Season 4 Episode 9: PIRATE PUPS TO THE RESCUE PART ONE

June 25th, 2030

"Dear Diary, this week has been fantastic! I got to see the legendary Puplantis, and me and Sid finally stopped stealing stuff! We found some really nice folks who go by the name of the Paw Patrol, who were kind enough to take us in. We helped out with a rescue, and they named me a member of the Paw Patrol! Can you believe it? Me, helping others! It makes me so happy! And yesterday was Tracker's birthday! The entire Rescue Force Delta team came down from Adventure City to celebrate it! Right now, Tracker and his owner Carlos are currently searching for some pirate treasure using the map we recovered from the sunken sloop. Well, that's everything important that happened since the last time I wrote in you! Thanks for everything, diary! Bye!" Arrby wrote in his diary.

June 24th, 2030 (Tracker's Birthday!)

The groundbridge opened up, and eight animals walked through the portal into the Sea Patrol Lookout. Tracker squealed in delight as he saw Tuck, and tackled the male golden retriever in excitement. "TUCK! ¡Es tan bueno verte!" Tracker exclaimed.

Tuck kissed his boyfriend, and then the other seven Adventure City team members giggled. "Hey, don't hog him all to yourself, bro! Celebrating a birthday is a group activity!" Ella teased.

"Yeah! Good to finally meet you in person and talk, Tracker." Liberty greeted the potcake.

"Meow, wow! You're super cool in person, Tracker!" Leo chuckled.

"This birthday party is going to be pawsome!" Shade chimed in.

"Yeah!" Rory agreed.

"I was promised free snacks!" Alex growled happily.

"ELLA! LIBERTY! WILD! ALEX! LEO! RORY! SHADE! ¡Muchas gracias! I'm so happy you all could come to my birthday party!" Tracker cheered.

"Anytime, pal! I wouldn't miss the birthday of my brother's boyfriend for anything!" Ella confidently said.

"This will be great!" Tuck roared.

They all gave Tracker birthday presents, and Tuck spent a lot of time with Tracker. The potcake and golden retriever played games, napped, talked, they spent all of their time together that day and were practically inseparable. Ella, Liberty, Alex, Wild, Leo, Shade, Rory, Marshall, Chase, Zuma, Rocky, Rubble, Skye, and Everest were simply along for the ride. The day ended with a bang, as they all drank pawpaw juice that Carlos had brought from the jungle. "Your birthday surprises aren't ending today, Tracker." Carlos enthusiastically told his pup as they drank their juice.

"¿¡Qué!?" Tracker gasped. His owner puffed his chest out in pride. "That bottle you, Ryder and Sid found yesterday had a treasure map inside! What do you say we go look for it together, buddy?" Carlos suggested.

"¡Dios mío! That would be muy fantástico, Carlos!" Tracker squealed in delight.

June 25th, 2030

"Tracker? Earth to Tracker?" Carlos giggled, giving his pet some belly rubs. Tracker was brought out of his daydreaming state by the belly rubs.

"Oh! Lo siento, Carlos. I was just thinking about my birthday party yesterday! What's up?" Tracker asked, blushing as he realized he had gotten lost in his thoughts.

"Look!" Carlos simply said, pointing to the island that they were approaching.

"LAND HO!" Tracker yelled out in excitement as their boat got to the shore of the isle. As they got out of their sailing vessel, Tracker let out a sigh of relief. "We sure did ride our boat a long way!" Tracker commented.

"I think it's gonna be worth it, Tracker. I'm pretty sure this is Scallywag's Island, and this map will show us where Jack Scallywag buried his treasure." Carlos told him.

Tracker froze up as he heard that name. "J-J-Jack Scallywag!? We're searching for HIS treasure!? My great grand dog told me that Jack Scallywag was a very scary pirate with spooky spells and magic powers!" Tracker stammered.

"You don't have to worry about him anymore, Tracker. That bad buccaneer is long gone." Carlos reassured his canine companion.

The potcake shakily inhaled a deep breath and calmed down. "I guess you're right, there's nothing to worry about…" Tracker sighed.

Carlos started to head out to the jungle, and then stepped on some sort of buried mechanism that completely destroyed their boat. "OH NO! OUR BOAT!" Tracker screamed in horror.

"That had to be one of Jack Scallywag's booby traps. Of course he would have sabotaged his island with those… we'd better call Ryder. The presence of these traps changes things exponentially! We're going to need the help of the Sea Patrol for this." Carlos mused.

Meanwhile, Ben, Ryder, Katie, Ace, and Sid were playing pirates with Chase, Marshall, Skye, Rocky, Zuma, Rubble, Everest, and Arrby. Ben, Ryder, Katie, Ace, and Sid were dressed in green, red, pink, blue, and gold pirate outfits that they had recovered from Jack Scallywag's ship, while the pups were outfitted in pirate gear. "Let's play some Pirate Tag!" Everest suggested.

"Avast, me hearties, I'm it!" Chase declared as he started to chase the others around.

Marshall got tagged and had to walk off of a log, while Rubble and Zuma dug up a buried boot.

Their fun was interrupted by Carlos calling them. Ryder answered the call on his pup pad. "Carlos, Tracker, what's going on?" Ryder inquired.

"Our boat's been wrecked, we found the island but it seems to be full of booby traps! We're going to need your help to find the treasure!" Carlos urgently said.

"¡Deprisa, por favor!" Tracker begged, and then the communication ended.

Ryder sprang to his feet as he summoned the pups. "Sea Patrol, to the Sea Patroller! Tracker and Carlos need our help!" Ryder commanded. Sid nodded his head as he followed Ryder. Katie and Ace came along with them, and Ben stopped them.

"Katie, Ace, are you sure you're wanting to come along with us on this mission? This could be really dangerous." Ben warned the two women.

Ace and Katie gave Ben a thumbs up. "Heck yeah we do. Can't let you boys have all the fun! Ryder goes off with you into dangerous situations enough already. It's time I start accompanying him!" Katie answered.

"I'm a pilot, and I know how to survive in the wilderness. Plus, I'm pretty good with a machete. I'm pretty sure I could be helpful on that island." Ace replied.

The three of them joined Sid, Arrby, and the seven pups in the beach tower elevator as it rose up and took them to the Sea Patroller control room. "Sea Patrol ready for action, Captain Ryder, sir!" Chase and Zuma declared.

The Sea Patroller deployed all of a sudden, and Ryder turned around to look at them. "We're going on a pirate rescue adventure! We're headed to an archipelago of islands that's off the coast of Hawaii. We have a general location of Tracker and Carlos but we don't have an exact fix. Skye, when we get close, you'll use your parasail to spot the island with a big mountain on it. Zuma and Arrby, we know that there are booby traps surrounding the island, so we need you to scout ahead for them in your ocean vehicles." Ryder instructed.

"Sea Patrol is on a roll!" Ben announced as the Sea Patroller began to pick up speed and sailed across the ocean. "It'll be an hour or two before we get close enough for Skye to start scouting for the island that Tracker and Carlos are on. You pups enjoy yourselves in the meantime." Ryder told them.

The pups, Sid, and Ben all went up to the open air section of the ship.

"So, what do we do while we wait?" Rubble wondered as the pups felt the wind ripple through their fur. Sid smiled as he thought of something they could do.

"Well, me and Arrby have a little ditty that we sing sometimes when we're sailing…" The pirate offered.

"Oooh! Yeah! I love singing that song! Can we teach it to the rest of the Paw Patrol now, pleeeease?" Arrby pleaded.

Sid threw his head back and let out a burst of merry laughter. "Of course we can, Arrby!" Sid enthusiastically responded.

The two buccaneers taught the pups the lyrics to their song, and soon, they were all singing.

"Yo ho ho, we are on a roll! Yo ho ho, we're pirate pups on sea patrol!" The pups all cried out.

"Sailing across the ocean blue!" Ben sang.

"Sid Swashbuckle and his crew!" Sid chuckled.

"We're pirate pups!" Skye chimed in.

"But we're not mean!" Marshall added.

"The nicest sea dogs on the seaaaaaa!" Zuma and Rubble exclaimed.

"Yo ho ho, we are on a roll! Yo ho ho, we're pirate pups on sea patrol!" The pups all chorused.

"We will brave the stormy seas!" Everest sang.

"Riding waves as tall as trees!" Zuma giggled.

"Avast!" Chase yelled.

"Ahoy!" Rubble roared.

"And trim the sail!" Arrby piped up.

"We'll even help a friendly whale!" The pups joked.

"Yo ho ho, we are on a roll! Yo ho ho, we're pirate pups on sea patrol!" They all sang, and then the song ended.

"I think we're approaching the island that Tracker and Carlos are on. Skye, it's time to be our bird's eye view in the skies." Ryder suggested.

"Aye aye, captain! PARASAIL!" Skye squealed before she leapt off the ship and soared into the air.

As she flew through the air, she scanned the ocean down below and noticed several islands. "Land ho! I see a lot of islands, Ryder. Wait, there's the island with the big mountain from Carlos' map. Two points off the starboard bow." Skye radioed them.

"That means turn right a little, matey!" Sid announced over the communications system.

"I see Carlos and Tracker! They look really happy to see us!" Skye noticed.

"All right. Zuma, Arrby? The two of you scout ahead for booby traps in the water." Ben suggested.

"Aye aye!" Zuma declared.

"Yes, Captain!" Arrby dutifully answered.

The Dachshund and the chocolate labrador hopped in their submarines before deploying from the Sea Patroller. As they sped across the surface of the ocean, Tracker urgently messaged them over the communications. "LOOK OUT FOR BOOBY TRAPS! My ears can hear them being triggered! ¡FUERA, RÁPIDO!" Tracker shouted frantically.

Zuma and Arrby swerved to the side as the stone pillars shot out of the ocean.

"RYDER, KATIE, ACE! REVERSE ENGINES NOW OR WE'RE SUNK!" Sid yelled.

Ryder immediately started to steer the ship and turn it to its side, managing to barely avoid the row of stone columns that were now blocking their path to the island. "That was a close call…" Ben sighed in relief.

"But we're not close enough to get to Tracker and Carlos off of that island!" Marshall worriedly said.

"Then we'll have to disable the booby traps. Zuma, Arrby, submersible mode!" Sid commanded.

The two pups dove underneath the surface and began to take down the stone columns. However, they were barely making a dent in the sheer number of stone columns that popped up. Whenever they managed to destroy one, two more would pop up in its place. "Captain Boss Mister Sid Sir? This doesn't seem to be working!" Arrby called out.

Rubble deployed to give them a helping paw, and then Ryder had an idea. "We don't need to knock them all down. We just need to play dominos!" Ryder then suggested.

"I can get behind that idea. Rubble, you'll use your rig's big scoop to push on the pillar while Zuma and Arrby will use their submarine claw arms to pull on it." Ben mused.

"Aye aye, Captain Ben!" The three pups answered as they got to work toppling one of the stone columns, aiming the trajectory of the fall so that it would impact several other columns and make them topple as well.

"Ready, Captain Blackfur?" Zuma teased.

"As ready as I'll ever be!" Rubble replied with a grin.

Together, they toppled the tower, and it caused a chain reaction, toppling over numerous other stone columns. "Uh, Zuma? Why'd you call Rubble Captain Blackfur?" Arrby asked.

"Cuz he is Captain Blackfur. There was some time travel involved, dude. Was one heck of an adventure." Zuma responded.

Sid spat out the hot coffee he was drinking onto Ben, causing him to yell in pain due to the scalding hot coffee. "OW OW OW!" Ben shouted in agony.

"Apologies, matey. Didn't mean to do that!" Sid apologized.

They managed to get the Sea Patroller to the shore of the island, where they were embraced by Tracker and Carlos. "I'm soooo happy you're here, everyone! ¡Muchas gracias, amigos!" Tracker gratefully said.

"That pirate Jack Scallywag sure didn't want anyone finding his treasure… Tracker's great grandpa was right." Carlos remarked.

"Cool!" Rocky chuckled.

"No! There was nothing cool about Jack Scallywag! My great-grand-dog says that he had a musical instrument that casts a spell over animals. It enslaved them into his own pirate crew…" Tracker murmured nervously.

"You mean, like having monkeys make him sandwiches?" Rubble asked.

"No, more like take treasure, bring it to a secret lair, and guard it forever. Or run into battle and get themselves killed for him…" Tracker answered.

"That's horrible!" Marshall gasped.

"Only way to break the spell is to play a song on the instrument… My great grandpappy told me that Jack Scallywag somehow cheated death itself! So you can see why being here on this island looking for his treasure makes me muy nervioso…" Tracker explained.

"It's a cool story, Tracker, but Jack Scallywag's not around anymore. His treasure still might be around, though!" Carlos reassured his pup.

Sid and Arrby shared an uneasy glance with each other, which didn't escape Ben unnoticed. As the others started to make a plan for finding the treasure, Ben pulled Arrby and Sid aside for a quick talk. "You two seem uneasy as well… something troubling you?" Ben inquired.

"Jack Scallywag. He's a very recent pirate, operating in the 1990s. The fact that he managed to plunder a vast amount of treasure without being caught has me on edge. I've spoken to pirates who had encounters with him… the dastardly pirate indeed did seem to be able to control animals. They claimed he had dark magic, and that if his treasure was ever found, he would return to life…" Sid darkly said.

"It's the kind of thing that gives a pup nightmares!" Arrby whimpered.

Regrouping with the others at the top of the hill, Ace, Ben, Katie, Sid, Ryder, and Carlos stood in the middle of a clearing surrounded by trees. "We need to know where to dig… the treasure should be around here somewhere." Carlos mused.

"Rocky can help! His metal detector can pinpoint that treasure." Ryder commented.

Barking out his metal detector, the device started to beep almost immediately. "Wow, right under our paws? Let's get digging!" Rocky exclaimed.

The pups all began to shovel out the dirt and create a hole, soon revealing the treasure chest with a skull and crossbones on it. Rubble used the crane on his construction rig to lift it out, before Sid used his lockpicking tools to pick the lock and pry the chest open. "Huh, the chest was rather light. I barely needed to use any power on my rig…" Rubble pondered.

Opening the chest, there was a flute. "SHIVER ME TIMBERS! THAT'S THE FLUTE OF JACK SCALLYWAG!" Sid yelled in horror.

"No way! That flute is the treasure of Jack Scallywag!?" Marshall gasped.

"Maybe the legends were real." Chase murmured worriedly.

"I've got a bad feeling about this…" Skye murmured.

"Me too." Everest mumbled.

"Pfft. There's no such thing as curses." Carlos scoffed as he pressed the flute to his lips and played some notes on it.

"NO!" Arrby and Tracker screamed as black smoke started to billow out of the flute.

They felt rumbling beneath their feet as the smoke changed shape, and turned into a person in a pirate outfit. "Ahahahahaha… AHAHAHAHAHA! AFTER YEARS AND YEARS OF WAITING, I'M FREE! IT'S TIME TO CONQUER EARTH!" The pirate cackled.

"J-J-Jack Scallywag…" Tracker whimpered.

Snapping his fingers, pure black cages would appear and slam down on Chase, Marshall, Skye, Rubble, Rocky, Zuma, and Everest. Arrby pushed Tracker out of the way of their cage. Ben, Ace, Katie, Sid, and Ryder immediately drew their weapons. "ARRBY, GET OUT OF HERE!" Sid commanded.

"TRACKER, RUN! GET TO THE SEA PATROLLER, TRY CONTACTING THE ADVENTURE CITY TEAM!" Ben shouted frantically.

Tracker and Arrby took off running as Ben, Ryder, and Sid attempted to strike Jack Scallywag with their blades. However, snakes slithered behind them and took them by surprise, constricting them with their long, lengthy bodies. Arrby and Tracker looked back at their human friends, scared as they sprinted back to the Sea Patroller as fast as their four paws could take them.

WHAT IS THE FATE OF BEN, RYDER, KATIE, CARLOS, ACE, AND SID SWASHBUCKLE!? ARE CHASE, MARSHALL, SKYE, RUBBLE, ROCKY, ZUMA, AND EVEREST DOOMED!? CAN TRACKER AND ARRBY MANAGE TO SAVE THEIR PAW PATROL PALS? EVEN IF THEY SAVE THEIR FRIENDS, CAN THEY DEFEAT AN UNDEAD PIRATE LIKE JACK SCALLYWAG? FIND OUT ON THE EXCITING CONCLUSION OF THE SEA PATROL ARC, PIRATE PUPS TO THE RESCUE PART TWO! COMING SOON TO FANFICTION WEBSITES NEAR YOU!