With the sun not even peaking its head over the Horizon yet, Valkyrie laid half asleep on one side of the bed, right next to Chase who was in a deep sleep.
The Saluki laid on her back, racing directly above at the ceiling. She looked her right at the alarm clock that brightly illuminated the time, that current time being around 3 in the Morning.
One after the other as many thoughts beat down on Valkyrie's mind on Elena, her encounter earlier that night and of course the mystery of the basement itself.
'What is she hiding down there?' Valkyrie though to herself as she lifted her chest up in a slanted angle like way to look out the door, which was left open, right outside the guest room door that both were sleeping in, there was a clear view of Elena's door.
'If it was something little, It wouldn't be that big of a deal If I were her, Whatever it is, Im going to find out' Valkyrie said with dedicated before slowly pulling off the covers off her body and hoping out of the bed, walking around the bed frame leaving Chase alone which didn't seem that big of a deal with Valkyrie anyway.
Slowly she walked out the Door Frame and stopped right at Elena's Door. Not knocking on it however, but to just look at it as if the wooden inanimate object was Elena herself. "Oh, look at me, I'm Elena, I'm perfect and happy all the time, totally not a dirty husband stealer. I keep my houses tidy to compensate for the fact that I smell like a swamp" Valkyrie imitated in a not so flattering way, acting out her words as well.
Suddenly, Valkyrie's heart sank when she saw the knob of Elena's door began to turn, Valkyrie froze before darting back to where she came from, back into the Guest Bedroom and around the Corner of the Door Frame, slowly peaking her head around one millimeter at a time to see Elena, barely awake with her fur all frizzled, Elena rubbed her eyes trying to force them open at the same time as she Yawned and walked down the Hallway to the Stairs, Valkyrie eyed the German Shepherd as she turned the corner down the hallway.
"What are you doing up so late huh, Little Miss Smiley" The Grey Saluki whispered under her breathe and she slowly followed Elena in her tracks and tailed her all the way down the hallway and past the stairs. Valkyrie peaked down the Stairs to see the Downstairs hallway slightly illuminated by the moonlight coming in from the nearby windows and a small dim flashlight that Elena held in one of her paws.
"Ugh, I hate doing this at so early in the morning" Elena said as she pushed open the Basement door further out and walked down carefully. Valkyrie in fear of being spotted, stayed up on the stairs and decided to sit back and wait to see for Elena's next move, knowing getting closer would most likely blow her cover and would make those previous threats from Elena a reality.
Within Moments of Elena being down in the Basement, Valkyrie even from up above peaking from on the stairs heard the faint noise of cloth being moved around and long wooden planks being dropped on the ground, hard to tell if it was intentional or accidental as the sound of a rough fabric being dragged across a floor became apparent. Medium thuds were heard coming up the Basement steps, Valkyrie backed further up the stairs and Elena emerged struggling to drag what seemed to be a 100-pound large bag, holding her dim flashlight in her mouth as her paws were pre-occupied now.
Elena looked both way down the hallway at the Stairs, fortunately not spotting Valkyrie and in the Livingroom seeing Tracker and Skye still asleep and not even aware of the suspicious activity she was engaging in from anyone's perspective. "What the hell is she doing?" Valkyrie whispered as Elena let out a big sigh whilst dragging the large bag past the Livingroom and into the Kitchen, Valkyrie closely followed her around the corner to see her Drag the bag outside, letting the door hit the bag to cotch it.
"I really need to find a better place to store this now that I'm not alone, Stupid Elena, Why would you invite people with this in your house?!" Elena berated herself as she leaned over the back trying to close the door behind her, but unfortunately let out a strain of coughs which luckily, she managed to suppress with her paws.
Yanking the Bag with all her might and out the backdoor. Elena raced over to the backdoor as soon as it closed and immediately was hit by a ghastly wave of oder that came from the bag even as she looked through the small window of the backdoor and saw the Elena carrying the bag far away from the Homestead.
The Oder was Overwhelmingly terrible, The Grey Saluki felt like throwing up on the spot as the smell moment by moment proved to be a tough opponent for her sense of smell. Nevertheless, she continued her private investigation, Opening the Backdoor and heading out where Elena was going. The back of the Home was quite spacious with a very enormous patch of grass in the center with multiple tress around the property, acting as a secondary border between her property and her neighbors that lived around her.
Valkyrie looked ahead of her to see Elena doing some sort of motion as the large bag was laying against a tree near her. Valkyrie went prone and slowly approached the Black German Shepherd to clearly make out what she was doing, with a few moments of observation it became clear that she was in fact Digging with a Shovel. Elena struck the ground hard with the shovel each time as she grunted in an odd way, making her seem a bit psychopathic.
"Hmmm, Yeah, that seems like a perfect hole for it" Elena said as she looked down into the hole she had just dug, being at least 6 Feet, perfect for several things. "What the hell does she need to dig a hole for?" Valkyrie questioned.
After recognizing the decent depth of the hole she had just dug; Elena threw aside the shovel and reflected her attention back to the large sack she had. With all her might, she took the large bag and dumped it into hole. Making a thud along with it.
Obvious as it was, The Night didn't offer a good sight of what Elena was doing, It was obvious she was dumping something, but what was the new question. Valkyrie slowly crawled over the grass, letting her fur brush against the ground as she moved at a snail's pace toward the German Shepherd.
"Huh, Forgot I left those in there" Elena said, unbeknownst to her Valkyrie just a few feet behind her, close enough to see inside the hole itself to see something truly terrifying and would make anyone's stomach turn inside out.
Typical Fertilizer with what looked to be severed arms and legs sticking out of it, Valkyrie started to silently tremble as she slowly backed away from Elena and ran all the way back to the Homestead as quickly and more importantly, silently as possible.
"Oh my Gosh Oh my Gosh Oh my Gosh Oh my Gosh, she's a Sociopath" Valkyrie repeated as she pulled open the backdoor and closed it behind her, breathing heavily as if she had just seen a demon and was allowed to live.
"I knew it, I fucking knew it, She's a cold blooded psychopathic murder" She reaffirmed in her mind, walking around the Kitchen counter as if to try and reason out what she had just seen. "I need to tell the others, We could be her next victims" Valkyrie said before turned to go to the hallway before suddenly, hearing the backdoor open behind her.
"Oh, Hey Valkyrie, What are you doing up so late?" Elena asked to the Saluki as she rubbed her dirty paws against the matt below her of earth. "I-I just came to something to drink something before heading back to bed, what are you doing up so late, hmm?" Valkyrie asked with a stern glare as the German Shepherd walked over around the counter over to the fridge.
"Oh, I usually wake up this early to take a walk around my property, just a bit of exercise" She said as she opened the fridge door and pulled out a bag of pancake mix, tossing it over onto the marble countertop before turned back to the Saluki herself.
"Hey since we're both awake, want to help me make breakfast for everyone?" Elena smiled in glee as one by one she started pulling out breakfast ingredients. "I-I guess I can, But I should really get back to sleep" She said slowly inched away from the Kitchen are, looking around the corner at the stairs at the end of the hallway does not go back to Sleep, but to go and warn her husband of what she had just seen moment earlier.
"Oh cmon, It wont take that long, I make breakfast all the time, maybe we can do this every morning" Elena claimed with hope as she reached over onto the countertop and grabbed the block of solid butter, sliding it over to Valkyrie. "You can cut up some butter whilst I do the pancakes" The German Shepherd said as she reached over to the stove and began to turn on one of the burners, letting the flame poof out as she started searching for her special pan to make the pancakes with.
Valkyrie eyed the solid block of butter she had been given by Elena before slowly walking over to it and deciding she might as well cooperate, for now at least until she could figure out what else to do about Elena's 'activities' in the backyard. "Valkyrie, Is there something wrong?"
"Huh, what?"
"You just kind of spaced out there, I just asked you if you had a knife to cut the butter with"
"Oh, N-No, Can you pass me one?"
"Sure thing" Elena said as he pulled open the drawer and started to fish around for a butter knife, at least that's what Valkyrie thought she was doing. She did indeed retrieve a knife, but not one that it was design for. Elena pulled out a large knife with a sharp edge, Valkyrie's eyes turned wide as plates as Elena walked around the counter over to hand the knife over to the Saluki.
'Oh God, She's going to kill me, She's knows I saw her!' Valkyrie thought as she stood still, her eyes tracking the knife in Elena's paws and suddenly. "Here you go" Elena peacefully handed it over to her, Valkyrie slowly took the knife as she seemed to walk back to the stove, leaving the Saluki half scared to death for her life.
"Umm…Why not a Butterknife?" She asked holding the blade in a puzzle way. "Oh the butterknives are all dirty" Elena explained as she started her progress on make the pancakes.
"So…Whats it like?"
"What do you mean?"
"Being married to Chase, I bet it must be nice and all" Elena claimed as she poured herself a glass of water from the fridge door. Valkyrie kept cutting small slices of butter as she started to mentally reflect on her life with Chase, Elena was dead on that money on that one, Life with Chase, Paw Patrol and everyone was great.
"Really Good, so how did you a Chase meet each other?" Valkyrie asked, sliding over the slices of butter to the German Shepherd as she questioned her. "Oh, that's a long story, but a good one at that. Long story short, we met during a Training exercise and we just sort of got to talking and became friends"
Valkyrie yawned as she had received her answer, although it was a quick summary by the German Shepherd, She knew there were a few details missing about it, but that was something she didn't want to dwell on too much right now, It was obvious that when ever she felt a little bit closer to Elena, just thinking about the graphic picture of her burying severed arms and legs in the backyard earlier sent her way back.
"Anyways, Im just going to head back to sleep now" She said as she politely excuses herself from the kitchen area and started to walk to the stairs, until-
"Wait Valkyrie, I just want to say…Im sorry for what I said last night when you were near the Basement, I was just a bit agitated about something, I didn't mean it" Elena said as she called out to the Saluki. "O-Oh, Well…Apology accepted, Thanks" Valkyrie smiled a bit before the German Shepherd continued her statement.
"But I am serious about the Basement, Do NOT go down there, Whatsoever….Alright Good Night, Don't let the bed bugs bite" Elena gleefully ended as she seemed to skip her way back to the stove to finish the pancakes, making Valkyrie shake a bit at the sudden mood change.
Valkyrie made her way half way across the hallway to the Staircase, Just a few feet from the door to the Basement, Valkyrie eyed the door again before looking behind her, not see Elena, but still not wanting to take a chance, walking past the door.