Werewolves, Vampires and their pets

Foster the dangerous

Julius nodded a greeting before turning back to the carriage, he was washing it out, the day hadn't ended yet and he was planning on leaving it to dry for the afternoon, "enjoy your first tour?" Asked Julius, Quix hesitantly nodded, "it was interesting and all the humans were real cute!" Answered Quix, Julius was ahead of him, "ah, so I guess you saw the shelter eh? Yea its sad to see em like that, some of them like to escape, can't blame em, though my Koda was never really that bad," said Julius, Tax sighed, he picked up Goldy and Quix released the leash, Echo gazed around, something about having other humans around, strange ones, not the ones he had become friends with at home, this excited him, in a terrifying way, he wanted something to happen, anything, this place seemed so calm, but to his eyes, he saw every tension and reaction each human had, and he knew the truth that noone else was willing to notice.

Tax after cuddling Goldy for a short while decided to head back and explore the shopping area, he took the happy blonde girl, she followed eagerly, waving to the curious humans sitting on the path, Echo sat on the fence, watching everyone, he wanted to do something to rid himself of this surge of energy, so he decided he'd try to tempt Quix to take him for a walk, but Quix was to busy helping Julius prepare the carriage for them to stay in for the week, annoyed Echo scurried off, avoiding anyone on the streets, and there wasn't very many of them anyway.

Passing the shelter, Echo examined it, the cold and unsympathetic building stood towering over the short boy, he peeked through the door, the humans in the street watched curiously, the oily haired teenage boy smirked, "hey! Kid! Wanna let me out?" He asked, Echo watched him cautiously, he jumped up and pulled on the front door handle and walked towards the teenager, before jumping up and down till he reached the latch, and it flicked, the door slowly opened, the teenager seemed surprised, "well, thanks, didn't expect ya to do it" said the boy, his, black hair and grey eyes shone in the light, it probably helped that his hair was so oily.

Tax examined some harnesses and human toys, which consisted of balls, rattles, teddies and so much more, Tax picked up a Frisbee, Goldy wasn't interested, she was staring at a singing bird toy, with a flick of a switch it started whistling all kinds of tunes, Tax frowned, knowing a toy like that could get very annoying after a while, but as Goldy looked at him needily, he couldn't say no, he kept her walking, to check out more gear, a human was tied up to a pole, Goldy ran over and greeted them, the human woman smiled at her, but didn't say a word back, ignoring them, Tax continued his shopping.

Echo followed the teenager, the humans on the street shook their heads, Echo started feeling nervous, had he done something naughty? He didn't believe he had, the boy wondered around, aimless at first, Quix's voice could be heard, he rounded the corner and saw Echo with the teenager from the shelter, the teenager made a grumbling noise, Quix just watched confused, the teenager didn't move, he wasn't paying much attention to Quix anymore, something scared him and he bolted, two people ran after him, with gear to catch the runaway, a hoop which would tighten around the humans neck, and muzzling equipment, Echo watched in shock, his eyes glided over to Quix who watched the scene worried, Echo ran to Quix, he heard the choking sounds as they caught the teenager, and the cries to be left alone, Quix silently carried Echo back to the carriage, Tax met them there, and Quix didn't say a word, he had never seen a human being taken down before, he knew humans were dangerous when not properly confined or trained, but the way the humans body had jolted as his neck was hooked and the way the human had fought to avoid the muzzles, the one for his mouth, and the one for his arms. Tax was confused but seeing how upset Echo was decided to show Echo a new toy, a simple one, for preteens and teenagers, it was a simple puzzle, and then Goldy came up showing her brother her new 'pet' bird, she was so happy, and Echo didn't want to upset her.

The next day was quite nice, Jam arrived and took Quix and Tax to show them the normal breeding centre routine, it was simple, fill the mothers bowls with a healthy mash, the males, non-mated females and children got human dry food, which was poured into tubs for the humans to share, the water automatically refilled itself, after everyone had finished eating, they were place in their outside areas, which was a small caged yard, for each group, the cleaning was simply using the hose to clean away feces into a small hole in the ground which led to a sewer system, and wash the sheets and blankets from the beds, the children's cages merely got a straw change, and they spent the whole day on helping the main breeding centre, while Goldy and Echo sat bored with Julius pet sitting them.

The next day, they helped out at the shelter, the humans all got dried human food, poured into tubs, that would be their food for the day, then the cages were washed out, the humans didn't need to leave, they got hosed down as well, the five year old got a wash, and some teenagers, but not all, the most that was worked on was sales, people from all over would arrive and look through the humans, the five year old sold quickly, as did the middle aged humans, some lucky teenagers found themselves sold.

The third day, Quix got up and looked around sleepily, today he could just explore the town and not help out, that didn't mean he didn't enjoy the work, he just had never worked so close with humans, even though he had two of his own, a shout was heard and it was the teenager, his eyes wide and wild, the capturers easily catching up, Quix caught the teenager and stumbled down into a sitting position, the human desperately tried to pull away, his un-cut nails scratching Quix's arm, before giving up and slumping into Quix, "thank you sir," said one of the capturers, Quix watched them warily, "how'd he get out?" Asked Quix, Tax watched, and slowly stroked the frustrated teenagers head, who grumbled but didn't fight Tax, "he escaped while being escorted to the end room" explained the other capturer obviously in a hurry, "why are you putting him down!" Exclaimed Quix, he didn't get it, he had never known this reality, Echo and Goldy hid inside, nervous, "he has tried to escape multiple times and is dangerous" explained the first capturer, Quix held the boy closer, who gripped Quix's arm tightly, piercing skin with his nails, Tax understood, as much as you want to save something, you have to put your species first, that's just the way it was, but Quix wasn't giving up, as he was still much taller than the teenager, due to the breeding of short stature, he lifted the teenager rugby style and carried the struggling and terrified boy to the shelter.

Echo followed silently, Tax followed on instinct, they entered the building, the owner smiled, "oh thank you for returning the little nuisance, I'll be sure to file him in in just 10 minutes for the end room" hurried the owner, Quix shook his head, "no... I... Can I do anything to stop this?" Gasped Quix now to chocked up to explain his fury, "hmm, I see, you pity the animal, please understand, it has become apparent that he's a danger and I cannot allow such a dangerous human to reach the streets" explained the owner carefully, Quix shook his head, "I can show you! He's not dangerous!" Desperately tried Quix, Julius poked his head in and watched, stroking a worried Goldy gently.

The man sighed, "fine, you'll get a chance, you have all fortama, if it can be tamed into a more friendly pet, well, we'll see what'll happen from there" stated the man, "what?" Asked Quix, confused by the statement, the man rolled his eyes, "you can foster the human for a year" said the owner, Quix smiled, Tax gaped, he was understandably worried about letting a dangerous human join their group, now even more scared by the odd mood, the boy bit Quix's hand, who flinched slightly, but took it like a champ, "if he does anything, and i mean anything aggressive without proper reasoning, he'll be sent to any shelter and put down" added the owner, Quix didn't care about that, he was just getting ready to sign the papers.

After signing both the fostering papers and the responsibility form for Julius, Quix hugged the terrified boy close, Echo watched, and followed them everywhere, Tax sat in the carriage stressing, Goldy spent the day with Julius and the horses, Quix picked out a harness, a collar and a tracker, he even had to buy the appropriate confines to make the shelter owner happy, and the shelter owner wouldn't allow the human around the town without being muzzled, and his feet shackled, to prevent him from running away, this upset the boy, and left Quix feeling like a guilty mess.