Cinnamon was picked up. She squirmed, uncomfortable. They were squeezing on her stomach too much!
Wait.
Cinnamon raised her head. She thought she smelled another guinea pig. Could it be? Cinnamon was still sniffing around when she was placed in a box. She let out a little squeak. "Who is it?"
The other guinea let out a snuffle. Wait! Cinnamon knew that snuffle! But could it really be? "Rainy?" she asked, disbelieving.
Rainy shot forward. "Cinnamon?" she asked, wide eyed.
"Is it truly you?" Cinnamon asked.
"Yes! YES, Cinnamon, it truly is me!"
"How's Splash and Rosette?" Cinnamon asked.
Cinnamon watched as Rainy's eyes filled with sadness and disappointment. "Splash got bought. She's a single pig. Rosette is part cuy, so no one wants her. She got sent back to be a euthanized."
Cinnamon nuzzled Rainy. "I'm glad to have you here."
Rainy purred. "When I was taken away, I smelled the people that had taken you away. I thought maybe you had passed on... and they were coming back to take more lives."
Cinnamon drew her tongue over Rainy's ear. "I used to get rat food. But now we get Oxbow. It's good."
Rainy opened her eyes wider. "What's your cage like?"
"Small. Pet store cage. Really, Rainy, what do you expect."
The two guinea pigs were picked up and walked over to the cage. The pigs were placed in.
"Cinnamon, he--" Rainy saw the look in Cinnamon's eyes. Savage.
"Get out of my cage!" Cinnamon snarled.
"It's me!" Rainy wheeked in Cinnamon's face.
"OUT!" Cinnamon screeched.
"I have no where to go!" Rainy cried.
Cinnamon walked over to Rainy. "I will tear you to bits if you don't get out of my cage this very second."
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