[Espy]

Still hanging in the window, Ciaran muttered, "Oh....shit." Your fault, Ciaran! Why why why why whyyyyy do you have to be so...arghhh.

"Mirri, I-- ...Sorry. Mind hiding the kits in the back of the shop? This might get...nasty," he growled, as he dropped down to the ground on the other side of the door. At least a dozen rats....This was not going to be easy. Ciaran arched his back, took a menacing step forward, and hissed threateningly, hoping to scare away some of the murderous rats.

When that failed to do anything, he charged at the one right in front of him, and was immediately hidden from sight from the many others that threw their screaming selves at his back.

((Yes, I need help here. >.>))

[Mirror Gardens]

Throughout the conversation between the other cats, Zmey had remained silently where she was. She had still been dubious of the possible invitation that had been offered to go inside the building they seemed to inhabit. It was always odd dealing with domesticated felines. However when the swarm of vermin emerged from their hiding places she had quickly stood up and took a defensive position. She normally had no issues with rats, but these ones in particular looked a little more than hostile. Things seemed to happen quickly. One moment the cats were talking, next the Abyssinian was back on the ground and attempting to scare off the rat pack with a hiss. When that failed he charged one.

A part of her mind briefly wondered if the cat had ever been in a real fight. But then again, just because they seemed domestic now didn’t mean they were necessarily always domestic. Either way, when rest of the rats leapt onto the cat’s back and obscured him from view she couldn’t sit idle anymore. Quickly closing the gap between her and the other cats and the rats, Zmey charged into the skirmish located the Abyssinian. Letting out a threatening hiss of her own she clamped her jaws around the neck of one of the rat’s on the cat’s back and ripped it off, flinging it into the nearest wall.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Mirri grabbed Jinx by the scruff of the neck and hopped to a high shelf, the one where Rin had taken to hiding, and left the kitten there with orders to "stay put." She immidiately hopped back on the floor and ran to the open window.

Again she set herself on the window sill, determined to keep any rat from making it's way inside the shop. Her hefty claws at the ready, she took a swipe at any rat that made it near enough to the window to be in range.

As Zmey sent rats flying, Mirri hooked one and brought it quickly to her mouth to snap it's neck. Dinner for one...

[Poggio]

Jinx was not sure what was going on when Mirri grabbed him and put him next to Rin. He gave a quick glance to Rin then hopped off the shelf not wanting to be left alone. Whatever was going on outside must be more exciting then sitting on a shelf. Not only that but Jinx was horrible at following directions. He bounced back towards the kitchen and the window peering over he saw the other cats in the alley way. He wondered why they were attacking the other cats with smaller tails.

[Funkduder]

Everything moved at fast pace for Quintus. Ciaran gets toppled, Mirri and the newcomer join the fight, and pretty soon, Quintus himself was pouncing into the crowd. Most of them seemed to attack Ciaran, which let him make steady work of some of them, but in the back of his mind, he knew that Ciaran had to be free of the rats if they were to overtake these things. Quintus ran towards Ciaran after killing his second rat, swiping the ones that tried to get in his way as he moved hastily towards his friend.

[Espy]

((Gawd that's a lot of posts.))

[Espy]

Ciaran had downed maybe two rats, and now grabbed a third by the tail, flinging it at the wall with his jaws. It had been a while since he'd needed to fight anything, and his skills had gotten...rusty, to say the least. He batted at another one. When the hell did I get this slow...? he thought to himself, pledging to eat less than he had for the past few months.

[Poggio]

(( XD I'll save you Ciaran... or try))

Jinx saw that Ciaran was getting tired against the invaders. Taking a deep breath, the little kitten decided he had much to make up for especially his previous hiding under the table at the voices. Since his friends thought the unsual cats were hostile so would Jinx. Using what little natural jungle instinct he had as an ocelot, Jinx leap from his perch and crashed wildly into the rat that Ciaran was batting at. Once he flattened the rat he sank his jaws into the dirty brown fur trying to mimic Mirri.

[Funkduder]

Seeing Jinx run into the battle only increased his fury as he began to rampage through the crowd of rats, desperately trying to protect those he knew and cared about. He knew it wouldn't last long since there were already rats crawling onto him through his blind side. They were digging into his skin and his vision was getting dimmer than normal.

((Quintus won't hold out if the battle drags on much longer))

[Mirror Gardens]

As the fight progressed more of the cats jumped into the fray. The number of rats seemed to keep growing. Zmey had managed to take out at least five rats when a little kitten seemed to belly flop out of the window and onto a rat near the Abyssinian. Pausing to observe the kitten’s little fighting demonstration, she had to admit the kitten’s courage was impressive…Still fights were no place for kittens, especially domestic ones. Running over to the small ocelot she grabbed it by the scruff of his neck with her jaws and tossed him back into the window. Turning back to the fight at hand, she swiped at a rat that had been coming at her from behind. Quickly locating the other domestics, she spotted the Blue Russian being blind sided by the seemingly never ending swarm of rats. Letting out a feral hiss, she leapt over to the cats aid and began ripping the rodents away from his side.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Not pleased, was the mood going to Mirri's head at the moment, especially as Jinx hopped into the fight too. The kitten seemed to have the rigth idea, but was certiainly not ready for any actually fighting. She reacted quickly to Zmey's toss, making sure the kitten landed in the window and not fall back out again, accidentally or not.

Figuring it was better to give the kitten something productive sounding to do rather than risk her jump back into the fight again, Mirri put the kitten beside her. "Do lot let any of them in the window. Knock them off the wall." She demonstrated the idea with a fast swipe to the next rat that appeared in range.

Having killed three rats with her practiced bite and wounding a couple more that came within reach, Mirri focused instead on swiping at the rats and trying to keep them away from the main brawl rather than trying to kill each one. Several rats already decided that vengeance for their comrade wasn't worth getting killed. She half-hung her back end into the store, but had her front paws against the outside wall to get better swipes that the mob of rats.

[Espy]

A slightly amused Ciaran watched as the kit was tossed back into the window, but his curiosity was more piqued at the new female. She fights! he thought, wondering how she was so adept. Caught in his thinking, he didn't notice a rat bite onto his tail. With a sharp screech, he whipped around, accidentally hitting Quintus in the process, but effectively making it loosen its hold. With startling speed, he clamped his jaws down on his fifth rat.

[Funkduder]

It took a hit to the head in order to snap Quintus' consciousness back into reality. He was a little tired, but his adrenaline was rushing through and after dropping onto a few rats with his metallic side, he had an idea. Swiping left and right, Quintus listened for the the rats for when they climb onto the side of his head. When he hears that noise, he slams that side of his head to the ground, killing the rat. Although the clang of metal hurt his ear, it was well worth the cost. Ten rats dead? Twenty? ... Or maybe they weren't, but injured may as well work the same with the amount of rats now fleeing the area.
"Know your place, vermin!" Quintus shouted as he lifted his head triumphantly. He was seeing red again, but he felt that the red looked more like a prize of the 'hunt' than a mark of murder. "So this is how those big cats from the box must feel. I'm alive!" he thought, as a new light began to shine down the alleyway.

[Poggio]

The young kitten stood disorientated wobbled but regained his barrings enough to swipe at the air. When he came to his senses he saw a alley way full of dead bodies and a beat up Quintus. The cat looked pretty beat up. He bounced away from Mirri, through the crowd of bodies over to him. What do I do? He found one of Quintus wounds and tried to nurse the giant cat back to health with his tongue. The taste of old pennies made his mouth twist, but if it stopped the bleeding he would. Suddenly his ears twitched at the sound of another noise. He quickly looked in the direction where the rats came from, to see a large, lithe, caramel colored paw slide out of the shadows from behind a grey metal bin. Slowly a growl and a muzzle came from the darkness.

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Is the plan to go by turns here or post when people are of a mind to? I'm okay either way. We've just seemed to hit a block here. Looks like Zmey would be up.

[Funkduder]

((post whenever. I'm at a writers block right now))