Chapter 10

Somewhere around the middle of winter vacation, Danuja though she could try her luck with making food once more. It was close to new year, that one neighbor that likes her give her a nice bottle of wine that she will never drink from and Dad spend most of his time in the backyard sleeping in snow and enjoying the sunlight, before making her floor a mess of dirty paw prints.

So, feeling a little cautions she walked again to the grocery store, briefly remembering the encounter with that strange guy, before entering the shop, Dad remaining at the door step, following her behind the glass.

'' - Dad?''  Danuja said before clicking her tongue, Dad trotting beside her. Once again it didn't take long before she felt eyes burning her nape, the bruises on her body still pulsing faintly from from her encounter with Ryota.

'' How persistent.'' she said quietly, stroking Dad side, fingers treading carefully through his fur before taking a sudden turn  '' Let's get it over with, hm.'' she said to herself stopping in the empty alley, Dad looking curious at her before switching his look towards the only exit of that place.

It wasn't really a surprise he didn't bark, he rarely does usually using growling and body language instead. It was all the better for Danuja who didn't want attention on her.

'' What the-'' she said regretting all her choice when in the place of the group of teenagers she excepted, there were three grown ass man blocking the entrance, intimidating them both. Dad tail was standing straight while his ears were lowered moving just a little in front of her. The first man, wearing a black mask and having a piercing in his eyebrow was the first to lunge at her.

And even though Danuja was more than enough out of her element, she know that the first thing that needs to be done was to raise her guard up for the incoming hits. A sharp shriek later she realized that she wasn't the target here.

'' No.'' she said faintly before baring her teeth at the sight in front of her.  Two out of the three men's were on Dad, one of them holding his nape tightly while the other was holding him down with his body.

'' We really wanted to be nice but-'' the remained man in front of her begin talking but Danuja couldn't hear a thing beside the cries of pain Dad let out. Suddenly there was silence, white, deafening silence then the next thing Danuja know was that the man in front of her cried in pain and that her nails, fingers were coated in blood.

She runned towards Dad who was still thrashing in the men hold, trying to get at last one of them off him. The man laughed mockingly

'' Is that all girly?'' he asked before twisting his hand, tightening his grip on Dad nape making him whine louder

'' You fucking bitch.'' Danuja said before shoving her fingers in his eyes and jumping on his back, tightening her long legs around his ribs. The man stand up, letting the other one to subdue Dad, trying to get her hand off him.

There was screaming in rage and curses accompanied by Dad growling and own cries of pain. Danuja hands were sticky, blood and something warm and squishy under her fingers, her legs hurt from the hits the man give her, targeting her knees.

Suddenly, a pair of hand griped her waist and tugged.

'' This insane bitch I swear!'' the one behind said tugging harder but that just made Danuja tighten her hold more before biting down, getting another scream from the one under her  '' Fuck sake man! Break her knees already or you remain blind!''  the same man said going in front of them hitting Danuja knees.  For a brief second Danuja looked up and saw how the man eyes were bloody, almost no white in them and how there were raw marks on his eyelids.

She smiled through the awful pain in her legs, moving her mouth viciously feeling metallic liquid filling her sense. 

The next thing Danuja knows is that she is on the ground, couching blood that wasn't her own and that her shirt was most probably ripped. She looked at the two man, one of them with a bloody, scarred ear with an equally bloody face, the other one already jumping on her holding her down, locking her arms with his knees, basically seating on her.

'' Now, let's have a nice chat alright?''  the man said smiling a little too wide before frowning when Danuja spit blood on his face  '' Disgusting. '' the man commented, moving Danuja head so he could stare down at her 

'' Get your man off him and I can promise that I won't make you blind like your friend.'' Danuja said swallowing whatever blood remained in her mouth, not letting her gaze stray away from the man

'' It's nice that you still thing you can get out of this hold girly. And that you thing blindness would stop us. It was rather nice seeing that fool struggle with your sorry self even though your techniques are quite messy.'' he said grimacing  '' Your aim is surprisingly horrible.''  he commented almost scolding her

'' Who even are you?''  Danuja asked incredulous, seeing from the corner of her eye how the one she attacked seat down and how the one holding Dad was struggling more and more

'' But trust we won't kill the dog, we have rules you see.'' he said  like he didn't just hear her  '' There's no need of killing animals, they usually go down with their owners anyway.'' 

Danuja laughed sharply, a startling sound that made the man above her flinch at her bloody teeth and mad look.

'' Who are you.''  Danuja stated, not bothering to ask or hide her glee

'' Did we hit you too hard?" he said actually concerned, moving her head left and right, looking after a head wound

'' I don't know who you are, even though you clearly know me.'' she said licking her lips  '' But you must know that I won't just seat idly when that happens.''  Danuja said shifting the few inch she could, lifting her knees and making the man lift himself slightly.

The man laughed. And Danuja, boiling with barely restrained anger took a hold of the screwdriver handle and pushed.