I froze as the ground began to shake. I looked up in horror at the truck coming so slow yet so fast. RUN! RUN RUN! I kept telling myself. It was no use. I stood there, terrified, waiting for us too collide.

A streak of black ran out from by the bush I was trying to reach. It pinned me down just as the monster spun past us. No way. I had too many near death experiences. I smelled the familiar scent of my brother. "HOT SAUCE! You've saved me so much!" I buried my face in his warm fur.

His eyes were sad. "Maruca, I'm sorry. I should have listened to you when you said to wait it out. I just had to see Our Mom! To let her know we were okay. Instead, you nearly died! I'm so so sorry!" His pale green eyes glistened. "Hey, don't be sad. We all make mistakes. You still saved me. Several times actually" I leaned up and licked his nose comfortingly. He got off of me and helped me to my paws. "Come on. Let's go tell mom we survived!"

I smiled. My brother cheered up so quickly when the right words were said. We pounded across the street and my Mom's face of happiness made me feel so... loved. I had a good family. And Gus might as well be part of it too. He was so loving. He was like a grandfather to me.

"I thought you guys died!" Phoebe exclaimed. "Sorry, it was my fault," I stared at my soft white paws. "Hush. We all make mistakes. Like you said," Hot Sauce meowed. Gus nodded. " We were worried little one," he licked my forehead.

"Love this family reunion but what do we do now?" Phoebe hissed "OUR TWOLEGS NEED US." Gus gestured his long fluffy tail down the street to where our twolegs were staring at their house in disbelief.

"NO." Phoebe meowed. "I won't let them take away my freedom ever again." Her tortoishell pelt began to spike up. Hot Sauce stood by his mother. "Yeah." Gus and I rolled our eyes. "Fine. We don't need twolegs, Momm- Phoebe , show us where we need to go." I hissed. Gus made another gurgling sound In his throat. Phoebe shrugged. "I guess we can live... We'll figure it out, let's just go!"

So we ran, right into the snarling muzzle of a huge dog.