A second go at life

[thanatos]

I could feel my master picking me up and carrying me back inside due to the sudden change in the air. He put me on the floor and I watched him put a blanket down before walking out. I walked over to it and laid down in it, licking the wounds that still looked raw from the clubs.

It took sometime. I had to make sure I got ever wound and I had more then I thought I did. Once the little detail of grooming was taken care of I feel asleep. I awoke though when I heard my master come back in, it had to be a few hours. A yawn escaped my maw as I stood up stiffly and walked over to him.

"We're gonna have to find out how to change you back." I could only look on at wonder, he was still thinking I was a lycan. Well, it was up to him on what do do not me. I walked over to him, licking his hands as my way of saying thanks.

[Arin]

I scratched his ears and slid my hand down his back. "If I'm going to keep you, you will not kill anything unless I say to, got it?" I stopped petting him and put the real leash back on. The rope one looked painful. "Come on, lets go home, maybe I can figure out your name on the way."

(ok, super short post ><)

[thanatos]

I nodded to him. It sounded easy. I could kill on command. Hell I did it all my life. Killing humans couldn't be that much harder could it? Meals, a place to stay, and a pet here and there was a easy trade off for this new master.

Home. The word alone sounded wonderful. It was much better then him trying to figure out my name. I gave a bark as I did a quick spin. Home! I actually had a home! I was so excited that my master had some trouble putting on the leash. When he opened the door I bolted out, dragging him some as I was so happy to actually have a home. But just as we got to the door, I realized I had no idea where the home was. A sigh came from me as I knew I would have to let my master lead the way.

[Arin]

(That whole "home!" thing reminds me of Soc. haha)

I finally managed to get the blasted leash secured. I went out the back and back to the streets. I walked about two block before taking a turn down a side alley. Two doors down, and an elevator ride, marked the front door and my return. "I'll have to get you food tomorrow." I let the dog off the leash and slid my shoes off. It smelled nice here. My home was small, but enjoyable. Plush carpet and a noir style paint job, perfect. "If you have to go...outside, just scratch or something." I slid onto the couch, pushing my fingers through my hair and trying to relax. It had been one hell of a night.

"So, pup, what's your name? Or, do I have to get alphabet blocks and try to spell it out?" I asked, patting the seat beside me. He seemed well trained enough.

[thanatos]

I took note to land marks as we walked. If some how I ever got separated from my master, I wanted to be able to find my way back home. The elevator ride was nice, a little spooky at first, but fun.

When master opened the door to our home, I rushed in. Once my leash was off I started to look around the place. It was magnificent! If this was heaven, then I could die now and be happy. And it smelled eve better! It seemed I was the only dog here for quite sometime, maybe ever.

With a grin on my face I went back to my master and sat on the couch next to him. "So, pup, what's your name? Or, do I have to get alphabet blocks and try to spell it out?" I nodded. Reading was one of the little things I picked up while in the pits. It wasn't much but I could figure out what was my name and some other things. A good day was always when the thugs brought their kids in and helped them with the homework while cleaning the cages. I could always sneak a few lessons of words that way but not enough to read what they called books.

[Arin]

"You nod to everything, don't you?" I asked. Turning on the T.V. , I propped my feet up on the coffee table in front of me. I leaned my head back and just scratched his head. "Maybe I could get some chalk and write the alphabet on the ground and you could act like an Ouija and point out the letters." I chuckled softly to myself and closed my eyes. This was going to take some getting used to.

[thanatos]

"You nod to everything, don't you?" I shook my head. No, not everything. Master leaned back and I quickly flopped my self into his lap, his hands were magic on my head. My upper body was on his lap as I enjoyed the petting I got.

"Maybe I could get some chalk and write the alphabet on the ground and you could act like an Ouija and point out the letters." You could do whatever you wanted as long that petting kept up. Put me in a pink dress and give me a girly name, I didn't care. My tongue was sticking out as my eyes started to close; I could get use to this life.

[Arin]

I kept on petting. The action was strangely calming for me as well. I liked having a pet. It was enjoyable. After a while though, I got up and stretched. "I'm heading to bed, you can sleep, but if there is anything suspicious you can take care of it." I looked at the animal. "If you have to kill, please take care of the body?" I asked. "We'll go get your food tomorrow."

[thanatos]

((Sorry for crappy post, will do better with the next one.))

I was almost asleep when I felt him move. A grunt came from me as I reluctantly got out of his lap and curled up into a ball on the couch. I could only yawn as he spoke; who would be stupid enough to mess with a one hundred plus dog?

My tail wagged to tell him I would take care of everything. Master didn't look like someone that had a lot of enemies. I could only lick my lips as I looked up at him, food sounded good.

[Arin]

I disappeared into the room and locked the door. The sun would soon rise, and already I could feel my eyes sliding closed. I slid my shirt off and slid out of my jeans. I quite enjoyed the feel of a satin lined coffin, or bed, on my bare skin.

I slid into bed and shut off the lamp. Quickly, I was asleep.

[thanatos]

I heard my master turn a lock, not sure if it was due to me being in the house of just a habit that he did. I lost interest though as I rolled over on the couch, snuggling into a tight ball as I fell asleep as well. Not much was going on right now and I needed the rest. On top of that, I did not know when my new master got up, or what he did on a daily basis. My mind went from one thought to another on what master did, not realizing that I was also dreaming about it.

It was sometime around noon when I woke up. A yawn escaping me as I stretched and looked around with sleepy eyes. I turned to the masters bedroom, seeing that the door was still closed I took the hint that he was still asleep. Great, he must be a nighttime person. A sigh escaped me as I explored the house. Nothing caught my interest, nothing looked good enough to chew on, the fridge had no food in it, and bathroom door was closed. The TV caught my interest, I had seen the thugs down in the pit use one, maybe I could turn it on.

I creped over the table, seeing a small shape that had to be the little box that turned on the big box. Gently, I picked it up in my jaws, jumping back on the couch with my prize. Once comfortable, I let the small object fall in front of me. Several different colored buttons with numbers and only some words I knew appeared to me. The big red button looked more enticing, humans always had a strange way to make things easy.

My paw came out, a pad hitting the button and I jumped as sound blasted at me from the screen. I found my self on the other side of the couch. I belly crawled to look around the side, watching as strange people walked around and talked on the thing. Once I made sure they could not see me I went back to the couch, pushing the other buttons to see what they did.

A man was asking questions as others pushed something to answer. One woman was yelling to another, both crying, or whatever humans did to make their eyes leek, as both suddenly broke out into a fight over some Rico guy. Two humans embraced each other in bed, both making panting noises as they laid in bed and rocked, the woman yelling something about 'more'.

I kept hitting buttons, spending hours as I watched the strange tv box go from one thing to the next, finally coming to a dog in a pin. A growl came out of me, rumbling as it looked like a pit fighter, a pit bull with several scars on his face and mouth. Suddenly the dog was gone and a woman stood there. I could only cock my head to the side, listening to what my new best friend had to say about what was going on. Fighting dogs... being rescued? Unlawful and cruel? I sat up and leaned closer. I had to know who these heros were.

But a strange sound came to my ears. I looked to were the door was, noticing that it was dusk. A strange smell came to my nose, making my hair bristle as the thought of that man from last night came back to me. Was he here now? And if so why? My mind raced back to what he said, saying he wanted to sell me; maybe he wasn't happy with the trade after all.

Anger went through me. It was one thing to be a pain the ass, but it was another to go back on your words. My nose went to the air as I lightly jumped off the couch. The man was not alone. I snuck over to the door, staying on the other side of the hinges. The bolt was moving, the men outside wanted in and I could someone muttering for someone else to hurry up.

"This dog better be worth it. If not man, your dead." The same guy muttering for someone else to hurry up hissed.

"Relax." The man from masters bar voice rang through the air, making me bear my teeth. "He's everything you ever wanted in a fighter."

The door clicked, signaling the door had been unlocked. I went down into a crouch, looking like a weird cat as I waited for the door to open.

"You first Jay."

The door opened, and the one named Jay walked through. He didn't even get to give a startled cry as I jumped at him, catching him in the throat and taking him to the ground with me. His throat was torn so he could only gurgle as he drowned in his own blood. I could hear yells from the others I quickly jumped away from my kill. The house was dark aside from the tv. Humans couldn't see well in the dark and they would most likely be to panicked for their friend to turn on the lights.

My hunches were right, two more men came in, cursing as they looked at their dying buddy. "That bastards going to pay!" The one that ordered Jay in yelled.

A low chuckle came from the strange man in the bar. "I told you to be ready for anything. This dog can kill anything. Just catch him then you can beat him."

The sound of several things metal clicked, the smell of gunpowder coming from whatever it was. I had to keep a whimper from coming from me, I hated guns and know three thugs with a grudge against me had them out ready to kill. My mind raced, master was locked in his room but they would surely kill him if they got me or use him to make me give up the fight.

I was blinded as the lights came on, crouched next to the couch as I squinted my eyes. The ring leader had his gun pointed at me, a cold look in his eyes as the other two had their guns out but stayed next to their friend. The strange man from last night stood next to master's door. I didn't pay any mind to him right now, the door was locked and he couldn't get in. Instead, I looked to the leader, teeth beard as I looked him in the eyes.

He shot as I ran at him, I felt pain as the bullet wedged it self into my shoulder but I kept going. His arm came up to protect his throat, I latched on and brought him down with my sheer weight. Pain went through me, the guy now shooting at point blank into my back hip, but it was only a dulled pain as I would keep fighting to make sure the only man that showed me kindness lived.

It was the sound of something unlocking and the notice that the strange man from last night and the other thug had master's door unlocked. I had to warn him, but my damn wolven lips could not form human words. The one man I had attacked clip was empty, as he was now hitting me with the gun. I let go off his arm, watching as he cried out in pain and quickly held it to his chest.

"Wrooo! Rrrr.... uuu.... Run!!!!" I tried howling, trying to get master to get up and get out of danger as I took yet another shot, sending me staggering across the floor. My eyes were locked on the man from last night and his eyes locked on me. I didn't even hear the sounds of gasps as I jumped at him, only faintly feeling heavier but only pushing it aside due to how much lead was in me.

My jaw locked around his throat, only faintly realizing that I hardly broke skin but still felt the man fall to the floor. I stood over him, hearing the other three men run out of the room talking about a wolf man. But I couldn't pay mind to them, the man from last night was still alive and was still struggling. His nails raked my skin, giving me an odd feeling as I should not have felt such a thing. A growl came from me, warning him to keep still but he still kept fighting.

All I could do was hope master would come out soon and help, that was if he wasn't gone already. I felt week, my back legs shaking as I kept the one guy pinned and my breath strained as I tried to stay in standing.

[Arin]

The sight that met my eyes when I left the room was both beautiful and horrendous. There was a man, beautiful and naked, pinning the dog fighter from last evening to the floor. My meal for the evening seemed laid out before me. The man with the broken arm would be my appetizer; the pit fighter, my dinner. Or so it seemed.

Walking over to the pit fighter, I quickly broke both his legs to make sure that he could not get away. I watched the nude man warily. His hair was the color of the dog's fur. He was a prime specimen. "Good boy." I whispered, recognizing him mostly by the scent of his blood. I turned toward the wounded thug and smiled widely. He was frozen in place with fear. His eyes were wide and his good hand was shaking. His arm seemed more than broken, it seemed almost torn off.

The smell of blood was suffocating and I was starving. My eyes caught his frightened ones and slowly I began to roll him into a trance. "Shhh" I whispered in a calming voice as I took his wounded arm and gently began to lick at the bloodied skin. He shrank away from me. I followed. I caught his arm again. This time I only stayed there a short while before kissing up his arm. I slowly made my way up to his neck. After a moment's sucking and a little hesitation, I bit. I heard his groan of fear and pleasure, and I was lost to the feeling of feeding.

His heart stopped only a minute after I withdrew my fangs. I moved, with no attention paid to...the mutt man, and began to drink from the thug. His blood was even sweeter, and the feel of him struggling was even better.

[thanatos]

Master was up, my body relaxing some as I knew he could handle everything as it was only the man I had pinned that could put up a real fight. The sound of something snapping and the man I pinned screaming out in pain told me I could let go, and I did so gladly. My left hip and down felt numb, only the faint feeling of pain went through me for some reason it felt like the bullets in me were making their way out of the wounds.

My back was killing me as well, I didn't even want to think what the gun did to it. I felt cold, like I was shaved of all my fur. I could only shiver, out of cold and watching master put his mouth against the pit fighters neck and... draining him? It had to be the blood lose, I had chills and I was seeing things.

I went to get up, master had told me to get rid of the bodies and even if I was shot to hell I would clean up my mess. My front limbs went in front of me, but I could only blink. Instead of furry feet underneath me there were hands. Blood loss. I rolled my back side, knowing I would limp, but just as I lifted my back right leg I could tell something was wrong. My leg felt longer, and I had something hitting me in the chest, almost making it hard to breath.

My head went to the side, trying to see if one of the thugs had come back to finish the job but I only saw a human leg. The knee was poking me in the chest, as I followed it to see were it attached to I could only panic.

THIS HUMAN LEG WAS ATTACHED TO ME!

Fear took me and I tried to run, hopping that it was just a limb from one of the thugs that landed on me. But as I started to take off, I tripped for some reason I couldn't run on all fours. I landed on my back, slightly out of breath as I could only feel a burning sensation on my knees. A whimper came from me, even that sounded different. What was going on?

[Arin]

I was already getting rid of two of the bodies when the...person, began to freak out. "You've turned back into the man you should have been." I explained, ripping the head off the the body I was working on. This was the underground. I could burn it in my own home if I wanted. "And you're a very fine piece of work." I added softly, looking at him. I turned toward my task. "What's your name?" I asked.

Maybe now he would answer me. I ignored his nudity for the moment and began work on the second body. "I'll help you wash up and find some clothes soon."

[thanatos]

I almost didn't hear master's words, this was just to strange. I was in a sitting position as I examined my self. My body was differently in a human form. Pink fleshy skin that was riddled with scars and fresh wounds. Metal was poking out in my flesh and I watched in amazement as the bullets fell out on their own, the wounds going away as though nothing even scratched.

"You've turned back into the man you should have been." I could only look at master. It seemed he wasn't crazy after all. "And you're a very fine piece of work." That took me by surprise. He was calling me mutt yesterday and now he was complementing me... what a strange world. "What's your name?"

I had to think, trying to remember how it sounded. "Th... an...at...os." It was hard to talk, having to use both your lips and tongue. "Than...atos, Thanatos!" I said happily, proud that I could get my tongue around my own name.

I scrunched my nose as I watched master pull the head off of the body. It was one thing to see somethings inside while you were eating it but a whole nothing thing to sit there and watch as it was just ripped to shreds and not eaten.