Crystal ran for hours before he was soon becoming tired. The masked cat took this chance to pounce on his victim. He lowered himself and shot into the air before landing on top of Crystal. Crystal's breathing quickened as the cats face lowered close to his. The cats paws sharpened sticking his claws into Crystals pelt, in which he reacted by screaming in pain. Yet before the cat could invoke more pain upon Crystal another cat ran up and pushed the masked cat off of him. Crystal stood, but was in to much shock to run.
    "Hehe," the masked cat chuckled, "aren't you supposed to be dead?" The cat who saved his life remained a powerful looking stance and an intense glare. The cat had only half a mask covering the left side of his face, which looked only a little bit similar to the other ones mask. The showing side of his face looked really beat up, and his orange fur looked faded and patches where missing. The tail looked as if it was burnt to a stub. He looked like he had been through a lot.
   "Leave them alone," the beaten cat spoke, his tone broken but deep. The masked cat responded in a chuckle, before pouncing on the other cat. The two struggled for a while before the broken cat kicked the masked one off with his powerful back legs.
   "Quick! While he is stunned, run this way!" The cat called to Crystal, who followed the order. After a while, the other cat was close behind
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   "You saved my life..." Crystal meowed once they where at the place where the masked cat was guarding before. The cat responded in a nod. "So um, what's your name?" Crystal asked. The cat looked down and shuffled his paws a bit, almost like he was questioning himself.
   "I guess most everyone calls me Rouge..." he responded finally.
   "Rouge, that sounds like a rather cool name," Crystal responded. Rouge shuffled his feet, then shot his head up and looked at the cave.
   "You want to know where your friends are right?" Rouge spoke, "they are probably in here," he finished. He padded inside the cave and inside was a large portal. Crystal stared in surprise. So this is where all these strange creatures are coming from. Rouge seemed less than impressed.
   "There are more portals, but they are locked. The leader is trying to find and unlock them all so he can reek havoc on all dimensions. Which is bad. Your friends have probably went through here," Rouge spoke, "I will keep watch here," he concluded. Crystal nodded and gulped before stepping into the strange purple portal.