Fangs of Fury

ee days since she last saw the man she calls Father, five days since the cats had last had a kill. She steps o

e as it blows through the leaves of a large tree inside her compound��she raises her head to catch the w

turn towards the source��low growls emanating from deep within their chests, both cats on alert for the danger the sound represents. Eve looks across at the shed, her eyes locked on the door and then relax when she sees it i

ches and waits for the man to appear. Her instinct tells her that something is not right; everything is not as it should be�� the noise from the gener

e sees Father using something he calls a key to open the lock��a key he takes from his pocket when he collects her for her lessons and when he returns her to the safety of her compound.

e she looks for a weak spot that will allow her to break out, then finding nothing she returns to the two cats��looking around she sees that the tree is close enough to the fence. Grunting encouragement to t

gers spur her on. She approaches the building, fear of the unknown now running up and down her spine and tests the air for Father's scent��it lingers in the air coming from the door that opens into the cl

ered on the floor from the storm��the glass in the window pane broken��the frame gently moving back and forth in the breeze but the one she seeks is not there��his jacket hangs from a hook��the smell of the one who loves her still Ligers. She reaches out and touches the jacket, bringing the fabric to he

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iron wall. Hercules freezes in the dark corner, his wicked eyes fixed on the rodent as it moves between the steel bars of his prison�� he gathers his haunches slowly under him and like lightning strikes, gr

he catches Eve��s scent and a paroxysm of fury fills his body��a need for she is female. He lifts his head to the ceiling and barks��calling her��demanding that she comes to him. His keen hearing

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r nostrils and a curious buzzing sound comes to her ears. She cocks her head and listens��the sound is strange, something she has never heard before. Tentatively sh

l be far more than the whip. I do this to protect you; to keep y

e towards the light, back towar

the people kill me because they f

needs Father��they need food. Digging deep into herself, she finds the courage and moves back to the door��the buzzing is louder, the smell sharper. She r

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l fours and flees from the unknown. In her haste to get away, she knocks the desk top computer off the desk, the sound of the screen shatt

a into a frenzy of screeches, which carries to the other primates housed in the compo

f the lock is in place. She pauses outside, her mind troubled and then Hercules catches her alluring scent, sending him once more into an absolute frenzy, throwing his hug

would do to her even greater

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ing sound louder with the door open. Eve reaches the door, and gingerly reaches out a large hand, pushing it open further, allowing the light from behind her to fall o

o pictures Father had shown her of the cruelty of man towards animal

d Father spoke of?

ated body of the one she��s searching for. Father��s head and neck are now a greenish-blue color, fluids leak from his mouth, nose, eyes, and ears. His eyes have been pushed out of t

the sight now burnt into her brain��filled with horror and fear she retreats to