RS- Halloween Story 8

The Monster I've Become


Part Eight

Meanwhile, Rigby and Skips were at work trying to find a way to help Mordecai. Rigby was amazed by all the books and things in Skips basement; much of which were a bit dusty and collecting spider webs.
"I still can't believe you have all these books and testing equipment down here." Rigby said; still astonished by the sight of the basement as he continued to look for something that would be of use to them.
"I used to be into this kind of thing a while back." Skips replied; as he looked through a shelf full of old books.
"So what're we looking for again?" Rigby asked.
"We need to find the book on how to defeat a Black Shuck." Skips answered; still going through the shelf of dusty books.
"Right." Rigby replied; unconvinced. "A book on how to defeat-"
"Here it is!" Skips said; cutting Rigby off as he pulled a book off the shelf. "How to defeat a Black Shuck/Devil Dog."
Rigby ran over. Skips skimmed through the pages. After a few moments, he stopped on the page he wanted.
"'The many ways to destroy a Devil Dog. In order to kill a Devil Dog is to...' No, not there." Skips said; flipping another page. "'Another way you can kill a Black Shuck is to-'"
"Are there any ways in this book that don't end with death?" Rigby asked; interrupting him. "We don't wanna kill him!"
"Well, there is one way." Skips replied; flipping through more of the pages.
"Here we go. 'How to separate a Black Shuck's soul from a person's body.'"
"Bingo!" Rigby grinned.
"'In order to separate a Black Shuck's soul from a person's body, the victim must drink a very powerful potion.'" Skips read. "'This must include salt to force the evil spirit out of the victim's body.'"
"That's it?" Rigby asked. "That should be easy enough."
"Wait. There's a part that we missed." Skips said; looking at the book again. "It says that in order to make it work, it's gotta have a drop of blood from a very close and loving friend." He pointed out.
Rigby stared in shock.
"Did you say... Loving friend?" He asked; awestruck.
"Yeah, that's what it said." Skips replied; glancing up at Rigby.
Rigby stared back at him in shock.
"Wha- You mean me?" He asked finally.
"Well, you are his closest friend." Skips replied.
"Yeah, I know that but the whole... Love thing? I don't know about that."
"Come on, Rigby. It's really the only way to save him. Unless you'd rather use a silver stake."
"I thought that only worked for werewolves." Rigby stated anxiously.
"Nope. Apparently it works for Devil Dogs too." Skips replied.
"Oh." Rigby said.
"So it's either the potion or the silver stake." Skips said.
"No! I don't want him to die!" Rigby shouted. "But I-"
"There's no more time to argue!" Skips interrupted. "We've gotta make that potion. Like I had said before, we've only got until the stroke of midnight."
"Well, what do we need besides the salt?" Rigby asked.
"I'll read off the ingredients and you get them for me."
"Right!" Rigby responding running over to another shelf with different items.
As Skips looked through the book, Rigby soon found a small basket.
"Okay, I need Powdered root of Aspen." Skips said.
Rigby soon found a small, brown bottle of dust and took it off the cobwebbed shelf and put it the basket he was holding.
"I need Infusion of Newt." Skips said.
"EWW!!" Rigby grimaced; grabbing a bottle of green goop off the shelf.
"Some Beetle Eyes."
"That's sick, man!" Rigby groaned; taking a bottle of eyes off the shelf. "Why do you keep this stuff?" He asked taking the items over and setting them out on a table.
"They're for emergencies in case other ideas fail." Skips replied.
"Well, that's gross, man!" Rigby replied; before going over to the shelves again.
"Okay, now what?"
"Let's see," Skips said; looking at the book again. "It needs to be salt based." Rigby soon found a quart sized container of salt. Placing the basket on the floor he brought the item over to the table; setting it down before running back over to the shelf. "Okay, Swamp Silt." Rigby soon found a bottle of greenish brown muck and placed in his basket. "Ground Rose petals." Rigby grabbed a small, deep red bottle of dust.
"And finally, Cobra Venom."
"Ugh! Dude! I feel sorry for Mordecai." Rigby frowned. "He's not gonna be happy about this."
"I know, but it's the only way to save him." Skips replied.
"Yeah, I know." Rigby said.
Just then, a loud blast rocked the house! Skips and Rigby ran upstairs and ran outside. They look on at the horrific sight. Eerie bluish green flames covered a fourth of the roof; snaking their way down one of the walls. Massive clouds of smog erupted with the eager flames as they licked the walls and ground surrounding it.
Skips and Rigby looked on in awe before turning around sharply to see two large black figures standing within the shadows. As they came closer, Rigby and Skips could see they were what appeared to be large black dogs standing before them. Though the both seemed somewhat the same, one was a bit different.
They both had black fur that seemed to be burning, but one of them a bit smaller than the other and had icy blue eyes instead of piercing red. Rigby also noticed that the smaller dog had a strange blue tint to his fur instead of the usual black. Nevertheless, Rigby knew for sure that he and Skips were in for a lot of trouble.