“Zack, there is something at the front door” Said Morrie.

“On my way” Replied Zack.

The noise stopped.

“There is nothing here,” Said Zack. “But don't worry I'll keep an eyes out”.

They tried to go back to being relaxed. It took a few hours but they were back to being relaxed. It was three and they decided to go to sleep. Morrie woke with a heavy pressure on her chest. She felt a cold breath rush over her. She could not move and could barely breath. She felt cold touch her face. She attempt to scream but felt like her lungs were empty. Two dark glowing eyes looked down on her. She couldn't help but feel underwhelmed by them. She felt the cold breath draw closer. And she would see white teeth as a slimy young touched her face. Then it yipped. She could feel it's body begin to shift as it's tale began to wag.

Morrie now knew it was the dog. But could not understand how it had gotten in. It began to sprint around the room and slammed into a wall. It felt over with a soft flop. It rolled over and stood up. It ran over to the lights and flipped them on. Morrie sat up and saw Scarlet getting up.

“Who's there?” Asked Scarlet

“Me” Said the shattered voice of the dog.

It's pudge body shook side to side. Morrie looked at the dog and could not help but feel uneasy.

“Who’s there” Said Scarlet eyes half closed.

“Don't worry it's just the dog” Said Morrie.

The dog began to pull a drawer open.

“No don't do that!” Said Morrie.

She had hidden the pictures of Lucius in the bottom drawer. She saw the dogs fluffy face holding a picture of Lucius along with underwear over its face. It galloped down the hall.

“What's going on?” Yelled Allison.

“Why are you yelling” Said Aurora.

“What going on?” Asked Scarlet.

They were all up and only Scarlet and Morrie knew about the dog.

“The dog is in the house!” Said Morrie.

Morrie ran down the hall and saw the dog. Everyone was up and looked at the fat dog. They walked after it dressed in their pajamas.

“Follow,” Said the inhuman voice “Danger”

The dog moved at a speed unbelonging to its from. It was at the bottom of the stairs in less than a second. It yipped and sprinted at the door. It had managed to chew a hole in the massive oak doors without alerting any of the guards. It zipped through as the all slowly followed she with everyone else. She could see none of the guards once they got outside. She felt an uneasiness grow more powerful with every instant. When she saw that it chewed through the steel fence she had to reconsider if it was really a dog. She unlocked the gate and followed the dog.

“Why are we follow a talking dog?” Asked Scarlet.

Morrie didn't want to say it was because it had stolen her favorite picture of Lucius or that it had stolen her underwear.

“It took something” Said Morrie with a slight nod.

“Well do we just keep following it?” Asked Allison.

She had plane pajamas. Scarlet had plain clothing. Aurora had a sports bra and sweatpants. Morrie had the sweater and shorts. They continued to follow the dog and Morrie realized it was leading them to Lucius’s home.

They heard gunshots come from the direction of Morrie’s home. A world shattering roar split the air. The dog was running in a small circle around Lucius's front door. It yipped and they walked closer to see the dog. The body of the dog was hard to distinguish between darkness itself. They were mere feet away from the dog before the door opened. Eyes that held hell itself hostage loomed over them. Lucius was standing at the door with Havana as a shirt. Her arms were wrapped around Lucius and her head rested on his shoulder. He had apparently given her a piggyback ride.

“Why are you all dressed like that?,” Said Lucius in a cold tone “And you dog why are you outside, did I give you permission?”.

They stood their for a moment before Allison began to bitch.

“Why is she holding you like that!” Said Allison.

“Like what?” Asked Lucius.

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The screech ran through the air once more. Lucius turned to face the sound. He set Havana down slowly and walked out into the darkness.

“What do you think…” Allison froze.

Those eyes belonged to death itself. And they spoke.

“Stay”. The dog began pushing them inside.

“This is bad” Said Havana.

“What's bad?” Asked Evelynn standing a few feet away.

She had a massive gun in her left hand.

“Lucius ran off” Said Havana.

Evelynn was gone in a flash. She was sprinting after him. The dog was sitting on the floor.

“You should just wait here” Said Havana.

They all sat in the living room.

“Why did he run off?” Asked Morrie.

“He probably thinks it's the monster things that have been popping up lately” Replied Havana.

“Where's Lucius” Said Athena popping out of the doorway.

She sounded grumpy and looked annoyingly stunning.

“He ran off with Evelynn” Said Allison with crossed arms.

“Wow, he finally did it. He's had that fantasy for years” Said Athena.

“What?” Said Aurora.

Athena seemed to be surprised.

“Just kidding!” Said Athena.

It was about five in the morning. Morrie usually woke up at this time.

The dog ran up to Athena and she said “Who needs a haircut cut! You do, you do”.

She grabbed a pair of scissors and held the dog between her legs. She began snipping his hair away. After a few minutes the dog no longer looked like a ball of black fur. It looked like a normal puppy. It had huge paws and a fat head. It bounced and galloped around the room seemingly looking for something.

It stood still and barked at the door. Lucius and Evelynn walked in soon after. Lucius had his dark tattoos splayed across his body. The dog began to whimper and ran away. Morrie felt it was slightly unnerving. Evelynn was helping him stand.

“Come on let's take you to your room” Said Evelynn.

Morrie could see what looked like hand shaped burns hidden under the clothes Evelynn had given him. The burns had a black hue.

“Sorry kiddies, he's going to bed. Athena, I think it may take all day. I'll tell you when he's back to normal” Said Evelynn.

She lifted Lucius down the stair and walked down passing through one of the mysterious doors. Morrie wanted to ask what had happened but felt it wasn't time. The puppy sat on Morrie's feet. They all found a place to sleep and woke around midday. Morrie still had the puppy watching over her.

“Are you hungry?” Asked Morrie.

The puppy ran at Athena and sat down.

Athena lifted it into the air and said “You're so cute! What's your name puppy?”.

It only wiggled and yipped. Morrie felt her phone ring and saw it was Zach calling.

“Hello?” Said Morrie.

“How did you get out?” Asked Zack.

“We walked out” Said Morrie.

“That's impossible, I was at the door the entire night” Said Zack.

He wanted to tell her about the monster or demon they had seen. They had filled it with more bullets than an armoury. It shrugged the bullet wounds off and leaped three stories up entering her bedroom window. They would have been unable to stop it. It then toor her room apart. Hundreds of beasts then flowed out of her room and vanished into the night.

Morrie looked at the puppy and recalled it had taken her underwear.

She asked the puppy “Where did you leave the picture?”

It wiggled out of her grasp and ran into Lucius’s room. She followed it and found it had hidden the clothes in his. The puppy was holding her underwear and the picture of Lucius. The puppy dropped it and ran away. She ran over to the picture and heard something come from his main room. The door had been locked. She could hear Lucius's wet feet slap the wood floor. She looked around the room for a place to hide. She heard Lucius walking towards her. She grabbed a shirt and did her best to hide. Lucius walked in missing a shirt but had something over his eyes. He walked up to Morrie. Just inches from her. He reached out to where the shirt she had taken had been. She was holding her breath and standing dead still. Someone had knocked on the door just in time.

Lucius called out “Whom is there?”

“Hex” She Replied.

He began to remove his towel. Morrie grabbed his hand and side “Wait”.

“Morrie?,” Replied Lucius.

“If you wanted to see me undress you could have asked”

“No it's not like that!” Yelled Morrie.

“Hey still here!” Yelled Hex.

“Just a moment! Them why did you not alert me of your presence in my room?” Questioned Lucius.

“Well,” Morrie didn't know what to say. “I thought you would get mad”.

“Why were you in here anyway?” Asked Lucius.

She knew the truth was best.

“The puppy stole my underwear and the picture I have of you” Said Morrie turning bright red.

Lucius was blushing oddly enough and said “You have a picture of me?”

“Yeah” Said Morrie attempting to keep calm.

“May I ask why?” Questioned Lucius.

“Because,” Morrie knew it was time she wanted to say it.

“Open the door you prick!” Yelled Hex.

Lucius walked away slowly and opened the door. Hex walked in like she owned his room.

“Where's the puppy I want to pet it” Said Hex.

“I have no idea, I'm temporarily blind” Said Lucius.

“You're blind too?” Said Hex with joy.

She leaped at Lucius and hugged him.

“Oh shit, sorry didn't know you had no shirt on” Hex with a sly tone.

Morrie again felt envy towards Hex. Morrie looked at the puppy and smiled.

“So what are you going to name him?” Asked Morrie.

“What do you want to name him?” Asked Lucius.

“Darwin” Said Morrie.

“Darwin it is,” Said Lucius. “And do you mind helping me up”

“Depends, will you finish what you started in the Archive?”