Hercules the Wonder Dog

Hercules the Wonder Dog


Alley finished marking some reports and headed for the shower and an early night in front of the TV in her room. Hercules, her loving boxer watched as she undressed and stepped into the shower then climbed up on the bed and curled up waiting for his loving master to join him. Mark was out at a business dinner and did not usually get in before midnight so Alley would be fast asleep by then. Mark and Alley would have kids one day but for now they doted on Hercules and spoiled him rotten. The three of them went to the beach and went for runs together and were generally inseparable.

Alley finished in the shower and dried her athletic body and her long blonde hair as Hercules looked on. She threw on some panties and a big old T-Shirt of Mark’s then climbed into bed and massaged Hercules behind the ears. He loved that which showed as his head sank contently into her lap. Alley flicked through the stations without much joy as there was nothing that interested her on TV. She decided to read a bit and sat back and started flicking through until she found her place and started reading. As she read a fingertip made circles in the top of Hercules head which was slumped on top of Alley’s flat stomach. She soon dozed off and quickly sank into a deep sleep.

It was around 2a.m. that Alley and Hercules were awoken by a loud crash in the back of the house. Hercules ran to investigate the crash barking loudly as he went. Then there was silence. Alley became very nervous after two minutes that seemed like hours as Hercules had not returned. All of a sudden there was a growl in the doorway and a flash of light as a gun went off. In that brief moment Alley saw Hercules tackle the intruder who ran crashing through the front door as he escaped.

Alley shook and cried briefly before getting herself together to call the police. She got up the nerve to get out of bed and turn the light on and when she did she saw blood trailing from the bedroom with Hercules footprints and came to the terrifying conclusion that he must have been shot in the tussle.

“Oh my god baby, where are you are you ok”

A hand grabbed her and she turned to face the intruder who had returned.

“You better not ring the cops or I’ll”
“I already did and they’re on there…………..

Her sentence was interrupted as Hercules leapt onto the intruder landing with all of his weight in his chest, pinning him to the ground. A squad car screeched to a halt out and two officers thundered down the driveway and cuffed the man and dragged him away as a second car and an ambulance arrived. A female officer began to take a statement from Alley who suddenly looked at Hercules as he lay slumped on the floor with a pool of blood growing from underneath him.

“Oh my God. I’m ok, I’m ok, it’s Hercules, and he’s been shot”

She hugged his head to her chest and sobbed bitterly

“He saved my life, please don’t let him die. You have to help him”

Breaking protocol the police officer said

“Ok we can take your statement later. Driver get this dog to a Vet”

The paramedic stretchered the dog into the back of his ambulance followed by Alley who sat with him until they got to a hospital.

“But this is a hospital?”

Alley said a little taken back.

“It’s ok I have a friend who owes me, he’ll be happy to take a look at him for you”

They worked quickly to get him into a theatre and Alley waited nervously rocking backward and forward praying the whole time her baby would be ok. Memories flashed through her mind of her time with Hercules making her cry and at one point burst out in laughter as a picture of him as a puppy with his head wrapped in toilet paper came to mind. Mark had left his dinner urgently telling his colleagues a member of the family had been in an accident and in his mind he was not lying. He burst into the corridor and ran to Alley

“Are you ok? What Happened?”

“I’ll be ok, that bastard shot our baby”

She sobbed as he held her tight.

“He’ll be fine honey, He’ll be fine. I hear he is a hero”

“Oh Mark, he saved my life. He took a bullet that I should have and then came back and saved me again”

“Don’t talk like that Honey the police say he was a burglar and just after money.