A New Pet. (Angel216 + Raziel99)

[Angel216]

Paige sat in the dark closet of the house, her heart was racing and she was completely scared. She didn't know how it had happened, one minute she had been walking home from a party and the next minute she was locked away in a dark closet with cat ears and a tail, but hey she had to admit having faster reflexes and sharper senses was a plus. She ran a hand through her short white hair as she looked at the door of the closet, she stood up and ran full speed at it, trying to knock it down. She hit it and then she remembered seeing stars as she regained her vision, she saw she was smack dab on the floor again. "Bested by a door." She thought and scoffed as a soft mew came from her, that was going to have to take getting used to.

Then, Paige heard footsteps and voices as she backed up against the back wall of the closet, her ears flattened against her head. A slight hiss was coming from her throat as she watched the door like a hawk, watching for any signs of anyone.

 

[Raziel99]

The day had been rather long for Alex, as he was walking back home, a book stuffed under his arm. Idly, his tongue went over his teeth, sliding over the longer fang that he came to know as a strange birthmark. It was strange and difficult to find a spot in his mouth where it was comfortable, but he was used to it by now. His father had wanted him out of the house for the day – for what, he didn’t know, but knowing his father it was never good. He was a brilliant scientist – insane, possibly, but brilliant. He heard stories about how he was before he was born, when his parents were together.

But now, his mother was dead, died in childbirth. Tipping points were always tragic.

The walk home was short, having jogged some of it. His father pushed ‘scholarly’ topics onto him, wanting his son to follow in his footsteps. But Alex always fought to balance school and learning with working his own body. It was almost second nature, and it came easy to him. He was medium set, faster and stronger than he looked at first glance, although he never had to show it.

He opened the front door to his house, closing and locking the door behind him. While he admitted that some of the things his father had done deserved to get him in prison, he was family, and he kept the family secrets, well, secret. “I’m home.” He called out through the house, and it was hardly a moment before the familiar man came up from the basement in a labcoat.

“Ah, you’re home a little early. But that’s fine, I finished what I wanted.” His father came forward, hugging Alex. “I changed your room, and I thought you would want your Birthday Present a little early...”

Alex chuckled. “You know I don’t care about such things.”

“Doesn’t matter! 21 is an important age for anyone!” His father pulled out a key from the pocket, putting it in Alex’s hand and closing the fingers for a good grip. “This is the key for your room. Whatever you do, don’t lose it.”

The two of them walked upstairs, down the opposite hall from Alex’s old room. He noticed the lock on the new room was reversed, with the lock on the hallway side, which meant the key was for inside the room. That seemed weird to him. But he followed his father into the room, after watching him ready the lock. Locking them both into the room? Well, he had the key…

All of his things were in the room, although this room was much larger than the other room. And without any windows. A peculiar thing that he didn’t mind. He pulled his sunglasses off now since he didn’t have to worry about light. Even with all of his things in the room, some in boxes, there was a lot of open space. He would have to think of what to do with that.

“And now if you come over here…” His father had moved to the closet, which had a keypad instead of a normal knob. Alex found it weird, but he moved in front of the door to see what was inside. His father pressed a combination that Alex memorized after watching. “Happy Birthday.” And the door opened…

“What the…” What he saw only shocked him. There was a girl there, with clothing that would be adequately described as scraps, with ears of a cat, and a matching tail. His surprise got the best of him, but it was obvious that his father was ready to grab the girl should she try to run. “I figured you would enjoy something like this, Alex.”

 

[Angel216]

Paige looked up from her spot on the wall, her heart pounding and then she heard the door click. She saw an opportunity as she looked between Alex and the man that she only had met briefly. A soft hiss escaped from her as her now-pointed teeth showed, her ears still pressed against her head. Seeing the opportunity she made a bolt for the door, making a bee line for the open space she saw as she ran.

Her heart was still pounding, but she had heard what the man had said to Alex, and she wasn't a gift. At least she thought. Her tail flicked once as she made a dive for it, aiming to get free. Then she felt hands grab at her and she was stopped, she let out another hiss as she looked up, wriggling and squirming to get free, "Let me go, let me go." Her voice still came out in a soft mew but over the hours that she had been locked in the closet she had mastered at least talking as she looked back up between them.

Her heartbeat slowed down as she breathed evenly, still wriggling and squirming, but even that had subsided as she felt wariness creep upon her. Thoughts were going through her head as she breathed evenly, trying to think it through rationally. She learned the hard way that panic was not going to get her through this and her ears slowly lifted until they were again pointed upward. Her tail even flicked again, and, though her muscles were still tense, she had calmed down. She looked up at them again, thoughts, schemes and plans running through her head as she tried to plan for an escape now that she had her logic and rationability back.

 

[Raziel99]

His father had been expecting the escape attempt, and while she wouldn’t be able to escape either way, his hand had darted out to grab her by the upper arm, keeping her held as she struggled. “As you can see, she’s rather… feral.” Alex nearly scowled, but kept silent. “You’ll need to take care of her and train her, but I figured, you always wanted a pet.”

His father tossed the girl to the center of the room, chuckling as he waited. Alex moved to unlock the door, his father walking out, hearing the click of the lock being put in again. He turned to the girl, shaking his head slowly. “So this is what he has been up to.” He said softly, as he moved to his bed, moving to lay down.

“If anything, I will need to know your name.” He closed his eyes, letting his senses take over as they mapped out his new room, hearing how she moved in the room. She would take some studying, but this would be interesting, at least. At least he didn’t have to worry about another failed experiment trying to kill him.

 

[Angel216]

Paige trembled and then stumbled to the center of the room as she squeaked a bit in fear. She looked around the room as she watched Alex walk over to the bed and lie down. She let out a soft whimper as she stepped around the room, she knew she wasn't going to get out because the main door was locked again. She looked at him, trembling slightly as she murred slightly, "well I........I am Paige." She said, still watching him as she begin to ask her questions.

"Where am I? Why am I here? Who are you? Why was I kidnapped? Who is he? What do you want from me? Why am I like this?" She said all at once, she couldn't help it, after last nights ordeal she was a bit freaked out and she wanted answers. She was a bit frantic and panicked, but she was slowly calming down.

 

[Raziel99]

After his father left, the cat girl moved around the room, either looking for a way out or trying to understand the new surroundings. Either way, she was trapped in the room with him. His hands moved to slide under his head. “Paige.” He said the name, let the word wrap around his tongue to get use to saying it, to remember it. It wasn’t long before she flung into what sounded to him like one really long question.

“You are in my new room, obviously. I am Alexander. That man was my father. You are – were – an experiment of his, from what I can tell. Otherwise, I don’t know.” He sighed and shook his head. “What an interesting thing to throw onto me so suddenly. So much for lightly pulling me under his wing. Bah.”

 

[Angel216]

Paige looked around the room as she sighed a bit in relief as he answered her questions. She was a bit worried about the answers, although she had calmed down considerably as she dared to move closer to him as her tail flicked subconsciously as. She moved closer.

 

[Raziel99]

“You’re getting rather relaxed. That’s good.” He turned his head to face her, eyes opening, although he didn’t move otherwise. “I suppose normally I would ask about yourself, but as you seem confused about what happened to you, it would be useless. What he did… made your past life void.”

He sat up, swinging his legs over the edge of the bed. “You do realize you can’t leave now, right? You aren’t a human anymore. If anyone saw you like this, you would lose your rights. They would take you and do terrible things to you. At the least, you would be a slave to some depraved man. At the worst, the Government would take you for testing. And with no laws governing non-humans…” He shook his head. “I’m sure you won’t make it come to that though. You seem smarter than that.”

 

[Angel216]

Paige trembled slightly, jumping back a bit as he swung his legs off the bed. She murred as she listened to him, her ears flicking forward and then back as another soft hiss escaped from her throat. "I don't want that at all." She said as she looked at him, her tail still sway subconsciously. She watched him as she moved back forward, her ears flicking back forward as she ventured closer to him, just now a mere foot from him as she looked at him, trying to gauge how safe he was as she murred softly, "Fine I'll stay here."

 

[Raziel99]

She moved slowly, deliberately, but she couldn’t control her tail and ears. They betrayed her emotions to him. He watched for a long minute as she slowly came closer, sitting a foot away. “It doesn’t seem like you have much of a choice now.” His hand moved out, running fingers through her hair and scratching lightly at the base of her ears before he moved to lay back on the bed once more, eyes closing. He wasn’t tired, per say, but he wanted some rest, relaxation. His father throwing this on him wasn’t the best thing to do right now.

 

[Angel216]

Paige murred softly as he scratched at the base of her ear and her ears went up as she murred. She was still curious and didn't think he was all bad as she sat down at the foot of the bed, besides him. She murred softly looking at him, "are you tired?" she asked quietly, tentatively lying down and stretching out across the foot of the bed as she looked at him, she was relaxed now as she was also somewhat still curious about it.

 

[Raziel99]

She moved to sit and lay down at the foot of the bed, and he heard her question. “Not exactly tired.” He said, keeping his eyes closed. “Just a long day. Just need a minute to rest and relax.” He didn’t move, knowing that sudden movement would probably make her jump and run again. “Are you?” He didn’t bother to sit up and look at her. “Considering how jumpy you were just a minute ago.”

 

[Angel216]

Paige nodded at his response and then she heard his question. She hadn't thought about it before, but now that she had stopped jumping around, she felt wariness creeping up on her. The more she thought about it the more tired she felt, she couldn't remember the last time she had slept, though she knew that with the experiment and the fear she had last night that she must have not gotten an ounce of sleep.

Then after she had gotten here, she had been struggling and trying to escape and then she had been jumpy and afraid. She was guessing by now she had been awake and hadn't slept in over 24 hours and she could feel her eyes drooping. She answered his question, "Well I supposed I'm tired, well exhausted yes." She murred softly as she pulled her feet under her, curling up as she turned on her side to look at him.

 

[Raziel99]

“You suppose.” He controlled the chuckle that wanted to leave him. “Well then.” He said, sitting up, seeing her looking at him while on her side. “I suppose you should get some sleep.” His tongue darted out to moisten his lips, running over his teeth slightly before he got up, looking around the room, rearranging some things to his liking, ignoring her for the most part.