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"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
The Cat's Out of the Bag…Literally
"What the hell was that?!" Gene asked shakily as he hid behind Melfina. He had just walked into the living room with Jim and Mel, when the bag on the coffee table had begun to move.
"God Gene, could you be any more pathetic?" Jim asked shaking his head. "And I thought you were supposed to be our fearless leader." Looking at the bag he saw a black fluffy tail swishing back and forth. "See, it's only a little kitten." Sure enough, right after Jim said that the bag opened up the rest of the way and a tiny head with black fur emerged as if it was summoned.
"Meow." It said as it crawled free of its prison. Cocking its head, the kitten looked up at the people before him and blinked.
"Awe, how cute!" Mel squealed as she dropped to her knees and began to cuddle the adorable ball of fur. "What's his name?"
"His name's Shadow." Aisha said as she walked into the room. "I found him while I was out on a job and just had to bring him home. He was way too cute to leave outside all alone."
Gene, who had been standing rooted to his spot since the kitten appeared, spoke. "G-get that evil creature out of here, NOW!" He said pointing at said kitten.
"But why?" Aisha asked as she nuzzled the kitten's fur. "He hasn't done anything wrong. And besides, he's just too adorable." To prove her point, she held Shadow's little paw up in the air and made him wave.
"I don't care what you think!" Gene said annoyed. "I will not allow that, that…thing to stay here."
Aisha stood up pouting. "That's not very fair. Just because you don't want him around doesn't mean that I can't have him stay in my room." As she was saying this, she was moving closer to Gene, who kept cringing and backing up further. Seeing his reaction, Aisha paused. Then her eyes widened and she began to laugh. "Ha- D-on't tell –ha- me you're afraid of a –haha- little kitten." She said as her eyes began to water.
"O-of course n-not." Gene stuttered. "I just don't want one near me." He said as he ducked behind Jim.
"Come on Gene." Jim said smirking as he moved Gene in front of him and then shoved him towards the cat. "He's not going to bite you."
"You don't know that." Gene said as he eyed the creature suspiciously. Reaching his hand out, ever so slowly, he tried to pet the innocent ball of fluff.
The kitten slightly raised his small black paw. "KYAAAAAAAAAAH" Gene screamed as he put his hands in front of his face to shield it from the kitten's attack.
"Mreow" Shadow said as he started to lick his paw.
Jim, Aisha and Melfina stood there in shock, before they all doubled over in laughter.
"Hahaha- You really are afraid of cats." Jim managed to say between laughing fits. "That's too funny."
Aisha could barely stand up she was laughing so hard. And Melfina was wiping her eyes as she tried to calm herself down.
"I'm not afraid of cats." Gene huffed. "I just don't like them, that's all." He said as crossed his arms and turned his back on his crew.
"Reeeeaaaaally?" Jim asked snorting. "That's not what it looked like from where I was standing."
"Oh, just butt out Jim." Gene said angrily. "You don't know what you're talking about."
While Gene was paying attention to Jim, Aisha snuck up next to him and tapped him on the shoulder.
"What do you wan--" Gene said as he turned to face her. Unfortunately he ended up looking directly into the face of the thing he was currently trying to avoid.
Cocking his head cutely, the kitten yawned. "AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH" Gene screamed before he turned and high-tailed it out of the room. "Get that evil thing away from me."
Aisha just smirked. "I guess he is afraid of you after all." She said as she sat down and began to pet Shadow again. "Who'd a thought that our brave and all mighty captain would be afraid of a helpless little thing like you?" She coed to the little kitten that had decided to fall asleep in her arms. "Sometimes he is truly pathetic."
