Flash Shot

Just Another Collar for Officer Barry

Barry ran, tugging his partner, Officer Fitz, behind him. He sensed the murderer's fear as he approached the killer's hiding spot.

Heavy breaths invaded Barry's ears, and he sniffed sweat beneath the copper scent of blood wafting from the alley beside one building in particular. He led Fitz down the alley.

A man darted from alongside a dumpster near the back of the alley, but found himself trapped. The suspected killer, still clad in bloodstained clothes, was handcuffed, then led away.

Barry barked, excited by the capture.

"Good boy!" Fitz boasted. He relaxed his grip on the police dog's leash, and patted the patch of brown fur on Barry's head.

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