Hustle cat love story

A cats claw

Sorry the title has been messing up a bit lol. Enjoy tho lovely readers
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I look at the rusted can in disgust... there NO way he's back... there's no reason for him to come back.. Graves warned him!
"M-maybe it was someone's garbage.. maybe it was kicked over here by mistake" I say shakily. A lightbulb pops in my mind
"Okay.. there's only one way to test this.. only one thing separates his rust from normal rust" I run inside and grab scrap metal from the garbage. I go back to the can and brace myself for the  worst.
"Only his rust.. spreads" I lightly touch the can with the metal and jump back, dropping it. I watch it in horror as the rust quickly ate away at the scrap piece of metal. This is a message... Nacht is back.

I shut my door and jump over the can and start running. Faster than a natural rate. I NEED to get to the cafe. I need to warn graves.. I run faster and faster. Almost falling  twice. I heave.. finally arriving and push through the doors. I'm breathless, panicking. The only ones here are Reese who is cleaning the windows and mason who is in the back. And of course graves.
Reese drops what he's doing and runs over to me, Mason pops out of the kitchen and approaches.
"Wow Avery you don't look so good.." Reese says putting a hand on my back to help.
"What happend Avery?" Mason says, she sounds serious and concerned.
"N-n-n-Nacht" I stutter, my brain is off put. It doesn't know how to properly speak anymore. Masons eye flash open and she tenses up. Reese backs away and darts upstairs to warn Graves.
"Where is he? Where's that stupid punk?" Mason says with anger in her eyes.
"I- I don't know.. he l-l-left a rusted can by my d-door" I say, now on my knees.
"I know it w-was him" a large slam comes from upstairs, Graves storms down the many steps with Reese following close by.
"Avery? What happend? Did he hurt you?" Graves says, he's calm but obviously extremely worried. Mason steps up and tells him what I said. The door runs its bell as Landry comes in.
"Wow what happend here?" He says looking at all the concerned faces.
"Freakin Nacht is back, he left a little rusted gift for Avery" Reese says fuming in anger. Landrys face is now overcome with the same look.

An hour went by after the 'incident' Graves closed the cafe today, even though it was when we were most busy. By now everyone is here and all worried. Finely is looking outside every five minutes to see if Nacht is anyway in sight. Graves made me tea to calm me down, Reese is side by side with Graves at all times going on about what we should do, and the rest are taking together downstairs.
"Avery come with me please.." Graves says, leading me to his apartment space. He sits on the edge of the couch, motioning me to sit. I sink onto the soft cushion and intertwine my hands.
"Avery are you sure it was Nacht who did this?" What?! Does he not believe me? Of course.. unless another rust witch decided to stop by.
"Yes I'm sure, I touch the rust with another piece of metal and it was consumed instantly. Natural rust doesn't do that" I say.
"I see... so he is back then" he says, averting his gaze.
" did you see any other signs of him? At all?" Graves asks. I nod
"Yea yesterday when I walked home I could smell the rust. I thought it was him at first but nothing else happend so I ignored it." He nods his head slowly and stands up.
"Well it's clear he's in the area... I don't think it's safe for you to be walking out alone. For now on Mason or Landry will walk you home.. or if you prefer you can stay here or I can take you" he sighs clearly upset it has come to this.
"Are you sure it won't just cause problems for them?" I ask.. now feeling like a burden.
"I'm sure they'll be happy to take you." He smiles reassuringly. I nod and take a deep breath.

Before I know it, it's time to go home. Landry waits for me by the door.
"Thanks Landry.. I hope I don't cause you trouble"
"Anything I can do to help" he smiles as we start walking. We make it to my place without an issue. Although the rusted can still remains. Landry scuffs at it and bats it away with a stick. The can rolls away and the stick is thrown as it is also consumed by rust.
"Thanks Landry! Again.."
"It's no problem! I can come and get you in the morning too, just ring me up or whoever else" he says. I nod and gently close the door, waving. I stand still for a bit.. my face against the door.
"It's happening all over again.." I sigh
"MROWWW!" I hear Mochi hissing from behind me, I turn to see what's wrong and it's as if all the bones in my body and became lead.