He was silent.
He was stealthy.
His prey suspected nothing.
His hindquarters swayed as he prepared for the kill, and...
Tugger leaped on his younger brother's back with a triumphant whoop. "HA! Found you, Alonzo!"
Alonzo's head whipped around in startled confusion, before identifying his attacker with a hiss. Growling playfully, Tugger dug his claws into his brother's shoulders as Alonzo tried to buck off the other kitten.
Eventually succeeding, Alonzo launched Tugger off his back and into a nearby pile of tires. Tugger struggled to right himself as the black and white kitten came barreling towards him, but only succeeded in burrowing further into the tires. Alonzo made a war-like yelp and he jumped into the tunnel Tugger had inadvertently created, ears back and claws extended.
Moments later, the two brothers rolled out of the pile and into the small clearing Alonzo had been hiding in. Locked in a sporting embrace, the brothers clawed and bit at each other as they tumbled around in a wobbly circle. Separating themselves they circled the other, ears back and fur fluffed for a few moments before collapsing against each other in a fit of giggles.
"Come on," Alonzo cried as he jumped to his feet a minute later and raced off into the main area of the junkyard
"I think I saw where Bomba was headed!"
"Alonzo, wait up and be quiet!" Tugger yelled after his sibling, failing to recognize the irony in his own statement. He soon caught up with the smaller tom, and followed his siblings' weaving pattern and sharp turns before Alonzo skidded to a halt, leaving grooves in the ground from his attempt to stop himself with his claws.
Unprepared, Tugger was unable to stop before he crashed into Alonzo, and they landed in an ungraceful heap a few feet away from where Alonzo had stopped. Tugger jumped up, and dusted himself off carefully, before beginning to lick his fur back into place
"You know," He said, in between long strokes of his tongue "You could have warned me. I dunno why you didn't."
Alonzo whipped around to look the grooming tom in the face, and lifted a finger to his lips "SHHHHH!" He hissed violently. Tugger's ears went back, and he cuffed his brother on the side of the head.
"Don't you tell me what to do 'Lonzo!" He said in a low growl.
Alonzo rolled his eyes and pointed. Tugger glared at his brother for a moment before noticing a small bit of red fur was visible above a tangle of furniture.
The fur quivered, and suddenly became a streak of color as Bombalurina bolted past the brothers and through a tunnel.
"Hurry!" Tugger yowled, all animosity towards Alonzo forgotten as he twisted around and began to run after the she-cat. "We can catch her on the other side if you chase her through the tunnel!"
"We wouldn't have to if you would've just been quiet!" His brother called after him, his voice distorted by the movement of his run.
Tugger neared the tunnel, but scrambled on top of it instead of going into it.
Alonzo was just behind him, and barely missed knocking his brother off the tunnel as he raced into it. Tugger began to crawl along the top of the smooth surface as fast as he could. Bombalurina was fast, and if he didn't get to the other end of the tunnel and into the main area of the junkyard first...
He slid and slipped on the slick surface of the cement tunnel, worn smooth by years of rain. His mind was only on his task, so he barely noticed when the intended target shot out of the other side of the tunnel, but he certainly did notice Alonzo's irritated yowl.
Tugger immediately abandoned the tunnel approach, slipping to the ground and bounding ahead on all fours. He and Alonzo rocketed into the main area of the junkyard, chasing after their female friend, laughing wildly as she escaped the brothers.
Suddenly a sound caught Tugger's interest and his ears rotated to follow it.
What he heard caused him to stumble to a halt, and his eyes flicked across the junkyard to find the source. His lips and ears pulled back.
A panting Alonzo was suddenly at his side "What's wrong? You made us lose her again!" he said, and then glanced toward the object of Tugger's growling.
"What?" Alonzo said again, slightly more insistent this time.
Tugger's eyes narrowed. Jellylorum, Jennyanydots, Skimbleshanks, Asparagus and the twins; Coricopat and Tantomile were surrounding a small silver and black striped kitten. No, fawning over it. And using the kinds of voices they only used to address him, HIM, the Rum Tum Tugger! Deuteronomy's first child in many years! What did this strange upstart of a kitten think he was?
He began to saunter over to the strange group, a well-practiced sneer forming on his lips.
He slipped between Skimbleshanks and Asparagus to look the kitten in the face.
Paws akimbo, Tugger stared at him for a moment before loudly demanding "Who, are you?"
The first time I watched CATS, I was kind of freaked out by the Rum Tum Tugger, but now that I'm not 12 or so, I think he's hilarious! The love story between him and Bomba was fun, but this'll be him in all his pampered, spoiled glory!
Admetus is currently the youngest kitten, consult my profile for more information on who would be alive and might appear in the story.
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy! ^^