[ Chapter 07 - Unwanted guest in the basement ]

– 2nd pov –
After everyone woke up, you took your things, hugged Lila and Skid as a goodbye and went to walk Pump home.

While you were walking Pump home, you two held hands. You looked at your phone, noticing you have no new messages. When you woke up earlier in the morning, you remembered the note Frank gave you, that you had in stuffed in pocket.

You texted him after you putted his phone number in.

"Hey Frank! This is me, [Y/n]! Just remembered the note u gave me.
So I decided to text you!'

"[Y/n]?" You quickly put the phone in your pocket before turning to face him. "Mhm?" "Can I have a piggy ride?" He asked you, looking at you with puppy eyes. You let out a sigh. In the end, you agreed, making him excited.

You picked him up, and instead of giving him a piggy ride, you putted him on your shoulders, holding his short legs. He giggled while you smiled at him. "Now.. let's race to your house!" You picked up your pace, but still tried to be careful, so you wouldn't drop him.

When you arrived at his house, you carefully picked him up and dropped him on the floor. You rang the doorbell, and then Susie opened the door. "Oh hey there [Y/n]! I see you brought Pump back, I'll take him with me. Bye!" She said with a smile, bringing Pump indoors as both of them waved at you.

You walked to your home, earbuds in your ears. You thought about what you could do today. Then, your mind drifted back to the memory of the painting, giving you the creeps. 'Salvator noster'
...
And your dream. What do you have to do with all of this? What is up with that mansion, The Eyes, the Salana person, and the cult?

You'll head to the library today to find out more about the Salana person. Where to go better than the library? You'll find out everything there!

And you could ask Jack and John if they possibly couldn't go investigate the mansion with you. Having policemen by your side would atleast make you feel a little bit better.

After a while, your house came in sight and you took the earbuds out of your ears and entered your house.

When you took of your clothes, you heard a loud bang coming from inside. You froze, before slowly going to investigate the house further. You walked into the kitchen, to grab a knife for safety.

You heard scratching coming from your basement. You slowly walked there, standing in front of the door. You pulled your ear towards the door, listening in. You heard the steps growing quieter.

Slowly opening the door, you were met with a raccoon, staring at you. You sighed relieved, putting your hand with the knife lower. "Oh. Just a raccoon. Ahah rightt." They turned to face the animal again, while it started to run with a full speed at them, showing it's teeth.

They shrieked, before quickly slamming the door on the animal while it scratched the door. 'Aren't raccoons supposed to be usually friendly??' The [h/c]nette sighed.

They went to look for a book in their small library, dragging their fingers along the books, before they found the one they were looking for.

They placed it on the table, scanning through the pages before finding the thing they exactly searched for. Dialing the number, they were met with a middle aged man's voice.

"Hello? This is Dexter Erotoph speaking."

■ You were on the couch, holding the remote in your hand, switching between the TV channels. When you found a right one, you heard the ringbell, and quickly turned the TV off before hurrying to the door.

You opened it, only to be met with a man fully dressed in yellow with a gray mask and a bag full of things.

"Ah hello! You must be Dexter, am I right?" You welcomed the man, moving aside from the doorframe, letting him be able to come inside. "Ah yes, Dexter the exterminator at your service! I kill rats, bats, cats and everything fast!" He said proudly, putting a fist on his chest.

You were about to say something, before you stopped yourself. "Wait, cats!?" You said shocked, a worry visible on your face.

"Nononononono, I love cats! I'll hug 'em until their brainssss are out!" He quickly defended himself, making you grin. "That's nice!"

"Ah, where's the rat?" He said, turning to face you, making you sweatdrop.
"Rat? Oh nono, I have a raccoon in my basement. Somehow.."

"A raccoon? Well, I'll be able to deal with a raccoon too. Leave it to me!" The man said, grinning through the mask while pointing a finger to himself. You smiled at the man's enthusiasm and led him to the basement.

"Here, but please be careful." You said with a worry evident in your voice. The man turned to face you. He felt his cheeks heat up a little, glad that he had his mask on.

"Hah thank you Mx.[ Last Name ], but worry not, I've dealt with worse animals than a raccoon. I've got this." He showed you thumbs up, before going into the basement.

– 3rd pov –
Dexter slowly descended the stairs, turning the light on, looking around. The light shone dimly, Dexter spotted bunch of trash splattered everywhere, which was most likely the raccoon's doing. The man set out a cage from his bag, setting it on the floor.

He then heard rustling, he turned around to see a cardboard box move slightly. Bingo.

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fter the man caught the raccoon into his cage, while it tried hard to get out hissing at the man, he heard few weak noises coming from the same cardboard box.

He placed the cage with the raccoon onto the floor and neared the cardboard box, to find about four small raccoons in the cardboard.

'Baby raccoons? From their size, I assume they must be around three months old.' Dexter thought. He looked back at the raccoon, who seemed to calm down and give up trying to get out.

He walked up the stairs, opening the door and sticking out his head out.
"Mx. [Last Name]? Come here for a minute please." [Y/n]'s head perked up from the kitchen at the mention of their name, and hurried to the man. "Yeah? Did you caught the raccoon?" The [h/c]nette asked, clasping their hands together while smiling.

"Oh I sure did! But we may have a smaller problem.."

[ A/n ] : WOOO IM BACK!!

Finally I got some motivation to write and forced myself out of writing block!
Im going on Christmas holidays 23.12. So Ill try to update more! :D But I have exams tmrrw and on also I got tablet yesterday so once I learn to draw digitally expect drawings 😈😈
Also, a little spoiler for next chapter. Let's say... im pretty sure many of you will be happy and youll meet a happy fella!! ( not the doll lol )
Btw this chapter is actually kinda good at the start until the second part where it starts to suck thanks to my writing block 😭
I hope the next chapter will turn out better.
I promise it will be more interesting.

Also, funfact : while [Y/n] is really good and has knowledge with plants, they know shit about animals. The only animals they know something about are foxes and owles. Plus the basic animals such as dogs, cats obv.

Anyways hope you enjoyed it anyway and byee<33

| 1500 words |

| Published - 18.12.2022 |

[ Edited - 27.6.2024 ]