Exactly fourteen miles away in a road side motel, Aliki Willows wakes up to
the summons. An annoying buzz like drone echoes off the walls of Aliki's
skull. He blinks at the green glow of the alarm clock, 3:43 a.m. He flops
back against the bed, waking up his companion.
"You got a summons?" The question came from a gray ball of fur next to the sixteen year old Keeper.
"Yeah, but it's almost four in the morning." Aliki mumbles tiredly. "Plus I probably only had about.three hours of sleep."
"We have nothing better to do. Maybe later you can get a cat nap." It snickers. "Wake up sleepy head, so that you can feed me before we go to the site." Ten pounds of cat jumps on Aliki's chest annoyingly.
"Coridan! You fur ball, I'm not feeding you. I fed you before I went to bed three hours ago. You need to go on a diet." Aliki shoves the cat off his chest, and sits up to glare at his partner.
"You feed me that kibble crap. It's too dry and makes me hack up fur balls." Coridan whines before stretching, the cat licks his longer then normal tail, his rabbit-like ears flapping as his head moves along his tail.
"Must make you shed too." Aliki says before yawning.
Coridan looks up at Aliki, his yellow eyes glowing with the reflective light from the streetlight outside the only window. "Maybe it's because you're the one that screwed up my DNA when I was born. Even I don't know what I am. I'm sort of mix of a fox, lynx, a cat, and a squirrel! What on earth were you thinking?"
Aliki shrugs mindlessly. "I was nine. Sue me." Aliki gets up and goes over to his bag, pulling out some half decent clothes out of it. He pulls out a navy shirt, and black jeans, slipping into the clothes quickly. Coridan continues to give himself a bath, ignoring the Keeper's rambling and constant running around to gather his few belongings.
"You got a summons?" The question came from a gray ball of fur next to the sixteen year old Keeper.
"Yeah, but it's almost four in the morning." Aliki mumbles tiredly. "Plus I probably only had about.three hours of sleep."
"We have nothing better to do. Maybe later you can get a cat nap." It snickers. "Wake up sleepy head, so that you can feed me before we go to the site." Ten pounds of cat jumps on Aliki's chest annoyingly.
"Coridan! You fur ball, I'm not feeding you. I fed you before I went to bed three hours ago. You need to go on a diet." Aliki shoves the cat off his chest, and sits up to glare at his partner.
"You feed me that kibble crap. It's too dry and makes me hack up fur balls." Coridan whines before stretching, the cat licks his longer then normal tail, his rabbit-like ears flapping as his head moves along his tail.
"Must make you shed too." Aliki says before yawning.
Coridan looks up at Aliki, his yellow eyes glowing with the reflective light from the streetlight outside the only window. "Maybe it's because you're the one that screwed up my DNA when I was born. Even I don't know what I am. I'm sort of mix of a fox, lynx, a cat, and a squirrel! What on earth were you thinking?"
Aliki shrugs mindlessly. "I was nine. Sue me." Aliki gets up and goes over to his bag, pulling out some half decent clothes out of it. He pulls out a navy shirt, and black jeans, slipping into the clothes quickly. Coridan continues to give himself a bath, ignoring the Keeper's rambling and constant running around to gather his few belongings.