Chapter Five
On the morn of the next day their destination was clear in sight.
It was a gated community of posh houses on the other side of the High Way sitting majestically on top of the hill ahead of them. For Top Pup, through a haze of hunger and fatigue it appeared like a castle in the sky.
As they came closer they could see that the place was well secured, besides the fact that it was fenced there was also a guard booth and security cameras.
Was there a plan? He wondered.
The only one remaining unfazed was Stick, it occurred to Top Pup that he was the one who could most easily pass all the security, unnoticed or even noticed, no one would worry about some ragged stray lokin' cat wondering about. But first they had to cross the high way and that was no easy feat.Images from the his night on the High Way K rail popped into his forehead screen.
Top Pup closed his weary eyes, determined to get rid of those fearful memories and cross safely .
He allowed for the sound of the cars zooming by became to become one with the waves behind and he waited. In his weak state of being it wasn't hard to reach that place where he felt engulfed by the blue light and hovering. Finally there was a moment when all became quiet.
When he opened his eyes the High Way, as far as they could see, on both direction, was empty. The four of them crossed.
They watched as he walked up to the fence and expertly wiggled his way under, it didn't take a second and he disappeared from sight.
Some moments passed and then Z got a Txt message. He glanced at his paw and the three of the proceeded to climb around the gates to a designated point where Stick was waiting for them. Top Pup was on his own feet now as they all crawled under the fence where it was already broken in by wild animals of the area.
Top Pup trusted that Z knew where they were headed as they moved through a posh and extremely quiet neighborhood.
The houses were huge and the gardens surrounding them were well kept with little flower decorated walk ways. All the houses were very much alike and brand new. Finally they reached a house on a Cul-de-sac. This house was a little darker in color and had a more wild assortment of flowers growing in its front. Fragrant Lavender and sage grew around boulders and in between rocks, this house was pretty.
There were no cars in the drive way, in fact, the whole neighborhood seemed deserted, it was so quite it could have been a ghost town.
Once again it was the tension in Z's body that alerted Top Pup to the situation. His head erect and nostrils wide Z was looking at something in the window of the house. Top Pup stretched his neck to see between lavender bushes and saw her.
There she was standing erect In the living room large window, Bite Me. She was looking at Z.
And then, everything went fast forward. Z ran to the front door, but D dog barked in warning, reminding him that the house was probably wired with alarm. Z stopped in his track unable to even sniff under the door for fear of triggering the alarm. Bite Me disappeared from the large window, probably standing behind the door herself. That's when Top Pup noticed something which took only a split second to register in his mind.
Boy did he ever misjudge Stick, The door opened and Stick was standing in the door way.
The cat managed to get into the house and disarm the alarm. At that moment Bite Me appeared at the door way her eyes locking in with Z's. Z walked in and they disappeared into one of the rooms upstairs.
There was an awkward second while D dog and Top Pup remained outside by themselves. And then the two of them stepped ahead and entered the place - the castle in the sky.
At first hesitant at the door step Top Pup and D dog peered in. It took only one sniff for them to know the owners were not in.
The place was heaven on earth, soft hairy rugs and cushions were spread everywhere and in the kitchen, there were at least 6 bowls of food containing different delicacies for dogs and cats- just waiting - filled to the brim.
Top Pup and D dog approached in disbelief, eying the food expertly they were soon loud at work chowing down the fresh fare.
As he was chowing down the food Top-Pup noticed from the corner of his eye something slick and fancy slid into the kitchen.
Top Pup snapped to attention and saw the most elegant looking cat he had ever laid eyes on. D dog was also in alert as the both stopped to regard the majestic creature. It was a she cat and her fur seemed, low and behold, pink!
This cat walked as if she owned the place, not only this place, but any place she might lay a paw on.
D dog and Top-Pup could not help, but stand with their mouth agape.
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