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Misty shades of black painted the sky, shimmering white stars dotted through it between the translucent clouds that slowly passed by. Luminous light burst from the large, oval pane of glass that lead into a welcoming apartment block.

Inside Gummy's apartment, Gummy himself was slouched against the cushions placed on his pastel green sofa, an arm wrapped around his girlfriend. (Y/n) was curled up beside her boyfriend, snuggled into his side as he held her close.

Kala and Harry sat towards the other side of the comfy furniture, eyes fixed to the TV. Gummy was also paying attention, a beaming smile across his face and interest swimming through his cobalt eyes. However, (Y/n) was a little distracted by Harry and her sister across the couch.

Tonight was supposed to be a night just for Gummy and (Y/n), but Kala and Harry had insisted that they come along too. This had made (Y/n) a little agitated, but since Gummy didn't really seem to mind, she became a little more relaxed.

The cheerful music boomed through the room as the show they had been waiting for began.

"Welcome to episode 105 of... Extreme Makeover: Gingerbread House Baking Edition!" The enthusiastic voice from the flat screen TV cried.

Smiles crossed Kala, Harry and Gummy's faces as the show began.

"We've seen 104 episodes already?" Harry asked rhetorically, sounding almost amazed.

"Wow! I only thought it was 102!" Kala added.

Suddenly, the chirpy music from the television came to an unexpected halt, changing the happy expressions to more confused ones.

The word 'paused' was written in large, bubbly yellow letters against the screen. "Oh come on you can't possibly still be watching 'Extreme Makeover: Gingerbread House Baking Edition'?!" The voice from the screen cried, sounding more frustrated, and gave a puzzled vibe to his viewers as they wondered how he knew how many episodes they'd seen...

Gummy slid his arm from (Y/n)'s shoulder, stretching his fingers down to the seat where the remote was perched. He pointed it towards the screen, his thumb ready to press the buttons.

"How many times do we have to tell you!? Yes we are!" Gummy replied, sounding a little irritated. He pressed a button on the shiny grey remote that caused the programme to continue.

Gummy smiled as the show continued, showing multiple images of delicious looking gingerbread houses. He chucked the remote back onto the couch and wrapped his arm back around (Y/n)'s shoulders.

"Pass the chocolate covered, ketchup flavoured cream puffs, please!" Gummy politely asked his friends, although he revived no response. Kala and Harry were too engrossed in the currently playing TV show to notice Gummy's request.

(Y/n) giggled, slightly shifting her position so she could grab one of the said cream puffs that were perched against the table in front of the couch. She held it gently towards Gummy's smiling mouth, watching as he took a bite from it. She giggled as he chewed quickly and happily.

Kala and Harry watched across the sofa, still happy that (Y/n) and Gummy were finally together. However, Harry's attention and gaze suddenly snapped back to the TV as he heard an unusual sound. He also thought he saw something moving across the magenta cabinet below the TV at quite a pace.

"Woah... what was that?" Harry asked.

Kala turned her attention from her sister and Gummy back to the TV, confusion painted across her face.

"I saw something, but I'm pretty sure it was nothing." Kala replied.

Gummy continued to become frustrated by his friend's conversations. "Less talk, more TV!" he added, gesturing towards the screen.

Kala continued watching the TV as Harry reluctantly turned his attention from the cabinet back to the screen.

Seconds later, the small, squeaky sound echoed from the cabinet towards Harry as he turned his panicked gaze back towards it.

"There it is again!" He blurted out.

"So what!?" Kala shrugged, beginning to sound irritated by Harry's constant interruption.

"I think it's a-" Harry began, quivering to the point that he couldn't finish his sentence.

Kala sighed, turning her posture towards Harry. "What? What is it?"

"A m-m-m..." Harry began, stuttering between every attempt to announce what he thought the sound could be coming from.

Gummy and (Y/n) slid from their cuddling position, turning to Harry with concern across their faces.

"A mailman?" Gummy tried to guess what could follow from Harry's stuttering.

"A motorcycle?" (Y/n) suggested.

"A mosaic? A megaphone? A melting pot?" Gummy continued to throw his guesses out there.

"It was a m-m-mouse!" Harry suddenly blurted out, overcoming his anxious shaking.

A panicked expression spread across Gummy, Kala and (Y/n)'s faces as they processed what he'd said.

"A m-m-mouse!?" They repeated, anxiety and panic flowing through their voices.

All four of them leapt into each other's grasp, shrieking in fear.

~

Shuddering voices filled the air as Kala peeked her head from behind the sofa, quivering with anxiety. She watched with distress from just above the top of the back cushion, waiting for the rodent return into her view.

Harry was quivering behind the comfy furniture, hands against his ears to block any sound. Gummy was crouched beside him, both arms wrapped around (Y/n)'s back as she trembled.

Gummy turned his view from his terrified girlfriend towards where Kala was watching. He slid his hand from (Y/n)'s body into her hands, grasping them as he rose himself until his view also shot over the back cushion.

"I don't see him..." Kala trembled, her gaze shifting to Gummy as he popped up across the other side of the furniture.

"I'm too scared to look..." Harry stuttered, his body shaking as he squeezed his eyes shut.

Gummy and Kala plopped back onto the floor, watching Harry's anxiety with concerned expressions.

"Oh, rats! I can't believe we have a mouse! That's such hard cheese!" Gummy cried, his fingers still intertwined with his girlfriend's.

"What if it's plotting against us!?" Harry blurted out, nibbling his fingertips with fear. "What if it has some strange mouse-ian disease, like mouse-pox or mouse-flu!? Or foot mouse!?" He listed with panic in his voice.

"Worse! What if it wants to tango!?" Kala added, gripping her knees with panic.

(Y/n) giggled, sitting up a little to face her sister. "Why would it-"

Gummy gently pulled his hands from (Y/n)'s, jumping back up to a standing stance. "No, no, no! There will be no tangoing on my watch!" He cried with determination.

"Wait a minute - there are four of us and only one of him! Plus, we're bigger!" Gummy continued, adding some positivity to the situation.

"Come on team... LET'S GET HIM!" He cried, earning determined expressions from Kala and (Y/n), but a more nervous look from Harry.

~

"Here mousey mousey..." Harry said nervously while slowly tiptoeing across the living room. He had a fishing rod firmly in his grasp with a chunk of golden cheese dangling from the opposite end.

Kala slowly followed him, a net in her grasp and a nervous expression across her face. Gummy was close behind, holding a pillow above his head with one hand and a trembling (Y/n) with the other.

Kala narrowed her eyes as she noticed something move against the wall. "Oh! I think I see something!" She cried, throwing her net towards the wall. It bounced from the wall as Kala noticed her mistake.

"Oh wait, no, that was just our shadows..." She admitted, humiliation across her expression and within her tone. (Y/n) giggled, but soon felt a tugging in the opposite direction from Gummy.

"I've got something! I've got something!" Harry cried, hope in his voice that pulled Kala and (Y/n)'s attention towards him.

(Y/n) giggled as she saw he boyfriend nibbling at the cheese slice that hung against the bait of Harry's fishing rod, munching away.

"Do you mind!? I'm eating here!" Gummy cried, sounding slightly frustrated, but smiling a little as he heard his girlfriend's adorable laugh.

Suddenly, the sound of squeaking caught Kala and (Y/n)'s attention. Kala crawled across the ground on all fours, heading to the corner of the room where the unusual sound seemed to be coming from.

(Y/n) slid her hand from Gummy's as she couldn't help but follow her sister, as if there was temptation to follow the mouse pulling her in. Her pupils became thin lines as she crawled close behind Kala.

Gummy and Harry watched with interest, as well as slight concern. The kitty sisters dashed towards the corner of the room, before quickly snapping out of their trance. Their thin pupils returned to normal as their gazes met each other's out of pure embarrassment, shooting up from their crawling positions.

"They scare... yet excite me when they do that..." Harry whispered to himself, earning a displeased and slightly jealous look from his green pal.

However, Gummy's smile returned as he watched Kala and (Y/n) attempt to capture the tiny white rodent that had now come back into view.

As Kala reached out to grasp the mouse, the fluffy rodent managed to swiftly crawl up her arm and snuggled into her navy blue hair. She quickly shot up as she felt the tiny feet of the mouse crawling across her head.

"Kala! It's on your head!" Harry cried from further behind her. (Y/n) watched from beside her with shock in her eyes.

"I know that!" Kala screeched in anger and frustration. "Get it get it get it!!!" She screamed, bouncing up and down with hope to knock the rodent from within her hair.

"What do we do?" Harry thought aloud.

"Hold still!" Gummy cried, picking up the beige pillow that was plopped on the ground beside him.

Harry turned to Gummy with panic in his eyes. "Wait, is this a good idea, Gummy?"

Gummy chuckled. "What are ya, a wussy pussy!?"

He sent himself flying into the air with a strong jump, the soft material crashing against Kala's head. The mouse managed to escape, with the pressure of the collision causing Kala to pass out. She landed against the (Y/n) with a thud, sending the both of them crashing against the ground with another thud.

Gummy watched with panic swimming through his azure eyes. He held the pillow back into his chest, terrified of his friend and girlfriend's condition. He turned to Harry, who stood with his hands over his mouth to hide his gasp.

"Uh oh..."

~

Both Kala and (Y/n) layed collapsed against the jade sofa, closed eyes and fast breathing. Harry wofted a tissue in front of both their faces, hoping the air being pushed forward would wake them up. Gummy stood by his side, a glass of water in one hand and a concerned look on his face.

"Kala! (Y/n)! Wake up! Wake up!" Harry cried, beginning to lose hope.

Gummy took his glass of clear, transparent water as threw it over the two sisters, the liquid sprinkling over both their faces.

Relief washed over Gummy and Harry as they watched Kala and (Y/n)'s eyes flicker open in response to the cold liquid. They both gasped with confusion, sitting up slightly and processing what had happened.

However, within a few seconds, both their pupils became thin lines, looking as though their irises had been slit. Angry expressions crossed both their faces as they sent thundering hisses across the room.

The violent volume of the sound sent Gummy and Harry bouncing onto the ground behind them, confusion and fear painted across their faces.

Gummy smirked as his jelly butt squashed against the floorboards. "Wow, that was something else..." he thought aloud, earning a chuckle from Harry.

"At least they're OK..." he added.

However, as they turned their attention back to the kitty sisters, they noticed how they were continuing the crawl across the ground on all fours. They continued to send ear-piercing hisses and growls towards Gummy and Harry as they edged closer.

The boys dusted themselves off as they rose from their seated positions.

"I'm sorry for whacking you..." Gummy said sheepishly, guilt rising inside him as he watched (Y/n) clawing across the ground in front of him.

Both Kala and (Y/n) hissed intensely in response. Harry stood forward, his fear slowly fading away as bravery took control. He took a deep breath before speaking.

"Not sure what you just said, but anyway, don't be mad at Gummy! It was an accident!" He tried to lighten the mood.

"A direct, perfectly calculated, and brilliantly executed accident!" Gummy added, although he just recieved more head-splitting hisses.

Gummy held an arm across Harry to protect his pal, not knowing what the girls were now capable of.

"Uh... is it just me, or are they acting like they don't know us..?" Gummy asked nervously.

"Yeah... what's up? You're acting like-"

Harry was interrupted by growls and hisses as Kala leapt into a nearby cardboard box, soon tearing it to pieces, while (Y/n) leapt onto Gummy's bright pink beanbag, ripping holes in the material.

"WILD CATS!?" Gummy and Harry cried in realisation as well as unison.

"Oh no!" Gummy continued, panic and fear about the current situation swimming through his cobalt eyes.

Harry watched as Kala played with the pieces of cardboard that she'd ripped to shreds.

"Do all cats do that?"

Kala then leapt onto the wall, her claws digging into it so she could climb all the way onto the ceiling. Gummy watched as she began to dig holes into the ceiling, chunks of the material flying across the room.

"Maybe we should tie them up before things get too crazy!"

"Like they aren't already!"

Kala landed neatly on all fours, jumping across the room to join her sister, who was still prising into the beanbag's magenta material. She joined in, her claws ripping into it and sending the fluffy cotton inside all across the floor.

Gummy quietly snuck up behind them, a rope in his hands. He swung it like a lasso, sending it sliding over both Kala and (Y/n). They noticed the string wrapping them together, resulting in Kala playing with it and (Y/n) trying to prise it from her body.

Gummy stood beside them in a proud pose. Harry came closer, a more comfortable and reassured expression across his face.

"Ya know, even though they're vicious wild animals who will probably try and scratch my eyes out, they do look kinda cute..."

Gummy processed his buddy's words, his gaze fixed on (Y/n). He couldn't resist admitting that he did think she was cute like this...

'Ugh! Focus!'

He quickly snapped back into reality, crouching down to gently grasp the clawed paws of the girl's legs.

"Stay focused, Harry!" He demanded, as Harry quickly grasped the sister's shoulders.

Gummy and Harry carried Kala and (Y/n) across the room, somehow managing to avoid being bitten...

~

Both Kala and (Y/n) were now perched against a wooden chair each, their movement restricted by rope that surrounded them. They wriggled as much as they could, hoping their movement would release them.

"Kala! (Y/n)! Get ahold of yourselves!" Harry cried in distress, the volume of his voice barely high enough to hear over the sound of growling.

"Oh... yelling at them! Maybe that'll work!" Gummy thought aloud, preparing himself to do just that.

"KALA! (Y/N)! WE ARE ALL FRIENDS HERE!!!" Gummy screamed as Kala continued to hiss while (Y/n) watched him, her vicious body language seeming to relax.

Harry dashed from the front door, returning quickly with a large cardboard box of Kala and (Y/n)'s old things, from toys to ninja weapons. Gummy turned to him and smiled.

He dug his hand through the box, selecting a couple of ninja stars that were buried underneath the other items.

"Oh wait! Your ninja stars were your favourite!" Gummy gestured towards Kala, an anxious Harry stood beside him.

"Please, Gummy, no!" Harry begged.

"Don't you want them to get better!?" Gummy continued, passing the ninja equipment to Harry.

Harry trembled as he slowly edged towards Kala, holding out the ninja stars in his quivering hand.

Kala cheekily smirked, swiftly snatching them with the end of her azure blue tail and sending them across the living room. The ninja stars chased Harry, causing him to shriek in panic as he reached the wall with nowhere else to run to. The silver, metal stars just managed to miss him as he crouched against the window.

Gummy chuckled, turning back to the box and digging throw the many pieces of previously used equipment. He managed to land his grasp against a pair of nunchucks, pulling them from the bottom of the box and into his view with enthusiasm.

He turned to (Y/n), who was still wriggling with discomfort from the rope that strapped her to the wooden seat. Gummy chuckled softly, gesturing the pair of nunchucks towards her. (Y/n) wrapped the end of her (f/c) tail around the metal sticks, swinging them above her head. The chain between them eventually caused them to swing towards Gummy, bonking against the top of his head.

"Ouch..."

~

After many attempts at trying to get the kitty sister's memories back, Gummy and Harry had finally given up with the items in the frayed cardboard container.

Gummy stood with one hand on a hip and the other's fingertips against his chin, deep in thought. An idea suddenly sparked into his mind.

"Oh! Maybe we can hug your memories back into you!" Gummy guessed, signalling that Harry should join in with his next plan.

Harry groaned while reluctantly coming closer, reaching his arms towards Kala. Hesitantly, he attempted to embrace his friend, only to be met with an attack of scratches and claw marks. He winced in pain.

Gummy watched in discomfort, although he hoped that he wouldn't recieve the same reaction from (Y/n). He innocently tossed his arms around his girlfriend's shoulders.

However, the sound of growling and scraping claws soon followed. Gummy shrieked in pain, grasping his scratched chest with disappointment in his eyes. It felt as though someone else had taken over (Y/n), which filled Gummy with sadness. He ran from the living room towards his bathroom.

"Woah! Sharp claws! Sharp claws!"

Harry reluctantly edged closer to the wild kitty sisters, shuddering in fear. He was greeted with sliced irises and ear-piercing growls.

"Why don't you remember us!?" Harry screamed, disappointment and almost anger filling his voice as his shoulders sunk down low.

Gummy returned to the living room, now recovered from his aggressive cat scratches, standing beside the 'box of things' with a confused expression.

"Maybe they need something... maybe they need something money can't buy!" Gummy said, a smile crossing his face just as though a magnificent idea had just entered his mind.

He dug his hands into the final few items crammed in the box, pulling out a paper heart and a fluffy teddy bear.

"Here girls, commercial love!" Gummy cried, however he did sound a little nervous. He hesitantly tossed the items into their laps.

Kala glared towards the teddy plush, slight confusion and interest in her emerald green eyes. She aggressively ripped the head from the plush with her wild cat fangs, tossing it's body across the room with the head still grasped with her teeth. (Y/n) took the ruby red paper heart with her sharp teeth, biting it