"In the Clutches of Macavity" ~Chapter 7
Macavity was pacing the floors. Where was Cassandra? He was fed up, the chick was running late. But he decided to cut her some slack. He needed her to draw all the Jellicles to him. Yes, the Jellicles were coming to HIM. If he knew the Jellicles, they would come after their beloved Mistoffelees and Victoria, and then he'll have them all! Talk about working from home, he was on Easy Street.
Macavity decided to bother Misto while he waited for Cassandra. He walked into Misto's cell and stopped in his tracks when he saw Sillabub there with him.
"WHO ARE YOU?" he exclaimed. "WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!"
Sillabub was going to be brave about this. She was going to try, to say the least.
"I-I-," she stuttered. She looked at Misto. He looked scared to death. Frozen where he was sitting. Looking at Macavity with an expression that was a mixture of fear and hate, but mostly, fear.
"Where did you come from?" he said, advancing toward her.
Sillabub felt her courage build up. She took a deep breath. "I followed you're lovely assistant," she said. "You think you're so slick, you won't get away with this!"
"Oh? And what are YOU going to do about it?"
"Uh, um," Sillabub didn't know what to say.
"Well, you're going to do NOTHING about it. And I don't know how you got here, or why you're here, but now you're stuck here for the rest of your life! Which is, my darling, not very long. Right Misto?"
Misto looked up and didn't say anything. Macavity got into Misto's face and picked him up by his neck. "Are you scared Misto? You should be! 'Cause I'm going to hit you so hard, it'll make your dead mother dizzy!" He swung at Misto and Misto ducked. Before either of them could do anything, Cassandra's voice was heard.
"Hey Boss! I got the Snowball!"
Macavity dropped Misto and turned around. Sillabub put a comforting arm around Misto and he shakily got to all fours. He nuzzled her shoulder then looked at Cassandra holding a limp Victoria. Macavity took Victoria.
"Oh, what a pretty little kitty cat!" he said stroking her in a suggestive manner. "It's a shame you'll be dead soon."
Misto let loose, "GET YOUR CLAWS OFF HER!" he yelled.
Macavity calmly looked at Misto. "Here," he said. "Take her." He chucked her into the cell. "I'll be back when she wakes up." Macavity slammed the door and was gone. Misto and Sillabub rushed to Victoria and turned her onto her back.
"Vic? Vic? Vic!" said Misto, shaking her. "Vic wake up." He felt his voice crack. "Vic," a lump formed in his throat at the sight of his sister, whose normally white fur was dirty and matted.
"Vix? Vix wake up!" Sillabub said using the nickname mother and father gave her.
Misto looked away from Victoria and walked to a corner. He threw himself against the wall and pounded on it.
"Why?" he said, "WHY? WHY!" He started to cry again. "WHY IS HE DOING THIS TO ME?"
Sillabub went to Misto but didn't know what to say. She put her paw on his shoulder. "Misto-," she said, but she couldn't think of anything to say that would make him feel better. So she just rubbed his shoulder and tried to be of some comfort.
Sillabub was starting to feel scared now. Should she try to escape and warn the Jellicles? Should she stay and take care of Misto and Victoria? She didn't know what to think first.
They heard a small, faint groan. Victoria was waking up.
Misto turned a tear streaked face to Victoria, seeing she was stirring, the two ran to her side. She opened her eyes.
"Vic!" said Misto, "Vic! Vic! You're alright!" he said, helping her up. Victoria blinked and looked around.
"What happened?" she said, rubbing her forehead. She looked at Misto. "Misto? Sill? Where am I?" She got up and eyed her surroundings. She lowered her eyebrows with a look of confusion. "What is this?"
"Vic, um," Misto didn't know where to begin. He looked at Sillabub and shrugged. Sillabub looked at Victoria.
"What's going on guys?" she said. "Are we in trouble? Talk to me!"
"Take it away, Stoff," said Sillabub.
Misto took a deep breath and ran his paw through his hair. "Ok," he said, "here's what happened." He looked at Victoria. "You might want to sit down."
Victoria sat, wondering what the deal was.
Misto started the story. "Well, first of all, I shouldn't have been hanging around with Cassandra-,"
"CASSANDRA?" said Victoria, "what's she got to do with it?" Sillabub figured that Victoria didn't remember Cassandra knocking her out.
"Let me finish, then we'll get to questions," said Misto, "Because, trust me, there's going to be a lot of them."
Victoria nodded.
"So, I'm guessing that Cassandra knocked me out and brought me here," said Misto.
"Well, where's 'here'?" said Victoria.
Misto held up a finger. "I'm getting to that. Now this is where Macavity hangs out-,"
"MACAVITY?" Exclaimed Victoria.
"Yes, Macavity. Well, Vic he's - he's after us."
"After us?" said Victoria, "why us? What did we do?"
"Exactly. I don't know what we did. All I know is that he's out to murder his whole family. And the Jellicles."
"Well, we're not related to him so what do we care?" said Victoria. Misto stifled a laugh.
"Oh, yes we are Sis."
"Sis?" said Victoria, "Sis? I'm not your sister, I'm Silla's, Electra's, and Etcetera's sister!"
Sillabub knew that Victoria was going to take this hard.
(Skimbleshanks and Jennyanydots had never told their daughters and the younger kittens that Victoria was adopted. Only the older cats knew, like Jellylorum, Asparagus, Old Deuteronomy, Gus, etc, etc)
"Well, Macavity's mother was hit by a car, then his father got married. His father and his new wife had a kitten."
"Ya," said Victoria. "What's this got to do with us?"
"Well, that kitten was me," said Misto.
"WHAT?" exclaimed Victoria.
"And then they had another kitten," said Misto.
"But-,"
"And that kitten was you."
"Ahh!" screamed Victoria, "No! It can't be!"
"It's true."
"Then how come Jennyanydots and Skimbleshanks are my parents, hm?" challenged Victoria.
"Macavity killed his father and our mother, and you were adopted," said Misto, thankful to have finally told her this. Now he waited for the explosion.
"I don't belive it," said Victoria.
"Well it's as true as I'm standing here!" said Misto.
"I DON'T BELIVE IT!" said Victoria.
"Vic, why would I lie to you?" asked Misto.
"I don't know but I think Mac's pulling your leg. Maybe YOU are Macavity's stepbrother, but I won't bring myself to say I'm his stepsister. If I were adopted, Mom and Dad would have told me. Right Silla? Silla!"
"Huh?" Sillabub was in deep thought and was brought back to earth. "Oh, yeah. Vic," she said, "Misto's right."
"But-,"
"It's true," she said. "You don't look anything like me, or Dad or Mom or Lecty and Cety! It only makes sense!"
"So? I don't look like Misto either! He's got black fur, and I've got white! Totally opposite!"
"Well you have similar features!" said Sillabub.
"Like what?"
"Well, you're both very good dancers!"
"Well, yes, but, everyone knows how to dance Sill!"
"Um," Sillabub tried to find another Misto feature on Victoria. "You, have the same smile! S-sort of."
Victoria rolled her eyes. Misto smiled at her pointlessly. Victoria stared. Misto stared back.
"You both have the same stare!" said Sillabub. "And Misto has some white on him! You both like the stars, and you're both small and quiet and-,"
Misto gave her a look that said not to press his height condition. He was embarrassed about how short he was.
"Well, you both have a good heart."
Victoria looked down. "Hm," she said thoughtfully. "Maybe we are sort of related."
"SORT of related?" asked Misto, "Vic you're my SISTER for crying out loud!"
"Yes, but," said Victoria. "I wonder why Mom and Dad- well, Skimble and Jenny didn't tell me!"
"I don't know," said Sillabub.
"And, why did Skimble and Jenny adopt me, but not you, Misto?"
Misto shrugged. "Maybe I wasn't wanted."
"Oh now Misto" said Sillabub, "there must be some explanation for that. If you weren't wanted then you wouldn't be part of the tribe!"
"Yeah you're right," said Misto. Sillabub and Misto nuzzled each other for a bit.
Victoria didn't say anything. So much has happened! She was beginning to wonder if this was a dream, but it couldn't have been. She wondered why Macavity was after her, Misto and the rest. The rest! Mom and Dad! "SILL! SILL!" she exclaimed.
Sillabub and Misto separated. "What? What?"
Victoria started to cry. "Sill, if Macavity is after the whole tribe, that means that Mom, Dad and Lecty and Cety are in trouble! And Uncle Munkustrap* and Aunt Jellylorum and Uncle Asparagus** are too! And cousins Tumblebrutus and Pouncival! And Bombalurina and Demeter and Old Deuteronomy and Tugger and, and, and-,"
"Whoa, whoa Vic! Take a break!" said Misto. Victoria hugged her big brother. Misto looked at Sillabub; Sillabub shrugged.
"Vikki, nothing's going to happen to them," said Misto.
"How can you be so sure?" asked Victoria.
"Well, I'm not sure. But everything's going to be all right." He kissed the top of his little sister's head. "I promise."
*Munkustrap is Skimble's brother
**Jellylorum is Jenny's sister. Jellylorum and Asparagus (not the 'Gus the Theatre Cat' Asparagus, the 'Chorus Cat' Asparagus) had Pounce and Tumble. You'll see more of them in later chapters
Macavity was pacing the floors. Where was Cassandra? He was fed up, the chick was running late. But he decided to cut her some slack. He needed her to draw all the Jellicles to him. Yes, the Jellicles were coming to HIM. If he knew the Jellicles, they would come after their beloved Mistoffelees and Victoria, and then he'll have them all! Talk about working from home, he was on Easy Street.
Macavity decided to bother Misto while he waited for Cassandra. He walked into Misto's cell and stopped in his tracks when he saw Sillabub there with him.
"WHO ARE YOU?" he exclaimed. "WHERE DID YOU COME FROM!"
Sillabub was going to be brave about this. She was going to try, to say the least.
"I-I-," she stuttered. She looked at Misto. He looked scared to death. Frozen where he was sitting. Looking at Macavity with an expression that was a mixture of fear and hate, but mostly, fear.
"Where did you come from?" he said, advancing toward her.
Sillabub felt her courage build up. She took a deep breath. "I followed you're lovely assistant," she said. "You think you're so slick, you won't get away with this!"
"Oh? And what are YOU going to do about it?"
"Uh, um," Sillabub didn't know what to say.
"Well, you're going to do NOTHING about it. And I don't know how you got here, or why you're here, but now you're stuck here for the rest of your life! Which is, my darling, not very long. Right Misto?"
Misto looked up and didn't say anything. Macavity got into Misto's face and picked him up by his neck. "Are you scared Misto? You should be! 'Cause I'm going to hit you so hard, it'll make your dead mother dizzy!" He swung at Misto and Misto ducked. Before either of them could do anything, Cassandra's voice was heard.
"Hey Boss! I got the Snowball!"
Macavity dropped Misto and turned around. Sillabub put a comforting arm around Misto and he shakily got to all fours. He nuzzled her shoulder then looked at Cassandra holding a limp Victoria. Macavity took Victoria.
"Oh, what a pretty little kitty cat!" he said stroking her in a suggestive manner. "It's a shame you'll be dead soon."
Misto let loose, "GET YOUR CLAWS OFF HER!" he yelled.
Macavity calmly looked at Misto. "Here," he said. "Take her." He chucked her into the cell. "I'll be back when she wakes up." Macavity slammed the door and was gone. Misto and Sillabub rushed to Victoria and turned her onto her back.
"Vic? Vic? Vic!" said Misto, shaking her. "Vic wake up." He felt his voice crack. "Vic," a lump formed in his throat at the sight of his sister, whose normally white fur was dirty and matted.
"Vix? Vix wake up!" Sillabub said using the nickname mother and father gave her.
Misto looked away from Victoria and walked to a corner. He threw himself against the wall and pounded on it.
"Why?" he said, "WHY? WHY!" He started to cry again. "WHY IS HE DOING THIS TO ME?"
Sillabub went to Misto but didn't know what to say. She put her paw on his shoulder. "Misto-," she said, but she couldn't think of anything to say that would make him feel better. So she just rubbed his shoulder and tried to be of some comfort.
Sillabub was starting to feel scared now. Should she try to escape and warn the Jellicles? Should she stay and take care of Misto and Victoria? She didn't know what to think first.
They heard a small, faint groan. Victoria was waking up.
Misto turned a tear streaked face to Victoria, seeing she was stirring, the two ran to her side. She opened her eyes.
"Vic!" said Misto, "Vic! Vic! You're alright!" he said, helping her up. Victoria blinked and looked around.
"What happened?" she said, rubbing her forehead. She looked at Misto. "Misto? Sill? Where am I?" She got up and eyed her surroundings. She lowered her eyebrows with a look of confusion. "What is this?"
"Vic, um," Misto didn't know where to begin. He looked at Sillabub and shrugged. Sillabub looked at Victoria.
"What's going on guys?" she said. "Are we in trouble? Talk to me!"
"Take it away, Stoff," said Sillabub.
Misto took a deep breath and ran his paw through his hair. "Ok," he said, "here's what happened." He looked at Victoria. "You might want to sit down."
Victoria sat, wondering what the deal was.
Misto started the story. "Well, first of all, I shouldn't have been hanging around with Cassandra-,"
"CASSANDRA?" said Victoria, "what's she got to do with it?" Sillabub figured that Victoria didn't remember Cassandra knocking her out.
"Let me finish, then we'll get to questions," said Misto, "Because, trust me, there's going to be a lot of them."
Victoria nodded.
"So, I'm guessing that Cassandra knocked me out and brought me here," said Misto.
"Well, where's 'here'?" said Victoria.
Misto held up a finger. "I'm getting to that. Now this is where Macavity hangs out-,"
"MACAVITY?" Exclaimed Victoria.
"Yes, Macavity. Well, Vic he's - he's after us."
"After us?" said Victoria, "why us? What did we do?"
"Exactly. I don't know what we did. All I know is that he's out to murder his whole family. And the Jellicles."
"Well, we're not related to him so what do we care?" said Victoria. Misto stifled a laugh.
"Oh, yes we are Sis."
"Sis?" said Victoria, "Sis? I'm not your sister, I'm Silla's, Electra's, and Etcetera's sister!"
Sillabub knew that Victoria was going to take this hard.
(Skimbleshanks and Jennyanydots had never told their daughters and the younger kittens that Victoria was adopted. Only the older cats knew, like Jellylorum, Asparagus, Old Deuteronomy, Gus, etc, etc)
"Well, Macavity's mother was hit by a car, then his father got married. His father and his new wife had a kitten."
"Ya," said Victoria. "What's this got to do with us?"
"Well, that kitten was me," said Misto.
"WHAT?" exclaimed Victoria.
"And then they had another kitten," said Misto.
"But-,"
"And that kitten was you."
"Ahh!" screamed Victoria, "No! It can't be!"
"It's true."
"Then how come Jennyanydots and Skimbleshanks are my parents, hm?" challenged Victoria.
"Macavity killed his father and our mother, and you were adopted," said Misto, thankful to have finally told her this. Now he waited for the explosion.
"I don't belive it," said Victoria.
"Well it's as true as I'm standing here!" said Misto.
"I DON'T BELIVE IT!" said Victoria.
"Vic, why would I lie to you?" asked Misto.
"I don't know but I think Mac's pulling your leg. Maybe YOU are Macavity's stepbrother, but I won't bring myself to say I'm his stepsister. If I were adopted, Mom and Dad would have told me. Right Silla? Silla!"
"Huh?" Sillabub was in deep thought and was brought back to earth. "Oh, yeah. Vic," she said, "Misto's right."
"But-,"
"It's true," she said. "You don't look anything like me, or Dad or Mom or Lecty and Cety! It only makes sense!"
"So? I don't look like Misto either! He's got black fur, and I've got white! Totally opposite!"
"Well you have similar features!" said Sillabub.
"Like what?"
"Well, you're both very good dancers!"
"Well, yes, but, everyone knows how to dance Sill!"
"Um," Sillabub tried to find another Misto feature on Victoria. "You, have the same smile! S-sort of."
Victoria rolled her eyes. Misto smiled at her pointlessly. Victoria stared. Misto stared back.
"You both have the same stare!" said Sillabub. "And Misto has some white on him! You both like the stars, and you're both small and quiet and-,"
Misto gave her a look that said not to press his height condition. He was embarrassed about how short he was.
"Well, you both have a good heart."
Victoria looked down. "Hm," she said thoughtfully. "Maybe we are sort of related."
"SORT of related?" asked Misto, "Vic you're my SISTER for crying out loud!"
"Yes, but," said Victoria. "I wonder why Mom and Dad- well, Skimble and Jenny didn't tell me!"
"I don't know," said Sillabub.
"And, why did Skimble and Jenny adopt me, but not you, Misto?"
Misto shrugged. "Maybe I wasn't wanted."
"Oh now Misto" said Sillabub, "there must be some explanation for that. If you weren't wanted then you wouldn't be part of the tribe!"
"Yeah you're right," said Misto. Sillabub and Misto nuzzled each other for a bit.
Victoria didn't say anything. So much has happened! She was beginning to wonder if this was a dream, but it couldn't have been. She wondered why Macavity was after her, Misto and the rest. The rest! Mom and Dad! "SILL! SILL!" she exclaimed.
Sillabub and Misto separated. "What? What?"
Victoria started to cry. "Sill, if Macavity is after the whole tribe, that means that Mom, Dad and Lecty and Cety are in trouble! And Uncle Munkustrap* and Aunt Jellylorum and Uncle Asparagus** are too! And cousins Tumblebrutus and Pouncival! And Bombalurina and Demeter and Old Deuteronomy and Tugger and, and, and-,"
"Whoa, whoa Vic! Take a break!" said Misto. Victoria hugged her big brother. Misto looked at Sillabub; Sillabub shrugged.
"Vikki, nothing's going to happen to them," said Misto.
"How can you be so sure?" asked Victoria.
"Well, I'm not sure. But everything's going to be all right." He kissed the top of his little sister's head. "I promise."
*Munkustrap is Skimble's brother
**Jellylorum is Jenny's sister. Jellylorum and Asparagus (not the 'Gus the Theatre Cat' Asparagus, the 'Chorus Cat' Asparagus) had Pounce and Tumble. You'll see more of them in later chapters