Colours in Shadows: Book 1 Flooding and Fury

Shadows cover the wall of a room. Nothing could be seen through the darkness except for a couple of rays of sunlight, peeking through small holes in the tall ceiling. Shelves filled the room and a small desk sat on the right side of the room.
"Haha! It's perfect!" A deep voice said from within the darkness. A tomcat was sitting at his workspace, happy with what he had done.
His long fur mixed with colours of dark brown, black, and some tiny bits of white just on the tips of his ears. There were also some along his back and some on his chest. His eyes almost look as if he was a hawk, staring at its prey; seemingly filled with pure mischief and evil. Three bottles stand in front of him on a stone slab, each one having a wisp of something in it.
"What is it, Sir?" A smaller, light brown cat spoke, wandering over to his master's side. "What did you find?" He sort of looked like a chipmunk.
"Oh, Chip! Just in time, my little assistant. I guess I may as well as teach you. These bottles here, each one holds the DNA of one of the four elements." The older cat explained. The young cat looked at the bottles, a little light glow rose from inside of each of them. Each bottle shone a different colour: red, blue, and white. He tilted his head to one side, then began counting them again. "But Sir, there's only three here. There are four elements."
"Good job for pointing that out, but fear no longer." The dark brown cat meowed, then wandered away. He returned carrying another bottle, but this time, it had a green glow to it. He placed it in between the blue and white. "Now it's perfect! Fire, Water, Earth, and Air!" he said in a deep voice as he pointed at each bottle, reading aloud what element was contained within them. He wandered over to another space and began putting some other stuff away.
The young one looked at the bottles, then looked over at him, "Sir, how did you collect those? The elements are just spirits, they're not real beings. How could you possibly collect them?" He questioned.
"You don't have to call me "Sir", you can call me by my name... Talon ThornHawk. Anyway, Up until now, they were spirits. Four have been gifted with the power of the elements, which is also why I collected the DNA. For us to take over, it's part of the plan."
"That's cool, but wait! Take over?" Chip asked, tilting his head to one side as if he were confused, "What plan?"
Talon stopped what he was doing and smiled. "Well, my little assistant." he meowed as he walked over to Chip's side. "We will take what power we have and once the elements are eliminated, we will take control and we will rule. We will be the elements."
"Eliminated? I'm not too sure about that." Chip responded, concerned.
"Don't worry, young Shapeshifter." Talon said, rubbing Chip's head and messing up his fur. "Once we rule the elements, you won't even notice anything." he reassured.
Suddenly, a ball of smoke appeared behind him, then the smoke quickly disappeared into the air, revealing a black cat levitating. He was almost ghostlike. The cat pointed at him, "Stop what you're doing Talon!" he yelled.
Talon sighed, then placed his paw on Chip's shoulder. "Chip, how about you go tidy some things in the other room? I have some business to discuss."
"Oh... alright" Chip replied as he walked away.
Talon stood there with his back turned to the cat. Then, he turned to face them, "Don't you ever learn to knock, Jasper?" he shouted. His voice echoed off the walls.
"I know what you're up to!" Jasper said.
"Oh, you mean my plan? It's pretty good, right?" He replied, coolly. "Taking over the elements." he looked at his claws, thinking about what he was capable of doing with them.
"You can't do that!" Jasper snapped.
Talon looked over at him. "I can't do what? It has already begun." he said, a big smile crossing his face. "Once the four are eliminated. Chip and I will take over and no one can stop us! Anyway, I must get back to work. See you later."
Talon disappeared into a cloud of smoke with just a snap of his paw. Jasper waved his paw in front of his face and coughed, trying to swat the smoke away.
"Copycat, that's all he is..." Jasper coughed and finally, the smoke cleared and the room was empty with no sign of Talon anywhere. "What am I supposed to do? He can't get away with this."
He thought for a moment.

"I don't know if the other spirits will agree with this. The secret has been hidden for years but this is serious! We must bring the Four together. We must get the Elements involved!"