Howling

This incident occurred a few years ago but it is still fresh in our memories.

For a few months we were staying at a rental apartment, till our home was getting ready. In this apartment me and my parents would be in the master bedroom which was away from the entrance of the house. One night my sister and my nephew had come to stay. They stayed in the other bedroom which was close to the entrance of the house. After completing our nightly routine we all went to sleep.

In the night my sister came to our bedroom and switch on the lights. Me and my parents wike up. My first instinct was to check the time it was 2:15 at night. My sister was visibly frightened. She was carrying my nephew on her shoulders who was still asleep. My first fear was that my nephew is unwell and we will have to take him to the doctor. Thankfully it was not that.

I asked my sister what happened. She said she is hearing noises coming from outside of the house. Then noise was of crying loudly almost like howling. She said the noise was scary enough to make her leave the room and come here. It was scary and did not sound like human. As we for in the inside bedroom we were not able to hear that noise.

Me and my dad decided to investigate. If someone is unwell then we should help them. We thought if someone needed help we should go ahead. Also the other thought was what if there is a criminal incident in the neighbourhood. We asked my mother and sister along with nephew to stay in the bedroom and lock the doors.

And my dad came out of the bedroom and were searching for something that could be used as weapon. I picked up a wooden stick that had been in my house for several years. It was a heavy and solid wooden stick good for self defence. My dad had taken an Aluminium rod which earlier was the Bangalore for the curtain. Both of us were armed with domestic tools.

As we were in the living room we were able to hear the howling noise. It was clear that it is not made by human. There was only one way to find out. I was scared after hearing that howling noise but of course the truth had to be found out. My dad was ahead and I was right behind him. Dad open the front door and the sound got louder. We opened the safety door to find out what is going on.

Nobody was to be seen in the floor lobby. The noise was coming from the side of the lobby towards the lift. We silently made an action plan and decided to proceed towards the lift lobby. As we continued to March ahead the howling sound was getting louder and louder. With each step my heart was beating faster.

Now just one step remained to reach the left lobby. As we took that step ahead both of us work to find out what was making that horrid noise. We saw to stray cats. Ab black cat and orange cat standing in front of each other. Staring at each other and screaming at each other. I knew it was a fight for the territory. Definitely the sound was scary but the creatures who were making that sound where very cute.

My dad and I look that each other and we started laughing. We were armed to fight the two stray cats. We left the scene and returned home. We told the story to my sister and mother and even they started laughing.

Even today we remember this incident and laugh at it. Really cats rule the world and we live in their world.