Board Thread:Archive/@comment-24866242-20140517080038/@comment-24866242-20140517081924

Katrylle Morgahn posted July 25, 1996 02:25 AM

(Sachy)

Everything had been going great. They were paying homage to the great Patch, who on more then one occasion had soothed the nerves of Orion after their teasing had gone a little bit to far when all of a sudden, the kitten got excited. Sachy couldn't stop the little one quickly enough and the next thing he new, the kitten was at the foot of another mech, upside down in a very undignified position that Sachy could remember caused his master much amusement. That was the only problem with the two leggers was their jocular nature when it came to cats.

The kitten handled it well, righting himself quickly and beginning a very involved cleaning of himself. Good form if ever there was better.

Patch began rambling in that peculiar fashion of his. Patch and Morgan looked at Patch like they did most two leggers. With a look that said, "You're crazy, give me some tuna." Of course it was pure force of habit. In fact they were enthralled by the small talking mouse. He held the same fascination for them that the two leggers did.

They didn't quite understand what Patch was rambling about, but they knew that he wasn't very happy about the kitten's surprise attack. Morgan and Sachy knew that it couldn't be helped of course. They had to lure Patch out so that the kitten could make the attempt. Now the little one would never make such an attempt again. If they hadn't done it, and had waited until the kitten was older, Patch might not have survived the attack. They knew that Patch was as ignorant of these things as all two leggers were, but that was what made Patch special. He was a two legger mentally if not physically, and it was the sworn duty of all cats everywhere to protect the two leggers. Besides teasing dogs that is.

Speak of the devil, here comes Orion now! The huge Pitt-Rott was bearing down on the kitten with enormous speed! Sachy felt a moment of panic before he ran forward. Morgan to took off in a frenzy and little Patch was knocked flat on his back. The kitten quickly realized what was happening and began his defense dance to ward away the dog! The poor little guy didn't realize that Orion wouldn't be afraid of his claws until he was older. Even then the dog wouldn't be afraid, only wary just enough to keep his distance. This marked the first time Orion had an opportunity to deal with a kitten. All of the cats that were owned by the DB personnel were always either fully grown or nearly there by the time Orion had shown up. All of them except for one cat who was even smaller then Sachy. But she had a natural defense mechanism that not only kept Orion away, it kept all of the other cats away as well: Gas.

None of the other cats had really forgiven Sachy and Morgan for the destruction of Jugger's office that had prompted the two legger to bring the dog home after that trip to his home world. They were still friendly, but whenever one of them had a close call with the dog, Sachy and Morgan always got blamed.

The arch of the kitten's back gave Sachy just the right amount of leverage to grip the kitten's scruff in his mouth. With a boost of speed, Sachy took off in the opposite direction of where Orion was coming from. Orion was right behind him almost immediately. Normally, Sachy could always outrun Orion, but with a payload like the kitten in his mouth Orion had a slight advantage.

What Sachy lost in speed, he made up in random direction changes. He led Orion on a chase all the way around the Mech Bay. Over Mech feet, under tables. When Chaz saw them coming his way, he dove for cover! Sachy jumped up onto the table that Chaz had covered in machine parts and nimbly jumped his way to the end before jumping down. Orion on the other hand, jumped onto the table, kicking machine parts everywhich way before the table fell down from the transferred inertia.

In a near panic, Sachy dashed for a hallway that lead away from the mechbay. Once in the hallway he realized the mistake that he had made. In the mechbay, Sachy might be able to keep his distance from Orion, but the hallway was a straight-away, and Orion had a speed advantage. It was too late to turn around now. Orion was already in the hallway bearing down on Sachy and the kitten. Desperately, Sachy turned into the first adjoining hall he came to! Orion's momentum momentarily carried him past the mark, but from the sound of claws skittering on the floor behind him, Sachy new he had only bought himself a moment of time.

Only the briefest of moments it turned out as Sachy looked behind him. Orion was immediately behind him and gaining! Three feet! Two feet! One foot! NOOO!!!!! Sachy stopped, hugging as closely to the ground as possible. Orion kept on going, once again victim to inertia as Sachy and the kitten flew by underneath his legs.

The moment the big dog had gone past, Sachy took off to his right down another hall. This time there was no way out! It was a dead end! No doors or access tunnels. At the end of the hall Sachy turned around, hoping to make it out before Orion realized what had happened.

To Late! Orion's dark growling form was at the end of the hall, silhouetted by the lights of the hall they had just left. Slowly the dog advanced, knowing that there was no way out for his prey. Sachy sat down, still holding the kitten in his mouth. He wondered what Orion was going to do to the kitten. Orion kept coming till he was nose to nose with Sachy.

The kitten twisted around in Sachy's grip and performed what was certain to become his trademark: He licked Orion's nose.

The sneeze was tremendous.