Smiling Critters: Ancestra Au

Problems Arising Part 1: Distrust

Back home after a long time in the hospital, Catnap carried Kickin in his arms and soon placed him on the living room couch. The chicken was weak and could only talk so far. His legs were weak so walking would take time.

Hoppy didn't seem to bear any marks from that day, and simply threw himself on the floor to rest better;

—Wouldn't it be better if you lay down on a bed? — Dogday crouched down next to the rabbit and looked at her in confusion.

— Hehe, I spent a lot of time in bed, lying on the floor is a relief for me! — Hoppy smiled after stretching on the ceramic floor — and you, come here! — she grabbed the puppy and made him lie down next to her — you're going to be my stuffed animal.

— Eh? — he felt embarrassed.

Kickin looked at those two on the floor with a smile on his face, he found that a relief that he had not had in years in a proper way. Behind that sofa, Catnap made some light food for the chicken to eat, as it had not eaten for a long time. It did not take long and a simple bread with butter was placed on Kickin's lap.

Kickin was fed for quite a while until Catnap left to take Dogday to school, leaving the newly-formed father and daughter alone. The first few minutes were pretty quiet, but Hoppy was still a little shaken and you could see it in her eyes.

— Hoppy..? — Kickin said, his voice was already a little better — sorry…

— Don't apologize... it wasn't your fault those guys did this to you and almost to me... — she was sitting on the floor, but then she hugged herself and lay down on the floor — don't worry, this isn't the first time I've gone through something traumatic, but... it was so invasive...

— At least they didn't go that deep... but in me... — he trembled and then hugged himself.

— Cultivators, I know, they went too deep with you, but… bastard! — he quickly sat up, expressing anger — they put that thing on me! They put their mouths on me! Bunch of maniacs! — he held the wool on his head.

— Hoppy… getting angry now won’t help, they already got what they deserved.

— I should have killed them! I had enough strength! — I stood up and soon began to pace from one side to the other — I could almost feel my power reaching a completely different level than what I'm used to, they would feel the pain of being burned, of having an arm ripped off, of feeling something going through their bodies... the pain of feeling DEATH!! — a radial explosion occurs, the house's lights go out for a while, Hoppy was panting.

The rabbit's anger reached the point of turning on electronic devices even when they were unplugged or with some similar mechanism, her lightning collar shone brightly and shook with energy.

“This energy, my star necklace is shining too, do I feel strong enough to stand up?” Kickin thought as he felt his legs stronger than usual… an opportunity.

Kickin quickly gets up and with somewhat limping steps he approaches the girl and quickly hugs her, causing her to cry, a loud cry and screams. Kickin's feathers were soaked in a short time, and she also got a little goosebumps from the rabbit's power.

“It's okay, she'll be okay, I'll be okay, all of this will one day be forgotten, now with them locked up, everything will get better... I just don't know if Catnap will let us stay here for a while, if she could forever... but she still exists” thought the chicken as he felt his legs losing strength.

— Bobby? So that's the name of the crook, interesting, now we have the name but not the whereabouts — said that blue elephant, he was sitting at a table reading some papers and organizing them into other piles.

The table was full of these papers.

Cyan District, one of the areas of the Neon domain, the police station that Bubba Bubaphant manages. In front of him is one of the police officers who accompanied him the day before in that arrest of the cultivators that the rabbit fought.

— Yes, sir, Bobby Bearhugg is the woman's name, she is a bear woman — said the man.

— Great, now we just need to know who her drivers are, especially the purple Dodge Hellcat, this speedster is the one that causes the most problems — Bubba gets up from his chair and goes to a board, where he pins Bobby's photo.

The photo showed the bear woman, with magenta fur and a confident look, almost similar to a megalomaniac look. Next to the photo there was another paper with information about her, such as: thirty-seven years old, two meters and fifteen tall, and her type of power is regeneration.

—Should we contact Nathan to make it faster? — suggested the police officer.

— Not for now, we'll count on Blaire and Cynthia for now in the car chases, catching one of them, we'll force them to talk more — he took his belt with radio, gun and handcuffs — don't focus only on the Hellcat, the other speedsters are also very important — he headed to the office door where the other police officer opened the door — and don't forget, check each and every Hellcat owner in this city.

The door to that office was closed and everything went back to how it was that day, more work.

Early in the afternoon, Catnap left in his car to pick up Dogday from school. It was very quick because the canine was already waiting for him at the gate. He just had to get in the vehicle and go all the way back. The conversation between the two was much more lively because the cat knew he could act with more energy, since the boy felt comfortable with him.

As he approached the house, Catnap could see that there were police cars parked in front of it, and through the windshield he could see that they were empty. Luckily, the garage door was not being blocked and the Hellcat could be parked without any problems.

— Strange... police? — said the feline after closing the car door — did something happen with Kickin?

— We don't know, let's see! — replied the boy, closing the car door and walking quickly.

Going through the garage door into the house, you could see the police officers sitting in chairs drinking coffee from cups, and when the cat appeared, one of the officers looked at him and asked his name:

— Catnap?

— Yes sir, is there a problem? — he replied, placing the car keys on the counter that separated the living room from the kitchen.

— Great, we need to ask you a few questions, especially about your car — the same police officer finishes his coffee and leaves the cup on the table.

— No problem, what would they be? — he took a deep breath to hide his nervousness.

— First, let's go to the garage, that's where the car is.

Catnap nods and lets the police officer pass, who heads to the door that leads to the garage. Dogday drops his backpack on the couch and excitedly goes to talk to the officers who were very kind and nice to him, after this interaction, the boy heads to the couch.

And there he stayed, talking and catching up with Hoppy and Kickin.