Demeter and Niameh reached the Jellicles' tavern, and were shocked to
find not a single Jellicle in sight. They heard noises from a hill beyond the
tavern, and went to check it out. The older adults of the Jellicle tribe, toms
and queens, were getting ready for a secret attack on Tanocor and
Macavity.

One thought ran through both queens' minds. But how could they know.
They heard a voice they had only heard once before, but would know
anywhere. It was the tom cat that
Macavity and Tanocor had been making planes with.
They heard what was said loudly, and clearly. "Ya! I'll give you the signal
when they start down the road. I'll go back and get those two queens as
bait! Mac and Tano are nuts over 'em!

They saw Plato and Tumble grimace at the names. Demeter got a far
away look in her eyes, then grinned evilly at her friend, right before she
strutted out in front of all the Jellicles, and place a very passionate kiss
on the toms lips. Her friend grinned, getting the drift of the plan. Demeter
then ran out, grabbed her friend's hand, and ran back into the woods.
There they could no longer contain their laughter. Both queens fell into
each other's arms, laughing.

They got up, and started to walk back, but ran smack into Macavity, and
Tanocor.
"Were the hell have you two been? We were worried about you guys!
And what is so funny?" They quickly told them of their encounter with
the Jellicles and the traitor, expecting to be punished as they used to, but
were surprised when both just laughed.
"You mean your not mad, and your not going to punish us?" Niameh asked
confused.
Tanocor's eyes narrowed slightly, then he asked, "What do you mean,
punish you? What punishment did you use to get?"
"Well, they used to take a wooden stick or a cane, and beat us until we
told the truth, or at least what they wanted to hear. If they had caught us
before, we would most likely be dead now.", Demeter answered, eyes on
the floor.

Macavity pulled her into a protective embrace, and Tanocor kissed away
Niameh's tears, that were now flowing freely down her face. Demeter
looked at Macavity, and started laughing,
"You really should have seen the look on that toms face when I kissed
him on the lips!"
"Lips? " Macavity said, "It wasn't a very good kiss, was it?"
"Not as good as this one!", Demeter said, kissing him very, very, very
passionately on the lips.
Tanocor laughed, and then said, "Get a room guys."
Then Niameh joined in by saying, "Oh that's not right!"

In response, Demeter and Macavity both began throwing mud at Tanocor
and Niameh. They threw the mud back. They were having a blast until
they heard some one scream, "GET THEM!" Demeter and Niameh knew
that the 'get them' was aimed more at Macavity and Tanocor, then at
them. They pushed the toms back, and started throwing stone's at them,
trying to make them run. They did, just managing to grab the queens. It
wasn't until too late they realized that Demeter was not with them.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Macavity screamed.

They turned around to see what looked like a struggling Demeter in the
arms of Plato. Suddenly Demeter went still, looked up at them and
winked. Plato suddenly went flying into the pack of Jellicles behind him,
and Demeter yelled, "Strike!"

The four took off, staying out of harms way. *Later that night* Demeter
crept into Macavity's room. She had a nightmare, and was too scared to
care, whom she curled up with. She jumped up onto the bed between
Macavity and Tanocor. They both woke up with a groaned as Niameh
walked into the room. She laughed at the sight. Macavity saw Demeter
and laughed, pulling her into a bear hug, which comforted her.

She snuggled close to Macavity and fell asleep. Niameh slipped next to
Tanocor, and they all fell asleep, happy.