Adoption Center:
"Me!? Adopt Luna!?" Calypso said shocked by Willow's request of adopting Luna.
"Well...Yeah! I mean, You were the one who saved her and you seem to be very close with her. Willow said knowing that Calypso has been visiting Luna frequently and seemed to have a close bond with her.
"I-I don't know. I don't think I'm ready to raise a child yet. Calypso said scratching her head not sure if adopting and raising Luna would be a good idea.
"Well, I'll give some time to think about it. If not, We'll open the adoption to the city for someone out there who is willing to adopt her."
"Okay, Well...I should probably get going." Calypso said as it was her time to go home. "Okay, Remember, Just take your time in thinking about it." Willow said as Calypso walks to the elevator still not sure about the idea of adopting Luna.
Glasshouse Primary School:
All the kids were playing a game of tag outside of the school. Chloe chases Bluey with her arm out. She eventually catches up to Bluey and tags her. "Tag! Your It!" Chloe said as Bluey was tagged. Chloe runs off and Bluey then decides to chase Mackenzie. "I'm gonna catch you Mackenzie!"
"Oh No, Your Not!" Mackenzie said running and giggling as Bluey chases him. He was happy and having a good time. That was until he trips over a rock and falls on his stomach. "Mackenzie!" Bluey said as she and the others run to check on Mackenzie. Mackenzie groans in pain laying on the ground. "Mackenzie! Are you okay?" Coco said worried about the border collie. "Yeah...I think so." Mackenzie said as he gets up on his feet. He turns around and all his friends stare at his stomach. "W-Why are you guys looking at me like that?" Mackenzie said wondering why his friends were looking at him in disgust. "Your Stomach." Bluey said as Mackenzie looks down at his stomach. His staples were punctured deep into his skin and were leaking blood. He moans in serious pain as he grips onto his bleeding stomach. "D-Does it hurt?" Bluey said. "Yeah..." Mackenzie said in response. "I'll get Calypso!" Honey said as she runs to get Calypso. "Ow, Owww!" Mackenzie said as he touches his punctured stitches.
Brisbane Hospital:
"Owww!!!! It Hurts!!!!" Mackenzie said as the doctor touches his puctured stitches while holding his mother's hand. His father by his side. "So, How is it Doctor?" Mackenzie's mother said to Dr. Shepherd. "Well, The staples seemed to be very deep in his skin." Dr. Shepherd said. "We may have to try to remove all the staples by digging into the skin and stitching it up again." Dr. Shepard said as he picks up and holds Mackenzie in him arms and walks him to the operating room.
Operating Room:
Dr. Shepard was digging into Mackenzie's stomach removing the staples while Mackenzie was under anesthesia. He pulls out the staples as they had rotten skin stuck to them. He then decided to replace them with zip stitches and tapes them to Mackenzie's stomach.
Outside of Brisbane Hospital:
The family walks outside of the building to take their son home. Mackenzie's father was carrying his son who was dazed by the anesthesia which was still in his system. Mackenzie's mother opens the passenger door as her husband carries Mackenzie into the car and puts him in the carseat. Mackenzie struggles to sit up as he kept slouching side to side. His father helps his son sit up while his mother buckles him up as he was giggling. Mackenzie's parents both step into the car and shut the doors. His father starts the car and drives home. Meanwhile, Mackenzie looks through the window as he was still giggling.
Mackenzie's House:
Mackenzie's father lays his son on the couch and covers him with the red blanket. "Daddy, You look funny." Mackenzie said with the anesthesia still in his system. "Relax mate, Next time just try to be more careful, Okay?" Mackenzie's father said comforting his son.
Meanwhile, Mackenzie's mother was in the kitchen looking over some of her son's medications which need to be refilled. "Are you okay babe?" Mackenzie's father said checking up on his wife. "I just...don't think I can do this anymore, honey. It's been so hard to organize this all medications and refill them. It's too much." Mackenzie's mother said as she was starting too feel burnt out from her son's care for his feeding tube and medication. "I-I don't understand why did it had to be our son." Mackenzie's father hugs his wife as she was starting to cry. What did her son do to deserve this kind of treatment?
Calypso's House:
It was 8:00 and Calypso was struggling to sleep as the question of adopting Luna had plagued her head all day. She still wasn't so sure if adopting luna would be a good idea but at the same time she was starting to feel very close with her. It didn't matter to her that people were claiming that she was cursed or was the one that "might" have caused Debbie's death. She watched Luna regain her health over time and had gotten to know her more. Her love for children had always stayed strong. But who knows maybe adopting and raising her might not be such a bad idea but she still wasn't so sure about it.
Adoption Center:
Luna was sleeping in her bed in her room. The soot from where Debbie's was killed was still on the ceiling. It somehow wasn't able to come off. The staff had try everything they could to clean the ceiling but nothing seemed to work. It was almost as if the soot was permanent.
Luna was being monitored by a surveillance camera which was installed in her room. In case if anything happens. A night guard who was a male Bullmastiff was looking at the cameras of the adoption center while drinking coffee. He looks through every single camera in the building. He sees a 12 year old female tolling retriever who was pacing around in her room through the camera. "Not again." The night guard said to himself. He gets up from his chair and leaves the room to check on the tolling retriever.
Once he makes it the room with his flashlight on he knocks on the door. "Sunny, Go to sleep mate." The night guard said getting the female tolling retriever to go to sleep. The tolling retriever was irritated and walk towards the window of the door to confront him. "Listen sweetie, I understand your schizophrenic but you need to get some rest. The tolling retriever didn't respond as she showed lack of emotion. She walks away from the door as the night guard shines his flashlight. The female tolling retriever paces back and forth in the room and starts humming a melody. "I don't have time for this." The night guard said as he walks away from the room and heads back to the surveillance room.
"Every night with her." The night guard said to himself as he was getting frustrated with the tolling retriever. He takes a seat the gets back to work. He takes a sip of coffee and looks at Luna's camera. He instantly spits out the coffee and coughs after he sees something terrifying. There was a shadowy figure standing in the corner of Luna's room. The figure looked like a doberman. He decided to look at the other surveillance cameras to forget what he saw. He sees the tolling retriever's camera. The tolling retriever still pacing in the room.
"Okay! That's It!" The night guard gets up from the chair and heads over to the tolling retriever's room again. "SUNNY! GO TO SLEEP NOW!" The night guard screamed at the top of his lungs. The tolling retriever covers both her ears and starts crying. "See! It Comes To The Point Where I Have To Yell At You Because You Never Listen!" The tolling retriever walks to her bed and covers herself with the blankets. "Right, I Better Not See You Get Out Of That Bed Now!"
The night guard walks back to the surveillance room and takes a sit. He looks at the surveillance cameras and sees the shadowy doberman in the hallway. The night guard starts to get frighten. He decides to get up from the chair to investigate.
He walks down the hallway of the building holding the flashlight. "H-Hello? Is anyone there?" The night guard said as he was sweating and shaking. He feels something breathing down his neck. "Listen, I don't have time for games now. So, Who ever you are. Now is the time to show yourself." The Night guard hears a door creaking. He turns around and sees Luna's door open by itself. He slowly walks in to the room to see what was going on. He sees Luna sleeping peacefully in her bed. "Okay, Everthing seems to be fine with you mate, I guess I'm probably just seeing things." The night guard said then all of a sudden the door closes locks itself. " Hey! Somebody Let Me Out!" The night guard said banging on the door. He turns around and sees blood leaking through the walls of Luna's room. His flashlight flickering on and off. Once the flashlight starts working He sees the Shadowy doberman standing in front of him and the flashlight dies.
End of Chapter 12: