'Mary'

Well... OK, this may seem a bit odd... considering it's semblance to my work but this is in fact the first spin off story. Its written by a close friend of mine, it is a bit odd... but hey, that's what she thinks would happen to her and... I would not but surprised. We never actually met in this world, because of a reason that will become apparent when you read 'Mary'. Just check it out at the top of the page!

Chapter 02

Chapter Two
Farther down this road

The next event that I suppose fits into the category I'm going to call supernatural happened several months latter. The day started normal enough, in point of fact I'd forgotten entirely about the previous encounter. If I had to look back, this would be the moment my destiny among the people of shadows.

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To be honest I was simply astounded when I was approached by these two, I have no idea how they knew about my attack all that time ago. I was REALLY freaked out when two men in suits come up to me on a walk and began to ask about my encounter with the dog. It turned out, they told me after I signed a few non-release documents, that they were part of an organisation known only as the shadows who were tasked with neutralizing such things.

Of course I thought they were nuts, who wouldn't, but still I thought what the hell and went along with it. The problem with that is that they had one of the things they'd neutralized on them, and I got a demonstration. They pulled out a little flute and began to walk down the street playing it and I couldn't help but follow...

I was taken to a nondescript corporate building south of where I had been on my walk. They lead me inside and showed me to what I recognized as a laboratory. They locked me in a room for 'further testing', I was held their for several hours. After some time I was taken to see the director, who decided I was perfect for a position they had been trying to fill.

For some reason the sorts of activity they had been studying was increasing every year. And a creature they'd had under raps for years had escaped... You guessed it, the black dog. Apparently all those years ago it was an Oman portending death, but its meaning seemed to have changed.

For I had not died, I'd had no real problems since the attack. In fact the only affect seemed to have that the sensors would indicate me as a threat. But the director was willing to offer me a deal. They would let me free, if I agreed to be a part of their New drastic measures team of... Well people and creatures considered threats.

He'll, when they had brought me in the two agents had been participating in the program. They were escorting the flute, as well as testing it. So , he told me, I had a choice, I could either work with him or I could stay locked up and safely out of the way. Not much of a choice eh?

So, of course, I chose the former. He had his men escort me back home after downloading an app to my phone that would keep me in touch and tracked. I was too meet my new team in a few days, and to keep out of trouble till then.