Chapter 5. What kind of freaking creature is this?

“What kind of freaking creature is this? How can it be a red eyed monster, a dog that eats vegetable and a bird that tells you you’re ugly?” exclaimed Arthur exasperated by the responses he got.

“Hmm, let’s just look around…” Shelly is unsure if what the people are spouting is nonsense. The only way for them to know exactly what it is, is to see it with their own two eyes.

The kids spent most of the afternoon running around the eastern half of the town looking for signs of the creature and asking more questions related to it. Every townsperson looked at them with admiration and excitement in their eyes. However, their response was always the same; completely different than the others. The only detail that remained the same was that instead of just one animal there were two, one chasing the other.

Eventually, it was time to head home.

Empty handed with no clear clue as to what the creature or creatures were. Dinner was silent with Arthur continuously grumbling about the animals while munching on his dinner. Samuel and Angel tried asking him questions, but he continued to spout nonsensical things about animals doing weird things.

Maybe I should get him a pet? They both thought to themselves. Eventually, forming a plan of motion in their mind of getting him a pet tomorrow so that he’ll be happy. Completely positive that this is what he wants.

Dejected Arthur went to bed with only the thought of finding those strange creatures tomorrow.

However, the next day proved to be uneventful as the first, Shelly and Arthur went back to the eastern side of town asking the townspeople even more questions about the creatures and when it was last spotted. The tragic conclusion that they found out was that the two creatures haven’t been spotted in town since a week ago, they just mysteriously disappeared.

Sitting at the dinner table with an even more somber and dejected appearance fiercely ripping a piece chicken leg with his mouth. His parents eventually brought up yesterday’s dinner.

“Ahem, my son, yesterday you seemed a bit moody about not having a pet, right?” Samuel curiously looked at Arthur to see a sign of agreement.

“Yes, that’s right you wanted a pet?” Angel repeated too, looking at Arthur.

“Well, if I had FOUND it. I would’ve made it a pet, yeah. Freaking dog, cat, bird whatever it was.” Arthur replied still annoyed that he missed out on it.

However, from his response his parents smile grew brighter.

“Well I saw, that you were talking about a vegetarian dog, so I went to the kennel yesterday and asked if they had something weird like that.” Arthur’s ear perked up to Samuel’s response.

“However, they told me that all dogs are omnivorous and eats both meat and plants, so I got you coolest one. They found it awhile back and apparently it became the group leader at the kennel.” Arthur’s ears became dejected however he was interested.

“Wait, you bought him a pet too?” Angel interjected with a curious look. She too bought him a pet.

“Too?” Samuel said with an equally curious look on his face.

“My cat is the best thing ever; I went to the eastern part of town that Arthur was talking about yesterday and visited their kennel. There is a cat there that is so friendly, it got along with all the animals. It is super cute plus it reminds me of Arthur.” Angel beamed with lovely smile.

“Well, my dog is cooler, the moment brought it out of the kennel all the other dogs bowed in worship.” Samuel said boasting that his pet is better.

“My cat when I bought it made all the other animals at the kennel cry, like they were saying farewell to a friend.” Angel argued back not to be outdone.

Not wanting to let his parents argue about the pets they got for him, Arthur interrupted their boasting match saying that he’ll get both. A dog and a cat? Could they really get along? His parents weren’t sure.

However, they agreed to see if it was possible and called for Benjamin to bring out the cages. What was shocking was that both the cage for the dog and cat was extremely small fit for the size of puppy and kitten.

The first cage to open was Angel’s cat. A little innocent kitten with silver fur and bright green eyes indeed resembled Arthur at a glance. Shelly’s cool and calm demeanor when seeing it perked up, she immediately reached out to hold it. It enthusiastically walked into her palm as she picked it up.

“Meow” Shelly meowed at the kitten.

“Mew” It replied.

A very satisfied smile beamed on Shelly’s face as she hugged it between her chest.

Arthur came near the kitten and gave it a curious look. It too looked at Arthur before turning its head back at Shelly closing its eyes as it began to purr in content.

“It looks like it likes you more, I’ll let you have it.” Said Arthur with a bright smile as he spoke to Shelly. He preferred a pet dog anyways.

Shelly nodded her head in agreement.

With a self-satisfied smile on his face too, Samuel smirked at Angel before he looked towards the puppy’s cage.

“Oh Benjamin~ Bring out the little pupper and show Arthur his new pet.” A victorious tone of voice can be heard from Samuel as Benjamin opened the cage to reveal the puppy.

A miniature labradoodle covered in beautiful golden fur walked out with firm and aloof steps commanding attention to all who was looking at it.

Arthur knelt towards the puppy in front of him with his palm spread out hoping it’ll walk into it like Shelly’s kitten. However, the labradoodle just stood there and maintained its aloof and unexpressive manner completely ignoring Arthur’s presence.

A muffled sound of laugher can be heard from Angel as she covered her mouth while she looked at the now sweating Samuel. Did you think you’ve already won? A teasing smirk can be seen on Angel’s face. Wiping the sweat away from his forehead Samuel knelt beside Arthur.

“It’s okay, if you don’t want the puppy, we can return it tomorrow for another one” Samuel said with a dejected hint to his voice.

However, Arthur kept his eyes glued on the labradoodle and woofed at it.

“Bark!” The labradoodle replied with commanding authority seemingly to try and silence Arthur. However, once the labradoodle woofed a little kitten’s ear perked up as it turned its eyes towards the labradoodle. It broke free from Shelly’s hold and ran straight for the dog.

The dog seeing the incoming cat lost all its aloof indifference. It yelped and ran away at lightning fast pace around the house with the kitten chasing it in tow. A weird look was plastered on everyone’s face as they see this comical atmosphere of a little kitten chasing a puppy around the house.

After two full minutes of nonstop running the kitten maintained its distance in its chase as the dog ran around trying to get away from the kitten. Eventually the dog turned to the still squatting Arthur and jumped straight into his arm patting Arthur’s chest telling him to lift him up. Arthur proceeded to lift him up as the kitten screeched to a halt in front of Arthur.

The kitten seemed to be deciding whether it should climb up Arthur’s leg to get to the puppy before it turned its head towards Shelly. The cool and calm girl saw the kitten look at her and patted on her thighs inviting the kitten to come.

Indeed, the little kitten turned its attention away from the puppy and Arthur and ran back into Shelly’s arm, snuggled between her chest it closed its eyes and purred in content again.

Flabbergasted the parents didn’t know what to say when this scene played out. Is this the aloof and commandeering puppy that was leader of the kennel? Was that the kitten that was friendly with all the pets at the kennel? Why did the puppy run away in horror when it saw the kitten?

Questions echoed in everyone’s mind as they looked at the two kids and the pets in their arm one is still shuddering in the boy’s arm whereas the other one is asleep in the girl’s.

“It seems, we might have to return the kitten” Samuel dejectedly said seeing how both the kitten and the puppy in the same house having wouldn’t work out.

“Now, just wait a minute, shouldn’t we return the puppy?” Angel said as she looked at the shuddering puppy.

“Look at the puppy it’s horrified of the kitten if we get rid of the kitten it’ll be fine.” Said Samuel maintaining his shameless attitude.

“Couldn’t we just keep the kitten since the puppy is too horrified? It didn’t even listen to Arthur; we can just replace it.” Angel said annoyed at Samuel’s shamelessness as the temperature drastically dropped to the point of freezing temperature.

Cough

“I was, uh, just kidding we can replace the puppy.” Samuel said as he tried to reach for the puppy and put it back in the cage.

However, the puppy shook its head in defiance and refused to go back in the cage and away from Arthur.

That’s strange didn’t this puppy not like the boy. Samuel then turned his eyes towards the kitten in Shelly’s arm before making eye contact with Shelly. A menacing look full of killing intent of refusal can be seen on her eyes. Sweat began to pour from Samuel again as he is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

“We can just let them both have the pets, if the puppy now likes Arthur and doesn’t want to let go then that’s fine. Besides when the kitten had to decide between the puppy and Shelly it chose her, so it’ll be fine.” Angel reasoned with logic helping Samuel out of the predicament he got himself into.

The two kids agreed with her reasoning and would rather do that. The puppy will be Arthur’s and the kitten will be Shelly’s. The puppy stopped shuddering in Arthur’s arm as if to show his agreement to Angel’s logic. The small kitten continued to innocently purr in Shelly’s arm.

After the whole ordeal was over a thud could be heard as sounds of things began to break and fall in the room next door. Wasn’t that where the alien foreigner was sleeping in?

The entire family ran towards the room with Samuel barring Arthur and Shelly from walking in incase it was dangerous. When the parents and Benjamin walked into the room the entire mummified bandages wrapping the person began to glow.

A beautiful warm white light enveloped the entire body as a green pulsing glow appeared. The pressure within the room got heavier and heavier as the beating pulse rose in speed.

The horrified barking of a dog and the hissing of a kitten could be heard in the background outside of the room.

Things within the room shook and fell, the pulse grew stronger before transitioning to a bloody red light the people within the room cannot move. The pressure and force made them completely incapable of running out of the door at this moment.

“What is happening?” Samuel muttered

“I don’t know, sir.” Benjamin replied

“He’s waking up” Angel began to sweat.

White turned to green, green began to pulsate, the pulsating transitioned the green to red as the person within the bandages began to overflow with vitality. Red became more rapid than ever beating nearly 300 times a minute before the entire room suddenly came to a halt. An eerie quiet pervaded the air as no one within the house tried to make a sound.

A dense black glow covered the entire bandaged body as everyone in the room regained control of their body, reaching for the nearest item as a weapon they all stood in attention prepared to attack if there was a sign of hostility.

The bandages began to break as the cocooned person revealed himself, handsome with the black hair on his head. Like a princess who was waking up from a long slumber his equally black eyes started to twitch before opening.

However, unlike any sort of princess that had just woken up from a long nap, no one in the room dared to relax themselves as the person adjusted his eyes to the lights within the room.

Slowly, he sat up and looked around the room before his eyes saw the father, then the butler, finally resting on the mother. His first words weren’t exactly what they had expected.

“Holy fuck, where am I?”