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            &nb sp;  I headed for the door, because it looked like vicho was going to take another swing. As I left the room, I saw Kitty using the door that lead outside. I fallowed her, wondering where the heck she was going. She entered a patch off woods behind the amphitheater. Not wanting her to see me, I climbed a tree. OH GREAT! I was becoming Raven! This was just great. She stopped in a clearing surrounded by trees. She sat on a rock and starred up at the sky. She seemed to be day dreaming. I was about to revile myself, when she opened her mouth, and started singing in krytosian. The thing about krytosian was that we sang so the lyrics sounded good, but the translation was nothing but words that didn’t rhyme. Here’s what she was singing: aimo aimo neder rushe noina miria ender prodea fotomi, lulei luleia aimo aimo neder rushe noina miria ender prodea fotomi. Ahh, the folk song of eternal peace. It was a favorite children song. I remember singing it when I was young. She sang for a little longer, and I just waited, enjoying the song. When it appeared that she was done, I finally revealed myself. I wrapped my legs around the tree limb I was sitting on, leaned back, and swung around to face her.

Chapter 4

Kitty

“Dang, you got some pipes.” A voice said from behind me. I turned around, drawing the pistol that I always carried with me to bare. If there was one thing I ever learned in my family’s line of work, it was always carry a weapon. This gun was loaded with stun bolts. When I saw who the intruder was, I blushed, and put away the gun. It was the target boy, kursed. He was hanging upside down from a tree limb, watching her. Man he was cute. “You scared me.” I said, a little annoyed. “Don’t tell me you were listening to that song.” I said. He looked confused. “There’s nothing wrong with having a great voice” he said. Oh my gosh, he just complimented me! “Don’t be afraid to use it.” He said. That’s great, now I’m getting lectures from a kid a year younger than me. A very cute kid anyway. “Didn’t your sister ever tell you not to eavesdrop?” I asked him, really annoyed now. “Yes, but I never listened. I’m starting to regret it now though. No one ever pulled a gun on me before.” He said. He had a cocky grin on his face for some reason. “What’s with that expression?” I asked him. “I was just thinking how funny it was that you think you could harm me with a simple stun gun. Go ahead, shoot. Well, you’re a girl; you probably don’t have the guts to shoot an unarmed teenager.” He said, his grin only getting bigger. Was he trying to tick me off, because he was doing a very good job of doing it. “Or are you all talk?” he asked. That was the last straw. I had guts, no doubt about that. I upholstered the gun, and took a shot, if only to shut him up. There was a flash of light, and then when the flash cleared, he was sitting there, in the same position, with the same grin. “Ya, nice try.” He said. He’s smile was all the larger now. “Uhh, how exactly did you do that?” I asked. That was so weird. The bullet just disappeared. He let go of the branch with his legs, did an impressive back flip, and landed on his feet. He walked over to me, and held out a rose. “Take it.” He said. I did as he told me, and almost dropped it. The rose was ice cold. I looked at it more closely, and realized it was made of solid metal. “How did you do that?” I asked him. “Didn’t anyone ever tell you? Questions are a danger to you, and a burden to others.” He said. Dang, he was cocky. But a second later he answered my question. He held out his hand, and a stream of metal came from his finger tips. They materialized into a solid ball of metal. “Every krytosian has a power. I can control metal, shape it, use it to my advantage.” He said. “So that’s how you blocked my shot.” I said, figuring it out. “Yep. Told you I wouldn’t work.” he said. He looked around, seeming to take the place in. “well, sorry that I disturbed you.” He said. He turned to leave. Wait! I wasn’t ready for him to leave yet! I called to him “he kursed!” he turned around. “What is it?” he asked. “Thanks for beating Vicho. I think a lot of people got encouragement from that.” I said. He smiled, ohhh, he was just so cute! I wanted to run up and squeeze him. “You’re welcome, but it was me and Raven.” He said. He was so modest. He left the woods, and I thought about fallowing him, but thought better of it.

            &nb sp;                  I decided it was time to call it a night, and walked back to the dorm. I walked inside, turned, and almost smashed right into Kristal. “Oh, hey! I was coming to find you. Turns out his place has a stupid curfew.” She said in a disappointed tone. I grinned “well, there go’s our chances of a night life.” I said. “Why, do you have somewhere to be?” I asked her. She blushed. “I kinda have a little crush on the guy who did the orientation.” She said. “Foxx?” I asked her. She nodded. I didn’t want to make fun of her, but then again, I had weird choices in guys. “Well, he is handsome.” I said, not really meaning it. I wasn’t really interested in the guy. “Ready to go back to the room?” I asked. She stopped blushing, and smiled. “Sure, I was about to say the same thing.” She said.  We walked back to our room, and I know I was hoping for a nice long shower. I heard some yelling coming from the boys dorm, it sounded like a fight was going on, with voices yelling “there, hit ‘em there!” and “look out another one!” I looked over at Kristal, seeing if she noticed too, but she had an annoyed face on her face. “Do you know what that is?” I asked her. “Stupid alchemist, he can make anything out of screws, silicon, and plastic. They probably took apart there Xbox 720, and slipped behind security.” She said. As we watched, we saw Foxx come along. Kristal smiled. “Now they’ll get it. Foxx’ll let’em have it.” She said. He opened the door, looked inside and yelled “no way! You slipped that through!? I call next game!” and rushed inside. I heard a thumping, looked over, and saw that Kristal was beating her head against a wall. And that’s when the music started. “Don’t want to be an American idiot!” started playing super loud. A fully fledged party, complete with video games, drinks, soda, and music. I grab Kristal’s arm “common, let’s go sound proof our room and take a shower. She seemed dazed… beating your head against a wall about 20 times will do that. I grabbed her hand and led her into the room. “I can’t stand that my brother has raven on his side! They can make anything out of relatively nothing!” she seemed really ticked off, so I decided to let her cool down first. She went inside, and I heard the water start. I sat a brought out my data pad. I started my daily report. Have made basic contact with target and have established foot holds with the targets family. I am roommate with his sister, and I am as close as can be to him. Will report back later, kitty. I wrote in the protocol, and then decide to write to my mom with a more personal message. “Dear mom, I have met the target of the mission. He is younger than expected, only 14. I have taken one or two pictures of him, so now we might have some more information on him. I’m really glad that you sent me here, I’ve already made friends with a few of the recruits, and have gotten close to the target too. I think my greatest advantage is being bunked with the targets sister. She is nice, a blue vixen with a good sense of humor. She definitely trusts me. I guess I’ll write back to you tomorrow,  kitty.

            &nb sp;  I’m sure mom will appreciate the message, when Kristal walks out. “That was nice. It’s rare for me to get a nice long hot shower like that.” She said, sounding content. She looked at me. "Your turn, hope I didn’t use up all the water. But if I did, come and see me, I’ll get kursed to up the output on the water heater.” She said I got up and walked into the shower room. It was nice and steamy, and the water was already hot. I began to undress. I got under the water, and enjoyed the feeling of the water washing down me. I stayed in there for about half an hour, and then got out. When I came back into the bed room, Kristal looked up, looked me over, and said “Dang, I’m not going to be able to barrow any cloths from you.” She said. I laughed. “It’s not my fault; blame my genes, wherever they came from.” I said.

            &nb sp;  I didn’t feel like going to bed right then, so I decide to walk around the dorm a while. I walked into the lobby and sat down in a seat by the front door. The music was still playing and the games still going on. I heard a door open. A voice said “hey guys, I’m going to get some air.” I heard footsteps coming down the hallway, and kursed came around the hallway. “Hey, you ok?” he asked. Man he was cute. He sat beside me… wait, oh no, my cat genes were coming out. I tried to just ignore it, but I couldn’t. I tried just moving or talking to kursed. “So, how your party going in there?” I asked. I was just trying to keep myself occupied, if I didn’t… “It’s fine, a bit wild.” He said. Oh no, it’s getting worse… if I didn’t do something soon, I might widen the gap in the bridge I made with him. “Is it true that Raven is an alchemist?” I asked. Man, I was getting desperate! “Ya, he made our room twice as large by destroying the wall between and old room and ours.” He said. I couldn’t stop it! “I’m sorry, I can’t stop this from happening!!” I said, and let go. My body seemed to move on its own. I started purring, and edging closer and closer to him. He looked very nervous, but he didn’t move. Maybe he was too scared to move… suddenly I was right beside him, and I started rubbing against him, first with my side, then I faced him head on. Up, down, up, down, I couldn’t stop! My tail was moving around with a life of its own, curling around him, stroking his cheek… I suddenly felt very tired, and my head fell… right into his lap. I expected him to get up and leave, but he stayed and sat there. Then I felt his hand on my head. He ran he hand down my neck, then down my back. He was petting me! This guy really knew how to treat a cat. The pitch of my purring increased, and I slowly started to fall asleep…

            &nb sp;  I woke in my bed, not having any idea how in the world I had got there. “Wake up Kitty, I know you’re a cat but it’s time to get up. We have classes today.” I looked over and saw Kristal, getting dressed. I probably made some comment unknown to the human ear, like “wha…” she looked disappointed maybe because I wasn’t up yet. I stretched, arching my back like a cat. Kristal laughed. “Wow, you sleep at the end of the bed, and even stretch like a cat. I walked over to my dress, looked inside, and took out my red shirt, fresh undergarments, and my cutoffs. “So, where’s our first class?” I asked her. “Actually, I’m going to be an operator, so I have different classes entirely. Maybe you could go find kursed and raven and take classes with them.” She said. Yay! I could spend lots of time with kursed. Man, he was so cute! “Well, I have to go; my classes are on the other side of the camp, so see you later.” She said. “Kay’ sees you.” I said then I remembered something. “Hey Kristal!” I yelled. She turned around. “What is it?” she asked. “How did I even get in our room?” she laughed. “Kursed carried you in after you passed out purring.” She said. I blushed. He cared about me enough to carry me into my room, instead of just leaving me in there.  Kristal continued on her way, so I went to find kursed. I hope I didn’t scare him off last night. Dang hormones, coming in now of all times. I walked into the lobby and saw kursed sitting, talking to raven. I walked over. “Hey kursed.” I said. What, I’m just shy right now, not know what the heck this guy, I mean kid thinks about me. He looked up. “Oh, hey kitty. We were just discussing our class schedule, come and give us a hand will you?” he said. Well, he wasn’t uncomfortable around me. I looked at what they had written so far. “Well, we need to focus on the classes that will end up saving our skins in battle, so maybe firing range, piloting 101, and tactics?” I said. They both looked at me. “Wow, that’s probably exactly what we need.” Said kursed. “Well, let’s head to the firing range.”  He said. We walked out of the dorm and head for the field on the west edge of the camp. I walked up beside kursed. “Hey, sorry about what happened last night… I really don’t understand what happened.” I said. This was so embarrassing, especially because I went all close and personal on him. He smiled “hey, it’s ok; it’s not your fault that your cat genes kicked in. Its fine, I don’t mind though.” He said. This whole genes thing might actually might work to my advantage… heheheh.

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