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Post by Arin on Jan 8, 2009 23:34:53 GMT -5
I stood and continued on after the lick. He'd get used to it, or he'd get killed. It wouldn't be a horrible loss, but I wouldn't be happy about it. It was about ten thirty when I got to the impaler. I opened up and called Mike to come in. He and Lisa, his wife, would be in for work a little before eleven, when we officially opened. Already there were a few of our kind outside waiting. Yes, it was going to be a good night. I let the dog off his leash. "Get used to it boy, we're gonna be here a while and there will be a lot more of us to go around." I spoke softly to my new companion before beginning to take inventory.
We were making a hefty profit thus far. Of course, we should. The impaler was the only place a vampire could go to be with his own kind and not worry about the weres. So far, none had been allowed in. Though, I did have some good dealings with them, none ever would be. I heard the bell on the back door ring and Mike and Lisa came in. Mike was a tall, bald vampire. He looked older than I did, and had been turned when he was fifty. Lisa was blond, beautiful and looked about twenty. They were about the same age, but there was a vast difference in looks. you kind of get used to it though.
Mike was our 'Bartender" and Lisa, well, she worked with decorating the place and helping with music. We worked very well together and I was happy to have them with me.
My eyes moved. I looked toward the dog. Lisa did as well. She grinned, teeth flashing in the light. "Oh! How cute! What's his name?"
"He doesn't have one."
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Post by thanatos on Jan 8, 2009 23:48:33 GMT -5
That smell, it was in this place that master let me off the leash. I raced around, quickly following it to the back of the place in a rather dark area. A growl escaped me for no reason. I could hear a scream followed by a roar. I jumped back, ears out and fur completely fluffed up as the sudden sounds startled me. I looked over my shoulder to see a female and a bald man looking at me, but it was clear that none of the three behind me had heard anything.
It was the flash of teeth that made me look at the woman. I walked towards her, forgetting about the smell for a few. My head went to the side as I realized her teeth could be considered fangs. My head rolled to the other side as I turned to my master, wondering if she and him were of the same species. I could tell it was going to take me a long time to get use to this whole thing.
A snort came from me when I heard master say I didn't have a name. At least he wasn't calling me Fido. I barked at him, scolding him at such a stupid mistake; get a pet you name it. All I could do was shake my head as I went to find a place to lay down. I found a place by the bar, out of view to most but it would allow me a chance to look at that one area at all times. I curled up into a ball, watching that one spot with great interests even though no one was there right now.
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Post by Arin on Jan 9, 2009 8:22:18 GMT -5
"He seems a bit preoccupied." Lisa said, moving over to me.
"He's a very strange dog." I shrugged. I watched the dog for a moment before looking back to mike. "I assume we have enough for mixing tonight? I'll need to order more soon."
"Yea, we got enough." The vampire smiled at me. After I finished my own job, I put a tie on the dog. I left him on a long rope and put the other end around the leg of the table I normally occupy. Most dogs didn't react well to our kind, but he had proven well with Lisa and Mike. Hopefully he'd react the same around the others.
Standing, I went to the doors and unlocked them. Lisa started the music, and Mike began to fix our brand of drinks. Blood was never as satisfying in the cup, but many of our customers preferred it that way. God only knows why. The place filled up quickly, and I took my spot at the table.
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Post by thanatos on Jan 9, 2009 12:01:48 GMT -5
I didn't look at my master as he put something else around my neck, I didn't even claw at it as it was a little tight. All I wanted was to figure out why I had shadow voices going off in my head. I was tied to something, I could feel the leash being moved and could guess what was going on.
A sigh came from from, my head resting on my front paws as I took a quick sniff of everyone that entered the room. No, not that one. Eww, to much perfume on that one. Ugh! What did that guy do for a living!? It seemed that most of the people here tried to cover up the fact that they were not human and in doing so made it more obvious in a way. My nose was on fire due to some of the different heavy smells, all I could so was sneeze, shacking my whole body as I tried to make the awful smells go away but to no anvil.
I was about to give up hope on finding who, or what, made that smell in the dark corner. A nap sounded good, but I quickly forgot about the whole thing when the smell came afresh into the room. I lifted my head, watching as one group of fake humans walked in. A growl rumbled in the back of my throat, the screaming and yelling coming back into my mind.
It seemed that on noticed me, a smirk on his face as he sat down. The simple gesture and his look sent my skin crawling. My hackles rose as I wanted nothing more then to tear his throat out here and now. He moved to tap one of his buddies on the arm, pointing to me as both now looked at me and talked amongst themselves.
That was the last straw. I lunged, the table followed but it was nothing to me as I raced at the group. Anger rippled through me as my mind screamed the words 'murders'. If I could take one out then I would get my answers. I was aiming for the one closets to me, going for the throat but some how ended up on the arm of the one that looked at me first. It was a minor hassle but I started to thrash around, trying to do as much harm as I could but it didn't seem to work.
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Post by Arin on Jan 9, 2009 13:21:11 GMT -5
A sharp pull at the back of the neck stopped the dog's struggle. "No!" I growled, teeth bared at the animal in my grasp. After removing him from the arm of my customer, I apologized. My eyes moved to the arm where the wound was already healing. I offered him free drinks for the rest of the evening before turning and dragging my new pet toward the back of the building. My fingers were pulling at his fur and my hand was clamped tight around the rope. I shut the door of the storage room behind me and slid the dog across the floor, anger in my eyes.
"If I do not command you to bite someone, you don't" I growled. "If it happens again I will have you put down." Of course, I wondered why I was talking to him. He seemed to know what I was saying, yes, but probably didn't get this. Maybe I could get Tonya to help. Unlike me, she could 'talk' to animals. She worked above ground as a pet psychic anyway.
I dropped to my knees. "You stupid animal. Why did you go after him?" I had my hands on his maw, and was looking him in the eyes. He's one of our best customers." I shook my head and let him go. I stood and began to pace. After a few moments, I grabbed the rope. This time I secured it to a door handle. The dog could still see everyone, but shouldn't be able to break free this time. If he did...I'd be floored. I just hoped the rope would hold up.
"Be good and Stay." I issued the order.
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Post by thanatos on Jan 9, 2009 13:44:07 GMT -5
I could only growl in anger and in frustration as I felt my master pull me off this guys arm. My mouth still snapped, trying to get at the guy who only grinned, pissing me off more as I watched him. But even as I sturggled to get out of his graps, I could feel my self being dragged some were else.
A huff came from me when the door closed, leaving me and my master in the same room. I instantly moved back to the door, nose pressed against the crack as I waited for him to open it again but instead I was turned around and had to look him in eyes. His mouth was moving but I wasn't taking in what he was saying. It didn't matter, me sinking my teeth back into that guy did.
What seemed like forever, he finally opened the door but as luck would have it tied me to the door. I acted like I was defeated, lowering my head and tail as I laid down, but I still kept my eyes on the strange guy in the back. Sometimes it would be nice to be human, to tell others how you felt without having them flip out.
I waited until my master went back to whatever he did. Once I saw that his back was turned, I bolted, taking the door off the hinges and attacked the guy again. This time I got higher up on the arm, pulling the guy down with me. I could hear a grunt as the guy struggled to get me off but I didn't allow it. A snarl erupted out my throat, making it raw as it came out.
The group around the guy I had pinned were not sitting ideally by. A smell suddenly stung my smell as something that looked like a club came out and hit me on the side. It looked like a club, it wouldn't hurt. I was wrong though, as soon as it hit a yelp of pain came from me. My skin was on fire were it hit. I let go of my prey, instead turning to look at the wound they gave me. Much to my shock it looked like the fur had melted away and the skin underneath was raw.
With renewed anger, I attacked again. Clamping onto the guy's chest and dragging him back down when he was about to get back up. My vision started to go white as I felt blow after blow of pain come from the people around me, my skin felt like it was about to fall off but I still kept my grip.
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Post by Arin on Jan 9, 2009 19:41:06 GMT -5
"Hold it!" I nearly shouted. Mike and I bolted from our places. He grabbed the shotgun. It wouldn't kill, but it could do some serious damage. I grabbed the dog and ripped him away from his prey. My fingers dug into his neck, drawing blood. My eyes met the victims own and we shared a dangerous look. Once again I apologized. Then, I excused both myself and the dog. The threat of the shotgun had kept the rest of the vampires at bay. I dragged the animal outside, holding him in my arms. He was big for a dog but didn't weigh too much. I threw him on the ground. I shouldn't have treated an animal like that, but I was not known for my patience with things. Seduction and manipulation, yes. Patience, No.
I scanned the body of the dog. I hadn't really noticed the wounds before. Where had they come from? A club, whatever they were using wouldn't have done that to the fur. My first thought was silver, but no. That didn't harm normal dogs. I would have detected a werewolf. The ones around here looked like furry men when they changed. I had never seen one transform fully into an animal. Could it even be done?
"If you live through your beating you can run. I don't want you." I sneered. Yes he was pitiful, and I felt bad for saying it, but I couldn't allow any pets of mine to hurt a customer. I spent almost all my time at the Impaler. If the animal couldn't behave there I wasn't going to deal with him.
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Post by thanatos on Jan 9, 2009 19:57:02 GMT -5
I felt as my master yet again pulled me off the guy. I could only struggle but felt nails digging into my neck. He threw me once we were out side, I landed on my side but quickly bounced back up. This time his words went through and I knew I had to find a way to warn him, even if he did throw me out he seemed like a nice guy.
My mouth started to move, 'aroror''s started to come out. I licked my lips, trying to remember how the thugs at the pits use to speak. "Murr... duurrr... err.." It came out in different woofs, but I kept repeating it, hopping the guy in front of me had enough sense to push them together.
I paced back and for wrath, repeating the parse as I tired to make him understand. The wounds still looked raw but the ones that my master gave me were starting to heal. I could feel it itching and felt like it was pulling. Maybe if he could understand, he would forgive me acting strange, I wanted answers but sitting out here was getting me no were.
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Post by Arin on Jan 9, 2009 20:17:52 GMT -5
The wounds were healing, and my suspicions were closer to being confirmed. I listed to the woofs, trying to make sense of the pacing animal's attempt at communication. It took a few minutes before finally making sense. He was saying murderer. "So are we all..." I trailed off in my answer. Confusion, annoyance, and disgust played at my senses. I had let more than a dog into my building. I had let a werewolf in. I had broken the very standard set in my business and was more than a little embarrassed at doing so. I kept my demeanor calm and looked at the -thing- in front of me. "If you change back we could probably talk about this more..." I was more irritated now than ever.
This was some sort of plan, I knew it. He led me to believe he was a werewolf. It was a trap, or something akin to it. Mentally I contacted mike and Lisa. I told them to be aware of things on the inside. I myself was suddenly more alert. "What are you up to Lycan?" I demanded under my breath. He would hear me, but I was careful to keep my voice low. Some supies were bad about eavesdropping.
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Post by thanatos on Jan 9, 2009 20:40:45 GMT -5
I could only cock my head to the side. Lycan? Those dog like people that killed people on TV? those things weren't real! I could only chuckle, a grin going across my face as I panted a laugh. He thought I was one of those weird things? This guy had been sniffing to much of that strange white powder. True I was smatter then a normal dog but there was nothing I could do about that.
My head went to the other side when he asked what I was up to. I just told him he had a murder on his hands, why was he treating me like I was the one that kill those voices in my head? I could only shake my head, telling him I was up to nothing.
I growled as the guy I attached twice came of no were and stood behind me. I turned in a quick circle, head lowered as I kept him away from my master. "Well, if your getting rid of him I'll take him." A smirk was on his face as he looked at me, sending me lower to the ground as I could only growl.
He went for the leash that leash that was still around my neck, I backed up but he still got a hold of it. I struggled but it was no good. "Oh stop struggling." He pulled on the leash, making me lose my balance and fall to the ground. "Now, why would you bite me? After all, I did give you that nice home you had before hand."
All I could see was red. My whole body was shaking in anger. This guy knew me as well, most of been why he came back out. I could remember now, it was fuzzy but it was enough to make me whimper. He was the one that 'broke' me in for fighting. I started to pace, tongue out as I was in distress. The man that got me out of the hole no longer wanted me and now I was stuck with the bastard that made me what I was today. Today was not a good day.
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Post by Arin on Jan 9, 2009 20:53:43 GMT -5
I watched the other and shook my head. "He's mine." I was the angry one now. I already disliked this vampire, and I may not have wanted the dog, but he sure as hell wasn't getting him. He was a rouge. He probably looked tougher than he actually was. Judging by his tongue, this bird was younger than me and was probably underestimating me.
"He obviously doesn't like you." I stepped forward and drew myself up. "Surely we can come to an agreement on this?" I questioned. I felt my brow quirk with feigned curiosity and respect. 'I could pay a hefty sum for you to just leave me and the dog. "
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Post by thanatos on Jan 9, 2009 21:07:33 GMT -5
The other guy and I turned to look at the guy that said he didn't want me. "You said you didn't want this mutt, so I'll take him off your hands. I'm sure I can get a fair price for him." The guy that held my leash only smiled. "Besides, you couldn't afford a fine pit fighter like this one. He's a loose cannon waiting to go off at any minute. You saw what he did to me."
I growled, threating to do it again but he tugged on the leash and sent my sprawling again. "Now come." He pulled on the leash, dragging me along even though I was laying on the ground and being as much dead weight as I could. "Your coming mutt. Don't sit there and act like you didn't enjoy the pits. I think this go around I'll keep you and use you to win me money." He hissed as he dragged me.
A whimper came from me. I knew what was in store if I went back with this guy. The thugs hardly feed me but I would be nothing but bones if this kept me. I struggled but the leash kept. "I'm surprised you haven't escaped before now." He muttered, seeming to have some trouble once my feet dug into the ground.
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Post by Arin on Jan 9, 2009 21:27:34 GMT -5
I smirked slightly as I watched the man, whose name I still hadn't gotten, fight with the lycan. I was sure now that that was what he was. I moved up to him and looked him in the eyes. "2,500 dollars and a house I own above ground." I offered him. I hated resorting to violence, at least with other immortals. Weapons were so much cleaner than a fist fight. Less wound up broken. "That's a fair price for a primo pit, and this is a mutt. He has less of a rep, you wouldn't get that much from any of the crow's on the corner.Besides, he's more likely to get out and maul one of your bettors. Why risk that kind of exposure?"
I did my best to con him into giving me back the animal. I may have said I didn't want him, but I wanted him now. If he was fighting in the pits...then maybe he was stuck this way. What an asset. A mongrel with superpowers and no idea who he was. It was clear the moron before me only saw the potential for fighting. Oh, but he was so much more.
"If you like, I can throw in a case of the best blood packs we have." I moved even closer to the other. My hand danced on the immortal's wrist for a moment before taking the leash. "You don't want to test me." I warned. "it's a fair trade off, and you can go along your way." I kept my eyes locked to his. I could feel the Lycan growing more restless.
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Post by thanatos on Jan 9, 2009 21:40:15 GMT -5
The guy stood there for a moment, looking at me as he thought about my masters proposition. He looked me in the eyes. "I know those guys were trying to breed you off, did you sire any pups?" I shook my head. "Hmm, either your shooting blanks or you can't breed with a bitch to save your life." He muttered to him self as he willingly gave the leash up. "Fine, you have a deal. But make it two cases. I have to make up for the blood your mutt took from me inside."
I had several emotions go through me at once; one was pure joy of being taken away from starvation, another was of pure terror, and the last was anger. I still wanted to kill the bastard, he did something to me, more then beating me. The scream that went off in my head told me that he did something that was unforgivable.
He held his hand out, something that all humans did to finalize a deal or beat. My stomach was in a knot and the next thing I knew the meal I had was coming up. I could only move a few feet away from it before falling to the floor.
Even we pit fighters got sick, and now I felt like I was in hell. If my master deiced to put me back in the pits, I knew he would turn out like the others. They were nice to you for the first couple of week that you won fights, but then they started to get mean. They wanted more flare from you. All I could do was hope that my master would stay how he was, but deep down I knew that would not happen.
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Post by Arin on Jan 9, 2009 22:16:41 GMT -5
I took his hand and shook it. "See Mike, the Bartender. He'll count out the money and the cases. I'll get you the deed tomorrow evening." I nodded to the pit guy, as he was coming to be called in my head. He walked away calmly, looking a bit irritated. I held the leash tightly and looked down at the Lycan. Scooping his wolf/dog body up, I carried him inside and laid him on the floor in my office. I closed and locked the door and left after taking a blanket out for him. I always kept some bedding here just in case.
I worked till about one in the morning. Finally we closed up. Mike and Lisa went home after helping me to clean the blood out of the room. I, in turn, made my way toward my office. I carefully unlocked the door and slipped in. I sat down beside the lycan and petted him softly.
"We're gonna have to find out how to change you back." I mumbled, knowing even then that keeping him this way would be so much easier.
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