It was really dark outside and very cold. He walked slowly remembering his kids and how beautiful they are. He walked through an ally. The same one he had always walked by to get to the boiler room. He never thought anything about it before, but today was different. It smelled different. The air was a bit thin. It started to smell bad, like blood and rotting flesh. The images of the night they found Kirby dead returned. He closed his eyes and shook his head violently. No...no...I will not remember...I will not.
He opened his eyes and there was nobody there. The ally was dark. There was no light source. On the wall to his right was a light bulb, but it was burned out. He started to walk again, but looking around with so much caution. He felt like he was being watched and followed. The ally started to get longer, like if there is no end to it. He was very scared.
Kodi began to run with his eyes closed and tears slowly coming down from his eyes. He stopped and opened them. He was out of that ally and calmed down. He gave out a loud sigh of relief. The ally was still dark, but a fog had appeared.
From that fog he started to notice a figure walking slowly to him. The figure slowly started to look like a dog. After a while, he noticed it was limping. Kodi peered his eyes to get a better view of this dog. He was very curious to know who it was now, maybe a teammate or a local dog.
The closer it walked, the more Kodi can see who it was. It started to get bigger and that dog was wider than him. The fog didn't allow Kodi to make anything out of the dogs face.
Kodi stepped closer to see.
"Hello?" he asked. "Who are you?"
The dog stopped for a moment. You can see that the dog's ears stood straight up. It then continued its pace towards Kodi.
Kodi just stood there still waiting for a reply.
After a few more seconds, the dog finally made its way through the ally and it came out of the fog and into view. It looked at Kodi and smiled.
Kodi stood there in shock. He couldn't believe what he saw. It was impossible
No...it-it can't be.
He was speechless for a moment, then after a while, he finally said the brown dog's name.
"Kirby?"