Chapter 7

While Sylvester and Benny were out joyriding, the other felines were in their rooms doing their own separate activities. George was on his black laptop surfing the Web and listening to music with his earphones. Penelope was reading a historical novel that took place in 19th century France. Sylvia was cleaning up the room while listening to her music loudly. Kitty and Claude were at Claude's room discussing about Halloween costumes and abnormal psychology. Babbit was supposedly watching a movie. Last, but not least, Catstello was taking a short snooze from the long morning and afternoon.

It was not long when Catstello was suddenly awakened by Sylvia's music:

"I want you baby,
When it feels alright,
I need you baby,
so I can hold you tight…"

Damn sappy music! Catstello thought to himself as he rose up from bed and went straight to the bathroom to take a shower. I'm surprised they're letting Sylvia getting away with this!

That was one of the few areas that both Babbit and Catstello have similar taste in. Their dislike of clingy and cheesy love songs.

After taking a shower and putting on his night clothes, Catstello went into his closet to put his dirty clothes into a grocery sack. As he was putting his clothes into the sack, Catstello suddenly hears a mysterious female voice. It appeared that the voice was humming a song, which Catstello wasn't too familiar with. It also appeared that the humming was coming from the bathroom.

Trying not to get nervous about the humming, Catstello goes to the bathroom to see if there was someone there. There wasn't.

Thinking it might be Sylvia's music, Catstello gets out his toothbrush and toothpaste and starts brushing his teeth as if nothing had happened.

When he looks up at the mirror, Catstello sees something both particular and frightening at the same time.

It was the same gray cat that Sylvia saw earlier, but had more of a dark demeanor and had an I-will-get-you look expression on her face.

What is that? Catstello thought flabbergasted as he stop brushing his teeth to examine the cat. I hope this in not one of those stupid bad catnip trips!

He turned away from the mirror for a second so he can spit in the trash can. When he looked up at the mirror for the second time, the feline's reflection disappeared from view.

Catstello was about to say something about he needs to stop forgetting to take his medicine when hears what sounded like a loud crash with glass breaking from the next room, which was Babbit's.

Concerned, Catstello walks quickly out of the bathroom, grabs his keys, and goes straight to Babbit's room.

"Babbit!" Catstello cried out as he was knocking on Babbit's door very hard. "Hey, Babbit! I need to tell ya somethin'!"

No answer.

"Babbit!" Catstello cried out once more. "Are you at least in there?"

There was still no answer.

Catstello was getting ready to make a dash to the lobby when he feels something in his right pocket: His keys, and most importantly, Babbit's keys.

He had just caught hold of Babbit's keys when Catstello hears a female voice saying, "Is there something wrong?"

It was Penelope.

"I don't know." Catstello said with uncertainty. "Babbit's not answering the door."

"That's odd." Penelope said suddenly concerned. "He usually answers the door right away and he has been here almost all evening!"

"That's what I'm sayin'!"

Catstello rapidly turned the key into Babbit's door.

When Catstello opened the door and went in into Babbit's room, he was surrounded by the most surreal and most frightening sight he has ever seen.

"WHAT THE F-"

"Catstello, what is it-" Penelope followed Catstello into Babbit's room. Then she saw what Catstello saw.

"My God!" She cried out in French.