Chapter 3

"So, it was a cold morning and I was just taking a stroll up in the mountains. Suddenly, I started to feel very cold, and there was nowhere to get warm. I then noticed a cabin about a couple thousand yards away. I immediately went over and I noticed something strange. I realized that there was gas leaking from the pipes in the ground, underneath the cabin. I went inside to see if anyone was in there, but there wasn't. I immediately turned my attention to getting out of the cabin, when...when...when..." Ryder saw that Sylvia was stressing out. He started petting her on her head.

"It's okay. Don't stress yourself out. Get some rest now, you'll need it." With that, Ryder, Jake and the pups left to go back to the lookout. They arrived at the lookout only a few minutes later. It was still midday in Adventure bay, so Ryder decided that he would play with the pups a little. He started to walk out of the lookout when he saw Jake sitting in the corner.

"What's up, Jake?"

"I'm just a little bored. I would have been snowboarding with Everest right now, if the mountain wasn't closed down." Ryder immediately thought of an idea.

"How about you try surfing? It is similar to snowboarding, but you are on a surfboard riding waves, not a snowboard riding down a mountain."

"I could give it a shot."

"Great. Zuma is great at surfing, obviously."

"Perfect! Thanks dude."

Jake immediately got changed into a rash guard and went to the beach. Zuma was already at the beach and saw Jake come up.

"Hey, little dude, mind if I join you?"

"Sure thing, big dude." Jake and Zuma started to chuckle a little. They both went out and started to surf. Meanwhile, at the lookout, Ryder was fixing his ATV and inspecting the pup's vehicles. After a couple of hours, all the vehicles were maintained and in tip-top shape. He moved them back to their spot and converted them into doghouses. Ryder noticed that it was already 5PM. He was shocked on how much time it took to repair the vehicles. Ryder wanted to call the pups to come back, but decided to let them do whatever till around 6:30. Ryder remembered about Sylvia and wanted to see if she could come to the lookout and stay with the pups. Ryder got out his pup pad and called Katie.

"Hey, Ryder. What's up?"

"Hey, Katie. I was wondering, would Sylvia be able to check out and come and stay at the lookout?"

"I guess she could, but she is still very injured. You need to be sure that no pups hurt her."

"I got it Katie. Thank you so much for your help these past couple days. I appreachiate it so much."

"Thanks, Ryder. I appreashiate you too."

"Thanks, Katie." Ryder began to blush a little, now knowing that Katie appreashiates him.

"No problem, Ryder. I lo...BYE!" The call abruptly ended, but Ryder knew exactly what Katie was going to say. Ryder started blushing as red as Marshall's fire engine. Marshall and Everest noticed this and started to giggle a little. Ryder noticed them, but still was blushing.

"Do you need me to cool you down, Ryder. Your face is as red as fire!" Marshall said this very jokingly, causing Ryder and Everest to laugh.

"I'm good, Marshall. I am going to go and get Sylvia. Katie said that she could release her under my custody." Ryder got onto his ATV and started making his way over to Katie's. Once he got there, he saw that Katie was wrapping up Sylvia a little more, packing some gauze and other medical supplies into a medial bag.

"Hey, Ryder" said Katie. She was still blushing a little bit from the call and so was Ryder.

"Hey, Katie. How is Sylvia?"

"She is doing great. She is super excited that she is going to the lookout."

"That's great."

"I'm so excited!" said Sylvia. She almost jumped up, but Katie restrained her.

"Sylvia, your paw is still broken. You need to be careful."

"Right, sorry Katie." Katie finished wrapping Sylvia up and gave her over to Ryder.

"Here you go, Ryder. Take good care of her. Call me if you need anything."

"Will do, Katie. Thank you so much for your help." Ryder went over and gave Katie a kiss on the cheek. Katie immediately turned bright red, as well as Ryder. Ryder left with Sylvia on his ATV. Ryder made it back to the lookout and he noticed that all the pups and Jake were back from all their activities. Rocky and Zuma were going to watch the movie with the other pups and Jake. Ryder knew that the pups would not know that he went to get Sylvia other than Marshall and Everest. Ryder started to go up the elevator and made it to the top of the lookout.

"Look who I got." The pups and Jake turned around immediately to see Sylvia with Ryder. All the pups went up to say Hi to Sylvia, except Rocky, who was too focused on the movie to notice. The movie was about a guy getting a rare Need for Speed Ford Mustang and racing it in a 24 hour race. A secret side to Rocky was that he loved cars and motorcycles. Sylvia noticed that Rocky didn't come to see her, so she asked Ryder to put her next to Rocky. Sylvia lied down right next to Rocky, but he still was too focused on the movie. What Sylvia did next not only shocked Rocky, but everyone in the room. Sylvia leaned over and licked Rocky on the cheek. Both Rocky and Sylvia were blushing, while everyone else was staring at them, their mouthes wide open and their eyes as wide as ever.

"Wow...wow...w...o...w." Marshall said this, snapping everyone else out of their shock. They went back and lied down to watch the movie. Marshall and Everest were snuggling together, as well as Chase and Skye, who were still not an official couple, and Rocky and Sylvia, who everyone thought was a couple. After about an hour, the movie was over. Rocky and Sylvia were whispering about something, but no one heard what they were saying. Chase and Skye also whispered, but it was not as successful because neither of them talked to one another for the rest of the night.

"Okay, pups, time for bed."

"Ryder, could I stay here with Sylvia?" Ryder was not surprised with this question, as he knew that Rocky would probably have asked this sooner or later.

"Sure, Rocky, go ahead." Rocky went over and started to nuzzle Sylvia. Sylvia started to yawn and so did Rocky and they fell asleep in each other's arms. Ryder started to go to his room, when he noticed two shadows in the corner. He realized they were pup sillouettes. He went closer and realized that it was Marshall and Everest. They were also asleep.

"What good pups." Ryder started to head to bed and fell asleep very quickly. A few weeks have passed and not much has happened throughout those weeks. Marshall and Everest were closer than ever and Sylvia and Rocky hit it off immediately. Chase and Skye still haven't talked much about what happened on movie night. Sylvia was almost healed, but she still had some burn marks on her skin, though it was covered with her new coat of fur. There was very little missions in Adventure Bay. The pups have started to rebuild Jake's cabin and were about a quarter way done with it. After another long day of protecting Adventure bay, Ryder, Jake and the pups were all heading to bed when they heard this loud and strange noise. They had never heard this kind of noise before.