Paw Patrol: Separate Ways

(S-2) Chapter 7 "Chances"

(Disclaimer: Mature Language and intentional misspell for Mika's lisp)

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Acoustic guitar music was playing through the decently sized room as Chase walked inside and glanced at the sight in front of his amber eyes.

He saw a sight to behold, he saw various dog breeds eat together, dance and share laughs with each other.

It was like he was in a totally different place, but the pup had a moment to recuperate and realized that it could just be a facade to others, the Den still held dangerous dogs, more dangerous than the Shepherd himself or the group he was with, most of them had nothing to really lose after all.

The Shepherd realized that this whole get-together could've been that this so-called contractor, Owens, just took somebody out that's been a nuisance to him and decided to have a celebration about it.

Chase sighed as he drank from a small bowl that one of the bartenders gave to him, on the house, of course. The pup zoned out as music began to drown out, causing the pup's ears to ring but that was cut short when a friendly familiar voice called out to him.

"Hey! Isaac!" Mavis greeted as the pup snapped back to reality, looking at the two dogs that approached him.

"Hey, Mavis, Mika." Chase greeted back as he smiled at the two.

"Are you enjoying your time here?" Mavis asked.

"A little, got a free drink from the bartender so there's that, music's pretty good too." Chase replied as the Retriever listened.

The Shepherd let out another sigh.

"I've never really liked these sort of things." Chase stated as Mavis sat next to the Shepherd.

Mavis chuckled at the statement. "Tell me about it."

"So I guess Nashi and the others couldn't make their way here?" Chase asked.

"I guess they had other plans, maybe Avery needed them for something, I don't know." Mavis answered.

"What about you, Mika? How are you holding up after...you know." Chase asked with some worry for the Bernese Mountain Dog, he knew that she had a good heart and it would be very unfortunate if something bad happened to her. Sure, she worked with the McAllister brothers but to Chase, it seemed like she didn't even have a choice, she was just trying to survive. Just like he did all those years ago, so of course he showed some worry for her.

"I'm...I'm doing fine." Mika showed a small assuring smile. "I just wanted to get my mind off of what happened yetherday so I figured I'd come here with Mavith." Mika replied.

"That's good, I know sooner or later you're going have to go back out there and help Avery, at least that's what he said." Chase stated. "Don't worry though, we got your back all the way so for now, just relax." The Shepherd assured.

"I'll try." Mika hoped as her stomach growled.

"How about you fill up your stomach and take a look around, if you don't feel comfortable being here, then we can head back to our room." Mavis suggested.

"O-okay, I'll be back." Mika turned around and headed to the counter that was a decent distance from the trio, Mavis watched as she saw the large dog almost trip on her way their due to her clumsiness.

The Retriever shared a small chuckle with Chase as she stated something out.

"She's too pure for this line of work."

Chase sighed at the statement. "She is...she should really just get out of here before this McAllister problem gets out of hand and I'm pretty sure it will."