"I'm going to need super glue. Rocky, do you have any?" Charm asked.

"Yep," Rocky said confused. "Why?"

"I'm going to glue Zuma's bite wound shut. A long time ago, I've learned super glue closes wounds just as great as stitches. Once I tripped and fell banging my head on the corner of the fish tank and Charlotte, my old owner glued the big cut on my head shut. You see? Here's the scar." Charm showed Rocky and Chase the scar next to her ear.

"No way." "That's too cool."

The pups were amused at learning this new information. "Here's the glue," Rocky said getting it out of his pup pack and giving it to her.

Charm glued the bite on Zuma's neck shut stopping all of the bleeding. She cleared all of the dry blood out of his fur with disinfecting wipes. And then she got a large bandage out of her pup pack and wrapped it around Zuma's neck.

Zuma woke up and smiled at her. "...Thank... you..." he said faintly. Charm smiled back and kissed his mouth. "You're welcome..."

They continued to kiss when Zuma suddenly pulled away and sniffed Charm. "I smell blood," he said.

"Well, of course. You were just now bleeding to death. The smell of blood will linger for awhile."

"No... the smell is coming fwom youw mouth," Zuma said softly.

Charm suddenly felt light headed. "I... threw up.. blood earlier." She began to feel weak.

"What's wrong Chawm?" Zuma sat up, but immediately laid back down. He was so weak that his legs couldn't support his own weight.

"Uh, nothing. I'm just exhausted, you know all that... walking." Charm gave a small smile. "I'm just going to sit down." Her head was spinning.

She suddenly started choking. "CHAWM! What's wrong?!" Zuma yelled alarmed.

She was coughing up blood. And she gasped for air. Charm couldn't stop. Zuma began to panic. No matter how tired out he was, he ran as fast as he could next to her. As soon as he got to her, Charm threw up red blood. It splattered all over Zuma. Zuma's mouth dropped.

"Chawm, awe you okay?" He looked into her eyes. They were unfocused. "Chawm! Awe you okay?" He repeated. Charm stared at Zuma for a second and then answered softly, "Yeah, yeah I'm fine."

She then threw her head to another direction as she vomited more red blood.

She fell to the ground gasping.

"Sh sh sh, it's okay Chawm. Evewything is going to be OK..."

Charm looked at Zuma's eyes. Tears filled her eyes. "No, don't cwy! Dwy youw eyes. ...Please.."

Tears began to fill Zuma's eyes too. "Come on Chawm." He felt his throat get even tighter than before. "Chawm?"

Charm blinked her eyes and gave a faint, tiny smile. "Zuma... I love you." Tears began to run down her face. "Zuma, we have had many fun adventures together and I hope you never forget them for as long as you live."

"Chawm, I won't. I-I pwomise."

"You are my one and only true love I have had in my life. You- you are what made my life meaningful. And I-I cherish that."

Tears came out of Zuma's eyes like waterfalls. "I love you Chawm. And I always will." He held her paw.

"Zuma, I want you to have my collar. It's a piece of me I'm giving to you. So whenever you look at it, you'll think about all of the good memories we had with each other."

"But Chawm. It will be too hawd to do that. I can't do this without you. I need you. Stay with me Chawm. At least twy..."

"Zuma. I first got Crohn's Disease when I was really really small. Before I even met you. It went away on its own, but the doctor said that if it were to come back, there's a small chance of me surviving. Well..." Charm stopped and started coughing up blood again. "It c-came back...."

"Chawm?" Charm looked at Zuma.

"Zuma," she whispered. "I l-love you."

"I love you too, Chawm."

"Good bye Zuma."

She slowly closed her eyes. Zuma stared at her waiting for her eyes to open back up, but they never did. Her grip on Zuma's paw was now limp and she began to lose all of the warmth in her body. For a second, Zuma thought this was all just a dream. Or a big nightmare that he's taking forever to wake up from. But then the realization hit him hard like a rock. Charm is dead.

"No! Chawm! I love you. I can't live without you...!"

Zuma threw himself to the ground and began thrashing his legs in the sand. He was screaming, wailing, and bawling. "No Chawm! Noooo!"

Chase and Rocky who were standing nearby gasped in shock because they have never seen their chill teammate go crazy like this before.

Zuma was losing it right then and there. "WHY? Whyyyy?" Zuma screamed. This scared Chase and Rocky for they had never met this side of Zuma before. They walked over to Charm's body and cried quietly.

"How could this be happening? Whyyy?" Zuma kept crying. He put his head down onto Charm's now-cold back and wept.

He then felt a soft paw on his shoulder. He turned around and saw Chase. "Zuma, I'm- I'm sorry."

Zuma nodded silently and put his head back down. Then he felt another pup, who was hugging him. The warm hug felt so welcoming that Zuma dove right into it. He looked up and saw Rocky's face. Zuma now whimpered quietly. "I want Chawm to come back."

Barking and the sound of running feet was suddenly heard in the distance. Ryder and the rest of the pups showed up.

"We finally found you!" Ryder exclaimed. He suddenly shut up when he saw Chase and Rocky crying, and Zuma whimpering covered in blood. Charm's blood.

Then he saw Charm who was lying motionless beside Zuma.

"Oh my god," Ryder said.

Ryder ran to Charm's body. He felt her pulse. There was nothing. "Oh my god."

He glanced at Zuma who was sobbing. "Oh my god. What happened?"

"Sh-she was very sick," Chase said. "Crohn's Disease."

"Oh my god."

Marshall, Skye, and Rubble ran towards Zuma, Chase, and Rocky. They began to whimper.

Ryder stared at all the pups. Tears filled his eyes. His nose turned red. Tears snuck out of his eyes. He was crying. He rubbed his eyes to clear his vision and saw him.

Zuma.

Zuma was just sitting there with his head down on the ground. Ryder's never seen Zuma so sad. Charm was closest to Zuma more than anypup else. Charm was Zuma's one and only love. Ryder felt for him.

Ryder then walked towards Zuma and scooped him up. Zuma didn't even notice. He just stared. Ryder held him in a cradling position and rocked him. Zuma then looked up at Ryder and whimpered into his shirt.

"Awww. Zuma. Everything will soon be alright," Ryder whispered. "I'm sorry."

Before Zuma knew it, he cried himself to sleep in Ryder's arms.