Here's what my mind came up with.....No horror,axes,green slime etc.....Just acat and a injoke......What do you think? Murdock peeked into the office,where he had tracked those strange noisesto,and he saw a black cat sitting on a chair by the desk,typing on thecomputer and muttering to itself."Stupid egroups.....How can I find out whathappens in the soap next........"The cat turned and saw Murdock standing inthe doorway."What haven't you seen a cat on the internet before?""You're talking.Hi I'm Murdock.Who are you?""I'm Max.....Say you don't know anything about egroups do you?I'm trying toread what Betty has put in her soap and......"Max indicated the screen with ablack paw."It's crashed.....""Oh dear."Murdock said,leaning toawards the computer.He read what was frozen on the screen."Whoa!I thought cats only surf the net for catfood or to buy catnip mice....""Well."Max said,as he used a black paw to push up the glasses he was wearing."I'm not an ordinary cat....What I don't understand is,how come you're not running away scared?The cleaner did......""Well I've seen some strange things in my time.I didn't know cats read slash fiction.""I believe it."Max said shaking his head.He used a paw to bat the computer screen."Work!There is a lot of lag today.This egroups is driving me mad.I'll never find out what happens to Starbuck and Apollo.It's my owners fault,I like slash,she used to read slash with me perched on her knee and I started reading it........."The computer beeped."Ah ha it's working now."Max said happily.Murdock read the fic that was scrolling down the screen."Hey this is good.....Does Betty know you are a cat?""Of course not."Max finished reading it.He pressed the reply button."I'll have to reply to this....."He typed,'Great fic,My egroups account froze up halfway through but I finished reading it.Want more.....'and pressed send."Um it was nice talking to you.I think I had better get to bed."Murdock stroked Max on the top of his furry head.Max purred."Good night Max.""Night Murdock."Max said"Maybe we can talk again some time.""Sure."Murdock turned and walked out of the door.Max turned to his computer,and purring,moved on to the next fic,which was titled 'Frack the cat'He looked at the title and laughed(Which sounded like a yowl/purr)"Oh good a fic about a cat......."Max finished reading 'Frack the cat'and typed a reply to Jen 'Loved thefic,LOL'd.Love Max LBC'He flicked the mouse to the next message,which was from Betty."Oh goody areply to my soap idea."He read the message and his whiskers drooped,his pink tongue came out and licked his nose and his ears went back.The message read 'this sounds like an interesting idea for astory line.But as for the soap it`s dead,I`m not writing anymore of it.Betty'"Oh no!She can't cancel the soap!"Max exclaimed.He typed in his reply,'Oh?Why aren't you writing any more of the soap?I'll tryand write something.Maybe we could both write a fic based on theidea.'and pressed send.Face,who was on his way back from getting a drink of water,poked his head inand heard Max grumbling.Max turned and looked at Face and said sadly,"Bettycanceled the soap.Now how am I going to get my fix?"Face dropped his glass of water in shock,which shattered over his barefeet."Y....y......you're a.....a.....talking cat."He stuttered."Yeah.So?You're a talking human.What's the matter?Ain't you ever seen atalking cat before?Don't you watch Sabrina?"Max retorted."Oh and by theway....you may want to get a dustpan and brush to sweep up that mess youmade.I don't want to cut my paws."Face nodded numbly."Yes.Of course.Where is it?""In the cupboard,down the hall on the right.Move it!"Max replied.Face walked off,muttering to himself,"A talking cat,a VERY bossy,talkingcat.....I must be nuts.."He found the cupboard and opened it and was coveredin junk,which had fallen out of the cupboard."Urgh!"Face said,digging himselfout from beneath the pile.He picked himself up and brushed himself off.He picked the hoover bag,that was sitting on the top of his head,off and looked at it in disgust.He threw it down and dug through the pile until he had found the dustpan and brush.He left the pile just where it was and walked back to the office.Max took one look at Face and started laughing."Oh I forgot to warn you,my owner just chucks in a lot of rubbish in that cupboard and when you open the door it all falls out.But I can see you found that out."Face bent down and swept up the broken glass.After he finished,Max leapt down and sniffed Face's leg."Mmmm!Eau de la hoover bag....Very nice."Max said wrinkling his nose.He leapt back onto the chair."What's your name?Or shall I call you Mr Hoover-bag?""The name is Face.....What's your name......legsniffer?""Legsniffer?My name is Max....."Max said,slightly offended."Well Max I think I'd better get to bed so I can wake up from this crazy dream....."Face said."Goodnight Mr Hoover-bag."Max said."By the way,this isn't a dream....."Face turned and left the office still carrying the dustpan and brush."Night Legsniffer....."Max shook his head and muttered."Kerrrazy."To be continued………
