The Wounds We Heal

Chapter forty-one: The Thrill Of The Chase!

Chase found the open side of the two sets of double doors a bit daunting, but after a moment he cautiously approached and finally walked in.

Snowflake ran in after him and shouted..

"Hey kids! Who wants to play with some PAW Patrol pups!"

"Yay!!" The two classes cheered, as they scattered into the room to find toys to play with; and showing them to Chase and Snowflake.

Snowflake looked around at all the toys they could play with. She soon spotted one of her favorite toys and smiled.

"Hey kids, stand together and close your eyes," Snowflake instructed.

Some of the kids gathered near Snowflake, and closed their eyes like she'd instructed.

"Ohh, I've heard that before." Chase groaned. "No way I'm going over there!"

"Why not? What's gonna happen?" Aaron asked curiously.

"Trouble." Chase answered simply, looking up at him. Then they all watched for what was to come next.

"You too Aaron and Alex. Chase, you don't have to. Just the kids," Snowflake clarified.

"No wait! Don't listen to her!" Chase cried as the two boys went to join the other kids. "She's baiting you into a trap!"

Snowflake then went to Chase and whispered "kidding. Join the kids. It will be fun,"

"No way!" Chase refused. "Knowing how your mind works.. I'd rather stay right here."

"Suit yourself, but why a trap? I wouldn't trap innocent kids." Snowflake remarked.

Chase's gaze dropped slightly with a distinct look of 'really?' on his face.

"Why not? Looks like fun to me." Aaron said, standing amongst the group innocently.

Chase groaned, his ears flattening with a softly annoyed frown, while his gaze settled slightly at an angle to his left, even though his head faced forward from his body.

"Okay! Everyone together and eyes closed?" Snowflake asked, as she faced the kids.

Everyone covered their faces with their hands and held them tightly closed.

"Good," Snowflake said, before going over to the big, rainbow parachute and grabbing it. She ran with the parachute as it flapped around behind her like a wave of colors. Once she got to the kids, she threw it and the colorful, circular parachute floated through the air before it landed on top of the group of kids, covering them completely.

"Okay, everybody. Open your eyes for a surprise!" Snowflake announced.

Motion occurred with confused 'huh's' and noticeable looking around.

"Um.. what is supposed to happen now?" Aaron wondered.

"I think she wants us to play hide and go seek." Alex guessed innocently.

Snowflake smiled trying not to giggle. Alex's guess was cute, but wrong.

"Everyone stay there, I have another surprise." Snowflake said calmly.

She soon found the light switch and began to walk towards it.

Chase just gave her an odd look in watching her strange new trajectory, which led her to the wall far ahead of him toward one side of the gym, closest to the door she was headed to.

Snowflake walked over to the light and turned around to see the kids were still under the parachute. Smiling, she turned to the light switches and jumped to turn the light switches off. All the lights turned off, except for one dimly lit light in the corner of the room.