A Paw Patrol Story

Mild Inconvenience

I open my eyes and notice Skye, sitting on the beach chair next to me reading a magazine I've never seen before. Must be new

The sun was already up in the sky and people were walking around the beach. The flag has changed to a red and yellow one.

"Uh- . . . Did I stay the whole night sat here?" I ask, slowly lying down on the beach chair

She shrugs, not even glancing at me "I came just a couple of minutes ago"

"Still not duties?"

And she shakes her head, flipping a page "I think Ryder gave all my duties to Rocky. I haven't seen him this morning at his pup-house"

I sigh heavily. I'm making Rocky suffer. . . Maybe I should talk to Ryder. . .

If I hadn't recruited him. . . He would still be fixing stuff in his garage but. . . that's better than this. . . Anything is better than this

"Skye, are you happy?"

She frowns, looking away from her magazine "Why the sudden question?"

And I shrug.

Skye stays quiet for a couple of seconds, she then skips one page of her magazine "Well, I'm really happy to have you all as friends. But it makes me sad that you aren't with us"

She then closes her magazine, glancing at me "Please. . . talk to him. I know you don't want to talk to him but. . . we really need you. . . Rocky nee-"

"Wait!" I exclaim, making her give a small jump

And that smell. I remember that smell. I haven't smelt something like this in a really long time

"What!?" Skye sits down as she quickly looks around

It reminds me of that day. To the face of that desperate mother and the voice of that scared girl

"Don't you smell it?" I ask, slowly standing up as Skye continues looking around, trying to sniff something but she turns her head back to me

"Smell what?! Are you okay?"

I quickly hop down the chair and race to the nearest avenue.

And I stand still, trying to locate where the smell is coming from, and I hear Skye panting behind me "Where are you going?"

But I start running down the street, heading to the bridge that connects the town to the Lookout. I could hear Skye trying to catch up with me but I slowly leave her behind

And I see it. The dancing flames. Black smoke starting to form on the inside of the Veterinary and some people standing outside with their phones in their ears

"Marshall! Please, Marshall, bring your truck. Do something!" I hear someone as I start getting closer to the building.

"Marshall is here! Don't worry everybody, the help is already here!" I hear another one say

But the ceiling had fallen to the entrance, covering most of it as the flames start slowly getting taller

I quickly run to glance through the windows, but fire was covering almost everything. Dark smoke began freeing from the ceiling and sides of the building

'I'm scared . . . ' the voice of that little girl came to my mind

"Marshall!" I hear Rocky shout as he quickly stops his truck. Ryder stops his ATV and Chase quickly tells Skye to hop on his truck so she can go for her chopper faster.

"Where is Katie?" Ryder asks as he quickly approaches me

But I stay quiet. Not because I don't want to reply, but because I don't know