Disclaimer: Do you really think if I owned Cats I would be writing fanfiction?
"Maybe this wasn't our best idea Dell…" a young queen's voice quietly whispered from the shadows. Alonzo sat up quickly, blinking to wake himself up. The 'graveyard shift' he was sometimes given left him alone on watch, not too early in the morning but not late enough for other Jellicles to be enjoying the moon. The sound of someone nearby wasn't a regular occurance.
"Calm down Sil. I just want to check out the nest. I think that street cat tore it down." An older, slightly bossy tom's voice, louder and closer, reached Alonzo's eyes. He sat up slightly, not worried. They both sounded younger than him, surely nothing to worry about.
"But we have to cross the road to get there, and you know mother said never to go out without her…" The queen's voice – apparently Sil – rang out after. There was a slight thump and a muffled 'ouch', before a sleek, dark brown tom came out of the shadows and neared the rain slicked road. Alonzo watched on silently, his eyes again starting to droop.
"Come on, Shock." 'Sil' whispered, before appearing in Alonzo's line of view. She was young, but not a kitten. Fairly scrawny with uncared for – near untameable – brown tabby fur and what seemed to be a twisted front paw, hindering her movements. The silent Jellicle guard rested his head on his hands.
Barely a step after 'Sil' a smaller, younger queen came out, skitterish and nervous, looking about.
'Probably worried about being caught by their parents.' Alonzo thought. The kitten seemed to turn and stare directly at him – a stare he couldn't quite interpret – before turning towards the road and quickly catching up to the queen ahead of her. As soon as the small queen's front paw hit the road – which the tom had already crossed – panic erupted.
"Children!" A much older queen – their mother, Alonzo guessed – came from the same direction they did, running to try and catch them. The two queens' eyes widened as they hurried across the road.
"Trouble!" 'Sil' called, as Alonzo stood bolt upright. The light shining of the damp road seemed to be approaching… the human contraption they call 'car' must be nearing….
The motherly queen was unaware, catching onto the kitten almost in the middle of the road.
"What have I told you about crossing the road, Shock? You'll get hurt! You could be--" Alonzo started climbing down from the small tower of junk he was perched on quickly.
"Ma'am, get off the road--"
The kitten looked at him one more time – a sad, lost and unhopeful look – only a second before the 'car' slammed into them, dragging them down the street in a bloody tangled mess.
The young queen across the road howled in sadness, the tom holding her back. Alonzo's eyes were glued to the place they had been only a second ago.
'It was almost as if she knew…' Alonzo thought absently, before shaking his head to clear his thoughts and quickly crossing the road. The queen was still howling, sobbing and limp in what Alonzo guessed to be her brothers arms. The tom cried silent tears. Even Alonzo was nearly in tears seeing the sudden and early deaths.
"Mother…" The tom whispered.
"Shock!" The queen howled. As Alonzo approached the tom looked up sadly, and despite his best thoughts neither of them saw the other as a threat. Alonzo slowly ushered the two back across the road and too the junkyard silently.
They needed to mourn.
A/N: Awww, sad beginning! I would have loved to make Shock live longer, but I'll explore her character later on Awws! Only a little bit to start – sort of like an epilogue if you will. Reviews (and flames) welcome. Also, if you can think of a better title please tell me! I couldn't think of one!