Black Fur and Red Eyes

I acted like a big baby today all because of a black cat. When I  walking up the stairs to my apartment there was a black cat with  blood red eyes. It was right at the top of the stairs just starting at me meowing! The whole time it was meowing it was twitching its head and he was getting louder and louder with the meowing.  I couldn't do anything because I had my dog in my arms and I didn't want to put him down incase he went after the cat and got rabies or something. So I call my bother outside to get the cat  away from the top of the stairs. When he did the cat  went in our patio door so he chased it out. I was so frightened because when I was little I was attacked by a cat. I have never liked cats since. After the situation was over with I felt so sorry for the cat because of his eyes looked terrible. I wish I could have given it some food or something but I didn't have any cat food. So I went and bought some just for him.  I didn't put it in front of our apartment but I did at the end of our hallway with some water so he would be able to find it.  Even though I don't like cats I can't stand to see a animal suffer.