As the monster rumbled on through the day hours, Graystripe found himself staring into the sky more often. If only he could still see Silverpelt, maybe he could have some hope that they could help him. He let out a sigh and shut his eyes. Though this was uncomfortable, he was too exhausted not to sleep.
Graystripe woke in another strange web, but the web was stacked on another web. And beneath it was another web. Graystripe sighed. A Twoleg walked by and Graystripe pushed himself in the corner of his cage as it stuck its arm in to put down some rat pellets. It turned and aimed towards him, making clicking noises with its tongue. Graystripe hissed and swatted him unsheathed paw at it, and the Twoleg quickly withdrew and closed the door. After a while of repeating the gesture with the other cages, the Twoleg left.
"Hey, Fresh-meat, you gonna eat those?" Graystripe knew by the tone it was a rouge. He decided not to respond.
"Hey, if you're not gonna eat those, give 'em to me, would'ya?"
Graystripe hissed.
"Guys, shut up!" It was a she-cat's voice. He turned and looked at the she-cat. Brown tabby, with white paws… Graystripe could remember the cat, but he couldn't place it…
He shut his eyes to think. "Princess!"
The tabby looked up. "Me? Yeah. How do you know me?"
Graystripe pressed his face against the web. "I'm Firestar's friend, Graystripe!"
"Firestar's friend! How is he? How's Cloudtail?"
"Firestar and Cloudtail are both fathers now. Firestar's kits are Squirrelpaw and Leafpaw. Cloudtail's is Whitepaw." Graystripe didn't know that Firestar's kits had their warrior names by now.
Princess smiled, "How'd you get in here?"
"I fought off some Twolegs and freed some of my clan cats, some from other clans too, and some rouges. And a kittypet. Cody. Cloudtail and Brightheart were trapped in there. They're fine now though." Graystripe sadly didn't know that for a fact, but there was no reason to make the only cat he knew here miserable. "And you?"
"I wondered to far from my home. I still have my collar. My Twolegs will be coming to pick me up soon," Princess meowed.
"Oh," Graystripe sighed.
"Listen," Princess started, "Try to act friendly to the Twoleg kits. They'll get you adopted sooner."
"Why would I want to be abopted?" He meowed stubbornly.
"Because otherwise the Twolegs here will kill you!"
Graystripe felt his breath catch in his throat and coughed. "Are you serious?"
"Yes."
"Princess, have you seen Cody since she got free."
Princess nodded. "Yes, I have. Why?"
"I don't know, she was pretty friendly with Leafpaw. Does she know anything about my clan?"
"She said something about mountains."
Graystripe's pelt bristled and he gazed down at his paws. The mountains. That's where his daughter had died… "Is that where my clan is going?"
A Twoleg walked in and grabbed Princess out of her cage, and Graystripe sensed her fear. Then she was handed to another Twoleg, and her fur lay flat. "I think so!" She called over her twoleg's shoulder.
Graystripe let out a sigh and sat in the back corner once more until he fell asleep once more