Shadow awoke to sirens and alarms coming from the spaceship’s early-emergency warning system. Shadow was no longer jumping when she heard the alarms and sirens – she had become used to it. She calmly got out of bed and ran to the gun turrets to prepare for the waves of Shadow Cat Warriors making their way toward the spaceship. Shadow looked up around and saw her comrades also getting in the gun turrets. It still shocked her that the Catmoon inhabitants were willing to die so that she may live. Shadow was important to the Catmoonians as she possessed powers that were the result of the breeding of the Egyptian cats when the Catmoonians first visited Earth back during the Old Kingdom (about 2,700-2,200 B.C.E.) The Catmoonians fought to save Shadow as they knew that her powers were the key to their future…

Looking toward the horizon, Shadow saw the first wave of the Shadow Cat Warriors making their way to the spaceship. Her paws clenched on the gun turret trigger ready to take out the advancing SCW troops. We will win thought Shadow as she aimed her laser at an SCW running toward her. In a flash, the SCW turned to ashes. Here we go she thought as her mind thought about Rocky and his desire to help her defeat the SCWs. If Rocky could only see how devastating battle is in real life…