[center][i][h2][color=red][b] A Street Unknown, and Eventually, An Abandoned Warehouse [/b][/color][/h2][/i][/center]
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	Serephina wandered up and down the city streets with her beloved feline padding behind her, occasionally running off to chase a moving something she saw out of the corner of her eye. [i][color=red] "Come back here you!" [/color][/i] Serephina yelled with a smile. She loved this cat more than anything or anyone in the world. Odette was all she had left. The speckled gray and black feline obeyed her master's commands and came running back. As she always did, Odette sat down at her feet and waited for Serephina's command to jump and be caught in her arms. [i][color=red] "Get up here." [/color][/i] she said softly. Immediately, Odette jumped straight up and was caught in a cradling position. 
	They continued to wander the same direction until the buildings got more and more sparse. She was on the more dangerous side of Chicago. This place's crime rate was sky high so she was a tad scared wandering through this area with nothing more than a cat and a small, rusty hunting knife. She only needed to move fast, and stay out of sight, two of the things she was best at. Her plan was to get out of town but stay close just in case she needed something important from a store. She never stole money or any large value items. Her criminal instinct wasn't that strong and she always felt guilty stealing the food she had to. But she had come to grips with the fact that it needed to be done and she couldn't change her situation. Not easily anyway. It wasn't worth going back to her grandparent's house which she hated so much. She could make it on her own just fine. She had for a long time.
	Odette had fallen asleep in Serephina's arms, as she always did, and was purring loudly. In the quiet of the empty streets, her purr sounded like a tank rolling over a gravel road. That sound had never failed to calm her. She hadn't realized how far she had walked untill she looked up, and was approaching an abandoned warehouse that looked a little scary. This was however, too good to be true. Here she was wandering around with her cat, with no place to go and she should stumble upon this? Things seemed to be going better than they normally did for her. 
	She woke Odette with a gentle tap on her forehead and ordered her to jump in the open pouch of her backpack where she always hid when she needed to be out of Serephina's way. She jumped in without hesitation and poked her head out in excitement about the new scenery around her. Serephina crouched low and ran up to the right side of the building and looked behind it. Nothing. She peeked her head around the corner where the front door should be. She was expecting to see a big, heavy door that looked like what belonged on a barn but there was no door at all. [i][color=red] Could this get any easier? [/color][/i] Serephina scoffed at the simplicity of the situation and sauntered into the place with confidence. It looked exactly like an abandoned warehouse should: cold stone floors that were cracked from time without renewal or purposeful damage and walls that were so rotted and old that they looked like they could collapse on her at any second. However she was confused as to why the wooden supports were in such good condition. How does that work? She then noticed there was a flight of stairs in one corner of the room that ascended upward. She wondered what was up there. . . [i][color=red] "Odette, go see!" [/color][/i] she whispered and pointed in the direction of the stairs. As commanded, Odette jumped out of the backpack, crawled over to the first step and bounded up to the fifth. Her mouth was wide open to check for any scents. Her ears were fully extended and turning every which way to pick up any sounds but she found nothing. She looked back at Serephina and uttered a small squeak to let her know the coast was clear. Serephina grabbed her backpack and walked rather quickly over to the stairs. These things looked like a death trap all on their own. She wasn't even sure they could hold her weight. Thinking she could make it if she didn't stay on one step for too long, she decided now would be a good time to use her speed.
	She closed her eyes, preparing to use her power and felt the ground sink under her feet as she gathered the energy she needed. Then she released it with an explosive gust of air and the next thing she knew, she was at the top of the stairs. Her powers came in handy in situations like this. Odette gracefully climbed the stairs and came to a rest at Serephina's feet. She meowed loudly. [i][color=red] "Hush! We don't know who or what could be in here. Do you want to be caught and eaten?" [/color][/i] Serephina whispered harshly. Odette laid down and tucked her paws under her in a nonchalant manner as if she hadn't done anything wrong. 
	Serephina wandered around the new floor she was on and noticed that it was in a tad bit better condition than the first. There was however, different gangs' graffiti on the walls. She admired graffiti. To most people, it was idiotic vandalism, but to her, it was art. As she was taking in the scene around her, she noticed a rather large door. She approached and examined it while Odette watched her. Whatever was behind this door, she wanted in.