[ WP ] The four Horsemen at the end of the world turn out to be cats . Today is the day they are taken to the vet for spaying/neutering .

It'd been a good 6000 years or so, but the appointment had finally come. Four little cats to be finally made unable to breed. It'd been too long. 
 
 A woman with black hair and brown eyes dressed in a robe came in with a cage. From inside came yowling and hissing, louder than anything the doctor had heard before. 
 
 `` The day finally came, eh?'' he asked, raising an eyebrow. The woman remained quiet. `` You all must be rather busy, hm? So many new arrivals. Lot's of suffering these little ones have caused. Still...'' 
 
 She handed the doctor the cage. He set it on a table. `` Do not be sentimental, doctor. The Lord decided it was time to end, and them with it.'' 
 
 `` Oh certainly, certainly. Not one to question the lord, no no...'' the doctor pushed up his glasses and peered into the cage. `` You must be going, yes? Big battle to be happening, evil to be smited.'' 
 
 `` We are waiting on the battle, doctor. It seems that the son is less than willing.'' 
 
 `` Oh well... You can keep me company then. Been a long time since I've had company.'' 
 
 She nodded briskly. 
 
 `` First things first,'' the doctor said, `` I must decide who goes first.'' The doctor stooped, peering into the cage. His rimless glasses slipped slowly down his long nose. 
 
 Finally, pushing up his glasses, he reached in and pulled out a cat. The cat was a terrible sight. It's skin dismally hid it's bone. 
 
 `` Oh you're a sad one, are n't you?'' He placed the cat down on the table. `` No need for sedation with you, you do n't have the energy to do anything. Pity... pity. Still, no more starving children in Africa, I suppose.'' 
 
 The cat looked up at the doctor pleadingly. It was so hungry. It had n't eaten. `` This will be a quick one, no worry no worry little one. Then we'll fatten you up right quick.'' 
 
 The black-haired woman watched with disinterest. `` Do you pity the monster? For what he's done to so many?'' 
 
 `` No choice, no choice. He did n't make himself.'' The doctor left the room with the cat whispering about fish and milk. 
 
 When he came back, he reached in to grab another cat. A stench filled the room. A mangy tomcat with less fur than skin was pulled out. It retched, vomiting on the floor. 
 
 `` Oh my oh my. We'll have to do something about that, wo n't we. You've caused some heartbreak, have n't you little one? 
 
 The plague. That one was pretty nasty was n't it? Oh and cancer. My oh my with the cancer. Not your fault though.'' The doctor stroked the cat comforting it. He examined it closely. `` We'll have to get you some ear drops. Oh and pills and shots and a cone so you'll stop biting yourself. You're a right mess, but I'll fix you right up.'' After the procedure he took the cat back into the same room as it's brother. 
 
 `` Next up. Step right up step right up.'' A scarred siamese was pulled from the cage. It bit and scratched the hand that carried it, hissing up a storm. `` None of that, you. You'll learn to play nice. 
 
 I know what you did to those poor Spartans. And the Crusades? Mighty bad those. But the world wars? And the bomb? That was just nasty.'' 
 
 The doctor frowned momentarily. When the procedure was done, he placed the cat into a different cage. `` No doubt you'd set back the treatment of the other ones.'' 
 
 `` You're going to treat them?'' The woman asked. `` Is it not better for them to just die?'' 
 
 `` Oh no, oh no. They ca n't spawn anymore harm. It's best to let them be.'' The doctor's balding gray head stooped to the cage once more. `` You've been patient have n't you? You always have been patient.'' 
 
 He pulled out a cat of midnight black. It's green eyes reflected everything that was. `` You get a bad rap do n't you? But you're a good little kitty. You just do that which needs to be done. You just clean up after your brothers.'' 
 
 The midnight black cat purred and nuzzled the doctor's hand. The doctor stroked it's head. When the procedure was done, he let the cat stay with him. Nothing needed be done for that cat. 
 
 `` So it is done.'' The woman stated. 
 
 `` Yes, that is the end. How does it go? Not with a bang but a purr?'' 
 
 `` There is still to be the war between Heaven and Hell.'' 
 
 `` Yes but that is for you.'' 
 
 `` You will not join us, Raphael?'' her voice filled with distaste for the doctor. 
 
 `` Oh no, oh no. These little ones need all the care I can give them. They will be my healthy cats soon. And I am out of practice. Those flaming swords are not for me anymore. I'm not as young as I once was, Rebecca.'' 
 
 `` As you wish, brother.'' She left the home of the doctor swiftly. 
 
 `` Come along little one, let us see that your brothers get well, hm?''
