The scruffy undersized black kitten scurried around the sidewalk, its purple eyes reflecting the dim street-lamp light. Shadows slunk in the corners where shady men hung around. The light from small buildings went out at around this time as families hurried to escape the darkness. One person saw the black kitten and dashed away shouting in fear. She smirked satisfied.

The dizzying heat that settled in the day and night bothered the small kit. She growled at the bugs that buzzed around her. Occasionally a small car would hum slowly by as if prowling on prey, slowed by the heat that attacked it. Some humans wore shorts and a tee-shirt in attempts to avoid overheating.

Her stomach began to fizz with hunger so, hesitantly, the kitten hurried back to her mother. The dry wind that sluggishly moved and slightly cooled her didn't exist in the alleyway. There was minute light here but the kit scented her mom along with an unfamiliar smell that overlapped it.

"Mommy, Mommy, I'm hungry," she mewed. She waited for her mother's soft voice but nothing came. "Mommy?" she mewed confusion edged in her tone.

She scampered over to her mom and prodded her with her petite paw. "Wake up mommy," she growled.

She noticed a harsh squeaking sound nearby. Before she could turn numerous rats swarmed over her mother. She tried to take them off over her mom but she was only batted by hairless tails and sharp yellowed teeth and claws.

As soon as they came, they left. She searched for her mother but all she saw was bones, which she thought were the ones of the mice she ate. She noticed there was blood and bits of flesh still on a carcass which she never left any remains.

Her body stung from the scratches that covered her body. Blood oozed out of some and seeped through her fur making it more hot and sticky. She felt like she was being baked in an oven as the heat beat down on her.

She felt darkness creeping on the edge of her view and tiredness pulling at her body. She felt life ebbing from her small body calming her. Just before she closed her eyes to let the darkness take her the moon seemed to glow brighter. She thought nothing of it as she fell into the clutches of death.