Chapter 7 - Consequence

"Your dog has sealed your death certificate Mittens, and the fates of your unborn children, however many you were going to have. How much do you love him now?" Sassy asked maliciously turning her ears so they pointed backwards. "With all my heart and soul, because he has faith that I won't lose." Mittens said softly crouching closer to the ground and swaying her tail angrily. "I have more power, I have better skills, and I'm prettier. How can he resist me?" Sassy quickly asked before leaping at Mittens with her flame claws. Leaping to stand on her back two paws, Mittens gripped Sassy's extended paws with her own. In the second that the two had gripped paws, Mittens' metallic claws turned red with heat and burned her. "Yaoch." She yowled as she jumped back and under the van. "What's the matter Mittens? Can't figure it out?" 'She heated up my claws so quickly.' Mittens thought. Sassy jumped right onto Mittens with her flame claws extended, but before she could pierce the skin, Mittens lifted her upper half and forced Sassy to slam her head into the underside of the van. Sassy felt such a pain that she retracted her claws and reached up to put her front paws on her head, that gave Mittens the opportunity jet forward and make the white cat run face first into the front differential, throwing Sassy off of her. "I'm smarter." She said. Sassy didn't like that at all, shifting in the shade, the cat use a chameleon trick to blend into her surroundings. To Mittens she disappeared, staying focused the black cat tried to listen for her invisible enemy. Suddenly she feet something hit her, hard in the face, so she backed up. She felt another one soon after, this one having sharp objects that cut her cheek, and she backed up some more. Whipping out her wind claws, Mittens took a swipe in front of her, she hit nothing except the vans front left tire, deflating it totally and making a large gash in it. An even harder hit caught her strait in the chin, sending her from underneath the van and sliding a good two feet away. Opening her eyes, the sudden sun blinded her for a second as Sassy entered into the sun light and reappeared. "You see my chameleon fur can only change in the shade or shadows, direct light changes it back." Mitten rose from her position on the concrete, and decided to use Sassy's tactic against her and piss the white cat off, "So I guess that would make you a failed clone huh?" Sassy felt an anger run rampant through her veins, and she jumped at Mittens Metallic claws extended and dripping with a little blood. Mittens ducked and let Sassy soar over her, turning around and hoping to her left to throw her opponent off. It didn't work, instead Sassy spun around and jumped directly at Mittens, catching the cat by the shoulders and pinning her to the ground while pressing her claws passed the fur and into the skin at least half an inch. "Yaaaaaa!" Mittens cried, tears sliding from her eyes because of the pain. From beyond the flames, Bolt's ears shot up as he heard his lover's pained scream. "Mittens!" he yelled. Sassy lifted her slaws into the air right above Mittens' stomach. "I'll rip the eggs right out of you, and watch as you bleed to death in your dog's arms." She screamed. Panicking, Bolt used the only power he could in this situation, aiming close to the sounds position, he fired his laser eyes trying to help any way possible. The right laser traveled through the front of the van and hit a bush, setting it on fire. However the left one hit the chromed bumper and reflected strait to the warring cats, hitting Sassy square in the left eye. The white cat tumbled backward for almost a foot before she stopped and placed both of her front paws over her left eye, screaming in excruciating pain. "MY EYE!" she screamed several times.

Bolt watched as the flames in front of him quickly died down and as soon as they were out, he ran to Mittens, "Are you ok Mittens?" he asked nearing her. "A little beat up, but otherwise fine." The cat said rising to her feet. "And the baby?" Bolt asked quickly. Mittens placed one of her front paws on her stomach, looking Bolt in his earth brown eyes and said, "She never touched my stomach. "I think they will be fine." Bolt sighed loudly before he heard Sassy screaming. Turning his head, he saw her rising up to stand on three of her paws, her left front one covering her left eye. "YOU. YOU HIT ME IN THE EYE." She roared at the white shepherd. Lowering her paw, Bolt saw that the pupil on her left eye had completely vanished, her left eye was blind. Sassy Began hyperventilating, as she kept speaking in a more threatening tone, "You and your girl will pay for this, I swear it." Turning from the two she ran as fast as she could, and began to lift off the ground. The only thing Bolt could hear was the sound of wind moving at high speeds from under Sassy's feet. "Bolt." The two heard from behind them. Turning around they saw Penny and the three Neutrosians running up to them. "We saw the whole thing, are you two ok?" Angeliera asked as she ran up and hugged the black cat softly. Penny wrapped her arms around her dog's neck, tightly embracing him tightly, "You're my good boy." she whispered. "Thanks Penny." He whispered back. "I still can't believe Sassy was such a needy cat. She doesn't seem like Mittens at all." Ferla said looking down. "We were all tricked by her." Clera told her friends, "That reminds me, good job Mittens, the pregnancy thing was a great test of reliability." Bolt broke Penny's embrace to stare at Mittens, slowly lowering his ears, hurt and betrayed, until Mittens smiled and said, "It's no trick Clera, I really am pregnant." Clera's eyes nearly popped out of her head, and her jaw dropped to the floor. "How is that possible? Normally cats and dogs can't reproduce." It wasn't until Rhino rolled out to meet them that they really understood what was going on. "The Warriors Soul changed us on the inside. Our DNA has been altered to be closer to a Neutrosian's DNA, without altering our body's physical appearance. Mittens and Bolt have been compatible for about three weeks and now they will always be compatible." Opening his eyes, the hamster noticed everyone staring at him. "It's not me, it's the Earth Soul." He said quickly. "How long will this pregnancy thing last?" Bolt asked twisting his head and letting his ears flop to his side. "Neutrosians are pregnant for seven months." Ferla stated quickly, "and cats are pregnant for about nine weeks." Penny added as a matter of fact. Bolt's head began to hurt from all the information he was receiving. Rhino spoke up to help alleviate some of the thinking process. "I'd say no more than five months because Mittens is now half Neutrosian, and no less than three months thanks to her cat half." The white shepherd turned to his hamster friend with a look of worry, "So there is a two month block that is it could happen at any time." "The three of us are technically new spices, Bolt, there's no telling when it will happen. We'll just have to keep an eye on her and help in any way possible." Rhino admitted, calmly tugging on his whiskers. Bolt just couldn't take any more and for the second time that day… he feinted.

End – Chapter 7