Sparrowtail gasped lightly. Though she didn't trust Duskpw, these were just innocent kits! They had to help them somehow! Pinestar, who had heard about Duskpaw's lack of milk, was shouting out orders.
"First off, I want everyone to calm down! Sparrowtail, I want you to lead a patrol of Raid and Reedfang to town! You can get some of those kitten bottles and formula! Quickly!" Pinestar dismissed them with a wave of her hand.
Sparrowtail's patrol zoomed off and were in town in a matter of minutes.
"Okay, Reedfang, You and me are going to hide our cat features. Raid, your going to pretend to be our kittypet. Got it?" Sparrrowtail asked.
"Fine. Whatever!" Reedfang growled and turned away.
"Of course. I would do anything to help my grandkits," Raid nodded solemnly.
Sparrowtail and Reedfang neatly hid there cat parts and walked out into the open, Raid padding after them. After a half an hour of searching, they found the pet place.
"We've taken to long looking for this place. We have to go in, get the stuff, and get back out," Sparrowtail zoomed in the store.
"Excuse me," a lady tapped her shoulder.
"Huh?" Sparrowtail turned around to see a grouchy old woman.
"Your not aloud to bring pets in here," the old lady snatched Raid.
"Hey! Give her back," Reedfang tried to grab Raid.
Grouchy Lady wasn't paying attention. She wrestled a harness on Raid and clipped a leash on her. Reedfang tried to grab Raid again, but the Lady went outside and tied the leash to a pole. Raid was breathing hard.
"Stupid cat! I don't know why I even got this job. I hate animals! Especially cats!" Grouchy Lady kicked Raid.
Sparrowtail clenched her fists. Raid was a wise cat! Nearly an elder too! And this filthy piece of foxdung call her stupid and kicked her! It took all her will power not to pounce on her!
"Come on, we have to get the formula," Reedfang grabbed her wrist and yanked her away.
After searching for a bit, they found the cat isle.
"Kitty Litter, Cat food, toy mice, ah! Here it is! Kitten formula!" Sparrowtail began looking at the labels for the ages.
"Have you found it yet?" a familiar, elderly voice, that wasn't yet cracked by age, asked.
"Raid! I thought you were tied up!" Sparrowtail dropped the formula she was reading.
"I was, but I chewed that strange vine off," Raid explained.
"Oh," was all Sparrowtail could say.
"May I help you look?" Raid cocked her head to one side and her eyes bacame large and pleading.
"Well, you don't know how to read. But you can look for a box that has a picture of a newborn kitten on it," Sparrowtail rubbed her head uncertainly.
"Thank you, I will not let you down," Raid nodded solemly.
As they were searching, they heard another familiar voice. But this one wasn't very pleasing.
"I told you no pets are aloud!" Grouchy Lady bgan to head towards Sparrowtail and Raid.
"I found it!" Raid's mew was muffled from the newborn kitten formula she was holding in her mouth.
"Raid, I want you to run as fast as you can, out the door," Sparrowtail bent down to whisper in her ear.
Raid nodded and got ready to run.
"Give me that damn cat you idiotic child!" Grouchy Lady was getting closer.
"Go!" Sparrowtail stood back up and Raid ran off.
Grouchy Lady tried to grab Raid, but Sparrowtail got in her way. Unfortunately, Sparrowtail's hat got knocked off in the process, her tail popped out too.
F-freak!" Grouchy Lady ran towards the nearest desk and pushed a small red button
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! A loud siren was set off, and in a matter of moments, the police were here.
"Hey, I found the bottles!" then Reedfang noticed Sparrowtail's tail and ears and the police heading in.
Sparrowtail looked at Reedfang and chuckled nervously.
"Sparrowtail! You are the biggest mousebrain I have ever seen!" Reedfang looked like he was going to scratch her.
Reedfang then revealed his cat parts.
"Put your hands up!" an officer shouted.
Sparrowtail and Reedfang smirked at each other in a knowing way. Reedfang jumped on the desk an leaped over there heads. The police shot at him and got the tip of his tail. Reedfang winced in pain, but it didn't stop him. Sparrowtail followed him and a bullet scraped the skin of her arm, making it bleed a little. It wasn't very painful, just like being scratched by a claw. Sparrowtail ran out the door, right behind Reedfang. The police ran after them, but when they got outside, the cat people were gone. Meanwhile, Sparrowtail and Reedfang were hopping on rooftops, heading farther away from the police, and closer to there home. They stopped for a minute, panting hard, to relax.
"You okay?" Reedfang asked, with concern in his voice, which was unusual for him.
"Huh? Oh yeah, I just have a scratch," Sparrowtail licked the long cut.
Reedfang left for a moment and came back with some cobweb.
"Here," Reedfang avoided her gaze as he handed her he cobweb.
"Thank you. But why aren't you tending to your tail? It's a lot worse than my scratch!" Sparrowtail looked at Reedfang's still bleeding tail tip.
"Oh, well, I, um, you see, let's just go," Reedfang began hopping off.
Sparrowtail scurried after him. When they got back to camp, the first cat they saw was Duskpaw.
"It took you long enough!" Duskpaw hissed.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever!" Reedfang grabbed the kitten formula and soaking wet moss that Raid gave him.
Reedfang poured the powder in the bottle and squeezed the water in, he shook it up and handed it to Frostclaw.
"Thank you, and I'll check your tail in a minute. Manzanitapaw, would you mind staying in the nursery for a few moons? The kits need someone to feed them," Frostclaw looked at his apprentice expectantly.
"Sure! I'd be happy to!" Manzanitapaw snatched the bottle and scampered off to the nursery.
Sparrowtail sighed and trudged off to the warriors den. She was very tired, she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the moss. Then she heard an eerie voice.
"A raid shall come, though it shall bring a great good, it shall also bring a great evil, and in the end, only light can destroy the darkness."