[ IP ] The Last Stand

It was dark in the Plaskett Cavern. Lee looked everywhere for food, scampering towards dusty shelves packed with pickled beets and expired grain cereal, while Malakai stood guard on the stone they used as a toilet. Nothing was happening for a while, until a sound rang through the dank, cold air. A *meow*, from the great beast Reed. Malakai raised his sword made from the rare macaroni, and tried to locate the sound. 
 
 `` Lee,'' Malakai whispered. `` Did you hear him?'' 
 
 `` Kind of,'' Lee replied as he climbed up. `` But I'm focusing on trying to get food. Say, Malakai, why did n't we try to raid the fridge?'' 
 
 Malakai was n't listening to his friend. He was trying to keep track of Reed. He heard the beast use his bathroom, cover it with sand ( which did n't make sense to the two mice ), and meowed again, approaching the mice with thundering footsteps. Malakai could see the terrifying glint of green in the darkness, and anticipated the paws that followed. Malakai ran up the shelves to Lee, who readied his macaroni sword. Reed bellowed, and jumped up onto the shelf below them. Pots and cans fell to the cold floor as Reed tried grabbing at the mice, whom were blocked by a bag of flour. Reed lumbered to directly under the mice, knocking over more cans. 
 
 `` Malakai,'' Lee said. `` If I do n't make it out alive, find Alisha, and tell her I wanted a divorce.'' 
 
 `` Jesus, Lee,'' Malakai said. `` That'll leave a harsh taste at the funeral.'' 
 
 `` Just get it d-'' Before Lee could finish his sentence, Reed grabbed his tail and Lee fell to the floor. The wooden board that Reed was on fell through and he went in for the kill. Footsteps rang from upstairs. The great door to Plaskett Cavern opened, and the Inner Sun turned on, revealing the carnage, and one of the humans, Caleb Plaskett. He was wearing only underpants, but he had a gun in his hands. Malakai looked down to Reed, with Lee's tail hanging from his mouth. Malakai looked back to Caleb, who raised his gun. 
 
 `` You're lucky I'm not that great of a shot,'' Caleb said. He fired at Malakai, blowing him up in an explosion of blood and flour. 
 
 Caleb looked surprised. `` Hmm. I'm not half bad. Come on, Reed. I'll deal with this in the morning.''
