Behind The Mask

Fall Of The Ten

     Chase knew he couldn't let Wilson do whatever he wanted, and quickly, with the strength he had left in him, he used his back legs to kick Wilson on his side, which didn't affect him, but only caused Wilson to swing his head towards him. Chase quickly used this opportunity and released his claws on Wilson's face.

"GAH!" He yelled as he angrily threw Chase back while placing both hands on his face. Chase landed on his fours and tripped a few times, almost collapsing, but he held himself up.

Chase watched as Wilson angrily growled and stood back up and faced Chase, seeing the red claw marks across his face.

"Now I see why the Overlord is so focused on you." Wilson commented, making Chase only frown at him as he slowly raised his hood over his head again.

"And this time, I'm gonna make sure to get rid of you." Wilson declared.

In the meantime, Arya heard all of this and now she was more interested. So it seems that the other Overlord is after Chase. She looked around at the badly beaten villains, and looked back at the Shepherd. She understands why though, not any normal pup can cause this much damage.

But suddenly, she saw something that surprised and confused her.

Chase smiled

Arya watched as Chase's smile slowly formed into a smirk.

"Listen. If nine of you can't beat me, what makes you think you, yourself can?" Chase asked and Arya listened as Wilson didn't respond.

"You can do whatever you want, but," Even under the hood, Arya could see Chase's determined eyes and his cool smile. "No matter what, you'll never be able to beat me. Cause I've got something to protect." Chase said.

Suddenly, Arya felt something. She felt something. Something that she has never experienced in a long time. She didn't notice, but her cheeks were blushing like roses. She suddenly felt chills in her body. She was impressed, amazed, she felt things beyond those. She felt butterflies in her stomach, and her heart increased in speed.

A breeze blue over, and the light post that Chase stood under had snow, and the breeze blew the snow over the pup, and the snow sparkled over him and with the blue light from the light post, it gave the snow a bunch of colors from a rainbow.

Seriously? That's...Oh, Chase. Eek! That's so hot! She thought as she placed her paw over her mouth. His words sounded so confident, so warm, as if he would do anything to protect the ones closest to him. Now she wanted to be close to him.

She could see her breaths through the cold air, she was confused of what she's feeling, but she likes it...no...she loves it.

Suddenly, both The Blood King and Arya turned around to hear the distant sounds of sirens.

"I don't care what you have to say! As soon as I finish you off! I'll kill those who you love!" Wilson only growled at Chase's response and without saying a word, he cracked his knuckles and charged towards the German Shepherd. Chase's body began caving in, and Chase kneeled down for a second, but he still tried to jump aside, but quickly, Wilson grabbed one of his back legs and spun him around in a spiral, eventually letting him go.

Chase flew back, and he opened one of his eyes and noticed that he was flying towards another light post. And with a quick reaction, Chase used his front paws to grab onto the light post and spin him around once, now flying back towards Wilson who gasped in shock.

Chase used all fours to hit Wilson back and slammed him down to the ground. Wilson grunted in pain, and opened one of his eyes to see Chase enraged.

"If...If...If that's...the case..." Chase breathed as his sickness was getting to him, Chase pressed one of his paws in his chest, and the German Shepherd looked over to see some parts from Rubens malfunctioning armor.

One of the parts had a metal blade. Chase used his other paw to pick up the blade and raise it up in the air. Wilson was confused, but then he realized what Chase was planning to do and for the first time in his life...

He felt fear.

"Then...I'll have to end this." Chase declared and without hesitating, Chase brought his paw with the blade down...

"STOP!"

Only a couple inches was between the blade and Wilson's neck. Chase glanced over to where the voice came from and he stared as he saw the cops running up to him in a distance, and then stopped in their tracks, managing a fair distance from himself and Wilson.

"Whoever you are, it's over. We'll take care of it from here!" A man in a suit, with a police badge, spoke up. Chase assumed he was the captain of the police department. Chase stared back at the now knocked out Wilson.

Now, he moved the blade away to the side of Wilson's head and dropped it. You got lucky, for now. Chase thought to himself.

"UGH!" Chase groaned louder in pain, as his conditions finally caught up with him. A few more rough coughs and sneezes came from Chase. Without saying a word, Chase quickly used his legs and his grappling hook to escape, making sure to not leave a single trace.

Leaving the Ominous Ten with the cops.

Arya and The Blood King stood above, staring at the sight. The Blood King was in turmoil. Something was wrong. He still took them down, but his performance was off a few times. The Blood King noted, noticing that Chase would hold onto himself while he groaned in pain. Especially when he coughed and sneezed before he left.

Don't tell me...The Blood King mentally gasped, but then he laughed. "HAHA! He was sick! You've gotta be kidding! He was weakened and even ten super villains can't take them down!"

Arya stared at him with some shock.

"Really?" She whispered to herself. 

"You noticed. How he held himself in pain and then he coughed and sneezed? My guess is, he has the flu." The Blood King shrugged and Arya looked back at the sight of the cops, taking in the villains. 

Arya couldn't believe what she just witnessed, but most importantly, what she felt. What was that feeling? She thought. The Husky still had her paw over her mouth.

Man, he's really strong. Arya agreed with The Blood King for once. Even when he was weakened, he can still manage to take down ten super villains. How? How is he so strong to pull that off? Many questions came flooding in.

Now, she desperately tried to remember if she ever met Chase in her life. She recalled meeting someone named Chase, but was that him? That German Shepherd pup was hot. Oh my, why is he...so different? Arya thought once again.

Flash Back

"I haven't heard of a place like that here." Chase responded.

"Trust me man, it's not really the nicest place here." Lucky said with a nervous smile.

"Oh."

Noticing the atmosphere was about to get quiet, Arya spoke up.

"So...what's your name?" She asked.

Chase hesitated. He was told that he shouldn't trust anybody, but for some reason, these dogs had some sort of safe feeling radiating from them. Deciding to follow his gut, Chase opened his mouth.

"I'm Chase. Nice to meet you."

Flash Back Ends

Arya's eyes widened as she began piecing the two together. This wasn't some random pup named Chase.

This was the Chase she met years ago, when they were in Costa Rica. But now one question remains as she wondered what her feelings were and why they were directed towards the young German Shepherd.

Is she in love?