"Why is this happening? We're starting to lose everyone..." Nitro mumbled as he and Ozone padded back to their alley after attending Ripper's funeral. Shrugging his shoulders, the hairless feline murmured, "I don't know. I just know that we need to get this murderer before someone else dies a horrible death."

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Nitro woke up hours later in a dark alleyway, similiar to his own. Wondering what was going on and why it was so pitch black, the feral cat had no idea what he was up against. Padding down the alley with his senses on alert, he heard footsteps behind him. "Ozone?" he asked, slowly turning around to look up at the biggest wolf he had ever seen.

"No," Scourge whispered sinisterly, his long claws digging into the pavement, "Just me..." Without another word, he lunged forward and grabbed Nitro. The cat screeched as he found himself trapped in the wolf's jaws. Scourge carried him off into the shadows where the screeching continued until there was a terrible ripping sound...

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Yawning as the sun shone down into the alley the next morning, Ozone stood up and stretched his spine and long limbs. "Come on Nitro, we need to find that murderer," he mumbled, bending down to take a drink of rainwater. However, it didn't taste like water, it tasted like blood. Glancing up towards where Nitro slept, the hairless feline yowled in terror at the bloody mess that once been his closest friend.