Disclaimer: I do not own All Dogs Go to Heaven or any of its characters featured in this fanfiction. The rights to the All Dogs canon belong to MGM, if I'm not mistaken. Fan characters including Keith Wiles however are mine and should not be used without permission.
An All Dogs Go to Heaven Fanfiction
A Soul's Price
Chapter 11: Lyrics of Esoteric Love
Back inside of the musky meat packing facility, Sasha and Annabelle had finished their prayers and sat near the dying, front-legless Keith. Annabelle's celestial powers continued to work on Keith, but there were little signs of it working. He mumbled to himself, "Ch… Charlie…"
"Annabelle", said Sasha, "What is he talking about?"
Annabelle closed her eyes, evoking the limited amount of her God-given omnipotence as she tried to realize what Keith meant. Opening her eyes, she slowly said, "…I think… well, it's supposed to be a secret, but… I think Keith has a sort of… uhm…"
"Go ahead, tell me"
"…a thing for Charlie…"
"What?! Are you saying he's a –"
"Yes… I'm sure he's a bisexual, to be honest… but he greatly prefers females. Same sex attraction for him is trivial, and if he wanted he, unlike most, could probably hold it off…"
Sasha grit her teeth. "What about Charlie? Don't tell me he's like that too! If he dares try to pull something on him, I'll murder that son of a—"
Immediately a crack of thunder ripped through the near-silence of the plant. "Sasha!" yelled out Annabelle with a stern voice. "Have mercy on him! Look at him; save wrath for the Lord, not for yourself, especially towards Keith…" Anna's head slowly drooped as she mumbled, "…I'm sorry Sasha, but… just look at him…"
Keith continued to mumble, his mind entering a delirium from his blood loss. Even with Annabelle's miracle at work, he still wasn't doing so well. He would surely die the moment Annabelle stopped healing him. He was lying there with a foot in the grave.
Sasha lowered her head and nodded. "…I'm sorry, Annabelle, and I'm sorry to Keith as well. I… I really do like Charlie, even if he's a pain. I know I haven't been treating him properly, but I really do care about him…"
With that, Sasha closed her eyes and began to hum to herself. She was getting ready to sing. Annabelle, sensing this, began to a capella a tune. As Sasha's humming stopped, she opened her eyes and let her beautiful singing voice emit its lyrics…
THROUGH LOVE'S MYSTERY
SASHA: What can I say about him?
Caught in ill deeds and sin?
Living his life for tomorrow
Filling my heart with sorrow…
Oh, what am I?
I worry when he says goodbye
His best interests make heart stop in my breast…
Ooh, but I care for him so
Yet it is not widely known…
Scorn commonly leaves my lips
Deep into him my coldness nips…
Oh, what am I?
Surely, I would cry
If I, but alone
Went through love's mystery
Yes, I hold a deep love inside
Caged up inside of my pride
I dare not reveal how I feel
Yet my affection is truly real…
Someday, he'll know
I care for him, heart and soul
And together we'll live
Through love's mystery
Someday, he will know
I care for him, heart and soul
And together we'll live
Through love's mystery
Annabelle finished the a capella as soon as Sasha ended her song. Immediately, the angelic whippet gasped. "I… I feel… a warm tingling washing over me! O Lord… is that your… are you allowing me to… O, my the Lord be praised!"
"Amen to that", said Sasha, "But, what for?"
"My power… it's increasing!" Glimmering light sprayed out from Annabelle's paws, engulfing Keith in white light as the evil flames of the curse snuffed. In a matter of seconds, his arms slowly grew back. When the white light faded, Keith laid on his back, completely healed.
"Keith!" Sasha ran over and nuzzled the side of his head. "I'm so glad you're okay!"
Keith nodded. "So am I… I never thought I would be worthy enough to be brought back from near-death by an angel…"
Annabelle nodded, slowly standing back on all fours. "Come now", she said. "We need to aid Charlie, Itchy and Naomi. I have a bad feeling they might be in very big trouble, very soon…"