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Chapter 2: Betrayal.
After they reached the beach Zuma decided to break the silent walk.
Zuma: Cloud, I know I may have been a little hard on you, but why do you cause so much trouble?
Cloud: I don't do the trouble, is Junior and Misty, they are putting me in trouble.
Zuma: Cloud you can't just point fingers to them, do you even like your brother and sisters?
Cloud: I do but Junior and Misty always bully me and then they act up to make me get in trouble.
Zuma: But you can't blame them with no evidence of it.
Cloud: But they convince you without one neither and yet you believe them instead of me.
His eyes were watering at the mention of that. Zuma was a little surprised to know that he actually had a valid point.
Zuma: You know, I didn't saw it that way. In fact, I never even gave though to that. You know when I was your age, I had a bad time too, you may know that I never knew my mom at young age, I was found by myself in a forest. All alone I was taken in a place where stray puppies could grow healthy. Not a pound, not a shelter. It was like a nursery house for young puppies. But even in that happy place I was mistreated by the other pups. They laughed at me, they made fun of me, because I had a speech impediment. I replaced the Rs with Ws and that made my life a living hell. You don't even want to know. They beat me up, they treated me like a nobody. When the owners and staff helped me they never believed a word I said. I had to suffer for eight weeks the same punishment. My suffering ended when Ryder found me and put me in the Paw Patrol. I was never liked before. Now my speech impediment is mostly gone. This is a thing I haven't told no one, not even your mom, not even my friends, not even my mom. You are the only one I have told this. And I would like you to keep that way, okay?
Cloud: Okay daddy.
Zuma smiled and nudge him.
Zuma: Well I can let you off the hook this time. Unless you are lying to me, because if you do I will be really mad.
Cloud: I'm not.
Zuma: Then let's go back home.
They turned to go back home. After another walk they returned back to the Lookout. They found themselves with everypup hanging around on Iki.
Iki: Stop it, stop it, stop it, stop it!
Zuma: Having fun Iki?
Iki: Not fun, not fun.
Zuma: Cloud go play with them.
Cloud ran excitedly towards the others, but they all stopped playing and looked at him in a bad way.
Terra: What is he doing here?
Gecki: I though he was grounded.
Misty: He should be. He dork, why are you here?
Cloud: Dad let me play with you guys.
Billy: He did? Well now we can all play.
Junior: Not so fast. He need to pass the test to see if he is good enough to play with us.
Misty: Right?
Billy: What test? There's no…
Junior put his paw on Billy's mouth.
Junior: The test.
Misty: Right follow us Cloud.
Misty and Junior walked away as the others followed them and Cloud was last. They lead him into a big puddle of dirty water.
Misty: Okay little brother, here is how it works. You will jump on that water and stay on it for three minutes. If you do, you pass.
Cloud: Does it have to be dirty?
Junior: Sadly it has to.
Cloud: Oh, but that's easy, stay in it for three minutes is easy.
Misty: Then go ahead.
Cloud prepared himself and he jumped on it daringly. And stood there.
Cloud: This is going to be so easy. Am I doing okay?
Junior: Not quite, you have to be a little more in.
He then lowered himself a little.
Cloud: Like this?
Misty: No more like this.
She then pushed him down underwater and stood on top of him making him stay underwater by force. He started to trash around to get out but she kept him underwater. She pulled him up to air and pushed him underwater again.
Misty: How do you like this you wolf pup? Not so tough now are you?
Junior: That's what you get. There's no room for wolves in this family.
Cloud was screaming underwater to try and find air as this two siblings laughed and kept him under. Princess tried to walk out to tell her mom and dad but was stopped by Junior.
Junior: If you go to mom and dad and tell them you will join him. You hear me?
Princess nodded and returned to her position scared of his brother. After three minutes Misty pulled Cloud out of the water and let him go. He took all the air he could, the laughter of Junior and Misty, that thing made him turn into something he is not. The mockery, the insult, the pain, all of that made him snapped sharp like a knife. He got angry and bearing his teeth he charged towards Misty and attacked her with so much rage. She dropped to the ground and started to yelp loudly when he bit her and clawed her like a savage. He started to even open her big wounds. Her yelping were heard and that made the parents to rush in to the same spot only to see their pups whining in fear as Misty was still being assaulted by Cloud. Zuma saw this and he put his strength to separate Cloud from Misty.
Skye: CLOUD STOP! STOP!
Skye's sad screams made Cloud to stop and after staring at her with sadness he calmed down. He started to walk slowly to her.
Cloud: Mommy?
Zuma: CLOUD STOP NOW! DON'T GET NEAR HER OR ANYONE!
His father's rage made him stop with utter fear. Misty was scared with all those injuries and bleeding. She was shaking and crying.
Misty: Daddy, daddy?
Zuma: Shh, shh. It's okay. I got you. I'll get her to the Lookout you guys return. Marshall get your EMT stuff to help her. And Cloud, I swear if you move, it won't end well for you. You better be in here when I return.
They all went inside the Lookout to help Misty out. Cloud however had his heart racing. His father was furious at him. He want it to hide or run, but that would make it worst. He didn't know how to embrace his father now, he was in a tight spot now.
Zuma: CLOUD! GET OVER HERE THIS INSTANT!
When he heard his father call him, he was sure that it won't end well for him. He approached very slowly, Zuma had tears but at the same time was so enraged.
Zuma: I WANT YOU HERE NOW! MOVE IT!
Cloud approached to him just to be grabbed by force and pinned down.
Zuma: How could you do this to me?! After I shared my pain with you, you pay me back by almost killing your sister! I thought we had an understanding! But THIS! THIS JUST SHOW ME THAT YOU LIE TO ME! I BELIEVED IN YOU! AND ALL I GET IS YOUR BETRAYAL! YOU HAVE HURT ME, BUT MOST OF ALL YOU HAVE SHOWN ME WHAT YOU ARE! I want you out of here! You can cry, beg all you want. But no one, no one hurts my kids! You got that? Don't talk to me, don't look at me and don't call on your mother because I forbid you to be near us! Also, I won't train a traitor like yours. I was wrong, no kid of mine behaves like this. You are not my son. Not after this. When I return you better be long far gone.
Zuma ripped Cloud's collar off, destroyed it and left entering back at the Lookout. After all that, Cloud felt his heart breaking apart. His own father restrained him from everything even kicked him out not only from the team but from the family. He saw Iki staring at him with a dead serious face and Iki growled at Cloud making him run away. After Cloud was gone he entered back. Cloud kept running from his life crying without looking back. He lost everything and now he was truly alone.
To be continued…