Rue and her group of friends are being chased by a group of kids how are trying to get a taste of their loot, as she was running she took a left turn leading her to a dead end trapped her between the brick wall and the one of the kids that was chasing her through back streets and ally ways.

Rue is walking along aside the river and picking up stones and growing them into the river along side her is a tabby cat that she found behind a trash can ever since then the cat has been beside her.