Chapter 7: Now!

I looked over at Nut, a bit confused, and a slight bit surprised as well. I was a bit lost on what it was that he was talking about. I looked around for just a few seconds, as I looked over at Nut, seeing that he had his eyes locked on a certain target.

I saw that both my brother Pike, and my sister Gift were very confused as to what was going on, as none of us made the first move to do as what Nut had just said for us to do. I shook my head, as I then looked around to see what it was that Nut had been looking at.

I then spotted what it was, as I squinted my eyes over to it. I knew right away what it was, as I could not miss that fur, and that face from a thousand tail lengths away. I turned my head back to both my brother, and my sister, as I was very scared.

I saw that both of then were very confused, and it was clear that they had no clue as to what was going on. They could not see from where they were attached on to the fence, so it made a fair amount of sense as well. I saw that Nut was just stuck, so I made the move as I spoke up to all of them.

"Hurry up! Get inside, its our mother!" I yelled to the both of them, but not loud enough for our mother to hear, as she was thankfully a safe distance away. If she looked up at where we were on the fence though, than that would surely not be the case.

She could not miss the small little kits that were huddled up on the fence, along with her friend Nut. I shook my head, as I stared at my brother and my sister for a few moments. They just seemed to be as stuck as Nut was at the moment.

I then quickly went over to Nut, and then I nudged myself against him, to get him to wake up. He sat there for just a few seconds, as it was clear that he was a fair bit confused as to what it was that was going on at the exact moment. He just stared at me for quite some time.

He then blinked a few times, as all of the sudden it seemed like his mind got back on the present, and all that was going on around us at the moment.

He looked around for just a few moments of time, and then he spotted our mother, from far out in the distance. I saw that he was beginning to freak out at the same time as well, as it had been just as clear as he had told us about.

We were not supposed to tell our mother, as we all knew that she would for sure not be too happy about this. I felt a bit bad for him, but at the same time, we still had a chance to get back inside the house, and be safe, as long as Pike and Gift woke up.

Nut turned his head to the both of them, as they looked up at him, seeing that he had done so as well. Nut nodded to the both of them as well, to make sure that they were paying full attention to him, as he then began to speak to them.

"We have to get inside now! Your mother is coming, and she will not be happy if she finds out about this..." He said to the both of them. As soon as they heard what he had said, and had taken it in, I then saw, that they too began to freak out as well.

We all knew that we were going to get in a lot of trouble if she was to catch us out here. They both looked back up to Nut, and I saw that the both of them nodded to him as well, in their own term. Nut then hopped down from the fence right away.

I watched as he quickly, and safely landed down to the ground. He then started to head over to the house at the same time as well, until he saw that none of us were following him. I knew that my brother and sister had the same reason that I did, as to why we were not doing so too.

It looked like a bit of a heavy, and high fall... It was at least 10 tail lengths long, and maybe even more, for kits like us. I looked at my brother and my sister, as I saw that they looked very scared. It made me begin to freak out as well, as it was not normal to at least see my brother acting this way.

Nut looked at all of us, as I saw that he had a very confused look on his face, as to what was going on with us. I saw him look over to the edge of the fence at the same time as well, though he could not see our mother through it, he did in fact know that she was coming.

I knew that as well, but at the same time too, I kind of hoped that she caught us, as I was too scared to jump down to the ground by myself. I looked over at Pike and Gift, as I saw that they were shivering in fear, and I lowered my head to the ground.

I knew that we had to do something though at the same time too. If we did not, than we were destined to get in a lot of trouble. I was not sure if the wrath of my mother, or the fall down was going to be the worst. I really did not want to risk it though.

I moved back, a bit leaning to the other side of the fence. It was not the best idea, now that I came to think about it, but looking at the fall beneath me was so scary to me. I closed my eyes, as I did not want to think about it, any more than I already had.

There was silence for just a few moments, and I knew that our mother was getting closer and closer with every moment that passed. I opened my eyes, and looked over at Nut, seeing that he was beginning to freak out at the same time as well, but for a much different reason than us.

I sat there for just a few seconds, as I felt like I should jump, but I was just far too scared to go through with it. After all I was the smallest, and most scared of our kin... Gift often tended to remind me of that a lot. Speaking of her, she decided that she was going to be the first one to speak, as I turned my head over to her, to hear what it was that she had to say to Nut.

"Nut... We are scared! That is a big fall!" She said to Nut. I looked over at him, to see how he would respond to what it was that she had just said to him. As I looked over at him, to my surprise how ever, I saw that he had quite the angry look on his face.

I saw that it surprised me, due to the fact that it was not normal for him to get mad at us. He sat there for just a few moments, as he then began to yell at us, but more as a bit of a quiet yell, so that our mother, which was getting closer and closer to us, was not to hear.

"Are you all stupid?! You are cats! Jump down now!" He yelled to us, with a lot of anger in his voice as well. I looked at my brother, and my sister, as I could tell that they were just as surprised as I was. It was not normal for Nut to get so upset with us.

I knew that Nut wanted us to get down, but as far as what he had just said to us, it only seemed to scare Gift and Pike even more than it had before. I stared at the both of them, for a fair amount of time, looking for any sort of help, or at least anything that might calm me down.

It did not seem like that was going to be the case at all however, as I saw that my sisters claws were out, almost as if she was ready to fight off a horde of dogs. I saw that my brother seemed to be calming down a bit however, as he suddenly began to speak to us.

"Guys... Maybe we should just jump... He is right, we are going to get in a lot of trouble if we don't do as we are told." He said to the both of us. I looked at him for just a few seconds, as I then nodded to him at the same time as well, as I knew that he was right.

I looked over at my sister though, as it seemed as if she did not have the same mind set as both me and Pike did. I saw that she was shivering, as she looked at both me and my brother, as if she had not heard a word that Pike had just said to her.

She seemed to be even more freaked out than she had been just a few moments ago in fact. As it seemed now that we did not have much of a way out of this one. Nut then began to speak to us in a much more calm voice than he had a little while ago however, as I saw that it calmed my sister down a bit.

"I am sorry you guys... Just listen... Use your tail to guide you as you fall... It is not hard, it is a natural instinct that we are all born with." He said to us. We looked at him for a few more seconds, as Pike now seemed to be the least scared out of all of us.

I looked at him, as it was not Nuts words that would calm me down, but more the words of Pike, my brother, that could do so for me at the moment. He looked at the both of us for a few moments, as for some reason he had a bit or a slight grin on his face, as he then began to speak.

"Come on guys! We got to do as he said!" He said to us. Me and Gift looked at each other for a few seconds, as it seemed as though we both were still not too sure. My brother seemed set on it though, so I did the same, as Pike then continued to speak. "On 3 you guys! Ready?! 3... 2... 1... Now!"