Breaking Out The Cat (Chamistala)

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“You did not just bury me like an animal does to cover their tracks?” Chamistala heard Oracle kind of rasp out, but she was just too intent on getting the hell out of there and making sure that the guards did not find Oracle that she just did not really notice her words. She took off as quick as she could, just a black streak running across the tarmac. She yowled loudly trying to get the guards attention, then skittered under a truck. She pressed herself against a tire, staying in the shadows and listened, trying to figure out where all the guards were. Then she heard it.
“Chami! Chamistala!” Her ears peaked and she listened hard. Oracle was coming to find her. No, no, my little human light bulb, she begged silently. I have them all over here looking for me. Go! Go just go! She knew Oracle couldn’t hear her so she quickly kicked herself into action. “Alright!” she yowled. “Time for action…Oh, God what am I doing?!” She leapt, her claws outstretched, and landed on the shoulder of the guard that just ran past her.
Hands flew up, batting her in the face. Chamistala dug her claws in deeper and nipped at the fingers as they came up to her. Then the hands grabbed her middle…and the sensation of flipping through the air after being yanked and thrown from the man’s shoulder. She righted herself and landed on all fours and took off again, hiding herself under trucks and behind boxes to ensure no one followed her, going to where the sound of Oracle’s voice was coming from.
She found the red headed girl hunkered down and still whispering. Chamistala ran behind her and transformed quickly back into her human form. She realized her hands were sticky and she looked down. They were covered in blood and bits of human flesh. She giggled. “You know…I may have just gotten thrown, but I took a bit of the bastard with me.” She showed the gore to Oracle, a little proud of herself. Then the sound of running footsteps, clearly far off but getting closer, came from the side. Chamistala sobered up quickly. “Yeah. I’m pretty sure we need to get out of here. Now.”

[Oracle]

Oracle watched as Chamistala dug her nails into the guard “You go girl!” she shouted, causing a guard to look her way “Whoops.” taking a deep breath Oracle pulled her arms back and charging her hands threw some electricity at him.

She watched as Chami came to her and turned back into a man “You know…I may have just gotten thrown, but I took a bit of the bastard with me.”[/color]
Oracle raised her hand to give her a high five but lowered it again when they heard the footsteps “Yeah. I’m pretty sure we need to get out of here. Now.” Oracle looked from side to side “Change back into a cat I have one more trick up my sleeve.”

She waited until Chamistala had turned back into a cat and reached down gingerly picking her friend up “Look, don’t worry about hurting me I have a really, really high tolerance for pain.” knowing Chamistala couldn’t answer so she set the cat on her shoulder “Hold on.” she took off in a blur stopping every once in a while trying to find them a way out.

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Chamistala turned back into a cat and waited for Oracle to do whatever she had in her head. When she started running, Chamistala let out a slight growl. Look here, Speedy Gon-Lightbulb! Ugh, she thought as Oracle stopped, looking around. She looked around with her, flicking her tail. Oracle began running again and Chamistala slunk into Oracle’s neck to be able to hang onto her better, then they stopped again. If we don’t die in here and we are able to get out…don’t worry, my human lightbulb. Cause I'll be killing you myself. I’m a cat. Not a monkey, Chamistala fumed in her head, knowing that Oracle was doing all she could to get them out…she was just so irritated with all of this. We’re so close to being free. And to having tuna. And sushi. And oh my God I’m so hungry!!!
Oracle ran and stopped, ran and stopped, ran and stopped. All over the outside of the base. The last time she stopped she sniffed the air. Trees? The scent of pine and wet bark hit her nostrils. Trees!! She jumped off Oracle’s shoulder and ran towards the scent. “Hey! Glowstick! Follow me!” Chamistala yowled as loud as she could while running in the direction of the scent. She reached a large tent and poked her head through. It was black inside, with absolutely no light…not even enough for a cat to see in there. The scent was definitely coming from there. But something felt off, wrong about it. Ok, Red Light. I need your help.

[Oracle]

Oracle gritted her teeth when Chamistala dug her nails into her neck “Do all cats do this or is it just you?” she’d never admit it to her new friend but the second she dug her nails into her the voices that where swarming in her head dulled slightly allowing her to focus more, for a second atleast.

She came to a sudden stop when Chamistala jumped off her shoulder, looking around Oracle didn’t know if Chamistala wanted her to leave her on her own or to follow. Tilting her head to the side a little she watched her friend seem to make it clear that she wanted Oracle to follow her “Ya, ok.”

The smell of pine and bark was so intense in the tent even Oracle could smell, for a moment she felt a ping of sadness, this smell wasn’t the one she remembered from being a child, then the ping intensified when she remembered the fact that this not her home planet. With those thoughts came the voices, Oracle closed her eyes tight and pushed them to back of her mind and found she could do it quiet easily.

Following Chamistala into the tent Oracle pushed some of her current through her body lighting herself up enough so Chamistala and her could see but not enough that they’d stick out like a sore thumb.

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Chamistala noticed Oracle falter slightly, as if she was getting a headache. She meowed softly and circled Oracle’s feet. Don’t keel over now, lite brite. About a second later, Oracle seemed to recover and she lit up again. Even though it was very bright, Chamistala had to blink but she couldn’t deny she was still finding it kind of hard to see. Weird. I can usually see pretty good in the dark… Her fur prickled, as if electrified, and her ears picked up a new sound. She listened intently. Breathing, that’s Oracle. A very low buzzing…that’s also my little lightening bug. But…what is…that? She closed her eyes to drown out all visual distractions. The smell that was over powering her…she blocked that out as well by holding her breath. The silence is quite calming though, I have to admit, she thought to herself. Then her eyes flicked open and she gasped…well, as much as she could in her cat form. SILENCE!! There is no sound…except that from Oracle and myself. Nothing! We just eneterd from a bloody skirmish! Yelling! Gunfire! She skittered quickly from side to side, covering some distance. And no wonder I can’t see anything! There is absolutely NOTHING here! HAH! She meowed loudly, slightly scaring herself after the silence in the…wherever they were. She ran to Oracle, Lite Brite! Hey! Hey, Lite Brite! She put her paws on Oracle’s leg, not thinking about how that might startle her, then jumped back as a slight shock went through her, causing her to turn human.
From the ground, she looked up at her glowing buddy. What do you see? What do you hear? Listen, glow stick! Listen hard!

[Oracle]

Oracle looked down at Chamistala when she got shocked “What do you see? What do you hear? Listen, glow stick! Listen hard!”[/color] “What, I don’t hear…” no wait, she did hear something it wasn’t breathing, but then again it was.

“There’s, someone else here.” she pushed more current through her body only to see if stopped by the darkness with in the tent “What the hell?” the tent was immediately flooded with light that wasn’t there before.

Oracle killed the light that her body emitted and looked around stunned, so this was where they sent the people when they were done with them. All around them where people who were either dead or half dead “It was a illusion.”

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Chamistala squeezed her eyes half shut as Oracle flooded the tent with light. Um...how? There was nothing here a sec... Her thought was cut short as her eyes adjusted and she saw piles of people. No. Not piles. Shelves.

She took a calming breath as this made tears spring to her eyes. "They just... finished with these people. Dead or almost dead...and they shelved them. They just shelved them! Like they were just..." The word "trash" got stuck in her throat as two large tears fell from her eyes. A second before her eyes had landed on the girl that she met the first day she was awake after they had experimented on her. She whispered, "She was their maid. My first night awake, I was so scared. She brought me a can of tuna and a hunk of bread and some milk. She sat with me and comforted..." She stopped as her body was raked with silent sobs. Calming herself, she looked into Oracle's eyes. "It was all an illusion." said her friend.

She nodded slowly, trying to clear her head. "Yes. There was nothing here before. I ran all over. And you couldn't light it up...but you aren't having any trouble now. This would explain the smell. Pine. The best thing to cover up the smell of lime. The best thing to cover up the smell of decay. How could anyone be so cruel, Lightening Bug?"

As the words were leaving her lips, voices began filtering in from the front of the tent/tunnel they were in. Chamistala gasped and grabbed Oracle round her middle, ignoring the shock that went through her, and pulled her to the ground. " Turn it off! Turn it off! " she hissed at Oracle. A scent hit her nose, it was so appealing and it brought a smile to her lips and she closed her eyes, but the ears that were still sticking out from her brown hair laid back against her head. Catnip! "Oh, how lovely!" she giggled softly as her hand shot up to her lips involuntarily. She was considering getting up and going towards the smell, until the bearer of the pleasing scent spoke.

"Here kitty, kitty. Come back to me. I am your god. You can't disobey me!" Chamistala's heart sank and she morphed back into the black cat. She shuffled silently over to Oracle once more, her fur crackling against the left over static on her friend's body, and hid behind her back. She begged silently for this all to be over, and hunkered down and closed her eyes.

[Oracle]

“How could anyone be so cruel, Lightening Bug?" Oracle turned her head to look at Chamistala saying softly, “Their human beings, they destroy what they don’t understand.” Or at least, to her that was the way it seemed.

She started to say something else before Chamistala pulled her to the ground and was demanding she turn off her light “Ok, ok what’s the matter?” she tired to follow Chamis line of logic "Here kitty, kitty. Come back to me. I am your god. You can't disobey me!"

She knew that voice, better than she did her own parents voice and would, continue to have nightmares that contained the voice for years to come. Reaching down she picked up Chamistala and held her friend close looking at the guy pretty much daring him take a step towards him “I see no God before me but a man who bleeds like any other.”

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Chamistala shrunk against Oracle's chest, ears back and eyes closed and breathing erratic. It's him! It's HIM!! Her thoughts flashed back to the day she had been captured. He had strapped her to the table and drugged her and bled her and changed her. And took her sister. Please leave my lightening bug alone. You have hurt us both enough , Chamistala begged silently. But the man kept calling for her and tempting her with the scent that was beginning to cloud her brain and ultimately, she knew, her judgement.

It was Oracle's voice that broke her catnip reverie, "I see no God before me but a man who bleeds like any other.” Chamistala sucked in a breath and dug her claws into Oracle's hand in fear. She knew what the man could do...and what he would do if he caught them. but then the meaning in Oracle's words hit her. You know, glow stick, you're right. He's a human. He wouldn't be stupid enough to experiment on himself...would he? Chamistala let a shiver run through her body. I don't know. Maybe. But, right now as I see it, that is a chance we will have to take. She eased up and took her claws out of her friend's hand and climbed up to her shoulder.

"Well, well, well. We have a team. The static girl and the cat. Seems to fit. The two trouble makers. I thought prison would do you two good. No food seems to do a lot in most cases." He laughed. A deep, happy laugh. Like you wold hear from a loving grandfather. It would bring a smile to most, but only worked in making Chamistala's skin crawl. She licked her lips, the smell of the catnip making her drool. She leaped soundlessly from Oracle's shoulder as the man began talking again.

"I should have let you both starve. At least then I wouldn't have to waste my bullets on your heads." Chamistala padded around the shelves, hoping against hope that her lite brite would stay put and keep the guy talking.