Note: Thanks for liking this so far. I have so much planned for this story, it might be the longest story I write. I'm debating whether I want it to connect it with Rock, Paper, Scissors. Gun! Since that story is a stand alone.
A Rugrats/All Grown Up Fanfic by: Jessica-Senpai
Beta by: Gabe & Juliana
Can't Escape Death (Book One)
The-Supernatural-Passageway Series
Creatures (Chpt. 1 - 01)
Creatures were known to be created, by who has been a mystery for many years.
Hunters have been hunting down these creatures for years. They have no name and they weren't going to be giving a name. Hunters felt if you gave something a name it starts to get some kind of power. It's like naming a pet or baby it becomes something important, a name gives something meaning.
That was the rules. Tony didn't know why Ashley was trying to name the creatures. They didn't deserve a name. Creatures were ruthless, if she was to name them she was giving them meaning.
"Why are you trying to name them?" Tony asked.
Ashley looks over at him with a sweet smile, "because even creatures deserve a name, they have other creatures that love them".
It felt weird trying to come up with a name for the creatures. It went against everything that they were taught as hunters. Never name anything that they hunt unless they already come with a name. If they named the creature will they get attached to them?
"We should name them Pete's," she said with a grin.. She had sketched the creatures in a sketchpad and put the name Pete on the top of the Pete.
Tony looked over her shoulder and down at the sketchpad, she was an amazing artist. She had drawn the Creatures perfectly, they were shaped like a wolf with longs fangs coming out of their mouths, they eyes were a dark maroon. If he was being honest if creatures weren't dangerous he would love to have them as a pet.
"Why Pete?' he asked curious.
She looks up from her paper and glances at him with a light shrug. "I don't know I just think the name matches them well".
The two of them were in the forest in the middle of the day down by the river sitting upon the rocks. After taking her to the headquarters he was going to leave her. Instead he waited for her for some reason and took her to the art store buying her a sketchpad because she said she been meaning to buy a new one and after that he took her to the river and she's been drawing things since they got there.
She flipped the page over and started to sketch again, she would look over at Tony every once in awhile.
"Why do you keep looking at me?" he said without looking at her. He slides down the rock and picks up a smaller rock from the ground and skipped it against the water. He looks over his shoulder at her.
She was focused on drawing she didn't answer him. She moves some of her hair behind her ear.
He couldn't help but stare at her, he had determined that she was a weirdo. He has never met a girl like her before in his life and he was happy about that. She was the only girl that he didn't want to leave alone in the middle of nowhere. It was like faith had brought them together and he normally didn't believe in faith. He watched her look at him again and give him a little smile and go back to drawing.
She was so focused he didn't want to bother her. She looks cute when she is focused, her eyebrows furrowed together and her crinkled. He moved back up the rock taking his original seat beside her. He tries to take a look at her sketchpad.
"No, don't look yet," she said moving the pad away from him. "I'll let you see when I finish," she moves over a bit and goes back to drawing.
Tony pouts a bit and looks back at the water waiting until she finished.
This is the very first time he hung out with a girl for this long. The girls he use to hang out with only talked about themselves or the latest trends. He grew bored with them quickly, it's different with Ashley. They actually had things to talk about and it helped that she wasn't like most girls.
"Done!" she shouted happily. "Check it out".
He gently takes the sketchpad out her hand and looks down at the drawing. It was of them, looked just like him. She even colored in his black hair and honey brown eyes. It was amazing.
"This is freaking amazing Ashley," he said still staring at the drawing. "Have you thought about becoming a professional artist?".
"I have but my parents slapped that idea out of my mind," she replied with a frown. She grabs the sketchpad and looks down at the drawing. "I am born to be a hunter not an artist, I have to respect that".
He reaches out to touch her arm but a noise behind them stopped him. He turns his head towards the noise and see bushes moving.
"What do you think it is?" she asked jumping down from the rock and moving over towards the bushes.
"It's probably just a rabbit or some other animal," he said getting off the rock and following after her.
The brushes continued to move until the small baby creature hopped out of the bushes. It was the size of a month old puppy. It's fangs weren't fully grown and it's tails was wounded.
"Awe, poor Pete," she tried to pick it up but Tony stopped her.
He shakes his head with a scowl, "don't it can be dangerous".
She rolled her eyes and kneels down grabbing the small creature and holding it in her arms. "When they are babies they are freaking harmless Tony, they don't even have their powers or anything". She cuddles it closer to her chest and moves over towards the rock.
"If the leads known about this we could be in huge trouble," he said following close behind him.
"They will only find out if you or I tell them," she said looking at him. "Pete is hurt and I'm going to heal his injuries and I'm keeping him".
This girl was freaking insane what is she going to do when this creature grows? That thing might not be dangerous now but it will be in the future. She definitely is different any normal girl would have reported it to the leaders and left the damn thing alone not try to keep it as a pet.
Ashely sets Pete down and gently handles it's tail healing it. She couldn't leave the poor thing out here alone, it's parents might be dead somewhere it was rare to find a baby creature wandering around alone. That meant it's parents were either dead or they've been casted out. This Pete was only a month old and injured probably by another animal.
"You're insane you know that right?" he said with his arms crossed.
"How? I can't leave this thing out here alone and I will not report Pete to the leaders they'll only kill him," she argued picking Pete up again and it cuddles into her chest whining. "He doesn't deserve to die, he is harmless".
"Ashley," he started but decided to keep quiet. He knew nothing that he said was going to change her mind. "Whatever, if you get caught I have nothing to do with this".
She nods her head and picks up her sketchpad. "I'm heading back to the hotel with Pete, don't tell anyone about this Tony I mean it". She gives him a kiss on the cheeks and walks off leaving him alone.
He blushes from the kiss and watches her walk off with the creature. He should've stopped her, but he known it was useless. How did she know that it was harmless? Even the leaders said that a mere baby creature was dangerous. She was either lying to him or the leaders were lying.
That creat- Pete was kind of adorable, like a small puppy. It looked harmless and it didn't even attack them. The small thing didn't even fight her when she picked it up. Have what he learned about the creatures been a lie?
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He had went home an hour after she had left, he just sat there alone and tossed rocks at the water thinking. When he made it home his mother's car was in the driveway, but there was another car that he hasn't seen before. He ran up to the front door and opened it in a rush.
"Mother!" he yelled out.
"I'm in the kitchen sweetie," his mother called out.
He run into the kitchen to find his mother sitting down at the table with a woman. She had long black hair going down her back with big jade green eyes and long beautiful lashes. She had a cup of coffee in her hand. The aura around her was dark and he didn't like it.
"Who are you?" he asked with his fist clenched.
His mother frown at him, "Tony that isn't how we greet guess". She turns towards the lady. "I'm sorry for my son".
"It's no problem," she stands up from the chair with a smile. "I should be on my way, it was nice talking to you again, I hope we could be amazing friends". She walks past Tony and looks at him with an evil glint in her eyes before going to the front door.
With her walking by him sent a shiver down his spine, something was off about this lady. He didn't move until he heard the door close and he rushed over towards his mother. "Who is she mother and why was she here?".
"What's wrong with you Tony?" his mother said standing up and collecting the cups. "Don't you remember Hayley? She is Mrs. Patrick's daughter, the little girl that came around to play with you all the time".
Hayley Patrick? He hadn't heard about her since the day she was shipped off to some school in London. The two of them use to be the best of friends back in elementary school. Even then something was off about that girl and now that she has come back something was really off about her.
"She looks different," he said watching his mother. "Why did she come back? Didn't she have one year left?".
"Her father died last night Tony, her mother bought her back here to finish off senior year," his mother said. "What would you like for dinner honey? I have to go shopping for some food".
"It doesn't matter mom," he left the kitchen going up to his room. He locked the door behind himself and he looked out his window at the house next to his. He remembered sticking his head out of this window pass midnight to talk to Hayley. He watched the light turn on and a figure move over towards the window opening it.
"Did you remember me Tony?" Hayley asked sticking her head out the window. "Didn't you miss me?".
Tony scoffed and shook his head, "I missed you for about a year after you left, but I haven't thought about you since then, sorry".
Hayley laughs softly and leans against the window pain. "You haven't changed a bit Tony, still have them smart remarks that's what I liked the most about you. You might haven't missed me but I missed you Tony, I thought about you a lot".
"Still as weird as ever Hayley," he said opening his window more and stepping out onto the fire escape. "I don't trust you at all, you give me the creeps if I'm being honest".
She grins at him with an evil glint in her eyes, "you shouldn't trust me Tony". She climbed out her window and jumps over towards his fire escape. "I'm not someone worth being trusted Tony".
He watches her every move looking at her up and down. He stepped closer to her and puts his hand on her cheek. "So you thought about me a lot Hayley?".
"All the time Tony," she whispered looking into his eyes. She pulled him closer pushing her body against his. "I touched myself thinking about you".
"You're so fucking weird," he said lifting her up allowing her to wrap her legs around his waist. He carried her into his bedroom and shut his window and blinds throwing her down onto his bed. He removed his shirt climbing on top of her. "I must be fucked up in the head," he said hovering his lips over hers.
"We both are," she whispered and smashed their lips together in a heated kiss.
The next morning Tony woke up to an empty bed. He couldn't believe that he had sex with Hayley. He turns over towards his window noticing a note on his nightstand. He grabs the note and started to read it:
I had a fun time Tony ;) Let's do it again some day. I was being honest when I said you shouldn't trust me Tony and I'm going to warn you. DO NOT TRUST ME OR ANYONE TONY. something bad is coming. ~ Hayley
He crumbled the paper and tossed it into the trash. He definitely wasn't going to do that with her again. That was a one time thing and he didn't even know why he had sex with her last night. He pulled his covers off him body and walks into the bathroom to take a shower.
After his shower he got dressed and went downstairs, he mother had work so he was home alone. The doorbell rang and he stood up from the couch and went to answer ir. Who could be at his door this time of day? He looked through the peephole to find Ashley standing at the door with the creature in her hand.
He pulled the door open and stared at her, "why did you bring that thing to my house?".
"I wasn't going to leave him alone," she said pushing past him and going into the house. "Is your mother home?".
"Nope, she is at work," he said closing and locking the door. "If she was home I would have told you to go away".
Ashley pouts and looks over at him, "that's mean Tony I thought you loved me".
"Who told you that lie?" he asked with a playful smirk.
She walks over towards him and plants a kiss on his cheek. "Just admit you love me Tony".
"Maybe I do. Maybe I don't. The world may never know," he laughs and wraps his arm around her waist pulling her closer to him. "Do you love me?".
"No I don't," she smiles and pulls away from him. She puts Pete down on the floor and he starts sniff things.
Tony frowns at he watches Pete, "I swear if Pete piss or poops on my floor I'm going to kill you Ashley".
"He isn't going to pee or poop he didn't that before we came here," she promises him and sits down on his couch. "What do you do all day when you don't have missions?".
"I don't get missions," he said plopping back on the couch changing the channel. "The leaders don't trust me with hunting missions because I'm really bad at everything I do".
Ashley looks at him with a frown, "are you freaking serious? That sucks, how about I train you?".
"You want to train me?" Tony asked with an raised eyebrow. "Why would you do that, you don't love me remember?".
"Shut up Tony," she hits his arm blushing a little. "I'm being serious I could train you to be a better hunter, the training here is different from the training in my town".
He thought about it for a little, did he want to be trained by Ashley? It would give him an excuse to be around her. He looks over at her, she was playing with the creature like it was a puppy. It was kind of cute. He didn't mind learning how to train from her maybe it would help him become a better hunter.
"Fine, you could train me," he said with a small frown. "That doesn't mean you could boss me around though, I hated when my uncle Drew trained me all he did was yell and boss me around, I think that's where Angelica gets her attitude from".
"Who's Angelica?" Ashley asked.
"She is my older cousin, she is one of the top hunters around here," he said turning back to the tv. "Plus she is the biggest bitch and hates most of the people in this town beside her boyfriend Chuckie".
She nods her head, "I should keep a look out for her". She picks up the creature and sits it in her lap. "It's settled I will be training you starting tomorrow morning, meet me in the forest okay? You better not be late either Tony or I won't tell you if I love you or not".
"That's not fair," he pouts playfully.
