Post by anothercharlie on Jan 22, 2010 7:31:09 GMT -5
Now here's a sequel. Just like the previous text of mine, this was translated from Russian into English by myself, so it can have a lack of grammar, sorry. Anyway, hope you enjoy it. I don't have a name for this 'fic, so I'll gladly accept any suggestions.
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Carface has made it out of Hell. Nobody knew how did he do it, but he did...
Two years have passed since Sasha and Charlie's pup's death. Since then both Charlie and Sasha's fur have turned grey, despite of their age. When they passed along the street, looking like a pair of ghosts floating by, no one could even imagine they were once happy.They would certainly die because of such a tragedy if they were separated, but their love made them live on, for the sake of each other, despite what happened. Every dog in the neighbourhood knew about what happened, and lowered his muzzle as a token of sympathy before Charlie and Sasha. Once a dog which was passing by looked into Charlie's eyes. A well of infinite pain and sorrow has opened before him, making him flinch...
Today Charlie and Sasha finally decided to visit their son's grave. They could not go there before - the wound their hearts have suffered was too deep. But they couldn't delay the visit any longer. They went out of the house and headed towards the forest, not telling a word to each other - they didn't talk too much since the incident...
The sun was shining, the birds were singing and the flowers were in blossom . "Too bad our son can't enjoy this day... neither can we" - Charlie was deep into his bitter thoughts. "though, I must admit, this isn't the best day to die..". Sasha was walking by Charlie's side, remaining silent. Silence was their only friend now.
The closer they got to their son's final resting place, the stronger was the invisible hand gripping Charlie's heart . "Such wounds never heal", he thought to himself. Scenes from the past flashed in his mind, one after another, like in a slideshow: here's Anabelle's notice that a boy would be born, and here he and Sasha are thinking of a name for their child, here's his excited "He'll be born today!" cry at the Fleabite, here's ... ... Here's the blue stripe of cloth and the rain were recalled in his mind. Charlie flinched.
Finally, they made it to the grave. "Something's wrong!", Charlie thought suddenly. There was some other smell, so familiar, reminding of something bad...
Something's wrong with the grave itself! Charlie was terrified by his guessings. Suddenly, he quickly came to the grave and started to dig it, throwing the ground far away. Sasha, being shocked by such a behaviour, rushed to Charlie, trying to stop him, but Charlie stopped her with a roar.
Finally, Charlie has stopped digging. “ There's nothing in there”, said Charlie in a terrified voice. The grave was empty. They sat there shocked for a minute or so, thinking of what's happened. Charlie's thoughts were racing like a herd of mustangs. “Who? When? What for? ” - there were no answers for these questions.
Sasha went out of her shock and, having realized the facts, looked at Charlie and then put her head on Charlie's neck and started to cry, sobbing silently. She was always crying silently. Charlie looked at her, totally broken.
On their way home, Charlie's first thought was to run, just run anywhere to find that one who defiled the grave, and kill him, tear him into pieces, destroy him... But Charlie cooled himself down soon. His next thought was about calming Sasha down. She was sobbing all the way home and her muzzle was soaked with tears...
Staying in Hell for such a long time had its consequences for Carface. Every little bit of goodness and kindness was burnt out of him forever. Carface's only desire somewhy was to spoil the rest of Charlie's life...
Covered with freshly dug ground, Carface was standing on the Golden Gate. He held a pup in his extended paw. Little pup was all dirty too. However, that pup didn't care about dirt for two years already. With a sick nervous laughter Carface released the corpse of Charlie Jr. , which fell into the water, leaving a few bubbles of the surface. When it was done, Carface headed back to the city, planning more evil, grinning all the way.
“For what?!”, Charlie asked himself again and again. He felt like falling into a bottomless pit of madness. “Why didn't I ever stay in Heaven?! ”, he thought to himself. Then he looked at Sasha. He knew why he didn't stay up there... She was the reason. She was sleeping now, but Charlie knew that she would soon wake up from another nightmare and start crying again. And he will have to calm her down again... Sasha knew that her behavior was breaking Charlie's heart, but she couldn't do anything to herself...
Charlie had a little time of his own while Sasha was sleeping, so he went out to the yard. Suddenly he noticed a piece of paper, impaled on the fence' top. Paper was covered with dirt and it smelled with the same smell that was at the grave. There was something written on the paper, and the handwriting was familiar to Charlie. It read: "Welcome to hell, partner!". Finally Charlie has identified the one who possessed this smell.
Carface.
-Anabelle, let me down there!
-It is impossible!..
-Anabelle, my best friend has got into a trouble he can't get out alive without me! Let me there!
-Itchiford, you know the rules!
-TO HELL WITH RULES! Anabelle, it's just the case when I GOT to break the rules!
-Itc...
-Ah, now I understand why did Charlie want to get out of Heaven! Why are you so indifferent to his life?! - Itchy cried out loud, a single tear has come down his muzzle.
-DARE YOU NOT SPEAK THAT I AM INDIFFERENT TO SOMEONE'S LIFE! But the rules...
-Fine. Be that way. I refuse THIS then! - Itchy torn his Good Angel Badge off his shirt and threw it down to Anabelle's paws...
Charlie was outrageous about Carface. Furious as Satan himself, Charlie ran towards the center of the city where Red's former apartments were... When he got there, he found nothing but an abandoned house that was completely empty - Carface hasn't been here. So, Charlie headed toward another place where Carface could be. He searched the whole city for Carface, but he didn't find even a slightest trace...
Sasha was still sleeping when Charlie got out of the house. She had a series of dreams. Well, nightmares, actually. Though her dreams had different storylines, they had some things in common - a cross, a dark blue stripe of cloth and somewhy Carface... But today she had other dream, - Itchy flies amongst the clouds, having a very demoralized look ...
Charlie has checked every place Carface ever been to - dark streets, abandoned buildings, just everywhere. Still, he hadn't found even the slightest trace...Lack of sleep and the overall exhaustion soon had its effect on Charlie - he was out of breath and sat down to have a little rest. Fury was replaced by despair, and Charlie howled so painfully that everyone in the block who heard it, startled with fear...
Night fell upon the San Francisco, and Charlie headed home. When he finally got there, he's laid down near Sasha and fell asleep at once, having no dreams this night...
Carface still had some influence in this world, and he used it. He had a pair of devoted cutthroats by his side, and now he was explaining his plan of action, smoking a cigar and grinning.
- I need you to kill... but not Charlie. He must stay alive. I need you to kill an Irish Setter who is always by his side...
...Down in Hell a loss of a sinner was found out. Satan has immediately ordered Red to capture Carface.
- Do NOT capture him immediately. Let him sin a little more first... - Satan said.
- Anabelle, I beg you! What is the price of getting back to Earth?
- The price is too high, Itchy, it is too high for Good Angels. You shouldn't go back to Earth!
- I am ready to pay absolutely ANY price there is, Anabelle. It is a matter of life and death for my best friend, I am ready to do anything to help him.
- Itchy, you won't be able to come back to Heaven!
Itchy hesitated for a moment. He thought a little bit and then replied with a sigh:
- I am ready, Anabelle. Blow the Horn, let me out...
Charlie was awaken by someone's footsteps in the house. He stood up immediately, dashing to the unexpected visitor. It was dark, and Charlie could only see that it was a dog. So Charlie leaped to the stranger, beating him off paws and taking him in a choke-hold. But the smell... It was so familiar.
- Itchy! You! - Charlie exclaimed gladly, releasing the choke-hold
- Yep, I am happy to see you too, but alas, it isn't time to have an old friend's meeting Itchy replied hastily.
"I only hope I got here in time" Itch said, telling Charlie about Carface's cruel plot, revealing details Charlie wasn't aware of...
Itchy didn't make it in time. Carface and his henchmen were already approaching Charlie's house...
They have rushed into the house with a wild barking and howling. "Sasha, RUN!"; Charlie shouted. "I will never leave you alone, Charlie!" Sasha replied, standing by his side. A deadly fight has started...
Carface became insanely outrageous when he saw Charlie, so he forgot he wanted to leave him alive. Carface dashed to Charlie, aiming at his throat, but he missed, sliding on further, quickly recovering for the next attack. Charlie didn't give him a chance. He jumped towards Carface, gripping Carface's collar with his teeth and throwing him away. The throw was so hard that Carface hit the ceiling, breaking his forepaws when he fell down...
...Battle rage has awaken within Itchy, so he dashed to the nearest Carface's minion, going to tear him into little pieces. But the cutthroat, a Pincher Doberman, evaded Itchy's attack easily, letting him run a bit further, then pushing Itchy very hard into a wall. Pincher was slowly approaching Itchy, who laid paralyzed in a corner. Doberman raised his paw to break Itchy's neck when Sasha jumped on minion's back, taking his nape into a stranglehold. Minion's coupe de grace for Itchy missed, but Itchy couldn't move anymore - it appeared that his spine was broken by the impact. Doberman gave Itchy a punch in the stomach and then switched his attention to Sasha. He got her out of his back and threw her away to the floor. He was going to finish her off, approaching slowly. But when he came closer, Sasha slashed his throat with her teeth quickly. Doberman fell down to the floor, smearing his blood all over it. "The worst thing is that this abomination will go Heaven" Sasha thought...
... Meanwhile, another minion, a German Shepperd, rushed to Carface to help him. Charlie was already standing over Carface to finish him off when Shepperd knocked him off feet, pressing Charlie with his weight. Charlie managed to get out of the grip, rolling away, standing up. Charlie was still recovering from the impact when the minion made his leap. That leap would be final for both of them - Charlie managed to slash his enemy hard enough before rolling away from him...
...Itchy was still laying in the corner, suffering both physically and mentally. He tried to recover his breath, but it was in vain - Itchy was dying slowly. He was thinking about the fact that he wasn't able to help his friends, thinking about Heaven which he will never get to... Itchy was watching the fight and silent tears were coming down his muzzle ...
... Sheppherd was already performing his deadly leap. Charlie looked at him like it was a slow-motion movie, but he couldn't do anything because his wounds were too hard...
...Sasha has now recovered, so she leaped just between Charlie and his enemy to protect Charlie from a deadly leap. Carface's minion hit Sasha hard, also taking her neck into a choke-hold with his teeth. Charlie has now recovered too, but it was too late, - "I will...always... always be with... you" Sasha said and then slowly died in convulsions...
... Carface tried to crawl out of the house using his hind-paws. It wasn't unnoticed by Charlie. Completely mad, he jumped to Carface intending to make him suffer a slow death, but his jaws strangled nothing - Carface with a thunderclap. Red has taken him back to hell...
Charlie looked around. Carface's minions were lying dead in a pool of blood. One of them had a torn throat, another one laid dead with Sasha's neck in his jaws strangled forever. Sasha had her eyes wide open, staring lifelessly at the ceiling. Charlie slowly approached her and then closed her eyes.
Itchy was laying in a corner, still breathing. Charlie has rushed to him, having his last spark of hope shining a bit brighter. Maybe Itchy still had a chance...
"Itchy, wake up! WAKE UP! DO YOU HEAR ME?! DON'T LEAVE, YOU!" Charlie cried out in despair, but Itchy didn't hear him anymore - his soul was already flying to Heaven's gate...
Charlie looked at Sasha and then at Itchy. Both were dead. Dark and painful feelings overwhelmed Charlie's mind. He slowly went out of the house, being almost insane. This house had nothing for him now.
Being almost unconscious, Charlie headed to the forest. His subconscious has led him to his son's defiled grave. Charlie laid down on it, whining and howling... Life was leaking away from him with the streamlets of his blood, which seemed black in the darkness of the forest. Charlie bled to death...
...“Welcome home" Anabelle said with a sad smile . She lived so long that she has seen every pain on this world, and no matter how happy and cheerful she looked, she couldn't hide all the pain, sorrow and sympathy in her eyes.
Charlie looked around. Sasha was already here. She rushed to Charlie, joyfully putting her head on Charlie's neck. Down at her feet was a pup. It was Charlie Jr. who remained young forever. Everybody were happy, everything was so good...But why does Anabelle hide her eyes?
“Anabelle, and where's Itchy?” Charlie said, feeling that something was wrong, looking straight into Anabelle's eyes. “Let him in, you!” - Charlie said with both threat and despair in his tone. Anabelle said nothing in return. She lowered her muzzle, a shiny tear fell down to her paws, adding more pain to her glance...
Itchy was floating between Heaven and Hell. Neither place would let him in. "I only wished to help..." Itchy whispered. He floated near Heaven's Gate a bit, listening to the heavenly harp, and then headed on to eternal wandering between the worlds....
***THE END***
By One of the Charlies, 10.09.2009
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Carface has made it out of Hell. Nobody knew how did he do it, but he did...
Two years have passed since Sasha and Charlie's pup's death. Since then both Charlie and Sasha's fur have turned grey, despite of their age. When they passed along the street, looking like a pair of ghosts floating by, no one could even imagine they were once happy.They would certainly die because of such a tragedy if they were separated, but their love made them live on, for the sake of each other, despite what happened. Every dog in the neighbourhood knew about what happened, and lowered his muzzle as a token of sympathy before Charlie and Sasha. Once a dog which was passing by looked into Charlie's eyes. A well of infinite pain and sorrow has opened before him, making him flinch...
Today Charlie and Sasha finally decided to visit their son's grave. They could not go there before - the wound their hearts have suffered was too deep. But they couldn't delay the visit any longer. They went out of the house and headed towards the forest, not telling a word to each other - they didn't talk too much since the incident...
The sun was shining, the birds were singing and the flowers were in blossom . "Too bad our son can't enjoy this day... neither can we" - Charlie was deep into his bitter thoughts. "though, I must admit, this isn't the best day to die..". Sasha was walking by Charlie's side, remaining silent. Silence was their only friend now.
The closer they got to their son's final resting place, the stronger was the invisible hand gripping Charlie's heart . "Such wounds never heal", he thought to himself. Scenes from the past flashed in his mind, one after another, like in a slideshow: here's Anabelle's notice that a boy would be born, and here he and Sasha are thinking of a name for their child, here's his excited "He'll be born today!" cry at the Fleabite, here's ... ... Here's the blue stripe of cloth and the rain were recalled in his mind. Charlie flinched.
Finally, they made it to the grave. "Something's wrong!", Charlie thought suddenly. There was some other smell, so familiar, reminding of something bad...
Something's wrong with the grave itself! Charlie was terrified by his guessings. Suddenly, he quickly came to the grave and started to dig it, throwing the ground far away. Sasha, being shocked by such a behaviour, rushed to Charlie, trying to stop him, but Charlie stopped her with a roar.
Finally, Charlie has stopped digging. “ There's nothing in there”, said Charlie in a terrified voice. The grave was empty. They sat there shocked for a minute or so, thinking of what's happened. Charlie's thoughts were racing like a herd of mustangs. “Who? When? What for? ” - there were no answers for these questions.
Sasha went out of her shock and, having realized the facts, looked at Charlie and then put her head on Charlie's neck and started to cry, sobbing silently. She was always crying silently. Charlie looked at her, totally broken.
On their way home, Charlie's first thought was to run, just run anywhere to find that one who defiled the grave, and kill him, tear him into pieces, destroy him... But Charlie cooled himself down soon. His next thought was about calming Sasha down. She was sobbing all the way home and her muzzle was soaked with tears...
Staying in Hell for such a long time had its consequences for Carface. Every little bit of goodness and kindness was burnt out of him forever. Carface's only desire somewhy was to spoil the rest of Charlie's life...
Covered with freshly dug ground, Carface was standing on the Golden Gate. He held a pup in his extended paw. Little pup was all dirty too. However, that pup didn't care about dirt for two years already. With a sick nervous laughter Carface released the corpse of Charlie Jr. , which fell into the water, leaving a few bubbles of the surface. When it was done, Carface headed back to the city, planning more evil, grinning all the way.
“For what?!”, Charlie asked himself again and again. He felt like falling into a bottomless pit of madness. “Why didn't I ever stay in Heaven?! ”, he thought to himself. Then he looked at Sasha. He knew why he didn't stay up there... She was the reason. She was sleeping now, but Charlie knew that she would soon wake up from another nightmare and start crying again. And he will have to calm her down again... Sasha knew that her behavior was breaking Charlie's heart, but she couldn't do anything to herself...
Charlie had a little time of his own while Sasha was sleeping, so he went out to the yard. Suddenly he noticed a piece of paper, impaled on the fence' top. Paper was covered with dirt and it smelled with the same smell that was at the grave. There was something written on the paper, and the handwriting was familiar to Charlie. It read: "Welcome to hell, partner!". Finally Charlie has identified the one who possessed this smell.
Carface.
-Anabelle, let me down there!
-It is impossible!..
-Anabelle, my best friend has got into a trouble he can't get out alive without me! Let me there!
-Itchiford, you know the rules!
-TO HELL WITH RULES! Anabelle, it's just the case when I GOT to break the rules!
-Itc...
-Ah, now I understand why did Charlie want to get out of Heaven! Why are you so indifferent to his life?! - Itchy cried out loud, a single tear has come down his muzzle.
-DARE YOU NOT SPEAK THAT I AM INDIFFERENT TO SOMEONE'S LIFE! But the rules...
-Fine. Be that way. I refuse THIS then! - Itchy torn his Good Angel Badge off his shirt and threw it down to Anabelle's paws...
Charlie was outrageous about Carface. Furious as Satan himself, Charlie ran towards the center of the city where Red's former apartments were... When he got there, he found nothing but an abandoned house that was completely empty - Carface hasn't been here. So, Charlie headed toward another place where Carface could be. He searched the whole city for Carface, but he didn't find even a slightest trace...
Sasha was still sleeping when Charlie got out of the house. She had a series of dreams. Well, nightmares, actually. Though her dreams had different storylines, they had some things in common - a cross, a dark blue stripe of cloth and somewhy Carface... But today she had other dream, - Itchy flies amongst the clouds, having a very demoralized look ...
Charlie has checked every place Carface ever been to - dark streets, abandoned buildings, just everywhere. Still, he hadn't found even the slightest trace...Lack of sleep and the overall exhaustion soon had its effect on Charlie - he was out of breath and sat down to have a little rest. Fury was replaced by despair, and Charlie howled so painfully that everyone in the block who heard it, startled with fear...
Night fell upon the San Francisco, and Charlie headed home. When he finally got there, he's laid down near Sasha and fell asleep at once, having no dreams this night...
Carface still had some influence in this world, and he used it. He had a pair of devoted cutthroats by his side, and now he was explaining his plan of action, smoking a cigar and grinning.
- I need you to kill... but not Charlie. He must stay alive. I need you to kill an Irish Setter who is always by his side...
...Down in Hell a loss of a sinner was found out. Satan has immediately ordered Red to capture Carface.
- Do NOT capture him immediately. Let him sin a little more first... - Satan said.
- Anabelle, I beg you! What is the price of getting back to Earth?
- The price is too high, Itchy, it is too high for Good Angels. You shouldn't go back to Earth!
- I am ready to pay absolutely ANY price there is, Anabelle. It is a matter of life and death for my best friend, I am ready to do anything to help him.
- Itchy, you won't be able to come back to Heaven!
Itchy hesitated for a moment. He thought a little bit and then replied with a sigh:
- I am ready, Anabelle. Blow the Horn, let me out...
Charlie was awaken by someone's footsteps in the house. He stood up immediately, dashing to the unexpected visitor. It was dark, and Charlie could only see that it was a dog. So Charlie leaped to the stranger, beating him off paws and taking him in a choke-hold. But the smell... It was so familiar.
- Itchy! You! - Charlie exclaimed gladly, releasing the choke-hold
- Yep, I am happy to see you too, but alas, it isn't time to have an old friend's meeting Itchy replied hastily.
"I only hope I got here in time" Itch said, telling Charlie about Carface's cruel plot, revealing details Charlie wasn't aware of...
Itchy didn't make it in time. Carface and his henchmen were already approaching Charlie's house...
They have rushed into the house with a wild barking and howling. "Sasha, RUN!"; Charlie shouted. "I will never leave you alone, Charlie!" Sasha replied, standing by his side. A deadly fight has started...
Carface became insanely outrageous when he saw Charlie, so he forgot he wanted to leave him alive. Carface dashed to Charlie, aiming at his throat, but he missed, sliding on further, quickly recovering for the next attack. Charlie didn't give him a chance. He jumped towards Carface, gripping Carface's collar with his teeth and throwing him away. The throw was so hard that Carface hit the ceiling, breaking his forepaws when he fell down...
...Battle rage has awaken within Itchy, so he dashed to the nearest Carface's minion, going to tear him into little pieces. But the cutthroat, a Pincher Doberman, evaded Itchy's attack easily, letting him run a bit further, then pushing Itchy very hard into a wall. Pincher was slowly approaching Itchy, who laid paralyzed in a corner. Doberman raised his paw to break Itchy's neck when Sasha jumped on minion's back, taking his nape into a stranglehold. Minion's coupe de grace for Itchy missed, but Itchy couldn't move anymore - it appeared that his spine was broken by the impact. Doberman gave Itchy a punch in the stomach and then switched his attention to Sasha. He got her out of his back and threw her away to the floor. He was going to finish her off, approaching slowly. But when he came closer, Sasha slashed his throat with her teeth quickly. Doberman fell down to the floor, smearing his blood all over it. "The worst thing is that this abomination will go Heaven" Sasha thought...
... Meanwhile, another minion, a German Shepperd, rushed to Carface to help him. Charlie was already standing over Carface to finish him off when Shepperd knocked him off feet, pressing Charlie with his weight. Charlie managed to get out of the grip, rolling away, standing up. Charlie was still recovering from the impact when the minion made his leap. That leap would be final for both of them - Charlie managed to slash his enemy hard enough before rolling away from him...
...Itchy was still laying in the corner, suffering both physically and mentally. He tried to recover his breath, but it was in vain - Itchy was dying slowly. He was thinking about the fact that he wasn't able to help his friends, thinking about Heaven which he will never get to... Itchy was watching the fight and silent tears were coming down his muzzle ...
... Sheppherd was already performing his deadly leap. Charlie looked at him like it was a slow-motion movie, but he couldn't do anything because his wounds were too hard...
...Sasha has now recovered, so she leaped just between Charlie and his enemy to protect Charlie from a deadly leap. Carface's minion hit Sasha hard, also taking her neck into a choke-hold with his teeth. Charlie has now recovered too, but it was too late, - "I will...always... always be with... you" Sasha said and then slowly died in convulsions...
... Carface tried to crawl out of the house using his hind-paws. It wasn't unnoticed by Charlie. Completely mad, he jumped to Carface intending to make him suffer a slow death, but his jaws strangled nothing - Carface with a thunderclap. Red has taken him back to hell...
Charlie looked around. Carface's minions were lying dead in a pool of blood. One of them had a torn throat, another one laid dead with Sasha's neck in his jaws strangled forever. Sasha had her eyes wide open, staring lifelessly at the ceiling. Charlie slowly approached her and then closed her eyes.
Itchy was laying in a corner, still breathing. Charlie has rushed to him, having his last spark of hope shining a bit brighter. Maybe Itchy still had a chance...
"Itchy, wake up! WAKE UP! DO YOU HEAR ME?! DON'T LEAVE, YOU!" Charlie cried out in despair, but Itchy didn't hear him anymore - his soul was already flying to Heaven's gate...
Charlie looked at Sasha and then at Itchy. Both were dead. Dark and painful feelings overwhelmed Charlie's mind. He slowly went out of the house, being almost insane. This house had nothing for him now.
Being almost unconscious, Charlie headed to the forest. His subconscious has led him to his son's defiled grave. Charlie laid down on it, whining and howling... Life was leaking away from him with the streamlets of his blood, which seemed black in the darkness of the forest. Charlie bled to death...
...“Welcome home" Anabelle said with a sad smile . She lived so long that she has seen every pain on this world, and no matter how happy and cheerful she looked, she couldn't hide all the pain, sorrow and sympathy in her eyes.
Charlie looked around. Sasha was already here. She rushed to Charlie, joyfully putting her head on Charlie's neck. Down at her feet was a pup. It was Charlie Jr. who remained young forever. Everybody were happy, everything was so good...But why does Anabelle hide her eyes?
“Anabelle, and where's Itchy?” Charlie said, feeling that something was wrong, looking straight into Anabelle's eyes. “Let him in, you!” - Charlie said with both threat and despair in his tone. Anabelle said nothing in return. She lowered her muzzle, a shiny tear fell down to her paws, adding more pain to her glance...
Itchy was floating between Heaven and Hell. Neither place would let him in. "I only wished to help..." Itchy whispered. He floated near Heaven's Gate a bit, listening to the heavenly harp, and then headed on to eternal wandering between the worlds....
***THE END***
By One of the Charlies, 10.09.2009