They had to hurry - the museum guards would be back in this sector for another walk through any moment. Violet and the Rani crept silently along the wall, searching through the exhibits for the item they needed.

It had taken a day just to track it here - the Rani’s long-lost navigational node had been left in the dark ages, and somehow turned up in an expedition to excavate an old castle. Could she really help that she liked a man in shining armor and enjoyed randomly pushing them off their steeds? 

They’d nearly made it when a mouse scuttled through the passageway. Oh no…. by the time the Rani looked, Violet had already shifted into kitten form and was joyfully giving chace. 

The two animals zipped through the room, knocking over objects on pedestals here and there, turning the whole area into chaos in mere seconds. The alarms rang, the loud buzzing startling poor Violet right back to humanoid, where she sat, stunned for a moment while a particularly fragile vase fell at her feet. “Oops?” she shrugged.

The Rani just laughed. Life was never boring around her companion! Tugging her up by the arm, they ran through to the next room. The Rani smashed the glass case holding her badly rusted navigational node, grabbing it. “Let’s go!”

Off they went, running as fast as they could, slipping out the side door before the guards ever knew what hit them.