All the animals stopped what they were doing and silently looked at the person who had shouted out. Max and Duke's hearts plummeted when they recognized Nitro, the black feral cat from earlier. Padding up to Snowball, Nitro demanded, "What are ya all doing?! You can't initiate these two!"

"And why not?" Snowball answered Nitro's question with a question of his own.

"They're domestics!" Nitro revealed the truth. Everyone gasped in unison and slowly turned their heads to look at Max and Duke, who were slowly trying to back away. Sadly, they couldn't sneak away as all eyes were on them now. Instead, the two canines sat down and smiled nervously at the shocked crowd. Raising an eyebrow, Snowball asked quietly, "Tiny Dog, Fat Dog, is this true?"

"Well, we could've burned our collars or lost them to a bunch of cats but we're still like you guys!" Max tried to defend himself and Duke. However, Duke screwed that up when he opened his mouth and answered truthfully, "Yeah..." Max slowly turned to glare at his brother.

Face growing red and his foot thumping on the ground rapidly in anger, Snowball almost snarled, "You don't deserve to be bitten by the Viper... you deserve to be EATEN by the Viper! GET THEM!"