“Pistttt…” a set of glowing eyes peeked up from the blond’s side.
“Pisssttt… you awake Thorn?” No response came form the larger cat at the base of the bed. Slowly she rose up as not to disturb her seeping mistress and crawled to the end of the infirmary bed.
“Thorn! Wake up!” Quickly she pawed her counterpart until his head rose up and turned towards her.
“What is it Stephanie?”
“Are you hungry?”
The darker feline did not seem amused at that question.
“You know Thorn, we have been here since last night and not once have we been fed. I’m getting kind of hungry and I don’t know if I could sleep like that.”
“Hummm…” The large feline pondered,
“this is true… but where are we going to get some food at?”
“I guess we will just have to look around then.”
After inspecting the dark room for a moment Thorn lifted his body up and moved off the bed and onto the floor,
“well, these people seem trustworthy; I believe that we can go out to find something to eat for a short while.”
”YEA!” The calico hoped off the bed and walked up to her partner
“Lets get some foo… how do we open this door?”
“Easy…” Thorn reached up to the handle on his hind legs, turning the device and opening the door at the same time. Both felines made it into the hall and looked around. Steph raised her nose in the air and gave it a good whiff…
“eww… it stinks… but I think,” she turned down one direction,
“no I know there is something is editable this way”
The two familiars walked down the hall, Stephanie in lead with Thorn prowling behind her. A turn and two later they found their target, some sort of metal box that had the smell of food pouring out of it.
“Thorny” The dark striped cat did not seem pleased at the nick name
“I think this is your department.”
“shouldn’t we as…”
“Hey you cats! Get away from there!” An orderly yelled out at the felines, making them run off.
Up some steps and around even more corners the pair finally found it fit to stop running away. This time Thorn did the sniffing and found a open door that seem to emanate the smell of substance. However the only thing they saw was a little girl in a bed.
“Oh, my apologies” Thorn bowed even though the girl would not hear him
“we should look…”
“Kitty?” The little girl looked down at the two at her doorway.
“What should we do Stephanie?” The Dark striped feline looked at his partner
“What are you doing here kitties?”
“I don’t know but…” the calico walked up to the little girl,
“something smells strange about her. I think something is wrong” With that she leapt up on the bed and sniffed the girl closer. In return she was petted behind the ears.
“What about you big kitty?”
Thorn looked to the side for a moment, wondering if it would be ok but ditched his concerns and gently got up on the bed with the girl, making sure not to disturb her.
“Awww you are a cute little big kitty” Thorn received a good scratching behind his ears. “And so are you little miss spotty cat.”
Steph let out a content meow at the praise and licked the girls face. Then she turned her attention to half eaten plate of food on the table next to her.
“Do kitties want some food?” The little girl asked. “You can have mine if you like.” She slowly picked the plate of food off the table, apparently in pain while doing it, and sat it down where both cats could get to it. “Its ok, I wasn’t that hungry to begin with.”
Stephanie was quick to eat the meal, but Thorn looked at the girl for a moment to seek approval. After a slight nod he too ate the food left on the tray and both familiars got a good petting while the girl giggled at the sight. Once finished Thorn did the best he could to say “thank you” and leapt off the bed followed by Steph.
“Bye, Bye kitties!” The little girl waved.
The dark striped feline turn his head and nodded back at the girl before leaving the room. Shortly on his return back to his mistresses room his female counterpart jumped on top of him.
“Stephanie…”
“What? I want a rid… and um can we visit her again?”
Thorn continued on his way,
“Yes, I think we should if Mistress approves.”
“She wants us to call her Vivio you know… and I think she would approve, maybe even visit herself.”
“I think that will be fitting of Mistress. And…” He looked back,
“I hope that girl would be alright.”
“Oohh, big strong kitty got a soft spot huh?” Stephanie hummed out.
Thorn ignored the comment as he walked into Vivio’s room.