The Smart And The Sassy - Paw Patrol

Chapter 4: ...With A Burning Passion

Everyone stops frozen as we look at where Rubble's scream came from.  We all drop what we are doing and run towards him. We go through shelves stocked with parts and general items. The area gets messier the closer we get to where Rubble's scream originated.  Boxes start blocking our path as we hear a crash. I trip and hurt my paw but continue to run despite the pain.

 We trip over one another as we round a box to reveal Rubble backed up against a wall terrified looking over to what looks to be an unfinished robot. It has a fake pumpkin on its head but the body and arms have no covering, revealing gears and wires controlling the thing. It has wheels like an office chair. The entire robot towered over us as we walked by it to see Rubble.

"Rubble, are you alright?" Chase runs to Rubble and I run with him.

"It was moving." Rubble points toward the Robot.

"What do you mean it was mov-" Skye was cut off as the contraption's arms started moving about.

As Rubble continues to hug the wall of boxes, we all back away from the thing. It continues to move about until It starts to fail its arms around so fast that it starts moving on its wheels.

"Uhh, guys?" I watch as it destroys nearby boxes in a single swing.

It gets more reckless every second and was starting to draw near to us. It blocked the path we came through and has now pinned us against a wall of shelves filled with heavy boxes. The machine was starting to spark as parts begin to randomly fly past.

"What is this thing?" Zuma yells over the chaos.

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Rocky's Point Of View

I lay in my hospital bed as Gasket eats her breakfast. We haven't spoken a word since Katie brought it in, so there has been an awkward silence for a time. I have wanted to question her about what she meant earlier, but I haven't found the strength or words to do so. Suddenly, my pup tag starts blaring an unexpected warning.

"5000 Watts per hour has been exceeded on Line 7." The pup tag blinks as it speaks.

I sit up in my bed as my mind quickly fills with thoughts and confusion. What is drawing that much power in the basement, and what would be on to do so? Is there a short somewhere? Could it start a fire? I get exponentially worried as more questions crowd my mind.

"What's that thing saying." Gasket examines my blinking tag while sitting up, eating her breakfast.

"One minute." I tap my tag twice to signal it to turn off the said power line.

It blinks for a moment before responding.

"Signal Lost." It says.

I freeze. The amount of wattage drawn and now the loss of signal most likely means the Circut Breaker Flipped, and I had no idea what caused it.

"Uh-oh," I say, knowing Ryder is probably not going to be happy with whatever happened.

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Marshall's Point Of View

The Robot is just yards away as electrical arcs form between the wires, melting some into the gears and causing it to make it more chaotic. The Arcs were mostly at its side where a line was attached.

"Is that?" Chase points towards the cord plugged into it.

"That must be the power cable." Zuma finished as he began to cautiously near it.

"Wait Zuma, that cord is drawing a lot of curre-" Chase was interrupted by the lights going out and a nearby sound of a crash. Silence ensued as the commotion settled. The only thing I could hear was my pulse and everyone's heavy breaths.