Chapter 2 Remnants Surfacing
The next day came without any trouble immediately after breakfast the parents went to work as usual and despite the nightmare Dylan had in the first part of the last night Dylan had managed to get over with it. The day was a very bright day in a sense nothing Dylan had no reason to be frightened by a simple nightmare on the contrary he decided to start his day by washing himself at the sink in the bathroom, after brushing his teeth.
"Ahh, nothing is better than a refreshing brush on the teeth." He said to himself after the brushing machine was finished and walked towards the sink, adjusting the water properly to please him he was prepared to wash, he slowly removed his collar and placed it on the sink, but after taking the soap from the wardrobe behind the mirror something caught his eyes.
"What is this?!" He said to himself before taking a closer look to find that he had bite marks, on his neck right where he was bitten by Malek. But it can't be the marks disappeared after he was cured something was off they can't be. Dylan started to then wash his neck with all the kinds of soap there was in the bathroom before starting to use fur brushes, sponges and so on but to no avail, he then turned to medical alcohol and nothing. Although he was desperate he didn't let a mess behind him, after he tried everything he turned nervous.
"DAWKINS!" He shouted loudly for his assistant who was working on an invention, but immediately stopped and went to his brother.
"What's going, why the shouting?" He asked noticing Dylan totally frightened.
"Look!" He showed the marks on his neck and the genius puppy took a look, but though that it might be only a joke.
"Dylan, those 2 dots could have been made with a red marker, there is no possibility for a creature of the night to enter our house if it wasn't invited." Dawkins said in an academic tone.
"I know, and I tried to clean it off." Dylan said.
"They could have been made with permanent marker. In my case you know I hate Halloween and I am for scientific reasons, not supernatural, despite our experience that happened 3 months ago." Dawkins said with bitterness, in the case of the genius puppy he always hated Halloween and aside from that he had a bad experience by almost been killed when he had to tame to the supernatural, in the form of vampires. In all cases he tried to explain this situation with rationality and scientific study encouraged by Professor Van Hound. But aside from that, he officially had to admit that vampires are the only supernatural things he would tolerate to know they exist. It isn't as if has much of a choice anyways, since his brother was forcibly turned into one and also met Malek on the evil side but also the ones on the good side.
"Call the Dimitri Trio then. I will have a word with them." Dylan ordered placing his collar back on his neck while Dawkins complied. Dawkins didn't had to look for them for too long, since they pulled out a prank on Deepak by replacing his meditation pillow with one that sounds like he had farted and were giggling now.
"Haha, that's classic." Dimitri 1 said before Dawkins came before them.
"Dylan would want to speak with the 3 of you." He said.
"We didn't do anything bad." Dimitri 2 said categorically.
"Yeah we didn't took Deepak's pillow." Dimitri 3 said.
"It isn't about that, he would want only to speak with the 3 of you about something else in the bathroom. So you should go chop, chop." Dawkins said.
"Fine, but it wasn't us who took the toothpaste last week." Dimitri 1 said and the 3 pranksters went to the bathroom with reluctance of course this was noticed by Delgado, Dante and Da Vinci who followed.
"Here they are Dylan." Dawkins said leading the 3 in the bathroom.
"Good work Dawkins." Dylan said who then looked at them with a stern face.
"I know you 3 are the usual pranksters in the family and I don't have anything about that but could I ask you."
"If it is about the toothpaste prank last week we pulled on you, forget it we don't regret it." Dmitri 1 said before others started to chuckle.
"Hey Dawk, what's going on?" Delgado asked.
"Dylan believes someone re made the 2 bite marks on his neck that turned him into, you-know-what." He explained but the others turned confused.
"It's doubtful, no one would do that especially after that night." Da Vinci said.
"Especially on him, no one would from what I can tell." Dante said.
"We are about to find out." Dawkins said before all turned to Dylan and the Dimitri Trio.
"It's not that prank I talk about, by the way I am glad I bought some reserve toothpaste." Dylan said turning impatient.
"Then what is all about?" Dimitri 3 asked.
"I talk about." Dylan started removing his collar to show them the marks on the neck that on the sight of the marks the pranksters dropped their jaws in utter terror and horror. "This, I wonder if this is your making, for you to know it's not funny especially after what nightmare I had last night." He asked sternly.
"Dylan what are you talking about?!" Dimitri 1 asked in total terror.
"We didn't do that." Dimitri 2 said with the same horror pointing the marks with a trembling right paw turning the elder brother confused.
"What do you mean you didn't do it, isn't it your prank?"
"Dylan, with all honesty, we would do any kind of prank on anyone, but this is the only thing we would never do on you." Dimitri 1 said the group embracing each other.
"Don't you remember what your dark self did and wanted to do that night when he go out and went on a rampage?" Dimitri 2 said.
"We still remember, and we decided this is a prank we would do on anyone, but you, who was the real thing." Dimitri 3 said.
"It's true Dylan no one would do this on you." Da Vinci said.
"Something is off." Delgado said.
"What's going on here?" Dolly came by before looking in the bathroom to find the prank trio embracing one another in fear and Dylan who was in a state of shock making a face similar to how it was when he was prank by Dante, Spencer and Portia with Cerberus.
"OK, what happened here?"
"Dolly, watch the neck." Dante said in a gloomy tone pointing at Dylan and she noticed the marks.
"Did you 3 just pull a prank on Dylan regarding vampires?" Dolly asked the Dimitris.
"They didn't do it? Pranks regarding vampires are the only ones they will not do on Dylan." Delgado intervened.
"Especially after having that nightmare with his evil self, and after that event 3 months ago." Da Vinci said.
"Plus the marks appeared exactly on the same spot he was bitten the first time." Dawkins said a bit uneasy now.
"Wait, this doesn't mean that he is…."
"CALL….PROFESSOR VAN HOUND!" Dylan shouted in total desperation, all the activity the pups were having stopped.
It passed 1 hour and 30 minutes after Dylan discovered he had the bite marks again, he was waiting in the living room like a statue for the vampire hunters to come and tell what is happening. And in that time the pups were both concerned and scared, none wanted to experience the situation that was 3 months ago especially the idea of losing their brother. It was amazing now that Dante, Dawkins, Da Vinci, DJ and Delgado managed to keep his predicament a secret till he got angry and went out of control because of his evil self coming out. Each of the pups were trying to occupy themselves with something in order to not think that their might somehow turn back to be a creature of darkness. Occupations were varying from Da Vinci making painting of landscapes to keep all calm, DJ placing calming music for all, Dante watching over Dylan, been a Goth it wasn't a problem to see over things like this(since it was kind of his thing), Dawkins finishing inventions or making repairs before doing the same alongside Dolly and so on. Some even turned to do the chores in order to keep themselves busy.
"Where they could be, when they will arrive?" Dylan said growing impatient and agitated.
"Dylan calm down they will arrive soon, besides vampire hunting is not a full time activity from what they told us when we met them last time during Christmas." Dolly said.
"How unfortunate, in my case it is sad." Dante said.
"How many people believe in supernatural stuff today Dante?" Dawkins said disagreeing he in a sense wished to not believe in vampires despite he has to tolerate the fact that they exist.
"How much time do I have if the bite marks are first symptom? I will be turning when night comes. How much time there is?" Dylan said in despair.
"Dylan it's barely 1 in the afternoon, night wouldn't fall yet." Dolly said.
"Plus when I used worldwide woof, Professor Van Hound said that he and Doctor Seward will arrive as soon as possible." Dawkins said before hearing the door bell ringing and Dawkins immediately went to open it via the analyzer.
"Good day Dawkins." Said a grey striped cat that was none other then Doctor Seward.
"Good day doctor Seward." He said letting the cat enter and all the pups stopped their activity.
"We were also expecting Professor Van Hound as well." Dawkins said.
"The Professor will arrive shortly; there had been some issues he has to take care at the moment. For now me the assistant will have to do." He said placing his bags on the floor and went to Dylan who immediately calmed down a bit.
"Doctor Seward I am glad you arrived." Dylan said before feeling his nose aching, his allergies coming out. "However I was expecting Professor Van Hound as well."
"He will arrive shortly, is there a problem?"
"N-no I am just allergic to cat fur." Dylan said sneezing.
"Oh almost forgot." Seward said opening one of his bags pulling out a medical mask with a medicine against allergies.
"Dawkins, give him this mask." The grey cat said and the pup complied and took the mask to place it on Dylan's face.
"Now, what I will do is making a psychological analysis on you to determine what is going on." The doctor said getting out a clipboard and a pen.
"But aren't you supposed to check these?" Dylan said showing the bite marks.
"Dylan what I did last time when you turned was only to collect date and samples for our research, in my case my field is in psychology and the mind, the professor is with medicine. My check that was when we meet you for the first time was my basic knowledge to identify cases of vampirism. But don't worry we will determine everything very soon." Seward said and started the checking.
They started with asking him to smell the neck of Dante before turning to Deepak who stayed with reluctance, the results prove negative, no desire to bite. The future test was to be blindfolded and identify 3 different samples of blood from 3 animals, cat, dog and fox by smelling them (under the mask), the result was also negative. Another was to still be blindfolded and smell necks of others surprisingly the first one was Dorothy who just happened to stay near Dylan and of course the doctor wanted her out, but there was no danger he smelled and just identified her and said greeted her. But the main test was now. All the tests were done of course with Seward several steps away to not activate allergies.
"All right Dylan, this test might give the final definition, with another 2 depending on what you will do on this one." The cat said.
"All right." He said a bit agitated.
"Still blindfolded, you need to taste the content in a tube I will hand over to you." Seward said taking out a tube from his bag and handed it over to Dylan.
"For any kind of events we should go to the bathroom to make the test." The cat said and Dolly and Dawkins led Dylan there with Seward behind him followed by everyone, who wanted to know the results many swore they would faint if the situation turns who knows how.
"All right, now what?"
"Put the content of the tube in your mouth." Seward said and Dylan removing the cork approached it and when the liquid touched his tongue felt sick, and immediately went to a sink to throw the content out.
"Dog, it's horrible, what was in that?" Dylan asked removing the blind on his eyes.
"What do you think it is? The thing that kept you from turning out control for several days till you got angry and then cured cattle blood." Seward said while Dylan let the water flaw to wash his mouth feeling sick alongside another pup.
"It tasted different then."
"It was expected, because you are not turning into a vampire again Dylan." Seward said to the relief of everyone while he cut the text of the last 2 psychological tests.
"Ah thank, Dog and yet what is the situation with the bite marks on my neck?" Dylan asked while all went back to the living room.
"The professor will tell you." The grey striped cat said before hearing the bell ringing. "I believe he just arrived." Dolly immediately opened the door and outside the wolf dog was there with his own bags.
"Good day professor." Delgado said greeting him.
"Good day, sorry for been late, there were some issues." He said while entering and Seward presented his clipboard.
"Here are the results. All of them are with negative results." Seward said while the professor said.
"I would say those are good news, by the way sorry for not been able to help you when there was the situation with the De Vile woman there was a family reunion in Amsterdam."
"There is no problem Professor but even with that all went well in the end." Dylan said.
"Glad to know that and by the way, it was great to meet at Christmas Eve, we all got to spend some quality time without having to include the supernatural." The professor said.
"And I also meet Liana, Dawkins was a bit shy when meeting with her although it was at the end of the conversation me and Dylan had with her." Dolly said with a smirk
"I wasn't shy I was cautious, and by the way I am glad she is a vampire who wouldn't bite people out of sudden." Dawkins said.
"Yes indeed." The professor said.
"If we are on this subject, I must ask. Why the bite marks appeared again?" Dylan asked and the wolf dog took a look with a magnifying glass.
"I think there is an explanation. You see we live not too far away from your house, the reason why we couldn't come sooner, is because we had to consult the books that our owner managed to discover regarding the medallions and other cures. We just told you that there are more than the one you took from countess Karasi that night. The one we have been primarily for animals." Professor van Hound said.
"Yeah I know that. But why did the bite marks appeared again? I mean I am cured don't I."
"Dylan you are officially cured, however the books that we consulted told us next. Officially, the medallion cured you by taking the vampire powers away. Problem however is next; the vampire's venom or virus officially affected your body especially your blood, although your vampire abilities and weaknesses had been taken away by the medallion there are some remnants that are inside your body, vampire blood running now in your veins however that part is weaker now." Explained the professor.
"R-remnants?! And what would they do?" Dylan asked shocked.
"You don't need to worry, officially you are cured and those remnants will go away in time, however there is one aspect to be known. According to the books after one was cured the first time they will enter a state of hibernation that will last for at least 3 months. When that time is up they will have to come out, preferably when it is the 3 month 'anniversary' of when you were bitten the first time. The fact that the bite marks reappeared on your neck is declared something normal, they are officially a physical scar that normally should remain for life, they disappear only for the 3 months till the remnants will wake and want to come out." The wolf dog explained.
"But what will that consist when the remnants wake up?"
"And what are the symptoms?" Dawkins said.
"Officially the bite marks have to appear, this been the first sign, and then in the day when the 3 month 'anniversary' of when you were bitten the first time comes, the remnants show up. The symptoms are next; your eyes will sting powerfully because they change to the color of your vampire eyes, followed by the skin or the fur coat, turning pale. After that you will have a much greater weakness to the sun, you will not burn and turn to ash instead the sunrays will irritate you, you could end up with minor or middle sunburn on your skin in 2 hours, no matter how powerful the sun might be." The professor explained turning Dylan to already feel dizzy and Dawkins and Dolly to hold him.
"And I will have this for the rest of my life?" Dylan said in despair.
"No, it will be only for 24 hours." Seward said calming the dog down.
"However, this will repeat itself once every 6 weeks after the first day, and the thing will be the same."
"It will repeat itself every 6 weeks, for how long?"
"It will be for 2 years after that the remnants will vanish completely, till then however they will have to come out."
"And I hoped I will not have to remember what happened 3 months ago after been cured." Dylan said with a sad face having to remember this once every 6 weeks.
"Dylan, it's not that bad, be glad it's not the terminal state when you can't be cured anymore." Seward said.
"What do you mean, not been able to be cure anymore?" Dylan asked with dread.
"The medallion you took can cure a person only 4 times no more, no less. The first time I cured you was the most powerful. If for instance you will be bitten again or I would use the medallion to give your powers back I would be able to cure you. But afterwards the remnants will surface for 24 hours once every month, but the remnants will be more powerful. And when you get only a bit angry or annoyed your eyes will turn sharp and the fangs will come out and again they will disappear in 2 years as for the sun, it isn't changing from the first time you were cured."
"That is if he will be cured the second time but what if he will be the fourth, the terminal state?" Dawkins asked.
"The fourth time is the last time we could use the medallion, on the same person afterwards, the remnants will surface once every week. In that state you will be turned more vampirical, you could get sunburn in less the 30 minutes the food you will eat will still satisfy you but if you get only a bit angry, you will get a tendency to bite and again it will be like this for 24 hours and will disappear in 2 years. So in all cases be glad you are not in the terminal state." Seward said.
"I now am, I do admit that. Problem is how I will be able to explain this to mom and dad if this repeats every 6 weeks." Dylan asked.
"They don't know yet?"
"He wasn't able to tell." Deepak said.
"Main reason is the event during that night when his dark self came out and took him over." Delgado said coming to them in his wheelchair.
"Who would have the courage to anyways; especially if Dawkins was nearly killed by having his blood sucked up by Dylan?" Delgado said making Dylan to look to the ground in shame thinking of what he wanted to do, almost killing his own natural brother, only by thinking about this and he was ashamed to look him in the eye. As for Dawkins, he knew it wasn't his fault and he would never do that, but thinking about this always brings him the memory of both Dylan turning on him and also losing him by running into the night thinking he would never see him again, that alongside seeing his Princess Positron destroyed by Cruella were the most tragic moments he experienced.
"Listen Dylan, I know what happen but it wasn't you who did all the damage, your dark self doesn't defy who you are." Professor Van Hound said placing his paw on his shoulder.
"It will never erase the shame of what I did that night."
"Maybe, but your dark self doesn't defy who you are. You are here at this very moment because your family cared about you and they always will and so will you. Even thou that incident happened it doesn't mean they will never care about you, especially if you also fought and protected them against Malek and this Cruella de Vile, if she was a vampire me or Han might have put a stake in her heart and the other vampires that are on the good might have done the same." The professor said making Dylan feel better.
"Too bad for that but in a sense I am glad she is not a blood sucking freak." Delgado said before remembering. "No offense Dylan."
"Well in any case we might have to leave soon; we don't want Han to get worried." Seward said looking at the clock. "But before that did you had any kind of trouble with your evil self?"
"He had a nightmare with his evil self last night before the bite marks came back. And boy how he scared him." Dolly said.
"He told me that I might become a vampire again. And I don't want that again." Dylan said feardful.
"Bro for me it wasn't a problem." Dolly commented trying to calm him down.
"That because it was for a night in your case not 4 days as your step-brother was."
"Was it that bad?" Dolly asked.
"I lived in total terror of been discovered and who knows what you would have thought of me if you find out what I became. Plus I had to restrain myself from going crazy over blood." Dylan said remembering how the entire situation was.
"If it wasn't for the vials with bovine blood from Professor Van Hound and Doctor Seward to restrain the hunger, things might have been much worse." Dawkins said.
"Plus we do have to admit, the thought that we had a vampire in the house for 4 days was totally out of ordinary, as well as scary. When we find out we were totally frozen by that realization." DJ said.
"He nearly bitten you once, after we found what happened to him, been driven by his dark self." Delgado said before the female Dalmatian turned to him who looked away in shame.
"Mmm."
"OK that is a problem…..But wait I was also a vampire although for a night, how it will be in my case?"
"Oh you don't need to worry, your time will come as well and it will be the same from what we know for the moment, however there is something else to know." Doctor Seward said.
"What?
"Well you became a vampire because you drink vampire blood, you weren't bitten and in the process when you were turning into the first thing you felt was a pain in the neck." The professor said.
"You have to admit it, the taste was horrible." Dolly said.
"Well in any case for you it will be the same like your step-brother, problem is however next, immediately after you regain the form you had when you were a vampire, you will have a pain in the neck for 2 hours, one that will make you barely able to speak. It isn't that much of a problem as it is an annoyance." The professor explained.
"I should have let you bite me."
"Yeah, if you would be bitten you would no more have the pain in the neck although a vampire can be created in different ways, biting is the most common way." The wolf-dog said.
Well, now we have to leave soon, we don't want our owner to get worried." The cat said and both hunters after taking their bags on were ready to depart, before Deepak came before them.
"Ahh professor can I ask will there be a problem with Dylan's dark side?"
"Yeah that's something I wish to know." Dylan said dreading to meet that fiend again.
"Well officially when we cured you that dark mist was only an interpretation of your dark self that materialized because of the dark powers and wanted to send you a message. Of course he took the form of what gave him power, he is officially still locked in your sub conscience. Like the professor said then, he will always be part of you, but he will not come out. Instead he could bother you in your sleep whenever it is close to the day when the remnants should get out. He will be locked again completely when the remnants vanish." Seward explained.
"So till the remnants get out he will bother me every night when I sleep, till they will vanish in 2 years?" Dylan asked.
"Yes, that on one side, of course I don't know for how many nights this will happen. But on the other side, he could come out to give you a warning."
"What kind of warning?"
"Vampires could sense a danger that is coming but in this case your dark self could give you the messages through things that would bother you, usually telling you things that you would surely disagree or showing shocking and horrifying things, or that he would always try to make you remember that event that surely you can't bare either to watch or to hear it. To remind you what you almost did and that he is still around" The cat explained.
"Ahhh, Dog it's horrible that I would have to bear it like a parasite for who knows how many nights." Dylan said not wanting to know what kind of things he will show him tonight.
"At least we will not have to see him again." Dizzy came fearful.
"We don't want him back and to take you away." Dee Dee said both embracing him.
"I believe he would come out if he turned again into a vampire, by been bitten again." Da Vinci said.
"Yeah, he will come out if turned again. However, if he is bitten his dark self will not come out immediately." Explained the wolf dog.
"Really, how so?" Dylan asked confused.
"Only if the hunger takes over your mind and you would crave for blood or get angry, this is how he will come out if you are bitten, however there is another more dangerous way." The cat explained.
"What dangerous way?" The wolf-dog said pulled out the bat medallion and the tube where his powers were in as a red liquid.
"On the medallion, there is small compartment in which one could pour in the powers that are the liquid, inside the medallion. When this is done, one can press a button on the head for 2 fangs to come out from the bat's mouth, that could be used to sting you and you would receive your powers back, however it is very painful, more painful than if you are bitten again. Because of the pain frustration and anger comes out and after it is done your dark self pops out immediately." Explained the wolf-dog scaring Dylan.
"I-immediately."
"Yes, immediately, in order for you to regain control of yourself, is to again be reminded by the ones around who you reality are, or try to make you in any way possible to fight back against your dark self. Those ways usually take a bit long, aside from that another way is to exhaust your dark self, for safety by been tied with a silver collar imbued with garlic essence, all of those usually take time." Seward explained.
"Are those the only ways?" Dante asked.
"No there is another way, however that could work but is difficult and probably you wouldn't be able to do it." Explained the wolf-dog.
"What could that be?" Dawkins asked interested.
"To come to an agreement or a pact with your dark self, to find a common ground that both could agree something unlikely and difficult to do. In this way you would become yourself again, but the dark-self must do the job that would involve an arduous task. This might be the way of accepting it, if you want your powers back or if you become a vampire again."
"Professor, like I said the first time, I have no intention of becoming a blood sucking freak again. There is nothing that would convince me otherwise, not after what I did and especially after what I was about to do to and almost became a murderer." Dylan said already feeling guilt.
"I appreciate this very much Dylan, and we are really glad to hear this." Said the wolf dog placing his paws on his shoulders.
"Now we should really go, Han might be looking for us. See you later." The cat said before both hunters started to depart the house.
"See you later, Professor, Doctor. And thank you again." Dylan said waving to them.
"And by the way, watch out for Nosferatu." Seward said.
"Nosferatu, from the classical movie from 1921." Dante asked.
"Hunters use this word for vampire sometimes. In Romanian it means nesuferitul meaning the fiend or the undesirable we usually tell this to people in knowing that now know that those creatures exist." Explain the wolf-dog.
"But not all of them are evil and bad like how Malek was." Dolly came.
"We know, but we tell that because last evening some unusual event occurred and we don't know if it was the act of a vampire on the loose or some anomaly that doesn't have to do with them. In any case we will come to you to tell if something is off." Said the grey cat before both left while Dolly closed the door.
"Well on the bright side you aren't turning into a vampire again." Dolly said.
"On the other side, it seems till the remnants come out you might have another unpleasant night or 2." Delgado said.
"And I who though I was over with those things, what have I done to be bitten be turned into one." Dylan said in desperation.
"Dylan let's be glad this stuff is temporary, of course if I would be able to have access to more research facilities I would try to make a cure for what remained of this disease." Dawkins said.
"I know but aside from that, I don't what to say if mom and dad would find out about this." Dylan said with desperation.
"Dylan they will never find out. We hide the USB drive where the movies and the pictures from the party are very well, they will never find it." Dolly said before smelling something.
"What's that smell?" Dolly asked before noticing Dante placing a garlic bind at the window.
"Dante."
"What, I am taking precautions for a future VAMPIRE APOCALIPSE!" He said in his usual tone while Dylan, Dolly and Dawkins rolled their eyes before everyone resumed their normal stuff with going around, making hazard in the house before going to the park to exhaust their energy and to no more have to think about other evil creatures of the night. Plus, like what the professor said whatever abnormality it was last night it could not be a vampire.
The rest of the day went without other interruptions, Dylan and Dolly took the pups outside in the park and aside from the usual stuff, nothing much happened. The memory of the evil vampire coming back was too much to do other mischief. When they returned home Dylan placed on himself a bandage to hide the bite marks, some minutes later Triple D who were shooting another commercial came back and immediately after that their parents returned and all were now sitting at the dinner table.
"So how was your day?" Delilah asked.
"Everything went very good mom." Dylan said.
"I hope so because I was wondering. What was the problem with the nightmare from last night, was it because of the problem with you-know-who." Doug asked worried making Dylan, Dolly and Dawkins to exchange stressed looks.
"Well…" Dylan started not knowing what to say.
"It was an event that happened 3 months ago when Dylan was…." Diesel was cut by having his bowl of food placed in his mouth by Delgado.
"What happened 3 months ago was it some sort of accident?" Asked Delilah
"Well in a matter of speaking there had been a small event that horrified Dylan to the core." Dolly said stressed.
"But weren't you sick 3 months ago?" Doug asked.
"I-it was before getting sick." Dylan said.
"When Malek entered out back yard hum-" Diesel said before been cut by Da Vinci making him a sign of a zipper on the mouth to indicate not tell speak anymore about this to their parents.
"Who is Malek?" Doug asked stressing Dylan even more remembering his evil grin with anger.
"H-h-he." He started with bitterness.
"He was a good for nothing fiend." Da Vinci started with resentment for that name."We met him outside he looked a bit strange but seemed like a friendly and nice guy, but he was a good for nothing."
"He asked us where we stay, so he might come for a friendly visit, but reality was he wanted to make a prank and Dylan was his victim." DJ said.
"He went to meet Dylan and invited him into going outside to watch the stars, but he actually wanted to prank him in a devious way, not a friendly Halloween way. And everything, was very well planned." Delgado said knocking under the table signaling to Dante to invent something.
"What way?!" Delilah asked not liking what she was hearing.
"Ah, he tricked him into going across the street in the Camden Pet Cemetery where he met him; he gave him to eat something like a sandwich after looking for some time at stars. The sandwich contained a hidden mixture, when he bites it, it splashed Dylan on the face, the mixture looked like blood, and tricked him into believing he ate a living animal." Dante explained before looking to Dawkins he signaling him to say something.
"B-but in reality it was chocolate syrup, combined with corn syrup….in which was added red colorant." Dawkins said although he wasn't keen on telling her the truth he didn't felt good on lying to her.
"So that's why you got sick?!" Delilah asked shocked knowing that cacao was bad for them, but Dylan didn't said anything he just looked down in shame for not been able to tell the truth to them, (the real truth that is).
"But it wasn't only that. At the Halloween party he came uninvited, Dylan got angry that he went after him and prank him again by making Dylan pushed him off near the fences in the park. Below where he was pushed there was another container with fake blood and he fell exactly on it. Dylan went to see but saw him impaled in a spike." Dante said.
"Dylan went to checked it, but this Malek managed to pretend that he was really dead, he had a helper nearby that helped him with the fake spike to make it look as if he was impaled, and Dylan was scared to the bone thinking he became a murderer. But when we entered the house I saw him sometime later walking on the street with his 'partner'." Dawkins explained.
"Indeed, I can only say this was totally immature." Delilah said before looking at her son."Darling, what this prankster did to you is not your fault. I do have to say that this kind of prank is really a very hideous one and I do have to admit that witnessing something like this could make you lose your mind, despite everything been a fake."
"What happened was 100 times worst." Dylan said not wanting to look at them ashamed for the lie Dante, Dawkins and he had to make up and was again on the brink of crying and he was also trembling.
"Don't worry son, if I find him I will make him regret for pranking you in this manner." Doug said.
"He isn't in London anymore actually." Dolly said.
"He disappeared completely." Delgado said knowing how the fiend's end was, impaled and then evaporated in a pile of ash, with a ticket straight to oblivion.
"Good, then we will not see him again. And if we are at this subject I wonder how was the party? You never told us how it was."
"Well things went well, nothing much." Dolly said stressed trying to not give details.
"Except when Dylan got really angry when he was a vampire." Diesel came.
"Because of Malek when he saw him again." Da Vinci said.
"That when he tried a vampire costume?" Doug asked knowing that Dylan gave the cape to Dolly who immediately liked it.
"Yes it happened then." Dizzy said.
"When Clarissa provoked him." Dee Dee said before both noticing Dylan feeling worst for that time, they knowing what happened but not wanting to tell.
"All right, maybe except for this Malek guy and Clarissa when she provoked him, but aside from that, aren't there pictures or movies that had been before those events." Doug asked but no pup wanted to tell now especially when Dylan was feeling more and more bad by remembering what happened, and in a sense Doug though that something much worst happened then those 2 events, and when he could he should look into it.
"Hmm, better not talk about this if something bad happened that affected Dylan." Delilah whispered.
"Well in any case I have good news; I will stay home tomorrow because I had been given a nightshift." Doug said and the mood immediately changed.
"That's wonderful dad." Dolly said.
"Yeah, I know it will be great and Dylan you would be able to rest for a bit." He said making Dylan to smile a bit.
"Thanks dad." Dylan said before turning to his mother.
"What about you, mom?"
"Nothing much to say really, but I got a new transferred colleague, he is a nice dog, also a Dalmatian. But he is a bit of a mystery. He took a nightshift for the first day of work and founded him a bit sleepy afterwards but stayed at the hospital till evening." Delilah said making Doug to chuckle.
"What unfortunate for first day of work, probably his wife was worried." Doug said.
"Yeah, he told me she will be, however he says she doesn't mind. Maybe I should invite him once here."
"Sure why not. Really wonder how he is." Doug asked.
"Ohh, you will all like him." Delilah said before turning to Dylan and noticed the bandage near the collar.
"What is with that bandage on your neck?" Delilah asked tracking her son's attention placing his paw on the bandage that hides the marks.
"Oh, it was a small accident outside with a thorn bush." Dolly said with a stressed smile.
"Tomorrow you should really try to rest for a bit. It seems this nightmare brought you a hard day." Delilah said.
"It might not be the only one I will have." Dylan commented, certainly having to brace himself for whatever his evil side will give him this night, and probably for who knows how many till the remnants get out and what happen afterwards.
Author's note: This is the second chapter; I don't know when I will be able to write the next chapters, it isn't a straight schedule to be honest especially during school time.