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The cat purred loudly, and nuzzled her back, licking her cheek with its little tongue.

"Hey!" Rene called back, stepping into the room.

"Little guy's been anxious to get back. Now I know why." he commented with a laugh.

"And it seems he's fine." he told her.

"Had a few issues, but she was able to take care of them, so... yeah. Clean bill of health, essentially." he said.

He then paused for a moment, and looked around.

"Hm." he mumbled, before leaving the room, and she could hear his footsteps headed up the stairs.

The documentary had been one of a decent length, and after about an hour and a half, it had concluded, and she heard a car pull up to the front of the house.

Before she could really get up to see who it really was, she heard the door open, and immediately heard the padding of little feet.

And she also heard the little cat making little meowing sounds with each step it took, before it raced over to where she was, and jumped up onto her lap.

It didn't take very long for her to finish clearing the table and doing the dishes. After she finished, she made her way to the living room, and sat down. Rene had told her she was free to watch TV, so that's what she did.

She did that for about 45 minutes, before there was another call. And when she answered it, it was Rene again.

"Hey. My day's over, so I'm going to head back. Might take a bit, and the food will get there before me, no doubt." he told her. "So feel free to dig in while it's fresh and hot." he finished.

They then said goodbye, and she went back to watching TV for another 30 minutes, before she felt a large surge of mana coming from the kitchen. When she went to check up on it, she saw a glowing mass on the kitchen table.

After the glow from it died down, she saw two large pizza boxes, some smaller boxes, and a few 2L bottles of pop.

And from what she could smell, Rene had ordered sides, as well as some desserts... and it all smelled so damn good.

"........right." Rene replied.

"Drink it if you want it." he told her.

"I'll pick up fresh on the way back." he said.

"Oh, and I'll be bringing back the cat as well." he went on.

"So... yeah, just do any dishes that might need doing, finish the milk off if you so desire, and make sure the kitchen table is cleared off." he told her.

"I'll see you when I get back." he finished.

"I can't think of anything..." Rene admitted.

"I mean... hm." he mumbled.

"All I can think of it possibly cleaning any dishes I may not have done earlier." he told her.

"Beyond that, I think I'm good." he said further.

"Oh, and check the expiry date on the chocolate milk in the fridge." he added.

"Huh. I see." Rene replied.

"Well... then that makes things easier." he told her.

"I'll order some pizza, and have it delivered right into the kitchen." he said.

"Just do me a favour and make sure the kitchen table's cleared off." he continued.

"And... should've asked this before, but any food allergies I should be aware of?" he then asked her.

There was a pregnant silence that seemed to last forever, before Rene spoke again.

"....I..." he stammered.

"I swore... I hid those better..." he said.

"Ah... hm." he then mumbled.

"Wait." he then said.

"You know of the mage world, huh?" he asked her.

The phone rang for a few seconds, before it was answered.

"Doctor Calder speaking." Rene answered it.

"Hey." Erica replied.

"Ah, Erica, you got back." Rene said. "Good, good, the weather's just getting worse and worse, it seems." he commented.

"I'm not sure when I'll be back, so do you want me to order some delivery for there?" he asked her.

"Just lemme know, and I'll prepay for some food so you just have to answer the door to get it." he said.

"And yeah, I know of places that are specially prepared to deliver in these extreme conditions." he then added, in case that had been a concern of hers.

As soon as she plunged her hands into the water, there was a violent explosion of sparks and electricity, so much so, it pushed her back with great force, almost slamming her right into the bathtub, and causing the light to short out.

Now she felt like she had just been a pass-through for a pair of live wires.

However, the electricity she felt in her system seemed to be all but gone.

Any that remained would probably be nothing more than a static shock when she touched certain things.

Just as she was wrapping her arm and hand, she heard the phone ring. She instinctively made her way towards it, but realized as soon as she got there that she would probably short-circuit the device.

When she checked the caller I.D, she saw it was the hospital Rene worked at calling... and it was probably Rene himself.

It continued to ring, before the answering machine picked it up, and she heard the recording, before hearing the message.

"Guess you're not back yet. Well... call me when you do get back, just so I know you made it back safely. The weather is still miserable, and I don't want you to get into any accidents. All right, just call me at extension 5687 when you can, bye then." Rene said, before the machine hung up.

When she shut the door, and locked it, the found that Rene was not home.

She was alone.

Even the feline was not in the house, as Rene had told her he was taking it to a vet friend of his to make sure it wasn't sick, and was up to date on everything.

So she was literally the only one in that house right now.

And as the lights flickered again, she heard the wind howl even more loudly, as the ice and hail pelted the outside of the dwelling.

The other one snarled, and grabbed her by her collar.

"Listen here, you." they said.

"I'd shut my mouth if I were you." they told her.

"Otherwise-" he started to say, before he suddenly found himself with electricity coursing through his body, causing her to drop her roughly to the ground.

"AAAAGH!" the raging one yelled.

"I will murder the BOTH of you!" he declared.

The ones that had knocked her to the ground froze suddenly.

"......." they were silent, before one of them spoke.

"YOU..." they growled angrily.

"I will... murder you." they snarled.

"I will make sure your life is nothing but absolute, unmitigated, neverending TORMENT... before you BEG me to slaughter you and end your misery!"

"Who are YOU to tell us what we are and are not going to do!?" the first one snapped.

"You need to shut your little trap." he snarled.

"And you need to disappear." he said further.

"Let's face it, no one will miss you." he then went on.

"...after all... street urchins disappear all the time."