The Tattoo (Ep. 5, Pt. 2)
Episodes of the Strange (Ep. 5, Pt. 2)
After a few pick pockets along the way, Cade saw a tattoo shop on the corner.
“Hmm, Doctor Kevin’s Tattoo. Oh yeah,” Cade said, as he walked inside. He saw all kinds of different art work on the walls, and an art book laying on the counter. As Cade flipped through the book, buzzing could be heard coming from the back. The buzzing stopped, and Cade looked up and saw a man wearing a green t-shirt with a frisbee disk on the front, jean shorts, and gloves, come through the strings of red beads that hung up in a small doorway.
“Can I help you?” the man asked.
“Yeah, I am thinking of a tattoo,” Cade said.
“Okay, what kind?” the man asked.
“Well, a cool tattoo and right here on my forearm would be cool too,” Cade said, as he pointed to his arm.
“Okay, what kind of tattoo?” the man asked again with a blank stare.
“Uh okay, well a Rottweiler. The head and face with snarling lips and its teeth showing,” Cade said smiling.
“So, you want an angry Rottweiler on your forearm. Am I right?” The man said.
“Hey, are you Doctor Kevin?” Cade asked. “Yes, I want an angry Rottweiler.”
“Yes, I am Doctor Kevin, and it will be one hundred dollars cash when the job is done,” he said.
“Uh, what if you mess the tat up?” Cade asked with a look of uncertainty.
“My tattoos are never wrong. I haven’t had any complaints yet,” Doctor Kevin said with a smile.
“Yeah, I want that,” Cade said while trying to have a serious look.
“Right this way then,” Doctor Kevin said, as he leads Cade through the strings of beads to the back room. “Sit in the last chair.”
Another tattoo artist took over the client that Doctor Kevin was attending to, so that he could personally work on Cade. The buzzing starts, and Cade shifts in his seat a little bit.
“The needle is a bit uncomfortable,” Cade said.
“I have not even touched you yet, so be still,” Doctor Kevin said as he looked up from Cade arm with a serious look.
“Sorry man, I am trying,” Cade said while trying not to concentrate on the buzzing sound.
“You know, you have a lot of greed inside you,” Doctor Kevin said as he continued with the tattoo.
“Why do you say that?” Cade asked.
“You have a lot of vibes coming from you, and I could sense the vibes as soon as you walked through the door,” Doctor Kevin said.
“Vibes, huh…” Cade said with a tone as if the doc was crazy.
“Yeah vibes. Some people give off good ones and some bad. You… well you just need to not cross the wrong people,” Doctor Kevin said while finishing up the tattoo. “Well there you go. How do you like it?”
Cade looked at his forearm and saw his angry Rottweiler tattoo with a shiny substance and clear plastic wrap on it.
“Wow, that is cool. Thank you.” Cade said with a smile. While Doctor Kevin said that he would be right back with a bill of sale, Cade started thinking of ways to get out of paying. Cade jumped up from the chair and headed for the door.
“STOP!” One of the tattoo artists yelled out as Doctor Kevin came running toward the front door then stopped. He opened the door and walked out, looking in all directions to see if he could see Cade anywhere.
Cade was laughing when he got about two blocks away, thinking that he got away with a free tattoo. Doctor Kevin stood outside of the tattoo shop fuming because Cade had run out. He raised his hands in the air and started mumbling under his breath, “May you have everything you want, from the power of your greed that lies deep within you. A tattoo with life shall consume you in the end.” The sound of thunder rolled through the air and lightening cracked across the sky. Doctor Kevin smiled a crooked smile and went back to business.
Cade wandered around town feeling proud that he got away with a free tattoo. He looked at his tattoo to admire the nicely done work when it started to tingle. He lightly touched the clear plastic feeling the pain of a freshly done tattoo. The tingling sensation was like it was breathing or something. Cade stood at the edge of an alley way when he saw an older model car. As he looked at the car, a younger man came out of the coffee shop from across the street.
“Man, I would love to have a cool car like that,” Cade said to himself as the young man started to get into the car. Just then the tingling on his arm started tingling even more, and his skin started to bulge, twist, and move outward.
“What the…?” Cade said in a frightened tone. His breath became short and quick as his eyes grew larger. He watched the tattoo bulge out more and stretch his skin. Fear ran though his body, as he heard growling sounds coming from the tattoo. Cade watched as the Rottweiler started growing and detaching itself from his forearm.
“Oh man, this is messed up… dude!” He said loudly. He stuck out his arm and the Rottweiler’s head completely stuck out. It growled and snarled its lips back, all while wiggling to free itself. Cade just stares in disbelief as to what is happening. When he blinks his eyes and opens them again, he sees the Rottweiler standing on all fours in front of him ready to leap into action without a second’s notice.
“HOLY CRAP!” Cade said, as he looked at the dog. “What the…?” Cade takes a couple of steps back and looks at his arm, then the dog. His mouth fell open, but he’s right there in front of him looking at the guy that came from the coffee shop. As the guy gets closer to the car, the dog looks back at Cade growling, then looks at the guy.
“Whoa… wait, what?” Cade said, as he watched the dog take off as fast as he could. He jumped high in the air and tackled the guy before he even knew what was happening. Cade could not move as he watched the Rottweiler maul the guy at his car. Cade was in shock, and was not believing what he just saw. He looked down as the dog came to him with the guy's car keys in his mouth. When Cade took the car keys, he felt his arm tingling again. When he looked at his arm the Rottweiler was back on his arm as a harmless tattoo.
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RM Forrest
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