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wire of her collar on the ring that the leash attached to. Putting a few extra wraps of the copper through the loop of the leash where he held onto it, he then looked on his contraption with satisfaction.
    “I hope this doesn’t hurt you girl,” he spoke quietly to the dog as he installed the collar back on her neck. Attaching the leash to the collar, he then checked the wire connections.
    Everything seemed like it would work…theoretically.
    He sighed nervously as he pulled the stone out of his pocket. Laying the chain over his head, he felt it slide down to his neck. Kneeling next to Luci, he laid a hand on her back and got ready to wait.
    He ran through his theory one more time in his head. Energy being more like electricity, he thought it reasonable to assume that it too would travel over a wire conductor. If the stone came to life, he would initially have his hand on Luci’s back, hoping that she would then see what he was seeing. If that part of the test did indeed work, the next part would be to see if his Rube Goldberg invention also allowed the energy of the stone to flow to her.
    Suddenly, he felt a small pulse of energy surge through his body. Not remembering that from before, he nevertheless looked out of the window in time to see a sickly looking man hobbling down the street.
    The man sparkled once. Actually…it might’ve been more of a shimmer, but Hank couldn’t be too sure.
    Quickly, he looked over at Luci, observing her watching the same man.
    “Everything ok girl?” he questioned. The dog glanced over at him calmly, licking his offered hand before turning back toward the street.
    Hank was overjoyed at proving his theory as his eyes moved back to the stooped man who had stopped at the corner to light a cigarette.
    Taking a nervous breath, Hank then stood up, taking his hand off of Luci’s back while gripping the leash in his other hand. Luci immediately stiffened.
    Afraid that his leash was not working, he called out again to the dog.
    “Luci?”
    The red dog immediately turned her head to face him, but quickly moved it back toward the street as a low growl escaped from her throat.
    Hank hurriedly looked down, seeing the hooded man from the day before suddenly appear from the far corner of the intersection.
    Holy shit! He whispered as the slenderly built man pulled a sword from a sheath at his back. Yelling what looked like a challenge toward the stooped man, the hooded figure’s sword quickly burst into flames.
    Suddenly, the sickly man was engulfed in a burst of light as he transformed before Hank’s eyes.
    “That ain’t human,” Hank whispered as he watched the man’s altered appearance rise out of the light.
    What now stood on the street corner could best be described as a monster. At least seven feet tall, it had gray skin that hung loose on its body, and bloody looking eyes. Drawing a sword of its own from under a cloak, the thing started rapidly advancing on the smaller man in the hood, letting out a bloodcurdling wail in the process.
    “Let’s go!” Hank said as he turned away from the window and headed for the stairs. He noticed that Luci was totally in sync with his actions, and a small smile crossed his face as they started down the steps.
    He wasn’t yet sure what he had gotten himself involved in, but he was glad that Luci would at least be there to help him. Already, the anticipation of it all made his heart race a thousand beats per minute.
    Hitting the bottom of the stairs at a run, they ran toward the exit, bursting through it in time to see the huge monster disappear in flame and ash as the hooded man swung his sword through it. The creature was no match for the warrior. Though he was much shorter than the beast he’d just put down, it’d been a purely unfair fight.
    “Hey!” Hank yelled as they started running toward the man.
    The hooded man seemed startled as the sunglasses hiding his face swung around toward their advance.
    “You again?” the man called, moving