"Kalea?"
Kalea groggily opened her eyes. Alonzo was smiling down at her.
"We're here."
The little kitten shot up. Alonzo quickly put her down. She looked around. The Junkyard looked so different since the last time she saw it. There was no blood, no dead cats, and no chaos.
"Oi!" Rumpleteazer yelled.
Cats slowly crept from their dens at Rumpleteazer's yowl. They all stared at Kalea. She smiled shyly, until she was tackled, for the second time that day, by a ball of fur. The tomkit licked her nose and squeezed her in a hug. Kalea giggled.
"Hi Rom," she murmured happily.
"Missed you Kae," he whispered.
She laughed as she stood up. Tugger came forward, his arm around a limping Etcetera. One of her pale blue eyes was gone, but she still smiled brightly.
Kalea hugged her friend. "Thank the Everlasting Cat you're alive."
Cettie laughed. "Thanks to you. You told Tug and my mom, and you brought me to Jenny."
Munkustrap came forward next. Without Demeter. Kalea's eyes welled up with tears. She threw her arms around the silver tabby. It had been so long since she'd seen him, that she now came up to his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry," she whispered.
He nodded solemnly, returning her hug. "I miss them. I bet they miss you."
Kalea nodded tearfully as Tantomile stepped forward. Plato had his arm around her. Tantomile, uncharacteristically, threw her arms around the little kitten.
"I miss him," she whispered.
Kalea patted the queen on the back. Coricopat had been Tanto's brother and best friend.
"I miss him too," she murmured.
The queen sniffed and stepped back with Plato. A familiar calico tom stepped forward. Kalea stopped breathing.
"Daddy!" she shrieked, tackling him.
He chuckled hugging her.
"My little Kalea. I've missed you."