Fury

[Fraroc]

Chapter Fourteen




It was three days since Jason and Jennifer’s quote-unquote “date”. Their relationship didn’t really flourish in the terms of romance, but increased tenfold in terms of friendship (even though Jennifer believes that she and Jason really are boyfriend and girlfriend). That late afternoon, both Jason and Mike have the duty of once again scattering hay around the quarantine pen. They engage in conversation about various topics, also increasing their relationship.




After their work was done, they exit the quarantine pen to find both of Mike and Jason’s stallions nuzzling each other.

“Hey Mike! Look at Fury and Dante!”
“Haha! They’re becoming bros, kinda like us!”




Mike then leads Fury back to the stables when Jason notices something, or rather someone different.

“Who is that guy talking to Jack?”
“That’s Roy Peterson, a friend of his. He owns another horse farm not too far from here. I never really cared for him though, he's kind of a defensive asshole when it comes to how horses are supposed to be trained. What does he want, though?




“Roy, I’m sorry for the loss of your mare, but I really find your story hard to believe.”
“I SWEAR what I’m saying is true. At about 10 o’ clock at night, I rode my horse back to the barn and I found my prized mare dead on the ground! After that I heard some sort of animal sound, It sounded like a horse neighing, but more intense and malevolent. That’s when I saw....”
“A phantom horse?”
“Not a phantom, it was real! What I saw galloping down that field.....was this...huge, intimidating and evil-looking wild black stallion. I knew right away...that my mare was killed by that unbridled demon!”




While Roy Peterson was talking about what happened to his mare, Dante then follows his owner and walks up to the edge of the corral where Roy and Jack are. Almost immediately, Roy looks into the dark eyes of Jason’s black Friesian stallion and is in absolute shock.





“THAT’S IT!”
“What are you yelling about, man!?”
“That dark horse! That’s the stallion that killed my mare!”
“No, no, no, no...I think you’re mistaken. If you’re talking about the black horse in the corral, that’s Dante. One of my stable hands owns that horse.”
“I don’t care WHO owns that...that...DEMON! I will have that horse seized and euthanized by the Animal Cops!!”




Jason overhears everything and he is absolutley furious. From the day that Mike, Karilla and the rest of the gang met him, Jason did not come off as aggressive or mean at all. But now after Roy threatened to have Dante, his best friend put to sleep over something totally ludicrous, no mere mortal could calculate the amount of rage that was flowing through his system.

“Hey ASSHOLE! for your information, that is MY horse and NO ONE is going to touch him! Who the f*** do you think you are anyway? Coming up here and ASSUMING that my horse killed yours?”




“Listen here, BOY. I personally don’t give a f*** HOW much you love that horse, You are in possession of a dangerous and deadly wild animal! You will be doing yourself and everyone around you a big favor if you just shut your mouth and let me do what has to be done!”
“F*** off!! And by the way, I’m not a boy, I’m a MAN.”

Jack tries to be the voice of reason and keep Roy and Jason’s tempers under control, but it is evident that his efforts are in vain.

“Listen both of you! Just calm down and I can work something out! ”




Michael Schaefer has absolutely no qualms about sticking up for a good friend of his. One of the ways that working with horses changed him is now he is very loyal to his friends and will do anything for them.

“Excuse me for butting into this “pleasant conversation” but I will have you know, that the weeks that me and Jason have been working together at this stable, Dante has been one of the sweetest, most well-tempered stallions I have ever met! You obviously have no goddamn idea what you’re talking about, so I want you to take my advice. Get the f*** off Jack’s property.”




Roy then explodes and lets his anger out on Mike. He curls his fingers into a fist and is about to lunge at him.

“YOU DISRESPECTFUL LITTLE PUNK!!! WHY I OUGHT TO-“


Just as Roy was about to pounce on Mike.....




Fury senses that Mike is in danger and reacts very violently. He neighs wildly and gallops over to where Mike and Roy are about to fight. He then attempts to stomp Roy to death by rearing up and kicking at him, thankfully Jack, Jason, and Mike hold him back so he can’t do any damage.




Roy is then outraged with his “friend” Jack, accusing him of stockpiling dangerous animals.

“I expected better from you! No real rancher would keep killer horses at his stable! What the hell are you anyway? Some sort of PETA fanatic? You're no different than those f***ing bleeding-heart crazies that think wolves can be pets! This is your ONLY warning Jack, if EITHER of those untamed beasts attack my horse farm or any other horse farms in Crystal Falls AGAIN. I will not only have that black stallion and that bay stallion put to sleep, I will also have this stable of yours shut down FOR GOOD!”





Roy storms off and stops harassing Jack, but Mike is still rather angry and annoyed at Fury for almost killing Roy.

“FURY!!! What the hell possessed you to do that?! LISTEN TO ME!! Do you WANT people to think that you’re vicious!? Do you want to be EUTHANIZED for chrissakes!?”




Jason then walks over and calms Mike down.

“Easy there, Mike....you shouldn’t be punishing Fury, it wasn’t his fault. I saw the look in his eyes before he went berserk. He saw that guy about to punch you......he was protecting you, Mike. He didn’t want you to get hurt....”




“You’re right, J. I’m sorry I yelled at you, Fury.....No matter what, you will always be my buddy.”




Jason sees that it’s getting late, and before he goes home to his family in the large The Great Gatsby-esque mansion, he opens the gate to the corral and approaches Dante. He took the time out to appreciate the beauty of his horse. Lustrous black fur basked in the moonlight. Jason then hugs his neck as Dante nuzzles him.

“I know you’re not a killer, boy......”


“I hope not.”


ZE PLOT THICKENS!!!!