Chapter 2: To Skin A Cat.
A/N: No, I don't own any of the ADGTH cast. If you think I do, then I got a great deal on some ocean front property in Arizona….Hahaha!
Sean's ER, or surgery room, as everyone called it, seeing as he only took surgery patients in there, was so sterile you could actually eat inside it...although, of course, it wasn't advisable, seeing as it was an ER.
"We have an emergency! I need the ER prepped, stat!"he said to the female nurse (who was also a dog) that was on duty."Right, Dr.O'Farrel!"she barked, surprised, then rushed off.
Sean put Charlie and Sasha on gurneys and waited nervously for more doctors and nurses to arrive. Finally, several of the hospital staff rushed into the room. They grabbed the gurneys and rushed into the ER.
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About an hour later, Itchy arrived at the San Francisco Dog General Hospital, the only place strays could go without being captured by the dog catcher. It had an all dog staff and was owned, apperantly, by Sean. Itchy rushed inside.
"I just got your message! What happened?"he said to Sean, who was in the waiting room, pacing. "I don't know!"he snapped. Just then, Brenna burst in, carrying Bess, who had fainted.
"I just found her. She was over at their house, out cold. I sent a team to look around, but..."she hesitated.
"Yeah, I know. They probably won't find anything."Sean said sadly. He glanced at the confused face of Itchy."These guys were pros, Itchy. They probably we supposed to kill me tomorrow night, but got the wrong address. I was supposed to be over there for dinner tomorrow night. Seems like that's canceled now, huh?"he laughed at his own joke.
"There's nothing funny about this, I know, but I joke when I'm stressed, and right now, I'm seriously stressed!"Sean said, nervously laughing.
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Melowaur dropped the body of the demon that had tried to sneak up on him and spun around to face the others. He smiled evilly and said, "Come on, who's next?"
The 5 demons surrounding him seemed nervous at having an opponent who wasn't afraid of them, but this comment made them all furious. They all lunged for Melowaur at the same time.
Melowaur dodged all of the attacks, stabbing a few of them through the heart before spinning and lunging, killing the others quickly.
He surveyed the rest of the apartment in front of him, checking for any more demons. He then turned the remains of what had once been a fridge."You can come out now, sir."
Sean materialized from the shadows behind the fridge. He grinned."Nice job, although why you didn't see that, I'll never know."Melowaur looked to where Sean had indicated to see 5 more demons who would have killed him during the fight...had their throats not been ripped out.
"Thank you, sir."Melowaur stammered, surprised. He hadn't heard the demons creeping up on him.
"You need to watch you back, Melowaur. Come on; let's go see how your partner is doing."Sean led the way towards the door to the bedroom of the apartment, seeming to float on the air.
Delaun was surrounded by demons. He smiled as they lunged to try and kill him, dodging and weaving to stab those who tried to kill him, then danced away from the wall of demons to stand in the corner once more.
"Come on! Is that all you've got?"He laughed and dodged once more, as another demon howled with rage and rushed at him. Delaun slit his throat with a dagger as he passed.
"Delaun! Stop messing around and kill them already!"Sean called, chuckling. Delaun shrugged and ran at the wall of demons, stopping at the last minute and sliding under the spear thrusts they threw, and then started to stab and strike at them before they could retaliate.
"There. So, whats up?"Delaun said, grinning.
"First of all, what did you find?"Sean said, turning serious.
"Just a few indicators as to who might have done this...and this cleanup crew who came to...dispose of the evidence."Melowaur said.
"Well, why not pay these would-be killers a visit?"said Sean, smiling slyly."You know what to do."With that, he vanished back into the shadows.
"Not much of a talker, is he?"Delaun said, laughing.