Kyper Files 009 -- Escape route

I stepped out of the shower as Kyper jumped out of the litterbox that had arrived last night, full of dirt. It smelled funny, like ozone, but it was an immediate solution to an immediate problem. I dressed in the least scented of the clothing I had purchased and went to the kitchen to get Kyper and myself a bite to eat. I filled his bowl but he didn't show up. I frowned.

I looked around the apartment but I couldn't see him anywhere. I walked back to the kitchen and laying on the counter was a tablet with a note.

“A. Hale - For your use.”

I frowned again. Some stupid lab coat had come in here and let my cat out, and now I needed to find him before they decided he was a lab rat. I muttered under my breath and picked up the tablet. It was one of those fancy ones that was thin with its own stylus.

“Well. If my door can be opened by everyone and a cat can escape, let's see what other notes I need,” I muttered and opened a notepad file.

I stepped out my door and walked towards the lab, my boots ringing on a metal floor. ‘Principal walk’ I'd once heard it termed— the walk that lets everyone know someone's in trouble.

I stepped inside the lab and looked around. There was cat hair on a chair.

“Has anyone seen a tiger-striped cat, brown and black, not orange?” I asked. Everyone looked at me like I was insane.

“Right. No one?” I asked as something violently exploded in the background. A milky white substance splattered on someone's goggles and I smelled apples. I needed to find Kyper fast.