A/N: This was originally an idea set forth by Alex Kade, so the
first paragraph is hers. However, I took it and ran with it as
you can see, so everything else is mine. Thanks to Alex not only
for the idea, but the fantabulous Beta as well. It's basically
thanks to her I'm writing the most I've ever done in my life,
and it's fun as hell.  There were missions - putting themselves
at risk for the good of mankind (and a decent paycheck) - and
then there were responsibilities. Brandt and Benji finding
themselves stranded on a rooftop in the middle of a flash flood
was the result of one such responsibility. As Brandt shivered
against the rising wind and rain, claw marks from an ungrateful
feline burning his chest, he began to seriously question the
sanity of his team (himself, included), and their ability to
gauge what truly fell under their realm of "responsibility."
After all, this wasn't the first predicament they had gotten
themselves into over something as seemingly trivial as cat.  At
first, it seemed a trivi