Cutest Pet System

Midnight Panic

Rio was woken from his nap by the sound of someone entering the house. He quickly got up and waited in front of the door.

Rachel walked in and Loudly shut the door behind her. Her face was sullen and she seemed distracted.

"How was school today?" her mother asked.

Rachel simply shook her head and went to her room.

Her mother sighed before returning to her work.

"What's wrong with her?" Rio wondered.

"Don't worry about her boy, She gets like that from time to time." The mother reassured Rio after seeing his worried pacing.

This was the first time he had seen her so down. She was usually cheerful and upbeat.

"Maybe I should go check on her. Maybe I can cheer her up?"

He waddles over to her bedroom and kicks the door lightly.

"Hello?"

There was no answer.

Rio tries again but the room is silent.

Gathering some boxes and chairs that he found upstairs, Rio makes for the doorknob.

He tries as best as he can with his small body but the door is locked.

"You can't keep me out forever." Rio says smugly.

Rio takes a peek down the stairs to find Rachel's mother still in the kitchen and quickly resonates with Zack.

Liquefying his body, Rio slips underneath the door and into Rachel's room to find the window wide open, allowing the moon to shine into the room.

Rio searches the room to find  that Rachel is nowhere to be seen.

"Did she.. Leave through the window? Why?" Rio wonders.

He walks over to the window and peers out of it.

The world is dark and quiet. There was nothing in sight.

It was almost as if it was a ghost town.

As Rio was searching for clues to her disappearance, he noticed that there were marks in her bed.

They were deep claw marks.

"What the hell?"

Rio's heart was pounding.

He didn't know what was going on but he knew that it couldn't be good. It was as if some creature had kidnapped her.

Without another thought Rio leaped through the window and out into the night.

The town was quiet, No one wanted to be caught outside in fear of the recent disappearances.

Rio looked around for any traces of the kidnapper and found none.

"Where do I even begin? Where could she be?"

Rio ran around town for an hour.

No matter where he went, he was unable to find a single trace of the girl.

Finally, after a few hours of searching, Rio found something.

Outside of a small home was a puddle of blood slowly leaking from a window. The blood had dripped onto the ground below and stained the grass red.

Rio quickly approached the home and saw that there was a large amount of fur spread across the lawn.

The Hairs had left a trail leading to a large rundown building.

A shiver ran up Rio's spine. Something about this place wasn't right. He didn't know what it was but he could sense that something evil lurked in this place.

But his curiosity won over his fears and he followed the trail.

If there was a small chance that Rachel was still alive in there, he was willing to take the risk.

Inside, Rio quickly finds the source of the blood. A large man lay dead in the center of the room. He was dressed in a set of orange pajamas and was covered in cuts. His head had been bashed in and his body was torn apart with sharp claws.

The smell would have made anyone nauseous but it only excited Rio. He had forgotten why he had come there when he saw the perfectly prepared meal in front of him.

"Oh god" Rio said as his mouth watered uncontrollably.

Rio took a step forward and picked up the man by his leg with his teeth.

Rio's hunger overpowered his common sense and he devoured the body before his mind could catch up with his stomach.

He ate his way through his meal before returning to his senses at the sound of heavy footsteps approaching.

Each footstep felt like it was enough to crush stone.

Rio looked up to see who it was but all he could see was the darkness of the hallway.

He could hear the steps getting closer and closer until finally they stopped right before his eyes.

"What are you!?"