Laika stood blank in a room about as colorful as a Kindergarten class, looking all along the walls to see clouds and suns with literal smiling face. This kind of interior made the mixed breed feel somewhat undermined. Thinking that her and Katie's talk would be a lot more positive if they were in a 'more pleasant environment'.
"Laika, pay attention please" Laika shot back to reality, looking in front of her to see Katie waving her arm up and down to try and get her attention. Finally receiving it so she could continue with her own little reformation process. Katie sat just a few feet away from the canine, her legs crossed her face brandished a smile, which Laika could easily detect and couldn't help but role her eyes at.
"Look I know you don't want to do this, but don't you want to fix yourself for society?" She asked, which Laika scoffed at. "Fix? There's absolutely nothing with me or my attitude" Laika defended. "Laika, you called me a 'Degenerate Capitalist' just a few minutes ago, Plus I'm pretty sure you swore at me in Russian as well" Katie pointed.
Laika shrugged as she turned her furry back to the human caretaker, "Not my fault you were acting like one" She muttered. "Just try and get through this activity with me please" Laika heard as she huffed out an exhausted sigh, dragging her body around to face Katie.
"Great, Now let's continue…. What does this picture remind you of?" Katie asked, holding a large card in front of the space canine. Laika squinted directly ahead in front of the card, letting her brain fester with answer before speaking out.
"Is see…Is see a glorious fleet of bombers flying across the Atlantic, reaching American east coast and raining down high explosive ordinance across all the states, I see the White House reduced to ashes and ever cursed star spangled banner burning in the street with brave red troops landing on the beaches to finally squashing out the west once and for all!" Laika proclaimed with an evil grin, imaging the whole plan of destruction in her mind
"Ugh…Laika?"
"Yes?"
"This is literally just a picture of an apple" Katie pointed out, Laika looked at it back to see she was right, realistically it was just an apple. "Oh…Well that little worm right there looks a lot like the destruction of America" she said, getting only a long sigh and face palm from the human just trying her best at this point.
"Okay, Let's try another image" Katie resented, throwing away the apple decaled card away from her to grab another card from a close by pile and holding it up against in front of the Soviet minded dog. Laika looked once more at the photo, this time thinking against closely of her answer this time. "Okay…I see…. A giant mushroom cloud, its might detonating throughout each major western city" She stated.
"Well this is just a normal everyday cloud, so I'd say you're half right on this one…. So, we're getting somewhere, good job…I guess" Laika smiled, feeling she was at least getting the grasp of something here. "Okay how about for this one, you just tell me how you feel when you see this picture instead of what you see, Okay?" Katie asked, receiving a nod from the mixed breed.
"Alright" Katie relented, showing the Mixed breed the final card holding up for Laika to see, However Katie didn't need to ask how Laika felt when viewing this picture, immediately it was shown loud and clear. In one swift swoop, Laika grabbed the picture with her teeth and swung it back and forth in her mouth with a tight grip, tearing the card to shred.
"Laika, Stop!" Katie shouted as she saw the mixed breed freeze for a short second before spitting out what was once an intact card. "What?" Laika seemingly legitimately asked ask Katie reach over to grab the ripped-up card to have a closer look at what it was that made Laika do such a violent thing.
"Oh…I guess that explains" Katie looked revealing it to be just a simple picture of the American flag, Katie rolled her eyes as she expected some other reaction from the canine. "Okay how about we try a different method of Therapy" She suggested as she got up from the soft fabric ground to fetch another item to help.
"Damn, I know it's around here somewhere" The Orange furred Feline proclaimed to himself, hiking up the snowy mountains and following the trail of destruction from last night. Appearing as a small dot in a field of fluffy white from the sky, snow below him crunching like dead leaves as slowly he made his way up the mountain and finally reaching what he had came for.
"Ah, finally" he said, laying his eyes on Laika's crashing spacecraft, still laying there now somewhat covered in snow after the time spent there. "Surprise this hunk of junk even took launch" He joked to himself, throwing insult at the relic of technology in front of him, but nevertheless still proceed his objection for coming there.
Slightly tapping the small metal disk on that hung on his collar, suddenly making it extend and blink as a red light flashed at its top. Taking the silver object and holding it in front of the spacecraft, clicking at button each time to take multiple photographs with the small but high-tech camera. Walking circles around the craft, one by one each picture getting each detail.
All of sudden, the feline 's ear perked up, twisting his head in the direction of the sudden sound that was coming his way. Acting fast and dashing away behind the largest pile he could find to concern himself, throwing himself below a large pile of rocks and snow forged together. "I told you Marshall, Its not alien technology" The mixed breed frustratingly said as he watch Rocky and Marshall walk their way over to the inactive space craft.
"How would you know though, hmmm?" Marshall pressured on his friend, Rocky could handle a lot, but dumb questions were really pushing his limits most of the time. "I'm not even gonna bother with this Marshall, I just came here to inspect the space rocket some more" Rocky stated as he came within feet of the craft, taking a closer eyed approach.
"What's the point if you said its just outdated technology though?" Marshall asked. "For one Marshall, no one in their right mind would use any of this technology in the modern time to fly themselves into space like that, especially considering how that dog was acting when she woke up according to Everest" He replied.
"I…guess that makes sense" Marshall rubbed his head thinking of the process all whilst unknown to them the mysterious cat from the snow was watching. "Hmph, Interesting chatter between these two, chatter I don't want to forget" he said, once again flipping out his small, concealed camera and with touch of a few clicks, was now recording the whole ordeal.
"Hey Rocky look, The hatch inside is still open" Marshall pointed out, pointing to the top of the downed space craft. He was right, the hatch that Laika first opened last night before being knocked unconscious was still wide open. "Huh, I-I wouldn't look in there yet If I were you" Rocky stated, resuming his inspection of the outer exterior.
"Suit yourself buddy!" The Dalmatian stated suddenly, running up to the Space craft and leap onto the side, scratching and clawing his way to the peak as he jumped straight into the hatch. "Marshall, I meant we both shouldn't look in there, get out" Rocky ordered.
"But there's a bunch of cool stuff in here, Woah check out all this old junk"
"What kind of junk" Rocky couldn't help himself but ask, he too was now curious now that Marshall had dragged him into it. "Cmon on it and have a look" Marshall tempted the mixed breed, Rocky sighed as he threw himself onto the side of the space craft, climbing up on the ice-cold steel before reaching the top just like Marshall did and looking down in the hatch to see a closed confined space.
Much to be expected from a small spacecraft, Rocky kept himself outside, looking down at Marshall from the top of the craft. "Look at all this old Russian stuff in here. Tape recorder, Board games, and some weird red cloth" Marshall claimed, reach out and grabbing a folder piece of red cloth.
Immediately retrieving it from the floor littered with miscellaneous items, all sudden for the red cloth to fold out almost instantaneously, falling to the ground in a rectangular shape as Marshall still held each both end of the sides; revealing it to be flag, The Flag of the Former Soviet Union.
"Hey Rocky?"
"Yeah?"
"You remember how that dog was talking Russian and how Everest said she was apart of the Soviet Union, I-I'm starting to believe she wasn't crazy after all" Marshall said, laying the Hammer and Sickle banner down on the interior.
"That's impossible Marshall, The Soviet Union collapsed all the way back in 1991, There's no way she was from before then"
"Well all this stuff is kind of giving me the chills" Marshall replied.
"Marshall, There's snow all around us, If you're feeling cold then we can just head back to the Lookout" Rocky said, extending his paw to the Dalmatian as his rescue. Marshall grabbed his paw and tried to pull up out the capsule. However, there was a bit of strength issue on Rocky's part.
"Pull me Rocky"
"I'm trying!" He replied, trying to pull his friend up with every bit of force he had, suddenly the slipping the slippery snow that built up near him and falling right into the space craft and closing the hatch shut as well just before he fell it. "Nice going, now we're both stuck in here"
"Calm down Marshall, no need to panic, we can just call Ryder on our Tags to come for us" Rocky stated as he tapped his metal tag hanging from his collar, glowing a bright green as it signified it was clear for him to speak. "Ryder, Marshall and I got trapped in the spacecraft when we were looking at it, we need some help" Releasing his paw but unfortunately to his luck, only to hear static in response.
"Hello? Ryder? Anyone?" Rocky asked frantically as there was no response continuously as he pleaded over the paw patrol communication line. Meanwhile on the outside of the craft, The Orange Feline at atop the rock with his head tilted, seemingly conflicted over what to do.
"Well I guess I should help them…. But then again, I can't blow my cover, oh well…Not my problem" He said, skipping toward the capsule in the snow, yet again taking photographs from front to back of the craft, every nook and cranny making sure to get it all in frame. "Ehhh, I guess that's all the pictures I need, for now at least" he stated.
"HELP…WE'RE TRAPPING IN HERE" The Cat could here, distinguishing it as Rocky's voice.
"IS ANYONE OUT THERE, PLEASE HELP US!"
"W-WAIT, MARSHALL DID YOU JUST FART?!"
"N-no….Maybe….Just a Little bit, Sorry"
"PLEASE ANYONE, I BEG YOU, GET US OUT OF HERE, SPECIFICALLY ME" Rocky pleaded, The Feline standing by looking from left to right to see he was the canine's only hope for escape at that point. He first sighed as he could basically feel the mixed breed's pain.
Finally giving in and walking up to the outer exterior of the craft's metal frame, strongly knocking on the wall to acknowledge himself. "Hey, Yall need help in there?"
"Oh thank goodness, Please Ma'am, can you open the hatch at the top please" Rocky asked, his voice muffled but still understandable to hear, maybe a bit too comprehendible for the cat. Hearing the word 'Ma'am' acknowledge him.
"W-What, I'm obviously a guy you dim wits!" He shouted back
"I'm sorry, it's really hard to hear you from in here Miss"
"I…AM…A…DUDE"
"Hey Rocky, what's she saying?" Marshall whispered to his friend.
"Don't know, I think she's old as well, Poor lady is probably got lost of a trail" Rocky commented, this didn't sit well with the feline as if this was a cartoon, His head would have been red like a tomato and steep pouring from his nose like a bull.
"How's this for old?!" He shouted as he kicked the spacecraft, proving to be not that good of an idea as he found himself clutching his back paw with a tight clench as the pain was immense. All sudden, out of the corner of his eye seeing the space craft roll down the incline of the mountain slowly, very slowly picking up speed.
"Aw Crap" he said as he watched the spacecraft roll down the hill. Picking up snow from below as it hurdled down the mountain at an alarming rate. The Feline kissed his teeth as the craft rolled away from him out of his control.
"Well uhm…. Huh, At least I got the pictures I guess" he said, hooking back his look alike collar attachment back to his neck. In the ending shrugging his own mishap and slowly making his way back down the mountain. Its not like he considered himself a superhero needing to save Rocky and Marshall, he was confident gravity was going to solve their problem for them.
"You know Laika, Meditation really is a good way to find inner peace when you have a lot of things on you mind. It's a handy technique when you're busy like me, just clear your mind of all distractions and…. You've got to be kidding me" Katie frustratingly proclaimed as she looked over to see the Mixed breed doing pushups.
Not even breaking a sweat as one at a time she was continuously pushing herself back up from the ground with no fatigue in her paws. "You know what, I give up, I just need a break" Katie brushed back her hair as she exhaled a large sigh, reaching over behind her to grab a small plastic container, opening it up to leak out to the world two steaming slices of pepperoni pizza.
"Been waiting for this all day" She said, biting off a large chunk from just her first bite, all of sudden looking over to Laika to see her staring at her all this time, but suddenly turning back to the ground when she was noticed. "Oh I get it…You want this pizza too" Katie stated.
"N-No, I wouldn't think to let that greasy filth near my mouth, My stomach just feels like exploding is all"
"Cmon Laika you don't have to lie to me, You haven't eaten a thing ever since you've been here" She said before suddenly slowly sliding over the plastic container with the single slice of pizza still in it. Still hot delicious by anyone's standards, Laika starred viciously at the floor away from the tempting food.
Ever sense in her body told her to just give in and finally have something already, but she was as stubborn as the day she was born. "Tell you what, just have a tiny bit and we can skip this whole Therapy session, Sound fair?" Katie offered with a string of cheese dripping from her mouth.
Laika looked over to her before slowly looking back at the Italian cuisine, letting out a big sigh before stopping her active work out just sit still in her position on the floor, reaching over to the container and grabbing the single sliced
The front hung low as Laika brought it up in front of mouth, comedically tilting her head from top to bottom and to the side to try find an angle to consumer just a treat. Some would full send it, but not her. Her mouth unhinged like a snake slowly like a turtle leaning in to take the first bite.
Her teeth sank slowly into the cheese right through down into the tomato sauce until she bit it clean off from the crust below, slowly chewing as each flavour gave her an experience, Laika held her eyes closed as if she was expecting a poisonous taste. A cringe worthy face that Katie couldn't help but snicker at.
Finally, Throwing the crunched food down her throat to come to a final opinion. "It is…satisfactory" she said, taking another bite as of result. Laika's ears perked up however when she observed Katie patting the soft patch of carpet next to her.
"What are you doing?"
"I want you to sit next to me silly"
"Don't call me Silly" Laika sternly replied, but never less relenting in the end as she got up from the distance where she was away from Katie walk over to her and even very surprisingly, resting her head on Katie's lap.
"See, I didn't even need to say please or negotiate with you"
"Enjoy it while it lasts, Because I'm getting up in three minutes tops" She said, still munching down on her pizza as both just seemingly starred into nothingness, just enjoying each other's time. "You know you're not so bad. Sure, you're a little crazy and unhinged, but I can tell you just want to be loved inside" Laika looked beyond Katie after hearing such a thing.
Never in a million years had she considered herself crazy, however seeing a little bit of a point about her being unhinged, but she was completely in her right mind for all she knew. "This isn't easy for me to say this but….I…am…sorry"
"Excuse me, What did you say?"
"I said I'm…Sorry"
Katie scooched up to the Mixed breed with a smile, leaning her head right up to her the Space canine's muzzle. "Just one more time?"
"I said I'm sorry you..." Laika stopped herself in her tracks, blowing a huge wave of angry out of her body after rising her head from Katie's lap in annoyance. "Okay I get it, It was just weird to hear that from you" Katie confessed.
"You're right, This whole time I've been a total Придурок to you this entire time"
"…"
"I said I've been a total Jerk"
"Ah I see"
"I owe you more than just an apology at this point, and I suppose those other Canines that brought me in deserve one too" Laika looked back at the human with a questioning look, but receiving a nod as a response.
"Yeah, Believe me when I say this Laika that no one in this town is willing to hurt you, Even though they've yet to see you, they would care for you in a heartbeat. So would paw patrol and so would I" Katie said, wrapping her arms around the Mixed breed's neck.
Causing the dog just to give a hard flinch in response, from all her experience in her life to lead to her to belief that Katie was going to snap her neck, but instead it felt more warm and long lasting. A gesture that Laika hadn't experienced in a very long time.
Laika's tail wagged in response with a broad smile across her face. "I suppose not all Americans are like this, I will never give in to the American enemy though!" Laika strongly pointed. "That's fine, we can't all get rid of our problems in one go" Katie responded.
"Consider this Therapy session, completed" Katie shouted out in jubilee as she got up from her soft fabric floor to stand up on her legs. Stretching her limbs from such an exhausting time. "How about you and I whip up some food for other animals?"
"If it means we get to have more of that 'Pizza' stuff, I wouldn't mind" Laika hoped for with a noticeable hop in her step. Katie smirked and scoffed as she looked at the canine "Knew you'd like it" she muttered.