No Matter The Cost (Chase x Skye Story) - Paw Patrol

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PREVIOUSLY IN NO MATTER THE COST :

"Chase, I-I-I... Help mmmeeeee... I'm not f-fealing well..."

"SKYE, WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU ??"

"I d-don't know. I think I'm about to f-f-a-int..."

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Chase was standing there, not sure of what to do. Then he remembered what Marshall once did when someone passed out in Mr.Porter's restaurant. Laying down with legs facing up, so blood can move back quickly.

"Ok Skye lay down slowly" Chase commanded to her for her safety, at least if she faints she won't get hurt, was he thinking

And slowly he pulled her down on the ground and moved her paws facing up. Skye knew what he was trying to do so she didn't mind being touched like that.

The German Shepherd sit himself on the back and touched the Cockapoo's chest to hear her heartbeat. It was slow, way slower than usual. Her pulse was fast and really weak. Damn, that's heat exhaustion, he thought.

"I should call Ryder... No don't tell me I... OH MY GOODNESS I LEFT IT AT THE LOOKOUT" Chase said in a panicking tone, realizing he left his pup pad in his puphouse

"Then we have to go. I have to walk" Skye said, trying to get up

"No. You sit on my back. Skye, I-I don't know want anything happening to you. P-Please"

Skye could feel the love and how caring this pup is "He's also handsome" She would always say. But she decided to respond anyways "Nah, I can walk, it's okay"

They started to walk slowly but surely out of the gym and to the lookout. But the more they walked, the more Skye started to feel unwell, her vision was getting blurry, she couldn't hear anything except her heartbeat, her vision turned black and white, she could hear a high pitched noise covering faint voices in the distance, she had a pain in her chest, like she was about to pass out...

And then suddently, everything went black.

On Chase's side, he was noticing she was walking slower and slower until she suddently stopped walking and started to hold her chest and was starting to fall down. Luckily, he was strong enough and was quick enough to catch and he laid her on the ground slowly.

"SKYE ? SKYE ? CAN YOU HEAR ME ? SKYE ! SKYEEEEEEEE ! NO NO NO NOT NOW NOT TODAY. BREATH PLEASE. PLEASE BE BREATHING. PLEASE BE BREATHING PLEASE BE BREATHING" He quickly muffled and almost started crying

Chase turned on the back and touched her neck to see if there was a pulse....

And he couldn't hear any.

Without thinking, Chase stood up and started to run quicker than he ever had in this entire life. He wasn't running for his life, he was running for someone's life. For his love, his sweety little crush he always liked. After what felt like an eternity, he arrived at the lookout screaming around, scaring Marshall, Rocky and Ryder, who were talking together. 

"GUYS GUYS CALL AN AMBULANCE !!!"

"WHAT ?"

"SKYE JUST PASSED OUT AND SHE'S NOT BREATHING. SHE GOT AN HEART ATTACK"

"OH MY GOODNESS. MARSHALL COME WITH ME" Ryder said in a panicking tone

All the pups, including Zuma and Rubble, who had earsdropped on their conversation, started running to Skye in a dramatic scene no one would ever wish to live.  They saw, Skye's helpless body, right there on the ground. Her eyes where closed, and she was not breathing.

"Marshall PLEASE TELL ME YOU HAVE YOUR DEFRIBRILATOR ON YOU !!"

"I HAVE IT ! RUFF ! DEFRIBRILATOR !" The Dalmatian said, barking even louder than he ever had before

"OK WE BASICALLY HAVE TIME FOR THREE ATTEMPTS ON HER ! THERE'S STILL HOPE !" Marshall screamed in fearness

Marshall pulled the defribilator on her. It was like with the Warped Wall. Three tries. Except she wouldn't live any longer if she wasn't able to scale this. Her heart had to function again.

In the seconds that were the slowest out of Chase's life, the Dalmatian male went for it.....

No signs of breathing.

"OK LITTLE BREAK"

He did it again, nothing. Skye was unconscious, and still no breathing and pulse.

"ONE FINAL ATTEMPT. COME ON SKYE. HOLD ON. fight. fight."Marshall ordered

He went for the discharge... Waited a few seconds......

And in a huge sign of relief, he saw Skye's chest moving again.

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS THANK GOD, FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF" Marshall said emotionnally and fell on the ground in relief

Everyone screamed in relief. They still had a chance to save Skye. Meanwhile, Chase was crying.

"It's my fault if this happened !" Chase cried out

"Chase, we're gonna talk about his later, Ryder interrupted him, now Marshall, call 911"

IN THE CALL :

Dispatcher : 911, what is your emergency ?

Marshall : There's a pup that is just unconscious on the ground we used a defribrilator to reanimate her heart but come quick !

Dispatcher : Is she conscious ?

Marshall : No. She's completely unresponsive, doesn't hear us or anything.

Dispatcher : Address ?

Marshall : Paw Patrol Lookout Tower, Adventure Bay Island

Dispatcher : We're sending an ambulance

And, after a few minutes, the ambulance arrived. The scene they all witnessed was horrible. Even more for Chase. Seeing the love of his life, fighting for her life, with a breathing mask on her nose, on a life support bed. They all came into the ambulance that drove off the lockout on this Saturday Afternoon which ended up as a disaster.

In the ambulance, all the pups were sitting around Skye's bed, hoping the Cockapoo would wake up. They were completely silent, and they had never been that much when they were together. 

Meanwhile, Chase was uncontrollably crying. He felt bad and responsible for this. His best friend, his brother-like, Marshall, went on to hug him so hard.

"Don't worry. S--She's gonna be okay" Marshall said, emotionnal, but he wasn't sure of what he just said, considering how Skye pushed herself. "I don't know if she's gonna make it" Marshall whispered to Ryder who sadly nooded.

He always was emotional with dramatic things, although as a firefighter and a doctor he had withnessed near-death people more than anyone, even HE had to have such HUGE balls to once go into a building to save someone and it litterally exploded and collapsed 3 seconds after he came out, and he survived with a little scratch in his face and a burn in his hands. All of that, he doesn't want his best friend to worry, and would do anything to protect him from emotional breakdown.

Chase was unconsolloble. "What If I don't get another chance to tell her, what if she doesn't make it" he thought. He kept thinking about that, over and over again. The German Shepherd was decided. "If she ever wakes up, I'm gonna tell her how much I love her (he then marked a pause to breathe). I swear it, to my bones" He thought mentally.

And a long emotionnal fight was coming up for him.