Mort
HEELER HOUSE
Bluey got up and let out a large yawn. The Blue Heeler got out of bed And scratched her butt. She stretched her body and grabbed her baby egg from the wooden crib, And walked out of her room, she went downstairs and to the kitchen to grab a juice from the fridge. She closed it and walked to the kitchen table. Where Mackenzie was sitting, with bags under his eyes. He had a cup of chocolate in front of him, with his hands on the table. "Are you ok Mackenzie?" She asked her dazed friend, Mackenzie Just slowly closed and opened his eyes. "How did you make hot Coco?" she questioned him again, Mackenzie actually responded this time. "I didn't, I just put milk in a cup, and added the chocolate powder". He said sipping from the cup of chunky and unpleasant chocolate flavor.
"Morning kid". Bandit said, sneaking up behind Mackenzie and grabbing his shoulders, Scaring the spit out of him.
"PPPPPPSSSSSSHHHHHHHH"
He spat the chunky coco right in Bluey's eyes. Causing her to almost drop her egg on the floor. "MACKENZIE", She screamed
BLUEYS SCHOOL
Inside the school the girls were gathered around the rug, telling each other what had recently done with their egg babies. "I made sure to not give my baby anything that had preservatives or milk in it. But Rusty tried to give him a cupcake yesterday. And he said I was being overactive". Indy complained, crossing her arms in annoyance. "What about you, Bluey, how has Mackenzie taken care of the kid?". Cloe asked her best friend, Bluey, who still had some chocolate stains on her fur. "Well I have to remind him every time to give me a break when I have to take care of Samantha, He is a very forgetful man". She complained as she scratched her eye, feeling a bit of the chocolate dust in her eye.
"I wish I was paired with Mackenzie, Snickers doesn't even let me take my baby egg home!". Coco complained, throwing her arms in the air. "Well you can't have him, He's with my husband".Bluey said sticking her tongue at the pink poodle.
"By the way, where are the boys? I haven't seen them in a while". Honey said,
Meanwhile, all the boys were in the middle of the woods surrounding a pond, They were all tired and exhausted. Some of them even had bags under their eyes. Except for Snickers who was shaking his baby egg while smiling. "Indy called me last night to ask if the baby had drunk any water recently……..IT'S A BLOODY EGG". Rusty yelled, Snickers then got up and walked near the pond and picked some water with his hand, and gave it to his egg. "There you go Sally, You have to stay hydrated," the sausage dog said, patting his egg. "Honey made me read 4 books to the egg, while on a video call. For A second I was thinking about making him into……A sunny side up". Jack said, covering his face in shame.
"What about you Mackenzie, You look more tired than the rest of them," Snickers asked the tired border collie,
………
"You have no idea mate". Mackenzie said slowly blinking.
BINGOS SCHOOL
Dougies mum had parked her car in front of HoneyCakes school, She got out and opened Dougie's door. He got out of the car, With his board and pen. His mum grabbed him by the shoulders and gave him a worried face. She began to use sign language to talk to her son, While also saying it out loud. "SweetHeart I do not want you to be near that red heeler anymore. It's for your own good". Dougie then tried to argue back to his mum, saying that she was his first friend. "I know you think she's your friend, But she is not a good dog. I don't want to argue anymore so please just listen to me and try and make some other friends". She said using her hands, Dougie just looked down and began to walk inside of the school. The older cavapoo sighed and walked back to her car.
Outside of the school in the backyard, Dougie was under the same tree he first met Bingo waiting for her. He was drawing the trees in the forest, On his tablet. It was a decent drawing, He would usually draw in his spare time. When his mother was too busy to play, Or when he had found something that inspired him. When he was done he placed the tablet on the ground. And looked up at the forest, He frowned thinking his drawing didn't look accurate to the forest.
A hand then waved in front of his face, It was Bingo getting the attention of the cavapoo, Dougie Turned around with his tail wagging. But it stopped when he saw Bingo giving him a tired look, With an even more tired smile. She sat down in front of him, Very slowly, Her ears dropped and she blinked very slowly, Dougie was worried for her friend. So he began to write down on the board.
"Are You ok Bingo?"
He gave the board to his friend, She took it and read it very slowly. Bingo then grabbed the pen And took her time to write it down on the board, She gave it to Dougie.
"I'm just a little sleepy today".
The way she wrote was sloppy and uneven, But it was still readable. She grabbed the board from his hand and shook it. She began to write on it again.
"Do you wanna hear a story"
She showed it to the cavapoo, Dougie nodded giving her a worried look. Bingo began to write on the board and showed it to the cavapoo.
"There was once a little princess that lived with a happy family, she had a loving mother".
She shook the board and began to write on it again.
"But one day that mother got sick, And she said some bad things to the little princess. She had to go to the hospital, she had something called cancer".
Dougie covered his mouth, the story was making him feel uncomfortable. He knew what cancer was, Bingo shooked the board and wrote on it again.
"She died"
Bingo shook the board again and began to write down just a little faster. Her smile went away and all that was left was a sad look on her.
"The little princess was so sad she began to bite herself. One time she bit herself so hard that she had to stab herself with a piece of glass".
Dougie's eyes opened wide, she couldn't believe what the red heeler was saying. Bingo turned the board and shook it.
"And one day that princess began to eat raw meat, She left her favorite plushie doll outside. Her cousin began to stab the plushie, "The little plushie looked like the princess's mum".
Bingo shooked the board and began to write down again
"The cousin stabbed the little princess plushie. When the little princess saw it, she turned into a different person, she was a monster, and she tried to eat her cousin's throat. After all that, the princess is alone, she lost all her friends. Everyone is scared of her, she can't control herself and her dad hates he….."
"Drip"
"Drip"
"Drip"
Tears were falling on the board, She was crying. Why did this happen to her, what did she do to deserve this punishment? She looked up towards Dougie, tears dripping from her eyes onto her muzzle. "I'm a monster," she said slowly enough for Dougie to understand. The cavapoo didn't know what to do. A part of him wanted to run away from her and never look back. But the other part wanted him to stay and comfort her. But he didn't know what to choos-
"SLAM"
Bingo began to hit herself in the face with the board
"SLAM"
"SLAM"
She continued to do it, Dougie got up and grabbed the other side of the board. They were now fighting over it, and Dougie managed to pull it out of Bingo's grasp. Bingo began to wail and cover her face. But what was worse was that all the other kids started to surround them. A bit curious about what was going on with the red heeler, they kept their distance away from her.
As Bingo cried she started to claw her face, with her non-broken hand. Dougie tried to approach her, But she got up and began to run uphill. Leaving Dougie all alone surrounded by the rest of the kids. They all looked at the cavapoo, Dougie picked up the board and began to write on it.
"What's wrong with her?"
Dougie then pointed to his ear and shook his head, letting them all know he couldn't hear them. They all started to talk among themselves, Dougie could read their lips. And understand a bit of what they were saying.
"How does he not know"
"Why is he hanging out with that Biter?".
"She's a freak"
But then one of the young dogs came up to Dougie. She opened her hand wanting to grab the board to communicate with him. Dougie shook it and gave the board, and pen to her. She wrote down what she had to say.
"My name is Lila, I used to be Bingo's best friend. My mum told me she had tried to kill 2 dogs, by trying to bite them. And now she wears that mask, stay away from her, she's dangerous, She could bite you one day".
Dougie's eyes widened again and it all made sense now. She was the princess, she had lost her mum to cancer.
HEELER HOUSE
Bandit opened the door allowing his kids, And Mackenzie to get in the house, Mackenzie walked slowly to the inflatable mattress wrapping his body around the covers and going to sleep. Bluey walked up to him holding the egg in her hands. "Oh look the big man is going to sleep, And he is leaving his wife to do all the work". She said rolling her eyes, with a smile, But the border collie didn't respond.
"SNORE"
Bluey stomped her foot on the ground, And scuffed at her sleeping Husband. "If that's the case then I will go away to my cousins. While you get your good night's sleep". She said sarcastically while walking up to her father. Bandit was on his phone in the kitchen sitting on a chair. "Hey Dad, can I go past the fence and play with muffin and socks?". She said, acting angry, Bandit didn't even look up from his phone. "Yeah, Just make sure Wendy is ok with it. And come back in about an hour". Bluey nodded and ran to the backyard. Bingo then walked into the kitchen, She looked tired and her tongue was out. "Thirsty". She said, Bandit ignored her, And continued to look at his phone.
Bingo grabbed one of the small chairs and used it to pick herself up to the sink. She grabbed a glass bottle and poured some water. When she was finished with it, she poured herself another. The pills have been making her thirsty for water, After her 3rd drink, she felt her stomach begin to growl. It was a horrible feeling, She then felt something coming up her throat. She covered her mouth but it was too late,
"BLECH"
Vomit went through her fingers and all over the sink, some of it went up her nose. It was a whole mess. She turned on the sink and washed her hands. She got down from the seat and turned around to see her father holding a rag. He passed by Bingo and began to clean the mess she made. It didn't take long and he threw the rag in the garbage. Bandit grabbed some cleaning chemicals and another rag. He began to disinfect the sink, Bingo just stood there as her father ignored her.
"Dad," She said tiredly, as she cleaned her nose with her non-broken arm. The blue heeler didn't respond to her. Normally she would just stop at this point, but her father has been ignoring her to the point where she couldn't take it anymore. "DAD", She yelled, Bandit stopped for a moment, But he then focused on disinfecting the sink. "say it…say it to my face", Bingo had never talked to her father that way. It caught bandit by surprise, He turned around still looking emotionless at his daughter. She was scowling at him, "Say that you hate me, SAY IT, YOU HAVEN'T TALK TO ME IN DAYS. ALL YOU DO IS IGNORE ME". The red heeler was furious.
"CRASH"
Bandit had thrown one of the dishes on the ground. Purposely Missing bingo by a few inches, The red heeler looked up at her father with fear. It was the same fear she felt when her mother tried to slice her neck open with a knife. Bandit slowly walked up to the red heeler, not changing his face. He grabbed the front part of her muzzle and brought her closer to his face. He stared at her, Thinking, Bandit's eyes started to twitch.
"D-Dad" Bingo stuttered, Bandit started to write his teeth. What the little heeler didn't know was that a giant skeletal serpent of His deceased wife was behind Bingo. The only part that wasn't ripped off was her face. She smiled at her husband and moved right in front of his face.
"Do it"
"You know you want to, She's ruined your reputation, Your friends see you as a bad father, Everyone is scared of her, and she has no friends. So what's the point in living for her?... Kill her". She said Bandit's hallucinations have gotten worse, He was still looking at his scared daughter. His hand was trembling, on her muzzle. Bingo was breathing quickly, not knowing what to do.
"WHACK"
Bandit had slammed his fist, right on his nose. He didn't knock himself out, He was breathing quickly and looking around to see if his managed wife was still around. The hallucination went away,
"Drip"
"Drip"
Blood fell from Bandit's nose, Bingo grabbed a paper towel from the kitchen table and ran up to her father. She gave it to him, Bandit took it And rubbed the blood off his nose. He looked down at the blood on the now red towel, And then he looked up expecting Bingo to look bloodthirsty at the paper towel. But she didn't, She had her down looking away from her father. This surprised Bandit, But it didn't change his attitude toward his daughter. The Blue Heeler tapped on his daughter's shoulder, She looked up with a bit of hope on her face. But all Bandit did was point to the staircase, Letting her know to go to her room. Bingo stared at her dad, She scoffed at him, And began to walk away.
Later that night, Bandit locked The door to Bingo's room, He walked into blueys room And kissed her on her head. He then walked to the living room to see Mackenzie; he was still sleeping. The poor dog barely got any sleep last night, But Bandit just shrugged it off. He walked back into his room, And shut the door. The blue heels got onto his bed and placed the covers over his ears. But no matter what the voices kept on talking to him.
"You don't love her".
"And yet you still keep the little red shit in this house".
"she is nothing but a waste of space".
All of the voices sounded like Chilli, He could hear her voice under the sheets. He covered his ears but even then the voices didn't tone out. "You're not real", He said to himself. His heart started to race, And his breathing started to speed up.
In Bingo's room, The little Heeler was trying to sleep, The pills made it harder for her to sleep. But eventually, she went into a deep sleep. At first, it was all black, And then there were tiny lights in the black sky. It lit up the emptiness, The sun shined in the darkness, To show 8 planets. The third planet from the solar system, Began to rumble, and out came Came Bingo. Her arm was not broken, And her muzzle was gone. She floated out of the planet and saw the sun, She shivered in the cold. She wanted to get closer to it, So began to push herself closer to the sun. She used her foot to step on Venus, She then gave herself a little push and jumped on top of Mercury.
Bingo sat on the small planet And stared into the sun. It was a beautiful sight, She smiled at the bright orb, It calmed her down. It made her feel at peace. She closed her eyes and embraced the sunlight, But she then felt something wrong, as if something was watching her. The Red Heeler opened her eyes, To see that the sun was overshadowed by a large object. It began to move up to her, The sun peeked over the object.
It was Her Mum, Chillis eyes were constricted, And her mouth was opened, revealing a bunch of jagged-like teeth. Bingo's eyes began to water, Her fur began to stand up, and Her instincts were telling her to run away as fast as possible. But when she tried to stand up but her weight caused the planet to crash and she fell into blackness.
"OOF"
Until she hit the floor, She looked up, to see light blue walls, She was in the hospital. But something was wrong, The hallway was abnormally long. There was no end to it. A horrible silence filled the space, There were no doors to go. And the only thing that allowed her to see, Were the dim lights on the ceiling.
"CRASH"
Chilli fell from the ceiling holding the same knife she had when she tried to slice her neck open. "BINGO" She yelled and began to sprint at her daughter with the knife. The Little heeler began to run away, "COME BACK HERE RETARD" Chilli yelled, as she threw the knife at her daughter. Bingo then felt a sharp pain in her elbow, And then she hit the ground. The knife had managed to stick to the floor, It had stabbed right through her skin. It felt so real, She began to cry in pain.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH"
Outside of Bingo's dream, The Red Heeler was on the floor. She had fallen out of her bed and onto her broken arm. She was screaming in pain, Still in her dreams. She rolled over and began to crawl backward. "MOMMY PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!". That was when Bluey woke up from her bed, She got off and began to run to her sister's room. "BINGO!" She yelled trying to open the door, But it was locked. "What's going on?" asked Mackenzie who was startled by the screaming. Bluey ignored him and ran into her father's room. "DAD, BINGO IS YELLING IN HER ROOM. SOMETHING IS WRONG", She yelled, Bandit woke up startled by his daughter's cries. "What's wrong Bluey?" He asked half asleep, As he rubbed his eyeballs.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH"
"DAD WE HAVE TO HELP HER", Bluey said, pulling on her father's hand. But he didn't move. He just stayed in Bed, looking at the front door. Chilli stood there smiling at her husband, "There's nothing to worry about Honey, She's doing just fine". She giggled, Bluey tried to pull harder on her father's hand but it didn't work. He was still paralyzed from the sigh of his deceased wife. "DAD HELP HER", bluey yelled.
Back in Bingo's room, she was in the corner of the room, She was still in her dream. She was on the floor of the hallway,
The knife was still in her elbow. Chilli walked up to her daughter and took the knife out, The older heeler then kicked her daughter's stomach. And pinned her to the wall, She had her elbow on Bingo's neck, And the knife right in front of her face. They both stared at each other for a few seconds. Chilli did not move her eyes away, She had a neutral expression. "Why….. Why ARE YOU STILL ALIVE….. I'VE ALWAYS HATED YOU, YOU LITTLE SHIT".
Bingo began to hyperventilate, her heart was beating at a quick pace. "You're alone, No one to love you, all your friends have left you behind. Because you couldn't keep your FUCKING MOUTH SHUT". Chilli began to place the knife right at Bingo's throat, "I was there when you started to eat the meat, You didn't want me to see. Because you were ashamed…… well look what happened now….. Your father hates you…. Your sister would rather play with her cousins, and leave you all alone……
and worst of all……You made a new friend, And you scared him away because you were feeling sad. And now you're all alone…alone… ALONE". She yelled getting closer to her daughter's face.
The knife began to dig deep inside her skin, Bingo felt the knife. And blood started to flow down on it. It felt so real, "Your nothing but a worthless pile of FI-"
"MOMMY"
Bingo yelled, closing her eyes shut. "MOMMY I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY FOR EVERYTHING, DON'T KILL ME, I'M SORRY FOR BITING SOCKS AND JUDO. I'M SORRY FOR SAYING I WANTED YOU TO DIE, AND HOPING YOU NEVER COME BACK, I'M SORRY FOR BITING DADDY AND BRANDY, I'M SORRY FOR EATING MEAT, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY,
She continued to cry
"BINGO"
Said a different voice, She slowly opened her eyes to see Bandit standing over her. He looked emotionless, as he stared at her. "it's ok….. It's not your fault, It was me who did it bingo, I……. Killed your mum, You did nothing wrong". He said, Bingo stared at him, she still felt fearful after what just happened. She then blinked a few times, Leaving her horrible nightmare behind.
She opened her eyes again to see her father with tears in his eyes. It was dark in her room but when then she could see the fear and regret in his eyes. Bingo still felt a sharp pain in her neck. She looked to the left to see her hand holding a pair of scissors that was digging into her neck. She dropped the scissors on the floor, As a bit of blood splattered on the ground. She must have grabbed the scissors and tried to harm herself, Thinking that it was her mum doing it to her in the dream. Bandit hugged his daughter closer, at first bingo thought she would have tried to hurt her. But he didn't, he just kept her close to him.
"sniff"
"sniff"
Bandit was still crying, "I'm sorry Bingo, I'm sorry for ignoring you for days. I-I-I'm a bad father, Please forgive me, I should have been there for y-y-you". Bingo hugged her father back, Not wanting to let go. It was the first time in days she had heard a word from him. They both cried, Not wanting to let go of one another. Mackenzie and Bluey were witnessing the scene outside of the room. The Border collie was a bit scared of what was going on, But Bluey was even more frightened. And Mackenzie saw this, So he patted her shoulder. And out of nowhere Bluey hugged him, which surprised Mackenzie. But regardless he embraced the hug, He then felt something strange, A new feeling in his body, It made his face red.
MORT'S HOUSE
Mort's house was dusty, The lights were out. But even then the moonlight shines the dust particles in the air. On the table were some rotted hotdogs that have been laying on the table for weeks now. Bugs were eating it, Including Maggots that have grown inside the hotdogs. And besides the plate is rotted food, was morts phone. He never figured out how to use it, But he always left it to charge on the table.
"Ring"
"Ring"
"Ring"
…………….
"You have one voicemail"
"Beep"
"Hey, mort…..um, It's been a while hasn't it" It was stripe, "I Doubt you know this…..But Bandits kid attacked my kid, It was Bingo. She tried to rip a piece of skin off Socks, I Don't know what's going on with his family. First, it was chilli, And now her, It's almost like some form of a cycle…..Look I just wanted to let you know what's been going on lately. I hope you're taking care of yourself mate, I have to go, Trixie is waiting for me in the hotel".
"Beep"
It didn't matter what Stripe said, No one was in the house. The only thing that was present was a rotting corpse of a former army man, Who fought during the Vietnam War. On his right hand he was holding a Kukri he had killed by a Vietnamese soldier. He was pale, And on his left arm he had multiple cuts on his forearm, The blood had dried and attracted flies into his house. Making them start to lay eggs in his wounds. Grubs were crawling around in his forearm eating the rotten flesh.
End of Chapter 23
A/N: Special thanks to Lililizard for giving me the idea of bingos dream
-special thanks to Sunsetshimmeruwi for the idea of more.