Chapter 7:
The Trap.
When Max and Phoenix got to the basement Benji was gone. 'Where the hell did he go?' Max thought to himself.
"Wait here." He said to Phoenix.
"Where are you going?" Phoenix asked.
"I am going to look for Benji." Max said as he started walking up the basement stairs, and headed outside to look for Benji.
"Benji where are you?!" He yelled. He continued this for about five or six minutes before heading back inside to talk to Phoenix. When he got down the stairs he looked for phoenix.
"Where has she gone?" Max wondered aloud, as he turned to look under the stair he saw something that almost made him cry.
"No." he said. "What happened?" he asked as he walked over to his friend's limp and bleeding body. "Phoenix?" Max whispered into the dogs ear. The dog continued to not move. "Phoenix come on get up." Max said softly hoping that she'd listen.
"She isn't going to move for a while." Benji said.
"What did you do to her?" Max said as he bared his teeth.
"Nothing much." Benji replied. "What shall we do with her body?" he asked.
"Nothing, you're not going to live long enough to do anything else to Phoenix or use her for any more things!" Max replied angrily.
Benji just raised an eyebrow.
"Oh yea, how so, and what are you going to do to stop me?" Benji asked.
Max took a step closer to Benji.
"You wouldn't do it. Without me you would have nothing left."
"Phoenix is gone! There is nothing else to take away from me!" Max barked.
"You can't kill me! and what about food, shelter, and a place to work?" Benji laughed. "And what about your family?"
"I don't care about all that, all I cared about was Phoenix, she was my friend, and now she's gone!" Max shouted.
"So? There's no reason to keep her alive anymore she was just curious trash!" Benji exclaimed. After Benji said this he knew that he had hit a personal feeling within Max. Benji now knew that Max was severely angry and he could see the fire in his eyes. Max started to get a little closer to Benji backing him into a corner.
"I'm your friend, you wouldn't hurt me…" Benji said getting a little nervous.
"I was never your friend; I was forced to work with you! My only real friend was Phoenix; she truly was beside me while you continuously used me." Max said as he got a little closer to Benji now fully trapping him in the corner and beside a cart full of experimental syringes. He had an idea, Max leapt at Benji's throat but Benji grabbed the small cart with his teeth and threw it at him. The cart hit Max and Benji took this as an escape as Max hit the floor. Benji jumped away from Max, but Max saw straight through his plan and jumped up to grab Benji's tail, and as Max clenched his jaw shut he heard Benji yelp. Max pulled on his tail and threw Benji at the shelves full of sharp objects. And the shelf fell.
Max ran to Phoenix and scooped her up onto his back. Max heard Phoenix moan.
Max gasped.
"Phoenix! You're okay!" Max said excitedly with tears of joy in his eyes.
"Mm ot..." Phoenix moaned.
"What?" Max asked softly.
"Be-hind...you." Phoenix spoke weakly.
Max looked behind him and he couldn't believe his eyes. Benji was still alive. Benji got out from the fallen shelf with many large cuts and some needles and knives stuck in him.
"No way." Max gasped.
"I told you... You can't get rid of me!" Benji laughed demonically.
Max put Phoenix down softly.
Phoenix whined from the stinging pain.
"I'm sorry. I'm going to fix this once and for all." Max whispered into Phoenix's ear.
She opened her eyes slightly.
"I love you Max." Phoenix said weakly then her gases started coming out of her.
Max had a tear in his eye.
"I love you too."
Max turned around to see Benji charge towards him and Phoenix.
"She was the key. I've got what I needed. So if you want to go down with her... SO BE IT!" Benji shouted.
Phoenix was giving off more gas than usual now... And Max could smell it.
Phoenix was half awake now, and now she could really feel the pain soak in. She whined loudly. Max looked quickly at her. Benji ran to hit Max from the side...