What's a Band Like You Doing in a Crappy Place Like This?, chapter 2
"Well what?" Mike asked. I looked at him in pitiful eyes as he looked down at me. Then I looked at Tre' who was still playing around with the foal and Tre' running around like a lunatic. "Is he always like this?" I asked, trying to get away from the conversation. "Pretty much," Mike answered but he wouldn't let up off the conversation and said "answer me."
I whistled for my dogs and they came, panting and breathing heavily. Mike looked at them and looked at me, confused. "Tell me something that I dog would never do." I insisted. "I don't know... try and rip off Tre's jeans I guess." I giggled at his answer. I told Kujo to rip a small section of Tre's jeans and Kujo was soon running after Tre' but careful not to scare the foal. After Kujo succeeded, he ran up to Mike and carefully put it in Mike's hand. Mike looked at me, totally shocked. Tre' didn't know what was going on when Kujo started to run after him and ran up to me angrily. "Your stupid dog just rip my pants!" he yelled at me. "I know... I told him too." I replied calmly, and Mike looked at me, he knew what I meant. He grabbed my hand and we ran across the pasture. He was soon out of breath and had to stop for a moment to take a breath, I, on the other hand, wasn't affected at all. "You mean to tell me you can talk to animals?" he asked me while panting. "I can do more then that," I replied and he looked at me curiously. "Uh oh, what else can you do? Please don't say fire, I've met someone with fire powers and it ended up in a disaster." he pleaded. "No, no fire, that's way too common," I said and walked over to the lean-to, beckoning Mike to follow, he followed and watched me transform. I turned into a rottweiler because that's what Kujo was (my Kujo.) He looked at me, astounded as I went back to human. "I need to tell you something," he insisted.
"What would this be?" I asked. "You'll find out soon enough, do you have a small thing that I could borrow?" he asked me. I took out my pocket knife from my back pocket in case of emergences around here, and put it on the ground. He looked totally concentrated as he closed his eyes and I saw my pocket slowly lift from the ground as Mike was still focusing. I was expecting this, I knew there was something about this guy that was different from the rest. Mike opened his eyes and my pocket knife dropped back on the ground he looked tired. "Water?" he asked, I nodded as I took my water bottle and Mike drank half of it. I whistled for my taller quarter horse, as he came cantering, Mike looked pale, he didn't know how to restore his power, this wasn't good. He had just enough energy to mount my horse, I mounted behind him and had to hold him around the waist with one arm and hold the reins in the other. "Hi-ah!" I screamed out and my horse broke out in a dead gallop. Mike was still conscious and I was thankful just for that. After about thirty seconds, we arrive at the house. "Tre'!" I screamed out. He came running out of the corral and asked "what?" Then he looked at Mike and his eyes were wide, "I can't pick him up by myself, help me please," I pleaded. Tre' nodded as he started to help me pick up Mike and mumbled "we got you buddy." His face was serious which was different from his usually silly smile and we put Mike onto my bed and pulled the sheets over him. Tre' looked at me angrily, "what the hell happened?" he yelled at me.
I told Tre' the story of what happened, and even told about me and my gift and Mike's gift. "I knew about Mike's gift," Tre' simply remarked. I added that Mike needed to practice with his power more, he barely had enough strength to hover a pocket knife. Tre' nodded and said "Mike never liked how he got his gift, someone accidently gave it to him, and ever since then, Mike tried terribly to just be a regular person, but the powers were too powerful, even for Mike who is an incredibly strong person," he paused for a breath and continued, "this is only the third time Mike has used his powers, the first was to prove to me and Billie he had them, the second was an accident, Mike was angry and he had to go to the hospital, he had overused them, and this was the third time." I nodded and hugged Tre', thanking him for telling me this and went to check on Billie and Mike, now I have two sick people in my house.
I whistled for my dogs and they came, panting and breathing heavily. Mike looked at them and looked at me, confused. "Tell me something that I dog would never do." I insisted. "I don't know... try and rip off Tre's jeans I guess." I giggled at his answer. I told Kujo to rip a small section of Tre's jeans and Kujo was soon running after Tre' but careful not to scare the foal. After Kujo succeeded, he ran up to Mike and carefully put it in Mike's hand. Mike looked at me, totally shocked. Tre' didn't know what was going on when Kujo started to run after him and ran up to me angrily. "Your stupid dog just rip my pants!" he yelled at me. "I know... I told him too." I replied calmly, and Mike looked at me, he knew what I meant. He grabbed my hand and we ran across the pasture. He was soon out of breath and had to stop for a moment to take a breath, I, on the other hand, wasn't affected at all. "You mean to tell me you can talk to animals?" he asked me while panting. "I can do more then that," I replied and he looked at me curiously. "Uh oh, what else can you do? Please don't say fire, I've met someone with fire powers and it ended up in a disaster." he pleaded. "No, no fire, that's way too common," I said and walked over to the lean-to, beckoning Mike to follow, he followed and watched me transform. I turned into a rottweiler because that's what Kujo was (my Kujo.) He looked at me, astounded as I went back to human. "I need to tell you something," he insisted.
"What would this be?" I asked. "You'll find out soon enough, do you have a small thing that I could borrow?" he asked me. I took out my pocket knife from my back pocket in case of emergences around here, and put it on the ground. He looked totally concentrated as he closed his eyes and I saw my pocket slowly lift from the ground as Mike was still focusing. I was expecting this, I knew there was something about this guy that was different from the rest. Mike opened his eyes and my pocket knife dropped back on the ground he looked tired. "Water?" he asked, I nodded as I took my water bottle and Mike drank half of it. I whistled for my taller quarter horse, as he came cantering, Mike looked pale, he didn't know how to restore his power, this wasn't good. He had just enough energy to mount my horse, I mounted behind him and had to hold him around the waist with one arm and hold the reins in the other. "Hi-ah!" I screamed out and my horse broke out in a dead gallop. Mike was still conscious and I was thankful just for that. After about thirty seconds, we arrive at the house. "Tre'!" I screamed out. He came running out of the corral and asked "what?" Then he looked at Mike and his eyes were wide, "I can't pick him up by myself, help me please," I pleaded. Tre' nodded as he started to help me pick up Mike and mumbled "we got you buddy." His face was serious which was different from his usually silly smile and we put Mike onto my bed and pulled the sheets over him. Tre' looked at me angrily, "what the hell happened?" he yelled at me.
I told Tre' the story of what happened, and even told about me and my gift and Mike's gift. "I knew about Mike's gift," Tre' simply remarked. I added that Mike needed to practice with his power more, he barely had enough strength to hover a pocket knife. Tre' nodded and said "Mike never liked how he got his gift, someone accidently gave it to him, and ever since then, Mike tried terribly to just be a regular person, but the powers were too powerful, even for Mike who is an incredibly strong person," he paused for a breath and continued, "this is only the third time Mike has used his powers, the first was to prove to me and Billie he had them, the second was an accident, Mike was angry and he had to go to the hospital, he had overused them, and this was the third time." I nodded and hugged Tre', thanking him for telling me this and went to check on Billie and Mike, now I have two sick people in my house.
