Blood Red

Lead

Redford woke up in a sterile, white room. He squinted, looking around for something recognizable. There was none. He looked up, and saw a strange light-emitting object, and an opening near the ceiling of the room. He tried to jump to the small opening, but he was just too small, and his feeble little claws could not get a grip on the flat, shiny wall.

Suddenly, from behind him, he heard something open. He turned around, and he saw... The creature. It was wearing a strange white-colored pelt on it, and its fur was a dark blue-grey. His suspicions were confirmed, the creature indeed resembled a cat, and that thing on its head was a horn. He could also identify the creature as female.

"How was your sleep?" She asked, calmly.

Redford growled at her. "I need to go back! I didn't ask to come here!"

"Oh, little one. You don't understand. You are here for your own benefit."

"Oh, right. Now I'm in some strange twoleg-made place, and I don't even know what I'm doing here!"

"Remember what I said back in the alley? You're here to get an eye."

"That was just to fool me in coming here!"

"That, I promise, is the truth. You are getting an eye."

"...Are you sure...?"

"I am a completely sure." The creature's face looked so earnest and sure that Redford, being the gullible kit he is, believed in her.

"Come with me." She said, and walked out, leaving the door open. Redford uncertainly took a step forward, and out of the threshold of the white room out into the grey hallway. After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at a door at the end of the hallway. The creature pushed open the door and gestured for Redford to enter.

When he stepped into the room, He saw strange furless animals standing on two legs. He knew what they are- twolegs. All the myths and legends about them were wrong, saying that they looked like horrifying monsters with giant horns and claws, but they actually looked quite simple, but intelligent. Suddenly, the creature lifted him up and placed him on some strange soft object, and placed something on his mouth. He panicked and struggled, but the gas released from the something made him fall into unconsciousness.