A girl lay strewn across the road, her body bloody and broken. Cars raced past, not seeming to notice the girl who looked almost lifeless on the street. It was at that moment he noticed her there. That's the moment it all started.
A tall, gray cat with tiger stripes made his way to the road, sniffing the air cautiously, A car rushed by, which he followed with his eyes as it made its way down the road. He looked slightly downward, because he saw a large mass laying in the road. He took a step out into the road, but another car raced by.
Once the road was clear of cars, he slowly made his way over to the figure. As he neared it, he realized it was a girl. She was most certainly unconscious, and it looked as if she had many broken limbs. She was coated in blood, which was coming from cuts that were all over her body. The grey cat soon recognized who he was looking at. Her wild calico fur was an easy giveaway. Not to mention there was a bag a few yards away from her current position, filled with trinkets and whatnot. Rumpelteazer.
At first, the tom thought the queen was surely dead. He picked up her limp body, preparing to bring her back to the Jellicle Junkyard so they could mourn her death. But to his surprise, she was breathing. It was very faint, but it was still breathing. A little bit of hope flickered in his chest, as he made his way back to the Junkyard, harboring the broken girl in his arms as he did so.
When Rumpelteazer awoke, she was in a place she had never seen before. She blinked a few times, and as she did so, things became a bit more clear. She was in a bed that was in someone's den. But whose den was she in? She looked over to her left, where Munkustrap was sitting in a chair by the bed. He smiled faintly when he had seen that she was awake.
" Munkustrap? Where in the Heavyside Lair am I? " she asked, trying to sit up. She felt a sharp pain surge through her body, and with a yelp, she quickly dropped back down. Her worst cuts had been wrapped in some sort of cloth, and her left leg was elevated slightly by some old books. " What the bloody 'ell 'appened? "
" Please, stay as still as possible, " Munkustrap said in a somewhat hushed tone as he stood up, drawing nearer to the girl. He began to unwrap one of her bandages, but she yowled in pain and pulled away, which just hurt her more. " Rumpelteazer, please, " he murmured, as he continued to unwrap the cloth from her left forearm. Though she squirmed a bit, she managed to stay still for the most part.
" Ya' never answered me question! " she hollered. Normally she wouldn't have been so upset, but she was confused and scared. " What the 'ell 'appened? " She demanded. Even though the sharp pains still shot through her body, she was completely ignoring them.
With a sigh, Munkustrap explained to her how he had found her in the road, barely alive. He then explained to her how he brought her back to his den, and nobody even knew about it because by the time he got back to the Junkyard everyone had been asleep. The whole time, the queen's expression didn't change much. It seemed as if she was just taking it all in.
Then she asked a question with only four simple words in it, " Where is me brotha' ? "