"In the Clutches of Macavity" ~Chapter 6
By: Me
"Sillabub? Oh Sillabub?" called Jennyanydots and Skimbleshanks. It was getting late and almost everyone had cleared out after the Jellicle Meeting. Jennyanydots and family were looking for Sillabub.
"Yo! Sill!" called Etcetera very loudly, "where are ya?"
"Silly-Billy?" called Electra.
Jennyanydots and shook her head. "I just don't know where she went Skim," she said. "We've looked everywhere!"
Skimbleshanks was beginning to worry. "Do you think she went with someone else?"
"Now why would she do that? Honestly!" said Jennyanydots.
"Just wondering," said Skimbleshanks.
"Dad," said Electra, "we give up." The sisters shrugged.
Victoria didn't say anything. "That's two of us missing!" she thought. "Sillabub and Mistoffelees." Maybe Sillabub's disappearance had something to do with Misto's.
"Mom, Dad, what if she went to go and look for Misto?" asked Victoria.
"Oh, again with the Misto thing!" said Jennyanydots. "Look, Sillabub wouldn't go and do something like that! She's just a kitten."
"I know but-,"
Skimbleshanks sighed and rubbed his temples. "Look," he said. "She's obviously not here at this moment. Etcetera, are you ABSOLUTLY positive you yelled loud enough?"
Etcetera nodded. She was the loudest of all the Jellicles. She yelled Sillabub's name at the top of her lungs at least ten times. All she knew was that as of now she couldn't talk.
"Ah well," said Skimbleshanks, "I'll see if I can get Asparagus and Jellylorum to keep an eye out for her."
"What?" said Jennyanydots, "Skimble, you're going to just give up?"
"Well we can't be out here all night Dear, and the girls are bushed."
"But-,"
"I'm sure that if anyone sees her they'll let us know. What, you mean to tell me that you don't trust your tribe? They're all trustworthy. If one was a snake Munkustrap would have had them ejected ages ago." Oh, there is one Jellicle Snake. If only they knew.
"It's not that I don't trust them its just-,"
"C'mon Dearies," said Skimbleshanks. "She'll turn up."
Victoria lagged behind. She was worried about her sister. Sillabub and Misto WERE very good friends, but then again, Misto was friends with the whole family. But Victoria sensed that Sillabub had a crush on Misto, though she wasn't 100% sure.
Victoria stopped in front of the tire and looked at the moon and stars. She closed her eyes. "Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight." She concentrated really hard. "I wish that my sister is safe and that her and Misto turn up. But please, please don't let either of them be hurt!" she sighed. "Also, I wish for-," she stopped. She had the feeling that she was being watched. She slowly turned and jumped. Cassandra was standing there, smirking slightly.
"Oh! Cassandra! You gave me a scare!" she said. Cassandra smiled slyly.
"Oops. Sorry," she said. "What are you doing?"
"Oh!" said Victoria, wondering why Cassandra was asking this. "Just, looking at the stars."
"Oh really? You know, I know a great place where there are THOUSANDS of stars."
Victoria's eyes grew wide. "Really? Where?"
"Oh, it's out of the junkyard," said Cassandra, "but it's really cool."
"Well," said Victoria, leery about this. "I don't know Cass, you shouldn't be out in the city this time of night."
"Ok, suit yourself. But it's a really clear night." Cassandra walked away slowly.
Victoria looked back up at the stars. Maybe if she wished somewhere else, maybe it'll come true! Her father and mother had taught the girls to belive in wishes and superstitions. "You can never go wrong with the old-fashioned way of life," they always said. She turned to Cassandra. "Wait!" she called.
"Right in the palm of my paw!" Cassandra thought. She knew the little girl would fall for it. Cassandra turned to Victoria. "You call me?" she said.
"Yes. Cassandra, I'll go with you. I want to wish for the safety of my sister and Misto. Misto and Sillabub are missing Cass, isn't it crazy?"
"Quite unthinkable!" she said, almost laughing her head off. This was too easy. "Follow me." as Cassandra walked Victoria out of the Junkyard and into the dark allies of the city, Cassandra got to thinking. Sillabub was missing? That was weird. Of course she knew where Misto was, but Sillabub? She was at the meeting. Cassandra left the Junkyard during the social gathering, got the "OK" from Macavity to get Victoria, and came back. Unless-
Victoria didn't like where she was going.
"Um, Cass, where are we?" she asked, looking around. "How far are we from the Junkyard?"
Before Victoria knew it, she was out cold on the ground.
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Misto sighed heavily and gratefully as Sillabub cleaned his wounds, as a good friend would do. She nuzzled him slightly when she was done and looked at him. He was looking better, but sad. He flopped down onto his stomach next her and closed his eyes.
Sillabub stroked his hair. She wondered what Misto was thinking right now. Sillabub started to realize what she was doing. Here she was, alone in a room with her crush. If she were anywhere else she'd be nervous as a chipmunk, but for some reason she was cool and relaxed around him. She wondered what the outcome of this whole ordeal would be. Macavity and Cassandra didn't know that she was here. What was going to happen to her? Will Macavity kill her? Beat her? Throw her out? For some odd reason though, she didn't feel fear, because Misto was beside her. Though he probably couldn't do anything to save her or protect her from harm, having to save himself, she felt safe around him. She always felt this way around him. Not because of her attraction to him, but maybe because of his magic. His Magic! That's it! Misto could use his powers to get them out of here!
"MISTO!"
Misto jumped a mile. "What? What? What happened? What's wrong?" he said, suddenly alert and ready for battle.
"Misto! You could use your magic to get us out of here!" she said.
"Magic?" Misto laughed. He actually laughed. It was music to Sillabub's ears. "Silli don't make me laugh, my magic can't get us out of here!"
Sillabub looked at him. "But-but-with the lightening! And the fireworks, and the rubber chicken, and the magic chainsaw!"
"I don't have the rubber chicken and the so-called 'magic chainsaw' with me Sill,"
"But you have your lightening! You know," she pointed as if she were shooting lightening bolts out of her paw like Misto does. "Presto?"
"Well, see, there's a story behind that. See whenever I use my magic; I have to be fully charged, emotionally, mentally and physically. I have to feel the burning sensation in my paws and my body. My magic only comes when I'm ready, and at necessary times. Like when I really need it."
"But, this is a necessary time! Misto, we're in a dungeon about to die! How is this not necessary for magic?"
"Look Sill, I don't understand myself. But it comes when it's ready. That's life." He shrugged.
"But-," Sillabub couldn't belive this. Their only hope went down the drain. "Now what?"
"I'm guessing we wait," said Misto shrugged again.
"Wait for what?"
End of Part 6.
By: Me
"Sillabub? Oh Sillabub?" called Jennyanydots and Skimbleshanks. It was getting late and almost everyone had cleared out after the Jellicle Meeting. Jennyanydots and family were looking for Sillabub.
"Yo! Sill!" called Etcetera very loudly, "where are ya?"
"Silly-Billy?" called Electra.
Jennyanydots and shook her head. "I just don't know where she went Skim," she said. "We've looked everywhere!"
Skimbleshanks was beginning to worry. "Do you think she went with someone else?"
"Now why would she do that? Honestly!" said Jennyanydots.
"Just wondering," said Skimbleshanks.
"Dad," said Electra, "we give up." The sisters shrugged.
Victoria didn't say anything. "That's two of us missing!" she thought. "Sillabub and Mistoffelees." Maybe Sillabub's disappearance had something to do with Misto's.
"Mom, Dad, what if she went to go and look for Misto?" asked Victoria.
"Oh, again with the Misto thing!" said Jennyanydots. "Look, Sillabub wouldn't go and do something like that! She's just a kitten."
"I know but-,"
Skimbleshanks sighed and rubbed his temples. "Look," he said. "She's obviously not here at this moment. Etcetera, are you ABSOLUTLY positive you yelled loud enough?"
Etcetera nodded. She was the loudest of all the Jellicles. She yelled Sillabub's name at the top of her lungs at least ten times. All she knew was that as of now she couldn't talk.
"Ah well," said Skimbleshanks, "I'll see if I can get Asparagus and Jellylorum to keep an eye out for her."
"What?" said Jennyanydots, "Skimble, you're going to just give up?"
"Well we can't be out here all night Dear, and the girls are bushed."
"But-,"
"I'm sure that if anyone sees her they'll let us know. What, you mean to tell me that you don't trust your tribe? They're all trustworthy. If one was a snake Munkustrap would have had them ejected ages ago." Oh, there is one Jellicle Snake. If only they knew.
"It's not that I don't trust them its just-,"
"C'mon Dearies," said Skimbleshanks. "She'll turn up."
Victoria lagged behind. She was worried about her sister. Sillabub and Misto WERE very good friends, but then again, Misto was friends with the whole family. But Victoria sensed that Sillabub had a crush on Misto, though she wasn't 100% sure.
Victoria stopped in front of the tire and looked at the moon and stars. She closed her eyes. "Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight." She concentrated really hard. "I wish that my sister is safe and that her and Misto turn up. But please, please don't let either of them be hurt!" she sighed. "Also, I wish for-," she stopped. She had the feeling that she was being watched. She slowly turned and jumped. Cassandra was standing there, smirking slightly.
"Oh! Cassandra! You gave me a scare!" she said. Cassandra smiled slyly.
"Oops. Sorry," she said. "What are you doing?"
"Oh!" said Victoria, wondering why Cassandra was asking this. "Just, looking at the stars."
"Oh really? You know, I know a great place where there are THOUSANDS of stars."
Victoria's eyes grew wide. "Really? Where?"
"Oh, it's out of the junkyard," said Cassandra, "but it's really cool."
"Well," said Victoria, leery about this. "I don't know Cass, you shouldn't be out in the city this time of night."
"Ok, suit yourself. But it's a really clear night." Cassandra walked away slowly.
Victoria looked back up at the stars. Maybe if she wished somewhere else, maybe it'll come true! Her father and mother had taught the girls to belive in wishes and superstitions. "You can never go wrong with the old-fashioned way of life," they always said. She turned to Cassandra. "Wait!" she called.
"Right in the palm of my paw!" Cassandra thought. She knew the little girl would fall for it. Cassandra turned to Victoria. "You call me?" she said.
"Yes. Cassandra, I'll go with you. I want to wish for the safety of my sister and Misto. Misto and Sillabub are missing Cass, isn't it crazy?"
"Quite unthinkable!" she said, almost laughing her head off. This was too easy. "Follow me." as Cassandra walked Victoria out of the Junkyard and into the dark allies of the city, Cassandra got to thinking. Sillabub was missing? That was weird. Of course she knew where Misto was, but Sillabub? She was at the meeting. Cassandra left the Junkyard during the social gathering, got the "OK" from Macavity to get Victoria, and came back. Unless-
Victoria didn't like where she was going.
"Um, Cass, where are we?" she asked, looking around. "How far are we from the Junkyard?"
Before Victoria knew it, she was out cold on the ground.
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Misto sighed heavily and gratefully as Sillabub cleaned his wounds, as a good friend would do. She nuzzled him slightly when she was done and looked at him. He was looking better, but sad. He flopped down onto his stomach next her and closed his eyes.
Sillabub stroked his hair. She wondered what Misto was thinking right now. Sillabub started to realize what she was doing. Here she was, alone in a room with her crush. If she were anywhere else she'd be nervous as a chipmunk, but for some reason she was cool and relaxed around him. She wondered what the outcome of this whole ordeal would be. Macavity and Cassandra didn't know that she was here. What was going to happen to her? Will Macavity kill her? Beat her? Throw her out? For some odd reason though, she didn't feel fear, because Misto was beside her. Though he probably couldn't do anything to save her or protect her from harm, having to save himself, she felt safe around him. She always felt this way around him. Not because of her attraction to him, but maybe because of his magic. His Magic! That's it! Misto could use his powers to get them out of here!
"MISTO!"
Misto jumped a mile. "What? What? What happened? What's wrong?" he said, suddenly alert and ready for battle.
"Misto! You could use your magic to get us out of here!" she said.
"Magic?" Misto laughed. He actually laughed. It was music to Sillabub's ears. "Silli don't make me laugh, my magic can't get us out of here!"
Sillabub looked at him. "But-but-with the lightening! And the fireworks, and the rubber chicken, and the magic chainsaw!"
"I don't have the rubber chicken and the so-called 'magic chainsaw' with me Sill,"
"But you have your lightening! You know," she pointed as if she were shooting lightening bolts out of her paw like Misto does. "Presto?"
"Well, see, there's a story behind that. See whenever I use my magic; I have to be fully charged, emotionally, mentally and physically. I have to feel the burning sensation in my paws and my body. My magic only comes when I'm ready, and at necessary times. Like when I really need it."
"But, this is a necessary time! Misto, we're in a dungeon about to die! How is this not necessary for magic?"
"Look Sill, I don't understand myself. But it comes when it's ready. That's life." He shrugged.
"But-," Sillabub couldn't belive this. Their only hope went down the drain. "Now what?"
"I'm guessing we wait," said Misto shrugged again.
"Wait for what?"
End of Part 6.