Chapter 3: Unwanted Visitor
Later that night Jemima and her parents lay in their den after eating a dinner of mice and pigeons. Jemima sat playing with a ball of yarn that Munkustrap found earlier that day while patrolling the junkyard. Demeter laid on a pillow watching her daughter play. Munkustrap was already asleep due to having a long day. Jemima began batting the yarn in a circle.
"You're going to make yourself dizzy silly girl" Demeter chuckled.
"Catch!" Jemima cheered as she batted the yarn ball at her mother.
Demeter swatted it back as hard as she could, causing Jemima to fall back when she caught the ball. Demeter began to crack up as Jemima sat up with the yarn in her mouth. She dropped it and started to laugh along with her mom.
"I think it's time for bed hun" Demeter cooed as she padded up to her daughter and pushed the yarn away.
"Aww but I'm not tired!" Jemima complained
"After all that, I'm sure you are." Demeter laughed
Jemima yawned "Mmm kinda."
"That's what's I thought sleepy head." she said lovingly as she smoothed out Jemima's hair. She nuzzled her mother and curled up on an old couch cushion as her mother placed a blanket over her. Suddenly lightning cracked and thunder boomed causing Jemima to jump and begin to cry.
"Shhhhhh it's ok, don't cry it's just thunder, it won't hurt you sweetie." Demeter soothed. Rain poured down and Jemima continued to cry and Demeter continued to whisper words of comfort in her little ears and licking her soft cheek until they were both asleep.
A few hours later Demeter awoken to a loud crash. She popped up, her arms still hung around Jemima lightning cracked revealing a dark figure in the doorway. Struck again . . . gone! She got up, laying sleeping Jemima on the cushion. She walked a few feet when she heard a blood curdling scream, she ran back to the cushion and hugged Jemima close to her and squeezed her eyes shut. When she opened them, he was there his face in her's. "MACAVITY!" she screamed and clawed his face waking up Jemima and Munkustrap. Munkustrap jumped to defense pushing his mate and daughter back against the wall. Bombalurina ran into the den "Hey is everything alri- HOLY HEVYSIDE!" Bomba screamed and ran over to her terrified sister and niece and threw her arms around them protectively. A few seconds later Alonzo and Rum Tum Tugger came in ready to fight. Demeter and Jemima cried in terror. Eventually the toms were able to push Macavity out the den and down the pile of junk where Admetus and Skimbleshanks waited to fight him out of the junk yard. They scratched and clawed until Mac began to sprint towards the exit being chased by most of the tribe. Munkustrap ran back to his den where his daughter, mate, and sister in law sat there trembling. "He's gone." Munkustrap called "And I doubt he will come back any time soon." he padded over to the queens and nuzzled all three "You should get some sleep." he soothed as he carried Jemima over to the couch cushion "I can stay the rest of the night to keep these two calm in case they have nightmares." Bombalurina said "Thanks Bomba that'll be great." Munkustrap answered. Soon they were all asleep and the whole junkyard was asleep.