I was helping Doc around the lab the next day. It was both tiring and painful. I had to move an object from one room to the next. It was hard for my skeleton body to hold up. I felt like dying again.
"Doc," I said, sweating like no tommorrow, "can I take a break, please. I don't think I can take it."
"Alright," said Doc, giving me a smile, "You've done enough exercise for the day."
"Exercise?"
"Yeah. Tommorrow you have to move 30 heavy objects around."
"I hate you..."
"I know."
I walked out the door excausted and tired. It was even more tiring when I have to walk down the stairs. It was indeed torture. As I left Doc's lab, I was thinking about going to see Crystal. Ever since I met her...she was all I could think about. As I was walking towards Jack's house, I felt as if I were being followed by someone...or perhaps
something. I felt it coming closer and closer until I spun around fast to find a black wolf who was looking up at me. I loved wolves and I doubt this one had a home or a name.
"Uh...hi," I said waving at the wolf, but he just stood there and looked at me with those yellow eyes.
"Well I love to play the staring contest with you, but I need to get going."
As soon as I took a few steps, he took a few steps and started following me again. When I speed up, he speeds up. When I slowed down, he slows down. When I run like my life depended on it, he runs up and pounces on me. I fell on my back and closed my eyes tight. I thought for sure he was gonna eat me. Instead of getting bitten or mauled on, I instead got a lick to the face. I opened my eyes to see that the wolf was smiling.
"Uh...okay. Can I please get up now?"
He let me up and there I stood face to face with the beast. When I cocked my head in confusion, he does the same. When I lift my right hand, he lifts his left paw. When I wink to him, he winks to me back.
"Look. I'm sorry that you have no family, I really am, but I can't keep you. I don't know how to raise animals. I think you should go."
He started walking towards me.
"NO!! I SAID GO!!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
He yelped and ran away then I started to Jack's home. Then I stopped dead in my tracks to see if he was following me again. That was when I felt something strange. Guilt. I tried to forget about it and walked away, but I couldn't take another step.
"What am I doing? I can't just leave him alone. I gotta find the mutt!"
I ran into the direction he was going. I scanned the crowd to see if I could find some thing that's black and walks on four legs, but instead I found nothing. I spent almost the whole day searching for him. Then I heard a sound. It sounded like laughing and teasing as I turned to see the mutt running from three kids. Doc warned me about these three. One of them was a little girl, dressed as a witch and the other two were little boys, one dressed as a skeleton and the other dressed as the devil. They were all together completely hideous as their mask and their faces looked exactly the same. Doc warned me about these pranksters and even told me the names. The two boys were Lock (devil) and Barrel (skeleton) and the girl was Shock (witch). They were riding around in a bathtub, chasing the mutt with spears and blades for fun. I used my new abilities and jumped to the rooftops in one leap. Doc told me that my strength was growing and today's the perfect day for a test run as I save my furry friend from three very stupid kids. They corned him in the ally with no way out and nowhere to run.
"Alright doggy," said Shock with a hideous smile, "Do you know what time it is?"
"I think I know," said Barrel, licking his lollipop with that giant grin of his.
"It's time for this dog to get fixed!!!" said Lock, holding his spear to position.
The wolf cradled into a corner and awaited his fate as Lock plunges the spear into someone except the wolf. The wolf opened his eyes to see a skeleton of a man having the spear plunge through his rib cages. The three brats looked at me as I gave them a very terrifying look that could make a groan man scream. I took out the spear as Lock backed away and I held it close to his eye.
"DON'T TOUCH MY DOG!!!!" I roared with a booming voice that made them jump into the tub and and ride off scared out of their wits.
I turned to the dog and walked over to him and crouch down next to him. He started to shake and I knew he was afraid of me.
"It's okay. I won't hurt you. But I do need someone to stay with me. If you want to."
I turned to walk out of the alley when-
"I would be glad to."
I stopped and turned to see the wolf again.
"Did you say something?"
"I did. Thank you for saving my life. No one cares for a stray like me."
"I care."
He looked up and saw my smile. Then he smiled too.
"What's your name?" he asked.
"Demonia. Do you have a name?"
He shooked his head sadly.
"Then I'll call you Nightmare."
He looked up surprised.
"Does that mean...I'm your wolf."
I nodded smiling. Then as I walk to Doc's, he walked up beside me. Today I saved a life and made a new friend.
