Seto's POV
I was outside for the first time in months, gliding across the grey sky. Tiny flakes of snow fell around me, and I shivered as they penetrated my holographic wings. "Well, where should I start looking? Maybe I should ask around." I say to myself, as I slowly glide down and land in an alleyway, where I dissolved the wings and replaced them with a tattered tail.

I could feel Mark subconscious in my head, and André's as well. André's was quiet, but Mark was thinking about cold. I blew on my hands to warm them up, and placed them in my pockets, my left one underneath the two guys. Mark went silent. I strolled out of the alleyway and joined the crowd, my head lowered. Most of the crowd avoided me, but some looked curious, so I told them I lost my ears in a car accident. As I walked, I saw a Neko walking past, shining lights into pockets, probably looking for stray humans or drugs.

I stayed calm and tried to avoid him, as the invisibility was shadow magic and could be destroyed by light. I slowly made my way to the side, but his sharp eyes caught me.
"You! Black hoodie, come over here for a routine inspection."
I didn't respond.
"I said come over here!" and he pushed through the crowd to grab me. I managed to get André into my hand but Mark slipped, and as he shone the light, Mark awoke and became visible.

Mark's POV
I wake up to a bright light shining down on me, and shouting voices.
"I found one!"
An ear piercing whistle, and I am grabbed by two hands. One is warm, the other is cold and leathery. The warm fingers are wrapped around my waist, but let go after cold hands did something I couldn't see. I am thrown into the ice cold air, and as I start falling, I am grabbed by large talons. I could see Seto rising up and flying after this eagle bird thing that captured me. I could see the wind whipping his hair as he flew, and his hand reaching out to save me, but he is swarmed by bird hybrids that tackle him to the ground. One hand was in his pocket. André I call out to him in my mind, but it is blocked, so I call Seto.
Seto! Please help me.
I'm sorry.
And then he goes limp and lets the guards pull him down. The scene recedes into the distance as I am carried in the claws of the bird. It swoops and dives and makes me feel sick. If I touched it's feet it would squawk and poke me with needle like talons. They drew blood. I saw buildings and people rush past, until the eagle swooped down to a box, deposited me inside with a loud call, and flew off.

The box is wet with snow and I can see the sky out of the top, until a shadow blocks my view. "Whadda we 'ave here, aye? A little runt human. Ohhh, I would love to eat you, but I 'ave to give ya to the pet shop first and wait till you are old enough to be sold as food." says a grubby man with dirt all over his face. He roughly picks up the box and walks inside the building, which I think is the pet shop, and practically throws it into a glass box. "Get out, human." he growls, and I oblige. The floor is covered in wooden shavings and smells like sawdust. The box is taken out, and I look around. The box is filled with humans. And hybrids. Most of the hybrids had antennae and gauzy wings. They were insect hybrids. The humans were dirty and wounded, all with the same scared look in their eyes. Their clothes were scraps, and I felt bad in my warm jacket and clothes. I clear my throat. "Hello everyone, my name is Mark." They all turn and train their eyes on me. A small girl walks forward and feels my jacket, she is basically naked, so I give her my jacket.
"Where did you come from?" asks a middle aged woman with dirty blonde hair.
"I had an owner but I was taken from him."
"He probably didn't want you. That's why we are all here. Nobody wants a human for anything but food." she says sadly.
"No! You don't understand. H-"
"Shush now child, you are still sad, come join us."
"Where did you come from, then?"
"Mother Jewel saved us, she was our angel." interrupts another girl, with antenna and one brightly coloured butterfly wing.
Jewel
"Where did you live?!"
"In a little church in the woods. Where no one could find us."
"Could you lead me there?"
The followers of Mother Jewel know where her holy church is off by heart. But why does it matter? We're never getting out."
"You'd be surprised." I say, just as the bell rings and someone opens the door. His hair is blonde with purple tips, his eyebrows are split at the end, and he is wearing a suit with a thick chain around his neck. (He also has a blonde beard XD) Calico ears sit on top of his hair, and his tail is the same pattern. It's either a sign, or someone with the exact same fur colouring as Jewel. I try and contact him through my mind but he doesn't respond in any way. My heart sinks.

"Good evening sir, how are you today?" he asks in a voice with a slight French accent.
"I'm fine. M'names Robert. What brings a young Neko like yourself to my humble shop." replies the same grubby man from my box experience, who I now see is a frog hybrid.
"I would like to adopt a human." he says, and looks at the glass cage. His eyes are big and bright blue, like the sky.
"Right this way sir." he croaks, and hops over to the cage, the slender French man following behind.
"As you can see, we 'ave a whole group of humans ranging from toddlers to adults. They're perfect for snacking, but they struggle." he explains gesturing to the respective humans. I must have imagined it, but I think I saw the man shudder at that statement.
"And this one 'ere is new, we just got 'im dropped in by eagle.He has his own clothes and everything." he continues, pointing a warty finger at me. The blonde man turns, kneels in front of me and watches. His face lights up and eyes seem to shine the more as he looks at me, but he soon stands and turns to the other humans. He studies them, all crowded in a corner, his tail tip flicking and ears twitching wildly. He looks at the frog man.

"Just choose." says the frog man, a grin spread on his face.
"I'll have..... all of them."
The frog is as surprised as me.
"Sir, you will have to pay for that." he blubbers
Blondie presses a wad of paper bills in his hand. The frog stares, blinks twice, and then goes to retrieve a holding box.
He picks up all the other humans and hybrids in a fist and practically throws them in. He reaches for me but Mr Blonde Neko stops him. "I'll take it from here." he says in a calm voice, but I feel like I can detect annoyance in there.

He reaches for me, but I push back his hand and run. But I am surrounded by glass walls so he grabs me and places me in the box, then closes it. I curl into a ball and rock, as the man walks out of the store then starts running. I am knocked into the group of humans and hybrids in the other corner of the box. Mr BN runs for a bit more, but then turns left and sits down, panting. He sets the box on the floor and doesn't speak. I sit in the box and think about André and Seto and how I'm going to miss them, when a voice comes on in my head.

Woot woot! All aboard the Unlikely train to Reunion City!
(And also two chapters in a day, can I get a hoiya?)
Phoenix Out.