Time for the last chapter in Gray's story, so let's finish it up, shall we? On to chapter 11!
"Well, it's now or never, let's show him what we're made of!" Crash declared.
"Roger to all other officers, come down to the north end of the city immediately, we have some business to finish up!" Roger called on his radio.
"Well now, two against many isn't really fair, is it?" The Devil reacted, "But, I do love a challenge, so, bring it on."
Gray, Tiger, Cheetah and Crash got into attack stances, ready to attack The Devil at any time. Roger waited in the back for his backup to arrive. Gray made the first move by trying to copy and control The Devil, but was unsuccessful. This time, Gray noticed, that he was much stronger and had a huge aura of darkness surrounding him. The Devil noticed Gray's reaction and smiled, knowing that he knew they stood no chance. Crash, who was completely oblivious why he was smiling, charged at The Devil. The Devil, who was prepared, just stood there and continued to smile. Crash almost got to The Devil until he was blown back by an invisible force. Crash landed on his paws, startled, and glared at The Devil, who was still just standing and smiling. Suddenly, they heard a cry.
"Ahhh! What the heck!" Roger screamed.
Cheetah and Tiger turned back and saw Shadow behind them with Roger in his paws.
"Don't worry, we'll help!" Tiger and Cheetah said in unison.
Cheetah ran right over and bashed into Shadow, knocking Roger out of his grip. After the hit, Shadow dove into the shadows to avoid any more attacks. Gray kept his eyes on The Devil, who had just made his first move. He conjured up a dark energy ball and threw it at Gray. Gray jumped out of the path of the energy ball, but the shock wave blew Gray off his feet. Gray also noted that his energy balls were much bigger than the last time he fought, making him an even bigger threat. Gray quickly got into his feet and tried to think of a plan. Without being able to copy The Devil's power, he was pretty much a sitting duck. Then he realized that he didn't have to copy The Devil's power, but he could copy the others. Gray turned around and scanned the area around him. He copied Tiger's strength, Cheetah's speed and even Shadow's shadow power. Gray turned back with his newfound powers and started attacking The Devil. With the all the powers he had, Gray was able to combine all the powers together and use one ability to help another. Gray dove into the shadows with Shadow's power and was able to move about in the shadows very quickly by using Cheetah's power. Gray, after a mere second, reappeared under The Devil and jumped out to attack him underneath using Tiger's strength. The Devil, however, was anticipating it and jumped to the side. In return, he made a shadow arrow appear and launched it at Gray. Gray dove into the shadows, but realized that his arrows pierced the shadows and just missed Gray's face.
"Hey, two can play that game!" Crash yelled.
Gray jumped back out of the shadows and looked at Crash. Crash had a layer of energy around him, just like armor and prepped a light arrow to throw at The Devil. The Devil was slightly surprised at the sudden burst of energy from Crash and jumped out of the way of the arrow. Gray tried to scan the power Crash had, but like The Devil, he couldn't identify or copy his power.
"What power do you have Crash?" Gray shouted over to him.
"It's a power that the queen granted me to use against powerful demons. She gave me some of her own power" Crash responded.
"Well, you must be the one she sent down to destroy my kind. You know, I was there when that happened, sad really. I would've gotten rid of her earlier if you didn't go to earth. I would've made you one of my best generals." The Devil replied.
"I would never join you, not then, not now!" Crash responded.
With that remark, Crash made another arrow and threw it at The Devil. The Devil dodged it and noticed that Gray was no longer there. Gray came back up right under The Devil and was able to hit The Devil for once. The punch, however, did nothing and, because Gray was now close to The Devil, made Gray an easy target. The Devil smiled, conjured another dark arrow and shot it right at Gray. Gray tried to jump out of the way, but was pierced right through his back right leg. Gray yelped in pain and looked at the wound. Instead of blood, A blackness was left in the wound. Gray tested his leg and found nothing wrong with it and continued to fight. Gray jumped into the shadows once more and tried something new. He tried maneuvering behind The Devil and attack him there, but The Devil seemed he could track Gray in the shadows and threw multiple arrows at Gray, most of them almost hitting him. Gray was surprised and jumped out of the shadows too early, appearing right in front of The Devil. The Devil was ready and had a energy ball pre-charged, ready to launch at Gray. Gray closed his eyes and was expecting pain, but Crash threw a energy spear right at the ball and it exploded, hurting The Devil and blew Gray back a bit, right out of The Devil's reach.
Meanwhile, Shadow and the duo were trading spots at the upper hand. After a few minutes of observing, Roger noticed that Shadow could only dive into the shadowy areas. Knowing this fact, he used his floodlight and his vehicle lights to illuminate Tiger and Cheetah constantly. Shadow was annoyed because he couldn't get anywhere close to the duo, forcing him to get out of the shadows early to attack. Shadow would jump out occasionally to attack, but after a few attempts, Cheetah was able to run into Shadow and while he was still recovering, Tiger ran up and punched him, causing Shadow to cough up blood. Shadow growled, and dove back into the shadows. Soon enough, Roger heard other vehicles behind him and Roger smiled, knowing it was his police force.
"We came as soon as we could. What do you want us to do sir?" an officer asked.
"I want to you turn on your floodlights and point it at the ground, all of you!" Roger commanded.
The other officers were confused at this strange command, but obeyed it and pointed their floodlights on the ground. Because of this, Shadow's position was now illuminated, forcing him out of the shadows. Shadow was shocked and found he was unable to do anything.
"Men, whatever you do, do not let that pup out of your light!" Roger commanded again.
Shadow now had lights constantly pointed at him, making him completely powerless. He gave his father a look of despair, but realized that his father was busy dealing with Gray and Crash. Shadow turned back around and found Tiger right in his face and punched him right into the wall. With that, Shadow fell unconscious. With Shadow dealt with, They could now focus on The Devil. Gray noticed that his copied shadow ability was now gone and noticed Shadow unconscious. Gray cursed and jumped out of an incoming attack from The Devil. Tiger and Cheetah now joined the fight, but had no idea what The Devil's strengths were. They figured that his powers were similar to Shadow and could deal with him the same way they dealt with Shadow. The whole police force were now also surrounding The Devil with no chance of escape. Gray and Crash tried to attack The Devil, but The Devil dodged every single attack. The Devil seemed to be wearing out, and Gray hoped soon that he would be too tired to fight. Gray looked at his wound from earlier and noticed that it was slowly spreading up his leg and onto his back. Gray also noticed that his own power was slowly diminishing, as if the blackness was sucking out all his power.
"Hmm, it looks like I need to even the playing field" The Devil thought.
"What do you mean?" Crash asked suspiciously.
Instead of responding, The Devil released an energy wave and created a massive barrier around the entire field. The inside immediately filled with darkness and none of the pups could see their paws in front of their faces. There were multiple questions asked from the pups but no one could hear anything other than their own voice. Gray looked around in the darkness, trying to move. He ran in one direction, hoping he would charge out of the barrier, but it seemed as if it went on forever.
"Welcome to my personally created hell!"The Devil announced.
Gray growled and started to run in one direction once more, but it seemed as if he was on a treadmill. Gray stopped after tiring himself out and sat down to rest. He quickly realized that the room was slowly draining his energy and cursed at wasting his energy so early. Gray figured that he would be an easy target and was expecting pain. After a few seconds, he heard multiple screams and yelps around him, most of them were from the police units. Gray was soon completely drained and barely had the energy to get up. Gray suddenly heard a yelp from a pup he did know and it was from Cheetah.
"Don't...hurt….him" Gray gasped.
After Cheetah, he heard Tiger yelp and soon after, Roger. Then, he heard a shatter followed by a thud. Each yelp hurt Gray mentally and felt like he was a failure to his promise to Lion. The room suddenly disappeared and Gray could finally see what was around him. He saw The Devil and Shadow standing there, all refreshed and ready to fight. The room had drained their energy, but had healed the enemy. Gray mustered enough energy to sit up and look at the other pups. He saw all the other officers down on the ground, most of them were unconscious and the ones who were conscious were just like him, breathing heavily, barely able to sit up. He saw Cheetah also on the ground, but had multiple claw marks on his pelt, the most noticeable was the huge gash on his face, running from the top of his muzzle to the chin. Tiger was also clawed up really badly and was bleeding everywhere and, just like his brother, was lying there unconscious. Crash's energy armor was broken and its pieces were scattered all over the floor. Crash had sustained the most amount of damage with a noticeable slash on his throat, dead. After Gray scanned the scene, he realized how lucky he was, but the darkness from the wound in his leg had spread up to his chest and neck.
"Well then, now that your friends are all down, why don't you hand me the necklace?" The Devil asked politely.
Gray growled at The Devil, showing no sign that he would give in. The scene was just enough to make Gray mad once more and his eyes became a deep red.
"Well now, here comes your dark side. I don't think it's going to be a problem" The Devil commented.
Gray scanned The Devil once more, but was still unable to copy his power. Since Tiger and Cheetah were unconscious, he was unable to copy their power and the power of shadow diving would not be useful. Gray got up onto his feet, letting the dark energy consume him to turn it into power he could use. Gray concentrated on the darkness within and soon enough, he had a full coat of black fur. Gray felt something awaken inside, a void inside of him for blood. He growled again at the Devil, this time more ferociously, and jumped at him with amazing speed. The Devil was not phased, however, and dodged the attack.
"You think you can use the darkness against me? I rule over the darkness, I control it, therefore I control you! You stand no chance!" The Devil told Gray.
Gray made no comment and jumped at The Devil again and again, every jump Gray missed and The Devil started to get bored.
"Enough of this, I'm ending you this right now" The Devil said, yawning.
The Devil conjured a massive energy ball and threw it at Gray. Gray took the hit head on, consuming him in the process. Gray felt pain in every inch of fur on his body. After the ball dispersed, Gray was wounded with multiple cuts and gashes, bleeding out everywhere.
"Now, time to take the necklace" Shadow commented.
"No...you're...not" Gray spoke between gasps.
"Well, you have no way of fighting back, do you?" Shadow mocked.
"There's still something I can do" Gray responded.
Gray, using all the rest of his energy, took the necklace and put it in his mouth, the centerpiece between his teeth.
"No! Stop him!" The Devil cried.
Shadow tried to grab the necklace out of Gray's mouth, but Gray had already crushed the necklace. The blue swirl wrapped around Gray and a blue ball formed around Gray. The Devil growled and fired multiple blasts at the ball, hoping it would penetrate it, but all of his shots bounced right off. Gray emerged from the blue ball, but Gray looked different. Instead of the Gray coat of fur, he now had a split of black fur on the right and pure white fur on the left. Gray's eye color was also different, now he had a red eye on the dark side and a light blue eye on the light side. Gray looked at his new form, surprised. Gray also felt a new power that he had never felt before. He felt the same power that his mother had, but also a darkness in him, just like The Devil. The Devil started to growl at Gray.
"If I can't have the queen's power, then no one can!" The Devil declared.
The Devil created another room of darkness around him, trying to surround Gray in darkness. Gray ducked for cover, expecting to be in pitch black once more and attacked out of nowhere, but Gray soon realized that he could see clearly, no sign of darkness anywhere. He could map the movement of The Devil and when he started to attack, Gray was ready. Gray blocked all of The Devil's attacks and The Devil realized that he was no longer draining energy from Gray and Gray was no longer blinded by the darkness he had created.
"You still have darkness in you, I can still control your dark side like before!" The Devil yelled.
"I won't fall, I will protect the world from ever falling into your hands!" Gray howled back.
The Devil made an energy ball once more and threw it at Gray. Gray tried the same and created a tiny energy sphere. The dark energy ball hit Gray right in the chest and knocked Gray back. Gray growled and tried again. He focused on the ball and the ball he created was much bigger than his first attempt, but was nowhere near the size of The Devils. Gray attempted to throw it at The Devil, but he knocked it away as if it was a flea. Gray realized that even though he had a power surge, he still could not control it, and he assumed that powers such as creating an energy ball took time to learn how to conjure one up.
"How pathetic, you still don't know how to use your power, nor will you ever find out!" The Devil called.
Gray cursed and tried to start another ball. Each ball was draining Gray's energy and he could feel himself getting tired out, but he had to try. Gray got to the same size as before, but a sharp pain came from his side. Gray yelped and lost focus, losing the energy ball. He turned and saw Shadow there with his claws stained with blood. Gray looked at his side and there was a huge gash and was bleeding out furiously. Gray glared at Shadow, then back at The Devil, both of them were grinning. Gray knew that he was about to face both of them with a side wound, so he needed to come up with a plan fast. Gray thought, and realized that if Crash had the power of the queen, then maybe he could do the same. Gray concentrated and was able to make a set of energy armor around him. It took much less energy to conjure and Gray was slightly relieved. He needed to get rid of Shadow first so he can focus on facing The Devil, but had no way of fighting Shadow. Shadow dove into the ground and started to move. Gray started to focus once more on making an arrow this time and was successful. He looked around for Shadow and saw Shadow running around underneath him thanks to the darkness inside of him. Shadow reappeared right behind him, but Gray smiled, for he saw where Shadow was going. He spun around and pierced Shadow right in the chest. Shadow fell back, wounded, and clutched his chest. The energy arrow had disintegrated and left a stab wound in Shadow's chest. Shadow was now down and out, leaving The Devil alone. The Devil glared at Shadow, quietly cursing about how stupid his son was. Gray noticed that he was starting to wear out from creating all the energy balls. The Devil created an dark arrow this time, clearly trying to conserve energy and shot it at Gray. Gray countered it with his own arrow. The two arrows collided and created a shock wave, knocking both dogs back a few inches. Both dogs were panting hard yet none of them seemed to be willing surrender. Gray charged at The Devil, claws out and ready to cut into The Devil's fur and The Devil barely dodged Gray's attack. He countered with his own slash, making contact with Gray's back leg. Gray yelped again and landed hard on his side. Gray got up and continued to fight The Devil, but Gray now had a limp and was unable to maneuver around The Devil's attacks. The Devil made another arrow and shot it at Gray. Gray tried to jump out of the way, but the arrow landed right into the open wound in Gray's side. Gray yelped once more, but was still standing, grimacing at the pain.
"You can't win, give up, let me kill you" The Devil said.
"I will never quit, I will continue fighting until I die" Gray responded.
The Devil growled and made a huge energy ball, expending all his energy. Gray knew that he was unable to dodge this attack, and was starting to think that he would actually die here. Then, Gray had an idea. The Devil launched his attack and it exploded right at Gray's position. The Devil, who was was breathing hard, smiled and started to walk away. Gray suddenly appeared right in front of The Devil and clawed at his throat, leaving a huge mark. The Devil staggered back, clutching his neck.
"How did you do that? You were a sitting duck!" The Devil asked.
"I still have my powers from before. While you used your energy to make the ball, I copied Shadow's power and dove under to avoid your attack" Gray responded.
"Grrrrrr, I won't die here" The Devil told Gray and teleported out.
"Well, if you won't die here, then you will die sometime, and I will kill you" Gray replied.
Gray walked over to his friends who were lying on the ground, all of them had regained consciousness and was watching Gray from afar. Gray had turned back into his usual form. But still retained the wounds he had sustained.
"You really did a number to him, wherever he his, I don't think he's living, no matter what he is" Tiger commented.
"Well, it's not like I didn't get hurt, he got me pretty good too. How are you guys holding up?" Gray questioned the group.
"Well, since all of us are hurt pretty bad, why don't we go to my wife's clinic. She's a nurse and can treat our wounds" Roger suggested.
"Wait, didn't you say your wife was having a puppy?" Gray asked Roger.
"Yes I did, and she's already had them. Best day of my life" Roger replied dreamily.
"Is she fine with helping out alley dogs since you catch and imprison our kind?" Cheetah asked suspiciously.
"You guys helped me, the least I could do is to treat your wounds" Roger responded.
"What are we going to do about the others that didn't make it, like…" Tiger asked, hesitating.
"We have a special ceremony for those that died honorably. Crash could be apart of it, if you alley pups don't have anything else to do with him" Roger replied.
"Well, we do have a ritual to send off dead alley pups, but he doesn't have a gang, nor do any of the other alley pups want to participate or even show up" Cheetah told Roger.
"Well, first thing next morning, we'll gather all the bodies up and have that ceremony" Roger suggested. "Let's head to the clinic to get ourselves fixed up."
Meanwhile in another alley, The Devil was lying on the floor, bleeding out everywhere.
"Shadow, I don't think I will live through this. Tell me, have I ever told you about the Devil's curse?" The Devil asked Shadow.
"The Devil's curse? No, you haven't. What is it?" Shadow replied, confused.
"The Devil's curse is whenever I die, whoever killed me will inherit my power and become The Devil once the power overcomes them. If I die now, Gray will inherit my power and I know for a fact that he will be able to contain it, so I need you to kill me" The Devil explained.
"So you want me to kill you? I can't do that, you're my father!" Shadow pleaded.
"I didn't raise a coward, did I? I need you, no, I command you to kill me to take on Gray" The Devil commanded.
"I don't know about this" Shadow pleaded once more.
"Shadow, I don't have much time, do it now, or else you won't get another chance" The Devil threatened.
"Fine, but after, I'm going to kill Gray and rip him limb from limb for making me kill my own father" Shadow replied.
The Devil smiled and closed his eyes. Shadow came up to The Devil and broke his neck, killing him instantly. Shadow felt a rush of power come to him, feeling the dark energy consume him.
"Gray, you better watch out, I'm coming for you" Shadow howled.
Gray and his friend had just arrived at the clinic and Roger had asked his wife to tend to his friends. She took one look at his friends and glared back at her husband. She whispered something into Roger's ear, and Roger responded that they helped him, and he wouldn't be alive if they didn't help. She finally caved and told each of them to get onto a bed. She started at Roger, bandaging every wound, making sure each one of them were clean and disinfected. She repeated this procedure until she got to Gray.
"Oh my god, you are extremely hurt, I need more than bandages for this" she said.
"It's not that bad, really. It doesn't hurt at all" Gray responded.
"That wound in your side one hundred percent needs stitches. I'll go get a doctor to do that for you. After, we'll put bandages on the rest of the wounds and your torn up leg" She commented on his wounds.
Gray sighed, but gave in. He couldn't really do anything about his wounds, so he just let the nurse take care of it. Gray lied in the bed until he felt a touch on his side. He gritted his teeth as it stung.
"Don't move too much. I know it hurts, but in order to get stitches, it needs to be clean" The nurse told Gray.
Gray nodded and grimaced. After a few seconds and many rubs, the stinging went away. Then he noticed another dog with a pack on his back.
"Don't worry, it will only sting for a bit longer" the doctor told Gray.
Gray felt a bit more pain in his side, but not nearly as painful as the alcohol solution. Gray waited as the doctor closed the wound using his pack. Soon, the doctor finished the stitching and told the nurse that she could start on bandaging. The nurse nodded and went back up to Gray.
"Alright, time to bandage your leg. Try not to use your leg too much, and if your side wound reopens, come back immediately" the nurse advised.
"It's getting late honey, we need to get back to the pup" Roger notified his wife.
"I know, but I can't leave Gray here like this" his wife responded.
"Then why don't we let Gray sleep at our place? You can treat his wounds there" Roger suggested.
"Well, I guess" his wife responded, then glared at Gray. "You won't break anything, or hurt our pup, right?"
"I won't, promise. When's the party by the way?" Gray responded.
"He knows? How did he know? Did you invite him?" Roger's wife asked Roger sternly.
"Well, kinda, he helped me a lot" Roger admitted.
"Well, I don't want you there. You're an alley pup, so I don't trust you" Roger's wife responded.
Gray rolled his eyes and Roger's wife helped Gray onto the floor. Roger got up on his own and started to walk to his truck. Gray got up to the truck and was about to jump on until Roger's wife told him not to. She got a ramp from the back and Gray walked up the ramp. Gray didn't like being watched over, but it was better than being dead. Roger started the engine and started to drive back to their home. Gray looked out into the night sky at the stars where his mother is. Gray was surprised how long the fight took and wondered how they even had enough stamina to last the whole day. Gray yawned and started to drift off into dreamland when he suddenly felt a sharp pain on his face.
"Don't fall asleep, stay awake" Roger's wife told Gray in a monotone voice.
"Ow, that hurt, why did you slap me?" Gray asked, rubbing his cheek.
"Because I don't want you sleeping, easy at that" Roger's wife replied.
After a while of driving, Roger finally went up a driveway of a small house surrounded with a ton of trees. Roger and his wife helped Gray down and walked into their house. Gray looked around the house. The house was made out of wood, most likely the cheapest house they could find, but had a cozy cabin feeling about it. Roger walked up to the fireplace and started a fire. Gray watched as Roger poked at the wood inside the fireplace and walked up to Roger. Gray lied down and watched the fire as it crackled.
"I'll go get Kristi to finish up your bandaging" Roger told Gray as he was walking away.
Gray continued to stare at the fire until he heard mewling right next to him. He looked and saw a tiny puppy nuzzling right into his good side. Gray smiled and wrapped his tail around him. The tiny pup smiled, yawned and slept right next to Gray. Gray watched his chest rise and fall, it was the most adorable thing he had ever seen. Gray watched for a while until Roger and Kristi ran into his room, frantically looking for their son. They found him sleeping in Gray's fur, and watched as well. Kristi smiled for once and started working on Gray's leg, trying not to disturb the sleeping pup.
"Roger, have you thought of a name yet?" Kristi asked Roger.
"Not yet, I haven't had any time to think about it. Maybe Paul or Kyle or something" Roger suggested.
"I don't like those names. Try giving it more thought" Kristi suggested.
Roger rolled his eyes and nodded, sitting down next to his wife and tried to think of a good name. Suddenly, they heard a voice from above.
"I've finally found you Gray!" the voice spoke.
From the shadows, Shadow appeared right in front of them. Gray recognized Shadow, but now he had a messier coat of fur and his eyes were filled with madness.
"Roger, Kristi, get your pup out of here, now!" Gray commanded.
Kristi grabbed the pup, who had just woke up and started to cry, and ran to the second floor with Roger following. Gray growled at Shadow and scanned him for his power. When he scanned Shadow, however, he morphed back into his godly form, notifying him that Shadow had somehow inherited a strong power, most likely The Devil's power. Gray glared at Shadow and Shadow conjured up 5 energy balls and threw them at Gray simultaneously. Gray dodged all of them, noting that Shadow was still learning his power as well, and threw back an energy spear. The spear clipped Shadow's ear and stuck onto the ceiling. Gray knew that it would be a bad idea to fight inside the house and needed to get Shadow out. Fortunately, Shadow was only after Gray, and Gray ran out with Shadow following. Gray soon realized he made a giant mistake. Outside, there was darkness everywhere, and since Shadow could use that to his advantage, gave him a disadvantage. Gray watched at Shadow dove into the shadows and popped out right next to Gray. He slashed at Gray, reopening the wound, causing Gray to yelp. Gray cursed and concentrated. He figured that if The Devil could create rooms, it was also possible to create his own rooms of light. Gray focused and a small room of light formed around him. It was just centimeters away from his fur, but it created a small barrier that Shadow didn't want to touch. Shadow growled maniacally and dove right at Gray. Gray jumped out of the room, leaving Shadow inside. Shadow squinted his eyes and started flailing wildly. Gray realized that in the room, Shadow was blinded, just like the darkness and was draining Shadow's power to heal Gray. Gray used this to start clawing at Shadow, leaving major marks. Just like before, Shadow lost his stamina extremely quickly, and Gray noticed that his power was starting to diminish. Shadow fell on the ground, but then started to laugh.
"Heh, I will get my revenge, one way or another" Shadow laughed, and dove into the shadows.
Gray felt a sudden burst of energy from Shadow and frantically looked around trying to think what he meant about revenge. Then, Gray heard Kristi scream. Gray ran into the house and up the stairs, seeing Shadow standing there on top Kristi, who was bleeding out.
"I will kill everyone who was your friend, and I will start with this family!" Shadow yelled.
"Gray growled and pounced at Shadow who had dove into the shadows again. He reappeared behind him and charged into the room next to Kristi. Gray immediately looked into the room and saw Roger standing in front of their pup who was still crying. Shadow grinned and charged at them with a giant spear ready to pierce through the both of them. Roger stood there, picked up his pup and turned his back, ready to die protecting his son, but the pain never came. Roger took a look back and saw Gray with the spear in his back, penetrating though his back to his chest. Gray stood there, gritting his teeth and the spear disintegrated, leaving a giant open wound in Gray's chest.
"Well, you're willing to sacrifice your life to save them? I'll still kill them anyways!" Shadow yelled again.
"No, you won't!" Gray shouted back and created a massive room of light. Shadow was blinded and stumbled around. Gray took aim with another arrow and shot it straight through Shadow's chest, piercing through his darkness filled heart and killed him instantly. Shadow fell with a surprised look and dissolved away. The black particles that Shadow had turned into surrounded Gray and entered his body. Gray felt the dark energy consume him, but the light inside of him resisted the darkness from spreading. Gray had taken a lethal blow in the chest, and Kristi was not able to tend to Gray's wound. Gray fell on the ground next to Roger, gasping for air. Gray knew that he was going to die, but smiled as he had protected his friend one last time.
"Gray! Oh no! You're bleeding everywhere! I need to get bandages!" Roger yelled frantically.
"You won't be able to help. By the time you get back, I'll be dead. Stay by my side, will you?" Gray asked.
"Yes, anything. You've helped me so much and I had never done anything for you. Wait, I know, you can name our pup!" Roger suggested as he put the pup down.
"I couldn't, it's your pup, I have no right to name him" Gray gasped.
"You have all the rights in the world. If I could, I would give him to you in compensation" Roger replied.
"Heh," Gray laughed, "well, if you want me to name him, I have a name in mind. How about…" Gray told Roger as he coughed. "How about, Chase?"
"Chase, I like it!" Roger replied.
Gray smiled and looked at the little pup. He was wagging his tiny tail and nuzzled Gray. He tugged on Gray's ear, trying to get him to play. Chase growled playfully, batting at Gray's ear and rolled around, tugging at it. Gray looked at Chase with kind eyes and said his goodbyes to Roger and the duo back in the hospital. Right after Gray said his goodbyes, Gray closed his eyes for the last time and died, smiling. The little pup stared at Gray, trying to get him to move again, but with no prevail. Chase licked Gray a couple more time until he started to cry again. Roger picked up Chase and walked him back to his mother. Kristi had gotten bandages and bound her wounds.
"Gray's dead, isn't he" Kristi asked solemnly.
"Yes he is. He named our pup though as a last gift to him" Roger told Kristi.
"What did he name him?" Kristi asked.
"Chase" Roger replied.
"Chase, I like that name, almost reminds me of you when we got married!" Kristi said as she smiled.
"Yea, I guess it does" Roger replied, smiling as well.
From then on, Roger gathered the bodies of his dead comrades and friends, Gray being one of them. Tiger and Cheetah were now able to walk and after finding out that Gray had died, they mourned for him and decided to participate in the ceremony. Gray and Crash were given multiple awards for the services they had provided and the medals were placed inside the casket they were held in. Once that was done and all the speeches were made and after many tears shed, They were buried under the ground with statues made for both of them in their honor erected after a few weeks after their funeral. Tiger and Cheetah were offered positions in the K-9 unit, which both of them accepted as most of the alley dogs were dead and they had no where to go to. Kristi was rushed to the emergency room after the fight and was lucky enough to survive the attack without any major damage. The darkness had disappeared because Shadow was the one who killed Gray, and Gray had killed Shadow, leaving the power to die away with Gray, and so the darkness had been lifted and was no longer a threat... or at least the pups all thought.
So this marks the end or Gray's story, but there is still one more part of this story that will complete this story. Anyways, hope you enjoyed Gray's story arc and like always, comment, grammar, thanks for reading!