Chapter Four; Just A Little Bit of Luck
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Harry had woke up the following morning, showered, got dressed into his uniform, and started driving on his way to work. However he had not counted on being stuck in traffic for over an hour, so he had to call his boss to let him know that he would be late. "Hey David it's Harry, I haven't made it off the freeway yet so I'm afraid that I'm going to be late. Traffic's fucking crazy today." He told him when suddenly the cars began to move a little bit so he stepped on the gas pedal only to put on his brakes a few seconds later.
"I mean we're moving but it's so slow that I think a snail just passed me. I wish there was a spell for this right now because I'm sick and tired of dealing with this shit. I think there must be an accident or something." He said stepping on the gas pedal again and barely touching the brake before he continued moving alternating between pedals. "By the way excuse my French I know it really isn't very Christian like of me, but try sitting in traffic for over an hour wearing leather pants. It really starts to ride up around your crotch." He explained putting on his brakes again.
"That's alright Harry, I just hope that you can make it here soon. We got an emergency." David told him as he stomped on the gas pedal and accelerated for a few seconds before stopping again.
"What are you talking about?" Harry asked him anxiously.
"I'm afraid that we're looking at an abuse case here. It's a Chinese Fireball dragling. We found him being illegally owned out in a cage in somebody's backyard and now he's very skinny and all covered in feces." He said.
"Oh good Lord." Harry said stepping on the gas again. "I'll be there as soon I can I promise. Just as I get out of this." He told him as he put on his brakes once again. "Which it looks like I might finally be able to in a moment." He said.
"Thanks a lot Harry, see you soon." He said as Harry hung up and stomped on the gas pedal as soon as he had the chance lowering his foot to the floor while trying to pass the car in front of him before stopping for a moment to slow down and gently accelerating again. "It's about time." He said to himself when suddenly it started pouring rain. "Oh c'mon! Really!?" he yelled before he turned on his windshield wipers and squinted to see through it.
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Harry quickly pulled into the parking lot and parked his car before putting his hood up and turning off the engine. He quickly grabbed his keys out of the ignition and threw off his seat belt and quickly ran a crossed the gravel and over to the building. Once he got inside he removed his hood and came face to face with Aaron. "Hey Harry where have you been?" he questioned him.
"Hell." He replied. "Where's the baby dragon?" he asked him.
"In urgent care. C'mon." Aaron told him as Harry placed his keys inside his back pocket while his friend and coworker led him to the dragon hospital. Harry's heart sunk at the sight of the poor infant inside the carrier on top of the counter. He was the skinniest and dirtiest dragon that he had ever seen.
"I can't believe how sick some people are. He looks awful." He said.
"I know. If our rescue team didn't show up when they did, he probably would have died." Aaron told him as Harry unhitched the cage.
"Come here little guy, I'm not going to hurt you. I promise." He reassured him soothingly but the tiny baby just simply slunk back into the corner and screeched. "Oh you poor thing, you're shaking all over. I don't blame you one bit though. I mean how do I expect you to trust humans after what somebody did to you?" he questioned him before he turned over to look at Aaron.
"Stay here with him and get him some water. I'm going to cut up some crickets for him. I'm not sure if he'll eat and I'm not going to force him but I've got to try. I just can't let him die." He said before he turned around and walked out of the room as Aaron filled up a tiny dish of water.
"Alright little guy, here's some nice fresh water for you." He began as he set the bowl down in front of the carrier. "Harry's going to take care of you and make you all better I promise." He told him when slowly the baby dragon started to stand up before wobbling outside of his carrier and bending over to lap up the water with his tongue. "There, you see? Don't you feel better now?" Aaron questioned him with a warm and loving smile. The dragling stopped drinking and looked up at him before Harry returned with the bowl of crickets.
"Here you go baby, here's some food for you to eat. And once you trust us enough we'll give you a nice warm bath." He told him while placing the food in front of him. "I hope the person who owned him gets arrested for what they've done to him, or even worse. I mean where is his mother anyway?" he wondered.
"Nobody knows. It's a miracle this little guy even survived in the first place for being in the kind of shape he's in." Aaron told him.
"Yeah, he's a very lucky little guy to be alive that's for sure. Hey, that's it. That's what I'll call him." He began with a wide grin. "Lucky, what a perfect name for him." He said as Lucky bent down again and started chewing on his crickets.
"That is a pretty good name for him. Of course I'm afraid that without his mother he won't be able to be rehabilitated and released back into the wild." Aaron said.
"Well then I'll be his mother and take care of him. Or father I suppose." He began. "I'll take care of him and love him like he deserves to be loved. In the meantime we just have to hope and pray that he makes it." He said.
"Oh with you taking care of him, I have no doubt in my mind that he will." Aaron told him while the two of them smiled down at the infant as he continued eating his crickets.
