The Animal Within Part 4: Claws and Goodbyes
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At the hospital Tori had the claw marks from Miss Kitty checked on and it was discovered that she was fine much to her relief.
"Thank goodness." Tori said then she was given medication to apply to her face to help with the healing.
"Man, that cat really scratched your face up." Sam said
"Yeah I know, I can't believe Cat doesn't believe that the cat did this." Tori said
"I think she believe Miss Kitty did it, but I think she doesn't believe the cat is a psycho cat." said Sam
"True good point." said Tori
"I tried contacting Cat but she hasn't picked up." said Jade as she walked up.
"I don't blame her, we did make her mad after all." said Beck
"Yeah I guess, maybe we should go over there and apologize." said Jade
"Good idea." said Andre
"Yeah I agree." said Robbie not wanting Cat to be mad at him.
"Let's go talk to Cat." Tori said as she stood up.
Sam and friends left the hospital to go talk to Cat but unbeknownst to them Cat was already asleep at home.
As Cat slept in her bed Missy Kitty crawled on top of her while making small hissing sounds at the redhead.
Miss Kitty slowly makes her way towards Cat and when she gets to her face she hisses then extends her claws. "Cat?!" Sam is heard calling causing Miss Kitty to jump off Cat and to the floor.
Sam opens the door then walks in with Tori and Jade. "Oh, she's asleep." Sam whispered
"Guess we'll talk to her tomorrow." said Tori
"See you tomorrow." said Jade
"Good night." said Sam
"Good night." said Tori and Jade
Sam carefully walked around a sleeping Miss Kitty then went into the bathroom while Tori and Jade left the apartment with Beck, Robbie and Andre.
The next morning Cat got up and prepared to leave for school when Sam stopped her to say sorry.
"Hey, Cat." Sam said from the couch.
"What?"
"Sorry about yesterday, you know at Tori's."
"Don't worry about it. I'm not mad, look it's no big deal I'm sure you guys were just worried about Tori and all, and I was just being dumb." said Cat
"You're not dumb, it's just a lot has happened and maybe we need to think before we speak, so we'll try to be better." said Sam
"Thanks, I appreciate it." said Cat
"You're welcome, now have fun at school." Sam
"I always do!" Cat said as she skipped out the door.
At Hollywood Arts Cat walked into the school to find her friends all at Tori's locker so she walked up and cheerfully said "Hi guys!" then they turned to her and much to her shock they all had claw marks all over their bodies. Cat gasped, "What happened to you guys?"
"What happened, that psychotic cat you have happened!" said Jade in a very angry tone
"What?" Cat gasped
"Yeah, somehow that cat appeared at each of our houses and attacked us." said Robbie
"That sounds ridiculous, how would Miss Kitty be able to do that? She's just a cat!" Cat asked.
"Yeah a cat that somehow managed to appear in each of our houses during the night and attack us!" said Beck
"You guys are just being ridiculous!" said Cat
"Are we now? Cat something is really wrong with Miss Kitty and you need to do something, because it's really beginning to get us all hurt!" said Tori as she began to open her locker then when she did Miss Kitty appeared. "WHAT THE HECK?!" she yelled then the cat hissed
"Miss Kitty?!" Cat said in shock as the cat appeared in Tori's locker then jumped out attacking Tori clawing her face. "Tori!" Cat yelled as she went to her friends aide. "Miss Kitty get off her!" Cat grabs Miss Kitty and pulls her off Tori. "Bad kitty!" She says then suddenly she gets bit by the cat. "OW!" Cat yelled
"What happened?" Robbie asked
"She just bit me!" Cat said as her arm began to bleed
"Oh my god! Cat we need to get you to the hospital right now!" Jade said urgently
"But what about Sikowitz's class." Cat asked
"Don't worry I'll explain to him what happened, Jade, Tori take Cat to the doctor." Beck said
"OK" Jade and Tori said in unison then they walked away with Cat
"I still don't understand why we need to go to the hospital." Cat said as Jade drove her and Tori to the hospital.
"We just wanna make sure that Miss Kitty didn't give you any rabies" Tori said
"What's that?" Cat said
Tori explains to Cat what rabies is while they get closer to the hospital. "Oh, OK." Cat says calmly but her facial expression says she's a bit freaked out.
"It's gonna be OK Cat, I'm sure you're gonna be OK." said Tori
"Yeah, umm, there's just one more thing." said Jade
"What?" Cat said
"Miss Kitty may have to be put down." said Jade
Cat looked shocked and saddened. "Why?"
"Because Cat, it's kinda hard to explain but, because she bit you, she might've spread something that might." Jade stopped
"What?"
"Rabies can fatal Cat, and if Miss Rabies, she's gonna need to be put down." Tori said
Cat looked at her friends then down at the sleeping kitty in her lap.
"Are you OK?" Jade asked
Cat didn't speak until they entered the hospital where Sam who Tori had contacted earlier.
"Miss Kitty is waiting in the car." Tori said
"I'll take her to the vet." said Sam
"Sam?" Cat spoke up
"Yeah?"
"Sorry I didn't believe you guys." said Cat
"Don't worry about it." said Sam. "I'll see you guys later." Sam left then Jade and Tori checked Cat in while Cat looked at her wound worryingly.
"Hey, everything's gonna be fine." Tori said comfortably.
Cat gave Tori a sad smile then the three friends sat down in the waiting room until a doctor came out and called Cat's name. "You want us to come back with you?" Jade asked
"Will you?" Cat asked she sounded scared.
"Of course." Tori said knowing how scared Cat was she and Jade stood up and followed Cat and the doctor to the doctor's office where he took a look at Cat's wound.
Meanwhile at the Vet Sam dropped Miss Kitty off "You know, I could have them euthanize you and say you were rabid, but that would be a lie without proof." Sam said as the cat slept in the cage. A veterinarian walked out and said "Sam Puckett."
Sam picked up the cage then followed the vet to the back.
Back at the hospital.
"Well the bite wound is deep that's for sure, you're gonna need some stitches." said the doctor
"Do I have and rabies?" Cat asked
"Doesn't appear so, but that doesn't mean the cat that bit you isn't rabid herself." the doctor said.
"Then I guess it's up for the vet to decide." Tori said looking at Cat.
"Yeah." Cat said sadly
"Well I'll get the nurse and we'll have you fixed up." said the doctor.
"Thanks." said Cat
At the Vet
"Wow, so that's it huh?" Sam said as she looked at the vet then Miss Kitty who was on the table.
"Yes, I'm afraid so, if you want I can put her down right now." the Vet said
"Hey, umm, can you wait a few minutes until my friend gets here, I think she'd like to say goodbye first." Sam said
"Of course." the vet said
Sam looked at Miss Kitty and said. "You're lucky I'm being nice right now."
A while later Cat got stitches then Tori and Jade took her to the vet where they met up with Sam
"How is she?" Cat asked her roommate as she walked up with Tori and Jade.
"She's in the back room with the vet right now, we were just waiting for you guys." said Sam
"Is it bad?" Tori asked
"Just, come with me." Sam said with a sigh then she took Cat, Jade and Tori into another room and there lied Miss Kitty on the table with the Nurse standing by ready with a needle
"Miss Kitty." Cat said to herself
"I wouldn't get too close to her." Sam said
"Why?" Cat said
"She's rabid, isn't she?" Jade asked looking at Sam then the vet.
"I'm afraid so." The vet said. "I'm terribly sorry."
"But, we promised we'd find the owner, we." Cat stopped and looked at Sam.
"I'm sorry Cat, she has to go." Sam said
"Sam." Cat choked up.
"Cat, we know you cared about her but, for one thing she wasn't yours to begin with, two what if you never found the owner." Tori said
"I guess there's nothing I could do." Cat said to herself.
"Hey, you did your best, you saved an animal from dying, even if was just for a few more days, that is something, you did good." said Jade
"I did?" Cat asked
"Yeah, that cat had problems but, you cared about her because you wanted her to find its family, unfortunately things aren't gonna turn out that way, but hey you did your best and that's all that could be asked of you." Tori said.
"I guess you're right." Cat said then she looked at the vet. "OK, you can go ahead now."
The vet nods then pokes the cat and puts her to sleep then Cat turns to Tori and hugs her as she cries.
"It's gonna be OK." Tori says as she hugs Cat
After a few minutes Cat, Tori, Jade and Sam leave then they head to the car outside.
Sam turned to Cat. "Hey, I'll see you after school OK?"
"Kay, umm can you clean up what we had for Miss Kitty, I don't wanna see it when I get home." Cat asked knowing it would be too hard to see.
"Of course." Sam said then she got on her motorcycle then took off.
"Come on, let's get back to school, it's almost time for lunch." Tori said then she and Cat got into the back of the car while Jade got in the driver's seat.
Jade drove off back to the school while in the back of the car Tori and Cat sat together quietly then suddenly Cat felt a sudden twitch and an itch behind her ear so she scratched her ear for a quick second then laid her head on Tori's shoulder as Jade drove her car down the road.
To Be Continued…
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