Take me home, country roads (c)

Letting out a yawn, Sunflower awoke from his nap with his mate Snowdrop at his side, still fast asleep. Bright sunlight shined through their little den near outskirts of the Twolegplace and the lengthy tom assumed it was time to get up and get moving a bit. Surprisingly enough, now that he had a family, life outside of SkyClan hadn't been horrible. Of course, every day he still found himself yearning to go back to his true home, but he had a life here now and couldn't just abandon it.

Stretching out his front paws, the short pelted tom was about to get up, when a sharp, unwanted scent filled the air; the scent of Twolegs. Of course, they'd grown used to the distant scent of them seeing as though they'd been living close in proximity, but this smell was much stronger and perking his ears, the stomping of their clumsy footsteps was uncomfortably close. Jumping up with his nerves on high alert, he prodded Snowdrop awake. "K-kits!" Sunflower called out. He remembered that Pipsqueak said he was going hunting and prayed his other two were safe. Running out of the den, he quickly realized the mistake he had made.

Before he could make a break for it back to shelter or simply in the opposite direction, large naked paws reached down and gripped him by the scruff. Letting out a shriek of terror, Sunflower twisted and thrashed his body in every possible direction, but it was no use. Within seconds, he was dropped into a cold, metallic cage. He tried to jump up and escape, but the Twoleg's paws were too much of an obstacle and the door slammed shut above him. "Help!" he screamed, though he realized that he didn't actually want his mate or kits to show up, for they too might end up like him. But... would he ever see them again? Life with his Twolegs those many moons ago hadn't been the worst... but he didn't want to lose what he had here!