Sorry for the wait! Enjoy the chapter! ...Heh heh heh....They sing the song The Beauty Underneath in this chapter (DON'T HATE ME!) so I reccomend you listen as you read! ^_^ Rumpleteazer is in italics, Dymian is in normal and they both are in bold. Enjoy, please do! I want nice, long reviews.....Or I won't be updating any time soon. :D


"Hey….Rumpleteazer? Are you awake?"

Teazer slowly opened her eyes, and looked around. She was still standing in the Junkyard, but…What had happened? The last thing she remembered was learning about Alonzo…Alonzo…

"I think you fainted or something…Are you alright now?"

"Yes…I'm fine…"

She groaned softly, and shifted in her captor's arms. He slowly let her stand on her own, and she shook her head, trying to clear it.

"You're Bonconlo…Right?"

"Ya…I remember you, I do…You used to work for Macavity, back in the old days! You and Mungojerrie were his best thieves…"

"We like to think so…"

"You can go find your brother, if you like. Munkustrap and Macavity have been gone for hours, and I'm tired of watching you. You always seemed like a nice one and I'm sure you're not going to do anything wrong…Just promise that you won't get in trouble, alright? I'm on thin ice already with this crowd."

"Alright…"

Bonconlo nodded to her, and started to walk away.

"Wait! I don't want to be left alone!"

But he was already gone. Rumpleteazer stood for a moment, shaking. She was scared to move, to try and find her brother. It was pitch dark outside, and she could feel danger lurking in every corner. But she knew all too well what would happen if she stayed alone…

As though she had spoken aloud, something all too familer began to happen, like a recurring nightmare that she couldn't shake. The air turned deathly cold, her vision grew fuzzy…and something liquid and hot as fire began to seep from her skin, leaving her fur dry, miraculously, and pooling upon the floor of the Junkyard.

"Oh…"

She moaned softly, freezing and burning at the same time. The black liquid began to move on the floor, moving together, twisting and turning until…

"Hush, my love…I'm free again…"

Her vision cleared, the liquid stopped seeping, the night air became warm again. The black Tom that had haunted her and possessed her for three long years stood in front of her in all his glory. Yes, he had possessed her, pushed his spirit into her body, even taken over her mind when it suited his purposes.

"Dymian…"

She tried to step away, but the depossession had left her very weak and she stumbled. Dymian lunged forward, and caught her in his strong arms, cradling her bridle style.

"No…Let me go…"

But one look at those powerful blue eyes, and she was long gone, lost in his will and his beauty, completely hypnotized by his aura.

"Sh…You're tired…You need to sleep…"

"Oh…What happened to me? All I remember is Alonzo, then-"

"I took you over, love…" Dymain cooed down at her, stroking her cheek, "I was almost able to hurt that evil Tom for you, my dear…"

"No…Don't hurt him, he's my friend…"

Dymian put a claw over her lips, murmuring softly, "Hush…I will take care of all these evil Toms for you…All the thorns of the Junkyard shall be cut…Anything to make you love me…"

He shifted her weight slightly in his arms, and carried her silently towards the den she used to live in, which was still unoccupied, for some reason. Inside, to Rumpleteazer's delight, it looked exactly the same as it had three years ago. The beds, the blankets, even the treasure trove- it was all there, in all its glory.

"Oh…It's perfect…"

Dymian smiled down at the Queen in his arms, "I was able to ensure that your den would remain unoccupied…The Jellicles are awfully susceptible to mind control…It will make them so much easier to rule over them, when we take over together…"

Teazer smiled lazily, nodding slowly, not really hearing the words, just focusing on the voice that spoke them. "Sing for me…Please…"

The Tom smiled and laid her down in her bed, covering her with a sheet and started to sing, not really a song, persay…Just notes, strung together, parading around the room in a beautiful melody….Beautiful… After a moment, Teazer joined in, singing to the melody that he had created for her.

"I think it's beautiful…

So very beautiful…

Beautiful, beautiful song…

Beautiful, beautiful notes.

Don't you agree?"

Dymian grinned, his teeth sparkling and thought for a moment, still singing, but softer now, wondering if she was ready to know his plans for her…His plans for their world together…But, looking down at her, so beautiful and exotic…He couldn't deny her anything, he wanted to give her everything! He stood up slowly, changing quickly from his smooth ballad to a quicker pace, singing words now, and it almost seemed as though there was music playing alongside him.

"Have you ever yearned to go
Past the world you think you know?
Been enthralled to the call of the beauty underneath?

Have you let it draw you in
Past the place where dreams begin
Felt the full breathless pull of the beauty underneath?"

Rumpleteazer stared at Dymian, completely bemused by this switch in song. Wasn't he supposed to be singing her to sleep? Nevertheless, she couldn't resist his voice, and she didn't even notice that the power in his eyes had dimmed; he wasn't trying to make her listen and love him anymore.

"When the night unfolds its wings!
Do you sense the strangest things?
Things no one would ever guess
Things mere words cannot express?"

As he ended the verse, there was a brief moment of silence as Teazer went over what he had said. Strange things in the night…Yes, she sensed them. Been tempted to search for more than the beauty that the Jellicles professed…Yes, she had...And she had let that temptation draw her in, with Dymian…And she had wanted to get away from the Jellicle world! And she had….And, come to think of it, the years of being a Henchcat had been some of the best of her life…

"Yes…" She found herself whispering.

Dymian smiled, and it was quite a dark smile indeed.

"Do you find yourself beguiled
By the dangerous and wild
Do you feed on the need for the beauty underneath?

Have you felt your senses served
And surrendered to the urge?
And been hooked as you looked at the beauty underneath?"

Rumpleteazer stood up, staring at Dymian as though she had never seen him before. He really was something to behold…So smart…And he knew everything about her! Everything that had ever run through her mind, he knew about. He knew her darkest fantasies…And her fears….

"When you stare behind the night
Can you glimpse its primal might?
Might you hunger to possess
Hunger that you can't repress!"

Teazer crept closer to him, timid, yet very excited, crying, "Yes!"

Dymian grabbed her wrist tightly, without warning, and pulled her towards her treasure trove, almost too roughly, and, to her horror, started to barrel towards a large mirror that stood on the opposite side. She screamed, and tried to pull away, but too late. He crashed through….But there was no shattering of glass, no blood! Teazer opened her eyes- and it was like she had stepped into a different world.

It was by no means a magical place, where they had gone, but to her, it certainly seemed like one. It was a large, dungeon like room, filled with books and candles, and strange, magical things that glowed, whirled, spun, and sparked.

Rumpleteazer slowly let go of Dymian's paw, singing gently to herself,

"It seems so beautiful…
So strange yet beautiful….
Everything's just as you say!"

Dymian watched her as she looked around the room, not daring to touch a thing, afraid to ruin what she perceived as a brilliant illusion, conjured by this magical master behind her. He whispered softly, in half a song he knew she would not hear,

"And she's so beautiful…
Perhaps too beautiful….
What I desire cannot be!
And yet, I know, we both see…
The very same way!"

Rumpleteazer quickly turned around, a new idea dawning. Maybe his ideas were the same as hers! Maybe that was why he always knew what she wanted, what she needed from him, from everyone! She sang, growing more excited with each passing phrase,

"Are the thoughts in your head?
Have you followed where they led?
And been graced with a taste of the beauty underneath!

Do they fill your every sense?
Is it terribly intense?
Tell me you need it too!
Need the beauty underneath!"

Dymian grabbed her around the waist, nodding his answer and pulled her with him, leading her around his home, showing her the fantastic magic he had created- Balls of light that never went dim, a pool of water that you couldn't touch, and a small music box that could play anything that you wanted it to, just by telling it so. As he pulled her, they sang together,

"When it lifts its voice and sings!
Don't you feel amazing things?!
Things you know you can't confess…
Things you thirst for nonetheless…"

Dymian let her go, and ran to the top of a pile of books, high above her, singing furiously to her as he started to conduct pillars of light throughout the room, in tune to their song, expressing what he could not.

"You can feel it?"

"Yes!"

"Come closer!"

"Yes…"

"You've no fear of the beauty underneath…."

Struck by the immense emotion this song was bringing, along with the realization that they both thought the same way, Teazer broke into a small range of notes, singing as she had never sung before.

"Ahhhh…."

"You can face it!"

"Yes!"

"You can take it!"

"Yes!"

"You see through to my beauty underneath!"

"The beauty underneath…"

"To the splendor!"

"To the splendor…"

"And the glory!"

"And the glory…"

"To the truth of the beauty underneath!"

"The beauty underneath!"

Both were practically screaming now, and Rumpleteazer was trying desperately to clamber closer to him, climbing over piles of books to get to him.

"You'll accept it!"

"Yes!"

"You'll embrace it!"

"YES!"

"Let me show you the beauty under-"

But he was never able to finish the phrase. As he was singing his heart out, letting his emotions fly higher than they ever had, he lost control. Bolts of lightning started to fly from his, bouncing off the walls, coming closer to Teazer. As he hit the second to last note, an enormous lightning both flew from his chest, straight at Rumpleteazer….

"AHHHH!!!!!!"