Get That Dog In Me
The full moon gleamed in the night sky, pale and white against the infinite black darkness. Strange sounds echoed through the silence of the night, raucous shouting, strange bubbly laughter, and the sickening sound of howling dogs mixed together to form a cacophony of the night.
On nights like this, any sane girl would be curled up in bed at home with the doors locked, or accompanied by a big strong man.
Not this girl though. The long blonde ponytail and five foot flat stature did little to hide her cocksure strut as Muffy took a walk back behind the apartments where she lived.
There had been a fight, that much was sure, but it looked like the whole thing was over now. Police tape cordoned off the alleyway and streaks of blood decorated the brick walls.
Muffy casually put the switchblade knife back into the pocket of her oversized sports coat.
"Damn, I missed all the action." She thought to herself, spitting on the ground as she pouted with a fury that could send grown men running.
She shifted her loosely-worn coat further up over her shoulders, and shivered a bit.
"Wish I'd bothered to change into something other than shorts." She thought as her bare legs quivered in the cold. Normally the cold didn't bother her much but tonight felt different. It was a clinging, misty, damp cold that crept up and made you sweat.
"Only a moron would still be hanging out here." She said aloud to herself, and was just about to turn heel when she saw a shape out of the corner of her eye running her way.
There, standing exhausted in the rays of the streetlight, was her moron. His dumb blond hair, usually done up with too much product, was an absolute mess of dark blonde over his head. His favorite japanese shirt was shredded, and his undershirt was ruined. Even his damn pants, tattered in the best of situations, were now tattered over his knees and ripped at the waistband.
And he was bleeding, all over himself.
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"Jesus fuckin' Christ, Gary. You look like dog shit." She spat out at him. She had always been good with words of comfort. She put the knife away and approached him.
"Yeah? Well I
feel
like shit, Muffy." Gary said, staggering as he held himself up against the lamp post.
Muffy propped herself up under Gary's body. He usually wasn't much bigger than her, and he had a bad habit of getting into fights he couldn't win, so carrying him was like second nature to her at this point.
Getting a bit closer though, she could notice something strange going on. He felt a bit heavier than usual, and what she thought was just bruising around his chest looked like much thicker chest hair than he usually had. And there was an odd smell...
And then she caught a whiff of the other odd smell on him, and elbowed him in the gut.
"You punk! You got trashed by a broad you tried 'ta pick up, didn'cha?" She hissed at him.
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm tellin' you now she was tryin' to pick
me
up, I swear!" He groaned, though he was at least a bit more lively now that he had to defend himself.
"What, did she get a look at your ugly mug when the lights were on and clobber 'ya?" She chided him as they ambled down the sidewalk.
"...Nah, not exactly like that no
."
Gary replied, suddenly just a bit more cagey about it.
"Well, whatever she did serves 'ya right." Muffy replied, as she turned the corner towards a busted up old wooden door.
--
The place she had taken Gary was a dive bar, and you could tell it was a dive bar because instead of an actual sign it simply had the word "Bar" written above it in rough white chalk that was already starting to fade. It was a lousy place, but the owner fell asleep a lot and the bathroom had an open door policy.
When Muffy dragged Gary in over her shoulders, the owner was slouched asleep behind the bar like usual. Even with the shuffling they did to get inside, he didn't seem to rouse awake.
So Muffy helped herself to a pair of clean rags and a bottle of stuff that was more alcohol than liquor, as she pushed the door to the single restroom open and shut it behind her. She propped Ken up on the toilet seat and propped a broom against the door handle to keep the door shut.
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Muffy twisted the cap off the bottle of alcohol she'd grabbed and took a sniff. She instantly regretted this decision as it hit her senses like a punch to the face.
"This'll sting like a bitch, but it'll keep 'ya from getting' any infections." She said to Gary as she soaked the rag in the fluid.
"Gee Muffy, treatin' me so nice an' tender, makes me think you kinda like-yoow!" Gary howled, as the sting of the alcohol hit his wounds.
"Don't get fresh with me, you dog." Muffy growled at him, rubbing the alcohol in deeper. "If we weren't friends I wouldn't even dream of doin' this for you."
"A'ight A'ight, and please don't call me 'dog' right now." Gary said with a groan. "Last thing I wanna hear is anything about dogs."
"What, did the bitch who served you have buncha mutts?" Muffy asked, working her way towards the less severe scrapes.
"Somethin' like that, yeah." Gary replied, his eyes drifting up towards the small window in the dingy bathroom.