Taking Charge

          Barney found himself growling.  “Don’t you push me, punk.”

          “Sammie!!!”  Toni yowled.  “Where are you going????”

          Paws and Barney turned back to the turtle-dude only to see that he was swimming out to sea with a very pleased Sammie hanging on his back.  WHAT THE MEOW?  “Hey!”  Barney yowled.  “You can’t take him!!!  I’ll have you arrested for catnapping!  You better come back!”  All the yowling was for nothing though bepaws Sammie and the turtle-dude were soon out of sight.

          What the meow?

          Just stop and think about this for a minute.  In the span of 2 hours Hank, Howie and now Sammie were gone, vanished and completely out of sight doing questionable acts in weird places.  Why in the meow Sammie would take off with a turtle-dude with a weird name that no one could pronounce was a mystery.  But the kitties, at this point were in a state of shock. 

In the past, it was the late, great Casey who would rally everyone but since he disappeared there was a lack of leadership.  This was no slam against Barney.  Barney could hold his own but he didn’t have Casey’s ‘kick ass and meow names’ presence.  Paws looked at the group, stunned at the lack of focus and wondering if it was time for him to step into his stepdad’s shoes.

“We need to get Sammie back,” he meowed.  “We can get him back.  How far can a turtle-dude go?”