wendigo

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by miffy_0

by miffy_0

I sat in my office. All was going well . Just a few missing dog cases. My name's Howard Battiston. I'm a detective in a small town near a big forest with my dog and my my daughter . My wife died 3 years ago. I berley had any work. There's not much here anyways . My collegues sat in offices next door or in the main meet up room discussing the missing dog cases we've had recently. It was quite strange . People's dogs had started to go missing a week ago. It started off with Mrs.Collins dog. Then Mr.Hugo's son's dog and etc...... What was bizzare was the pattern of the dissaperences. It seemed to get closer and closer to those thick woods. But I'm sure it was just a coincidence that the dogs where running away . I got up . ' 4pm already?' I thought 'i have to go get Alissa' I got up and made my to the door. I waved goodbye at the police center attendant and left.

I hopped out of my car and walked over to Alissa's school gate. I could see her standing Infront of the gate waiting for me. "Daddy!!" She yelled , auburn hair flowing behind her. "Wowowow." I laughed when she crashed into my arms " take it easy there kiddo" we hopped back into the car and drove back to our house.

We arrived at the house. It was a cozy log cottage next to a little flower field, where Alissa would play with sierra (our dog). We loved it here. We walked inside with Alissa telling me her school day. "We did finger painting today daddy!" She looked up at me with those sky blue eyes filled with joy. Just like her mother. "That's amazing sweety, but you know what you have to do before showing me you beautiful painting?" "What?" She said enthusiastically "TAKE A SHOWER!!" I opened my arms wide and snatched her "nonononon" she said between laughs "not the showerrrr" "yes the eviiiill showerrrr" I said in a silly voice making her laugh and twist harder. "Look even sierra agrees you should go " Sierra lifted his head at the sound of his name and barked . "See?" I said "nooo" she screeched and finally managed to twist out of my arms and run off , giggling " get back hereeeee" I said playfully and chased her.

I finally managed to get Alissa in the shower. I was making diner for the both of us. A quick salad with lots of croutons, just like she likes. Like her mother likes. Sierra came barking over to me asking to play , tail wagging hard. "Ask Alissa , I'm busy" he barked at me and left the room coming back in with his favorite planet ball. "Bark" he said and dropped the ball at my feet . I gave it a half kick. And he when chasing after it . "Daddyyy" Alissa called "whaaaat?" I answered "when are we eatinggggg?" "Soon Hun. Soon." She gave sierra a quick scratch on the head and grabbed his ball and ran away with it Sierra not far behind. 'that kid' I thought sweetly. When I finished making diner I called out her name and she came dashing with Sierra behind her. I set a bowl down for him and filled it with his diner with the scraps of grease from the ham I put in the salad. Alissa told me about her day and showed me her finger painting. It was a slick black creature with a painted white skull and terrifyingly red eyes telling me to run and hide as fast as I could. "And that's you daddy!" She said enthusiastically pointing at a little stickman standing beneath. "And who's next to me sweetheart?" I asked , conserned . "That's my friend!" She said smiling an impossible grin for such a horffing thing she had drawn."and where did you get that red?" I looked at her trying to mimic her grin . " the teachers had a bit of red left!" "That's amazing Hun". I told myself that it HAD to be just an insignificant doodle from a child. We finished and I tucked her into bed . I sat on the couch and scratched Sierra's head. That drawing though, it's so disturbing. I mean children can draw all sorts of things but this .... this is something else. The way she painted the eyes , like they were giving me a warning... a warning that I can't ignore. I decided to go to bed. Mabye this feeling will be gone in the morning.

But I felt the ground shaking...

Something else is here.....