The Adventures of the Cat Avengers

16/09/2025

11 years ago today, before there was ever a Cat Avenger Academy, before there were ever Agents. It was just a Husband and Wife trying to raise a little girl to be the best of us, so she could be better than we were when she grew up.

It was a cold September day, with a high of only 73 degrees and a low of 48 degrees that night. She had gotten home from school before my wife was home from work. Yes, this was in the days before work-from-home arrangements, but just barely for her. I was at the time an on-the-road IT guy, fixing printers, laptops, pc, etc., all over the state of Illinois, from South of I-80 to North of I-64. It was lots of driving, but I enjoyed the freedom of the road. In three short months, I would give up that life for the life of an Agent at Shield HQ.

I get a call from a panicked
Little Agent Quake:
"DAD! THERE ARE KITTENS UNDER THE HOUSE. THEY ARE CRYING. I THINK THEY ARE COLD. I THINK THEIR MOM ABANDONED THEM. THEY ARE GOING TO FREEZE TO DEATH IF WE DON'T HELP THEM."

Me:
"I will be home in 15 minutes; your mom should be home before me. Whatever you do, don't go get them, just wait till I get home."

Before I get home, about 5 minutes out, I get a text message, it's a picture of the orange kitten who would soon be named THOR! Little Agent Quake is holding him, to which I sent a quick reply, "WHY DID YOU GRAB HIM IF HE WAS UNDER THE HOUSE?"

Her Reply was, "I didn't. He came out from under the house and right to me, Dad, he's really cold. I think there is another one under the house, I can hear it crying for its friend."

As I pull into the drive, Agent Hill is home, Little Agent Quake has Thor, and they are listening for another kitten. Thor is calling his friend, and the friend calls back. There is, for sure, another kitten under my house, and without Thor, he will perish for sure, as it was getting colder by the minute.

I told Little Agent Quake to go under and get him; there was no way I could fit in the tiny area. She initially panicked, but a neighborhood kid said, "I'll do it, you scaredy cat!" This infuriated Little Agent Quake, and she mustered the courage to go under, as she got to where the kitten was hiding. I hear her say, "DAD HE'S GROWLING AND HISSING AND SWINGING AT ME, TRYING TO ATTACK ME, HE'S GOING TO HURT ME I THINK!" To which I replied, "Seriously, he's the size of a lemon, he won't hurt you, you're a big chicken, just grab him."

She then yells, "I GOT HIM, I'M COMING OUT!" As we waited, she came out and handed the kitten that would become LOKI to Agent Hill. We took them inside and saw they were covered in fleas, or at least Thor was, gave them a bath, and Thor's water was the color of rust. That night, they slept in this box with blankets, and soon, Lydia would claim them as hers and raise them. They would join our home with Lydia and Osiris, and eventually they would foster many other kittens, helping us establish the Cat Avenger Academy, and training Cats and Kittens to become the next Great Cat Avengers.

Sometimes the path that is before you is unknown, and the reasons the Universe puts things there are unknown, but everything happens for a reason. Thor and Loki were the reason we took up fostering, even if it would be several years before we did so. They are the reason the Agents exist, the Cat Avengers Exist, and that we have fostered 260 cats in the last five years. All because of one event, on one cold September day 11 years ago.

Happy Gotcha day, Thor and Loki, hopefully you live to see 20 years like Osiris, who celebrated her 20th Birthday in April, but even if you don't, we will wait for you to return as we do all the Fallen.

12/09/2025

Today’s a hard day, today we had to relinquish Silas to the APL. He has had nothing but issues post neuter and this latest issue could be FIP or it could be something worse and frankly testing is so expensive for the could be that the only place he can get help is with them. Dr Williams of Animal Hospital pushed to get him there as he is a great boy and just needs the chance to take all the fight he has and make it through this. Despite him being relinquished he is and will always be a Cat Avenger. We love you Silas, and we hope to see you on the available pets page one day, looking healthy, happy, and ready to SUIT UP! Until then May will be your guardian angel or your guide no matter the outcome.

-Coulson

02/09/2025

Apologies from being absent for a week. The loss of Agent May while expected, was also sudden and affected me more than I imagined it would. However I’ve been doing my own forms of therapy this last week and am happy to say that tomorrow I report back to Shield HQ and resume my daytime operations.

Meanwhile we missed the announcement of the one month birthday of the Cosplay crew. This group of kittens has graduated from grams to ounces now, and wouldn’t you know it Knightmage the kitten fresh off his morning ride as BattleCat is our first One Pounder. Followed by quite the surprise in Little Sparkz who is just an ounce away from catching her big brother. Shannon Rona slips into third place 7/10ths of an ounce behind her sister. Next up and breaking the 14oz mark is our sweet BelleChere this little BlackCat has been really mastering her walking and jump and has nearly figured out a way out of the “Birthing Box”. Last but never least is our sweet little hobbit Bite Size Geek, who is so close to 14oz that it’s nothing a second dinner won’t fix.

The recruits have also begun litter training. I am
Happy to report they have been peeing on their own in their training box, which I am sure is a relief to their mother Hope. It won’t be long now that these guys will need upgraded to a bigger room, but before we can do that we first have to get the Dog Pound and the Endless healthy. Despite completing full quarantine protocol about four days after being integrated or 18 days after arrival they came down with a virus. It could have been crossover from the Friend litter into their room, or it could have just been a virus that has a much longer incubation period. Either way Dentastix and one of her sisters as well as Destiny were the hardest hit. They visited the vets office and got meds and are on the mend.

The friends crew in the other hand Emma got sick and sick fast and she was diagnosed with pneumonia, we have been giving her meds, fluids, glucose, and small meals to try and get her through the worst of it but we remaining guarded on her prognosis.

That’s all from the academy for now, hope to have pictures and more updates soon

-Coulson

24/08/2025

Knightmage, Knightmage the kitten would like to know, if he is now big enough to be your BattleCat for the He-Man Cosplay, he will of course need the Power to turn into him. -Coulson

23/08/2025

You are all amazing!! Thank you so much! Keep sharing everyone!! Agent May may have crossed the rainbow bridge yesterday, but her legacy will live on with everything that you give, share and every donation. Let’s give something back to the kittens that she works so hard to love and get ready for their adoptions.

Love you mom! Look what you are doing! 🥲🥲🥲

Karen Dysart is one of the strongest women I know. She has fough… Jeanne Rutan needs your support for A Dying Wish, a gift of Forever in honor of Karen Dysart

22/08/2025

Agent May parted for her final mission 13:05CST. We wish her a safe mission and hope that the lost and forgotten at the Rainbow Bridge are prepared for their crossing as she is coming to take you all home.

For our followers you know that we believe in the bridge, a magical place where all animals, are permitted to cross and decide on their next journey. What that journey is, is up to them, maybe it’s back to their homes with their humans. Maybe it’s eternal rest, or taking on the life of a human so they can shower the world with their goodness. However the crossing of the bridge is what is important.

While our belief is not to dissimilar of this story, the belief that the forgotten must wait for a rescuer is important. To say that rescues are unloved though is harsh. I as would many rescuers would give anything to save our rescues. Yet as you all know sometimes that love is not enough but it does let them know they were loved and that they are now permitted across the bridge. We’ve sent 31 over the bridge, painfully, tears and curses at the universe, pleading and bargaining for them to stay, and we believe some have come back eager to continue where they left off.

As we prepare to say goodbye to Agent May, she knows her final mission and what she must do, she must gather up all the forgotten and get them to their next life. This is her reward for he lifetime of loving animals and helping us rescue and inspiring us to be the Agents we are.

As always we love by two mottos on death and loss.

“What is grief , if not love persevering”
“In life we die twice, once when our body give out and again when our memory fades”

May Agent May’s final Day(s), be filled with love, kitten cuddles, and laughter as she prepares for the final mission of an Agent of the Cat Avengers. Now enjoy “The Rescuers Final Reward” by Benny Archuleta

-Coulson

Unlike most days at the Rainbow Bridge, this day dawned cold and gray. All the recent arrivals at the Bridge did not know what to think, as they had never seen such a day. But the animals who had been waiting longer for their beloved people to accompany them across the Bridge knew what was happening, and they began to gather at the pathway leading to the Bridge.
Soon an elderly dog came into view, head hung low and tail dragging. He approached slowly, and though he showed no sign of injury or illness, he was in great emotional pain. Unlike the animals gathered along the pathway, he had not been restored to youth and vigor upon arriving at the Bridge. He felt out of place, and wanted only to cross over and find happiness.

But as he approached the Bridge, his way was barred by an angel, who apologized and explained that the tired and broken-spirited old dog could not cross over. Only those animals accompanied by their people were allowed to cross the Bridge. Having nobody, and with nowhere else to turn, the dog trudged into the field in front of the Bridge.

There he found others like himself, elderly or infirm, sad and discouraged. Unlike the other animals waiting to cross the Bridge, these animals were not running or playing. They simply were lying in the grass, staring forlornly at the pathway across the Rainbow Bridge. The old dog took his place among them, watching the pathway and waiting.yet not knowing for what he was waiting.

One of the newer dogs at the Bridge asked a cat who had been there longer to explain what was happening. The cat replied, "Those poor animals were abandoned, turned away, or left at rescue places, but never found a home on earth. They all passed on with only the love of a rescuer to comfort them. Because they had no people to love them, they have nobody to es**rt them across the Rainbow Bridge."

The dog asked the cat, "So what will happen to those animals?" Before the cat could answer, the clouds began to part and the cold turned to bright sunshine. The cat replied, "Watch, and you will see.” In the distance was a single person, and as he approached the Bridge the
old, infirm and sad animals in the field were bathed in a golden light. They were at once made young and healthy, and stood to see what their fate would be. The animals who had previously gathered at the pathway bowed
their heads as the person approached. At each bowed head, the person offered a scratch or hug. One by one, the now youthful and healthy animals from the field fell into line behind the person. Together, they walked across the Rainbow Bridge to a future of happiness and unquestioned love.

The dog asked the cat, "What just happened?" The cat responded, "That was a rescuer. The animals gathered along the pathway bowing in respect were those who had found their forever homes because of rescuers. They will cross over when their people arrive at the Bridge. The arrival here of a rescuer is a great and solemn event, and as a tribute they are permitted to perform one final act of rescue. They are allowed to es**rt all those poor animals they couldn't place on earth across the Rainbow Bridge."

The dog thought for a moment, then said, "I like rescuers." The cat smiled and replied, "So does heaven, my friend. So does heaven.

https://www.rainbowsbridge.com/stories/Jim-TheRescuersFinalReward-633483693228403750.aspx

22/08/2025

Agent May Update.

O2 stats are up today, hospice nurse is here and she doesn't think that she's at the end yet but the fight is on her.

She said she looks better and more alert today than yesterday, and that she doesn't look more swollen but to me she looks more swollen.

They have her on morphine every 4hrs, nebulizer every 6hrs, and antibiotics.

The lungs still sound bad and she still looks like what you'd expect a person to look like at this point.

Hospice is sending people out all weekend to check on her on top of her nurse care at the home.

None of us are ready, but in case this is it, you may call me Minister Agent Coulson, as I have been ordained by the Universal Life Church as of today and I will be performing my first ceremony tonight where I give away and Marry Agent Quake to her fiancé in front of her grandma with MauMau being the Flower Boy/Ring Bearer.

She wanted to this now so her grandma could see her married, Simon has visited his grandma and his behavior around her tells me all I need to know.

I don’t think any of us will ever be ready for this, we’ve had two years to prepare, but we will fill the time we have left with memories and love, like we would any recruit so when they take the final mission, it’s one filled with knowing they were loved and will never be forgotten.

-Minister Agent Coulson

22/08/2025

Agent Hill here….

This is one of the hardest posts I’ve ever had to write. Agent May, grandma to so many of our great avengers, it’s getting ready to join the others that have crossed the rainbow bridge.

Just like us, she has donated her time, her love and her days to helping those sweet angels that we call the cat avengers. She has helped them train to be the best. They can be by visiting her and giving her smiles and cuddles and love.

She has watched them grow up, she’s watched them be adopted and go to their forever families

One of the most selfless people that I know, she is given everything to everybody and never asked for anything in return. Until now.

Her last wish was to make sure that her impact would not be forgotten on this world. So please click on the link below and share and donate to help with her final expenses and her final wish that whatever is donated that is left after she is gone we give to the kittens of the
Forever Home Feline Ranch

So please, let’s show everyone how this post can grow and how she can give to help.

If you cannot give, please share. Share far and wide let’s honor this wonderful woman and give a gift of love.

https://gofund.me/5c6c96d4