The Story of Tiberius

Chapter 93

They found themselves in an alley with a dead end.

"Buddy, this is a dead end," Mel mumbled, Sweetpea whistling in agreement. His eyes round with wonder and awe, Norman squeaked, "It's a beautiful alley!" Glancing down at the young guinea pig she was keeping close to her, Chloe corrected him, "No, it's a dead end." Meanwhile, the dachshund didn't look over his shoulder as he continued to go farther in. Shaking herself, Gidget followed. Tiberius was about to go along with her when Chloe jumped in front of him. Barging past the old hawk, she bared her teeth at him as she led Norman through. Mel and Sweetpea quickly went after her. Picking up distrust from them as clear as day, Tiberius rolled his eyes in annoyance as he entered the alley.

Biting her lip, Gidget was about to ask Buddy where the heck he was leading the group. However, when she turned to talk to the dachshund, she saw him climbing up some various objects. Seeing what he was doing as well, the rest of the group stopped in their tracks alongside the Pomeranian. Glancing over at Mel who was standing to her left, she whispered, "Do you know where we are?" The pug could only shake his head and shrug his shoulders. Sweetpea was watching Buddy climb. Huffing, Chloe sat down and washed her paw. Still angered about what happened earlier, Tiberius noticed that no one was watching Norman, who was looking up at the dachshund. Feeling hungry, the hawk slowly reached towards him behind Gidget's back. He was almost there...

"Let's go!" Buddy called down from where he was on a black fire escape. A moment later before the group could question how they were supposed to follow him up there, a ladder crashed down in front of them. The search party jumped with fright, with Sweetpea letting out a loud chirp. Smiling, Gidget was the first up. Mel, Norman and Chloe followed her up while Tiberius and Sweetpea flew. Gesturing to the open window behind him, Buddy stated, "Here we are." Without another word, the group entered the apartment through the window. Hopping down from the windowsill, the group saw that they had arrived at a party of sorts.

To Tiberius, it was an all you can eat buffet.