Disclaimer: In no way do I own any of the cats from "Cats" the musical, all
of them belonging to the talented T. S. Eliot. The characters Chyna and
Cassie belong to me though. Stealing them will result in Macavity doing
evil and mean things, like the evil villain he is. Enjoy the story!
Chapter 12
Cassie was starved and shivering. She had lost alot of weight and was very pale. He left paw hurt too much to move it; she had a hunch it was broken. She was very feverish and had begun to hallucinate. As Cassie sat in the corner of her cell, coughing and hugging herself because of the cold, Macavity walked in.
"How are you doing today, Cassie?" He snarled.
She just looked at him with tears in her eyes. "Please stop this insanity." Cassie rasped. "At least let me have my kittens before you torture me to death! You are endangering their lives and they never did anything to you!"
"Oh, yes they did." Macavity roared, grabbing her by the back of her neck and jerking it upward towards him. "They brought him happiness! That's why I must destroy them slowly and painfully. Along with you. It's pitiful to waste such a beautiful queen such as yourself. Who knows? You may get lucky and I will choose to spare your life if you become my mate!" He snickered. "Mistoffelees wouldn't like that, now, would he? Has your fever gone up?" He checked her forehead. She was too weak to resist. "Good, it has gone up. You know Cassie, if Mistoffelees really loved you, he would have tried to rescue you from me. But now I don't think he will anymore. Three days is ridiculous! But don't worry Cassie. I'll get your precious Mistoffelees sooner or later." he pushed her head back into the wall, which blurred her vision. Macavity laughed then walked out of the room followed by a loud BOOM! as the door closed behind him and locked. Cassie then wailed in pain. She wailed for her Mistoffelees, her unborn kittens, and her heavy heart. It really did look like Macavity won...
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Chyna sauntered up to the dock were Macavity's lair was located. She said a short prayer to the Everlasting Cat and yelled at the top of her lungs in her best Cockney accent," 'Ey, 'cavity! You gonna let me in or whot?"
A hench cat looked up and walked over to her. "Who are you?" he hissed, obviously not pleased by her sudden arrival and abruptness.
"Is that the kinda respect a queen gets round 'ere?" Chyna snapped back at the tom. "I 'ave come to see 'cavity. Is 'e 'ere?"
"Why do you want to see him?" He asked, eyeing her warily.
"Why, I'm Mungojerrie's sis, Rumpleteaza! I've finally 'come good 'nough at stealin' stuff to work with my bro in the big times! I've also finally come to my 'enses and figured I 'ould join 'cavity and forget 'bout those stupid Jellicles." Chyna lied.
"So we finally get to meet the famous Rumpleteazer." The cat looked at her up and down. "You're alot prettier then Mungo made you out to be."
Chyna scowled." 'eally? Wait till I get my paws on tha' bro of mine..."
The hench cat laughed. "We've heard alot about you, how you would make a great asset to our little operation. You don't really look related though..."
" 'ifferent fathers." Chyna explained cooly.
"Ok, Rumpleteazer. I will introduce you to, "the cat lowered his voice to a chilling wisper, "the Napoleon of Crime!"
Chyna giggled, exactly like Rumple taught her. "Are yous tryin' to scares me? It won't work...I 'ad to put up with Mungo...'member?"
The hench cat laughed. "You're right!"
The hench cat turned on his heel and walked towards the door and opened it for her. She then sauntered into it and waited for the cat to close the door.
"Oh, by the way, my name is Azimech. We'll probably be seeing alot of each other now!" he flirted, looking her up and down again. She played along with him, thinking he might reveal some information that was valuable to her.
" 'ice to meet you, Azzy..."she purred into his ear. He smiled broadly and whispered, "Follow me."
Chyna wasn't so sure about this cat. She followed him anyway...if he tried anything she did have Mango on her side. He led her down a long hallway with tall doors on each side. She tried to get a glance of what was behind those doors, but she couldn't see through the widows on the doors...they were too high! She almost sighed in frustration but then stopped herself. When they reached the end of the hallway, Azimech turned and grinned at her.
"You got out of the Jellicle tribe just in time! You see, in this room right here, "he said, indicating the last door in the hallway, "is what is going to be the weak link that Macavity will use to ruin our enemy, the Jellicles." he explained, laughing. "We at last will get our revenge!"
Chyna looked puzzled. "Revenge?"
"Yeah, didn't your brother tell you anything? Everyone who works here are Jellicle rejects. We were born into the tribe, but then shunned. I see you haven't been, but some cats are here by choice."
" 'cavity was shunned?" Chyna asked, willing for more information.
"The worst! He was the one who led the rebellion, but his cats lost. So he decided to start a tribe of his own and become superior to those who shunned him! His own parents rejected him!"
Chyna swallowed her questions. She needed to focus on Cassie now. "So, whot's be'ind that door 'ere?"
Azimech opened the door to the little room. She almost gasped. There was her poor little Cassie, shivering and coughing in the corner of that cold room. Cassie looked up and recognized Chyna and got a bewildered look on her face. Making sure Azimech didn't see, she winked at Cassie and gave her a warm smile. That seemed to put her at ease.
She then turned to the hench cat and snarled, "I 'on't care 'bout tha'! I wanna 'alk to 'cavity 'bout me stealin' stuff for 'im!"
"Suit yourself, Sweetheart." Azimech purred. She took mental note of the bars in the window (they were made of wood, HA! stupid move, 'cavity! Umm, Macavity) and followed the cat down another hallway and into a large room full of crates. She saw a large cat lounging on a chair high up in the grates. He was black and red striped and very ugly. She remembered him fighting her dear Munkustrap, and anger welled up within her. She just bottled up all that anger under a mischievous smile she learned from Rumpleteazer.
"Now, who is this?" Macavity asked, sitting up in his chair.
"Rumpleteazer, Mungo's little sister. She wants to join us and forget about the Jellicles." explained Azimech.
Macavity sneered. "So, we finally have the notorious duo!" He looked at her up and down. Chyna noticed they did that alot to the queens here. "My, my. Mungo didn't make you sound this gorgeous." He sauntered up to her. "I am almost tempted to...No.. I won't." Chyna was afraid to ask. Macavity got a concerned look on his face. "So, what did they do to you?"
"The Jellicles?" Chyna squeaked. She needed to think of something, quick! "Um...Since my bro works for you, 'cavity, they 'pect me to do whot he does and join you. They drove me to it...even my best friend Jemima started to shun me..." Chyna lied smoothly.
"I am sorry, Rumple. But here is were you can get revenge on the Jellicles. You came to the right place. You are welcome here." Macavity raised his voice. "Mungo! Get in here! I got an assignment for you and your sister!"
"Mah sis?" Mungo questioned as he bounded into the throne room. He saw her and gave her a huge hug. "So, you finally 'cided to join us, 'eh, sis?"
" 'a, Mungo! Looks like we'll be workin' together more ofen now!" Chyna giggled, ruffling Mungo's fur. He responded with a quick nip to her ear. Macavity then cleared his throat, so they quickly sat up straight.
"I always wanted my own Ming vase to compliment my throne room...and there is a lovely one in the antique shop down the block. Do you think you can have it by tomorrow?"
"Yup, unless we break it!" Chyna burst into giggles.
"Shhhh!!!" Hushed Mungo.
"Anythin' for yous, 'cavity!" Chyna said, saluting him. She then turned and hightailed it out of there, with Mungo at her heels. When they got a fair distance from Macavity's lair, Chyna stopped and broke down in tears. Mungo sat down next to her and put his arm around her. "He went too far this time." Growled Mungo.
Chyna couldn't get the sight of Cassie out of her mind. She looked so miserable and sick! She had to tell Mistoffelees how she was doing...but she didn't want to. She then gathered up her courage with Mungo's help and ran the rest of the way to the Junkyard. Misto was at the entrance, sitting there expectantly and sorta nervously. He jumped up when Chyna returned.
"So? How's Cassie?" He asked worriedly.
"Um, well..." Chyna stammered, looking for the right words. "Not so well, I am afraid."
Misto's face grew hard as he silently cursed Macavity. "We have to get going then, and unleash the plan!" He turned to face the tire. "Munkustrap! She's back!" he called. Munk left his post and ran up to Chyna, nuzzling her.
"Are you ok? Macavity can be a little unnerving, can't he?" Munk asked her, staring into her deep green eyes. Chyna gave him the mischievous smile that she learned from Rumple.
"He actually believed me! He actually believed that I was Rumpleteazer!" She giggled uncontrollably. "With that laugh, I am not surprised he did!" Then his tone turned serious.
"How is she?" He asked under his breath.
"Not good." She quietly responded back. Munk nodded with a concerned look on his face.
He climbed up on his tire and addressed all the cats who had gathered in the Junkyard. "Fellow Jellicles, we attack tonight on the new moon!"
A cheer swelled through the Jukyard. Munkustrap then assigned Jennyanydots, Jellylorum, and Grizzabella to stay and watch after the kittens. The kittens all gathered in a circle in the middle of the Junkyard, wide-eyed. Jemima and Electra huddled together, afraid of what was going to happen. Rumpleteazer, being the little show off she was, was mocking the two.
"Wise you two 'fierd? I'm not! Why, I would go fight 'cavity 'imself if Munkers would let me!" Pouncival heard this and smiled evilly to himself. He quietly snuck up behind Rumple then leapt on her back yelling, "Macavity!" Rumple let out a huge screech and bolted underneath an old shoebox. The rest of the cats laughed as Munk gave Pounci "THE LOOK". Rumple then discovered that it only was Pounci so she came out to give him a piece of her mind! Mungo laughed at his little sister.
"Sometimes I wonder if we're eveah related to one anothah." Drawled Mungo to Demeter. She just beamed at him.
Munk then turned serious again. "Mungojerrie and Plato, I want you two to stick close to me. We're going after Macavity together." Demeter gave Mungo a quick kiss before he joined Munk up on the tire, and Vicky gave Plato the biggest hug. Talitha and Dubhe clung to their father...not wanting to let go.
"Daddy, where are you going?" Talitha wined.
Plato chuckled at his oldest daughter. "I am going to go fight the evil cat that kidnapped your Aunt Cassie."
Chapter 12
Cassie was starved and shivering. She had lost alot of weight and was very pale. He left paw hurt too much to move it; she had a hunch it was broken. She was very feverish and had begun to hallucinate. As Cassie sat in the corner of her cell, coughing and hugging herself because of the cold, Macavity walked in.
"How are you doing today, Cassie?" He snarled.
She just looked at him with tears in her eyes. "Please stop this insanity." Cassie rasped. "At least let me have my kittens before you torture me to death! You are endangering their lives and they never did anything to you!"
"Oh, yes they did." Macavity roared, grabbing her by the back of her neck and jerking it upward towards him. "They brought him happiness! That's why I must destroy them slowly and painfully. Along with you. It's pitiful to waste such a beautiful queen such as yourself. Who knows? You may get lucky and I will choose to spare your life if you become my mate!" He snickered. "Mistoffelees wouldn't like that, now, would he? Has your fever gone up?" He checked her forehead. She was too weak to resist. "Good, it has gone up. You know Cassie, if Mistoffelees really loved you, he would have tried to rescue you from me. But now I don't think he will anymore. Three days is ridiculous! But don't worry Cassie. I'll get your precious Mistoffelees sooner or later." he pushed her head back into the wall, which blurred her vision. Macavity laughed then walked out of the room followed by a loud BOOM! as the door closed behind him and locked. Cassie then wailed in pain. She wailed for her Mistoffelees, her unborn kittens, and her heavy heart. It really did look like Macavity won...
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Chyna sauntered up to the dock were Macavity's lair was located. She said a short prayer to the Everlasting Cat and yelled at the top of her lungs in her best Cockney accent," 'Ey, 'cavity! You gonna let me in or whot?"
A hench cat looked up and walked over to her. "Who are you?" he hissed, obviously not pleased by her sudden arrival and abruptness.
"Is that the kinda respect a queen gets round 'ere?" Chyna snapped back at the tom. "I 'ave come to see 'cavity. Is 'e 'ere?"
"Why do you want to see him?" He asked, eyeing her warily.
"Why, I'm Mungojerrie's sis, Rumpleteaza! I've finally 'come good 'nough at stealin' stuff to work with my bro in the big times! I've also finally come to my 'enses and figured I 'ould join 'cavity and forget 'bout those stupid Jellicles." Chyna lied.
"So we finally get to meet the famous Rumpleteazer." The cat looked at her up and down. "You're alot prettier then Mungo made you out to be."
Chyna scowled." 'eally? Wait till I get my paws on tha' bro of mine..."
The hench cat laughed. "We've heard alot about you, how you would make a great asset to our little operation. You don't really look related though..."
" 'ifferent fathers." Chyna explained cooly.
"Ok, Rumpleteazer. I will introduce you to, "the cat lowered his voice to a chilling wisper, "the Napoleon of Crime!"
Chyna giggled, exactly like Rumple taught her. "Are yous tryin' to scares me? It won't work...I 'ad to put up with Mungo...'member?"
The hench cat laughed. "You're right!"
The hench cat turned on his heel and walked towards the door and opened it for her. She then sauntered into it and waited for the cat to close the door.
"Oh, by the way, my name is Azimech. We'll probably be seeing alot of each other now!" he flirted, looking her up and down again. She played along with him, thinking he might reveal some information that was valuable to her.
" 'ice to meet you, Azzy..."she purred into his ear. He smiled broadly and whispered, "Follow me."
Chyna wasn't so sure about this cat. She followed him anyway...if he tried anything she did have Mango on her side. He led her down a long hallway with tall doors on each side. She tried to get a glance of what was behind those doors, but she couldn't see through the widows on the doors...they were too high! She almost sighed in frustration but then stopped herself. When they reached the end of the hallway, Azimech turned and grinned at her.
"You got out of the Jellicle tribe just in time! You see, in this room right here, "he said, indicating the last door in the hallway, "is what is going to be the weak link that Macavity will use to ruin our enemy, the Jellicles." he explained, laughing. "We at last will get our revenge!"
Chyna looked puzzled. "Revenge?"
"Yeah, didn't your brother tell you anything? Everyone who works here are Jellicle rejects. We were born into the tribe, but then shunned. I see you haven't been, but some cats are here by choice."
" 'cavity was shunned?" Chyna asked, willing for more information.
"The worst! He was the one who led the rebellion, but his cats lost. So he decided to start a tribe of his own and become superior to those who shunned him! His own parents rejected him!"
Chyna swallowed her questions. She needed to focus on Cassie now. "So, whot's be'ind that door 'ere?"
Azimech opened the door to the little room. She almost gasped. There was her poor little Cassie, shivering and coughing in the corner of that cold room. Cassie looked up and recognized Chyna and got a bewildered look on her face. Making sure Azimech didn't see, she winked at Cassie and gave her a warm smile. That seemed to put her at ease.
She then turned to the hench cat and snarled, "I 'on't care 'bout tha'! I wanna 'alk to 'cavity 'bout me stealin' stuff for 'im!"
"Suit yourself, Sweetheart." Azimech purred. She took mental note of the bars in the window (they were made of wood, HA! stupid move, 'cavity! Umm, Macavity) and followed the cat down another hallway and into a large room full of crates. She saw a large cat lounging on a chair high up in the grates. He was black and red striped and very ugly. She remembered him fighting her dear Munkustrap, and anger welled up within her. She just bottled up all that anger under a mischievous smile she learned from Rumpleteazer.
"Now, who is this?" Macavity asked, sitting up in his chair.
"Rumpleteazer, Mungo's little sister. She wants to join us and forget about the Jellicles." explained Azimech.
Macavity sneered. "So, we finally have the notorious duo!" He looked at her up and down. Chyna noticed they did that alot to the queens here. "My, my. Mungo didn't make you sound this gorgeous." He sauntered up to her. "I am almost tempted to...No.. I won't." Chyna was afraid to ask. Macavity got a concerned look on his face. "So, what did they do to you?"
"The Jellicles?" Chyna squeaked. She needed to think of something, quick! "Um...Since my bro works for you, 'cavity, they 'pect me to do whot he does and join you. They drove me to it...even my best friend Jemima started to shun me..." Chyna lied smoothly.
"I am sorry, Rumple. But here is were you can get revenge on the Jellicles. You came to the right place. You are welcome here." Macavity raised his voice. "Mungo! Get in here! I got an assignment for you and your sister!"
"Mah sis?" Mungo questioned as he bounded into the throne room. He saw her and gave her a huge hug. "So, you finally 'cided to join us, 'eh, sis?"
" 'a, Mungo! Looks like we'll be workin' together more ofen now!" Chyna giggled, ruffling Mungo's fur. He responded with a quick nip to her ear. Macavity then cleared his throat, so they quickly sat up straight.
"I always wanted my own Ming vase to compliment my throne room...and there is a lovely one in the antique shop down the block. Do you think you can have it by tomorrow?"
"Yup, unless we break it!" Chyna burst into giggles.
"Shhhh!!!" Hushed Mungo.
"Anythin' for yous, 'cavity!" Chyna said, saluting him. She then turned and hightailed it out of there, with Mungo at her heels. When they got a fair distance from Macavity's lair, Chyna stopped and broke down in tears. Mungo sat down next to her and put his arm around her. "He went too far this time." Growled Mungo.
Chyna couldn't get the sight of Cassie out of her mind. She looked so miserable and sick! She had to tell Mistoffelees how she was doing...but she didn't want to. She then gathered up her courage with Mungo's help and ran the rest of the way to the Junkyard. Misto was at the entrance, sitting there expectantly and sorta nervously. He jumped up when Chyna returned.
"So? How's Cassie?" He asked worriedly.
"Um, well..." Chyna stammered, looking for the right words. "Not so well, I am afraid."
Misto's face grew hard as he silently cursed Macavity. "We have to get going then, and unleash the plan!" He turned to face the tire. "Munkustrap! She's back!" he called. Munk left his post and ran up to Chyna, nuzzling her.
"Are you ok? Macavity can be a little unnerving, can't he?" Munk asked her, staring into her deep green eyes. Chyna gave him the mischievous smile that she learned from Rumple.
"He actually believed me! He actually believed that I was Rumpleteazer!" She giggled uncontrollably. "With that laugh, I am not surprised he did!" Then his tone turned serious.
"How is she?" He asked under his breath.
"Not good." She quietly responded back. Munk nodded with a concerned look on his face.
He climbed up on his tire and addressed all the cats who had gathered in the Junkyard. "Fellow Jellicles, we attack tonight on the new moon!"
A cheer swelled through the Jukyard. Munkustrap then assigned Jennyanydots, Jellylorum, and Grizzabella to stay and watch after the kittens. The kittens all gathered in a circle in the middle of the Junkyard, wide-eyed. Jemima and Electra huddled together, afraid of what was going to happen. Rumpleteazer, being the little show off she was, was mocking the two.
"Wise you two 'fierd? I'm not! Why, I would go fight 'cavity 'imself if Munkers would let me!" Pouncival heard this and smiled evilly to himself. He quietly snuck up behind Rumple then leapt on her back yelling, "Macavity!" Rumple let out a huge screech and bolted underneath an old shoebox. The rest of the cats laughed as Munk gave Pounci "THE LOOK". Rumple then discovered that it only was Pounci so she came out to give him a piece of her mind! Mungo laughed at his little sister.
"Sometimes I wonder if we're eveah related to one anothah." Drawled Mungo to Demeter. She just beamed at him.
Munk then turned serious again. "Mungojerrie and Plato, I want you two to stick close to me. We're going after Macavity together." Demeter gave Mungo a quick kiss before he joined Munk up on the tire, and Vicky gave Plato the biggest hug. Talitha and Dubhe clung to their father...not wanting to let go.
"Daddy, where are you going?" Talitha wined.
Plato chuckled at his oldest daughter. "I am going to go fight the evil cat that kidnapped your Aunt Cassie."