I thought I was ready, but how can one honestly be ready to face down with a team of five cats that want to kill you, and four cats who if they find out about you will kill you, while you try to blend in. Oh and maybe save the world if its convenient. I'm probably going to have to move planets at the end of this. No big deal.
It's a big deal!
(Would you stop being so stiff?)
(Shut up cat.)
I prowled along the edge of the alley and down the road. I wonder how many humans I had given nightmares to while training. Just walking along and BAM! Drunk looking snow leopard in an alley trying to learn to walk.
I laughed slightly at the thought. Ah, I'm so dead, but at least now I can walk and make ice cubes. If I'm imprisoned I will always have cold water. Maybe I can rule the place with my cold water. Assuming they give me water, assuming I am imprisoned and just not killed. There are a lot of ifs.
I rounded the bend and looked across the highway. A car zoomed by and I backed into a shadow for a moment. I do feel slightly bad terrorizing children. Become a ghost, that was Snow's solution.
Across the street was the old abandon rich kid school. Like seriously what a waste of money! It takes up the entire south side of the city! Stupid thing is like two miles wide. I wish I had that kind of money. Then again what would I spend it on?
(You said the meeting spot for the destroy team is the old pool right? Then the "introduction" what not happens at the stadium?)
What kind of stupid school needs a stadium? The place should of been a college!
(Correct.)
I prowled over to the building and read the side Aqu...tics missing the a. Cool, right place if nothing else, I wonder if I'm the only one who is early?
I glanced over my shoulder and used my enhanced vision to scan the roofs and alleyways before entering. No crouching cat were waiting to jump me.
I strolled through the door and past the locker rooms. They didn't specify what area, but given our size I'm going to wait by the pool. I slipped through another set of doors my paw steps silent and deadly on the non-slip surface.
The pool was empty and dry as a bone with a drop slide above it.
"Oh hey Snow! I see you found a human."
I looked up, a small bobcat was laying on the slide with its head not sticking out.
I tilted my head slightly in acknowledgment. "Dart."
"Still as silent as ever. We really should work on that. You will never be popular with the ladies that way." The bobcat purred from his perch.
(Thank the yarn balls that SnowFall wasn't a talking type, right?)
(Please don't try to make up cat sayings human, 'thank the yarn balls?' really?)
I made my way over to what looked like an old hot tube and laid lazily on top of what remained of its cover. At least my placement was good.
(Ok Cody play it cool, a relaxed pose but on the edge where I can see everything.)
(And don't forget to twitch your tail menacingly like your annoyed that someone stole your milk.)
(Yep got it, I'm a very scary cat, future leader of the Snow clan. We are silent ghosts, not known for sharing.)
(Purrrfect.)
A few moments later a Lynx strode in.
"Oh greetings, good to see you both again!" It practically sang.
"You too! I missed you guys after the spaceship ride!" The Dart cat said happily.
The way he said that, I frowned slightly, he's lying. I'll have to keep an eye on that one.
I just tilted my head slightly again, "Lyra."
"And you are still the same, figures." The Lynx replied.
She made her way over to the edge of the pool and laid down while hanging her paws off the side of the deep end.
(Oh and here comes the fluffbrain.)
I glanced up as a jaguar wandered in.
"Yo my dudes!" he pounced forward proudly. "I found the most epic human! He does rap music and-"
"Shut your trap Jagged." the Lyra lynx growled. "You know we are supposed to keep our humans hidden and under control. You'd better not slip up around Pride."
"Well he isn't here yet so I should tell you all about my awesome human!" He started again, "He-"
"I really hope you aren't already breaking a rule." a voice hissed and I felt my tail twitch on reflex.
Out of the shadows by a pool cover emerged a huge lion.
(Cody! Get your fur to lay flat now!) Snow hissed at me and I quickly did.
"Honestly how ever did you end up on the team, it's a mystery." The lion strode into the center walking down the edge of the slope on the shallow end.
His eyes glanced over all of us before resting on the Jaguar.
"Jagged was it? Don't make friends with your human, subdue them, they are your tool. I didn't think I'd have to explain that." He scoffed. "What are you a kitten?"
He said it jokingly but his eyes narrowed and I suppressed the urge to shiver. That cat was oozing danger, no wonder he is the leader.
"Well it seems all five of you managed the task. We will have a test after this first meeting is over. I will send the details to your collars later. For now though, we will have to go meet the other team and hopefully leave them with a few less cats for tomorrow." He rose from the pool with a graceful pounce. "I do hope none of you slacked and have all reached at least slight proficiency with your skills by now. What are they go!"
He looked expectantly at me.
"Ice" I replied.
"Figures." He nodded approvingly unlike Snow, maybe that was why Snow wanted something different?
"Portals." stated Dart the bobcat.
"Sleeping." said Lyra the lynx.
"And you?" the lion looked at the jaguar.
"Pride I can explain okay!" the jaguar said.
"Jagged." the lions eyes narrowed.
"Its gravity! I think, I can make things heavier." Jagged flinched under Pride's eyes.
After a few moments Pride finally nodded. "Well we cannot choose our starting skills. Gravity is plenty good, can you pin an opponent to the ground yet?"
"Well no, not yet..." Jagged winced slightly.
"Whatever just get up to par." the lion rolled his eyes looking slightly annoyed. "If you die tonight it's not a great loss, our odds of victory don't drastically drop without you."
(He's so friendly, Snow you should become his best friend.)
(Heh yeah about that, he and SnowFall were on good terms. Sorry, that's just going to make your job harder to blend in.)
I wanted to curse,
(Now you tell me! Why didn't we practice more on acting around him!)
(Relax, just play your part and you will be fine. The Pride an Snow clans are currently on good terms, but that's irrelevant, SnowFall actually hated him.)
(Good terms but they hate each other? How the heck does that make sense!)
(Politics!)
I winced inside but kept my cat face neutral. It's going to be a long night, and an even longer game. I don't know the first thing about cat politics.
(Plus we can kill him! In fact the sooner he dies the better! Then his whole family!)
(Oh? Now that is more like it!)