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Chapter 2

I awoke to horses screaming. At first I thought it was a nightmare, until I heard Sally pawing at the front door before running back into my room with a little yip, only to run back to the door again.

Shaking away the cloudy threads of sleep I pulled on some jeans and a sweatshirt, grabbing something from my bedside table and a torch from the hall. I pulled on my work boots and set out. Almost immediately I noticed the hackles rise on Sally's shoulders as she sniffed around at the ground, before staying close enough to my feet that I swore at her for nearly tripping me over.

"What the hell?" I questioned as I heard the horses cries coming from the front fields. Jogging down to the stables I flicked the flood lights on to see the three horses in the field going crazy, running at the fences only to turn at the last minute, and continue to the other set of fence posts. Fumbling in my pocket to reach my cell phone I checked the time quickly; nearing three thirty in the morning, and rung Jessie. It rang twice and then cut off, meaning she'd been awoken by the phone and declined the call, sending it to voice mail.

I left a message telling her to get over here as soon as possible.

After attempting and failing to calm the horses down I was about to give up and give Jessie another call, when Sally gave a low growl and started barking before she ran off into the nearby woodland.

I called after her, but all I could hear was her frantic barking as she crashed through the undergrowth.

"Sally!" I called at the top of my lungs running after her. "Sally - come! … SALLY!" I screamed, worrying over the stillness around me now. I swept the beam of torch light around me, listening to any sound of my faithful dog. "Come on Sally… where are you?" I said more to myself. I walked further into the woods, stopping up short when I heard her barking again - close to my right, the undergrowth crackled underfoot as she shot past me as a golden brown streaked blur before coming to rest a couple of feet from me. I could hear her panting in the stillness around us both. All at once the hair all over my body stood on end, even the hair on my scalp prickled as Sally gave a threatening growl and snarled. I was trying to see what she was growling at, but the torch batteries decided at that moment to die on me - Growing from white to a dull yellow, before spluttering out completely. "For god sake, c'mon, work!" I hissed hitting it against my palm but to no avail. I could just about make out the trees from the full moon overhead as my eyes adjusted.

I stopped short as Sally backed up against my legs, I could feel her shaking against me, her chest vibrating as she continued to growl. My attention however was caught on the shadow moving towards us. An animal of sorts, judging by the way it moved, and the distinct smell it brought on the breeze - almost like wet dog. Slowly I reached into my pocket and drew out the electric taser I took from my bedside table.

"Get out of here! Shoo!" I flicked the 'ON' switch of the taser as mini bursts of electricity jumped between the metal prongs. "Get away, go on. GO!"

Sally's growl was met by another stronger growl, one that sent fresh goose bumps racing across my skin. Sally snarled defiantly and jumped forward as the other creature pounced.

I heard teeth clashing together and the unmistakable sound of a dog fight, hurtful cries coming from my pet, and before I knew what was happening I hauled whatever dog off of Sally with a yelp and stuck the taser out at arms reach. On instinct, the dog that I had managed to pull aside clamped his teeth down on my outstretched arm and rushed me as I stumbled over my own feet and fell back on the floor. I momentarily blacked out as my head hit a loose stone.

My arm was bleeding, that I was sure off. The taser I had lost; dropped as I was thrown clear off my feet. I closed my eyes to stifle the scream as I felt hot breath on my face. Slowly I opened my eyes to see a large wolf standing over me, baring it teeth so close to my face bits of its saliva dropped onto my cheeks. I've never seen a wolf in real life before, so I was unable to say if it was a large one or relatively normal sized, but this thing looked huge. Bigger than Sally, who was a purebred Alsatian. Oh god, Sally… what had happened to Sally when I pulled this thing off of her?

My arm started to throb, the pain shooting up into my chest – I would have almost believed that I was suffering from a heart attack, if it hadn't sunk into the rest of my joints, the pain clouding my mind. I thought I was hallucinating when I saw the Wolf look over its left flank as Sally came back into view. She was limping badly, showing her teeth defiantly as she circled around getting closer to me, as the wolf gave a snort and obviously thought I wasn't worth the hassle and leapt off of me - back into battle with my faithful k-9.

I started to see stars, hearing Sally's awful cries of pain once again, I struggled to sit up, but my head swam with unconsciousness and I soon fell down again. The silver stars turning into a blanket of fog, as my eyes closed against the pain and my brain started shutting down. Am I dying? What's happening to me?

Distantly I heard my phone ringing, and someone calling my name – they both sounded out of reach, both mentally and physically, the pain was too much. As much as I hated to do it, I let the darkness take me.