Kitty Rehab Chapter 6
#5 of Kitty Rehab
Chapter 6
"Three times the trouble"
The next few days for Arean were long and arduous. Her hands itched and her head swam. Arean had been asleep when her new 'Father' had clipped her claws and now, sheathed behind pudgy flesh on her fingertips. She discovered this the day after the mall trip when she went to use her claws to comb her hair!
Arean had raged, it was a simple task and while admittedly Jalaxian Adults treated it the same as a human picking their nose, it was something that most Jalaxians would do without thinking while by themselves. Arean demanded that it was unfair to have her claws cut without being told about it or given a choice. "While you were hopped up you'd been hurting yourself using your claws!" Gloria had responded smoothly. "Our choice was to let you hurt yourself or prevent it! Use your hairbrush" Arean had swore again in Jalaxian, but it was to obviously a swear despite talking in a language she didn't know that well. Giving Arean a withering look and zero warning she had stood and grabbed the feline by the base of her tail and forced her to raise it! Arean suddenly felt like she really was six years old, with her tail in a firm grip and forcefully raised the kitten was made to stand on all fours with her balance completely off, flipping the skirt she had been wearing and leaving her rump exposed. This had been followed up by ten brisk hand-smacks across her unclad bottom and a comment of 'What happened to the nappy I told you to wear!"
Arean fumbled for an answer barely being able to keep upright as it was before Gloria added another ten strokes. When Arean had been allowed to stand the sore bottomed kitten had been driven towards the bathroom and had a squeazy-tube of 'Swear Oil' pushed into mouth. It was a quick punishment and, Arean realised very similar to the Jalaxian one - unlike soap the oil squirted into her mouth coated the tongue easily without risk of her feline teeth damaging a brush or the hands of the person applying it.
Later that day Arean had discovered the Book! Gloria had managed to source a fabricated copy of 'Rovigxur Slevuajuso' written in Panglish . Roughly translated as 'Kitten in Trouble' the book was an advice book for mothers on Jalaxia and, judging by Gloria's tail-hold earlier the woman had been up at night studying it intently.
It was the third day now since Arean had woken up from her brief rehabilitation. Her head still hurt and she found herself pacing up and down the back yard whenever she wasn't being forced to do some task, being spanked or being allowed to nap. At six years Jalaxian's traditionally napped twice a day but Gloria seamed to think even this much sleep was too much for a kitten her apparent age. When Arean had demanded to know "Am I too old or Too young then!" They had gotten into another little tiff. This was when Arean was introduced to the 'Height Chart'!
Arean had wondered about this. Frogmarched over to a wall in the lounge-room there was a poster, long enough to reach up to Ian's head (the tallest head in the house) it had a picture of the back of a human child with a big red bottom drawn on it. "This is how I want you to look!" Gloria had said. "Only the Jalaxian way!"
Taped about four inches below her nose level was a piece of red tape! "A Line!?" She had declared indignantly. 'Well, I suppose this isn't as bad!' she thought and did as any Jalaxian knew she had to. Taking hold of her tail she stepped backwards and bent to the correct height, poking her bottom out and her nose against the wall. As soon as she was in position Gloria rested a hand on her head and brought the other hand down five times across Arean's backside. The Jalaxian eeped, mumbling again in her native tongue that she ought to be being paid!
"I know you've been with us less than a week, but you must learn not to argue with us!" Gloria had instructed. And this was where Arean was now.
It was custom, she knew, that once put on a line nobody was allowed to leave it until told they could. As afternoon wore on guests came by, three girls from the sound of it, and all three gawped at Arean and her bared bottom left out on display. Stuck facing the wall she couldn't look at them but they looked at her. "So, that's the naughty cat!" an older sounding voice declared regally. The girl's had a strange lilt in the Panglish that caught the feline's attention. "Yes, that's our little drug smuggler." Gloria said, "Although we aren't sure now how her sentence will go. I'm sorry you girl's couldn't have come around sooner, the drug rehabilitation has been going slowly - just yesterday I found her out in the back-yard attempting to burn and sniff any and every part of all the plants there to see if any had addictive qualities to her!"
"Oh, I'd be very glad if you don't have anything like Catnip or Pussy-willow!" Arean's ears perked up at these names, listening intently. She assumed that Gloria was nodding. "In-deed. A lot of plants and substances are known to effect Earth specie of cats in different ways and while not the same as the Jalaxian plants nobody wants to take the risk. We were given a checklist of plants from five different worlds that we had to pull out if we had them just in case. It wasn't even that they were narcotic a lot of them, just a recognition that Jalaxian's eat leaves and grasses all the time and we didn't want her poisoning herself!" Another voice interrupted, "She's listening to us!" Gloria seamed to think about this. "Serenity, would you be so good as to give her five smacks for eves-dropping, then release her from the line?"
Arean closed her eyes and rode out the five strokes, allowing the unseen figure to pull her Nappy up over her buttocks again and stood when ordered. She turned to face a human girl of eight years. Behind her, sitting on the couch alongside Gloria and Mikan were two other girls, one half laying over a cushion and the other leaning forwards with interest.
All three girls had strawberry blond hair and flashing blue eyes. Identical in every way except for the markings on their hands the girls looked at Arean as though she was a piece of interesting meat in a butcher shop window but somehow, didn't seam to feel threatening. Least, not worse than her past clients had been! "This is my first time seeing a Jalaxian up close!" the girl who was leaning forwards commented. She had a big bold V on her hand, had the girl been wearing glasses she would have been fiddling with them as she looked over the feline. < You haven't paid to be let stare like that > Arean commented under her breath in her native tongue. < I wouldn't mind paying! > she responded smoothly, there was almost NO lilt or accent to her Jalaxian. <If it meant getting to see you spanked or on the line again! > another interrupted. Arean turned her head to the lounging girl, then grinned.
"You're accent is terrible!" she indicated the more relaxed girl, "Her's would almost let her pass as a native if she had more fur. And a tail!" Gingerly Arean went to sit on the nerdy girl's lap, expecting her to scoot aside. Instead the eight year old allowed Arean to sit, wrapping her arms around the black furred kitten. "So Soft!" The fur-less skin around her ears tinged pink with a blatant blush and she self-consciously tried to hide them.
"Arean, these girl's are Serenity, Selene and Pandia! They're triplets!" "Like I can't tell!" Arean replied curtly, "Although its rare to see identical people as rejuves I'll guess!" In their school uniforms Arean couldn't tell the three apart at all and had to ask - "Which one is which!" "The standing one is Serenity!" Mikan put in, "The one who's lap your on is Pandia and the relaxed one is Selene!" "Are you sure about that?" Serenity teased. "Just cause I stood up to release Arean doesn't mean I'm Serenity! I might be Pandia!" Mikan shook her head. "You all smell differently!" the girl responded, tail and ears moving happily.
Arean blinked at this statement then twisted on the girls lap and sniffed. It was true, that would make things easier at least! The blush on Arean's ears grew stronger when the eight year old human rubbed her cheek against the kitten's. It was a traditional display of affection for her kind, usually reserved for those who knew each other well. "They go to our school!" Mikan instructed, trying to be helpful. Arean turned around straight whispering in Jalaxian < Ask me later about my rates if you want to be affectionate! > and hoping only the girl beside her heard.
"I can tell they go to our school. They're wearing the same uniforms we bought a couple of days ago! I can also guess they are our neighbours before you needlessly point that out as well!" Mikan was grinning encouragingly having not been put off by Arean's cold tone. "And they might babysit us!" she put in, "Gloria says they're all trustworthy and they used to be journeymen learning to go on a starship or something. So they know about our races!" Arean turned to the lounging girl she was identifying as Selene. "Journeymen?"
"I was training to be an in-flight engineer! Selene was a translator and Serenity was hoping to make Ships Doctor!" she explained, "Journeymen means your apprenticed to learn under somebody in our culture. All of us have seen space time." Arean whistled through the gaps in her teeth, attempting to imitate the sound that Ian had used the other day to call Mikan in from play. "I'm guessing there's an awesome story then as to why two of you are Medical rejuve and one Voluntary?" Gloria clapped her hands interrupting as Selene was about to explain.
"Rather than talk down here, how about we move on the the more important part!" Arean looked at Gloria.
"As you know Arean. I myself am a teacher at the same school you will be attending. Now, since your arrival I haven't been able to teach but that will be changing soon. This afternoon I have plans to go down, make sure you are fully registered and organise for when you start attending in two days time." "What, four days after I arrive here?" Arean stared at Gloria. "Hun, It's been over a week. Cause of your rehab you were asleep or feverish for nearly four days. This planet has an eight day week, six working days two days of rest!" she explains. "You arrived on the friday, it is now friday again! After the weekend you start school alongside Mikan!"
Arean scowled. Prior to rejuvenation Arean had only schooled until age eleven, running away at age twelve. She suspected that Gloria and Ian knew this by now and that this was why she was being sent to school, despite her vehement feeling that she survived so far without a highschool education.
"You'll be schooling with other rejuves!" Serenity said, "For most of the subjects. But allowing for your different culture, planet, potential upbringings myself and my sisters will be tutoring you tonight and over the weekend. Finding out what you do and don't know so that the teachers can assist you better!" Arean's ears were flat and her tail twitching nervously against the shirt of the girl behind her. She could feel Pandia gently stroking the end of it and didn't want to shake her off. Not if there was a chance she could bribe the older rejuve. "Mikan too I guess huh?"
"Nope!" Mikan was grinning. "I already been going to school! Mum kept me home though while you was rehabity so she could monitor you. I'll be in a Kindern school with untaught kitties and cubbies and stuff cause I never got schooled in the first places!" "You sound way too happy about that for your own good!" Arean scowled at the dog.
Gloria had stood up stretching. "Well, alright then. Mikan, I want you to behave yourself while I'm gone! I'm sure Selene has the energy to keep you occupied! Pandia, you have full permission to punish Arean if she resists your teaching her! And Serenity!" she turned on the child who was leaning against the kitchen counter, "Remember that they are pennies. If I'm not back by bedtime then make sure they get their evening spankings!" All three blond coloured bobs of hair bobbed in unison, making Arean's head swim. If not for the separate smells Arean could look at all three identically cut hair-styles, identical eyes and identical faces and treat them all as one girl!
< I am so going to bed with a sore bottom tonight! > she muttered. < You bet you are! > Pandia pet Arean's furred thigh. "Now up on those little paws of your's and up to your room. We're going to get started and to do that we need a computer!" Arean listened as Pandia switched between Jalaxian and Panglish with eas. All three of them were nerds, in different categories. As they walked down the hall, Gloria getting ready to head out Arean whispered to Pandia in Jalaxian - < You know, I'll respond better to Positive encouragement rather than spanking? > She attempted to scoot closer so her tail could brush Pandia's leg. Swiftly and smoothly the eight year old batted the tail up and brought a hand against Arean's nappy clad bottom in a rather innocent smack that made the feline jump.
"But I enjoy spanking people!" She replied evilly, before settling Arean in front of a terminal. "I meant to ask, why the nappy? Still not out of the wetting stage?" Arean scowled. "I saw one of those Drakonian things yesterday down the street and had an accident!" she confessed, taking her seat. "That battle-axe has been keeping me in nappies ever since till she knows I won't have an accident!" Pandia stifled a giggle. "Oh, I see. Well then I suppose it's fine to take them off for now. Plus it'll make punishing you easier if you don't do as I tell you!"
Serenity caught up to Arean and Pandia just as the kitten was sitting back in front of the computer again, smiling and asking "You ready to start learning through the seat of your pants?" Arean shrugged, and Serenity loaded a data chip containing the stuff they needed to go over. Arean grinned at the chip auto-loading to take up the entire screen and the animated introduction designed to get the attention of even a Kindern her age.
"I'm Not!" Arean replied, "But I guess you aren't going to give me much of a choice!" Privately Arean kept telling herself 'I just need to stick this out till I find a chance to escape. I cant let myself be stuck in this hellhole!'