Thank you Penguins Are Teh POWER for your help. And after you told me about Katie... I noticed it XD and I have to agree, PENGUINS ROCK!! lmao. Since your the only one reading my story, I hope you enjoy this chapter, and I will be looking forward to any corrections that need to be made that you notice. Thanks for the help!

"Here, Katie." Tanner handed her a glass and watched her gladly accept it. She sipped some and set it down on one of the tables by her father's throne.

"Tanner, I need some fresh air." 'Cause you stink! Katie thought to herself. She wasn't having any fun. Tanner wanted her "close", but he didn't want to dance. So, she was just standing next to him and her father. Everyone's having a blast and I'm not. Katie smiled. But, it will be amazing to see the look on everyone's faces, when the Clockwerk Wings were taken. Even if the gang won't let me join, I'm still leaving. I can't stand it here!

"Alright. Take those guards." Tanner motioned for some guards to follow her, when Katie put her hands up.

"No, no, I'll be fine." Katie rubbed the back of her head. "I can take care of myself!" Katie leaned forward. "I'm not the little girl you used to know."

"I know, Katie. But, don't take too long. I will be there in a while to check up on you." Tanner glanced around the room, making sure no one was suspicious looking. Tanner then looked at Rajan, whom was trying to take Katie's glass to drink it, thinking it was his. Tanner's eyes widened and grabbed the glass before he could drink out of it.

Gosh, he's so overprotective. I don't love him or anything, but he acts like I'm gonna get kidnapped. He even freaks out when someone tries to accidently drink out of my glass. Katie walked across the dance floor, making sure she didn't bump into anybody. Animals these days... Don't watch where they're walking, let alone dancing... She reached the front doors, when she looked around, making sure no one saw her, and moved away from the enterance. She walked slowly behind some pews, and walked up the stairs, keeping her posture, but staying close to the wall. No one could see her from the throne if she stayed under the second floor hanging. When she reached the top, she walked through some curtains, nodding at two guards, and stopped once in the room.

Ah! Katie grunted and put one hand onto her stomach, the other on the wall beside her. That was random. I wonder where that came from... Katie waited for a few minutes panting from the pain.Katie then pushed herself off the wall, while keeping her hand on her stomach. Katie leaned forward, pushing her stomach inward to keep the pain inside. She moved her ears around. The only breathing she heard were the guards' by the curtain. Murray's not here yet. Regaining her posture, she pushed open the door, and stepped outside, taking a big breath. She let go of her stomach and walked over to the railing and leaned on it.

"This is so boring." Katie sighed. She was the type of cat who wants some excitment every time she blinks. Katie's eyes drooped slightly. Katie's ears twitched and looked upward. A pink hippo was running through the arch way and rammed into the two monkey guards by the fire pit. He then picked them up and threw them into the fire. The hippo then ran into a tree, knocking down a branch. He then used the branch to jump onto some more thick branches, then onto the balcony next to Katie. Katie started to laugh when he slipped and almost fell.

"Greetings, citizen, I am the Murray." Murray introduced himself, regaining his posture.

"Hello, the Murray, I am Katie. I don't have much time to chat, but is there anything that you need help with?" Katie was looking around nervously.

"No, the Murray, only wants to see you use your grapple hook, and swing from the archway. IT WAS AWESOME!" Murray looked at her.

"Is that it?" Katie was dumbfounded.

"Yeah."

"Uh, ok..." Katie jumped onto the railing and pulled out her grapple hook. (Don't ask where from. Unless someone can tell me where Sly "hides" his cane.) She then shot her grapple hook at the arch way. Katie could hear Murray squeal in excitment. Katie then jumped off the railing, and swung through the archway. She then jumped down, and retracted the grapple hook. When Katie landed, her ears started twitching. Her eyes widened. Tanner walked from behind a tree.

"Tanner!" Katie jumped and turned around. "What are you doing here?"

"Just watching my thief of a fiance, showing another thief her moves to join their group." Tanner turned to Murray. "You, stay away from my fiance. We don't need another influence, showing her the life of a low life thief. She's a princess not a thief." Tanner gave a threatening glance to Murray before turning to Katie. He lifted a hand up, and tilted Katie's chin upward. "You are not a thief like your father. Your a princess, no spice operation, no Klaww Gang. NOTHING! You are mine. You will not ruin this for me or my royalty."

"I'm not a posession. I'm not a princess. I'm me, Tanner. ME! And I will not let some... some Wolf insult me, a cat. It wouldn't work out. I'm not marrying you. Scum!" Katie spat out the words. She pulled her face from his paw and and pushed him away.

"You will marry me. Or else..." Tanner leaned forward and whispered into Katie's ear. She looked up with a confused look on her face. Tanner smirked at her reaction. Tanner brushed past her and towards the ball entrance.

Katie looked up at Murray. "Please, send Bentley now."

With Bentley

"Just one more wire..." Bentley was working on a new system for survailence. Just as he was about to cut a wire, Murray's voice came out loudly.

"BENTLEY!!" Bentley screamed and fell out of his chair.

"What Murray?" Bentley grabbed his hat from the floor.

"Katie needs to see you, Tanner said something to her that you may be able to explain to her."

"What did he say?" Bentley asked.

"Hurry, Bentley." Murray pleaded.

"What did he say?" Bentley repeated.

"Katie? What did he say to you. Tell Bentley." Murray got Katie to the binocucom.

Katie's voice rang through the binocucom. "He said, he said... 'A metal pounding sound will ring through the spice temple, and all you'll hear is this and they're screams.' Or something like that..." Bentley's eyes widened as he realized what the sound will be of.

"I'm on my way to your location." Bentley ran through the door.

I know, I didn't really describe a lot about how terrible Tanner is, but some of it came out. Thanks for reading.