Different Horizons-A Paw Patrol Story

Chapter Fifty-Eight

Ryder, Rubble, and Rocky made their way into the tower. The lobby was packed with soldiers, who looked up at them as they entered. The three teammates stood there without moving.

"Um, hi?" Rubble said awkwardly. The soldiers left what they were doing and charged at the team.

"Rubble, do it," Ryder said.

"On it," Ryder," Rubble exclaimed. He curled into a ball, and a yellow forcefield spun around him. He raced forward, knocking soldiers out of the way towards the stairs.

"Woo," Rubble said as he stood up. "That was new."

"Yeah, and it worked," Ryder said. "Come on, we have a lot of stairs to climb. As the three of them climbed the stairs, soldiers raced down. Ryder handled the soldiers going down while Rocky dealt with the soldiers going up.

Rocky dodged a punch before returning a punch to the ribs and knocking the guy back into a couple more soldiers. He used the training that Chase taught him. "Man, Chase was right," he exclaimed. "Boxing is fun."

"It is," Ryder said as he pushed a soldier into the rail, knocking them out. "But let's hurry. It would help us if we can get the element of surprise against The Copycat."

Ryder, Rubble, and Rocky ran up the stairs until Ryder led them through a door. "Ryder, this isn't the war room," Rocky noted. "What are we doing in the dungeons?"

Ryder turned to them. "We're getting back up." Rubble and Rocky didn't understand what Ryder meant, yet they followed his lead.

They stopped at the front of a dungeon cell with people inside. Ryder knocked on the metal bars. The people inside turned to them.

"Who are you?" One of the men asked. "You're not a guard."

"No," Ryder admitted. "We're friends of Gabriel. We're here to take the city from Harold Humdinger and The Copycat. But we could use your help. Rocky, if you could."

Rocky raised his palms and used his magnetic powers to rip the metal door off its hinges. The men walked out of the cell, looking around. The man in the front smiled at Ryder. "What do you need us to do?'

Ryder, Rocky, and Rubble opened the cell doors one by one. Thirty men stood outside the cells by the time they finished. Every single one of them agreed to help.

"We will hold the soldiers off from the point down," the man told Ryder. They just learned that his name was Michael. "You three go on ahead and stop them."

"We will," Ryder said. "Thank you." The three heroes rushed up the stairs. As they climbed, Ryder took the opportunity to check on the others.

Zuma and Everest were working in unison to take down the boats and ships on the water. Zuma would flip some over while Everest froze others in their place. Whenever they tried to fire at them, Zuma would summon a wall of water, and Everest would freeze. Everest created a platform out of ice while Zuma disappeared into the waves. Whenever Everest had to move, she launched ice in front of her, making some steps.

"Everest, Zuma, come in," Ryder said through their comms. "What's your status?"

"We're holding them off as best as we can, but they keep coming," Everest said.

Zuma turned into a human on the platform. "We still have a couple of ships left. Some are man-powered, while others have no one on them. We got this, dude."

"Good," Ryder said. "When you're done there, help Chase and Marshall."

"Will do, Ryder," they said in unison. Zuma created a ball out of water, and Everest froze it. Together, they launched it at the nearest ship, sinking it instantly.

"Nice," Zuma said. "Let's keep on doing that."

They heard an explosion above their heads and looked up. They watched as Skye flew out of it with a balled fist in front of her. Three drones were on her tail, but Skye didn't seem worried.

"Skye, how are you doing?' Ryder said.

"These drones won't leave me alone, but other than that, I'm good," She replied. Skye flew towards the side of a building and rose along its height. The drones tried to follow, but one crashed into the wall. Skye flew towards the other two drones, grabbing them by the cylinders. "These are about to explode," she said.

"Bring it over here, Skye!" Chase called out. Skye handed Chase the drones, who took them to the nearest tank at full speed. Chase tucked the drones into the barrel of the vehicle and ran away. Within seconds, the barrel erupted, causing the rest of the tank to catch fire.

"Chase, Marshall, how's ground control going," Ryder asked.

Chase punched a soldier back into the bench, making it tip over. "Everything's good down here," he replied. A soldier shot at him, but thanks to his super speed, Chase dodged it. "I thought I took that away already," Chase told the soldiers before launching him into the crowd.

"There's a lot of soldiers," Marshall said. "Not to mention tanks."

"Shooting Star?" Chase asked.

"Marshall laughed. "Let's do it." Chase grabbed Marshall and spun him in circles before launching him at a tank. As Marshall passed above it, he launched a fireball into the cockpit. Two guards got out before the tank exploded.

"Sounds like everything is going good out there," Ryder said.

They reached the top floor and busted through the door. They found Harold monitoring the portals. "We have to make them stay open longer," he told one of the people around him. "Draw more power from the city."

"Not so fast, Harold," Ryder said, making the villain turn around. "This ends now."

"There's no stopping this," Harold said. "We're too close. The Copycat and I will rule this world and there's nothing you can do about it."

Ryder, Rocky, and Rubble got into a fighting position. Rocky's and Rubble's hands began to glow. "We'll see about that."

Harold's hands began to glow. Random pieces of metal, rubber, and plastic spun around his body until he was covered in a purple suit of armor. "I guess we will."