It was late at night by the time the dogs had past, and now, after climbing up boxes and crates to get a little closer to an open window (Yerman ALWAYS kept it open to air out his sweat stench) he was pretty much home. Yusuf sighed with bitter relief. He could go in, find Ezio, and go back to normal...

Sevmek had decided when he reached home that she was better off a street cat, and left. Now, he hoped that she wouldn't be mauled by the dogs.

Standing outside the window, he noticed Ezio, Annette, and Yerman all down below in the streets, entering the hideout. He'd wait here for them. He was out of the way now, he would be fine. Besides, dogs can't climb, so while they barked and scraped at the wall below, he was safe and sound on the ledge out of their reach.

Yerman's door opened as the exhauted recruit scuffled in, grumbling to himself. Absent mindedly, he crashed down on the bed and buried his face in the pillow. Yusuf tried to get his attention, meowing and scratching at the stone, but soon, out of annoyance, the man kicked the window shut. In process, it also shoved Yusuf backwards and off the ledge!

Ever heard a caterwale? Yes? No? Of course you haven't. Well while Yusuf was practically screeching in panic. This wasn't BY ANY MEANS safe. He was small, there were dogs, and no haystack. And with a crash, he hit the ground and seeped into darkness.

Yerman sat up right away when he heard some loud "REEEEEEOOOOW!" just outside his window when he kicked it shut. And quickly, he threw the pane open and looked down to see dogs mauling something. Panic settled in as he bolted down the stairs, shoved Ezio out of the way, and ran outside with a broom (most deadly and feared weapon) to start smacking the dogs away.

"SCAT! SHOO! GET. THE. F-. AWAY. YOU. F-ING. FLEABAGS!" He shouted with each blow. Quickly the dogs retreated and he looked down to see a limp form on the ground. He sunk to the cobblestone and scooped it up to find it to be a Turkish Angora with Yusuf's headband. His heart seemed to stop for a moment before pounding. Then he rushed inside, and, once again, shoved Ezio aside who was about to see what the hell just happened.

He laid the feline Master Assassin down on the pillow before searching around frantically for something to use to stop the bleeding. That was when Ezio opened the door.

Ezio opened the door and had to do a double take at what he saw. Blood on the floor. Blood on the bed. Blood on Yerman's hands. And a mauled cat on a now blood stained pillow. Just blood and blood stains. And most startling, the cat was Yusuf.

Yerman appeared in shock, confusion, and above all fear. He had been throwing an asortment of objects aside to find something. Probably bandages. His arm was bleeding heavily, and his eyes wide as full moons. The recruit seemed on the verge of collapsing with his unstable legs and trembling frame.

But he still felt the need to ask. "Yerman, what happened?"

You don't expect much of these sorts of emotions from someone like Yerman, Ezio knew. Sure pride, and the occassional disappointment. But not this. This was dramatic. Yerman broke down right there, putting his hands on his face and sobbing before returning to digging for bandages with blood smeared on his cheeks and forehead, and tears streaming from his eyes. "Ben öyle bir salak değilim! Ben sadece Yusuf öldürmüş olabilir!"

Since Ezio's Turkish is just flat out horrible, according to Nesim, he knitted his eyebrows. Then he stepped in to pick the bandages off of Yerman's desk and handing them to him. "Now tell me what happened, a little slower this time."

Yerman, still crying, took the bandages and went straight to Yusuf's limp body. Where he went straight to wrapping the wounds up around his legs and back and sides. When he was done, he took an extra moment to check to see that the feline was still breathing, very faintly. This brought some relief, but it didn't stop him from sinking to the floor and hugging his legs before sobbing into his knees. Ezio could only pat his back and hope he would answer.

"I... I closed the window on him... I almost killed him, Mentor... It's all my fault..." Yerman murmured under his quivering breaths. "I pushed him into a bunch of dogs... and... they attacked him..."

The old man nodded quietly. It wasn't all that great, but at least Yerman hadn't meant to. With this, he left and returned with the key Yusuf had touched in the first place (if you forgot already, turn back to the first chapter), and Annette and Karışık behind him. He carefully placed the key down on the bed and pressed it's shimmering surface towards his friend, then pressed the cat woman's hand to it as well.

And you know what happened? No seriously, do you? Because I hardly know. AND I WAS THERE WITH A VIDEO CAMERA AND LAPTOP!

Alright, I'll tell you. There was an insanely bright flash of light, to which everyone covered their eyes from to avoid their cornias frying, and then a brief moment of darkness.

Karışık had changed back into a cat, thankfully, and was just starting to shake off the effects of the abrupt transformation. But Yusuf, however, was not close to the definition of "normal".

So he was about the size of a cat still, but now he had this sort of bipedial, humanish shape. Large triangular ears rests on the top of his head, his nose was sort of feline like, but the mouth came in separate. Whiskers still stuck to his fur thickly fur covered cheeks (he still had all his fur). A tail was still present, and his feet were sort of paw like, long but the toes small and rounding together. His arms were back, as were his thumbs, but his fingers still posessed sharp claws.

In sort, he was some cross. And it had done some to his injuries, the bleeding had slowed and stopped in some places.

The question now was could Yusuf speak? And would he panic over his appearence? Because now it was impossible to ever let him outside without someone freaking out and swinging a broom at him. All they could hope was that he could wake up soon so they could further evaluate the situation.

Alright, so Yusuf is a cat-man-hybrid-thing now. fantastic...
Sorry these chapters are getting delayed, I'm working on a costume for a convention. (Gonna be a bureau leader (pics to come on my dA page))

Have a great day everyone and I'll try to get the next chapter out soon.