The Wounds We Heal

Chapter twenty-seven: "Poor Pups!"

"At least Madge and others were nice to Chase. So he wasn't completely miserable," Ned commented, thoughtfully.

Snowflake said nothing and took everything in. The more she thought, she realized the possible terror Chase must have gone through. Soon, it looked like she was going to cry.

"And that's not even the worst part." Chester sighed..

"Madge and the PUP Pals as we know them now.. we're great to him!" Marshall added. "But,.. unfortunately even that didn't save him from what Vignette was willing to do.."

"You know that dog fighting I mentioned?" Chester began again. "Well all of it was on Chase.." Chess's expression darkened, a rising feeling, which he knew to be regret and anger, yet he tempered it to continue.

"Once his new friends helped him scale the wall that surrounded the mansion, he made a run for it to the police station.. but he was caught before he could get there.." the PAW Patrol's gazes all dropped solemnly, while the two huskies held their gaze with every word said.

"And once they dragged him back to the mansion?.." Chester went on deeply, his eyes turned to where Chase had been by the window.. "She nearly broke him.. Rex is far more dangerous than we could imagine.. it wasn't a fair fight.. especially since he'd already gotten into it with him previously in defense of another pup there. And had already taken a bit of a beating.. but that mark?.. *sigh* Let's just say he held his own for as long as he could. And if you REALLY got a good look.. you could see that it's a scar on TOP OF a scar."

Ned and Snowflake gasped. They never could have imagined the scar coming from a bad dog fight, let alone many.

"So every time he sees or feels it, it's a bad reminder he can't get away from?" Ned asked nervously.

"You could say that.. yeah." Marshall nodded.

"It took him sooooo long to recover from what that injury did to him.. and.. maybe.. Just maybe.. that's all coming back to him again.." Chester stared off to where Chase had disappeared in, and the pups all did the same.

Snowflake was still shaking and quietly crying as she took everything Chester and the pups had said into consideration.

"So what do we do about it now?" Rocky wondered.

Soon, after thinking over everything she was told, Snowflake couldn't keep calm anymore. It was too much for her to handle.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! AHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHHHHHHH! NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Whyyyyyyyyyyy!?!?!?!?! WHY WHY WHY WHY WWWWWWHYYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!?! HE DIDN'T DESERVE THAT!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" Snowflake screamed in a mixture of sadness, anger, sympathy, and terror. She knew Chase had been through bad situations, but what was described practically broke her. The terror of what Chase went through was unimaginable, if not downright horrible.

After Snowflake's outburst, she layed down, and covered her eyes with her paws, still bawling her eyes out.

Ned's ears folded back and he whined. He hated seeing his sister so upset.

The pups all stared,.. stunned by what they'd just seen; and all unsure of how to respond. Rubble sniffled and dropped onto his haunches to lower his head sadly, and Rocky shifted over to pat his paws encouragingly. Marshall just stood there numbly staring at the ground, while Zuma and Skye tried not to cry in meeting each other's glance.

"Oh, don't cry, Snowflake." Ryder soothed, coming to rub the husky's back. "Chase is a tough pup.. And he's gotten better at handling it.. Now that it's not quite as hard for him.."