103/104 54: Past Memories/Missing Puppies.

Up stairs in Tommy's bedroom, the 10 year old blond was tossing and turning in his sleep while sweating all over and having yet another nightmare.
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India.

August 7'th, (2023)

"This way, men." Said Abdula as he and Clinton led a group of villagers to the home of Ashanti and her family.

Once the villagers made it up to the house, one of the men knocked on the door.

"Yes, who is it?" Said Miranda, opening the door.

Rather than answer the her question, one of the villagers shoved Miranda aside and barged inside the home with all of the other villagers.

"What are you doing here?!" Miranda said.

"Let go of me!" Nathen ordered as he struggled to free himself from the arms of one of the male villagers. Nathen then flipped the man over on his back, and another man swung a stick at Nathen, who caught it with his hands and snached it away from him.

Wahar grabbed ahold of the man, but was pushed to the floor. "You'll pay for...AH!" The old man had been kicked in the stomach by one of the men before he could finish his sentence.

Ashanti and Miranda embraced each other with a hug.

"They hurt grandfather!" Said Ashanti.

"Father, look out!" Said Nathen as he proceeded to attack with the stick, only to be restrained by a man from behind.

One of the men then punched Nathen in the face while another man pinned Wahar to the floor.

Ashanti and Miranda watched in horror as the fight between Nathen, Wahar and the villagers took place.

One of the men then started strangling Nathen by the neck with both of his hands as Clinton stood in the doorway smiling evily.

"Clayton!" Nathen choked out.

"IT'S CLINTON, YOU IDIOT." Clinton screamed. "Make sure you take the woman and the girl too."

"Yes sir." Said one of the male villagers before he and another man went over to where Ashanti and Miranda were. "Alright, let's go."

"Not her, she's only a child!" Said Miranda as she and Ashanti were being dragged away by the two men.

"Father!" Ashanti said.

"No, not Ashanti!" Said Nathen. The Indian man then kicked the man off of him before breaking free from the other man's restraints. "Get off her!" He said as he rapped his arm around the neck of the man who had Ashanti, making him release the 9 year old girl. Nathen then punched the man in the face. "Ashanti!" He said as he got down to help his daughter up, only to be hit over the head with a vase.

"Father!" Said Ashanti.

The villagers then tied up Nathen, Miranda, Wahar and Ashanti.

"Let's go, you three." Said a male villager as the tied up family was led outside of their home.

Nathen and his family then spotted Abdula.

"Abdula!" Nathen gasped.

"Kneel!" Said one of the male villagers as he and others pushed Nathen and his family down on his knees.

"Nathen!" Said Wahar.

"Are you badly hurt?" Miranda asked.

"He's fine for now." Said Abdula. "You there! I want you to board up this whole house!" He said to a male villager.

"Yes, Abdula." Said the man before getting to work.

"The rest of you bring the prisoners and let's go." Said Abdula.

"You heard him, go!" Said one of the men as they whipped Nathen with the rope he was tide up with, follow by kicking him to the floor.

"Father, are you hurt?!" Asked Ashanti with concern. "Father!"

Miranda began crying as the men then started boarding up the house.

"Don't try anything, Nathen, or you'll regret it!" Said one of the men as he and the villagers led Nathen and his family away while Ashanti was being dragged from behind by the rope she was tied up with.

"HELP US! TOMMY! HELP US! TOMMY!" Ashanti screamed while being dragged away.
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"ASHANTI!" Screamed Tommy as he awoke and sat up in his bed sweating and breathing heavily. The boy looked around and saw that he was in his room and that it was now morning.

"Another dream about India. (Sighs) When is this gonna stop?" Tommy said.

"Tommy?!" Came the voice of Gigi from outside the room. The door then opened and Gigi and Molly entered side and were greeted by a heavy breathing, sweating Tommy. "Tommy, what's wrong?"

"Nightmare." Tommy stated.

Later, Tommy and Gigi were down stairs in the kitchen, sitting at the round table, still in their pajamas, with Molly sitting next to Gigi.

"Tell me what happened." Said Gigi.

"I can't remember." Said Tommy.

"I need you to try." Said Gigi.

"Well, i was seeing the village in India, and then...it all just went black...and then i woke up." Said Tommy.

"Tommy...i need you to tell me the truth." Said Gigi.

"I am." Said Tommy.

Gigi then got up from the table, went through the dining room, and into the livingroom and got her third book, 104 DALMATIANS IN INDIA, off the coffee table and went back into the kitchen, sat back down at the table next to Molly, and placed her book on the table.

"This book. You and i sat down together last year and dicussed everything that had happened over in India so that i could write it. So that 'WE' could write it...together. Some of the stuff that you've been seeing and having nightmares about are written in this book. And these episodes you're having, i think Dr. Falon is wrong, i think they're real. But i can't help you if i don't know what's going on. So you have to talk to me,...please. No more secrets, okay?" Said Gigi.

Tommy nodded. He was hesitant to trust Gigi with everything that had been going on with him since May, but knowing that she herself had lived through what had happened over in India last year too, he saw no reason as to why he couldn't trust her.

"Okay." Gigi began. "Did you see something in your dream that happened over in India last year?"

"...Yes." Answered Tommy.

"What happened? What did you see? Was it a memory?" Gigi asked.

"(Crying) I don't know. It's almost...like an episode of PTSD." Said Tommy as tears filled his blue eyes.

"Like the one you had in your room that night last month when you said you saw that Dhole that was after you and Dice last year?" Gigi asked.

"(Crying)...Yes." Tommy answered.

"What does it all mean?" Gigi asked.

"(Crying) I don't know,...but in my dream...i could see the village home of Ashanti and her family. The villagers came for them,...and...Ashanti's Dad and grandpa, they...they tried...they tried to fight them all off...but they got them, Gigi." Said Tommy as tears ran down his face.

"But what does that mean?" Gigi asked.

"(Crying) I felt they're pain...everywhere. Everywhere. And i still feel it. Ashanti was screaming my name for me to come and save her and her family, but...but i was nowhere to be seen. I just...i just want this to be over." Said Tommy.

Gigi got up from the table and she and Molly went over to Tommy and the 33 year old woman embraced the 10 year old boy with a hug.

"It's okay." Said Gigi before releasing Tommy from the hug. "Look...look at me. Your Dad and i love you. And we will never, ever let anything bad happen to you ever again. Whatever's going on, we're gonna fix it. We will fix it. I promise. We're here." She said before hugging Tommy again.

While Gigi and Tommy were hugging each other, Molly walked out of the kitchen, through the dining room, and into the livingroom where she turned to the room where her pups were sleeping and stopped at the open doorway. She then entered inside the room and walked over to two closed curtains.

"Okay, rise and shine, my little angels." Said Molly as she entered inside the room. But the puppies were nowhere in sight. "Pups? Pups? Where are you?" The female Dalmatian asked as she looked around for the puppies. She then noticed that the curtains to the puppy basket were closed. "Uh-huh." The dog walked over to the curtains. "Rise and shine, little darlings. Today's the big day. Adoption day." Sill no answer. "Hello? Hello? Why aren't you answering me?" She asked. The Dalmatian then pulled one of the curtains back with her mouth, revealing every dog parent's worst nightmare: The puppy basket was empty...and the puppies were gone. "Oh, no. They're gone." Molly then started barking really loud.

Gigi and Tommy heard Molly's barking from in the kitchen, broke away from the hug, and hurried out of the kitchen, through the dining room and into the livingroom.

"Molly, what is it?" Gigi asked as she and Tommy stopped at the doorway of the room.

Molly stood aside, allowing Gigi and Tommy to see the empty puppy basket.

"Oh, no. They're gone. The puppies are gone." Said Gigi in disbelief before running away from the doorway, follow by Tommy, with Molly running out of the room. The trio ran over to the pale blue house phone, that was resting on a small brown table with a drawer, and Gigi picked up the reciever and dialed number. "Hello, Rex? Yes, there's an emergancy at the house. The puppies are missing, get over here right away, please. Thank you." She said before hanging up the phone. The 33 year old then embraced the crying Tommy with a hug and began comforting him. "It's okay. It's okay."

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