Clover and his mother were looking for shelter from the snowstorm. It had just started and showed no signs of stopping any time soon. They found a narrow alleyway between a corner store and an apartment …show more content…
Clover wasn’t strong enough to defeat him so he nidged at his mother, yelling at her to run. Instead of running to the small exit from the cardboard, she charged the opposite direction, towards Boss. Clover was horrified as his mother was slammed into the store wall, landing with a loud thud. Whether or not it was part of the plan, the store owner came running out of the store, yelling and crrying a broom in hand. Boss turned to face the interferring human. That window of opportunity was all Clover and his mother needed to get away. They ran as fast as they could to an area they knew Boss couldn’t go. Clover felt relieved once they got far enough to call it safe. He heard a thud and quickly flipped around.
His mother was a few feet away, collapsed on the snow-covered sidewalk with a pool of red slowly growing from her side. He yelped in her direction and ran back to her side. She was dying. The injury had been far too much and her illness was only accelarating her death. Clover could only huddle next to her and keep talking to her, saying it was going to be okay. He had gotten his sharpness from his mother, she knew full well it was her time, so she told him to listen to what her final