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It was night, almost midnight when Kat walked back home covered from head to toe with carbon from the mine he was working in all night. He got to his home, a small wood house with almost nothing inside just a stove, a small table almost floor level, some rolled up blankets on the corner, and a hole on the ground where Kat’s brothers made a basement where they would sleep, except Kat that slept on the main floor. He looked up and saw no moon. He got in and walked inside and straight to the basement where he had tied up his three older brothers. The first one was a curly black haired man with black eyes, husky; the second one and the oldest was a normal built man with crème hair and green eyes; and the third one was one with short spike brown hair and brown eyes and a bit slim compared to the others; all of them had ears and tail, only Kat was missing that main characteristic.
“Took you long enough, why in blazes did you tie us up, Katherine?” said the first one as the second one melted into a puddle and shifted back in front of Kat.
“You were all evil. I had to.” Kat moved to loosen the third brother and the one that loosed himself helped the other.
“Don’t worry, we don’t hate you.” the oldest brother said giving Kat a hug.
The last one looked up hoping to see their little brother up there. He looked back at the others, “Katherine, where’s Stray?”
“Oh no.” he squirmed out of his brothers arms and ran outside, then followed by his brothers. Kat ran to an abandoned well and started walking when he heard the neko boy mewing on the bottom of the well, looking up with tears in his eyes. The brothers looked at Kat with an evil glare, “I can explain. He attacked me.”
“Yeah…” all of them said at once. The oldest one turned into a rope and got the neko out of the well and then walked back home.

"Stray's here." Rosco said grabbing the bag from Stray's mouth and took it to Oscar. Oscar tried waking Kat as gently as he could but Kat only moved slightly and didn't even open his eyes. "Kat...please wake up. We have some soup. It'll make you feel better." Kat didn't respond. Stray snuggled next to him and Oscar got up and walked out, kneeling outside of the house. Rosco knew what Oscar was going to do and left him cry in peace and take care of Kat.

Rosco came into the house with a paper and showed it to Oscar that was putting a warm towel on Kat's pale forehead, "It's from the landlord. They want us to get out of here. He says he won't rent land to demons or any foreigner." Oscar nodded and got up, "Pack everything. We'll have to travel to a neko village since the kitsunes don't want us there either." Rosco nodded and went downstairs to start packing.

Shadow Glider nodded, feeling a sudden wind push his cape and the tails of his mask behind him almost dramatically, "I have to get going, now. Take care." He said before taking off into the sky. He thought he was done for when he was caught in that nuclear blast a few miles away, but he'd found himself with these powers afterward. Tired, he looked down for a place to stay and spotted the Muffin. He didn't want to create a fuss inside, so he'd only grab some water in the well out back.

Outside of the hospital were Oscar’s brothers waiting for him for the news. Oscar looked down at the unconscious Kat and Stray, which was now so into his disease that he couldn’t talk any more, looking at him confused. Rosco walked to him, his eyes red in anger from all that has been happening to them. A nod of Oscar’s head said everything,
“Let me burn his head a bit, I’ll teach him not to mess with us.”
“Don’t. We’re in enough trouble.”
“Hunter have raped and poisoned our brother, they throw us out of our home, we have no food, and now we can’t even give our brothers a chance to live?! You expect me to stay calm?!” Oscar didn’t answer and picked up Kat.
“We better get moving.” Rosco saw someone moving towards them and stretched his hand with a flame at hand.
“Don’t come near us.”
“Rosco, don’t. He’s an officer.” Oscar said when he saw the man’s uniform, a white and blue Alliance uniform.
“Is your group alright? Was there a problem with the hospital?” the officer placed a hand on Kat’s face and Oscar explained their situation and how they were in need of help for their youngest brothers. The officer took the brothers where they finally found a place where they could be helped.

Ellie peered over the counter at the merchant's goods, unable to make up her mind. He tried to coax her one way or another, but never quite succeeded. "I dunno.. Hmm.. Oh. Lemme see that one." she said, jabbing a finger at the object she was interested in. When he handed it to her, her eyes lit up. He smiled too, but she thought it only because of his convenient view down her blouse. Looking up, a little disgusted at the man, he rambled some apologies, before giving her the gift wrapping, and she handed him a small sackful of coins. Hurrying out of the shop, now a few bags in tow, she decided to head to the shop of many art supplies and stationary papers. Once having stepped inside, Ellie was wooed by some colorful paper, perfect for writing a cute little card.

Buying the pretty green shimmery paper, and an envelope to match, Ellie was on her way out of the store when she saw a few stickers that she could not pass up. Heading back to the counter, she got a funny look from the owner, but bought them anyways with a proud smile. Sticking them in her bag, she headed out of the shop, and right past her husband. In she headed to the book store just across the way, not even glancing at the people she passed. Now on her arms were three bags of various sizes, as she made her way through the store, scanning rows of books with a content smile upon her face. Her voice hummed a cute little tune, 'Rubber ducky', somewhat of a child's favorite, but it made her smile even more to think of the words.

Grabbing the perfect sounding book, Ellie thumbed through a few of the pages before handing over the required payment to the cashier. Taking the bag from him, Ellie decided that even if she did purchase more, she wouldn't be able to carry it back home. Stepping out of the store, Ellie could've swore she felt something very ducky-like outside, but knew it must've only been an onlooker or someone much alike. Starting to hum again, she stepped past the florist, on her way to the end of the street, quite a ways away, especially through the unforgiving crowd. Grumbling a bit of a complaint as somebody smashed into her back, and made her wings go a bit askew, before heading onwards, Ellie glanced around at the evening crowd. After a moment, she headed onwards again, smile content and tune perky.