I see fire. It was so bright that I almost lost my ability to see.

I woke up and found myself stuck under piles of rocks. I saw fire spreading fast, and it's coming to my direction. I tried to move but I felt pain on my head. I realized that my forehead near my ears were bleeding. My legs were badly injured by the nuclear impact. I used my paws and tried to push all the rocks away and I heard voices from a distance. "Chase!!!! Marshall!!! Where are you guys?! We are here!! We have to go soon we need to know where you are now!!" Ryder shouted across me and I saw fire around the place. I couldn't shout. I feel tired and I couldn't move at all...I sat down a while and I noticed that my M4 is lying under a pile of rocks. I saw hope and I immediately struggled out and I pulled out my weapon from the rocks and fired multiple shots into the air. "Ryder! Guys! I am here!!!!" I continued fire additional shots. "We're coming! Medical teams are on their way!!" Ryder said from a distance. I sat down on the ground with relief and felt depressed. Everywhere around me were all dead animals, bodies and soldiers...how did I even survive that explosion...

I saw multiple figures appearing in front of me and everyone in the paw patrol is alive! "Oh my God guys I am so glad you guys are alive!!" I shouted as all the pups and ryder hugged me tight. "We thought we lost you Chase! We searched everywhere for survivors in the past 4hours and we barely found any soldiers that survived that nuclear, we hidden inside a large blue container which I believe its supposed to be the logistic container, we locked ourselves inside and we survived that outbreak." Rocky explained everything that happened and he continued saying: "But..."
"But what Rocky?" I panicked.
Everyone just kept quiet and stared at the ground.
"WHAT?! What happened?! Wait...Ryder, Zuma, Rocky, Rubble, Skye, Tracker, Everest....where's Marshall?!" I exclaimed.
"Chase...we couldn't find him and we searched everywhere for the past 4hours now." Skye said softly as she touched my fur.
"Nonono... he's not gone...he can't be gone...I have to find him!" Without further delay, I started limping towards the destroyed lookout and shouted for Marshall. "Stop it Chase your hurting yourself even more goddamn it can you keep it together man!" Rocky pulled me out of a sudden and I noticed that his paws were bleeding. He been through the worst as well, I'm not alone.
"We all know marshall is strong. He's our best firefighter remember what you told us?! No matter what I know he is out there somewhere, but at least get your damn shepherd body to the temporary hospital now. Your head is bleeding profusely and I don't think your doing well." Rocky said as he covered my head with his hands to prevent further bleeding.

"I have to find Marshall... Rocky... do you know how much I owe....him and how much I...love all of you guys?..." I mumbled softly as i felt a hot sear pain on my forehead and fainted onto the ground, pitch black darkness. "Pup down! Urgent assistance needed!" Ryder shouted towards medics that are approaching to the groups of pups. "Chase! Wake up! We need you! We shouldn't let you undergo this pain wake up..." Zuma howled and sobbed.
Ryder constantly watching me as I was semi-conscious when sent into the emergency entrance to the temporary hospital. "Chase you hear me? You there? We are seeking for maximum refugee within these premises don't worry. We will be around, dont fall asleep now." Ryder was very nervous at that time when he noticed how much blood I lost from my tiny doggy skull.

"Chase we found Marshall already. You don't have to worry now okay? He was found under a car wreck near the lookout tower and the medics are sending him back here very soon don't worry okay?" Rubble mumbled.

"Send him to the ICU immediately. I will attend to Chase shortly. He's having a skull damage from heavy impact point of contact." Katie said as the medics pushed me into the emergency unit.

Ryder: "Katie? I'm so glad to see you here, I thought u were at the other side of the emergency medical centre?"
Katie: "I know but there is far too much casualties here, many animals were sent in few minutes ago and many vets already starting to help. I'm so glad you're able to survive from that destruction." Katie said as she hugged Ryder. Katie definitely is one of Ryder's good friend In her list. Although she fell in love with him before, but they both always treated each other as best friends.
Ryder: "I didn't expect a tonner container would save the pups and my life. Hows Chase doing?"
Katie showed Ryder the records on how much blood loss Chase have. "According to my report and his current skull damage, he loss quite a lot of blood. Not a very high chance in surviving that outbreak. You need to have some preparation." Katie announced to Ryder.
"I can't lose Chase, I can't... he's a great leader in our team without him we can't move on! You have to save him okay Katie? You have to!"
"I will try my best. Please get some rest. I booked a private room for you and the pups to rest for the night. Marshall will be delivered to the ICU following Chase once they reached the emergency unit." Katie announced.

Ryder immediately meet up with the pups and walked together into an empty Ward room. "Pups, we have a problem...it's about Chase and marshall, they aren't doing well...."

Hours later in the operation room, there's just me and Marshall. The doctors and vets were constantly attending to us. I was able to survive as there were blood pumped into my small pup organs and blood is able to circulate normally again. However, the skull was a nasty crack on the surface. I was patched and liquid medications were injected automatically during the operation. I managed to be conscious again and noticed that the one who completed the operation was Katie. I haven't seen her for a while and definitely didn't expect her to survive this tragic catastrophe. I felt relieved and tilted my head to the left side. I saw Marshall, he was totally unconscious, his lower torso area was burnt badly and a lot of vets and doctors were there to examine him. I felt awful, I should have been there for him during his worst time. The dreams I dreamt about him, were all the mistakes I done that made him sad, having a vacancy in his heart. Now he's in this operation room...lifeless. Vets were running around finding tools and machines to resurrect him, doctors reading reports and some were even typing records into the computer on the spot. I was too tired to think about it and tilted my head and stared at the ceiling. "You're awake Chase. How are you feeling?" Katie asked. Beside her, there are more than 3 nurses and vets around me, checking on my current condition. "You might feel a bit numb and tired because we gave you slight dosage of Acepromazines and some vaccination process. This is to prevent the nuclear disease from spreading. You are fully cleaned from the N1Z1 disease." A vet named Dr. Sandra V. which showed according to her name tag, explained my condition. "You should be able to recover fast. I heard Marshall is your pup friend. Don't worry we will do our best to save him. The chances of animals dying from burning is not that high due to the outer fur protections, plus we managed to find him fast when he was stuck outside the lookout building. After this we will send you to meet your friends at a temporary ward where Dr Katie have situated them. You have some rest there Chase. " Dr Sandra left the operation room and started communicating with another doctor on another casualty. I laid back on the bed and stared into black space. "Oh and Chase, your backpack and weapon is under the bed. Please refrain from using weapons in the hospital. Security reasons. I'm sending a nurse to bring you there now." said katie.

A nurse started to push me out of the operation room, while Marshall is still in operation. Once outside the operation room, a lot of patients were waiting at the main lobby. Some passed away on the spot, some were evacuated away, most of them were their families crying out loud. Animals and some pups were severely wounded, some vets were seen resurrecting them on the spot. The whole temporary hospital was so crowded that the entrance of the hospital was blocked. "There's definitely more that one hospital in adventure bay, why did everyone come to the same hospital sigh. Those hospitals must have been destroyed out there." I thought to myself as the nurse tried to push me past the crowded area and into Ward number 48.

Once inside, the pups were seen resting and lying on Ryder while we entered. Rubble woke up and saw me. "Its Chase! Guys, Ryder! Chase is awake!" Every pup in the room jumped and ran to see me. "Chasie are you okay? You really scared me back there...I missed you so much I really dont want you to die out there..." Skye said softly while licking my pup face. I stared at Skye a while and smiled at her. In my mind, I'm definitely worried about Marshall. "Hows Marshall doing? Did you manage to see him? I heard he's in the same operation room as yours." Ryder reloaded his revolver and placed his gadgets and weapon into his military backpack. "I saw. He's doing his best to wake up. I believe in him." I said to everyone. "What were you thinking just now Chase just running off to find Marshall like that? You could have died! We were so worried about you when you went missing!" Zuma exclaimed as he recalled me running towards the lookout which is now badly destroyed. I stared on my bed and started to sob softly. I really didn't know what to say and I really missed Marshall during that point of time. "I...I am sorry guys...I let you all down. I missed Marshall... I dreamt of what happened last time guys he was undergoing stress and mentally on the relationship between him and I...it was a nightmare and I really need him back... when I heard he was missing and couldn't be found, I know i have to find him...and I really missed you guys as well I felt that I'm not a good leader and I shouldn't even deserve a sergeant rank...." I sobbed even more, trying to hold back my tears while talking to them. I have never felt so sad before.

"Oh Chase... you know that was an accident. It was my fault not yours I should have been there to save you but I couldn't... don't put too much stress on yourself." Skye sat beside me as she speaks. "We will always be here for you Chase!" Rocky squeaked behind Skye. "Me too Chase!" Rubble added. "We all do Chase. Take care of yourself alright? We are a family remember?" Ryder patted my furry ears as he said. I smiled for a bit as I laid down on the bed.

"We have to go now chase. There's a lot of patients and people out there that needs our help. Stay here and rest and dont think so much, okay? We will visit you again soon." Ryder said as he asked the pups to give me some time to rest and recover. The paw patrols definitely don't want to leave me alone here to rest because they just saw me and now they have to go. I guess I understand the situation that they have no choice but to help the people out there. "Whenever you're in trouble, just yelp for help." Yeah, that's what Ryder always will say.

I lay back on my bed. I touched my body a bit and noticed that i am not wearing any clothings. My furry tail was dangling near the edge of the bed,back legs resting on the bed end, ears were drooping down as if I am sad, and looked at myself at the mirror on the opposite side of the room. "Well, still the same Chase but injuired." I mumbled to myself.

About 15minutes later i started to feel a bit bored and reached my backpack to explore what's left inside. I poured the back upside down and there's pretty much a lot of items. "Oh damn, that's our paw patrol family photo. There's Skye, Zuma... " I mumbled to myself as I hugged the photo and place it back to the backpack nicely. I continued checking what else I have in the bag. "I didn't know I have more 5.56mm rounds stocked in my bag haha." I placed the bullets aside and found out I actually have a lot of can food, packet drinks, extra clothes (which I pretty much don't need them I mean I'm muscular I would love Skye watching me naked without clothes. Then we will...wait im sorry that's too much for you guys. I'm just joking. HAHA!) , an empty 1.5litre plastic bottle, more ammunition of 5.56 rounds, some empty magazines and some of my detached gadgets. "Well that's all I have pretty much. Time to pack them back and rest." As I packed them back I accidentally knocked onto my weapon which dropped onto the floor. "Sigh." As I picked up my weapon and noticed something dropped out from my weapon bag. It was a letter. "Huh?" I picked up my weapon and the envelope of letter.
"Best wishes, Marshall? For Chase?" I was confused and turned the envelope around. "Written on 22nd October 2038? Thats 2days ago before the nuclear explosion happened! But why is it in my weapon bag?" Without delaying I immediately tear the envelope open. I sit against the pillow and started unfolding the letter:

Adventure Bay, Lookout Tower
Campside A, Paw Patrols Department
22nd October 2038

For my forever best buddy and friend or even my lover, Chase.

Chase,

When you read this letter, you probably won't be seeing me somehow. You usually read alone. You will never tell people about this I believe. You definitely won't lie to anyone. Because this is you Chase. Thats what I like about you.

You mentioned about the nuclear threat just now, which should be true. Thats why I know I have to write this letter to you now to tell you how much I feel about you.

One day I am gonna leave this world no matter what. Yes I know haha... I am clumsy haha I laugh at myself many times but hey, that's my personality right? Its been a lot of fun with the PawPatrol department team these months or even years. I definitely can't forget that day you rejected me though. Come on you know there's nothing wrong in loving you right? We just have to live on a life more differently to remember it. Plus you helped the team a lot, many pups love you Chase, so do I. That makes me jealous at times as well, because I thought I will lose you. Don't blame me please....I know you won't forgive what I said those days that I might be having a fever or something. Chase... is it that hard to give me a chance to prove that my clumsiness isn't that bad? Not even a try? If Skye loves you I don't mind, but at least trust your Marshall at times, you won't even give it. I don't want this nuclear to kill me, or you, or both of us to realize how much you mean to me.

And if I die, I just want you to know, I will always think about the family and you Chase. And if you die, I will still be there for you. I will never give up on you. Thats how much trust I am willing to sacrifice for you. Cheers Chase, always ready to save fire and my good old Chase!

Your true love,
Marshall.
Lookout Tower, Bunk written.

I clenched onto the letter and looked down, punching on the pillow that i was sleeping on, as tears started to roll from my eyes to my furry face and onto the bed. I didn't know he would never give up on me and I didn't even save him when the nuclear destruction happened. I placed the paper aside and started crying.

Suddenly, the ward door opened.

"Chase! Its me Katie, Marshall's here! He's alright he's coming beside you now! The operation was successful and his body was bandaged and we gave him some disinfection medications and his fur is.... Chase...?Are you okay Chase? Why are you crying?..." Katie asked as she pushes Marshall into the room on a pet-friendly assisted wheelchair.

Although I feel severely painful, I stood onto my four paws and dashed while limping towards Marshall, who was semi-conscious and able to see me running towards him.

"Ch-chase...? Ar- are you....? " Marshall mumbled as I jumped onto him and cried loudly, laying down onto his back paw and hugged him.

Katie nodded and left the temporary Ward, while Marshall and I hugged together, and cried for a long time.

As I hugged him, he noticed that the letter I was holding flew onto the floor, and he definitely knows what letter that was.

"Marshall. It's me,Chase. I read it. I'm sorry. And I am really really sorry."