Chapter 264 - 264. Love Of Animals

Jane was the fastest out of the three and was using all the energy she had to stay ahead of the other two. She could feel them right behind her and she knew she could not let up her speed. However, Art and Asher had looked at each other and felt the challenge arise. 

They had been holding back and ignoring their own rivalry with each other to focus on Jane who was ahead of them. But with the end goal in sought and nothing to stop them they had their own rivalry ignite. No longer did they hold themselves to their own pace. The two burned their energy and sprinted with all their might. 

In the matter of a few steps, they came equal to Jane and didn't even allow themselves a moment's glance at her or each other. They needed to reach the school and show off their strength. This feeling reverberated through Jane as well and she attempted to run faster, yet when she did, Asher and Art also did. 

The school loomed in front of them as they pushed their limits to make it there faster, however, they didn't realize that the side gate would only allow one of them through and not all three of them side by side. This meant that they either allowed one to get through the gate or the three got stuck together. 

Their sprinting intensified as they were only a few steps away. Asher had taken the middle trying to be the first through the gate with Jane and Art at his sides. The two elbowed and pushed as Asher did the same. 

They were about to crash in to the gate with their full force when Cara stood in front of them and opened her mouth. "Stop!" this single word echoes through the neighborhood and forced the three to slow and skid to a stop covering their ears. 

None of them understood what Cara had just yelled at them so loudly and suddenly. They were stunned by the ringing in their ears while Cara had turned around to look at a cardboard box on the ground. This made the three curious and they moved to look at what she had found. 

"You three would have run right over these kittens. Someone was cold hearted enough to ditch them out here in a box on a day I am sure would have been too hot for them. Look at how cute they are? Why would someone abandoned them?" Cara was nearly in tears saying this. 

"I didn't know you cared so strongly for animals...We can call a vert or a shelter?" Jane tried her best to comfort Cara who was obviously angry and sad to see such a thing. 

"Cara has always hated those who hurt animals. I can remember that she refused to eat fish for months because she thought we were eating people's goldfish too." Asher recalled this from very early on in their childhood. 

"That's kinda cute..." Art said this under his breath but still earned a vicious glare from Cara who heard it clearly. 

"We need t make sure they are taken care of. The training is off until we find someone." Cara was putting her foot down while trying to pet the three black kittens in the box. They were just big enough to move around themselves but not able to leave the box just yet. "They must have abandoned since black cats are bad luck." 

"Hey guys, what are you all playing with?" Jackson was the first to make it there other than the rest of their group. He had come up behind everyone who was so distracted by the kittens that they had not heard him. 

"Some evil heartless wicked despicable trashy terrible evil person left kittens in this box to die here in front of the school. The school is even closed today so no one would have found them until tomorrow IF THEY WERE ALIVE." Cara lost her cool again for a moment and got too loud in her anger. 

"Oh, are you guys going to take care of them?" Jackson remained calm since he was used to such things. "If not then I will drop them off at my neighbors' house. She has the power to shift in to any animal once a day. So she's kinda perfect for training animals and also helps find them homes. Since she changes n to them she can also talk to them. It's really cool since she taught the crows to clean up trash for food rewards." Jackson just laughed at the sight of crows cleaning up trash around their block. 

"Really? You can? How long until they have a home? Will they be split up? Can she help us find the evil that left them here? We need to capture them and bring them to justice." This was the most dramatic and passionate any of them had seen Cara. This wild change left every single one of them speechless. 

"Let me call my mom. She will come over and grab them to bring to our neighbor." Jackson walked away and called his mother while the four sat looking at the kittens sleeping soundly. 

"We can check with the school if they have any footage on who left them here. The school could even press charges since they were left n the property to be found by others." Jane was sure that there would at least be some form of ticket and fine attached to leaving the kittens here. 

"Perfect! After they leave with Jackson we will go ask the school security office to deal with it. I have a friend who works there as a student assistant." Cara knew that this would solve the problem for them. She had full confidence in the security office. 

"I'm pretty glad we didn't trample the kittens. I have never had a pet but if I was home I would make sure they got to come too. It would be nice to have someone waiting for me to get home." Art tried to pet the kittens and was swatted away since the waking kitten saw him as a toy to play with. 

"What do you mean no one waits for you to get home? You live with us now. Everyone in my house would wait for you to get home." Asher was sure Art had said these things since his parents were always busy with work and wouldn't be home often. Meaning he would eat alone then go to bed alone. 

"Huh, you're right. But even still, if I could I would take these little guys home with me. The house would seem so much more full." Art stared at the kittens with tenderness since he had always wanted a pet. 

"No, wait...Asher and I could ask mom...maybe we could keep them."Cara was looking at Art with puppy dog eyes knowing that he wouldn't be able to resist her. 

"And what do we tell dad when he gets home? Hey dad, we brought a cat home without asking and you have to just deal with it? Mom also will want a phone call asking first though." Asher had not expected to be the voice of reason here. He felt that his sisters' respectability was disappearing the longer she made the pleading face to keep a kitten. 

"You could call them the three mewoskateers...just saying," Jane spoke up while looking at the box too. 

"Jane, not you too. Do these kittens have some sort of charming super power? Don't look in their eyes and allow them to capture you Art, they might get your soul next." Asher was watching as Jane too knelt down to try and play with the kittens and become completely infatuated. 

"There are kittens here! I can't believe you guy brought kittens to our practice!" Laura showed up out of nowhere and dropped her back to look at them too. "You guys really threw me off. I thought we would be training like some boring losers. But kittens are way better."

"We are going to be training...like future heroes...and the kittens should be going to a shelter to be adopted since we found them here." Asher attempted to argue against Laura but felt that he was speaking in his own world far away from his friends. 

"Hey everyone, I thought you would all be inside?" Louis was the next to arrive completely confused until he walked closer with Sammy behind him. "Oh, they're cute, wish I could touch them but they are so small that even a small accidental zap could hurt them. Cute things." Asher was glad to hear a little sense come from Louis. 

"Screw that, I'm petting the kittens!" Sammy was right there with the others trying to pet the kittens. Asher watched as Art also fell victim to them and was trying to pet them. 

"Mom, I have a great proposition for you." Cara had called her and Ashers' mother. Asher had completely lost control over anything going on and could only feel the time tick by as they all focused on the three kittens they had found. Today was already full of unexpected surprises.