J A Evans

Suddenly she heard the sound of voices, echoing from the darkness outside. Opening the window wider and straining her ears, she screwed up her face in an effort to make sense of the muffled words in the distance. Two voices, one was definitely female shouting hysterically, "NO¦ STOP IT, Noooo¦. Intermingling with the high pitch voice, she was sure she could hear deep, menacing male tones, but she could make no sense of his words. ....................................... Inside was a small metallic object. Pushing her glasses up her nose, she carefully tipped it out into her hand.

A soft pink glow lit up the eight compartments inside and the tiny locks on top of the wire doors, glinted in the eerie light. Katie cooed at the creatures locked inside the cubicles and dropped in a few silver grains for them to eat, but her eyes flashed red as she peered into the top left-hand section. Cogrose was missing.