Wave woke with another sudden lurch of the monster. She resisted the urge to screech. She ended up making a slight hiss as she plummeted into some more crates.

The Twolegs heard something, Wave guessed, because as she landed, one of them turned its head. But it shrugged.

"That was a close one," Wave murmured.

She heard a rustling from the front of the monster. It shifted upwards as weight left it. Wave gasped in fear. Her heart lurched. "Please, please…" she prayed, eyes closed and teeth gritted. "Please be ThunderClan's forest."

Her eyes shot open. The monster opened where it once did. She saw Twolegs, grudging every crate out and onto the ground. Bees swarmed overhead, and for a heartbeat, she was relieved.

But then, her heart lurched again. It wasn't the forest, but a Twoleg nest! There were animal furs on the floor, and millions of more pictures on the wall. Heads were on the wall. Short muzzled brown heads with bones sticking out the sides like branches. Wave almost shouted in horror. Was she going to be just like that? She searched around desperately.

A tiger fur. She spotted the black-striped orange coat, dangling on the wall. The tiger, she heard from the clans, used to be one of the strongest and greatest.

Twolegs can take on tigers and win? Wave gulped. No, no. Please no. She backed up back into the monster. Her eyes widened. Please, no.

The Twolegs spotted her this time. They looked at her intently, and this made her shiver. But she stood her ground and held their gaze with the same intensity. "Bring it on!" she hissed, trying to share Waterpaw's own bravery.

The Twolegs looked confused, and one shook its head. What were they thinking?

Wave prayed again. "Waterpaw is brave. She is optimistic. I need to act this way to get through this." she mumbled. She turned her gaze back to the Twolegs.

One of them began making screechy cat noises, which made no sense.

Her ear flicked. She kept her paws in place and backed up one more step. The Twoleg called again, louder, but more cat-like.

"What?" she mewed. She desperately wanted to figure out what it was saying. Could it help her?

The Twoleg smiled, it seemed to be thrilled that she was interacting with it. Wave found this amusing. Perhaps she could play a few games with it, and persuade it to bring her to ThunderClan camp. She tried to look appealing. She lifted her paw and licked it, and swiped it across her face. The Twoleg enjoyed this, and splayed out one of its strange paws.

Wave was confused. What did she have to do? She glanced at it. The Twoleg brought its hand closer.

"Um…" she mewed slowly as she lowered her muzzle to sniff. It smelled of animal and rotten fish, but she didn't screw up her face to show her discomfort.

The Twoleg laughed as it withdrew. Wave stared at it, confused. What was going on in the mind of it?

"Do-Do you know how to get back to the forest?" she meowed.

The Twoleg smiled at her, and splayed out both paws now. They were swarming in on her sides. Instinct screamed at her to run off, but she resisted. She needed to earn its trust.

She took in a deep breath and let it hold her. It cradled her in its arms and put her on the floor.

"Hmm…" Wave thought, her curiosity boiling to an unusually high level.

"What's your name?" a voice called from behind. She turned around and yelped in surprise as a large, colorful bird stood behind her.

"W-Wave." she responded, eyes still glazed with fear. How did this bird talk to her?

"I'm sorry if I am confusing you. Indeed, I know how to speak your language. My name is Samson." Her nodded.

Wave was too amazed to express it in words. "Can you help me get back to my home?" she mewed suddenly.

"Depends." the giant bird meowed. He shrugged its large, regal wings.

"Well, you know the picture on the monster?"

"The what?"

"The giant thing with the black paws."

"You mean the truck?"

"Yes, the truck." Wave meowed, unsure. "The picture. Of the forest. It's my home."

"It is, eh?" the bird meowed wistfully. "I can get you there."

"R-really?" Wave meowed excitedly. "You can?"

"Yep. It's an easy flight." Her stretched.

"But how?"

"You can follow me. I will fly, you run." He smiled.

"You know where it is?"

"Know where it is? I used to live there!" he meowed proudly.

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

"No problem. But we need to get out without the humans noticing."

"Humans?"

"The peachy guys." he replied.

"Oh." Wave looked suddenly hopeful. Can this bird really bring her home? She smiled wide.