It's a wet sort of sticky, the kind of suffocating warm-wet that comes from too many cats in an enclosed area breathing all at once. Greystrip groaned in his sleep, and then rolled over. "I wonder what kind of fresh kill they'll bring us today?" he said sarcastically to himself without opening his eyes. He heard the door to the two-leg nest open and shut with a clang and then the sharp sounds of cat food pellets scraping inside a big plastic container.
"Here, kitty kitty kitty!" said the two leg in a high pitched voice. She said it again really making her voice high on the last part. This always amused greystripe because it almost sounded like a real noise... a cat noise. He raised his head and opened his eyes when he heard the door of his little nest being tugged at. He lifted his tail in acknowledgement to the two leg with out thought or effort. He had been trapped here so long he didn't even care if the other cats trapped here saw him, a warrior, greet a two-leg.
It made some unintelligent babble then filled up his bowl with those hard little tasteless pellets and put in a fresh bowl of water. "By star-clan I hate it here!" he thought gloomily as he sat up in huff. The two leg locked up his little cage nest and went on to the next one where he heard a nasty hiss directed at the two-leg.
"mmmm looks like fish flavor!" said a voice in the cage on the other side of him. "And water from the finest garden hose!" there was a glint of sarcasm in the remark but it was good natured and made greystripe purr unexpectedly. "Oh yes," he said suddenly playful, "mine is mouse flavored, and ….I can't quiet put my paw on it….. wait..i think it… yes… its squirrel! Yes we have squirrel in the den!!" he lifted his tail high in mock excitement.
"Awwww, I just got tuna and toads.." said spider, the voice in the cage next to him. She was a short haired young cat with black fur everywhere except for a small white patch on her nose. She blinked at Greystrip who blinked back.
Greystripe had made friends with spider the instant he was hauled off the twolegs monster and hoisted up into the nest where he was now held prisoner. She was care free and happy, and actually made him laugh, which was hard to do in a place like this. He could tell that she hated it here just as much as he did, but she never had unkind words for him or any other cat on their side of the enclosure, however she did glare at her cage-nest door a lot..
Other then being held against his will, it wasn't as horrifying as Greystripe thought it would be inside a two-leg nest. He was never thirsty or hungry, and the two-legs never bit him or clawed at him. The worst part was the endless boredom. How long had he been here, he wondered…at least a half moon?
He drank some water out of boredom and stared out of the nest-cage at the other cats across the room from him. He saw one that was as white as cloudtail and he thought about his clan. Had they all made it out okay, had they found a new home? Will I ever see them again? His heart sunk at that last thought and in a rare moment of complete despair he moaned out, "will I ever get out of here?"
Spider stuck her black paw through a space in cage-nest. "Of course you will," she said softly, "Cause when I bust outta here there aint no way im leaving without you". When he looked her in the eye he couldn't tell if she was trying to comfort him or herself.
He suddenly felt self conscious and he licked his paw to start grooming behind his ears. She batted at his tail until he was cajoled into playing a game of "got your paw" though the cage-nest.
The door to the two-leg nest clanged shut and the two leg, having finished feeding all the cats, was gone, leaving the cats with nothing but each other for comfort