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A Dangerous Human

Forks, Washington, October 5, 1998

Ella was panting by the time she made it back to the small white house at the edge of the woods. Her heart was beating so loud that it almost overpowered every other sound around her. She backtracked and used several detours—trying her best to confuse the creature, in case he decided to follow her—until she was fairly certain that he had not followed her home.

Once her breathing slowed down, she looked up at the house, where she could see that Carly's bedroom light was on. Ella wondered what her friend was doing still up at this hour—almost two in the morning—as she opened the door.

A sudden movement from her side was her only warning.

Whack!

On any other day, she would have been able to duck it, but after the encounter with the creature, she was much slower, due to her bruises. "Ow!"

"Ella?"

"Carly?" Ella reached for the switch and turned on the lights in the foyer, rubbing the back of her head. Her eyes widened when she saw Carly holding a huge baseball bat. "What the hell?"

"Damn it, Ella! What are you doing creeping up inside the house?"

"I wasn't creeping—" Ella tried to defend herself.

"You could have called!"

"Yeah, well, I would have, had I known I would be attacked by a bat—no pun intended—as soon as I came in." Ella rolled her eyes.

Carly giggled, lowering the bat and nearly hitting Ella again.

"Give me that!" Ella grabbed the crude weapon from her friend. "Before you end up hurting yourself with it," she murmured under her breath. "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"

"Couldn't sleep." Carly shrugged. "And I'm sorry," she gestured at Ella's head, "about hitting you..."

Ella smiled. "As long as you keep in mind that I fight vampires, not bats, we're okay."

Carly rolled her eyes and relaxed. Ella joking about it meant that she forgave her for it. "So...rolled in the bushes again, Ella?

Ella laughed and went up the stairs. "Patrol—you know how it is." She shrugged. It wasn't the first time Carly had seen Ella coming back from patrol looking the worse for wear. "So, wanna tell me what is really going on here?" Ella asked once they were outside Carly's room. This was more than simple insomnia.

Carly tried to shrug it off. "I was...ugh!" She threw her hands in the air and rushed past Ella inside her bedroom before dropping on her bed and hugging one of her pillows. "I was scared, okay?" she murmured into the pillow.

Ella sat next to her friend and pulled her in for a hug. "I'm sorry."

Ella hated this part of her destiny—or was it her heritage now?—that caused anyone who became involved in her life to be put in danger. She knew it was selfish to pull Carly into the world of monsters and demons, but she was unable to regret doing so. She wasn't sure if she would have been able to pull herself back together after the murders of her Watcher and parents without her friend.

Carly chuckled in embarrassment as they pulled away. "It's not your fault."

"Still—"

"Still nothing," Carly interrupted. "You're not my mother, Ella. You're my friend. I know you're the Slayer and you have to protect the world and all that shit, but you're not responsible for what I feel."

"When did you get so smart on me?" Ella asked through misty eyes.

"I don't know." Carly smiled. "But don't worry—it'll pass by morning."

Ella laughed. "Speaking of morning, we've got class. You, young lady, should be sleeping."

Carly tried to keep her expression stern, but after a few moments, she burst into giggles. "Sure, Mom."

Ella stood up. "That's better." She nodded in parental approval and then had to duck away from the pillow Carly aimed at her. "Good night!" she called as she left the bedroom.

"Good night," Carly answered from her room, her heart much lighter after talking to her friend.

It didn't take long for Ella to get ready for bed. She took a quick shower, changed into her pajamas, and made sure she had her bag ready for the morning. She was about to climb into bed when a thought suddenly crossed her mind. There was something that she could do to help protect her friend, at least while she was inside the house.

Ella crossed her room to her desk and unlocked a drawer, which housed the few books that she had brought with her from Phoenix. She pulled out one of them and began searching for a protection spell. She was certain that she had seen something like that when Carly and she were looking for an uninviting spell for Ella's home after her parents' murders.

Ten minutes later, she was fairly sure that she had found what she was looking for. Looking through the ingredients list, she realized that she would have to go shopping for some of them, but she was also certain that when they had been driving through Port Angeles she had seen a shop that might keep the ingredients that she was missing.

Closing the book, Ella placed it back in the drawer. Her gaze fell on the folder that Mr. Jenks had given her during their meeting. She had yet to open it. It was silly, but she wasn't sure she was ready to handle what might be written in that letter. She reached for the folder, took it out, and held it in her hands.

What are you afraid of, Ella? It won't bite you, you know.

She stood there for several long moments, but eventually, she decided to put it back.

There would be time to read it tomorrow, she thought as she climbed into her bed.

o.O.o

Ella fell into a quick slumber and almost immediately found herself in the same dream that she had been having since she had left Phoenix.

She couldn't see where she was, but she could have sworn that she was able to smell the scent of rain mixed in with something that was purely masculine in the air around her.

She didn't feel herself raise her hand, but suddenly she was touching the softness of long strands of soft blond hair. A moment later, she felt small drops of rain falling on her cheeks, and a smile spread across her face.

The location was blurry. All she could really tell about it was that it was somewhere outside and that it was sometime during the day. Her dream never ventured far enough to show her anything but the green forest around her.

The owner of the silky hair was standing in front of her, but she could not see his face; it was blurred and unfamiliar, but at the same time, she knew that he was hers just as much as she was his. It was the strangest feeling, and her subconscious mind was alarmed when her dream-self leaned in close to the man and kissed him.

It felt so real. She could practically feel the pleasant caress of his hands as they slid over her waist and pressed her against his hard body. The kiss was heavenly—soft yet passionate.

She tried her best to open her eyes to see who was kissing her, who was holding her body so intimately. Who was this man that she felt so completely right in his embrace that she could bring down her guard and surrender herself to him? She did not truly mind when her dream-self did not obey her wishes because it meant that the kiss was unbroken and that the touching of his hands did not cease.

All in all, it was one very pleasant dream, and Ella was none too happy with her alarm clock for cutting it short. It didn't matter that the dream never lasted much longer than it already had. Ella always wished that she could have just a little more of the man that was, quite literally, the man of her dreams.

She groaned and slammed her hand over the snooze button without opening her eyes. She tried to bring back the beautiful stranger from her dream, but his image was as illusive to her in her thoughts as it was to her in her dream. Finally, when the alarm clock buzzed again, she gave up and rolled out of bed.

o.O.o

Alice always waited for Jasper to open the car door for her when he drove them to school. It wasn't like she couldn't exit the car on her own, but she enjoyed it when he was being a gentleman—more importantly, she knew that he enjoyed doing it for her. She was well aware that it was the vampire nature to care for one's mate, but she also knew that this had been engrained in him since his human years, and his vampire instincts were only second in his consideration.

"Ready for another day in Satan's School?" Jasper asked in a whispered murmur.

Alice giggled as she glanced at the tortured expression that had crossed his face before he composed it into a calm mask. "Most definitely," she answered with a bright smile. "It is only a few hours, Jasper. You'll survive."

It's not my survival that I'm worried about.

They began making their way to their classes when, suddenly, Jasper stopped in his tracks and his head whipped toward the parking lot. He felt something that he had never come across before in his entire existence—a human that had made his instincts scream 'danger'.

Had he not been in perfect control of his body, he would have dropped into a crouch and growled at the threat he sensed. As it were, he tightened his hold on Alice and shifted his body slightly in front of hers.

"Jasper, what is it?" She quickly glanced over the parking lot, looking for anything that might pose a danger. Upon finding nothing, she checked her visions, but all she saw was their normal daily routine of classes and an afternoon of hunting. There was nothing out of the ordinary.

"Don't you feel it, Alice?" he whispered before his eyes focused on a blonde girl stepping out of a white Toyota Camry.

Alice looked at the girl, who was human, around five foot four, with bottle blond hair that curled a bit at the ends. Alice noticed the delicate features of her heart shaped face, the beautiful blue eyes, and the naturally pink lips of the girl from across the parking lot. Nothing about the girl seemed threatening.

A moment later, however, when the girl turned to look at her and their eyes met, Alice understood what Jasper was talking about. She tensed and had to suppress a growl. She did not miss the skipping of a beat that the girl's heart made or the tensing of the girl's body. Whoever this girl was, Alice's inner vampire instincts told her that she was dangerous.

"I don't understand this," she murmured to Jasper. "What is she?"

"I don't know," he answered truthfully, "but whatever she may be, this can't be good."

"We need to tell Carlisle."

"Alice, wait." Jasper stopped her as she turned to go back in the car. "We don't know anything yet. Besides, Carlisle is still at the hospital."

"You're right, Jasper."

Alice took a deep breath, tasting the air around them and letting the familiarity of it soothe her. She searched for their own future and saw them sitting in the cafeteria for lunch at their usual table—the one furthest from the awful smelling food—and then driving home to talk to Carlisle. There didn't seem to be anything bad looming over their heads.

"Let's get to class." Jasper smiled at her as he sensed that calmness was once again the dominating emotion in her.

o.O.o

On the other side of the parking lot, Ella froze in shock as she stared at the golden eyes of first one and then another human-like demon—for demons they were, there was no doubt in her mind. She saw them tense as well, and she noticed the quick movement of their mouths as they spoke, but she could not hear the words spoken, despite her sharp senses. She watched them for several seconds more before their nervous expressions morphed into calm masks and they turned toward the building behind them.

"Ella?" Carly gently touched her shoulder, drawing her attention.

"I'm okay, Carly," she said. "But we might just have a demon problem on our very first day."

"What?" Carly shouted.

"Shh!" Ella glared at her. "They didn't attack and they don't seem to be aggressive. If I had to hazard a guess, I would say that they didn't recognize me for what I am, so there is no reason to panic right now."

"How can you be so calm about it?"

"I've been dealing with shit like this since I was sixteen, Carly." Ella shrugged. "You'd be surprised to know how many times I had to fight demons on school grounds."

Carly shook her head in disbelief, amazed at the almost blasé attitude that the Slayer was sporting. She could practically feel her heart stuck in her throat and the chills running down her spine the moment Ella said the word 'demon'.

"After school, we're going to do some research, but right now we've got some place to be," Ella said. "Now, come on. We don't want to be late."

"No, we wouldn't want that," Carly muttered under her breath.

o.O.o

After getting their schedules, the girls decided to meet outside the cafeteria before lunch, since they shared their lunch and afternoon classes, and then they each left to find their own class.

Ella found herself bored to tears by the time she finished her morning classes. She was amazed to note the very slow pace at which the material was taught. Since Forks High had no AP classes, due to its small size, the less advanced students slowed the teacher down quite often, and by the end of fourth period Trig, Ella was ready for the demons to make an appearance just so she could have something to hit.

"What's got up her ass?"

Ella didn't show in any way that she had heard the snide comment. She did enjoy visualizing a very brutal death for the owner of it-a girl walking ahead of Ella toward the cafeteria. Although Ella had shared two classes with the girl, she didn't bother to remember the name of the nasty blond. She could think of no occasion in which she would actually need it.

"You look like you want to kill someone," Carly said, appearing next to Ella.

"Something like that," Ella admitted unabashedly. "Come on, let's get something to eat."

"You're assuming that there's something edible in this cafeteria."

Ella chuckled, but laughter that came from much further away made her freeze. She turned her head slightly to the side to catch the person in her peripheral vision.

Interesting that they would find it funny, she thought as she looked into the golden eyes of the two demons she had seen earlier in the parking lot.

o.O.o

Alice and Jasper met outside the cafeteria after their morning classes and made their way inside. They kept a good distance from the strange human but made sure that she was still within hearing range. When her friend expressed her doubts as to the cafeteria having anything edible to offer, neither could hold in their chuckles. As if she could hear the quiet sound, the strange human turned her head and their eyes connected once again—and once again, both Jasper and Alice felt their instincts scream danger.

After each getting a tray, they chose the furthest table in the room, just under an open window, in an attempt to minimize the assault on their sense of smell.

"Were you able to learn anything about her?" Jasper asked in a quiet murmur. It was well below the hearing ability of any nearby humans.

"Some basics," Alice replied. "I didn't want to get anyone suspicious, so I didn't ask. I just listened."

Jasper nodded his agreement.

"Ella and Carly Belmont," Alice continued. "The taller one is Carly and the dangerous one is Ella. They are cousins by blood, but when Carly's parents died in a car accident, Ella's father adopted her."

"That's it?"

"Pretty much." Alice nodded. "From her clothes, I can say that she's got style and money. Her nails may be short, but they are manicured. She has nice hair, although for some reason I see her looking much better as a brunette. If not for the reaction I have to her, I would say she could be my sister!"

Jasper reached over to place a soft, chaste kiss on her lips. "I hate to see the sadness in your face, Alinka." He felt her sadness as his own through both his talent and their bond, and he absolutely loathed the feeling. "I wish I could give you a family of your own."

"Oh, hush, Jasper. We have been through this before. You and Carlisle are the best family I could ever ask for." Alice shook away her sadness and focused on the shining eyes of her soul mate.

"I know." Jasper sighed. "But you can't blame me for wanting to give you everything that I can, and then some."

"True." Alice smiled. "That Halloween present is sure going to be fun," she teased.

Jasper sighed again, this time with an exaggerated eye roll. "When will I ever be able to surprise you, my love, if you keep peeking into the future?"

"Never." Alice giggled.

It was then that they both heard the word 'demon' being mentioned from the other side of the room. They both turned their heads to see Ella and Carly talking, and they both tensed at the sound of their conversation.

"Are you sure?" Carly asked in response to a question they both had missed.

"Most definitely. I know my demons, Carly. I've killed vampires before."

Jasper turned to look at Alice with terror written all over his face. He could not believe the words he had just heard.

"Did she just say—?"

"Yes. I heard it, too," Jasper whispered. He shook himself out of his fear. She's only human, he reminded himself. Get your shit together, man!

"Jasper, what is she feeling?" Alice asked. "Could it be that she's just joking or playing a prank?"

"I doubt it," Jasper said. "But I'll give it a try."

Usually, Jasper would focus on Alice's emotions to tune out the raging hormones of the teenagers surrounding them, but now he let his focus drift away from her and toward the humans around him. He was instantly assaulted with lust, anger, hurt, confusion, boredom, excitement, and drowsiness, all at the same time.

Taking a deep breath to help him focus, Jasper searched for the girls' emotions. It was fairly simple to distinguish which emotions belonged to people he had already met before. Each person had a unique 'signature' of emotions—a unique 'flavor', so to speak—and all he needed to do was search for that one flavour that stood out.

He identified one new mixture of emotions—apprehension, excitement, admiration, a bit of sadness, and a tinge of happiness—and was able to identify it as coming from the taller of the two girls: Carly. He searched for another new signature of emotions but could find none. He focused harder, tuning out everything around him, and after several minutes, he was finally able to sense a faint trace of emotion. He could detect determination, but the rest were too faint for him to be able to identify them.

"I can just barely feel her, and only the most prominent emotion," he said to Alice, bewildered at his own failure. "It's determination, so I don't think she was joking or playing a prank."

"That's odd. Can you try to manipulate them?" Alice asked, frowning.

"I'll give it my best shot."

Jasper chose a harmless emotion—happiness—and attempted to lock down on the elusive human's emotions. After several moments, when he felt sure that he had found her, he attempted to send happiness toward her. As soon as his gift reached her, he saw her head snap toward him, and something akin to a growl—albeit a very human growl, but it was a growl nonetheless—came from her.

"You better cut that out, demon, before I kick you out," she hissed under her breath, glaring at him.

"Ella? What's wrong?" Carly asked when she realized Ella wasn't looking at her anymore. She glanced behind her and saw that the two people from the parking lot were both staring at them. Carly could hear Ella saying something, but it was much too low for her to catch. "Ella?"

Ella snapped her head back to Carly and gave her a smug smile. "He thought he could play with me."

Carly chuckled. "He'll learn soon enough you're not one to be played with."

Jasper had to hold his own growl back as he turned to look at Alice. "This is not good," he said through clenched teeth. "I don't know how, but not only was she able to repel me, she was also able to sense me trying to influence her."

Alice stared at Jasper in shock. "This is not good," she murmured, almost to herself.

"Come on, let's get out of here. I need fresh air." Jasper nearly jumped from his seat, and he was only just keeping a human's pace as he quickly made his way out of the cafeteria. He needed to talk to Carlisle, and they needed to come up with a plan. He didn't know what that human was, but she was a danger to him and his family—and that was something he would not tolerate for long.

Alice placed her hand on his shoulder, almost instantly calming him down. "I know. I am worried too. We'll talk to Carlisle as soon as we get home."

Jasper sighed and nodded. "I just hate knowing that there is something out there I can't protect you from."

Alice brought both of her hands up to cup his cheeks and stood on her toes to place a gentle kiss on his lips. "My hero," she murmured with a smile.

"Do you know how much I love you, Alinka?"

"You might have to remind me from time to time." She smiled gently. "Now go to class. We don't want to be late."

Jasper leaned down to place a desperate kiss on her mouth. He felt his insides turn at the prospect of something threatening the safety of his mate, and he prayed that Carlisle would have more insight about the matter. "Be safe, Alinka. You are my world."

Alice nodded, leaning into his hand that was cupping her cheek.

The bell interrupted their moment, and they parted with another soft kiss.

o.O.o

"She is immune to both our gifts, and when I tried to influence her, she could sense me doing so." Jasper finished telling Carlisle the details about the human girl they had met in school. He was pacing in Carlisle's study, unable to relax. "Carlisle, everything about her screams danger."

"And you're saying that she knew you would hear her from across the room?" Carlisle asked.

"Yes. She called us demons." Jasper made a disgusted face. "She's one to talk! I'm pretty sure she's not human herself."

"Was there something other than your response to her and her resistance to your gifts that makes you think she is not human?"

Jasper shook his head, his shoulders slumping.

"No," Alice said. "I observed her during both classes that we shared. The only thing I can suggest is that she has a very acute sense of hearing. Several times she seemed to be hearing things that a normal human would not have heard." Seeing Carlisle's next question, Alice answered before he could voice it. "I'm sure she's not a vampire, Carlisle. I could hear her heartbeat."

"What about her scent?" Carlisle asked.

Jasper and Alice exchanged a look before Jasper answered. "I didn't get close enough to determine anything like that. Alice?"

"No. I was a little overwhelmed by the chemicals in the lab, and during PE I never got close enough." Alice shuddered. "Frankly, I didn't want to."

"It's okay, Alice," Carlisle said in a soothing voice. "I don't want you to put yourself in danger. If your instincts tell you to stay away, then listen to them."

Jasper chose a less verbal way of encouraging her—he wrapped her in his love and pulled her into a hug.

"Thank you," Alice murmured, addressing both of them.

"I will look this phenomenon up. I have to be back at the hospital by eleven, and I hope to have something for you by then. Why don't you go for a hunt and unwind a bit?" Carlisle suggested.

"That sounds good," Jasper said as he got up. "We'll be back in a few hours."

"Bye, Carlisle," Alice called as they left the house.

"Bye," Carlisle answered absentmindedly, already reaching for his books. While he felt apprehensive at this potential new threat appearing in the small town of Forks, he also felt an unexplained sense of excitement wash over him. It was an emotion that seemed to have been simmering in the background ever since they moved to Forks.

o.O.o

"When are you going to tell me what that was all about during lunch?" Carly asked as soon as they were seated in Ella's car.

Ella chuckled. "I was wondering how long it would take you to ask."

"Well, it took me two hours. Now spill!"

Ella giggled. She started the car and made her way out of the parking lot before she spoke again. "One of the demons—the male one—tried to influence me in some way. I can't really be sure how, but I felt like something like a blanket was trying to cover me."

"A blanket?" Carly stared at Ella.

Ella huffed. "I don't really know how to explain it. It was like I felt a tingling all over my body that was warning me something was trying to..." She paused, wondering how to phrase it. "It was almost smothering, but not physically so." Ella sighed. "You know how usually, when I sense something evil, I feel a warning?"

"Yes, you told me about it."

"Well, this time it was not as strong as a reaction to a vampire, and it was out of focus, almost like the signal was jammed." Ella chuckled. "It's kind of hard to describe it, but it was very strong too. I feel like it was a very mild form of what the demon is capable of."

"So...in plain English, what does it mean?" Carly frowned.

"It means that whatever they are, they are strong—very strong."

Carly tensed. She did not like the sound of that.

Ella turned onto the highway and accelerated, anxious to get to their home and call Dean. She wanted to ask him if he had ever come across something like this before. Not too long ago, she would have talked to Stewart. She would have run to his apartment—or to the library, if it was during school hours—and he would have smiled at her excitement, telling her that she shouldn't rush to fight the demon before finding his weaknesses first. Ella would have told him that he would be surprised at how many things could die from a stake through the heart, but she also would have added that she was willing to give him a chance to look the demon up.

She couldn't do it anymore—and for a brief moment, her heart ached.

She didn't know Dean nearly as long as she had known Stewart, and she knew that he would never be able to take Stew's place, but she was willing to trust him. Hell, she had already trusted him with both her life and Carly's, so what was a little more trust?

Ella parked the car and went inside. She headed straight for the kitchen, where the wall-mounted phone was placed.

"I'm calling Dean...see if he has any idea on what those demons are," Ella announced as she began dialing.

"Are you sure it's a good idea for you to call him right now?" Carly asked, her brows furrowing in worry.

The sound of a pre-recorded message coming from the phone solved the dilemma. "The number you have dialed is not in service. Please check the number and try again."

"I guess that answers my question," Carly murmured under her breath. "Do you think he's okay?"

I hope so. "Yes," Ella said with false confidence. She didn't want to worry Carly before she knew that there was a reason to worry. "Let's try doing some research of our own, and if we still come up empty, I'll try calling J. Jenks."

"Speaking of that spiffy lawyer..." Carly said as they made their way into the living room.

"What about him?"

"Did you read that letter he gave you?"

Ella sat down on the couch and brought her knees up. "Not really."

"So? What are you waiting for?" Carly asked. "Where's that letter?"

"My bookcase?" Ella said sheepishly, and it came out more as a question than a statement.

Carly gave her a pointed look.

Ella was able to resist her for about five minutes before she cracked. "Fine." She stood up and went upstairs to retrieve the letter. She came back down, holding the folder in her hands, and sat next to Carly on the couch. "Ready?"

It's not my entire history that's been turned upside down, Carly thought. "Yup."

Ella opened the folder, took out the letter, and began reading aloud:

To my heir,

I do not know the name your parents decided to give you, but I do know that you are one of the last living Belmonts. My time on this earth is quickly drawing to an end, and I feel it is my charge—nay, my duty—to prepare you for the responsibilities that have been bestowed upon our family for generations. The Belmonts have always used their power in the service of protecting others, but never without great sacrifice. Our powers have drawn evil to us, and as much as we have sought to destroy them, we have lost many family members in the war with the demons. My dear one, as one of the last Belmonts, I must warn you that you are about to face some very powerful evils—the likes of which you have never seen before. I aim to supply you with as many tools to help you destroy them, and I hope that they will be of use to you.

I leave you the house in Forks for a reason. It was in ancient writing that I first became aware of this area. It was said to be protected by mythical creatures. Following these stories, I discovered that this small town is full of mysteries. The local legends speak of men turning into giant, horse-sized wolves that protect these lands from the Cold Ones.

I have spent years researching this area, and while I came to find that demons who stumble upon these lands are quickly handled by some unseen force, I was unable to prove or disprove the legend of the wolves.

The woods around this house hold many secrets, and I hope that you will be able to discover the ones that I was unable to in my lifetime. However, I am not leaving you empty handed. Everything that I found in my fifteen years here in Forks has been recorded meticulously. Use the key to show you the way.

If the prophecies are true, then you are the one this family has been waiting for. You are the seed that will bring new blossoms to our family tree. You are our last hope against evil on this earth.

I wish you good luck and bid you farewell.

Richter Belmont.

Ella finished reading and looked up at Carly. "I guess we're going to Port Angeles," she said, taking the key from the folder. "I want to find out what's in this safe, and we need some ingredients for a protection spell."

Carly nodded in agreement. "Protection spell? Yes, we definitely need one of those. I think it will also be a good idea to stop in a book store."

Ella cocked her head in a silent question.

"I'm pretty sure we will be able to find at least one version of the local legends in there. I want to know what exactly they say."

"You're right," Ella said. "And I would like to see if I'm correct in my suspicions."

This time it was Carly's turn to look at Ella in question.

"I believe that the Cold Ones are vampires, and I think that we just moved into yet another city the vampires think they can use as their playground."

Carly shivered, not liking that possibility whatsoever.

"Well, if we did," Ella smirked, "they're about to find out just how wrong they are."


Thank you for reading!

Chapter 9 will be posted, as always, in two weeks' time, on Friday 16h. Short teasers, as usual, will be sent to all who review.

Also! I have a special surprise coming up on the 14th for all of you who love reading lemony, Bella/Edward goodness. So stay tuned!

Yours,
Alley Cat.