Chloe's Challenge
By Paula Shene
“Hisssss….rrrroaw.
Where the…,” Alex twisted at landing, aware of needing to look
for danger spots.
“I
see you Alex. Your body is solidifying! We’re in some sort of
portal. I know this is difficult for you to understand,…
never mind, believe,… but those were Saturn’s Enceladus forces
that attacked us. When that front soldier hit you with his revolving
weapon you were spun into his orbit.”
Chloe
was in distress, but knew she must appear calm or her mate would
attack rashly if he was cornered. “Alex, Darling, Sweet Claws…
Listen to me, while you can hear me, I cannot hear you... But I
can read your lips! Slowly,.. slowly,… please. Your orbiting
rate is more than twice here. Now, tell me where your hiding
place is located on that pigeon dung ball.”
This
was a time of intense pressure for Chloe and for Alex. Becoming
parents was an unexpected gift, but it was putting a heavy burden
both mentally and physically upon them. This was bound to crimp their
fighting ways. Being in the middle of a war that seemed
interminable was not helping their determination, especially since
Alex and Chloe were Apollo mates so being separated was a wrenching
experience.
“I
am hiding like a puling kitten because our babies are due in two
days! How by all the shades of Civet am I to face my phalanx
when you get me back? You better get reading faster on how to pull me
back into our realm! Dear
Mighty Carnivore,
woman!”
“Stop!
You’re hissing again because you’re in a corner - claws!
How do you think I feel? Aaaoooowww! The kits are moving as if
they’re jockeying for space in a crowded room.”
Chloe
dragged deeply,before continuing, “The only thing calming my
stomach is this pipe combination you made for me. Mayhap,
a sniff of the nip, I gave you would calm you
down? And, can you not see, I’m working as quickly as
possible?”
Scanning
the battle plans and plotting coordinates with today being her last
rotation before Kitleave, she needed Alex back. She could see he
needed more incentive to stay calm, but knew he would not want to
appear weak, she continued, “As you were being pulled out of our
dimension, we lost three of our most valiant warriors.
Their
daughters and son are now on the front lines taking their places;
they’re not mewling about it, this is an element of our life, you
know this.
Now soothe your spirit and tell me where you are, not
how you feel.
We’ll deal with that part when you’re back.”
As
Chloe took another deep draw, waiting for Alex to tell her the
specifics of his coordinates, she realized Alex was closer than
either of them could imagine. She did not need to locate his
magnitude, she just needed to... Oh,
Mighty Carnivor!...
“What...The?!”
“Sheathe
those weapons my own sweet Kazza. Ha! I told you, I was
working fast. Now
what do you say, Smooth Claws?”
Alex
swiftly reached for Chloe, “Let me hold you. Oh dear Mighty
Carnivore, you feel glorious ... Umm ...Want to rumble?”
“Claws!
All you toms think about is a roll in the … Ummmm...
Whew, hold that thought.”
Chloe
was proud of how she was able to snap Alex back so quickly and was a
little, no, a lot
miffed.
He did not seem to care how he got back, just wanted to get it on.
Heh,
mayhap he should be gibbed. That would slow him down and …
But that would mean no more kits after this birthing.
“I’m
sorry my Toitoi lady, but you set my claws to flexing and my purr to
roars. How did you get me back so soon? I didn’t even
tell you in what corner I was held up. But, come, snuggle
closer … I think so much better with your smoothness .. Umm ...
Leaning against me ... Oh the kits moved! Tell me, it’s not
time!”
“Alex
… you are incor… you are… ummm… Later.
You were glowering at me, telling me to hurry, but I knew I was
not able. The wording in our Kattrack is extremely strict.
That is why you were picked for me and me for you. I know
we fought against it, but it was the Mighty Carnivore that brought us
together, not actually the Felidae. They were only instruments.
Are you listening? Stop with the nips! Listen to
me!”
Alex
stretched out and eyed her with his honey colored orbs. He
realized that she had a need to talk, even though he had already
figured out what she had done; she was wearing their wedding
headdress, sacred to their Clowder.
They were two parts of a
whole, and while she was the green one at getting things
accomplished, she also had the ability fiercely to fight for what she
wanted and loved; he was endued with this incredible mate and claws,
that’s just what he wanted to do.
Well,
she’d soon have it told, and he’d get on with getting her purr
rumbling. “Go
on then, my sweets … tell me,” Alex softly murmured.
Chloe
took a deep breath, “The Kattrack says we are One.
One!
So, all I needed to pull you back was to touch the … Apollo
rings and snap - back you would be by my side! Of course, that
only works as long as The One, are truly One.”
Alex’s
smoldering look gave her the courage to continue, “I was not
sure. You don’t seem to think that ‘Kattrap’ as you name it
but …”
His
tongue tickling Chloe’s ear, he pulled back to gaze, allowing her
to see the intense ardor, “How can you doubt my love for you? With
every nibble and purr I am telling you, my lady, my life, and soon to
be mother of my kits, you are my green eyed tigress and my fellow
warrior throughout this life and beyond.”
True
to Alex’s word, Chloe’s challenge was met, never to lose its
brightness. Her life was abundantly filled with laughing, love, and
family. There would always be enemies in and out of the Star ways to
be faced, but those battles, they fought and vanquished as One.
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