Breed The Secret Design To Maintain Racial Inequality Among The Despised Classes

by William Chasterson

  As you may have guessed I didn't die at that time because if I had I couldn't be telling you my story. "Josephine I think something is wrong with Christopher. He looks really sick,” said Jeffery. "I'll make an appointment with the vet tomorrow" his wife said. "I don't know he looks really bad. I have a bad feeling he won't make it through the night." Those were the last words I remember being spoken. Everything that happened after that was a blur. I thought at the time "so this is what it feels like to die. The feeling of being probed and cat handled and even cut with strange objects and being unable to move or fight back.” Was I hallucinating? Actually what was happening was that I was having my bladder stones removed a procedure that is impossible in nature. But of course I wasn't in nature. I was at the vet’s office. When I finally woke up and began to feel clear headed I didn't understand where I was or what had happened to me. My imagination began to take over. “Enemies must have captured me in a raid.” I sighed. “Just another example of the strong dominating the weak. Where are Jeffery Chambers, Vincent and Josie? They must have been killed.” I looked around. I was in a cage surrounded by other animals. I could feel a bandage on my wrist and a pain on my abdomen but when I tried to examine them I could only see white. I could look forward and see but when I tried to look from side to side or to see my body I could not. There was some kind of contraption on my head preventing me from examining myself. Strange humans that I did not recognize were walking around my cage and making strange remarks. I couldn’t understand what they were saying but I could tell they were talking about me. Again I felt a pain in my abdomen. “They must have been experimenting on me,” I thought. One of the humans approached my cage and began to unlock the door. His long white lab coat opened as he extended his arm into the cage towards me. Now was my opportunity. I slashed at his hand with my claws using all my energy which considering all I’d been through was quite a bit. Then I hissed loudly to let all in the room know that I meant business. Stunned, the man jumped back, quickly withdrawing his arm and slamming the cage door shut. He examined his hand rubbing and nursing the wound I had just given him. I had drawn blood. All the humans looked a little stunned but this didn’t last long. As I prepared for round two, I noticed something different about the hand that was now reaching into my cage. It was covered with some type of protective shell. “No matter,” I thought. “This time I’ll use my fangs.” As the hand approached I gave a sharp warning hiss then lunged at the intruder burying my fangs deep into my target but the response was not what I expected. The human didn’t even flinch. With his other hand also protected, he reached in and grabbed me at the back of the neck and pulled me out of the cage against my will. For some reason I thought of my mother which, was a strange thing to think about at a time like this. Before I could figure out how to counter attack I felt a cold jab in my side and the next thing I know the room seemed to be spinning. But I wasn’t afraid like I should have been. In fact I started to feel really calm. The need to fight no longer seemed important and I relaxed my grip on my attacker. Immediately I was back in my home with Vincent and Josie and the Chambers. All attention was on me. The Chambers were petting me and saying, “that’s a good kitty”. Vincent and Josie were acting different as well. They were practically falling over themselves to rub up against me and there was no more talk of the strong dominating the weak. When it was time to eat I noticed an additional bowl next to the bowl that we normally eat from. It was overflowing with food and I saw my name written along the front of it in large capital letters. Vincent and Josie took turns eating from their usual bowl. After eating my fill all three of us cuddled together under the desk and we fell asleep contented. When I awoke I had a splitting headache and my entire body was stiff. I looked around for my siblings but my vision was blurry. I couldn’t see but I could smell and I knew exactly where I was. I was back in the cage being guarded by terrorists wearing lab coats. As I started to regain consciousness the realization that I really needed to escape from this place began to solidify in my mind. My escape from this prison will soon take place, as you’ll find out if you continue reading. I heard one of them approaching so I shut my eyes tight. “Better not let on that I’m awake until I can find an opportunity to escape.” I heard voices. Again I could tell it was me they were talking about. “He’s going to be just fine but we had to put a warning sign outside his cage. He turned into a mean cat.” Said the voice. I heard the door opening and then someone reaching inside the cage. “Now’s my opportunity!” I thought. “Reeeeowww” I screeched and struck out with my claws. I was about to connect with my target when I heard something that made me draw back. “Christopher!” shouted a very surprised voice. This voice was familiar. It was Jeffery Chambers. He was alive and no doubt came to rescue me. I rushed to the door of the cage pressing my face against it to be as close to my rescuer as possible. I began to cry “nnraaowww, nnraaoww, nnreeoww,” over and over again. I was overjoyed to see him. I couldn’t even control my emotions. Once again the pleasant warm feeling that I felt when around him gripped my body and all the pain and fear and anxiety disappeared. “It had to be him,” I thought. “I should have known. He was the only one that could have taken me out of this situation. Out of this pit of despair.” On the car ride home I couldn’t stop talking about all that had happened to me. I know Jeffery couldn’t understand me but he just listened and said “there, there. I know. I know,” in a calm and relaxed voice. I didn’t even mind being in the plastic cage he was using to transport me because I knew that from here on out everything was going to be all right. As long as I could remain with Jeffery Chambers I would be ok. So it became very important for me to stay close to him.

  When I smelled that we were back in the apartment I finally stopped crying. I was so happy to be home that when my cage door was opened I darted out sniffing the air of freedom. My body hurt. I was exhausted. But more than anything else I was famished. I headed towards our bowl maneuvering with difficulty still having that contraption around my neck to prevent me from examining my body. As I walked towards the bowl Vincent and Josie were in my path. They smelled and were looking at me with curiosity but when I approached they hissed and jumped out of the way. Apparently they didn’t recognize me. “No matter,” I thought. For some reason what they thought about me no longer made a difference. As I approached the bowl my mouth watered. Even though it did not have my name in capital letters this looked like the best meal I had ever seen. I buried my face in the food and swallowed it down barely taking time to chew. I could feel Josie and Vincent as they cautiously sniffed me while my back was turned. After I had my fill, I turned around banging the contraption covering my head into the leg of a chair. Again I heard loud hissing from Vincent and Josie as I headed under the desk to rest my tired miserable bones. They both ran to the opposite corner of the room. “Whatever.” I thought, and quickly went to sleep.

  As the weeks went by I began feeling less pain and more energy. After much whining and complaining from yours truly, Jeffery Chambers decided that it was finally time to take off the horrible contraption surrounding my head which made it difficult to see and also made me unrecognizable to my siblings. As he removed the device I could feel the cold air encircling the moist fur of my neck. I could finally examine my body and the first thing I did was to begin examining the area on my abdomen where the terrorists were conducting dreadful experiments on me. The fur had grown back over the patch but you could still see some evidence of the crime. As soon as my disguise was removed Josie and Vincent ran up to me and began sniffing me. “Christopher where have you been?” exclaimed Vincent. “It’s so good to see you. We thought you were dead brother,” said Josie excitedly. She continued, “So much has happened since you were gone. They temporarily replaced you with another beast that smelled just like you but he didn’t look anything like you. It was hideous.” I just stared at them in disbelief.

  As the weeks passed I got stronger and stronger. One day as we were trying to figure out what was next on the agenda, I sugg
ested a game of king of the jungle. Both Vincent and Josie looked very surprised. "Are you sure? Don't you remember what happened the last time we played?" said Josie. Vincent added, "Wouldn't it be safer for you to play chase and run or some other game." Vincent said this with a sneer that hinted at a veiled threat. I used my surprised voice. "Oh! I'm sorry. If you're not up to it we can play a more..." I paused briefly to choose the appropriate word. "delicate game." That did the trick. The smug expression on Vincent's face turned to one of embarrassment then anger. He quickly attempted to conceal his feelings. "Look!" he said in a stern voice. "If you want to play then we'll play. Just be warned. I'm not going to take it easy on you." I said, "Message received." and with that I lunged at him this time catching him off guard. He didn't topple over though and the game had begun. We began with a match of strength as we wrestled each other to the ground. He was attempting to dominate me landing blow after blow and threatening to swallow me up by opening his jaw wide enough to encompass my face. Ordinarily I would have been intimidated but considering all I'd been through in the last couple of months Vincent's threats had no impact on me. He put me in a headlock and shouted, "This is not going to end well for you. Submit!" Panting heavily I wriggled free of his hold and leapt to my feet. Again I was on the attack leaping with renewed vigor on top of him. He caught me with his large paws extended and using my momentum against me flipped me over and my body came crashing to the floor with a loud thud. Josie was observing all of this, sitting comfortably at a safe distance. In the corner of my eye I could see her flinch as my body hit the ground. Again we embraced in a death lock each of us refusing to give in. This went on for what seemed like an eternity. Finally Vincent leaped to his feet and declared, "This has gone on for long enough!" He then leaped on top of me and landed on my wound. A sharp pain pierced through my side and I screamed in agony. Suddenly the door swung open and Josephine Chambers came running toward us to break up the fight. As I was being carried away to the other room I gave a sharp glare at Vincent as if to say, “This isn’t over”. After some time had passed and the door separating us had been reopened I approached Vincent stealthily my head close to the ground and my legs prepared to spring on top of my prey when the time was right. Vincent looked at me wearily as I approached. “Still??” he exclaimed as he prepared for my attack. The Chambers had gone out of the apartment so this time we would not be interrupted. We both lunged at each other simultaneously. Our heads hit one another and you could hear a loud sharp thud. We both unloaded pent up emotions, which was expressed in bites scratches and blows. You could hear Josie shouting in the background “Stop it! You’re going to kill each other!” We just fought all the harder. I could tell Vincent was getting very tired but he refused to show it. Panting he said, “Look! I know you can’t keep this up for very much longer. If you don’t submit soon your body will give out and you wont be getting back up. If you wont submit then lets call it a truce. I don’t want your death on my conscience and Josie would suffer terribly as well. Is that what you want? Think of her.” For some reason I saw no need to avoid death like the last time we fought. When Vincent warned me it had no effect because the previous fear of death was no longer present. “Never! You submit!” I shouted and just continued to embrace Vincent’s body with my limbs. As he tried to wriggle free I could feel he was becoming exhausted. “Just a little while longer,” I thought. Then gradually I began to hear a ringing in my ears. As the room began to rock back and forth I looked over at Josie and she had a shocked expression on her face. “What’s happening,” I thought. I looked at Vincent and I could see that he had gradually turned his body around to face me. He also had an expression of shock on his face and I could barely hear him as he shouted, “You win! I submit!” But I couldn’t release my hold. In fact my limbs began to grip tighter and then tremble. My entire body then began to shake violently. Vincent somehow was able to break my grasp and retreat. As I saw he and Josie huddled in the corner staring at me in terror I began to feel the sensation that my mind was being shaken free from my body. Something had a grip on me and was pulling me out of my body, out of the room, out of the universe to another realm. Blackness overtook my vision but the sensation of being taken somewhere continued. The journey felt like an eternity but finally the sense of movement stopped and I felt as if we had suddenly come to an abrupt halt. Everything was black and silent. I tried to turn my head but it felt as if I had no head to turn. It was as if my mind was separated from my body and taken to a place where fleshly bodies were of no use. “Is there someone there?” I shouted. Well actually I’m not sure if I shouted or not, being that I no longer had lungs or a throat to shout with. Suddenly I began to hear indistinct whispering. “Who is there?” I repeated. “Is this him?” said a deep voice. “Yes but he’s nowhere near ready,” responded a raspy voice. As quickly as I was brought to this place I could feel my mind or intellect or whatever being gripped and rushed back in the opposite direction toward a distant speck of light. Faster and faster I Was rushed toward the light until I was engulfed in light. I was surrounded by light then blurry colors started to appear. Soon after, I had the sensation of being thrust back into my body. My lungs were empty so I immediately began gasping for air. As my chest quickly rose and fell I could feel the blood pumping into my extremities. I could feel something stroking my shaking body and trying to calm me. As my vision returned I looked up and saw two great figures overshadowing me. Jeffery and Josephine Chambers were crouched over me and I could hear Jeffery’s concerned voice saying, “He must have had a seizure.” He sighed deeply. “Epilepsy. On top of all his other problems.” Josephine responded, “I have never heard of an animal having so many problems.” As they helped me to my feet I felt totally drained of energy. I looked down to the ground and noticed two puddles at both ends of my body. As I headed under the desk I looked back to see Josephine kneeling down with wet rags to clean the mess I had made on the floor. As I pushed my way into the dark warm corner under the desk I could feel the breath of my siblings as they sniffed me then began rubbing up against me. I was reminded of the dream I had while I was in captivity, of the three of us cuddling together and falling asleep under this very same desk. My body was exhausted but my mind felt as if it were awakening for the very first time. A need began to grow within me that was greater than my need for rest. I had the need to interact with others, to try and reason out what it was that was happening to me and why. “Vincent, Josie are you awake?” I whispered. They responded at the same time. “Yes.” I continued. “Do you ever wonder how we got here? I mean, are we here for a reason, and if so what is it?” Josie responded first. “Don’t you remember? Our mother sent us here to live with the Chambers. We are here because they need us.” I shook my head then replied matter of factly, “You are misunderstanding the question. I know how we got to this apartment but how did we get to be alive in the first place? Did someone make us? And if so, did someone make them? Are we meant to do something in particular? Are there rules? What I’m asking is what is the purpose...” “We,” Vincent interrupted, “are not supposed to ask those questions?” “Oh?” I replied. “Why not? How do you know that…” “Instinct,” he replied, again interrupting my line of inquiry. He continued, “I have a feeling that guides me and tells me what I need to do and what I need to know. I feel it in my gut and not in my head. Do you know what that feeling is telling me right now?” Before giving me an opportunity to answer Vincent continued, “It’s telling me not to consider those questions you just asked. It’s telling me that those are dangerous questions. It’s the same feeling I got that time when I first saw the mop creature. My advice to you is to forget these questions.” With that Vincent closed his eyes and immediately fell asleep. After a long moment of silence Josie said, “Maybe he’s right. Some questions are better left unanswered. We’ve gotten this far without asking such questions. Don’t worry yourself unnecessarily. Life is good and will stay like this forever.” After stating this as a matter of fact, she buried her head i
n my side and quickly fell asleep. I could here the both of them now lightly snoring. I wanted to continue the conversation. To bring up the fact that up to this point nothing has stayed the same and if the pattern continues as it has so far, we should be expecting another change to come soon. “Where will this all end?” I thought. I wanted to continue searching for some sort of conclusive idea but as I watched my siblings soundly asleep, I realized it was of no use. I wouldn’t be getting any answers tonight. So I closed my eyes and went to sleep. I dreamed that I was lying on Jeffery’s lap and he was stroking my fur. Every time he passed his hand across my body I could feel waves of energy entering into me. I felt warmth radiating from my core and I began purring affectionately. As I walked around the apartment everything around me lit up as if light were emanating from my body. I saw Vincent and Josie and they began bowing down before me.

  When I awoke I had the sensation of having slept a long time. My body was fully rested and all the excitement of the previous day seemed to have happened in the distant past. As I stretched, I noticed that both Vincent and Josie were also waking up. Something seemed different about the day. It felt as if things were indeed going to be perfect from this point on. I remembered Josie’s assurance from last night and laughed to myself. I could hear steps approaching and then a voice. “Are you guys hungry?” It was Jeffery Chambers. My mouth began watering as he filled our communal bowl to the brim with moist pellets of food. The three of us all reacted simultaneously running up to the bowl with tails wagging. Vincent and I stopped short as Josie buried her face in food. She ate her fill then ran off satisfied still leaving a feast for Vincent and I. We both paused to see what the other would do. I acted first lowered my head and began eating greedily. I then felt an affectionate rub as Vincent pressed his head against mine and began to eat right along side me. Although the bowl was to small for the both of our heads to reach inside and not touch, it wasn’t a problem. Things were going to be ok. It was like when we were little. After our post meal nap we were feeling very much full of energy and in need of a release. I suggested a game of chase and run and all were in agreement. We must have played for hours but it seemed like only a few minutes because we were having so much fun. Finally we decided to take a break, as something had caught Josie’s eye in the corner. It was a white plastic bag used for carrying groceries. It must have fallen on the ground unnoticed and been pushed into the corner. Josie quickly approached it and pulled it into the center of the room. Vincent and I watched as she managed to fit her entire head into the hole of the bag. She was curious to see what was on the inside. Suddenly there was a loud strike on the wall from a neighboring apartment and it must have startled Josie because she jumped and began running with the bag over her head. She loudly crashed into a group of metal folding chairs, which made the loud reverberating sound of something hard striking metal. The sound only startled her more as she ran in the opposite direction with the bag still on her head and ran right into the wooden door. The Chambers had invited some guests over and they began laughing loudly at this spectacle. The commotion just caused Josie to panic more and she finally came to a stop wedging her panting terrified body behind the couch in the darkness. We watched as Jeffery moved the couch then proceeded to pick her up. He removed the bag and began consoling her. When he put her down she ran furiously and hid under our table in the darkness. We immediately joined her. As I pressed my body against hers to comfort her, I could feel her heartbeat racing a million miles a minute. Gradually it slowed until finally, it beat normally. Josie sighed deeply and sobbed.