NEKOS COME COME!!!! (OPEN WE NEED MORE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

(So…when Jess' sister and her brother-in-law died, Jess took the kit in, caring for him and loving him as his own. Well…how about one day when they were playing, the kit ran off, or went missing or something…and how about…her missing kit…is…Cooper…?)

(Ooooo Cooper's mother did die… I'm good with that)

(Cool! This should work out well…it also means…I can ship Aaron and Jess)

(Lol yeah. So does Jess start thinking that this child looks… kiiiiinda familiar?)

(Yeah…a little too familiar…)

Jess looks at the kit in front of her, thinking to herself that she knew him from somewhere…before yesterday…

"Where are we going again?" Cooper turned towards Jess, locking eyes with her. She seemed a bit familiar to him as well, but he didn't think much of it.

Jess tilts her head slightly, looking at the kit. "Only a couple feet ahead…Cooper, can I ask you a question?"

"Mhmm! What do you need?" Cooper sat down at the indicated spot.

Jess kneels in front of this kit, her voice gentle, but wondering. "Do…you remember anything from before to came to live with Aaron…?"

"Um…" Cooper thought for a moment. "I think about four years ago, I was with my mom in the forest. We never had a clan, and I dunno who my dad was. Then a human came into the forest with a big, scary looking metal thing. Mom told me to run and not look back, so I did. I heard a really loud noise while I was running, but I obeyed mom. She said she'd meet up with me afterwards, but she never showed up…"

Jess blinked back tears. That was the day her older sister died. "Do you remember anything after that…? Anyone that came to you…?" Her voice was quiet, soft, quavering.

"Someone who looked kinda like mom showed up, and I stayed with her for a little while. But then I saw another human and ran. The human got me with the metal thing that time, but it only hit my shoulder. Then, Aaron found me, and I've lived with him ever since."

A single tear falls from Jess' cheek, and she looks down. "Do you remember what the other girl looked like?"

"She was like my mom, but kinda… shorter… and her hair was longer, and a slightly different color."

A gasp escapes her lips, and she takes a strand of her own hair, untying it from her ponytail. "Like this…?" Her dark eyes were tearing up, and she saw her older sister in the kit in front of her.

Cooper looked confused for a second, but then something in his eyes clicked. Is she mom's sister? No… there's no way… the human probably got her too…

"Cooper….?" This is my sisters kit…the one I thought died…The one who ran off…after I got shot…he's the one I would have given my life for… Jess looks down, then back at Cooper.

"Yeah?" He cocked his head to the side, responding to his name. Did Aaron tell her what my name is? I don't remember…

Gracie looked at Jess's face, Surprised? I'm not surprised.

"Y-your my sisters…kit…" She whispers, her voice cracking. "I'm y-your aunt…"

So she is mom's sister… "Aunt Jessy?"

(Are we all related or something except me?)

She smiles,nodding at the name, hugging Cooper slightly. "My little kit…"

(Are we all related or something except me?)

(No…? Jess is Cooper's aunt, and Aaron is Coopers adopted father)

(Well their related in some kinda way)

Aaron watches the two's interaction, his eyes narrowing. Humans… loud gun shot. He turns swiftly, his back arching, hissing at incoming memories, flashes of past pain.

(I'm not related to anyone)

Gracie heard a gun shot, "THEIR BACK!" she yelled warning the others.

Cooper leaned on her shoulder. "What was mom like? Is she ever gonna meet up with me? She didn't follow… do you think she's lost somewhere in the woods like us?"

Cooper jumped up and ran in the opposite direction. No…. no, no, no… not again! He set off at a sprint, panicking.