Marshall and Chase: On the Skase!

(5) Rocky is on the Case!

Finally back to the lookout, Ryder was currently trying his best to explain the current situation to Zuma, Rocky, and Rubble, "Skye is currently missing, as you know."

"Poor Skye..." Rubble whimpered faintly.

"But there were a few things I haven't told you about..." The boy bit his lower lip.

The three pups let out a noise of confusion.

"Somehow during the same storm, Everest was injured..." Ryder told the trio calmly, "She has, according to Marshall, a pretty rough concussion."

"Wait... Where IS Marshall?" Rubble suddenly interjected.

"And Chase too!" Rocky looked around as though he would see one of them right behind him.

"I was getting to that." Ryder sighed, "Chase and Marshall volunteered to go out into the blizzard and search for Skye longer than what they were supposed to. Marshall was fine, but Chase came back with a slight frostbite."

"Oh no..."

"I hope he's okay..."

"On top of that, when Chase failed to find Skye or her pup tag, he..." The boy paused, wondering if he really had to tell the others this part, "...Had an emotional breakdown."

"What!?" The three pups chorused.

"Was it bad?"

"From what Marshall told me, pretty bad." He answered, getting looks of sympathy from the three pups, "Anyways, Chase, Marshall, and Everest are still at Jake's Mountain. I decided it would be best to have the boys stay there and process all of this for a little while."

"Poor Chase..." Rubble whimpered faintly.

"All of them must have gone through some wild stuff." Zuma remarked.

"And we were just sitting here..." Rocky thought, looking at Ryder, "Can we call them?"

The young genius nodded, "I don't see why not."

Ryder quickly contacted the best pup to contact out of the three, Marshall. The Dally soon answered, and smiled faintly when he saw Ryder and the three other pups.

"Marshall!" Rubble, Rocky, and Zuma grinned, their tails wagging excitedly.

"Are you guys okay over there?"

"How's Everest doing?"

"Is the storm still bad?"

"Is Chase okay?"

"Did you find out anything about Skye?"

"You got enough food over there?"

Ryder laughed as the three bombarded Marshall with various questions, "Pups, one at a time, I'm sure that Marshall will answer whatever he can."

"Hey pups, hey Ryder." The Dally greeted them, "The storm's calming down much more after what happened, but still no sign of Skye."

"Are Chase and Everest okay?" Rubble asked him.

"Everest is still out after what happened..." Marshall's smile fell a bit, "She's stable, but I don't know how long it'll be until she wakes up... Whatever hit her was pretty heavy."

"And Chase?"

"A few bandages around his paws and he's fine." Marshall answered, "Actually, he's taking a bit of a nap right now..."

Marshall turned his pup tag camera over to Chase, who was fast asleep on his side. His paws, as Marshall had told them, were bandaged up. That didn't stop him from holding something in them, however.