Kat paced back and forth, listing off one animal after another. Without warning, Jen suddenly appeared and announced her presence by demanding of Kat, "What do you think you are doing? Coming here was a very dangerous and bad idea."
Kat grinned and then pointing at Duke and Dan, she explained, "I came here to force their hand. As I explained to you."
Jen grit her teeth and then replied, "You explained that you thought your brother and my brother were planning something. You said nothing about coming here."
Kat shook her head and then commented in an off-hand sort of way, "Whatever. The point is that I caught these two planning to steal and then actually attempting to take by force my necklace. And I know for a fact if it hadn't been my necklace, they would have tried to take yours."
Jen placed a hand to her chest, cupping what Dan could clearly see was another necklace. After a bit, she lowered her hand and then asked, "So what are we going to do?"
Kat grinned and then explained, "You remember how a couple years ago begged your mom to get you a pet...one being a dog and the other option being that you wanted a mouse? You remember how cut you thought the mouse was?"
Jen nodded and Kat continued by explaining, "I think the best way to keep these two in lines is to keep them within eyesight at all times. Would you like Dan or Mike?"
Jen looked at Dan and then at her former brother, Mike, and then said, "I take Mike."
Kat nodded and then grinning, she turned to Dan and Mike and began to mutter something. Next to Dan, Mike tried in vain to struggle, but the spell held him firmly in place.
A burning sensation and Dan squealed aloud in pain, wanting suddenly to get away. Faster then it happened last time, blackness swept over her consciousness and for a couple of hours, Dan knew of nothing but the black pit that she had fallen into.
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When Dan came to, it was to find a soft, grass like material pressing into her white, furry body. Burrowing deeper, Dan checked and was immediately disappointed to find that the body was indeed female. Suddenly a voice boomed out, "Aren't you the cute one," and Dan felt her body go ridged as she tried to remain out of site.
The voice, which Dan realised was Kat's, explained, "I think this will keep you in line and keep you from trying to steal what's not rightfully yours."
A laughter and then Kat explained, "You’re going to be like that for a long time. And I do mean a long time. So you might as well get used to life as an immortal mouse," and then laughing a bit more, she left, leaving Dan alone to explore her new cage...which she found to be connected to two others by a series of connecting pipes, but devoid of life except for her.