Marshall and Chase: On the Skase!

(4) The End of the Beginning

Skye and Zuma were currently in the middle of their 60 to 60 tiebreaker. The round had been going on for quite some time, the others watching beginning to get impressed with their seemingly limitless endurance. The two competitive pups continued to dance onto the latter half of the round, really trying to win this specific round.

Skye glanced over at Chase, who seemed impressed by the display. The Cockapoo begun dancing a bit more actively, noticing that the Shepherd was watching her.

"You can do it, Skye!" Chase cheered, not noticing her glance.

Chase had always been impressed with Skye's proficiency when it came to games like Pup-Pup Boogie. The way she moved, the way her floppy ears swayed with every movement. He could've sworn that he was being hypnotized, so much so that he had even forgotten the pups right next to him, Marshall and Rocky.

They didn't play dumb to the fact that Chase had just proved their point concerning his favoritism toward Skye.

Rocky snickered softly, "What happened to not taking sides?"

The Shepherd's eyes bulged open, "I-I just thought that their friendly rivalry was pretty entertaining so I had to take sides..."

Marshall laughed, "Sure..."

Before they could push any further, they were interrupted by a familiar noise below their heads.

"PAW Patrol, to the lookout!"

"Ryder needs us!" The team exclaimed.

Before they could move, however, they soon realized that they were already where they needed to be. Chase slowly turned around to see Ryder chuckling faintly.

The pups laughed as well, making their way over to line up as they usually did. Marshall, who was heading over to his spot, tripped over Skye's Pup-Pup Boogie pad and crashed into the other pups.

Marshall chuckled nervously, "I guess you can call that a Hip-Flop..."

The pups, as well as Ryder shared a laugh.

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"PAW Patrol, ready for action Ryder, sir!" Chase declared as the pups finally lined up.

"Thanks for tumbling over so quickly pups..." The boy chuckled a bit before regaining his composure, "We have an emergency."

The pups tentatively listened to whatever he was about to tell them.

"Two snowboarders got into a pretty bad situation over at Jake's mountain. They fell into a crevice and can't get out. Also, a storm is closing in and fast. Time is of the essence."

"Are any of them injured?" Marshall asked.

"We don't know, and that's why I need you, Marshall." Ryder tapped on his pup pad, a red emblem with flames on it appearing on the screen, "I need you to check the injuries of the snowboarders after we get them out."

"I'm ready for a ruff-ruff rescue!"

"And Skye, I'll need you to use your harness to pull the snowboarders out."

"Let's take to the skies!"

"And we need one more pup for this job." swiped the screen to switch to a light blue pup tag.

"Everest!" The pups cheered.

"What's up, Ryder? Hey pups!" A Husky, whose face was now on the big screen, greeted them.

Everest, despite being a part of the PAW Patrol, didn't live with the others. Instead, she comfortably lived in a cabin atop a frigid, snowy mountain with her own owner, Jake. Living with only Jake had its upsides and downsides. One of the biggest downsides was that she wasn't able to play with the other pups whenever she wanted. Sure there was a short drive between Jake's mountain and the lookout, but it just wasn't the same.