Keep going, got to keep going.
Move paws move!
Tired...oh so tired..
Not enough time....
A clatter stung the air, shattering the cold silence of the afternoon. Then another crash.
Any human would have suspected a racoon or a rat to be making all of this ruccus. But, knocking into the stategically lined up trash cans was a tiny black she-cat. Her fur was ruffled and fluffed, giving her the innocent look of a kitten. One eye of hers was blue and the other a fading shade of hazel.
Her tiny paws were floundering under her weight and movement. Her own breath was coming in uneven pants.
There was never enough time for her to reach a safe spot and she collapsed in the middle of the alley.
Time...
Isn't time such a mysterious word?
Time.
And time was an important word for this cat, for it was her own name. Time. It flowed beautifully of the mouth of whatever cat called for her. Just as well as the blood had flowed from their wounds.
Was that why she had run? Had she run from those that had spoken her name?
Or is it more?