PPX: Zuma's First Month
Episode nineteen: Anger Will Show When One Won't Let Go
On day twenty eight of Zuma's life in Adventure Bay, Zuma was telling Rocky about an idea for a song he had in the Lookout living room. He was still figuring out the lyrics, as usual, but he was happy to show Rocky what he had written down so far. "I think it's the best way for me to show much I love it in Adventuwe Bay. It'll be especially pewfect to end off the Pwide Month Cawnival with it."
Rocky loved what he was looking at and had to admit; he was totally up for something like this happening. "The whole town would love this!" Rocky then remembered one thing Zuma would have to do to pull this off. He hoped it won't be too big of a setback for him. "This will be your first time performing in on stage, right? Are you sure you'll be ready?"
"Well... I can't say I won't be newvous at all;" Zuma admitted, but he was still showed optimism over how things would go down. "But I have to stawt somewhere. And if it's gonna be anywhere, then I can't think of a better cwowd than the people of my new home!"
Rocky took his Pup-Phone out as he got started on helping Zuma set everything up. "All I needed to hear!" Rocky made the call, and what Zuma heard him say before leaving the room confirmed what he was doing. "Diane? Quick question. How hard would it be to schedule a performance for Zuma three days in advance?"
Zuma got a look at his lyric sheet before looking at his guitar, which was laying right on his hind legs as he sat on the couch. He could barely hold in how excited he was to show Adventure Bay how much they all meant to him. And now he even had Rocky helping him make the performance happen. Even after everything he'd been through; his parents' arrest, the orphanage, Bloodfreak's army, and the stuff with Nicky, his friends and home were able to help him stay happy. That was especially true for Rocky. To Zuma, Rocky meant the entire world and beyond.
Rocky hopped back up onto the couch and excitedly told Zuma the news of his performance. "It's happening Zuma! You've got a show to do on the last day of the carnival!"
"YES; YES; YES!" Zuma hugged Rocky, who wrapped his arms around him as the two started jumping on the couch. "A MILLION TIMES YES!" The two pups could barely contain their excitement. In just three days, Zuma was going to have his first performance on a live stage. It made him both ecstatic and nervous at the same time in all the right ways.
At the Pride Month Carnival, Zuma was telling everyone about how he felt about performing his song as they were heading over to the gravitron. "My legs are shaking as much as my head is wacing! And we haven't even weached the last day of the cawnival yet!"
Ryder knelt down and rubbed Zuma's head affectionately before using the tickets he bought to let them all go on the ride. "This is gonna be your big break Zuma. Just make sure not to overthink it. Too much stress could cause you to choke."
Zuma made a mental note of that, knowing it would be important for the show. "Got it. Thanks Wyder." Zuma then looked to Rocky, being eternally grateful for his help. "And thank you too Wocky. I almost can't believe you made the call to Diane so fast."
"Hey. If I have connections, I may as well use them when I can." Rocky joked playfully, making Zuma giggle a bit as he and the others got on the gravitron. However, they were so focused on Zuma talking about his mixture of excitement and nervousness, that they failed to notice a familiar Doberman in front of them getting on the same ride. And this Doberman wasn't about to let Zuma have his performance so easily.
After the gravitron ride, Skye was apologizing profusely to Chase for something she ended up doing on the ride. "I'm so sorry Chase!" The fact that he was drying himself off with the carnival bathroom's fur dryer gave an idea as to what that was. "I thought my stomach could finally handle rides like that!"
"I still find it ironic that I've rarely, if ever, managed to make you puke like those rides do." Chase admitted with a smirk, making Skye giggle a bit with Chase assuring her that she was over it while continuing to jab at himself. "Believe me when I say that I'm leagues grosser than that. My butt smells worse than any other dog around; a skunk would die if I were to fart on it; The first pup people look at for a clogged-"
"Okay Mr Toxic Butt. I get it." Skye assured Chase before he went too far with that. "Let's just get the rest of MY bad scent out of your fur before we rejoin the others."
Zuma and the others were waiting outside for Chase and Skye, and Paleclaw was getting a look at Richie's guns. They were more of a knife pup themself, but they still liked that Richie was the type to use weapons like him. "I'm surprised you haven't joined the Paw Patrol yet Richie. These infinite ammo guns alone would've made you a member by default if I owned a rescue team."
"I'm not exactly against the idea." Richie admitted, feeling that joining the Paw Patrol could be a possibility one day. "I just prefer helping Ryder on my own terms right now."
Chase and Skye then left the bathroom now that Skye's puke and the scent of it was completely removed from Chase's fur. Chase was more than satisfied to announce this to the others when he walked over to them with Skye. "And just like that, my fur coat have successfully returned to it's natural look and feel."
Skye smiled to Chase before Ryder made a suggestion on what the group could do next. "Let's settle for the less nausea inducing attractions for now. You guys wanna take a look at some of the games?"
The others liked the sound of that with Zuma asking Rocky about it as they headed on over. "You think we could win some cool pwizes fwom some of these games?"
"I don't see why not." Rocky answered, making sure to warn Zuma about how some of the games. "Just be wary of how rigged some of them are." Rocky pointed over to the ring toss game, where Zuma saw a kid toss a ring that bounced off of the bottles. He was saddened from this, and Zuma saw what Rocky was saying. "Not all of them are like that, but most of them have some kind of gimmick that can prevent you from winning. I can't name all of them off the top of my head, but if it comes back to mind, I'll warn you about which ones could be rigged.
"Got it." Zuma said before seeing Nicky talking to someone on his phone while playing the bean bag toss game. He couldn't help joking about what Nicky was like after seeing this. "You'd think Nicky would have a game like that."
"Hehe. No kidding." Rocky responded, laughing a bit with Zuma as they started thinking about what game to do. "So which one should we try first?"
Skye and Zuma were about to do a round of that game where you shoot water into the clown's mouth. Skye had a warning for Zuma as they were getting their spray guns set up. "And no Zuma, you don't get to fart on me if you win."
"Fine. Let's just get stawted." Zuma replied, getting his spray gun ready and aimed as well as he could at the clown's mouth.
Chase and Rocky were at the ball toss game nearby as Chase asked Rocky a question after paying for his balls. "Hey Rocky. There's something I've been wanting to ask you lately, if you don't mind." Rocky gave Chase the go-ahead, and Chase's question stunned him. "Do you like Zuma?"
Rocky tried to deny it, despite making it obvious with the gay panic he had right as Chase threw his first ball at the first stack of three bottles. "Me!? Like Zuma!? What makes you think I do!? I mean, obviously I LIKE Zuma; he's super fun to be around. But I didn't dream about us getting married, adopting puppies, and doing everything I could to make him happy!"
Rocky then realized what he just said and looked around while blushing to make sure no one else heard that. Chase laughed a bit before throwing his second ball, and just like the first stack, it went down in one hit. "Relax Rocky, I won't tell him." Chase picked up his last ball as he told Rocky how he found out so quickly. "I only ask because you know how I feel about Skye. It just crossed my mind that you'd be able to tell when someone like me catches onto romance."
"I can't say I'm surprised by that." Rocky admitted, scratching the back of his head as Chase threw the last ball and knocked down the last stack of bottles. "I'd be surprised if he wasn't attracted to you instead." Rocky admitted, and Chase picked out his prize before looking at Rocky. "You're a super strong athlete who's always stopping bad guys, and I'm a gear headed nerd who isn't even on the Paw Patrol."
"I doubt Zuma's priority is being a Paw Patrol member And he doesn't seem like he's into muscles." Chase assured Zuma as he accepted and thanked the game owner for his light blue superhero mask. After putting it on, he smirked to Rocky as he added something else. "Of course, you may wanna look out for if he's into pups with superpowers."
Rocky rolled his eyes while smiling before thanking Chase for the encouragement. "I hope you're right. Thanks Chase."
Chase gave a thumbs up to Rocky as the two of them headed back over to the others, where Zuma was celebrating his victory against Skye with a victory dance. "Weady, set, I got wet," and part of that involved shaking his butt in Skye's face. "and that means I won the bet!"
Chase and Rocky laughed as Nicky was then revealed to be watching them from afar as Nicky groaned at Zuma's boasting. "Ugh. How does Rocky go from me to him? I'd never be this arrogant over something as mundane as a clown water game." Nicky then got a call from someone and spoke up about what they were calling about. "Humdinger; finally! Is that stealth device I wanted ready? Or, did you finally find out if you have it?" After a couple seconds, Nicky gave a satisfied smile to his answer. "Good. I'll meet you soon."
Nicky hung up and watched some more as he walked off with Paleclaw speaking up after laughing a bit during Zuma's dance. "Don't get too cocky now Zuma. Not all of these games will be your specialty." Nicky grinned happily over what he had planned for later tonight. It was clear that he wasn't going to let what happened six days ago stop him from making Rocky his. And thanks to the device he was getting from Humdinger, he was even more prepared to avoid getting caught this time.
Later that night, Nicky was walking around Adventure Bay and made his way to Richie and Rocky's house. Once he was outside of Rocky and Richie's room, he set a ladder down and started to climb up it. He was careful when opening the window, not wanting it to be too loud. He looked at Rocky after climbing inside, seeing him sleeping snugly at Richie's feet on the bed. Nicky saw Richie and got worried at first, but decided to go for it anyway. He took out a rag and walked over to Rocky, putting it onto his mouth gently, but swiftly, to avoid wasting time.
He then picked Rocky up while also making sure not to wake up Richie. He made his way to the ladder and dropped Rocky down, causing him to slide down and even snap his neck. Nicky flinched when he saw that and slid down to check on him. He checked his pulse, and to his amazement, Rocky was still alive. He wasn't expecting that, even after hearing how Rocky survived getting hit by a car. He picked Rocky up after setting the ladder down as carefully as he could.
Nicky made his way to Humdinger's hideout, which he confirmed after sending him a text that said 'I got my boy. I'm meeting you at your base. Be ready.'. He also ignored the text back that said 'Don't boss me around Doberman!' and carried on. He couldn't help laughing quietly to himself over how well this was going. He was going to finally make Rocky his once and for all, and get revenge on Zuma for 'taking' him. In his mind, everything was going to a point where he couldn't fail. Nicky failed to realize however, that he forgot to close the window to Richie's room.
The next morning, which was day twenty nine of Zuma's life in Adventure Bay, Rocky was waking up, and he found himself shocked to find that it was in Humdinger's base. He found himself tied up in an office chair with little to no idea what was going on. He started freaking out, as he'd never been there before and had no idea what to do. "Where am I!? What's going on!?" Rocky's fear was made very apparent as the mix then called out to his friends one by one. "ZUMA!? RICHIE!? RYDER!? CHASE!? SKYE!? ANYONE!"
Nicky then proudly left the darkness and announced himself to Rocky with pure glee. "Nicky!"
Rocky instantly regretted saying 'anyone' and called out to see if anyone else was there. "ANYONE I CAN TRUST!?"
"You can trust me Rocky." Nicky assured Rocky, walking up to him with a seductive grin on his face that creeped Rocky out. "I'm gonna take good care of you."
Rocky looked to the side as he rejected the idea of Nicky being gentle. "I sincerely doubt that!" Rocky saw Humdinger grooming two cats; one with Chase's fur pattern, and one with Skye's. He knew about Humdinger, and the Paw Patrol's history with him cheating at certain events. His presence made it clear where he was right now. "Are we in Foggybottom!?"
"Yes we are!" Nicky responded proudly, and when he wrapped his arms around Rocky, he freaked Rocky out even more. "And we're gonna have so much fun together!" Nicky started kissing Rocky against his will, doing so directly on the lips and making him let out muffled screams. Nicky then grabbed his butt with one paw, making him flinch with the look on his face making it clear how uncomfortable he was. He cringed when Nicky ended the kiss and looked at Rocky with a creepy look in his eyes. "Don't worry Rocky. This time, you being weak won't ruin it."
Nicky then took his phone out and held it up to Rocky's nose. "Now call your owner! I wanna rub the fact that I kidnapped you in his face! And get money for it!" Rocky quickly started dialing the number; not to help Nicky, but because he knew his kidnapping would guide the Paw Patrol to where he was.
Richie was talking to Ryder outside the Lookout, and Chase, Skye, and Zuma were there as he explained the situation to them. "The ladder has to be proof that someone dog-napped him! Mom and I started a search party, but-" Just then, Richie got a call from a blocked number, which confused him. As he answered the call, Chase and Skye put their paws on Zuma's shoulders to help comfort him. He was taking this the hardest out of all three of them. "Alright buddy; I don't like this blocked number crap, and I'm not in a good mood. This had better be important."
Since the call wasn't in facetime, Rocky's voice was what led to Zuma and the others learning where Rocky was. "RICHIE; NICKY AND HUMDINGER CAPTURED ME AND NICKY'S SEXUALLY ASSAULTING ME AND I'M SCARED!"
"WHAT!?" Richie exclaimed with pure rage, and Nicky then turned facetime on with Richie snapping at him once he did. The tone in his voice made it very clear he wasn't happy about his dog being taken from him. "GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON NOT TO KILL YOU MYSELF NICKY!"
"Humdinger will kill Rocky if you do." Nicky stated, pointing the camera over to Humdinger, who was looking at his device wall to see what he wanted to do to Rocky. This horrified Richie, and Nicky then continued talking. "Oh just be lucky it's not Charm who captured him. He wouldn't be willing to make a deal."
"First off, using Rocky for ransom over killing him doesn't automatically mean you're morally better!" Richie shouted, and then he made it clear that he wasn't playing mind games with Nicky as Zuma tried to get a look at the call. "Second of all, you'd better not try anything on our way over!"
Zuma tugged Richie's shorts leg, catching his attention. Once Zuma gestured to be picked up, Richie did so, allowing Zuma to express his fury to Nicky. "YOU'WE GONNA PAY FOR THIS NICKY! WHEN I GET MY PAWS ON YOU, YOU'RE GONNA WISH YOU WERE NEVER BOWN!"
"I sincerely doubt that. Just bring me fifty million dollars." Nicky responded, looking at Rocky seductively with the mix starting to hyperventilate as Nicky spoke to him. "Don't worry Rocky. I can calm you down."
Nicky then went in to kiss Rocky right as he hung up, leaving Zuma and the others disgusted, which Zuma was more than happy to show. "THAT DOES IT! HE CAN ATTACK ME ALL HE WANTS, OH YES; I DON'T MIND, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO WOCKY, HE'D BETTER HOPE WE DIE ON THE WAY THERE!"
Chase then thought of something and looked to Richie in case things worked out well enough for them. "Richie! Did you happen to record that call?"
"Yep. I pressed the button as soon I realized Nicky was the one calling." Richie assured Chase, saving the recording and putting his phone away. "Nicky's not getting away this time."
"That's right!" Skye exclaimed, and then she looked to Ryder to see what they should do. "We're not paying him that fifty million, are we Ryder?"
"Not in a million years." Ryder assured Skye, knowing that this would only help Nicky get away. "Nicky obviously wants that to be set for life. And something tells me he'd take Rocky with him if we gave it to him."
Zuma got an idea and took his phone out, knowing just who to call for this situation. "We should get Paleclaw in on this too. He'll be our suwpwise attack in case Nicky gets past us."
Ryder praised Zuma's smart thinking as he rubbed his head. "Good call. As skilled as we all are, Nicky and Humdinger aren't a combination to take lightly." Zuma made the call to Paleclaw and got ready to fill him in on the situation.
Back in Humdinger's lair, Rocky was still freaking out from what Nicky was doing to him. Now, he was opening his mouth so he could make their tongues touch. Rocky pulled his tongue back and bit down on Nicky's tongue as hard as he could. It hurt harder than he thought, and Nicky got sent back with a drop of blood coming from his tongue. "Ow! Why couldn't you be that feisty during sex!?"
Nicky took out some kind of healing patch and put it on the slightly bloody part of his tongue as Rocky called him out. "Maybe because we never HAD sex!"
"Oh right. You always said you 'weren't ready' or something." Nicky responded rudely before walking back up to Rocky and touching his leg. "That's one more grand thing to the victim being tied up, isn't it Rocky.' Nicky's creepy grin freaked Rocky out even more as he used his index and middle paw fingers to bring his paw up to below Rocky's belt. "They can't run until you let them."
Rocky suddenly started peeing on Nicky with the Doberman being disgusted as he put his paws up. "Ugh! Gross; are you even trained!?"
"Of course I am!" Rocky confirmed, blushing as he stated why exactly he ended up doing it there. "Did you really think I wouldn't get that scared during something like this!? I already told you Nicky; I'm not attracted to this kind of treatment!"
Nicky slammed both of his paws onto Rocky's legs, making him wince as Nicky looked directly into his eyes and jabbed at his biggest hope. "Tell that to your brother."
Nicky slapped Rocky across both sides of his face and kissed him again, making him scream again before Humdinger covered his cats eyes. "It'll be over soon kitties. Especially if we don't do anything to stop him."
Zuma and the others were arriving in Foggybottom with Zuma and Paleclaw riding in Ryder's ATV as Zuma was filling Paleclaw in on everything Nicky had done. "And then, Nicky, spiked my punch cup! I ended up using an apple bobbing bucket to poop in front of evewy pawty guest!"
Ryder, Chase, Skye, and Richie stopped after passing the sign that said they were in foggybottom. Ryder took out a device as everyone got out of their vehicles. After they all started grouping together, Ryder explained the plan. "Okay guys. I think we should go on foot from here." He then showed them the device to show what it could do. "I made this specifically to track Humdinger's base."
Zuma was fuming with anger over what Nicky did to Rocky. When Skye saw this, she put a paw on Zuma's shoulder and tried to calm him down. "Nicky won't get away with this Zuma. As soon as we find him, you can go as berserk on him as you want."
Chase did the same, knowing that anyone losing their cool too soon would be bad. "It's okay to be angry. Just don't lash out until we can guarantee Rocky's safety."
Zuma breathed in through his nose and out from his mouth. Doing this helped him calm down a bit, but he was still furious. "I'll twy. It's just... Wocky being in danger bwings out more angew in me than anything."
"I'm not sure how much this will help, but..." Zuma looked at Palcelaw, and they shared an idea that Zuma thought made sense. "Try thinking about how happy you'll be when we save him." Zuma started to do just that, and it did start to calm him down. His anger was still there, but he felt it'd be a lot easier to control that now. Once everyone was as ready as could be, Ryder moved forward, and the others followed suit. Nothing was going to stop them from saving Rocky.
Ryder and the others were getting close to Humdinger's base, as was made clear by Ryder's device showing a constantly blinking beam nearby. Good thing it was on silent. He looked to the others after inspecting the big rock with windows and a door on it. "Go figure. If we came here more often, we wouldn't even need the device."
Ryder and the others walked over to the base with Richie knocking on the door to let Nicky and Humdinger know they were there. "Nicky! Humdinger! Open up!"
Nicky was shown when the door opened, and Zuma did his best to contain his anger before Nicky spoke up. "Can you come back later? I was just about to ra- ndomly start dancing in the middle of Humdinger's lair!"
The pups weren't buying it; especially since Nicky's pronunciation of the letter A was different than how it would normally sound for the word randomly. Zuma made this clear as he asked Nicky calmly, but firmly, what he wanted to know. "Where. Is. Wocky?" Nicky failed to realize that the sound of Zuma's voice made Rocky realize he could make his move.
"You'll see him after you give me my money." Nicky declared, demanding his money on the spot so he could get out of the country. As scared as Rocky was, he knew he couldn't sit there while Nicky was distracted. He tried sliding the chair over to some knives while being as quiet as possible.
The others saw Rocky on the move with Chase keeping Nicky distracted. "You do realize I'm a police dog, right Nicky? I can get into contact with them after this meeting and prevent you from leaving the country."
"I never said I was emigrating legally." Nicky reminded Chase, as if that was supposed to help him. "So hand it over! The country isn't going to emigrate out of itself!" Rocky was thankfully close to the kitchen, so it didn't take him long to get over to the knives. Now he just had to figure out how to get to them. "And I don't think you'll like what happens if you say no.
Rocky looked over to Humdinger, who was still focused on his cats, and found a loose knife on the counter as Zuma responded to what Nicky said. "If that means you plan on huwting him..." He started reaching for it with his mouth, since the tip was right on the edge, as Zuma tried to contain himself. "Nicky, just give him back!"
"NEVER! Nicky shouted as Rocky grabbed the tip of the knife with his mouth, making sure not to cut his tongue as he then dropped the knife down to his feet. "He's mine, and he always WILL be mine!"
Rocky caught the knife with his feet and started slicing the rope as Skye called out what Nicky was saying. "That's not how love works Nicky! You can't force someone to love you or do what you want all the time!"
"Yes, I, CAN!" Nicky declared just as Rocky finished cutting the rope, and then he realized he had to cut the front paws of the rope. "Because I'M the one with the ransom!"
"And you think that's going to stop me, and a real rescue team... how?" Paleclaw asked, failing to see how
Just then, Humdinger held some kind of ray gun up to Rocky's head, which made him flinch once he heard him speak. "Not so fast mutt."
Rocky reacted quickly and turned around, stabbing Humdinger in the shin with the knife. This caused him to cry out in pain, distracting Nicky and giving Chase enough time to punch him in the face and knock him out. Zuma was impressed, complimenting Chase before running over to Rocky. "Wow! Now I feel less bad about punching you last month!"
"That's the power of the Paw Patrol's second in command for ya." Chase boasted proudly, and then he ran over to where Rocky was along with everyone else.
Rocky saw Humdinger bleeding and spoke up about it after Zuma grabbed the knife to cut him out with. "Sorry Mayor Humdinger. But not significantly, since I'm pretty sure you were about to kill me."
Zuma hugged Rocky instantly after cutting him out of the ropes; and despite what Nicky was doing to Rocky, he couldn't help hugging Zuma back while crying into his arms. He couldn't find the right words to say, but Ryder knew how to make sure he'd be able to say them later on. Paleclaw grabbed Nicky before he could escape, telling him furiously what the plan was. "Not so fast Nicky. Something tells me the others are gonna want to deal with you after we get that ugly oaf to a hospital." Nicky gulped, fearing that this would be the end of him.
Paleclaw knocked Nicky out with a karate chop, allowing Ryder to take it from there once he requested. "Thanks Paleclaw. I'll bring Nicky back myself." And with that, Paleclaw went over to the others so they could help with Rocky.
Everyone except for Ryder, who was taking Humdinger to the hospital, were at the Lookout, where Zuma playing a soft melody for Rocky. Richie encouraged Rocky to stay connected with his loved ones, which he did. Paleclaw also took the time to compliment him being proactive. "That's good how you were able to devise a plan so quickly after we arrived. It's important to know how to get yourself out of a tough situation."
"I guess. I just wish I could've done it before he forced me to kiss him." Rocky replied, still being a little too shaken to show how genuine his gratitude was. "I also wish I could say I'm surprised he went that far... but I'm a lot more surprised he didn't sooner. And it's not the first time he slapped me either."
Before Zuma could speak up after he stopped playing, Ryder came back with Nicky, who was being pulled on a leash he couldn't break off. No matter how hard he tried, the leash was simply too strong for him to bite out of. "Let me go Ryder!"
"You're not going anywhere until Rocky gets this off his chest!" Ryder declared, looking to Rocky, who looked at Nicky with fear. He made sure that Rocky knew Nicky wouldn't be able to hurt him. "Don't worry Rocky. This leash will give him a small electric shock if he tries to hurt you."
Rocky saw the leash that was holding Nicky and decided to take Ryder's word for it. Zuma put a paw on his shoulder for support before he went in. "You got this Wocky." Rocky smiled and hugged Zuma before going in. Despite what Nicky did to him earlier, he still felt as safe as can be when Zuma showed him affection.
Rocky walked over to Nicky, who started to get aggressive with his tone of voice. Too bad Ryder's leash didn't have a tone of voice powered shocker. "You were never gonna do better than me Rocky! Now you'll always be stuck as the pathetic sad sack you were when we met!" As soon as Nicky started insulting Rocky, his anger rose, and it continued to do so with each insult." Stuck in your room, making worthless inventions, and letting the water turn you into a complete pu-"
Rocky slapped Nicky as hard as he could, which surprised everyone, as he usually wasn't that violent. Zuma couldn't help cheering for Rocky, as all he could feel from this was catharsis. "Go Wocky! I knew you had a stwong fighting paw!"
Rocky chuckled a bit before Nicky rubbed his cheek and commented on what Rocky just did. "You're going to regret having ever broken up with me."
And with that comment in mind, Rocky was as ready as could be to give Nicky the telling off he's had coming for months. "Actually Nicky... I still regret ever having dated you at all." Nicky glared at Rocky, who didn't let up as he began digging into Nicky's very core. "Even when we first got together, you were clingy, and a little forceful. But at least you knew how to take no for an answer. After we kept dating, you started to get even more and more aggressive, even to the point of actually hitting me in private! You even mocked my fear of swimming to my face!"
Rocky clenched his fists as he continued to unleash his well deserved anger at Nicky. "I kept telling myself that if I helped you, maybe it would've worked out. What a fool I was for letting that thought enter my mind at all! You had no desire to control your anger, no desire to change, you did whatever mean and hurtful thing you wanted to do, whenever you wanted to do it, and you forced me to lie to my friends about it; and I complied, because I knew you had no direct connection to your blood family, like me!"
Nicky felt awful; not because of remorse, but because he saw full stop that this was the end for him and Rocky. And what Rocky finished with confirmed that. "You're a two-faced, violent, narcissistic psychopath, and the best part of dating you was the moment we broke up! And even after that, I thought maybe we could be friends! But then, you beat me up, cohearsed Zuma into steal Chase's car, tried to kill him with his peanut allergy, humiliated him at that party, gave Chase a laxative, tried to kidnap Zuma and kill him, and then..."
Rocky almost couldn't bring himself to mention that last part, but he slammed his paw on the ground and shouted in Nicky's face at the top of his lungs. "YOU SEXUALLY, ASSAULTED, ME!" Nicky never saw this level of anger from Rocky before. It horrified him, and almost made him descend as Rocky gave him an ice gold glare to indicate just how much he hated him. "Nicky. It's over. I will never, ever, date you again. And since you've proven you'll never change, I want you to stay away from me, and my friends. Especially Zuma."
Nicky looked at Zuma, who cracked his knuckles to show that he was ready for whatever Nicky had planned in the future. Nicky gulped, and then chuckled nervously as he looked to Ryder in a last ditch effort to get the money he needed to leave the country. "Any chance I can get that money free of reason?"
Ryder couldn't help laughing softly before confirming to Nicky that it would never happen. "Not happening Nicky. The only chance you'll ever get that kind of luxury is if we file a restraining order that sends you off that far."
Richie couldn't help joining in and pulled out his phone to show a text he sent to his mother. "Oh. And I told my mom about this as soon as I found it." When Nicky read the text, which said 'The one who took Rocky will face dire consequences!', Richie added fuel to the fire. "I'll be making sure this happens tomorrow." Chase took out a pair of handcuffs with a smug grin and showed them to Skye and Zuma, giving the two a decent idea of what could happen.
Ryder added one final note to that to show how far this was going to go. "We hope you like court cases Nicky." Nicky was shivering beyond all belief at the thought of what everyone was going to do to him. After Rocky returned back to where the others were, Zuma wrapped him in a big hug, which he quickly reciprocated. The illustration of that, along with Chase and Skye smiling to each other over the fact that they managed to save Rocky was shown as the screen faded to black, ending the episode off.