"In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this."

- Terry Pratchett

(Rouen, France, 5:00 PM)

The Kree-Lizard boy spent writing and translating in Russian which he busied himself to finish with the help of his mother. Carol sensed something from a distance which she never expected someone coming. Her son curiously turned to her and paused in what he was doing.

" Mom, are you okay? " he asked with a concern. " You're just silent again. "

" Kid, did you entertain any alien creature aside from the residents here? " she responded and turned around.

" You mean SCPs? "

" No, it's something else. I'll check it out, be right back..."

The elderly half-Kree walked around and got startled to see an orange four-legged mammal coming from the hallway into the room. The Kree-Lizard boy was happy to see the cat-like being and kneeling down on the floor.

" YURI! " he called the animal's name and gently rubbed his furry back. " Here, you are! You look tired today, right? "

Yuri the male feline purred and gently pawed his master's hands. Carol was surprised, yet pleased to see her son playing with a pet. The hybrid was laughing as his pet tickled and licked him.

" Yuri, stop licking me! "

" Kid, you just found a pet? " his mother curiously asked.

" This is Yuri, " his son replied and carried his pet. " I named him after the late Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin. "

" Wow, you got that historical reference after that famous spaceman. "

" This cat saved my life before I got here, " he continued, while rubbing Yuri's head. " He is a very loyal friend. "

" Kid, that's not an ordinary Earth cat. It's a Flerken. "

The Kree-Lizard boy widened his eyes in shock and found the term very unfamiliar to what he had learned in the past two years with his mother. Carol closely approached her son and the pet, intently looked at his eyes, and patted his cheeks.

" Mother, What is a Flerken? "

" It's a space alien cat with some tentacles on its mouth once it opens, " the elderly half-Kree answered and snapped her fingers to call the Flerken's attention. Yuri opened his mouth as the boy got astounded to see it.

" Woah! That's exactly what he did before! "

" You see, I used to have a pet Flerken named Chewie. She used to do that and brought bad guys to other dimensions, " her mother recalled and raised her right hand in interjection. " That's how a Flerken does. Perhaps, Yuri could have eaten and swallowed your stalkers from the MTF or those bad guys! "

The Kree-Lizard boy loudly laughed while holding Yuri the Flerken and understood what his mother meant. He looked at the window showing the radiant marigold skies which the sun was about to leave France. Then, he turned to her.

" Yeah, " he nodded. " I can tell you a story on how I found him. "

" Make sure we can't miss our supper, later on, " she reminded.

" Oh, no! Mom! It's just a quick story, don't worry! We can catch-up and eat! Yuri needs to eat, too. "

" Okay, sounds good! "

(Six Years Ago: Troyes, France, 9:32 PM)

The Kree-Lizard boy was assigned to do some night patrols on the streets of the town where the Rebel Forces and their French counterparts situated. He brought his flashlight which Dr. Vandark gave him more than twenty years ago. Silence and darkness were walking around with him as the boy felt anxious and moved his head around. Surely, this was his first time to do some evening duty which he had never done before on those days in Alaska. Somehow, he was too afraid to confront if the MTF people and those invaders found him.

Looking around the streets, he found nothing but dismantled objects and fallen debris of rocks and cement from the houses and buildings. He checked around if there were any escapees from the slave dens. The Kree-Lizard heavily sighed and loudly yawned which he was too sleepy in taking this job.

" Why I was assigned to this job? " he grumblingly thought. " Jared or Ignatius should come with me, but Fury asked me to do this. Maybe next time, I should suggest one of those people could work on this. "

The boy kept on walking and pointing his flashlight and still saw nothing. Until, he heard some a loud laughter coming from the alley and felt chilly. He looked around and saw a group of strange people surrounding him. There were two men and two women grinning at him. The hybrid widened his eyes in fear while seeing them. He never expected to encounter such people on the streets of this quiet town.

" So, you have come into our turf, then? How about getting yourself into our party? A party of being beaten up and serving our masters! " a grey-haired woman with red markings dressed up in a black and blue clothing and evilly said.

" You have come to the right place, my friend..." the blue haired man in a hat and leather black and red jacket laughed as he kept holding his right clenched fists. " You're just in time for it! "

" We, the evil Inhuman siblings, can let you suffer as well..." the grey haired man with a mask named Uldrin Vanasoul added and intently glared at the hybrid.

" Uldrin, Strife, Belgarian, and I will bring you into ashes! " the dark-haired girl named Strife beamed.

" No, please, go away! "

" Uldrin, Strife, Lenia! Get him! " Belgarian summoned his siblings to attack the tall cloaked hybrid boy.

The Kree-Lizard boy quickly ran away, but he got blocked by Lenia the teleporting Inhuman. She kicked him on the face, instantly went behind him, and struck him on the back. He fell down when Strife held his hands as she drained him. The boy yelled and became weaker. He tried to crawl away from his attackers, but Uldrin phased inside the boy and caused him to feel numb.

" Stop it! Stop it! I can't move! " he cried. " What do you want from me?! "

" Our masters ask you to stop raiding our turfs everywhere, freak, " Uldrin answered in the boy's mind. " So, you'll never meddle with them anymore! "

" You fools are nothing, but cowards who imitate your masters! "

" You're not going to make us stop! "

" It's my turn! " Belgarian grinned and held the boy's hands as he shape-shifted to be a copy of the Kree-Lizard hybrid.

" Why are you doing this? " the hybrid tremblingly asked. " Why? "

" You're our number one subject to be struck down! " the blue-haired Inhuman replied and threw some spikes on the victims' legs.

 The Kree-Lizard hybrid ended up defenseless and numb as he couldn't move. The four attackers kept on beating him and waiting for him to weaken and die. The boy wanted to break free of this suffering, but he was trapped by his attackers. Suddenly, there was a male orange feline jumped from the top of the garbage cover. He meowed to call the four's attention. Uldrin left the boy's body as he noticed the cat being approaching at them.

" What a cute little kitty, " the grey-haired Inhuman in a white mask knelt down and gently patted the animal's back. " Can we keep him? "

" I don't think so, brother, " Strife rolled her eyes with a disgust and crossed her arms. " We can't keep that furry one! "

" Oh, come on! "

" Strife says, NO! " Belgarian angrily glared at his brother and cried. " Can't you even understand what it will do to us? "

" But he's just an innocent cat! "

" NO! " Strife and Belgarian instantly replied.

" Maybe, we can use this cat to distract our victims? " Lenia shrugged and laughed. " Right? "

Suddenly, the cat widened his mouth and showed some large purple tendrils and sharp fangs. The four Inhuman siblings became very afraid to see them. Uldrin and Lenia stood beside the Kree-Lizard boy as Strife and Belgarian suddenly got entrapped by those tendrils and being pulled away. The other two siblings cried for help when they got engulfed by a small orange cat. Lenia and Uldrin wanted to help them, but it was too late for them to do it. The furry one burped and meowed.

" It can't be..." the grey-haired Inhuman girl muttered in shock and saw the animal in fear. " He's gonna eat us! "

" Damn, what are we gonna do when they're gone?! " her brother cried.

" Let's get out of here, Uldrin! "

" No, I don't think so, sis! "

" What are you talking about Uldrin?! "

" We have to help him, " he said and turned to the Kree-Lizard boy as his sister sighed. " Look, I'm so sorry for getting you into trouble. I found something special in you, although you have a suffered so much. "

" How did you know? " the boy asked.

" When you were struggling, I found out a lot from you. I knew how it felt to be contained and enslaved. "

" You mean you were once a slave? "

" Yeah, " Uldrin nodded and turned to Lenia. " I guess we should let him know. "

" Right, " she said. " You see, our family lived in Remnant before the Invasion happened. Our parents got abducted and killed. Strife and Belgarian had submitted to the Kree-Lizard Army and got taken away from us. My brother and I kept searching for our other siblings, until we met the Kree Eternal. Methu-Selah was a good man and a father-figure to us. He treated us like his own children and spent our time together in his house in Atlas. Suddenly, those enemies took us away from him. We expected Methu-Selah to save us, but he couldn't. So, they brought us into slave den and reunited with our siblings. We turned to be Inhumans by experiments."

" You mean, terrigenesis? " the hybrid curiously replied.

" Yes, " Lenia continued. " We ended up as weapons and accusers which we had done terrible things to you. We're sorry..."

 " I could have hurt you two, but I completely understood you were coming from. I do accept your apology. "

" Yeah, " Uldrin smiled. " In fact, you reminded me of Old Methu-Selah from your eyes. I wish you can meet him. "

" Do you know where he is? "

" We don't know, " Lenia sighed and shrugged when she turned to the cat. " But we do know, someone had saved you from being killed. "

The Kree-Lizard boy got surprised as the cat jumped and licked him. He laughed and gently touched the animal. Uldrin and Lenia felt pleased to see the two.

" You can keep him, " the male Inhuman said.

" And name him? "

" His name is Yuri, " the boy spoke and gently patted the cat's back. " He's going to be with me. "