It's been two weeks since I've been here and I was always in pain. Thankfully they hadn't cut me open yet, Andy B. got them to push it off. They weren't gonna touch me today, they were just gonna let me relax and heal a little bit.

"Hi," Andy B. said softly as he opened the door.

I sniffled, hugging Eva tight.

"I-I got you a little game so that way you aren't so bored in here," he said in a gentle voice.

He sat in front of me, setting down Hungry, Hungry Hippos.

"And I was able to sneak in a little cookie for you," he said.

He gave me a little chocolate chip cookie and I chewed on it quietly as I looked at him. He had short black hair and the prettiest blue eyes I've ever seen. His skin was covered in pretty tattoos that made me miss Daddy even more.

"I-I want my Daddy," I whimpered.

Andy sighed, pulling something from his pocket. It was a slightly crinkled photo of a me and Daddy walking down the street holding hands.

"Daddy," I whispered, looking down at it sadly.

"I'm sorry I had to follow you around and take photos," he said. "I-I just have to, I've got a sister, my little sister, they're holding her collateral if I don't do what they say. I don't want to, I really don't want to."

"Seemed like you wanted to," I mumbled unhappily.

"I don't, it's just that they have to think I'm totally on their side or else they're gonna hurt my sister," he said. "She's only sixteen, I can't let that happen to her."

I sniffled, wiping my eyes as I finished my cookie.

"I want my Daddy," I cried.

"I know, I know," he said. "I  want to help, I really do but they've got more power over me, I can't let them hurt my sister."

I bit my lip as I nodded. If someone wanted to hurt one of my siblings I would do whatever they said because I love them so much and I wouldn't want them getting hurt.

"Why did they choose you to help them?" I asked.

"I worked as a scientist, studied the biology of humans and other animals," he said. "They thought they could use me so they took my sister and forced me to start stalking you to try and get images of your cat ears and tail so I could study them and then when that wasn't enough they devised a plan to kidnap you and experiment on you."

I sniffled, playing with Eva's paw.

"Can't you tell my Daddy so he can come save me?" I asked.

"I can't do that, I can't risk them hurting my baby sister," he said.

I cried quietly, wiping my eyes.

"Here, I'll take you to come get a shower," he said.

Andy picked me up and carried me down the hall to a potty room. He set me down on the rim of the tub but I fell back into the tub.

"Sorry," he mumbled, pulling me up. "I'm sorry about what happened to your tail too. You're really amazing and this shouldn't have happened to you."

I sniffled as he filled up the tub. He picked up a sponge and cleaned me off. The water turned a reddish color as he began to scrub off the blood that caked my skin, fur and hair.

"I miss my Daddy a lot," I said. "I want him back. A-and Mia Bia and Patty and Mikesy."

He didn't say anything, he just cleaned me off quietly.

"Do you gots a girlfriend or a boyfriend?" I asked.

"No, I don't," he said.

"I didn't used to either but then I started dating Daddy and it was so nice," I said. "I just wish I can be with him again, I miss him so much. Daddy always takes care of me and I know that he's gonna help to make me grow my tail back."

"Grow your tail back?" He asked. "I-I'm sorry, Gee, but you're not going to be able to grow your tail back."

I looked over at him with wide eyes.

"B-but I need my tail," I whimpered. "I can't stand up without it, I can barely even sit down."

"I'm sorry," he whispered.

Andy grabbed a towel and dried me off. He put a clean nightgown on me and carried me back to my room.

"I don't think I need to chain you up, you can't even stand up, you're not going to run away," he said. "Although if you did run away then, you know, I guess I could break the lock for you and, you know, turn a blind eye."

I frowned sadly as I looked down. There was no way I was going to be able to run away from here. Maybe they cut off my tail on purpose just specifically so that way I wouldn't be able to run away even if I wanted to. That's smart, really mean but it's smart.

"Come on, maybe we can get you a little book in here to read," he said.

"But I don't know how to read," I said quietly.

"I can read it to you," he said. "What kind of books do you like?"

"I like princess books," I said. "And I'm a princess too and Daddy is my prince because I love him and he loves me too."

"Just keep thinking about that, it'll help you feel better," he said. "You have to hang onto something while you're here, I don't want you to lose your hope and your spirit. You're sweet and precious and you deserve to keep your spirit."

"Daddy's gonna save me, I know he's gonna save me because he's my prince, my knight in shining armor," I said. "He would even run into a burning building for me. He would do anything about me, he loves me so much. He's my Daddy, he's always supposed to take care of me and right now I really need him." 

"I know you need him and I know he took really good care of you," Andy said. "I watched the two of you for a while, he really loved you and he always took really good care of you, anyone could see that. I saw him the other day, he's a complete mess. He's searching everywhere for you, he's so worried about you. He's calling everyone he knows and all his friends are helping to look for you. He's just a complete mess, he's crying and begging for his kitten to come back home."

"What does he think happened to me?" I asked.

"He thinks you were taken, which you were," he said. "He's also worried that maybe there's a slight chance he was just too hard on you recently and you ran away and you just don't want to come back. He doesn't know what's worse for him, the thought of you getting hurt by someone or you voluntarily wanting to leave him."

"How do you know all of this?" I asked.

"They've still got me following them to make sure they aren't getting close," he said. "Him and that other chick, what's her name again?"

"That's Jamia," I said.

"Well, Jamia has been getting Frank to go on walks to try and help him feel better and they usually talk about all this," he said. "I wanted to go there and try to tell him that it's all gonna be okay or something but they would hurt my sister if I ever did that."

I nodded my head, sniffling as I hugged Eva.

"You wanna play some Hungry, Hungry Hippos now?" Andy asked.

"A-Are you allowed to be down here with me?" I asked.

"No, I'm really not but, you know, as long as they don't catch me then it's okay," he said. "You don't deserve to be kept down here all alone in a cold basement with nothing to do. I got them to let me take you to build a bear just so that way you wouldn't be alone here and you'd have someone to keep you company. They just wanted to keep you strapped to the table all day long, they weren't going to feed you or bathe you but I got them to let me take care of you."

"Thank you, Andy," I said quietly.

"It's the least I can do, they just want me studying you," he said. "I can at least try to make you more comfortable and at least slightly happy. Even though I am one hundred percent confident that you aren't happy here and that makes complete sense. You shouldn't ever be happy here no matter how comfortable I try to make you."

I nodded, gently kissing the top of Eva's head.

"I have to go to," Andy said. "Just for a little bit to go check on things and then I'll be back. Are you hungry at all? I'm sure I can sneak in something that actually tastes good."

"No, I'm not very hungry, just a little bit sleepy," I said.

"Do you need more medicine? Are you in any pain at all?" He asked.

I shook my head and Andy left the room. I sighed as I looked at Eva sadly.

"What do we do now?" I asked.

I sat her down across from me on the board and smiled softly.

"We're gonna play the funny hippo game," I said. "I'll be the pink one and then you can be the green one."

I put one hand on my lever then my other hand on her lever.

"Ready! Go!" I shouted.

I clicked the levers as fast as I could and laughed as the hippos ate all the little white beads. That grew boring after about an hour and I laid down with Eva. Andy came back about an hour after that with a small smile. He sat beside me on the bed and smiled.

"I got you a little story, are you tired?" He asked.

I nodded my head, gently resting my head on the pillow. He read me the story of the princess and the pea as I smiled softly. Andy ran his fingers through my hair, gently scratching my kitty ears as I fell asleep to his gentle touch.