Chapter Text
"Mikey why did you do it?"
"He hurt you Gee. He hurt you and no one is allowed to do that."
"Mikey he was just a puppy, he didn't know!"
"He knew Gee. When someone hurts someone, they know they are doing it."
Mikey looked down and started to cry.
"I was only trying to help Gee. I'm sorry."
Gerard looked at his little brother holding the sack containing the now dead dog that bit him. The look in his brother's eyes was so earnest that all he could do is hug him.
"Okay Mikey okay."
"Hey Gee, can you help me bury the body?"
Gerard pulled away from Mikey, but he was not eight anymore. He was 16 and in the sack was not an animal, but a human.
"Sure Mikey."
They went out in the dead of night in the middle of the forest near their house. Quietly they dug a hole and buried the body.
"Thanks Gee, I knew i could count on you."
This time when Gerard looked up, Mikey was 26 and had the feral grin that only Gerard and his victims saw. Mikey reached out and stroked Gerard's face with his bloody hand and that's when Gerard woke up.
"Gee, you okay?"
Gerard looked up and saw Mikey at his doorway. He had a severe case of bed head and was yawning standing in his boxers.
"Yeah Mikes, just a dream."
Mikey moved towards the bed and climbed in. He pulled Gerard down with him and laid his head on his chest.
"It's okay Gee, I'm here. i'll always protect you."
Gerard snuggled in to his brother's warm body.
"I know Mikey."
"I love you Gee."
"Love you too."