The Story of Tiberius

Chapter 87

By the time Ozone had shut his mouth about being taken hostage, Tiberius finally figured out that this obviously wasn't the cat who attacked and killed his sister. The hawk instinctively remembered ripping out that feline's left green eye from its socket. The stupid hairless cat that he was holding in his talons still had both of his. Strangely enough though, Ozone looked a lot like the murderer. They could've been twins or something. The only difference was the nose. Glancing down at the feline, Tiberius couldn't help but notice that Ozone's nose looked similiar to Ivory's. Looking up to see the apartment building up ahead, he shook his thoughts away as he swooped down.

Laying in the shade of the metal exhaust, the Pomeranian glanced up to see Tiberius coming with Ozone in his grasp. She stepped out into the open and padded over towards the edge where the red tailed hawk had landed after throwing his cargo down on the roof. Gazing upon the freak of nature that had been brought to her, the fluffy white Pomeranian looked at the hawk with confusion on her face. Recalling something Ozone had said earlier about swallowing a collar, Tiberius snarled at the hairless cat, "Alright, show her." The Pomeranian now looked at Ozone expectantly. Her face soon turned to one of horror and disgust as the feline started making a hacking noise. A moment later, there was a blue collar laying at their paws. Tiberius, meanwhile, was trying not to lose his lunch.

Gasping loudly, the fluffy white Pomeranian cried, "Max's collar! Where is he? What... what happened to him?" While she had been asking that question, Ozone had inspected his paw before washing it. Settling his big green eyes on the small dog, he declared quite rudely, "I ain't sayin' nothing." Having enough of the cat's attitude, Tiberius suddenly grabbed Ozone by the neck again and turned around, letting him dangle over the busy street below. Shaking the feline a little, the hawk demanded, "You're gonna tell us where Max is and you're gonna tell us now." Looking down at the cars passing by underneath him, fear flickered in the sphynx cat's eyes for a brief second. Turning his head to look up at the red tail, he laughed and sneered, "This supposed to scare me? I'm a cat, I land on my feet."

"Does that always happen cuz your head looks like it's taken a lot of landings," Tiberius retorted, noting Ozone's large head. Raking the air with his claws in a threatening way, the hairless feline replied back curtly, "Do you want me to cut ya cuz I'll cut ya this way and that and then you'll look like a waffle..." The cat was about to add something else but Tiberius, unfazed by his threat, merely whirled around and threw him onto the rooftop once more. While the cat got to his feet, the hawk landed beside the fluffy white Pomeranian. Rolling his eyes, he muttered, "Okay, he's too stupid to talk and too ugly to eat."

Both Tiberius and Ozone were completely unprepared for what was about to happen next...