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Lu kept checking on me, and I asked her, "Don't you have to take care of your kits?" She said, "Grace is taking care of them for now. I need to pay attention to you because you're getting closer to labor faster than normal. It's only been a few weeks." I said, "It must be the needle that was thrown at me we rescued Rudy."
She sighed and said, "I hope the kits are okay." I started cleaning my paw, but then the ground started to shake. Smoke shouted, "What's happening!?" It stopped when a group of dogs came up. They were black and white, and the leader was a tall dog pet. He had blue shorts on, and he wore sunglasses. That's it. The pet shouted, "What are you cats doing on my land?" I shouted, "Everyone get on the roof now!"
Everyone did as I said. They got the kits and Salt up first, then everyone else got up. It was just me and the dogs. The dog pet said, "Curse your climbing skills. You must be the leader, yeah? Then I have to kill you to teach these cats a lesson. I was going to defend myself, but then there was a loud howl that scared all of the dogs.
The dog pet shouted, "Let's get out of here!" With his tail in between his legs, he ran out of the alleyway, and a horde of red, black, and white dogs chased away the dogs that were here. Then there was a hoarse laugh. An elderly dog pet came in and said, "This must be the place. I gasped and shouted, "Aunt Cleo!"
Everyone stayed on the roof with confused looks. Cleo said, "Well well well. If it isn't Birch. Where's Ace?" I said, "He's in the forest. If you're here, then this is great! I need your help!" She sat down and asked, "Before that, I need you to tell me something. I had a scout to go check up on Jet." Her eyes became glazed with anger, and she asked me, "Who killed him?"
I lowered my head, and I said, "Ace did it." She was stunned, but in an instant, she stood up and said, "I'll do whatever you're planning. I want to knock some sense into that embarrassment of a son." I told her what we're trying to do, and she said, "Alright. I'll help your mate and the others out. You just rest here, little Birch."
Then she ran off. Storm said, "She's fast for an old lady." Everyone came down from the roof, and I just stared at the sky, praying for everyone's safety.
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We finally made it to the Breeding Facility. It was the gloomiest place I've ever seen. It was still quiet, but it sounded like that there were humans or animals inside. Before we walked closer, I heard a lot of barking from far away, and it was getting closer. I shouted, "Dogs are coming!" Jay said, "Let's go inside! Through the window!"
There was a large window that was boarded up. It looked like it was broken a few times. There was a hole small enough for us to go through, so we took that and slid inside. The place had a white floor and lights brighter than fire. In the room, there was a large table, and a human who was snoozing. At the end of the room, there were two hallways.
Everyone spread out and started going down the halls. I listened for anything, and then I heard a conversation from the left hall. "Go send more men to find Rudy's offspring. We need them!" "Yes sir!" I heard footsteps, so I said, "We need to hide!" We ran under the table, and then a human and a dog ran outside.
Echo said, "Good call." Then Jay asked, "Do you know where the boss is?" I nodded, and I said, "He's somewhere to the left. He still doesn't know about Rudy's whereabouts." Smoke asked Jay, "Is this really a good idea?" Jay replied, "I'm not sure. You have to ask Birch about that." We snuck out from under the table, and into the left hallway.
There was a large room to the left, and it sounded like the man who commanded the person that ran out was in the room. Jay marched into the room and yowled loudly. The man looked at Jay, and he said, "A cat... what do you want, you vermin?" Jay growled and he asked, "How are we supposed to communicate with him?"
Echo stepped in, and the man said, "More of you-" He stopped when he looked at Echo more closely. He said, "You look like one of Rudy's kits. The one he called Ash. Except you have that spot on your face." He stood up, and Jay said, "Get back Echo!" Echo ran to us, and the man shouted, "You're not getting away!"