Chapter 7
Back in Spookstown, Rox and Venom were sitting in the lab, drinking champagne.
"So, we just killed one and we're down to the other three," asked the kitsune.
"Well…not exactly," Venom replied. "He still has about a day left to survive. In the
meantime, Salley's got to move on to the second item on the menu."
"Which is…?"
"Espio's ex-girlfriend, Julie the Wolf."
"When did you meet her?"
"About a week ago, not even." (A/N: See Chapter 12 "She's Alive!" of Filled with
Jealousy to know how they met.) "I hope she gets killed. I hated her anyway. She almost reminds me of
my cousin, Bone."
"Was he the one that killed me?"
"Yep."
"That incompetent fool! He'll pay for that!"
"Pretty soon. But first, let's let Salley do her job."
Hours later, at the Chaotix Detective Agency, Julie, Vector, and Espio were sitting around,
feeling worried about their two friends at the hospital.
"I hope Salley will make it," said Espio. "I couldn't stand to lose her again."
Julie put her hand on Espio's shoulder. "I'm sure she will. It's Charmy that we mostly
need to worry about. He's just a kid. It would be terrible if he died already."
Espio sighed. "I know, but still."
Vector stood up and handed Julie a list. "Hey, Jul. Could you do me a favor and just run
an errand for me?"
Julie took the list. "Sure, Vector. What do you need?"
"I just need you to run to the store and pick up a few things on the list."
Julie stood up. "You got it, sir."
Before the wolf was about to leave, Vector said, "Oh, and Julie?"
Julie turned to Vector. "Yeah?"
"Be careful out there."
Julie nodded and then left outside.
After Julie was done with the errand, she headed back to the agency. However, when
she reached a dark alley, she heard something.
She took out her fans and said, "Who's there? Show yourself!" There was no sound.
"I'm a psychic wolf and I can sense whether there's a being near me or not." There still wasn't a sound, so
Julie just decided to ignore it and move on.
Suddenly, a figure jumped from a wall and on Julie. The wolf was startled and then saw
who the figure was.
"Salley?! What the heck are you doing here and on my stomach? I thought you were at
the hospital. And what happened to your eyes?"
Salley didn't say anything. Instead, she hissed.
"Okay, fine. Don't say anything, but could you get off of me, please?"
Salley showed off her fangs and smirked.
Julie gasped. "You've got fangs?! No!" Julie struggled to break free, but Salley already
leaned in and began to suck her blood. The wolf-girl screamed really loud, but then it died down.
Before Salley was about to finish her off, she suddenly felt an electrical shock on her butt.
She got off of Julie and faced the guy who caused the shock. It was another wolf, except it was a boy and he
had brown fur.
"Hey," he said, "get away from her!"
Salley growled in anger and hesitated.
"Shoo, shoo!" The wolf-boy shot purple thunderbolts on Salley's butt, which made her
yelped in pain and run away.
The wolf gasped and saw Julie lying on the ground with her neck bleeding. He ran to
her and put his hands near her neck. Then, he used his powers to heal up the bite marks on her skin.
"That should keep the rest of your blood in your veins," said the wolf.
Just then, a huge light shown in his face. It was caused by a flashlight.
"Freeze!" said a crocodile, who was holding the flashlight. "Don't make any sudden
moves!"
Covering his hands with his face, the wolf cried, "Geez, would you keep that dang light
away from my face?!"
"No way!"
The chameleon gasped and saw the unconscious wolf-girl. "Julie!" He ran to her and
picked her up in his arms. He faced the other wolf. "What did you do to her?!"
"I didn't do anything except heal her neck."
A cop grabbed him and said, "You have the right to remain silent."
"What?"
"You're under arrest for committing a bunch of murders." He tried to handcuff the wolf.
"No, wait. You've got the wrong guy. I'm not the murderer!"
"Tell it to the judge, buddy!" said Vector.
"Do not call me buddy!" As the police took the male wolf away, Espio stared at him.
"Wait. He looks familiar. Do I know him?" Espio turned to Vector. "Take Julie back to the
agency. I'm going to see Salley."
"Okay, but I don't know if they'll let you see her this late."
"Just take her." Vector took Julie and Espio ran to the hospital.