Hit the attacker with the bat.

You decide that this guy is a little too big to mess around with, so you approach the guy assaulting the defenseless kid and give your metal bat a good swing into the guy's side. This seemed to have made him jerk hard enough for the kid to kick him off and get back to his feet. The ginger haired kid stands beside you as the heavier guy stands back up in a hunched over position, looking at you both dangerously.

"Man, I-I don't know what's this guy's deal!" The kid explains, "He just randomly attacked me and is trying to kill me for whatever reason!"

Before you could even respond, the bald man charges for you, something you were thankfully ready for. You side step out of the way and give another hard swing to his spine this time, which pushes him onto the ground. You think fast and use this time to get on top of him to pin him on the ground and prevent him from getting back up. The man tries with all his might to get you off, but the position was more in your favor. He growled, yelled, and even... hissed as he desperately tried to find a way to get back up.

"Wow, good job, dude." Says the kid, "He hasn't said one logical thing since he attacked me... I'm starting to think he's a little mental."

"A little?" You ask, still using all your effort to keep this kicking son of a bitch down, "My wife is calling the police now, so they should be here any minute."

The ginger kid took a heavy sigh of relief. You could tell he was pretty shaken up, "Ah man, thanks. I owe ya one, for sure."

Not much later, a squad car arrives and helps you detain the crazed man by forcing him into handcuffs. As they try to get him up and arrest him, you could see just how bat-shit crazy this guy really was. He tried with all his might to fight against the officers, and even went out his way to try and bite them, seeing as his arms were of no use. He continued growling and hissing incomprehensively, and even started drooling at one point. In order to finally get him to cooperate, one of the officers ultimately had to taze him. Twice. The first time seemed as though it hardly did anything. But the second time zapped him and caused him to pass out.

After detaining the guy, the officers asked you and the kid for the story, which you both explained all that you could. By then, your fiancé joined you outside, and an ambulance showed up for anyone who may have been injured.

"From what it seems like, the guy might have a severe case of rabies." One of the officers explain. He was dark-skinned with short hair, standing at about 6'1.

"Rabies makes you go insane like that?" You ask him.

The officer shakes his head and shrugs, "From what I've heard, normal rabies just attacks your immune system, gives you a severe fever, and shit like that. I don't know about that guy's case, though. Considering how he was growlin' and foamin' at the mouth and shit, I can only assume it might be something like that. I'm no expert though, that's just my guess."

The ginger haired kid seemed to look really worried all of a sudden, "W-Wait, rabies are transferred through bites, right?!"

"From animals, yeah. Not sure how it works from human to human." The officer tells him.

"Well, that asshole bit me when he first attacked me..." The kid extended and flipped his arm over, exposing a gnarly bite wound on his left forearm, "A-Am I gonna be alright?!"

The officer looks at his wound with a bit of concern, "Uh, I'd recommend getting your ass in that ambulance to get it checked. That's all I really have to say about that."

"Y-Yeah, okay, right..." The kid mumbles. He then begins to head to one of the paramedics before turning around to look at you, "Thanks again for the save, man. Who knows what that guy would have done to me if you didn't show up..."

"Yeah, no problem." You nod to him, "Feel better, man."

He nods and talks to a paramedic who tells him to get on a stretcher and puts him in the back of the ambulance.

"I think we can wrap it up here." The officer sighs, "Man, that guy was going bananas. Good job keeping him restrained."

"Yeah, thanks." You reply.

The cop then looks over the police report you and the kid filled out earlier and begins heading to his car, "In any case, I hope you two have a good night. We'll contact you if we need any more information with this."

At your "Okay", the officers drive off along with the ambulance. You and your fiancé head back into the house and back into your bedroom.

"Look at you, being the hero of the day." Christine tells you with a laugh and a smirk.

"Yeah, I think I've earned my superhero cape for that one." You reply with a tired snort, stripping your soaked clothes off, "Jesus, I'm exhausted."

You and your fiancé both dry off and hop back into bed naked together, just as you were before all this started.

"Get some rest, sweetheart." She curls up closer to you and gives you a peck on the lips, "You did really good today. I'm proud of you."

"Thanks, love." You tell her. The time was now 4:45am, and you have to be up for work in less than two hours. You know it's going to take a lot of willpower to not call out of your shift. You're sure that your boss would allow you to without any repercussion, especially if you explain this story to him, but you've had perfect attendance for a while now and you really don't want to mess that up.

Regardless, soon you and your fiancé fall back to sleep. You were out like a light in minutes.