Luck is on your side tonight

[Lucky]

Lucky being a well-fed cat, he wasn't in as much of a hurry to finish his meal as Hunter. He glanced over a few times, amused by the way that the food disappeared from Hunter's plate. It was good... but was it that good? Most likely, Hunter was only hungry, but hopefully that would change once Lucky showed him the ropes.

After he finished eating, Lucky sat back and delicately licked his paws. There was still half a plate's worth of food on his platter, which he idly picked at while waiting for Hunter to finish his meal, and then he stood up. The cook was nervously eyeing them and almost immediately, snatched away their plates and hustled them out. Lucky barely knew what happened before he was outside again, staring at the closed door.

"...that was rude," he muttered, visibly affronted.

[Rholy]

They were kicked out and the door shut behind them, Hunter could help feels like the cook was acting strange. He didn't know the man but he seemed very anxious and antsy, " Ah, yeah that was. is he always like that?"  Hunter was sure he knew the answer but he still had to ask it's not like Lucky could read his mind. "I wonder who his master is and why he's so scared."

Hunter was starting to get uncomfortable and worry himself. He was now thinking the hunter that is after him somehow has something to do with whatever was going on here. He knew it was a silly worry but he couldn't shake it, he really didn't feel safe. He wondered if he could ever feel safe again. Being apart of the supernatural world opened up so many more dangers now that he was known about he feared other now knew and it would spread like wildfire. He just wanted to be a normal teen, be cool and have friends in his school not be on the run in fear of his life.

"Maybe we should take a peek in and see what all the fuss is about?" Hunter suggested he wanted to make she his hunter wasn't here he needed that peace of mind to ease his worry. But he would only do so if Lucky did he was a scary cat to go alone.

[Lucky]

"...hmm..." Lucky's tail swished back and forth as he gave thought to Hunter's proposition.

What was that saying? Curiosity killed the... dog?

The cook's abnormal behavior worried Lucky, but only insofar as losing another source of food. Lucky was well-fed because he kept tabs on places like these, and made sure that they stayed operational. The inn was always good for a meal and the cook was generous. He would have hated to have anything happen to such an easy meal ticket.

"Maybe. Let's go around to the side and see if we can sneak in." At the very least they could observe the cook and see what he was so nervous about.

[Rholy]

Hunter followed Lucky wondering what was going on his mind came up with a few things, logical things at first. Maybe they were being inspected so they couldn't be in the kitchen. Or the manager was making rounds? Then the not so realistic thought came up, what if the cook was some kind of servant to some higher up, like a ghoul and his master was checking on him?  That was about all he came up with on the walk to the side of the inn

There happened to be a window that was partly open, "Look, Lucky should we go through the window?" The screen as a small tear in it they could rip it open some more once they stuck their head in. This had Hunter's adrenalin picking up he had no idea what they were getting into it was cool but scary at the same time. He felt like everyone that saw him knew he was a shifter not just a cat so it freaked him out a little.

[Lucky]

"Good find!" Lucky missed the torn screen but Hunter was right--they could widen it and slip through without anyone being the wiser. As a completely white cat, Lucky didn't like his chances of going undetected for long but he could still poke around a little. It wouldn't really hurt; and anyway, he was sure that even if they were caught, they could find a way out. It was a hotel, for god's sake--it wasn't like a prison, with no doors and windows.

With an energetic leap, he made it onto the windowsill and slid a paw into the opening. The screen wasn't one of those steel things, thank goodness--just some cheap plastic mesh. Lucky clawed at it experimentally and managed to rip the screen partly away from the bottom. "Come in after me," he called down quietly to Hunter, and then poked his head inside first. With his superior vision and hearing, he tried to make out the sounds from inside, but it was all quiet.

Carefully, Lucky eased his body inside, and then lightly hopped down from the window into the hallway of the hotel's lower level.

[Rholy]

Hunter felt a little proud being praised by Lucky.  He was eager to get inside and see what was going on. He was a tiny bit scared but he felt like not much would happen to them, they would get shooed away at most. This being a cat had its perks, no real responsibility it was nice. Hunter could see why Lucky lived the way he did. But Lucky and Hunter were different, Hunter wasn't a full shifter just half, and from his father's side. He knew nothing about his father but he could see why his mom wasn't with him. Why would a human want to be with a shifter?

He thought of so many different stories of what happened between his parents, maybe his mother found out and left him or his father didn't want some halfling. Hunter felt like he didn't belong to either side of them. He thought the humans wouldn't love and except him and the shifters would never see him as equal. Hunter was alone in this, he worried Lucky would push him away.

He watched as he jumped up, his tail wagged, "Will do," He called back to Lucky. Once he was completely through, Hunter lept up poking his head in looking for Lucky before he slid all the way in. Dropping to the ground he let a grunt out. He was still getting used to being on all fours. "Let's go this way," He called out as he made his way up the hall. Each step was filled with bounce. He was ahead of Lucky he was eager to see what was so important they were booted out so fast.

Hunter stopped abruptly when he heard heavy footsteps in the distance. The steps were vibrating on the wooden floor and echoing. His fur stood up his spine and a tail bushed out. "Where do we go?" He frantically asked Lucky, they were in a hallway with rows of doors. He didn't know if they were headed towards them or if they were in the clear. He was freaking at this moment.

[Lucky]

Lucky skulked in the shadows like a born thief, not quite so brazen about wandering down the hallway as Hunter. On high alert, he slipped down the hall silent as a wraith, until he too heard the echoing, reverberating footsteps. "This way!" Lucky hissed--literally--as he turned and made for a small set of stairs to their left, streaking across the empty hallway.

Even going down the stairs at a headalong run, Lucky was quiet. He wasn't a particularly fat cat, for all of his gluttonous ways--being an outdoors cat afforded him more exercise than the usual tame housecat. Down, down, down he went, to the bottom of the stairs, where a closed door awaited. Lucky looked frantically around; it sounded like the footsteps were now coming down the stairs!

"Quick! In here!" He pounced on a stack of boxes, wiggling in between them to get to the back, where he wedged himself up against the wall. Not a moment too soon, either, as a monstrous shape filled the stairwell. Lucky scarcely breathed as he poked half a head out. No need to tell Hunter to be silent, he thought--only an idiot would make noise now!

The monster approached and Lucky's heart nearly pounded out of his chest, but the large, dark shape passed them by. Then a smaller, slighter shape appeared behind it--Ryan, the inn's owner. Lucky's eyes widened. Ryan? With this thing? He watched as Ryan approached the closed door and held out a hand. His fingertips touched the door and it melted. That was what it looked like; the door melted away, exposing darkness beyond. The monstrous shape rumbled out a sound in a language that Lucky didn't understand, and then stood back to allow... something to emerge from the doorway.

Tall, dark shapes filtered out from beyond the dark room, hooded and cloaked. They passed Ryan, passed the monster bodyguard, and glided silently up the steps.

[Rholy]

Tailing right behind Lucky they made their way down the stairs and he shuffled right behind feet slipping on the floor as he tried to run as fast as he could. He might have the left some scratches behind on the wood floor.  He wasn't as graceful as Lucky with the scratching on the floor.

Hunter slipped in between the boxes piled up pushed up against Lucky, "This is it I am going to die, Why me? I am too young for this." Raced in his mind his heart pounding. His eyes widened as Lucky peered out to who was with them. If his eyes could speak they would be saying "Are you crazy?"

Lucky's reaction to whatever passed frightened Hunter but he was now curious and he too peeked out. What Hunter saw was something he hadn't seen before. He wondered what it was saying? His voice is that what you would call it sent a shiver down his spine.

But seeing the dark cloaked things float by had him almost pass out, He swallowed hard and hide back behind the box. This was like some of the end of the world shit happening right in front of them. His life was flashing before his eyes, he was not born to fight he can not handle this what ever this is.

[Lucky]

Lucky swore Ryan looked in their direction as he swept out at the back of the line of odd creatures, but if he did, he said nothing. Even so, a cold chill ran down Lucky's spine. It persisted; his fur stood on end, until he was one giant puffball of white. He ducked back behind the boxes quickly, even though he was sure that no one could see him--not unless they had x-ray vision.

It wasn't long before they were all gone again, and when Lucky peered out, the door was back in place and the small room that they were in was empty. He stayed where he was for a long minute, silent, watchful, alert. Then he began to ease himself out. "Come on, let's get out of here," he said as quietly as he could to Hunter--not easy, because cats couldn't whisper for their lives.

Lucky crept out, taking it one step at a time. He paused often to listen for sounds but it was all mostly quiet in the hotel again. Ryan, the giant monster, the other tall, cloaked things--all gone. When he poked a head out to look into the hallway, it was barren and empty. "Let's make a run for it, Hunter!"

[Rholy]

Hunter had no idea what was going on but he didn't like it one bit. The air had a very bad ora when those things came out. Frozen from fear he stayed put even after they had left. Hunter couldn't agree more he wanted out, this was bigger than he thought and scarier than his hunter. He let out a small meow agreeing.

When Lucky said run he did, he ran as fast as he could back up the stairs and to the window, they had come in from his heart pounding. Hunter was now worried about more than his hunter what were those things and what are they doing here?

Once outside he looked at Lucky fear covering his face? "What were those thing? Let's get the hell out of here." The two were lucky they weren't caught, who knows what would've happened to them.

[Lucky]

Well, Lucky lived up to his name of being lucky, because they made it out without being discovered. Lucky was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief as he jumped back through the same window that they had snuck in through. He hot-footed it away from the hotel, into the stretch of woods beyond, and only when he was a reasonable distance away did he feel it safe to speak to Hunter again.

"We need to split up. There's an old cabin at the end of this trail. You can hide there for tonight. The hunters don't come around here because it's too close to town, so you should be safe."

He craned his head to look beyond Hunter, trying to spot movement. Safe, for now. "I'll come find you tomorrow morning. Stay quiet, and if you hear anything, there's a hiding spot behind the pile of wood." Hunter would be able to find it; it was visible at cat-height, but not at human-height. Lucky reached out with a paw, gently patting Hunter's paw with it.

"Don't worry. You'll be safe in the cabin." He turned and with a leap and a bound, disappeared through the trees, weaving his way back into town. Lucky wanted answers. What was Ryan doing with those tall, hooded things? Were they the same ones that Lucky had seen entering the houses of humans?