AUTHOR
They expected that the animal would be heavy so after they tied its mouth and its hands together, they passed a huge stick in the middle helping them to lift the animal off the ground but even with all their might it felt like dropping a boulder on your shoulder.
The weight brought the two Parker's down almost to their knees. But Anamay was there so they had to play tough which was why they quickly straightened up immediately. Anamay took the trap and stick from them then the three began their walk home, the animal hanging in between them like a giant sacrificial goat.
ELISH
I opened my eyes a little when I heard the fast footsteps approaching. I saw the little figure approach me with a weak weapon in hand. I was not scared but I was tired and I hurt allover. I do not need another stroke of pain so I tried to growl at it. No sound came. Suddenly, the figure crumbled to the ground and then two others like it appeared.
They spoke what I could not understand, pointing at me many times probably deciding to take me with them. When they brought ropes, my thoughts were proven to be truth. They tied me down and Carried me like a game. Honestly, I don't know how I got there, or who I was but I felt that I was more than just an odd looking beast and I really knew deep down that they were going to pay for treating me like meat. For now, I was very tired, too tired to keep my eyes open, too tired to fight the urge to sleep that's why my eyes closed eventually.
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"Jesus Christ, Man, this thing weighs like a million pounds. I will die if we keep going". Surprisingly it was ugly Parker that was complaining.
"Move your ass buddy. We ain't got all day. Lets take my hunt home and show Mum and Dad. Jeez, you can't hunt, you can't carry. What the hell are you good for," the last line was like a whisper that Handsome Parker made sure his brother heard.
"Bitch", Ugly Parker muttered under his breath. But the proud Brother was too full of himself to hear it.
Silence fell again, this time holding out until they got home to the enormous duplex like cottage which was their home. They didn't go inside, they dropped it at by the backyard door.
"Look after it while we call Dad", Ugly Parker asked Anamay. She agreed.
Ugly Parker turned, leaving. His brother following. Handsome Parker flashed a wink and a smile at Anamay before went on to join his brother. Anamay blushed, cupping her face and immediately looking away.
"Ass", she muttered shyly.
To her, Handsome Parker did not see the blush, oh but he did and he was feeling very sweet about it. Practically hopping as he walked with his brother into the house.
Mr Damine was in the living room so immediately they opened the door, they spotted his at the further part of the room on a couch, his entire sanity pinned on the TV.
He did not even notice his two sons come in. Even when Ugly Parker tapped his shoulder, he gave a light shrub murmuring, "Lace am busy". Lace was their mother's name. Ugly Parker shook his head in pity. He tried. There was a returning, ugly Parker moving back to where his brother stood.
… The floor is yours…
He made a gesture that said just that. Handsome Parker crept away, towards their father.
Getting close he leaned towards his ear from behind and screamed.
"Ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Mr Damine threw his popcorn in the air in shock. The white refined corn scattering on the ground. Mr Damine turned sharply, hand swaying to catch the perpetrator. Handsome Parker flew backwards immediately.
"Come back here you prick."
"Dad calm down please. We caught something. Something huge. We really need you to come and see it", Ugly Parker beckoned on him from a safe distance. Father looked at him sharply.
"Yeah Dad, I beat down something really big and I have no idea what it is. Dad, it's really, really urgent". The middle aged man looked at the both of them and then signed.
"This better be good".
ANAMAY
"I can't believe am blushing. Aw, what's wrong with you, Anamay. Since last year you've been avoiding him. The feeling should be gone by now. Why are you still like this."
I fanned my face with my palm as if the little breeze it produced would sooth my reddened cheeks. Distance makes the heart grow fonder, I was finally understanding that.
… No, I should not think about him. I should…
I opened my eyes, they met it gaze. The misty and yet blue eyes of the giant animal before me. It's stare was weak and blinking but even though it was clearly tired, it still managed to let out a moan, a dog's moan. It moved it's head gently pointing at the rope around it's limbs. There was wetness in it eyes.
"…is it going to cry? Oh God, I think it's hurting."
I rose from the grass I sat on and hurried to the creature. I was still a bit scared though but from such close distance I noticed the scars and wounds on its body.
… Was someone hunting it…
'Who am I kidding, we hunted it down, what makes us any different from them'
Anyway, how could you not be hunted, a mysterious creature like you. The thought of what this weird creature would go through In the hands the Parkers , a family that leaves the city for the wild every year and slaughters all animals they find in their ridiculous hunt like mad me. Sadness enveloped my heart. The beast was scary looking and different but it doesn't mean it deserves to die. At least not that way.
The backdoor creaked. I looked up immediately. It was being opened. I waited, watching the handle twist a few times before the door gave way. The two Parker's and their Fifty-Three year old father stepped out leaving the door open. The two Parker's moved to the creature's side but their dad stopped by the backyard door just staring.
"Holy Mary. Holy shit, what the hell…"
Yep, as expected, he was stunned by the mighty thing we brought home.
"I told you dad, it something insane", Handsome Parker explained.
"Man look at the legs and arms", the old man took steps forward to touch the limbs of the beast.
"We can't kill it, not by ourselves though. We gotta tell others. Put it on auction. Play with it a little. Infact, where the hell is my camera," the old man turned towards the house.
The two Parker's followed him, Handsome Parker enthusiastically telling his father that he was the one who caught creature. I made sure they were out of sight before I rushed the ropes on the creature, fumbling with the knots. Those knots were so tight. I pulled harder, my hands rubbing on its fur. It touched something, something warm. My hands flew up immediately.
"Blood."
The rope was making it bleed. I looked at the pitiful thing. "I will not let you die here I promise."
ELISH
The words of that being I could not understand but it was supposed to comfort me. I could tell because I saw water in her eyes. I gave her the same wet stare not because of the tight rope cutting into my skin and causing me to bleed but because I wanted her to leave. To go far away. Something was boiling inside me. Its wasn't fear, it wasn't angry, it was something worse. I was going to do a very bad thing and I did not want her to get caught in that.