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This is a tale about two dogs. Actually, two dogs and the devil. It might sound dark, but the story is very interesting.
It all started in a Monday morning. As usual I woke up early, had breakfast with my wife and was getting dressed after a good shower when the phone rang. I answered promptly, as could be something related to my business but it was my mother in law. She was as sweet as a lemon and I passed the phone to her daughter and got back on putting my suit on.
Two minutes later, my beloved wife shouts from the living room:
"BloodyFaster, I'll take my mom shopping, because she is feeling blue, and you will have to take care of her dogs!"
"What the hell?!" - I said - "Are you out of your mind? I won`t take those fucking monsters for a walk! You do it, your..."
Okay, okay. Who I am trying to fool here? She bosses me... So what I really replied was a "Off course, honey" and kissed her goodbye. Call me whatever you want, but when you find "the one" and get married, you`ll understand that.
Well, I just got ready and went to her apartment just to find out she didn`t leave me the keys. I was too tired of her to run for a phone to set things right so I just broke into her house. And that`s the moment our fellows join the story. Both doggies came running towards me as soon as I opened the door . They were two German Shepherds with a lot of attitude. Fortunately for me they were quite inoffensive, or so I thought. They started partying and I went to feed them.
I was hoping for a quiet day, because my LoveBunny would kill me if I let the pets alone. I didn`t see the point of guarding two big dogs like those, but since they were award winners dogs, with pedigree and all, my mother in law was very paranoid about them.
Anyway, all my hope was lost when I got a call at her place from OzzieBob. I had warned him I would be at my mother-in- law`s and that I would be busy today, but Bruiser needed me. A car would pick me up in ten minutes. And when the time was due, I heard a horn outside.
Now I must make a parenthesis. Bruiser has a lot of good qualities, but this is a great flaw. It happens that our Don has a very peculiar mania. He is crazy about green cars. However green is a color that does not blend in easily. Also is not that usual darker green he fancies, no. He likes those incredibly garish greens. That`s not a color that looks good in many cars. And this one was no exception.
Back to the story, I got into that giant watermelon and went to meet the boss. I had to bring the dogs with me, so I took them by the leash and they also got into the car. Getting there I met OzzieBob and Luigi Trabotti. At that moment I knew this was serious: they had called the two best hitmen in the family. Ozzie told us to get upstairs so Luigi and I climbed to the second floor and reached Bruiser`s office.
There we had a briefing about the assignment. We should get another member of the family and the three of us would break into a Drug Front Property, probably guarded by 5 men. They had failed to send the tribute for GodFather Iota too many times, and know they were going to pay.
So Luigi and I headed to the green car and alongside with the two dogs we went to pick up Fanny, a thug that had recently joined the family. We went to Lake Michigan where we knew he used to do his petty thefts.
We got out and start walking around till we spot him in an touristic landscape. A couple of foreigners had just asked Fanny to take their picture. At the same time he saw and waved at us. He got the camera from the two tourists and started to aim to take the photo.
"One step backwards, please. OK, a little bit further. One more step..."
When the two Norwegians were quite away from him he turn around and started running toward us with the camera.
"Let`s go, let`s go!"
The three of us jumped into the car and before the couple could understand what had happened we were already gone.
I was driving while Luigi filled Fanny in and prepared the guns. Bruiser told us that both Black Lotus and Ozzie would be in a car outside the DFP, so if anything went wrong they would arson the place. We were supposed to kill the thugs and recover the drug, so there would not be any economic loss for GodFather Iota.
We parked just behind the other green car with our LHM and RHW. I let the dogs out and tied them to a light post. We passed by our friends and Black Lotus winked at us . She was as beautiful as she was deadly. The boss had found the right girl for him.
We got in front our target building. Me and Luigi got our guns ready while Fanny knocked at the door. No one came... We tried to open it and surprisingly it was unlocked. I got suspicious something was not right, but we didn`t have a choice, we had to get in.
The room was dark and it was a dinner place, the cover for their operation. All lights were down, since they did not open till the evening. I heard a crack from behind the counter... and a BANG. Luigi had killed one them, who was getting out of his hideout and was prepared to shoot us.
I expected that a war would start, but all that came was an unpleasant silence after that one shot. Something was very wrong. We cautiously walked to check on the corpse. He was the only one behind the counter. There was some stairs a couple of steps from where the body laid that lead to the basement, where the drugs were.
We decided to go down, after a little discussion. I was the last of the line, following Fanny with Luigi in front. When he reached the end of the stairs someone hit him in the back of the head and he fell unconscious. Fanny jumped at the attacker and started struggling but two others came to aid. I shot one dead but before I could hit the other I was hit by a hard object from behind and everything turned dark for some moments.
I wake up about 5 minutes later with the three of us tied and the three of them arguing what to do with us. The taller one noticed I was awake and started asking:
"What an idiot you guys think we are? A green car parked just in front our place and you think we did not notice Bruiser was coming for us?"
That was it, the cars had gave us up and they were prepared for us. Damn stupid mania.
"Well, he will have to order three funerals now." - The other one said.
I could not see any way out of this mess. As they joked and laugh at us while packing the last of the drugs before killing us, I just hoped some miracle could happen. I knew that either Ozzie and Black Lotus would not risk getting inside. They were too valuable. They would just torch the place. I started to get desperate.
And that`s the thing. When you`re wishing for something, asking for a blessing, you look for god. But at this times of extreme despair, it`s the devil that you call. And that`s what I did, saying all of his names so he could come to help us. Then I heard a noise. The drug dealers were so focused in make fun of us they did not notice it.
At first I thought it was our bosses action, but 20 seconds later the two dogs came running with an anger I never seen in these two animals. They were as wild as it could be, at that moment. Our enemies didn`t stand a chance. The first one died quickly, as one dog went for his neck. The tall guy tried to reach his gun, but the other shepherd got his groins and ripped off. I could notice their eyes were as red as blood.
The last one managed to run past the dogs and get upstairs. A few seconds later we heard a single shot and the sound of his body falling on the floor. Black Lotus was there expecting something to happen and got a nice present. The mission was accomplished.
Then she came down and untied me while telling me that out of nowhere they started to act strange and got out of their leashes. They were very agressive, but since she didn't know them, she just assumed it was their usual behaviour. She thought they heard something and decided to follow them inside to check it out. When she stepped inside that guy appeared just in front of her. "Lucky me", she thought.
While she freed the others I looked for the dogs and both were sitting close to the stairs like nothing had happened. I got closer and started petting them. They were as kind as always.
Their eyes were back to normal and so their attitude.
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