Maurice

Paul just stared on grimly from the door way as they drove away. There is something about Aaron that make him wonder.

"I don't trust you one bit blond cunt. I'll get to the bottom of this you'll see. I know you know something", he muttered to himself as he stared on.

A week later

Aaron lay on his bed staring at the ceiling. Surveillance was dropped and he was allowed to go back to his house. His friends stuck by him everyday except for when they really have to leave. He told none of them what happened that day. He just tells them he was knocked out and woke up when the cops arrived.

He hasn't heard from the assassins again. He had given up hope on seeing her again and tried to forget everything that happened that night.

As he lay down alone in his room, he felt something staring at him and he jerked up as he caught a figure next to him with the corner of his eye.

"Damn you Maurice!! One of these days you gonna gimme a heart attack. Where the fuck have you been all this while!!", he whined holding his heaving chest. Maurice got up from the Swivel chair and jumped onto the bed where Aaron sat staring at her.

"You've got to watch how you talk to me young man. One of these days amma smack you", Maurice said calmly as she slowly sat licking her paw.

His blue eyes went pale and widened , his jaw dropped. He shook his head and wiped his eyes with his sleeves. Maurice just sat there purring and grooming herself.

He reached for his medication on his lamp table next to his bed and opened it up, he swallowed some pills and kept it back on the table.

"Yunno, your pops is kind of right", Maurice said as she stood and did the cat stretch," your recklessness would be your end", she added and sat right in front of him staring him dead in the eye.

Aaron quickly picked up the med again and stared at the label, looking to see if he'll see any hallucinogens in the contents.

"Oh so you fought a cyclops and spoke to a centaur commander from the past who is supposedly ur uncle and a talking cat is what wows you", she said given him the disappointed eye roll.

"What have you done to my cat you... You... What are you again?", He stuttered quickly picking up his lamp to use as a weapon. He slowly got down from his bed almost tripping on his hover board. He regained his balance and strikes a kungfu pose with the lamp.

"Believe me, this lamp is a weapon of mass destruction in my hands", he said walking backwards slowly putting enough space between them.

"Mm-hmm I hear you", Maurice said in a sarcastic voice as she spread her legs grooming in-between her genitals with her tongue. Aaron just stood there clutching the lamp with both hands. He was waiting for any slight misguided move from the cat to swing his weapon.

"Oh well, let's cut to the chase shall we? I'm one of two Almiraj that ever existed. We were enforced by the Daktyls of Middleton to guide your annoying ass. we've been asked to remain dormant and keep an eye on you till your birthmarks awaken. So I was transformed into a cat that you gave a stupid name that I grew to like... Maurice so as to blend in", she explained,"I'll now answer all your stupid questions but you'll have to drop that lamp and stop acting cray cray if u are going to get an answer from me",she added while kneading, pressing her paws continuously into the soft mattress.

"Oh hell no! Not this again. You are from Middleton too? Just when I thought my weird life is already at its peak", he said face palming himself in submission and growled. He walked towards the lamp table and dropped the lamp then slumped backwards on the bed. He's had enough.

"So you are telling me that my cat who I dunk in the bath every weekend and replace her litter box everyday is an almaji that...",

"It's an Almiraj but continue", Maurice interrupted yawning.

"oh yeah Almiraj...that came from the past with me to look after me. Hehe that explains why you follow me everywhere. What's an Almiraj again?", He asked looking her way.

"Well I'm a rabbit-like being with a unicorn-like horn. I think that's a simplified explanation even for someone as dumb as yourself", she answered with a scoff.

"Okay amma act like I didn't just hear that and go ahead with my questions. You said you are one of two almaki, where's the other one? Is she a cat too?", He asked staring to the ceiling now. To him this was just another normal day. The only reason he freaked out at first was because he thought it was another monster that ate his cat and kind of shape shifted into her.

"The other Almiraj...", She said laying emphasis on 'Almiraj' so as to correct him again. She continued,"He was enforced to guide your sister Ignis whom you might know as Anqa the assassin", she answered as she stepped on him then onto the lamp table. She sat there and pushed around Aaron's medication till it fell to the floor.

"She really is my sister ey? So the horse uncle right. Then I really should find...", He was cut off by his vibrating phone. He wondered who could be calling him right now considering Jake and Brandon just left a few hours ago.

He looked at the screen and saw 'UNKNOWN CALLER', he shrugged and muttered," What's the worse that could happen", then he slid the green bouncy button upwards and answered the call.

"Hello?", He muttered. Nothing came from the other end. 'is this some kind of prank?', he wondered. Then he heard that familiar feminine voice...

"Hello, it's youknowho. I can't say much cause they'll be listening in so don't say anything, just listen. Meet me at the end of your escape route and hurry cause your location has been compromised. Say yes if you understand", the feminine voice on the other end breezed through with her massage as fast as she could.

"Yes", Aaron answered skeptically and the line was cut off immediately. He heaved a sigh and looked at Maurice who was now napping on the lamp table.

'was that really her? What did she mean by my location is compromised', he wondered.

"Aiish!!", He face palmed himself in annoyance," I better get out of here. Maurice, you coming?", He asked as he got up and stretched. He reached for his black long sleeved shirt and slid in. Maurice got up and stretched too then jumped down from the table and followed him...