was still unconscious at Katie's, it had been 3 days after the attack at Farmer Yumi's. All the pups were recovered from the injuries, apart from Marshall.
Chase couldn't get Skye out of his head, sitting next to Marshall he looked at Everest who barely left her mates side
"Chase?" Everest lifted her head and looked at him "You ok?"
"What? Yeah I'm fine" Chase said laying down
Everest didn't believe him "You know, you don't need to stay here all the time you can go home"
"Nah, I like to be here when he wakes up, he's like a brother to me" Chase said looking at Marshall
"That's really sweet of you Chase" Everest smiled as the door opened and Skye walked in with some flowers followed by Katie
Katie approached Everest "Hey girl, time for your check up"
"I'll stay here watching over Marshall" Chase said, Katie smiled but nodded
Everest jumped down from Marshall's bed "Thanks for watching him Chase"
Chase smiled "It's what friends are for"
Katie motioned Everest to follow her, Everest did and Katie closed the door
"Hey Chase" Skye jumped up on Marshall's bed and placed her flowers next to his bed "Why do you keep staying here? I-I... 'we' all miss you"
Chase's ears lifted up "Because I can't leave him, Marshall is my best friend and I care for him"
"That's sweet" Skye smiled then jumped up on his chair with him
"Yeah I know, Everest said the same" Chase looked into Skye's eyes
Skye blinked a few times then spoke "Chase? What is it?"
"Well... Skye... you see, seeing Everest with Marshall, it's making me think of-of-of..." Chase gulped closing his eyes
"Of what Chase?" Skye questioned the Shepherd
Chase swallowed hard "Of you..."
"What about me?" Skye asked as Chase stared into her eyes, making her blush
"Skye... you don't know?" Chase asked looking at her
Skye grinned "You mean about your crush on me?"
"It's more then a crush" Chase muttered "Skye... Will you... will... you... be... be..."
"Are you asking me out Chase?" Skye asked and saw Chase slightly nod, she giggled "Chase I would love to be your mate" she lifted his head up and planted a kiss onto his lips
Chase kissed her back, the kiss was passionate and lasted for about 3 minutes. Until...
Katie walked through the door with Everest, upon seeing Chase and Skye kissing she froze "Well, well"
Chase pulled away blushing "Oh... hi Katie.."
"Hi love birds" Katie chuckled walking over with Everest "So mind if I ask are you both together?"
Skye giggled "Yep! Katie we are!" she said and kissed Chase on his cheek
"About time!" Everest laughed as Katie placed her down on Marshall's bed
"Wait Everest? you knew Skye liked me?" Chase asked the husky
Everest rolled her eyes "Chase, I'm a girl, it's not hard to figure out the chemistry between you two"
"I know right?" Katie said winking at the Shepherd who blushed
Skye grabbed Chase's face and kissed it "Well he's mine now"
Chase kissed her back smiling "Your's forever"
Everest and Katie both smiled "Awww!" they said together
In the present
Skye was flying back to the Lookout with Chase's puptag, she stopped and hovered, tears falling from her eyes
"No! I'm not leaving you Chase, you said you were mine forever" Skye changed directions now flying back towards where he left her "Everest is always by Marshall's side no matter what, so Chase I promise even with this stupid curse I will be by your's! You are my Shepherd! I'll fight for you Chase, even if it means I have to quit the Paw Patrol too! I will, I'll do it!" she yelled into the wind
Chase heard her words as he saw her flying back towards him at high speed "S-skye?" he said as she landed right in front of him
Skye said nothing, only approached him and hugged him then kissed him deeply, he kissed back
"I heard what you said" Chase separated from the kiss "Why Skye? Why would you quit for me?"
"Because silly, you're my mate" Skye looked into his eyes "Just like Everest, I'll do anything for you, you quit and so do i" she dropped his puptag on the ground then ripped hers off "Chase, I love you"
Chase hugged her tightly, tears began soaking her fur "Skye... I love you too!"
To be continued