Chapter 32

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I was in the garage, (Note, the garage is very large, rather than your usual small house garage, imagine something more like the ones in GTA:V, essentially their own one story building.) and I decided to experiment with seeing what animals I could turn into. I was able to turn into just about anything besides varieties of dogs, the closest to a dog I could get was a fox, and I didn't try anything aquatic because I'd need water for that, and I couldn't do bears. I moved on to mythological creatures, I didn't try anything too big, because that would require an open field. I was able to get a wyvern, because they, though they could be huge, up to the same size as a dragon, they could also be small. Wyverns are similar to dragons, but wyverns don't have front legs. Which was pretty much how you were able to tell the difference. I tried a Lycanthrope (Fancy term for werewolf), but didn't expect much, because I couldn't do dogs. Unsurprisingly, it didn't work. I tried a were-cat which was essentially the same thing, just more catlike than doglike. I concentrated, and hoped for the best. It worked. I was huge, about 8 feet tall, and my right forearm, and the lower portion of my left leg were made of metal, and I looked similar to a werewolf, but rather than being similar to a wolf in appearance, I was similar to a black panther. I shape shifted back, and grabbed my guitar from the trunk of my car as I went outside. I was in a pirate-y mood and for some reason just couldn't get pirates out of my head, and most of all had a particular sea shanty stuck in my head. I tuned my guitar, and started playing. 

I finished the song, and a couple people handed me some spare change, but I told them to keep it, and they went on their way as I headed inside. I stuck my guitar back in the trunk of my car, and headed upstairs. The shop opened late today, because everyone was feeling a bit sluggish. I don't know why it took so long for the idea to come to me. I grabbed a couple energy drinks from my fridge, and handed Kashou one, and got a few cups and split one between Chocola, Vanilla and Lemon. As for Raven I handed her one too, but warned her not to drink them too often, because caffeine addictions can cause headaches. A few minutes later everyone was fully awake, and we opened up the shop. Aries came over today to talk with me and Vanilla. We were talking for a while when someone walked into the shop. I gently moved her out of my lap and set her down in the chair while I stood up. I walked over to the person. He had a cast on his arm. I walked over to him. "Hey I remember you. You tried to mug me and my wife." I said, turning him to face me. He looked like he was staring at death itself. "Please, don't hurt me!" He said. "I just want to talk to you. I won't break you as long as you don't try to break any laws." I said. "Okay..." He said, calming down a little bit. "Lets start with what you're doing here, after you tried to mug me and my wife, with about four other now deceased gang members." I said. "I left the gang after I brought the boss that letter you left in my pocket. I wasn't really able to work for the gang after you crushed my arm." He said. "Okay. But if you try anything shady... Believe me when I say you will have no flesh left, just blood, all over the pavement." I said. "Okay." He said, terrified. He got some cake and some tea, and I gestured for him to come sit down with us. He pulled up a chair, and sat down with us. He said his name was Akio. "If you've left your gang I can get your tattoos removed." I offered. "Thank you." He said. He ate his cake while he talked, and I brought him to get his tattoos removed. After we got them removed we walked around town for a while. While we were walking someone knocked me over. I heard a gunshot. Akio got shot. It hit him in the gut, and he fell over. I pulled him behind the nearest building and Vanilla sat down with him. I shape shifted into a normal sized crow, and flew up into the air. I flew really high, and then started diving towards the sniper, currently perched on a building. The sniper was a gang member, so he was an enemy, this wasn't another soldier like last time. About halfway through my dive I shape shifted into a panther, and unsheathed my claws. I landed full force on the sniper. His body made several loud cracking sounds as he was crushed, if he wasn't dead yet he would be soon, his rib cage had collapsed, and his spine snapped in at least three places. I shape shifted back into my normal form and grabbed hold of the side of the building and carefully slid down the side. I ran back to where Vanilla and Akio were. I examined him. He was bleeding far too much from the massive hole in his gut. Even if I were to try patching him up even if not for how fast he was currently bleeding, he had already lost too much blood. I saluted him, and he died. I got a hearse to clean up him and the sniper. They had to have me help them clean up the sniper. The people had to take a detour to get around the building while I pushed the sniper's corpse off the roof so the hearse could take him away. I turned the sniper's gun over to the police along with the casing of the bullet as evidence it was the sniper who killed Akio. I headed back to the shop with Vanilla. Another individual of particular note walked into the shop. Clarence tried walking in again. I walked up to him and grabbed hold of his shirt. "Why do you keep coming back? Are you stubborn? Or just plain dumb." I said. He laughed. "What's so funny chuckles?" I said, gripping his shirt tighter. "Nothing." He said. "If you harass anyone... I will eat you. Got it?" I said. "I got it." He said. "Good." I replied, dropping him. I sat down with Aries, and Vanilla sat back down in my lap. Clarence started walking over to us. I growled at him, and he raised his hands as if to say, I don't mean any harm, please don't kill me. "Fine. But if you harass anyone, or even look at Raven the wrong way, I will skin you." I said Royal came over as well, and added on to the list of things we would do to him if he did something he shouldn't. "By the way, which one is Raven?" Clarence asked. "Raven is our daughter, and Lemon is our son." I said, pointing to them. "Of course... The sexy one is the one with the father who'll tear me a new backside if I try anything... Dammit." He said, sighing. "I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that, so I don't have to kill you just yet. The hearse has been pretty overworked recently." I said. His face turned ghost white. "Umm..." Clarence stammered. "Speaking of you, Weren't you missing a leg? Now you're wearing jeans and boots as if nothing ever happened." He said, changing the subject. "You see my metal arm? You should know it well, I used it to turn your face to a pulp. Well I recently got the same thing done for my leg." I said. "Oh cool." He said. Though I wasn't ever going to be able to fully trust him, I gave him enough room to gain my favor enough to be in a moral gray area, as in he's certainly not good, but I didn't have to beat him to a pulp every time we meet. He stood up, and slowly reached out to pet Vanilla. I watched him carefully. He gently rubbed Vanilla's head, and left. Vanilla and I went upstairs, and we went to go take a nap. Vanilla scooted over to my side, resting her head on my shoulder with a hand on my chest. I gently rubbed her head, and fell asleep a few minutes later.

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