As it turned out, Nyx wasn't able to sleep for very long. More of her friends showed up and they tickled her awake. Chase was willing to let that slide, for a while anyway, but they overstepped their bounds when they started hurting her. Chase glanced at Nyx and saw her bleeding. He saw some sort of blurry figure as his mind recognized the clawed kitty Zero. Chase never let his eyes leave the road for very long, but he glanced over long enough to reach out with his nearer hand and grab the cat by the scruff of its neck.<br/><br/>Chase held the creature in front of him so he could watch the road through its still-foggy figure. "Bad kitty," he said to it. Chase could see the blur moving and thrashing these little tendrils that must have been its paws in focus. It couldn't scratch or bite him from this angle and it was clearly agitated. Chase pulled the car over so he could deal with the rebellious creature properly.<br/><br/>Chase turned the cat around and pinned it against the steering wheel by its neck. The cat struggled, it bit and clawed his hand but Chase didn't even acknowledge the pain. He gave the creature a look, as if saying, "Right now, your life is in my hands." After a few more moments of struggling, the cat gave up. It knew it had been defeated, and by the law of the animal kingdom it was prepared to die.<br/><br/>Then Chase shifted his hold and lifted the cat into his arms, stroking his fur calmly.<br/><br/>For a moment, Zero was stunned, then he relaxed in Chase's arms and accepted the comfort. By the law of the animal kingdom, his life had just been spared with no reason save mercy, and he had to accept this more powerful beast as master. "There there," Chase cooed. "You're not going to be a bad kitty anymore, are you?" He turned to Nyx and wiped some of the dripping blood from her face, careful not to touch the actual scratches. "Are you going to be alright?" he asked, more referring to her emotional state than her physical one. He nodded at Zero, "I tamed him now, I think," he said. "I can kinda see him now, too."