The years had not been too kind to Lila, at least not mentally. After the death of Bingo, Lila would refuse to grow too attached to anyone else, out of fear that they too would die and leave her all alone again. To some she became friendly but remained distant to a degree and to others, she was cold and very distant. Chucky had told her that Bluey was responsible for the death of Bingo, while she originally had doubts about these claims they would unfortunately be confirmed by the parents of the other students and eventually Lila's own mother who had spoken with Chilli. Similarly to Chucky, Lila had developed a hatred of Bluey, unlike the labrador retriever, she only had one goal in mind: to make Bluey suffer for her crime against Bingo.
However on today of all days Lila seemed a bit happier than she had been feeling in years, she had a goal to get to Bluey and cause her to have a horrible death. Lila herself doesn't directly murder anyone, she'd receive bladed weapons in the past anonymously and she even managed to make one herself that had managed to scare a few dogs away from her. She even witnessed the deaths of a few and became desensitized towards their deaths, but she was never the one to plunge the blade into their bodies. Despite this, some other dogs around her age either stayed on friendly terms, or learned that this 15 year old was associated with danger at times. Unfortunately for Bluey, she'd be the closest that Lila would come to murder, but anything Lila could dish out would be too quick for Bluey, she would most likely be dead within the next hour if she bled out, something that wouldn't satisfy the young maltese. She would then come up with a plan that would involve Bluey's suffering, something that would be drawn out and probably couldn't be traced back to her. After preparing, she would wait for Bluey's parents, Bandit specifically, to be away from their home, then she would overwhelm and capture Bluey with someone's help and tie her up, and abandon her in the middle of the desert. But who would help with a vile idea? Someone she once helped who held a grudge against someone else and managed to kill their target: Jasper G.
Jasper G is a doberman that became good friends with Lila after Bingo's death. Over the years he would gain an intense hatred for another student, Banjo. This other dog was a new student at their kindy who bullied Bingo and the other students but had eventually managed to become friends with the red heeler. Recently, Banjo would manage to win the heart of someone Jasper had interest in. This along with Banjo's past would be enough reason for Jasper to snap and want this poor dog dead. "So, you mean you actually want to kill someone? Over a girl, isn't that a pretty stupid reason?" Lila asked him. He shook his head and growled at her "It's no different than you wanting Bingo's sister dead, just give me something, anything that I can use to get Banjo out of the picture" Jasper would respond. Lila tilted her head "Fine, but if you get caught then I had nothing to do with this. You try throwing me under the bus and I'll make sure the wheels hit you" she threatened him. "Don't expect anything grand, just know that it will get the job done, you should find him before I come back if you're really going to go through with this…like some kind of psycho" Jasper rolled his eyes "You're the one who gets weapons mysteriously, and instead of reporting them to the police you keep them yet you call me the psycho?" Lila glared at his remark "Do you want my help or not? Besides it's only like five different knives" Jasper groaned "Fine, I'll shut up" Lila nodded then left. In the meantime Jasper would frequent the places where Banjo would hang out after school. Lila knew he had unbelievably dumb reasons for killing someone else, especially when there were other ways he could try to get the girl that Banjo was now dating, but she decided to use this to her advantage.
She would find Jasper hours later and hand him something small and wrapped up in some cloth. Jasper would begin to unwrap it"This is…a box cutter?" Lila nodded "I told you not to expect something grand" she rolled her eyes. He shrugged and smiled before he rewrapped it "By the way-" She spoke before he could leave "You will owe me a small favor for this" he raised an eyebrow "Oh yeah?" She nodded "While I don't want to kill someone, I do want them to die" Jasper smiled "So you want me to kill someone else?" She seemed bothered by how willing he was to kill "No, I just can't pull off what I need to do alone" Jasper blinked "I'm only 15, too young to drive" Lila chuckled a little "So killing is fine, but underaged driving is crossing the line for you?" Jasper sighed "Alright fine, but whatever you want I don't want to be connected to it" She nodded "Then just call me sis while we carry out the plan, we need to get this done today by the way" Lila began to walk away from him. After Lila was gone, Jasper would smirk at the box cutter he held in his hand "Now to find Banjo…"
Within the next few hours, Lila heard sirens going off from her room and some other dogs outside in a panic. She looked at a photo of her and Bingo that her mother had taken "Heh. Don't worry Bingo, once everything here is finished, you'll be avenged" she was approached by her brother "Hey Lila, mum asked if you're going to be home in time for dinner tonight?" Lila smiled at her younger brother "Oh, tell her I might be out late with a few friends, so she doesn't have to worry about making me a plate" her brother nodded "Alright sis" he nodded and left her room. It didn't take long, Lila heard tapping on the glass of her bedroom window. She looked outside to see Jasper, who was catching his breath and waving at her "What do you want?" she asked. After a few more seconds of panting Jasper stood up straight "I did it…that bastard is dead" Lila's eyes widened "You mean, you actually killed Banjo?" Jasper smiled and nodded "Got him right below the stomach, you should've seen his blood gushing out! Oh and all his-" "QUIET!" Lila gagged at the thought "I don't need to know your details…how did the police not catch you?" Jasper shrugged "I mean, it's a bit hard to catch someone when the only witness is their girlfriend and you're wearing a mask" Lila shuddered at the thought. "Anyways I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but even I know if youre going to do something pretty fucked up, you gotta be smart about it" he said with a huge grin on his face. "Wait outside, I need to let my mum know I'm leaving" Jasper nodded and waited at the house's front door.
After Lila spoke to her mother she would exit carrying a small black plastic bag, then she would walk to Jasper who led her to a van "Who is this for?" She asked. He would open the door and get in the driver's seat "My older brother, he told me he was going to get rid of it, that's why he let me drive it. He also said if I get caught or get in any accidents, it's not his concern." Lila raised an eyebrow "Your brother sounds a bit messed up" Jasper shrugged "Who needs brothers anyway?" Lila rolled her eyes "Unlike you, I care about mine" He laughed a bit before he started to drive, he then looked at her "Where are we going anyway?" Lila looked around in the van "To Bingo's family's house" Jasper sighed "Yeah, I don't know where that is mate" She realized that he'd never been to the Heeler's home due to having no reason "Yeah…I'll just tell you where to go" He looked at her for a few seconds "I just noticed, where are your weapons?" She looked at him confused. "Excuse me?" He tilted his head "Your weapons? I mean…you want to kill Bingo's sister right?" She shook her head "I mean I want her to die…painfully. But I dontt want to kill her" Jasper gave her a blank stare "I can do it for you" She sighed "I have an idea and it involves not killing with any kind of weapons" He groaned "Is this a weapon?" he asked as he pulled out a baton that was under his seat. She glared at him in complete disbelief "Are you some kind of moron? Of course it is!" He sat the baton down. "Alright, just tell me where to find Bingo's home"
After driving for almost an entire hour, they would arrive in Bluey's neighborhood and she would see Chucky moping outside his home. Once Jasper parked the van she would get out "Stay here for a few" She then walked over to Chucky who was surprised to see her. "Hey Lila, didn't expect to see you today" Lila smiled at him "So, her parents left for holiday right?" Chucky nodded "But she isn't alone, it's her birthday and she has some friends over" Lila groaned "Thanks, Chuck" she would then walk back to the van and wait inside. "Aren't you going to do something?" Jasper asked. "Not yet, I'm thinking of how to do this" she told him before she reached into her black bag and pulled out a mask. Something kept nagging at her to just give up on her plans entirely and that things "Can't turn back now, this idiot would probably hound me all day if I did" she thought to herself. She would see a jack russell exit Bluey's home and close the door before he dashed away at impressive speeds. "Wait, Chucky said it's her birthday so…maybe the door isn't locked" Lila would get out the van and quietly walk over to the front door. She would turn the knob and quietly push the door open. She decided to take this opportunity to see who had attended Bluey's party. She heard someone enter the house, which she took as a sign to quickly retreat, she ran back to the van and waited inside. After a few more seconds, she would see Bluey who looked around with a confused expression before she closed the door to her house.
"How long is this going to take" Jasper asked impatiently. Lila groaned "As long as it needs to Jasper" After waiting for about 20 minutes the door to Bluey's home opened again, this time a dachshund and bulldog walked out while holding each others hands "What are they dating or something?" Jasper asked. Lila nodded, "Yeah, two boys can date each other, problem?" Jasper shook his head "I wonder if it gets weird when they want to root, I mean their heights are pretty different" Lila squinted "To, what?" Jasper laughed "When they want to root, you know, it means when they want to-" Lila quickly interrupted him "I know what it means! Why is that the first thing you think when you see a couple together?" Jasper shrugged. Lila grabbed her bag, made sure she was wearing her mask and handed one to Jasper "Wait outside the door, incase anyone gets in my way" she handed him a can of pepper spray "Where did you get this?" She shook her head "Hammerbarn, let's go" Lila would exit the van and reopen the door to the Heeler house, this time she would sneak inside and hide where she could see Bluey. It wouldn't take long for Bluey to walk over to the door and fall for Lila's trap, Bluey alerting her friends caused a few problems in Lila's plan, but she would still succeed in getting Bluey into the van. Lila would honk the horn and Jasper would prepare to get in, only to get bit on the leg and cream in pain "At least something amusing happens" she thought as Jasper would grab the baton and proceed to smack a border collie with all his might, then proceed to go overboard by spraying him with pepper spray for a few seconds before closing the door and driving off at full speed.
"Damn Kiwi!" Jasper yelled as he managed to slow the van after turning the corner. Lila pulled duct tape out her bag while she was trying not to laugh at Jasper's pain "How do you know he's a kiwi?" Jasper growled as he rubbed his leg "He has the accent! It was plain as day while he was calling this annoying bitch his Bluey" Lila smirked as she held Bluey's hand's together "Oh my, a little scratch and you turn into quite the foul-mouthed dog?" Jasper growled again "Well i don't see you getting bitten by some creeps!" Having grown bored of the conversation Lila let go of Bluey and reached past Jasper to turn the radio on, it would be on a news station. "In more shocking news, earlier today in a fit of rage a masked dog disemboweled another with a box cutter. The only witness was the victim's girlfriend who said the two got into a physical altercation before the masked dog got even more agitated and stabbed the victim before making an even deeper cut and slicing him across his abdomen. The victim was named Banjo, banjo's girlfriend said she did her best to keep pressure on his wounds but they were too severe, and he would bleed out to his death" "Holy shit, Jasper really is insane" Lila thought as she felt her stomach churn. Jasper laughed "At least something good happens for me" Realizing he was a good distance from the neighborhood, Jasper slowed the truck down and stopped at a red light.
Pom pom and Jasper W. would happen to walk on the crosswalk, Pom pom had a distressed look on her face "The bells are really loud, it can happen at any moment" Jasper W had a solemn look on his face while he followed her "Come on babe, I know your mum told you that but just because she's superstitious doesn't mean hearing bells means you will die soon" Pom pom sighed "I know, but I've come to terms with it, if I die soon then I'll be okay" Jasper W. sighed "Can we talk about something else? Something like…" he got distracted as he heard a familiar voice "Are you crazy? Do you know how long it would take to get to the Great Victoria Desert?" Jasper G asked Lila. "I don't care, you still owe me" Jasper G sighed as he pulled the van over and pulled out his phone to set a navigator on it. Jasper W walked over with Pom pom following "Hey bud, you driving again?" Jasper G jumped at the rottweiler's sudden appearance "Oh! You scared me, yeah I'm just…taking care of a few things" he chuckled nervously. Pom pom noticed movement in the back of the van and tried to see who was back there. "Hey, think you can give Pom pom and I a ride to the movie theater?" Jasper G's eyes widened "O-oh sorry no can do, I'm in a hurry to get this done" The rottweiler nodded. Pom pom's eyes widened "Jasper…we should go" she grabbed Jasper W's hand as she backed away. Jasper W was a bit confused "Why?" Pom Pom shook her head "We just need to go" he nodded "Alright well, see you later bro" he waved as he began to walk away. "She knows" Lila stated as she watched Pom pom. Pom pom seemed even more upset than she did before "What's wrong?" Jasper W asked, being very concerned. Pom pom shook her head "Bluey was in there, she was tied up, theyre doing something with her! Also, the bells only chimed once, I'm out of time now" Jasper W groaned "This thing with the bells again? Nobody else hears them babe, don't be ridic-" before he could finish the sentence, a van seemingly came out of nowhere, throwing Jasper W to the ground and hitting Pom pom with extreme speed. Pom pom's body flew in the air for a few seconds before she landed, audible cracking was heard emanating from her body. Jasper W struggled to stand, then he would quickly move to Pom Pom "Hey…Hey!" Pom Pom managed to open her eyes, she coughed out some blood before she smiled at Jasper W "S-still seem ridiculous?" Jasper shook his head "Stay with me Pom Pom! I need you!" Pom pom would stare at Jasper W until the life faded from her eyes. Jasper W laid her body to the ground before he turned to see the fan. He saw Jasper G. looking at the two with complete shock on his face "WHAT THE HELL? WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST DO?!" Jasper G watched as the rottweiler that was his best friend approached the van. "I…I" Jasper G was speechless. Lila tapped him ont the shoulder "Drive you idiot!" Jasper W opened the door to the van and threw the doberman on the ground "You give me ONE good reason why I shouldn't kill you where you stand" He did his best to look the other Jasper in the eyes "We…we've been best friends since kindy…I" he struggled to find anything to say. Jasper W quickly began to pummel his friend in the face with punches, causing his nose to bleed "Wait…don't do this…don't kill me!" He sobbed as he felt helpless. Jasper W's growls became an intense snarl "DON'T KILL YOU?! YOU KILLED MY GIRL! NOW I-" he was cut off by the feeling of something piercing him in the chest, he looked lower to see that Jasper G had stabbed him with a boxcutter "Please forgive me…I'm so sorry…so sorry" he pulled the boxcutter out the other dog's chest and watched as he fell to the ground. Jasper G continued to sob as he got back into the driver's seat and looked at his former friend's body "I loved you Jasper!" he said as he began to drive away. His hands shook as they clenched to the steering wheel. "Oh God, what did we do?" Lila raised her head and looked at him "We?! I DIDN'T DO SHIT! YOU DECIDED TO RUN THE POMERANIAN DOWN AND YOU STABBED YOUR FRIEND!" Jasper scowled "JUST SHUT UP! AFTER WE COME BACK FROM THE DESERT I WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!" Lila scoffed and rolled her eyes "Fine by me"
Little did they know, Jasper W wasn't dead, his cut was deep and severe, but he would do his best to find Bluey's home, hope someone was around that he could speak to, and tell them about overhearing the other Jasper mention something about the great victoria desert. "I'm sorry Pom…I think I hear the bells too now…wait for me" he struggled as he stumbled towards Bluey's neighborhood. "It's a good thing we visited her home before" Jasper thought, it would be a long walk, but he had to stop Jasper G somehow.
Besides the radio, the ride in the van would be a long quiet one with the only other sound being Jasper G's sniffling as he cried over his actions. The two of them had a long drive to the desert, as much as Jasper no longer cared, it was too late for him to turn back now, he knew that, and Lila knew that. Jasper eventually pulled up to a petrol station "She still knocked out?" he asked Lila. Lila looked at the unconscious Bluey "Yeah, though even if she were awake there's be nothing she could do, I got her legs and arms tied together" Jasper would tap on the fuel gauge "Got any money for petrol? We're running low" Lila pulled some money out her black bag "Of course I do, can't plan a long trip without thinking about the petrol. She handed him a 20 and watched him get out to pay . "First time I've seen him cry like that, no matter this will all be over soon" Jasper would return and fill the van with 20 dollars worth before getting back in and continuing their drive.
Their drive would continue long into the night and early into the next day as they had approached the desert, both of then had become tired due to their lack of sleep. Jasper rubbed his eyes as they approached the outside of the desert "Is here good?" he asked Lila who yawned "No, we're too close to people, she'd just have an easy time getting home" Jasper groaned before he started to drive further into the desert. After around another 30 minutes, Jasper finally parked the van in what appeared to be the middle of the desert "Here should be fine" Lila stated as Bluey groaned and moved around, starting to wake up. Lila would pull her mask down and wait for Bluey to fully wake up so she could complete her plans to the best of her ability.
"Finally awake?" Bluey heard a voice and looked around until she saw a masked Lila. "You? Why did you take me?" Lila let out a chuckle "Wouldn't you like to know?" Bluey tried to push herself up but she couldn't, her hands were tied behind her back. She looked around to see where they were "A desert?" Lila nodded "The Great Victoria" Bluey managed to sit up "Why are we here?" Lila then chuckled "Because you're going to suffer here, and die" Bluey looked at her confused "Why? What did I do to you?" She laughed then opened a door of the van, then she grabbed Bluey and dragged her to the door. The sun was scorching outside "P-please, don't do this" "Hey sis, you just going to let that Blue bitch suffer?" Jasper asked while wearing his mask. She nodded "After all, she's why Bingo suffered" Bluey's eyes widened at the mention of Bingo's name "Who are you?" Lila tossed Bluey out the van and onto the sand she then pulled her mask off revealing her face to Bluey.
After Lila finished talking to Bluey she shut the door to the van and Jasper drove off, leaving the blue heeler behind to suffer. Lila had a huge grin and a feeling of accomplishment on her face. "Now what are you going to do?" Jasper asked her. She looked at him "What do you mean?" Jasper shrugged "Well you've been planning this for a while now, and you did it successfully, so what are you going to do now?" he asked again. Lila looked to the side as the van had begun to turn out towards the city "Don't worry about me, I have my own plans. Didn't you say you wanted nothing to do with me anyway?" Jasper nodded "I did say that…" he sighed as he thought about his previous actions "I can't believe Jasper is dead, no fifteen year old should have to lose his best friend" Lila rolled her eyes "Fifteen? Try five year old" Jasper looked at her confused "What?" Lila nodded "When Bingo died? We were only five years old! That's the whole reason for this" Jasper seemed to understand "Right, I guess pettiness stays with someone for a full ten years" Lila squinted at him "What did you just say?" Jasper slowed the van as they were approaching the city limits "I said, pettiness" Lila scoffed "Well at least I wasn't the one who killed my own best friend to begin with"
Jasper brought the van to a screeching halt, then got out of it, he would proceed to walk around to the other side, open the passenger door, and yank Lila out. "What the hell are you doing?" Lila asked as she stood up and brushed sand off herself, Jasper pulled out the boxcutter "You know Lila, you act all high and mighty because you've never killed anyone, but you're evil for the deaths that you have caused, you're just as bad as me" Lila growled at him "I'm not some sort of psycho freak like you! You were only crying because you killed someone you were in love with!" Jasper began to laugh and point the blade at her "And you just tossed some girl out in the desert to leave her to her fate and die, tell me how that's any different than murder?" Lila looked at the blade "So what, you gonna kill me?" Jasper nodded with a wicked grin "What's one more anyway?" he attempted to slash the maltese with his blade only for her to duck underneath it and shove him back "You're insane!" she yelled at him as he tried to slash her again but to no avail "And you're a bitch!" Lila ran to the other side of the van "He's really going to try to kill me!" she thought as he began to chase after her "Lila! I'll make it quick!" upon hearing his approaching footsteps, Lila got back into the van and quickly shut the door. Jasper opened the door with the boxcutter raised only to be hit in the head with the baton. He would fall backwards and drop the boxcutter, Lila would then reach for something else in the van. Jasper snarled as he grabbed Lila's leg and dragged her out the van "STOP FUCKING WITH ME!" He proceeds to try and cut her only for Lila to shove him once more and plunge a knife into his neck, the same knife she used to pierce the can of pepper spray. Lila gasped upon realizing what she did, then she pulled the blade out his neck, unaware that doing so was a guaranteed death for the doberman.
Jasper gasped and coughed as he fell back onto the sand and held his hands to his neck "You…you" he began to laugh weakly "Now you know…how it feels" Lila's hands began to shake "N-no I" she became disturbed by what she just did "Didn't mean to? Sounds familiar" Lila grunted "Jasper! What do I do? Look, don't die! Please?" Jasper frowned "Fuck you…bitch" Jasper lowered his hands "I….deserve…this" he gasped a few more times as he quickly bled out in the hot desert sand. He died with a small smile on his face, while Lila had attempted to deny being as horrible as he was, she could no longer deny that since his blood was on her hands, he knew that, and she knew that.
Lila panicked, she felt her protective instincts take over when she stabbed his neck but that's not what she meant to do. "Shit…." she took her knife and Jasper's boxcutter and threw them as far as she could in the desert sand. "I'm…sorry" she sighed and dragged Jasper's corpse a few feet away from the van. She dug a hole, dumped Jasper's body in it, then covered him with the sand. Lila got into the van and started to drive, she wasn't as good as Jasper but she was somewhat decent at least. Her frustrations grew every second and there was nothing she could do, she couldn't bring Jasper back, and as far as she knew, Pom Pom and the other Jasper were casualties that could have been avoided.
It would take a very long time for Lila to make it back home to Brisbane, but after a day or so Lila would make it back, haunted by the horrible turn of events. Her fur was shaggy and wild due to her sweat and stress. Lila would walk aimlessly through Bluey's neighborhood before stopping in front of the retriever's house where she would see Chucky with a bandage over his snout. "What happened to you?" she asked with very little energy in her voice. Chucky looked at her with concern "What happened to you? I barely even recognized you!" Lila gave him a warm smile before walking over to him "It's a long story, but either way it ends with me saying goodbye" Chucky raised an eyebrow "Goodbye? Why's that?" She sighed "I got involved with the wrong people Chuck, I just hope that if you ever see yourself in some crazy situation, you stop yourself before you go too far" Chucky gave her a worried look as sirens could be heard in the distance "Are you sure it has to end?" Lila nodded "I don't think that I want to hurt anyone else, especially since I threw Bluey in a desert for Bingo" Chucky's eyes widened "So that dog was telling the truth?" Lila raised an eyebrow "Who are you talking about?" Chucky shrugged "He said his name was Jasper or something, told the officers everything you and…another Jasper did" "Ah" Lila sighed "Things just seem to work out for Bluey huh?" Lila pulled out another knife "I threw two of these in the desert, snuck in my room and got rid of two others, this is my last one" She brought the blade to her own neck while the sirens got louder "I won't hurt anyone else Chucky" tears formed in her eyes. Chucky quickly smacked the blade out her hand, cutting himself in the process "Don't go, please?" Lila looked at him confused and surprised. "You're one of my only friends, and if you died…I'd probably lose my sanity" Police cars were now in view and quickly approaching their location. Lila smiled and leaned forward then placed a kiss on Chucky's lips. Chucky blushed as she pulled away "Then don't lose your sanity, and I won't die. I promise"
"Lila Maltese! You are under arrest for the kidnapping of Bluey-" Lila cut off the officer before nodding "Yeah, yeah I know, I won't run anymore" Lila walked over to the officer and put her hands behind her back before she looked at Chucky and blew him a kiss. Chucky let out a small but sad smile as he watched Lila get forced into the car and the officers drive off. He picked up Lila's knife and sighed "Don't make me wait too long Lila" Chucky uttered as he walked into his home to clean the blood off his arm.
A.N: Lila's role in the story wasn't too long and it may seemed strange at times, but it's finally come to an end! With that out of the way, I think it's time for me to try something new and give you guys a preview for one of the upcoming chapters!
"W-what do you mean?" Bluey asked. Mackenzie groaned "I meant what I said, I did it for myself. Besides I don't want to be with you anymore" Bluey could feel her heart breaking "But…why?" Mackenzie turned and looked at her "Bluey, you scare me. After last night I was worried about my safety, what if you killed me in my sleep" Bluey's eyes began to water "You know I wouldn't! I love you!" Mackenzie growled at her "YOU LOVED BINGO TOO AND LOOK WHAT YOU DID TO HER!" Bluey gasped as her tears went down her cheeks. Mackenzie sighed "I….I need to go" Mackenzie said then began to walk away from Bluey. Bluey dropped to her knees "Why…"