Chapter 7 is here! Yay! (1/27/12)
I'm happy I got to post it.
Vodka woke to find that he was all alone. His master was gone which he assumed meant he had woken earlier. Vodka stood to stretch his legs and gave a yawn. He had no idea how tired he had been until he noticed that it was getting late. Realizing that the day was over he began to worry about Hero. He had promised to come see her that day and the sun had already setting. What if Hero was angry with him now? Or worse she thought he didn't want her anymore and went for that French cat. Vodka wouldn't stand for that. Immediately he went towards the living area. His master was sitting on his favorite chair reading a book.
"Meow"
He looked down from his book and saw Vodka.
"Ah, good evening Vodka. You must have been very tired to be asleep all day."
"Meow"
Vodka's owner looked at him.
"What's wrong?" he asked puzzled. It took him a moment to realize what Vodka was trying to tell him. "Oh, I guess you want to go see your friend again? You may go just come back later, da?"
Vodka meowed a 'Da' in reply and headed out the door. Vodka normally didn't ask his master if he could leave the house but he wanted to make sure his owner didn't think he had abandoned him.
He made his way across the street and began to race down the sidewalk towards Hero's place. A soon as Vodka reached the place where Hero lived he cautiously entered the house. It seemed that Hero and her owner had retired for the night early because the house was dark. Vodka entered into the darkness, relying on his night vision, a trait all cats possessed.
He made his way into one of the back rooms but he couldn't find her. Then Vodka heard light snoring in one of the rooms. Thinking that Hero might be there, he entered the room cautiously. Vodka saw Hero's master sleeping in his bed. Next to it on the floor was Hero, curled up in her bed and fast asleep. Vodka approached Hero to wake her by licking the back of her ear. At first Hero stirred but she didn't wake so he licked the back of her neck. Hero's eyes slowly opened and looked up to see who had waked her. Her eyes widened once she saw it was Vodka.
"Vodka? What are you doing here?" Hero whispered, not wanting to wake her owner.
"I promised to come today Hero. Have you already forgotten?"
"I remembered dude but why did you have to come so late? Its already night time and we should be sleeping now."
"I was delayed by my sister. She kept me up all night with my owner so we didn't get any sleep. So when they left I decided to take a nap but I ended up sleeping all day."
Hero looked at Vodka strangely.
"What do you mean she kept you up all night?"
"She and her mistress like me and my master. My owner and I share the same problem with our little sister so we had to barricade ourselves to keep them away. I thought they would never leave!" replied Vodka. He shivered thinking back to that night.
"Oh, dude! You got serious issues at your house don't you? It's a wonder you haven't gone crazy!" breathed Hero.
The two cats jumped when they thought Hero's master had awoken but he was merely mumbling in his sleep.
"Um…maybe we should talk in my secret hideout." Said Hero
"Secret hideout?" asked Vodka.
"Of course dude! What kind of superhero doesn't have a secret base to deal with bad guys? It's like my version of the bat cave dude! Come on let's go!"
Vodka followed Hero out to the backyard towards some bushes. Inside the bushes was what looked like an old wooden playhouse. Its windows were covered and the door was closed tight.
"May master use to play in it when he was smaller, but he doesn't use it anymore. So I converted it into my secret base! Pretty cool right!" said Hero grinning with pride.
"How are we going to get in?" asked Vodka.
"Don't worry dude it has a secret entrance!"
The two cats went around to the other side of the house to find a hole covered by a piece of cloth. Vodka followed Hero inside. It smelled funny and old but it seemed like a nice place. On the walls were faded pictures made by a small child. To the corner was a child sized table and chair and to the opposite wall was a worn out pillow big enough for a large dog to sleep in.
"This place is nice even though is old. I just love to hang out in here! Sometimes I nap here too because no one can bother you and stuff! Like that pervert La'mour!"
An aura of dark purple appeared above vodka's head.
"What? Did he do something to you? Tell me!" he demanded.
"Don't worry about it dude! I scratched him up good! He won't come back around here anymore! Assuming Scone hasn't killed him already…Stupid pervert tried to get me while I was taking a nap outside."
Hearing that the French cat had tried to make a move on his sunflower he vowed to kill him but Hero managed to convince him to leave La'mour alone. However despite Hero's persuasion, Vodka still wanted to punish the feline.
"So dude what do you think of the place? I've never brought anyone to my base before, not even Maple. I bet you think its awesome right?"
Vodka looked around and smiled. Hearing that he was the only one she had ever allowed to come here made him feel privileged as well as warm inside. This would be their special place, just the two of them. He smiled as he realized something.
'Hero and I are the only ones who know this place, da? Then that means…that means I have her all to myself.'
Dude I'm getting nervous here...I kind of wonder how the next chapter wil play out.
This is seriously freaking me out!
Story Notes:
1. Bat cave = reference to Batman.
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