Chapter 16: Beginning of the Showdown
1 Day Earlier
Everest woke up to find herself in a tent, a strange beeping noise came from the bed beside her. Turning her head she was shocked, and nearly had a heart attack to see her mate, Marshall attached to a few machines. She remembered what happened, Marshall being attacked yet again by the very same Wild Dogs who viciously attacked him before.
"Well hello there" The woman said bringing over a bowl of water and some food "How are you feeling Everest?"
Everest looked at her, unsure of how this woman whom she'd never seen before knew her name "I feel fine I guess"
"Should we tell her?" The male asked the woman who nodded
The woman then placed the bowl of water and food beside Everest's bed "Listen, Everest I know you're pregnant but there's something you should know"
Screams were heard coming from another room in the tent
"That sounds like Skye" Everest announced, not that she was worried. Skye had been involved with Chase and the pups calling Marshall a liar.
Seconds later Skye bolted into Everest's and Marshall's room, upon meeting eye contact with the Husky Skye froze.
Everest growled "Get the hell out!" she didn't care how scared, and how sad Skye looked "Betrayer!"
"E-Everest..." Skye said backing away but the man blocked her only entrance
"I said... GET OUT!" Everest jumped off her bed, that's when it hit her, something didn't feel right. It was only when she fell to the ground, clutching her stomach she realized... "What happened to my pups?" tears were forming in her eyes
Skye wanted to comfort her 'ex' friend but she knew better, so she just stood at the doorway..Curtain..
The woman took a deep breath "I'm sorry to tell you think Everest, you lost 4 of the 6 pups you were carrying. I believe it was because of the stress, from what I can tell you are 4 weeks pregnant"
"4 weeks? That can't be right" Skye said shocked then looked up at the woman "How long ago did you rescue us?"
"10 days." The woman replied causing both pups to gasped
Everest shook her head "4 weeks, that means I'm half way through my pregnancy"
"Well you yes however judging by the rate those 2 remaining pups are growing I'd say you have about 2 maybe 3 weeks left, oh and your 4 pups that died, have been dead for sometime. I could remove them but they are so tiny" The woman replied kneeling in front of Everest "I'm sorry for your loss"
"How am I going to tell..." Everest's eyes turned to Marshall, tears rolling down her cheeks
Skye approached her "Everest I'm sorry, please, not just your pups, but I'm sorry for everything. I should have known Marshall would never lie" she knew deep down inside that Everest would most likely reject her apology. She was expecting Everest to say something
Instead, Everest merely looked at Skye and hugged her. Tightly.
Skye was shocked, but hugged Everest back "It's going to be ok Everest, Marshall will be ok but you have to stay strong" she said feeling Everest's tears soaking her fur
The woman smiled "Skye is right, and you have 2 very healthy pups"
Everest said nothing, and continued to hug Skye. Then she finally spoke "I forgive you Skye"
Skye gasped.
In the Present
Chase and Skye sat in Marshall and Everest's room. Both couples eyeballing each other
"Did you both really quit?" Marshall asked breaking the silence
Chase nodded "Yeah, we did" he said, Skye nodded
"So did we" Everest helped Marshall to sit up "I'll follow Marshall anywhere"
"Thanks Everest" Marshall smiled as he received a kiss from her
Pedz entered, she could feel the emotions in the room as both couples continued to stare at each other "Well I am happy to tell you all, I can drop you off back in town tomorrow, I am sure Ryder will be happy, I have not told him as you all requested"
"Good!" Chase said with a tad of hatred in his voice "I'm not going back to the Lookout"
"Why? You weren't the one who betrayed your best friend!" Everest couldn't believe what she just heard. It made her blood boil
Chase raised his eyebrow trying to remain calm, he sighed and kissed Skye, who hugged him
"Ryder needs you, all 4 of you" Pedz said, causing all the pups to look at her "It does not matter if you do not like each other, think of Ryder he does his best for you all, how do you think he will feel learning he's lost 4 pups, it will break him"
"I can't be on a team with pups, who call me a lair" Marshall sighed starting to tear up "They treat me like nothing!"
Chase looked at Marshall "I'm sorry"
Marshall was shocked those were words he didn't ever think he would hear from Chase "You're sorry?!"
"Yes, those words I said to you, calling you a lair. I was wrong to say that of you, I didn't want to believe about your Angel because I was jealous, why should you have a Angel when noone else does" Chase felt himself beginning to tear up "I-I-I... was jealous ok!"
Marshall couldn't say anything, so Chase continued
"You know what's funny, turns out your Guardian Angel is also mine" Chase said, with a chuckle "All the time I was jealous of you, when he was mine too"
"Doesn't matter anyway, we haven't seen him since Katie's clinic when he just vanished, a part from in my nightmare" Marshall stared at Chase "Wait how do you know he's your's?"
Chase grinned "Because he came to me, and told me so. He even lifted the curse"
Marshall frowned.
"What's wrong?" Everest asked the Dalmatian and kissed his cheek
Marshall sighed looking at his mate "Doesn't matter, today he was suppose to tell me his name but he hasn't"
Everest gently hugged Marshall "Maybe he's just busy"
"Everest is right, you need to focus on getting better" Pedz smiled as John entered with some roast chicken "For now you pups eat, and get your strength back" she said then turned to John "Place the bowls in front of each pup"
"Yes My Lady" John did as she said, and placed a bowl in front of the pups "Enjoy, it's smoked" he handed Pedz a sandwich, she took it
Everest looked at Marshall who started eating the chicken in his bowl, she wanted to tell Marshall about losing 4 pups but she couldn't. He was still injured and telling him would make the whole situation worse. For now she asked Pedz to keep it a secret
"Are you hungry?" Marshall questioned the Husky noticing she hadn't touched her food
"Oh I am, sorry Marshall I was just... never mind" Everest smiled then started eating "Thank you Pedz for taking care of us"
"Yeah we would be dead if it wasn't for you" Skye added causing Pedz to smile
Pedz patted Everest's head "Well now there is no need to thank me, I could not watch those Wild Dogs kill you all, not when you are or should I say 'were' a part of the famous Paw Patrol"
"Famous? You're more famous then us" Chase said smirking at the woman who chuckled
"Oh Chase, I'm just a Super-Star I really am not that famous" Pedz received a look from John causing her to sigh "Ok maybe I am possibly the most famous person in the world, but still! You pups will always be more famous in my eyes"
An alarm sounded on John's phone
"Oh no" Pedz frowned
All 4 pups looked at her "What?" They all said together
"The Wild dogs are coming" Pedz replied grabbing a gun "Not to fear John and I will protect you all and not let them come anywhere near you"
Marshall whimpered, fear rising in his heart "They'll keep trying until they kill me"
"We won't let them" Chase, Everest and Skye said at the same time
Pedz smiled "Damn straight, if they want you Marshall they will need to get through John and I, and let me tell you we will not go down without a fight" she said loading her gun
Unknown to Pedz or the pups, the Pack of Wild Dogs were approaching from every direction. And the pack had increased, now it had a total of 15 Dogs who were hungry, some still had the taste of Marshall and wanted more of his flesh
To be continued