"Welcome to Zamaron."

The woman's voice echoed in my ear as I looked up to the dark, starry sky. The ground was hard beneath my knees, but the dust that covered the surface was soft. My fingers dug themselves into the dust and I slowly sat up, taking in everything around me. Pink. Everything was pink. From the dust to the suspiciously large protruding crystals that seemed to pop out randomly. My hand opened and the tiny particles trickled out, leaving only a few grains in my palm. I poured the last few grains out, and took a good look at the ring that forged itself onto my hand. The inside had fused with my skin, going so deep that it began to crawl up a blood vessel.

I finally began to breathe again. "Ring," I called, not really knowing what else to call it. It did not answer back, so I just continued. "Can you take me to Carol Ferris?"

"Transporting to Star Sapphire Carol Ferris." The glow returned and disappeared almost instantly, leaving me in a completely different place. It still looked like Zamaron (I think), but now there was a large sculpture that looked like the main Lantern on Oa. Except, of course, it was pink.

I saw a group of women standing around, but I could not really recognize any one of them. "Carol Ferris?"

A woman with long black hair and a pink facemask turned around and looked down at me with surprised green eyes. "You're John Stewart's friend." Ah, now she looked familiar. "Andi, right?"

I nodded slightly, not budging from the ground.

"What are you doing here?"

I showed her my hand and dismissed her question. "Can you take this ring off?"

Carol grabbed my hand and took a closer look. "My word." She looked concerned. Well that's not good. Tentatively, she reached out and touched the ring, only to jerk back almost immediately. "Oh, you poor child. You have experienced such heartache."

"I-I haven't. It didn't happen." The more I said it, the easier it was to believe.

She kneeled down and grabbed my hands. "But you have. I feel it."

I shook my head again. "No. What I remember didn't happen. It got erased-"

"It still happened." Her voice hardened and she stared into my eyes. "Just because people don't remember doesn't mean it didn't happen. It doesn't mean that it can't hurt."

Tears began welling up again. She looked so sincere. "Does it ever go away?" My voice was raspier in that one sentence that it had been over the past few weeks.

Carol gave a small nod. "It takes time, but yes. It will get better."

"What should I do?"

She looked at me, and saw something she had not seen in a long time. Carol saw her, after Hal broke her heart the first time. "You work with us. We'll train you, give you work to do, keep you busy and help you move on. That's why the ring came to you. You need this."

"Okay," I felt the words fall out of my mouth before I even had time to think about it. "Put me to work."

~.~.~.~.~.~.~

I am not sure how long it has been since I got to Zamaron. I cannot tell if the days are longer or shorter here. I do know that my hair has gotten long enough for me to pull it up into a ponytail, so I guess it's been a while. Every day is different. The training seems to just keep going. Working with the ring is very difficult. You need to feel some sort of love in order to make it work, and at the moment, I still cannot get it to work reliably.

"Come on, you can do this." Carol tried to motivate me from the sideline of their training area. It was a simple open area surrounded by a ring of stalagmites. "You've wielded the ring before, you know how it works. You just have to let it. Focus on what you want to create."

"Well it's a little difficult to do that when I can't even make a small spark appear when I want it to!" I snapped back. I was sick and tired of this you-can-do-it-if-you-just-try attitude. News flash: fixing personal problems is not that easy.

"Try again." Carol ordered, keeping her voice as calm as she could. Hearing her sharpness told me that it was a bit difficult. "The ring has not changed since the last time you wore it. And you were able to control it along with three other rings, all with conflicting triggers. You can do this. Just focus."

I took a deep breath. "Okay." I shook out my shoulders and loosened myself up. "Ring, all I want to make is a circle. It doesn't have to be an orb or anything, just a circle." I balled my hand into a fist, held it out, and closed my eyes. "Think of something you love and make a circle." I reminded myself.

Something I love…something I love…

I love orange chicken and fried rice, but I don't think that's the kind of love they mean. Um…they also probably don't mean loving television shows like Doctor Who…shit.

My arm fell and I let out a breath I did not know I was holding. Nothing.

"Do you love anything?" Carol's voice was closer than I remembered.

I opened my eyes and saw her standing right in front of me with her arms crossed over her chest. "Can you please take a step back? I got this thing about personal space."

She did not move. "Do you love anything?" She repeated.

"I-I love some things?" I tried.

She immediately shot me down. "If you truly loved something, the ring would have responded."

"Are you saying that I don't actually love orange chicken and fried rice?" I tried to make a small joke, but she was not having it.

"I am saying that you are not allowing yourself to love anything."

My jaw tightened. "I don't know how it is up here in pink land, but in the real world, sometimes loving shit hurts. And sometimes, the only way to stop hurting, is to stop loving."

"That is where you are wrong." Carol snipped. "Loving something does not hurt. Loss, betrayal, despair, jealousy, melancholy, confusion, anger, those hurt. Love is the only thing in this universe that does not cause pain. It is the only thing worth living for, and anyone who thinks differently is a fool."

Ouch. "I guess I'm a fool then."

Her serious face then cracked a tiny smirk. "The fact that you can recognize that means there is still hope for you."

"Maybe I should call for my Blue Lantern ring and better my chances." I could not help but smile, and even Carol let out a soft chuckle.

"Well, it probably wouldn't hurt." I let out a laugh. Oh wow, I had not laughed in some time. "Try it again. But before you do," she stopped my face from falling too much, "take a minute and just think about what love means to you. What does it feel like to love? Or to be loved? Just take your time, and think about it before you start."

She glided back to the outside of the training area. "Go when you're ready."

I closed my eyes.

Okay.

Okay.

What is love? Baby don't hurt me –

No. This is not the time for that song.

Okay.

What does it feel like to love?

It feels…nice.

You feel happy a lot of the time. It's less lonely. Your thoughts get occupied by the thing, or person, all of the time.

Being touched by the right person is…incredible.

A caress as simple as a hand on your arm can feel so supportive and safe. It can set your nerves on fire. Or force the air out of your lungs.

It's also caring. Love means caring about someone else. It means you are cared for.

Love is not necessarily restricted to romance. The love I have for Bruce is different than the love I have for Johnny.

Had.

Had for Johnny.

No.

Stop lying to yourself.

Have.

I took a deep breath and opened my eyes to try again, only to find that everything around me seemed brighter and cloudier. I looked around and saw Carol with a large smile on her face.

I got the ring to work. I had unconsciously surrounded myself with a bright pink energy.

A smile unknowingly made its way to my face. I freaking did it!

~.~.~.~.~.~.~

Justice League Watch Tower

"Being a human being is horrible." J'onn J'onzz admitted. "They feel so many emotions, many of them caused by…nothing. I do not understand it."

A small, sad smile grew on Wonder Woman's lips. "They are interesting creatures."

At the moment, they were alone in the Watch Tower cafeteria. It was the middle of the night, so most of the members had either retired to their rooms, or gone back to their homes on Earth.

"Are you alright, Diana?" J'onn asked, taking note of her changing facial expression.

"I'm fine, J'onn." She tried to reassure him.

The little annoyingly-human mental connection he had to Andi was starting to get the best of him. "It does not seem like you are fine."

One of Diana's eyebrows raised, and a smirk threatened to make its way to her lips. "Excuse me?"

J'onn shifted in his set, clearly uncomfortable, but that tiny blip of humanity was not letting him back down. "You have not been yourself lately. I have observed moments where you are quicker to anger than usual, you have not been sleeping on your usual schedule. as well as times when you seem to be somber, as opposed to your usual…self. I apologize if I have upset you, but I just want to know if you are alright."

Diana was a bit shocked. She had never seen the Martian like this before. And while it was annoying that he spoke to her like that, she couldn't exactly blame him. He was not himself, either. So, she put on a small smile. "J'onn, I appreciate your attention to detail, but I am fine."

He saw right through it. "You are lying."

She gave a slight, albeit annoyed, nod. "Yes, I am lying. But that's what people do. When they are not okay, they say they are so that others don't worry about them."

His eyebrows furrowed. "I do not understand."

"How do I explain it…" She asked herself. "It is a….defense mechanism that humans have, so that they do not have to reveal their vulnerability to others.

J'onn looked at her skeptically. "That seems...stupid."

Diana's face broke out into a smile. "It is stupid."

He could not stop himself from letting out a small chuckle.

"How are you holding up?" She asked gently.

"I am not entirely sure," he admitted. "But when I awoke this morning, it did not take me as long to get out of my bed."

"That's good." Diana gave him a small smile.

The Martian shrugged his shoulders. "I suppose so." He paused for a moment before divulging in a whispered tone, "Andi seems to be doing better, but I am wary about what she is getting herself into."

"What's she doing?" She matched his tone.

Again, he hesitated. Telling Diana about Andi's whereabouts would break his promise to her, but it was killing him to know that she is potentially endangering herself both physically and mentally. He had to talk to someone.

But he promised Andi he would not say anything.

But everything was beginning to be too much for him.

But she will be furious at him if she finds out.

But he is about to go insane.

But Andi will never talk to him again.

But if this keeps up, no one will ever talk to him again.

"She's with the Star Sapphires." He blurted out, letting go of a breath he did not know he was holding.

Diana understood his concern immediately. "Oh no. Is she okay?"

He nodded. "She is fine for now."

"Are you sure?"

He nodded again. "She is with Carol Ferris."

Diana raised one of her eyebrows in question. "That doesn't concern you? You've seen how Carol has acted out in the past."

"True. But from what I've felt from Andi, it seems like Carol is just trying to help her control the ring's power."

She scoffed. "We'll see how long that lasts."

~.~.~.~.~.~.~

"Where are we going?" I asked Carol. We were flying(?) through space. I mean, I never thought I would be able to harness any power out of the ring, let alone be able to control it! It has been an interesting few weeks, to say the least.

"To respond to a Red Lantern attack. One of our Sapphires was successful in taking down one of the Red Lanterns, and was attacked in return. She needs backup." Carol responded. I was following her flight pattern.

But what she said made me a bit nervous. "Red Lanterns? Am I really ready for that?"

She gave a slight shrug. "I am not sure, but that's alright. Two Sapphires are more powerful than one Red Lantern. And besides, if something happens to me, you can call your other rings to you, and save yourself."

"I guess so." That was not the first time she had mentioned my other rings during my stay on Zamaron. She used them as examples all of the time while I was training, which made sense. They all need the same basic things.

Carol checked our ETA on her ring. "We're nearly to Miri's coordinates. We're about ten minutes out."

"Uh, Carol?"

"What?"

"I think we're there."

She looked up from her ring and her eyes widened. Just ahead of us was an ominous red glow. But that did not seem to phase her. "Get ready."

I felt a knot tighten in my stomach. "For what?"

"Anything." She said simply, increasing her speed. I blindly followed her. "Andi?" She called back to me.

"Yeah?"

Carol turned to look at me, and it looked like she had a bit of fear in her eyes. "You might want to call your other rings. Just in case." She brought herself to a stop.

My throat tightened as I stopped with her. "Do you think that's really necessary?" Please say no. Please say no. Please say-

Her voice was stern and sure. "Judging by the size and intensity of that glow, yes."

Damn it.

"Okay." I barely spoke. Closing my eyes, I held out my hands.

Okay, Andi. You have to stop being afraid of them. This isn't like the Silver Lantern War. You are not going to kill anybody, you are trying to help someone. Just call the other rings.

I took a deep, shaky breath. I pictured the other rings in the shoe box underneath my bed back in Dakota City, sitting patiently underneath several years worth of dust. And one by one, I imagined them disappearing and reappearing into my open hands. First green, then blue, and finally indigo.

I opened my eyes to find my hands still empty. Come on.

"Well?" She asked, sounding slightly annoyed.

"Well, we're somewhere in space, so it might take a moment. Or it might not work at all. I don't know, I've never tried 'calling' something in space before." My voice had a light bitterness about it.

"We don't have much time." The annoyance in her voice was more present this time.

I rolled my eyes and went back to looking at my hands.

Come on, rings. Show up.

A few minutes passed and my Green Lantern ring finally appeared. "Yes!" I said in triumph. And before I could say anything else, the other two rings appeared. "It worked!"

"Good, now put those on and let's get moving." Carol began making her way toward the red glow.

"What?" I said, but not loud enough for her to hear. Put them on? I thought they were a back up plan.

I was stagnant for a moment, looking at the rings. Oh god, I don't want to do this again.

"Andi!" Carol's high pitched voice rang ever so shrilly in my ear.

It's now or never. I took a deep breath and slipped the three rings back onto my fingers, and I immediately felt the immense power flowing through me. Although it felt differently this time. The massive amount of energy was not overwhelming, it was more...enhancing.

I took a quick look at myself, and I could feel my heart start racing when I saw that my suit had changed. The low-cut pink bodice had stayed the same, but the long sleeves had turned back, with blue fingerless gloves at the end. Black tights had appeared on my legs, and my thigh-high pink boots had turned green. All of the corps' were tied together with a pair of purple armored plates on my shoulders. No longer were the powers of the corps' working separately within me, but were finally working as one. Even the rings themselves were no longer melted on my fingers, but intact, and ready to get to work.

I took a couple deep breaths after my transformation to gather my bearings, and then sped off toward the glow. Not going to lie, I was not prepared for what I saw. A blue woman in a pink leotard was writhing in pain, and surrounded by a bright red glow. Circling the glow was a small blue creature, dressed in a red and black outfit, snarling and hissing at the woman. Wait, was that a...cat?

"Uh, Carol?" I began skeptically as I got closer to her. She kept her distance from the glow, and just watched and listened to the woman screaming in agony. "Is that a cat?"

She nodded without looking at me. "His name is Dex-Starr. He was recruited to the Red Lanterns after his owner was killed on Earth. And he may be small, but he is full of anger and hatred and therefore dangerous. Especially since Miri had tried to take out his new 'owner,' Atrocitus, the leader of the Red Lanterns."

"Oh my god." I sighed and ran my hand through the wispy strands of hair that had fallen out of my pony tail. Why would she take him on by herself?"

Carol shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know, but she needs our help."

My eyes rolled slightly. "I understand that. How do we even take on a Red Lantern, don't they like, spit blood-acid or some shit?"

"Yes," Carol answered simply, still refusing to look at me. "And the only way to truly defeat a Red Lantern, is to separate them from their ring."

Okay, that didn't seem like the hardest thing. "Okay, so if we take their ring it will take away their powers, right?"

I waited for a moment for her answer, but received none.

"Right?" I repeated, suddenly very unsure of what I had been asked to do.

"In a sense." She finally answered, turning her head toward me. "The blood-acid is their blood. The power of the Red Lantern ring replaces their 'normal' blood with a rage-filled blood, and turns their 'normal' blood into that blood-acid which they then expel from their bodies. So, when the ring is taken away from them…" she trailed off and turned away from me again.

My eyes widened when I understood. "They die, don't they?"

Carol stared ahead, and responded with a very clear and commanding answer. "Yes."

"Oh my god." I grabbed my head in frustration. Why does it always have to come down to life or death? I took a deep breath in and put my hands on my hips in defiance. "I'm not killing a cat."

"Andi-"

"I'M NOT KILLING A FUCKING CAT, CAROL!"

"Andi, you don't understand." She kept her voice very calm. "Do you have any idea how difficult it is to remove a Red Lantern's ring? It's near impossible, it's practically a suicide mission. But with your rings, we could take down the Red Lantern Corps. You could help end so much hate and suffering in this universe."

I pushed my palms into my eyes. She's just using me. Jesus fucking Christ. This whole time she's been using me for my stupid rings.

"Andi, Miri will not survive much longer, we have to act now." Carol tried to touch my shoulder, but I pushed her hand away.

"Get. Away. From. Me." I growled at her, and turned away completely and began flying away.

Carol flew after me and grabbed my arm. "Andi!"

I turned around to push her away when a green beam appeared and knocked Carol away.

"I believe she told you to get away from her." A deep male voice said behind me. A tall, human Green Lantern came flying in and stood between Carol and I.

"Um, who-?"

He turned slightly to me and flashed a smirk. "Name's Hal Jordan. Your friend John Stewart has told me a lot about you, Andi." He then turned to the Star Sapphire. "Hey, Carol."

"Hal." She returned the greeting stiffly.

He turned back to me. "Andi, there is a way that you can-"

"I'm sorry, Hal, was it?" I interrupted him. "You seem very...boy scout-y, which I...appreciate. But I really can't handle one more person trying to tell me what to do. I'm not killing the cat, and I'm going to go back to Earth now so I can never touch these rings again." I turned around and made to leave.

"Miri will die if you don't help her!" Carol yelled at the back of my head, making the hairs on my neck stand up.

I quickly turned around and got in her face. "Well then that's her fucking fault for getting involved in this shit!" Oh god, here it comes. My hands flew up and grabbed my head. "This entire fucking shit fest! I didn't want any part of this! Your ring found me, your ring cornered me and put itself on my finger! I just wanted to be left alone for once in my. GOD. DAMNED. LIFE!" I screamed at the top of my lungs, which caught the attention of that little blue cat.

"More Sapphires!" The cat hissed and started coming toward us. "Kill more Sapphires!"

"Andi, there isn't much time-"

"Oh shut up, Carol!" I growled at her. "I'm done listening to you!"

Hal tried to reason with me, "Andi, really-"

"I don't even know you!" I rolled my head toward Hal.

Dex-Starr screamed, almost upon us, "KILL-"

"JESUS FUCK, WOULD YOU BE QUIET?!" I cut him off, raising my hand and creating a swirling pink, blue, green, and purple orb construct around him. "I mean really," I glared at him through my now glowing white eyes. "We are in the middle of a conversation, you asshole cat!"

Dex-Starr hissed and screamed as it repeatedly hit the walls of the orb, trying to break it.

"Now," Carol began again. "All you have to do is-" She was cut off by a light construct covering her mouth.

I lowered my hand and turned to Hal. "Did I not just say, 'Oh shut up, Carol?' Because I'm pretty sure I did."

Hal moved his head from side to side in consideration, watching Carol try to rip the construct off. "Yeah, I think you did."

"Thought so." I took a deep breath and looked at the two flailing about. "What am I supposed to do with them?"

"Well," Hal crossed his arms over his chest in contemplation. "I'd probably collect Miri over there, and send the two ladies back to Zamaran."

"That's not a bad idea." I turned to the small blue figure in the fading red glow. Lifting up my had, I let out another white beam and surrounded her in an orb. With another wave of my hand, the ladies disappeared, hopefully to Zamaran. Space is weird.

My eyes shifted slightly to the angry blue cat, who was still trying to break his way out of the orb. "What should I do about him?"

Hal sighed, "Well-"

"I am not killing him." My voice was harsh and bitter.

The older man gave a gentle shake of his head. "I wouldn't either."

I rubbed my face in contemplation. "There's got to be a way to get the ring away from him without hurting him."

"There is a theory going around, but it hasn't been successful yet." He suggested.

That peaked my interest. "Oh?"

"The theory," Hal continued. "Is that the compassion of the Indigo Tribe can help a person empathize with a Red Lantern, then the love of the Star Sapphires will heal their mind, the hope of the Blue Lanterns will heal their body, and the willpower of the Green Lanterns will destroy the ring."

I nodded slowly. Maybe that would work. "Can one person do it?"

He shrugged. "I don't know, but for Dex-Starr's sake, I hope so."

"Me too." I mumbled as I closed my eyes.

Okay.

Okay okay okay okay okay okay.

Take a deep breath.

Focus.

Compassion.

Why is he angry?

Not at the Sapphires, but, why did the Red Lantern ring go to him in the first place?

Carol said his owner-

No.

We can't trust Carol.

We have to ask him ourselves.

I took another deep breath and my eyes opened, the white light having disappeared and my brown irises returning to normal. As that breath left my lungs, the light around me changed into a lilac shade, and the suit I was wearing morphed into a sleeveless indigo crop top, with matching plated arm bands, bikini style bottoms, and knee high laced boots.

Welcome to the Indigo Tribe.

"Dex-Starr," I called to him, gently floating over to his glowing prison, getting an angrier reaction out of him.

"STAY AWAY." He screamed, his back arching, and his hair standing up. "LEAVE OR DIE."

I did not waiver. "Dex-Starr." I reached his orb and placed my hands on it. "Help me understand why."

The construct disappeared, and he launched himself at me. I caught him, and held the small cat close. He growled and wiggled to try and get out of my arms, but I held onto him.

"Please," I begged him, feeling the power from the Indigo ring build up in me. "Help me understand."

The animal began to glow, and all of a sudden I began to see visions of a homeless kitten being rescued by a woman. And she was everything to him. She gave him a home, and love, and everything he ever needed. And then the robber came, and took her away from him. He was back on the streets, and those kids beat him and threw him over a bridge. Then everything went red, and all he could feel was anger, and it's been like this ever since.

The glow subsided, and the feline stopped fighting me. He was shaking, and still giving off a low growl, but nothing compared to before.

"I am so sorry, Dexter." I whispered to him, letting my hand gently caress his head. "Losing someone you love is...is so hard." Without my knowledge, the color of my glow and my outfit began to shift back into that of the Star Sapphires. "And it hurts more than anything in the world. And you are so angry because you are hurting. But love does not hurt. It feels amazing and you know that. And your owner knew that. You were her 'good kitty,' and you can be again. But you have to let me help you, okay?"

He did not answer me, but nuzzled his head into my hand.

A small smile appeared on my face, and the glow around Dex-Starr and I changed again. It dulled from a bright pink to a blue hue, and with it, my Star Sapphire outfit morphed into a cut-out-shoulder black full bodysuit, with royal blue sleeves, two blue panels on my sides, and matching thigh high boots.

Welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.

Gently, I brought Dex-Starr away from my chest and surrounded him in a blue aura. "All will be well." I pulled the Red Lantern ring off of his tail, and the aura around him glowed. Dex-Starr began to cough, and blood acid flowed from his mouth, and floated off into space. Eventually the blood acid stopped flowing, and as it moved farther away from Dex-Starr, the more at peace the cat seemed. His eyes were closed, and welcomed coming back into my arms.

Everything changed around me again, and the blue glow shifted to green. My outfit transitioned again, bodice and gloves turning green with matching boots, black sleeves and tights. I held up my hand with the Red Lantern ring in it, closed it into a fist, and concentrated all of my power into destroying the ring. My hand lit up brightly, and once the light dimmed, I opened my hand and the red ring had become nothing but a small pile of dust.

Welcome to the Green Lantern Corps.

The dust poured out of my hand as I turned to gently pet the snoozing cat in my arms.

"You're a good kitty." I cooed to Dexter, smiling at the purrs he responded with.

"Nice work." Hal congratulated me in a low voice.

I forgot he was even there. "Thank you." I turned around to face him again.

Hal floated over to me. "You know, he's going to be in danger now. The Red Lanterns are probably going to be looking for him. He'll have to go into hiding-"

"He needs a loving family that will care for him and protect him." I interrupted the older man. "And I know the perfect place."

~.~.~.~.~.~.~

Knock. Knock. Knock.

"I'm coming!" Robert Hawkins called as he made his way through his home in Dakota. He opened the front door and his face quickly broke out into a smile. "Sweethear-uh what are you wearing?"

Standing in his doorway with a small animal carrier, and caught a little off guard, I looked down and saw the 'working together' Lantern outfit. Huh, I wonder when that came back. "Oh, um, that's a long story. Well, real quick, this is a more grown-up version of that Silver Lantern thing - you know what, it doesn't matter. I'm here to ask for a favor." I stumbled over my words.

"Of course, whatever you need. Do you want to come in?" He replied immediately. Bruce had told him about my disappearance, and he was not about to let this opportunity to see and help me slip away.

"No, I'm alright, thank you though. Um, anyway, I was wondering if you would watch a friend of mine. For a while."

Mr. Hawkins' eyebrow raised. "A friend."

I lifted the carrier up to show him the nervous little blue cat inside. "Yes. His name is Dexter. He's been through a lot, and he really just needs a safe and loving home, with people in it who will love him and take care of him. And I know you don't typically keep pets, but little Dexter here is a stray, and being one of the many strays that you have taken in and helped, you are the only person I would trust with him."

A small, proud smile grew on his face. He looked into the crate. "He is kind of cute, isn't he?"

I nodded in agreement. "Very cute. And he loves ear scratchies."

"I suppose," Mr. Hawkins sighed with a growing smile. "We could take him in for a little while. Trina has been hinting that she's been feeling like an empty nester since her nephew moved to Gotham with her sister."

"Thank you." The carrier passed between us. "He is a good boy, I promise. I would just stay away from...red collars and toys and stuff. It's not a good color on him."

Not quite understanding the reason behind it, he just nodded. "Will do."

I gave him a quick and tight hug, which he returned one-handed. "I'll see you soon, okay?"

He nodded. "Yeah, see you soon." And before we broke the hug, I had disappeared in the wind, leaving only him and the newest member of the family.

Mr. Hawkins lifted up the carrier and gave the cat a soft nod. "Welcome to the Hawkins family, Dexter."

Dexter meowed at him, and was carried inside to his new home.