Loud snores came from the alleyway, rumbling the against the surrounding walls and trash cans. Mateo slept on his back with a grungy rolled newspaper for a pillow. His eyes cracked open when weighty but soft and warm object landed on his chest. Mateo was greeted by a small black cat prodding him curiously. "Hey there little gatito" he said shifting into a seated position against a wall while looking uncertainly at the small cat. The cat hopped off of him until he adjusted and then back into his lap "You definitely don't act like a stray" he chuckled nervously. As if responding proudly to his response the cat sat up straight and looked upward to expose a red collar with a small bronze oval dangling by a shiny chain of the same color. On the oval the name<span style="font-style: italic">Duke</span>was inscribed in very official lettering.<br/><br/>"Duke?" Mateo questioned "That's more of a dog name isn't it?" Mateo searched the tag for an address to which the cat complied without issue. There wasn't an address but Mateo found a small silver plate on the back of the collar that said<span style="font-style: italic">If Found Contact: 951-111-7654</span>. "That'll be easy, since payphone's are so readily available in the twenty first century," Mateo said sarcastically to himself. The cat had busied itself by kneading one of Mateo's pant-legs. Mateo slowly moved to stand up and the cat hopped down and looked up at him expectantly "Let's go find your owner" Mateo said turning the corner to the streets. A cold breeze made Mateo shiver<span style="font-style: italic">"This city is great but these rags are not doing much for the weather around here,"</span>he thought.<br/><br/>Passing a window with a TV in the display, the news displayed a grateful woman smiling and talking about how one of the Titans had saved her life from a mugger last night<br/><br/>"Which one do you think it was?" The interviewer questioned<br/><br/>"Um I don't know his name, but he was a sight to see! He had these spikes all over and he shot four of them and pinned the guy to the wall, it was incredible!"<br/><br/>"You heard it here, Jump City; We can all rest easy knowing that the Teen Titans are back and better than ever, this is Michelle Lee signing off"<br/><br/>Mateo was both pleased and a bit uneasy with what the woman said. Pleased because it made him look like a hero but it worried him slightly that one of these days, these Titan guys would come to deal with this "Poser". Maybe they'd try to get rid of him, or teach him a lesson about pretending to be one of them. Mateo shook his head to focus himself before continuing his search for a payphone "Let's focus on getting you home, gatito,"