Here is the first in my series of shorts about our favorite Man in Black, and his new feline sidekick ;-)

Disclaimer – I own Sin, but none of the rest!

KNOWN SINS

It is dark, and the jungle is almost silent. There are more obstacles tonight, in my way as I stalk my prey. God, the lady who saved me, is laying down on her big, soft pillow, but now she has a friend. I like the friend. He is Man Cat. He is Panther Man.

Man Cat is dark, but I am more. I am blackness. I am silence. I am the night. I am PANTHER.

I am stalking. He is new prey, and he is like me. only he walks on two legs. I need to learn how to do that. It fascinates me. I look up, and leap up the mountain to get to the big soft pillow. But I am little and I have to scramble half the way up. Finally. I am on the soft pillow. I crouch down by Panther Man's feet and watch in silence. I wait for my time.

I carefully creep closer, twitching my tail to feel around me. I feel with my paw before gently placing it down in front of me. Panther makes no noise. Panther is stealth. I know stealth. Stealth means quiet. So quiet nobody hears. God says I am a herd of efelumps. I hide that I am stealth. God does not know.

I wiggle my bum and twitch my tail, and LEAP! ATTACK!!!!!!!! MAKE WAY FOR PANTH---eeep. Hi Man Cat.

I am hanging. I have been discovered. Man Cat holds me by his claws in my neck. I will hit the Panther man. I am floating. I don't want to float.

Man Cat has put me on the ground. I am back where I started. Huh.

I stalk back to the corner of the mountain of the pillow, and scramble back up. I will win this time. I am even quieter as I creep, and stalk, and hunt. Panther is a hunter. Man Cat is prey. And then it is time to pounce.

INCOMMING!!! BLACK PANTHER ASSAUL---gack!. Man Cat's claws hung me in the air again. He didn't hurt me, though. Just put me back where I started from again. I had another long journey to the top of the pillow to keep going on my mission. This sucked.

I shake my paw, and crawl back to where I climb. I crouch at the top of the big pillow again and watch him, as he sleeps. I stalk closer, quietly. I watch, and I wait. This time I will win.

I watch. Man Cat is sleeping. I creep closer and sniff the air around his face. Mmm. Smells good. I am curious. He is different than me, but he is the same. Air comes out of his nose. My nose is black, but his is not. It is a strange nose. It is not normal. It has no fur. I reach out my paw to touch him, and poke him in the nose. And then I am caught, caged under a heavy weight.

I wiggle. I am scared. I am caught. I must get out. I wiggle. And the weight lifts a bit, and I escape. Whew. That was close. I must work on strategy. I knew Panther Man watched me. I stepped carefully to his head, and laid down beside it. I will guard Man Cat. He needs help. I am tired. I lay down. Man Cat opens his eye, and looks into mine. I see his soul, it is like mine.

"SLEEP." He says. He is my commander. I think I love him. I will sleep.