Chapter 3

The sack jerked around in the mini-van, tossing poor Alex back and forth in the messy van. Her sides were hurting terribly and one paw was swollen from being tossed about so much. The ride in the smelly, junky van was long, hard, and tiring. Finally, the car stopped. Alex was relived at first, but then when she saw that terrible face, fear washed over her quickly. Master, what have I done wrong? Every time she was taken out of the basment she was punished. The last time he had taken Alex to a thick forest and hit her for losing a battle. He had yelled and hit her for hours before taking her back, and she had to go without food. But this time, it was different. They weren't at the usual abondonded or deserted place like other times before. This time, they were at an old warehouse. Still carrying the Alex in a sack, Master tossed her carelessly into an open window shouting "You're useless to me now!"....those were the last words she remembered. After that she blanked out.


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When Alex finally regained conciousness, she panicked. Where am I? What happended? She struggled and tossed in the dark bag until she finally broke free from the imprisonment. She looked around in the abondonded warehouse and slowly walked towards a door. When she got to the door, she squeesed through carefully and looked at the outside world. What am I going to do? I have no food, no water, no shelter. Then suddenly she remembered Master and shivered, then gave a small smile as she realised she was free...finally free. She wandered towards a building smelling the food and sniffed the doors. Suddenly a female trainer walks out and bumps into Alex. "Oh! Hello there!" the trainer says happily. But Alex, knowing all her life what Master, a human, did to her, wasn't going to wait to see if this one would do the same. She sped out of there as fast as she could and ran into some bushes. She stayed for what seemed like hours but really minutes, panting hard. Humans...they can't be trusted. You never know what they'll do. I don't want to be in a cellar again. No, I'm not going to make the same mistake twice. Alex jumpped out of the bushes quickly but suddenly was snatched up by a net. She struggled with all of her strength but was weak from hunger and collapsed onto the cold hard floor of a different kind of car. "Well, here's another stray." said an unknown voice. "Let's take her in." Suddenly Alex was moving again, and she felt for sure that this time she wouldn't escape.