"Hey, where are you two going?" Connor yawned as he saw his cousin and sister slide off the TSE-1 bin. Connor, Dymas and Alister had met up with Blaire and Jade after they had returned to the junkyard after visiting with their humans. All five of them were playing tag, running around, and, in Dymas' case, "falling off" (being pushed off) every junk pile he had hoped onto.

Noticing that her brother looked worried, Jade answered him to console him "Don't worry Connor, we'll be back soon; we're just going to take a quick walk."

Blaire nodded in agreement with Jade and said "It's not even dark out, and we have plenty of time"

Connor sighed "I don't know..."

"Oh come on, man. Let them go. Their only girls. What fun or trouble can they really get into?" Dymas laughed. In response, he received a firm slap from both his sister and cousin. Alister burst out laughing.

"Shut up Alister, It's not funny" Dymas mumbled as he caressed his sore head.

Alister kept on laughing "Oh y-e-e-e-e-s, I-i-i-i-t i-i-is"

In the end, Connor decided "Fine, you guys can go for a walk. But promise me you'll be back soon."

Blaire and Jade exchanged glances before walking away from the tom-kits. When they were out of sight of their brothers, they took off sprinting. They giggled and tackled each other, completely unaware of two dark toms that were observing them from the top of a nearby junk pile.

Joker stood at the top of the junk pile with his brother. He watched the young queen-kits and muttered "Awww... They look so sweet and innocent. Such a pity they won't be like that for long."

He turned to his brother with a malicious grin on his face and told him "Macavity, it's your time. Now go and get those kits and bring them back to me."

Macavity gave a quick nod and disappeared in a puff of black smoke. Joker went back to studying the queen-kits. They were so young, so gentle, so innocent... but that was nowhere near enough to control Joker's deranged desires. After a few more moments of staring at the kits, Joker let out a low diabolical laugh and disappeared into the night.

Blaire was about ready to pounce on Jade again when something caught her attention. It was an object floating in the air. Blaire could not tell what the object was from her current position, so she concentrated closely on it to get a better look. Taking advantage of her distracted cousin, Jade pounced. She took Blaire totally off her guard and landed right on top of her.

Grinning like a fool, she boasted "Ha, I pinned ya! Watcha going to do about that?"

Jade waited for a response from her cousin, but none came.

"Blaire... Hello? Ummmm... I'm lying on top of you. I'm getting you really dirty, and what are you going to do about that?" Jade laughed.

When her cousin didn't reply Jade turned her head and looked down at her. She noticed that Blaire was looking at something off in the distance. Her eyes looked as if she was in some form of trance. Following her gaze, Jade became slightly confused, as nothing was present in the general direction of where Blaire was focusing her vision. Jade asked her "What are you staring at?"

"Get off me and I'll show you." Blaire growled as she came out of her trance and wiggled herself free. She hastily brushed the dirt and mud off of her coat. Then she pointed towards the darkness "Look! There's something glowing over there!"

Jade again followed her cousin's gaze. This time she actually saw what it was that had distracted her. The object itself was floating slightly off to the side of the junk pile. It illuminated the growing darkness in a soft blue glow. It was in the shape of a butterfly, which was one insect neither Jade nor Blaire had ever seen before.

Macavity sat in the darkness, watching the kits with a devious grin on his countenance. He almost could not believe it; his plan was actually working. Now, he needed to get the kittens interested enough in the butterfly to follow it. Then he could get them without being noticed and make a run for it.

Much to Macavity's delight, Blaire and Jade took an eager step towards the butterfly. Evidently, they were almost totally entranced by the litle flying creature. Soon, Jade extended her paw to attempt to grab the butterfly when it landed on a junk pile. But before she could touch it, the butterfly flew off.

"Hey, wait! Come back!" Blaire and Jade cried out together toward the winged creature. They pursued the glowing butterfly, oblivious to the fact that they were crossing into the dark side of the Junkyard.

Eventually Jade stopped to catch her breath and blinked a few times. Then a type of eerie sound pierced through the air.

"What was that...?" She looked around with wide-open eyes. "Where are we... Oh no" She was starting to become worried and frightened, as she did not recognize this part of the Junkyard.

"Blaire...blai-" Jade felt a paw cover her mouth. It effectively prevented her from calling out to her cousin.

Blaire turned around when she heard her name being called. "What Do you want? I alm-" She stopped mid-sentence and looked around. Jade had disappeared into thin air. Blaire called out to her nervously "Jade... Jade...? Come on, this isn't funny. Don't hide... please Jade..."

One down and one more to go, Macavity thought, as he gently laid Jade's unconscious body on the ground.

Blaire jumped onto the various piles of junk and threw several items off of it. She desperately called Jade's name, making sure to pause every couple minutes waiting for a response. Finally, to her vast relief, she got one.

"I know where your cousin went. If you want, I can help you find her" A soft voice purred from within the darkness. Despite how calm and easy the voice was, it made Blaire shudder. "Who-o-o-o-o Are you-o-o-u-u-u" She asked as got nervous. She almost sounded like Alister at that moment. Just then, a black tom stepped out of the shadows and smiled kindly down at the kitten.

"Well, my Dear, I'm a... well, let's just say I help kittens like you find your friends and return you safely home" Blaire slowly returned the smile. Then she said "So you can help me find my cousin Jade and get us back to the tribe?" The black tom nodded, and placed a paw on Blaire's shoulder. "Now, come with me; it's getting very late."

Blaire walked ahead of the mysterious tom, focused on finding Jade. She was so engrossed in this matter that she did not even notice his fur change to a ginger color or how a crooked grin had formed on his face.