When you're a kid you think everyone is good because you don't know the distinction between the evil ones and the good ones. When you're a kid you explore the terrain hoping for adventure that you could one day tell your grandchildren. When you're a kid you trust people; even when they can break your heart.
Away from my home I sped into the forest following a brightly coloured moth with a broken wing. I pounced once or twice trying to bring it down with my little claws but finally it flew up to a tree and I could no longer recognise it. As I was about to climb the tree I heard something move around close to me and slowly I approached it. I sniffed the ground and an unfamiliar stench of oil and gasoline arose from the forest floor. Continually I followed the stench and found myself perched on the top of a tree branch looking at a spherical machine scanning the perimeter. My ears flickered up as it turned to scan me with it pink uv light and I raised a brow in confusion as I looked down its lenses.
"Catra, it's a spotted version of you!" An enthusiastic voice perched from inside the robot.
At an instant I was alerted and looked around for any form of life in the woods. I wondered to myself how the voice was communicating with me; in my previous experience robots were not talkers.
"You're scaring her." Another voice hissed. "It's a rare species, the Horde wiped out nearly every one."
"If I'm correct this particular feline is from the panthera bloodline. Very rare indeed Catra." Another said. "What should we do?"
"Try to talk to it!" The enthusiastic voice chimed.
"Scorpia, no!" One hissed.
Her voice alerted me in such a manner that I jumped from the branch I was sitting on and began to run in the opposite direction. I wasn't sure where I was going but I knew that if I stayed danger would follow. As I ran I looked behind to see if the robot was gaining on me but then I felt myself hit against something solid. I rolled back and looked up at the ginormous creature who smiled back at me with its tail curled in a ball.
"Oh Catra, it's so cute! Can we keep him?" The big one asked.
"No Scorpia, we've got a job to do." She hissed.
"But-" The big one said.
"Nope." She said.
They carried on arguing with one another for a while before they finally realised that I had fled the scene. I heard the large creatures footsteps in the background and sped up immediately but then she seemed to vanish. I stopped running and looked in that direction but nothing. There was a faint shrilling sound in the background and slowly I approached with much caution until finally I found myself looking dead in the eye of an illuminated net. I fell back and felt an electric course through my veins before most of my energy was removed from my system.
"Hello pretty kitty." A voice said.
My eyes focused on the figure sitting on top of me and it was like looking into a mirror; though this mirror was slightly broken. A feline dressed in orange with a head guard and unusual symbol in the shape of a badge on her hip. One of her hands rested against my cheek as I trembled.
"No need to be afraid little one, you're coming to your new home." She smiled.