Oobis darted out from under a tractor. "Don't ask me how but I just heard Ella scream." The cat took off in the direction the tracks had headed. She sounded so far away, he was worried but that didn't cut it, he felt desperate. Actual despair pressed down on him and slowed his steps. "So far away."

Matty had been several paces behind Joleen but lanky legs caught up quickly and soon he had caught up with her, matching her speed, as they raced after the inky black cat. A moment later Oobis had stopped. It all looked the same. Just dirt and tractors. He looked so lost, so small.

Oobis, suddenly, closed his eyes, flattened his ears, and WAILED as loud as he could. A mournful, ringing MUUURRROWWW