"I still have to take care of him?!" Ozone whined two days later. Leading the hairless feline up the fire escape towards the rooftop of the apartment building, Snowball stopped and turned around. Pinching his forehead with his thumb and finger, he huffed as he muttered, "You're still being punished for that day when you left him out in the rain. You're lucky I let you take a day off yesterday."
"Yeah, thanks. But I still don't want to be near the stupid bird," Ozone retorted, his tail lashing about behind him. Snowball was clearly struggling not to shout at the cat as he replied, "Tiberius has a name, first off. Second off, you should be grateful that Nitro asked him to look for you and he saved your life! I'm telling you Ozone, you're the most selfish and ungrateful person I have ever worked with."
"That's the nicest thing you ever told me."
"Shut up. Besides, if it makes you feel better, I wanted you to have a longer break after what happened."
"And why don't I have that?!"
"Because Gidget said so. She believes that you deserve to be punished for what you've done to him and she really wants you guys to get along."
"That's stupid. Can't you tell her that I don't want to do this?"
"No."
"Why?"
"She scares me."