Chapter 2
Harriet flung the door open and stepped into the house. "Dad, I'm home!"
Will was still out cold on the sofa. Harriet approached him and looked at him carefully.
"Dad? Are you asleep, Dad?"
No response.
"I guess you are," Harriet said. "Oh well, time to start making dinner."
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Up in Will's bedroom, Moses still had Jay pinned down in the bed. They were still fully clothed, and they were still shackled together by one wrist. Right now, they were engaged in a long, passionate kiss. Moses slid Jay's jacket upward while caressing his smooth body. Then Moses pulled Jay's collar down as much as he could, then laid some soft kisses on Jay's neck.
Moses hovered over Jay, softly stroking his face. "Now Jay, talk to me."
Jay looked puzzled. "Um...well, when I received the letter from the Oresoren..."
"No, no." Moses cut him off. "Talk dirty."
Jay gasped. "What? How do I do that?"
"Here, listen to me." Moses cleared his throat. "Oh Jay...I want to stroke you up all night long. I want to feel your warm skin, to smell the sweet scent of your hair. Things of that nature. Now you try."
"Y...you're not going to spank me again, are you?"
Moses grinned. "Well, I just might. But don't worry; I'll let you spank me back."
Jay gasped.
"Now come on, Jay!" Moses said. "Tell me that you wanna caress my butt!"
Jay choked up. "N-No! T-There's no way I could do that!"
"What's wrong with caressin' my butt? I've been told that I have a cute butt."
"Told? By whom?"
"By experts."
Jay only looked up in disbelief.
"Why, I'll bet that my butt is even cuter than yours," Moses continued. "And I'm sure you have a cute butt under there, right?"
"Um..."
"Oh fine," Moses said. "Turn over, and I'll caress your butt."
"What? No!" Jay protested.
"You little punk!" Moses grabbed Jay and turned him over, then slapped his rear end again. Jay cried out in response. Moses carefully lowered himself and began to caress Jay's body again.
"Moses...let me go," Jay said softly.
Moses leaned down, whispering into Jay's ear. "Not yet. It's still not enough."
Jay tightly closed his eyes, bracing himself for what would happen next.
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After the sun had set, Harriet sat alone in her room. She still had not heard from Will since she came home. Was Will still napping? Would he nap for this long?
Harriet peeked out of her room. "Dad?"
She went downstairs into the living room, but Will was no longer sleeping on the sofa.
"Dad?" Harriet carefully explored the room when she heard some scratching noises and saw a moving shadow in the kitchen.
"Dad, is that you?" Harriet moved into the kitchen cautiously, and she finally found her father. Will was digging recklessly through the refrigerator with rasping breathing noises.
Right then and there, Harriet knew that something was seriously wrong. "Dad?"
Will dropped some vegetables on the floor and turned to face Harriet. Her suspicions were confirmed upon seeing Will's incredible transformation. Will now had flashing red eyes; his skin had turned black, with long black fur growing from his arms and face. Finally, Will had a mouthful of long, sharp teeth.
Harriet gasped as she staggered backwards. "Dad!"
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Jay still lay on his side in Will's bed, while Moses lay behind him, caressing his body.
"Whew, what a night," Moses said. "And we haven't even taken our clothes off."
Just then, Jay heard the loud roar from downstairs. "Did you hear something?"
Moses slapped his rear end again. "I didn't hear nothin'. Quit tryin' to change the subject."
Jay paused to listen for the noise again.
Moses looked at his shackled wrist. "Y'know, being chained together like this makes it more excitin', don't you think?"
Jay looked at his shackled wrist as well. "Definitely not."
Now they heard a high-pitched scream from downstairs. This time, both Moses and Jay sat up.
"That sounded like Harriet," Jay said.
Moses jumped out of the bed. "We gotta help the little miss! Let's go!"
He ran towards the door; Jay was suddenly yanked to the floor.
"Moses, hold on!" Jay cried as he picked himself up. "Gimme the key."
Moses paused. "What key?"
Jay held up his arm. "The key to this chain!"
"I ain't got no key."
"What!?"
"All right, let's go!" Moses ran out the door this time, dragging Jay once again. Unable to gain his balance, Jay ended up crashing into the wall next to the door.
Harriet screamed as she staggered back into the living room, where she collapsed at the corner. She curled into the fetal position and cowered as the monstrous Will slowly advanced on her. Moses and Jay burst into the room and froze.
"Great Nerifes!" Jay exclaimed.
"What the...!" Moses gasped. "Will??"
Jay pulled out a smoke bomb and hurled it at Will. It bounced off his body then hit the floor, exploding into a cloud of thick smoke. Will turned around and roared loudly, then darted through the smoke, clobbering Jay with a fierce punch. Jay flew backwards into the wall, yanking Moses back as well. As Will advanced on them, Moses quickly slipped around behind Will, wrapping his arms around the monster's neck.
"I got him, Jay!" he called.
Will quickly grabbed Moses and threw him over his shoulder, slamming him into the wall next to Jay.
"I don't got him, Jay..." Moses groaned.
Jay shoved Moses aside. "Move over!"
He rushed behind Will and threw his arms around his neck, while pinning one of Will's arms. Will struggled for a few moments, but Jay held on tightly. After a while, Will's struggles began to subside, and he slowly sank to the floor, where he lay motionless.
"Damn!" Moses cried. "What in the hell just happened?"
Harriet came up to join them. "What did you do to him?"
"It's all right," Jay assured her. "I just had him in a sleeper hold. We should lock him up before he wakes up."
"Right," Moses agreed.
The pair dragged Will downstairs and placed him in one of the jail cells. Then Jay used the set of keys to lock the cell.
"There, that should do it," he said.
He paused as he looked down at the keys. One of them just had to unlock the chain that bound him to the stupid bandit. Frantically, Jay began inserting each of the keys into the keyhole...but none of them seemed to work. Frustrated, Jay jerked the chain on his wrist.
"What're you tryin' to do, Jay?" Moses asked.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" Jay snapped. "Harriet, you must know where Will keeps the key to these shackles."
"Well, that's a really old chain. They don't make them anymore," Harriet said. "There is no key for that one anymore."
"What?"
"I heard that's a really strong chain, too. That's why it went out of style."
Jay let out yet another exasperated sigh.
Moses grinned. "Ha ha, looks like we're stuck like this!"
Jay shot a look at him. "The least you could do is not sound so happy about it!"
"Hey, will you guys knock it off!" Harriet cried. "What do we do about Dad?"
"Hmm..." Jay looked over at Will. "I see the bandages he has on his hand. Do you know what happened?"
"Not really. When I got home, he was asleep on the sofa."
"I see..."
"Wait a minute..." Harriet said. "I do remember him saying that he was going to the Great Hollow with Senel and Shirley to find a rare monster."
"Ah, that makes sense. All right, we'll talk to Senel and Shirley in the morning. I'm sure they know what really happened."
The three nodded, then left the basement, leaving Will alone in the cell.