(With everything that's been going on. Ice dog was becoming a little bit depressed. She was dealing with so much. And she realized that she been a pain in the butt to most everyone. It wasn't intentionally. She is known to be a very hyperactive puppy. And she take her job very seriously. But since he lost her trainer. She has not been the same. And she has been reassigned it to a new trainer. Who is doing everything in his power to try to get fired. She knows this is all a game. Deep in the inside there's something going on. And she may figure out what it is. She is ready to address this issue. Plus she having some problems with Marshall. Once again he's jealous he can get in the way. She doesn't get it. She is already told him before that the ratio that the current team is . The males actually out beat the females. And there is nothing she can do about that. And plus she want him to be open. To allow others to like her as well. But Marshall is a little bit stubborn) 

	Evening time after headquarters. 

	Ice dog is waiting for her new trainer. She know that he is somewhere inside of the headquarters. But she haven't seen them all day and she wants him to interact with her. Lately the only thing he been doing is avoiding her as much as he could. She later on ask Rocky and it was anyway that he can go talk to him. Rocky agreed and went up to the trainer room to talk to him. 

	Inside of the trainer room. 

“Boy you do not look happy today. You know if you can eat the same thing we could. Our offer you a nice old snack. But I don't think you want what we eat. I mean it's good to me. But that's a whole another story.”he sat down beside him. And then scoot a little bit closer. But he noticed the new trainer scoot completely away from him. As he was frustrated. 

	“They won't wait too much. I'm not complaining about That. But what they asked me to do I have no earthly idea what to do. It's clear I put it on my resume. I have no training and rescue or search. The only training that I ever received. Was basic medical training. And that was cpr. And stuff that I managed to learn from my mom well when she was around. I don't get HQ sometimes. They had an HQ is about as stubborn as they can come.” He he said as he looked it directly at Rocky. “You never said anything about your mother. I didn't realize that you had a mother. I mean I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that. I mean I know everyone comes from someone. But you never really talked about your family. I just assumed that you was just drafted into the HQ. I didn't realize you actually came from somewhere.”. The newcomer lifted at Rocky what were weird look. But he understood where Rocky was coming from. After all Rocky is a puppy. And he's a animal he sees things differently than he does. 

	“I guess I'm not being fair. I'm putting all my frustration out. But really I shouldn't be doing that. I know better than that. I just don't like to be misleading anyone. I don't know anything. And Chase he knows I don't know anything. He has been scalling me lately. And it's getting on my nerves. I mean it's the other way around where I come. I am one that is supposed to doing all of the correction around here. I never had it come the other way. Then again did I never thought that puppies can talk. Neither did I thought that animals can talk. I mean I heard noise but I didn't think they make sounds that makes sense.”he said looking at rocky. 

“You never been around highly intelligent creatures that is a little bit at the same level as you. Well we're not dumb. Most animals ain't that stupid. Yeah there is some dodo birds around. But even they ain't that stupid. It depend on how you put the word stupid into a complete description or understanding.”Rocky said looking at him. 

	[The newcomer began to look away from Rocky again. Rocky can tell something was on his mind. So he started to encourage him to talk out. But the newcomer didn't know how to put it in word. Until eventually he did.] 

“Okay okay. I've been doing my best to try to get fired from the team. Because in general I am no good. But no matter what I do. Chase managed to do something to convince HQ that are not really for real. I didn't know he hold that much power. I mean I just look at them as a puppy and but I guess he is somewhere only power bar. Anyway I didn't think that he was actually that powerful in HQ.”he looked at rocky. 

“No it's not what you think. It's called respect. They respect him because he's been the very loyal to them. Pretty much doing everything that they ask. They consider him to be the most obedient at all of us. Yeah I ain't got to admit. I am quite stubborn. I don't believe everything HQ says. I can barely stand and ceo.. I just tolerate a lot of stuff. But to be honest I don't get it.”he looked it back at him. 

 The newcomer begin to slide over closer to rocky. Rocky try to hold his excitement. By not showing emotion. This is the closest that the newcomer got to being gentle. Without turning into a verbal battle. Rocky did his best to try to keep his composing. But as a newcomer began to open up a little bit more. Rocky felt his natural instincts kick in. And without notice. Rocky laid his head on the newcomer shoulder as you were trying to comfort him. Let him know that he is a friend if he lets him be. The newcomer looked at him with a strange look. 

“You know I once had a dog that did that same thing. Whenever I was feeling kind of bad. She will come up to me and do that very same thing. I pet her on the head a couple of times. And for your new it I felt better. I never understood why she did that. And why she always seems to know. When I need some support from her. I always consider her to be more in tune with me than my own family.”he looked at rocky. Before petting him on the head.

“Natural instincts. Every creature can sense especially when they close to one another. When a member of the pack is not feeling quite well. It is naturally we can smell it and we can sense it. And immediately we do what we can to make the member healed and better. Because of one down the whole pack is down. Every member of that pack is important. And if one member is not working properly. Any whole entire pack will collapse. That is a logic that I basically come up with. And it's explains why the team is on the borderline of collapsing.” Rocky lifted it his head and then stood up and walked it over near the door. And looked it back at him. Before coming back towards him. 

“You are saying.” The newcomer stands up a little bit. And face rocky.” You think the team is on a borderline of collapsing. I mean it seems like everyone is well all except for a couple of them. He's doing. I mean I think I don't know.” The newcomer walked over to his bed and sat down. As Rocky walked over towards him. 

“We are about to collapse. We just lost a very important member of our team. We don't know why he decided to quit. But he did. He's been with us for a very long time. And then we lost another report in member. We kind of understood what he was coming from. He seen the opportunity and he wanted to take it. And then ice dog lost our trainer. And that sent her into a spiral. Without her trainer she felt like that she was useless. Man you came along and we thought everything was going to be back normal. And then chaos erupted. And we are back to square one again. I don't want to keep going up and down like this it's driving me crazy. We can't do our job it was too much worry about where or not the team will hold itself together. We are family. That's the way I see it and I hope it can stay that way. I hope that you would just remain part of the family forever and ever and ever or until something happens but at least make it last longer than this.”Rocky hopped up on the bed with him. And look it at him. 

“Proper timing that I was told. If you have to give things a month or two then you make your decision not the very first day you get here. I mean that's crazy. I don't know what it is with you and Marshall but you need to kind of find common grounds. I understand chase you can be a little bit of pain in the butt. But he's only doing that because he cares. He does that to anyone who he care about. He didn't like you he wouldn't be rough. Only wants the best. And to tell you the truth he don't like to be the leader of the pack. So in general he is trying to push all of the responsibility of that on to you. Because he thinks it is more appropriate. He is use of taking orders not giving orders. You better believe this is driving him crazy.”

	The newcomer looked at rocky. And he looked it down towards the bed before you looked it back at rocky.”taking orders. I never thought that he was one of them type of individuals. I mean he looks like that he gives more than he actually takes. Maybe I just miss judging. But then again Chase is tricky. I don't know I can 100% trust him.”he said uncertain about chase.  “Well if you can't give it 100%. How about 70% or 60% or 50% or maybe 30%. Give something. Don't just give up all a sudden. I know you have what's in you and I know you can be a very great leader. You just have to believe in yourself.”Rocky raised up a little bit. And he looked it out the window. He noticed that it was raining. He can hear their thunder a little bit. As the rain was falling outside. He looked it back at him. 

“You know if you want I can sleep here with you make you feel comfortable tonight. We don't have to tell anyone. If it okay with you. I think we need a bond a little bit more closer than what we are.”Rocky said to him. 
“The booming of that thunder. I don't like it. I feel more comfortable sleeping next to someone who are trust. And it's loud. I don't think I will feel comfortable tonight and all of that noise.”

The newcomer looked at. Then he looked it out the window the rain Begin to Fall a little bit more heavy.

“Okay just one night Rocky you can sleep with me one night. I won't tell anyone that you were sleeping with me. Just make sure you don't take up the whole entire bed. You can see is not a big bad.”Rocky smile. 

“I'm not a big boy I mean”has he clear his throat and try to say it again.”I'm not that big I I'm pretty sure I won't take up the whole entire bed.”Rocky with blushing a little bit. But he noticed that the newcomer didn't catch on to a joke. So he was relieved and knowing that a newcomer didn't catch what he meant by he's not a big boy. 

	Meanwhile 

Marshall and ice dog was in the same sleeping area. The sleeping area that they was in. Was Marshalls. This is not uncommon for ice dog to come into his sleeping area especially when it's thundering and lightning. 

“See there I'm not picking at you because you don't like loud noises. Do not think any member of the team like to hear loud noises. I'm pretty sure everyone is finding their favorite cuddle buddy and his snuggling next to them as his thunder is going on. So I see nothing wrong with me and you snuggling that's all we're doing.”he said inviting her to lay next to him. 

The hesitant at first but when she heard that loud bang she quickly moved close to him. 
“Nature is not being kind today. It want to make all of this noise. For what reason is nature angry today.”she's not liking it as she is shaking. Marshall does what he can to bring her comfort. 

“You know marshall. You could be a nice individual. If you wasn't always so jumpy. I mean what's up with you when it comes down to me. You act like I can't be around anyone else other than you. You don't get it do you. Look at the ratio here. Is more males than it is females. You have to understand that you're not the only one who likes me.”she said even if she is a little bit scared she still speaking her mind. 

“You think I don't recognize the ratio count. I can definitely see it. I know there is a heavily outnumbered when it comes down to males versus females. But let's be front. Not everything is exactly what it looks like. And not everyone likes you like I did. I mean in a very different way. We have been together for quite a while. We belong together. And that's the way I see it for right now. I just can't see it no other way. No one understands you like I do.”he said to her. 

She looked back at him and rolled her eyes at him. 

“Well that might be true in your mind. But I'm an open puppy. And you can't accept that. Then be my very break up as friends. Because it's not going to work. I can't help it. I told you once and I tell you again. Like someone else as well. And I really like this individual. And if you don't get along with him. Then that is telling me that you hate me as well. I can't help it and if he could I'm not going to no more details.”she said Marshall looked at her with a frowned. Before another boom of the thunder happen. 

“Look you have to understand this. I just don't like you. I love you. I bet you whoever you got your eyes on you never said that to you. And I bet you you never said that to them.”he said as he scoop a little bit closer to her. 
 
“Love!. Look Marshall don't say words that you don't understand. Love should be the furthest thing that comes from your mouth. I mean I appreciate it. And I understand it. But you don't quite get it. you may think you in love but I can guarantee there's something else going on. I'm not a stupid puppy. I know how many wants to be with me. Trust me. Me and Skye talk about it almost every single time. We are about fed up with it. But we tolerated. We understand we are around a bunch of males. But they tell you the truth there's one individual that stands in the middle to keep it from coming out as a all-out straight up free for all.”
She said looking at him as thunder begin to boom again as a flash of lightning happen. 

“Free fall. Look it's not like that. Everyone knows how the ratio is. And they understand. And they respect that. And like I said not everything is cracked up like it should be. Not everything is like it is. I mean no one comes in between Chase and Skye in fact I haven't seen anyone lay eyes upon her. They know that is Chase girl so they leave it alone. And why can't I have you as my girl.”he said. Ice dog became a little bit angry about that. And stormed away from him. Marshall wonder what did he said wrong. He just couldn't understand why she was giving him such a hard time every time that he confesses his love. 

	Meanwhile the newcomer is getting ready to go to sleep . But before you get a chance to hop in the bed where Rocky is. He noticed that he see a purple tail sticking out from the bed as well. He knew that was. He took a deep breath and he can see that ice dog just got up in the bed. And was fast asleep along with rocky. He realized this is a big issue for him. He know how it is when it comes down to her. To avoid any conflict. He decided that he wasn't going to even bother to move her. He just walked out the room. And he found a nearby couch that was outside. And he decided to lay on the couch and go to sleep or the night. 

	The next day came the storm was over. The newcomer was awakened. By Zuma who was wondering why he was sleeping out of his room on the couch of all things. 

“You got a nice big comfy bed and you sitting out here sleeping on the couch. What you don't like your bed.? If that's the case you should have came in my room. I have a very comfy bed.”Zuma said jokingly. 
“Hahaha very funny. You know you are one of a type. You know what to do to try to push a button or two. Just joking.”Zuma became a little bit confused. 
“For a moment I thought you was going back to your usual insults. But it look like you're trying to be a little bit lighter this morning. What's going on.? Are you okay.? Do you need to go to the hospital or something?”Zuma was confused it's always common for the newcomer to give him a hard time as well but he wasn't. 

Newcomer looked around and make sure no one was looking. Or no one was there before he went ahead and ask Zuma something. 
“What was it that you said that day. Oh yeah you got to stop being mean to me. Cuz it's not going to change the way I feel about you. I like you and that's the way it's going to be.”he asked him out of curiosity. 

	“It's exactly what I said. No matter what you do I'm on to your game. You can't trick me. You just trying to push me away. It doesn't work I am the most stubborn puppy that you can possibly find. Plus I know you like me. You like this big chocolate puppy.. you're probably want to have a taste don't you.?”Zuma said it in a very seductive way.”I can tell you what. I taste better than any chocolate bar you can probably find. Anywhere.”the newcomer was trying to get Zuma to realize that someone else was in their presence. Zuma looked it back. And Chase was standing right there. 

“I'm not going to ask what the terminality of what you mean by the whole fact of a chocolate bar. I just hope it's not what I think. Zuma I know you can be a little bit out there. And I know you're laid back nature give you all kinds of thoughts. But please don't be like that. No one wants that kind of chocolate. And I can guarantee it. Anyway that's not what anyone wants to hear early in the morning. Zuma. Come on y'all too let's go get some breakfast. Now this makes me not want to crave anything that's brown.” Chase said. As both of them got up and followed him. 

“I don't know what he's talking about. But I'm not getting it. I really just talking about chocolate in general. Something that we puppies should never eat anyway. But I must admit I had some. And I should never try again.”he said very lowly. The newcomer looking at zuma. 

“I didn't think Chase had a sense of humor. I can't imagine what he was thinking just a few minutes ago. Ill that's so gross. We're getting ready to eat breakfast and that thought is going to be in my mind. I never heard Chase talk like that before. He usually is more serious.”he said very softly to Zuma. 

“Boy you don't know Chase at all. He can be a clown when he wants to be. And serious when he wants to be. He is just a mixer between Marshall and everyone else here. But still he's a mystery. He hides a lot of his feelings deep down inside of him. But really he's a fun individual. It just sometimes take a lot to get that out of him. After all his job that he does make him very serious. And I think that's why he gave us a hard time in general..”Zumba sad as they were heading to the kitchen. 

	At the kitchen. 

Everyone managed to be there at the kitchen everyone usually who's on time for breakfast. As usual ice dog is nowhere to be found. Ice dog usually will not show up into food is on the table. It's just the way she is and she a late sleeper sometimes. Eventually she made her way into the kitchen along with Rocky who was very confused. Has everyone been getting to eat Rocky sat down beside the newcomer only left side as Zumba was on the right hand side. Rocky was still waking up. Trying to get his eyes to work a little bit better. 

“I thought that you was going to be sleeping in the bed. Not ice dog. How in the world did she manage to get into your room in the first place. I thought you had the door lock that night. Please tell me that you just didn't leave the door wide open.”Rocky said to him in a very low and secreted tone. “Beats me. I thought I locked the door sorry unless I forgot with all the noise that were going on from the thunderstorm. I just didn't pay attention to it. I'm sorry rocky. I hope everything went well.”Rocky did a quick check all over him. And then he gave a okay look towards him. 

“Well I didn't wake up wet. So that means everything went fine. I guess she was just scared like I was and just wanted to be comfort. But it is unusual for her to pick you. Right. Y'all too been battling each other like it's no one business.”he said continue on being secretly. The newcomer look it around. 
“Yeah we had been at each other throat lately. She has just been all over the place. Sometimes it's hard to know what she's going to do next.”just before he got the words out of his mouth he felt a wet lick across his cheek. As ice dog was greeting him rubbing her face against him. Before she stood up on her hiding leg to give him a hug from behind. As Marshall was looking directly at them. He did his best to just look away. He wasn't sure when she just doing it to get underneath his skin what will forever it was. It was getting on his nerves. 

[So will Marshall and ice dog ever find common grounds. Is the newcomer really going to remain on the team. He listened to anything that Rocky said. Has Chase begin to lighten up a little bit and to be more gentle.?. Is it really true that chase really don't want to lead a team but he read of someone else to do it?. And why did HQ hire someone who has no training into the field.? So many questions so many answers need to be answered. I guess we'll find out when more episodes will be written.] 

[This is the end of part 1. At this particular time I have no particular name for these episodes. You just was known them as episodes. This is the ongoing story that I'm doing. And the ongoing Siri and my own alternate universe. More stories is going to be written and I'm going to go into Burger more deeper stuff. I hope that you can enjoy these stories. And eventually I will have more coming out. by the way if you have ideas that you want to add into stories that I'm doing. Let me know by a direct message and if I think it fits inside of the story I will add it in there. Thank you once again for reading.]