Basement Cat

When I was just about to go to bed I heard a strange piercing noise that sounded like nothing I had ever heard. I went outside to check whether there was a wounded animal in the backyard only to find out that the sound was made by some gigantic bats. But I was not the only one who had been drawn to the backyard in the middle of the night. When I went back to the house I was followed by a dark shadow - an old black cat with tattered ears and badly matted fur. He was extremely hungry, and after he had emptied all the food bowls he let me remove most of the mats (the biggest was about the size of a small apple). Then he disappeared into the basement where he spent the night.