"DAMMIT RED WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!" Edge yelled at he kept grip on the collar around Red's neck. His fingers slowly slipping from the door handle.
Red gasped for air as the collar slowly started to choke him, "I swear I didn't touch anything Boss! It just locked on some weird signal!" He knew it been a bad plan to touch that machine from the start, let alone fix it. A large grey vortex had formed without warning when the last wire had connected. They didn't have enough time to escape the basement before it started to suck everything in. The door let out a loud creak as the bolts popped out from it's hinges. Edge tried to pull it open but it wouldn't budge. It then creaked again as the metal handle broke free launching both of them into the vortex. A loud snap followed as the collar broke from around Red's neck.
"BOSS!" Red yelled to him as they both drifted away from each other in the endless grey landscape..
Edge reached out for him, but he was too far away His brother was surrounded by a white light as he vanished. He looked around hastily for any sight of him but there was nothing. A soft white light surrounded him next.
Everything around him lurched suddenly as he watched his surroundings change. The grey nothingness was replaced by grass, flowers and trees. There was one major thing though, everything was enormous. He wasn't even taller than the daffodil next to him. A thought passed
through his mind, did Red end up here as well? Edge gripped the broken collar in his hand. He shouted loudly hoping his brother would hear him."RED!"
A loud voice above him answered back "Nina come over here! I found something adorable!" Standing above him was an impossibly tall human.
His voice rose as he yelled back "I'm not adorable! Now fuck off I have no interest in you!" He wanted to try and find him brother maybe find out where this weird place is. Another colossal human joined the first one.
"I don't think you should touch him Lucy. He seems aggressive, it's owner even taught it how to swear." Nina stared down at the tiny skeleton as Edge glared back.
Lucy huffed "Maybe he's just scared. Besides you know how much monster pets cost. They're probably worried to death about this little guy." She bent down and brought her hand close to Edge.
He backed away while saying "Don't you even DARE. There's no way in hell I'll let you pick me up. I'm no one's pet!" Lucy brought her hand towards him again quicker this time as it wrapped around him. Edge bit down on one of her fingers.
She pulled back her hand quickly as she exclaimed "Fuck he bit me!" Nina grabbed her friend's hand as she looked it over.
"Are you alright Lucy?" Lucy nodded back back to Nina. Edge hand only managed to break the skin slightly. "C'mon Lucy let's go. I'm going to look up the number for animal control." Nina pulled out her cellphone as Lucy stood up from the ground. Small drops of rain started to fall from the sky.
Edge watched as the two of them immediately retreated for cover. Humans were weak, running so quickly from only slight rain. It only took a moment for him to regret not running immediately for cover as well. The rain turned from only slight drops to a torrential downpour within a couple of seconds. He scanned the area for cover, everything seemed so far away. The closest option was an old worn out bench. Not giving it another thought he ran to and hid under the bench. His clothes clung to his bones already partially soaked. It continued to rain heavily as he tried to shake some of it from his shirt. Loud footsteps grew closer as another human approached. They had an umbrella out and didn't even look towards him. Their eyes were fixated on a phone. A large puddle had already formed next to the bench. Before he had time to move away, they walked through the puddle. Muddy water was splashed onto him. Edge was now completely soaked now. His anger came to a boil, "I've had enough of wherever the fuck this place is! All of you stupid humans can die!" He moved behind a bench leg and sat down. Holding his brother's now dirty collar closer, he sat there and watched the rain fall. Wherever his brother was now he'd find him and get this both out of this wretched place.
The rain continued to fall hard as he waited under a building overhang. Sifting threw his bag he pulled out and expanded his umbrella. It wasn't much further until he got home. Of course it had to rain with only a 10% chance. He tucked his bag tightly under his arm hoping it wouldn't get wet. Looking both ways he crossed the street and headed into the park following his usual path home. As he passed by the gazebo a voice shouted "Hey wait, don't go over there!" He stopped in his tracks as a women waved to him. Curious he walked over to her noticing someone else was with her. She smiled warmly at him before saying "Sorry if I interrupted your walk. You should be careful, someone lost their monster pet in the park."
He had seen monsters in exotic pet stores before for obscene prices. Whoever lost it must be pretty upset right now. "Do you have any idea who's it might be?"
Her friend approached them tapping her cell phone screen. Slightly irritated she said "No but whoever owns it did a pretty bad job of training it. It nearly bit off my girlfriends finger when she tried to pick it up. I'm trying to find animal controls number but my phone froze, again."
"Nina I told you, he didn't even bite down that hard. I think he was just scared." Lucy seemed slightly pouty now. While he didn't like the idea of a monster biting someone if they called animal control now the odds of it being put down would be high.
Tristen spoke up "Hey could you wait a bit before you call?" Nina gave him a skeptical glance but let him keep speaking. "I don't have much experience with monster pets but I'm pretty good with other animals. Maybe I can calm it down."
Lucy elbowed Nina as they exchanged glances. Nina huffed "Alright, but if you get attacked don't say we didn't warn you."
Tristen smiled as he asked "Where did you last see it?" They didn't have an answer for him. "I'll look around for it then." He gripped his umbrella tightly as he walked back out into the rain. It wouldn't be much longer until before dark but he wanted to look anyways. Pacing around the park he looked for anything obvious. Feeling slightly discouraged after a while with no results he started to head back towards the gazebos. Maybe it would have been a good idea to ask what sort of monster he was even looking for. As his eyes passed by a bench he saw something red and black. Carefully avoiding puddles, he slowly approached the bench. They hadn't noticed him yet. Only when he bent down to take a closer look did they finally notice him.
Edge stood up and stared this human down. "Another one of you? Why can't you all just fuck off and leave me alone." Tristen was surprised it could actually talk. That and he looked like a miniature skeleton. He noticed that it's clothes had been covered mud and were sopping wet. "Why in the hell are you staring at me?" It spoke to him again as he stared back curious. The couple was definitely right someone hadn't trained him very well. He reached a hand towards Edge hoping to pick him up. That was a very bad decision, once his fingers got within range the skeleton bit down hard.
Tristen pulled his hand back "Dammit, you sure can bite hard." Edge let out a slight snicker as he crossed his arms. Tristen thought of another plan, not willing to give in this easily. Shoving the umbrella into his bag, he proceeded to take off his coat. Edge wasn't given a chance to run away as Tristen wrapped him up in the coat. Muffled swearing could be heard as they struggled to escape. He held the coat closed tight, not enough to risk crushing them but enough so they couldn't get out. Standing up he ran towards the gazebo as rain started to soak his clothes.
As he approached the couple waved to him. Lucy asked him curiously, "How'd it go?"
He held the jacket out slightly then brought it back to his chest. "I managed to pick it up. Well sorta, it's still pretty mad." The jacket moved slightly as Edge tried to escape.
Nina left the pillar that she was leaning on and poked the jacket. Muffled screams of anger followed. "Are you really sure you wanna keep this thing? I'd be worried it'd bite my toes off while I slept." She did have a point, he knew very little about monsters. But it would eat away at him if animal control put it down.
Slightly hesitant he replied "I'll be fine. I have a spare cage at home I can put him in. It can't be too hard to track down its owner." Neither of them pushed the subject further. He gave them a quick wave before walking back into the rain.
Luckily his house wasn't too far away if he ran, it'd only take five or so minutes. He started off in a slow run as the monster still struggled against the coat. Reaching the edge of the park he crossed the street and continued along his normal route. Eventually the monster's muffled cursing died and struggling died down. Passing by three familiar buildings he reached his house. It was a small two-story house. A few other houses lined the street none were as old. His feet stopped once he reached the porch. He was glad to finally be out of the rain. Putting the coat bundle under one arm, he dug in his bag searching hastily for his keys. As his fingers pulled the keys from his bag the bundle under his arm struggled to break free. Dropping his bag and keys to the floor he held the coat closed. They struggled against each other. Tristen kept him from escaping and eventually they gave up. Once he was sure they had stopped struggling he put the bundle back under his arm. Quickly he put the key into the lock, opening the door. Tristen expected the monster to struggle some more but they didn't. He picked his bag off the floor and walked inside. The same usual clutter greeted him. Against almost every wall was a box, pile of clothes or random gaming merchandise. Walking his usual way through the clutter he entered his living room and flipped on the light. It was just as messy, maybe a tiny bit more organized though. He went to put the coat bundle down but realised that would be a bad idea. Reaching for a nearby clothes basket he emptied it on the floor. Carefully he put the coat down. Immediately after it was fully on the floor he placed the basket over it. Tristen placed some heavy books from the shelf on it next. Once he was sure it was heavy enough he sat on the floor and waited. It didn't take long for the skeleton to escape the jacket. Tristen watched as he studied the new surroundings. The first thing he tried to do was move the clothes basket.
Edge grew angry when the basket didn't budge. "I'm not a fucking pet. Move this damn basket!" He ignored Edge's words and stood up from the floor. His focus changed as walked out of the living room. Opening the door to his room, he waved at his rabbit who hopped around excited.
"Sorry Mips I'll have to let you out tomorrow." It would be a terrible idea to keep track of both right now. Tristen proceeded to his closet and slid open the doors. At the very back sat Mips' old cage. Lifting it from the closet he carried it back to the living room. He placed the cage down next to the couch.
"You must be more stupid than I thought, if you think I'm going in there." Tristen ignored the snarky comment. Grabbing a bag of rabbit litter from behind the couch he started to fill the cage. His wet clothing started make him uncomfortable as it clung to him. Not giving it a second thought he slid the shirt off. Throwing it into a clothes basket, he finished lining the cage. Turning himself around he crawled back to Edge. The skeleton was sitting on the floor facing away.
"Can I lift this basket up without you escaping?" Tristen asked but he already knew the answer.
Edge answered him back "Of course I'm going to escape. You just want to move me from one cage to another." Tristen let out a sigh as he picked a shirt off the floor. Edge had stood up and was now grinning at him welcoming the challenge. Removing the books from the basket, he lifted it up slightly. Tossing the basket aside he dove at Edge. They narrowly avoided the shirt and dashed away. Tristen landed roughly on the floor and could only watch Edge disappear into his house. He slowly sat up cursing under his breath. Scanning the room he couldn't find any sign of them. Standing to his feet he looked in his room first. No sign of the skeleton was found. He checked the kitchen and bathroom next. There was nothing there either. The door outside and upstairs were locked. All he had managed to accomplish was unleash a possibly murderous skeleton into his house.
Giving up the search for now he paced back to his room. Shouting so hopefully the monster could hear "I'm just gonna be in my room. When your done hiding let me know." He half hoped to get a reply back but only silence hung in the air. Walking to his bed ready to lay down and relax he had to stop himself. If he laid down now his still wet pants would cause a problem. Tristen closed his door slightly and rummaged through his closet. Pulling out a loose t-shirt and slacks. Slipping the shirt on, he started to feel like someone was watching him. Nervously he looked around the room, to see nothing out of the ordinary. The feeling persisted making him even more nervous. After a few moments of just standing there he decided to just get it over with. Quickly he slid off his wet jeans and pulled up the slacks. Tristen flopped on his and stared at the ceiling. He almost instantly grew bored and grabbed the 3ds from his nightstand. Lifting the screen open a familiar chime greeted him. Resuming his game from this morning he didn't notice as an hour passed by.
The game over screen and jingle appeared as Tristen died for the 8th time on the same jump. He lets out an annoyed groan before hitting continue. Loudly the sheets at the end of his bed shuffled. Tristen ignored it trying to stay focused on his game so he wouldn't die again. Something then pressed on his neck. Reaching to swat it away, he freezes in place as it licks his neck. Every single hair on his body rose. His hand wrapped around a small skeletal form as he sat up. In his hand was the monster now sticking a glowing red tongue out at him. They looked at him with a wide grin before withdrawing their tongue. Curious now he asked "Did you have a reason for licking me?"
Edge smugly replied "I was claiming you. You're mine now." It took him a moment to fully grasp what he had heard. When it finally hit him, his face started to flush. He took a moment to calm himself before it got worse.
Trying to change to subject he asked "Since I'm finally holding you. You're not going to bite me right?"
"No I won't. At least not for now." Edge stuck his tongue out again trying to get a reaction. It worked as Tristen could feel his face flush. He watched Edge snickered seeming to enjoy getting a reaction out of him.
Tristen looked to the clock, it was nearing 12 am already. If he didn't get to bed soon there was no way he'd be able to wake up for work tomorrow. He still had mixed feelings towards this monster. Hesitant he asked "Would you be alright with sleeping in the cage tonight?" The skeleton thought it over for a while.
"I'll sleep in there on two conditions. The first is that you move it into your room." That would be easy enough to do. Tristen set Edge down on the bed and retrieved the rabbit cage from the other room. Setting it on the bed temporarily, he worked on moving the clutter off his rarely used desk. He simply piled it under the desk not wanting to bother with organising. Lifting the cage off the bed he set it carefully on the desk. Walking back to Edge he placed his hand on the bed and waited. Edge walked on it as he carried him over to the desk. Opening the latch he let Edge walk off his hand. Just as he was about to close the door he spoke. "You seem to be forgetting I mentioned two conditions. My second condition is that you bring me one of your shirts." Tristen had almost forgotten about that. He was rather glad all he wanted was a shirt. Walking to his closet he retrieved one and handed it to him. Edge pulled it into the cage and made a makeshift bed in the corner. Closing the cage door, he flipped off the light. Giving Edge one last glance he saw the skeleton relax into the shirt. Today had been a lot more exciting than he had ever expected it could be. Tristen climbed into bed and hid himself under the covers. Having someone else in the room made him restless. He rolled around for a while before getting comfortable enough to sleep.