SECTION 1

As the leaves russled below, and birds flew overhead, a young black cat tumbled down the steep forest cliff, gasping, and panting as he tried to stop himself, but every root and bramble made it only more difficult to catch his balance. he had to close his eyes in fear as he suddenly crashed into a bush, the branches poking and tugging his fur, suddenly the young feline would mewl in pain, one of the branches had caught onto the tracker pierced into his ear like a ring, he was dangling slightly, only being held by the tracker, pain pierced through the cats whole ear, as suddenly he fell, tracker torn through his ear, and he collapsed unconcious below.

when he finally woke up, the young cat could barely feel anything, he tried to move, but pain seared his body, and he layed where he was, strange smells and sounds were around him, but some oddly simalar, he couldn't figure out where from though, inhaling a deep breath, he forced himself to sit up and blinked slowly, blurry at first, his vision faded, and he found himself inside a house, sitting on a couch, in front of him was a young human male, around the teen years, his hair was straight, and covered one half of his upper face, he seemed to be staring at the cat, holding a cloth and bottle, he was softly talking in a way that a human would talk to a cat that wouldnt understand, but the feline understood every word. "thats it, just relax, your okay now". the words were calming to the cat and he softly mewled in reply, closing his eyes, all he could think about is what was gonna happen next, he knew those people would be looking for him, he knew he would need help, but could he really trust this human? wincing suddenly though, the cats eyes shot open and he padded his paw out backing away, a sudden sting in his ear had interrupted his thinking, the human moved his arm away, and simply stared seeming concerned "oh my gosh, im sorry!" he would blurt out to the cat putting the cloth and bottle down, slowly reaching his hand out. 
the cat stared at him for a moment, eyes going from his hand to face, he slowly went back forward, and rested his head on the humans hand, softly sighing, he knew the human wasnt trying to hurt him intentionally, as he started to regain himself, the cat began to recognize the bottle, it was a substance the humans called alcohol, he knew it was meant to clean wounds, and realized his ear was probably badly damaged. the human slowly and carefully moved his hand up to the cats head and felt around, his touch was gentle to the fur, and the cat softly let out a purr of relief as he was treated, his whole body hurt still , but the care helped to relax him. closing his eyes again, raven went back to his thoughts.  do i tell him? no i cant i...what will he say, will he bring me back? no he wouldnt, he saved me. i have to confess to him, i owe him.. the cat must have been showing physical signs of frustration, because when he came to his senses, the human was curiously watching him, not petting, just holding his hand where it was on the cats neck. "you alright buddy?" he asked softly, staring into the cats deep blue eyes. in reply, the cat sighed softly and nodded, this made the human seem confused, as he stared, however his eyes widened when the cat spoke "i..i need your help".

SECTION 2

The human shook his head, and read the contents of the alcohol bottle "are these fumes getting to me or-" interruped by the voice again, he stared back at the small cat, who looked at him straight in the eyes "please, listen, i need your help" the cat said, before continuing "look, i know you might be confused right now, but ill explain later, i just need to know, can i trust you?" nervously, the cat stared at the human in hope that he'd listen, and not get freaked out. all was silent for a moment, the human and cat stared in silence, nothing but the sound of his fan in the background going, the cat blinked and repeated "can i trust you?" the human stared still, but shook his head to come to his senses "y-yeah, but, how are you-" yet again, interrupted by his feline visitor, the cat spoke over him to explain "look, see this collar?" he explained as he placed one paw over his collar "its special, it allows me to speak in your language, i dont know how it works, and i cant remember much, but i know that the men who gave me this collar did things, horrible things, to me, and i cant go back there!" the cat was trembling a little as he explained the last part, and buried his face into the humans shirt, in reply, the human didnt speak, he just held his hand around the cat, lifting him up as he sat down on the couch, and layed his little friend on his lap "easy now, so, what your telling me is this collar is allowing you to speak to me, and you have amnesia due to men from a place?" the cat sighed softly and nodded "all i know, is that this collar lets me talk to humans, and these men, i dont remember who they are but, they did things to me, that put, human understanding of things into my head, they did tests on me, weird tests, ones i can barely understand" he sat up and placed one paw on the humans chest "i just wanted to be free from that place, when the truck carrying me wasnt locked properly, and my cage crashed out and broke, i knew it was a chance of freedom, im still a young kit, i didnt want to be trapped with them forever, i wanted to be with someone at their home, as their housecat, i never wanted to be in a lab, but, they took me from a shelter.." the cat cut off seeming lost in memories, 
the cat was back in his kitten years, in a flashback, sitting and innocently playing in a cage in the animal shelter, at the time he didnt know where he was, or why the humans came and went, sometimes taking cats sometimes admiring, but he didnt mind, he was happy. but one day it changed, when a mysterious man in dark clothes came in, raven felt uneasy around this man, backing away to the back of his cage, as the stranger admired each cage and cat. the human gave the young kit a look that chilled his spine, and he pressed himself to the back of the cage, some noises came from between the humans, and the caretaker opened the cage, the kit mewled as he tried to squirm away, but was grabbed and taken by the strange man, he was too scared to resist and just watched as he was carried to the front, where a exange of strange flexible thin green stuff was made for him, and he was taken out to a strange den, once inside the human placed something over his face, and his vision went black
The cat shook his head and blinked a few times, he was back in reality, his new odd understanding of things he once didnt understand was back, he sighed and stared down at his paws, knowing the human was there, but the vision of his past made it hard to say anything. The human softly pet him as he layed there on his lap, then gave a calm, polite question "say, whats your name little kitty?"
The cat lifted his head when he heard 'little kitty' something about those words, they seemed like something he was once called back at the shelter, before he even knew what it meant, he stared at the human for a moment, then back at his paws" i uh...i dont have a name, the men, who took me, just called me 'test subject' or 'subject' i hated it, but i knew i couldnt really do anything about it". staring at the cat, the human gave him a little pet on the head before lifting his chin "well, my name's Spencer, spencer Lucan, now how about a name for you...hmm, how's raven?" The cat smiled at the idea of having a new name, he admired spencers care for him, it reminded him of his days back at the shelter. "uh...well, why would you call me raven? im a feline not a avian?" Spencer gave a little grin at the cats attempted joke "ha ha, very funny little buddy, but really what do you think?" he gave the cat a playful pet on his forhead, the cat shook his head and looked up with a soft purr in his throat "maybe raven would work, i mean, the black fur makes sense with the name" he said as he lifted one paw to look at it, quickly licking it before glancing at spencer "yeah, i'd like to be called raven, a chance to finally have my own name, a real name!" spencer began to pet ravens spine area in downward strokes checking his ear with his other hand, admiring the small scar "Alright, raven it is, how does your ear feel too by the way, it looks alot like something cut right through it?" raven looked up and lifted his paw, but winced as he felt his ear "oww, uh, i-im not sure i-      oh, that was the..the thing they used to find me, no matter where i went they used it to keep my location known, i forget what they called it" spencer carefully applied his fingers along ravens ear, careful not to touch the scar. the are looked irritated compared to the rest of his ear, but the wound looked much better then it did when he found raven on the side of the road, the thought still haunted him like a bad dream, a small black cat, limp laying there covered in leaves and twigs, ear slightly bleeding as he was grabbed by spencer. blinking a few times, he came back to his senses and moved raven off his lap to stand up "you must be hungry though, why dont i get you something to eat?" raven stood up on the couch, but slightly too fast, and flinched at the soreness in his paws "oww, yeah i'd like that, i havent eaten since they started the transfer, and the stuff they fed me barely ever filled me, and tasted horrible" spencer lifted raven carefully and placed him on his shoulder "you think you got enough balance to hold up there?" he asked as he held raven in place, slowly walking out to the kitchen. "y-yeah i think so, if my claws dig into you just tell me" raven said as spencer slowly let go, raven settling himself on his shoulder, being carried to the kitchen room where spencer opened a cabinet near the stove, pulling out a silver sylinder, raven stared at it trying to remember the term humans used for it....can thats what it was! he watched as spencer pulled out a odd device and placed it against the can, pushing and twisting a side piece as the can opened, a sudden aroma went over ravens nose and he sniffed the air, mouth beginning to water "W-what is that stuff. it smells so good" he asked as he stared at the can, a thin layer came off, and a strange pink substance, that looked like meat was inside the can. Spencer reached into a drawer and pulled out a weird stick, fork, the word went into ravens head, and spencer pulled out a bowl from the cabinet, transfering the meat to it, before filling another bowl with water. realizing raven had asked him a question, spencer embarrasingly replied "oh, sorry raven, its tuna, a type of fish, cats seem to love the stuff, so i figured give you a treat, enjoy buddy, im gonna just get myself a drink while you eat"  raven nodded and began to chew at the tuna, its flavor was moist, and felt amazing in his mouth, his eyes widened and he ate faster, he had never tasted anything like it, even at the shelter! before he knew it the bowl was empty and raven realized how quickly he ate, looking at the water before giving a few laps at it. Spencer had returned shortly after with a bottle of some odd colored fluid in it, raven knew humans drank all kinds of liquids, but he wasnt sure what it was, once satisfied with the water, he swallowed his last bit and sat down on the counter, staring at spencer with a grateful look "uh..t-thanks spencer, i didnt think i'd ever be able to trust a human. spencer smiled at him, and lifted him back onto his shoulder "no problem raven, and welcome home"'

SECTION 3

Raven found himself back in the place with the men, a shiver went down his spine as he looked around, he was in his little pen that they kept him in when he wasnt being tested on, he nervously looked around the room, other cages were scattered in the corners, and different weird human mechanics and objects were also around, he backed up till his spine hit the back of the cage and stared, suddenly a door opened and two humans came in, he couldnt recognize who they were, the lighting was too dim, and he tried to focus his vision on it, raven felt his body turn icey cold as he realized who was behind the taller figure "n-no it...it cant be him"
Raven jolted awake with a gasp and panted heavily looking around, he was inside spencers house laying beside him in his bed, looking around to where spencer layed, the teen looked peaceful in his sleep, raven knew it was late from the darkness and tried to understand his dream would he? no never, why would he bring me back there.. he thought to himself, as he stared at spencer, signing, he curled himself next to spencers arm, it was just a nightmare, raven told himself he had nothing to worry about, after finally calmng himself, raven finally drifted off into sleep.	Raven hadnt dreampt of anything the rest of that night, the next morning he slowly opened his eyes, noticing spencer was already awake and out of bed, stretching and quickly grooming himself, raven hopped down the bed, and down the hall to where spencers kitchen was looking around for him, raven wasnt sure if any other humans were here, and tried to keep his calling to soft mewls and mews, not wanting to attract attention from anyone else. but it looked like he was entirely alone, nobody was here. "spencer..?" he softly called out, looking around, but was unable to find anyone, sighing he went back to the kitchen, his belly rumbled and he could smell more tuna, spencer had left some in a bowl again, this time on the floor near the stove, and just like yesterday a water bowl beside them, sighing, raven walked over and fed himself, this time much slower, and   less comfortably, he felt lonely, not knowing where spencer was, especially after the dream, what if spencer was lying, what if he really did want to help the other humans get raven back, the thought made his belly uneasy, and he backed away from the food bowl, gently lapping the water before going into spencers living room area, it was small with two windows opposite to the door, the couch on the left side, one of those odd human video screen things on the wall across from that, with a cabinet below it, and a table resting in the middle, with other miscellanious human objects scattered about.  Raven walked over to the couch and layed down on it, he didnt know what to do, looking around, raven saw something he didnt recognize from yesterday, something he oddly felt like he say before. he hopped down the couch and over to it, it was a straw basket, with little colorful objects in it, toys, cat toys! raven remembered them from the shelter, spencer must have gotten them before he vanished to wherever he was, raven admired them, and pulled out one, it was round, and felt smooth, he forgot what humans called it, but it rolled around the floor, and amused raven, he gave it a push and chased it, pushing it the other way, for the moment raven seemed to have forgotten his troubling thoughts, remembering his happy days in the shelter with his toys there, feeling like a free kitten again.