"Game of Cat and Mouse"
-Not for the Faint of Heart-
To the lovely reviewers:
the dreamy storyteller: No problem. Cool username, btw.
MissBliss8527: Oh, do you now? I suppose we shall see.
Kiri-Kay: What, you mean THE GAME? Well, have at thee!
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ElusiveIllusions: Why would you even say such a thing?!
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The slow sound of metal wheels turning was the first sound he heard. Gears shifting, overlapping, clinging together, moving faster and faster. Pierce's eyes snapped open, finding himself tucked into bed in an unfamiliar home, cluttered with, well, things. The brunette quickly climbed from under the sheets only to realize the room was shaking. He let out a scared squeak, the magnitude of the earthquake causing him to fall to his knees.
Suddenly there was a rush of air, the mouse feeling sick and his stomach flipping as everything slammed against walls, he too flying wildly. He clung onto the closest thing he could, the kitchen table, ear flattened down to try and block out the roar of the wind. Pierce wasn't sure how long it lasted, but finally it stopped. Shakily, he tried to get to his feet, collapsing when he found standing wasn't worth it.
"Hey Pierce!" The brown haired jumped, looking around the house for the loud voice. "Whoa, calm down in there, the ride's over."
"B-Boris? I-Is that y-you?"
"Yeah, come to the door."
The teen forced himself to stand, walking carefully around the disaster zone. For a moment he wondered whose house it was and how upset they'd be when the got back. He tried to force the guilty thought from his head and pulled the door open-
-only to slam it shut. Everything was really big out there! It was as if the world had quadrupled in size and left him behind!
"Aw, come on Pierce, it's not that scary!" Oh no, he recognized that voice from earlier, and it wasn't Boris!
"Yeah Pierce, come out!"
The mouse started to panic, feeling trapped. Why was everything so big? He was normal size, wasn't he? The house was normal size! Then his emerald eyes looked over the room… The clutter that had been moved around, some of it didn't look right. He swore he saw a needle, and thimble!
The role holder turned and slowly reopened the door, seeing a golden orb trying to peek in. "B-Boris!"
"Ah, finally!" The tom purred, backing up and holding a palm out. Cautious, the gravedigger climbed on, tail down in anxiety.
"H-How d-did…"
"What, you didn't have fun on the roller coaster with us? Hope your place isn't too messy. You alright?"
"Y-You took me on a r-r-roller c-coaster!?"
"Well sure. You said you wanted to go back to the park." Boris grinned. Pierce looked around to see a blue box on the table, noticing they were indeed in the amusement park. The twins from earlier were close too, peering over him. "Here ya go, come on and join us!"
Pierce nearly jumped as large fingers put a chunk of mushroom in front of him. ".. W-What?"
"Take a bite, duh.
The mouse's ears perked up; moving closer and grabbing the piece, he was stopped by the cat from taking a bite until he was set on the ground.
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"What's with the face?" The Cheshire Cat put an arm around the smallers shoulders, the mouse holding the box that was his home.
"Y-You…!" The younger turned on the tom, tail straight up in defiance. "That…! I…!
Fist clenched, the role holders body quivered in anger before he turned and ran.
"Wait, Pierce!"
"We'll get him!" Dee and Dum offered, ready to bolt after the mouse.
"No!" The cat hissed, stopping the boys. "Go home or something, torment Elliot or Blood… Just go." Boris ignored the confused faces on the younger two, hurrying after the mouse in the direction he'd disappeared in.
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The tomcat's ears were flat against his head as he hurried to get away from the screeching wails of the poor violin; the dreadful noise his 'boss' called 'music'. It finally faded as he neared the teacups. The pierced tail flickered as he sighed in annoyance, mostly at himself, as he sat down on a shaded bench.
"Man, I've really messed up." He took a moment for himself, getting comfortable. The cheerful noises of the park around him started to fade as he dozed. Then he caught the noise. Ears perked up; soft sniffling and muted sobbing was coming from nearby. The gunman sat up, tail curling as he scanned the area for a sign of its source. Purple tipped ears leaned forward, a golden eye narrowed when he saw the top of a dark brown tail.
Swiftly, the tom stood and hurried as silently as he could. The tail was peeking out from behind one of the wooden walls mean to 'hide' the opening of the bathrooms. Standing on his toes, he peered over the wall to find his lost prey curled in a ball crying. Looking around, he slowly made his way to the other side, leaning against the bathroom entrance door with a sigh.
That small sound was enough to let Pierce be aware of his presence without startling him; one bright green eye looked up at him, watery. "Pierce…"
"Y-You… t-torment m-me… me." The mouse sniffled. "Y-You took m-my house a-and.. and…"
"I know, I know, it wasn't right." The older moved down, resting on the balls of his feet in front of him. "I'm sorry… I didn't mean to scare you that badly.
There was no response; the younger role holder stared at the box in his lap. "Come on Pierce, forgive me? You always forgive me." Boris tried to cajole Pierce, worried.
The mouse just looked lost, hopelessly looking up to share the cat's gaze. "You scare me…" He whispered.
The tom moved to his knees, kneeling in front of the brunette and pulling him closer. He knew he sacred Pierce, it was part of his job, his instinct. However, to hear it like that, right now… It hurt.
"I don't wanna scare you." He said lightly, letting the mouse curl up against him. "I don't mean to… It's getting late, come on, we should go upstairs."
When the mouse shook his head, he just stared, confused. "Then where will you go?"
"I-I dunno…"
Okay, that really hurt. He'd rather brave the dangers out there than return to Boris' room? The tom knew it was his fault. Carefully, he wiped the sixteen year old's tears away and nuzzled the top of his head. "It's dangerous out there. Stay?"
"Okay…" The tom kissed his forehead, moving the strand of blond out of his face.
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AN: So, here is the fluffy update. How cute, right?
Anyway, I'm glad I got around to updating this. I just want to say this now though, get it out of the way: Please do NOT pm me or email me asking me to hurry up. There is a reason you can only leave one review per chapter. Believe it or not, authors [or the few I've spoken to] don't LOVE LOVE LOVE IT when you constantly badger them about being slow. We like your reviews, we love you want us to update more… but don't contact us personally just to say that…
"Anyways, excuses aside, this really was a nice fluffy chapter; I was doing various versions of "awww" throughout reading it, probably very much confusing my roommates, as we have the Mentalist on right nowXD This chapter looks like a great set up for really getting into the meat of the story, and I'm very excited to see where things will go from here!"
-Vivacia18