[Demonskid]

Rin clumsily bounded after her, scared that if she stayed behind something would get her. The closer she got the harder it was to breath.

[Wicked]

She idly batted at the pearls and tried to ignore the nagging thought tugging at the back of her mind. Something was VERY wrong in that shop. The smell.. it was... bad. She remembered enough to know that was a bad smell.

Simone's back rippled. She knew what it was.

Smoke. Fire. Pain.

If anyone had glanced down the alley at the moment all they would have seen was a silver and purple streak bursting forth from the crate and leap into the open window of the shop. Simone dashed all around looking for the source of the smoke. The fire. The pain. Her prized silk hung from her mouth and she looked around wildly. It was those papers over there. Her tail swished back and forth. The papers were on fire. Fire needs to breathe. She tossed the gorgeous bit of fabric on top the conflagration.

It melted. There was still smoke.

It burned. There was still fire and.. there would be pain.

Anguish filled Simone's very being. She had tried and failed. The silk wasn't enough! A mournful wail escaped her whiskered lips. "It's not enough."

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Aware of the fire and now the presence of an unknown cat, Mirri hissed loudly as she all but flew into the shop proper. The counter was in flames and the tight packed trinkets and antiques that they had all lived among for so long were catching fast, the fire spreading from dusty relic to dusty relic. An old candy tin rolled off a shelf, hot and smoking.

"Get out!" she shouted, half at the strange cat and half at no one in particular. "Get out, get out!" She bolted half up the stairs while shouting at the other cats before grabbing Rin on her way back down and squeezing herself and the kitten out of the window. Behind them the sounds of the fire were growing and she could hear the others clammering upstairs to escape before the fire filled the building.

A red gold streak that was Ciaran seemed to sail through the window such that Mirri was only just sure that she had seem him at all, followed by Zmey's retreating tail. A desperate cat could find more than one way to escape and she hoped that the others were doing just that as the fire chased the cats out of the shop.

(("borrowed" a few characters to move things along. Hope you guys don't mind. Feel free to add, edit, or tweak if you have an idea.))

[Wicked]

Simone didn't know what to do she was so confused. The smoke was getting thick and for the love of codfish what if the cat that hissed at her thought she had something to do with the fire? It was absurd! She sacrificed some fine fabric trying to save this bunch of... ooh she wasn't feeling well. Sort of light headed and *cough* the smoke really getting to her now.

She huddled as close to the floor as possible. It wasn't so bad if you stayed really low. Slowly she made her way to where she thought the window was but the smoke was so thick when she looked up!

She kept her head down and listened.. maybe she would hear the other cats outside and she could follow the sounds.

[Espy]

-some time ago-

Ciaran gave a snort of annoyance, then rolled over and sat up...

...and promptly had his nose assaulted by something acrid. Smoke. It wasn't the first time he had encountered this.

The Abyssinian stood up fully now, twitching his ears to shake off the sleepiness that had overwhelmed him after the fight the day before. Suddenly a screech brought him to his senses, and he dashed clean through the window to escape the fire.

-and now...-

Ciaran skidded to a halt several paces away, the whipped back around. Was there anyone else still in there...?! He clambered halfway back through the window, yowling, slightly irked, at Mirri.

"You and Quintus had better get out here quickly."

[Demonskid]

Rin's ears were flat against her head, her fur showed signs of ash. She cried, scared. Tears made the sting of the smoke easy lightly but crying made it even harder to breath.

When Mirri picked her up she let out a shreak and curled into a ball as she was carried outside to safty.

"My Bell!" she cried. "My bell is still in there!"

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Mirri pushed herself and the kitten out the window, slightly annoyed at Ciaran but is not about to gripe with open flames behind her.

Outside shortly after the Abyssinian, Mirri ran across the street to get away from the burning building.

"Have you seen anyone else?" she asked after setting Rin on the ground. For the moment she ignores the kitten's cries for her bell, before speaking quietly that they can go in and retrived the bell later, after the fire is gone, keeping the kitten well close to her body, just in case.

[Demonskid]

Rin's body shivered so much she couldn't stand. She placed herself under Miri's body so she could hide.

[Wicked]

At last, reaching the wall, she heard some commotion outside. Simone tried to follow the sounds toward the window. She looked up and it seemed like the smoke was following her. A lot of it was headed this way. Was that good or bad?? Did it mean the window was there? She didn't know. She howled a questioning "mrow?" then leaned against the wall breathing shallow. She was scared to follow the smoke. Was it going out the window or had she gotten turned around and was headed back toward the fire. Simone called out once more then tucked her face back down into her chest, hugging the floor.

[Demonskid]

"There is someone inside still! You think they could bring my bell, Mirri?"

Rin stared at the burning shop wistfully and scared.

[DarkForbidden-Love]

Kage had first smelt the fire and assumed it to be another one of the strange things humans did occasionally. She had left he comfortable alley way to go check it out to see what she could scavenge. Kage was surprised to find apon arriving to the place were the smell was originating to see a building on fire. Kage heard the worried cry that someone and could they grap the bell. Kage froze knowing she should not get involved, but could she with a clear conscious walk alway?

Kage hissed at herself wishing she did not care and could walk away. She noticed an open window that she could reach with a little effort. Quickly looking around for something that would make an okay mask, knowing with smoke filling her lungs she would be useless. Not noticing any nearby Kage just hoped the missing cat was near the window and jumped up and into the window. The smoke was worse in here and Kage immediatly went to the floor and called, "Yo, anyone in here?"

[Funkduder]

Quintus' eye opened slowly to the crackling that was engulfing the area around him. He breathed in deeply and- "Kehhe!" Quintus coughed so hard that a black puff of some went out of his mouth. "What in the world??" He looked around from where he was brought in. The bag of ice underneath him had long melted away, giving his coat a wet, damp feeling to anyone who would dare to pet him in the fire-infested building.

"Yo, anyone in here?"

"What in the world is going on?" he called out to the voice. A lining of wooden shelves that were built into the wall gave him a path to the window where the voice came from. Swiftly and instinctively, he ran towards the voice, avoiding the fire as the shelves gave way after he lept from each of them.

[DarkForbidden-Love]

Kage heard the reply and was happy she would not be carring an uncouncious cat out of the building. "The place caught fire, you're in the fire. I'm here to get you out." She explained. Kage could not see the other cat but she could hear him moving. "I'm by the window so if you get to me you can get out of the building. If you need help call, and I'll come to help you." Kage sincerly hoped whoever the cat was it would not need help. She still had a bell to get and see if any more cats were in the building and unconcious.

[Espy]

Bells, huh. Ciaran struggled through the window and landed a bit ungracefully on the other side. Now...to find it. And Quintus. And...who the heck are those two other voices?! He padded carefully, staying low to avoid the smoke.

[DarkForbidden-Love]

Kage saw the red-brown cat jump through the window and managed to sidestep into the smoke before it saw her. It crawled away keeping close to the ground. Kage watched as it went deeper into the burning building. At least two other cats besides me. Get the bell and rescue everyone from the building was the dirrection her thought where going. She then moved out of the smoke caiughing slightly form inhalition. Keeping her head low she moved the opposite way of the red-brown cat and came across a silvery gray cat curled up and unconsious. Obviouly the cat had been attempting to make it towards the window. Kage carefully came closer to the cat and bit it lightly hoping to wake it from its rest and direct it towards the window.

[Demonskid]

Rin watched restlessly as Ciaran went inside the burning building. "What's happening to our home Miri?" she looked up at the older cat.