The Eyes of Illusion

Jax

It just stared at me. Watching me, with it’s eyes that seemed to see through me, able to see every angle of my soul. All of the other animals are jumping up and down, running around, making noise, but this one little being is just sitting there. Observing me, watching as I sweep the floor. Just ignore it I thought, maybe it’ll forget about me and leave me alone. I continue to sweep and do the other chores that must be done around the shop. Every once and awhile a customer would enter and would want to purchase a toy or some food for their pets. I continued to work until I came to the animal’s cage. I went around and swept the other side of the store. I decided to take a break since I had swept the whole store. The old man won’t care. I sat down at the cash register and began to eat a bologna sandwich. As I ate, I decided to look at the animal again. There he was, sitting there, staring back at me with its black eyes and emotionless face. I quickly turned back to my sandwich but those eyes, they were calling to me. I slowly looked back then snapped my head back to my sandwich. I wasn’t going to let a creature control me just by looking at me. I was about to finish my sandwich when a piece of bologna fell onto the floor. I groaned as I stood up and walked across the room to get the paper towels. Once I had the paper towels in my hand I went back to the register but there was no bologna on the floor. All that was there were those eyes. They were drawing me in, but I couldn’t understand how they were there. I looked up and pointed my eyes to the animal’s cage but nothing was there. Then it hit me, those eyes were attached to the creature. I snapped my head back to the floor and there it was, just sitting there. I had to have it, I had to take it home with me, and to my astonishment, I think it wanted to come with me to. I looked around to make sure the old man wasn’t around, then I carefully placed the animal in my book bag, and crept through the back door into the alleyway.