Kiera

Bar fight

"W a k e  u p."

The disoriented voice sends her flying up, waking from her horrid nightmare. The sun is just now rising, and Kiera is the first awake. She had another dream with that terrifying creature and the other figure trying to drown out its voice. Normally when she has those dreams, that creature just brings her down into a deeper pit of depression, but lately with the other character added, that hasn't been the case.

Knowing that there's probably no way she can convince the others to all wake at this time or fall back asleep herself, she decides to just make herself an espresso in the hotels breakfast room.

Leaving their room and the loud snoring from everyone inside, Kiera walks into the elevator, heading down to the main level. As a ding reaches her ears and the doors open, she walks out and into the breakfast area, which is currently quite empty due to the time, but still open.

She heads straight for the Nespresso, starting up the machine and making herself some espresso. While it pours into the mug, she walks over to the breakfast collection, getting herself some cereal in a bowl and filling it with milk.

She heads back over to check on her espresso, sitting in a chair nearby and beginning to eat her cereal. Once it's finished, she takes her mug and sets it down on the counter, going back to eating her cereal. Once she finishes it she throws away the paper bowl and plastic spoon, grabbing her espresso and putting on its lid as she heads back to the room, taking the stairs this time.

She walks up the quiet stairs, enjoying the silence of the hotel of this time. As she arrives back at their room, she uses her keycard to get in, shuts the door behind her and sits down on the bed. She sits criss-cross on the bed as she sips on her hot beverage, waiting for the others to wake.

After a few hours of waiting, everyone begins to wake. Bolt first, followed by Pipit, then Trooper, and lastly Veo, the kittens all staying asleep. Realizing that they're all probably tired from either using their powers or just from the problem they had to face yesterday. Kiera sighs, taking each kitten one by one and placing them into the basket with Lily. They all manage to fit perfectly with how small they are.

She picks up the basket and hands it to Pipit, knowing she won't complain at all while carrying it like the others would. Pipit happily takes it and puts it into her stomach compartment. Bolt gets out of bed and begins to stretch a bit, whereas Veo gets off of off the small pull out couch and wraps himself up in the blanket he used, pulling it over his head and walking over to the rest of them.

"Veo, you can't bring the hotels blanket with us, put it back," Kiera says firmly as Veo whines in protest. Kiera just sighs, pulling out a blanket from her backpack and handing it to him, "just use this one."

He smirks, switching the blanket out for the one she's giving him, before heading towards the door, Kiera following closely, along with the others. They check out of the hotel, Veo keeping the blanket over his head to avoid the sun, as they continue on their journey.

After a few hours of walking, the grass starts to die away, and soon enough there's no grass at all. The dirt beneath them begins to turn black, hardening beneath their feet. The air around them turns a purple hue, as they know now that they have entered the Dead Lands.

The group doesn't stop, and instead pushes forward. There's nothing in sight; besides a few dead trees. They continue on the path towards the next cat, ready to get to the end of this mission.

A few more hours pass until it's a bit past lunch and the air becomes colder, cold like a corpse. Though, that's no surprise with it being the Dead Lands. As they keep walking, they see the first thing around that isn't a dead black tree: it's a bar. Bolt and Pipit look uninterested, though that's not the case for Kiera and Veo, who look almost happy.