The Rat in The Raincoat

Chapter 5

Reminder: rat human

Art of rat mom and baby Six by me

Let's start!

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"Sometimes sacrifices must be made to broaden the horizon of our future,"

Blueberry woke up a while later, Six shortly being greeted with a growl.

"The hell..? Hey, quit playing that before you set this place in flames, that's my job."

She looked up at him a bit puzzled as he snatched the silver fire box from her paws. "Rude!" She shot him glare.

Blueberry didn't seem to care though, stumbling up to his hind paws, still shaking from his blood lose. He looked over his shoulder to look where the leech attacked him, grunting in dissatisfaction. He didn't show her, but she guessed it looked like a normal leech bite; a circular ring of tiny red dots that hurt like crazy.

Blueberry sighed, sitting back down with her. He looked down at the fire box in his paw, glancing back up at her.

"You turned it on by yourself?" He pointed to the fire box, flicking his fingers like a small fire sparking to life.

Six smiled brightly, giving a small chirp. "Yeah, it was easier then I thought it would be too, does everything we do have to do with our paws though? I normally just eat and clean up with mine."

He looked down at the silver rectangular, before passing it to her. "Light it."

She took the fire box, blinking slightly as she ran her paw pad on the smooth silver. Did he want her to turn it on? She once again opened it with her teeth, revealing the hole and wheel. She pressed and spun the small wheel, sparking a flame right above the hole like before.

Blueberry looked at it with an impressed look, a small smile on his muzzle. "Not bad for a stupid animal."

"I'm taking that smile as a sign I did a good job."

Blueberry didn't answer, sighing and laying down against the couch. It was leather and nasty, but it was far more comfortable then the metal platforms.

Six looked to the murky water, sitting on the edge of the cough as she scanned the water for anymore leechs. Speaking of leeches, where did that one even come from?

She lowered a paw, hitting the water to try and attract anything. Rings went out as the water below rippled, reflections of above wavering and becoming distorted.

"Hey, Blue, I'm getting hungry, we haven't ate anything for a while. If you want, I could try to find that leech again. They're slimy, gross, and probably really unhealthy but it's better then empty stomachs, right?"

She looked over to him, seeing the other lean against the armrest again, holding the fire box. He kept mumbling something to himself, glaring at the flame.

"Blueberry?" She asked. He merely glanced at her, his dark eyes glaring slightly. "Let's go, we can't stay here forever."

He got up from his spot, closing the lid of the silver box, the flame going out. He looked to the water, seeming to hesitate before grumbling as he jumped in.

Six followed him in, splashing and kicking the water to keep up with him. The hallway opened up to a larger room; floating planks, crates, oil drums, and even a buoy dotted around the room.

Movement caught their eyes, off towards the back of the room, a dark body slipping off of a recliner and into the water. Six let out a squeak of alarm, swimming faster to get to the floating buoy. Blueberry joined her, the two climbing out of the water.