Carol screamed and by instincts, she hit the rat man with the only weapon she had in her hands and that was the flashlight. She knocked the rat man out as he fell to the ground only for something to fly out of the bag the rat man was carrying.

Purple felt himself fly out of the safety of the bag and he hit his head when landing on his head which caused the breath to get knocked out of his lungs. Feeling the sting of tears in his eyes from the sudden pain as he rubbed the back of his head to try and dull the pain a little.

"Peep..." (Ow...) He let out a small peep in pain.

Noticing that his papa in front of him but not moving made him chirp in confusion why papa was on the ground.

"Chirp?" (Papa?) He chirped in confusion.

Peeping, he tried to pat his papa on the cheek to get a response but his papa didn't even make a sound or move which made him tear up fearing that his papa might not wake up

"Peep peep peep peep?" (Papa, come on. Wake up please?) He started to peep desperately for his papa to wake up.

Carol huffed as she tried to calm her erratic beating heart as she stared at the unconscious rat man on the floor only to hear peeping sounds made her look at something in front of the rat man.

"Peep peep peep." (Papa? Get up.)

Sitting on its knees and patting the rat man in the face was a small creature with a shell as the peeping was getting desperate.

"Wait, what?" She looked more closely as the little creature was peeping desperately while hitting the rat man in the cheek as if to wake him up.

"Peep peep." (Come on, wake up.)

"Peep peep... Peep!" (Papa, open your eyes... Please!) Purple peeped worriedly and fearfully.

Purple felt the breathing of his papa through his mouth which made him stop as he felt a little bit of relief that he was still okay. Maybe papa was sleeping?

But he couldn't ponder on it now as he just noticed that someone was with them and he looked up warily and fearfully only to let out a squeak of surprise and slight terror. Kneeling down was a big human. His papa always warned him and his brothers of humans but for one thing, she was the only human around so she must be the one who hurt his papa.

Getting on all fours, he tried to put on an aggressive face as he started to click aggressively but protectively. If papa isn't waking up, he must protect his family from the danger.

"Click click click!" (S-Stay away from papa!) He tried to intimidate the human but the terror in his body made him shake from fear as his tears started to fall from his eyes.

Carol couldn't help but smile at the adorable creature as it was trying to intimidate her with its sounds.

"Oh... Is it trying to intimidate me? It looks so cute." Carol cooed.

"Click click!" (I'm t-telling you t-to stay back!)

She lowered her hand slowly in front of the little creature as it let out a very aggressive yet adorable hiss as if warning her not to take another step closer.

"Hssss!" (Not one step closer!) It hissed.

"Pss... Pss... Hey, it's okay, guy." She cooed gently as the little creature continued to hiss aggressively.

Purple felt a little anger towards the human as if she wasn't taking his threats seriously. He hissed aggressively and snapped at the hand in front of him but the human pulled her hand back.

"Whoops! No, you won't!" The human said while pulling their hand back.

"Click... click... click... click..." (Stay away from us... Stay... away... from papa...) Purple tried to keep his brave face in as he continued to click but his voice was wavering as his tears started to fall.

He felt a whimper escape his throat before he let out a wail from fear and confusion. He wants papa to hold him! He wants papa to make sure that everything is safe! He wants his papa!

Carol watched as the little creature clicked only for the clicking sounds to slowly stop when her ears heard the soft whimper and what replaced the clicking sounds left her stunned. The little creature let out a shrill cry and wail.

"WAAAAHHH!!!" It wailed.

The cry sounds like... a baby?!