Chapter 9: Fight

Wow! So close to the end! I'm gonna miss this. Maybe I should write a sequel. Maybe. Anyway, Explaination Time: Another continuation of the last chapter! Yay! This makes life easier for me! Yay for easiness! Anyway, without further ado (I think):

Chapter 9: Fight

A battle immediately broke out and several henchants lept up from behind Macavity. It was clear that they were there for Deme. Several henchants attacked several Jellicles in one on one battles throughout the junkyard. Macavity and Munkustrap were in the middle in a to-the-death battle. Deme was keeping the new mothers and their kittens away from the fight. Once they were safe, Jelly and Jenny turned to Deme.

"Deme," Jelly said "Why did you lie?"

"Because, first of all, I was doing what he said. But that was for like six days. I then didn't tell because I knew you all would treat me differently. You wouldn't see past my past. I can promise that I am not with him. In fact, I swear to the Everlasting Cat that I am no longer apart of the Hidden Paw."

Jenny smiled as she looked at her and Jelly's kittens, who were fast asleep, cuddled together in a big ball so you couldn't distinguish where one kitten began and another finished. Deme saw that Jenny's kittens stood out like a sore thumb. The pure white and dark black seemed (though Deme wasn't sure) to be curled into the middle, forming a kind of yin and yang. Deme looked at Jenny, then at the kittens, then thought of Skimble. The three looked nothing alike. Victoria and Quaxo looked slightly like Jenny in face shape, kind of. But they had no Skimbleshanks in them at all.

"Jenny," Deme asked,

"Yes Deme?" Jenny asked

"Who's the father of..?"

"Victoria and Quaxo? They're father is Bustopher Jones. You don't see him often, and Skimble has agreed to look after them. He is the father of Rumpleteazer and… and…"

"And who?"

"And Mungojerrie. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer were twins and then we lost our little Jerrie a while ago. The day before you arrived, actually."

Suddenly it dawned on Deme.

"I know where he is."

"Really? Where is he?"

"He's… he's…"

Suddenly Rumpleteazer appeared behind her, an identical male twin immediately behind her.

"MUM! I FOUND MUNGOJERRIE!" Rumpleteazer screamed, startling the tom-kits, and making the queen-kits cry.

"Whoops!" Rumpleteazer whispered, "Sorry, about that."

The male twin, now known as Mungojerrie, hung onto his twin sister, looking shyly at Deme, immediate recognition in his eyes.

"You're… you're da one 'e's after." He muttered.

"Yeah, I know. But he's not gonna get me." Deme whispered as she tried to calm down the distressed kittens. Victoria stopped crying and began to rub Deme's stomach. Etcetera and Electra huddled together, sobbing, none too loudly. Deme pet Victoria while gathering the balling queens, who immediately nuzzled into Deme as well. Deme flashed Jenny and Jelly her 'crazy-eyes'. Jenny and Jelly didn't notice. They, along with everyone else, were trying to hide their laughter as they looked at the normally, serious, skittish queen was being nuzzled by the size equivalent of three balls of fluff.

Rumpleteazer smiled sillily.

"How's i' going?" she said, obviously laughing. Mungojerrie smiled a big goofy grin that immediately matched him with his sister. As he looked at Deme's face, his smile faded.

"Ye might wan' ter 'ead back. Munkus an' Mac are 'alf dead. Ye might wan' ter step in. ."

Deme rushed outside her heart halfway up her forehead in fear. Not for Macavity though. Never for Macavity, again. Mungojerrie was half right. Munkus was on the verge of collapsing. But Macavity was still very much awake. Kicking and leaping all over the place. He looked like a warrior squirrel. But much more sinister. Munkus was curled on the ground, barely breathing. Macavity raised his paw, ready to kill his brother. Deme caught a kick of adrenaline and went barrelling at Macavity, knocking him to the ground with a strangled cry. Deme punched and kicked and clawed at the bright red flesh in front of her. Deme's fights were useless for Macavity threw Deme off him with a deep growl. She was flung against a wall landing with a thud, as a flash of white light filled the junkyard. She felt herself slip into unconsciousness as she heard the rest of the cats whisper:

Macavity's not there.