Tales Of Pete: The Weird Road Trip (Part 8)

As if chihuahuas couldn’t become any more annoying to deal with, Zippy somehow became possessed. Her cage stood on the ground with a circle of salt surrounding it. For the past two or so minutes she’d been barking which sounded akin to maniacal laughter.

“How the fuck are we going to explain this?” I asked.

“I’m working on that,” Carl replied. “At least the salt worked. I guess whatever’s possessing her is weakened here.”

“Yeah, well, regardless, if Mindy sees her like this, she’ll probably have a heart attack so does anyone have any solutions?”

“I’m going to check to see if she’s still here. In the meantime, you and Nick see if you can come up with something.”

Carl jogged off, leaving us alone with Zippy. Thankfully, she had mostly quieted down at that point, aside from letting out some growling gurgle noises.

“Do you think we could get anybody out here to exorcise her?” Nick asked.

“Maybe but that’d mean convincing someone to come here. You heard, Mindy. Everyone in town is afraid of this place.”

“So what? We fixed that.”

“But would they believe we did?”

“I think it’s worth a shot. I’ve never heard of a pet exorcism before, though. Have…