Tate's anger

Chapter 6

Tate jolted awake, it was just a weird dream, she was strangely relieved to be in her nice cozy bed, in a safe place, and in a place where people care about you, she must've been dreaming about the day they would open their kennels, she stretched her hind legs, her hackles rose as she

spotted a strip on her bed, she pounced on it with her claws, today she felt energetic, "hey Gravy girl, did you hear the news, the humans are going to open the kennels today!" Raven said sleepily, "yeah, but thanks for telling me anyway," Raven yawned, "I want to leave this stuffy old place, what do you say?"

Tate's eyes widened, "NO!!!!" She snapped, Raven took three steps back, "no need to be huffy fat cat, I was just asking," she remarked, with a hint of hiss hidden in her throat,

"Sorry Raven, I just had a strange dream," She cleared her throat in embarrassment, "oh, so that's why your being a jerk," she mumured to herself , "so, instead let us just encounter all the cats from our row, " Raven nodded slowly, "okay then, lets wake Fireball."

Tate wondered if Raven would keep the secret that they liked each other, not spill the beans in front of everyone, she huffed at the thought and shook it away, stretching her paw to Fireball's kennel, she popped him on the head, he hissed in pain, "ow! What the heck!"

"oh, hey Tate, hey Raven." Tate nodded, "hey." Raven said, he woke up standing on his three legs, "isn't today kennel day?" He asked sleepily.

"yep," Raven said, Tate nodded in agreement, "okay." He whispered, Tate saw each cat being let free, her chest felt warm inside with

excitement, "here it comes!" Her kennel opened and she sprang out from the top, her legs stretched high, "come on guys!"

Fireball was first to come, landing on his feet, he walked toward an old orange and white tom with green eyes, "hey, Klaus."

The tom bowed his head in greeting, "hello Fireball, how are you?" Tate stopped listening to them and focused on her brother,

Bow Wow, he was tortoiseshell like her with a mostly white pelt on the front side, and bright green eyes, "Tate!" He exclaimed.

She skipped to her brother, standing face to face with him, "hey Bow Wow, how are you, how's mom?"

"she's doing good, I've seen her around the kennels lately, she's next door from that old black and orange cat,"

Tate plastered a smile on her face, "good!"

Her long tail swishing in the air, she walked through the crowd of cats, seeing Raven speaking to a black and white cat.

"yeah, my kennels been doin' good, its quite stuffy in it though," "oh, really, mine seems fine."

Tate sighed in relief, glad to hear Raven not talking about their love.

Tate thought she'd talk to Bow Wow more when suddenly, she heard a long thumping sound, like pawsteps, "Bow Wow, do you hear that?"

"yeah..." Klaus sniffed, "I scent...DOGS!!!!" He screamed at the top of his lungs, the cats scurried down the halls and into the rooms.

The paws turned louder, Tate looked back to see a pack of dogs thrusting faster to them, "run!!!" Everybody yelled, they passed through

the section where the rabbit spots and the spots where the rats were, the dogs gained on them, running like a stampede, teeth baring.

"if we ever need the humans it's now!" Tate said to herself, panting, suddenly, Raven grabbed her by the scruff and carried her with her.

"Raven, what are you doing, I'm almost 5 weeks old!" She hissed, "keep quiet, we must keep running!"

Tate kept her white muzzle shut, dangling at Raven's jaws, the stampede of cats ran through the hall where the humans were, then out came the

dogs, there jaws dripping with drool, "these dogs just won't stop will they?!" Fireball meowed, he sounded sarcastic, but panicked at the same

time.

The dogs had slowed their pace, and they stopped for a rest,"back to the kennels, fast!" Hissed Tate, the group of cats ran back, their legs

shaking and their breaths heavy, "we made it!" Tate exclaimed, "yep." Raven added, breathless, Fireball followed them, "that was tough to

run about." They both nodded and climbed back in their kennels, Tate layed in her bed, sleeping instantly. That was close.