(sorry it took so long and is so short)<br/><br/><br/>Ben watched in horror as the monster was aware of his presence. It was obviously the beating in his chest that helped it see him, he thought: it had beat so hard that he could feel the pulse in his paws.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 116%;">"Maybe I should just eat you, my sister needs some energy and you would be a nice snack to hold her off till I could hunt for us...." her voice coming out in a low growl as she licked at him </span></span></span><br/><br/>As soon as it spoke, he felt as if he were going to burst into a painful sob, but he couldn't; it was if he were frozen solid. The feeling of moisture on his fur broke his paralysis and made him tremble furiously. His limbs shook, almost convulsively so, but no sound came from him. What made it worse is that the monster flashed a smile, his cat eyes had allowed him to catch a gleam of the horrendous sight of its menacing teeth.<br/><br/><span style="color: #FF0000"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 116%;"> "I am only joking. My name is Hilda...that is my sister Yumi..." she nodded to the smaller female. "What would be your name cub?"</span></span></span><br/><br/>Ben could till by the name the beast had that it was a girl. She may have thought that what she said was funny, but right now Ben was really wishing she would get rid of him. The mix of feelings occurring in him was making him sick. She had called him a "cub". What did that mean? She spoke of the other, using the word "sister" his master had used a word like that once. When she asked his name he instinctively reached for his collar but it was gone. His ears lied flat and he uttered a choked response "B- Ben- n-n-," he said in a wavering tone " M-M-My n-n-name i-is-s B-Ben-n," he sounded as if he were going to cry and his eyes were brimming. He was still feeling for his collar and eventually the combination of the entire situation; the pain, the fear, the confusion, and the sadness,made his tears overflow and his cries came out in cough-like wines.