James is a high school freshman in trouble again; only this time he has reached the limit. As luck would have it he was trying to help someone and happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Just as he begins to avoid trouble, trouble has found him again in the shape of small, brightly colored laboratory experiments that have gone to the dogs - or rather, the cats. When James tries to dodge the responsibilities of having to care for his new 'pets', he finds that the easy way isn't always the best way. Will he be able to escape from his past while making an easier life for himself? His decisions could send him down a road he doesn't want to travel. Will that path lead to a 'dead' end?