"On the Prowl"~ a prequel to "Cat Noir:
The piano player at the Cat’s Meow Club was tickling the ivory with abandon, beside him on the small stage, was a musician with a base viol joining the jazz riffs with enthusiasm, their combined talents were punctuated by the rhythmic stylings of a talented drummer, a madman named Buddy Rich.
Illya Kuryakin was sitting in the dark corner, dressed in his usual black suit and turtleneck, and sporting a pair of dark glasses as he tried to remain anonymous. He sipped a cup of cappuccino, nodding his head slightly in time with the beat of the music.
The Russian was in a rare mood, randy actually, though it was not his way to just go out and pick up a woman to satisfy his urges.