Living Nightmare

Bite

"Morning Max!" Mel cried as he entered the small dog's apartment, Buddy and Sweetpea following him. Stretching, Max greeted his friends as Duke began to wake up. "What's new guys?" the big dog asked, scratching his ear. Mel jumped all around as he said, "The new episode is coming out today!" Max rolled his eyes, knowing how much his pal wanted to see the episode of Expedition Unknown. But he had other plans on this very day. "Sorry guys, but I'm going to be with Gidget today," he explained, heading for the window. Just then, Duke let out a yelp of pain. Looking back, Max saw a dark spider crawling away.

Quick as lightning, he grabbed a rolled up newspaper and slammed it down on the spider. Slowly lifting it, Max sighed with relief to see the spider dead. "Don't worry guys," he reassured his friends. Duke whimpered as he examined one of his paws. A tiny bit of blood was oozing out of the bite. "Here, let's go clean that up," Max spoke softly as he led the big dog to the kitchen sink. Meanwhile, Mel turned on the TV and started flipping through the channels.

Gently placing a Band-Aid on the wound, Max announced, "There, all better! See you later Duke!" With that, the small dog left the apartment to let his friends watch their show. "I can't wait!" Mel cried, wagging his tail. Buddy went out to the kitchen to get a bag of microwave popcorn. Just then, a nearby air vent opened as Norman asked, "Did it start yet?" Sweetpea shook his head as the guinea pig took a seat on the couch. But Duke wasn't noticing any of this. If anything, he felt like he was going to be sick. The world appeared to spin around him. He heard Buddy's voice speaking to him but it sounded muffled. Suddenly, he felt himself tip over as he fell to the floor.